When Ma Yuan came to the woods, he immediately ordered the soldiers: "Everyone slowly feel out of the woods, wait at the edge of the forest, listen to my orders, rush across the moat, rush to the bottom of the city wall, and immediately grab a few bamboo tubes and turn around and run back." Gather here and go back to camp together. ”

Ma Yuan paused for a moment and said, "There are only a few sentinels patrolling the city, and there are no large numbers of Cao soldiers. By the time they had reacted, we had come here to assemble.

When they went out of the city to chase after them, we were already halfway down the road, and they couldn't catch up.

Besides, Cao Bing didn't dare to chase after him far away, for fear of being ambushed by us.

All in all, everyone just need to rest assured to grab the bamboo tube, be fast, don't worry. Okay, let's do it. ”

So the 100 Jingzhou soldiers acted as instructed, touched the edge of the woods and stopped to cheer up, and then shouted and rushed towards the direction of Fancheng together, and when they rushed to the edge of the moat, they saw that the embankment that had been laid with straw bales was still there, crossed the embankment and came to the gunpowder pair, and hurriedly picked up a few gunpowder canisters and turned around and ran.

Besides, Cao Bing on the top of the city wall, at first he saw a group of farmers gushing out of the woods, he didn't know what they were going to do, and when he saw them coming to the embankment, he still didn't understand their motives.

When they rushed to the pile of bamboo tubes at the base of the wall and began to carry them, they still didn't know what they were doing.

But he felt that it was definitely not a good thing, so he shouted while shooting arrows, but he did not stop the peasants from acting.

By the time the peasants ran back to the woods with the bamboo tubes, Cao Bing on the top of the city wall still hadn't figured out the motives of the peasants for coming to grab them.

So he went down to the city to report to Cao Ren.

Cao Ren didn't believe it: "Your mother's nonsense! What are they doing with these bamboo tubes? Didn't you come to grab these bales? ”

The sentry didn't dare to stiffen his lips and replied in a low voice: "I didn't snatch the straw bales, but just snatched some of the bamboo tubes." ”

Cao Ren turned his head to look at Man Pet, but Man Pet became alert, thought for a while and asked, "How many farmers have come to rob?" ”

"That's about 100 people. I came in a hurry, and I fled in a hurry. ”

Man Zhong was suspicious: "A few days ago, after a battle, farmers from far and near couldn't hide when they heard the battle, where did they have such courage to come over and rob the bamboo tubes?"

Besides, it is not easy to organize such a large number of farmers at once.

There must be some motivation here. It must have been the Jingzhou soldiers who came to rob it.

Besides, what are you going to do with these bamboo tubes? Well, also, why did the Jingzhou soldiers bring some bamboo tubes when they attacked?

Well, I understand, these bamboo tubes must be useful, otherwise, they would definitely not have come over to rob like this. ”

So, Man Pet told Cao Ren about this question, Cao Ren was straightforward, looked at Man Pet and said, "What can the bamboo tube be for?" It must have been the farmer who rushed home to make a fire??????? Well, yes, there won't be so many people moving on the fire. Yes, yes, definitely these bamboo tubes are useful. That's it," Cao Ren said this, and immediately turned his face to the adjutant generals: "You take five hundred soldiers, open the north gate immediately, go down and carry all the bamboo tubes in, and put them in the hole in the city gate." When you put it away, close the door quickly. The adjutant agreed to go.

Cao Ren said to Man Zhong again: "Let's go, let's go up to the city wall." ”

By the time Cao Ren climbed the north gate tower of the city wall, the deputy general had already opened the city gate with his soldiers, came to the pile of bamboo tubes, and began to carry them into the city gate.

Five hundred soldiers held three or four bamboo tubes, went back and forth twice, that is, all the bamboo tubes were moved into the city gate hole and stacked and stacked.

After closing the city gate, Cao Ren went down to the city wall and came to the city gate cave to check.

Cao Ren picked up a bamboo tube and shook it and said, "Ah, this bamboo tube is quite heavy, I have never seen solid bamboo, why is it so heavy?" ”

When I looked closely, I saw that both ends of the bamboo tube were sealed with cement, and the skin was coated with wax oil, which had a slippery feeling in my hand.

What made Cao Ren feel even more strange was that there was a thin rope hanging on the outside at one end of this bamboo tube, which was more than a foot long.

When Cao Ren looked down again, he saw that the pile of bamboo tubes on the ground were all the same, all coated with wax oil, and they were all hanging a thin rope at one end.

This aroused his suspicions, and he turned his face and asked Manzhong: "What kind of hanging things did this Jingzhou soldier get, and he was reluctant to throw it here, so he came over and grabbed it back." ”

Man Pet had already begun to be suspicious, and when he saw Cao Ren asking like this, he didn't answer, just picked up a bamboo tube and looked at it carefully.

Cao Ren couldn't bear it, so he reached out and ripped off the thin rope on the bamboo tube in his hand, brought it to his eyes to take a good look and said, "I thought it was a good thing!" Well, why is there still black powder in it? With that, he threw it on the ground dismissively.

Full of pets is careful, picked up the thin rope and put it under his nose to smell it, and said with a smile: "I don't know what the smell is, I've never smelled it." Well, take a few to the outside and smash it open to see what is inside, it may be that the rice is pretending to be dry and moldy. At this time, the dry food of the Jingzhou soldiers, right? No wonder they came to rob it. ”

So he ordered the soldiers to bring out a dozen gunpowder canisters and go to the urn city inside the city gate, and put them on the ground.

