There was no accident that a section of the eastern wall of the Ota Sendo House was instantly reduced to a piece of stone under the "collapse method".

At this time, the gunpowder is still black fire, compared with the yellow powder extracted by the later generations, its disadvantages are obvious, one is unstable, flammable and explosive, the other is that there are many solid impurities, and the power is small. In order to ensure that the stone wall could be completely blown up, Zhao Dangshi searched up and down, and reluctantly concentrated a few hundred catties of gunpowder.

Xu Hui was not very satisfied with this amount, Zhao Dangshi didn't have a score in his heart, and when he was fighting for a long time, his attention was always on money and food, and he didn't want to scavenge from Gao Jie's camp and the arsenals in various places There was only so much gunpowder left. Before the war, Xu Hui made it clear that without thousands of catties of gunpowder, he was not sure that he would be able to blow up the stone wall that was not high in Daejeon, but Zhao Dangshi still decided to give it a try.

To blow up the city with gunpowder, the sealing technology must be in place, otherwise the black fire buried in the ground will not explode smoothly and burn in one direction, but will become "underground fireworks". Zhao Dangshi found some quilts from the camp and wrapped them tightly in the gunpowder made into altars and jars, and then dug some coffins in the barren mound to hold them and seal them, and poured tung oil inside.

When Guo Hutou led the army to attack the city, these coffins were all placed in the cave house. The excavation team struggled to dig holes at the base of the wall and buried them in a centralized manner. Datian Qianhu is known for its fertility, and the soil under the city is mostly black soil with strong cohesiveness, and the airtight performance is relatively good, which virtually provides favorable conditions for blasting.

In addition, Datian Qianhu is not a pure brick wall, but an outward brick, inward rammed earth, and at the same time, there are small streams and rivers flowing through, and the soil layer is also a little loose, so it is inevitable to collapse under the explosion of hundreds of catties of black fire.

Without the defense of the city wall, and being frightened by the terrifying power of the "collapse method", the defenders basically lost the will to resist, and fled in all directions, running wildly. Zhao Dangshizhi was not here, and did not send people to search and kill, but the first step was to grab the warehouse in the city, roughly speaking, there was indeed more than 1,000 stone of grain in it.

One thousand stones was too much, and Zhao Dangshi ordered that each person should only carry three days' needs, and then all the soldiers had a full meal, and the victory was accompanied by a solid stomach, and it was full of joy. All of this was done, and it wasn't yet noon.

Zhao Dangshi and Hou Dagui had an appointment, and the Tangma on both sides continued to pass on news, judging from the military information transmitted from the north, Qin Liangyu really did not move, even so, Zhao Ying could not delay here for a moment.

Regardless of the fact that the east wall of the Daejeon Thousand Households is unrecognizable and laborious to repair, just look at the location, sandwiched between the stone soldiers in the north and the scattered hair and Zhongjian Erxuanfu Division in the south, and the mountains on the east and west sides are difficult to walk, which is very unfavorable to Zhao Ying. It's better to take a different path and change the battlefield.

Near noon, Zhao Ying's army left. Hou Dagui received the order, and cut down rough wood on the bank of the Qianjiang River, pretending to make antlers and horses and other things, Qin Liangyu knew about it, and it was very likely that Zhao Ying would decide to arrange a field battle here.

The two armies of Zhao and Hou met in the afternoon, and the whole army quickly turned to the northeast - according to the analysis of the topography map of the Weishan River in Shizhou provided by Qin Qigong, Zhao Dangshi believed that the site of the decisive battle with Shi Yan's soldiers should be placed in a section southwest of the Shizhou Weiwei Station.

Do you want to fight the stone soldiers? Zhao Dangshi thought it was necessary.

Because he has decided to leave Shi Zhouwei. The land of Shizhouwei is barren, and there are many natives living in it, and it is adjacent to Shiyan, Chungzhouwei and many barbarians in the south, so it is not a place to live in peace, and it is imperative to leave this place. However, the objective condition is that Shi Yanbing is looking at the west, and Rong Meibing is stupid in the south, and giving them the back is digging his own grave, and if he does not solve these two troubles, Zhao Ying will not want to leave Shizhou safely.

For Shi Yan and Rong Mei, there is no need to annihilate them, Zhao Ying does not have the strength and the need, just a victory to ensure that the whole army can smoothly withdraw from Shizhouwei.

Qin Jinxiao's men and horses were integrated into the Zhao camp in the northwest of the Shizhou Guard. This battle is a matter of survival, Zhao Dangshi does not like to put the whole army on the tip of the knife to walk, but sometimes things are not up to others, and the evil battle has to be faced.

Zhao Ying's battalion is more than 4,000, and Qin Jinxiao is 1,500; There were 3,500 Shi Yan soldiers and 2,000 Rong Mei soldiers. The two sides are evenly matched, and this battle is still fought.

