The Surgeon's Guide to Survival in the Royal Palace, Section 142
"Where's your cannon? Call me back. โ
Compared with the gunpowder made by the Qingyang Daoist and the gunpowder with TNT and white phosphorus, it seems to be a child showing off his fists and feet in front of adults, and there is no comparison in power, destructive power, and momentum.
Xuanwei was also a little blown up at the moment, and even began to run away when he saw the ship that had been ignited:
"Let's go, our artillery can't be so far."
And at this moment, Ning Ji saw the man in Taoist robes who came out of the barracks opposite, the fire in his eyes had been ignited, and he loaded the โกโก again, the distance was not enough, because the other party's military camp could not be directly by the river, but Ning Ji still fired an incendiary bomb in that direction.
Although the incendiary bomb did not fall on Xuanwei's body, Ning blamed the iron beads in this ammunition, and the violent explosion of TNT shattered the wrapped iron into fragments and shot out along with the iron balls.
"Ahh
Crazy shouts came from the other side of the river, Xuanwei's arm was pierced by an iron ball, Xiao Huai saw the high watchtower on the opposite side, and the roots of his teeth itched with hatred, but he had nothing at hand to shoot over, even the best archers in the battalion could not shoot arrows 300 meters.
"Quick, split the boat, disperse, quick."
Xiao Huai realized that the other party's target was his ship, and immediately urgently asked people to disperse the boats, Ning Zhi looked at the panicked movements on the other side, he didn't want to burn all the ships, but just chose a lucky one among these ships, and then bombarded the cannon fire.
There was a wail in the camp on the opposite side, people kept falling into the water, and people kept rushing over to put out the fire, Xiao Huai commanded his men to sail the boat to the shore, Wu Han didn't think of this situation, when he came out, he was shocked by the artillery fire that could be fired directly from the other bank, they didn't know how far this cannon could shoot, and the horror in his eyes was overflowing.
Ning Ji watched this scene one by one, looking at those who fled with their heads in their hands, their eyes flushed scarlet, just a few boats were not enough.
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Chapter 107: Rather Kill Red Eye
For the battlefield at this moment, the most terrifying thing is not the sword that stabbed over, nor the arrow feathers they are familiar with, but the explosives that they don't know how far they can hit and may fall on their bodies at any time.
In the hearts of most soldiers, this Fen River is a moat, and no matter how powerful Li Yan and Yan Yunzhou are, without a boat, it is impossible for them to grow wings and fly over.
They were stationed here without fear, and no one thought that Ning Yao's artillery fire could be directly hit.
"General, let's withdraw."
The explosion of TNT was so loud that the accompanying flames would stick to the body, and soldiers continued to jump into the water, like dumplings, and it was the first time to experience such powerful artillery fire, so that many people were directly blinded.
Xiao Huai looked at the several ships that had been set on fire, his heart was dripping blood, he could only keep commanding and let them disperse the boats, and Wu Han was about to crush his fists.
In the last sneak attack, he watched Yan Yunzhou fall with his own eyes, Yan Yunzhou's body was categorically impossible to get up again at this moment, and even if he was lucky, he couldn't say if he was killed directly.
He has been waiting these days, waiting for news from the other side, as long as Yan Yunzhou dies, Li Yan alone will not be able to achieve much climate.
But no one thought that they didn't wait for the news of Yan Yunzhou's death, but waited for today's unknown explosives.
Ning Ji looked coldly at the scene in front of him in the scope, looking at the boats that scattered and fled from the direction of the shore, the boats were fast when they were downstream, and at this time they naturally gave priority to running downstream.
And the place where they crossed the river was upstream, and the distance from here was more than ten kilometers, and the leader of the troops was Li Han, and there was no boat to transport troops upstream, so as long as Li Han could kill the other party's sentries as much as possible as he planned and try to get to the other side, he could delay the time as much as possible, so that more soldiers could cross the river.
Wu Han's teeth were almost crushed, and he couldn't swallow such a dumb man:
"Order, let the flotilla cross the river around the position of the artillery fire, land on the shore, and bring all the artillery fire with it."
He saw that the reason why the cannon could shoot so far was because of the high lookout, and as long as he was far away from the lookout, he didn't believe that the cannon could still shoot at it.
Xiao Huai's heart was also angry, but he was angry, Li Yan was even more angry, last time they bypassed the artillery fire and calculated Yan Yunzhou.
This time, he expected that after Ning Yao's artillery fire passed, they would not be able to help but fight back, so it was just right, as long as they dragged Wu Han and Xiao Huai here, they would not divide their efforts to go upstream.
