Chapter 288: Halle
Since time is running out for the rebels.
In this negotiation, Murong Fu was too lazy to bargain with the people of the military department, and directly asked for 30,000 longbows, 150,000 arrows, 10,000 sets of armor, 5,000 war horses, plus 10,000 catties of sulfur, saltpeter and other materials for making gunpowder.
Hearing Murong Fu's words, the officials of the military department directly felt numb.
"King Yan, you...... You want too much, and the lower official can't explain it to the official family when he goes back! β
Murong Fu said: "This is already the minimum requirement, otherwise if we lose, will you be able to live in peace?" β π.π ππ³π©π¦.π²π Ύπ
The official of the military department wiped the sweat from his head and said, "Drop a little, drop a little!" β
"Then what do you say!"
Murong Fu knew that it was almost impossible to come up with these at once, but negotiation, if you don't talk too big, how can you fight for benefits?
Fortunately, there are many people from the Murong family in the military department, and this official was also greeted before he came, so on the basis of Murong Fu's proposal, he reluctantly agreed after lowering a little.
In the end, the requirements of 15,000 longbows, 100,000 arrows, 6,000 sets of armor, 3,000 war horses, plus 7,000 catties of sulfur, saltpeter and other materials for making gunpowder were agreed.
It was convenient for the Great Song Dynasty to deliver these materials quickly, and Murong Fu did not hesitate to use the Condor to send these officials back to Beijing first.
In terms of the imperial court, Han Zhongyan and several ministers carried it, and these materials did not drag on for too long, but in half a month, they were transported from Bohai to Kaizhou, and Han Baizhan led all the people back to the city.
With the new equipment, Murong Fu naturally became more confident, and gathered all the three thousand divine machine battalions on the training island to make gunpowder.
Due to time and manpower, Murong Fu could only let them use bamboo tubes to make improvised explosives, not more advanced arquebuses, or even red-coated cannons.
After all, the soldiers and horses of the Khitan tribes have been assembled and are coming to Liaodong, and when they make these firearms, they are afraid that the daylilies will be cold!
Although Murong Fu had already hoarded a lot of well-made firearms, he had other arrangements in this battle, so he naturally would not easily use these artifacts that destroyed the city.
In the following month, a lot of improvised gunpowder was made, and for this reason, Murong Fu also specially asked the people of the Shenji Battalion to teach the whole army how to use these gunpowders.
The three most common of these are naturally the Tribulus terrestris fireball, the bamboo fire harrier, and the iron artillery.
The tribulus fireball is an iron ball, with hemp rope in the middle, one end is used to ignite, and the other end is used to throw, when the lead is ignited, it is thrown at the place where the enemy horse passes, and the hidden weapon hidden inside the iron thistle terrestris will be scattered with the help of the power of the explosion, to hurt the horse's legs and feet, and is dedicated to stopping the impact of the enemy horse.
The Bamboo Harrier is an ellipsoidal-shaped bamboo cage containing gunpowder, which can be used to cause explosions and burns when the enemy is attacking the city.
The last iron cannon is also the most powerful one, with different shapes, there are canister type, there are also gourd type, the shell is made of iron, and the iron pieces that fly out after the explosion are extremely powerful, and there is basically no armor to resist, similar to the grenades of later generations.
Because the iron artillery is too dangerous, only the people of the Shenji battalion will be equipped with it, such as the soldiers of the rest of the military camp, as long as they are equipped with the first two.
After seeing the power of these firearms, it undoubtedly increased everyone's confidence in winning this battle again.
In addition, for example, some simple gunpowder that can be used for bows and arrows, Murong Fu does not need to let the people of the Shenji Battalion make them, which greatly saves time and labor costs, and finally completed the preparation one day before the Khitan tribe's army arrived outside the city.
And Xiao Sese and Agu were also brought back to Juxian Village by Master Li with the Condor three days ago, which relieved You Tanzhi's worries.
Now the rebels are under martial law, just waiting for the big war to come.
On the city wall, Murong Fu looked at the dense Khitan tribe soldiers who were camped in the distance, and his eyes gradually became solemn.
Compared with 100,000 people, 200,000 soldiers and horses are really not a small number, and that sense of oppression is really incomparable.
At this time, the sky has darkened, and the Liao army will inevitably attack the city early tomorrow morning.
"Counting the time, Ah Zi's child is about to be born, right?"
Kang Min slowly walked to Murong Fu's side and said softly.
Murong replied: "I don't know if I can rush back in time!" β
"If you win this battle, you can give your child a good future, and you don't have to have too much pressure!"
Kang Min clenched Murong Fu's palm and said with relief.
"I've laid everything out, and I'm going to win this battle!"
Murong Fu held Kang Min's hand tightly, and his tone was full of confidence.
Kang Min looked at his handsome side face and the white hair on his sideburns that was blown by the cold wind like a cloud, and couldn't help but be a little stupid, and his eyes were full of affection.
"An encounter in the Hundred Flowers Society, the sky is not old, this love is inexorable......"
Kang Min caressed Murong Fu's face and recited affectionately.
Murong Fu stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, leaned over and kissed Kang Min's beautiful forehead lightly: "Life is long, if you are not by your side, how lonely?" β
Kang Min smiled softly and gently leaned into his arms, feeling indescribable happiness in his heart.
