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Volume 4 of the Ecstasy, Chapter 25, Five Fire Ghost Soldiers

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    Zhao Yun and Ma Dai led hundreds of infantrymen, carrying some grain and arrows, from Jiameng to the north to aid Baishui Pass. The straight-line distance between the two places was only a hundred and fifty miles, but the West Han River (Jialing River) had twists and turns, and the plank road also  By following the waterway, the actual distance was more than three times longer. It was worth walking for four consecutive days.  .¡´¡².  c<o£ÛmI had previously encountered an envoy sent by Zhang Shao to Jiameng to ask for help. He said that the Wei people had arrived at the pass and were attacking day and night. The soldiers had suffered heavy losses and there were probably not enough arrows. He hoped that the prince would send reinforcements as soon as possible.  Zhao Yun was stationed in Shuzhong and had traveled back and forth between Chengdu and Hanzhong several times. He had a deep understanding of the dangerous terrain of Baishui Pass. He was afraid that Ma Dai was often in Wudu and did not know the geography, so he introduced: "The pass is close to the wall.  The plank road is connected and the sky is dangerous and majestic. This is the most important thing. The enemy comes from the north and has no place to move around. He can only attack from the front. The plank road is narrow and he can only attack 200 people. If there is a large number of people, he will be tired.  , and did not dare to set fire. Zhang Shao reported to Cao Wei that there were about 4,000 soldiers in Guanzhong, and they were invincible. Even if they defended the enemy for a hundred days, it would be difficult to defeat him. "Ma Dai reminded him.  Shao is not familiar with battle formations, so he cannot be compared with Nai's father. When the Wei people come, they will definitely order capable generals. The country's virtue is not in danger, and generals are not in courage. If Zhang Shaoguo can defend this, the prince will not order us to come."  I nodded and said, Bo Zhan, you said it well, so I was anxious all the way, fearing that I would be half a step late.  Fortunately, the destination is in sight. It is estimated that we can enter the pass this afternoon and take over Zhang Shao's command - with you and me here, the Wei people will not be able to break the pass.  As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw thick smoke rising in the direction of Baishui Pass in front. The two generals couldn't help but be shocked: "It has nothing to do with it?!" As Zhao Yun said, Baishui Pass is connected to the plank road, so neither the attacker nor the defender dared to set fire. Logically speaking,  Whether he was cooking a meal or lighting a beacon to send a message, the smoke would not be so thick unless the barrier was breached and Zhang Shao, in desperation, took the initiative to set fire to the barrier or even burn down the plank road.  Wanting to block the enemy's momentum In shock, he quickly accelerated his advance. Not far away, he met his own defeated soldiers.  ¨b©Æ.?{.  Zhao Yun hurriedly asked: "Has the pass been broken? Where is General Zhang?" All the defeated soldiers had earth-colored faces.  He stuttered and said: "The Wei people cast evil spells. Many of the guards died, and the white water has fallen!" Zhao Yun and Ma Dai looked at each other, each inexplicably horrified.  It turns out that this was the day after Xun arrived at Guanxia, ??after the morning meal.  Baishui Pass guard Zhang Shao immediately mobilized his soldiers, each armed with weapons, to guard tightly, waiting for the Wei people's attack - according to the usual practice, it won't be long before Cao Zhen will launch the first round of charge of the day.  At this time, they suddenly heard the loud music of drums in Guanxia. The Shu army couldn't help being stunned when they heard it. They thought that if they wanted to attack, beating the drums would be enough.  Why even play music?  Could it be that General Cao Wei has arrived?  But even if the emperor comes in person, there is no reason to play instrumental music on the battlefield.  Zhang Shao put up an awning with his hands and looked up, only to see Wei troops arrayed left and right at the wider part of the plank road, with a man coming out surrounded by them.  This man is dressed very strangely: he does not wear a crown, his long hair is loosely draped, his forehead is smeared with yellow silk, and a long pheasant tail is inserted on the left and right sides; he wears a long yellow coat, with the skirt untied and fluttering in the wind; his feet are bare.  