Da Wei Chun

Chapter 515
Like the dark clouds in the sky, or like the tide breaking the embankment, there are Huqi all over the mountains and plains.

The gate of Qingshui City was wide open, but Hu Jun did not enter. Instead, he bypassed the county town and set up camp in the fields about five miles west of the city.

A group of rebels stood at the top of the city, staring intently at Hu Qi passing by below the city, guessing wildly.

"Didn't Li Chengzhi have been driven to Longguan, why did he come back suddenly?"

"I'm afraid I lost the battle?"

"Looking at the appearance of the army, it is considered neat. There are neither wounded soldiers nor horses. It doesn't look like a defeated state!"

"How much time has passed, I'm afraid it's less than [-]. Even if there are wounded soldiers and horses, it should be at the end..."

"Indeed!"

Listening to the soldiers talking in a low voice, Yuan Ji and Hou Gang frowned more and more.

Eighty percent of them were defeated.

Don't look at the soldiers, the face is full of panic?
Looking at the horses again, under the reflection of the setting sun, all of them are shining brightly.This is clearly rushing here, sweating a lot.There are many war horses, foaming at the mouth.

If it weren't for the big defeat, why should Hu Jun be so anxious?
But there are nearly [-] Huqi in sight, and there are still many who have not bypassed the county.Doesn't seem to be much damaged?
It was hard to make a conclusion for a while, so Yuan Ji had to send his personal guards to the east to find Fu Luo.

After another hour, the sun had already set on the top of the mountain, only to see Fu Luo's commander-in-chief flag belatedly arrive.

Looking at the flag again, Yuan Ji and Hou Gang no longer frowned, but their faces changed drastically.

There were not many wounded soldiers, just over a hundred, but most of them were burned like coke.

Is this... a trick of the officers and soldiers?

But even if Li Chengzhi wants to use the flat river in Bailitan, he has no place to rely on.Furthermore, there is no wind today, so why did such a big fire cause the [-] elite riders to collapse?
Suspicious in their hearts, Yuan Ji and Hou Gang hurried down the city wall and greeted each other at the gate of the city.

Cui Zuzhi still looked drunk.When the two men got off the top of the city, his eyes suddenly lit up, staring at the wounded soldiers below the city, thoughtfully: "The kerosene that Li Chengzhi used must be?"

……

After looking carefully for a while, seeing that Fu Luo was safe and sound, Yuan Ji and Hou just breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord... encountered some twists and turns?"

Some twists and turns?

Can Yuan Ji really speak?
Grandpa's life was almost lost today...

Thinking about it now, Fu Luo still has lingering fears.Although sitting on the saddle, his limbs trembled uncontrollably.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally told the truth: "I was defeated and fell into Li's kid's trick to lure the enemy. Fortunately, I was able to retreat completely when I saw the opportunity early. Although my subordinates were damaged, But less than [-]%, there is still a battle..."

Hearing Fu Luo's words, Hou Gang felt even more strange.

There are only [-] officers and soldiers in the West Camp, and [-]% of them are infantry. According to common sense, they should not be Fu Luo's opponent.

Of course, there are no absolutes.If the victory and defeat were all judged by the number of troops, there would not be so many battles in history where the few win the many, and the few enemies are many.

The strange thing is that only four or five thousand were lost. Hu's army is still stronger than Li Chengzhi's, but why did Fu Luo retreat directly, even more like "Li Chengzhi is invincible"?

Yuan Ji's heart moved, his pupils shrank sharply, like the eyes of a needle: "Li Chengzhi... but that thunder was used?"

Fu Luo nodded heavily: "Thunder is only second. Wei Jun didn't throw a round until the last moment. Presumably it is still as expected, this thing should be extremely difficult to control, even Li Chengzhi has no spare.

But the other firearms are extremely strange: the rocket fired from a hundred paces away, although it can't penetrate the armor, can ignite the iron?It's more like a maggot attached to a bone, which can't be extinguished...

