Chapter 1023: Tai Shi Ci was curious
"Zilong, what is on this car?"
100,000 troops, banners cover the sun.
The army had already passed Luoyang, and Tai Shici was very curious about the cart of things that Zhao Yun personally took care of every day.
When marching, Zhao Yun rode Feidian and held a silver gun in his hand, and walked on the side of the carriage.
When the army stopped to rest, Zhao Yun also did not leave the carriage.
The carriage was covered with a black cloth and covered with a cowhide.
Tai Shici opened it, but all he saw was a few large boxes, and he still didn't know what was in the big boxes.
Although Zhao Yun had told him that the box contained something called gunpowder.
But Tai Shici, who has been in the state, has never seen gunpowder explode.
Zhao Yun only said gunpowder, where could he understand.
The boxes were all nailed to death by iron bars, and if Tai Shici wanted to see it, he had to open the box.
But Zhao Yun didn't let him open the box.
He understood Tai Shici's curiosity, if it wasn't for the fact that before leaving, when he fetched these gunpowder from the artillery battalion, Zhao Hui took him to the distant mountains to test it once, Zhao Yun didn't know that there was such a terrifying thing in the world.
He thinks that his strength is very strong, and there are few people in the world who can kill him.
Even in the midst of the chaos, as long as he wants to save his life, Zhao Yun will not be killed.
Even in the face of a volley of arrows, he has the confidence that he can block the vital point.
However, after watching the explosion of gunpowder with his own eyes, Zhao Yun knew that something in the world that could kill him appeared.
If this jar of gunpowder exploded beside him, Zhao Yun knew that even if he was strong and had high martial arts, it would depend on luck whether he would die or not.
Zhao Hui had already told him the usage of gunpowder and precautions, but even so, Zhao Yun personally walked on the side of the carriage every day, and he still had a feeling of fear, afraid that the gunpowder in this cart would suddenly explode.
Letting Tai Shici lift the black cloth is already his greatest tolerance.
Tai Shi Ci is absolutely not allowed to open the box.
Even if Tai Shi Ci opened the box and looked at the clay pots, Tai Shi Ci still didn't understand what the gunpowder contained in it was.
Unlike Zhao Yun's fear, Tai Shici is really curious.
But after all, he is also a stable person, since Zhao Yun resolutely did not let him see it, Tai Shici did not forcibly open the box.
"Go to the front of the army, and don't come within fifty feet of the carriage."
Even if he had seen gunpowder explode, he knew how to use gunpowder, but Zhao Yun really couldn't explain it clearly to Tai Shici.
No matter how much you talk about this thing, it's hard to believe, only if you have seen the gunpowder explosion with your own eyes, you won't need to be told what it is.
Zhao Yun is too close to him now, not because he is afraid that Tai Shi Ci will forcibly open the box.
Instead, he was afraid that the gunpowder of this carriage would suddenly explode and kill both him and Tai Shici.
This dangerous thing should be taken care of by him alone.
If you want to blow him up, blow him up.
Zhao Yun felt that it was dangerous, but Tai Shici didn't think there was any danger.
Even though he was driven away by Zhao Yun countless times, he was becoming more and more curious, and he always had to ask several times a day.
"Zilong, looking at your nervous appearance, I don't know, I thought you were on the battlefield for the first time." Tai Shi Ci rarely made a joke.
"I can only tell you, this thing is very dangerous, if the things in this carriage explode, our army of 100,000 will be killed." Zhao Yun said.
The explosion of a carriage is certainly much more powerful than the explosion of a single clay pot. k
However, Zhao Yun said that he would blow up 100,000 troops to death, which was still too exaggerated.
An army of 100,000 stretches for more than ten miles, no matter how powerful it is, it is impossible to blow everyone up.
"Zilong, what is this gunpowder, it really has so much power?"
Without seeing it with his own eyes, it is difficult for Tai Shici to imagine the picture of the explosion of gunpowder.
Zhao Yun said: "Whether it can end earlier this time depends on these gunpowders." Hurry back to the front. ”
With the curiosity in his heart, Tai Shici returned to the front of the army.
It is only hundreds of miles away from Chang'an.
Now, it is possible to encounter a sneak attack by the Xiliang Army at any time.
However, Zhao Yun still has heavy armored cavalry in his hands, even if he does not use gunpowder, the Xiliang army that dares to come to the sneak attack will not want to bargain.
At night, camp is encamped.
The wagons where the gunpowder was placed were placed in the very center of the camp.
Then within ten zhang of the perimeter, there was a circle of soldiers, but there was not a single torch.
Zhao Yun already knew that the most fearful thing about gunpowder was that it would be ignited by sparks, and the other was that it was afraid of being damp by the rain.
There was black cloth and cowhide on the outside of the box, and there was hay inside the box.
Along the way, there were also several heavy rains, and the gunpowder of this carriage was also put in a place to shelter from the rain in time.
Zhao Yun can guarantee that the gunpowder inside the box will not be damp now, that is, the outside of the box is dry.
In Chang'an City, Ma Teng Han Sui has gathered 200,000 troops in the past two months.
If necessary, they can still mobilize an army of 100,000 in the rear.
Of the 200,000 troops, 100,000 were cavalry.
The number of cavalry alone has surpassed that of when Dong Zhuo was there.
However, the combat power of these cavalry could not be compared with Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Iron Cavalry at that time.
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry under Dong Zhuo's command are all elite in a hundred battles, and because of Dong Zhuo's connivance, they are all fierce.
In addition, many generals under Dong Zhuo's command at that time, such as Hu Zhen, Duan Weihuaxiong and others, are not comparable to these tribal leaders now.
These Qiang tribal leaders led thousands of people to burn, kill and loot, but they really fought on the battlefield, that is, a few people such as Ma Teng and Han Sui had such command ability.
Although Ma Chao has the courage of ten thousand people, but now his father Ma Teng is still there, Ma Chao is only born to Ma Teng and a concubine of the Qiang nationality for a day, and he does not please Ma Teng.
However, because of Ma Chao's bravery, his status among the Qiang people is still very high, and many leaders of the Qiang tribe do not obey Ma Teng, that is to serve Ma Chao.
They like to surrender to the powerful.
As long as you are a warrior, you can get their respect.
"The enemy army is only six hundred miles away from Chang'an, who is willing to send troops to attack and give Tai Shici a dismount?"
Although the Xiliang Army is good at field warfare, since there are high walls to hold onto, they will not let it go.
Ma Teng Han Sui still wanted to rely on the walls of Chang'an to hold on, and sent cavalry to harass the Zhao army.
"I'm willing to go." A Qiang tribal leader stepped forward.
He is a tiger-backed bear, powerful and powerful, and is Yang Qiu, the leader of the Yehe tribe of the Qiang tribe.
Although it is a Qiang person, it also has a Han name.
"The leader of Yehe is worthy of being one of the top ten warriors of the Qiang people, and this time we will definitely let Tai Shici know how powerful we are." Han Sui said.