"What is the cause of this? Could it really be the witchcraft in the mouth of those Hu people? ”

Outside the city of Daixian, Tang Dian is walking with the two, one of these two is his brother in the clan, and the other is the leader of the next generation, Tang Zi.

Not far from the three of them, there are many powerful men who are accompanied by the Tang family's guards, although the enemy army has retreated, there are still scattered thieves, of course they must be prepared.

After the end of the court trial, the Tang family returned to their house, and before the tea time, Tang Dian led his people straight to the battlefield outside the city, and carefully investigated.

Wandering on the ground outside the city, the three of them were sighing.

Around them, they could see a lot of charred earth, and the grass had dispersed, revealing a pitch black.

At this time, only half a day has passed since that huge siege battle.

Half a day, for a person, is just a sleepy kung fu, but for a battle, it is enough to determine the success or failure of life and death.

Of course, if the battle was a siege battle, the situation would be different.

"The siege of the city is the most cruel, and more than half of the casualties are often killed, whether it is the defenders of the city or the besiegers of the city, they have to suffer huge losses." Looking at it, Tang Zi suddenly spoke.

Tang Dian nodded, then frowned, made a gesture, and the three of them walked towards a large area of pitch-black land in the distance along with many guards.

While walking, Tang Dian said to Tang Zi: "You used to be a businessman, didn't you also encounter the time when the city was attacked in war, and now I listen to your feelings, it seems that there are many abnormalities in today's battle of the county?" In fact, today in the public court, I feel that this time is too fast, a little unreasonable! Even a few elders were so surprised that they lost their ground. ”

"It's not just unreasonable, it's just incomprehensible." Tang Zi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I used to do business, and I encountered wars, but I tried to avoid them, and most of these wars were concentrated in the Saiwai grassland, that is, in recent years, the Hebei land of my Han Dynasty has been chaotic, and I have also experienced a thief army attack in Jizhou." ”

As he spoke, several people approached the large area of charred land, and Tang Dian asked, "How long did that siege last?" ”

Tang Zi smiled bitterly and said: "That siege lasted for a day and a night, and the final result was that the besieging side was too big to make ends meet. ”

Tang Dian stopped, turned his face to look at Tang Zi, nodded slightly, and said: "When you say this, I remember, I have heard about this matter, it was the exile army that attacked the city at that time, and their leader seems to be called Wang Mi, this person is also from a family, he has been skilled in arching and horses since he was a child, and he has read books, so he is not easy to deal with." ”

Tang Zi nodded and said: "Yes, that Wang Mi is quite a soldier, and in the past, he had a great reputation in the Jizhou generation, and many thieves and bandits respected him as a general, and he knew the shortcomings of the exile army, so he used the method of sneak attack." ”

"The method of sneak attack?" Tang Dian's expression was a little surprised, and then he showed a complicated expression, "That's very similar to the situation in Daixian today, it was also a sneak attack, and it was also a failure, but they lasted for a day and a night. ”

Suddenly, his eyes moved, and he thought of something: "I almost forgot, when you mentioned Wang Mi just now, I felt that there was something, and now I finally remember." ”

Tang Zi still smiled bitterly, and then said: "Yes, this Wang Mi died at the hands of our Taishou, these things, before the previous Taishou took office, the family specially explained, let us understand the life of Taishou." ”

"Yes," Tang Dian suddenly sighed, "This successive Taishou has come over, and the family must be prepared, understand likes and dislikes, and do what they like, or have some control, and now when the Taishou comes, it is no exception, but at that time, I looked at his life, since he became a blockbuster, he has been out of control, and there are many deeds in a short period of time, and there are even more works, famous everywhere, that Wang Mi, all said that he was killed by him, scolded to death, and it was a strange news!" Connected to the later Hun king Liu Yuan, it is said that he was also killed by this Taishou in the air, which is really emotional. ”

Tang Zi shook his head and said: "But at that time, the family still despised it and didn't really pay attention to it, otherwise how could there be such a passive situation now?" ”

This time it was Tang Dian's turn to smile bitterly, and he said: "It's not that the family despises it, but according to the convention, this Taishou is a rogue official after all, and it is enough to pay attention to it, after all, within a few years, there will be a Taishou who will come over, and he will leave in a few years, how much attention should be paid to this?" Who can be in the Liao Dynasty, the Lord who came this time, will be so weather? ”

Hearing this, Tang Zi couldn't help nodding and sighed: "Yes, even now, I am like in a dream, how overestimated this Taishou today is, and in the end he will miscalculate, thinking about it, my initial contempt is nothing." ”

As they spoke, they lowered their heads at the same time, looking at the large scorched black earth under their feet, feeling the little residual temperature in the soil, and their expressions were very solemn.