There is also the iron cylinder, the sparks of the projected object are like meteors, and the momentum is extremely loud.Although it didn't hurt anyone, it was immediately startled..."

Yuan Ji and Hou Gang were startled together: "Oil, cannon barrel?"

Fu Luo was stunned for a moment, and his face became extremely ugly: "Since you two know about this thing, why didn't you give me a little reminder?"

How could it not be reminded?

Hou Gang sighed again and again: "My lord, have you ever forgotten that when the troops were dispatched, Hou and His Royal Highness Jiangyang Wang repeatedly mentioned the urgent report of the Woyelu Town Army? The cannon barrel was repeatedly mentioned in the letter:

There was great chaos in Woye City that day, and Li Chengzhi relied on this thing.The town army and the townspeople all thought it was a ghost and god appearing, and the sky was punished by thunder.So they all closed their doors in horror.It also caused Lu Zhenjun's troops to be in chaos, which led to the defeat of Woye..."

Yuan Ji went on to say: "There is also the kerosene. Yuan and General Hou also mentioned it to the adults: last autumn, Gouzi (Yuan Yi) and Li Chengzhi played against Li Chengzhi in the Imperial City School, and they used this thing: A maggot attached to a bone cannot be extinguished by pouring water... It was also at that time that a certain feud with Li's son...

At that time, Yuan Ke was still in power, and he ordered Li Chengzhi to choose a site in Hexi, and rush to manufacture a large number of these things, intending to distribute them to the Chinese army.There was no movement after that, did you think it was already produced? "

Fu Luo thought about it carefully, as if he really had an impression.His face softened a lot, but he regretted it in his heart.

I regret that I didn't listen to people's persuasion, and I almost suffered a crushing defeat.

"This place is not a place for long talks. Can you please move on, and I will discuss it when I enter the city?"

Yuan Ji clasped his fists and said, "Yuan has ordered Cui County guards to prepare enough wine, meat, food and grass. If your lord's personal guards want to camp in the city, I will send my subordinates to the camp immediately..."

But Fu Luo shook his head: "I am used to tents in a certain place, but I am not used to living in Shiwu Mountain, so I will not enter the city. Just send the wine and meat outside the camp. If you want to discuss matters, please come to my tent..."

This was a probing word, and Yuan Ji's face froze when he heard Fu Luo's response.

When he came back to his senses, Fu Luo had already mobilized his horse and circled behind the city.

Hou Gang's complexion was even more ugly, he took a step forward, leaned into Yuan Ji's ear, and asked worriedly, "Is this guy going to run away?"

"It's impossible to escape, but Fu Luo is obviously scared out of his wits by Li Chengzhi!"

"It's nothing more than the lightning weapon. You and I have never seen it. But I heard what Fu Luo said, and he didn't seem to have seen it with his own eyes. It seems that he was shocked like this because of the rocket stained with kerosene. ? Is this thing really so magical?"

Didn't you never see it when you were in Beijing?
When the words came to his lips, Yuan Ji was taken aback again: It seems that Hou Gang has never seen him before?

When Yuan Yi and Li Chengzhi competed in battle, Hou Gang had already been demoted to be a captain of the city gate and was guarding the palace gate under the imperial city, so he did not watch the battle.

Thinking of the scene that day, Yuan Ji nodded persuasively: "As I said just now, it is like a maggot attached to a bone. It can't be extinguished by water, and it's very powerful... But according to what Li Shi's child said, this thing is strong wine. It is made of Hedui rosin. Although the rosin is not a rare thing, a catty of kerosene should cost as much as two. And only one winter has passed, where did Li Chengzhi find it?"

"Let's not talk about rosin, it's only been a few months, and it's winter, even that strong wine can't be brewed..."

In the middle of speaking, Hou Gang's words stopped abruptly, like a crowing rooster being strangled by the neck.

