Because of the rain and humidity, the Zhao army suspended the attack on Pingyang City; But the rain soon stopped, and Shi Hu took advantage of the opportunity to wait for the land to dry and sent more manpower to build more siege equipment. As for the inside of the city, they stepped up the repair of the collapsed city walls, and organized men to sneak out of the city to clean up the corpses in the trenches and destroy the roads paved by the army.

Two days later, the weather was dry and dry, and Shi Hunai once again ordered the generals to beat the drums and march forward to attack the city wall of Pingyang. At the same time, he also ordered Zhang Raccoon and the other three to attack at the same time.

Because of the offensive and defensive battle in the first two days, the Zhao army pioneered the people to block the arrows, and then bravely went forward, and the siege equipment was transported to the city wall in a hurry. Then today's four doors are attacking together, and the odds of winning are very great.

If he could take Pingyang Jiancheng before the Jin reinforcements arrived, Mr. Pei's face would be very interesting......

However, he immediately commanded the siege, but instinctively sensed that something was wrong...... Although there are not enough people to carry in front today, the pace of the march is not so slow, right? Could it be that after resting for so many days, the soldiers' physical strength and spirit are not only sluggish, but they are tired?

He immediately ordered the guards to supervise the battle in front of the battle, and encouraged the soldiers' fighting spirit.

It took nearly twice as long as the previous two days, and the Ka army began to fill in a few roads in the trenches, and the number of casualties was twice as high as the day before, not counting the casualties of the lightning strikes. Then the ladder approached the city wall, and the city made the hook resist, and threw down the rolling wood and the fire bottle, and in a short time, three ladders were ignited into a raging fire. Shi Hu couldn't help but shake his head and said: "The Jin people really have a secret recipe for igniting fire, if I can get it, why is it here!" ”

Pei Gai used gunpowder for the first time when defending Dali, and the news spread quickly, and Zu Ni Nai sent someone to implore Pei Gai to ask for a secret recipe. Pei Gai took care of the visitor and said: "This thing is called gunpowder, ignited and ignited, ten times stronger than firewood, grass, grease, etc., but it is not easy to make, and it is more afraid that it will be discovered by thieves...... so he finally gave Zu Ti three stones of gunpowder, and told the method of use, as for how to refine it, it is secret.

Even if Pei Jun is a heavy general, few people know the refining method of gunpowder, let alone the specific formula.

Pei should know that refining gunpowder is not too difficult in terms of technology, as long as you understand the principle and trial and error, you can always find the right formula, it is difficult to ensure that the technology is not scattered, but when Fang fights with Hu and Qian, if you can share with the enemy one day later, we will have one more trump card, and we can hide it for a day!

When Shi Le learned of this, he really ordered Cheng Yao to send someone to steal the secret recipe. Cheng Ziyuan also wrote to Wang Gong, either to induce, tempt, or directly ask for it, but unfortunately Wang Gong didn't pay attention to it at all, and even Wang Zici himself didn't know the formula of gunpowder.

Then Pei Gai "invented" the "Tiger Squat Cannon", and all parties explored its skills more eagerly, but few people connected the two things. So far, the information that Cheng Yao has found and provided to Shi Le is: "Pei Wenyue's secret technique of igniting fire, the thing used is called gunpowder, which was passed down by Hao Zhao, the general of Wei in the past, and took the unique minerals in the customs and refined them into ...... with charcoal powder."

Zhang Bin estimated: "Mineral combustible, maybe it refers to Shi Ni? "Shi Le Nai ordered Shi Hu, who was guarding Taiyuan, to dig up hundreds of catties of stone and send them to Xiangguo for trial, but of course the result was completely wrong.

Since you don't know the recipe, it's hard to plan a way to deal with it, so you can only use traditional means of defending against torches and fire arrows, such as smearing wet mud on the ladder and having a water jug. However, in the summer, the red sun was scorching, and the wet mud that had been laid in advance had been roughly dried by the time it reached the city wall, and the fire bottle filled with gunpowder shattered and burned very quickly, which was really unavoidable.

As for the chariots used to hit the city gates, they were soon destroyed by the city with rolling logs and stones, and fire bottles. The army was busy for most of the day, leaving behind hundreds of corpses, and in the end, no one could climb to the top of the city.

By the end of the afternoon, the soldiers were tired, and Shi Hu was forced to withdraw his troops. When I asked about the situation in the other three directions, the result was not as good as the north gate, and even the trenches could not be slightly crossed, which is why most of the generals were not good at attacking the city.

Shi Hu immediately asked the generals on the front line, saying that I was watching from behind the battle today, and the soldiers were slow and looked a little tired, what was the reason? The generals reported their feelings one after another, and in the end, it turned out that it was a rumor that spread from nowhere, which shook the morale of the army.

