Chapter One Thousand and Twenty-Nine

"What General Chen said is good, there are not many of these things, the important thing is that it is extremely rare to obtain, and it is very dangerous, so we must be extra cautious in use, not to mention that our task is to defend Yunzhou City, if something goes wrong, then we will be guilty." Duan Shaojun nodded, and at this moment, the soldiers who had been surrounded and had become addicted to their eyes gradually dispersed.

However, after asking Duan Shaojun, Chen Zhonglang transferred twenty more from his own personal soldiers, and guarded them in front of the city gate building, and must not let anyone in, and in the city gate building, there are also many personal soldiers of Duan Dagongzi to guard.

For General Chen Zhonglang's good intentions, Duan Dagongzi naturally smiled, after all, safety first, although there are Tang Dynasty soldiers above the city, but if you can't keep it, there will be no Qihu spies, what if you want to steal it, or if you want to ignite that pile of things?

Duan Shaojun also confessed to Xu Qing, the most detailed of his three henchmen, and asked him to lead the team to guard, no matter what time it was, he had to ensure that three personal soldiers were awake to watch the two big boxes.

Xu Qing and the others, who had already seen the power of these things, naturally did not dare to slack off, and said again and again that they would not let these earth-shattering thunders make the slightest difference.

Li Xuan, who finally satisfied his curiosity and saw the earth-shattering power of the earth-shattering thunder, yawned a lot and decided to go back to the house to rest, and Duan Dagongzi also decided to go to the kind of house under the city to take a nap.

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"Brother Tai, since you have invented such a sharp weapon to defend the city, why don't you use it earlier?" After Li Xuan and Duan Shaojun walked down the city wall side by side, they came to the mansion with Duan Shaojun, sipped the fragrant tea that had already been prepared, and couldn't help but ask Duan Shaojun.

"Early use? If you use it too early, maybe those Qihu people can think of a way to deal with it, wouldn't it make it more difficult for us to defend Yunzhou? Duan Shaojun shook his head and said disapprerovingly.

"Okay, even if you're right, brother, but now, since you've started to use it, why don't you make more of it, with such a small amount of use, how can those Qihu people retreat?"

"If they really retreat in the face of difficulties, it is not a good thing for us to speak." Duan Shaojun slowly shook his head and smiled. "If Moli Khan and the others suffered a big loss under our Yunzhou City, do you think he will continue to attack Yunzhou City?"

After thinking about it, Li Xuan resolutely shook his head and explained. "Of course not, if it were me, I would definitely withdraw my troops and go back to the grassland, and I would never let my people continue to be sent to death."

"Yes, you think so, that Moli Khan naturally thinks so, but the problem is that you don't forget that your eldest niece is now rushing towards the enemy city."

"If at this time, Mo Li Khan retreats and leaves, and he is on the same road as Naqihu's Eastern Route Army, and happens to meet your eldest niece, what do you think will happen?"

Duan Shaojun's words made Li Xuan speechless, and after thinking for a long time, he could only roll his eyes helplessly. "It means that even if we really have the ability to defeat Moli Khan now, we can only hide it?"

"That's nature, or don't you think? What we have to do now is to show weakness to the enemy, at least let the Qihu barbarians feel that they have hope of capturing Yunzhou City, so that they can be dragged down without interfering with the previous battle plan. ”

"That's right, then again, as soon as your new weapon came out, my little brother, my little liver that had been hanging for several days finally fell to the ground, I said, with your ability, brother, how could you pat your chest and decide to take such a small number of soldiers and horses to fight against Mo Li Khan's 80,000 horses and horses without preparation."

"What kind of person am I for my brother, just 80,000 Qi Hu barbarians, in the eyes of my brother, I am just a chicken and a dog...... "Duan Dagongzi suddenly boasted to himself.

However, Duan Dagongzi is naturally very powerful and confident, in the early stage, as early as when he wanted to defend Yunzhou and Li Youwen was going to lead his troops south, Duan Dagongzi had already considered various possibilities.

