There is a saying in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: Taizu Jianzi martial arts, and the good generals of the time, the five sons are the first, so the descendants call them "five good generals" or "five sons of Wei". The one above the rmb once commented on Wei Zhiwu's general, saying that there are two Zhang, one Xu, and three tigers. One mountain is still difficult to accommodate two tigers, let alone three. The three of them were not in harmony with each other, and everyone in the Wei camp knew about it, so when Cao Xiu vomited blood and fell into a coma, there was a question of who was the commander of the Wei army.

However, in the face of danger, the two of them worked together for a rare time, although Qiao Ren's ambush was just right on the way to the north to break through, but because Xu Huang personally broke off the rear and Zhang Liao opened the way, the effect of the ambush was not ideal. However, since this is the case, Qiao Ren still left most of the Wei army's baggage, and also injured Xu Huang with an arrow.

Two days later, Fancheng.

In order to ensure the logistics base of Fancheng, Sun Li hurriedly recovered Wei Xu, who was still suppressing bandits, in addition to strengthening the defense of Xiangyang, but also to avoid Wei Xu being wiped out by the Wu army in the field.

As Sun Li expected, when the fire was extinguished, that is, at noon the next day, more than 10,000 Wu troops appeared outside Fancheng.

The Wei army didn't have any ballistas or ballistas, and the Wu army's thunderbolts didn't have to worry about being hit by the enemy outside their own range, and Lu Xun was only here for Fancheng's baggage, and he didn't need to hold on to Fancheng, so it didn't matter if he smashed Fancheng into tofu scum.

Moreover, Fancheng had been flooded by Guan Yu's flood a few years ago, and the city walls were already old and had not been repaired in recent years, crumbling under the strong stone bombardment of the Wu army.

"General Right, our army has thrown stones and said that the enemy's city wall is about to collapse." Jiang Qin shouted loudly to Lu Xun, who was supervising the battle in front of the battle, the thunderbolt was named after the sound of its stone-throwing, Jiang Qin was not loud, and Lu Xun couldn't hear it at all.

Lu Xun himself saw with his own eyes that the city wall in the southwest of Fancheng had been taken care of by the most thunderbolts, and it was already on the verge of collapse. "Gongyi, we have been besieging the city for two days, and the distance from Wancheng to Fancheng is only four days, if we can't break through Fancheng in Ming, I'm afraid that Wancheng's reinforcements will be coming soon."

"General Right, General Huang has been resting in the back camp for two days, and he has long been thinking about going to war, so it is better for us to ambush the reinforcements in Wancheng first." Jiang Qin proposed.

But Lu Xun shook his head and said calmly: "No, there are many Wei troops, even if our army defeats the reinforcements of Wancheng, as well as the reinforcements of Runan and Shangyong, if the enemy drags us in Jiangbei, then everything will really be over." Push the ten new thunderbolts up. ”

"But the general's new thunderbolt car, the captain said that it has not been perfected, and there may be problems!?" Jiang Qin couldn't help but remind.

This new type of thunderbolt is the result of Qiao Ren's chairmanship and general supervisor's continuous improvement of the thunderbolt, and the person who created it is of course Qiao Ren, and the inspiration is the famous return cannon of later generations, and Meng Yuan used it to break through Xiangyang. And it was not a stone thrown at it, and certainly not a cannonball, but a shell made of fish fat and a variety of flammable materials. Jiangdong loves to eat sashimi, and with the development of sea boats, there are not many big fish in the sea, and it is unknown whether there are small whales. Although the fish meat was delicious, the fish fat was not of much use, so Qiao Ren ordered Gan Ning to put it away and make these cannonballs.

It is best to use the return cannon to throw flammable shells, and then take advantage of the range of the Yokoe archers over the usual archers, and ignite them with fire, which is especially good for sieges.

Obviously, Lu Xun did just that. However, the incendiary bomb was too light to be thrown, and the improvements made by the new Thunderbolt in this regard were not entirely successful, so Qiao Ren would say that it was not perfect.

"It's okay, it's a try anyway, let's give it a try! By the way, Gong Yi asked General Huang to bring Hengjiang archers. ”

"Whoa!"

"Hey, hey!" The volume and weight of the improved Thunderbolt are much smaller than the original, in terms of weight, the improved Thunderbolt is only more than 150 pounds, almost as heavy as Jiang Qin, plus a small wheel can be pushed under it, which is much easier to transport than the old version.

