Chapter 59 Thorns
At dawn, Gongshuji, who had arrived, ordered a fire to explode. Seeing Mars sinking into the reserved concrete holes, the sealer corrected his worries about whether the gunpowder would go out. There was a loud bang, and the holes spewed out white smoke and flames, and the rocks instantly exploded from the mountain. The gravel flew, the branches and leaves rustled.
The explosion was not just a sound. There were twenty-six holes, and there were nine holes in the first bend. Nine holes ignited at the same time and exploded in turn according to the distance between each other. The nine explosions were deafening, and the birds in the woods flew up in a scream, black and covered the sky of the mountain stream. Even more unexpected things happened suddenly: two tiger roars came not far away.
More than ten tons of gunpowder caused such consequences. The engineer in charge of ignition was so shocked that he stuck out his tongue. No one knew that the tiger was so close to him. It seemed to be on the ridge on the left side of the mountain stream.
"How?" The mountain stream was full of smoke, and Gongshuji could not see the result of the explosion. Some gravel fell on his head helmet just now.
"Good." The engineer rushed out of the simple bunker and stepped forward a few dozen steps to finally see clearly what happened after the explosion. As expected, the first bend of gravel either fell in the Wangchuan water or on the south side of the mountain road. This was the first bend, and the south side of the bend was a mountain stream of 500 meters wide, and the gravel did not need to be cleaned.
"Serious." Gongshuji was not surprised by this result, but he still asked the person beside him, "Do you want nine times?"
"Of course, nine tones are also." He had asked this question once. Nine holes were blown up, and no one could be leaked.
"Serious." Gongshuji nodded and said again: "Blast again."
Follow the first bend, and face the second bend, walking about one and a half miles to the left along the mountain, then you will reach the top of the second bend, about half a mile and a half miles to the right along the mountain, then you will reach the top of the last bend. There are twenty-six holes, nine of the first bends, seventeen of the second bends, and there are actually no holes in the third bend.
The cliff was slashed inward with a very steep slope, and the gunpowder was piled at the foot of the cliff seven or eight feet deep. When the two bends in front were drilled and exploded, the cliff was led by Feng Renjiu to build a very thick concrete wall next to the cliff, and more than 200 tons of gunpowder were buried under the cliff. Gongshuji's only worry was whether the concrete solidified completely, rather than the power of more than 200 tons of gunpowder.
The gate of Lantian City was closed, and the west of the Ba River was full of Jing people. Hearing that the earth-shaking roars were constantly coming from the west of the Ba River, everyone in the Qin camp was shocked. The word "witchcraft" had been spread from the mouths of the elite soldiers who reinforced Guanzhong. Hearing this roar, the Qin soldiers in the military tent were still frightened even if they did not tremble.
The Qin people valued utilitarianism and were benevolent and righteous, so they were happy when they heard about war. But if the war could not gain utilitarianism and instead suffered losses, why did the Qin people need to fight? Over the past ten years, every battle with the Jing people was defeated, so that the soldiers shook their heads when they heard about the Jing people. Fighting with the Jing people was a total loss-making business, and they had to pay for a bad life. However, due to the harsh military discipline, they could only hold on here silently, hoping that they would not die in battle tomorrow.
That night, most of the Qin soldiers had difficulty falling asleep, but Xia Yang, as a trap, couldn't sleep. Because he was following his tattoos and was immersed in the overwhelming Ba River. If he hadn't been holding a wooden barrel, he would have drowned in the water, so he could not swim.
During the day, the earth in Guanzhong was extremely hot, but in the middle of the night, the water flowing into the deep mountains was extremely cool. This coolness accompanied by the rippling waves of the body, which was very comfortable, so comfortable that it made people feel like they wanted to die in the water. However, this thought was only a moment, and after a moment, Xia Yang thought of his wife and children. He shuddered in the water and shocked a splash of water.
"Yeah!" You bit the wooden cube on the tattoo in front of you, unable to make a sound, and could only look back with a slight muffled sound. While looking back, he looked at the crescent moon in the sky again. Just a few days after the new sun, the crescent moon was curved, and the stars were extremely bright.
The Ba River in this season is five or sixty steps wide. When I look back at the tattoo, the Heifeng and others in the front have already stepped on the water plants to the shore. The Heifeng came ashore, and Xiayang also saw that the Ba River on both sides of the left and right sides had landed on the shore. This night attack was not dozens, hundreds, but thousands and tens of thousands.
The Ba River flowed under the Bailu Plain. The soldiers who were landing on the shore drew their swords and held their swords, and all of them were low and crawling toward the plateau hundreds of steps away. Xia Yang followed everyone, and his heart beat faster the more he climbed up. He lived in Xianyang and had never read military books, but he had read thousands of news about the Great Chu in Yingdu, with special editions of the military affairs.
He was sure that this night attack would not have any effect, and would only increase casualties. But thinking that the soldiers who died were taken away, he could only smile bitterly. With the reflection of the sky, he saw Heifeng and several people climbing to the top of the plateau. His heart was immediately tightened and he thought he would hear the sound of fighting and drums, but as expected, he soon turned around and waved to the people under the plateau.
