Pharmacist Guo's heart sank, and he secretly wondered: Could it be that these muffled sounds were made by thunder bombs?
He turned his head to look at the ice wall of Zhang Xiaozhuang, and could vaguely see Zhang Shixun's figure. Even though the snow blocked some of his sight, Zhang Shixun was still wearing full military uniform, and his black helmet and armor stood out in the world of ice and snow.
He did not leave Zhang Xiaozhuang, so the commotion in Gao Laozhuang was not caused by him.
Pharmacist Guo breathed a sigh of relief and prayed that nothing serious would happen on Saici's side.
Saishi was a Jurchen Mouke, an official neither high nor low. The reason why Wuliebu sent this small character to follow Guo Yaoshi was obvious, which was to serve as a military supervisor.
To put it bluntly, it means monitoring Pharmacist Guo.
The Jurchens distrusted the Han people from the bottom of their hearts.
If Saishi died, Wulibu would definitely hold Guo Yaoshi accountable, and Jiemu would not let him off easily.
Pharmacist Guo was worried and was about to send Zhen Wuchen to check it out when he saw a disorganized team appear in his sight. When he got closer, he saw that the leader was Sai Ci.
His hair was disheveled, his eyebrows and beard seemed to have been burned by fire, and his leather armor was gone. He looked very miserable.
As for the Jurchen soldiers, they looked even more miserable. They had lost all their armor and weapons, and their bodies looked like they had been burned. Some of them had no hair at all, and they looked like the butts of plucked chickens.
The entire team was pitch black, as if they had just escaped from a burned forest.
The returning team was much smaller than when they left.
Pharmacist Guo was secretly surprised. He hurried forward and asked, "Saici, what are you doing...?"
Saici staggered off his horse and sat down in the snow. He stared in the direction of Gao Laozhuang with horror, muttering, "It's... horrible, so horrible."
Pharmacist Guo frowned, squatted down, and asked again: "What exactly happened?"
Saici turned around and said with trembling lips: "Heavenly fire is coming, burn... burn..."
Before he could finish his words, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
Pharmacist Guo ordered his men to carry Saici into the camp, and then called two Jin soldiers to question them, only then did he find out the whole story.
It turned out that after Sai Ci led his troops to Gao Laozhuang, he saw that the ice city wall here was higher than that of Zhang Xiaozhuang, and he couldn't help but feel discouraged. However, he didn't want to make a wasted trip, so he sent a dozen soldiers with loud voices who could speak Chinese to go and curse.
They were all rough guys, and the words they used were extremely unpleasant. They started by scolding Wang Dong's grandmother, and then went on to scold all the aunts, uncles, and cousins, without leaving any of them out.
The key is that there is no end to the scolding, and the more he scolds, the more excited he becomes.
On the top of the city wall, Wang Dong was furious.
He had no armor, so he took out a space suit from the shuttle and put it on. This thing had much stronger protection than armor. Even if he was directly hit by the most powerful Eight Ox Crossbow of this era, he would not be damaged at all.
Two female generals came with him: Liang Hongyu and Zaohua.
Liang Hongyu, dressed in leather armor and a red cloak, looks heroic and eye-catching.
She was very calm about the Jin soldiers' insults, because they were not insulting her after all.
Zaohua refused to do it and started cursing.
The Jin soldiers who were cursing below suddenly became more energetic when they saw a woman jump out to curse back. They were like people who had been injected with chicken blood, and their shouts and curses became even louder.
The target directly became Zaohua herself.
The curse words are indescribable.
Wang Dong was so angry that his face turned blue. He had never been treated like this since he was a child.
According to the plan he and Zhang Shixun had made in advance, this offensive and defensive battle was mainly defensive, without any active attacks or the use of any powerful weapons.
Put the overall situation first and wait for the fall of the capital.
The moment the corrupt Zhao Song Dynasty collapsed was the beginning of the two men's grand plans.
But after being scolded by the Jin soldiers, the flames in his heart were rising. Now Zaohua joined in the quarrel, which was like adding fuel to the fire.
Wang Dong finally couldn't bear it anymore, and turned around to give an order to Bai Wuchang: Incendiary bomb, fuse minus five, burn in the air, burn these damn things for me.
Bai Wuchang walked down the city ladder without saying a word, and arrived at the foot of the city, where there was a row of catapults.
These catapults were all newly designed by Wang Dong based on various materials and he had the main control computer in the shuttle. Many important components were produced in the small factory inside the shuttle.
There is no way. The manufacturing technology of this era is low and some parts cannot be produced at all.
Wang Dong took the blueprints and directed dozens of carpenters and blacksmiths to work for nearly a month before they built eight catapults.
It is called a catapult, but its working principle has gone beyond the scope of a catapult. To put it bluntly, it is a Song Dynasty version of a rocket launcher.
Because it pushes the "shell" out through a slide rail.
"Bombs" can be stones, explosive packs, or even incendiary bombs.
Bai Wuchang walked to the catapult, where dozens of farmhands were already on standby.
"The Grand Master has ordered that the catapults be charged, the incendiary bomb fuses be decelerated by five, and ready to be loaded."
Bai Wuchang's voice was cold, without a trace of emotion.
Dozens of farmhands had been trained by him, and they immediately became busy after hearing the order.
A dozen farmhands shook the joystick and began to charge the spring of the catapult.
A dozen or so farmhands took out black incendiary bombs from wooden boxes, cut off part of the fuse on top as ordered, and then placed them on the bomb position of the catapult.
"Report to General Bai, power storage is complete!"
"Report to General Bai, the incendiary bombs have been loaded."
After the launch preparations were completed, Bai Wuchang gave the order: "Standard 320, launch!"
Immediately, more than a dozen black balls were thrown out, flying over the city wall and into the sky above the Jin army.
After hearing more than a dozen deafening explosions, flames appeared above the Jin army and fell into the Jin army like raindrops.
"ah!"
“Ahh…!”
Accompanied by shrill screams, the Jin army suddenly fell into chaos.
The flames that fell on his body were like a thorn in his flesh. No matter how he slapped them, he could not put them out. Even covering them with snow could not put them out.
The flames that fell on the snow melted the snow and still burned in the snow water.
Several flames fell on Saici's leather armor and immediately ignited it. Saici reached out to slap it, but the flames got on his hands and he screamed in pain.
Flames also fell from the mount. It neighed sharply, raised its front hooves and kicked once, then kicked all four hooves wildly like crazy.
He could not control the spurs on his horse, and coupled with the excruciating pain from the flames, he was thrown off the horse and plunged headfirst into the thick snow.
The warhorse neighed and ran away, knocking down several Jin soldiers along the way.
Sai Ci finally took off his leather armor and examined his body with gritted teeth, only to see several burn holes on his body. The charred flesh was still smoking. He lowered his head to look at the leather armor again, and saw several holes burned through it.
Looking around, some of his subordinates were crying for their parents; some were rolling on the ground; some had been burned to death and were lying motionless in the snow.
Screams rang out one after another, the scene was like hell, extremely terrifying.
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