Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Iron Pimple That Burns Money
Bai Qi and Cheng Chumo were standing not far from Fu Qi City, and on the ground under their feet, there was a dark hole the size of a person. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The rat was taking a few people and just wanted to get into the hole, suddenly the ground shook slightly, everyone looked up to the side of Fu Qi City, only to see a small mushroom cloud rising there, the Tuyuhun soldiers on the city looked a little panicked, and someone was pushed off the city in a panic.
The mouse smacked his tongue, looked at the white chess with a calm expression, and then asked with some admiration: "Master Hou, this heavenly thunder won't collapse all the tunnels we dug, right?" ”
White glanced back at the mouse and replied angrily, "Unless you dig a tunnel that is not strong!" ”
Speaking of what he was good at, the mouse smiled, immediately became proud, slapped his chest "crackling", loudly assured Bai Qi and Cheng Chumo, and smiled confidently: "If I can't even make such a simple hole, then I won't have the face to go back to see the old folks in the village!" ”
Watching the rats burrow into the hole one by one, Bai Qi and Cheng Chumo and the others stood by the side, but their eyes were fixed on the battle situation in the direction of Fu Qi City in the distance.
At this time, the time has reached the junction of the unitary time and the time of the Xu, and the sun in the west has exhausted the last residual heat of the day, yawning slowly to the other side of the valley, leaving only a little residual warmth, burning the clouds in the sky into a fiery red color.
Under the burning clouds, the entire Fuqi City seemed to be immersed in a thick layer of orange red, which looked very desolate and tragic. From time to time, artillery fire flew from the Tang army camp outside the city to Fuqi City, most of them fell into the city, and a small number fell on the city, and the dazzling red fire rose into the sky when it exploded, and the explosion sound and the screams of the soldiers when they were injured and killed could be heard in a long distance!
Duan Zhixuan sat straight on his horse like a pine tree, and next to him, two huge black iron cannons were erected, and more than a dozen soldiers were sweating and adding round black cannonballs to the iron cannons from time to time.
Duan Zhixuan listened to those soldiers talking about numbers that he didn't understand at all, and then watched with wide eyes as the muzzles of these two huge iron cannons moved with the data, and finally aimed in a certain direction, and then some soldiers pulled the thick rope under the iron cannons, and the huge sound of "boom" sounded again, and the muzzles of the guns flickered with firelight, and let out an angry roar, and then a huge explosion was heard from the side of Fu Qi City, and a huge fire rose from behind the city wall.
patted the blindfolded horse and quieted it down, Duan Zhixuan dug out his ears, shook his head, and threw out the discomfort in his mind, and admired His Royal Highness King Wei's knowledge in his heart!
"Damn, His Royal Highness King Wei borrowed the heavenly thunder from the gods to use it! Watching these bastards of Tuyuhun being fried to the ground, I'm so fucking happy! Pan Xing came over from the side and shouted excitedly at Duan Zhixuan.
Duan Zhixuan nodded, then shook his head again, and said to Panxing: "Old Pan, His Royal Highness King Wei got this thing out, and our old things will really be useless in the future." In the future, as long as we fight and attack the city, pull him out of a dozen or twenty of these iron lumps, a round of shelling, the city falls, and the people are gone, what use do you want us? ”
As soon as Panxing was said by Duan Zhixuan, the man in his forties was immediately speechless, the more he thought about it, the more he made sense, knowing that this was the trend of the war in the future, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only hold it back, staring angrily at the dozen or so veterans who were operating the iron cannon over there.
