Prince Du pressed on, "What kind of magical weapon could have allowed a group of guerrillas to resist the governor's army?"
Qin Wan pointed at the musketeer beside her and said, "Explosives."
Prince Du gasped. "Explosives? That stuff is very powerful. How many do they have?"
Qin Wan calculated: "It shouldn't be much. The fourth brother is very ambitious. There are countless cities in the Great Zhou. The explosives must be used on the cutting edge."
Things turned out just as Qin Wan had guessed. When they met the governor of Dujiang, they knew that the magic weapon used in the Dujiang Mansion was dynamite.
The Governor of Dujiang beat his chest and stamped his feet before Qin Wan and the Governor of Yongzhou. "I lost at least eight or nine hundred of my men to the explosives, if not a thousand. Now I dare not attack the city, nor do I dare to retreat. The civilians in the city have been used as shields. We have the will but not the strength."
"I don't know where they got this black thing from, but when they dropped it, it would knock down a whole bunch of people with a loud bang. We can't even attack the city!"
The Governor of Yongzhou had never seen explosives before, so he asked, "Is it really that powerful?"
"It's true. You can look at the big hole over there. It was caused by the dynamite." The governor of Dujiang stretched out his hand to gesture the size of the hole.
The Governor of Yongzhou didn't believe it, so he rode out to investigate. From a distance, he saw a huge, deep pit. He was so shocked that he ran back and gestured, "What could have such a huge pit? Were all the people there blown to pieces?"
Qin Wan said, "It's explosives. The Fourth Prince just made it, but don't worry, His Majesty and the Crown Prince have also made them."
Qin Wan ordered someone to bring a box of explosives over. This thing was much easier to make than ammunition, so she brought a lot of it.
The Governor of Dujiang looked at the square objects in the box and was confused: "This is different. Theirs is a round ball, like this."
He gestured with his hand.
Qin Wan nodded: "I know, the things we buy here are all explosives. Put this in a jar and put some iron pieces or broken porcelain pieces in it. The killing power is amazing."
The Yongzhou governor's eyes lit up: "With this, attacking the city will not be a problem!"
Qin Wan didn't want to delay any longer and went straight to the throwing vehicle: "Just throw the stuff in and start a fire."
Prince Du stood on the high platform with a telescope and observed carefully: "It seems that their explosives are placed on the city wall."
"That's even easier," Qing Wan looked at the Dujiang Governor and said, "You haven't tried fire attacks before, have you?"
"No." The governor of Dujiang shook his head.
Qin Wan smiled. If he tried the fire attack, the explosives stored on the city wall would blow up the city wall.
Qin Wan originally wanted to throw the explosives under the city gate, then shoot an arrow to ignite the explosives and directly blow open the city gate. Now that she knew where the explosives were stored, she naturally had to change the place where she threw them.
When the catapult was pushed into position, the general on the city gate saw this and was about to light the explosives again and throw them down, but was stopped by someone: "We don't have much explosives! Wait until they have more people and get closer."
"They've got the hurricane-throwing truck! If no one comes, are we just going to get smashed?"
As soon as he finished speaking, stones began to fall like raindrops, mixed with square packs of explosives, which no one could see under the cover of the stones.
After two rounds of stone rain, Qin Wan asked people to bring kerosene. They wrapped tung oil in rags, lit them, and threw them onto the city wall, where they landed on the wall with a whoosh.
The tower was covered with stones and there was nothing flammable. As long as people got out of the way, the fireball would burn out after a while. No one cared, and some even shouted:
"The fire attack technique must also be appropriate!"
"There's no tung oil on the city wall for you to ignite! Hahaha!"
However, they laughed too early. They only heard a series of "boom" sounds, and the explosive packs that fell at their feet exploded without warning.
There was a constant rumbling sound at the place where the explosives were piled up. The people in Dujiang City felt the earth shaking and thought that a dragon had turned over. They hurriedly looked for places to hide.
The governor of Yongzhou almost fell down, and he and his men supported each other to keep steady. Then he looked at the prince, who was still wearing a veil and standing firmly in the same place without moving.
The smaller guards beside her didn't move an inch either. He couldn't help but admire her, "Your Highness has excellent skills. His lower body is really steady."
Qin Wan smiled and thought it was a joke. Children of the Qin family, your lower body must be stable. Grandfather's rattan is not vegetarian. If your lower body is not stable, I guarantee you won't be able to get out of bed the next day.
Qin Wan was simply spoiled and pampered when she grew up, but the punishments she received while practicing martial arts were no less than those of others.
The Governor of Dujiang looked at the exploded city wall and laughed heartily: "It's your turn now! Hahahaha!"
Qin Wan looked at him speechlessly and reminded him: "The city wall was blown up, and you are still needed to repair it. We have to rush to Huzhou Prefecture to provide assistance, so we won't be here for long."
The laughter of the Dujiang governor stopped abruptly. Taking the city was only the beginning, and defending the city was just the beginning.
The governor of Dujiang was full of bitterness, wondering how to build the city wall quickly.
The smoke and dust cleared, revealing the city wall that was nearly razed to the ground. Qin Wan jumped on her horse and said calmly, "Enter the city."
The governor of Dujiang came to his senses and immediately shouted, "Kill!"
The governor of Dujiang led his men to charge into the city first. They had been blocked at the city gate for these days and felt very frustrated. Now that they have the opportunity to take revenge, how could they fall behind?
Qin Yan also wanted to become the first female general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so she drew her sword and followed him, shouting and killing.
Prince Du also rushed out, but halfway through he realized something was wrong. He turned around and saw Qin Wan standing there without moving.
Qin Chan hit his horse with his spear, causing the horse to run wildly.
Qin Chan turned to look at the embarrassed Du Shizi who had managed to steady himself, and shook her head, "You can be distracted even on the battlefield. No wonder your father didn't take you to the battlefield. If you were on the battlefield, you wouldn't be able to save your life."
Prince Du was unconvinced: "I'm just curious, the prince said to go into the city, why didn't you move?"
"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, don't you know?" Qin Chan, who was always gentle, couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, letting him experience it himself, and then she raised her spear and knocked an enemy away.
Qin Wan watched as the Dujiang Governor's men rushed in, then turned to the Yongzhou Governor and asked, "Sir, you're not going?"
"There's no need to compete with others. There are plenty of opportunities to make merit." The governor of Yongzhou was very calm, and his soldiers were also calm.
Qin Wan smiled and saw that the city gate was almost cleared, then she calmly rode into the city.
The prince waved his flag and calmed the frightened people in the city.
Qin Wan ordered people in the city to shout continuously: "The Crown Prince has arrived, the rebellion has been quelled. Anyone who secretly harbors the rebellious troops will be charged with treason. Anyone who reports the rebellion will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver!"
The chaotic troops in Dujiang Prefecture were just a group of guerrillas, and the Fourth Prince's men had disappeared without a trace when the city was broken.
The entire Dujiang Prefecture government office was completely emptied, with only faint traces of blood still visible on the stones and grass in the yard.
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