Chapter 172: Fried Island
Bird guns, also known as magic guns, are powerful weapons in the army and cannot be easily shown. Moreover, there are more than the north and fewer in the south. Yunyang Prefecture is neither south nor north. There are tens of thousands of troops stationed, and there are only more than 600 bird guns equipped with 500 gunmen. All of them are placed in the camp outside the city. They are not even sent to quell the rebellion in the north.
Therefore, when I heard that the Jinyi Captain wanted to second the 100 gunmen, the guard Zang Lian only replied with one sentence: "Imagination."
The prefect Wu Yuan personally came to the door to make a request. He could not mention the Shaobao Admiral's business, so he could only explain it with reason, move it with emotion, and lure it with profit, and finally convinced Zang Lian.
"Fifty people, no more. Even so, I still take a lot of risks. If the Ministry of War asks..."
"The Jinyiwei and the West Factory are in charge, Hu Guiyang is holding the driver's post, and he goes to explain to the Ministry of War." Wu Yuan was very cautious and would never mention himself.
In this way, Hu Guiyang lent fifty gunners and one hundred cavalry officers and soldiers and headed straight to Wuming River Island in the south of the city.
When Yunyang Prefecture leaves the city, it is the river. When you walk southwest for several miles, you can see the river island. The island is very small and covered with grass and trees. From a distance, it looks like a dark green boat parked in the river.
He wanted to go to the island without any way, so he could only use boats. Hu Guiyang did not want to land on the island immediately. He wanted to fulfill his promise he had said many times, and he would kill him as soon as he saw He Baiwan, and even had to make moves before meeting him.
One hundred and fifty soldiers lined up on the shore, and a loud soldier shouted to the island with a wind: "The Jinyiwei catches the thief, if there are no people on the island, they will appear immediately!"
The island is closer to Yunyang City. If people on the island want to get ashore, they can only swim here.
The sun sets, making one side of the river red, and no one on the island responds.
There were several small boats waiting and watching upstream and downstream, and they found that the momentum was wrong, so they all ran farther.
Hu Guiyang did not ask the officers and soldiers to shout again and ordered the rocket to be fired.
More than a dozen arrows flew across the river with flames and landed on the island. There was no obvious change at the beginning. After the second round of arrows, the fires on the island were connected, and the grass and trees were burning, blending into the afterglow of the sunset.
A string of birds flew up on the island, and several small beasts jumped into the water in a panic, and there were no living creatures other than that.
The officers and soldiers were just following their orders, with a calm expression on their faces. Only Fan Dajian was following the people around Hu Guiyang, and then whispered: "Is your news reliable?"
A Yin is a dwarf with a weird personality from dressing up to his personality, but Hu Guiyang felt that he would not lie on purpose and smiled and said, "Just think it's coming out to set off fireworks."
"Hey, the price of this fireworks is not small. Do you want to fire a few guns?"
"Good idea." Hu Guiyang immediately said to the accompanying officer: "Driven two rows of guns."
Fan Dajian said in surprise: "I'm just kidding..."
The gunners were already ready, lined up in three rows, fired guns one after another, and aimed at Jiangdao, without a fixed target.
The sound of the gun was deafening, and the boat in the distance retreated further. Fan Dajian covered his ears, feeling a little missed the feeling of firing the gun.
Before dark, the fire on the island gradually faded, leaving only a few remaining fires, all the plants and trees were burned, and more than a hundred pairs of eyes could see clearly, and there was no figure on it.
Fan Dajian comforted him: "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs, so why should millions be arrested sooner or later?"
Hu Guiyang did not give up and said to the officer again: "Change three ships."
This place is a little far from the city, and the officers sent people upstream to summon civilian ships.
Fan Dajian said: "It has been burned to the ground, what else do you want to find?"
Hu Guiyang pointed at the river, "There is a sunken in the middle of the island, I want to go up and take a look."
Fan Dajian shook his head without any resistance.
Several brave fishermen rode their boats downstream and soon arrived at the shore, freeing up space to load officers and soldiers, and could only take seven or eight people away at a time.
