Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 382. Chapter 381
"..."

When the members of the Yin-Yang family brought up the... let's call it an iron ball in the box, their tone changed a bit.

It wasn't intentional, but there was an emotion in it.

It seems that when this thing is called "Zhenleihou", the person who speaks is "higher" than the person who listens.

This "high" includes status, insight, and even a condescending look.

He was mocking the ignorance of the young general in front of him.

But the taste is not obvious.

If you're a rough guy, you won't be able to tell.

And Li Shimin who heard this didn't care, or...he didn't care.

Just look at the four iron balls in the box.

The iron ball is plain and unremarkable, with no visible material, but it is not completely round.If you look closely, you will find that there are traces like silk threads on the surface of the sphere, like scratches made by combing with a comb.

spread throughout the sphere.

There are also slight differences in color, two slightly darker and two slightly lighter.

Other than that, nothing else.

And the person wearing the bird crown has been observing the young general.

There is even this desire to try in the eyes hidden under the veil.

It was the expectation that I couldn't wait for the other party to ask that sentence of doubt, and some quick explanations would prove my yin and yang power.

however……

He miscalculated.

watch the ball.

Look at the iron ball.

Look at the four big iron balls.

read it.

Li Shimin nodded:

"Well, it's really mysterious."

Although it's a compliment, anyone can tell... This young man didn't see any magic at all, it was purely perfunctory.

And just when the member of the Yin Yang family holding the iron ball was thinking about how to speak again, he heard the other party say something abruptly:
"It took two days to refine four. The Yin-Yang family's unique alchemy technique has been passed down for thousands of years. Thinking about it, the Huozhou city wall can be broken with a flick of a finger. If this is the case, then I will celebrate the envoy in advance."

The tone is extremely sincere.

Can't hear the slightest falsehood.

Then, I saw him retreating to the side, and even raised his hand, making all the soldiers who shared his heart retreat a few steps, completely giving up the position on the front line.

"..."

"..."

Mu Zhe next to the cracked mountain cart looked silent in the ancient well, and the Yin Yang family under the bird's crown said nothing.

Looking at the young general who was full of admiration and curiosity...

Now, no one dared to look down on him anymore.

Because ordinary people hear this, I am afraid they will only hear a compliment.

However, according to the two of them... the general was making trouble for no reason, and he put the Yinyang family on board.

Success is what your yin and yang family should be capable of.

Unsuccessful...it has nothing to do with the Mohist's mountain cracker, it's purely because your four iron balls are not a thing.

It's because you didn't learn enough about Yin and Yang!
And why did this young general say such words?

Still need to ask?
Your yin and yang family looks down on people first, how can you blame others?
But having said that... At such a young age, he knows how to retreat as the way to advance, and he doesn't even lose his tongue...

Not easy.

With a sigh, Mu Zhe decided to be a favor.

So, he pulled out the iron rod at his waist and inserted it into a certain slot on the first mountain cracker.

The companions on the side followed suit and embedded the iron rod on another car.

Only the sound of "creaking" gears was heard, and the rocker arm that originally looked like a catapult slowly began to sink as the gears moved.When the front end rocker arm sank to a certain extent, it got stuck with a "crack".

"Minute!"

Mu Zhe and his companions gave a low shout.

Twist!

The iron rod in his hand suddenly turned into two flat parallel sections, just like the rocker arm.

It turns out that the rocker arm is not one piece, but inlaid one up and one down!

One, above.

One, next.

In the upper section of the front half of the rocker arm is a manually carved "groove", starting from the cross section and extending to the end of the front rocker arm!

Then, the voice of the man wearing the bird's crown sounded again:
"Seven years ago, in the encounter between your family and my family in Xiangsha, the Yinyang family's three thunderbolts that inspired thunder and roar were damaged by you, and one was missing. Unexpectedly, in seven years, You have successfully reproduced it."

Speaking of the grievances between the two families for thousands of years, there was no hatred in his voice, and he didn't know if he hadn't experienced it or didn't care.

Just looking at the two mountain splitters and shaking their heads slightly:

"It's just... your mechanism still doesn't feel light. It took seven years to barely produce a specious thing, which is thousands of miles away from my Yinyang family's Benlei Gun, which pales in comparison."

Hearing this, the silent Mu Ze didn't argue, as if he hadn't heard it.

