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Chapter 425
The eight cannons and eight-point cannons are like giant beasts, squatting in the camp of Youzhou Army, staring at the six pontoon bridges on Yishui.

Several craftsmen adjusted the gun position back and forth, calibrated the target, and reported a word to Zhou Shuzuo when everything was ready.

"Installation of stone resin bombs." Following Zhou Shuzuo's order.

The soldiers on the side carefully put the pitch-black stone resin bombs into the stone nest.This stone resin bomb uses a secret method to encapsulate the stone resin.Even though the stone grease was sealed, everyone was still careful when carrying it, for fear of accidentally falling and exploding.

The eight cannons and eight-tip cannons were all loaded, Zhou Zuojiang waved his hand, and the naked soldiers stepped forward to pull the cannon cords.At this moment, the breathing of the soldiers couldn't help but stagnate, and even Zhou Zuojiang looked solemn.

Li Chongjiu, Ji Chuan, and Wang Mahan all set their sights on the Bashao Cannon, to see if the secret weapon developed after several months of work could be effective in one fell swoop.

There was a stern look in Zhou Zuojiang's eyes, and he suddenly shouted: "Let go!"

The soldiers suddenly pulled the gun cable, only heard a few clucks, and the throwing arm was shaken. The stone resin bullet in the stone nest drew an arc in the air, and suddenly smashed towards the river.

Dou Jiande's soldiers had long been on guard against this huge monster. When the stone bullets flew, Xia Jun's soldiers in the back row subconsciously raised their shields and blocked their heads.

But Xia Jun's soldiers watched the dark thing fly overhead from the gap, and they couldn't help showing surprised expressions, what the hell is it.

boom!
A stone bomb was smashed near the river beach, and there seemed to be a sound of broken tiles and jars.The soldiers hiding behind the shields suddenly felt a wave of heat coming,
Immediately there was a loud bang, covering a ten-step radius.

fire!fire!
All the Xia soldiers screamed in horror, and they rolled over in the fire, hitting themselves, sticking to the burning place like black oil.

But the swat was of no avail.

It's just that the real target of the eight-point cannon is the six pontoon bridges spread across the river.The eight-point cannon is more than 200 steps away from the pontoon, and it is indeed very difficult to accurately calibrate it.

Of the six pontoon bridges, only one was directly brushed by the stone bullets, and the rest of the stone bullets missed and fell into the river.

It's nothing to lose a mere pontoon bridge. Dou Jiande, General Xia Jun, and Xia Jun soldiers all breathed a sigh of relief.It is true that the river is too wide, and the six pontoon bridges are built separately. It is really not easy for the enemy's catapults to hit.

Dou Jiande looked a little bit terrified, and said to the left and right: "The enemy really wants to burn down our pontoon bridge. If they have more catapults, we can't help it, but now we are not afraid."

All the generals said yes again and again, but at this moment Liu Heita pointed to the river and said, "No, look, Your Majesty."

As Liu Heitai pointed, a strange edge appeared on the surface of the river, and I saw that the dark thing shattered directly on the surface of the river, but a thick black oil floated on the entire surface of the river.The black oil was burning on the surface of the river.

The black oil not only burns, but also floats along the river to the pontoon. The burning black oil flows down the river from the upper reaches, and the pontoon bridges are contaminated.

In an instant, the fire suddenly broke out and ignited along the pontoon bridge. The soldiers of Xia Jun's anti-loss team took off their clothes and coats to wet the river water, and beat the burning place desperately.

"Haha, Xia Jun must not understand that the real power of the stone resin bomb is to burn on the surface of the water and float along the water!" Zhou Shuzuo laughed loudly. Of course, he was the happiest when the test firing of the stone resin bomb was successful.

After finishing speaking, Zhou Zuojiang waved his hand and said, "Brothers, shoot out all the remaining stone resin bullets."

"promise!"

After issuing the order, Zhou Zuojiang realized that it was unnecessary.

I saw thick stone resin floating along the water, and the six pontoon bridges caught fire together. The soldiers of the Zhou army did not know the principle of stone resin, and even used water to extinguish the burning stone resin on the river.As a result, the stone fat followed the water potential and burned more and more.

The north wind blew again, and the wind helped the fire, and the wood on the pontoon bridge instantly ignited.

The fire on the river surface grew bigger and bigger, and the six pontoon bridges turned into fire dragons in the blink of an eye, crackling and burning, not only the pontoon bridges, but also the river surface became a crimson sea of ​​flames.

Xia Jun's soldiers were all stunned. If someone watched such a scene, it would be really spectacular.

But the six pontoon bridges were all burned down, and their three thousand soldiers were cut off on the north bank of the river, cutting off their way back.

Woohoo!

The horn sounded on the north bank, and a fresh army of tens of thousands of people in Youzhou appeared on the right side of the battlefield.

Flying a flag with the word Xue, it is Xue Wanche, a general of the Youzhou Army.

When the bridge was broken, the Youzhou army invested all its troops with the strength of a tiger fighting a rabbit, and 2 troops were sent out to besiege the 3000 troops in the Xia military area.
Nearly [-] soldiers on the river bank couldn't bear to close their eyes.

"kill!"

At this moment, the three thousand Xia soldiers by the river bank were all shouting.

"Who wants to die with me!"

A high-pitched voice came clearly to the ears of Xia Jun soldiers across the river bank.

"Yes, General Wang! Yes, General Wang!"

Watching Wang Fubao lead the army to launch an offensive against Youzhou again, the soldiers of Xia army couldn't help their eyes filled with tears.

