? It was Wu'anguo who had seen the world and first woke up from the huge shock caused by the explosion. He shouted: "Be careful of the catapult cart and stop all launches!"

In fact, even if Wu Anguo didn't give this order, the catapult drivers who were still stunned and sighing would not do anything for a while. But no matter what, Wu Anguo's order must be issued quickly, otherwise a group of stupid guys would honestly make five rounds of shooting and wasting thirty-two more thunders, wouldn't Wu Anguo feel so distressed?

After all, the Qingzhou soldiers on the city are condescending and farther away from the armored vehicles, so they are much better than the Yuan soldiers who are seriously injured at the city, and have gradually returned to normal from dementia.

Yan Liang, who was in the style of a general, was a character, and soon woke up from the shock. He then issued an order to quickly retreat.

Yuan Jun’s left army suffered such a major setback. For the first time, it was time to experience the soldiers who had exploded gunpowder. Now, I am afraid that many of them will even be trapped in their crotch. If they still have to forcibly attack the city, what is the difference between hitting the head against the wall?

Seeing the Yuan army retreating, gradually leaving, Wu'anguo felt an inexplicable sense of pride in his heart. At that time, he wanted to stay in Jin and follow Zhao Xing to fight the world like Taishi Ci, but in the end he was persuaded by Zhao Xing and sent back to Qingzhou. When Zhao Xing said goodbye to him alone, he once said: "Defend Qingzhou and protect Kong Rong, I will make up for your contributions in the future!" Now that the war is coming, he faithfully fulfilled his duties and assumed the safety of a city. This feeling made him feel very enjoyable.

The huge explosion alarmed Wang Xiu, the military advisor in the city. He hurried to the top of the city to see Wu Anguo. After seeing that Linzi City was still safe, Wang Xiu then asked Wu Anguo: "General Wu, the few loud noises I heard just now shouldn't be made by the thunder explosion?"

Wu Anguo suddenly couldn't help laughing loudly, and replied while laughing: "Hahaha, Yuan Jun actually learned from Jin State to create an armored car. However, he was used improperly and was blown away by my orders with the sky-bombing thunder! Just now, I saw through Qianliyan that the face of the General Yan Liang of the Yuan army was as dark as the bottom of the pot. I guess he would be very angry this time, hahaha..."

Wu Anguo was almost distracted, but Wang Xiu, who was a strategist, found a very serious problem from what happened just now. He asked Wu Anguo with a serious look: "General Wu, have you ever thought that if you hadn't just commanded the casting car to blow up the armored carts, can you still laugh now?"

Wu Anguo, who was still smirking, stopped his smile when he heard the words of his old partner Wang Xiu, and then his face gradually became solemn. He said slowly: "This time it was really a lucky thing. If he was attacked by Yuan Jun's armored chariot, I'm afraid I'll have already died in the battle at the top of the city now."

Wang Xiu patted Wu Anguo's shoulder with understanding, and then said, "Didn't you find a way to restrain the armored vehicles? There are acropolis outside Linzi City and a moat to protect it. Even if Yuan Jun has armored vehicles, it is easy to get close to it. As long as we have enough thunder, we can still defend Linzi. This matter is of great importance, and we need to report to Taifu Zhao quickly, otherwise the Jin army will suffer a great loss in the future!"

"Yes, yes! Hurry up and report to the Taifu. In the future, you must beware of Yuan's army using gunpowder, and also guard against Cao's army, guard against the imperial army, guard against the army of Yizhou..." Wu Anguo calculated one by one with his fingers, and seemed to not stop talking about the opponent Zhao Xing wanted to cut off.

The news of the two sieges hit the city soon reached Yuan Shao's ears, who was stationed in Linji. Yuan Shao learned that the gunpowder he had worked hard to make people tinker with, actually killed and injured a large area of ​​his soldiers. The entanglement and aggrievance in his heart were conceivable. However, Yuan Shao was a man who was planning a major matter. He immediately sent a letter to Yan Liang and Wen Chou, expressing condolences to the hard work of the two loving generals in attacking Linzi, and at the same time gave instructions on the tragedy of the armored vehicle explosion.

