Chapter 20: The Big Secret

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Now, although in the face of a strong enemy, only a fierce general like Lang Tan can be convincing when he says such a thing, so Tan Wei's confidence has been hooked, and he will go to the city wall to inspect the whole armor, and the Liao people have suffered a big loss, and they will definitely not give up, but fortunately, if the enemy wants to retaliate and attack the city, he must make some adjustments anyway, and the myriad of combat preparations are not at all ready in a day.

The camp of the Liao army is very busy, and there are constantly generals who hurriedly come out of the Chinese military tent, and then there is an army along the Biguan River to the direction they predetermined, faintly forming a situation of encirclement, Xiao Huo'er does not intend to let a Song army escape from his own big net, the general of the Song army who deceived himself, if he can't peel off his skin and heart, it is really difficult to vent his anger.

Siege warfare is about quickly ascending the city, and only by climbing to the top of the city can we achieve short-handed encounters and finally achieve the goal of decisive victory.

Xiao Huo'er is not a pure grassland cavalry general, he has been influenced by Song ** for a day, and he is one of the few generals in the Liao State who knows how to attack the city and how to quickly capture the city.

Therefore, those siege equipment that was scorned by the generals of the Liao army, there was no shortage of his Xijing camp left behind, and when he was in Xijing, he even made a rushing car, this kind of large siege equipment, which he carried with the army after being disassembled, and reassembled it once it was necessary to siege the city.

There were three of his troops in this eight-wheeled, five-story siege tower, and the lowest level was the soldiers who pushed the carts forward. The other four floors are filled with siege soldiers. The height of the car is about four zhang, the width is two zhang, the length is two zhang seven, from top to bottom is covered with thick wooden boards, the outside of the wooden board is also covered with two layers of raw cowhide, invulnerable, water and fire do not invade, it is one of the best siege weapons.

Using its height, it can be used to shoot directly into the castle from the cart, or it can be used to approach the city wall, destroy the female wall (battlement wall), and directly attack the defenders on the city wall. Once the rush approached the city walls. There will be a springboard to the city wall. The hundreds of elite soldiers in the car can jump on the city to fight, and Xiao Huo'er even creatively loaded the car with a strong crossbow and a small stone cannon, so he is full of confidence in whether he can break through the pass.

In addition to rushing the car. The Liao army also carried a large number of ladders and catapults. Even the equipment to fill the ditch outside the city has been prepared.

Xiao Huo'er seemed to have aged a lot overnight. Yesterday's lofty demeanor is completely gone, and many times, only pain can contribute to a man's growth.

Smooth water for many years. Xiao Huo'er, who was a young man, was controlled everywhere from the day he met Yun Zheng, whether it was the loss and recovery of Shenwu City, or the incompatibility with Guo Hengchuan, it deeply hurt his self-esteem, and he had long been full of anger and wanted to give Yun Zheng an unforgettable lesson.

No matter how angry he was, he didn't dare to easily confront a famous general of Yun Zheng's level, he originally planned to hold Xijing's army firmly in a group, and dragging Yun Zheng to death was his greatest achievement.

It's a pity that the envoy of the king of the Southern Courtyard made all his plans come to naught, Yelu Xianzhen is a fool at all, and the army of the country has been unable to break through on the front of more than 300 miles, and thousands of generals can't help but have a Di Qing, but what is the reason why he ordered more than 50,000 people to fight hard with Yun Zheng, another famous general of the Song Kingdom?

Since Taizu formulated the national policy of "the Liao people rule the Liao people, and the Han people rule the Han people", the Han people, these former slaves, are now slowly filling the court, and the power has been so great that the Xiao clan has to retreat by three points.

A Guo Hengchuan was obviously full of doubts, but after the arrival of the envoy, he still held the power of the Beijing army, and the folds handed over by himself and the black bone poison were lost in the sea, and Xiao Huo'er even suspected that his folds were not sent to His Majesty the Emperor at all and were detained by those Han Lin Ya, and this kind of thing happened not once.

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Xiao Huo'er sent an order to let the Song man who really surrendered to Da Liao come over, he wanted to completely figure out why such a strange thing happened when he came to the side pass, and when the small side pass became an obstacle to his progress.

Xiao Huo'er met Hua Tianshou.

Seeing Hua Tianshou for the first time, Xiao Huo'er wanted to tear this guy alive, because he found that this guy actually knew him, and this guy appeared at his family banquet many times in Xijing, at that time, this guy called himself Long Jiu, and he was the biggest private goods dealer on Song Guohe East Road, and his own rushing car, as well as the ladder and trebuchet drawings were all bought from this guy.

