The power of black powder is naturally much smaller than that of various gunpowders in later generations, but it does not mean that black powder can only be used as fireworks, you must know that until 1847, before the chemist Sobrello of the University of Turin invented nitroglycerin, black powder was the only explosive in the world, and Napoleon in France used black powder to fight all his life, and the knights' fortresses in the West were also shattered by black powder.

The smoke of gunpowder dissipated, and the city gate of Qingzhou had been blackened by gunpowder, but it still stood there and was not blown open.

"Keep shooting!" Cheng Min saw that Zhu Wu behind him had no new instructions, so he gave the order and said, and the sergeants hurriedly began to turn the lever again, put down the gunpowder bullet, and ignited and fired.

Murong Yanda saw that there were continuous explosions under the city gate, and he was shocked and frightened, and said to the sergeant next to him, "Quick, go down and have a look." ”

"Oh no, the city gates are going to fall!" Hearing only a loud shout, Murong Yanda couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, if this city gate is broken, Qingzhou will also be broken.

Although each gunpowder bomb was not too powerful to blow up the city gate at once, almost every gunpowder bullet exploded near the city gate, and the huge shock wave acted as a battering ram, and every time it exploded, the city gate was shaken by the impact. Seeing the city gate like this, those bed crossbows also increased the firing speed, a few back and forth, there were also ballistas hit by bed crossbows, but the distance was too far, the shooting accuracy was too low, and in the end, only one ballista was completely destroyed by the bed crossbow.

Murong Yanda stood on the city tower, listening to the news from below, becoming more and more worried, and shouted below, "Quick, go find stones and sandbags, and block the city gate!" ”

But it was too late, after another salvo explosion, the city gate was finally blown open, and seeing the exploding city gate, Liang Shanjun let out cheers together.

"Rush!" Zhu Wu shouted.

"Brothers, follow me!" Cheng Min carried a giant axe, led the cavalry team to take the lead in the charge, the ballista began to turn the direction, and fired at the arrow tower on the head of the city, a team of archers began to walk forward under the escort of the sword and shield soldiers, Niu Gao also took out a mask from his arms and put it on, no way, who told him that he had also been to Qingzhou last time.

Murong Yanda watched the black and oppressive Liang Shanjun rush over, and was so frightened that he took a few steps back, shouting, "Hurry!" Archery! Archery! Block them!! ”

"My lord, the city gate has been broken and can't be guarded, let's go!" Several civil officials next to him watched the arrow feathers flying around like locusts, and fled in all directions in fright, while the people under the city wall who watched the bustle saw the arrow feathers flying into the city, and they were also frightened and scattered.

Murong Yanda's eyes rolled and said, "Quick! Go to death row, arrest Qin Ming, Song Jiang, and Hua Rong for me, the traitors are all recruited by them, as long as they are hostages, the traitors will definitely retreat! ”

"It's too late! Behold, my lord, the thieves have rushed in! A general pointed to Cheng Min's banner and said to Murong Yanda. Murong Yanda looked at it, but it wasn't it, he saw Cheng Min cut down the sergeant who wanted to block the city gate with an axe, the cavalry was like the wind, and hundreds of Liangshan cavalry galloped past, and the city gate was completely lost in an instant.

Murong Yanda pulled a general next to him and said, "It's too late to go!" Only the lives of Song Jiang and Hua Rong can protect my Qingzhou. ”

- Qingzhou death row

In the prison, there was not a single jailer, all the jailers went outside to watch the battle situation on the city wall nervously, and in the cell, Hua Rong, who had been closing his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes, and then quickly lay on the ground and listened.

"Brother Hua Rongxian, what's wrong?" Song Jiang, who was leaning against the wall, asked Hua Rong.

Hua Rong discerned the direction and said, "It seems to be the direction of the South City Gate, this movement, it's so strange..."

Qin Ming, who was pale, also lay on the ground and listened, and said after a while, "This sound is the sound of gunpowder exploding, this thing is generally only available in the forbidden army, even if I don't have any gunpowder weapons in Qingzhou, is it a Liangshan thief?" ”

Song Jiang said happily, "In this way, the Liangshan army has begun to attack the city, and it won't be long before I can get out." ”

Hua Rong also nodded to Song Jiang and said, "Murong Yanda is jealous and jealous, he can't tolerate people, the defenders must not be the opponent of the Liangshan army, Brother Gongming just hold on a little longer." ”

Qin Ming snorted, "It's better to die in the hands of the Liangshan thieves than in the hands of Murong Yanda." ”

Qin Ming's lady next to her asked nervously, "Official, are those people going to kill us too?" ”

Qin Ming replied, "We are officials, they are thieves, thieves kill officials and officials catch thieves as a matter of course, but Song Prison and Hua Zhizhai, in the past, some people said that you colluded with thieves and bandits, I still don't believe it, but now it seems that it is groundless, there must be a reason!" ”

Song Jiang rolled his eyes, and sighed to Qin Ming, "Qin is in charge, I, Song Jiang, am dedicated to the imperial court, where is there any rebellion, then Murong Yanda is jealous and jealous, he can't tolerate me, make up lies, beat me to prison, all of this General Qin also suffers, and he should know best."

