The Assassin Empire of the Three Kingdoms

When Talun saw the crystal clear saltpeter and the smoking black powder, he was shocked and said to Long Fei, "The smoking things are made of these things?"

Long Fei nodded.Tarun grabbed some, smelled it, tasted it again, and said, "If you said it earlier, I'd get some for you. Why not such a big Zhouzhang, arrest those Taoist priests!"

Long Fei slapped his forehead, how could he forget about this.Outside the Great Wall is the main production area of ​​saltpeter, and the swamps, lakes and saline-alkali lands there are places where saltpeter can often be seen.I think back when I was a soldier in Inner Mongolia, the saline-alkali ground was covered with a layer of white every morning, most of which were saltpeter.Local herdsmen collect some of them and make them into skin nitrate, which is used to rub the fur of animals.Although the purity is limited, it is still nitrate after all!

Long Fei said: "Thank you for reminding me, this way! Tomorrow you will go to Beyond the Great Wall, and I will let Wang Wei go with you, and get some more saltpeter, as much as you want! I will be of great use!"

That night, Long Fei led Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, and Huang Zhong out of the city on horseback.Just to frighten Dong Zhuo, he didn't bring too much black powder.Long Fei took the lead and went straight to Meiwu.Meiwu is located a hundred miles west of Chang'an, near the Wei River, and is a natural wharf.Dong Zhuo sent people to build a castle covering seven or eight slopes five miles outside Meiwu City.The castle faces south and is surrounded by tall courtyard walls.The courtyard wall is high and wide, with patrolling soldiers on it, and an arch facing south.All access personnel can only go here.At night, the torches illuminate the entire castle so brightly that it can be seen clearly from dozens of miles away.

It was just dawn when Long Fei and the others came, and the continuous rain made the road muddy, and the peasants who delivered things to the castle trudged through the muddy water with difficulty.According to rumors, in this castle, there are countless gold, silver, treasures, beauties and antiques, and even enough food for Dong Zhuo's army to feed for three years.Moreover, the castle is guarded by [-] Dong Zhuo's own personal guards. These people are the elite of Xiliang's elite. If you want to capture the castle, it will take half a year without ten times the strength of Dong Zhuo!

"This place is really impregnable! There is no way to get in!" Dian Wei sighed.

"We're not here to kill people! You don't need to go in!" Long Fei turned his horse's head, came down from the official road, and circled to the north of the castle.This is the back of the castle. The huge house is connected to the back wall. Except for the ten-foot-high roof with ventilation windows, the entire wall is bare. Even monkeys can't climb up from here.

The four of them were all surprised after reading it.Going around Dong Zhuo's castle, after much deliberation, Long Fei thought that if it was unrealistic to bury the bag of gunpowder inside the castle, it would have to be outside. The four of them finally chose the one near the back wall of the castle. under a tree.The next step is to wait for the opportunity and look for an opportunity, not only to prevent the soldiers in the castle from discovering it, but also to prevent Dong Zhuo from seeing traces of man-made activities.

The next day, the sky turned out to be fine, and the rain that had been raining for half a month stopped.Under the cloudy clouds, a slight breeze blows, and the water droplets on the leaves fall drop by drop.Long Fei shuddered and wrapped his clothes tighter.

"Crack! Boom...!" A huge thunder fell from the sky, slightly shaking the inn where they were staying.With an idea, Long Fei hurriedly called the four of them over.The horse went straight to Dong Zhuo's castle.There was one thunder after another, from far to near.A bolt of lightning pierced the sky.The dark clouds have already pressed down on the top of the head, and the thunder seems to be an inch above the head. "Drive!" Long Fei kept urging Yu Feng to run quickly.

What black powder is most afraid of is water. When Long Fei went out, he found a piece of cowhide and wrapped the gunpowder bag tightly, trying to make it as dry as possible.Several people came under the tree, Huang Zhong bowed his bow and set an arrow to watch the wind, Dian Wei and Zhao Yun began to dig a hole with the hoes they brought with them.The land in the Guanzhong area is fertile, and Meiwu is close to the Wei River, and most of the land is sandy.He dug a hole without much effort, and just as Long Fei was about to put gunpowder into it, water seeped out of the hole.

"Damn it!" Long Fei cursed, scooping out the water from the pit with his hands.Even if Long Fei fought with Zhao Yun and Dian Wei, there would still be a deep pool of water in the pit.

"What should I do! It seems that I can't finish it!" Zhao Yun was a little anxious.

Dian Wei slammed on the nearby tree trunk in a circle, and said with a bang, "It has been raining for such a long time, and there is water everywhere. It is really hard to find dry land!"

Hearing the "dongdong" sound from the tree trunk, Long Fei had an idea.He took out his blood-red dagger and poked open the book cover in two or three strokes.The century-old locust tree is already hollow inside.A nest of mice lay at the entrance of the hole and stared at Long Fei. "That's it, get these mice away!" Several people chased or frightened them, and finally drove the little mouse out of the tree hole.

Long Fei carefully stuffed the gunpowder pack into the tree hole, and inserted the twister.The length of the twister was tested by Long Fei, no one knows how powerful such a large pack of black powder is.Long Fei thought it should be at least 50 meters away.So he left enough twists to run 50 meters.

