Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 321 Fiery Oil and Greek Fire

"Mr. Yan, where are you from?"

In the carriage, Li You, Yan San, Young Master Yan and Uncle Hu were sitting in it. Li You invited Uncle Hu and Young Master Yan into the carriage, also wanting to get to know Young Master Yan.

After Li You asked Mr. Yan, Mr. Yan didn't speak, but the Uncle Hu on the side laughed and said: "His Royal Highness, Mr. Yan is actually from Xiangzhou.

It’s just that I went to Chang’an to do business and lived there, but it doesn’t matter where we got there, our hometown is still Xiangzhou. "

"Oh!" This answer made the behavior of Mr. Yan and his party more specific. Because they are from Xiangzhou, it is reasonable for the people of Xiangzhou to fight to the death now that they are in trouble.

"Then Mr. Yan, what kind of business do you do in Chang'an?" Li You asked again.

"Oh, it's just some small business, it's not worth mentioning.!" This time, it was that Uncle Hu who rushed to answer. Li You didn't know why, but this Mr. Yan didn't speak. Maybe yesterday, his entourage who had been together for ten years died. , it should be normal to be sad.

But at this time, Yan San was very impolitely staring at Mr. Yan on the side. Mr. Yan tried his best to avoid Yan San's gaze, but no matter where Mr. Yan hid, Yan San's gaze followed closely. not lost.

"Cough!" Uncle Hu on the side has already coughed several times, but Yan San is very simple-minded, if you cough, he will only think that your throat is uncomfortable, and will not have other thoughts.

Of course, Li You felt embarrassed at this time, he quickly patted Yan San who was beside him and said in embarrassment: "Third brother, third brother!"

After shouting twice, Yan San still stared at Young Master Yan.

There was no other way, Li You had no choice but to shout: "Third brother, it's very impolite for you to stare at others like this!"

After being yelled at like this, Yan San looked away, Li You patted Yan San's head directly and said: "Sit down, don't look around!"

"But she's pretty."

"Pfft!" Li You was absurd, he never thought that Yan San would say such a sentence.

This sentence directly made Uncle Hu and Young Master Yan on the opposite side frowned, while Li You scolded quickly: "Third brother, what nonsense are you talking about? He is a young master, how can he be described in a good way."

You must know that men in ancient times were very taboo about others using feminine adjectives to describe themselves, but many young people in modern times like to dress themselves up with femininity. In ancient times, if you called the other party good-looking, it would be the greatest insult to the other party.

Li You had just finished cursing, but Yan San still insisted: "Isn't it good-looking? She looks like my mother!"

"Eh!" Li You was speechless again, so he had to quickly explain to Mr. Yan and that Uncle Hu: "You two, I'm sorry, my third brother is very simple-minded, he doesn't have any scheming, he just says what he thinks. Really really sorry."

"It's nothing, my son is indeed.!" The rest of the sentence was not finished, but Li You and Uncle Hu smiled similarly. The content of this smile is of course self-evident.

Mr. Yan has red lips and white teeth. If he dresses up a little, no one will believe that he is a woman, but Li You can't imagine that a woman will bring a group of servants to Xiangzhou to help.

After all, women in ancient times were really not as free as modern women, nor did they have such a high status, just like in modern times, you see a ten-year-old child driving a truck to help.

You can only think that the other party should be very short, but you will never think that the other party is a child, the possibility is too small.

Along the way, Li You talked a lot with this Uncle Hu, and Li You also told Uncle Hu his views on the common people, but to the surprise of Uncle Hu, Li You actually coincided with his thoughts.

All of a sudden, the two of them talked more and more speculatively, especially this Uncle Hu, who felt a little resentment towards Li You, and really had the urge to change his family to Li You's subordinates.

"stop!"

Suddenly, Li You's four-wheeled carriage stopped, and Li You immediately asked outside: "What happened?"

"King!!"

Qin Yong rode to Li You's four-wheeled carriage and said: "Just now I saw a passage ahead with a telescope, but the thatch on both sides is huge, and there are people moving around. I'm afraid there may be an ambush inside. So I want to ask the king for instructions, is it okay?" Use the fire oil!"

The fierce fire oil is oil. Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, recorded in his "Hanshu Geographical Records" that "there is flammable water in Gaonu County".

This thing is very powerful. Once it burns, the water cannot save it. It can only be extinguished if it is buried in sand. A weapon called Greek fire.

Some people speculate that the recipe of Greek fire probably contains petroleum, saltpeter, quicklime, sulfur and so on.The liquid prepared in this way has good combustion performance, not only can it float and burn on water, but the fire will be more violent when it encounters water!
The Byzantines put Greek fire into an iron pipe, ignited it and burned it to generate expansion force, and then added the pressure of water to spray the Greek fire out, usually three to 400 meters away!

Once the Arabs attacked Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.In this battle, the Byzantines demonstrated their artifact Greek fire for the first time, and the Byzantines loaded Greek fire on dozens of small boats.

When they approached the Arab warships, they suddenly burst into flames, and some of them shot directly at the Arab warships. The ships were on fire, and the Arab soldiers fell into a sea of ​​flames.

Some of them did not shoot directly at the Arabian warships because they were too far away. Unexpectedly, they would still burn when they fell into the water, and they burned even more fiercely. After a while, the fire spread to the Arabian warships.Not surprisingly, the Arabs suffered a disastrous defeat in this battle!
Li You has no idea of ​​researching Greek fire yet, but as time goes by, Li You will definitely study this Greek fire. Now Li You just made some rockets with heavy fire oil. After all, Li You is still under the surveillance of Li Shimin. In, some things can't be taken too far.

"It is allowed to use fierce fire oil, one hundred sticks." Li You agreed to Qin Yong's request.

Soon Qin Yong shouted loudly: "First row, get ready for rockets, second row is in front, third row is behind!"

"Crash!" The 300 soldiers in a row directly pulled out their divine arm crossbows, and at a distance of about [-] meters, [-] rockets were shot out in the first round, followed by the second round and the third round.

After a hundred rockets were shot out, the thatched grass in front was only a small fire at first, but after burning for a while, the small fire instantly turned into a big fire.

At this moment, a miserable voice shouted: "Oh, burn me to death!"

"There is an ambush!" Qin Yong hurriedly shouted: "Array!!"

(End of this chapter)