"This is impossible, my child. Although the King's City is not big, it is high and deep. The entire city is made of bluestone. Taking advantage of the geographical advantage, the city wall is five feet high. The city's defenders are also Goryeo warriors. You
There is a serious shortage of soldiers and horses, and it is impossible to capture it. Although there is no invincible fortified city in the world, the King's City does not have a hundred thousand soldiers. It cannot be used up in three months. Moreover, the King's City
The city is a pure military city. Our caravans cannot enter, so you will not have any internal reaction. The right time and place are right for you, so I don’t want to occupy it. Such a strong city cannot be conquered by human power. That was why Luohu was granted the title back then.
He fell under the king's city. You must know that Feng Luohu is a real warrior. When it comes to horsemanship, I can't even compare to him."
Qin Qiong shook his head. He was the oldest among these people. When he attacked Goryeo, he was already a captain. He knew the situation in Liaodong very well.
"Uncle Qin, look at this hill. My nephew can occupy this hill, throw igniting objects into the city, and use fire to refine this strong city." Yun Ye pointed to a hill next to the King's City and said
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"It's useless. There is a special water channel in Dawang City and it is running water drawn from the Liao River. There is no shortage of water sources. As long as you can't break the city, the fire will be put out soon and it won't have much effect. This year's water
It’s not like this trick has never been used before, and the effect is not good. Moreover, there is a trebuchet on the mountain itself, but it is a Korean village. "
Qin Qiong threw down the tea bowl in his hand and sighed, worried about Yun Ye's trip to Liaodong.
"Uncle Qin, my nephew's fire cannot be extinguished with water. I'm afraid the more water you pour, the more intense the fire will be." Yun Ye filled Qin Qiong's tea bowl with water and said calmly.
"No, boy. If you want to use white phosphorus to burn the city, it's not possible. The whole country of the Tang Dynasty has given you enough white phosphorus. Besides, this thing is very difficult to transport. If you drop it in a flash, you haven't burned the enemy yet.
Burn yourself first."
Cheng Yaojin shook his head and rejected Yun Ye's idea. As a general in the army, how could he not know the properties of white phosphorus? That thing is like tarsal maggots. If it burns on the body, unless you cut off the piece of flesh
, otherwise the white phosphorus will not burn out and the flame will not go out, and it will be an evil ghost on the killing field. It is a pity that this thing is not easy to obtain. Therefore, this thing is rarely used in wars.
"My nephew doesn't like to use white phosphorus. The effect of holding things is too poor, it doesn't burn violently, it won't explode, and it causes too little harm. Since my nephew wants to liven up the fire and melt the city, how can he use white phosphorus?"
Lao Niu looked at Yun Ye with wide eyes and said, "What did you make again? You told us about the gunpowder. We brothers also asked His Majesty, and His Majesty said it was the weapon of the gods."
I firmly believe in your majesty's words, but now you can't get gunpowder from your majesty, and you can't make it yourself. My son, listen to your uncle and forget the formula of gunpowder from now on. Don't even mention it, the stone you want is
Paint, our caravans are working day and night to buy it from Gaonu County, Suizhou. There are still two months left, no matter what, there is still time."
"Stone paint is not easy to use. It is troublesome to light and sticky. If you don't change the direction of the wind, you will burn your own people." Yuchi was also very dissatisfied with this characteristic of oil.
Yun Ye did not explain. He took the four old men to the back camp and gave Lai Chuanfeng a few instructions. Not long after, he saw a dozen soldiers carefully moving four large porcelain porcelains from the lonely warehouse in the open space of the back camp.
Jar, poured the gasoline from one of the porcelain jars on the simulated city wall, and then ran back quickly. Several archers had already moved the Eight Oxen Crossbow out of the arrow trough of the Eight Oxen Crossbow.
, four long rockets were released. After taking aim, the commander ordered the remaining sergeants to jump into the ditch and hide. The commander used a mallet to smash down the machine bracket. After a buzzing sound, the four rockets
The rocket was nailed to the wall, and the commander quickly jumped into the trench and carefully looked over his head, holding a shield to cover his head, looking extremely frightened.
Although Qin Qiong and others didn't know why Yun Ye wanted them to go down into a chest-high trench. A sturdy shed was built above the trench, leaving only a gap of more than a foot wide in front for everyone to see the demonstration field in front.
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Cheng Yaojin was surprised to see a layer of blue flame floating on the wall. In an instant, the flame became more than ten feet high. The entire high wall seemed to be surrounded by flames, and the bricks and stones were burning.
Just when he was about to praise Yun Ye with a smile, he heard a loud noise from behind the high wall, followed by a wave of air that hit his face, blocking the words he was about to say, and he turned his neck with difficulty.
Looking ahead, I saw a huge orange-red flame suddenly rising more than ten feet high. Sparks splashed and fell to the ground with scattered tracks. Wherever the sparks landed, they would burn.
