Chapter 61: Bu Qi's dying throes
Chapter 61: Buqi's Dying Struggle
As mentioned last time, the vulture bone led the troops to attack the Assassin's Mansion, but was met with fierce resistance from the mansion, and the door of the mansion that had been smashed open was closed again.
At this time, the vulture bone no longer had the strength to swing the sledgehammer to smash the door, and he was not in a hurry, waiting quietly in front of the door. The so-called dark under the lamp, in this position in front of the door, the Soochow archers who poked their heads out of the wall could not attack him, so he and three or five personal soldiers stood here very safely.
It didn't take long for ten tall rattan armor soldiers to carry a waist-thick piece of wood and walked over quickly, and it seemed that this giant tree was either a beam or a pillar that had been demolished from a large family.
I saw that these ten big men didn't stop for a moment, and rushed directly to the door. The archers who poked their heads out of the wall of the Assassin's Mansion swished and shot arrows at them, but the arrows were nailed to the rattan armor on their bodies, and they were unaware of it, and their footsteps did not stop.
At this time, the musketeers rushed over, and seeing the arrogance of the archers on the wall, without saying a word, they lined up in three rows and began to shoot at them. As a result, these archers were suppressed to death, and there was no longer a threat to the Shu army that was attacking outside.
The ten big men carried the giant tree and kept rushing to the direction of the mansion gate, and when they were about ten steps away from the mansion gate, a big man who was estimated to be the captain called out a password: "Run!" β
So, the ten big men began to trot, ran to the door, and took advantage of the inertia to hit the giant tree against the door, the giant tree was bounced back, and the big men were carried back by the giant tree four or five steps back, almost not controlling the giant tree, making it fall down.
After a period of chaos, Jumu was finally steadied on the shoulders of the ten big men. At the captain's command, they retreated about ten paces from the gate and began to charge again. After hitting the door 7 or 8 times, the temporary latch made of a newly inserted iron bar behind the door was bent again, and the pile of debris piled up behind the door was knocked out and backwards a little distance.
The door was slammed open again, a slit large enough for one person to enter sideways. The vulture bone glanced through the crack in this set of doors, only to see that the sword light was shining inside, and the figure was longing, obviously the Eastern Wu soldiers were already waiting inside, waiting for themselves and others to rush in, and then start fighting.
The vulture sneered, and the hideous face was like a ghost, and this smile could definitely stop the child's night cry. He beckoned to the back, and instead retreated to the base of the side wall, a few steps away from the gate.
With the gesture of the vulture bone, two soldiers quickly ran up from behind, they held torches in their left hands, and their waists were full of dark iron pineapples, which was one of the killer weapons of the Shu army - thunderbolts.
When they reached the front and back of the door, they quickly took off a thunderbolt from their waists, lit it with torches, and threw it into the crack of the door.
It takes a certain amount of time for the bolt bolt fuse to burn, so it doesn't explode so quickly when it is thrown in, the two grenadiers are very fast, they throw one and the other, ignite it and throw it again, if they each throw three thunderbolts, they finally stop, and quickly retreat to the base of the fence on both sides of the door, a few steps away from the gate.
As soon as they ran away a few steps, there was an explosion of "boom, boom, boom" inside the door, and the thunderbolts inside exploded one after another, and huge waves of air shot out through the crack in the door.
Ignoring the howl coming from inside the door, the vultures counted the explosions: "One, two, three, four...... Well? Four sounds, gone? He asked, looking at the grenadier beside him, puzzled.
The grenadier was also counting the explosions, and after waiting for a while, he heard no more explosions, so he touched the back of his head and said to the vulture in embarrassment:
"Five (vulture) generals, two of them did not sound, and it is estimated that other thunderbolt explosions affected them. In this kind of situation where multiple thunderbolts explode one after another, it is relatively easy for squibs to appear, and it is not surprising that two squibs are now produced. β
"Humph! It's useless! The vulture snorted coldly, and no longer spoke to this grenadier, but squeezed in through the crack in the door first, and his own soldiers saw that his general was rushing in front again, and he dared to slack off, so he also rushed in, and the other vine armor soldiers also poured into the Assassin's Mansion in a steady stream.
The grenadier: "Hey, hey! Di Han laughed a few times and didn't explain. Of course, he knew that the reason for the appearance of the squib was that the thunderbolt that exploded first blew up the lead of the thunderbolt that had not yet exploded, and even blew the thunderbolt body to pieces, but he also knew that explaining it to a vulture bone was similar to explaining it to a cow.
The vulture who entered the mansion saw the Eastern Wu soldiers lying on the ground behind the gate, some of them were killed by the explosion, and many of them were injured by the explosion, lying on the ground and wailing.
There were not many Eastern Wu soldiers who could still stand, all of them were far away from the door, and at this time, they were obviously frightened by the terrible weapons of the Shu army, and they all hid in the distance and cowered and did not dare to come up to deal with the vultures.
