Although it was called a night attack, it was actually a harassment from time to time.
They would make a big fuss about an imminent attack, and when the enemy sent reinforcements, the soldiers would slip away quietly.
What was this like?
It was like a long foreplay was done, and there was a feeling, but it ended up withering.
They did not just harass once, but five or six times in one night. It was not until the sky was faintly gray that the enemy returned home.
That night, almost no one in the Nie Camp could sleep well.
It was not because of the large number of enemies, but because the enemy was too elusive. Every time they appeared, there would be no warning, and the moment they appeared, they would launch a wave of rockets. However, the people of the Nie Camp did not dare to let down their guard. Who knew if this teasing would be real next time?
The next day, the sky was bright, and rumors were flying among the soldiers.
"You slept like a log last night, and you don't know what happened. Liu Xi's army suddenly appeared out of thin air, and when we caught up, they disappeared again. Not long after, they appeared in another place … Could it be that these people are celestial soldiers and generals? That's strange. "
When the soldiers ate, they gathered together and whispered, not daring to speak loudly.
The Nie Camp was strict in managing the army, and any speech that shook the morale of the soldiers was not allowed. Once caught, the lightest punishment would be a lesson, and the heaviest punishment would be military law to warn others. No one disliked their long lives, and under normal circumstances, they did not dare to talk about it everywhere. However, what happened yesterday was too strange. While the soldiers were anxious, they urgently needed a sense of security from their comrades, so there were soldiers whispering about it everywhere.
"Maybe they really are celestial soldiers and generals. I just heard someone say that they saw them flying down from the sky with their own eyes!"
"No, they clearly came out from the ground. I heard that Liu Xi's men are all ghost soldiers!"
Rumors always became more and more exaggerated as they spread. With each additional person, the rumor would become less true.
At first, people were still talking about the strange appearance of the enemy last night, but as the rumors spread, it became that the enemy flew down from the sky, drilled out from the ground, and the enemy who attacked at night were all ghost soldiers. What was even more amazing was that there were actually a few people who swore that they saw it with their own eyes.
Not only did some people "see it with their own eyes", but some people also found supporting evidence.
"If Liu Xi wasn't the King Yanluo of Hell, why would she be so bloodthirsty? I heard that every time she returned from a great victory, she would have thousands of human ears strung around her waist and human heads on her horse's back. Every day, she drinks human blood and eats human flesh. Wherever she goes, she kills. Isn't she a living Hades? "
"No, no, no — it's not King Yanluo. It's most likely a General in the sky. Say, the last time the Lord went to burn Zhanjiang Pass, the fire was clearly so big that it couldn't be put out, but the heavens actually rained! It's most likely a General who went to look for the Dragon King. That's why it rained. "
Some said that Jiang Pengji was a general with a powerful background in the Heavenly Palace, while others said that she was a Rakshasa demon from hell.
Otherwise, why would the enemy appear without a sound last night and leave without a trace?
Who in this world could do this?
It was either a god or a ghost!
At noon, these messy rumors reached Nie Liang's ears, and Wei Yong and the others all apologized. They also dealt with the few who spread the worst rumors and managed to suppress the signs, but it was better to disperse them than to stop them. The more they suppressed them, the more anxious the soldiers became. Nie Liang could see it clearly. No matter how Jiang Pengji approached them quietly, the enemy's purpose of the night attack was nothing more than to force him to fight.
"Send someone to pay attention. She will come again tonight. Tell the soldiers not to be careless."
The enemy was obviously harassing them and would not give up until they achieved their goal.
Wei Yong and the others agreed, but they were a little worried.
No matter how the low-level soldiers spread rumors, it indirectly proved one thing — the enemy was indeed elusive.
If they did not think of a way to expose the enemy's tricks, the rumors would only become more and more intense, which was extremely disadvantageous to them.
It turned out that the celestial soldiers and ghost generals were all fake. The real reason for their elusive appearance was — disguise.
During the sneak attack last night, there was only a small crescent moon in the sky, and it was even covered by dark clouds.
The soldiers wore an ancient version of a ghillie suit for camouflage. Their exposed skin was smeared with charcoal, and they basically blended in with the night.
Because of insufficient nutrition, the ancient soldiers had an extremely high rate of night blindness. Even if they did not have night blindness, they more or less had other problems.
It was difficult for the soldiers standing on the watchtower to discover the small movements in the distance, let alone to warn them in advance.
This was the real reason why Jiang Pengji's soldiers were "elusive."
In the middle of the night, Jiang Pengji sent people to "sneak attack" again. This time, the number of troops was greater than the previous night. She was eager to let the entire enemy camp know. There was a hot-tempered general in Nie Liang's tent, and he directly asked for the order to send troops. When he went out and chased for a mile, there was not even a shadow of the enemy. At that moment, there was the sound of firecrackers exploding in another place. The loud noise could be heard from afar.
Jiang Pengji squatted in the distance and watched the movement.
She asked Bai Ning, "General Bai's ancestors ran a firecracker business?"
Bai Ning did not feel ashamed. "It's an old skill passed down from my ancestors. Unfortunately, in troubled times, the people can't even feed themselves. How can they have the mood to play with these things?"
Because the ancestral business could not continue, Bai Ning could only find another way out.
His daughter also had to get married. He had to climb a little higher in order to find a husband of a higher level for her.
Jiang Pengji asked, "General Bai, do you have any thoughts?"
Bai Ning was dumbfounded. What thoughts could he have?
Could it be that the lord was asking about his employment intentions after retirement?
"After the troubled times end, I can't carry a sword anymore. Maybe I'll pick up my old profession."
Jiang Pengji smiled and said, "I'm not asking about that. I'm asking — General Bai, you have this skill. Why didn't you think of continuing to study it?"
Bai Ning was puzzled. "What's the use of studying firecrackers? The people can't afford them. "
Jiang Pengji was helpless.
She guided him and said, "Can a piece of firecracker blow up a clay pot?"
Bai Ning nodded affirmatively. "Yes."
She asked again, "If a hundred pieces of firecrackers are gathered together, won't it be more powerful? Maybe it can even blow up the city gate. "
Bai Ning was speechless.
This was something that would make people happy during the New Year. Did his lord only think about killing people and fighting wars?
Let's set off firecrackers!
"That's … possible. But the battlefield is chaotic. The enemy's rockets ignite the firecrackers first. Won't they blow up our own people? "
If a hundred pieces of firecrackers were gathered together, the volume would be huge. The target would be too obvious. The feasibility was very low.
Jiang Pengji smiled and said, "Then let's change our thinking. If after studying it, the power of a piece of firecracker can match up to a hundred pieces, what do you think?"
Bai Ning was silent for a while. He felt that his lord was indulging in fantasy.
How could the power of a piece of firecracker be compared to a hundred pieces?
Was it possible to compress hundreds of parts of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal into one?
More than two hundred years ago, firecrackers only burned bamboo. Later, people discovered the magical effects of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal. They simply filled these things in a bamboo tube according to a certain proportion and burned them. They were also called firecrackers. Bai Ning's ancestral skill, to put it bluntly, was a proportional formula.
If firecrackers were made according to this formula, the explosion would be loud and the production process would be less prone to accidents.
"My lord's idea is interesting."
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