"Thunderbolt!"

"It's a thunderbolt!"

In the courtyard, the guards who stood on a high place and were in charge of lookout shouted, but it was too late. The www.biquge.info only heard a loud bang that shook the earth, and the huge stone directly hit the main gate of the courtyard, not only smashing the copper-clad solid wood door panel, but also falling to the ground with more than a dozen guards who used wooden stakes to reach the door. Some were pierced by the flying sawdust, and some were simply hit by stone bullets, and in an instant, the whole body was divided into four or five pieces, and the internal organs were sprayed all over the ground.

This was not over, the stone bullet continued to bounce on the ground, injuring four or five people, before it slammed into the doorpost on the left side of the front hall, shattering half of the pillar that surrounded them. The front hall was shaken, and the tiles crackled and fell to the ground.

"Hiss ······" Charin stared at the miserable scene in front of him in amazement, and couldn't help but gasp.

He is not just a guard next to the big guys, but a veteran who has been in battle and fought against the Huns, the Qianren, and the Hu chieftains of the Western Regions! Charin asked himself, there was no military equipment in the world that he had never seen, but it was the first time he had seen such a powerful thunderbolt.

Looking at the size of the stone, it is expected that the thunderbolt outside must be very large, otherwise it would not have such strength. At the same time, the sheer size of the structure also means that the launch speed is necessarily very slow, and it usually takes hundreds of people to pull it together.

Thinking of this, he raised his voice and shouted: "Don't panic, everyone, the speed of the thunderbolt bomb is very slow, everyone hurry up and find cover, our courtyard walls are all made of bluestone, and they are very strong." As long as you don't get hit directly, you can sit back and relax! ”

Having said that, what Charing is talking about is the thunderbolt that has been widely used in the army since Cao Wei, and the torsion stone machine used by Zhang Jun today is not the same thing at all, and there is no comparison in power.

The traditional Chinese thunderbolt is pulled by manpower, which is not only very slow in velocity, but also has limited power. What's more, it often doesn't take much time to break down. Based on the above considerations, Charin felt that the thunderbolt outside was not terrible, but the terrible thing was that the gate was smashed, and the government troops outside might rush in.

But the next moment he just finished shouting, there was another "woo" sound in the sky, not a feather arrow in the sky, but a bigger piece of bluestone!

"Boom!"

The second stone landed slightly off, hitting the courtyard wall next to the gate. Everyone in the courtyard only felt a muffled sound in their ears, and then they saw that the wide courtyard wall made of bluestone bricks seemed to have turned into paper paste, and a huge gap was smashed into the ground, and even the people hiding behind the wall were not spared, and all of them turned into bloody corpses.

"Ah······h Charin roared like madness, his eyes widened as he saw his men die so worthless, and a steel knife was clenched tightly in his hand.

"Leader!" At this time, a nursing home hiding not far away shouted: "You can't wait like this, or a few more stone bullets will come, and the brothers will collapse!" ”

When Charin heard about it, he saw that it was one of his good brothers, who was also a scout. By this time, the man's face was covered in blood, but it was not his injury, but a smashed-up courtyard next to him.

Charing, of course, understood this, and felt hundreds of pairs of frightened eyes on him, and he made up his mind and shouted, "Sons, line up, rush out and fight with those miscellaneous pieces!" ”

"Fight!" The others didn't want to be so aggrieved and stoned, so they immediately responded, stepped forward one by one, and rushed out after forming a circle formation in the courtyard.

But before they could step out of the high threshold of the courtyard, the sky suddenly crackled and rained stones. Countless stones of various sizes fell from the sky, instantly beating the guards in the circle to the heads.

It turns out that this torsion stone machine can not only shoot large stones, but also can throw gravel blocks in a net. The net automatically disperses in mid-air, and the stones will fly to the ground, and although the accuracy is almost non-existent, it is better than an area attack. As long as they are hit, they will all break their heads and bleed.

"Don't run, don't mess around!" Charin roared, raised his knife and slashed to death the two cowardly guards who screamed the loudest, and then danced the steel knife and shouted: "Yang Er, you rush out with people and occupy a place." ”

After hearing the order, he gritted his teeth and rushed out without saying a word, shouting as he ran: "Brothers, rush with a certain family!" ”

Thirty or forty nursing homes inspired by him also shouted and followed, and all at once they rushed outside the courtyard. A dozen steps ahead is a dense forest, as long as you rush in, you can stick to hand-to-hand combat.

