Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

After a long time, Hu Bilie turned his eyes away from the front line in front of the Heishui River, then slowly turned around and landed on several capable men, frowned and snorted coldly: "Didn't it just sink a dozen warships?" Humph, I don't feel bad, it was all built by the old dog of the Yu family, and it didn't cost me a single bit. As for the dead? Hehe, I have more than [-] French guards, so it's a big deal for so few people to die? It's okay, I can afford to die!"

After he finished speaking, his tense expression obviously relaxed, so that he could teach a few able-bodied men who were avoiding him to relax.

In fact, Hu Bilie's words still have the subtext of the second half of the sentence. Regarding the loss of nearly [-] French defenders at once, it would be a lie to say that Hu Bilie didn't feel sorry for him. After all, these are the capital he used to cooperate with Duguyu , It is also a reliance on confrontation with Yu Laogou.Without these French protectors under his command, Hu Bilie is nothing but a dick.

But when he was silent just now, he also thought that as long as he can successfully strengthen the Blackwater River and break through the first line of defense of the army, it will be tantamount to the success of this operation.That means that Lingnan City will be captured soon.

Once Lingnan City was captured, he and Duguyu could join forces to kill Yu's father and son.Duguyu had personally promised that once the Yu family's father and son died, he would take over all the hundreds of thousands of Dharma guards under the Yu family's command. This was something he coveted.

Compared with that, what does it matter if some people die now?Reluctant to let go of children, but unable to trap wolves, as long as he can break through the first line of defense, open the life passage leading to Lingnan City, and finally cooperate with Duguyu to achieve his wish, that is, another 10 people will die. No hesitation.

Immediately, he had a plan in mind.

I saw him stepping up to those able-bodied men, and ordered in a deep voice: "The order of the lord of the book is to mobilize a hundred warships, line up for Lao Tzu, and press all the way in. Hmph, I don't believe that With a hundred bed crossbows fired at once, can we sink all of my hundred warships? If a hundred warships advance side by side and crush them all the way, whoever dares to retreat without authorization will be killed without mercy!"

The implication is that Hu Bilie is going to bleed a lot this time, and with a hundred warships and [-] to [-] Dharma guards, he will successfully cross the first line of defense.

Although the few subordinates were secretly dissatisfied with the lord's regard for the lives of brothers and sisters, they did not dare to show it.

It is not an easy task to mobilize a hundred warships in a fixed formation on the Blackwater River.Because there were no telephones and telegrams these days, and the white lotus sect's miscellaneous troops didn't know any semaphore, so it took a full hour just to send orders to the ships one by one.

This also gave Cao Luxun enough time to prepare for the second blocking battle, and at the same time allowed Cao Luxun to take a break and catch his breath.

Of course, Guo Ye, who was watching the battle from the tower of the East Gate, noticed a significant change in the formation of the enemy ships on the Heishui River.

Guo Ye watched the hundreds of warships approaching slowly, and then formed a one-line formation, which seemed to be going hand in hand. He immediately guessed Hu Bilie's intentions, and thought, it seems that the opponent has spent money this time.This made Guo Ye even more convinced that the other party would never give up easily when they forcibly crossed the Heishui River this time.

A battle to the death is inevitable!

Immediately, he said to the people around him: "The formation of the enemy's warships has changed. It seems that this time, they will have to cross the Heishui River if they have to fight for their fortune. They will not give up unless they break through the first line of defense."

After finishing speaking, he waved to Er Niu, and said, "Er Niu, you go out of the city immediately to the ferry, and send a message to Cao Luxun for me."

Cheng Erniu bowed his hands and took the order, and asked, "Brother, what message are you passing?"

"Hmm..." Guo Ye pondered for a moment and said, "Now that the enemy warships have changed their formation, it is obvious that they are going to crush them with a hundred warships. Pushing forward, the lethality is still insufficient. In this way, you let him change his style of play immediately, and he can no longer shoot like this."

Cheng Erniu asked again: "Uncle, why did you change it? You tell me, and I will pass it on."

"Well." Guo Ye nodded slightly, and said, "Let him maximize the power of the bed crossbow projection again. In this way, when you go down the tower, you will find Guanshi Yu first. He suggested an idea to me before, and now it seems that his The idea is very reliable. You tell Guanshi Yu that I have agreed to his proposal, and then you take him to Cao Luxun and say that I am right. At that time, Guanshi Yu will help him with ideas on how to make the bed The effect of the crossbow projected is brought into full play."

"Alright, I'm going to find Guanshi Yu right now!"

Cheng Erniu took the order to say goodbye, and rushed down the east gate tower in a hurry.

Chapter 1091 Learn from the Battle of Chibi

The ferry at the east gate of Lingnan City, the first line of defense.

With the arrival of Cheng Erniu and Yu Guanshi, the Heijiaxuan Bing Battalion under Cao Luxun, who had taken a short rest, began to get busy again.

Steward Yu's body was fairly strong, and he hurriedly shuttled across the line of hundreds of bed crossbows, commanding and explaining how the black-armored mysterious soldiers should maximize the killing effect of the bed crossbows.

Here, Cao Luxun widened his curious eyes and observed Guanshi Yu's busy work from a distance, while pricking up his ears to listen to Cheng Erniu's purpose of Guanshi Yu's actions.

