During the Warring States Period, it was common to cede land and give up land. But once it was cut into two counties, Zhao Zheng knew that this was a delaying plan, but he still asked uneasily: "Is it really ceded to King Jing?!" ”

"Definitely." Wei Yu hurriedly shook his head. "This expediency. The Jing people broke the city very quickly, and the ministers were worried, worried, and ......"

"What's the concern?" Zhao Zheng's eyelids jumped sharply, "Are you worried that the Jing people will attack Xianyang?" ”

"Exactly." Wei Yu said. "The Jing people attacked me for only a few days, and in a few days, they went down to Jingling, Jiangling, and Xiling. Last year, he entered Xianyang and broke the gourd mouth in one fell swoop. At that time, the soldiers only heard a thunderclap, and the wall was destroyed, and the horsemen came out of the fortress. It can be seen that if the Jing people fall into the city easily, our army cannot defend against it. The city wall fell, and the Jing soldiers poured into the city, and the city must fall. ”

Wei Yi is smart, although he has not witnessed how the Chu army pulled out the city, but from the fragmentary information last year, he can still piece together the entire siege process of the Chu army.

Speaking of this, Zhao Zheng grabbed him, "How do you think Wei Qing should break it?" ”

"If the walls can't help, they can only be rejected by deep trenches." Wei Yu said. "The minister has ordered Nanyang and Nanjun Zhucheng to dig deep trenches to resist the Jing people. Only in this way can the Jing people be prevented from pulling out the city. Furthermore......" Wei Yu suddenly bowed to Zhao Zheng, "The minister is guilty, Jing Ren is not a pro-old person, and the minister not only does not know that Xiang Yan's army is fake, but also does not know how to restrain witch weapons." ”

"What is Wei Qing's crime?" Zhao Zheng is no longer the one who wanted to kill just now, "Jing Guo has always only used the old, not the virtuous, and the Qing can do nothing." As for witch weapons, the sea boats pass through all continents of the world, gold and silver, dragons and horses, witchcraft ......, alas! ”

Even five years ago, Zhao Zheng thought that most of the overseas continents were false, but the gold and silver coins brought back by the Chu people from overseas had already flowed into the Qin state, and the dragon horses purchased from Persia were killed on the battlefield, and now there were terrible weapons such as witch weapons. The wall of the gourd mouth plug was six or seven zhang wide, and it was destroyed by the witch weapon in an instant, and the elite soldiers under Zhang Han's command charged to the Jingren witch weapon to death, and thousands of dead and wounded people could not come close. With such a weapon, how can you destroy all the nations in one day?

Zhao Zheng sat on the seat, disheartened, and the joy of destroying Zhao disappeared without a trace. He even had some resentment in his heart, resenting why God had given Jing Ren such a king.

"The king, the minister may have a plan." Wei Yi saw the disappointment in Zhao Zheng's heart, and an idea from a long time ago was about to come out.

"Words." Zhao Zheng looked at him.

"Since the witch weapon came from Xizhou, why can't I have it in Great Qin?" Wei Yu said. He didn't know what the witch weapon was, so he could only attribute it to Xizhou's purchase like Ryoma. The arrival of Lord Barbarian confirmed his thoughts. Serisian iron, sarissa spear, nissama, triopulous warship, ballista ......, all this is confirmed by the mouth of Aristotle IV.

Since these things were obtained by the Jing people by sea boat from India, from Persia, from Nubia, from Puntland (Somalia and Ethiopia), and from Egypt, what about the witchcraft? The appearance of witchcraft was much later than the above-mentioned things, this must have been obtained by the Jing people from other countries, otherwise such a powerful weapon, why didn't they use it before?

There is nothing wrong with Wei Yu's logic, but the witch weapon is materially the product of a mixture of things. The gunpowder only partially used overseas raw materials, and more raw materials were produced by the Chu State. However, his words still shocked Zhao Zheng, and he muttered: "Just like a dragon horse? ”

"Yes, yes. It's like a dragon horse. "Wei Yu said." King Jing can buy dragon horses, and my Great Qin can also buy dragon horses. ”

"Then Wei Qing knows where the witch weapon is produced?" Zhao Zheng looked at him, full of longing.

"The minister does not know, but one must know." Wei Yu said. When he said this, Zhao Zheng already knew who it was, he stood up and shouted a word of coming, but the confessor came for a long time before he overcame the stammering caused by excitement and said, "Quickly summon the lord." ”

The Lord was Aristotle IV, and the assassination of the Golden Crown that day was cut in two by the Assassins, which was considered to have stopped the Assassins. Afterwards, Aristotle IV asked the craftsmen who came with him to recast the crown, but this did not matter anymore, and he had the absolute trust of Zhao Zheng.

"Lord Qiqi, the king urgently summons the lord to bed." The confessor was holding three bronze knots, and Aristotle IV and Wuji were at this time in a large pit at the foot of the steps of the Zhangtai Palace, with a group of craftsmen standing beside them.

"Teacher, Your Majesty has summoned the teacher to the palace." Needless to say. "It's an urgent call."

"Urgent?" Aristotle IV was checking the dimensions of the pit with a craftsman, and he had not finished checking it yet.

"Yes. The three-section bronze charm is urgent. "I've been in Yingdu for so long, so I don't want to know the rules of East Asia. The king summoned each other in three sections, and the courtiers were about to run over, but the teacher didn't seem to want to run yet.

"Maybe it's Prince Fusu." Needless to say, he can only mention Fusu, he knows that teachers like teenagers, especially royal teenagers.

