Chapter 31: Using Bamboo as a Cannon
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Tai Shi Ci's army went out of Juancheng to the east and ran to Liqiu first. Tai Shi Ci showed off his power so much under the city of Yiqiu, and the big families who occupied the county town were afraid, and they heard that Lu Bu's army had retreated, so he tied up a few assistants and expressed his willingness to return to the arms of the Cao family. In this way, the eastern wing of Juancheng was secured.
Then, go south to cross Pushui and Jishui, and come to the city of Chengshi. Shi Xun remembered that it was said in the history books that there was a township in this Chengshi County named Li Jin, who had killed Lu Bu during the battle between Cao and Lu...... Well, it is also possible that some tricks were used to drive away Lu Bujun. So he volunteered to go and shout to the city. Sure enough, one person came out in response and claimed that his surname was Li Mingdeng.
It turned out that when he heard the news of Lu Bu's entry into Yan, the Cheng clan did not change his banner, but the county order was timid and ran away first. So the townsman Li Fu Li Shujie and Li Deng Li Jinxian brothers defended the city, neither returning Cao nor returning to Lu, planning to see the wind first. Shi Xun shouted with the city and did everything he could to brag and threaten, but Li Deng was unmoved, saying that if we wanted to be rewarded, we would send the cow wine out, and it would be extremely difficult to enter the city. Unless it is certain that one of the two has won the battle and the other has been completely driven out of Yanzhou, the Cheng clan will be willing to join.
Yes Xun had a vague impression that he had read it in a certain book in his previous life—I don't remember whether it was the official history or the wild history—that Li Shujie had rushed to Lu Bu's army with a large number of military supplies, and then said that Lu Bu had retreated from under the city—note that it was not a retreat but a retreat. So he pondered that the materials of the Cheng clan were not so easy to take, so he discussed with Tai Shici at the moment, saying that we don't want cattle or wine, just a hundred mules and horses, and quickly prepare them to be sent.
After replenishing the mules and horses that transported the baggage, Cao's army continued southward, made a small circle to Shanyang County, and finally caught up with Lü Bu's army in the south of Chengwu County. Shi Xun set up the camp in the ancient city of Liangqiu, thirty miles northeast of Chengwu, and refused to move forward. He said that as long as you have this rear base, Ziyi will be able to come and go freely if you harass Lu Bujun, but I can't do this job, I'll just give you to watch the enemy in the rear.
He brought out Mr. Zhu's sixteen-character formula, and warned Tai Shici to "the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase". Tai Shici nodded again and again after hearing this, and said Hongfu, you are very qualified as a general, why don't you want to go to the front line with me to make contributions? But when it comes to breaking the sky, Shixun just refuses to move any further.
In fact, it is Xun who is also talking on paper, and if he really wants to be able to perfectly implement the sixteen-character formula of guerrilla warfare, it must be a team with super organization and discipline like the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and in fact, no army in the Three Kingdoms era of the post-Han Dynasty can do it. As the general policy of harassing the enemy, it looks very much like that, but if we do it completely according to this policy, we will suffer a great loss in the eight achievements - the enemy advances and I retreat, and once I retreat, it may become a rout; The enemy is stationed in us to disturb us, but if we do not move, we will be surrounded......
Therefore, Tai Shici, who is indeed familiar with the art of war, led the soldiers to attack and harass, and then drew some nutrients from the sixteen-character mantra of Shixun, and he was able to fight quite well; If it is really changed to Shixun to go into battle, the inevitable defeat of the army will be miserable.
Fortunately, Xun was quite self-aware, and he was afraid of death, so he didn't go to the front line to mix, and only followed Xie to make gunpowder. It can be regarded as God's blessing, for many days in a row, it was sunny and cloudless, Xie Zheng's gunpowder made by the "water refining method" was quickly sunburned, and then he found some cautious veterans, carefully ground it into particles, and then ......