When he turned his head, he found that Yuan Ji was just like him, staring at him blankly.

Immediately, a sliver of understanding arose in the hearts of the two of them at the same time, and their faces suddenly became grim: Li Chengzhi at that time was not telling the truth at all.

Good thief, you dare to lie to the late emperor?
……

When discussing to the son, several of them did not discuss why.Yuan Ji had no choice but to send a fast horse to report urgently everywhere.

Apart from Yuan Li who was sticking to Siyuan County, Yu Zhong who was going north with the Southern Army, and even Yuan Huai who had already arrived in Rouran Khan Court were also unavoidable.

Fu Luo was not idle either. After returning to the camp, he sent [-] li to rush to Shudun City to give Fu Lian an urgent report.The eloquence of nearly a thousand words actually has one meaning: Li Shizi is invincible...

Cui Zuchi was like a spectator, and he didn't say more than ten sentences all night.

The strange thing is that Cui Jieshi, who used to drink a glass of wine after noon in the past, actually didn't drink a drop of alcohol tonight, and listened very seriously.

Cui Zuzhi couldn't figure out 1 things: With all kinds of gods to help, there is no enemy in this world, and it is not impossible to covet this world.

As a man of the Han family, why does Li Chengzhi bother to be a guard dog for the Donghu barbarians (Xianbei originated from Donghu)?

Even foolish loyalty shouldn't be such loyalty. Is Li Chengzhi confused?
……

A gloomy night.

Many rebel generals were gloomy, but Li Shao and others were happy.

Li Chengzhi is indeed Li Chengzhi, but once he goes out, there will be no disadvantages.

No wonder she is so arrogant and domineering, with eyes so high that Yuanli is afraid of her like a tiger?
The excitement subsided a little, and Yang Jun brought the letter paper to his eyes again, and looked at it carefully.

In fact, he has read it no less than ten times, and he can almost memorize it.After reading it word by word again, and making sure that he didn't miss any word, Yang Jun asked puzzledly:
"During this battle, did Li Chengzhi really use the kerosene that the late emperor ordered him to buy grain and brew with spirits and rosin?"

"Can this be fake?"

Li Shao replied indifferently, "I don't see that since last autumn, Liu Bao has bought grain from Hedong, Guanzhong and other places, and then transported it to Jincheng (Lanzhou), just for Li Chengzhi's winemaking needs."

Hexi?

Yang Jun blinked his eyes: transporting grain from central Beijing to Jincheng must pass through Tongguan.The Yang family was in Huazhou, and indeed they heard from their clan brothers that the grain carts of Liu's business had never been broken throughout the whole winter, and a lot of grain had been transported.

But how did Li Chengzhi make wine in such a cold day?
What's more, I haven't heard where he has recruited craftsmen and civilian husbands?
Yang Jun rolled his eyes, then pointed to the letter paper: "What about the torch, Gu Zanghou, do you know what it is?"

"I don't know. But if you and I get to the bottom of it, Li Chengzhi will be like that thunder weapon again, and find some excuses like 'wheat flour' to fool us. Therefore, we will definitely not be able to ask..."

"You and I are both out of the customs. We have always been close, so it is easy to be fooled. But what if others want to get to the bottom of it?"

Yang Jun stopped talking and pondered for a long time: "The battle with Dou Ling is a great victory that hasn't been seen in decades. If we follow the ancestral system left by Emperor Taiwu, it means that kings with different surnames will not be conferred. No matter what, it is unavoidable.

Now if Yuan Huai is pacified and Tuyuhun and Southern Dynasties are retreated, how should the imperial court reward him? "

A trace of strangeness flashed in Li Shao's eyes, and he said calmly: "Don't say that the battle is going on right now, and victory or defeat is unpredictable. Even if it is a real victory, the Queen Mother and the princes have their own thoughts, why do you and I need to worry about it?"

Worry?