But in the dense forest outside the courtyard, Li Yi, who had been promoted to the rank of uncle, let out a disdainful sneer when he saw this, he waved his hand, and suddenly a hundred Liang soldiers with strong bows and crossbows emerged from behind him, and they all set up arrows and pulled strings, aiming at Yang Er and the thirty or forty guards who rushed out with him.

"Put!" As soon as Li Yi gave the order, he heard a "buzz", and hundreds of feather arrows shot straight out of the ground.

The two sides were only less than thirty steps apart, Yang Er didn't have time to react at all, he only heard the sound of archery, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good, he just instinctively rolled to the side on the spot, and then heard the sound of "poof" and the screams of his subordinates. When Yang Er looked back and looked again, none of his subordinates were still standing—all of them were shot by random arrows and fell to the ground, with an average of three or four arrows stuck in each person's body.

"Ah······h Yang Er's eyes widened angrily, he roared miserably, and also dispelled the idea of retreating, but rushed forward violently with a steel knife. At this time, he had only one thought in his heart, and that was to rush close and fight for his life, even if it was ······ Even if you pull a cushion back, it's fine!

But the reality was destined to disappoint him, only to see that Li Yi had silently picked up a crossbow machine, aimed Yang Er at Wangshan Mountain (similar to a sight), and gently put his index finger on the trigger, but he refused to pull it for a long time. He was giving Yang Er hope and making him mistakenly think that he had a chance to take revenge.

Until Yang Er rushed to a place ten steps away, he saw that the steel knife in his hand had been raised high······

"Smack!" A crisp sound came out, and the two-foot-long crossbow arrow suddenly shot out, hitting Yang Er's throat. I saw him clutch his neck tightly, and staggered forward a few steps before he knelt on the ground with a thud, blood gushing from his fingers and dripping on the soft green grass.

Li Yi threw the crossbow machine in his hand to the team leader on the side, drew his knife and slowly stepped forward, putting the blade on Yang Er's shoulder. At this time, Yang Er was panting with difficulty, making a "hehehe" sound, obviously being shot through his trachea.

He raised his eyes with great difficulty, and closed his eyes in despair as he watched a Liang Jun lord approach.

"You're a man, but it's a pity that you're with the wrong person······" Yang Er vaguely heard the young lord say: "And I'm different, the young general will never let the warrior die in vain······"

Li Yi did not cut off Yang Er's head, but put the knife back into the sheath. He commanded his subordinates behind him, "Bury this man alive." ”

In the distance, Zhang Jun and the generals standing on the high ground naturally took in the scene that had just happened. Zhang Jun said softly: "It's a pity······"

Zhou Tong said: "Lord, it seems that these people do not serve in the army, but are willing to be the lackeys of the powerful family, and they are innocent of death!" ”

"That's it!" Hu Shuo also shouted: "The men in the right battalion of our Hujie Army are good sons!" As soon as he said this, he offended everyone in an instant, but everyone didn't feel angry, they just got used to it.

At this time, Wang Meng said: "Metropolitan Governor, this uncle is a good seedling, it is better to transfer it to the last general, and the last general dares to guarantee that he will be the master of the building in less than three years." ”

"The Lord?" Han Hu laughed and said, "Metropolitan Governor, hand it over to our Hujie Army, and you will be promoted to the lord in two years." ”

The conscription army was still in the initial stage, and there was a shortage of officers, most of whom were directly promoted by veterans. Li Yi was able to easily solve the opponent, and he showed the character of respecting warriors and not being eager to kill, which naturally attracted the attention of these generals, and even caused a small scramble, promising that Li Yi could be trained to become a master within a few years.

As mentioned in the previous document, the establishment of the Liangzhou army is still inherited from the Western Jin Dynasty, and it is divided into six levels from small to large according to "Wu", "Shi", "Team", "Bo", "Building" and "Army". There are five people in one army, and there are captains; One has two forces, and there are long; A team has five tithes, and there is a team leader; There are two teams of one uncle, and there is an uncle; One building has five uncles and one owner; There are two buildings in an army, and there are generals.

