Chapter 605 The Real Power!

At this time, Xiang Yu directly took the bamboo tube from Long Ju's hand.

Long Ju was slightly startled and said,

"Your Majesty, be careful of that thunder!"

"No, it's not the thunder, it's the weapon!"

Longju didn't know what to call this thing.

Xiang Yu was not afraid at all, but looked at the bamboo tube in his hand with a slightly excited expression.

Carefully recalling the third arrow Zhao Lang shot at him before!

Indeed, there seems to be such a similar bamboo tube.

After looking at it carefully for a while, Xiang Yu said,

"Did Zhao Lang rely on it to impersonate Tian Lei?"

Even though he calls himself an overlord, he still has some fear of God.

Because no one can fight against God.

But if it's just a weapon, that's another story!

He, the Overlord of Western Chu, is not afraid of any weapon!

Long Ju nodded and replied,

"Your Majesty, this thing should be combined with fire to be effective."

Xiang Yu also nodded slightly. That night, he indeed saw the flash of fire followed by the explosion of thunder!

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"

Xiang Yu pondered for a while, then took out a dagger and cut off a piece of the bamboo tube while everyone looked at him in surprise.

Soon, streaks of black powder fell out of the bamboo tube.

Xiang Yu put all the powder on a piece of silk.

Then open the entire bamboo tube.

But nothing else was found.

Long Ju said with a bit of disbelief at this time,

"that's it?"

He couldn't figure out why such a small thing could emit such power as thunder!

Xiang Yu picked up some powder with his hand, frowned slightly, and said quickly without any clue,

"Dumb, call the craftsmen!"

Dumb was a follower of his younger uncle, who was trapped in Pengcheng.

These people escaped.

It stands to reason that they should be severely punished. After all, it is the duty of these people to protect their master.

But in the battle in Pengcheng, even he was rescued.

And now there is no one in the Chu army who can take over the food and grass.

Besides, Dumb is just a fool, and there is no need to compete with him.

And this fool is actually quite useful, conveying some relatively confidential information without fear of leaks.

Just like now, he couldn't believe anyone about this Tianlei matter. If it were anyone else, he would drive them out.

But Dui was different. Even if it was shown to him, the other party wouldn't understand.

But no one noticed that Duan looked at the bamboo tube on the table with a shocked look.

After hearing the order, Ah-Dai quickly came to his senses.

Forcibly suppressing his thoughts, he walked out blankly as usual and conveyed Xiang Yu's order.

Then he returned to Xiang Yu's camp again.

Everyone was paying attention to the craftsman at this time. After carefully looking at the powder in front of him for a while, the craftsman said slowly,

"Your Majesty, this place is mostly made of charcoal. From the smell, there seems to be some sulfur. I don't know about the rest."

Charcoal, sulfur.

After hearing this, Xiang Yu opened his eyes and said,

"Can it be done?"

The craftsman replied,

"This charcoal is a common thing, and you should be able to find some sulfur in the army."

Sulfur is also medicine.

Xiang Yu said with some excitement,

"Okay! You go do it now! No, I will go with you personally!"

Xiang Yu couldn't hide his excitement at this time!

If they also have this weapon, then Chu State will be stable!

Xiang Yu personally led the team, and soon they got charcoal and sulfur.

The craftsman crushed the two things and then mixed them. Although the selling price was a bit different, it did look somewhat similar to the powder in the bamboo tube.

"Is this it?"

Long Ju couldn't believe what he saw in front of him. The sky thunder that had defeated them several times was created like this?

Xiang Yu said extremely urgently,

"Get the bamboo tube! Put it in the fire!"

This is the best way to prove it.

Just looking at the busy and excited look of these people in front of me.

Dumb on the side became more and more shocked.

Of course, this time the shock was in a different direction.

Although he didn't know the formula of gunpowder, he still learned it from Zhuangzi.

He watched these people mix charcoal and sulfur so hastily.

If you don’t care about proportions or purity, others will be fooled.

The anxiety in my heart instantly eased.

Damn it if they could build this!

Soon the Chu army prepared the fire.

Dui saw these people stuffing those things into the bamboo tube, looked nervous, and excitedly threw the bamboo tube into the fire.

Then he stood far away, as if he was worried about the explosion.

But there was no emotion on Duan's face at this time, and he even wanted to smile.

It's just that this look in the eyes of a caring person made him believe even more in the fact that Dumb was a fool.

