Chapter 444 On the Importance of Chemistry (two chapters in one)
Chapter 444 On the importance of chemistry (two-in-one chapter)
Author: Uncle Long Legs
Chapter 444 On the importance of chemistry (two-in-one chapter)
Time: It was also the second year of Jingkang, late at night during the Lantern Festival.
But as for the location, it must be changed to the Northland, which is thousands of miles away from Kaifeng City. To be more specific, it is Zhongdu Road in the Kingdom of Jin, outside Yuyang City in Jizhou.
The reason why the perspective is suddenly adjusted here is because a battle is about to take place here.
Although it is thousands of miles away from Kaifeng City, it can still cause some battles that have a huge impact on the situation there.
When Hu Biao and others were on Chubing Mountain, they looked at the sea of lights covering the water surface, as if they had fallen into the human galaxy, floating in their direction.
The battle here in Yuyang City is about to begin as planned.
It's just that before the battle really begins, Fengrui, Zhan Xiang, and Ali, who are the commanders of this battle, still need to figure out some things first.
For example:
"You must quickly go around to protect me and be vigilant. Remember, when my spiritual consciousness comes out of my body, no one can come within twenty steps, otherwise I will be in danger of death~"
Holding back the huge embarrassment in her heart, the white-haired girl Ah Li said such a heart-wrenching line.
However, after hearing this, a refugee leader next to him didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Ali's statement at all. On the contrary, it was just and fair.
His face was immediately filled with a firm expression, and he solemnly promised:
"Don't worry, White Fox Empress, unless all the little people are killed in battle, no one can come within 20 steps of you~"
Upon hearing this, Ali immediately retorted:
"Are you talking nonsense? How many times have I told you that I am not the White Fox Empress. I just learned some secret skills from a stranger by luck. From now on, just call me Ali."
"Here, leader Ali~"
Faced with Ah Li's emphasis, the refugee leader immediately showed a look that said, "I know everything, don't worry."
In the following time, with a dozen refugees around them who looked like they were willing to die generously, they retreated a certain distance around each other, and then started to be on guard with knives and guns.
The one with his eyes wide open, staring at all directions with vigilance, his whole body muscles tensed, and he looked ready to fight at any time, which completely showed that they really intended to do something:
If you want to hurt the White Fox Empress, step over them first.
After seeing such a scene, even if the situation in front of them was caused by their intentional misdirection, they still cursed in a voice that could only be heard by themselves:
"What the hell! This is an evil act..."
Speaking of which! If they had a choice, Fengrui, Ah Li, Zhan Xiang and the other three people would definitely not want to use these tricks to pretend to be a magic stick.
It's just that the terrible reality here in Yanshan forced them to endure the huge embarrassment and do it bravely.
Why? There are probably a few reasons.
First, the intelligence is wrong. There are more than 500 Jin soldiers in Yuyang City.
It was about half an hour after nightfall tonight that they found a forest five or six miles outside Yuyang City, and then they got the bad news from the spies who arrived at Yuyang City earlier to investigate.
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Yanjing City was severely damaged in many wars in recent years.
Nowadays, it is impossible to feed so many soldiers, horses and people just by relying on the cultivation of the few local farmers. We need to rely on the continuous transportation of grain from the vast surrounding areas.
Therefore, today there happened to be a group of Jin soldiers coming from the direction of Jizhou City, numbering about 600 people, and planned to escort a batch of grain and grass to Yanjing City.
Because the wheels were seriously damaged along the way and the people were quite tired, they decided to take a rest in the city when passing by Yuyang City.
Now they all have entered the city to rest, and it will probably take at least a day or two before they start again.
If we only look at it from the surface, after counting these 600 golden soldiers, there are only more than 1,100 golden soldiers in Yuyang City. Their side has dispatched 5,000 elite soldiers this time.
In terms of military strength, they have an overwhelming advantage.
In addition, their side has the advantage of sneak attacks in the middle of the night, so there is still no suspense in this battle.
But war is not a numbers game. It does not mean that the victory can be won by having more people. If that were the case, the Song Dynasty would have unified this planet long ago.
Second, although the number of refugees under their command is large, their equipment is too poor.
Good guy! Fengrui and the three of them didn't know how bad the equipment of these refugees was until the elites mobilized from the villages across Yanshan gathered together.
First of all, in terms of equipment, almost all the equipment has been mobilized.
The 5,000 men dispatched this time could only distribute and arm themselves with 42 pieces of iron armor, 131 pieces of leather armor, and 11 pieces of paper armor in all types of armor.
In terms of weapons, it is possible to make an iron spear for each person.
The reason why this can be achieved is because the spear is a weapon. Only one spearhead needs to be made of iron, making it the most economical and affordable piece of equipment.
There are plenty of bows and arrows, but the quality of these homemade bows and arrows is somewhat inferior.
In terms of power, it is okay for hunting, but when used for combat, it is definitely not as good as the standard bows and arrows of the Jin soldiers; many of the arrows are still ground out of bones.
