Chapter 21: The Murder of Strange Beasts

Pan Liuxi was scolded by Shi Xun for a few words, and the three corpse gods jumped violently, and immediately ordered the arrows to be released. However, there were actually only 400 cavalry under him, and the rest of the cavalry were all Yanmen Han cavalry brought by Guo Yi.

Even if Guo Yi led half of the cavalry to fight against Cao's army outside the city, among the soldiers and horses surrounding the county office, Pan Liuxi's Xiongnu Zuogu Libu was not superior in number. He didn't dare to disobey Guo Yi's order, so he had to defend himself vigorously, saying that I didn't plan to launch any attack, just shoot a few rounds of arrows casually to force Shixun to come out and surrender.

According to the intelligence, there are probably more than 100 subordinates in the county office, if it is really a hard attack, this side will definitely be damaged, if Xun is willing to surrender, won't it save us bloodshed?

When the Yanmen general heard that he was reasonable, he no longer stopped hindering him. Pan Liuxi asked, "Why don't I put a few more arrows to try?" "The Yanmen general said you let it go - anyway, there is no target to aim at all, if you can shoot Shixun to death by coincidence, it is because his qi is too bad, and he can't blame us for being too guarded.

But Pan Liuxi just put one more round of arrows, which made it impossible to really shoot anyone, and the arrows also cost money to build, and the Huns were not so rich, so they could be wasted casually.

He didn't expect that this last round of arrows would completely anger Shixun, and he immediately shouted: "I don't have any arrows?" Array! "It's so loud that you can hear it outside the walls.

The Hun soldiers and the Yanmen soldiers were stunned when they heard this, and said that if the enemy soldiers climbed the city wall, they would shoot from a high position. We are in danger. But just carry the shield. Be careful, you won't get too damaged. But what does it mean for the other party to shout "array"? What kind of formation can be arranged on the wall? Do you want to open the door and rush to kill? The road is so narrow, even if you line up a strange formation, you can't break through the encirclement of so many cavalry.

Is this trying to shoot at each other, or is it trying to break through?

Pan Liuxi was still vague there, and the Yanmen general gave the order first: "Hold the shield and spear, and be on strict guard." ”

The time was not big, first of all, there was a lot of noise in the government office. Then there was a "squeak", and the door really opened. As soon as he entered Yong'an City, he recruited servants and repaired the government office, not only increasing the height of the wall, but also changing the gate, which was more than seven feet wide and very thick. As soon as the Yanmen general surrounded the government office, he began to ponder. This door can't be kicked open, so you have to use striking wood. Or, let's set it on fire? He had already sent people to the city to look for the old mansions, and removed the beams and pillars to be used as crash wood.

Let's say that the gate is open, and the Hu and Han cavalry who are facing the gate of the government office are not on strict alert. If Shixun wanted to open the door and surrender, he would definitely shout two voices first, but now there is no greeting, so he will open the door, and then he wants to break through. At that moment, the Han cavalry all put up the horse lance, and the Hu cavalry all pulled the bow away, and said in his heart that I can't let you out alone.

This is going to be a fight in front of the door, stabbing arrows with a lance, killing dozens of subordinates, and it is estimated that Xun will have to surrender.

But they didn't expect that when the gate opened, there were no soldiers inside the door, but two monsters suddenly burst out! It was so terrifying, I saw that the monster was about nine feet high, colorful, with a head like a fence bucket, eyes like copper bells, and it neither roared nor leaped, but it opened its mouth wide, and between Sensen's fangs, white smoke first came out, and then, almost at the same time, dozens of hideous and twisted fire snakes erupted!

These fiery snakes either flew straight and pounced on the Hu and Han cavalry outside the government office, or circled in the air, as if they wanted to choose someone to devour. Although the man was still confused, the horse was already startled, neighed repeatedly, kicked his front hooves, and threw several knights directly to the ground. But those who can land are quite good, those who have not landed, a few of them have already been devoured by the fire snake, and immediately blood gushed out, screaming and dying......

Pan Liuxi was dumbfounded when he heard this scene at first glance - it turned out that Xun actually made a demon law and could drive such a strange beast! Seeing that a clansman beside him was bitten by a fiery snake and fell to the ground screaming, he couldn't help but be frightened, turned his horse's head and fled into the wilderness. However, the street outside the government office was not wide, although thousands of cavalry besieged it, but thirty percent of them were crowded in front of the main gate, and when they were suddenly attacked, they would have already become a pot of porridge. Pan Liuxi wanted to run, but as soon as he turned the horse's head, a startled horse rushed out of the spur and hit it fiercely. "Ahh......h

Of course, Shixun doesn't know any magic magic. He did suspect that the era he had traveled to was not the historical truth of his previous life, but some other parallel time and space, which was always a little paradoxical, not like the impact of the flapping of the wings of the little butterfly - for example, Liu Xie escaped from Chang'an in advance, and it had nothing to do with him. But he never thought that this would be a fantasy world with strange abilities, monsters, cultivation truth, and immortality.

In fact, this is a gunpowder weapon "invented" by Xun Xin. Since he came to Hedong, he saw that the treasury was not full and it was not easy to recruit troops, so he used his brain, what method can he use to enhance his military strength in a short period of time? He didn't know how to train soldiers, let alone build weapons, and the only thing he had in his hand was the gunpowder pill that Xie Zheng left behind.