Because how could ordinary people not be curious when encountering this kind of situation?

Everyone was staring at the fire. Suddenly, a burst of thick smoke rose from the fire.

Everyone was shocked, this smoke was so familiar to them!

The thunder summoned by Zhao Lang happens every time!

But after a while, there was no change in the flame until the flame went out.

Long Ju said with some confusion,

"Why isn't there any thunder?"

Xiang Yu was not too frustrated and said,

"There must be some mysteries about this thing, but now that we know it's not a thunder, there's always a way to deal with it!"

"Long Ju, are you sure the Qin army doesn't have many of these things?"

Long Ju pondered for a moment and said,

"The general will confirm that if they really have that many, they would have been used on a large scale as early as Pengcheng."

"Now that I think about it, I kept it specially to guard against our cavalry!"

At this time, Long Ju recalled every time Zhao Lang used this thing and understood something.

He couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart. If he had known earlier, this was not a thunder at all.

As long as you are prepared, Zhao Lang's more than a hundred crossbow arrows will not cause too many casualties!

But he just abandoned the city!

"Your Majesty, the last general..."

Long Ju wanted to apologize at this time, but Xiang Yu just shook his head and said calmly,

"It's not your fault, it's Zhao Lang who is too cunning!"

Didn't he also fall into the trap?

Long Ju nodded and said quickly,

"Your Majesty, the top priority is to tell General Yingbu about this and ask him to guard the front line!"

Xiang Yu also nodded in agreement and was about to give the order when a Chu soldier hurried in and reported back,

"Your Majesty! Urgent report from the front!"

"General Yingbu surrendered the Qin army! The Qin army is repairing in the city and should be marching now!"

The Chu army quickly explained the situation.

After hearing the report, the entire camp fell silent for a moment.

Long Ju had a look of astonishment on his face. After a while, he regained his composure and asked,

"What!"

Xiang Yu's face was also ashen. He didn't expect that Yingbu would surrender directly!

Moreover, the opponent actually frightened the opponent without even releasing a single crossbow arrow!

But he quickly suppressed his anger and replied coldly,

"knew."

Now that it was done, he had to find a way to deal with it.

Secretly calculating the Qin army's marching speed and route, Xiang Yu quickly ordered,

"Instruct Yu Ziqi and Zhongli Mei to lead all the armies to prepare to attack the Qin army!"

Long Ju was stunned for a moment and said,

"Your Majesty, the Qin army is at its peak. These two men have just formed an army. Do you want to make some repairs?"

Xiang Yu shook his head at this time and said,

"We cannot let the Qin army gain a foothold in Chu! Otherwise it will be difficult to fight in the future!"

"Now that the Qin army has occupied these cities, it is bound to divide its troops to garrison them."

"Their military strength is small to begin with, and the farmers behind to expand their army are similar to our army."

"And my Jiangdong disciples are still alive, and I still have a thousand cavalry!"

"If we collect the broken troops they put back, our army will actually have more troops than them!"

"The reason why the Qin army went so far alone without any scruples was because of the reputation of this thunder!"

"Now, our army also has thunder!"

Listening to Xiang Yu's analysis, Long Ju couldn't help but admire him. When it came to military affairs, his king was indeed not to be underestimated.

It was just the last words that made him a little confused.

"Your Majesty, our army is not there yet."

Xiang Yu replied at this time,

"Thanks to Zhao Lang for this. He can use the thunder to scare Yingbu into surrender. I can also use this thunder to tell the soldiers of the Chu army that I can also summon the thunder!"

"Let the craftsmen follow the method just now and make these bamboo tubes that can emit black smoke."

"Rebuild the thunder you got!"

"When all the soldiers gather together, I will personally demonstrate the summoning of thunder!"

Long Ju immediately understood that they did not need to create thunder!

Just make the Chu army no longer afraid!

Thinking of this, Long Ju said sincerely,

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

"But, where is the best place to gather our troops?"

Xiang Yu looked at the map at this time, quickly pointed at the map and said,

"Here!"

Long Ju looked over and saw that the place Xiang Yu was pointing to was a place called Gaixia.

This is one of the rear areas they set up before. They built an earthen city based on the terrain. It is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

It is indeed suitable for counterattack.

Long Ju immediately replied,

"The general will get the order!"

After saying that, he left quickly.

Xiang Yu looked in the direction of Gaixia and said harshly,

"In this battle, I will definitely avenge my previous humiliation!"