Ning Qi was still on the lookout, looking at the nearly ten large ships docked by the river on the opposite bank that had been engulfed in flames.
The soldiers on the shore either boarded the ship to attack, or had already retreated behind the security line, and the artillery fire did not have much effect, so he picked up the scope and stood up.
He didn't know that at this moment, he made many veterans in the army remember it for many years, and many years later, there were rumors in the military camp that this almost god-like battle, a man dressed in black, a cannon, and a whole navy fled in a hurry.
Only Ning Zhi himself knew that his palms were covered with cold sweat at the moment, and when he looked down again, he found that it was so high.
The few shots he had just aimed at made his spirit almost highly concentrated, his adrenaline was soaring, and when he stood up, he found that his hands and feet were a little weak, and he held the scope in his hand, not knowing how he got off the high platform.
It wasn't until his feet stood on the ground and looked at the raging fire on the other side that he really felt that he had returned to the real world, and Li Yan had already received a tip:
"Your Highness, a ship is coming downstream."
Li Yan ordered troops almost immediately, and Ning Qi had no intention of going back, but pulled a horse from the side and stepped up, Li Yan saw that he didn't even wear armor and was a little worried:
"Ning Gongzi stay, if something happens to you, what should Brother Yan do?"
Ning blame didn't look at it at all and retreated:
"I'm going to watch those bastards die."
It was the first time for Li Yan to feel such an obvious killing intent on Ning Yao's body, so he didn't persuade him again.
Without the lookout, the distance of artillery fire would not be so large, Xiao Huai would naturally avoid all the places where artillery was erected on the shore, and would rather ride a horse by Li Yan's side:
"Your Highness, our cannons can't be pulled directly at the moment, but their ships should be set up to throw gunpowder, and we can't get too close."
Xiao Huai did have the idea of fighting, and they all saw that the gunpowder was fired from the lookout, but the distance between the two sides of the Fen River was not far.
There was only one lookout they could see on the other side, and they drove downstream, without having to go ashore, as long as they avoided the lookout, they could fire their guns in the river.
Li Yan nodded:
"This time the opportunity is rare, since they are willing to move, we will find a way to take the opposite boat, but they may not dare to come up at this moment."
If you want to take the ship, you have to let them dock, but those people must have learned to be smart enough to deter them with the artillery fire, and it is impossible to dare to come up again as they did during the sneak attack before.
Ning Ji looked in the direction of the downstream, and his eyes sharpened:
"Then only give them two ways, either surrender or die, Your Highness, let people pull the nearest artillery fire over."
Li Yan instantly understood what Ning Ji wanted to do, his cannon could hit the opposite bank, so there should be a way to hit the boat in the river, no one is not afraid of death, and the trick of killing a hundred is just as good as it is on the battlefield.
Ning Qi rode on his horse, looking at the warship that was already faintly visible in the distance, now their biggest problem was the lack of mobility of the artillery, and it was indeed a time-consuming and laborious job to pull the iron guy on land, so thinking about it, he was even more imperative to the ship in front of him.
Having a boat is not only convenient when crossing the river, but also taking the city along the Fen River will also get twice the result with half the effort, and the most important thing is that if Yan Yunzhou takes a boat, it is much more comfortable than bumpy on the road.
The transition from the era of cold weapons to hot weapons could be completed in a short time, and for a while the sound of artillery fire on the shore continued, and Li Yan ordered to shoot the ships with arrows, which gave Xiao Huai hope.
From the last time, he had seen the guns along their shores, the guns were pitch black, and they looked very bulky, and it was certainly not very easy to move such artillery fire.
So it seems that their artillery fire is very powerful, but in fact, it can only hit within a certain range.
Having made up his mind, Xiao Huai ordered the ship to go further downstream, the speed of the ship could be very fast, and he had to outrun the artillery on the shore before it was possible to land and strangle.
Ning Ji saw the other party's intentions in an instant, he and Li Yan glanced at each other, and the person obviously saw it, and Ning Ji spoke directly:
"It's too late to wait for the cannon, I remember the last time I saw that kind of big slingshot in the army, Your Highness, we can use the slingshot to drop ammunition."
Li Yan also knew Xiao Huai's intentions, Xiao Huai was to avoid the artillery fire along the coast, so once he reached the downstream, he would inevitably try to get to the shore as much as possible, and at that time, even a good slingshot hand could also project gunpowder.
Ning Qi had never used a slingshot, and distributed all the ammunition he brought over to the good hands in the barracks, and those soldiers looked at the iron egg in front of them and couldn't hide their excitement:
"Ning Gongzi, this, is this the ammunition that was shot just now?"
