Chapter 59: Thorns
At dusk, seeing that the hour had come, the public loss taboo ordered the fire to burst, looking at the concrete hole reserved for the spark submerged, and when the seal corrected the worry about whether the gunpowder would be extinguished, there was a loud bang, and the hole spewed out white smoke and flames, and the mountain rock exploded from the mountain in an instant. Gravel flew, branches and leaves rattled.
The explosion was not a single blow, there were twenty-six explosion holes, and the first bend had nine explosion holes, and the nine explosion holes were ignited at the same time, and they exploded in turn according to the distance between them. The explosion of nine sounds was deafening, the birds in the woods flew up in surprise, the black pressure covered the sky of the mountain stream, and something even more unexpected happened suddenly: two tiger roars were heard not far away.
More than ten tons of gunpowder, causing such a consequence, the sapper in charge of igniting the fire was so shocked that he even stuck out his tongue, no one knew that the tiger was so close to him, it seemed to be on the ridge on the left side of the mountain stream.
"How?" The mountain stream was full of smoke, and the public could not see the results of the explosion, and some gravel had just fallen on his head.
"Zenya." The engineer commander rushed out of the improvised bunker, and finally saw the situation after the explosion after dozens of steps, as expected, the first bend of the gravel either fell in the water of the Rim River, or fell on the south side of the mountain road. This is the first bend, and to the south of the bend is a 500-meter-wide mountain stream, and the gravel does not need to be cleared.
"Good." Gong Loser Ji was not surprised by this result, but he still asked the person beside him, "Nine sounds?" ”
"Of course, nine voices too." He'd already asked that question once. Nine holes, not a single one can be leaked.
"Good." Gong Yiji nodded and said, "Fry again." ”
Follow the first bend into the second bend, and walk diagonally to the left along the mountain for about a mile and a half, and you will reach the top of the second bend, and then you will go about half a mile to the right along the mountain, and then you will go diagonally to the right along the mountain for a mile and a half, and then you will reach the top of the last bend. Of the 26 bomb holes, 9 in the first bend, 17 in the second bend, and there were no holes in the 3rd bend.
The cliff was slashed inward at a very steep slope, and all the gunpowder was piled up at the foot of the cliff seven or eight feet into the rock. When the first two bends were digging holes, the soldiers built a very thick concrete wall next to the cliff under the leadership of Feng Renjiao, and more than 200 tons of gunpowder were buried under the cliff. The only thing he was worried about was whether the concrete was completely solidified, not the power of more than 200 tons of gunpowder.
The gate of Lantian City was closed, and the west of Bashui was full of Jing people. Hearing the earth-shattering roar coming from the west of Bashui, everyone in the Qin camp was shocked. The word 'witch weapon' has spread all over the army from the mouths of the elite soldiers in the reinforcement pass, and when they heard this roar, the Qin soldiers in the military tent were terrified even if they did not tremble.
The Qin people value utilitarianism and benevolence, so they are happy when they hear about war. But if the war cannot be utilitarian, but will suffer losses, then why should the Qin people fight? In the past ten years, every battle with the Jing people has been defeated, so that the soldiers shook their heads again and again when they heard about the Jing people. Fighting with the Jing people is a completely loss-making business, and a bad life has to be put into it. However, due to the harsh military discipline, they can only work silently here, hoping that they will not die in battle tomorrow.
That night, most of the Qin soldiers could not sleep, but Xia Yang, who was a trapper, couldn't sleep even if he wanted to. Because he was following the black noodles and dipped in the roofless water. If he hadn't been holding a wooden bucket on his body, he would have drowned in the water as he couldn't swim.
During the day, the land in Guanzhong is extremely hot, but in the middle of the night, the water flowing from the mountains is extremely cool. This kind of coolness is accompanied by the ripples of the body, which is very, very comfortable, so comfortable that it makes people feel like they want to die in the water. However, this thought was only for a moment, and after a moment, Xia Yang thought of his wife and children, and he was thrilled in the water, causing a splash.
"Hmm!" The black noodles swimming in front of him bit a piece of wood, and he couldn't make a sound, so he could only look back with a slight muffled sound. Looking back, he looked at the crescent moon in the sky, just a few days after the new moon, the crescent moon was crooked, and the starlight was extremely brilliant.
In this season, the Bashui water is fifty or sixty steps wide, and when I look back, the black beard and others at the front have already stepped on the water weeds and go ashore. Black Whiskers went ashore, and Xia Yang also saw that there were traps on the left and right sides of the Bashui landing. This night attack was not a few dozen or hundreds, but thousands, tens of thousands.
The water flowed under the Bailu Plateau, and the trappers who landed on the shore drew their knives and held their swords, and all of them crawled low to the hill hundreds of paces away. Xia Yang followed behind everyone, and the more he climbed, the more his heart beated. Living in Xianyang, he has not read military books, but in Yingdu, he has read thousands of Dachu news, and there is a special version of Rong Shi.
He was sure that this night attack would have no effect, and would only increase casualties. But thinking that the trap was originally taken to casualties, he could only smile bitterly. By the backdrop of the sky, he saw that Blackbeard led several people to the top of the hill first, and his heart immediately tightened, he thought that he would hear the sound of fighting and drumming, but it turned out to be very unexpected, and soon a figure turned around and came out, waving to everyone below.
There was nothing on the plateau, only the empty military tent discarded by the Qin army. The military tent was endless, there was not a trace of light, and there was no human voice, and the front was dark under the faint starlight.