There was nothing on the plateau, only the empty military tents discarded by the Qin army. The military tents were endless, without a trace of lights or voices. It was dark in front of them under the vague starlight.
"Dongdong, dongdong, dongdong..." The warning drum sounded just now, and it was probably the other teams of trapped soldiers who were discovered by the Chu army. With a "puff", the black beard spitted out the wooden foy in his mouth and shouted quickly: "Kill!"
"Kill--!" More than ten people shouted and rushed forward with Heifeng. According to military orders, they must seize five heads before they can return to report. If they can obtain ten heads, the guilty person can atone for his sins, and the innocent person can be awarded the title.
The Jing people were not on guard, which was a good time to kill the head. Even Xia Yang, who was sure that the night attack would not have any effect in advance, couldn't help but chase after him and rushed towards the continuous military tent under the starlight. But before he ran far, he saw that the black shadows in front of him fell most of them, and even if they didn't fall, he stopped.
"How?" Tattoo shouted, and then he also tripped.
"Thorns are!" someone shouted, feeling like he was hitting into the thorn bush. The sharp thorns pierced the long robe and tars on his body, and pierced deeply into the flesh.
Hearing the shouts of his comrades, Xia Yang, who had stopped, reached out and grabbed a few times, immediately grabbed a thorn, but the thorn was not soft at all, and only felt hard and hot. He broke it hard and couldn't break it at all. He thought of something in his mind and shouted quickly: "This is a huge silk screen!"
The Chu State's giant iron armor was the world. He focused on the rest of the matter in Yingdu except for buying copper. An information previously mentioned that the Chu State could make giant iron wire. This giant iron wire can make giant wire mesh, and the other is the one that can make Mo Xiangjia. The thorn on his hand is hard and hot. Hard is the characteristic of giant iron. The hot one is because the weather is too hot.
Xia Yang's shouting was useless. Heifeng and others rushed too fast and had already rushed into several giant wire mesh. These giant wire mesh were loosely curled on the ground, with inverted hooks tied every few inches of the silk. If people struggled freely, they would only be hooked tighter and tighter. Heifeng and others who didn't understand this not only struggled, but also swung their swords and spears to cut off the giant wire that was wrapped around them. They found that they could not cut it off. Several people who couldn't stand the pain finally bit them with their teeth.
With a violent struggle, the tinplate jar hanging on the giant iron wire began to sound the 'Krakela'. The Qin people shouted and shouted, "It's okay to do anything, but they can't pull the giant wire mesh to make the tinplate jar tied inside. Once they heard the sound, the archer who was sitting waiting shouted: "It's ready..., let it go!"
‘Swoosh swish swish swish…’, the sound of arrows leaving the strings, the feather arrow flew into the bright starry sky, and then fell rapidly from the bright starry sky. The screams rang out. When I heard the screams, the faster the arrows shot, the more accurate they were, until there was no sound in front of me.
There were first shouts of killing on the west bank of the Ba River, and then there were screams. The plateau was a hundred meters high and stood on the warships. Zhao Ying, the Qin general who was urging the soldiers to launch a night attack, did not know what was going on the plateau, but only some soldiers who ran down to Bailuyuan appeared beside the Ba River.
"Why did you return to the camp?" Zhao Ying stopped the crossbowman who was about to shoot an archery on his side, and wanted to ask about the situation first.
"Jing people, Jing people..." Who was standing on the warship in the dark? The soldiers of the Shenshi couldn't see clearly, but they were an official.
"Report to Shangguan, the people of Jing are in trouble, so let's wait..." Another person said.
"Where is the head level?" Zhao Ying didn't believe that there was a Fu at all. If there was a Fu, why didn't the Chu people kill to the water?
"We wait..." The soldiers who were trapped in the lower Yuanzhi didn't even see the Chu army, so how could they get the head? He was about to explain, but Zhao Ying said coldly: "If you flee at the battle, this army thief is also shooting!"
The arm crossbow sounded continuously, and the person who was caught in the arrow fell into the water with a few pounces. At this time, Zhao Ying's voice was even higher, "Send the order for each boat to kill those who have not obtained the head level!"
"The general has an order: Those who have not obtained the head of the Jing people, kill them!" Zhao Ying's order was passed on the Ba River, and some soldiers who had just retreated from Bailuyuan were shot back by crossbowmen on the warship.
"When will the fire be lit?" Xiong Jing did not sleep all night. He was waiting for news from Gongshuji and did not care about the night attack of the Qin army.
"When it's time." Zhuang Wudi did not fall asleep. He advised: "The Qin people went to Baqiao before they set off their camps. They wanted to cross the Ba River tomorrow to attack me. Our army was high and the Qin people would be unable to win."
Zhuang Wudi means to persuade Xiong Jing not to worry. As long as the Qin army has not drawn the camp north to Baqiao, it doesn’t matter if the artillery cannons are out of Sichuan later. But Xiong Jing is a little anxious. Even if the Chu army occupied the high ground, he does not want to fall into a war of attrition with the Qin army.
The men with the surname Mi are limited, the men with nobles are limited, and the soldiers of honor are limited. The common people who think that the common people think are very smart, and the nobles think are extremely shameless will not allow it to happen. In his eyes, ten Qin troops are not as good as one soldier in the Chu army.
Chapter completed!