No shoes or socks; holding a seal in his left hand and a long sword in his right hand.  Immediately, a few soldiers shouted: "It's the wine ceremony for treating the head!" Zhang Shaoxin said, what is the wine ceremony for treating the head?  Then he called a shouting soldier to come over and ask.  Xiao Bing explained: "In the past, when Shijun ruled Hanzhong, his Taoism spread widely, reaching Jiameng and Zitong. Those who were profound in Taoism were used as sacrificial wines. Those who led the crowd and were able to reanimate the dead and cloth were named "Zhitou Dajiu""  To put it bluntly, this is the attire worn by the most senior clergymen below Zhang Lu, the Five Pecks of Rice, to "treat their heads and offer wine as a sacrifice."  Zhang Shao was surprised and asked: "Who is incapable of casting magic?" The soldier's face turned pale and he nodded repeatedly.  Zhang Shao himself was also doubtful, but he still loudly warned and comforted the soldiers: "Don't let them get close. Otherwise, his method will not be used!" Look at the "Jietou Dajiujiu" who is more than an arrow away from the critical moment and stops.  He opened his mouth and said something, but he couldn't hear clearly because he was too far away.  ©Æ©Æ¨n©Æ©Äw©zww  But then the Wei troops surrounding him began to shout together, vaguely, and floating in the wind, it was probably a few words: "Master is in Luoyang now, and is a guest of the Emperor of Wei. Then Wei will attack the Shu thieves."  He asked his disciples to help himif he surrendered, he would not dieif he didn't obey his orders, he would serve the five-fire ghost soldiers and take the passall the people of Shu would eat them all together!  The land was Sichuan. Later, he was instigated by Liu Yan to take Hanzhong from the north. Then he expanded wildly in Hanzhong and almost formed a religious kingdom.  Although Liu Zhang fell out with Zhang Lu after he came to power and banned the spread of his Taoism within the country, there are still many people who believe in it privately in various places, especially in areas near Hanzhong.  And even if they don't believe in the Five Pecks of Rice, Shu people have always believed in witchcraft and ghosts, and most of them believe that Zhang Shijun and his disciples, including offering wine, can indeed use evil spirits.  So when they heard these words, most of them were frightened. A few who were very timid or had the most superstitious thoughts just held their heads and shrank down towards Guancheng.  Zhang Shao held a long sword in his hand and beheaded two people in succession before he managed to kill people.?The new one is stable.  The Wei people shouted for a while, but saw that the Shu people had no intention of surrendering, so "Zhitou Dajiu" stepped on the plank road, waved his sword and seals, and assumed various strange postures. Immediately, something appeared behind him.  Heavy smoke.  Zhang Shao stared at it and wondered, is this really a magic spell?  Or set fire and smoke to confuse me?  But do the people of Wei really dare to set fire to the plank road?  While he was wondering, he saw a gust of wind blowing up and rolling the thick smoke straight towards the door.  Zhang Shao took a step back slightly, feeling that the smoke was very choking, so he couldn't help but cough loudly - coughs were heard one after another around him.  Zhang Shao shouted hurriedly: "Be careful, don't let the enemy attack by taking advantage of the smoke" But he couldn't stop shouting halfway. He only felt that his throat was burning, and then blood started to drip from his nose.  Some Shu soldiers shouted: "Ghost soldiers, ghost soldiers are coming!" In the thick smoke, countless ghosts and ghosts suddenly emerged from around the "Jie Tou Da Lijiu", with eyes like copper bells and faces as red as red.  Blood, fangs turned outwards, a colorful side card in one hand, a knife in the other, swarming over.  The soldiers of Shu were all frightened and rushed towards each other, and Zhang Shao could not stop them.  Zhang Shao was anxious, thinking about what ghost soldiers he was talking about, I'll shoot one to death, and then you will know that it is false.  He immediately took the bow, set up an arrow, aimed at the front "ghost soldier", and shot it with a fierce arrow But his hand was weak at this time, and the arrow only flew more than ten steps away before it was blown away by the wind.  