The content of the rumor is roughly as follows:

Pingyang is the key to the east of the river, Pei Gai not only made Liu Yang and others guard, but also searched for capable people to help. In the meantime, I heard that there is a building at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, and the Taoist priest Liang Chen was once taught by Yin Xi after Yin Liang taught the secret methods such as returning water and stone to Dan, refining qi and stealth, and he went to see him in person. It was expected that Liang Chen was just rising in the middle of last year, and he became an immortal, but he was able to visit Peng. Under Pei Gai's repeated pleading, Peng Mou went north to Pingyang half a month ago and was warmly entertained by Liu Yang.

So what spell does Peng have to help defend the city? It is said that when Peng entered the city, he brought two bronze pillars in a big boat, claiming to be the stump arm of the twelve golden men cast by Qin Shi Huang, who could go up to the sky, call the thunder god, and kill the enemy who came to attack by thunder. Liu Yang placed these two pillars on the north city.

As for how to cast spells, how to fall thunder, and who to kill, there are also said. Peng Mouyun, who was killed by the thunder god, was also a disloyal and unfilial person, and he must be killed according to the number of heavenly stems, not at that time. Specific to the day of the siege, the year is in the self, the month is Xinwei, and the day is Jiachen, then the birthday with Jia, Ji, and Xin for three days will inevitably be difficult to escape.

So he first drove all the people in the city who committed these three days of work out of the city, and ordered them to hide in the houses, and Daoist Peng cast a spell at the head of the city. In an instant, the thunder rumbled, the dark clouds were dense, and then three thunderbolts fell one after another, and the middle one stood up, and the thunder was very strong, even the people around him could not be spared......

But it's a pity that two thunderbolts hit the array outside the city, and the third fell to the head of the city inexplicably...... After the investigation, it should be that a certain soldier either concealed his true birthday, or because of his low background and shallow education, he couldn't remember the exact birthday...... As soon as the thunder fell, the city burst into flames, and the walls collapsed a few feet! Because of this, Daoist Peng couldn't stand and staggered to the ground, and his method broke so that there was no fourth thunder to strike.

Liu Yang was naturally furious, and immediately interrogated and selected soldiers repeatedly. Peng Daoshi also suggested that the secret method should not be overlooked, when the siege of the city is very urgent, and the city is in danger, he will go to the city again to cast a spell as soon as he goes to the city, most of the soldiers must retreat first, so as not to fight their own people again.

This news spread with noses and eyes, causing the soldiers and generals to be frightened. If you want to say that there is not one in a hundred people who are not superstitious in these years, and specifically the ordinary soldiers with a low level of education, I am afraid that out of 10,000, there are 9,999 people who believe in all kinds of strange forces and disorders. The day before yesterday, although less than 100 people were killed and injured by the "thunderstorm", it is said that the death was very miserable, and the skin and bones were broken...... Most of the soldiers are not afraid of death, but no one wants to die so miserably, do they?

Moreover, the more the rumors spread, the more evil they became, and many people firmly believed that thousands of comrades were killed by lightning that day, but the real number was concealed by generals at all levels......

Therefore, when the city was attacked again today, there were many soldiers who had committed Tiangan today's Ding, Ji, and Ren pretending to be sick and refused to go into battle. What's even worse is that in fact, many big-headed soldiers don't know exactly who they were born into, and even if they do, they can't figure out the cadres, so there are even more who shrink from this.

Even if he was sure that he had not committed this heavenly soldier, he was worried that the comrades next to him had misremembered their birthdays, and the thunder was a dozen, otherwise why would the two thunders fall the day before yesterday, and thousands of people would be killed and injured? Even the Jin people in the city will inevitably make mistakes, so are my colleagues around me really reliable?

As a result, I am afraid, and I will inevitably get tired when I start a war.

At that moment, Shi Hu listened to the words of the generals, and couldn't help but be furious: "This is a trick by Jin Kou to confuse our army's heart!" "Ordered a thorough investigation into the source of the rumors.

These rumors were naturally made up by Ouyang Gen, and they were spread among the troops by using Hu Rong, who had been driven out of the city. If you want to say that you want to spread rumors and make up stories, Ouyang Gen is an expert Pei should hear this afterwards, and he couldn't help but say: "What a talent! After 2,000 years, he will become a best-selling author at some point! Ouyang Juju, I dedicate my knee to you......"

This rumor is seven parts false and three parts true, how can ordinary soldiers distinguish the truth from the false?

First of all, many people have seen the entry of the "general artillery" into the city, and it is bound to be difficult to conceal; And the person who escorted the "general cannon" was a scholar surnamed Peng, and it is estimated that it is not difficult to inquire. So he falsely called the "general cannon" the stump arm of the twelve golden people, and said that Peng was Liang Chen's tall foot, although the Louguan faction was not yet famous at this time, after all, Liang Chen was in Guanzhong, and the northerners heard of his name, and there were many more people who knew Danyang Gezhichuan.

He used a whole set of evil sayings to explain almost perfectly why three lightning strikes will hit the outside of the city twice, and one hit the inside of the city. The reason for the heavenly stem to be covered by clouds and mountains is to make the soldiers worry about whether they will be the one who should be killed...... If you want to say that the sky and thunder are indiscriminately beaten, for the soldiers who have been in battle for a long time, it is possible to have a single heart and be fine.

