Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 51: The Magic Lamp and the Tin Can
"Lin Dao is a man of true character."

Putting down the short reply letter with only one word in his hand, Shi Hu looked as usual.

"Once we capture Xiangguo City, you must capture this man alive and bring him before me."

"I will castrate him myself and place him in the palace as a companion."

Those who are familiar with Shi Hu know that this king is really angry.

Since the death of Emperor Gaozu Shi Le, no one has dared to give him such disrespect for many years.

"Fu Hong, Yao Yizhong."

Shi Hu's sharp eyes swept over and said, "You two should get ready quickly."

"I will obey the order of the Heavenly King~~~"

Soldiers and civilians from all over the Later Zhao Dynasty gathered in large numbers.

There were camps in a row outside Xiangguo City, and all you could see were people and horses.

There was an endless stream of laborers coming and going to transport supplies.

In the words of the defenders, it looked like everyone in the country had come.

From Shi Hu onwards, the nobles of the Later Zhao court did not care about the people's livelihood.

Every day, soldiers and civilians died of hunger and cold, and the survivors could only struggle to survive.

The supply of food and clothing for the various Hu people can be guaranteed, but they will be the main force in the upcoming siege.

The Qihuo Army is here.

Soldiers need to rest and rotate day and night.

The daily night watchmen are mainly civilians.

One night, a group of civilians huddled behind the parapet, wrapped in their military coats, chatting and gossiping.

"Military households are still the best. I think they can eat meat every day."

"It's not just about eating meat. I heard that the military households could get a girl by carrying a bag of food."

"Those military households are so arrogant that they look down on us."

"When will we be able to eat meat and hug girls~~~"

The leading civilian frowned and said, "Alright, everyone, shut up."

"Don't you think about it? When we were outside the city, we were so hungry that we had to eat dirt!"

"You've only had a few days of full meals, and you already don't know your own status?"

With just one sentence, all the civilians fell silent.

They used to work hard for the Great Zhao court, and on weekdays they didn’t even have the chance to chew tree bark.

That is to say, before attacking the city, you can get a bowl of porridge.

Compare this to the good life in the city where one can have enough food to eat.

It really is a city wall with two completely different worlds, ice and fire, inside and outside.

"Team owner."

Some civilians forced a smile and said, "We are just envious, hoping to become a military household too."

Everyone agreed and said that they also wanted to become military households and work hard for the master.

"It's done."

The leading civilian nodded immediately and said, "Take a barbarian head, record the military merit, transfer to military household and receive a reward."

Everyone was silent again.

The barbarians are not so easy to kill!
"Dangdang~~~"

A crisp sound of metal collision came from outside the city.

It is very crisp in the quiet night.

The leader of the laborers suddenly stood up and lay on the battlement to look out.

The clouds are thick tonight, the moon is dim and the stars are dim.

It was pitch black outside the city and nothing could be seen.

After a while, there was another clanging sound from outside the city.

"Everyone get up!"

The leader of the civilians growled, "Be on guard!"

He turned and ran towards the resting place of the soldiers on duty not far away.

Soon, a captain of the army followed him back.

The team leader lay on the parapet, looking out and listening, but there was no sound.

Outside the city, where it was pitch dark, the eerie silence made the team leader feel an indescribable sense of depression.

He no longer hesitated and reached out to take out the magic lamp that the master had given to the night patrol team.

The flashlight was lit, and a dazzling light pierced the outside of the city.

The bright beam of flashlight cut through the night.

Where the beam of light fell, several figures crawling on the ground were frantically raising their hands to block it.

Sweeping the surroundings, wherever the beam of light passed, there were figures lying on the ground.

The team leader took two steps back, turned his head, and took a deep breath.

"Enemy attack~~~"

Soon, the city walls were in an uproar.

The bright lights of flashlights shot straight out of the city.

The ground outside the city was covered with dense figures.

Yao Yizhong was so angry that he raised his hand and smashed the can in his hand to the ground.

He suddenly stood up and said, "Light the fire and charge!"

The Qiang people took out their flints and lit the torches in their hands.

Thousands of Qiang people stood up and untied the ropes around their waists.

They carried the ladder on their shoulders and crossed the filled-in part of the moat to approach the city wall.

Everyone worked together to erect the long ladder.

The hook at the front firmly holds the city wall.

Yao Yizhong kicked the can away, very angry.

Suffering from night blindness, the Qiang people tied each other with ropes when they attacked at night.

Led by a sergeant who was not night blind, they crawled closer to the city wall.

But along the moat, we found many cans.

Yao Yi Zhong had seen this thing before; the King of Heaven had once given him one as a reward.

Because it is made of metal, the Qiang people habitually grab it when they see it.

As a result, it caused a noise and alarmed the defenders.

He was angry but also confused.

Aren’t these cans said to be extremely valuable? How come there are so many boxes outside the city?
For the Later Zhao Dynasty, canned food was of course a precious commodity, and even the boxes were enough to cause scramble.

But for the defending army, this thing is given to them every day.

As long as the soldiers were on night duty, they could have a share of everything during the midnight snack.

Lin Dao also specifically instructed that the boxes should be thrown out of the city after eating.

In case of a night attack by the enemy, it would serve as a warning. This time, it really worked.

Arrows rained down from the city walls.

Stones and wood tumbled down.

It hit the Qiang man who was climbing with a shield in his hand, breaking his bones and tendons instantly.

