Chapter Fifty-Eight: Retreat
"Xianrong, don't you know that I like you?"
"I know, you went to our house to propose marriage, but General Liu... I don't like you... In order to stabilize him, Jin Ziyan had no choice but to call him General Liu against her will.
"The matter between you and Liu Kun was full of storms in the city back then, and you only had him in your heart, but I, Liu Yao Nengwen, can also be regarded as a hero, don't you have a little feeling for me?"
Jin Ziyan said in her heart What kind of hero are you, and said on her face: "General Liu, although I live in the palace, I only have Liu Kun in my heart." ”
"But you have to know what your identity is today, from now on you will never be able to return to the Jin Court, three days later, not only will the princes and ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty become the courtiers of Da Zhao, but even the emperor will submit to us, you will no longer be the queen, let alone Liu Kun, if you are willing to commit to me, I Liu Yao am willing to take care of you for a lifetime, and I will never let you down."
Liu Yao said that he wanted to step forward again, but Jin Ziyan took two steps back and said: "General Liu, I can no longer like others in this life, please respect yourself!" ”
"Self-respect? Sheep dedication, I'm afraid you can't protect yourself now... Liu Yao said and went up to Yang Xianrong's side, Jin Ziyan saw him pressing step by step, took out the short knife prepared in advance from his arms, and raised it to his neck, and glared at him: "General Liu, don't force me, if you come over again, I will die for you!" ”
Liu Yao saw that Jin Ziyan was so strong, for fear that if she really sought death, she would never get her person again, so he had to take a step back and said: "Xianrong, you don't have to be afraid, I will never force you to marry me, anyway, from now on you can only be my Liu Yao's person, I am not in a hurry, slowly you will like me." ”
Then Liu Yao shouted: "Come on!" ”
"General."
"Set up a warm tent behind my tent, and arrange for the sheep to be housed."
"Yes, but the general, she's just our Da Zhao...
"Bastard! You will do whatever I ask you to do, you will remember for me, Yang Xianrong will be my Liu Yao's person from now on, who dares to be disrespectful to her, dare to have a little non-thought, see if I don't kill his whole family! Go down and get ready! ”
"Yes, yes, yes...
Jin Ziyan was arranged to live, and the guards were heavily guarded, except for Liu Yao, no one was allowed to enter or leave, but Jin Ziyan was much safer.
Zu Ti in the city was ordered to supervise the construction of artillery carriages, rushed to work overnight, and the craftsmen implemented black and white shifts, and 5,000 artillery carriages were built in three days.
At dusk on the third day, Sima Yue personally came to see the artillery, and he wanted to see the cannon before deciding whether to fight or flee.
On the Luozhong Street in Luoyang City, 5,000 artillery pieces were lined up in sequence, majestic and magnificent, waiting for Sima Yue's review.
Sima Yue looked at the artillery carriage and asked Zu Li, "Zu Li, how powerful are these cannons?" ”
"Lord Wang, I'll personally perform for you, I don't know how far you want to try?"
"Since it is to deal with the enemy army, it is naturally as far away as possible, can this cannon hit the Zhao camp without leaving the city?"
"Of course you can, even if Zhao Ying retreats five miles, he can hit it."
"If you test, of course, you can't shoot at Zhao Ying, you can shoot at Luohe, in order to see the power of the cannon and whether it is accurate, this king wants to pile up watermelons there, you can shoot at the watermelon, if you can smash the watermelons by the river, this king will immediately make you the commander of the artillery, responsible for fighting the Zhao army with the cannon!"
"Yes, Lord Wang, I'll set the goal."
Sima Yue sent people around him to pull a few carts of watermelons out of Nancheng with Zu Ti, circled a piece of land on the edge of the Luo River in the southern suburbs, placed rows of watermelons, and then there were sergeants waiting for inspection from afar.
Zu Ti returned to the city and said to Sima Yue: "Lord Wang, in order to save, I will only test ten of the artillery carriages. ”
"Accurate!"
Zu Ti selected ten young and strong people from among the craftsmen, and they not only knew how to build this cannon, but also learned how to operate it, so they quickly loaded the cannon with stone shells under Zu Ti's order, and then waited for the cannon to be fired.
