Chapter XVII: The Soldier Who Surrendered Without a Fight

"Since Da Dudu doesn't know the power of 'Heaven-shaking Thunder', I might as well demonstrate one or two for Da Dudu here." Liu Hou began to embark on a journey, and the firearms in his hands would inevitably be known to the world, so now Liu Hou plans to no longer keep the storage of firearms secret, on the contrary, in order to create a deterrent, the more people know the better. Of course, the method of manufacture and method of use is kept secret at all times.

"Oh, then I'll see the so-called invention of this magic stick, and see what kind of great deception it is." Lu Meng pretended to look down, but in fact, he was very nervous and anxious. Knowing that he was invincible, of course he wanted to see this legendary new weapon with his own eyes, see how powerful it was, and go back to find a way to restrain it.

"Then please send a few people up, oh, forget it, people's lives are at stake, Da Dudu should bring a few horses over." I'll show you how. Liu Houdao.

"You mean, after the demonstration, a man or a horse will die?" Lu Meng asked.

"Nonsense, if you don't die, how can you show that the 'Heaven-Shaking Thunder' is a big killer?

"Hmph, you have a good plan, take my war horse and send it to death for nothing." Lü Meng heard the clue from Liu Hou's words, so he refused to test his war horse.

"Uh......" Liu Hou didn't expect Lu Meng to be so picky, and he was reluctant to give up a few horses.

In this era, war horses are a very important war resource, especially BMW horses are very rare. Therefore, many lords like to send a good horse to win the hearts of their subordinates, and the most famous is the incident of Cao Cao sending a red rabbit horse to Guan Gong. The value of such a famous horse is much, much higher than that of a BMW car of one hundred hundred thousand in later generations.

If there is a boss who will send a BMW car as soon as he comes up, and the other salaries and benefits are the same, are you willing to follow him with all your heart?

"In that case, I'm not reluctant, I'll figure it out myself." Liu Hou was very bored by Lu Meng, and it seemed that people didn't accept it.

Liu Hou was very depressed and ordered Pan Jun to prepare a few livestock. It just so happened that a few pigs and sheep were going to kill the reinforcements that had come from a long gallop, and this time came in handy. Liu Hou ordered people to hang 2 pigs and 2 sheep to the city and form a small circle.

The Eastern Wu soldiers were confused, they didn't know what tricks Liu Hou was doing, did they get a few pigs and sheep to put under the city to treat them? But the two sides are hostile? No matter how perverse this kid is, he doesn't have such a front-line enemy, right?

The four animals are strung together in a loop by a rope, and although they can stand, they cannot move because when they lift their legs, the ropes on their legs are still connected to at least the animals at the front and back. Unless they work as a team like humans and move one leg together, they don't want to move.

Just as the Eastern Wu soldiers were drooling at the four animals and were thinking about whether to rush up and grab them braised or steamed, a black iron lump with sparks was thrown between the four animals. Because of the distance, the Eastern Wu soldiers did not see the shape of this iron lump clearly.

If you zoom in closer, you can see that this item is the size of a pineapple that is common in later generations, and the shape is also a bit like a pineapple. In addition to its slightly elliptical outline, its body also gives people the feeling of piece by piece, and if you look closely, you will see that each block is thick in the middle and thin at the edges, like the protrusion of the skin of a pineapple.

This is the big killer thunder in Liu Hou's hand, the volume is much larger than the grenade of later generations, because the explosive power of black powder is much worse than TNT, in order to make up for the power, so I have to make a large volume and increase the amount of charge. This places high demands on bombardiers, who need to be specially selected and trained to be competent.

The shell is made in such pieces that in the event of an explosion, those weak points will be broken first, and fragments will form on the ground, thus increasing the lethality. These weak points are actually some grooves, and when they explode, fifty or sixty fragments can be prefabricated out, and the lethality is quite amazing.