Hua Tianshou gently removed the long knife that Xiao Huo'er put around his neck and arched his hand: "Long Jiu is a step too late, and the tired military marquis is damaged, I'm really sorry, but the military marquis, please listen to the next word and deal with it later!" ”

Xiao Huo'er said coldly: "Long Jiu, since you regard me as a friend, but you treat your friends insincerely, causing my army to fail miserably, what else do you have to say?" ”

Hua Tianshou arched his hand again and said: "Under his real name Hua Tianshou, Long Jiu is just a name given when he was walking on Hedong Road, who knows that people in the world only know Long Jiu, but they don't know who Hua Tianshou is." ”

Xiao Huo'er was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "The guard general should be Hua Tianshou!" ”

Hua Tianshou said with a smile: "In the next is the last partial pass guard, so the Liao army will knock through the city pass several times, and go as you wish, now Yun Zheng dominates the army of Hedongdao, and such a general can no longer hide it, so he has to hide his name in the wilderness, after hearing that the military marquis is preparing to attack the partial pass, he is worried that the military marquis does not know the depth of the Song army and is afraid of being taken advantage of by the enemy, so he hurriedly set off from Wutai Mountain and hurried to catch up with it is still a step late, and please forgive the general, let me report later!" ”

Xiao Huo'er returned the knife into the sheath and sighed: "Yun Zheng sticks to the Yanmen Pass without leakage, and I can't help him." ”

Hua Tianshou took a step forward and said: "Yun Zheng has been conquering all the battles in the east and west over the years, and it is naturally not easy to take everything, but it has not yet reached the point of invincibility. It's not boasting, if this is better than a sale, and just Yanmen Pass is not a problem, the military marquis will definitely rise to prominence in Liao. ”

Xiao Huo'er's eyes lit up, and she motioned for Hua Tianshou to continue.

Hua Tianshou looked left and right, but smiled and didn't talk much, Xiao Huo'er hesitated a little and let the guards leave the camp, only the black bone poison still sat there without moving.

Xiao Huo'er saw that Hua Tianshou still didn't speak, so he said to the black bone poison: "The city lord will step aside for the time being, and we will discuss it after I have a detailed discussion with this person." ”

The black bone poison glared at Hua Tianshou and left the big tent angrily, Xiao Huo'er sat back in his seat, raised his hand and said: "Now there is no one, you say, I really want to know how you let me step on the Yanmen Pass, and finally move to the top." ”

Hua Tianshou didn't speak, took out a fist-sized gunpowder bullet from his arms, took two steps forward and put it on the low table in front of Xiao Huo'er, lightly tapped it twice with his finger, and then went back to the place where he was standing and smiled without saying a word.

Xiao Huo'er, who was taken aback, took the gunpowder bullet and shook it twice in his hand, then put it on the case and said coldly: "One or two gunpowder bullets are also available in the army, which is not unusual." ”

Hua Tianshou said with a smile: "Please bring your collection of gunpowder bullets, as long as the two are compared, you will naturally find clues." ”

Xiao Huo'er half-believed and ordered his guards to take a gunpowder bullet from the body of the dead soldier of the Guanghua Army, put it on the table and compare it carefully, and after looking at it for a long time, he didn't find anything wrong.

Hua Tianshou turned the two gunpowder bullets upside down, pointed to the inscription at the bottom and said: "Look, Junhou, there is an inscription on one gunpowder bullet, which is written in the first year of the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty, but the other gunpowder bullet has no marking, I wonder if the marshal has ever thought of the mystery?" ”

Xiao Huo'er suddenly stood up and stared at Hua Tianshou and said, "Could it be that you can get a large number of gunpowder bullets?" As far as I know, the Emperor of the Song State issued a strict decree that those who possess gunpowder ammunition privately will die! ”

Hua Tianshou smiled and poured himself a cup of warm milk tea from Xiao Huo'er's silver pot, sipped it slowly, and after a while, he looked up and smiled: "Couldn't the military marquis think bigger?" The production of gunpowder bullets is already the most secret thing in the Great Song Dynasty, there are only two workshops in the world that can make gunpowder bullets, one is on the island of Jinmingchi in Tokyo, where it is guarded by the royal guards and is impermeable.

The other is in Dujiangyan in Shuzhong, where it is also an official workshop, the Privy Council of the Great Song Dynasty has listed the Dujiangyan workshop as a forbidden place, except for Yun Zheng's pro-army Jiazi Battalion sergeant, anyone who comes close to a hundred zhang will be shot by a crossbow from eight bulls, and there will be absolutely no warning in advance, in this case, who do you think can smuggle gunpowder out of it? ”

Xiao Huo'er frowned and said, "Are you from the army?" No, if it was obtained from the army, there would be an inscription. ”

Hua Tianshou said with a smile: "There are the strictest regulations for the receipt of gunpowder bullets in the army, except for Yun Zheng's army, the rest of the army must be filed with the Privy Council if they want to receive gunpowder bullets, and if they use one, they must report one. ”

Speaking of this, Hua Tianshou smiled bitterly and said: "When I was appointed as a partial guard, I was not eligible to receive gunpowder bullets!" ”

Xiao Huo'er felt that her whole body was trembling consciously, and she grabbed Hua Tianshou's hand and asked anxiously, "Could it be that this gunpowder bomb was made by you?" If the effect is the same, Brother Hua, if there are any conditions, even if Xiao Huo'er spends all his money, he must know the secret recipe of gunpowder! (To be continued......)

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