Third, the physical fitness of the refugees living in Yanshan is very poor. Even the five thousand elites selected among them cannot reach normal standards.
The main reason is that under the long-term blockade, we don’t have enough to eat, and even eating salt is not enough.
It is a strange thing that they can still maintain good physical fitness over time.
Originally, Fengrui, the training staff of the Xuange Battalion team, still wanted to use the experience of training the natives and rookies in previous missions.
Just like drawing a gourd, train the refugees a little before setting off.
I don't expect that in a short period of time, these refugees can be able to have hands like arms and fingers.
However, two days of basic queue training will help them master some of the most basic cooperation and obedience, and let them know what orders and prohibitions are. This must be done no matter what.
Unfortunately, soon after, they realized that all this was entirely overthinking.
For him, it was just a warm-up. After standing in a military posture for an hour, more than twenty of these refugees fainted on the spot in front of him.
After half a day, many refugees peeed blood as soon as they went to the toilet during their lunch break.
Damn it! The sight of a group of gentlemen crying and shouting, thinking they were going to die, made Fengrui and the others almost go crazy.
At the same time, the above reality also made them understand that if they want to carry out some of the most basic training, if they don't want to train a lot of people to death, they need to at least feed them for a week.
But this is something that they cannot currently do.
On the one hand, the side mission given to the three of them by the system required them to capture at least three counties within a month.
There is so much time for them to recuperate and train.
On the other hand, it sounds even more helpless.
If we really want these five thousand refugees to stop hunting, gathering, and farming after they get out of work, and eat freely for a week, the food reserves in the Yanshan area will basically be exhausted.
As a result, tens of thousands of other people will go hungry.
Therefore, he could only set off after a little practice. Regarding the combat effectiveness of these people, Fengrui's evaluation was the worst he had ever led.
Compared with the group of barbarians who led the "Bald Bandits" in the Western Regions, their combat effectiveness is much worse.
In this way, if the combat effectiveness is not enough, we can only use high morale to make up for it.
Why do refugees fight? They rely on morale. As long as the morale is enough, a terrifying fighting force can be unleashed.
Another point is that tonight is the first battle of their Yanshan refugee army.
So not only must we win the battle, but we must also control one of our own casualties and win beautifully.
In short, in order to achieve the above goals, under the current limited conditions, Fengrui, Ali, and Zhan Xiang pondered for a while.
I decided to start taking action immediately. The core of the whole action was still the same old thing, pretending to be gods and ghosts, and practicing feudal superstition.
What happens after that will give you a headache later.
Fortunately, when it comes to pretending, netizens who wander around the Internet in the modern world and are exposed to all kinds of messy knowledge naturally have some huge advantages.
After using various routines, the effects are astonishing.
The recognition that the three of them were descended from heaven and immortal grandfathers became more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the refugees, and their morale also skyrocketed.
Think about it, they have three immortal grandfathers on their side, how can they lose?
As for why Ali was called the White Fox Empress, it was just because of this girl's unique taste. She didn't want to be regarded as a god, but wanted to be regarded as a monster.
Pretending to be unintentional, a certain person leaked the information in front of a woman who was serving her, and the story spread.
However, for the refugees in the Yanshan area, or the practicality of this nation in this regard, whether it is a god or a monster is not a big problem.
As long as you don't eat people and it's from your own side...
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After taking a look around, he made sure that no one was paying attention to the refugees around him.
Ah Li immediately sat cross-legged, put his hands on his lower abdomen to make a lotus gesture, and looked up at the sky, his whole body motionless, as if he was out of body.
Really? Ah Li will have an out-of-body experience.
In fact, at this moment, she was looking at Haidongqing Xiaobai who was circling above her head; relying on Xiaobai's eyes, she came to conduct some reconnaissance on Yuyang City.
In tonight's bright moonlight environment, having a top-notch Haidong Qingli, Ah Li, naturally has a huge convenience in this regard.
Of course, this kind of convenience is for Ali, not her Haidongqing Xiaobai.
Because the sea turtle, a species of eagle, has a very good night vision ability, even many wild sea turtles are used to hunting at night.
So tonight's moonlight actually makes it easier for Ali to see clearly Xiaobai flying in the sky under the current environment.
Some of the flight details that are currently being made represent some of the content.
After a while, Ali, who had basically observed the latest situation in Yuyang City, waved lightly to Xiaobai in the air.
In terms of IQ, Hai Dongqing, who is not inferior to the first and second grade students in elementary school, just flew away quickly after gaining altitude in the air.
In order to prevent the refugees from seeing her, they would see the reality of her White Fox Empress.
"I don't know when we will be able to enable night vision capabilities from the system, otherwise it will have a great impact on Xiaobai's use at night."
Ali, who was watching Xiaobai disappear, first complained like this in her mouth.
Then, he took out a piece of white paper and a jar of liquid from his pocket, dipped his fingers in some liquid, and simply recorded what he observed on it.
After waiting for a while, until some of the water stains on it had dried, I coughed a few times.
Immediately, the refugee leader who was on guard at the side ran over in a hurry.
