Volume 3: A Generation of Heavenly Pride - Chapter 22: The Fire of the Ten Thousand Cities (5)

Theoretically, there are many kinds of explosions......

Gunpowder is not a new thing in this era, and there are many examples of using trebuchets to throw explosive packs in the wars of the middle and late Tang Dynasty, but explosives are more used to make firecrackers, and even Kaishan is rarely used. Black powder is not yellow powder after all, and the inferior fuse made of ropes soaked in grease is also extremely unreliable, and even if it is successfully detonated, even if the explosive package with simple packaging and leaking air on all sides is exploded, it is difficult to cause greater damage to the enemy. This primitive mortar is sometimes not as powerful as throwing stones, and it is normal for the fuse to explode in mid-air or if the fuse is too long to be extinguished or kicked down by the enemy, and it is very accidental to explode on the city wall.

The effect of explosives is mainly concentrated in the loud noise emitted during the explosion and the thick smoke produced by the combustion of black powder.

The former can effectively intimidate the enemy army and demoralize the enemy, while the latter can obscure the enemy's vision and provide cover for the movement of your own army.

Neither of these two tactical effects alone can determine the outcome of a campaign.

Therefore, in the eyes of the generals of this era, explosives are not such terrible weapons, and it is a very natural thing.

Even veterans with a little more combat experience are not afraid of the power of explosives—they are not powerful in the first place......

Something that can only make firecrackers, and is also worthy of being called a "famous general's end of the era"?

However, the explosion witnessed by Shen Chen, Di Huaiwei, Xifeng Minda and other senior generals of the Eighth Route Army, as well as a hundred battle-hardened veterans in the early morning of June 19, the third year of the Later Zhou Guangshun, made these people who absolutely deserved the title of warriors shudder even many years later. It was the first real "explosion" in human history, and it was also the first large-scale civil engineering blasting operation in the history of human engineering.

What the sound of the air expanding looked like, Li Wenge had no idea, but all the soldiers who had experienced that morning said that before the city gate flew into the sky, before the smoke and fire burst out. They distinctly heard a clear "hissing" sound, like a poisonous snake swallowing snake letters.

It was a wonderful moment, everything seemed to be slowed down. The morning breeze that was originally blowing slowly became more gentle, and the originally calm breathing became longer, and between one breath and one breath, it seemed that a lifetime had passed, and even those party soldiers who were standing densely on the north wall of the North Gate Urn City suddenly slowed down. As if waiting for something, as if expecting something.

The roaring sound was so strong and swift that a hundred paces away, the sound waves swept through, and almost all of the ear drums emitted a terrifying hum at the same time, and the next moment, everything between heaven and earth changed, and there was no longer any sound in the world, and it was as silent as a ghost.

At that moment, the heavens and the earth were eclipsed. Everything in front of me turned black and white.

Three hundred kilograms of black powder, with only a thin layer of space on it, is to ensure that the fuse will not go out.

Thirty explosive packets buried in the ground were detonated one after another in less than ten seconds, producing more than two million liters of carbon dioxide gas with nowhere to go, and the hard, thick earth in front and behind and left and right.

Explosives of this level. It has not yet been called to the earth.

And so, the angry and fanatical gas molecules roared in unison in the direction they could shake......

The straight impact first turned the thick and solid wooden gates into wooden strips in an instant, and the ensuing dense and powerful blast wave reduced these wooden strips to sharp and slender wooden thorns without suspense......

Dirt, masonry, everything, was completely restored at this moment.

This is a modestly scaled reduction test.

People have also been restored......

Standing on the urn city and vigilantly watching the king of Aluo outside the city, the leaders of the Tuoba family at all levels, Lu, Angxing, Mo, Barang, Dingli, Chunyue, Zhuneng, Yin Wu, Guangle, Ye Lingwu, Lingneng, Qingtang, Qimai, Angnie, Lingxun, Cheng Mo, Lu E, Bangli, Chuang, Akni, and dozens of soldiers gathered on the urn city. All of them were restored in this luxury test.

King Arrow has fought all his life, killed countless people, and the people who died at his hands can't even be counted by himself, he has always known that he can't die in bed in this life, and dying on the battlefield is his destined destination - this is the end of the warriors, and the vast majority of the people of the Tuoba family have half of this great Tongwan City has been shrouded......