And then what did he do with his meow? It's Hoon scratching his head there. Originally, in Juancheng, he planned to build assault muskets to assist in defending the city, but Lu Bu withdrew without attacking the city at all. Later, he inquired with Xie Zhengyi about the serious refining method of gunpowder, and only then did he know that many things were simple to think about, but in fact, there were many ways in the middle - theoretically, find a bamboo pipe and stuff it with gunpowder and gravel, and light it to spray out and hurt people, but how long and thick is the bamboo pipe suitable? Where does the twist come from? Will it blow up? Does anyone dare to hold it personally? These are all problems, without dozens of trial and error, including many repeated failures, it is estimated that it will not be possible to build it at all!
Even the earliest prototype assault rifle of tubular firearms could not be made, and the cannon or anything could not be thought of. Originally, when Xie Zheng was recruited to his village, Shi Xun still wanted to start by building artillery battles, but the artillery battles had to be wrapped in paper, and all the papers he had seen in Yanzhou were estimated to be the dozen or so sheets that Cao Cao deliberately showed - what can I do?
In the end, he had no choice but to ask Xie Zheng: "You are in the courtyard, how did you sound the thunder and scare Lu Bu's rangers?" ”
Xie Zheng hurriedly explained, saying that I had refined some gunpowder, so I stored it in a bamboo tube, and the situation was critical that day, and I didn't know how to bless my soul, so I piled the bamboo tubes together, and then put a fire...... Yes Xun patted his thigh, there is a door, let's use bamboo!
At that moment, the soldiers were sent to cut a lot of bamboo, and they came back, not too thick, and picked the bamboo poles that were two or three fingers thick, all of which were cut into half a foot long, with knots at one end and hollowed out at the other. Then they stuffed the gunpowder into a bamboo pipe and plugged it with linen, and Shihun also tore the silk underwear that he had replaced, wrapped it in some gunpowder powder and made a twist. However, I found a place with sparse vegetation and made a few real yàn, lit it and threw it out, but the effect was really not good, and seventy percent of the explosions did not make a sound, but the ground was full of sparks and sparks, just like a child who broke the cannon battle two thousand years later and played with it.
Shi Xun shook his head when he saw it, but he didn't expect that the soldiers who were watching were all frightened, and even a few of them were shallow, so they knelt down directly.
Chinese New Year firecrackers, I don't know from what era the custom began to arise, just know that the earliest is to put the bamboo in the fire and burn it "crackling" - so it is called firecrackers. However, even this earliest type of burnt bamboo was recorded more and more after the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Did you have it when there were two Hans? Shi Xun didn't know, at least he had spent the New Year many times in this life, and he had never seen or heard of it.
Therefore, this kind of "crackling" crunch sound is nothing at all when you are familiar with it, and it can be completely distinguished from natural phenomena such as thunder, but in the ears of people who have never heard it at all, it is quite terrifying. Not to mention, it can smoke and breathe fire - according to several veterans, this gunpowder burns many times faster than the arson materials such as grease and rosin commonly used in the army.
When Shixun heard their words, he couldn't help but feel sad - alas, it was all because his brother's vision was too superb, his knowledge was too profound, and his requirements for himself were too strict...... I almost missed such a sharp weapon in the army! This is a lesson, no matter how capable you are, you can't separate yourself from the general public, you have to understand them with an equal mentality.
So the next day, he happily loaded a cart of bamboo cannons and sent them to the front line for Tai Shici.
Tai Shi Ci fought very well this time, he led the more than 200 cavalry, saw Tian'er to harass Lu Bu's army to dig trenches and build fortifications, and ran away after fighting. If Lu Bu doesn't send someone to chase it, he will never be able to finish the project, if he sends someone to chase it, maybe Tai Shi Ci will ambush the infantry somewhere, and Leng Zi will give you a ruthless blow. Even the general Hao Meng was stabbed in the arm by Tai Shici because of this—fortunately, it was only a wound in the left arm.