The soldiers swung their axes to cut off the hooks on the ladder, and the laborers held the long forks and pushed the ladder out.

The Qiang man on the ladder fell down with his hands and feet dancing in the air, hitting the ground heavily, coughing up blood and wailing.

The laborers scooped up a spoonful of hot oil with a large spoon and poured it directly over their heads.

The Qiang people holding the ladder danced with joy as if a blessing from heaven had fallen.

Beneath the city wall, screams and wails were heard continuously.

Yao Yizhong's heart was bleeding when he saw this.

These are the elite of their tribe.

In the past, dozens of people could massacre an entire village.

In a head-on battle with Haner, one person can defeat three or even five!
But at this moment, these elite soldiers were so easily buried under the city wall.

He wanted to retreat, but the king was watching in the camp.

Without the signal, I dare not run away no matter what.

At this moment, he could only hope that Fu Hong, who was attacking another area of ​​the city wall at night, would suffer the same fate as himself.

You must not do that. If they succeed, you will fail.

The sound of dense footsteps, mixed with the clanging sound of armor plates colliding, came from the direction of the inner city.

The reinforcements of the Qihuo Army quickly entered the city, greatly increasing the defense strength.

The senior general on duty tonight is Sun Dalang. He wears heavy armor and goes to the top of the city wall himself.

With the help of the shield, he looked down at the city.

The city was crowded with people.

Turning back, Sun Dalang immediately ordered, "Bring the Sky-Bomb!"

"Take a hundred!"

The so-called thunder bomb was made when Lin Dao failed to use the gas tank shells, so he filled the ceramic jar with black gunpowder.

In order to increase the lethality, many small steel balls are added inside.

These steel balls are extremely cheap.

The minimum order quantity for shipment is 10,000 pieces, and it only costs a hundred yuan.

After lighting the fuse and estimating the time, the defenders threw the pottery jar out of the city wall with all their might.

Bursting flames lit up the nearby city walls.

A series of explosions were heard under the city wall of Xiangguo City, like a bolt from the blue.

The explosion was so loud that it even drowned out the screams.

The time it takes for the pottery jars to explode varies. Some explode in mid-air, while others explode just as they are about to hit the ground.

Some even fell to the ground and broke into pieces, and their power was greatly reduced after they were ignited.

Countless flying steel balls brought brutal blows to the Qiang people who were attacking the city.

Even if they were wearing armor, they would be pierced like a sieve by the flying steel balls.

Yao Yi Zhong heard a series of clashing sounds coming from the iron shield wall in front of him.

His ears were buzzing and his head was in a mess.

In the light of the fire, I saw that the people around me seemed to be shouting something at me, but it was like watching a pantomime.

After an unknown amount of time, Yao Yizhong, who was shaking his head vigorously, finally heard the sound.

"The gong has sounded, the king has sounded the gong~~~"

He suddenly turned around and looked at the camp in the distance.

Sure enough, the sound of a gong was heard over there.

Yao Yizhong was as if he had been pardoned, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Retreat! Retreat immediately!!"

The defenders on the city wall cheered, they had successfully thwarted the Hu Lu's night attack.

Sun Dalang called for his men to "send people down to the city to clean up the remaining soldiers."

Many hanging baskets were lowered and armored soldiers searched carefully.

When encountering wounded Qiang soldiers, he would kill them with one blow.

There were also clerks and laborers who followed him down the city.

The laborers cut off the heads and the clerks identified and recorded them.

Afterwards, the laborers dragged the Qiang corpses into the moat and bury them with soil.

The weather is gradually getting warmer, and if it is not handled properly, the plague can easily spread.

Sun Dalang went to the leading civilian who first raised the alarm and said, "Well done, I'll commend you and make you a military household."

"And you."

He told the civilians who participated in defending the city, "Those who kill the barbarians will be rewarded with merit and transferred to military households."

At that time in Xiangguo City, military households were the most popular profession.

Not only can you eat and drink delicious food, but you can also receive rewards for fighting.

Those civilians were trying their best to become military households.

Enjoying the gratitude of the laborers, Sun Dalang, feeling satisfied, stood guard until dawn.

Only after Qin Lang came to take over did he go down the city to rest.

With his current status, he lived in a house not far from the rear hall of Jiande.

I don’t know which powerful person in Shi Zhao it belonged to before.

When he returned to the house, he saw his sister Sun Rong, sitting there waiting for him with a frosty face.

Sun Dalang was puzzled. "So early?"

"Brother!"

Angrily, Sun Rong stood up and said, "You're going too far!"

Sun Dalang was surprised. "What happened?"

"You were on the city wall last night, arranging for the night watchmen to be commended and promoted to military posts."

Hearing this, Sun Dalang laughed and said, "You know it so soon?"

Seeing that her brother didn't care at all, Sun Rong was furious. "How could you do this?"

"Only the tool and the name can not be borrowed from others."

"Who gets to be rewarded and who gets to be promoted is decided by the Lord."

"How dare you make such a promise in public?"

Sun Rong took a deep breath. "If the Master agrees, people will think you have the same power as the Master, and that your words can determine someone's future."

"If the Master refuses, those people will feel resentful towards him."

Sun Rong was so angry that she burst into tears and stamped her feet. "You really are..."

"How could that be?" Sun Dalang was astonished. "I am loyal to my master~~~"

"Don't say anything." Sun Rong said nothing more, stepped forward and said, "Follow me quickly to find my master."

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