The thunder was getting louder and denser, and some of the thunder was mixed together, and it was hard to tell that it was a few thunder explosions.The sky was getting dark and the wind was getting stronger.In order to prevent the twigs from being wet by the rain or blown away by the strong wind, Long Fei specially used a dagger to draw a long groove on the tree, and stuffed the twigs into it bit by bit.After finishing all this, Long Fei waved his hand, and Zhao Yun and others quickly backed away.

The splashing sparks jumped back and forth between the two flints. "Chi..." A spark burst into the middle of the twister.Immediately, a puff of green smoke rose, and the twist made of sulfur and saltpeter burned rapidly.Long Fei was taken aback, seeing that the twig had burned from the middle, he yelled: "Damn it!" He threw down the flint in his hand, turned around and ran away.

"Crack! Boom..." A flash of lightning rushed down from the sky with a thunder, and with its unique sparks, the lightning struck the big locust tree behind the castle fiercely.Long Fei glanced back, thinking he was lucky, if he didn't leave, he would be a roast pig right now.Before he could turn his head, a louder explosion erupted behind him.

There was a billow of smoke, scattered with splintered sawdust and twigs, and bits of rubble in the dirt.The huge air wave centered on the big pagoda tree, knocking down all the surrounding flowers and plants.Long Fei just took two steps when the air wave pushed him out with smoke.A few stones flew past his ears, and a piece of sawdust whistled sharply, leaving a long gash on Long Fei's face.

"Crack!" Long Fei was thrown heavily on the muddy ground, he seemed to be unconscious all over his body, the muddy water and the branches that followed soon completely buried him, and there was a constant buzzing in his ears.As soon as he opened his mouth, a mouthful of bitter muddy water entered his throat, making him cough repeatedly.

When Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong dug Long Fei out, Long Fei had already turned into a clay figurine, only his eyes were white.Long Fei shook his head vigorously, and felt his limbs. Fortunately, he was only hurt by the fall and was not injured.Wiping the mud off his face, Long Fei said, "Hurry up, Dong Zhuo's men will be here soon!"

The next day, there was a message from Meiwu.The streets and alleys began to talk about yesterday's thunder.Wu Da, who sells cooking cakes, said that there was a treacherous minister in the court, and the heavens wanted to kill him, but made the big locust tree a scapegoat.The pear parrot seller said, God was really angry, first it rained heavily, then the river flooded, and there was thunder and lightning, he had to find a girl to sacrifice to the sky, to appease the sky, otherwise there would be disasters.Wang Po, who opened the embroidery workshop, said that if you want to find a beautiful girl, it is best to use Ximen Jinlian from Ximen's family.In a word, the common people's discussion pointed directly at Dong Zhuo.

Someone took a special look at it, and the "lightning" was really powerful. Not only did the big locust tree hugged by the three of them disappear without a trace, there was actually a huge pit on the ground with a radius of ten feet and a depth of four or five feet.Even the back wall of Dong Zhuo's castle can be clearly seen.Moreover, dense cracks have appeared on the back wall of the castle.The largest one is two fingers wide from the base of the wall to the top.

Dong Zhuo finally couldn't sit still, since it was a natural disaster, let alone the target of this natural disaster was himself, so he could only ask the gods for help.The witch god was urgently invited to Meiwu from Xiliang by Dong Zhuo.When the witch god heard about the lightning, he told Dong Zhuo that he would do it by the big pit.Everything stopped, the witch god danced and sang, and all kinds of spells covered almost the entire back wall.

The scene was grand and terrifying, with hundreds of soldiers keeping the spectators out of the circle.Long Fei, Zhao Yun and others dressed in common people's clothes mixed among the crowd to watch the excitement.Dian Wei laughed and said, "This trick is really effective, it seems that Dong Zhuo is a little scared! You can see that his face is blue!"

"Such a big movement, who can not be afraid!" Huang Zhong said: "I didn't expect the power of those powders to be so powerful. If it is used to attack the city, it will definitely be a sharp weapon."

Long Fei nodded.Huang Zhong was indeed a general, and he could think of using black powder to attack the city at once, even Zhao Yun didn't have such an idea.They are anxiously awaiting the results.I can't guess what the witch god means. If the witch god still doesn't let Dong Zhuo go to Beijing, Dong Zhuo will definitely not go.At this time, we can only resign ourselves to fate.

The witch god was sweating profusely, took off his mask under the eyes of everyone, and said in a serious voice: "My lord, God has already made a decree. Because the king killed too much, God intends to punish the king. As long as the king sacrifices the three animals , you can escape this catastrophe!"

Just when the imperial court ordered Dong Zhuo to go to Beijing to sacrifice to heaven, Dong Zhuo hesitated.Li Ru and Li Su's letters made it very clear that a large group of courtiers have been doing secret business recently, and it must be to their own disadvantage. If they enter Chang'an, these courtiers will change.I can't say it myself.Thinking back, my younger brother Dong Min is in the capital, and there is Long Fei, the army is nothing to be afraid of in my hands.While hesitating, Long Fei came to Meiwu with the court's third decree.