After half an hour, the soldiers used to explore the road have returned, compared to the people on the south bank of the Yellow River who fell asleep in fear, Chengdu Wang Sima Ying, located on the north bank of the Yellow River, was very excited, very happy to lie on the bed and fall asleep.

In the dream, the king of Chengdu even dreamed that he had taken Luoyang City, and the prince Sima Shu knelt in front of him and wept bitterly, kowtowed and begged for mercy, and he was proud to completely eliminate the prince's family, and by the way, Sima Shu's several beautiful wives and daughters were taken for himself.

Immediately after occupying Luoyang, he beat the King of Qi and the King of Hejian respectively, and drove Sima Zhen off the throne, and became the emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom, enjoying the blessings of the three palaces and six courts.

The next day, God didn't open his eyes, and the heavy snow stopped! In addition to the snowflakes on the ground, there is also the morning sun that has just revealed a glimmer of light. Sima Ying woke up all the soldiers before dawn, and this time they had to get up early for a full meal and then quickly cross the Yellow River.

Victory is ahead, Sima Ying seems to have seen the scene after her victory: beauty, there will be all the country!

"Let's go!"

With Sima Ying's order, the 80,000-strong army formed a three-way column and began to advance to Mengjin on the other side of the Yellow River.

"King, yesterday the army stayed on the north bank of the Yellow River overnight, and the men and horses neighed, I am afraid that the defenders on the other side have already discovered our existence." Shi Chao rode a horse and accompanied Sima Ying to report.

Sima Ying sneered and said, "The general doesn't have to worry, even if the Mengjin defenders know that we are coming?" The main force of the crown prince is now contained by us in the two counties of Hanoi and Hedong, and coupled with the movement of the king of Qi in the south, there are not many troops here at all. It's impossible to resist our progress! ”

"It's just that I don't know if the King of Hejian has arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, if the news that we cross the Yellow River south into the hinterland of Luoyang once it comes out, I am afraid that the morale of the Tiger Prison Pass defenders will inevitably decline. If the King of Hejian launched an attack on the Tiger Prison Pass at this time, he would definitely be able to easily break through the Tiger Prison Pass. ”

"What the king said is that presumably the prince and they will definitely panic after hearing the news that our army has entered Mengjin, and I am afraid that Luoyang, the capital division, will be defeated."

"Hahahaha, well said, well said, order: those who advance Mengjin will be rewarded by this king!"

An hour passed, and all the 80,000 horses under the command of the king of Chengdu crossed the Yellow River and entered the land of Mengjin.

When Sima Ying ordered the soldiers to move forward again, a violent explosion suddenly came from the front, and they exploded one after another, causing chaos ahead.

"What's going on?" Sima Ying asked anxiously.

A guard beside him replied a little confusedly: "Back to the prince, it seems to be thunder." ”

After hearing this, Sima Ying struck the guard with a whip and scolded angrily: "Bastard, can thunder be like this? Didn't you hear the screams? ”

"Prince, prince, the little one knows the mistake, the small one knows the mistake, please let the prince dissipate his anger, the prince dissipates his anger." The beaten soldier knelt on the icy snow and flattered.

Sima Ying's face was cold, and he said, "Bastard, why don't you go to the front and see what's going on!" ”

"Yes, yes, the small ones will go, and the small ones will go." With that, the guard ran towards the front army like a rabbit.

At this time, the front army can be said to have turned on their backs and suffered heavy damage. Because these soldiers stepped on the mine, before the remaining sergeants could react, the soldiers within a radius of a few meters were crushed by shrapnel and shock waves like wheat, and the screams rang out.

"What's going on? What's going on? ”

"Not good, this is the enemy's firearm!"

"Don't mess around, everyone! Stay where you are! ”

There are no impermeable walls in the world! There is a secret firearm in the prince's hand that has long been discovered by the family and the vassal king, but they can't get the gunpowder formula and the specific production process of the musket for a while. Although they also dug up some craftsmen from the Guanzhong factory, the lack of suitable steel prevented the Saga and the feudal lords from using firearms on a large scale.

The striker Shi Chao rode over on a war horse, looked at the mess in front of him, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

"General Qiyu, this is the enemy's firearm!"

"Firearms?" Shi Chao was stunned when he heard this, as far as he knew, the prince's firearm should be something called a musket, what is this buried thing in the ground? Why does an explosion occur when a soldier under his command steps on it?

"General, we don't know what kind of firearms the enemy is using. In short, as soon as our people step on something in the ground, there will be a violent explosion, and in just one stick of incense, we have already lost hundreds of people. A soldier pointed to a large pit in the ground and told Shi Chao in fear.

"The army stops advancing, and it will come when it goes!" Shi Chao turned around and walked towards the Chinese army, at this time he was also terrified in his heart, he had long heard that the prince's firearms were sharp, but he didn't expect to encounter such a tricky thing as soon as he left the division. The strikers had already begun to mess up, and Shi Chao asked Zhao Xiang and Li Yi to straighten out the army, while he himself quickly came towards the Chinese army.

"The king is not good, it is not good, our army has been attacked by firearms......"

Before Shi Chao arrived at the camp, he heard someone shouting and reporting to the king of Chengdu, his heart was tight, for fear of causing some trouble, and hurried to the king of Chengdu.

"General, what the hell is going on?"

