Chapter 40: Escaping Death

As mentioned last time, Liu Hou led people to attack Hengpu Pass, but who knew that a huge stone ball was released at the gate of the mountain top. The stone ball rolled down the sloping mountain road, killing countless Shu troops, even Liu Hou's own soldiers also died, and Liu Hou also disappeared.

Finally, the stone ball finally stopped at a bend where it was blocked by the mountain wall. The Shu army who fled for their lives all lay on the ground and gasped for breath. When they came back to their senses, they found that the prince was gone.

So, everyone panicked again, the prince of a country died in battle, it was definitely not a trivial matter, they did not die as the people who followed the prince on the expedition, but the prince died, can they have good fruit to eat?

As soon as the crown prince dies, the emperor will definitely be angry, and the son of heaven will be angry, ambushing millions of corpses and bleeding thousands of miles, this is not a joke. In history, Guan Yu was killed by the Dongwu people, Liu Bei raised 800,000 troops to attack the Dongwu, the death of the sworn brother is still like this, if Liu Bei learned that his baby son was killed by the Dongwu people, what would the result be?

The Shu soldiers all panicked, and could no longer care about the fatigue on their bodies, they all bounced up one by one and shouted loudly, "Prince!" "Your Highness"......

called a round, but no one answered, counted the number of people, and looked for the familiar figure in the crowd, but the prince was never seen. Everyone became more and more alarmed, some turned pale with fear, and some even cried.

When the crying tended to spread, a voice came: "What are you crying about, I'm not dead yet." ”

Everyone hears this familiar voice like hearing the sound of immortals, every soldier is very familiar with this voice, the owner of this voice will often give lectures to the troops, and often go deep into the barracks to chat with everyone, ask everyone what difficulties they have, and understand the voice of the soldiers.

That's right, everyone recognized that it was the voice of the prince, and when they heard this voice, everyone's hanging hearts instantly relaxed, and a big stone finally fell to the ground.

Everyone looked at the source of the sound, and a figure squeezed over with difficulty on the edge of the huge stone ball blocking the mountain path. Everyone looked at it, it was really the prince, and the prince actually squeezed out of the small gap between the big stone ball and the mountain wall.

In other words, the prince was just behind the big stone ball. Could it be that the prince was also crushed by the big stone ball? So is this prince a human or a ghost?

If it's a ghost, why does this prince look like a human? And there are shadows in the sun, doesn't it mean that ghosts can't see the sun? Didn't you say that ghosts don't have shadows?

If it was a person, the big stone ball that had crushed so many people just now also crushed the prince, why didn't the prince die? Not only is he not dead, but he doesn't even have any blood, is the prince really a fairy descending to earth, with copper skin and iron bones, and he can't even crush such a big stone ball? Or is it that the prince is the son of the true dragon who came into the world and has a hundred spirits to protect his body?

A series of questions flowed through the hearts of the soldiers, but no one dared to ask. "Third brother, third brother, are you okay?" At this time, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao rushed out, and shouted what everyone wanted to ask while running towards Liu Hou.

The two brothers were in the rear today, and did not go to the front line of the battle, but fortunately, they escaped today.

"I'm fine......" Before Liu Hou could finish speaking, the two big boys ran over and hugged Liu Hou, then patted the shoulder and touched the head. These two brothers, who grew up together, dared to make such a presumptuous move, and the other soldiers were puzzled in their hearts, where did they dare to make any moves, and they didn't even dare to say more than half a sentence.

"Third brother, why didn't you die?" If it is so direct and brain-dead, only Zhang Bao can ask, if other people still think that this guy is looking forward to the prince's early death. The two brothers, Liu Hou and Guan Xing, understood in their hearts that Zhang Bao had good intentions, but they were really worried about their third brother, and they were asking how he escaped.

"Hehe, your third brother and I are blessed with Qitian, longevity and Tianqi, where can it be so easy to die." No one sang praises to himself, so Liu Hou had to come by himself.

"Is there still a thousand years to dominate the rivers and lakes? Ha ha! Zhang Bao laughed. It seems that the three brothers usually do not say less such witticisms.

"Yes, third brother, how did you carry such a big stone ball." Guan Xing is also concerned about this issue.

"Carry? How to carry it? Who can carry such a large stone ball? I think even if the overlord of Western Chu and Lu Bu come, they won't be able to bear it. Of course I didn't carry it. Do you really think I'm a god? Liu Hou said with a wry smile.

"Then why can't you die?" Zhang Bao's expression of concern was fully revealed, this brother is very sincere to people, but his mouth is too stinky and he can't speak at all.

"It's very simple, I found a slightly wider place and pressed my body against the mountain wall, so that the stone ball could not hit me and passed me." Liu Hou continued to smile wryly.

"What?"

"It's that simple?" Guan Xing and Zhang Bao were both surprised, could it be that this third brother escaped with such a simple method? That's amazing, isn't it? Is there a providence in the dark? Could it be that this third brother is really the true son of heaven and is protected by the gods?

The three brothers have played since they were children, and the outside world is full of all kinds of rumors about this prince, saying that there are immortals who descend to earth, there are people who say that there are true dragons and heavenly sons, and there are people who say that there are congenital saints. But the two sworn brothers didn't believe in these things.

Everyone grew up together since childhood, they know the roots, they usually see a lot, and they are not all with one mouth and two eyes, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao don't feel how mysterious their third brother is. It's not just that people are a little smarter and more precocious since they were young.