Xie Zheng Xie Taoist priest, originally developed a primary gunpowder for Shixun, fought against Lu Bu on the shore of Jishui, and soon let Cao Cao borrow it, and there was no return. Now that this Daoist Xie is dead or alive, where he is, and how far he has helped Cao Cao develop firearms, even Shi Xun doesn't know anything. But after Xie Zheng refined the gunpowder, he first copied the Dan recipe and dedicated it to Shi Xun, and it was Xun who had developed the "firecracker" with him, so the whole refining process was still easy to recover.

In addition, there are many types of minerals in Hedong, and the output is not small, so it is quite convenient for Xun to be the county guard of Hedong and make some sulfur and saltpeter.

However, he doesn't plan to make "firecrackers" anymore, since he has built a workshop and can make hemp paper, he can simply engage in serious artillery battles. Therefore, he used the money in the treasury to recruit some people, and secretly built a firearms workshop in addition to the oil mill and paper workshop.

When people encounter new things that they have never seen before, they will always have a lot of unreliable associations, as if they suddenly have hallucinations. The same is true of the Hun soldiers and Yanmen soldiers who surrounded the Yongan County Office. Look up. I saw two colorful heads appear inside the gate. Then the smoke rose and the flames flew wildly, and I instinctively thought it was a monstrous beast - it wasn't like that.

Suddenly, it was not a monster, but two carts, on which were shielded by seven-foot-high wooden planks, painted with strange animal faces, but in the part of the huge beast's mouth, there were twelve small holes in the horizontal and vertical directions, and the holes were made of hardwood as chutes. A rocket is placed on each slot, and the medicine twists are always bundled together, and when one person ignites the fire, twelve arrows fly together.

This rocket is Xun's new "invention".

In fact, the so-called "rocket" in ancient China is divided into two kinds, one is the same principle as the "rocket" of later generations, burning boost, and the second can also be called "gunpowder arrow", which is still fired with a bow and crossbow, and the after-primer is burned. Of course, Shixun had little interest in the latter, and he mainly developed the former rocket. It took a lot of effort to test the counterweight, and then test the shot. The effective attack range ranges from fifty to one hundred and fifty steps.

The general effective attack distance of bows and arrows in these years is only about fifty paces - Yes Xun himself can only shoot forty steps, and if he exceeds thirty steps, it will not be accurate at all - Yes Xun is under Duchang City, and he has seen Tai Shi Ci's arrow shoot a fixed target nearly 100 steps away, but how many people are there in the world with such archery skills as Taishi Ziyi? The range of the rocket can be close to 200 steps, and the effective attack distance can reach 150 steps, which is simply a strategic weapon of mass destruction in this era!

As for many rockets, they do not reach an effective range of 150 steps, and the lowest is no more than 50 steps, it is because they may not fly in a straight line, they may shake, they may spin, and they may even turn around...... It was Hoon's hard work, but he couldn't completely circumvent this problem.

Moreover, the accuracy of the rocket is so poor that it cannot be aimed at all, and even a herd of elephants at a distance of one hundred and fifty steps often misses...... The solution to this problem is: we can cover the shooting, just like queuing up to shoot, one arrow is not accurate, and one of the ten arrows can always rub the elephant's trunk, right?

If it doesn't work, let's just build a colorful monster car and come out, it's scary!

Shi Xun remembered that in his previous life, he had seen a picture similar to a rocket car in a history museum, which may have been a firearm of the Ming Dynasty, and the specific name could not be remembered. He had the impression that the painting was densely packed with arrows, probably ten horizontally and vertically, and one cart with a hundred arrows. However, pictures are pictures, and if they really want to be developed, the center of gravity, the medicine twist, and the problems are getting more and more, so in the end, he can only make this simple type of one car with twelve arrows - he built a total of four cars.

This time, in order to save his life to the greatest extent, he brought these four rocket cars with him. Originally, if the front line was defeated, and the state army was killed under the city of Yong'an, he would use this car to break off and facilitate his escape. But who would have thought that the front line was advancing vigorously, but he was copied in the rear, climbed the wall and shouted, and was almost attacked by Pan Liuxi's cold arrow. Shi Xun was embarrassed, and immediately shouted: "I don't have any arrows? Array! ”

When he shouted "array", he actually asked the subordinates to push out the four rocket vehicles, and lined them up according to the drills. It's a pity that although the gate of the county office is wide, there are at most two cars lined up, and the remaining two cars can only shoot against the wall...... So I had to get into the two cars first, and as soon as I opened the gate, I lit the medicine twist, and where the smoke started, a total of twenty-four sharp arrows surged out with firelight.

Some of these arrows shoot in a straight line, some shoot in a curve, some spin, and some spin, and even veterans of the battle formation can't judge the landing point at all. Not to mention that all of them burst out of the mouth and smoke of the bloody beast with firelight, and scared the enemy soldiers stupidly on the spot, in their eyes, it was impossible for the arrows to fly like this...... Each branch is like a living, living thing!

The two cars shot one round, and immediately pulled left and right, and the two cars behind were launched, and twenty-four rockets flew around. In fact, this total of forty-eight arrows is less than half of the Huns shot by Pan Liuxi's troops into the wall, even if there are cavalry outside the door, the distance is not very far, and there are few who are really injured. However, the momentum was truly astonishing, the streets were narrow, and the cavalry and horses were panicked, fleeing in all directions, colliding and trampling on themselves, and in an instant they became a mess.

Shi Xun hadn't been able to grasp this fighter yet, but Sima Yi reacted in time and waved his hand: "Kill!" Jing Xiaoxiao said "get the order", and immediately led several horses behind him to rush out of the city...... (To be continued......)