Everything was ready, and Zu Ti reported the elevation angle height of the cannon: "The height of the cannon, one foot!" The target is due south! ”
There were scales on the gun carriage, so the craftsmen quickly adjusted the gun height.
Zu Ti shouted loudly: "Ready... “
"Put!"
I saw a salvo of ten gun trucks, and the switch of the gun carriage was also unusually light, but I saw that the stone bullets in the barrel of the gun whistled into the sky with a thumping sound, drew a parabola over the southern city, and then landed on the river in the southern suburbs.
The gun cart fired ten stone shells at a time, and Zu Ti let them fire a total of three stone shells, that is, each gun truck fired a total of thirty stone bullets.
After the operation of the gun carriage was completed, the craftsman restored the gun carriage to its original position, and the whole process was clean and neat, Sima Yue was very satisfied: "Okay, it is really imposing, but I don't know how accurate it is?" ”
As he finished speaking, a sergeant rode a horse and dismounted to report: "Lord Wang, the watermelon by the river in the southern suburbs hit accurately, but all of them were smashed, and none of them were saved!" ”
The onlookers and the craftsmen, the common people and the sergeants all cheered, and Sima Yue said in his heart, with this kind of artillery carriage, he could defeat the Zhao army, and it seemed that there was no need to escape.
"Zu Ti, this king will make you the commander of the artillery now, responsible for training the gunners, and fight against the Zhao army tomorrow!"
"Subordinates obey!"
Sima Yue immediately pulled out 5,000 sergeants and acted as gunners, Zu Ti immediately ordered them to familiarize themselves with the gun carriage and learn the operation, until the time came, these sergeants completely mastered the operation method, and waited until tomorrow morning to bombard the Zhao army!
Jin Ziyan in the Zhao camp spent three days safely, at dawn that morning, she got up, looked out, the soldiers guarding were all sitting on the ground asleep, she quietly went out of the tent, bypassed the patrolling sergeant, about to go out of the camp and return to the city, although she was cautious, but was still discovered by the sergeant, immediately someone wanted to catch her, but she was light, no one could catch her at all, and when Liu Yao heard the news, Jin Ziyan had already returned to the city, Liu Yao sighed: "When will Yang Xianrong be martial arts?" "It's wrong to think about it again, I've been fooled, this must be someone impostor!
Liu Yao was annoyed and ashamed, and came to the Zhongjun tent to explain everything to Liu Cong, Liu Cong roared: "The Great Jin is really a fake surrender, quickly pass the order, and immediately attack the city after breakfast!" ”
Here to make food and prepare to attack the city, over there Jin Zi returned to Hongxun Palace, Yang Xianrong was overjoyed to see her coming: "Sister Jin, you are back, I am worried about death, fortunately you are fine." ”
"Of course I'm fine, I said I have martial arts, now it's okay, return to your status as the queen."
Jin Ziyan and the two of them easily recovered, and then Jin Ziyan went out of the palace, and then came to Zu Li's residence, Zu Li and the two were about to go out, and when they saw Jin Ziyan, they said happily: "Ziyan, you got out, now it's okay, I can fire with confidence today!" ”
Jin Ziyan asked, "Is the eldest brother's cannon ready?" ”
"Everything is ready!"
"Then I'll be relieved, farewell!"
As soon as Jin Ziyan left, Liu Kun said: "It seems that we are wrong to blame her, how can she betray Dajin." ”
"Well, maybe she has a hard time."
The two came to the artillery field as they spoke, and at this time, there was another shout outside the city, and someone shouted: "The Zhao army has begun to attack the city!" ”
Sima Yue's general, Gou Xi, arrived on horseback and said to Zu Ti: "The Zhao army is going to attack the city again, so prepare to open fire immediately!" ”
"Yes!"
Zu Ti immediately climbed to the top of the city, to check the situation, he found that the three gates of Ximingmen have a lot of military strength, and he had a plan in his heart, he went down to the city, divided the five thousand artillery carriages into three pulls, each pull against the enemy of one door.
He finished drawing the cannon, took two command flags, gave one to Liu Kun and kept one for himself, he climbed to the top of the city again and commanded with the command flag, and Liu Kun saw the flag and ordered the gunner to adjust the height and angle.
After everything is adjusted, just wait for the ancestor to wave the flag, and the five thousand artillery vehicles will shell the Zhao army mercilessly!