If you want to say magical, maybe his master Zuo Ci is a little magical, as for himself, the third brother who usually fights with him, it is normal, but the scene that happened in front of him today completely subverted their usual cognition.

Can you escape in this situation, or rely on such a simple method to escape, who believes this? It's not as simple as good luck. Except that it is said that there is a blessing from the gods in the underworld, I really can't find any other explanation.

Liu Hou could only smile bitterly in his heart, simple? Who dares to say that this kind of nine-death thing-in-life thing is simple? Who would dare to try again? This was all forced to do it between lightning and flint, and the Grim Reaper passed by, and even his own clothes were wiped by him.

This time, even if the body is not damaged, the soul is also greatly damaged, in that moment of facing death, the sense of fear is extreme, how many people can keep their hearts and not collapse their spirits?

This time, Liu Hou was able to escape death, and it was indeed a fluke. After the soldiers were all killed, when the big stone was infinitely close to Liu Hou, Liu Hou saw that the mountain road in front of him seemed to be a little wider, and at that moment, Liu Hou made a bold decision, that is, to stick his body tightly against the mountain wall.

He prayed that the stone ball would not roll down against the wall on his side, but on the other side, and at least give him a spot. It has to be said that he was very risky in doing so, because the stone ball did not roll down in a straight line at all, but bounced back and forth between the mountain walls on both sides.

This has a certain relationship with the twists and turns of the mountain road, and it is also related to the fact that it encounters obstacles from time to time and changes direction by obstacles. In any case, the stone ball did rub against the mountain wall on one side and rub it on the other side. Although the stone ball is not elastic and the rebound amplitude is very small, this vibrational motion is existing.

Worst of all, the shaking is irregular and unpredictable, because the stone ball can change direction by an obstacle at any time, and it can also rub against the side of the mountain wall at any time because the road bends slightly.

It is impossible for Liu Hou to observe the movement of the stone ball at high speed, and even if he observes, he cannot accurately calculate its trajectory, so he can only leave it to luck. He never imagined that one day, he would have to rely on luck to escape.

But he had to do it, because in the next moment, the big stone ball was about to hit him, and he was forced to grasp this one ten-thousandth of a chance to survive. The only way he could help himself with his chances of survival was to find a slightly wider spot and lean his body close to the mountain wall.

As for whether the stone ball rubbed against the mountain wall on his side or against the mountain wall opposite at this time, he didn't have time to think about it at all, and only when he thought about it afterwards did he break out in a cold sweat......

As the news spread that the crown prince was safe and sound, the riots of the Shu army soon calmed down. However, Liu Hou had to announce that the offensive had been temporarily stopped. One of the reasons was that there was a huge stone ball blocking the way of the Shu army's advance; The second is that Liu Hou is worried that the people of Dongwu will be miserable if they come like this again.

Just such a big stone ball caused the Shu army to suffer heavy losses, and after counting the number of people, the Shu army lost 500 * people. In a head-on confrontation with tens of thousands of Buqi, the number of casualties of the Shu army was only more than 500 people, and the lethality of this stone ball was even comparable to that of 50,000 Eastern Wu troops.

It can be seen that the era of cold weapons is not useless, and some things, as long as they are used properly, can also have terrifying lethality.

Fortunately, all the people who died this time were the Fuji armor soldiers, and the musketeers did not make a move in the back, so they survived. If 500 musketeers died, I believe Liu Hou would vomit blood in pain.

For the first question, Liu Hou's opinion is to use gunpowder to blast the stone ball, divide it into countless pieces, and then transport it away.

This method is easy to say, but it is not easy to do, the first thing to worry about is that the explosion will cause vibration, what if the stone ball is not completely shattered, but because of the vibration, the stone ball is released from the turning position, and the stone ball rolls down? One is not careful, and the Shu army below has another heavy casualty;

The second thing to worry about is: if the explosion force is too small, it will not be able to break the big stone ball, but if the explosion force is too large, will it cause the collapse of the mountain walls on both sides? If the mountain walls on both sides collapse and the road is completely blocked, then this Hengpu Pass will no longer need to be attacked, anyway, if you can't get past the enemy, you can't get through, so it's better to build a new level directly.

For the first concern, Liu Hou ordered people to pile up several piles of earth and rocks and giant trees under the big stone ball, in order to block the stone ball and prevent it from continuing to roll. Before the official blasting, everyone except the blaster retreated below the next big bend.

That way, if the mounds of earth and the boulders don't stop the big boulders from tumbling down, the big turn should be able to stop it as well.

The second concern is not so well addressed, and there are some technical issues involved. Liu Hou called the demolition team to discuss the issue.

The members of these demolition teams are all graduates of the research institute of the Ministry of Industry, and their main job is to study how to blow up something. The most applied application is not how to blow down the city wall, but how to blow up the stone wall.

The study of blasting stone walls is mainly for those quarrymen, and the demand for industrial applications is much greater than that of military applications. What they often do for people is how to blow up a stone wall, and try not to cause major damage to the stones, without affecting the quality of quarrying.

This is far more difficult than blowing up the city walls, and the technical requirements required are several levels higher. Liu Hou also sighed after listening to their descriptions, these people had already mastered some knowledge of directional blasting.

Their knowledge is in use today. Liu Hou ordered them to immediately study the blasting plan and implement directional blasting.

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