He said that I colluded with bandits, but I even leveled peach blossoms and Qingfeng Ershan, and then again, there are so many bandits and bandits in Qingzhou, are they all bad people? He is a herdsman with no skills, so he makes smoke everywhere! I think he's the one who deserves to be killed!

General Qin, today's matter has come to this, it is better to hide in the green forest with us first, and wait for the heavens to show kindness in the future, and then it is not too late to serve the imperial court..."

Qin Ming fell into contemplation for a while, at this time, there was a commotion outside, and a group of sergeants walked in surrounded by several civil and military officials, and the sharp-eyed Hua Rong immediately found that these people had a look of panic on their faces, and knew that the battle situation must be extremely beneficial to the Liangshan army now.

"You traitors, it is because of you that I have suffered a river of blood in Qingzhou! Come on, arrest them all for me and take them to the governor's mansion, and if there is resistance, you will be killed! Murong Yanda roared with red eyes.

The jailer hurriedly opened the door, and a group of sergeants arrested Song Jiang and the others like wolves, while Qin Ming's family, old and young, was crying and screaming, and Murong Yanda was upset, took the sword of the sergeant next to him, and stabbed a young girl, Qin Ming only felt that his heart was like a knife, and shouted, "No!! ”

Qin Ming's lady was crazy and generally wanted to pounce, but was kicked away by Murong Yanda, and shouted, "Take them all away, plug my mouth!" ”

Qin Ming stared at Murong Yanda deadly, as if he was going to eat him, Murong Yanda was uncomfortable to look at, if he didn't think that Qin Ming could threaten Huang Xin, he would have to clean him up.

In Qingzhou City, it was already a mess at this time, Jiang De rode a horse, and entered Qingzhou City under the escort of a group of guards, Zhu Wu kept giving orders, letting all military horses go to occupy Qingzhou's money and grain arsenal, the prefect's yamen and other important places, and Jiang De kept nodding his head. If he had been allowed to come, he would not have been able to be so methodical.

"Newspaper!! Discover Murong Yanda's traces! Said as he galloped over.

"Where is he?" Jiang De asked.

"Murong Yanda led hundreds of Qingzhou troops to defend the yamen of the state capital, and now the leader of Cheng is leading his troops to attack, because the opponent has many bows and arrows, and the location is advantageous, it is difficult to attack for a while." The spy replied.

Jiang De looked at Zhu Wu, and Zhu Wu ordered, "Order the ballistas outside the city to be brought in, and if you can't get in, you will blow them up, the owner of the village, since Murong Yanda is defending one place, I think you can not attack it first, take the rest of the important land first, and then make plans." ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "I said, everything in this battle is up to your arrangement, and if you think about it, give the order." ”

After Zhu Wuxie, he immediately ordered, and Hua Diao came over at this time, and said anxiously to Jiang De, "Xiao Langjun, it's not good, my brother is not in prison." ”

Jiang De asked, "It's not in prison, where is that?" ”

Xu Guanzhong immediately said, "If the lower officials guessed correctly, it must be in the yamen of the state capital, and this Murong Yanda probably wants to negotiate with us with the lives of General Hua and others." ”

Hua Diao scolded: "This dog official... Xiao Langjun, what should I do? ”

Jiang De shook his head and said, "Don't worry, everything is still inconclusive, let's go to the state capital yamen together." ”

This is the second time he has come to the prefect's yamen in Qingzhou, looking at the plaque of Qingzhou Mansion with arrow feathers, Jiang De sighed in his heart.

"Liangshan thieves, who are these people?" On the wall of the state capital, there were suddenly a few more people who were tied up by the five flowers, Jiang De looked, there were more than a dozen old and young, Murong Yanda lay on a ladder and said, "Liangshan thieves, these are the people you want to save, I warn you, if you want to attack my state capital again, I will kill these people, so that you will have no success this way!" ”

Huadiao saw Hua Rong, and immediately shouted, "Brother, it's me, I'm Huadiao, brother, don't worry, little.. The elder brother of the owner of the village will definitely have a way. ”

Murong Yanda looked at the dozen or so horseback riders in the distance, and knew that it must be the leader of the Liangshan Army, so he said, "Which of you is the chief general of the Liangshan Army, come out and speak!" After speaking, he hurriedly lowered his head, as if he was afraid of a cold arrow.