Hu Guiyang got on the boat in the second batch. When the old fisherman saw that he was dressed differently from the officers and soldiers, he boldly asked: "What is there on Xiaotulinum Island?"
Hu Guiyang smiled and said, "It is called Xiaogui Island?"
The old fisherman pushed his boat off the shore and rushed to the island quickly, "Look at it, does it look like a turtle floating on the water?"
"Like." After the island was burned, it looked more like a tortoise shell.
The old fisherman held on again, and the boat was not far from the island. He took the opportunity to reach out and point downstream, "There is also an old turtle island over there, with all the heads and feet, which is even more similar to this one."
The old fisherman only held on three times, and the boat had already arrived at the edge of the island. Hu Guiyang jumped on and was caught by the officers and soldiers.
The ships were traveling back and forth, transporting more than 30 officers and soldiers. Hu Guiyang felt it was enough, so he ordered the fishing boat to wait, led the troops to open the way with swords and walked to the middle of the island.
Fan Dajian had to follow him, muttering and judging that this trip would definitely end in failure.
The sunset was setting and the sky was dark. Several officers and soldiers lit torches to lead the way. In fact, it was not far away, and they arrived in just a few steps.
A piece of the island is concave in the middle. The entire island is lush with grass, but there is no grass here, so it is not affected much by the fire, and it is just covered with a layer of ashes. Apart from that, there is nothing else strange.
Hu Guiyang looked at it for a while, then stepped into the pit and stepped on it again. He returned to the high place and asked the fisherman on standby on the island, "Is there always a pit on the turtle's shell?"
The old fisherman stretched his neck and looked at it, "I went to the island ten days ago. There were no pits at that time, and there were no pits. There was a big stone in the middle."
The other two fishermen also nodded, "When I was a child, I always went to the island to play, and it was always a stone. Everyone said that the stone sealed the turtle's qi hole. Once the stone moved, the turtle would wander. Now the stone is gone and the turtle is still there. It seems that the rumors are not credible."
Fan Dajian suddenly felt strange and stepped on it when he entered the pit. He asked for a torch from an officer and soldier, took care of him everywhere, kicked off the ashes and floating soil, and looked up and said, "There are still stones below, not like organs."
Among the officers and soldiers who went to the island were fifteen gunmen and twenty swordsmen. Hu Guiyang ordered them: "Around the island, no matter what pops up in the pit, you will be killed."
The officers and soldiers looked at each other and were a little timid. They were not afraid of the mobs who were indistinguishable from the origins, but they had no confidence in the face of ghosts who could not tell the truth.
Hu Guiyang smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll get some gunpowder and blow up this turtle. Zhenren Fan also stayed on the island. If there are monsters, he can suppress it."
Zhenren Fan was famous in Yunyang City, and the officers and soldiers were relieved immediately. Even the fishermen on the island lit up and stared at the old Taoist and kept looking at him.
Surprisingly, Fan Dajian, "Ah? I want to stay? How long?"
"At most one hour."
Hu Guiyang did not give much explanation. He returned to the shore by boat and took out the broken silver to reward the fishermen. The three of them said they didn't want anything and volunteered to serve Zhenren Fan.
Hu Guiyang asked the fishing boat to stay for another hour and brought a few people back to the city by himself.
The request to move gunpowder made the prefect Wu Yuan go all out. The guard Zang Lian finally agreed, but asked Hu Guiyang to write the IOU and seal it for the boss to investigate.
When Hu Guiyang returned to the riverside, it was already completely dark. The torches illuminated both sides. There were more fishing boats coming up and downstream to see the lively fishing boats, and they all lit torches, which was quite lively. They all came to see Zhenren Fan catch the monster.
The gunman was carrying gunpowder, but there were too few. Hu Guiyang wanted to come to ten bags. The military officers guarding the gunpowder claimed that the gunpowder was enough to blow up a thick piece of city wall.