The drum of "Knock knock, knock knock, knock knock......" The warning drum sounded at this time, and it should be that the other trapped soldiers were discovered by the Chu army. With a poof, Black Beard spit out the wooden piece in his mouth and shouted, "Kill!" ”
"Kill ——!" More than a dozen people shouted and rushed forward with Blackbeard. According to the military order, they must capture five heads before they can return to their lives. If ten heads are obtained, the guilty can atone for their sins, and the innocent can be knighted.
The Jing people were not defended, it was a good time to kill the head, and even Xia Yang, who was sure in advance that the night attack would not have any effect, couldn't help but chase after him and rushed towards the continuous military tent under the starlight. But he didn't run far before he saw that most of the black shadows in front of him fell down, and even if they didn't, they stopped.
"How?" The black face snorted, and then he lost his center of gravity and stumbled.
"Thorns too!" Someone shouted, feeling like he had crashed into a bush of thorns, sharp thorns piercing the long undergarment and tarsal notes on his body, digging deep into the flesh.
Hearing the shouts of his comrades, Xia Yang, who had already stopped, reached out and grabbed a few bites, and immediately grabbed a thorn, but this thorn didn't feel the slightest softness, only felt hard and hot, and he couldn't break it at all. He instantly remembered something in his mind, and shouted, "This huge wire net is also! ”
Chu State is a huge iron armor in the world, and in addition to buying copper in Yingdu, the rest of the things are focused on Ju Iron. In a previous piece of information, it was mentioned that the state of Chu could make a huge wire, which could make a huge wire mesh and Mo Xiangjia. The wattles on the hands are hard and hot, hard is the characteristic of great iron, and it is hot because the weather is too hot.
Xia Yang's shouts didn't help. Black Whisker and the others rushed too fast, and they had already rushed into several huge wire nets, which were loosely rolled to the ground, and the silk was tied with barbs every few inches, and if people struggled wantonly, they would only be hooked tighter and tighter. Black Beard and the others, who didn't understand this principle, not only struggled, but also swung their swords to cut off the huge filaments that were wrapped around them, but found that they couldn't cut it, and several people who couldn't stand it in pain finally bit with their teeth.
After a violent struggle, the tinplate remnants hanging from the huge wire began to 'click'. The Qin people screamed and shouted, they could do anything, but they couldn't pull the huge wire net and let the tinplate cans bolted to the inside ring. As soon as he heard the sound, the archers, who were sitting and waiting, shouted, "Prepare ......, let go!" ”
'Whoosh ......', the sound of arrows leaving the strings, feathered arrows flying towards the bright starry sky, and then falling sharply from the bright starry sky. The screams rang out, and the archers fired their arrows faster and more accurately, until there was no more sound in front of them.
On the west bank of Bashui, there were first shouts of killing, and then there were screams one after another. The hill was 100 meters high, and Zhao Ying, the Qin general who stood on the war boat and urged the trappers to launch a night attack, did not know what was going on the plateau, until some of the trappers who ran down the Bailu Plateau appeared at the edge of the water.
"Why are you back in camp?" Stopping the crossbowman who was about to shoot arrows on his side, Zhao Ying wanted to ask about the situation first.
"Jing people, Jing people...... Who is standing on the war boat in the dark, the trappers can't see it clearly, but they can hear that the tone is an official.
"Shangguan, Jing people have ambush, I will wait for ......" another human.
"Where's the head?" Zhao Ying didn't believe that there was an ambush at all, if there was, why didn't he see the Chu people kill to the water's edge?
"I'll wait for ......" The trappers in Xia Yuanzhi didn't even see the people of the Chu army, so how could they come to the head. He was about to explain, but he didn't want Zhao Ying to say coldly: "If you flee from the battle, this thief is also." Shoot! ”
The crossbow rang out repeatedly, and the man who was hit by the arrow fell into the water with a few thuds. At this time, Zhao Ying's voice was higher, "Command all boats, those who have not obtained the head, kill!" ”
"The general has an order: those who have not obtained the head of the Jing people, kill!" Zhao Ying's order was passed on the water, and some of the trappers who had just retreated from the White Deer Plateau were shot back by the crossbowmen on the war boat.
"When will the fire be ignited?" Xiong Jing stayed awake all night, he waited for the news of the public defeat, and did not care about the night attack of the Qin army.
"At this time." Zhuang Wudi didn't sleep, he persuaded: "The Qin people have not pulled out the camp and come to Baqiao, and tomorrow they want to cross the Bashui to attack me." Our army is condescending, and the Qin people are invincible. ”
Zhuang Wudi meant to persuade Xiong Jing not to worry, as long as the Qin army did not pull out the camp and went north to Baqiao, it didn't matter if the artillery left Sichuan later. But Xiong Jing was a little anxious, even if the Chu army occupied the high ground, he didn't want to fall into a war of attrition with the Qin army.
Men with the surname Mi are limited, noble men are limited, and honorable scholars and armor are also limited. Tian Ji horse racing, the kind of behavior that the common people felt was very smart, and the nobles felt extremely shameless, and he did not allow it to happen. And the Qin army, in his eyes, ten Qin troops are not worth one Chu army armor.
There was no cannon in his hand, and his heart was uneasy. If the Rim River Road had not been blown up before dawn, he would have ordered the entire army to withdraw. Withdraw to the south of the Qinling Mountains, fortify the Qinling Mountains and Wuguan Road one by one, and drag the Qin army into the mountains. And the main force, naturally, quickly returned to Nanyang to carry out the B case that the Operations Division had reminded several times.