Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 446
The general in charge of attacking the Shazhou Fortress in Hejian was called Tian Chongjin.

He has a burly appearance and dominates with physical strength.

Luo Youdu attaches great importance to the training of a new generation of generals, and often promotes outstanding people in the army to serve as officer reserves.

Tian Zhongjin is one of them.

As a newly promoted general, Tian Zhongjin, unlike the veterans around him, has made great achievements in battle, but he himself does not have a good command record.

Getting the main attack mission this time was just the time to prove himself and launch a fierce attack on Shibao Village in Shazhou between the Dadu River.

Luo Youdu has a very high prestige in the army, he saw the soldiers in Shibaozhai humiliate their emperor.

The soldiers attacking the stronghold were extremely angry and cursed one after another.

But each of them uttered a sentence, not organized, messy and disorderly.

Tian Zhongjin, a commoner in Youzhou, was recruited to serve in the army. He had no family background and no status.

Although there is no chance to meet Luo Youdu face to face, he still keeps his kindness in mind.

He was also furious at this moment, he burst into a long laugh, first suppressed his messy cursing, and then said loudly: "I am the commander of Si Xiaowu Army of the bodyguard and envoy Youzhou Tian Chongjin, Dali kid, short-sighted, only Talk to me. Someone is standing on the bow of this boat, what can you do to me?"

When he yelled, his voice was like a bell, and he was full of energy.

It was passed to Yang Huai'an's ears across the river.

Anger arose in Yang Huai'an's heart, and he thought to himself: If you want to die, my uncle will help you!
He didn't think too much, and ordered loudly: "All gunners aim at the opponent's lead ship, and use all their strength to destroy Tian Zhongjin's ship first, and capture the thief and the king!"

Catapults everywhere shifted their attack targets according to orders.

Due to this delay, the Central Plains boats had advanced more than [-] feet.

Yang Huai'an gave an order, and thirty or so huge stones the size of a millstone were thrown towards Tian Zhongjin.

Tian Zhongjin dismounted and the boat suddenly accelerated when the boulder struck. Amidst the exclamation and shouts of the soldiers of the two armies, the boulder fell heavily on the water behind the ship, stirring up a row of high water columns.

Tian Zhongjin's courage inspired the soldiers around him to burst into laughter.

"It's not rude to come and go!"

Seeing that the distance had come, Tian Zhongjin shouted.

More than [-] earthen pots flew towards Shibao Village in Shazhou.

Yang Huai'an was puzzled, seeing black shadows shooting towards him, he frowned slightly.

I just feel inexplicable.

Yang Huai'an knew the power of the Central Plains. His grandfather, father, and tribe all died tragically in the Central Plains. For this attack from the Central Plains, he was fully prepared and did not dare to be careless.

The Central Plains has always been dominated by cannon stones. In order to defend the Central Plains cannon stones, his stone fortress is built with young bamboo as the center, rammed stones and bluestones, which has a strong ability to protect against cannon stones.

But the way of attacking the village in the Central Plains is quite different from what he imagined.

The Central Plains did not attack with cannon stones, but rushed forward to meet their cannon stones.

It's also thanks to the strong battleship of the opponent, otherwise they would have smashed it to pieces.

After finally waiting for the flying stone to strike, seeing the powerless black shadow flying towards him, a thought flashed in his mind: "This is the power of the cannon stone in the Central Plains? What is it... just this thing, I dare to take it with my hands."

Of course there was no chance for him to pick it up.

The earthen jars contain asphalt oil.

Cans of asphalt oil hit the wall of Shibaozhai, splashing in all directions.

The sticky, snot-like liquid splashed out and flowed down the wall of the village.

Yang Huai'an became even more confused...

this thing?What the hell?
But as a rocket flew in, the black smoke rose instantly.

Luo Youdu has always attached great importance to the purification of oil.

It is impossible to purify petroleum into bitumen and various types of oils with current technology.