In the blink of an eye, in the early morning of the next day, the Khitan tribe army was shouting ten miles outside the city, the army was majestic, and the shouts and shouts rolled like thunder.
Murong Fu also changed into a silver-white armor at this time, with a sword hanging from his waist, and the whole person looked heroic and extraordinary, with a dignified majesty, which made people not be forced to look at.
In addition to Master Li, Kang Min and Cui Luhua also changed into armor, looking heroic and cool, and the women did not let their eyebrows be shaved!
In just over a month, Murong Fu mobilized all the forces under the Murong family, and finally temporarily gathered nearly 20,000 people and horses, and the rest of the people barely gathered enough 80,000 people to resist the Khitan tribe's army.
It seems that they have improved a lot in numbers, but since they are not trained, it can be said that they are not even recruits, and it is really difficult to predict how much combat power they can use.
"I'll kill the first person today!"
Looking at the Liao army calling for battle, Murong Fu immediately ordered to open the city gate and lead 20,000 soldiers and horses out of the city to fight the generals.
You Tanzhi and Yue Laosan, two disciples, followed him out of the city to meet the enemy.
At this time, as soon as the sound of Li Shishi's piano sounded, the soldiers beating the drums began to cheer as if they had received instructions, such as the mighty humming drums of heaven and earth, as if they could inspire people's hearts, whether it was the soldiers who went out of the city or the soldiers on the city wall, they all felt bold, and a heroic spirit went straight to the sky, and they could defeat thousands of troops.
Kang Min didn't understand why Murong Fu asked Master Li to play the qin on the city wall, but after hearing the thundering drums mobilized by her piano sound, he realized how important her role was.
It seems that with her, the rebels will be invincible, and they will be invincible!
Coming to the front of the battle, the Khitan tribe army was neatly lined up, and a solemn aura of slaughter came to the face, giving people a feeling like a flood beast, and the righteous army was like a small boat in the wind and rain, which would be devoured by this beast at any time!
However, listening to the sound of war drums, the faces of the rebels did not show half timidity, but were full of fighting spirit.
Murong Fu waved his hand to stop the rebels, and then rode his horse alone towards the enemy army.
And among the Khitan tribes, there is also a burly man with a mane and a burly body riding a horse.
At this time, the two armies were two or three miles apart, on the empty plain, the wind swept the dust, and the horses left traces, as the distance continued to close, both of them could clearly see each other's body and appearance, with scrutiny in their eyes.
"Leader of the Righteous Army, Murong Fu!"
"Great Khitan Chief, Halle!"
Listening to the other party's voice, Murong Fu was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect the other party to speak Chinese.
And Haler was also stunned for a moment, because the other party actually spoke Khitan.
After staying in the territory of Liao for several years, Murong Fu naturally also learned the Khitan language.
Although Halchara had always led his tribe to the far north, he also knew that the greatest enemy of the Liao State was the Great Song Dynasty, so he also learned some Chinese.
"I can't imagine that among the Khitan tribes, there are heroes like Your Excellency, it seems that in today's battle, the victory rate of our army will be reestimated!"
Murong Fu smiled, as if what he was in front of him was not an enemy, but an acquaintance.
Halcha's gaze was a little deep, and he said, "The leader of your army's great name has long been like thunder, but I didn't expect you to be even more arrogant than I thought!" β
In this situation, the other party still dares to say that he has a chance of winning, is it really that his 200,000 army is also those wastes led by King Zheng?
Murong Fu smiled lightly and said eloquently: "Sun Tzu's art of war is cloudy: there are many soldiers, but there is no martial arts, which is enough to combine forces, anticipate the enemy, and take people." β
"When marching and fighting, if you don't have the idea of victory and the heart of fear, how can you win?"
Khale Cha Ra has little knowledge of Chinese, and naturally he has never heard of "The Art of War" in Murong Fu's mouth, but he can roughly understand the meaning of it, and he immediately couldn't help laughing.
"Victory, fearlessness, I want to see how you can stand up to my tribal army!"
"Then we'll see!"
Murong Fu smiled faintly, and Hal turned his horse's head and returned to the army.
Murong Fu took off a longbow on horseback and shot three feather arrows and nailed them in front of the Liao army.
Halchala's face sank and said, "What a Murong Fu, who is going to kill him?" β
Beside him, a strong man with a double hammer offered to help, and Halle nodded and let him fight.
The strong man with the hammer in his hand rode out of his horse, and as he passed the place where the three arrows had been shot, he stooped down and broke one of the arrows in his hand, with a look of contempt in his eyes.
In the face of the enemy general's rush and killing, Murong Fu just stopped in place with a plain Le Ma, and the white horse under his crotch was extremely obedient, not even pacing in a small area, like a sculpture.
I saw that the strong man was wielding a double hammer, less than ten zhang away from Murong Fu, and the bloodthirsty color in his eyes was particularly visible, just when he had expected that Murong Fu was smashed to death by his own hammer, suddenly a dazzling white light flashed, and the scene in front of him swirled for a while.
Vaguely, he seemed to see his own body, and then a never-ending darkness enveloped him.