The king of Chengdu was panicked, and he was also very afraid of the legendary firearms, after all, there was news that the prince had relied on firearms to defeat the Hu rebels in Guanzhong, and the power of firearms was also spread to the gods.

"Lord Wang, don't worry, it's just that the former army has been disturbed!"

"The widow heard that the enemy army has dispatched firearms?"

"Well, it should be a type of firearm, but our army has not yet seen its true face, only that it is a firearm buried in the ground. As soon as a person or horse stepped on it, there would be a violent explosion, and hundreds of people had been injured just now. But please rest assured, the minister has already thought of a way to crack it! ”

"Oh? What's the general's plan? ”

"Please order the army to retreat 100 meters first, and then mobilize some mules, horses, cattle and sheep to let them walk in front of the army, so that even if there are firearms, they can only hurt cattle, sheep and livestock, and they can't hurt the army at all."

"Good! The general planned to be very good, and ordered: The army retreated 100 meters! ”

Then the tens of thousands of troops quickly retreated, and soon the minefield in front of them was vacated. This minefield was planted overnight by Jin scouts, and after they listened to the rebels' crossing routes, they immediately planted a mine on the rebels' route.

At this time, the generals of the front army also rode over, Zhao Xiang, Li Yi and others came over and bowed to Sima Ying, and said, "The ministers knock on the prince." ”

Sima Ying said hurriedly: "Get up, what's the situation ahead?" ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang."

Zhao Xiang and Li Yi glanced at each other, and Zhao Xiang said: "Tell the prince, we have already found out, I am afraid that the road ahead has been planted by the enemy, and if we go directly, we will definitely step on the mine." ”

Sima Ying asked rhetorically: "Landmines? What is a Landmine? ”

Li Yi, the assassin of Jizhou, explained: "As far as Weichen knows, the mine is to bury gunpowder in the ground, and if a person walks up, the mine will be detonated, so our soldiers walked forward and exploded on the ground, I am afraid that the enemy scouts planted the mine here last night." ”

"How can this be good, if we can't get across, even if we cross the Yellow River, it's useless!" A personal guard general beside Sima Ying said a little anxiously.

Sima Ying smiled when she heard this, "Don't worry, General Shi Chao has already come up with a way to crack it, and the widow just asks again, after this mine explodes, it won't explode a second time, right?" ”

Li Yi said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured that the mine can indeed only explode once, if it has exploded and the enemy has not buried it again, it will not explode again." ”

Sima Ying shouted: "Okay! Immediately send someone to bring some cattle, sheep and horses according to General Shi Chao's method, and let these livestock explore the way for us, even if they die, it is not a big deal, and even let us eat meat, as long as our army is not disturbed. ”

Then, a large number of cattle, sheep, horses, and other livestock were driven by the soldiers, and they walked towards the minefield one after another, and sure enough, they didn't walk long before they heard the sound of explosions in front of them, and all kinds of livestock stumps were scattered all over the ground. Frightened, the animals stopped moving and scattered to both sides and behind.

But under the threat of the spears and broadswords of the sergeants around them, the cattle had no way to escape, so they had to turn around and walk forward again. And the van army scout, who was hiding on the opposite side and watching a good show, was angry when he saw this situation.

"Captain Wu, this rebel is not stupid! I thought of a way to crack it so quickly! What do we do next? ”

"Withdraw, immediately return to Mengjin, and inform General Li Liu of the latest military situation." The purpose of the scout team to delay the enemy army has been achieved, they will never fall in love, quickly cover their tracks, and prepare to return to the Mengjin camp.

After receiving the information from the scout team, Li Liu frowned, the enemy army was smarter than he imagined, and it seemed that a bloody battle was inevitable. On this side, Li Liu was ready to meet the enemy army, and the rebels on that side also successfully used their livestock to pass through the minefield. Tens of thousands of troops surrounded Mengjin.

Looking at the defenders waiting at the head of the city, Sima Ying asked people to come forward and shout, and a strong man rode to the city gate and shouted: "The people in the city have listened to me, and the king of Chengdu will be punished by the time, and he will only punish the evil, and he will never ask." Anyone who votes sincerely will be promoted to three levels in a row, rewarded with ten thousand dollars, and knighted ten thousand households! Those who lead the recalcitrant resistance, after the city is broken, punish their three clans! ”

The people who came to persuade him to surrender shouted for a long time, but no one at the head of the city answered, Li Liu looked at the rebels under the city, and he couldn't wait to personally mention the army and fight to the death with the enemy. It's just that the responsibility on his shoulders tells him that impulse is the devil, and at the moment the enemy is strong and I am weak, and defending the city is his best choice!

Seeing that the defenders were stubborn, Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, was furious, and with a wave of his hand, the first batch of 10,000 soldiers carried the ladder and ran towards the city wall in the shout. Looking at the army under his command, Sima Ying can be said to be complacent, and a small Meng Jin has not yet been put in his eyes.

"Come on, the enemy is ready to attack, rolling wood and stones are waiting!"

Now that the war has begun, Li Liu is no longer hiding, and the sharp weapons prepared before to defend the city have been taken out to deal with the enemy, in order to deal with the future crisis, the firearms were temporarily stored by Li Liu, and at first he only relied on conventional means to deal with the rebels. (To be continued.) )