It's just that there is some sarcasm in the eyes of another Mo family who controls the splitter.

At this time, Li Shimin, who was watching the excitement, said:
"It's time to start."

Hearing his words, the members of the Yin Yang family didn't continue to talk.

This time, both the Mo family and the Yin-Yang family came to help the battle under His Majesty's orders.The two seem to be working together, and even after the high-level dialogue, they decided to use the Mohist mountain cracker and the Yin-Yang family's book of experience written by a certain high-level Mohist life a hundred years ago, and use the five-element alchemy technique to create a thunderous roar. , share the credit.

But in the end, in this battle that is just showing its edge, it will be up to the competition.

Therefore, the person holding the bird's crown first picked up the two slightly lighter-colored iron balls and placed them at the beginning of the concave slideway.

Put it away, he said:
"One on each side of the city wall. Time is short, there are only four, so don't miss it."

Mu Zhe finally responded:
"Don't worry."

As soon as he opened his mouth, two other Mohist disciples came to the back of the mountain cracker.

Among the countless gears opening and closing, there is an opening gap.

Their eyes passed through the gap and landed on the city wall they were responsible for.

And at this moment, a surprised and doubtful voice sounded:

"what are you going to do?"

Through the veil of the bird's crown, although the eyes cannot be seen clearly, the people present can clearly hear the surprise revealed in the voice of the Yin Yang family as long as they listen to the voice.

In Mu Zhe's silence, the man withdrew his gaze from the range-finding arrow tied with a white strip in front of him:

"This place is still [-] steps away from Huozhou City!!"

In other words:
"Can you make it?"

But this time, in Mu Zhe's response, there finally appeared a long-awaited sneer:

"A hundred paces can fight against the enemy's Thunderclap? Do you Yin Yang family really understand the battle of city defense?"

As he spoke, he took a step to the side.

And just this step is the signal from the leader.

At the same time, the two Mohist disciples placed one hand on the split rocker arm that had been pushed to the bottom.

"drink!!"

The two shouted at the same time, only to see several grains light up on the surface of the upper rocker beam at the rear!

No sound, no breath.

But the light kept spreading forward.

From the back, it has spread to the end of the front rocker!

The lighted lines on the entire rocker arm look like words, and there are lines like some kind of trees.

It even looks like a child's scribbles.

But at this moment, the people surrounding the cracking mountain car all felt a sense of oppression like a thorn on their back.

Heavy!

However, Li Shimin noticed that the faces of the two disciples of the Mohist school who controlled the splitter had turned red.

That's a phenomenon that only occurs when the energy is knotted and the whole body is tensed and exerted force.

They... seem to be stalemate with the mountain cracker with great strength.And the action of sticking to the back of the wooden beam quietly turned into pulling!
Mu Zhe raised his hand.

"Seven hundred paces. No wind."

In the sound, the faces of the two disciples became more and more red, their temples swelled and their bones protruded, and their whole bodies began to shake!
They are reaching their limit.

At the moment when they were about to let go, Mu Zhe swung his arms downward:
"put!"

The two let go.

The rune on the rocker arm instantly turned into a collision force, with a devastating impact, and amidst the "creaking" sound of the gears, he rushed forward and hit the thunder roar hard. above.

The roar of thunder was instantly excited along the smooth bore engraved in the groove!

"Bang!!"

Everyone felt a blur in front of their eyes, and the two iron balls emitting a yellow-green shimmer had disappeared without a trace.

"Oh!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

On the Huozhou city wall, the general who heard the situation and came here to check heard the movement, and waited for a while before pushing away the shields of the soldiers and looking down the city wall.

Business as usual.

Because he leaned forward and looked down, he could only vaguely see a hollow in the middle of the city wall that had been built over many years.

Inevitably, there was a trace of doubt in his eyes.

This group of Sui troops...

what are you doing?
Hit flies?

……

"call……"

The two Mohist disciples lost their strength and retreated.

The other two disciples immediately came up to meet them, and stood behind the mountain cracker again.

"Squeaky..."

The sound of gears reappeared, and the rocker arm was transformed into two sections again.

And in the silence, the eyes of the Yin-Yang family fell on the groove that was exposed when the swing arm was separated.

Grooves, intact.