The word Fusu finally caused Aristotle IV to interrupt his discussion with the craftsmen. Fusu was only seven years old, about the same age as Alexander the Great, and he could have trained him as well as the sage Aristotle had trained Alexander the Great - there was nothing wrong with being bisexual, and the gods did not stipulate that men and men should not love each other and enjoy sexual pleasures.

Inspired by Fusu, Aristotle IV quickly rushed to Qutai Palace, but to his great disappointment, he did not see Fusu, only a few black balls of different sizes.

“…… The Chuni army uses one," Zhao Zheng and Wei Yi finished speaking, and they began to translate. "A terrible weapon that thunders when used. There are about three ways to use it, one is to destroy the walls dozens of cubits thick, so that they can be destroyed in an instant. It was used by the Chuni cavalry during the attack on Xianyang last year;

The other is that it is made of a cylindrical metal, which also makes a loud thunderous noise, and then shoots out flames and smoke, as well as some arrows, and possibly round bullets made of iron. Tens of thousands of Qinni soldiers had charged at them from five hundred cubits away......"

"They?" Aristotle IV calmed down when he heard the 'weapon that would make a thunderous sound', and the thunder represented the main god Zeus.

"Yes. They. "Don't hesitate to ask Wei Yi before he says," said General Qin Ni, who had a total of sixteen barrels at the time. Tens of thousands of Qini soldiers charged at them, and then they were completely routed at a distance of a hundred cubits, killing and wounding thousands. ”

"Oh?" Aristotle IV was surprised. "Tens of thousands of people attacked, and were completely routed at a distance of a hundred cubits?"

"Yes, yes. The witch weapon sprayed arrows continuously, and our army was defeated, and then it was defeated. After speaking, Wei Yu took out a flattened and concave shotgun, "This is this kind of round arrow, and our sergeants and soldiers are all killed and wounded under this kind of round arrow." There is also a large round arrow...... "He pointed to a fifteen-pound cannonball fired on the case," this is the thing. ”

"Finally, there's this thing." There were also several larger black balls next to the shells, and there was more than one unexploded grenade in the grass of King Qin Huiwen's mausoleum. "This thing was thrown into the battle by Jing Qi, and after reciting the blessings, it also thundered, and after exploding, the bullets flew and injured people, so that day the king of Jing came out of the siege."

The fragments of the grenade explosion were also placed on several cases, which was a large display of all the physical objects of the witchcraft. Wei Yu said again: "I thought that this thing was purchased by the Jing people from a certain country in the West, but I wonder if the adults know what it is?" From where does it come from? Since his country can sell this thing to the Jing people, it should also sell it to my Great Qin. ”

"Please give me advice." After Wei Yu finished speaking, Zhao Zheng bowed to Aristotle IV. "If you can buy it, let the widow give ten thousand gold."

Ten thousand gold is ninety-five gold talentes, worth more than a thousand silver talentes. This is a huge sum of money that exceeds the taxes of Sogdiana. Aristotle IV was so surprised that after playing with the fragments of the grenade, he began to examine a complete grenade. Wei Yu was worried that he would trigger the witchcraft and wanted to stop it, but Zhao Zheng stopped him with a look in his eyes.

The grenade was improvised and not elaborate, and Aristotle IV found the caseback as soon as he flipped it, opened it, and removed the silk bag inside. When he was about to untie the silk bag, Zhao Zheng and Wei Yi both changed color, and Zhao Gao stood in front of Zhao Zheng.

The silk wrap is finely wrapped, but not thick. When the silk bag was opened, the black gunpowder particles the size of corn inside were finally revealed. Aristotle IV crushed a few grains, his nose opened, and after two deep breaths, he said, "This is sulfur." ”

"Brimstone?" Wuji also sniffed, he was surprised, and said, "King Jing once asked the king to transport sulfur to Chuni. ”

"Are you sure?" Aristotle IV wasn't sure it was sulfur, but the pungent smell inherent in sulfur reminded him of hot springs and volcanoes, which are often found near the volcanoes of Crete.

"Yes, I'm sure. His servant Hu Tansuo Zhi told me about it. "Don't be afraid to say. At this time, Aristotle IV had already walked to a candle flame, he threw the particles in his hand into it, and the gunpowder exploded with a 'snort', splashing a beam of flames, and Zhao Zheng and Wei were dumbfounded.

"There is sulfur, and there is ......," said Aristotle, rubbing the powder left on his hands, "maybe charcoal, maybe coal, and some ......."

Aristotle IV and Wuji spoke Greek, and Zhao Zheng and Wei Yi did not understand a word, they saw the black particles in the silk for the first time, and it was also the first time they saw the explosion of gunpowder. Zhao Zheng was no longer dirty, he shouted to the ground: "Please teach the widow!" ”

Aristotle IV originally wanted to continue his research, but when he saw this, he had to say: "Two hundred years ago, when the Spartans attacked the city of Derion, because the city of Derion was a wooden wall, they used a new weapon, sawed a long and thick wooden beam in half, hollowed out from beginning to end, and then attached an iron sheet, and assembled it into a pipe just right.

The bottom of the pipe is connected to a cauldron filled with sulfur, coal, and asphalt. When in use, a blower is used to blow air on the cauldron, and the ignited liquid is sprayed onto the walls of the city of Derion downwind, setting the walls on fire...... [note 11]"

Aristotle IV spoke of the flamethrowers of the Spartans, and then looked at the gunpowder particles in his hands: "I must personally go to the battlefield and see the weapons of the Chuni, which should be an improvement of the Spartan weapons. If I don't know what it is, Aladoses and Quedasibs of the Library of Alexandria, Archimedes of Syracuse...... yes, yes, yes! He suddenly thought of another person, "Alexander's alchemist Maria, she must know what this is." ”

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