056 The emperor died?
In the spring of the second year of Xuande, after Liu Xuan stabilized the country that had just been defeated, he rested for two or three months and was ready to march into the central part of Daluo.
The width of the Tonghai River varies from about four thousand meters, and on this day, Liu Xuan came to the shore with an army of 700,000.
There is a linked rope bridge on both sides of the Tonghai River, the rope bridge is about ten meters wide, looking into the distance, under the rope bridge, there are two thick cement pillars every 100 meters.
Looking at the iron chain bridge made of pure iron, Liu Xuan's eyes flashed with amazement, if it was modern, he could still imagine what method to build a cross-iron bridge more than 4,000 meters long, but in this world, he really couldn't think of what method they used to build such an iron bridge, I have to say that the construction technology of the Daluo people is also second to none in the five countries.
Walking on the chain bridge, the water flow below is turbulent, the sound of the waves is continuous, the bridge deck is made of wooden planks, walking on it, with the footsteps sounding crisp sound, there is a unique flavor.
Looking at the other end of the chain bridge, the army slowly advanced towards that side, Liu Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and said to Liu Yi next to him, "The enemy army didn't cut off this bridge, aren't you afraid that we will fight it?" ”
Liu Yi pondered for a moment, bowed down and said, "Back to the emperor, if you are a micro-minister, you will definitely be stationed there with heavy troops, and it is not a wise move to cut the rope bridge." ”
Liu Xuan nodded, this chain bridge is said to have existed for a hundred years, and it is an important passage to connect Daluo, it is not easy to build, who can provoke it to destroy it.
Liu Yi guessed correctly, Wu Chengying and Song Feng led the army first, and when they arrived not far from the bridge bank, they saw a large number of crossbowmen suddenly pouring out from the opposite side, and with an order, ten thousand arrows were fired at the same time, shooting towards the bridge.
Wu Chengying was shocked, and hurriedly ordered the front army to raise their shields to block it, and the enemy troops at the bridgehead rushed up, and the soldiers of the two sides fought on the rope bridge.
Since the bridge deck was only ten meters wide, the armies could not be used, and the enemy troops on the opposite side guarded this place, and waves poured up.
Liu Xuan saw from a distance that the two parties were in a stalemate, and said coldly, "Get on the artillery." ”
After the herald received the promise, with a dozen cannons, he drove into the iron bridge in a mighty way, two guns in a column, stopped when he was six or seven hundred meters away from the bridge deck, the gunners immediately loaded the shells, raised the torches, and after aiming, skillfully ignited, only heard a violent roar, and the rumbling sound sounded thousands of kilometers away, and the enemy suddenly panicked.
The power of the cannon is amazing, but the recoil is also extremely shocking, and the soldiers next to them can't help but take the initiative to cover their ears every time they light it, and the rope bridge is shaken.
Under several rounds of artillery fire, the enemy on the opposite side suffered heavy casualties, and the Jiuyou army rushed up with great joy, and the opposite side of the attack abandoned its troops and fled.
Liu Yi and other generals looked at this scene, even though they had already seen the power of artillery, but they were still amazed until now, with this extremely lethal weapon, why worry about the world.
Liu Xuan smiled noncommittally, the power of this artillery is not very large, at most it can bombard a radius of dozens of meters, and the aftermath is only hundreds of meters, if it is replaced with yellow gunpowder, the power is heaven and earth.
It's a pity that the main ingredient of yellow gunpowder is ***, also known as TNT, and he can't synthesize it with his current ability, fortunately, Liu Xuan is from physics and chemistry, otherwise he really can't make black gunpowder.
The army continued to advance, and Liu Xuan walked at the rear, still standing on top of the carriage, looking into the distance, with a sassy expression.
After crossing this bridge, it is the middle of Da Luo, and with these hundreds of cannons, who else can block the path of Jiuyou.
Click!
And at this moment, the wooden planks of the chain bridge sounded a clattering sound, the recoil of the artillery was too strong, and the wooden planks had already been shattered, which was nothing unusual, when Liu Xuan drove the carriage to the middle of the bridge, suddenly, on one side of the bridge, the chain broke apart, and suddenly the rope bridge overturned and rose, and the army was in chaos.
Liu Xuan was unstable, and even the car fell with people.
"Your Majesty!" Seeing Liu Xuan falling, Liu Yi's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly shouted, "The emperor has fallen, and the whole army will go down to rescue immediately!" ”
Simply, the chain bridge only turned over on one side, and the clever soldiers hurriedly grabbed the iron cable, but a large number of artillery and soldiers who did not react in time fell into the water, as many as tens of thousands of people.
After Liu Xuan fell, the river was turbulent, and as soon as he fell into the water, he could not see the figure, and the carriage was also washed and broken by the current, and the army ran to the river one after another, searching around.
This chain bridge is more than ten zhang away from the river, hundreds of thousands of troops searched by the river, so rapids, it is so easy to find people, search down the flowing water, tens of thousands of people fell into the water, and less than 100 people were rescued.
At the moment, the generals are in a hurry, if they really can't find it, the emperor will really die.
The Tonghai River stretches for tens of thousands of kilometers, the further west it goes, the more spacious it becomes, and in the distance, it is the endless West Sea, and trying to find the person who has fallen into the water is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Liu Xuan didn't expect that he would be so unlucky, just walked to the middle of the rope bridge, he didn't care about the wooden plank that the artillery shattered before, but not only the wooden plank, the iron cable was also broken, when the bridge deck turned over, Liu Xuan's face changed greatly, his feet were unstable, and he fell down with the carriage, and it was too late for him to react.
After falling into the water, Liu Xuan only felt that the sky was spinning, and the flood poured into his mouth, and he struggled around, only to feel that his body was constantly being dragged down by the water, sinking deeper and deeper.
Thinking that he is an emperor, an upright young man, is trying to show his ambitions, but ends up like this, in the future history books, it will be said like this: "Xuande in the spring of the second year, the third generation of the emperor of Jiuyou, Liu Xuan led an army of millions, passing by the Tonghai River, how can the sky be jealous of the talent, Emperor Xuande when passing through the chain bridge, suddenly the wind and clouds changed, a demon wind blew, the iron cable broke, Liu Xuan and the carriage fell into the turbulence, nowhere to be found, the army looked for several days along the coast, the measured has sunk to the bottom of the river, then set up a monument, the whole country wept, Xuande died, at the age of twenty. ”
Wu Chengying and other generals led a large army, searched on the shore for more than a month, stretching for nearly a hundred miles, although they found many soldiers, most of them had turned into corpses, which made the hearts of the army more and more worried, how could their emperor be like this
To put it mildly, if they die at the hands of the enemy, the soldiers can still have revenge, but if they accidentally fall into the water, who will they seek revenge
And it's been more than a month, they don't have an emperor, what to do in the future?
Is it a way home? If they go back, they ask how the emperor died, how should they answer, fall into the water and drown?
Let's not talk about this point first, they clearly saw that Liu Xuan fell into the water, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the emperor was dead.
And they are now at war, how to go in the future, if this news spreads, the nine shadows will be chaotic, the country cannot be without a king for a day, the emperor only has two concubines, the side concubine Wu Qingyue is pregnant, unknown men and women.
And without the emperor, Jiuyou will have no pillars, and they will have more than 600,000 troops left, if they go back now, it will attract suspicion, and all countries will attack Jiuyou in one fell swoop, and Jiuyou will die
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