The last three kingdoms

Chapter 849

The Shu army has 4 horses, and Sima Jun only has 2 horses in his hands. The Shu army has an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and the Shu army's offensive ability is much stronger than that of the Huns. Sweeping across the periphery of Puban all the way, even conquering all the peripheral strongholds of the Jin army, and approaching Pujin Pass.

Sima Jun saw that the Shu army was approaching menacingly, but he was calm and calm. After two years of fighting with the Huns, he developed Sima Jun's arrogant temper. It is impossible for the army to attack.

But in just a few days, Sima Jun experienced the unparalleled powerful attack power of the Shu army. The outer strongholds were the fortress Wubao that defended Pubanjin, and the construction was quite solid. I think the Huns spent a lot of time. The power of the tiger failed to break through these fortresses, but I didn't expect that the Shu army would wipe out these strongholds one by one in just a few days, and swept away the periphery of Puban.

These docks are like tortoise shells. Although they are small in size, they are quite solidly built. They are all made of masonry and built layer by layer. There are archery holes on the walls and turrets on the corners. Although every There are only three to five hundred to seven or eight hundred guards in the Wubao, but there are all materials and sufficient food and grass inside. It is difficult to take down the Wubao with ordinary storming methods.

What's more, there are many docks here, leaning on each other, even if they are lucky enough to break through one or two, it is impossible to break through all the docks, and they have to retreat in the end.The Jin army used these Wubao groups to prevent the Huns from attacking Pujin Pass, so these Wubao became Sima Jun's biggest reliance.

The Shu army did not have to use a strong attack to attack, but adopted a special method.Liu Yin learned that most of the Wubao here are just buildings on the ground, no tunnels have been built in the Wubao, and in order to quickly mobilize troops, most of the houses in the Wubao are connected.

At first, the Shu army also used the same method to attack Wubao, but with little effect, Fu Zhu, Luo Xi and others had to report back to Liu Yin.Liu Yin's eyes rolled, and he had a plan in mind. He immediately asked Fu Zhuo Luo Xi and others to stop attacking, and instead went to raise saltpeter, sulfur, aconitum, croton, wolf's poison, and nuxon.

Fu Zhu and the others were very puzzled. Although saltpeter and sulfur are the raw materials for making gunpowder, under the current production conditions, it is almost impossible to produce powerful gunpowder. Ordinary low-explosive gunpowder is completely unusable in the tough battle. On the other hand, as for those aconitum crotons and other things, it is even more unbelievable.

"Brother-in-law, what do you want these things for? Is this related to the attack on Wubao?" Fu Zhu asked doubtfully.

Liu Yin smiled slightly, and said: "I have a wonderful use for this, and you will know when the time comes, so hurry up and find these things, and it's best to have as many as possible."

Fu Zhu and the others were at a loss, but since Liu Yin gave the order, they did not dare to disobey, and immediately split up to find these things.

Fortunately, the things Liu Yin wanted were not rare items. For example, although saltpeter and sulfur were not widely used, they were still sold in ordinary grocery stores. The noble family of scholars also burned mercury to make alchemy, seeking the art of immortality. For alchemy, saltpeter and sulfur are two indispensable things.

As for aconitum, croton, chamaejasma, and nuxonum, these are all herbal medicines, which can be sold in general medicine shops. Fu Zhu and Luo Xi each led their troops to search extensively in big cities such as Anyi and Pingyang. The quantity was so large that it almost bought out the entire grocery store and pharmacy in Hedong.

Fortunately, Fu Zhuluo Xi and others did a fair deal and paid according to the price, which did not cause market turmoil. It's just that everyone in the cities in the east of the river looked sideways, and they didn't know what the Shu army was doing to collect so many medicinal materials.

Fu Zhu and the others naturally looked at a loss. A few days later, these things were piled up in front of Liu Yin like a hill. , What is the use of it, it can neither be eaten nor used?"

Liu Yin chuckled, of course Fu Zhu didn't know that what he was going to do was the first chemical weapon poisonous smoke bomb in history. This weapon was invented in the Song Dynasty and was used in the army. When thrown in the center, the ignited poisonous smoke bomb will produce a large amount of poisonous smoke, which can poison the enemy soldiers to death.

Although Wubao is strong, it has high walls on all sides and a small place. If poisonous smoke bombs are used, it can effectively kill and injure the Jin army or force them to surrender.

Liu Yin ordered all the collected materials to be crushed. Sulfur and saltpeter would produce a pungent smell when burned, and aconitum, croton, chamaejasma, and nuxonum were all poisonous herbs, and the poisonous smoke produced All are fatal.Liu Yin mixed the smashed things with tung oil, made them into balls, and wrapped them with straw ropes, so that a poisonous smoke ball the size of a human head was made.

For the first test, Liu Yin chose a Wubao in the southeast direction of Pujin Pass. After lighting the straw rope, he threw the poisonous smoke bombs into the Wubao with a catapult.

Every poisonous smoke bomb thrown into Wubao will emit thick yellow smoke. At first, the Jin army in Wubao didn't care about these poisonous smoke bombs, but when they smelled the pungent and choking smell Immediately afterwards, I felt dizzy, coughed and wept, and the smoke increased. The closed space made it impossible for the poisonous smoke to spread. Many Jin soldiers fell to the ground and died bleeding from their mouths and noses.

Most of the Jin soldiers covered their mouths and noses, choking so hard that they couldn't breathe.In the end, thick smoke enveloped the entire Wubao, a vast expanse of yellow, and people were already invisible a few feet away, and more and more Jin soldiers fell into the poisonous smoke.In the end, the Jin army, unable to hold on, chose to open the door and surrender, and the Shu army captured the extremely strong Wubao of the Jin army without spending a single soldier.

Next, the Shu army followed suit, and in less than ten days, they conquered more than a dozen docks scattered around Pubanjin one by one, and the weapon used by the Shu army was just a poisonous smoke bomb. .

With the miraculous achievements of poisonous smoke bombs, it is a miracle that the Shu army achieved zero casualties in the attack on these fortresses.

Just when the generals of the Shu army were amazed by everyone, Sima Jun was in a gloomy mood. All the peripheral docks that supported the entire Pujin Pass defense line were lost. Now there is only one Pujin Pass left. Will it be able to withstand the Shu army? The attack made Sima Jun feel uneasy, his previous arrogance was gone.

(End of this chapter)