The three fishermen enthusiastically transported gunpowder to the island. At the same time, there was still a little doubt. Only the old fishermen dared to ask: "Don't Zhenren Fan use magic to catch monsters?"
"The gunpowder exploded and the real person casts spells and catches monsters, and each performs his duties." Hu Guiyang explained, and several fishermen suddenly realized.
The pit on the island has been cleaned up, and there are still stones under the floating soil. Gunpowder is placed in the pit and carefully pressed with the stones. All officers and soldiers retreated to the shore, and the fishing boats sailed downstream to remind the onlookers to stay away.
The officers and soldiers also retreated. Fan Dajian pretended to use a magic trick, and the two archers fired rockets to the island again.
This time, the rockets immediately landed in the middle of the island, triggering a big explosion, which shocked the earth and the river almost cut off. All the fishermen watching the fun on both sides were disappointed, and some even turned around and ran away.
The officers and soldiers on the shore were the most unlucky. It was obviously a trick to press the stones on the gunpowder bag. The explosion occurred and the gravel flew over the arrows. Some of them rushed straight to the shore. Although the officers and soldiers took back dozens of steps, they still failed to ensure safety. Many people were hit by the stones and screamed.
The officers and soldiers turned around and fled, and their formation was suddenly in chaos.
Hu Guiyang didn't expect the explosion to be so powerful. He bent down and moved to avoid the flying stone, but his eyes did not leave the island.
The explosion dissipated, and the burned island burned again, but the momentum weakened rapidly and could not be maintained for too long.
Occasionally there were gravels in the world. Hu Guiyang ventured to run alone to the riverside and observed the island from a closer place.
A corner of the island was smashed open, and the river water flowed into the pit, but it was not overflowing. The explosion was powerful, but it was impossible to explode a deep pit that could not even fill the river water.
Hu Guiyang became excited and turned around and shouted: "Come here, set up the formation, prepare the magic gun..."
Fan Dajian on the opposite side suddenly shouted: "Be careful!"
Hu Guiyang turned around quickly and saw something flying out of the pit on the island against the water flowing, landing and rising again. This time he could see clearly that it was a person.
"Rare the gun!" Hu Guiyang ordered loudly.
The formation of officers and soldiers was in chaos. The gunman ran from afar and made it randomly into the air. There were sounds, but they were not accurate. Fan Dajian waved his arms and reminded: "Don't hit Captain Hu!"
The bird gun had only fifty shots. Since there was no formation, all the rounds were released. The gunman had to load medicine and ammunition again, and the power was temporarily lost. Other soldiers rushed over with swords and guns, but could not arrive immediately.
Only Hu Guiyang was closest to him, and he watched the man rise and fall like a big bird, jumping from the island to the shore, and stopping several steps opposite Hu Guiyang.
"It's really you!" Hu Guiyang laughed, with the wooden sign in his left hand protecting his heart, and the receiver was already installed with the "spiritual" in his right hand. Because he had no intention, the receiver could only shoot a thin line, which was not very powerful, but it was Hu Guiyang's most useful method.
He didn't expect to use this move to defeat or kill the opponent, but he had to fire the arrow on the string, escape, can't escape, wait, and can't wait, and he had no other choice except to bite the bullet to fight.
Knowing that his skills were far inferior to those of the other party, Hu Guiyang was not discouraged and still laughed and made moves, as if he could easily succeed.
The end of the thin line hit the target's cheek and then retracted. Hu Guiyang was about to take another move when the opponent fell down.
That was indeed the Million. Three jumps showed their profound skills, but they fell to the ground with a light hit.
Hu Guiyang was shocked and took two steps forward to check. He Baiwan was also staring at him, with blood stains on his body, and it turned out that he was seriously injured.
"Look at what you did?" He Baiwan asked angrily.
"Avenge your foster father." Hu Guiyang put away the receiver and took out the dagger.
"You'll kill everyone!"
Hu Guiyang raised his eyes and looked at the small island in the river. He saw a water column spraying out from the pit, getting higher and higher. The most amazing thing is that the water column actually contained a pure red jade pendant.
Chapter completed!