Chapter 517: "God's Punishment"

At this time, a gust of wind blew and dispersed some of the smoke and dust, allowing the soldiers to see the situation on the ground clearly.

The ground looked like dozens of pigs and sheep had been slaughtered, with minced meat and blood all over the ground; all kinds of unknown human organs were scattered everywhere.

At a glance, several people saw their superiors, the two Generals Xiahou.

Xiahou Ba was left with only his head lying on the ground, bloodied and bruised, his eyes fixed on the sky. His body had long since disappeared - or was scattered everywhere.

Xiahou Ru, who was standing next to him, was not in much better condition. Half of his body was missing. His entire right side, including his arm and thigh, looked as if some ancient beast had bitten off most of it. He fell to the ground, his life or death unknown.

Several other soldiers who were close by also suffered injuries of varying degrees. Many were missing limbs, and there was even one unlucky guy who was missing half of his head. It was obvious that he was not going to survive.

When the Wei army was so shocked that they were speechless, the Han army had already surrounded them, but they had no intention of attacking. The leader was a young general in his twenties, Fu Qian, the son of Fu Zhu.

Fu Zhun is the only honest man among the three brothers who got married early and now his son is old enough to go to war. In contrast, the twins in Feng Xi's family are just starting to go to school, and Zhang Nan has just been married for a short time and has no children yet.

As the son of Fu Zhuo, Fu Qian was naturally taken care of by Feng Xi. For example, he was directly given the position of captain of the Shenwu Camp, and he was also his personal guard, so that he could go to the battlefield and his safety was guaranteed. Fu Qian's martial arts were also trained by Feng Xi, the Bao brothers and others, and now he is also a second-rate middle-level person, which is considered a powerful character.

"You guys really don't know how to live or die! Do you see the flag over there?"

Fu Qian came over with more than a hundred cavalrymen. He frowned when he saw the tragic scene on the ground, but still pointed at the flag next to the Han army and shouted loudly.

The Wei army was already in a state of panic because of the sudden death of their superior and the explosion. How could they care who was on the other side? They just nodded blankly.

"Why do you think our Han army put him so far out in the suburbs? You followed Cao Pi to usurp the Han Dynasty and were punished by heaven. The higher your position, the heavier the punishment. For someone like Xiahou Ba, this is the only punishment. Fortunately, Cao Pi died of illness. If it was Cao Pi himself, Luoyang would probably be razed to the ground!"

Fu Qian's words made the Wei army soldiers dumbfounded. Although they knew that Cao Pi died this year because of some kind of divine punishment, they had never heard of such an explosion.

"This... this young general, this is not right. If everyone were like this, wouldn't our Great Wei be in chaos long ago?"

Some people immediately realized that something was wrong, but the Han army was clearly in the upper hand and they were under someone else's roof, so they could only be polite.

"I don't know about that. My Grand Commander said that this situation occurred because the divine punishment in their bodies encountered the righteousness of our Han army.

But you don't have to worry about the soldiers who are being dragged along. Nothing will happen to you. Only stubborn people like Xiahou Ba will do this. Be careful that they will drag you along with them."

Fu Qian coaxed and deceived them for a few words, and generously let all the Wei troops go, asking them to collect some of Xiahou Ba and Xiahou Ru's body parts, and took Xiahou Ru away without knowing whether he was dead or alive. After Fu Qian saw them off, he completed his mission and returned to the Han army camp.

"General, as you said, I have told the Wei army soldiers everything. But will they really believe it?"

When Fu Qian saw the calm and composed Feng Xi, he felt that his uncle, the Grand Commander, was really unpredictable and unpredictable in his actions.

Naturally, Fu Qian, Feng Xi and Zhang Nan had known each other for a long time. When they were still in Sichuan, the three of them often drank at Fu Rong's house, and Fu Qian even served them wine. Therefore, it was perfectly legitimate for him to call the two of them uncles.

"It doesn't matter whether they believe it or not. After all, we are just talking about it. If they believe it, then we make money. If they don't believe it, then it will just waste your energy to drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat."

Feng Xi smiled. This kind of thing originally has zero cost, and Feng Xi can't say whatever he wants?
In fact, Xiahou Ba was just set up by Feng Xi with a booby trap, a specialty of Vietnam and Ji Zhong.

Although booby traps cannot be further improved due to current technology, Feng Xi had already asked the gunpowder team in Jingzhou to develop a phosphorus coating for making matches.

These phosphorus coatings will burn immediately with just the temperature of friction, making them perfect for igniting objects such as gunpowder packs.

The booby trap that killed Xiahou Ba was a classic jar mine, which was tied to Xiahou Ba's chest. There was a special wire inside the mine, the end of which was specially used to cause fire by friction. There was a layer of phosphorus coating inside the gunpowder barrel. As long as there was a slight temperature, the entire gunpowder bottle would explode, and the result would be the same as it is now.

Normally, if the Wei army had been a little more careful, this booby trap would have been ineffective. However, Feng Xi specifically ordered Fu Qian to wait more than a mile away and observe with a telescope, waiting until the enemy had almost knocked down the pillar before attacking, thus "urging" the Wei army.

If they attacked right away, the Wei army would probably give up rescuing Xiahou Ba, which would be a bad idea. But if they waited until the Wei army had pulled out all the pillars before the Han army arrived, the Wei army would have sunk costs and would just gamble that they were fast enough to take Xiahou Ba away. Then they would just speed up and not have time to identify the ropes that bound Xiahou Ba.

In other words, the Han army would act as an invisible pressure and time limit, so that they would not have time to distinguish carefully and would trigger the booby trap on Xiahou Ba. As for who would be hurt, it was up to fate.

And all those weird and mysterious things that Fu Qian did later were also Feng Xi's idle chess moves. Anyway, as I said before, it doesn't cost any money, so it doesn't matter whether he succeeds or not, right?

As for those pawns, it would be harmless to release them. They would even spread panic, wouldn't that be more effective than killing them?
"General, since Xiahou Ba is dead, can our army prepare to eliminate Xiahou Ba's group first?"

Ma Su on the side reminded him. Wen Pin and Xiahou Ba's troops were outside the city, protecting Wancheng. Now that Xiahou Ba on the right wing was dead, the morale of his troops would surely be frustrated. If these soldiers were released, the impact would probably be even greater.

If we take advantage of this opportunity to capture Xiahou Ba's camp in one fell swoop and cut off one wing of Wancheng, it will be a good thing for the Han army's subsequent attack on Wancheng.

(End of this chapter)