Chapter Ninety-Eight: Xu Fu's Gunpowder

With the advantage of the walled city, the Qin army stabilized its position. Yun Yue was smashed by the monkey, and half of her face was swollen. It's too embarrassing to cover your face with a black cloth. Yunhou, who crisscrossed the six countries of the north and south and fought invincible opponents all over the world, was actually defeated by a group of brutes.

Back in the walled city, more than 7,000 people were lost in this battle. Permanent Tooth drew his sword and wanted to commit suicide, and Li Xin was anxious to take revenge. Yun Yue scolded the two of them for two hundred and five, and then couldn't go out of retreat.

But the beast legions did not attack, and they retreated into the wild woods. As if waiting for something, Yun Yue could only order the soldiers to strengthen the walled city, if the elephant rushed up. Walled cities are not necessarily safe!

While Yun Yue was hesitating, Donghuang Taiyi came to Yun Yue's military camp with a group of people.

"Yunhou! You said that if my Yin and Yang family went to Pingliang, you would definitely greet you. Donghuang Taiyi hugged Yun Yue with a fist, which was considered a gift. After all, if you want to mix in Yunyue's territory in the future, you have to give this landlord a little bit of thin noodles.

"It's natural, inside please!" Yun Yue made a bitter face and let the Eastern Emperor Taiyi and the others into the adobe house.

After the introduction one by one, the guests and hosts sat down, and the one sitting at the head of the East Emperor was the famous Yun Zhongjun. Yun Yue couldn't help but take a closer look at this famous god stick in later generations, who was also a chemist and navigator. Whether in novels or history books. Xu Fu, the king of the clouds, is a character who has left a strong impression.

Xu Fusheng had a black face, and his appearance was very mediocre. The eyes are not too big, the nose is not too big, the mouth and ears are not too big or small. It's not ugly, but it's definitely not a handsome guy. It belongs to the kind that you can't find if you throw it in the pile. It's a very inconspicuous person.

Xu Fu's next head is Xiangjun and Mrs. Xiang. Mrs. Xiang couldn't see her appearance clearly under the black gauze mask. When she was introduced. didn't talk to Yun Yue, but just a "hum" in his nose was regarded as a greeting. reminds me that she has a proud disciple named the Five Poison Boy. Yun Yue understood Mrs. Xiang's attitude.

It's Xiangjun, who has a fairy style. The gray hair is combed into a ji, and a white hosta is inserted on it. Holding a dusty rod in his hand, he nodded slightly at Yun Yue, an old man with a very amiable attitude.

Xiang Jun and Mrs. Xiang are the moon god and the great priest. Both of them are women. And it's like Mrs. Xiang. They are all black gauze masks that can't see clearly, and when Donghuang Taiyi introduced them, they all looked at Yun Yue's forehead.

"His Excellency the Eastern Emperor can lead all the capable people of the Yin and Yang family to visit Pingliang, which is really a blessing for Pingliang. Yun Yue originally planned to take everyone to Pingliang when he triumphed. Why, things in Jiangzhou have gone wrong again. The other day, our army was besieged by unknown persons. These guys can drive beasts to fight for them, and our soldiers, though valiant, are no match for those beasts. More than 8,000 people were killed in a single battle, and morale was greatly damaged. Ben Hou was also thinking. How can we win this battle and return to peace as soon as possible? ”

"Oh. No wonder Guanyunhou is doing very poorly. There are still wounds on his face, it turns out that he has suffered such a crushing defeat. Donghuang Taiyi looked at Yun Yue's swollen cheeks and said lightly.

After Yun Yue was sure that this old guy was not here to laugh at himself, he said slowly: "Yes! Yun Yue was still thinking about how to defeat these beasts. If you don't think Yun Yue is lazy, you can rush to Pingliang first, and Yun Yue will repair a book. As long as His Excellency the Eastern Emperor handed over the letter to Xiangbang Lisi, there would naturally be an arrangement. ”

"Hahaha! Such a trivial matter, how can Yunhou be annoyed. My Yin and Yang family also has a two-hundred-year foundation in Shudi, and although the people who came out of the 100,000 mountains are powerful, my Yin and Yang family is also not afraid. Donghuang Taiyi said it domineeringly, which shocked Yun Yue's spirit.

This old boy knows the origin of those animal trainers, which is good news. 100,000 mountains? Could it be that he is of Miao descent? That is the descendant of Chiyou, and Huaxia has always died. I heard that Chiyou had eighty-one brothers back then, and many of them were beast tamers. When he fought with the Yellow Emperor Yandi, there was also a record of driving fierce beasts. But those ancient stories are too mysterious, more like myths and legends. Yun Yue also had no way to analyze too much useful information from the middle.

"Your Excellency the Eastern Emperor is saying, do you know the origin of those people?" Yun Yue asked happily.

"That's nature! These people are all descendants of the evil god Chiyou who lives in the 100,000 mountains. When they failed to compete with their Chinese ancestors, they retreated into the vast mountains of 100,000. It's been dormant for a thousand years!

Although the 100,000 mountains are full of smoke and poisonous insects, life is difficult. But Chiyou grew up in the 100,000 mountains, which is equivalent to their hometown. These people are back there, and they are like fish in water, and they are living a nourishing life!

