"The prince is back!" The soldier's shout echoed on the ancient city wall for a long time. Almost instantly, the anxious and panicked ministers and soldiers all fell silent, with surprise and relief on their faces.
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is back!" Xiao Fuzi hurriedly stepped forward and repeated in a low voice, "The Crown Prince is back. In the Prince's heart, he still has the Emperor and thousands of people!"
Li Li stood in a daze, looking back at the excited faces of the ministers and soldiers, and something slowly spread from his heart.
Jiuligou, two hundred miles away from the capital, is where Li Huang led his soldiers to confront the Luo army.
On the black military tent in the middle, the silver war flag was fluttering in the wind. The fifth prince Li Huang frowned, thinking deeply. Although his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, he could not hide his sharp edge that could swallow thousands of miles. At this moment, he
All eyes are fixed on the map in front of them.[
Next to him, General Weiyuan Hu Tu also had thick eyebrows and deep frown. They had just ambushed the Luo army, temporarily disrupting the pace of the Luo army's attack. But what should they do next? With only 20,000 of them, how could they face it?
Luo Jun's 100,000-strong army also had to be wary of Rao Jun's attack from behind. For this reason, the two of them had not rested for four or five hours in a row.
"The opponent is really outnumbered. Now even if the emperor is willing to send troops for reinforcements, most of the troops are facing the enemy in the east to contain Rao's army. I'm afraid they won't be able to escape for a while. Now, we can only use 20,000 troops.
Deal with an army of 100,000!" Hu Tu said worriedly.
"It would be great if we could contain Rao Jun first! I never thought that those two people would join forces!" Li Huang frowned tightly.
"Sir, General Hu!" At this moment, Tenglong hurried in and said anxiously, "The Luo army is advancing again. This time they sent cavalry to open the way in front. At the current speed, they will arrive in the evening.
Here we are!”
Li Huang and Hu Tu were startled. Luo Jun was really well-trained, and he adjusted his pace so quickly?
"Your Highness, why don't you follow what you did just now and make a sudden attack on Luo Jun?" A deputy general suggested in a low voice.
"They have learned their lesson from last time and will definitely prepare in advance this time. This time they use cavalry to clear the way. It can be seen that the cavalry is fast. Even if we have sophisticated bows and crossbows, we may not be able to control them!
” Objections were quickly raised.
The deputy general who made the suggestion didn't know what to say for a moment, so he had to turn to Li Huang to see what he would say. Li Huang looked at Hu Tu with a calm expression, "General Hu, you are the general in charge of the Sixth Army.
What’s your opinion?”
Hu Tu thought for a while and said in a low voice: "The cavalry clears the way, although it is fast, but it is difficult for the infantry to follow. Why don't we let the cavalry go first, then block the infantry, and then surround the cavalry and annihilate them! Besides, this Jiuligou people
There are cliffs on both sides of the entrance, making it easy for an ambush. When the time comes, we attack from a high place, and then send a crossbow team to block it in front. It will be difficult for the Luo army to fly even with wings!"
Li Huang nodded: "General Hu, this is a good plan, let's do it like this!"
Hu Tu quickly accepted the order.
After Hu Tu took people to arrange the arrangements, Li Huang leaned on the couch and closed his eyes and thought deeply. For some reason, the huge power of the cannon during the New Year suddenly flashed in his mind. His heart moved, and he suddenly opened his eyes and whispered to Tenglong.
He said, "Hurry to the nearest town and find a way to buy some saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. Come and go, the sooner the better, the more the better!"
Tenglong responded quickly.
After Tenglong left, Li Huang quickly took out a pen and paper, carefully recalled the black powder formula that Chu Yiqing had told him, and wrote it down on the paper.
"Report, Your Highness the Crown Prince, there is a man named Lei outside who wants to see His Highness the Crown Prince!" Suddenly, soldiers came to report.
Li Huang was overjoyed and said quickly: "Let him come in quickly!"
Lei Yuan came in and quickly saluted.
"Okay, get up quickly. Is your wife okay?" Wang Bu jumped. Li Huang quickly pulled him up and asked anxiously.
"Everything is fine, madam. Now the people in Gaocheng, Kunlun and other four cities have been resettled. Those people who were guarding Jiuligou have also returned to their hometowns because of this war!" Lei Yuan said quickly.[
"That's good! Is there something wrong with Madam when you come this time?" Li Huang asked again.