At this time, a veteran who was operating the iron cannon turned his face and explained to Duan Zhixuan with a smile on his face: "His Royal Highness King Wei said to his subordinates before he came out, whether this weapon is good or not, it still needs someone to operate it, this iron lump is at best a dozen city things, not to mention the bulky, it also costs money, just these two things, it has already cost nearly half a year's income of the inner government, and it costs hundreds of taels of silver to hit a cannonball, which is simply burning money!" So, the two generals don't have to be presumptuous, when we have knocked down a section of the wall, it's time for you to show off your skills! ”
When Duan Zhixuan and Panxing heard this, they all gasped. They don't know what the current income of the Inner Mansion is, but the astonishing profits of the huge textile factory outside Chang'an Mansion have long been heard, and it is said that it is more than enough to cover the taxed income of the past half month. And every time these two things are shot, it is equivalent to burning hundreds of taels of silver, so far, they have silently calculated, there are almost hundreds, so isn't it in this short hour, these two iron cannons have burned tens of thousands of taels of silver!
Seeing the surprised looks on Duan Zhixuan's faces, the veteran couldn't help laughing, turned around and stuffed a cannonball into the barrel. He still has some words not to say, just by making this iron cannon, His Royal Highness the King of Wei has changed from a fat man to a man who has lost more than 20 pounds, and when he comes out, His Majesty and Niangniang will not recognize him; The test site in the deep mountains was under artillery fire all day long, and the brothers inside also sacrificed a lot because of the explosion!
In this way, the first thing His Royal Highness King Wei said before he came out and fainted was "Experiment, use it with caution, dangerous"! If it weren't for His Majesty's desire to Tugu Hun, these two big guys might still be buried in the mountains now, waiting for His Royal Highness King Wei to go down and perfect!
The fierce artillery fire is constantly attacking the city, and the huge explosions are coming and going in the city, and every shell falling is accompanied by the sky-high fire, reflecting the head of the city in red. The light of the fire illuminated the city, and at the same time pointed out the direction of the veterans, and the two iron cannons began to unify the direction of the muzzles, changing from the original surface attack of fire to a point attack of concentrated fire, and fired the last few shells in one direction of the city wall.
The King of the Heavenly Pillars, who was bandaged with his wounds, was directing the rescue on the top of the wall, when he suddenly saw several cannonballs with fire falling towards the city wall under his feet, his face changed greatly, and he immediately ignored the pain in his chest and shouted loudly: "Get out of here!" ”
After speaking, he immediately kicked Hakimu next to him hard, and then dragged Murong Shun, who was in a daze, and ran forward more than twenty steps violently, listening to the whistling sound from behind, the two of them immediately fell to the ground and quickly rolled to the other side!
Huge explosions sounded one after another behind him, and the cannonballs landed accurately on a piece of the city wall, instantly blasting a huge gap in the thick city wall, and blowing up the Tuyuhun soldiers who had no time to dodge. Dirt and bricks fell from the sky and fell on the city, soon covering a full layer of dirt and gravel.
"Ahem, ahem!" The Heavenly Pillar King pulled Murong Shun to stand up from the mound of dirt, both of them were covered in thick soil, their ears were full of buzzing roars, and their eyes were also briefly dizzy.
After a long while, the ears and eyes of the two of them returned to normal slightly, and when they looked around, they saw that the ground in front of them was a mess, and the place where they had stood before was blasted open a huge crack, as if a giant had smashed his fist on the city wall, completely shattering that section of the city wall, and the night wind outside whistled through this gap and poured into the city.
Murong Shun was so frightened that he sat on the ground, ignoring any etiquette at this time, looking at this gap with a dull gaze, his hair messy like a beggar on the side of the road.
"It's over, it's over!"
King Tianzhu was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, hearing what Murong Shun said beside him, he gritted his teeth and slapped the other party's face fiercely, and then lifted Murong Shun, and in the other party's surprised gaze, asked the other soldiers to help him down the city wall, and he immediately ran down and began to rearrange the city defenses.
When did the Tang Army have such a powerful weapon? The Heavenly Pillar King was a little flustered, and then he remembered the two boxes of weapons in the arsenal, and then immediately ran back with the people.
When it comes to street fighting, can the Tang people still use those powerful weapons? Thinking like this in his heart, the Heavenly Pillar King settled down a little. (To be continued.) )