But after unremitting efforts, there are still certain results.

Crude oil is now refined into fire oil and bituminous oil.

The fierce fire oil is terribly powerful, it ignites at one point, and it can spread along the water, which is extremely powerful.

Asphalt oil is just the opposite. Although it burns when it encounters a fire, it lacks the speed of spreading. Compared with fire oil, it is resistant to burning and has little power. However, due to the large amount of impurities, it burns with black smoke and thick smoke.

The Ministry of Industry completed the refining of oil, passed the back beam and the flamethrower of the later Tang Dynasty, improved the fierce fire oil tank, and dedicated it to Luo Youdu for credit.

Having seen the power of fierce oil, all the generals in the army were amazed by fierce oil.

Only Luo Youdu thinks asphalt oil is interesting.

Asphalt is poisonous, and the black smoke from the burning of asphalt oil can not only cover the sight, but also cause slight trauma to the eyes and respiratory tract of the enemy in the smoke, greatly reducing the combat effectiveness.

This kind of asphalt oil is not very useful on the frontal battlefield, but it has a miraculous effect on attacking the small but strong city of Shibaozhai, Shazhou.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

It was the first time Yang Huai'an encountered this method of attacking the stronghold. He inhaled a lot of black smoke, coughed uncomfortably, his eyes were a little dry, and there were even tears left behind.

Hearing the coughing sounds around him one after another.

"This smoke is poisonous!"

Yang Huaian yelled, "Quickly lie down and dodge!"

Yang Huai'an has a wealth of experience in dealing with poisonous smoke. Poisonous smoke is a rare thing in their southern border.

When Dali was unified, local barbarians used poisonous insects and rotten leaves to make poisonous smoke.

The power is much greater than this.

It looks scary, but it's actually pretty easy to avoid.

Lie down on the ground, and the poisonous smoke will naturally rise into the air and dissipate.

Moreover, the poisonous smoke does not recognize people, and the other party can't do anything in the poisonous smoke.

Yang Huai'an was not at all confused, seeing the momentum of the poisonous smoke slowing down, he leaned forward and leaned forward, but saw the opposite Zhongyuan boats, divided into two teams, showing signs of bypassing Shibao Village in Shazhou, Hejian.

Yang Huai'an stared blankly, then there was a trace of fear in his eyes, and finally panicked.

The opponent had no intention of storming Shibaozhai, Shazhou at all.

The purpose of the other party is to link the pontoon bridge in Shibaozhai, Shazhou, Hejian.

As long as the pontoon bridge is taken down, Shibaozhai, which is located between the Dadu River, will lose the support of the two villages behind it, and will be completely helpless.

The pontoon bridge linking the three major stone fortresses is the weak point of the Dadu River's defense line...the only reverse scale.

The opponent actually directly saw through the flaws in his defense line, and used the poisonous smoke as a cover to attack the pontoon bridge?

Only then did Yang Huai'an feel the terror of the Central Plains soldiers.

After all, Yang Huai'an had experienced battles for a long time, and his reaction was quick. He shouted loudly: "Order the Southwest Stone Village and the Southeast Stone Village, and divide a thousand troops to live on the pontoon bridge, and defend the enemy with continuous crossbows and spears."

But the Central Plains soldiers did not directly attack the pontoon bridge as they imagined.

Instead, jars of earthen jars were thrown out at the pontoon again.

"Again?"

Yang Huai'an frowned slightly, even if the sticky liquid didn't sink in water, it would probably wash away with the current.

The black smoke is powerful, but if it lasts for only a quarter of an hour, it is of no use.

But what happened next left him speechless, speechless.

This time it was not smoke, but fire.

A raging fire was burning on the surface of the Dadu River.

The ruthless fire surrounded the soldiers he transferred to the pontoon bridge. Listening to the wailing and screams of the tribe, he watched the fire burning the pontoon bridge linking the southwest stone village and the southeast stone village, and his mind went blank.

(End of this chapter)