The earth shook violently, the warriors in hard iron armor trembled, and many old warriors who were accustomed to blood had to rely on wooden spears to barely support their bodies.

No one screamed, no one groaned, no blades clashed and cursed, and the world was eerily silent amid a roar.

In mid-air, it was reduced to powder, and the soil fell in a flutter. The stones that were the supporting structure were broken into seventy or eighty pieces and splashed sixty or seventy steps, and all the wooden materials turned into wisps of fibers, and the strong pungent smell was tinged with a strong smell of blood. Is it the bodily fluids of the party soldiers who have flown into the sky, or the souls of the slaves who were used as materials to fill the city walls......

Li Wenge walked up slowly, facing the masterpiece he had created single-handedly, but there was no trace of joy on his face.

It's not just him......

Shen Chen, fine seal Minda, Di Huaiwei......

Everyone who witnessed this earthly wonder turned pale at the moment, and forced the urge to vomit.

"The era of famous generals...... And that's the end of it? Shen Chen muttered to himself, as if asking himself. He seemed to be asking the Eighth Route Army envoy around him.

"No!" Li Wenge sighed......

"The era of famous generals has just begun to ......" felt tent, looking deeply at the southwest.

That inexplicable palpitation had not completely dissipated, and the man of the world looked in vain at the direction of his hometown with the burning feeling in his chest and abdomen, and his right hand couldn't stop shaking.

Tuoba Guangyuan, who didn't feel it at all, came over in surprise and said in a low voice: "Master, there is still some time before breakfast time, you can sleep again!" ”

Tuoba Yiyin waved his hand, forcing himself to suppress the feeling of irritability. Reluctantly smiled and said, "Did the scouts send out?" ”

Tuoba Guangyuan nodded: "Guangrui has already set off, the journey of twelve miles, it will be possible to arrive in less than half a day, and it should be able to spend half of it today!" ”

"The ship should be ready, right?"

"The ship is in charge of Guangchi, and it was set ......up a few days in advance," Tuoba Guangyuan replied simply.

"You say, can we fool Li Wenge?" Tuoba Yiyin asked with a frown.

Tuoba Guangyuan was stunned. Then he smiled and said: "After all, strength has the final say in fighting, and using tactics is just a means to have more chances of winning." Li Wenge squatted in the mountains, waiting for nothing more than for us to go east to reinforce the direction of Yinzhou, so that he could come and copy our back road. There are not enough troops in Tongwan City, so he can let go and bully our tribes and tribes left in the south, and seize cattle, sheep and provisions. We are going around in Hebei, just to confirm his idea. Only in this way did he dare to come out of the mountains......"

Tuoba Yi Yin did not speak, and his brows still did not spread.

"The head of the house, in fact, ......"

Tuoba Guangyuan wanted to speak and stopped. Tuoba Yi Yin turned his head to look at the nephew of the commander, and said lightly: "What do you have to say, but what you say!" ”

"We should have stayed a little longer on the north bank of the river, crossing the river the day before. I will go back today. Although Li Wenge's scouts will not come, there are always many loopholes. Since it's a show. Why not do it more solidly? "Tuoba Guang is far away.

Tuoba Yi Yin thought for a long time, and slowly shook his head: "What you said is not bad, but I am always unsure, this uncertain river is the foundation of our family's revitalization, but it is also a base in my heart. If it weren't for the purpose of luring Li Wenge out of the mountains, I would never have brought the elite soldiers of my family to Hebei. Although this place is fertile and suitable for camping, it is sandwiched between two rivers, and it is very inconvenient for the cavalry to maneuver......"

Tuoba Guangyuan smiled: "The head of the family is too worried, no matter how long Li Wenge's tentacles are, it is impossible to reach this side in two or three days, as long as we act carefully, it is not difficult to hide traces, after all, this side is our territory, and we occupy the geographical advantage......

Tuoba Yiyin nodded, but did not speak.

By the time Tuoba Yiyin rode away from the alluvial plain where he was camping, the sun was already high......

Three thousand five hundred cavalry marched in five columns on the steppe at a medium speed, and the neighing of horses and the sound of grass were intertwined.

The elite of the Tuoba family.