Cao Ren and Man Chong stood there and watched, and after discussing for a while, Man Chong ordered: "Find an axe to smash a few and take a look." ”

When the axe was found, Cao Ren ordered: "Smash a few!" ”

It's very simple, just go down with an axe, and the bamboo tube will bloom, so a bunch of black and powdery substances will disperse.

When Man Pet hurriedly grabbed a handful and looked at it carefully, he couldn't see what it was, so he leaned under his nose and sniffed it, sniffed, turned his face and said to Cao Ren: "Zixiao, you smell it, what kind of smell is this?" Never smelled. Moldy rice balls don't taste like that.

What kind of tricks did this Jingzhou soldier play? How do you put this flour into a bamboo tube and make it into dry food? Is it worth it to throw it here and come back and grab it back? ”

Cao Ren reached out and grabbed a handful of powder, sniffed it under his nose a few times, raised his hand and threw it on the ground and said, "Oh, there is a smell, the fire is burning." Throw it away, whatever it is.

Go back, go to the city wall, if it's a good thing, the Jingzhou soldiers will come back and grab it. It's not time to grab it again. Hahahaha. ”

Besides, when Ma Yuan returned to the camp with a hundred Jingzhou soldiers, Wei Yan was already so anxious that he stood outside the courtyard gate to greet him.

Wei Yan was overjoyed when he saw that these soldiers, each with three or four gunpowder bamboo tubes, hurriedly took one and held it in his hand to check it repeatedly, looked at it for a while, patted it with his hand to listen to the sound, and said to himself: "It's okay, the wax oil has not been washed away by the rain, and it doesn't look damp inside."

Okay, you guys first find a dry place to put it, and I'll take a few Chinese army tents to check it. If it still works, I'll get it back. ”

As he spoke, he came to the big tent and reported to Liu Cong.

Liu Cong ordered to take it outside and smash it open.

When the soldier smashed it open with an axe, he saw that the powder inside was still scattered.

Wei Yan said, "Lord, is there no dampness?" ”

"It seems that there is no dampness, well, whether it is damp or not, to verify its potency. So be it, it's dark today, and there's no sun.

You put it away, and tomorrow when the sun rises, move it under the sun and bask in it, and then cast a few in the distance. If not, you will get back what you have left. ”

Wei Yan agreed.

Early the next morning, as soon as the sun was revealed, Wei Yan instructed Ma Yuan to move the snatched gunpowder bamboo tube outside: "Just move it out first, put it on a clean stone, and send someone to take good care of it." ”

After a day of drying like this, Wei Yan took Ma Yuan and Liu Changyun a few lieutenants, and also ordered a few personal soldiers: "Each of you brings a bamboo tube with me." ”

So the group left the camp, turned to the foot of the mountain and came to a secluded place, Wei Yan instructed: "There is a stone cliff over there, you go and put this powder tube under the stone cliff, and after lighting the fire, run over." We'll see if we can blow it up. ”

The soldier did so.

Wei Yan and Ma Yuan were watching from a distance, and when they saw the soldiers running this way, Wei Yan and the others turned over and ran backwards for some distance, and then they turned around and stood still, waiting for the soldiers who lit the fire to run over.

At this moment, only a loud bang was heard, and when everyone looked, they saw a cloud of smoke exploding, and countless stones and dust flew into the sky, and the scenery was very spectacular.

Wei Yan jumped up happily and cheered: "Whoa——, sounded." So he squatted on the ground and watched carefully, and after waiting for a while to see that the smoke gradually dispersed, he beckoned everyone to go and check it out.

When I walked to the front to look, I saw that the stone cliff had already been blown away by gunpowder, and there was a pit the size of a pot stove left under the stone cliff.

Wei Yan stuck out his tongue and said, "That's a lot of strength." Okay, go back, go back to Mr. Lord-in-law to report. Tomorrow, early tomorrow morning, men will be dispatched to snatch back the remaining gunpowder bamboo tubes. ”

When Wei Yan and the others came back, they had just entered Zhuge Liang's big tent in the army, and they saw Liu Liang, the shopkeeper of Liu Ji's grocery store in Fancheng City, talking to Liu Cong in the tent.

Before Wei Yan came in and didn't greet him, Liu Cong greeted: "Wen Chang came over and saw Shopkeeper Liu." ”

Wei Yan hurriedly came over and said, "I've heard the name for a long time. It's a rare sight. Where did Shopkeeper Liu come from? ”

"Coming from Fancheng. Well, I applied to go out of the city to buy goods, and made a detour here to report to the lord about the garrison of Cao soldiers in Fancheng. ”

"Fancheng is at war with us these days, are you still allowed to go out of the city to do business?"

"Eat even when you fight. The citizens of the city couldn't do without vegetables, rice, oil and salt that day. Huh, huh? ”

"That's right. But do you come and go casually? ”

"Where, you have to bring a waist card, and you can only enter and exit after applying. The two fights are so fierce, how can you come and go casually. Ordinary citizens are not allowed to come and go on such days. ”

Liu Liang said and took out the waist card from his arms to show Wei Yan.

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