Jiang De was just about to rush forward, but was stopped by Zhu Wu and said, "That guy is talking about the main general of this battle, isn't the owner of the village handed it over?" Please let my brother rest less, let me go. ”

Saying that, Zhu Wu stepped forward and said to Murong Yanda, "Liangshan Zhu Wu has seen Lord Murong, Lord Murong, now that the battle situation has been decided, Qingzhou has changed hands, why insist on it anymore and make up killings?" ”

Where did Murong Yanda want to be a hero like this, but he was not alone, whether it was for his sister in the palace or for the future of the family, he could not escape under the attack of the bandits.

Murong Yanda shouted to Zhu Wu, "Don't say much, if you want Song Jiang and the others not to die, withdraw from Qingzhou immediately, otherwise, I can kill a lot of people here!" Do you want to try my Qingzhou's knife advantage? ”

Huang Xin also led his troops here at this time, and when he saw Qin Ming tied to the wall, he immediately shouted, "Master!" Is it okay? ”

Qin Ming looked at Huang Xin and actually led the troops to mix with the Liang Shan army, he was suddenly anxious and angry, and his mouth was whining, Huang Xin looked at the general next to Murong Yanda, and shouted, "The surname is Kong, have you forgotten that your old father was sick in the past, how can we help you?" Are you still going to deal with me today? ”

The general was suddenly a little panicked, looking at Murong Yanda, not knowing what to say, Murong Yanda looked at him with some suspicion, the steel knife in his hand was held tightly, and said to Huang Xin, "The traitor Hugh wants to disturb my army's heart, I will only give you time to wait for ten breaths, after ten breaths, if you don't retreat, I will kill one person first!" After ten more breaths, kill one more until there is no one left to kill! ”

Zhu Wu hurriedly said, "Slow! It's just a retreat, what's the difficulty, but if we want to withdraw the army, we also have the conditions, and ask Lord Murong to release General Hua and the others back, so that we are willing to withdraw the army! ”

Of course, Murong Yanda refused, and began to shout, "One! ”

Jiang De saw Murong Yanda start counting, and every time he counted, he poked his head out to take a look, like a gopher in a game of whack-a-mole, he had a plan, and said a few words to the flower carving and Niu Gao next to him, then took a bow and arrow in his hand, stepped forward and said, "Dog officer, are you really here for these people?" You don't have to do it, I'll to you first! As he spoke, an arrow shot out, hitting Song Jiang's left arm, Song Jiang suddenly screamed in pain, this time, everyone was blinded, Murong Yanda looked at Song Jiang's arm, he didn't turn a corner for a long time, Niu Gao and Huadiao, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly shot at Murong Yanda, only to see two black lights flashing, Murong Yanda's left and right arms were each hit by an arrow, and he fell down in an instant.

As soon as he saw Murong Yanda falling, Huang Xin shouted again, "Are you waiting to surrender or not, waiting to die with that dog official?" ”

Huang Xin was originally the military supervisor of Qingzhou, with military prestige, and now everyone knows that they are going to fight, it is only a matter of time before the prefect is broken, and it is not a life-and-death enemy, why fight to the end, the prefect's gate was immediately opened, and the Liangshan army rushed in like a swarm, and the general surnamed Kong sighed, cut Qin Ming's rope and said, "General, the matter has come to this, please leave quickly with your family." ”

Qin Ming looked at Murong Yanda, who was lying on the ground, already having less qi in and more qi out, and his heart was sad and indignant, he snatched the knife of the sergeant next to him, and jumped off the wall to kill him.

The knife slashed down, and a sound of horses' hooves was heard, and a big axe appeared in front of him, blocking Qin Ming's blade.

"General Qin, the owner of the village has an order, leave this person's life, and use it for him!" Cheng Min said to Qin Ming, Qin Ming said angrily, "This person forced my mother to death and killed my young daughter, how can he be allowed to live?" Get out of the way! ”

Cheng Min smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll accompany General Qin for a while, and it's good to dissipate my anger." The two of them really fought on a horse and a horse.

On the other side, after Hua Rong was let go, he hurriedly looked at Song Jiang, who was shot with an arrow, and asked, "Is my brother okay?" ”

Song Jiang's face was like gold paper, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I can still hold on." ”

Jiang De drove his horse at this time, dismounted and said to Song Jiang, "I'm sorry, Song Abbot, in a hurry, I can only make this decision." ”

Song Jiang looked at Jiang De in a complicated way and said, "The owner of the village has come thousands of miles to rescue, I am really grateful, where do you dare to blame." ”

Jiang De turned around and said to the sergeant, "Quick, take Song Zhusi down for treatment, and that Murong Yanda will also save me, I can't die, General Hua, are you okay?" ”

Hua Rong didn't recognize Jiang De, and said suspiciously, "The owner of the village also knows my Hua Rong?" ”

A Hokage sprang out from the side, threw himself into Hua Rong's arms and cried, "Brother, I finally rescued you!" ”