Seeing Liu Du say this, Jia Xu looked at Deng Zhi and felt a little confused. Liu Du explained to Jia Xu: "Deng Bomiao has brought a secret artifact. With this artifact, it is easy to break the city and pull out the village! ”

Jia Xu was a little puzzled, Deng Zhi led Liu Du and Jia Xu to the arsenal, only to see boxes of black balls on the ground. Liu Du looked at the more than 100 boxes of black balls, raised his head and laughed: "I have this artifact, the world can be determined!" ”

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Your Majesty will sweep the world! We are willing to drive for Your Majesty! Although the generals didn't know what the black ball was, they all congratulated Liu Du.

Liu Du ordered Deng Zhi to lead people to carry the black ball, and ordered the three armies to start the next day and attack Jingling City in a big way.

Chen Wu had already received a flying report from the scouts, and ordered all gates to strengthen their defenses and go up to the city with Lu Meng to see. Chen Wu looked through the binoculars, and the enemy troops approached one after another, all of them holding high the banner of the word "Han", and their weapons and armor were extremely sophisticated.

Although Liu Duguo's name was "Han", Wei and Chu refused to recognize it and only called it Shu. Liu Du wanted to buy people's hearts under the banner of Zhongxing Han, although the Han Dynasty had long been replaced by Wei. But at this time, the army under Liu Du was greatly inspired, and its momentum was incomparably huge.

The vanguard of the Shu army had already stopped and began to set up trebuchets and other siege equipment. The soldiers of the Chu army under Chen Wu were also full of bows, and when the Shu soldiers pushed the ladder over, thousands of arrows were fired in the city, and countless Shu soldiers fell one after another.

But the offensive of the Shu army did not decrease at all, and the trebuchets of the Shu army threw stone projectiles all over the sky, and many soldiers in the city were smashed into pulp before they had time to dodge.

"Shoot back!" Chen Wu pointed to the enemy soldiers who were swarming and chrysalis under the city, and shouted at the sappers behind him.

A trebuchet and bed crossbow of the Tai Chu army in the city poured stone bullets and crossbow arrows into the Shu army that was surging like a tide, and there were dozens or hundreds of casualties on both sides every minute, and for a time the entire Jingling City was like a Shura purgatory.

Chen Wu had long been accustomed to the cruelty of war, and at this time, despite Lu Meng's dissuasion, he personally went to the city wall to supervise the battle. Although the soldiers resisted bravely, they were still rushed up by the Shu army, and Chen Wuming Quan Cong led the Wudang army to support everywhere, so that he could repel this wave of attack by the Shu army.

But without waiting for the soldiers of the Chu army to take a breath, the second round of the Shu army's offensive began again. Deng Zhi instructed the soldiers to load the black ball on the trebuchet, and ordered someone to ignite the black ball, and the lead of the black ball burned into the ball with a blazing fire.

Dozens of trebuchets were projected at once, and the black balls that were blazing smashed into the city together. The next moment, I saw that countless soldiers in the city were blown away, and then I heard a sound like a landslide and a crack.

"General be careful!!" Guan Hai shouted desperately at Chen Wu, but unfortunately his voice was muffled by the sound of explosions. Guan Hai didn't care so much, and rushed straight to Chen Wu, blocking in front of him.

The shock wave of the explosion directly lifted the two of them into the air, and Chen Wu only felt that his ears were ringing, and he couldn't hear any sound clearly. There was only Guan Hai's corpse in front of him, and pieces of broken bricks and tiles.

Chen Wu sat on the ground, holding Guan Hai's corpse, tears falling uncontrollably, and chanting stupidly: "Black Powder ~ Black Powder ......"

Lü Meng hurriedly brought his troops and asked Chen Wu to be carried away on a stretcher. Although Chen Wu was protected by Guan Hai with his body, reducing the damage suffered by the explosion, some of the rubble still hit Chen Wu. Chen Wu was seriously injured, and what was even worse was that Chen Wu was now in a state of delirium.

More than 2,000 people were killed and injured in the city, and the soldiers of the Chu army did not know what siege weapons the Shu army used, and the power was so great that everyone was terrified.

"What is the sound, like the earth cracking and the sky collapsing?"

"Alas, I heard that even our general was seriously wounded, and we are all going to die here this time......"

"I've fought for half my life, and I've never seen such a killing weapon."

"Could it be that this is what the Shu army did with the power of ghosts and gods?"

