Although the Chu State Shadow Guards carried a lot of firearms this time to prepare for emergencies, it was not easy to transport them to the city covertly.
Just as the wise king thought, Chu's firearms were unparalleled in the world and were the most advanced firearms in the world. There must be covetousness among countries. Naturally, Zhou also wanted to steal Chu's firearms to use them to strengthen himself.
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Although the state of Chu was grateful to the state of Zhou for saving the state of Zhou on the grassland, the relationship between the two countries has long been beyond the bounds of morality.
The overt and covert confrontations between countries are dirty, ugly and resort to all possible means. People may still be civilized, but countries must be full of barbarism and self-interest.
The law of the jungle has always been the rule between countries.
Do you expect Chu to save Zhou once so that Zhou can behave honestly?
That's really a bit whimsical.
The Zhou court must have secretly sent spies to steal Chu's gunpowder.
However, the Chu State's gunpowder defense was extremely tight, and the Zhou State had not succeeded yet.
Of course, it was not that easy to succeed. The spy shadows in the capital provided intelligence, and the shadow guards outside the capital were on guard, and not a single firearm was lost.
Zhou Guo still wanted to save face. Because of the favor from last time, Zhou Guo only committed petty theft and did not dare to use other means.
Otherwise, public opinion in the world will definitely criticize Zhou Guo.
It can be said that in addition to petty theft, if other tough methods are used even slightly, Zhou will be criticized immediately.
However, Chu's shadow guards may not have the gunpowder they wanted, so Emperor Zhou did not mobilize troops.
It took a lot of effort to transport the gunpowder in, and with the cooperation of the spies, they bypassed Zhou's surveillance. They pretended to be a carriage going into the city to buy food supplies, and they unloaded the firearms when they arrived at a grain station under Li Xun's name.
Come down.
But there is no way to transport it into the city.
This is the most heavily defended place in the Zhou Kingdom. During the day, the eyes are complicated, and everyone keeps a close eye on firearms. If there are too few firearms in the place where the Shadow Guards of the Chu Kingdom are stationed, the Zhou Kingdom's spies will notice something fishy.
Seizing a legitimate son is different from selling vegetables. Li Xun only has one chance. If he fails, he will be punished. Naturally, he must be cautious.
Since firearms are limited this time, they must be used on the edge.
After nightfall, although there are still many patrols in the Imperial City, the strength of the troops is far less than during the day. As long as there is a breakthrough, they can enter the Imperial City.
The most important thing is to open the city gate to reduce unnecessary time loss. Therefore, the limited thunderbolts must be concentrated in one place to blast open the palace gate.
The gates of the imperial city are not as thick as the gates of the capital. The imperial city is different from other places. It is the residence of the emperor!
It is precisely because the imperial palace is the residence of the emperor, so the gates of the imperial city must take into account both aesthetics and practicality. Once the aesthetics and practicality are taken into consideration, the aesthetics and practicality will inevitably decline. After all, if the enemy troops really attack the imperial city, it is estimated that the imperial city will
No matter how strong the gate is, it's useless, and even if someone in the city rebels, as long as they hold on until daybreak, everything will be over.
The most important thing is that there are no siege cones in the capital, and there are no raw materials that can be used to make siege cones. Even if it takes one night, there is no way to make a siege cone.
Therefore, the gates of the imperial city can be purely aesthetically pleasing. What are you afraid of?
I just think the practicality is getting worse again and again. If you have the ability, can you try to break one?
How to lose when flying dragon rides on the face?
But until now, no one seems to have thought that the invention of gunpowder would become the biggest variable.
If enough gunpowder is piled up in front of the imperial city gate, the explosive force generated should be enough to blow up the city gate.
There are not enough soldiers and horses in the imperial city. As long as they can enter, the imperial city will be Li Xun's world.
Once the imperial city is under Li Xun's control, the world is also under Li Xun's control.
And tonight Li Xun also has a small advantage, that is, tonight in the capital, it is the turn of the Yulin Guards, Longwu Guards and Xiaoqi Guards to patrol various parts of the capital, and the Yulin Guards and Xiaoqi Guards are all
Under Li Xun's control.
Although it is not as direct as the Imperial City's Habayashi Guard patrol, if used properly it can still be enough to deal a fatal blow to the Imperial City!
Residence of the mission
In order not to arouse suspicion, Xu Qing hid the veiled Li Mingyue in his bedroom.
There are many people in the mission, and if they prepare a separate room for Li Mingyue and come and go, the news may be leaked.
After Xu Qingzang entered his room, all the messengers, including the servants coming and going, would only show an "I understand" expression and would not arouse too much suspicion.
The golden house hides the beauty, many of them have done this.
When you are on a mission to a certain place, you can order a few beauties to enjoy the exotic scenery. That is not very comfortable.
Many of them have already done this.
Anyway, His Highness the Crown Prince has pushed back the negotiation time again and again. In this era, there is a lack of addictive entertainment items. In addition, if you are unfamiliar with the place, hiding a few girls in the room and having fun secretly is not too much, right?
Xu Qing looked at Li Mingyue who had put down her small baggage and walked over, took her delicate hand, and said, "Mingyue, I feel sorry for you to stay here for one night."
Li Mingyue lowered her head and said with a blush: "Ming Yue promised to be Xu Qing's wife for eighteen days. This is how a husband and wife should be. Besides, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight."
Tonight Li Xun is going to seek power and usurp the throne. Not to mention Li Mingyue can't sleep, it is estimated that even an outsider like Xiao Ye can't sleep.
The drama of the century, such as seeking power and usurping the throne, is not performed every day. If you miss one, you will miss one.
Li Xun was busy arranging the arrangements, while Xu Qing and Xiao Ye were quite free.
They're not going tonight anyway.
They are the envoys of the Chu State, and providing them with firearms is the limit of what they can do.
Although the two of them may have richer combat experience than the generals under Li Xun, if the two generals of Chu State's Feng Langju Xu appeared on the battlefield, the flavor of this power-seeking and usurping of power would change.
At that time, there might be traces of the Chu State. The Chu State was innocently blamed. It would have been nice for Li Xun to really listen to the Chu State. But it is obvious that even if Li Xun succeeded, he would not listen to the Chu State.
So why does Chu State bother with this and have to bear the reputation of being unkind?
Thankless...
And Li Xun would not allow it. If the Chu people fought with them, would it be considered that Li Xun was seeking power and usurping the throne, or was it that Li Xun had been bribed by the Chu State?
So tonight will be Li Xun's solo show, while Xu Qing and Xiao Ye will act as the audience, cheering him on and cheering him on at most.
But Xu Qing was too lazy to bother.
This night must have been the most frightening and torturous night for Li Mingyue in her life, because her respected brother sought power and usurped the throne just for her sake, and he did not dare to think about the consequences if he failed.
Having Xu Qing by Li Mingyue's side can somewhat alleviate Li Mingyue's inner fear.
Xiao Ye really wants to go, he likes fighting, and this is a battle to seek power and usurp the throne. He has never fought like this in his life!
However, Xiao Ye who was eager to try was stopped by Xu Qing and dragged away mercilessly.
Xu Qing was also speechless. What kind of fun is this Xiao Ye? If he really likes to fight for power and usurp the throne, he can wait until he returns to the Chu Kingdom to find the Emperor of Chu and direct and act in it to have fun.
It is estimated that Emperor Chu is 100% willing to cooperate and may even be impatient.
