Chapter 178: Thunderbolt Fire

The small fortress naturally couldn't accommodate Li Cunhuan's mighty more than 500 people, but he picked a dozen people to go in, and the rest were stationed outside, which made Li Cunhuan feel a little depressed, he had never been used to so many people to protect, except for war, of course, at that time, he was facing the favor of death at any time.

"Zhao Chao!?" Li Cunhuan was a little stunned and looked at the order of the former Lu Long Weapons Supervisor.

"Zhao Chao, the commander of the Ma'anshan Ordnance Supervisor, has seen the general!" Zhao Chao's voice was a little bitter, knelt down for Li Cunhuan, and kowtowed.

In the past, Zhao Chao said that he took Li Cunhuan to see gunpowder, but Li Cunhuan was assassinated and almost died. Zhao Chao was also implicated, after all, he lured Li Cunhuan out, and he didn't take the carriage. Although after investigation, Zhao Chao had nothing to do with this assassination, but he was still punished, that is, he was ordered by the eldest grandson Chengliang and others to be demoted to Liaodong City, where birds don't, to serve as a supervisor. Of course, this order was not given by Li Cunhuan, and in fact, Li Cunhuan did not know it at the time. He knew about it afterwards, and he didn't care too much about it, after all, there was also Zhao Chao's reason for that assassination.

"Get up!" Li Cunhuan was also a little embarrassed for a while.

"You designed the weapon this time, right? What kind of weapon? Li Cunhuan opened his mouth to ask, and suddenly saw the black gray-black object on Zhao Chao's nails, his eyes widened, and he asked, "Is it gunpowder?" ”

"Yes, the Great General!" Zhao Chao responded excitedly.

"Good! Take me to see it! Li Cunhuan couldn't help but be a little excited, in his mind, gunpowder is king, no! It's also overbearing. He had an urge to wait.

"Yes! General, please come here! Zhao Chao also responded excitedly, he regarded this weapon as his biggest reason to return to Lu Long.

The people behind also looked at the thin Zhao Chao curiously, and they were even more curious about what Li Cunhuan called gunpowder, what was it that made Li Cunhuan so excited?

However, Sha Yuke, who was following Li Cunhuan, was a little enlightened, and looked thoughtfully at Zhao Chao, who was leading the way in front.

Soon Zhao Chao took Li Cunhuan to a wide open space, and in front of him was an arrow target.

Two craftsmen brought four big bamboo tubes, and Zhao Chao came over and said to Li Cunhuan: "General, please retreat!" These things are not stable yet. ”

Although Li Cunhuan wanted to use it himself, he finally resisted this impulse, he knew the danger of these things. At least the ancient Chinese alchemists did not plant this thing less.

Zhao Chao cautiously took a stick of incense to the edge of a large bamboo tube that had been placed, and carefully lit the thread that came out of the big bamboo tube, "Zi! Multiply! ……”

Li Cunhuan hurriedly pressed his ears with both hands, Zhou Dewei and Yelu Abaoji didn't react yet, and suddenly a loud bang broke out, and several brilliant fireballs as big as fists and as small as lychees flew out, like fireworks.

"Smack! Syllable! ......" There were several loud bangs, and white, choking gunsmoke filled the clearing. In the smoke of gunpowder, there was also a faint sound of fire and crackling and burning.

As for Zhou Dewei, they have long been scared silly, their mouths can be stuffed into an ostrich egg, and their eyes are like a pair of dead fish eyes, which makes people worry about when they will fall out.

"What's the name of this weapon?" Li Cunhuan asked Duan Ziyao, who was covering his ears like him.

"Thunderbolt Fire!" Duan Ziyao put down his hands covering his ears and said triumphantly.

At this time, Zhou Dewei and the others came back to their senses, and Zhou Dewei couldn't help but sigh: "This ...... It's like thunder! I just said that it was a bolt from the blue! The name of this 'Thunderbolt Fire' is not wrong! ”

"In the future, the steppe cavalry will be useless!" Yelu Abaoji sighed, "And that war horse can calm down in the thunderbolt?" Just when the enemy cavalry is about to rush over, put a 'thunderbolt fire' and it will be really terrifying! ”

"The same goes for the infantry!" Yang Shihou opened his mouth and added.

Not to be outdone, Han Yanhui said: "It's the same in the water war!" A 'thunderbolt' blasted over, and I'm afraid the ship will turn into char! ”

However, Feng Dao objected, "No! I see that although the thunderbolt fire just now is powerful, the range is about 20 zhang (60 meters)! The distance is too close, and even the people who fire the cannon are cautious, I am afraid that there is a danger of hurting others but hurting themselves. What's more, I don't know how much it costs! ”

Li Cunhuan nodded and said, "Feng Dao is right, this thing is indeed dangerous enough, and if I am not mistaken, you should have made it in imitation of fireworks just now, right?" ”

"Yes, General, in fact, I got this weapon from the mouth of a Guanzhong craftsman. It is said that at that time, Longxi was invaded by Tubo, but at that time, the Tang Dynasty was no longer able to take care of the border passes. At that time, a certain city had been guarding the city for nearly half a year, and the people from the border generals to the people of Li had long been exhausted, and the most important thing was that the food was almost gone. And at this time, it was almost the Lantern Festival, and in order to let the people spend a happy Lantern Festival before they died, the border general lied that the imperial army was coming. The people are also at ease, and at the same time, they will allocate food for everyone to enjoy. The border generals have already thought about it, and tomorrow they will fight to the death with the Tibetan barbarians! Zhao Chao said this, he couldn't sigh.

"This is the sorrow of a weak country!" Li Cunhuan sighed and muttered.

"The fireworks were brilliant that day, and everyone was working hard to liven up the gloomy atmosphere of the siege. However, there were fireworks falling in the house, causing a fire, but this gave the side general a hint. Immediately, the border general summoned the fireworks craftsmen in the city and asked them to make the farthest fireworks. On the second night, the dead soldiers were sent out of the city and fireworks were fired into the Tibetan military camp. The tents of the Tibetan people were mostly sewn with cowhide, and the Tibetan people liked to eat greasy things instead of bathing, and the fire helped the wind, and they soon burned. In their sleep, the Tibetans couldn't react. The other side will take the opportunity to counterattack and win a big victory. Zhao Chao said with some excitement.

Li Cunhuan nodded noncommittally, at this time the smoke had dissipated a lot, and he saw that the arrow target made of weeds had crackled and burned, and the wooden frame holding the arrow target had also been pitch black many times.

Li Cunhuan looked at the arrow target for a while, shook his head and said, "It's too weak!" In one is something that scares people. ”

Zhao Chao's face was a little angry, but he didn't dare to refute.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of sword clashing and shouting of killing outside, and everyone's faces couldn't help but change greatly. Zhou Dewei, Li Cunxiao, and Yelu Abaoji looked at Duan Ziyao with a little unkind eyes.

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