Chapter 9: Persuasion

Back at the scene, at this time, the Eastern Wu soldiers knew in their hearts that once the Shu army's rockets pierced through these containers, what awaited them was really the fate of becoming a roast pig. Sure enough, with Liu Hou's order, a row of people holding torches stood up behind the original row of soldiers on the low wall. In the original platoon, the soldiers with bows and arrows or crossbow arrows were immediately replaced by arrows with cloth wrapped around the back of the arrows.

At this time, Liu Hou began his gushing speech again:

"Dear friends of Dongwu, welcome to Jingzhou barbecue site, I am Liu Chan, the host of this barbecue party, and now I will introduce you to the luxurious setting of this barbecue site.

The first thing that catches your eye is the situation on the field, that is, where you stand, now there is a thick layer of firewood and grass, firewood and grass I believe you are all familiar with, it has many functions, for example, when the weather is cold in winter, it can be used to spread on the bed, used to keep out the cold, can also be used to build a grass house, can also be used to heat the fire, and can also be used as fertilizer after burning into ashes, it is really full of treasures.

There is a saying I don't know if you have heard: 'Jingzhou has three treasures, tangerine peel, ginger, and grass straw'. Therefore, these firewood and grass are full of treasures, they have the spirit of selfless dedication, they burn themselves, they warm the people, they are real proletarian revolutionaries, they never ask for anything in return, they ......"

Liu Hou was gushing about the benefits of firewood and grass, and at this time, Han Dang couldn't bear it anymore and shouted:

"That boy, you can't understand what you're talking about, so if you want to cheat the number of words, hurry up and get down to business, get to the point."

"Uh......" Liu Hou plucked his ears, and then brought the copper horn to his mouth, and said: "Okay, I won't say much about the function of firewood and grass, this can be mined from life." I will now say about the main function of firewood and grass here.

That's right, it's fuel, everyone has seen that firewood and grass are basically distributed in the entire open space, that is to say, once it burns, the open space you are standing on will definitely be burned to the ground, leaving no dead ends. ”

The Eastern Wu soldiers and generals were all silent, staring at Liu Hou in unison, and their eyes seemed to be able to spew fire and glared at Liu Hou hatefully. Most of them already knew what Liu Hou was going to say, and what he was going to say next. No matter how high the IQ is, all the officers and men can basically guess the final outcome of this incident. Liu Hou's words were not so much explaining popular science knowledge as humiliating them.

"Of course, that's not enough, I have a big gift for you. Look, these containers in the field are those wooden barrels and clay pots, which are filled with all kinds of oil and shochu, and as long as there is a little spark, they will burn, and it is difficult to extinguish. The clothes on your hands alone will not be able to extinguish them. That's why I advise you not to act rashly.

Also, look at my soldiers, the arrows in their hands, the arrows in front of them are still preserved, and they can shoot through these containers lightly, so that the fuel in the containers can flow out. And the cloth regiment behind the arrow is also soaked in fire oil, do you see the people standing behind, as long as the torches they hold help these soldiers ignite the rockets in their hands, and then shoot at these containers, I believe you will all know the consequences. ”

Liu Hou first pointed to the arrows in the hands of the soldiers around him, then pointed to the people in the back, and then pointed to the containers on the field, and told the story. But listening to it in the ears of the generals of Eastern Wu was like a nightmare. They all secretly cursed Liu Hou, the evil devil, in their hearts.

Zhu Ran squinted his eyes, observing the surrounding environment, his head was running at high speed, and he thought about how to deal with it. More than once, he glanced at the Shu army on the low wall, assessing how much resistance these numbers of archers, crossbowmen, and pikemen (he didn't know what muskets were, so he could only think of them as spears) would cause his troops. Whether one's own troops can break through such a defensive force in one fierce attack, how many troops should be sent as a shock force to break through at one time, how many casualties they will suffer after breaking through, and so on.

At this time, Liu Hou was still saying:

"Actually, these are all trivial, I believe you all already know. I have some better things to recommend to you, guaranteed you have never seen before, guaranteed you will like it. Liu Hou pointed to the musket in the hand of a musketeer beside him and continued to chatter.

The soldiers of Eastern Wu turned their eyes to the black burning sticks in the hands of the 500 musketeers on the low wall. Many people are very curious in their hearts, what is this thing that looks like a burning stick, and now the mystery is about to be revealed, but everyone is not a little happy and excited in their hearts, because they know that no matter what these are, they must not be a good thing, and what is placed here at this time must be something related to killing and injuring them.

Although Liu Hou has been incoherent and even a little nonsense, none of the generals of Eastern Wu dared to despise him. They have long heard that Zuo Ci, one of the three immortals in the world, has accepted this kid as an apprentice, and Zuo Ci has frequently come up with some novelties that shocked the world in recent years, all kinds of paper products, printing, soap, and spirits are not only things that should be found in heaven and rarely seen in the world.

With such a fairy-like figure, it is not surprising that he can come up with any strange divine weapons. In case, these are artifacts with great lethality...... The hearts of the generals of Eastern Wu couldn't help but hang.

At this time, I saw Liu Hou signaling to the musketeer next to him and asking him to shoot a crockpot. The musketeer stood upright, gave a military salute, then leveled the loaded musket, rested the butt on his right shoulder, tilted his head to the right, closed his left eye, and aimed his right eye close to the sight.

The soldiers of Soochow saw a series of movements of this musketeer inexplicably, what was this for? Could it be that this is where the Shu army learned to blow arrows from the southern barbarian natives? But I didn't see him put his mouth on the bobbin, how can this blow?