About 100 years ago, the enlightened king ruled the Shu Kingdom. Once very friendly with them, the Shu people boasted that they were not Chinese. The descendants of Chiyou naturally do not exclude associating with the Shu people. The enlightened king even married his daughter to one of their leaders. At that time, Gongzipan was able to escape the pursuit of the Qin army and go to the wilderness in the south to build a city, because of their help. ”

In Pingliang Yunyue is the head snake, and in the Yin and Yang family of Bashu, it is also considered a head snake. For the history, geography and humanities of Bashu, Donghuang Taiyi knows it clearly.

"Your Excellency the Eastern Emperor means that these people were asked by Gongzi Pan's descendants to come to help Qi Ling who is besieging the city?" Donghuang Taiyi was deeply involved in this rebellion, and their Yin and Yang family did not have an obvious national concept. There is quite a bit of mercenary flavor in it, and without the help of the Yin and Yang family, Qi Ling would not have been able to capture Jiangzhou City.

"Exactly! At the beginning of the Bashu uprising, Qi Ling sent people to contact the descendants of the Shu royal family. Counting the days, it has been four or five months since then. ”

Sure enough, I guessed correctly, this time it was the joint restoration operation of the Shu royal family. Behind these animal tamers, it is very likely that there is an army led by the descendants of the Shu royal family. I finally understood why those beast tamers didn't take advantage of the victory to attack the military village. It turned out to be waiting for the Shu army to come from the south, and the scale of this army must be not small. Otherwise, the Beast Legion would not have waited for them.

Yun Yue felt a little tricky, but people were easy to say. No matter how powerful the Shu people are, they are still in the barbaric stage. What's more, there were no horses in the south, and most of these people were infantry. Yun Yue's Qin army can completely abuse them!

But the problem is that these guys have the support of the Miao people, and the Miao people not only have war elephants. There are rhinos, tigers, bears, giant apes, and an untold count of wolves and monkeys. Fortunately, it's winter now, and if it's a scorching summer, maybe a big lump of snakes can come out. Yun Yue later saw it when she was traveling in Thailand, and a guy who played a flute could make a cobra dance.

His grandmother's, if it weren't for gasoline, wasn't easy to transport over long distances. Lao Tzu had already burned those beasts to death, and he was still waiting for these beasts to trouble Lao Tzu?

"If only we could find a way to kill those beasts. It will be much easier to deal with the follow-up Shu army! ”

"Huh! This matter is not difficult, Yun Zhongjun will show Yun Hou what you got out. Donghuang Taiyi said to Xu Fu.

"Whoa!" Xu Fu saluted to the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, then stood up and took out a small clay bottle from his arms. Place the clay bottle on the table, remove the cork and open the fire fold to get closer.

A puff of steaming yellow smoke rose, and the whole room was filled with a pungent smell of sulfur. The people in the room couldn't stop coughing, and in the end they couldn't stay in the house. Yun Yue and all the people of the Yin and Yang family rushed out of the house together.

Even though it's cold and clammy outside, it's much better than choking to death.

It turned out that the chemist had come up with sulfur, which was not too unexpected for Yun Yue. If this thing comes out with gunpowder, that's really good. However, what Yun Yue wanted most was explosives, and the power of black powder was still too small. Except for making firecrackers to scare people, it is really of limited significance.

"Yun Zhongjun added sulfur to the bottle?" Yun Yue thought of firecrackers, her eyes lit up, and she immediately asked Xu Fudao.

"Huh! Yun Hou is really knowledgeable, yes, that bottle is filled with sulfur. The old man also added a little charcoal ash, which burned more violently. Yun Hou also saw that this thing would emit a lot of smoke when it burned. The beast is most afraid of such a smell, as long as the Hou Ye ignites it in the army, then it ......! ”

Xu Fu actively popularized chemical knowledge to Yun Yue, but Yun Yue thought of something else. Since the sulfur is available, saltpeter is also easy to find, and this thing is added to the wolf smoke in the beacon tower. As for charcoal, that's even more of a problem.

One nitrate, two carbons, three sulfur, with these three things, if Yun Yue can't recreate gunpowder, she is really embarrassed to say that she is a descendant of Huaxia Miao.

"Sir, can you make some sulfur even better?"

"What does Yunhou want sulfur for?" For his baby, Xu Fu looked at it very carefully.

"Yun can refer to another ratio to increase the power of this thing. Although it is a little difficult to hurt people, it is enough to scare people. I don't know if Yun Zhongjun is willing to help. ”

"Yunhou is saying that you can come up with something new?" Xu Fu is very excited, he likes innovation all his life. When I heard that Yun Yue could come up with something new, I couldn't wait to know immediately what kind of power this thing had.

With the sulfur provided by Xu Fu, Yun Yue sent someone to find saltpeter again. In accordance with the principle of one nitrorate, two carbon three sulfur, start to match! The whole process, Xu Fu watched without blinking.

When I saw a large cloud of black smoke rising, those black gunpowder made a deafening sound. Xu Fu was stupid there, he never expected that the power of this thing would be so great.

"This is just a primary product, and I hope that Yunzhongjun can develop it as soon as possible. Ben Hou heard that there was something called explosives, which was more powerful than this thing. (To be continued.) )