And it was at that time that the large-scale purchase of saltpeter, saltpeter, in this era, mostly used for medicinal and commercial purposes, the so-called commercial refers to the use of saltpeter this thing can absorb heat to make ice water and ice cubes, for dignitaries and nobles to go down to the common traders to quench their thirst.

Fortunately, the land of China is vast, so the output of this saltpeter has always been not small, and Duan Dagongzi is just left to buy when the weather is cold, at this time, the sales of saltpeter, a sharp weapon to relieve the heat, is not high, and the saltpeter in the northern states has almost been scraped by Duan Dagongzi by nearly one-third.

It was precisely because of a large amount of saltpeter that Duan Dagongzi secretly ordered his own soldiers to start developing gunpowder, of course, the formula was only known to a few henchmen, and other soldiers joined the development work.

Fortunately, Duan Shaojun's prestige was enough, coupled with Duan Shaojun's various magical methods, he had already convinced these pro-soldiers, so he naturally took Duan Shaojun's explanation very seriously, and he was extra cautious when developing gunpowder.

Of course, after witnessing the explosive power of this thing at the secret test ground, everyone will be in good spirits when developing gunpowder.

Duan Shaojun knew very well that even if he had trained more than 20,000 state soldiers and county soldiers, in the eyes of those experienced Zuo Yu Lin Wei and those Qihu barbarians, they were just a group of newcomers who had never even seen blood.

But the problem is that after having the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, even if Li Youwen really led the army south, with this powerful weapon, at least Duan Shaojun could pat his chest and guarantee that as long as these Sky-Shaking Thunderbolts were not used up, those Qihu barbarians would definitely not have the opportunity to set foot on the head of Yunzhou City.

What kind of person is Duan Dagongzi, take one step at a time to see ten steps, and now, just in the underground kiln below that gunpowder manufacturing point, there are already more than 18,000 sky-shaking thunders, not counting the 12,300 catties of saltpeter that have been refined in the industry, enough to make another 20,000 sky-shaking thunders, although this thing is inferior to the destructive power of grenades in later generations, but the strong sound and light effect, and far more than the destructive power that weapons in this era can cause.

Not to mention the 80,000 soldiers and horses brought by Moli Khan, even if the 170,000 horses were all crowded at the foot of the city wall of Yunzhou City, it would not be enough for these tens of thousands of earth-shattering thunderbolts.

"But then again, this weapon, if it's made in large quantities, will hiss...... That's too much, I'm afraid the court must strictly control this thing. After Li Xuan slapped the wise and martial Duan Shaojun on the back, he couldn't help but start to feel deeply worried about the appearance of this new weapon.

"Then how do you think it should be strictly controlled?" Duan Shaojun squinted the corners of his eyes and looked at Li Xuan and asked.

"Of course, if you don't need to, it's best not to use this weapon that is too bloody and murderous." Li Xuan's answer was really not at all out of Duan Shaojun's expectations.

Duan Shaojun shook his head in disappointment. "Brother Xian, you can't think like this."

"Why?" Li Xuan looked at Duan Shaojun with a stunned expression, and then patted his head with a smart face. "Oh, brother, I know, don't you think it's very upset that I stopped your invention and creation, but the question is, don't you think these things are too dangerous?"

Duan Shaojun shook his head with a serious face, raised a finger and said: "You are wrong, have you ever thought that this thing that shakes the sky and thunder, I can think of it as a brother, then it means that this thing will also be able to be imagined, just take the simplest example, what if those Qihu people also master this thing?" ”

Li Xuan's eyes suddenly stood up. "How is this possible, brother, you are so intelligent, if it weren't for you, who would have thought that you would be able to make this thing?"

"Brother Xian, there are thousands of smart people in the world, the important thing is that I can think of this thing, and the reason for this is precisely because of those alchemists who practice the art of Dan......" Duan Shaojun naturally temporarily adapted a alchemist who practiced Dan in order to pursue the elixir of immortality, so he came up with all kinds of formulas, and as a result, he accidentally came up with the formula of the earth-shaking thunder.

Although this product has been uhpered, its prescription has already spread, and now Datang's fireworks use this formula, and Duan Someone just improved this formula slightly, and he got the earth-shattering thunder.