At this moment, only to hear "Peng! There was a loud bang, and a cloud of black smoke rose in front of the musketeer. Not only the soldiers and generals of Eastern Wu, but also the defenders of Jingzhou and Minzhuang were taken aback. In particular, the generals of Eastern Wu, when they saw the rising black smoke, thought to themselves: "Is this Shu army going to release poisonous smoke?" That's terrible. ”

Then, I heard "Ping! With a bang, a crockpot was shot through and the fire suddenly rose, apparently ignited by the high-temperature projectiles that ignited the shochu in the crockpot. The shochu gushed out through two small holes on both sides of the crockpot, and the fire quickly caught up with the head of the shochu stream, just as two fiery snakes escaped from the crockpot and quickly fled to both sides of the crockpot.

The two fiery snakes ran out, igniting the firewood and grass they passed by. Soon the two lines of fire became two seas of fire.

The soldiers near the clay pot first fled the area with their lives, and then were driven back by the officers who reacted, and generally beat the fire area with their wet clothes just now, and some soldiers moved the firewood and grass around the fire area to prevent the fire from spreading.

After tossing for a long time, the fire was finally extinguished, and the firefighters were smoked with soot on their faces, and two accidentally burned their skin, but fortunately, the injuries were not serious.

"Stop! Boy, what kind of vicious guy are you, hurry up and I'll throw it away for your grandfather, and if you dare to use this thing, I promise I'll break through the low wall and catch you, so that you can't survive or die. Han Dang shouted. Although his volume was still very loud, there was a slight tremor that was imperceptible, indicating that he was struggling.

This fire-burning stick-like thing can ignite a clay pot and the firewood and grass around it in a single stroke, causing more than 100 soldiers on its side to scramble, what kind of artifact is this? Moreover, the speed of the hidden weapon shot by this thing is so fast that it is impossible for the human eye to see at all, which means that it cannot be dodged or blocked with weapons in the same way that it can deal with conventional hidden weapons or arrows.

Maybe the shield can be blocked, but look at this thing can shoot a clay cylinder through it, proving that the strength is amazing, not comparable to ordinary arrows, the general wooden shield and leather shield are estimated to be unexpected, unless it is a shield wrapped in iron to block, but how many shields are covered with iron in the army?

The most terrible thing is that now in the hands of the Shu army, it seems that there are at least hundreds of such "burning sticks". If these hundreds of "burning sticks" are used at the same time, the consequences will be ...... And there are hundreds of archers and crossbowmen.

Since their debut, the generals of Eastern Wu have experienced countless battles, everyone has faced the situation of dying and surviving, and everyone is a hero who has escaped death several times and survived a hundred battles, but he has never encountered such a dangerous scene, nor has he ever encountered such a strange scene. So even if the nerves are as big as Han Dang, his heart is in chaos.

"Okay, that's my hole card, you've all seen it, now don't rush to attack, think about what are the odds if you want to attack? Even if you do break through the earthen wall, how many casualties will there be? Can you afford such casualties? Liu Hou said at the right time. Now that it is gradually entering the climax, Liu Hou thought: The drama is coming.

In fact, Liu Hou's hole cards are more than these, this open space is too big, and the middle place may exceed the range of bows and muskets, and it is difficult to quickly ignite the ignition in these places by archery and muskets alone. So, Liu Hou put some black powder in some places, and the lead had already extended from the ground to the low wall. However, because the ground was full of firewood and grass, no one found it for a while. If these explosives are detonated, Liu Hou believes that the entire field will soon become a living hell.

The generals of Eastern Wu were silent again, Liu Hou's arrangement, if the two armies fought, the result would be obvious, and it didn't take much clever military strategists to estimate the result, and this result was so cruel and so sad.

"Boy, what do you want?" Zhu Ran asked.

"What do I think? Hehe. Liu Hou laughed and said, "A few of you, report your names first, I'm qualified to know your names now." ”

"Under Zhu Ran." At this time, Zhu Ran and the others no longer had the arrogance they had just now, and obediently reported their names. "This is Pan Zhang, this is Han Dang......" Zhu Ran pointed to the other six generals one by one.

When Liu Hou heard this, he couldn't help but be ecstatic. These 7 are all military generals who have been famous in Dongwu for a long time, among which Zhu Ran is still the next Da Dudu, although the current Da Dudu Lu Meng has not been caught, but these few people are not light, this time it is definitely enough for Dongwu to break the muscles and bones. It's been in vain, but this time it's a bumper harvest.

"Haha, okay, it's a blessing to meet all the heroes today." Liu Hou was rarely humble.

"Now I will introduce to you this artifact by the son of this world, this thing is called the Earth Shaking Mountain Shaking Thunderbolt Invincible Fire God Spear, which is made by Zuo Ci Zuo Xian Weng collecting Flame Mountain Ugin after 7749 days of refining. Well, you've just seen it, so I don't need to say more. ”

Although he knew that after this battle, the musket would soon be known to the world, Liu Hou would not take the initiative to sue them unless necessary, so it was good to maintain a sense of mystery and increase their fear. So he began to talk nonsense again, using these deified things to fool the Eastern Wu generals.

The faces of the generals of Eastern Wu darkened even more, and they thought, oh no, it is really Zuo Ci's divine weapon. People always have the greatest fear of the unknown. Zuo Ci is undoubtedly very mysterious and magical in the eyes of the world. Together with his various "inventions", it also gives the world a lot of mystery. Suddenly hearing that this was Zuo Ci's invention, everyone had a sense of awe, and even more, they had also witnessed the power of this artifact.