And you may not commit a crime today, and dare to go into battle with pride, whether you doubt your comrades next to you or not, then what about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow? Someday it might be your turn.

The most important thing is that he also said that because of a mistake, the Jin people did not dare to use the secret technique lightly, but had to wait for the time when the city was in danger. On the one hand, this can perfectly explain why Pingyang is attacked again today, and the thunder does not fall, otherwise, as the expected thunder refuses to fall for a long time, the soldiers will gradually get rid of the rumors; On the other hand, the closer the soldiers got to the city wall, the more worried they became......

And if the soldiers attack the city, the city is really about to fall, and at that time, it doesn't matter whether they can wake up or not, anyway, it's a "death" word.

Shi Hu ordered a thorough investigation of the source of the rumors, but in fact, there was no need to investigate, and it was conceivable.

Late at night the day before yesterday, nearly 1,000 Hu Rong were driven out of the city, some of them went straight to the Zhao camp, and some of them wanted to escape, but they were captured or killed for the horses. Although Shi Hu ordered to kill Hu Rong, who had escaped from Beicheng, he was not able to detect and stop the spread of rumors in the first place......

As for the other three directions, most of the guards ordered these Hu Rong to come over and inquire about the affairs in the city, although they may not take the rumors seriously, but there are always some suspicious soldiers around them, and it is inevitable that they will spread ten and ten hundreds...... Thunder fell on the city and under the city during the day, this thing is very strange and terrifying, who doesn't have a little curiosity and doesn't want to ask a question or two?

Most of the Zhao generals below Shi Hu did not believe in this matter, thinking that although they were also superstitious, they had a wider knowledge than ordinary soldiers and had a stronger ability to distinguish, otherwise Zhang Raccoon and the others would report to Shi Hu the next day at the latest. They will inevitably think, this matter is so mysterious, it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false, if I hastily report to the king of Taiyuan, most of them will be reprimanded...... It's better not to mention it yet.

It wasn't until today's siege that this rumor really affected morale, and after the war, it was reviewed that Shi Hu was informed of what he had heard.

Shi Hu immediately reprimanded angrily, this is a trick of the Jin people! But he turned his face, but he couldn't help but wonder, so he asked a few people who joined the army, saying that you are all scholars, do you see such a thing in the ancient books that summon the heavenly thunder to destroy the enemy army? The soldiers all shook their heads, and then Zhu Liang said: "I heard that there are tiger squatting cannons in the Jin army, which can hurt people a hundred steps away. And the Jin people can use gunpowder, water and fire are ruthless, and it is inevitable to hurt themselves, or use this as a pretense. ”

His guess was relatively close, but because of limited intelligence sources, he still failed to link the "tiger squat cannon" with gunpowder.

Shi Hu nodded and said, "It will be as the army said!" "Whether you're right or not, this rumor has shaken my morale anyway, and I have to be sure that it's false. An order was immediately issued to the generals to strictly prohibit the soldiers from discussing the matter again.

Wang continued to offer a plan: "The Jin people want to kill the most, the king also, the king can claim to be born on the first day, and he will commit a heavenly stem. If he really used a secret technique to summon the heavenly thunder, he would naturally kill the king first, and the king would be safe and sound, which shows that his words are not true. ”

Shi Hu nodded again and again, and said yes, yes, I am born on the first day, and all the generals must have a unified voice, and go down to say to the soldiers like this.

However, rumors stop at the wise, it is always easy to spread rumors, but it is difficult to refute rumors, and besides, you have not debunked the idea. Because of this, the soldiers did not dare to spread rumors, but few of them dispelled their doubts. Not only that, but even the big-headed soldiers have the ability to replenish their brains

Therefore, there is a legend soon that this thunder has a distance and a range, and after the king of Taiyuan sits in the array, it will naturally not hit him; There is also a legend that the king of Taiyuan killed too many people, and the fierce flames were full of fire, and even the god of thunder was inevitably afraid, and he might not dare to kill him, but we didn't have any psychological burden......

The key is that Shi Hu is unkind and purely powerful, so the soldiers are only afraid of him, but they may not believe him; Besides, the king of Taiyuan is only good at fighting, and he doesn't really have the spirit of a king, let alone feng shui...... If the three armies of the Great Sima of Guanzhong were changed, most of them would believe similar rumors, because the Metropolitan Governor is omniscient and omnipotent, and it is said that the Metropolitan Governor can also gaze at the stars and determine life and death......

As a result, the morale has always been difficult to boost, on the contrary, the Jin people in the city have successfully repelled the soldiers twice, and their morale is high, and their combat effectiveness has been virtually raised to a higher level. In the offensive and defensive battles that followed, Liu Yang and other generals were quite successful in garrisoning, and Shi Hu was always difficult to break through the city.

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