One hundred and seventy-eight chapters of demonism

The earth trembled.

With a loud sound that was about to tear the heavens and the earth, a dazzling red light that seemed to come from hell suddenly bloomed. Black smoke rose into the air, flames rose in the smoke, tongues of fire were swallowing and licking, rubble was flying, followed by a powerful shock wave, swept like a hurricane, everything within dozens of feet was swept into it, the human body flew in the air like a piece of paper, and then smashed down, falling into a huge cloud of smoke and dust that rolled and swept on the ground, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of sulfur.

Ji Shu got up, his ears buzzing. The people around them also got up one after another, looking around in horror. Someone looked in the direction of the thief to the west, then widened his eyes and pointed out, and his mouth screamed "ah, ah".

The smoke and dust gradually cleared, revealing a mess all over the ground. The human body lay down horizontally, for a long time, some people struggled to get up one after another, turning in circles in a daze, desperately remembering what had just happened, until they looked up and saw the towering Kaifeng city wall, they woke up like a dream, crying and staggering to the west. Most of these lucky ones were people in the second row, and the two large shields kept out the rubble and the shock wave, and many of them were only overturned or slightly injured. The guys in the first row were far from so lucky, and most of them had already died on the spot, and the scene was terrible. Many of the sturdy shields had been turned into life-seeking wooden blocks and stuck in their masters' bodies, many of the remnants had been beaten into pieces of flesh by the flying stones, and most of the corpses were still naked: as they tossed in the air, the shockwave easily tore off their clothes and trousers, and their limbs were scorched black and red by the scorching fire.

Zhang Hu, Niu Youtian and dozens of Ma Wei stood behind the soldiers who had set up a charging posture. Although the city wall was more than 100 zhang away, the shock wave from the explosion still pushed the soldiers in front of them backwards several steps away, and the array was completely out of order. The horses were also frightened, and after a long neigh, they rose to their feet, and several of them were thrown off their horses and fell heavily to the ground. Zhang Hu was born in the horse army, has already formed muscle memory, riding skills are far from ordinary people comparable, the brain has not yet reacted, the mouth has been drinking "huh, huh", the arm tightened the reins, and did everything possible to restrain the mount, looking at Kaifeng City in the east in horror.

The city wall is still standing majestically in the smoke and dust, and there is no trace of damage!

What the fuck is going on?!

How could such a big explosion not be able to blow up a broken wall with so many holes?

Zhang Hu's legs clamped the horse's belly, and the routs who fled back in the face of crying and rushing to the ground galloped towards the city wall. You must see what is going on, if you are evil, we don't believe it! "Be careful!" Niu Youtian and several guards hurriedly whipped and followed.

Guo Yinqiao's artillery crew was also overturned to the ground. The tiger squatted a few steps away, the ripper was screaming heartbreakingly, Lao Guo leaned over and looked: It's nothing, it's just that his left forearm was smashed and fractured. Squeezing it with his hand, the guy screamed even more harshly. Fortunately, it seems that it is only broken in two, and the broken bone does not pierce the skin, and he turned around and asked Lang Zhong to tie it with a splint, as long as it doesn't burn up in two days, there will be nothing wrong with it, and this arm can be saved. What happened to the thief? Lao Guo helped the Ripper and a few brothers who got up to look out of the wall, just in time to meet the gaze of Zhang Hu, who was standing on the edge of the trench and looking at the city.

Zhang Hu galloped to the outer trench to look at the city wall, several holes in front of him were blackened by gunpowder, it should be much larger than the original plan, the entrance of the cave was burned black masonry wolf tooth dog gnawed outward, at first glance it looks like a monster with its open mouth and teeth, staring for a while can not see why, but feel that the black hole in front of him seems to be more and more deep, the bottomless kind of black, it seems to capture people's souls. Zhang Hu shook his head and looked at the city, and happened to see several bald skulls from Guo Yinqiao's artillery team looking down!

I see!

There are great men in this city!

Zhang Hu gasped: These bald guys are clearly monks in the Zhou Palace! No wonder......

Guo Yinqiao is not only bald, but all of his faces are swollen - Lao Guo was pumped by Zhang Guerrilla, and the others were pumped by Lao Guo - at this distance, which is not far away, Zhang Hu can of course only look at a general outline, plus he is shocked, and it is not surprising to regard these monsters with pig-headed bald brains as demons who can do evil magic.

Seeing the enemy general with distinct armor so close to him, Guo Yinqiao was also shocked, and couldn't help shrinking, and the broken arm of the Ripper leaning on him was in sharp pain, and he screamed again. But in Zhang Hu's eyes, a group of living ghost-like guys were crowded together, two of them with their heads together, and when they looked at him, suddenly one of the guys who couldn't see his eyes suddenly slammed into his body, and the other let out a terrible scream with a grin...... This is fucking going to cast a demon spell on our old man!

Without any further hesitation, Zhang Hu pulled his horse and ran, shouting in his mouth: "Run, run, run, there is a demon method!" "Take Niu Youtian and the others back to the camp with a smoke.

The officers and soldiers on the wall were also overturned by the huge earthquake caused by the explosion, and when they got up, no one dared to believe their eyes: there were more than 1,000 corpses of thieves outside the city, and they were unharmed...... And what caused all this was the thieves who wanted to blow up the city!