Naturally, the vulture bones would not be polite to them, and once again took the lead in chasing these surviving Eastern Wu soldiers and slashing them over. Strangely, there were not many soldiers left in the Assassin's Mansion, and it seemed that most of the soldiers were concentrated at the gate to prevent the Shu army from attacking through the main gate.
The Shu army quickly cleared most of the resistance in the mansion, and it was the vulture bones who were the first to storm the main hall.
After entering the main hall, the vulture bone suddenly saw Buqi Dama Jindao sitting on the main seat of the assassin history, holding a book in one hand, and looking at an oil lamp on the table. The strange thing is that it is still daytime, and the lobby is well lit, so why do you light an oil lamp?
As if sensing that someone was coming in, Bu Qi put down the book in his hand, looked up at the tall figure covered with rattan armor in front of him, and couldn't help but lose his mind for a short time. "This is really a god-like general, why don't there be such heavenly soldiers and generals under the lord?" Bu Qi sighed in his heart.
However, as the vulture bone approached step by step, he quickly woke up from his trance, and he said to the vulture: "Go and call Liu Chan to see the old man." β
"Yo he! You old immortal, why did you see our prince? "The vulture bone is a good match, I thought, you want to see the prince, and when I capture you, I will take you to see you, and you dare to let the prince come to see you with such a small appearance? It's wishful thinking. So, as he spoke, he kept walking, still walking step by step.
"Hmph, the old man is a step, the old man has something to say to Liu Chan, call him quickly, otherwise it will delay the matter, can you afford it?"
The vulture was about to continue to taunt Bu Qi when his face suddenly changed, because he smelled a smell of fire oil.
Originally, he didn't have any feelings for fire oil, but since he was blocked by Liu Hou in the Snake Valley and threatened with dead leaves and fire oil, he was interested in fire oil, a thing that could turn the rattan armor on his body into a torch at any time, he was most afraid of this thing, therefore, he also knew this thing best, and he was extremely familiar with the taste of this thing.
As soon as he entered the lobby, he smelled the smell, and at first it didn't attract his attention, until he got closer and closer to Buqi, and the smell at the end of his nose grew bigger and bigger, and he finally realized that it was the smell of fire oil, the smell of many, many fire oils.
He scanned around vigilantly, and finally found that the hall was sprinkled with wet liquid, and there were several jars in some hidden places, and there was an oil lamp lit on the table in front of the middle-aged man named Buqi, an oil lamp that he could reach.
The vulture bone instantly broke out in a cold sweat, even if he was nervous, even if he dared to rush and kill alone in the midst of thousands of troops, but in the face of the storage that could turn himself into a torch at an instant, he couldn't help but stand on end.
"Okay, since you want to see the prince, I will fulfill you, you wait here, I will call him." As he spoke, the vulture cautiously retreated, exiting the lobby, and as he retreated, his eyes staring at Bu Qi for a moment, for fear that he would suddenly set fire to the lobby.
Looking at the movements of the vulture bones, Bu Qi's eyes couldn't help but darken, and he thought, "I didn't expect this barbarian general to be so vigilant." Isn't it said that barbarians are simple-minded? It seems that he has seen through my arrangement, if that is the case, will Liu Chan still come? β
Thinking of this, he shook his head and sighed again. He arranged this scene today, just to lure this prince of Shu Han to come over and talk to him, and then take the opportunity to set fire to it and die with him.
Now it seems that he can't hide his thoughts from even a barbarian, and he now understands how incompetent, ignorant, and naΓ―ve he is.
He was a studious student since he was a child, thinking that he had learned a skill, and when he met a master like Sun Quan, he was preparing to repay Sun Quan's kindness and promotion with his skills.
In fact, his career was very prosperous, under Sun Quan's hands, he was reused, his talents were given the opportunity to give full play, the official became bigger and bigger, and finally achieved the history of a state assassin and a feudal official. Over time, Bu Qi believed that the position of prime minister was just a natural thing for him.
However, at today's last moment, he wants to use the last means of exhaustion, but he is so easily recognized by a barbarian, is this his own incompetence or what is the reason?
In the battle against the Shu army, Bu Qi suffered a series of blows, causing him to lose confidence in himself and doubt his life. In fact, his strategy is not bad, but his luck is too bad.
If his attempt hadn't been discovered by the vultures, it was really possible that he would have succeeded in setting fire to death or burning Liu Hou. Unfortunately, he was unlucky, and he came across a vulture with a dog-like nose.
The vulture lives in the jungle, and despite his high stature, he is brave and aggressive, advocating martial arts, and often enjoys hunting. Stalking prey in the jungle is sometimes based on taste and breath, so the vulture has a good sense of smell.
The key thing is that since the vulture fell into Liu Hou's trap and joined Liu Hou, he completely realized the only weakness of the vine armor, and it was also the fatal weakness, that is, he was afraid of fire. Therefore, he is particularly sensitive to igniting things, especially fire oil, which is the most sensitive to things that are easy to extinguish and difficult to extinguish.
In another person, it is really not necessary to find the trap of Buqi, maybe he will be fooled by Buqi and stupidly invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come and meet with Buqi, and when the time comes, Liu Hou will be killed by them and I don't know what happened.