After Ah Li handed over the white paper in his hand, he continued to talk nonsense: "I just had an out-of-body experience, and I have already found out everything in Yuyang City.
Now that all the relevant information has been recorded here, you can quickly send it to the two leaders, Fengrui and Zhanxiang."
Under the bright moonlight, the refugee leader was surprised to find that there was nothing on this piece of white paper, and instinctively wanted to say something.
But before he could open his mouth, Ali had already made a face as tired as someone who had been out of body, and waved for him to leave quickly.
In desperation, he could only suppress all the doubts in his heart.
After signaling to the other refugees to protect a White Fox Lady, he began to rush towards the woods several miles away with the note where the army was lurking.
Ten minutes later, Fengrui came back with a blank piece of paper.
First, he picked up a water bottle on his waist and took a sip. Then he picked up a piece of white paper and muttered something, and spat out a mouthful of water mist on it.
After a blink of an eye, a miraculous scene appeared.
I saw that on the originally empty white paper, suddenly there was a line of blood-red writing:
"There are only about fifty golden soldiers guarding the four walls of Yuyang City, and some people are dozing inside.
There are also two teams of patrols, which patrol the city wall once every two quarters of an hour. The city wall in front of us has just been patrolled, so if you want to take action, you'd better do it as soon as possible."
After seeing the above scene, the refugee leader and at least a hundred refugees around him fell to their knees on the spot in a state of shock.
Upon seeing this, Fengrui and Zhan Xiang stood up quickly and spoke to them in a calm tone:
"It's just some simple means. You don't need to be so nervous. We are actually just ordinary people. Time is urgent, let's act according to the plan immediately."
"The two leaders are absolutely right." All the refugees followed the order.
However, as for the expressions "common and small means" and "ordinary people", what they think in the eyes of each other in private, if we use a modern word:
No matter how nonsense you talk, I won't even believe a single punctuation mark.
What's more, in the following period, the war elephants also did some things that they considered miraculous.
From the large kettle that he carried with him, he poured the seemingly ordinary water evenly into a total of twenty bowls of various sizes.
She faced twenty selected men wearing iron armor who would follow her as sharp knives later.
He explained in a nonchalant tone: "If you drink this, it will be somewhat helpful in the battle later."
After hearing this, the twenty soldiers picked up a small bowl and drank the water in it.
After drinking it, they didn't feel anything was wrong at first.
But after a short time, they felt that their whole body was filled with the strength of the words, and their whole body was also more energetic than ever before; they even had an inexplicable illusion that they were not afraid of any opponents at the moment.
Therefore, this is not just any ordinary clear water, but the divine water with the magic power of Grandpa Immortal...
In fact, in the eyes of the above refugees, all kinds of incredible refugee methods are just some simple chemistry knowledge in the modern plane.
When Ali wrote on the white paper, it was just contaminated with some turmeric water.
In the following time, the mouthful of water that spurted out from Fengrui's mouth was actually just some alkaline water.
Turmeric water will become invisible on white paper after drying, and will appear bleeding red when exposed to alkaline water. Many junior high school students know this in today's world.
As for the divine water given by Zhan Xiang, she just added some cannabis to it.
Those people have all kinds of magical feelings, which are completely the result of taking drugs.
Of course, for those indigenous people who do not understand the above chemical principles, this is not the magical method of the immortal grandfathers, what else can it be?
Therefore, when miracles such as souls leaving the body, blood words appearing on white paper, divine water, etc., were spread to the ears of the refugees in a very short period of time, their morale skyrocketed to the extreme.
It was night, Ali found a defensive gap on the city wall based on Xiaobai.
And with the parkour skills that I had practiced hard, I took the lead and climbed onto the Yuyang City's earthen wall, which was only four meters high without anyone noticing.
After throwing down a rope, let a group of people including Fengrui and Zhanxiang enter the city easily along the rope.
In the following time, Ali relied on a one-handed crossbow in his hand to continuously eliminate some sentries; until the city gate was opened and thousands of people from outside the city swarmed in, the defenders in the city
That's the discovery.
However, when the defenders stood up in a hurry, Zhan Xiang and Fengrui had already led the refugees who were bleeding like chickens, killing them like hungry wolves.
Especially the heavily armored war elephant was as terrifying as a demon to those golden soldiers.
Usually it was the battle formation that was formed, but this guy who looked like a tin can rushed forward and slashed with the ax in his hand, turning the battle formation into a pulp.
Then more refugees rushed up and completely submerged them.
If it weren't for the fact that during this process, Xu Shilao Tie was talking about his War Elephant Dabaozi from afar, causing the War Elephant to suddenly sneeze during the battle and almost overturn the car.
The performance of War Elephant tonight was nothing short of perfect.
Fortunately, such a small episode had no impact on the entire battle.
Half an hour later, when a Jurchen centurion in the city was shot dead by Ali, the remaining Jin soldiers completely stopped resisting, and Yuyang City fell into everyone's hands.
After the news was passed on, the entire Jizhou and even the city of Yanjing were shaken.