Yuan Shao told Yan Liang and Wen Chou that although there was a problem with using gunpowder for the first time, it is undeniable that the power of gunpowder is really huge, so don’t be afraid and resistant to gunpowder because of this matter. Be careful to find the correct way to use it and strive to achieve success next time.

Yuan Shao finally instructed that since Linzi City is so difficult to attack, he simply bypassed it and directly attacked Donglai County. He must occupy the Qianzu area (pronounced "Qianzou", now south of Jiaozhou, Shandong), and open up a passage to Langya, Xuzhou.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who were looking for a step, immediately followed Yuan Shao's instructions and walked around Linzi. First, they took down Xiami City, Beihai County, which Xiahou Yuan had not had time to occupy, and then turned to the southeast to seize Jimo and Zhuangwu cities, and finally reached Qianzuo, the southeasternest of Qingzhou.

Qianzu is very close to Dongwu County in Langya, Xuzhou, and it will be reached in two days. Fortunately, this place is located in the southwest of Jiaozhou Bay, and is separated by a large bay from the coastline that Taishici bought near the sea in Buqi County, so it will not be threatened by Yuan's army for the time being. However, if the situation continues like this, Yuan Shao's army will sooner or later occupy the entire territory of Donglai County. At that time, the three advance bases established by the Jin Navy in Donglai will be difficult to preserve.

When Yan Liang and Wen Chou were having fun in Qingzhou, the secret report that Wang Xiu asked someone to send back to Wohu City from the sea finally came to Zhao Xing's hands. When Zhao Xing saw that Yuan Shao's army had begun to use gunpowder on a large scale, he kept calm in front of the entire picture of the big man hanging on the wall opposite the desk for a long time.

Zhao Xing's inner feelings were quite complicated. He was the first to guide the craftsmen of the Crouching Tiger Weapon Research Institute to vigorously study the formula of gunpowder, and then used this deadly weapon that should have been used on a large scale for more than a thousand years later onto the battlefield, and achieved amazing results, replacing the lives of at least 50,000 Jin soldiers. For Jin, the use of gunpowder was undoubtedly successful, and it was strictly controlled and never spread excessively.

However, Zhao Xing was also very clear in his heart that the use of advanced technology will always have an unpredictable effect on social development. Most of the time it will benefit mankind, but sometimes it will also bring fatal disasters. For example, due to the influence of Jin State, Yuan Shao's army began to equip gunpowder, which is really not a good thing for the people, and it will only cause the death of a large number of military and civilians.

As Wang Xiu said in the letter, since the Yuan army began to use gunpowder, it is difficult to guarantee that Cao Cao and the imperial army would not know the method of making gunpowder. In this way, the battlefield environment and combat mode will also undergo great changes in the future. With the current plan, Jin State can only push the use of gunpowder to a more advanced level. At the same time, in response to the situation where many forces have mastered gunpowder production methods, strengthen the training of commanding officers and grassroots soldiers to avoid the tragedy of self-explosion under the city of Yuan's army in the future.

Zhao Xing called Li Jinsi and asked him to send powerful personnel to inquire, to grasp how many forces were secretly producing gunpowder, and to spy on how Yuan Jun got the recipe for gunpowder. If the method of manufacturing gunpowder was circulated from Wohu City, then this matter became very serious. There were too many secrets in Jin State that could not be controlled by his opponent, which was the fundamental reason why Zhao Xing guaranteed an invincible place.

Not long after, secret reports were sent back from Luoyang City, pointing directly to the newly-private national teacher Yu Ji. After careful analysis by everyone, it was finally confirmed that the old Taoist Yu Ji was the culprit for spreading the gunpowder production method.

Zhao Xing thought secretly for a long time, thinking about whether to send Deli's subordinates to sneak into Luoyang City and secretly clean up the troubled old Taoist Mao. Keep Yu Ji alive, maybe there will be a lot of trouble for Jin State! ~


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