At this time Dou Jiande also had tears in his eyes, he rushed to the front of the drum beating, took the drumstick from the soldiers, and beat it vigorously on the cowhide drum.

General Xia Jun saw Dou Jiande's burly body, and when the big drum was beating, he cheered himself up and ran separately.

"Quickly, find someone to cross the river in the upstream shallows."

"Are there any soldiers who can swim?"

"Extinguish this fire for me."

"Yes, give me an idea, how long will it take to build a pontoon bridge on the river again."

Dou Jiande turned a deaf ear to this, and still beat the drum vigorously in front of the big drum, and the passionate drum sounded one after another.

Wang Fubao was still on the bank of the river, and went to kill him with a gun. Surrounded by Wang Fubao's 3000 troops, there were more and more Youzhou soldiers, and Xia's soldiers gradually decreased.

After a while, Wang Fubao's general flag was submerged in the chaos.

The three thousand Xia soldiers and horses were also trapped by the river bank.

The clamor stopped, and the drumstick in Dou Jiande's hand fell to the ground. Suddenly he sat down on the ground, beat his chest with both hands, and cried: "Brother Wang, it was someone who killed you."

General Xia Jun Liu Heita and others also wiped away their tears.

Zhang Xuansu also stepped forward and cried: "Your Majesty, mourning at this time is useless, the only thing is to take care of the dragon's body."

All the ministers knelt down together and said: "Your Majesty, please express your condolences."

Dou Jiande said angrily: "What a pity, my heart hurts."

On the north bank of Yishui, the first large-scale battle between the Xia army and the Youzhou army ended with Wang Fubao and three thousand soldiers being wiped out on the north bank.

On Yishui, it was all red, the wreckage of the pontoon bridge was still there, on the battlefield beside the river beach, there were corpses everywhere, and the river washed up and down the corpses.

Li Chongjiu inspected the battlefield under the protection of Wang Mahan, Chen Ke, Zhao Quanting and other generals.

After walking for a while, Chen Ke came forward and said: "The general inspected the corpses of the soldiers of the Xia army. The wounds are all on the chest, but there is no one behind them. It is obvious that they all died in fighting."

Li Chongjiu stopped when he heard the words, turned his head and said to Chen Keyan: "Such a soldier, even if he is an enemy, he also admires him."

Li Chongjiu paused, and said: "The order continues, regardless of the corpses of the enemy or ourselves, we must be restrained. If the enemy is a general, we must use a good coffin. As for the prisoners of the Xia army, we should take good care of them and not bully them."

"No." Chen Ke replied.

Ji Chuan said from the side: "Duke Shanggu, although the Xia army was wiped out, our army also suffered thousands of casualties. The Xia army is really a strong enemy. The main force of our army's cavalry has not arrived. It is really not easy to fight the Xia army again before now." , I implore you to take advantage of the great victory and retreat to Yi County, waiting for the main cavalry to arrive."

As soon as Ji Chuan finished speaking, Xue Wanche objected: "This statement is wrong. There is no reason to retreat after winning. It is not obvious that Xia Jun thinks that our army is not."

Ji Chuan said: "If there were no stone resin bombs in today's battle, our army would not be able to hold the beachhead. At present, Xia's army is only slightly defeated, but there are still 2 troops by the river, while our army is only [-], and there is a huge gap in strength. , and the stone grease bombs have been exhausted, if the Xia army crosses the river again, how will we defend them tomorrow."

Xue Wanche said: "Ji's plan is really poor. How could Xia Jun know that our army's stone bullets are exhausted. How dare they build a pontoon bridge to cross the river before they know the details."

Ji Chuan retorted: "It's a fluke on your mind. If Xia Jun really dares to do something, even if Xia Jun is afraid of my stone bullets, they can still choose the shallows to cross from other places in Yishui. What should we do then."

How can Xue Wanche be Ji Chuan's opponent in terms of speech skills.But seeing that Ji Chuan was unreasonable, he turned to Li Chongjiu and said: "Retiring after victory is not out of fear, but to lengthen the supply road of Xia's army, and our army can not only respond to the main cavalry who came to help, but also Let General Xu, who is active in the flank of the Xia Army, have more opportunities."

Li Chongjiu was thoughtful after hearing this, but he didn't say anything. At this moment, a general hurried over and said, "Mr. Shanggu, this is a letter from my lord personally."

Li Chongjiu was slightly surprised, wondering why Li Hu suddenly wrote to himself from Huaihuang Town.Right now Li Chongjiu read the letter, and after a few lines, his brows were already furrowed.
"Shanggu Gong, could something happen on the grassland?"

Li Chongjiu said: "It's not that we killed Liu Wuzhou in Yanmen. My father said that after Turjuana heard the news, Chuluo Khan was very angry and decided to send troops to avenge Liu Wuzhou."

Wang Mahan said angrily: "Turk, it's unreasonable. Liu Wuzhou's thief came to attack us many times, but we didn't tell Turk that this time he was looking for his own death, but Turk wanted to ask him for his crime. reason."

Li Chongjiu said: "The letter said that Shi Defeng went to see Chuluo Khan to intercede, but Chuluo actually said that he was angry with the Turkic Khan, so is there any reason?"

"It's unreasonable." All the generals of the Youzhou army were furious.

Xue Wanshu said: "At present, Dou Jiande, Guo Zihe, Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou, and Li Tang in the Central Plains all surrendered to the Turks in name, but our Youzhou Army did not submit to the Turks. Chu Luo wants to shoot the first bird. .”

Li Chongjiu, the audience will discuss, and immediately crumpled the letter paper and pinched it in the palm of his hand.

(End of this chapter)