"Madam said that I might need this kit, so I asked my subordinates to send it to me overnight!" Lei Yuan hurriedly delivered the kit.
Li Huang took the kit, and there were two pieces of paper in it. One piece of paper clearly stated the meeting with Liu Yi, and stated that Rao Jun would temporarily guard Kunlun City and would not enter the palace capital. Li Huang had at least ten
The day's time can be buffered and deployed, and the other piece of paper contains the recipe for black powder.
"Those who know me are really clear!" Li Huang said with great joy, "That's great!"
"This time, my wife also asked my subordinates to bring a part of the Bai family army. There are about five thousand people. Although the number is not large, they are all very powerful in martial arts and can fight one against ten. They are most suitable for the vanguard force!" Lei Yuan once again
said.
Li Huang nodded and patted Lei Yuan on the shoulder, "Go back and tell Madam and reassure her that I will definitely live up to her expectations!"
Lei Yuan nodded quickly.
After noon, Tenglong and his people bought sulfur and other materials. Li Huang quickly asked people to mix the three things, and then stuffed them into a tree trunk that was one foot long and as thick as an arm, and inserted blades on the surface of the trunk.
Wait for sharp things.
"Your Highness, what is this?" Hu Tu looked at the hundreds of strange tree trunks in front of him in confusion and asked in a low voice.
"This is the latest weapon. I haven't thought of a name yet, so let's call it a cannon knife for the time being. It uses the principle of a cannon. As long as the fire signal is ignited, the cannon will explode. The blade outside
It will use the power of the explosion to splash around and kill people!" Li Huang raised his eyebrows and explained, "This is much more powerful than throwing that big stone!"
Hu Tu couldn't help but marveled: "This thing has never been heard of by veterans who have been fighting for more than ten years!"
"This is the first time for me to use it!" Li Huang whispered, and warned again; "Tell the soldiers to throw down the fuse as soon as it is lit, and then quickly ambush yourself. It is best to dig a few trenches in advance.
, after throwing it out, people hid in the trench to avoid accidental injury!"
Hu Tu responded quickly.
In the evening, the Luo army cavalry arrived at Jiuligou. Their red armor was even redder than the sunset over there. The sound of horse hooves like the beating of war drums resounded through the valley. On the hillside not far away, Hu Tu waved his hand to signal the soldiers to release the cavalry.
In the past, as soon as the cavalry passed by, Hu Tu sent people to guard the entrance of Jiuligou, with bows and crossbows aimed at the infantry behind.
Twenty thousand cavalry entered Jiuligou. The leader was General Yu Bing of the Luo Kingdom. He was the nephew of the current Queen Mother Yu. He was highly skilled in martial arts and was best at horseback kung fu. He was called "General on Horseback!". Yu Bing
After leading the cavalry team into Li Huang's ambush, he soon realized something was wrong. He waved his hand and ordered the cavalry team to stop, looking up at the steep mountain walls on both sides with a stern expression.
"General, what's wrong?" the deputy general asked in a low voice.
"Have you heard Zizi's voice?" Yu Bing asked coldly.
All the soldiers shook their heads.
"Let's slow down and wait for the big troops to come up!" Yu Bing said in a low voice. For some reason, he felt a bad premonition in his heart. This was a feeling he had never experienced in the years of leading troops.
The deputy general looked at the two steep mountain walls and whispered: "But general, the terrain here is not good for us. If Li Jun ambushes up there..."
Before the deputy general finished speaking, he saw countless round and long pieces of wood thrown down, with blades inserted into those pieces of wood, and they were thrown at the feet of those people, making a sizzling sound.
"What on earth is going on?" Yu Bing and others looked at the wood smoking white under the horse, and were wondering when they heard a bang, and the wood made a huge explosion sound, like a firecracker and more explosive.
The sound of the battle was a hundred times louder, and at the same time, countless blades flew up with great force, cutting the throats of the soldiers.[
The horses were frightened by the huge explosion, leaving behind the injured or dead soldiers and galloping away. The soldiers who were not killed by the blades also died under the hooves of the frightened or injured horses.