Soon, amid the busyness, the sky darkened.

All the guards and attendants also began to be replaced.

Of course, Dui was the same, and went all the way back to his camp.

When the night got late, he left his tent.

Arriving at a tent, he whispered,

"Go and report to the master of the family!"

Not long after, a dark shadow left the Chu army's camp.

A few days later.

In a small city in Chudi.

It's a little different from before. Not half of the Chu army can be seen here, but all of them are Qin troops.

On the wall of the small town, Zhao Lang was leading a group of people to inspect the wall.

"What are the movements of the Chu army?"

Zhao Lang looked at the slightly deserted fields outside the city. It was almost autumn.

But there are more weeds in the field than there are in the banker.

The slave quickly replied,

"Master, Spider Web's spies at the farmhouse have reported that the Chu army is recruiting men forcibly."

"We had some casualties among our men."

"However, the Chu army has also had some conflicts with the nobles of the Chu region. It should be that the previous message had an effect."

"Now that Yingbu's rhetoric is still there, the nobles of Chu believe that Xiang Yu killed the King of Chu."

I will explain the situation one by one.

Zhao Lang nodded, pondered for a moment, and was about to assign tasks when suddenly a fast horse arrived at the city gate, and the messenger on the horse shouted,

"Southern Dispatch!"

The slave's face changed slightly, and he naturally recognized that this was Spider Web's urgent report!

Soon, the information was delivered to Zhao Lang.

"Longju got a piece of black powder? Ayu actually figured out a way to crack it."

Looking at the information, Zhao Lang was slightly surprised.

He didn't expect that Long Ju would actually get the crossbow arrow without exploding.

But I have to say that Xiang Yu is indeed a great military genius. Just after hearing about his method of intimidating the Chu army, he actually figured out a way to solve it.

After reading it, Zhao Lang did not intend to hide it, and directly told Meng Yi and others the news, and then said,

"Xiang has figured out a way to deal with it."

"The deterrent effect of sky thunder on the Chu army will no longer be that great."

But before Meng Yi and others could speak, Hu Hai exclaimed,

"What? Brother Lang, the thunder is useless now?"

"What should I do?"

"How about we withdraw first, guard the border, gather the sergeants first, wait until next year to get more sky mines, and then blow them up!"

In his heart, whether it was on the Liaodong battlefield, or in Julu or Pengcheng.

Defeating the enemy basically relies on the sky thunder. Now that the sky thunder is suddenly said to be useless, how can he not be surprised?

Now they can go deep alone!

Although the others did not speak, they were somewhat moved.

Although the Qin army has won several games in a row now, it is indeed a little tired.

It would be better to hold your hand first, and in the spring of next year, when the supplies are ready and the soldiers are repaired, we can defeat the Chu army in one fell swoop.

Sensing everyone's hesitation, Zhao Lang quickly smiled and said,

"You also think that without the sky thunder, our army will not be able to fight?"

"You place too much emphasis on the power of weapons."

"Although weapons are important, they are not omnipotent until they reach a certain level."

Zhao Lang understood other people's idea of ​​only focusing on weapons. After all, it was the first time he saw the power of gunpowder.

In Da Qin, no one is not afraid!

However, if you think that everything can be solved with weapons, you will fall into a misunderstanding!

If because of this, you ignore the fundamentals and think that with gunpowder you can do whatever you want, then the day of destruction is not far away!

This is also a warning to Da Qin!

Zhao Lang showed a smile at this time and said,

"If Mr. Xiang also thinks that he can be hostile to me if he thinks of a way to break the thunder deterrent."

"Then they are wrong!"

"This time, I can defeat the Xiang family without using thunder!"

Others were also a little confused when they heard this.

Only Zhao Lang knew that the firepower of the sky thunder was far less than the anger of the people.

Looking at the message sent back by Dumb, Zhao Lang didn't know if it was God's will.

Xiang Yu set the battlefield at Gaixia, and just in time, he still had a song to send to the other party!

"Do they think our army is small? Do you also think that our army is now alone in the depths, without the thunder, afraid of being outnumbered?"

"Slave, give the order to the saint, I will kill all the people in Chu land!"

"Tell all the farmers in the surrounding counties and counties of Gaixia that from now on, young and old, they will all rush to Gaixia!"

"Their leader needs them!"

This time, let everyone in the world see the true power of the people!

Also let the people know their true power!

(An An)