These iron pineapples do not need blacksmiths to build one by one, to carve grooves, they are iron castings made of mold inverted molds, and the production is quite simple, and now the output has been on a scale, and it is time to equip the troops on a large scale, so Liu Houcai is so confident that he took the troops to Jingzhou to wander.

Before the Eastern Wu soldiers could figure out what was going on, they only heard a loud "boom", a burst of black smoke rose from the herd of livestock, some dirt and gravel mixed with some grass were lifted into the air, and the four animals screamed and fell to the ground one after another.

The Eastern Wu soldiers, including the people on the head of the city and the defenders of the original Jingzhou City, were stunned by this scene. Only the people brought by Liu Hou from Chengdu were all indifferent, and they were not surprised. Liu Hou even covered his ears in advance, and he didn't look affected at all.

The Eastern Wu soldiers, who were shocked by the loud roar, saw the four animals lying in a pool of blood, and they struggled a few times before they stopped, and they were all shocked. If, if this so-called earth-shattering thunder explodes on you...... They couldn't help but have such thoughts, and when they thought of this, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Lu Da Dudu, are you optimistic? This is the power of Zuo Xianweng's earth-shattering thunder, there are now 50,000 in Jingzhou City, if you don't believe it, you can just attack and try it. At this time, Liu Hou's loudspeaker sounded again, and the news he brought shocked Lu Meng again.

Although this thing is powerful, if it is difficult to make and the cost is high, if there is only a small amount, Lu Meng is not very afraid of it, at most he will spend some lives to fill it. However, if it is really as this kid said, there are tens of thousands, then there is no need to fight this battle, even if you have a million troops to fill it, it is useless, soldiers are human beings, not puppets without feelings, as long as you bombard this terrible thing a few times, you will soon lose your morale and flee.

Lu Meng was almost desperate, not only because he knew that it was impossible to break through Jingzhou City today, but also because he vaguely felt that with this kind of big killing weapon in Xishu, who else in the world could be defeated? Soochow's future is in jeopardy. He had to go back as much as he could, tell his lord Sun Quan about this shocking news, and discuss with Sun Quan what to do in the future. Perhaps, it is imperative for Lian Cao to resist Liu.

What Liu Hou didn't know was that his show-off action this time would bring endless trouble to himself in the future, and bring himself two powerful enemies united. He didn't think so far ahead, but ordered the animals to be hoisted back to the city, and told them to handle them carefully and clean up the shrapnel. Then the four animals continued their mission to reward the three armies.

At this point, Lu Meng knew that it would be useless to stay longer, but he was not willing to retreat like this, so he left a few cruel words, and then led the soldiers to slip away. Liu Hou's cheekiness is not ordinarily thick, and he doesn't take his cruel words and curses to heart at all, anyway, the actual advantage is taken by himself, so what does it matter if people take advantage of a little verbal advantage. So, he smiled and calmly faced Lu Meng's foul language, if someone hit me on the left side of my face, I will also put the right side of my face over to fight you.

In the face of such a thick black master, Lu Meng scolded people extremely unpleasantly, and he still looked dissatisfied when he left.

After solving the Eastern Wu army outside the city, Liu Hou went back to solve the 30,000 Eastern Wu generals who were imprisoned in the city. This time, it didn't take much effort, and when these Eastern Wu soldiers in the city knew that the reinforcements outside the city had retreated, they lost their last hope and could only obediently lay down their arms and surrender.

Liu Hou ordered them to climb the low wall one by one along the bamboo ladder, and then tied them up and escorted them back to the barracks to take care of them. During this period, of course, there were also dishonest people, who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to storm the defense line of the Hong army, but after being shot by a few muskets, everyone was honest. They finally realized that this black, burning stick-like thing turned out to be an extremely powerful hidden weapon.