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For a time, rumors spread in the city, and the soldiers of the reserve did not dare to go to the city to defend, so Lü Meng temporarily took over the command of Chen Wu and ordered the fearful to be beheaded. Although the city defense and troops were replenished in time, the army was timid, if the next round of attacks of the Shu army still had the "black powder" that Chen Wu said, how long could Lingcheng hold on?

In the Shu army camp, Liao Hua, Zhang Ren and other generals were discussing the sound of Fang Cai with Jia Xu. As soon as Liu Du and Deng Zhi came in, Liao Hua stepped forward and asked, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, could it be that the earth dragon turned over (earthquake)?" ”

"This is the sound produced by the explosion of 'black powder'." Liu Du explained with a smile.

"Your Majesty, what you have seen with your own eyes on the battlefield today is that the power of 'black powder' is enough to change the tide of battle. Congratulations to Your Majesty, get this artifact, why worry about the world uncertainly! Deng Zhi was not only surprised by the power of black powder in actual combat, but also admired Liu Du, the developer of black powder.

"Could this thing be a weapon of defeat that His Majesty secretly made in Kyoto before? Although the power of this thing is amazing, it is only necessary to strictly guard the way it is made, so as not to be obtained by the enemy. Jia Xu bowed to Liu Du and said.

"Don't I know? Today, the gunpowder in front of the battle showed its might, and the Chu army was in turmoil. My army besieged but did not attack, and within ten days, the city of Lingcheng would go down! Liu Du ordered an army of 100,000 to besiege the small Jingling City, wanting to wait for it to open the city and surrender.

Chen Wu was seriously injured and unconscious, and Han Xuan, who was far away in Jianye, did not receive the military report from Chen Wu for two consecutive days, and Han Xuan was so anxious that he found the messengers at the pigeon station to ask him.

"Husband, don't be anxious. Chen Wu's martial arts and art of war are all the best in the world, maybe the front line is tight, and he doesn't have time to reply to the letter? Huang Wudie didn't know what to say, so she comforted Han Xuan casually.

"Keep in touch with me until you have news of Chen Wu and come back to see me!" Han Xuan was so anxious that he didn't eat for two days.

Because the city was surrounded by water, the pigeons of the pigeon station were shot down with bows and arrows by the soldiers of the Shu army and roasted and eaten as soon as they flew out.

Lu Meng looked at the last pigeon in the pigeon cage and sighed, now he can only gamble. Lu Meng put the letter on the leg of this pigeon with black feathers, stroked its back and said: "'Scud', you must send the letter alive, I will entrust you with the lives of all the soldiers in the city!" ”

The pigeon, named Scud, flapped its wings and flew eastward, and like a firefighter, it struggled to fly high into the air, dodging countless enemy arrows. Two days later, the letter finally reached Jianye, and he was so tired that he collapsed in the pigeon cage.

This is Han Xuan's favorite carrier pigeon, Han Xuan saw Lu Meng use it to deliver letters, and knew that the front had reached the point of life and death. Han Xuan ordered the "Scud" to be buried, and took down the letter to read.

After reading the letter, Han Xuan opened his mouth wide in shock when he held the letter. After a long time, Han Xuan muttered, "I never thought that Liu Du would develop gunpowder so quickly......"

"What is this gunpowder, that it is so powerful?" Huang Wudie's inquiry interrupted Han Xuan's thoughts.

Han Xuan explained: "The fireworks that Zilie and I put to you and Zhaoji on Chinese New Year's Eve are made of this 'black powder', but according to Lü Meng's letter, the equivalent used by the Shu army should be dozens or even hundreds of times that of fireworks!" ”

"In this case, isn't the front-line soldiers in danger?" Huang Wudie said worriedly.

"Pass my order, summon Pang Tong, Zhong Xuan, Chen Qun, and Liu Ye to the military aircraft department!" Han Xuan summoned the guards outside the door and ordered.

Pang Tong was the first to arrive, he bowed to Han Xuan, and Han Xuan motioned for him to sit down quickly. Pang Tong said: "Lord, the situation is critical today, the lord should make plans as soon as possible!" ”

Han Xuan knew what Pang Tong meant, and now it was too late to send troops to rescue Chen Wu, Pang Tong wanted Han Xuan to give up saving Chen Wu, and while Chen Wu was dragging Liu Du, he quickly contracted the defense line to block Liu Du's army.

"Chen Wu is my brother-in-law, I can't abandon him! Qing should now plan a strategy to save Chen Wu for Lonely. Han Xuan didn't wait for Pang Tong to say his previous plan, so he said angrily.