It can be seen from this that the owner of the building is already a senior general under the general. If you wonder why Li Yi can be so loved by all the generals, in the final analysis, it is Zhang Jun's intentional promotion. Thinking that Li Yi was still a pawn named Li Ergou at the beginning, it was insignificant at all. But Zhang Jun personally named him, and then promoted him all the way, from the captain, the captain, the team owner to the uncle, the blind can see that this Li Yi will be of great use in the future.

If you don't promote now, when?

Unexpectedly, Zhang Jun waved his hand with an uncertain attitude and said: "It's just a small merit, and it's not worth being promoted to a high position." Let him sharpen his skills, and first transfer him to the Crane Control Army to be an uncle······"

The Crane Control Army is an army under the control of the Metropolitan Governor himself, and when he said this, several people instantly understood that the Metropolitan Governor was going to cultivate it personally, that kid really had a good life!

In fact, a few of them guessed well, Zhang Jun did have plans to cultivate Li Yi personally, on the one hand, he felt that he fell in love with this kid, and on the other hand, he did have brains and was very loyal, otherwise he would not have risen so fast. You must know that going from the team owner to the uncle is a big hurdle, and I don't know how many experienced low-level generals have been stuck in the position of team leader all their lives.

Putting aside the arrangements for Li Yi, on the other side, after the hundred people led by Li Yi shot all the outlaws who rushed out of the courtyard with bows and crossbows, the opposite side was quiet for a while, as if the arrogance that had just been puffed up was suddenly extinguished by the water.

Charin clenched his teeth, as the so-called one drum, then decline, and three exhaustion. After the two battles in which the formation was broken up and the charge was completely wiped out, the morale of the guards had dropped to its lowest point, and what was even more terrifying was that the damn thunderbolt was still throwing stones as if it would never be damaged.

"Phew!" He spat on a mouthful of bloody spit, having been accidentally hit on the back by a gravel, and although he was protected by armor, he was visibly suffering internal injuries.

"Sons!" Charin shouted: "They are going to kill them all, and we can't make them feel better, bring me water and fertilizer!" ”

When the guards heard the order, more than a dozen people ran backwards, and soon they ran out with thirty or forty barrels of black oily liquid.

"Tell me to go out, if the thunderbolt throws another stone, it will burn down the storehouse, so that they will not get a hair!" Charing commanded.

A moment later, a lieutenant came quickly and reported the situation to Zhang Jun.

"Water and fertilizer?" Zhang Jun didn't know why, and asked, "What is it?" ”

At this time, Li Fugui saw the opportunity to stand up and said: "Qiyu Dadu, water and fertilizer, stone paint is also ······." Seeing that Zhang Jun still didn't understand, he continued: "The army calls it fierce fire oil!" ”

"Fierce Fire Oil!" Zhang Jun's heart tightened, and he secretly exclaimed: "Isn't that oil!" ”

Li Fugui said: "Water and fertilizer cannot be extinguished, and the governor must be careful." ”

Zhang Jun understands the role of oil too well, it is simply the liquid gold of modern society, and almost the entire modern civilization is built on oil. Once the people in the courtyard take the risk and ignite the oil, it will be really troublesome.

"Don't worry!"

Zhou Tong stepped forward and said, "You can let the scout scout touch it with a strong bow and crossbow, shoot down the person with fire, and then suddenly attack with a large army, which can break the enemy." ”

Zhang Jun couldn't think of any other way for the time being, so he nodded and agreed: "Be careful, don't light the water and fertilizer!" ”

"No!" Zhou Tong was ordered to retreat, and after a while, more than a hundred and so marksmen were selected and quietly leaned up.

When Charling saw that the catapult had stopped, he thought he had a plan. He was also afraid that the fire would really burn him, so he ordered his subordinates not to light the fire first, but to pour a lot of water around, just in case.

But when the surroundings suddenly fell silent, his heart suddenly rose with vigilance, which had nothing to do with the sixth sense, but the vigilance that had been trained from thousands of battles.

"Click!" A slight cracking of branches rang out from outside the fence······

"Not good! Hurry up and ignite the fire! Charin suddenly shouted.