"Zhuyuan Adjustment!"

Because the new way of doing is different from the old-fashioned, the soldiers who are doing it are all professional experimenters transferred by Qiao Ren, and Lu Xun can't talk about it at all.

"Put!"

There was a roar in his ears, and he was still a thunderbolt with a modified version of the thunderbolt, although the size became smaller, but the sound of thunder when it was launched was his biggest feature. If you project a boulder, the new version of the Thunderbolt (return cannon) is a sonic shock, and all the hits are destroyed, and they sink seven feet into the ground. However, throwing "incendiary bombs" clearly does not meet this requirement.

The Wei soldiers on the city wall, just like this, looked at the oily balls, "fluttering" through the sky, falling on the city wall, and did not have the power of the previous boulders, but shot more accurately, many cannonballs accurately smashed on the city wall, but in addition to being directly hit will be smashed beyond recognition, the rest are only slightly injured and at most greasy.

"What is Wu Jun doing here?" Sun Li asked puzzledly, how much damage can this soft thing have, and when the southwest city wall is about to collapse, shouldn't it continue to invest in boulder attacks?

"I don't know!" Wei Xu looked at the greasy and frowned, and as he spoke, he touched the disgusting thing between the solid and liquid on his body with his hand, which was good if he didn't touch it, and Sun Li was scared out of his body. "Not good, it's grease! The Wu people want to attack with fire! ”

When Liu Ye dealt with Ma Chao's giant shield phalanx infantry, he used a thunderbolt to throw fire oil, and then burned it with rockets, that kind of tragic battle situation, Wei Xu still remembers it vividly, he doesn't want to be used as a barbecue by Wu people.

It's a pity that it was too late, just when Wei Xu screamed, taking advantage of the gap between the thunderbolt carts throwing stones, Huang Zhong took three thousand Hengjiang archers to throw the first rocket into the sky, and three thousand and one arrows fell on the city wall with a graceful arc. Although it is impossible for all the three thousand and one arrows to fall on the city wall, and it is impossible for each of them to fall into the grease, but only one is enough, and the incendiary bombs of the Wu army are not only full of grease, but also saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal, etc., and even fire oil is also indispensable.

There was another boom, although it was undoubtedly much quieter than when the thunderbolt was launched, but for Lu Xun it was tantamount to the sound of heaven, because the head of Fancheng City was burning.

"Whew!" Lu Xun can finally breathe a sigh of relief, if Qiao Ren's idea is wrong, or if the fire misses the target, so that he can't ignite those "incendiary bombs" Lu Xun will be tragic.

The so-called rocket does not become a rocket by tying a few pieces of cloth to the arrow, and such a rocket cannot be shot at all. In a real rocket, the arrows themselves are different from ordinary arrows, and they also need to be soaked in expensive fire oil. Therefore, Lu Xun did not bring many fire losses, only four or five thousand losses, and the 'incendiary bombs' were only a hundred, but isn't it a success at the moment?

Looking at the raging fire burning at the head of the city, Lu Xun's brows finally stretched, according to his expectations, since Sun Li wanted to defend Fancheng, then there must be rolling wood and arrows on his city, and he may even prepare oil to make a sharp weapon to defend the city, these are all flammable!

"Launch!" In the blink of an eye, the second batch of 'incendiary bombs' pierced the air and smashed into the city wall, probably due to the more confident soldiers or the thrust of the wind, several of the 'incendiary bombs' this time crossed the city wall and flew into the city, but unfortunately the fire on the city also burned close to the city.

For a while, not only the head of the city, but even the fire in the city, Jiang Qin looked at Fancheng who turned into a sea of fire in a daze, and secretly muttered in his heart about the ruthlessness of Lu Xun's plan.

And what about Lu Xun! What appeared in front of him was something he didn't expect, but there were a lot of baggage and grain in the city, and it was not a fireproof thing. "I don't know how many people are in the city."

Lu Xun's move was almost equivalent to slaughtering the city.

The Wu army has never slaughtered the city, seeing this, Lu Xun's heart is full of joy, but the matter has come to this point is still important to the war, Lu Xun gritted his teeth and commanded Huang Zhong: "Hengjiang shooter takes fifty steps forward and shoots another round, and shoots all the remaining two thousand rockets into it." ”

"Whoa!" (To be continued.) )