Later, Chen Gong gave advice and set a trap to lure Tai Shi Ci deep - as a result, Tai Shi Ci did not come, and Xiahou Tang came, which is the so-called "want to hunt a horse...... The lion gets a deer...... Monkey".
As soon as Xiahou Xuan's troops and Lu Bu's army were in attack, Tai Shici, who was ambushed nearby, found out and knew that it was Cao Cao's front army coming, so he rushed over from the flank, wanting to help the other party. This time, he brought a mysterious "new weapon" - a bamboo cannon in his hand, and as soon as he got close to Lu Bu's camp, he lit it and threw it.
So the "crackling" sound was loud, and the "fart" all over the ground soon set fire to several tents, and thick smoke and fire were billowing up. At that time, the organization of the army was very poor, not to mention that there were many slaves and maids in Lu Bu's army who were just big families, and they were frightened by this and fled in all directions. Tai Shici took the opportunity to wave his long lance and led his army to rush into the enemy formation.
Lu Bu was about to arrest Xiahou Dun, and when he saw this situation, he had to turn back to Malaysia to fight against Tai Shi Ci - in fact, even if there were no bamboo cannon battles, he would definitely go to Tai Shi Ci first, these days Tai Shi Ci has made him have a headache and brain fever, and he can't wait to hear the word "Tai" and his hair stands on end, which has become a conditioned reflex.
In the midst of the chaos, Tai Shici bumped into Lu Bu head-on - it was he who made a lot more fierce this time, and disrupted Lu Bu's entire formation, and when he was proud, he rushed a little fiercely, and at this time, it was too late to avoid Lu Bu. At that moment, he had to fight hard, and he still had a hard mouth: "Come, come, Lu Bu, you and I don't care about the victory or defeat the day before yesterday, and today we will retreat from the army and compete alone!" ”
Taishi Cixin said that after all, there are many of you, and I only have more than 200 riders here, if you rush up, I will die, if I just fight alone, I may still have a chance to escape. Don't say it, Lu Bu was really provoked by him - mainly because of the fierce battle in front of the gate of Juancheng last time, Lu Bu was determined to win, but he was a tie, and he really couldn't swallow this breath - immediately ordered the generals to retreat, see me capture this thief alive, and be ashamed of the snow!
So a piece of land was vacated, and the two generals began to hedge. Since the last fight, Tai Shici has been thinking about how to defeat Lu Bu, or at least in the battle, without the help of Xun Mingjin, he can retreat with his whole body; Lu Bu didn't think about it so much, he said in his heart that as long as no one makes trouble, I will definitely be able to take down your head. That's why as soon as he saw the face, Tai Shici was ingenious, and even pierced his lance straight to Lu Bu's halberd head, and said in his heart: "Come, come, you come to lock me!" ”
Lu Buxin said Okay, Lao Tzu is about to lock your blade, see what else you can do. only heard the sound of "click", as if the repetition of the battle with Sun Ce that day, Tai Shici's lance was locked by Lu Bu's halberd. Lu Bu immediately twisted hard, trying to wring the opponent's weapon out of his hand.
However, with Lu Bu's strength, if he wants to let Tai Shici let go in one or two twists, the difficulty is somewhat high. What's even worse is that Tai Shici didn't fight him at all, but went along with the situation and unloaded most of his strength. At the same time, Tai Shici quickly circled the mount, and it was parallel to Lu Bu - at this time, if you look at it from the air, the two of them are in the shape of a "Jie", with two horsemen on the bottom and two horses on the top, and weapons twisted together on the top.
Immediately, Tai Shi Ci took a deep breath, clamped the horse lance to the left rib, and with his right hand, he pulled out the ring head knife, and slashed at Lu Bu's face door!
It's a good Lu Bu, he also let go of his left hand, swiped it up, and grabbed Tai Shici's wrist with one hand. Tai Shi Ci tried his best with all his strength, and the knife hovered in the air, and it couldn't fall anymore!