He asked a paradoxical question:

"Firing geometry?"

Wood Rut's eyes are full of pride:

"Seventeen is damaged, and the limit is twenty. The gears are not broken, and they can be reused only by replacing the ridges. The number of gears and ridges is endless!"

"..."

The members of the Yin Yang family fell silent again.

After silently placing the last two Zhenlehou with a darker color in the groove, he stepped back and said:
"Thank you."

Wood Rut shook his head:

"You need to know your shame and then be brave."

"..."

Silence again.

Nodding silently.

understood.

The conversation between the two is complete, and the preparations are also complete.

But what the people around listened to was foggy.

Only a hint of admiration flashed in Li Shimin's eyes.

After fighting for thousands of years, it has long been impossible to distinguish each other and know ourselves and the enemy.Whether it is an enemy or a friend, is it all in one thought?

So... will you both advance and retreat together in the future?
he thought.

Then, when the two disciples were on the verge of reaching the limit, Mu Zhe waved his hand, and the two black iron balls also disappeared without a trace in the smoothbore.

The people on Huozhou city wall didn't even hide this time.

After spending so much effort, I can only smash a hole in the city wall... What to hide?
But this time...it was different.

After the two iron balls sank into the city wall, it took less than ten breaths...

"Look! Water!"

Someone shouted.

Following the sound, everyone looked down, only to see that there was a pool of water stains under the city wall at some point.

The babble was endless.

What is missing?

This thought had just popped up in their minds, and on this early spring day, a touch of green appeared in everyone's eyes.

It is emerald green, which makes people very happy to look at it.

The city wall...has grown grass.

Starting from the hole made by the two iron balls just now, green grass began to spread one by one at a speed visible to the naked eye!
From the hole, up, down, left, right.

They took root extremely fast, and almost instantly, they covered the city walls.

Everyone was stunned and couldn't tell what was going on, but they suddenly felt... There was a shattering sensation under their feet.

broken?

Subconsciously bowed his head and moved his feet.

But...the ground that was originally paved with stone slabs was already full of cracks.

This is……

I just realized that the situation is wrong, but...

"Kakakakakakaka..."

Cracks and gaps filled the entire city wall in an instant.

"Beep beep!"

Those with a keen mind blew the sharp whistle of the enemy's attack.

but……

late!

grass.

I don't know when it has spread to the entire city wall, like weeds that can't be pulled out one after another, spreading all over the entire city wall like a prairie fire.

They are extremely tenacious, they will drill when they see a crack, and they will come out when there is a crack.

They even saw clearly how a weed grows from sprouting to sprouting to fluttering in the wind...

"Whoa!"

"Ah! Help..."

Suddenly, there was a sound of collapse, and someone desperately called for help. The falling dust soared into the sky and was buried by the soil.

In a daze, they saw the weeds scattered at the break of the city wall.

There is only one weed, but the roots are a handful!
The dense beards are like tangled hemp, but they don't hold the soil, but squeeze the soil into pieces.

In the clay of the city wall that has been so damp and discolored for some reason, the densely packed roots squirm, grow, and clump together as if alive, and continue to drill out along the soil where the sun can be traced.

The break was almost covered with weeds in just one breath.

But there are still more weeds emerging from the creeping roots.

And when the broken stone slab was overwhelmed, the large cracks, and the bends that rolled and broke because they couldn't suppress the roots under the soil...all showed one thing...

This city wall was originally rammed with clay and lime to defend against the enemy, and it is on the verge of collapse.

Different dynasties, different colors, and even different formulas of clay should completely isolate all weeds that can shake the foundation.

But at this moment, it was swallowed by weeds.

"Crash..."

"what!!!"

Another wall collapsed.

"Run!!!!"

Someone yelled.

Countless people instinctively swarmed towards the stairs, huddled together.

It was a mess.Some people were even pushed off the city wall on the spot and fell into meatloaf.

The walls collapsed.

Chaos is here!

Seven hundred steps away, the member of the Yin Yang family wearing a bird's crown asked Mu Zhe, who was frowning, while everyone was stunned:

"how?"

"..."

The man was silent for a while, shaking his head:

"Water grows wood, wood restrains soil, five elements grow together, and five elements restrain each other... I admire it."

He said it from the heart.

Sincerely.

(End of this chapter)