But before his men could release their torches, a hundred and ten feathered arrows suddenly shot in from the wall, and in an instant shot the guardian with the torch into a hedgehog. Charin drew his sword and flew several arrows at him as he ran towards the inner courtyard, trying to get out. But how could Zhou Tong let him get his wish, with a roar, nearly two thousand people around instantly shouted, carried a long ladder and rushed to the courtyard, banging on the courtyard wall, and then, countless Liang soldiers rushed in.

At the main gate, Li Yi also led people to pounce in, and for a while, the bows and crossbows were fired together, killing all the personalities who dared to resist.

Just when the situation was good, the fire suddenly ignited, and it turned out to be a nursing home desperately igniting the water and fertilizer spilled on the ground.

"Hurry up and put out the fire!" Zhou Tong and Li Yi shouted together. At this moment, the Liang army panicked, some of them continued to chase the remnants of the enemy, and the other part looked around for wells like headless flies.

Zhang Jun saw the fire from afar, his heart was anxious, and he ordered: "Send an order to Zhou Tong, water and fertilizer will burn more vigorously when it encounters water, and it must be covered with soil to extinguish." Just go! ”

The little colonel who gave the order hurriedly rushed away, and finally found his way through the crowd. When Zhou Tong heard the order, he was anxious, he was in a hurry and panicked, where to find the soil?

Li Yi also heard it on the side, he saw the broken stone and bricks in the courtyard, and the front hall was damaged, so he suddenly had a plan and shouted: "General Zhou, let's demolish the house and separate the fire with bricks and stones!" ”

"Great idea!" Zhou Tong directly ordered, and the Liang army, who immediately extinguished the fire, turned into a demolition team, piling up the gravel, bricks, and soil on the ground and all kinds of non-flammable things in the front hall on the edge of water and fertilizer, barely isolating the fire.

On the other side, Zhang Jun saw the smoke billowing from the courtyard, and he couldn't see what the situation was at all, so he wanted to drive his horse forward.

The generals on the side hurriedly stopped, and Han Hu shouted: "Governor, the situation ahead is unknown, don't risk yourself." ”

Wang Meng, Hu Shuo, and Li Fugui also tightly held the reins of Zhang Jun's mount, and did not let go no matter how Zhang Jun persuaded him. Zhang Jun had no choice but to order: "You all go, say whatever you say, you will put out the fire." But if you can't do it, quit early, and don't let the fire burn your brother! ”

"No!" The generals received the order and rushed towards the other courtyard one after another, but Zhang Jun was only left with the obese Li Fugui and more than a dozen guards to guard.

Just when Zhang Jun was looking at the courtyard intently, a black figure quietly touched it, and this shadow was holding a sharp dagger in his hand!

PS: China is one of the first countries in the world to discover, exploit and utilize oil. The earliest record of the discovery of oil comes from the Book of Changes, written in the Western Zhou Dynasty: "There is fire in Ze", "Fire on the upper and lower Ze". The history of the use of oil can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty.

According to Dong Bangu's "Book of the Former Han Dynasty, Volume 38, Geography 8", "Dingyang, Gao Nu, there is confusion in water, and fat can be dipped in." Gaonu County refers to the area of Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, and is a tributary of the Yan River. Later, in the "Northern History: The Biography of the Western Regions", the output of oil in the Qiuci area of Xinjiang was also recorded: "In the mountains in the northwest of the country, there are people who flow out of the river like anointed, and they enter the ground for several miles, and the shape is like Daigo, and it smells very bad. Zhang Hua of the Western Jin Dynasty wrote "Naturalist Chronicles" and said: "There are mountains in the south of the county, and the stones come out of the springs······ Ground injection is a ditch······ It is not edible, and the county people call it stone paint······ Water and fertilizer are also there, and there is no water in Gaonu County. At the same time, it is pointed out that this stone paint can be used as a lubricant to "anoint the car" (lubricate the axle).

The term "oil" was first formally proposed by Shen Kuo, a scientist of the Song Dynasty, in his treatise "Mengxi Bi Tan", and has been widely cited by later generations. According to "Mengxi Pen Talk, Volume 24, Magazine 1": "There is oil in the territory of Dun and Yan, and it is said that 'Gaonu County produces fat water', that is." Oil has gone through several names before Shen Kuo, including stone grease water, water fertilizer, stone paint, etc.