Yu Bing's left eye was stabbed hard by a blade, and he immediately fell off the horse in pain. At the same time, the horse he was sitting on was so blown away that its mouth was blurred, and it ran forward crazily, with its hind legs jerking.
He was kicked in the head and his head cracked on the spot.
The 20,000 cavalrymen died almost instantly, and were injured, and those who survived were frightened. So Li Huang led his soldiers to rush down from the mountain where they were ambushing, and solved the battle effortlessly.
The news of Li Huang's victory quickly spread to the capital, especially the cannon knife, which spread throughout the world almost overnight, and all the soldiers were shocked.
In the capital city and the palace, Li Li read the memorial with a long-lost joy on his face.
"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor. Now Rao's army has stagnated and Luo's army has suffered another setback. With the prince leading the troops, victory is just around the corner!" Yang Xin took the opportunity to say.
Li Li closed the memorial and said slowly: "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country, and he should be like this!"
When Yang Xin saw that Li Li only addressed Li Huang by him and did not address the prince directly, he knew that the emperor was still uncomfortable. When he was about to persuade him again, he saw Li Li's eyes darken as he stared at the memorial, and his expression became furious.
"Your Majesty..." Yang Xin didn't know what happened. When he was about to ask more questions, he saw Li Xin solemnly blowing his sleeves and leaving.
In the dark and damp dungeon, Chu Zhantian looked calm and was chatting with the jailer. When he heard a noise, he raised his eyes and saw Li Liu coming with a face full of anger.
"See you, Your Majesty!" With shackles on his body, Chu Zhantian knelt on the ground and saluted uprightly.
"Chu Zhantian, see for yourself!" Li Li threw the memorial in front of him.
Kneeling forward, he picked up the memorial with both hands. After Chu Zhantian read it, he understood the reason for Li Xi's rage.
"Your Majesty, Qing'er is now married to the Crown Prince. Regardless of whether you admit it or not, Your Majesty, Qing'er is already the Crown Prince's wife after all. Now the Crown Prince has made it clear in the memorial that Qing'er is willing to give up her identity as the princess of the Shura Kingdom and take Yu from the Shura Kingdom with her.
Everyone returns to surrender to the Emperor. This is a happy event. Why is the Emperor so angry?" Chu Zhantian said in a low voice.
"Surrender? This is blackmail! Taking advantage of the crisis in the capital, those traitors actually put forward such a condition, and the last one, can you see? Huang'er actually asked me to agree to abdicate, let him ascend the throne, and establish Chu Yiqing as his
Queen, Chu Yi is the prince! Chu Yi has half of the blood of Shura Kingdom in his body. If Chu Yi is the prince, then..." Li Li said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, please don't forget that Chu Yi also has the blood of the Li Kingdom's royal family! Now that we are facing a powerful enemy, if the old Shura Kingdom can really surrender to the court and work together to fight against the Luo Kingdom and the Rao Kingdom, the Emperor will not lose anything!" Chu Zhan
Tian looked calm and said.
Li Li said coldly: "Of course you want this situation to happen. I will never give up the foundation of Li Kingdom to the remnants of Shura Kingdom!"
Chu Zhantian's eyes were flat and he said: "I'm afraid the emperor has no choice now! The prince made it clear in the memorial that the reason why Rao Kingdom stopped moving forward was because King Huinan of Rao Kingdom was grateful for Chu Yiqing's old kindness.
And the reason why the prince was able to win was because Chu Yiqing contributed the formula of black gunpowder. If the emperor doesn't agree, I'm afraid..."
Li Li raised his eyes, his expression dark and angry, and said solemnly: "I really have raised a good son!"
Li Huang was fending off the enemy in Jiuligou, so Chu Yiqing took Lei Yuan and the others to temporarily stay fifteen miles away from Jiuligou to avoid Luo's army and quickly get news about Li Huang.
At dusk in the evening, when the explosion sounded, Chu Yiqing walked out of the small village and looked into the distance and couldn't help but frown. This black gunpowder was used in war after all!
"Miss, listen, this sound is so loud, is it black gunpowder?" Yingqian couldn't help but said happily, "I didn't expect that I would use it so quickly!"
Chu Yiqing nodded: "During the Chinese New Year, your father asked me carefully about the formula of black powder. Maybe he thought of it then!"
"Although I am in Chuhan, I still care about the people of Li State in my heart!" Yingqian sighed.
