Chapter 160 The First Batch of Gunpowder Weapons

Half a month passed in a flash.

Beijun.

Tianguang City.

Lu Chen, wearing brown armor, stood on the city wall, watching the snow flying in the distance.

Many scouts from the north have returned, and this time many of their scouts are barbarian soldiers.

It must be said that the barbarians have a great advantage on the grassland, especially in scouting the enemy.

At this time, Xiao Pengtian jumped up from the tower and jumped to Lu Chen's side, "Your Majesty, according to the speed of the gathering of tribes in the northern grassland, it may take another month for them to go south."

"And I estimate that the barbarian soldiers that the King of Beixian can summon by issuing a summons will not exceed 150,000."

Hearing this, Lu Chen pondered for a long time.

150,000 barbarian soldiers dare to go south to attack Beijun in winter?

What exactly does the King of Beixian think?

At this time, Lu Chen asked: "Have our spies found out why the King of Northern Xian chose to go south in winter?"

Hearing this question, Xiao Pengtian immediately replied: "Your Majesty, some soldiers in some small tribes did hear the reason why the King of Northern Xian went south, but they only heard the news in the small tribes, and I don't know whether it is true or not."

Many of the spies they sent out were barbarian soldiers from the original Tianlang King tribe. In addition to being familiar with the grassland, they also have a very big advantage, that is, they can communicate with other barbarian tribes, so as to find out more about the various barbarian tribes on the grassland.

After hearing what Xiao Pengtian said, Lu Chen immediately said: "I can distinguish the truth from the false, just tell me what you have found out."

Xiao Pengtian immediately said: "According to the soldiers who came back, the reason why the King of Northern Xian went south in winter was because the King of Northern Xian felt that you had robbed his princess, and he couldn't swallow this breath."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was stunned.

If he hadn't defeated the 300,000 troops of the Sirius King, Xiao Wenyao would have married the Northern Xian King in the end. However, Lu Chen still felt that it was a bit far-fetched to attack Beijun for a woman.

Lu Chen continued to ask: "Is there no other reason?"

Xiao Pengtian said: "There is another reason, that is, the Northern Xian King believes that the 300,000 troops of the Sirius King tribe have severely damaged Beijun, so Beijun is now unable to resist their southward advance."

Speaking of this, Xiao Pengtian's emotions were a bit complicated. He also participated in the battle to attack Beijun, but was captured by the generals under the Northern King in the end.

At this time, Lu Chen laughed and then said: "This is probably the real idea of ​​the Northern Xian King. No wonder they will go south in winter."

Lu Chen couldn't understand why the Northern Xian King would go south in winter at first. After all, the barbarians have never gone south in winter.

Even the Sirius King tribe had never marched on the grassland in a blizzard before. The decision of the Northern Xian King was really too bold.

If the march was in winter, it is very likely that many barbarian soldiers would have died before reaching Beijun, which is extremely disadvantageous for the barbarians.

Just as Lu Chen was about to say something, a man in black and red Jinyiwei clothes came to Lu Chen.

"Meet the prince!"

Seeing this Jinyiwei, Xiao Pengtian's face darkened instantly, and he even had the urge to draw his sword.

The Jinyiwei soldier in front of him was Wu Yuan, the merchant who had lurked in the Tianlang King Tribe.

Now the Tianlang King Tribe has all moved to Beijun, and there will no longer be a Tianlang King Tribe from now on. Wu Yuan was also promoted to Jinyiwei Qianhu because of his meritorious service in collecting intelligence on the barbarians, and the Jinyiwei was expanding its recruitment recently.

Although Xiao Pengtian has surrendered to Lu Chen, he and Wu Yuan are now Lu Chen's subordinates, but when Xiao Pengtian thinks of what happened in the past, he always has an urge in his heart to chop Wu Yuan directly.

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Lu Chen asked, "What's the matter?"

Wu Yuan replied, "Your Majesty, the craftsmen have made the first batch of things you need, and we have quietly transported them to Beijun."

Hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes lit up. The craftsmen from Dayu City had only arrived in Beijun not long ago, and they had actually made what they needed.

Lu Chen then continued to ask, "Have you Jinyiwei tested the power?"

Wu Yuan replied, "We have tested it. It is not as powerful as a howitzer, but it is not far behind. And according to your suggestion, we added a lot of metal fragments to it, and the killing effect will be better."

Hearing the three words "howitzer", Xiao Pengtian's body was shocked.

He has joined Beijun for a while. How could he not know what a "howitzer" is? Although he is not qualified to contact a howitzer, he also knows that the name of the terrifying weapon that bombed them at the beginning is called a howitzer.

When Xiao Pengtian heard that the King of the North had made a weapon that was as powerful as a howitzer, he felt a chill on his back.

Sure enough, is the era of warriors coming to an end?

I don't know where the Northern King and his men got such a terrifying weapon!

If the Heavenly Wolf King Tribe knew that the Northern County had such a weapon, they would not have come to attack the Northern County, let alone be annexed by the Northern County.

But none of that mattered anymore, Xiao Pengtian just sighed in his heart.

At this time, Lu Chen said: "General Xiao, come with me to see our new weapons."

At this point, Lu Chen jumped down from the tower, and at this time, Xiao Pengtian stared at Wu Yuan with wide eyes.

Seeing Xiao Pengtian staring at him with his eyes wide open, as if he wanted to eat him alive, Wu Yuan smiled and said, "General Xiao, we are now considered our own people, so you don't have to look at me with such hatred, right?"

Xiao Pengtian snorted coldly and said, "Lackneck!"

After the words fell, Xiao Pengtian also jumped down from the tower and followed Lu Chen to see the new weapons.

Wu Yuan shrugged his shoulders and didn't care at all. They, the Jinyiwei, were originally the lackeys of the King of the North. What Xiao Pengtian said was not wrong, and he didn't feel that this was an insult to him at all.

In the eyes of the Jinyiwei, being called the lackeys of the King of the North was a compliment to them.

Soon Lu Chen and his men arrived in front of the convoy transporting military equipment.

Lu Chen immediately asked people to open the boxes and then checked the gunpowder weapons transported by the Jinyiwei.

Because these were the first batch of gunpowder weapons made by the craftsmen, these things also seemed relatively simple. Basically, an iron ball wrapped in gunpowder was considered a bomb.

Moreover, there were no cannons, and the only way to launch them was with catapults.

To build cannons, further development of materials was needed, and it would not be possible to make them so quickly, and Lu Chen was also aware of this.

Lu Chen then said, "Take two to the grassland first, and I will try the effect myself."

It just so happened that Tianguang City was now just a military fortress, with no civilians, and only soldiers stationed in the entire city.

And outside Tianguang City was an endless grassland, and it was just right to test these gunpowder weapons on the grassland.

Hearing Lu Chen's order, some Jinyiwei immediately moved a weapon with a bomb to a wooden cart, and then pulled it towards the grassland.

Seeing those round iron balls, Xiao Pengtian was a little confused. It was this kind of iron ball that defeated the 300,000 barbarian troops in the Wanning River Valley?

Isn't this just an iron ball?

Why is it so destructive?

Could it be that this iron ball contains the life-long skills of a great master?