Li Yuanbo, Grandpa speaks so clearly, why are you pretending to be stupid, why are you pretending to be stupefied?

Yang Jun was a little irritable, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth fiercely, and lowered his voice extremely low:

"As the saying goes: If you have a high meritorious service, you can't seal it! Don't you hear that: the scorpion is gone, the good bow is hidden; the cunning rabbit is dead, the running dog cooks? Not to mention how old is he? No matter whether you are in the upper class or the princes in the court, how can you feel at ease?"

Li Shao narrowed his eyes, like two cold stars: "Jisun might as well speak up!"

I bluntly say a bird feather?
Yang Jun was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, and his words unconsciously carried a little anger: "It was the first emperor who treated him kindly, but now times have changed and things are different. No matter how stupid and loyal he is, he should leave some room for himself. .

Let me just ask, if the imperial court ordered him to hand over the formulas of mines, cannon barrels and other firearms for the achievements of this battle, would he hand them over?
And he is as smooth as a ghost, even if you and I persuade him, he will only be perfunctory.So a certain person thought, you and Li Huaide are barely of the same clan, and have always been close, why don't you say it's great and let him advise Yu Chengzhi? "

Leave some room?

Now that what should be used has already been used, no matter how you hide it, you can't hide it anymore, so how can you leave room for it?
Just like the bow has been drawn, there is absolutely no reason to turn the arrow back.

Yang Jisun clearly meant something.

Li Shao's eyes were like lightning, staring at Yang Jun with a guilty conscience, he couldn't help avoiding it.

Got it, another one who is not very quiet.

Yang Jun's move is not swinging from side to side, betting on both sides, but the way things are in the world.

It's only strange that Yuan Ke pushed the aristocratic family too much, and the scholars of the Han family have long been divorced...

Just like Cui Zuchi, the governor of Longxi County, is it just because of his marriage relationship with the Yu family?
Just an excuse!

"Jisun's meaning, I know!"

Li Shao replied softly, "But no matter what, it should be better than this one..."

What do you know, can you explain clearly?

Yang Jun scratched his ears anxiously, but he didn't dare to ask.

Just as he was sullen, he suddenly heard a noise outside the tent, as if someone was rushing over.

"Captain, report urgently!"

Urgent report?

When it is almost ugly, how urgent is it?
The expressions of both of them were straight, Li Shao said in a solemn voice: "Call!"

Following the words, a sergeant lifted the curtain and entered, knelt on one knee in the tent, untied a copper order from his neck, and handed it up with both hands.

The token is very delicate, about the size of two fingers, with the word "Li" on it, which is very vigorous, and you can tell it is Li Chengzhi's handwriting at a glance.

And the color is as bright as gold, which is extremely eye-catching.

Li Shao knew very well that this method of copper smelting was unique to the Li family, even if others wanted to pretend it, they would not be able to pretend it.

"Bing Dudu, the humble post is the Tang Lord under the command of Zhang Junzhu, General Zhang Junzhu of Jingzhou Longya, and he is ordered by Zhang Junzhu to report quickly:

At noon yesterday, Hanzhong County's Jinshou, Mianyang, Hanyang, and Weizhong counties in the north along the Qinling Mountains suddenly saw the Southern Army.Its troops were divided into four groups, coming from Chencang, Baoxie, Tangluo, and Ziwu.And the march is extremely fast, and it will reach nearly half of it at dusk, and at the latest in the afternoon of tomorrow, it will be able to point to the passes in the north of Lingbei! "

Really come?

Yang Yun's eyes narrowed slightly: "Can you find out how many troops are there?"

"Every road has more than [-]!"

Each route is [-], and the fourth route is [-]... Maybe the Southern Dynasty directly dispatched an army of [-] this time?

Li Shao clenched his fists tightly: "Left and right, dispatch fast horses, Hutang cavalry report to Duke Li..."

(End of this chapter)