Military orders came out one after another, and Zhao Ying and Zhonglu soldiers did not go to the Shizhou Guard, but camped in the field. It was almost dusk, the sky was getting dark, and Tangma reported many times, saying that the stone soldiers were still waiting, so it can be seen that tomorrow should be the day of the decisive battle.

The operational meeting lasted until midnight. Everyone in the meeting knew the importance of tomorrow's decisive battle, and the atmosphere at the meeting was unprecedentedly serious. The two are fighting, and they are also up to the point, and nothing else is involved.

The moon shadow was hazy, the wilderness was quiet, and after the generals confirmed their assignments one by one, they left separately. Zhao Dangshi felt depressed, felt tightness in his chest, and walked alone after the camp.

It is now the middle of March, the spring cold is gradually receding, and the mountain breeze blows lightly from time to time, bringing a trace of refreshment to Zhao Dangshi in the hot and turbid camp tent for a long time. The cheeks that had been flushed slowly eased.

What will be the outcome of this last battle in Shizhouwei? Although careful arrangements were made, as soon as he thought of this, Zhao Dangshi's hands would involuntarily clench. From Jin Lingchuan to the present, he has been making decisions, all kinds of decisions, big or small. Sometimes he will make mistakes in judgment and cause some losses, but in general, it is still correct to account for the vast majority, which is why Zhao Ying can gradually develop from a few people at the beginning to dozens of people, hundreds of people, and even thousands of people now.

Hopefully this is not a decision to regret.

Zhao Dangshi thought so, nodded to a few soldiers on duty who greeted him on the side of the road, turned his head, and a familiar figure appeared in front of him.

This figure has accompanied him, or the original owner of the body for more than ten years, which could not be more cordial. Zhao Dangshi looked at his back with a smile, and realized that his originally thin and weak body had grown a lot now.

The figure heard the sound of his head, looked back, and a smile appeared on his face: "Be a brother, what's wrong?" ”

Looking at Wang Laixing's young and childish face, Zhao Dangshi suddenly sighed, smiled, or endured the surging emotions, and approached: "It's okay, take a look around." Why don't you sleep? The fifth watch will have to start arranging, you are afraid that you can only squint for less than two hours, and tomorrow will be a tough battle, and the spirit will have to be fully nourished first. ”

Wang Laixing still looked simple, grinning, revealing two rows of messy yellow teeth, and shook his head gently: "When you are a brother, I am not tired, and I don't want to sleep." ”

The battle is imminent, and there are not a few thousands of people in the entire Zhao camp who can still be wide and fat, and sleep without any worries. Zhao has been a horse for many years, and the "sleep" he said is just hoping that Wang Laixing can take a nap or two, close his eyes and recuperate. He himself would wander for a walk in the middle of the night, and because he was not tired at all.

Zhao Dangshi snorted twice, turned to Wang Laixing's side, patted his increasingly thick back, and said: "What a 'I'm not tired', these days have always done it, and my physique has become a lot stronger." ”

Wang Laixing's foundation is too poor, even if he grows a little taller, his stature is still far inferior to Zhao Dangshi, Hao Shaoqi and others, but in longitudinal comparison, it has reached the average level of adult men in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and it doesn't look as weak as before.

The two chatted for a while, and Wang Laixing asked, "Brother, are we going to leave here?" ”

To him, Zhao Dangshi never hid it, and responded: "Opponent, after tomorrow's battle, let's leave." ”

"Where?"

Before Zhao Dangshi could reply, a voice came from behind Wang Laixing: "Come brother, I'm late." ”

Listening to the voice, it was Qin Shilu.

Wang Laixing seemed to have just remembered that he had made an appointment with Qin Shilu, and he was immediately embarrassed, and looked at Zhao Dangshi embarrassedly, Zhao Dangshi slanted and smiled: "You melon baby, I can't see it, and this hand." The words were funny, but somehow, there was a trace of loneliness in the bottom of my heart.

In this world, except for Wang Laixing's parents who are no longer alive, only Zhao Dangshi calls him "Brother Lai", and now, I don't want to have one more person.

Qin Shilu didn't seem to expect Zhao Dangshi to be there, and when he saw him, he was a little cramped, and said, "Brother Zhao, you are also there." ”

Zhao Dangshi pretended to be calm, stretched his arms back, looked up at the sky and said: "The sky above the camp tent is empty, how can it be as gorgeous as the starry sky outside." As he spoke, he glanced at the two of them, "You two are also here to enjoy the starry sky?" ”

Qin Shilu knew what he meant, so he kept silent with a shy face, and Wang Laixing said to Ai Ai: "No, no, it's Ah Lu, no, no, Miss Qin has something to give me." ”

Zhao Dangshi's eyes followed his gaze to Qin Shilu's hand, and under the faint starlight, something shone brightly.