There is no trace of this hidden weapon, after a loud bang, a blood hole appeared on the target's body, the only thing that can explain this phenomenon is that the speed of this hidden weapon is very fast, so fast that it is not clear to the naked eye, which also means that even if the martial arts are high, it is impossible to dodge or catch this hidden weapon. Such a fact made all the Eastern Wu soldiers, including Zhou Tai and Han Dang, who were nervous, frightened.

At first, there were only about 500 of these burning sticks pointed at them, and they were not so afraid, but when the first regiment of reinforcements 1* arrived, the low walls were densely packed with soldiers holding such hidden weapons, and the Dongwu people lost even the last bit of courage to resist, and they were all obediently bound.

It was busy until midnight (about 9:00 a.m.), when the Eastern Wu soldiers were almost taken into custody, and Liu Hou asked the second regiment, which had rested for half the night, to get up and take over the city defense, and the other troops and Minzhuang were put back to rest. Liu Hou was finally able to sleep comfortably after being tired for 2 days and 2 nights.

This sleep lasted until the evening, and Liu Hou woke up hungry. He summoned his own soldiers and brought him water and food. Liu Hou looked at the rough orderlies and couldn't help but think of his female soldiers, who were responsible for their daily life in the past.

Women are naturally attentive and gentle, and although these female soldiers are required to participate in drills, it does not prevent them from retaining their feminine qualities. This time I left in a hurry, I didn't have time to take them, and now that the danger in Jingzhou has been solved, I don't have to stay in the barracks all day, it's time to let them come over.

After washing his face in a hurry and eating a simple meal, Liu Hou planned to go to the city to inspect it. The chaos had just settled, and he was really worried about the situation in the city.

I originally wanted to call Zhang Bao and Guan Xing, but after inquiring, I found out that they were still sleeping, so I had to give up, and Liu Hou took a few personal soldiers out of the residence.

Liu Hou lived in the backyard of the mansion, and when he went out of the front hall, he saw Fei Yi issuing decrees to several scribes, Pan Jun and Guo Youzhi were not there, and when he inquired, he learned that Guo Youzhi went to inspect the city defense, and Pan Jun placed the Eastern Wu generals in the barracks. 30,000 captives is no joke, and if something goes wrong, it will be unimaginable.

"Shizi! Why are you here, why don't you sleep more. When Fei Yi saw Liu Hou come out, he bowed his hand first as usual and said.

Liu Houzheng wanted to ask how the situation was in the city, but when he looked up, Fei Yi's eyes were bloodshot, and he asked, "Wen Wei, haven't you rested until now?" ”

"The chaos in the city has just been settled, and things are complicated, and Yi really can't sleep peacefully." Fei Yi replied.

Hearing this, Liu Hou couldn't help but admire him, a civil official was so capable. Liu Hou didn't close his eyes for 2 days and 2 nights before, Fei Yi was also busy before and after, in the morning, Liu Hou saw that the dust had settled and ran to sleep, Fei Yi still had to arrange various aftermath matters in the city, and he still couldn't rest. Fortunately, Fei Yi is still a young man in his 20s and full of energy, otherwise how could he support it.

Could it be that this Fei Yi wants to emulate Zhuge Liang and die with all his might? Sooner or later, you will die of overwork in this way. Liu Hou didn't want his team to die on the battlefield, but was tired to death.

"Wen Wei has worked hard, go back and rest quickly, don't burn your body."

"Thank you for your concern, it doesn't matter, it's just that everything in this city has not been arranged properly, and it is not yet time to rest."

A large number of personnel and resources in Jingzhou were taken to the front line by Guan Gong, and the manpower was insufficient, but fortunately, Liu Hou brought Fei Yi and Guo Youzhi, two capable people, over, and Fei Yi also brought a group of scribes, so as to barely maintain the operation of Jingzhou City.

"If it's not very important, let's put it aside for a while, you can tell me about the current situation in the city first, and then go and rest."

"Yes!" Fei Yi agreed, and began to report to Liu Hou on the progress of the aftermath.