Cheng Erniu said loudly, "Brother Cao, I didn't mean that. My uncle ordered him to bring Guanshi Yu here."

Master Guo personally instructed?

Cao Luxun's sudden tension in his heart eased slightly, and then he continued to look at the hundreds of Fenglei Hall staff brought by Yu Guanshi, and found that they were all repeating the same action, that is, batch after batch of broken pieces The cloth strips and torn cotton wadding were soaked into the wooden barrels in front of them. After soaking for a long time, these rags and torn cotton wadding were fished out of the barrel inexplicably, and wrapped in black and wet, the crossbow guns were as long and thick as poles. Above, three layers inside and three layers outside, three circles to the left and three circles to the right, tightly wrapped the entire crossbow from head to toe, just like the stinky footcloth wrapped by an old lady.

Cao Luxun was dumbfounded by this, what are Guanshi Yu and his Fengleitang going to do?Could it be that a crossbow gun wrapped in rags and cotton wool can sink an enemy ship with one shot?It is simply unheard of!

He couldn't help questioning Guo Ye. Could it be that Mr. Guo is also confused?Where did Steward Yu and the others come over to help?This is simply a disservice.

In a hurry, he wanted to stop him, but was stopped by Cheng Erniu, who stopped him and said, "Brother Cao, my brother-in-law, don't try to stop Guanshi Yu, he is here to help you." .”

"Bullshit!"

Cao Luxun looked at Cheng Erniu with a gloomy face, and said angrily: "Could it be possible to maximize the power of the bed crossbow by wrapping some rags on the crossbow gun and stuffing some broken cotton? The steward was confused, so he just listened to him. Do you want to set up an altar at my place next time to pray for the power of the black water river god to overwhelm all the more than [-] warships on the water? Into the bottom of the river?"

"Uh……"

Cheng Erniu was stumped by Cao Luxun's words. Although Guanshi Yu had mentioned it to him on the way here, he had already forgotten about it.

For a while, I didn't know how to explain the intention of Guanshi Yu and Feng Leitang to Cao Luxun.

In desperation, he said, "Just wait, I'll call you over to manage Yu."

After saying that, he ran towards Guanshi Yu.

In an instant, Manager Yu followed Cheng Erniu to Cao Luxun with wet hands, and said with a smile, "General Cao, General Erniu asked the old man to come over and explain to you. Hey, the old man has already told General Erniu on the way here. Then, unexpectedly, he forgot all about it again.”

Cheng Erniu scratched the back of his neck and said with a sneer, "You told me, but I forgot after listening to it. Hehe, it's better for you to explain it to General Cao yourself, Manager Yu."

After listening to Cheng Erniu's words, Yu Guanshi and Cao Luxun rolled their eyes at the same time. This guy is a typical left ear and right ear out.

Cao Luxun ignored it, and asked Guan Yu directly: "Guan Yu, I am very curious. What are you doing with cloth strips stuffed with cotton wool on this crossbow gun? Don't tell this general, just rely on the crossbow gun. With these fancy tricks on the gun, you can easily sink the enemy ships on the Heishui River with a single shot from the bed crossbow?"

Cao Luxun's last words were naturally ironic. How could an old and sophisticated person like Yu Guanshi fail to hear the other party's dissatisfaction?

It was naturally harsh, but Guanshi Yu was not angry at the other party's ridicule, because the other party did not understand the inner reason.If you want to blame it, you have to blame Cheng Erniu, who doesn't remember anything.

Immediately, Manager Yu turned his body sideways with a smile on his lips, raised his hand and pointed to a bed crossbow not far behind him, and said, "General Cao, do you see the wooden barrel next to the bed crossbow?"

Cao Luxun nodded, and said, "I see, isn't it the wooden barrel where you soaked the rags and cotton wool just now?"

"Yes, the mystery lies in that wooden barrel!"

Manager Yu smiled and waved his hands lightly in front of Cao Luxun's nose, and asked, "General Cao, the old man's hands are wet, do you smell anything?"

In fact, as soon as Guanshi Yu came to him, Cao Luxun had already smelled a strange smell, which was very pungent.At first, he thought it was because Manager Yu hadn't showered for a long time, which caused his body to smell bad.

Now after he danced his hands like this, he was sure that the source of the smell was not on Guanshi Yu's body, but from his hands. Soggy liquid.

So, he nodded to show that he had smelled it, and then asked, "You said the mystery lies in the water in that bucket?"

"Extremely extreme, General Cao is really powerful, you can guess all of this."

Manager Yu nodded with a smile, "But this barrel is not filled with water, but kerosene."

"Fire oil?"

After all, Cao Luxun is a knowledgeable person. Although the three words "Menghuoyou" are relatively uncommon, and their uses are not widespread and popular, he has seen related records about Menghuoyou in ancient books.

The so-called fierce fire oil, Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, recorded in his "Hanshu Geographical Records" that "there is flammable water in Gaonu County".

Fan Ye of the Southern Dynasties' "Book of the Later Han·Junguozhi" recorded the collection and utilization of fierce fire oil by the ancients: "There are mountains in the south of (Yanshou) County, and the spring water comes from the stone. It is as big as it is, and it burns extremely brightly. It is inedible. lacquer." The so-called "stone lacquer" in the article refers to fierce fire oil at that time.