Chapter 197 - Chapter 197: Chapter 161 Thunderous 1

Chapter 197: Chapter 161 Thunderous 1

Translator: 549690339

The Brocade Guard transported a box of bombs to the grassland, and quickly brought in some cattle and sheep, wrapped in armor, to use them as experimental subjects.

At this time, Lu Chen took out a bomb made of a two to three kilogram iron ball from the box, and glanced at the ignition fuse on it’s tail.

The current bombs did not have detonators, and needed to be ignited by hand. These bombs were very susceptible to moisture and would likely be unusable once dampened.

However, these were the first batch of bombs, so they would make do for now. He believed that in the future, it would be possible to manufacture bombs with detonators.

At that moment, Wu Yuan reminded him, “Prince, the craftsmen said this is the simplest type of bomb made from gunpowder, the power might not meet your expectations.”

The blueprints that the system provided Lu Chen weren’t just one but a whole stack, and there were also more than ten types of gunpowder.

Among these types of gunpowder, several were unattainable with the current conditions.

The craftsmen from Great Yu City, although more inventive than those from Great Sum, still lacked modern chemical knowledge. There were things that they simply could not understand, they couldn’t decipher the blueprints right away even if they had them.

Hearing Wu Yuan mention the simplest gunpowder, Lu Chen immediately guessed that these bombs were probably filled with black gunpowder.

If it were black gunpowder, so be it; it wasn’t as if it couldn’t be used.

Lu Chen said at this point, “It’s fine, we’ll make do.”

At this time, Wu Yuan immediately took out a tinderbox and handed it to Lu Chen. Without any hesitation, Lu Chen ignited the fuse of the bomb and threw the bomb into the distance where a war simulation scenario had been set up. After all, the bomb had a fuse and did not explode immediately. Instead, after a while, it exploded with a loud “booming” sound.

Hearing this deafening noise and seeing the cattle and sheep drenched in blood at a distance, Xiao Pengthian shivered, his mind suddenly filled with the scene from Wanning Valley where the limbs of the Barbarian Tribe soldiers were blown to pieces by grenades.

After the explosion, a large amount of white smoke was produced.

Seeing so much white smoke, Lu Chen knew the power was probably not great.

He immediately went to inspect the scene.

Everyone quickly followed suit.

When they got to the corpses of the cattle and sheep, Lu Chen found that the shrapnel from the recent explosion had pierced straight through the armor. However, there wasn’t a large pit on the ground. With the same weight in grenades, one could definitely leave a big pit. The three-kilogram bomb he recognized just created a small dirt pit, and the area affected wasn’t very big. Of course, they weren’t using this weapon to create pits; as long as the shrapnel inside could effectively kill the enemy after the explosion, there was no problem.

As for the size of the blast pit, that was not a concern.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen said, “Well, the power is good. When the North Pre King’s army arrives, we’ll properly test the power of this first batch of bombs.” Hearing this, Xiao Pengthian couldn’t help but feel some sympathy for the North Pre King.

Whom else to provoke but the North Prince? It was inviting death.

Particularly since their Sky Wolf King Tribe had recently suffered a defeat in North City, yet the North Fre King still didn’t learn the lesson and even advanced south to attack North City during winter.

At this moment, Xiao Pengthian felt as if he could already see the inevitable end of the North Fre King.

He couldn’t help but feel sentimental; it seemed another great tribe of the grasslands was about to disappear, and afterwards, North Land would likely belong entirely to the North Prince.

At that moment, a Jinyiwei Guard came before Lu Chen, handing him a bamboo tube for passing messages, “Prince, intelligence from the Capital city.” Upon hearing this, Lu Chen immediately took the bamboo tube from the hand of the Jinyiwei Guard, then took out the intelligence and read it carefully. After reading the intelligence from the Capital city, Lu Chen chuckled, relieved that their response was quick. Those Aristocratic Families really did intend to dispatch him to the front lines to wage war against Great Wu, then wipe out all of North City’s Heavy Cavalry.

If it hadn’t been for the approach of the North Fre King from the south, he would indeed have found it difficult to find an excuse.

At this time, the Jinyiwei Guard delivering the intelligence spoke up, “Prince, the twenty thousand Imperial Army dispatched by the court has already reached North City, and is estimated to arrive at Tianguang City in less than ten days.”

Lu Chen said in surprise, “That fast?”

The soldier answered, “I set out with them from the Capital city, they only carried some supplies, and all these twenty thousand soldiers are cavalry.” Hearing this, Lu Chen fell silent. It was evident that the court had not planned to send troops to help North City resist the North Fre King’s attack; after all, he still controlled fifty thousand Heavy Cavalry, so their reluctance to dispatch troops was to be expected.

However, to be fair, the court sending some supplies was somewhat helpful. After all, North City was poor and lacking in everything; even a mosquito’s worth of meat was still meat.

Just then, Xiao Pengthian reminded from the side, “Prince, if we let the Imperial Army come to Tianguang City, wouldn’t that expose these weapons?” As Xiao Pengthian understood, it seemed that only the North Prince currently possessed such formidable weapons of mass destruction in the entirety of Great Sum. Clearly, the North Prince also had his own schemes and wouldn’t hand over the weapons to the Great Sum court.

Upon hearing Xiao Pengthian’s reminder, Lu Chen pondered for a moment.

The court’s army was indeed a problem.

The North Fre King’s forces would take at least another month to reach North City, and if they encountered any dangers on the road, like severe blizzard conditions, the North Fre King’s forces might even arrive later in North City. If the Imperial Army arrived at Tianguang City before the war, when the North City soldiers used these bombs against the North Fre King’s army, wouldn’t it expose North City’s secret?

Initially, Lu Chen had thought that the court would refuse to send troops to support North City on the grounds of the impending war with Great Wu, but he hadn’t expected the court to still symbolically send twenty thousand cavalry. After some thought, Lu Chen said to the Jinyiwei Guard who delivered the message, “Go to Yan County immediately, and tell Qin Yushan and Li Rui to find a way to keep the court’s twenty thousand Imperial Army there. Let them stay on the second line of defense; there’s no need for them to come to Tianguang City.”

The one the court had dispatched this time was the son of the Left Minister, Lin Xiuming, a clever individual. Lin Xiuming had previously been to North’ City and had behaved; he strictly controlled the seventy thousand soldiers of the court from wandering around aimlessly.

It was apparent Lin Xiuming did not want to clash with him, the North Prince. Lu Chen believed that when Lin Xiuming heard his order to stay in Yan County, he would likely understand his motive and, not wishing to conflict with him, ’ would probably obediently remain in Yan County.

They didn’t need the court’s twenty thousand light cavalry for the war with the North Fre King.

Upon hearing Lu Chen’s words, the messenger replied at once, “Yes, Prince.”

“Alright, make haste and return to Yan County.”

“This subordinate takes his leave.” Having said this, the Jinyiwei Guard turned and quickly departed.

Just as Lu Chen was about to turn and leave, Wu Yuan spoke up, “Prince, these weapons still lack names. Why don’t you give them one?”

Considering Wu Yuan’s suggestion, Lu Chen thought for a moment, then said, “Our enemies often mistake us for calling down Heavenly Thunder, so from now on, these bombs will all be known as Thunderous.”

“That will be all for today’s testing. Take these Thunderous to the arsenal, and make sure they’re kept moisture-free.”

Lu Chen was very pleased with the power of this batch of bombs. He felt that no further testing was needed; now, all that remained was to wait for the arrival of the Sky Wolf King. He was sure the Sky Wolf King would be moved to tears by the surprises he had prepared..