A small spark fell on the bluestone at the observation port, and the flame was very weak. Yun Ye picked up a bowl of tea and poured it on the flame. Not only did the flame not go out, but it grew much larger, until the grease on it burned out.
The flames gradually extinguished.
The earth wall used for the demonstration disappeared, as if it had never existed. Scattered earth clods were scattered everywhere on the school grounds, as well as large groups of flames. Thick smoke billowed, and black smoke almost filled the entire building.
military camp.
Yun Ye covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and said angrily to Lao Cheng and the other three elders: "Uncle, it would be better for you to cover your mouth and nose. This kind of thick smoke is poisonous, and it will do no good if you smell it for a long time."
Lao Niu also took out his handkerchief, covered his mouth and nose and asked Yun Ye: "Boy, there won't be any big noise outside now, right?" Seeing Yun Ye nodded, he took the lead to get out of the trench, and the five of them carefully stepped across it.
I got out of the small fire and checked the effectiveness of this thing bit by bit in the pile of dirt. Finally I came to the edge of the earth wall. Only a stump of more than a foot long was left in the entire wall.
Lao Niu looked at the large pit more than three feet deep behind the wall and asked Yun Ye: "Can gunpowder also cause such a result?" Yun Ye nodded and said: "The harm caused by the same weight of gunpowder is probably much greater than now.
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Lao Niu nodded and said to the other three veterans: "If he has this thing, we don't have to worry about him. The King's City is not big to begin with. As long as this thing is poured into the water diversion ditch and then ignited, the King's City will be destroyed."
The waterways in the city are densely covered with running water, which will naturally lead to disasters throughout the city. If the black smoke were more vicious, there would not be many living people left in the city."
"Boy, I must first light the fires at several city gates. I must invite the Koreans to taste the taste of the turtles roasted in the jar." Now that Yun Ye had a trump card in his hand, Yuchi's mood immediately became better. As for the unexpected
, you will choke to death if you drink water. Who cares about that when you are in a battle formation?
The soldiers in the navy quickly rushed out with cloth strips covering their mouths and noses and carrying bamboo baskets. When they saw the fire, they used shovels to shovel the sand out of the bamboo baskets and covered it with the flames.
, the flames on the school field gradually disappeared, and only a disgusting smell remained in the air.
"Boy, don't act arbitrarily when you go out this time. You have never fought in a war. Listen to Lai Chuanfeng and the others on land. In the navy, listen to the opinions of your subordinates who have been living at sea all year round. When things cannot be done, you can save yourself and come back.
Just don't listen to their nonsense about how to achieve their goals even if they die. The competition in battle is who can live longer, and all those who pretend to be heroes have died long ago. I was first an officer in the Sui Dynasty, and later joined Wang Shichong.
Later, I almost defected to Dou Jiande, but after much thought, I followed the King of Qin. Don't say that I was weak in bones. When I made up my mind, my heart felt as uncomfortable as a knife. Didn't I become a submissive minister later?
Since we can't be emperors from the beginning, it is also an option to stoop down and become a minister. Today, His Majesty is a hero of the generation and has the ambition to swallow bulls. It is not an injustice for you to live under his hands, and it is
It seems to me that Your Majesty and the Queen are treating you as their nephew. This is an unprecedented favor. Do your best and you will have a long life. When the time comes, when we old men die, several members of the family will have to do it.
Relying on you to support our appearance is just for selfish reasons. Otherwise, I would never have let you go into battle. We won’t be able to get through to you before we are all dead."
Cheng Yaojin looked at the red sun that was about to set. As he walked out, he explained to Yun Ye that the emperor's new policy was slowly introduced, and the nobles gradually became only glory but no real power. This somewhat made these former masters
People with great power can't help but sigh that heroes are dying.
All the outsiders have left, and the military camp has returned to its former peace. The rocks and soil on the campus have long been cleared away. The arrival of these veterans today caused the soldiers in the naval camp to talk a lot.
In the past, the people I saw the most were merchants and hawkers. Today, all the people who came were the legendary famous ministers and brave generals. It was really eye-opening. As I watched the old commanders leave one by one, the general gathering drum in my camp rang.
The lieutenants put on their armor and went to the commander's hall to listen to orders. They didn't know what kind of important appointments would fall on their heads. They were soldiers just for meritorious service. Although they are living a comfortable and worry-free life now.
No worries, but those dreams of making achievements still always appear in my dreams. Maybe today is an opportunity.
"In the pre-Sui Dynasty, we dispatched millions of troops to conquer Goryeo, but the result was not good. Everyone was a soldier, and we all knew the disastrous defeat that year. What I want to say is not to blame anyone, it was the emperor.
It is the responsibility of Your Majesty and the historian. What I want to say is that there is a huge Jingguan on the edge of the Liao River, where all our own fathers and brothers are buried. Now their bones have been ripped open by wild beasts and covered with soil, and they have been abused wantonly.
I know what you think, I always want to bring them back to find a place with good feng shui to bury them. Since they are our own, we always have to go home." (To be continued.)