Gone with the wind, I don¡¯t know where the shot went.  Immediately, those "ghost soldiers" rushed to the front of the pass and climbed up Zhang Shao was about to draw his sword to resist, but was blocked by a "ghost soldier". He stumbled and became unstable, and he fell over.  Xiaguan City fell into the turbulent Western Han River The dangerous pass of Baishui was broken.  Of course, there is no magic in this world, and there are no ghost soldiers. These are all tricks played by Shi Xun.  In a sense, this is thanks to the memory of his previous life. In the society at that time, the various ancient folk arts and storytelling were originally mixed with many gods and ghosts, and were affected by the political environment.  , in his boyhood, most of them were revised with the "materialist world view".  Performers often spend a lot of space and vividly describe the so-called Zhuge military advisor's stargazing and borrowing wind, scattering beans to make troops, etc. In fact, they are all deceptions based on the superstitious ideas of the people at that time. How he assigned people, how he put on makeup, and how  Putting out smoke to create an atmosphere But at first, he actually didn't think of this.  On that day, he planned to set fire to seize the pass, but Cao Zhen rejected it directly. Shixun was not very willing to accept it - the wind direction was so good, wouldn't it be a pity not to set the fire?  So I asked Ju Zifu, and Ju Zifu said, although we can't set fire, "the things that Governor Jinyu brought us may be useful."  "What did Xun Yu come from?"  In fact, to put it bluntly, it is very simple. It is the gunpowder weapon that he has always valued.  Let's talk about the day Cao Cao killed Taoist priest Xie Zheng. On the one hand, there was no longer a leader in the development of gunpowder weapons. Secondly, Taoist Xie had not produced results for many years. Cao Cao also gradually lost confidence and interest in this new weapon, so he simply - no longer  If we have a special business, it should be given to the Ministry of War.  The important task of developing gunpowder weapons fell on Zhuge Kongming. However, Zhuge Liang didn't know much about it, so he had to come to ask his teacher Shixun for advice - you were the one who made this thing in the first place, how should you continue now?  If we continue to study, we should just stop at the original foundation. You have to help me come up with an idea.  Shi Xun said, don¡¯t think that you and Ma Jun are the only ones who can develop powerful weapons by studying machinery. In fact, if the development of gunpowder weapons continues, the future will be limitless. Of course, even if I tell you now, you may not listen.  I understand, but I don¡¯t believe it.  Therefore, the research of gunpowder weapons cannot be stopped. Let me give you some general directions: First, it is the purification of the three raw materials of sulfur, nitrate and carbon. Only the raw materials are pure enough to produce the highest combustion efficiency and even explosive efficiency.  .  There was once a time-travel novel in which the protagonist used gunpowder to blast city walls. This is completely nonsense. Not to mention that traditional black powder is basically a burning agent rather than an explosive. Even if it can explode, the raw material purification technology is low.  Come on, it would be great to be a firecracker, but also to blow up the city wall?  The second is to try to add other auxiliary materials to enhance its combustion or explosion effect. After repeated experiments, we can come up with the most suitable ratio and then try to produce it on a large scale.  Shixun vaguely remembered that there were three different gunpowder formulas recorded in the "General Martial Arts", and the raw materials were very rich. In addition to the three basic ones, there should be wax, oil, paint and so on.  Third, the current gunpowder is barely enough to be used as incendiary powder (anyway, it is more effective than other military incendiary powders of this era). As a booster and explosive, it is still at the level of children's toys It is estimated that the raw materials will be purified and the formula will be refined.  Transformation is not something that can be achieved overnight, so we might as well change our thinking and use gunpowder to create something elsefor example, tobacco powder?  "You can try arsenic, croton, wolfsbane, etc. to see how it goes" (To be continued.) Skills?Users please visit http://m.piaotia.net
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