What is the straw bag that covers the hole in the thick of a rammed earth layer that is several feet thick and has been rammed into a single piece? When the explosion occurs, the shield is lifted in milliseconds, and a huge amount of energy erupts from the gap - the principle is actually the same as that of the Tiger Squat Cannon, but it is magnified several times. However, at that time, everyone did not understand the principle of explosion, and one of the most learned people in the empire, Song Yingxing, explained it in his famous "Heavenly Creation": "Where gunpowder, sulfur is pure yang, nitrate is pure yin, the two essences are combined, the sound becomes a change, and this Qiankun conjures up a divine object!" "Well, it's no wonder that to this day there are still people who firmly believe that the five elements of yin and yang are the truth of the universe that can explain all mysteries, let alone the Ming Dynasty? Since I don't know that the huge energy will erupt from the weakest place when it explodes, it must be certain and certain, it can only be blessed by the gods and Buddhas!

Everyone on the wall knelt down, including those civil officials who said last time, "Zi is silent, strange and confused" - the living "miracles" are displayed in front of their eyes again and again, and they don't thank God for their favor, are you looking for the thunder of the sky?

Zhang Hu and the others who fled looked back in a hurry, and saw that all the officers and soldiers in the city were kneeling and praying to the sky, and they strengthened their judgment: If it wasn't for the masters to invite the immortals, what would they worship?

The evidence is ironclad!

Because he was afraid of being hit by Zhang Dechang's mouth again, Guo Yinqiao commanded the artillery crew to reset the artillery with all hands and feet, but he didn't notice the thin crack in the belly of the cannon body. However, Lao Guo was too worried, and at this time, General Zhang was lying on the wall and kowtowing, and his mouth kept muttering to thank Yue Wumu for his blessing. That's right, General Zhang worships King Yue.

After returning to the camp and sighing for a long time, Zhang Jiucheng came back with six cannons. According to him, the water has receded a lot, but the mud is still knee-high in many places, and the large army will definitely not be able to pass through - of course, there will be no big troops there in Luofu, and after a cursory look, Zhang Jiucheng estimated that there must be seven or eight thousand of the drowned officers and soldiers, and the actual data must be much more than this, at least there is no need to worry about that direction.

While a few people were talking, the garrison soldiers came to report that Fang Ge had returned, and the forward battalion had driven five miles away. Hearing this, Zhang and Niu both breathed a sigh of relief: the losses in the past few days have been too great, and the morale has been very low, and it is just the right time for this new force to come back. It didn't take long for Fang Ge to enter the tent. According to him, the harvest of this sweep was quite fruitful, and although the dog officials in several counties had fled, the property of Dingkou in Chenliu, Tongxu, and Qixian counties was all seized. Hearing Zhang Hu and Niu Youtian talk about Kaifeng City actually inviting immortals to help in the battle, Fang Ge's heart moved, he opened his mouth, but swallowed back the words on his lips.

Because artillery is expensive, gunners are of course scarce talents. None of Zhang Hu's gang had let go of the cannon, Fang Ge originally had two small cannons, he was exiled for thousands of miles, he had lost them a long time ago, and the gunner was also dead. But this is not difficult for Zhang Hu, these guys are already lawless, as the saying goes, the ignorant are fearless, bold and careless of human life, Deputy Marshal Niu raised his finger a few times, and the six guns had their own "artillery crew". That night, everyone washed the mud in the cannon chamber, and the auxiliary soldiers picked up dozens of shells from the head of Kaifeng City to hit the field, and the next day they flocked to the west wall of Kaifeng again.

After consuming so many lives in vain a few days ago, Zhang Hu decided to change his tactics today: switch to artillery bombardment to see if he can collapse the city wall. I was afraid that the "monks" I had seen yesterday didn't dare to get too close, so I only ordered the cannon to be pushed forward, and a few people still hid behind the formation and observed from a distance.

Knowing that there were "gods and Buddhas to help in the war", the defenders' confidence was greatly increased, and when they saw that the thieves actually pushed a few cannons over, they were not not afraid, but they were not in a hurry to shoot, but they stretched out their heads one by one and stared, waiting to see how the gods would clean up this group of thieves who did not know how to die today.

Six cannons lined up, and the "gunners" began to reload gunpowder. Zhang Dashuai ordered to fire a cannon first, so a strange sound of "bang" announced the beginning of today's siege battle. A burst of fire burst out of the cracks in the muzzles, and the cannonballs were slowly discharged, and after only flying five or six feet, they fell to the ground with a clatter, and the defenders on the wall who were watching the excitement with their necks stretched out and laughed backwards. It was only at this time that a "high-tech talent" who had "rich experience" in the Lizhou artillery group remembered: After the gunpowder was loaded, some mud should be stuffed into the gun chamber to seal it, and then it should be tamped with a wooden horse, and then it could be loaded!

In order to save face, the two "talents" muttered a few words and began to recharge. The Guo Yinqiao artillery crew on the wall looked at it dumbfounded, and Lao Guo touched his bald head and muttered, "What are you going to do on Donkey Day?" Pretend to be a lot of medicine and blow up your turtle grandson! The rest of the group also pointed their fingers.

Zhang Hu saw a few monks from a distance and gestured to the cannon in the air, and secretly said, "Not good!" "Just as he was about to make a warning sound, the torches were pressed towards the fire door......

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the cannon pointed at by the monks who had "cast a curse" exploded as Lao Guo expected, the cannon body cracked, and the entire artillery crew was blown into the air.

The muffled sound of a corpse hitting the ground with a few "pops, pops" announced the end of today's offensive.

"Good boy!"

Zhang Hu and the two deputy marshals looked at each other, their eyes full of fear.

"Or ...... Retire, right? Ushida asked tentatively.

"There is no way, it seems that I have to withdraw from the army." Zhang Hu replied.

"Don't rush yet. I've heard of a way to try it in Sichuan. Fang Ge stared at the few monks who had just "done the Fa" on the wall, and a hideous light flashed in his eyes.

A terrible tragedy is about to unfold.