741 Bullets and gunfire? No, it was the flames of war!
boom……
boom……
boom……
This time, Xuan Shaoqi was not disappointed. The number of five hundred finally opened the first wave of traps. The weight was enough to break the wooden board, and the price of breaking the board was that the sheep fell into the quicksand one by one. 【!
"Mee-mee..."
At the critical moment of life and death, the sheep did not even bother to look for food. Fortunately, the sheep did not fall down and ran forward for their lives. However, at this time, the power of gunpowder was revealed.
"ignition!"
Following Feng Qingchen's order, only the sound of thunder and lightning was heard, but the sound was completely drowned out by the sound of the attack. However, the power it brought was not hidden. When the fuse burned out, its beauty finally bloomed.
boom……
A huge explosion sounded, and under the impact of the gunpowder, the quicksand and the sheep were blown into the sky. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and the aroma of roasted lamb.
Sheep heads and legs were flying everywhere, and the screams seemed insignificant under the sound of the explosion.
A hail of bullets?
No, this is called war. The entire battlefield was shrouded in the smell of gunpowder. Everyone was impressed by its powerful lethality. Those who saw this scene couldn't help swallowing their saliva. The people on Xuan Xiao's side had shining eyes and a fanatical look on their faces.
The lethality of this gunpowder is so strong that so many people were killed in an instant. I really admire it. It's a pity that this thing was brought by the Ninth Prince and Wang Jinling, and the quantity they provided is limited.
One third of the gunpowder was used up in this exercise, which was a real waste. But otherwise, they would not have been able to see the effect of gunpowder.
The party attacking the city seemed a little timid. Seeing the death of the 500 sheep, they felt uneasy. At the same time, they were glad that they were testing the flock of sheep instead of themselves, otherwise they would have been turned into meat sauce after the explosion.
The explosion stopped, but the destructive power it caused was still there. The thick smell of gunpowder could be seen even from a distance.
"You knew it a long time ago, right?" It took Wang Jinling a long while to recover from this epic scene.
The scene of flames rising to the sky is so shocking that you will never forget it once.
"Yes. There is a problem with the quicksand." The Ninth Prince answered the question irrelevantly. He knew what Wang Jinling was asking, but he just didn't want to answer Wang Jinling's question.
"Who asked you if there was a problem with the quicksand? I already knew that. Otherwise, you wouldn't have sent 500 soldiers to charge." Wang Jinling glared at the Ninth Prince: "I'm talking about the explosives. The one who blew Li Xiang to death was Qingchen, right?"
Feng Qingchen was really brave. She actually dared to sneak into the palace to bury gunpowder. However, to bury gunpowder in the palace, Feng Qingchen could not do it alone. This man should have helped her.
“Yes.” The Ninth Prince didn’t want to answer, but Wang Jinling asked so bluntly, could he still pretend that he didn’t understand?
Now that the gunpowder has been taken out, there is no point in reloading it. Unfortunately, this stuff is not without weaknesses. For example, it is useless when it comes into contact with water. Another example is that it is also useless if its fuse is broken.
It is inconvenient to carry and takes time to light. Its power can only be shown in a big battle with a large number of people. Against an expert, the other party will find out before you light it.
"Qingchen has a really hot temper. To kill Li Xiang, he actually used such a powerful thing. It's really generous." Wang Jinling thought for a long time, and in the end he could only praise Feng Qingchen for his generosity.
Such a weapon is enough to kill an emperor, but using it to kill Li Xiang is a bit of a waste.
The Ninth Prince glanced at Wang Jinling and stopped talking. He continued with his sand table simulation and used five hundred lives to ignite the war. This time, the Ninth Prince sent out ten thousand people, three thousand of whom rushed forward carrying long wooden boards.
"Explode again!" Wang Jinling had to put aside other thoughts and concentrate on dealing with the attack from the Ninth Prince, while opening the second and third lines of defense.
It is almost impossible to block 10,000 people with just explosives and quicksand traps, but the Ninth Prince didn't care and let the army rush forward. It takes time to relocate the gunpowder and light the fuse, and this gap is enough for 10,000 troops to move forward. Of course, the premise is that the road ahead is smooth enough and there is no way out for others.
Go, go, go…
Taking advantage of the raging war, Xuan Shaoqi also mobilized 10,000 men and rushed forward. The 10,000 soldiers barely broke through the defense line, set up the wooden boards, and retreated quickly, not daring to move forward again.
There is a dead end ahead, they dare not run.
"Report, according to calculations, we were able to kill at least 3,000 people." The captain in charge of placing the gunpowder quickly calculated the number.
"Very good, notify the Blue Team that the enemy has suffered another 3,000 casualties." This is an exercise, not a real battle, so of course no human lives will be lost. The deductions of the Ninth Prince and Wang Jinling are similar. After all, the time for installation and lighting the fuse is the same, except that the Ninth Prince sacrificed 300 fewer people than Xuan Shaoqi.
"You have a slight advantage." Wang Jinling said with a smile.
The Ninth Prince glanced at Wang Jinling coldly. This was just the beginning and everything was still unknown.
"Haha." Wang Jinling smiled but didn't say anything. He was sure to win today, and it was just a matter of how to gain a greater advantage.
The two armies fought again. Xuan Shaoqi used sheep instead of people to go to the trench. Xuan Shaoqi also used wooden boards to build a bridge, but sheep still did not have the wisdom of humans. This time the casualties were heavy, and a thousand sheep died.
Feng Qingchen looked at the instantly rising casualty data and reminded: "Tell Xuan Shaoqi to use them sparingly, otherwise all the soldiers will die before reaching Xuanxiao Palace."
The so-called soldiers refer to the flock of sheep used for testing the road. It is impossible for them to really find 30,000 sheep, so they can only use this as a base number as a substitute.
Soon, the messenger replied: "The palace master said that you should show some mercy."
"There are no fathers and sons on the battlefield. Don't even think about it." Feng Qingchen roared back without thinking.
Several bigwigs in the organization smiled foolishly, brewed two pots of tea early, and drank them leisurely.
The other side lost 5,000 men while they were still far away from Xuanxiao Palace, while not a single person on their side died. How could they not be happy?
When 10,300 men rushed to the third line of defense, only less than 6,000 were left, more than 4,800 were killed, and 20,000 could not keep up.
This time, because there were no wooden boards in the quicksand, Xuan Shaoqi was able to force 7,000 people in at the cost of only 300 people. When the more than 19,000 people outside rushed in, only 18,000 people were left.
Thirty thousand people only broke through two lines of defense, and only about twenty-four thousand were left. It has to be said that this death toll is extremely high. And this is under the arrangement of the mechanisms and traps of Xuanxiao Palace. If they were not aware of it, perhaps these thirty thousand people would all have been sacrificed in the first line of defense.
In comparison, the Ninth Prince is much more cunning...