"Is this what the Heavenly Fire left behind?" Tang Dian said and squatted down, dipped a little dirt with his hand, put it on the side of his nose and sniffed it, his brows wrinkled, "There is a smell of ointment in it, and there is a strange smell, cough cough ......"

As he spoke, he suddenly coughed, his body shook slightly, and Tang Zi on the side was quick to help.

Tang Dian waved his hand, exhaled a long breath, took a deep breath, and calmed down, and then said: "It seems that this thing may not be Tianhuo, nor is it probably the rumored demon art, it is very likely to be something created by some kind of alchemy method, projected by the equipment on the city wall, that instrument is called a single-tip cannon, right?" ”

As they spoke, several people turned their heads at the same time, looked into the distance, and landed on the city wall in advance.

At the head of the city wall, the towering shelves are clearly visible, and it is the dozen or so single-tip cannons.

Tang Zi said while looking at it: "It is rumored that it was by relying on this sharp weapon that fell due to the fire of the sky, and the enemy troops who charged were repelled at once, burning most of them to death, forcing the Wenyang to flee in the wilderness, but he was also caught up by the fire, and finally ended up being captured alive." ”

"Since this fire is not a natural fire, the rumors on the streets and alleys cannot, of course, be true." Tang Dian shook his head, and then lowered his voice, "If it is really as rumored, the soldiers and horses of the Great Companion were burned to death, then there would have been corpses all over the place a long time ago, but when you and I came, I also saw the carriages and horses that were cleaning up the corpses, although there were a lot of people, but it was far from being too much, otherwise, according to common sense, the battlefield must be blocked, and with the style of that Taishou, it should not be laissez-faire, but if you can let us come, it undoubtedly means that there are not many people who have really been defeated by that single artillery." ”

"Yes, there are still a lot of thistles here, it stands to reason that we should not be allowed to come, it is estimated that the Taishou also wants us to take a look, the situation here, and then shock," Tang Zi nodded, and was about to say something, but suddenly his face changed, he looked down, then covered his mouth, and said eagerly: "Although it is not much, I don't want to stay here anymore." ”

Tang Dian took the opportunity to look over, but saw that Tang Zi suddenly stepped on a ball of flesh and blood, and his stomach couldn't help but roll, then nodded in agreement, and reluctantly said: "Anyway, this matter is confirmed, it is indeed a big victory, and I also know that the rumored Tianhuo is not made out of nothing, the name of the single cannon, it must soon spread in all directions, let's go back to report home first." ”

As they spoke, they turned around and walked towards the city gate.

In fact, not only the people of the Tang family, but also several other major families, now they have sent people over to investigate the news, Tang Dian alone They have met acquaintances from several other families here, but because of the particularity of the battlefield, they will not stay for too long after all, either they can't stand the environment, or they are driven and persuaded by the soldiers who came to maintain order.

When the Tang family rushed home, they were called by Tang Taigong for the first time, and the prince asked repeatedly, but finally the focus of this question fell on the single cannon.

"According to you, the key to winning this battle is still in this single cannon?"

The elderly's questions were answered in the affirmative at the first time.

So, the prince breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and said: "In this way, the situation in Daijun is stable, with such a sharp weapon, I am afraid that there is no chance of victory for others to attack the city again, so in this way, this Taishou is actually invincible." ”

At this point, he pondered for a moment, then showed a little excitement, stood up, and walked up and down the room.

When Tang Dian and the others saw him like this, they didn't dare to go up and disturb him.

After a long while, Tang Taigong calmed down, nodded and said: "Since this is the case, then our Tang family has to really follow Taishou, don't you want our roster of tribals, take it out, write it clearly, and hand it in!" ”

"This ......" Tang Dian couldn't help but hesitate a little, as if he wanted to dissuade him.

Tang Taigong glanced at him and said, "Even Duan Wenyang's tens of thousands of troops are not opponents, what can we do?" More than half of Wu Ding has been mastered by Taishou, can he still have his thoughts, it is better to strive to be the first to trade in the name and take refuge completely! ”

Tang Dian finally said: "But General Wang ...... there"

"In the current situation, even if Wang Jun sent troops over, it may not be useful, not to mention that he may not be able to have such great courage......" Tang Taigong was still talking here, and there was a knock on the door outside.

"Come in." Tang Taigong frowned, let people in, and then a note was handed over, he looked down, his face changed, and then showed the note.

Tang Dian and the others came over to take a look, and looked at each other one by one.

"Ruan Bao is leading the troops? Want to besiege the city? ”

The note was written with the news that Ruan Bao led 50,000 soldiers and horses to besiege the city.

Suddenly, Tang Dian understood.

"In the public court before, the soldier suddenly came over, could it be that this is the news delivered?"