In the Tang Dynasty, when the generals heard the "cannon", most of them thought it was a "cannon", and the trebuchet at that time was also called a "cannon", so everyone was disappointed when they heard Li You's words, and the trebuchet they used under the city today was already the most advanced and powerful trebuchet that the Tang Dynasty could transport here, and the trebuchet that was larger, farther, and heavier was not nothing, but it was too huge to be transported to the Western Regions, Gao Xianzhi and others thought that Li You was just a slight improvement of the existing trebuchet, After thinking about it for a while, he felt that the "thunderbolt" in his mouth did not play a big role, so he was slightly disappointed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Oh? What kind of artillery exactly? Named Thunderbolt? "Cen Shen is a scholar in the end, and he is much more sensitive to words than these generals, and he soon discovered the key.

"As soon as this cannon came out, the sound was like a thunderbolt, so it was called 'thunderbolt cannon', and you will know it with me when you go to the back camp to see it." Thunderbolt cannon is actually an explosive projectile, in the Jingkang period, the Jin people besieged Bianjing, Li Gang used the thunderbolt cannon to repel the Jin soldiers when defending the city, at that time the literati notes had recorded, "the night thunderbolt cannon to hit the thief, the army was exclaimed."

As a later generation, how could he not know the power of gunpowder weapons, and in the "New Book of Ji Xiao", Qi Jiguang has a clear record of the formula and production method of gunpowder: one tael of nitrate, one penny and four cents of sulfur, one coin and eight cents of willow charcoal, a total of forty taels of nitrate, five taels of sulfur, seven taels of willow charcoal, and two bells of water. Secret method: first put nitrate?? Yellow charcoal is the end of each research, according to the number of one place, two bowls of water under the wood tree, wooden pestle to lick it. Those who don't use stone hyenas are afraid of fire. Each of them can be ten thousand pestles. If it is dry, add a bowl of water and then scoop it to the degree. Scoop half dry, take the sun, crush into bean grains, this medicine is wonderful, only more than tens of thousands of pestles.

It can be seen from here that Qi Jiguang made relatively advanced granular gunpowder, Li You on the way from Anxi to Broken Leaf City, found a few skilled and taciturn craftsmen, promised all kinds of benefits, said that they were moved to make this kind of gunpowder, and collected saltpeter, sulfur and willow wood charcoal all the way, so far the accumulated gunpowder has been considerable, and now it is finally time for gunpowder weapons to appear on the stage of history in advance.

"There is no joke in the army, if the thunderbolt cannon offered by Captain Li is not of much use for the siege of the city, it is better not to delay the time of Lord Duhu, right?" I don't know why, when I heard the three words thunderbolt, my heart tightened, and I hurriedly persuaded him.

"Oh, I forgot that Lord Ye Hu was injured in my Datang fight today, so Lord Ye Hu should go back and rest early." Li You glanced at the scheming spurt, and said with a smile, and then restrained his smile and bowed to Gao Xianzhi, "Lord Du Hu, the last general will guarantee that this thing will be of great use, otherwise I am willing to engage in military law." ”

Seeing him so solemn, Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but be heartbroken, and there was really no good way to discuss today's military discussion, so he got up and said, "Since Captain Li is so determined, then I'll go to the back camp later!" Duan Xiushi was stationed in the camp, beware of the night sneak attack of the Great Food, plotting to stab and disperse the rotten leaves to protect and go to rest, Li Siye, Cen Shen, and Tian Zhen walked with me! After that, he turned his gaze to Bian Lingcheng, "I don't know Lord Overseer? "For this eunuch, it is not good for him to give orders directly.

"Haha, since there is such a sharp weapon, we have to take a look at it anyway!" Bian Lingcheng's shrill voice sounded again, and everyone got goosebumps when they heard it.

I originally wanted to persuade Gao Xianzhi not to obey Li You, but Li You actually gambled on his official position, leaving Gao Xianzhi with nothing to say, and by the way, he also cut off his chance to get a glimpse, which made him really depressed, but now it is not so easy to take back his previous words, so he had to watch them leave depressedly.

Everyone went out of the camp and got on the horse together, and then the moonlight trotted all the way to the back camp, and Asirota Khan was also coaxed back to the camp by Li You with an excuse, and only Gao Xianzhi and several other Tang generals were left with him; About half an hour later, everyone arrived at a well-guarded camp, which was high on all sides and low in the middle, just in the middle of a valley, and it was Pan Feng who led the army to guard it.

"What a man, but I don't want Captain Li to have such a fierce general in the army." Seeing Pan Feng, Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but praise it, becoming more and more sure that Li You had an extraordinary background, otherwise there would be such a great general?

After verifying their identities, everyone came to the camp, only to see a slightly smaller trebuchet placed in the open space in the camp, next to the trebuchet were stacked several round stone bullets polished by stonemasons, the direction of the trebuchet was empty, judging from the position of its placement, the stone bullets thrown should have fallen exactly deep at the bottom of the valley.

It doesn't seem to be the same as the trebuchet under the city, and it's even a model smaller, so what's the use of such a thing? Gao Xianzhi and the others were quite puzzled, but their faces were silent, "Captain Li, can you show me what is special about this thunderbolt?" ”

"When the launch is in a moment, please cover your ears so as not to damage your hearing." After saying that, Li You saw that everyone's horses had been tied, and then gave the order for a test firing.

Then a group of craftsmen were busy around the trebuchet, put a stone bullet on the throwing bucket, took the torch and lit the fuse of the stone bullet, and then the trebuchet threw the stone bullet violently, and flew far into the depths of the night.

How do you know how powerful this stone bullet is? And why do you light a fire before launching? Gao Xianzhi and the others were puzzled for a while, and they forgot to cover their ears.

"Boom!" Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw a huge fire burst out in front of him, and then there was a deafening loud noise, which shook everyone's ears, and the horses beside him let out a frightened neigh, and if it had not been tied up, they would have scattered and fled.

After the thunderous sound, there was another flint crash, and the buzzing in everyone's heads gradually stopped for a long time, and Gao Xianzhi shouted in a voice several times louder than usual, "It's really like a thunderbolt!" ”

"This thing is a stone bullet hollowed out, and the middle is stuffed with gunpowder, which can't help but make a terrifying sound, and it can even use the fragments of stone bullets to kill and wound the enemy." Then Li You ordered people to fire three stone bullets in a row, and then took the torch and led everyone to the place where the stone bullets flew.

Everyone was shocked when they saw the scattered stone bullet fragments and the scattered branches of the trees that had been blown up, and after a moment of silence, Gao Xianzhi asked, "How many of these thunderbolts are there in the camp now?" ”

"There are hundreds!"

"Okay, tomorrow's battle will be handed over to Lieutenant Li!" Gao Xianzhi commanded loudly, and see how these big cannibals deal with this thunderbolt. (To be continued.) )