"What is this?"

Qin Shilu no longer covered it up, and showed the thing to Zhao Dangshi. It turned out that this was a small pendant carved from wolf teeth, although the pendant was not big, but it was thrifty and simple, and it was suitable to wear and hang with a simple person like Wang Laixing.

"This is my own carved tooth ornament, we are loyal to the wolf as brave, with this pendant to protect the body, tomorrow's war, come, come to my brother will be safe and sound." Speaking of "Zhonglu", thinking of the family members who were killed, the corners of her eyes were wet, and she almost cried, but then when she said "Brother Lai", those few crumbling tears actually stopped again.

"Give, give me?" This thing poured out to Wang Laixing's surprise, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and opened his mouth, not knowing what to do.

"Here you go!" Qin Shilu was suddenly a little annoyed, and roughly stuffed the tooth pendant into his arms, and then raised his eyes to look at Zhao Dangshi, "Brother Zhao, I hope you are safe too." After saying that, he walked away without looking back.

Wang Lai Xing was embarrassed, and stammered: "When, dang, when brother, I, I ......"

Zhao Dangshi patted him on the shoulder and said kindly: "What she gave you, a piece of heart, you can accept it." It's such a big person, so you don't have to ask me everything. ”

Wang Laixing was relieved and put the tooth pendant into his clothes.

"Don't show your cowardice tomorrow and live up to her expectations." Zhao Dangshi looked at him with a smile in his eyes. After saying this, he said a few more words and walked away.

When he walked, he walked with his head held high, but he was a little sad inside. But he doesn't know where this sadness comes from, looking at Wang Laixing and Qin Shilu's performance, they may have become a couple. Wang Laixing is his younger brother, Qin Shilu has no support, the two are of the same age, and they often accompany each other in the back camp, they are in love, no matter how appropriate, they should be happy. Although he kept comforting himself, the loneliness still lasted for a long time.

Zhao Dangshi thought all the way, his thoughts were complicated, and unconsciously, he actually turned back to his camp tent, the cold wind came, stabbing him to a spirit, and the battle flag on the side of the tent sounded in the wind.

Staring at the flag that was blowing in the wind, he was stunned for a long time, and with a long exhale, somehow, Zhao Dangshi felt relieved in an instant.

The bamboo knocks on the waning moon and falls, and the chicken sings Xiaoyunsheng. The stone soldiers who had rested for a day were now ready to go.

Yesterday, the movement of Zhao Ying in the Tang Cliff area was confusing, Qin Liangyu acted cautiously, did not personally lead the army, but responded to all changes with the same, and saw what tricks Zhao Ying could play. It wasn't until the news of the destruction of the city of Daejeon Qianhu came that she regretted it a little, but at that time, Zhao Ying had already left Tang Cliff and moved northeast. She judged that Zhao Ying should enter the Shizhou Acropolis to defend the palace. The siege of the city was no better than the field battle, and the preparations needed to be done thoroughly, and it was getting late, so she decided to act again the next morning after discussing it with everyone. Unexpectedly, this was another misjudgment, according to the scout's report, Zhao Ying did not enter the city, but was directly stationed in the field, knowing that this was the case, he should have taken advantage of their establishment to stabilize his wave, but the fighter plane was fleeting, and regret was useless.

Ye Heng proposed a night attack, but she flatly refused. The plan of night attack is simple to say, but in fact, it has extremely high requirements for the training quality of the army and the ability of generals to organize and control, and if one is not careful, he will play with fire and set himself on fire, let alone in the rugged and tortuous mountains. Ye Heng's combat experience is not as good as her, so she will propose this, she has gone through a hundred battles, and she knows that the practical feasibility of the strategies in the romance and legend is actually very low. She was very confident in the combat effectiveness of the stone soldiers, thinking that there was no need to make dangerous moves, and she could still crush the Zhao camp by relying only on the dignified formation, so although she sighed a little about the loss of the fighter, she didn't care so much.

When the first light of dawn came down, the whole army of Shi Yan soldiers was already cooking in pots. After Qin Liangyu finished eating, he received the military information provided by Rong Mei, which was exactly the same as the one that his scout had just arrived: the whole army of Zhao Ying had already set up a position in the mountains southwest of Shizhou Weisho, and looking at its posture, it seemed that he wanted to settle the situation in one battle.

The mountains are like gathering, the glow is beginning to appear, Qin Liangyu is not afraid: just a few thieves, no matter how powerful they are, after all, they are a group of mud legs, and it is too self-conscious to fight a positional battle face-to-face.

After the three cannon shots were fired, the stone soldiers marched out of the village.