Ning Yi nodded:
"That's right, there are two kinds of ammunition, these clay pots are ordinary explosives, the kind you used on the battlefield.
This iron is the ammunition that we just fired, this ammunition is powerful, and it will ignite, and after a while, you will follow the order of the flag, and the red flag will put this explosive, do you know? โ
"Yes."
Li Yan kept ordering the soldiers to use arrows as a guide to chase the boats on the river and shoot, and sure enough, when they reached a spacious flat land downstream, the boats on the river began to slowly move towards them, and Xiao Huai was hidden in the rear:
"Prepare for artillery fire, and in a moment they will open fire as soon as they emerge."
Li Yan held down his generals, Xiao Huai's warship was getting closer and closer, Li Yan's hand had already raised the flag, and he didn't know much about Ning Yao's cannon.
But he had a good idea of how far this slingshot could shoot, and his eyes were on the ship little by little, calculating the distance, and finally, the red flag in his hand fell:
"Put."
The artillery fire on both sides was almost at the same time, the explosion sounded in the ears, and the dust was raised by the cannon shot by Xiao Huai.
Even if they were a little far away, but with so much artillery fire, they could feel the shaking of the ground, and Ning Qi restrained the somewhat frightened horse and looked at everything in front of him coldly.
Glancing past the heavy black smoke and blown up dust, he looked at the warship in the river, the two ships in front of him were already tilted a little, the mast had fallen, and the ship began to emit white smoke, and then it ignited billowing black smoke.
Ning Qi knew that the black smoke was the gunpowder containing white phosphorus that ignited the hull of the ship, and it was the smoke emitted by the burning of the hull itself, and the two ships were carrying a lot of soldiers, but they didn't see the cannon on the shore, where did the gunpowder come from? The soldiers in the cabin all ran out, and the ferocious fire could not be extinguished on the ship.
There was already a commotion in the flotilla, the bombed ship was out of control, and several boats on one side were urgently avoiding it to avoid collisions, and the fleet, which was still in order, had become a headless fly at the moment, and it was obviously blinded by these cannons.
Li Yan immediately ordered to shout at this time:
"Surrender, those who come ashore will not be killed."
The shout reached Xiao Huai's ears, his face was already pale, and the Xuanwei Daoist who was brought to the ship by him was already as pale as earth at this moment, he had tried the power of artillery, and their artillery would never have such power.
"Surrender, go ashore, or there will be no mercy."
The roar of the soldiers on the shore shook the sky, Ning Yao's hand clenched the reins, and when Li Yan gave the order, he ordered the slingshot man to hit the boat at the bottom, and at this moment the boat had been planted in the river, and it was not easy for the boat behind to turn around.
"One more warning, go ashore, or there will be no mercy."
Ning Ji suddenly narrowed his eyes, and he saw that the man in Dao robe who came out of the ship behind him was Xuan Wei, very good, his hand suddenly clenched the knife he held on the battlefield last time.
Li Yan went to the side of the slingshot man and pointed to the front and ordered:
"Change the gunpowder, blast it in the water next to their boat, and remember not to hurt the boat."
At this moment, Xiao Huai had no way to retreat, their boat had already approached the shore on this side, and there was no way to turn around and go back, explosives kept falling in the water next to their boat, and he knew that this was the last warning.
In Yan Yunzhou's courtyard in the city, Yan Yunzhou had been listening to the sound outside, and the sound of the artillery fire had stopped at this time, he propped himself up, and when he arrived at the door, Dark Xuan and Zou Xiaohu were both guarding outside, and Dark Xuan saw Yan Yunzhou coming out and hurriedly went over to help him:
"Lord Wang, why are you up?"
"Why did the cannon fire stop outside?"
Although Dark Xuan didn't go out, the person who reported the news came over after a while to deliver the news:
"Fang Cai Ning Gongzi was on the lookout, and the artillery fire directly hit the flotilla on the opposite shore, and several boats were sunk, and at this moment, the opposite flotilla had fled downstream."
When Dark Xuan said this, he couldn't hide his excitement, the artillery fire went directly to the opposite shore, and one person and one cannon forced back the opposite sailor, which he didn't dare to think, Yan Yunzhou immediately spoke:
"What about people now?"
"His Royal Highness took the men and horses to the downstream to pursue, and Ning Gongzi also went with him."
Yan Yunzhou's eyebrows tightened suddenly, he knew that Li Yan must be heading for the opposite ship, and it was inevitable that there would be a battle downstream, and Ning Yan's current situation was really not suitable for seeing such a bloody scene again: