Hearing Kublai Khan say this, the people on the left and right have different expressions.

The Mongolian generals were naturally not convinced, they squinted their eyes and smacked their lips, noncommittal, although it was difficult to refute clearly because of Kublai Khan's face, but the disapproving demeanor on the face can fully explain that the pride of heaven on horseback is extremely disdainful of this kind of kitsch and lewd skills, gunpowder is not as good as a bow and arrow in terms of range, and it is not as flexible as a war horse, although it is extremely scary to blow up, but if you take a closer look, it will be like that, and it will be over if it is blown up, and you can still chase you and run?

But Zhao Bi is different, he has been following Kublai Khan for a long time, he has a little speculation about what this prince thinks, as soon as Kublai Khan speaks, he understands that Kublai Khan must have thought of using gunpowder to attack the city.

In the siege of the castle of the new king of the Khanzim Zalandin, the 30,000 Mongol troops were helpless for several months, and lost Genghis Khan's most beloved grandson Motugen on the way, which provoked Genghis Khan's fury and wanted to conquer the city at any cost, and finally the Mongols stepped on the corpses of their own people and kicked the city, and the price paid was huge.

During the western expedition, there were more than one castle similar to Van Yanbao, and Kublai Khan, who participated in the western expedition, witnessed the brutality of conquering such fortified places.

It is almost unimaginable how much pressure to face in the face of the Southern Song Dynasty city, which is not known to be many times the size of the castle the size of the palm of the Western Middle Ages, and how much pressure it has to face, Zhao Bi can completely understand what Kublai Khan is thinking at this moment.

A few days ago, after Kublai Khan took Junzhou, he quickly went around the vicinity of Fancheng, and looked at the majesty of the second city of Xiangfan and the magnificence of the Yangtze River from a distance.

So when he saw the powerful gunpowder at this moment, the son of the Mongol king immediately thought of using it to attack the city, and it is understandable.

"What Your Highness said, I'm afraid it's difficult." Zhao Bi still had to pour cold water on Kublai Khan, who had a flash of inspiration: "In the official mansion of the Song people, only the craftsmen in the firearms workshop know how to make gunpowder, and ordinary people don't know this at all, and the armory workshops are all in the big city of the Song Dynasty, it is difficult to find opportunities to contact the craftsmen in it, and it is difficult for His Highness to get this kind of talent." ”

"It's man-made! Aren't Han people often saying this? Kublai Khan snorted coldly and waved his hand: "We Mongolians also have a saying: The most horsely horses and women in the world can only be obtained by the bravest men." Who can stop me as long as I want?! ”

These words were domineering, and the surrounding Mongolians suddenly screamed strangely, and they raised their arms and shouted.

Zhao Bi opened his mouth, wanted to say something more, thought about it, smiled and closed his mouth.

Kublai Khan nodded with satisfaction, put his attention back on the frontal battlefield, and after a while, he ordered: "Send a message to Liu Heima, so that he doesn't have to chase closely, the Song people are cunning, God knows what traps have been set in front, just let him separate the light cavalry and go out, and the team will clean up the battlefield, assemble and prepare before setting off to Jincheng." ”

Someone immediately patted the horse away, Kublai Khan turned his head, and said to Zhao Bi with great interest: "Mr. Zhao, why don't you go to the wooden wall with me, I want to see what gunpowder is, what kind of form it takes after the explosion, and what it relies on to kill and injure armor-piercing soldiers." ”

Zhao Bi knew that he was curious, after all, among the Mongolian princes, this lord was the one who was most interested in Han characters, and as a Han person, he was naturally extremely pleased with this. So Zhao Bi hurriedly bowed: "Zhao is willing!" ”

Kublai Khan laughed, and then Zhao Bi and a group of Mongolian knights surrounded him and rode forward.

On the banks of the Jishui River, Kublai Khan was not the only one attracted by the explosion.

When a few pillars of black smoke rose and the sound of explosions shook the air, Changsun Hong, who was far away in the upper reaches of Jishui, felt it.

At that time, he was standing on a hillside less than ten miles away from the confluence of Jishui and Hanshui, where the wooden wall was located, with a solemn face.

This hillside is not too high, and the front is covered by heavy mountains, so you can't see the battlefield in the battle, and you can't hear the sound of your life-and-death fight, but Changsun Hong is still looking in that direction, as if he can see through the rocks and peaks.

Several barbarian generals stood beside him, and Ai Zhongxiao and other Xichuan generals were also among them.

When they heard the sound of a large firecracker coming from the air, they were all excited.

"Blew up, blew up!"

"It's really blown up, I can see black smoke rising!"

"A few hundred pounds of gunpowder, it's not a joke."

Some people also asked suspiciously: "Why did you advance it?" Didn't you say that you would wait two more days for the Mongol brigade to gather and then blow it up? There weren't many people down there in advance, and they couldn't drown at all. ”

Li Tingzhi shook his head: "I'm afraid that Wanyan Chenghei and Jiulong Angde can't hold on, there is no pass below, that wooden wall is not a strong defense, and the Jishui River is not very wide, and now there are tens of thousands of Mongolian troops in front of the wooden wall, which is too great." ”

"So what do we do now?" Na Tuozhi looked at the eldest grandson Hong, who was deep and silent: "Do it according to the original plan?" Or ......"

Changsun Hong didn't answer, but turned his body and turned towards Ji Shui at his side.

Jishui is a small river, the widest part of the river in ordinary seasons is only about ten steps away, the water level is also shallow, many shallows can be waded through by adults, and larger boats cannot pass. But when it comes to flood season, it's different.

The area of the river valley is an area with abundant rainfall, and during the flood season every year, the heavy rain will rain for a long time, one after another, and the rainfall will bring the infinite flow of water to Jishui, and the mountain torrents that rush down from all over the mountains will finally converge into Jishui, expanding this small river into a big river in an instant.

At this moment, it was raining in the upper reaches of Jishui, and the originally clear and euphemistic river suddenly turned into a turbid and majestic torrent, which was whirling and roaring behind a simple embankment made of stones and giant trees beside Changsun Hong, and the turbid water continued to hit the embankment, and then rushed out of a narrow waterway next to it and flowed into the distance.

This embankment is the reason why the Jishui near the wooden wall becomes narrower during the flood season, and a large stream of water is stored at the upper water, and the natural flow of the downstream water is small.

The dam is cleverly located in a tightened part of the river, and both sides are rocky, so you just need to go here during the dry season to build the foundation of the dam with stones, and then raise it layer by layer.

It took Changsun Hong several months to build, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources to build it.

Changsun Hong looked at the embankment and said categorically: "I can't wait, Jiulong will blow up the wooden wall, it will definitely be at a critical juncture, if you wait any longer, the Mongolian army will lose all its efforts in the past!" Burst the levee now, no need to wait! ”

(End of chapter)