Chu Yiqing nodded, "It's okay if the Li country is free from disasters, but when the Rao country invades, your father pretends to be fine on the surface, but rarely sleeps peacefully at night. Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country, not to mention that he is still a human being.
Your Majesty!"
"Miss, why did you ask my uncle to come to Lucheng with you?" Yingqian asked in a low voice.
Chu Yiqing breathed a sigh of relief slowly, "This step must be taken sooner or later. Whether it goes smoothly or not depends on the emperor's decision!"
Yingqian also nodded worriedly, "I hope the emperor can figure it out!"
Chu Yiqing sighed quietly and couldn't help but think of A Bao. If the emperor could figure it out, then A Bao's life...
At this moment, in the Luo Army's general camp ten miles away from Jiuligou, Emperor Qu Yi of the Luo Kingdom was furious and kicked the soldiers who came to report to the ground. A thin burst of blood suddenly filled his eyes, "Cannon knife? You
Are you saying that all my 20,000 cavalrymen died under that cannon blade?"
The soldier quickly got up and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the cannon knife is very powerful and can explode. There are also flying knives. General Jade and the others..."
"How could a weapon that I have never heard of be..." Qu Yi looked coldly and asked: "What about Rao Jun? Didn't we agree to attack together? Where are they now?"
"Your Majesty, the army has stopped. The general has sent people to urge him many times, but King Huinan, who is leading the army, has not even been seen!" A deputy general stood up and said quickly.
"Emperor Rao, you actually break your promise, it's really abominable!" Qu Yi's eyes turned cold.
"Your Majesty, does Rao Jun want to reap the benefits of the fishermen? While we are fighting to the death with that Li Jun, Rao Jun will occupy the capital from the east and take advantage?" A deputy general asked.
Qu Yi's eyes darkened, this was indeed a possibility.
"Go there in person. This time you must see King Huinan and ask for an explanation! Tell them that if they don't send troops again, I will retreat and my agreement with them will be invalid!" Qu Yi said coldly.
The deputy general quickly obeyed the order.
At the campsite outside Kunlun City, Liu Yi was sitting on the hillside, biting green grass in his mouth, lying slowly on the grass. Although he seemed relaxed, his brows were furrowed.
"Your Majesty, Luo Jun has sent someone again. This time they brought a letter from Emperor Luo, saying that if we don't send troops, Emperor Luo will cancel the agreement with the emperor!" Ah Xuan walked to Liu Yi's door.
Beside him, he reported in a low voice.
Liu Yi frowned but did not open his eyes.
"Your Majesty, Ah Xuan knows what Miss Chu means to you, but you can't disobey the Emperor's order like this. If Luo Jun really withdraws his troops, the Prince really has no way to explain to the Emperor!" Ah Xuan advised in a low voice.
Liu Yi slowly opened his eyes and sighed quietly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, General Lu is back, and he has also brought the Emperor's imperial edict, asking us to immediately break camp and advance to join Luo's army!" Suddenly, soldiers hurriedly came to report.
Liu Yi stood up and his eyes darkened: "It's just the right time for him to come back! In that case, please ask General Lu to lead the soldiers forward!"
In the camp, Alu read out the imperial edict and handed it to Ah Xuan. Then he knelt in front of Liu Yi and said, "Your Majesty, the edict is very clear. Please break camp and move forward immediately!"
Liu Yi lay on the couch, motionless.
Ah Xuan whispered: "General Lu, you have also seen that the prince has been ill since the day you left. He has been ill for several days now. The general is ill, how can he break camp and move forward?"
Aru asked: "What disease does the prince have?"
"The wind and cold just haven't gotten better! General Lu, it's not that the prince is unwilling to join Luo Jun to take over, but there is really no other way. Why don't General Lu make another trip and inform the emperor of the prince's condition?"
When Aru heard this, he was immediately angry. He whispered: "How is this possible? Time is a fighter plane. From here to Raojing, it will take eight days even if we work day and night. The fighter plane cannot be delayed, let alone Luo Jun's people
Just outside the tent, waiting to see the prince, how is this possible..."
"Ahem!" Liu Yi coughed a few times and struggled to sit up, "Aru, the king is really ill and cannot lead the troops forward. However, the emperor's will cannot be disobeyed. Why not lead the troops yourself?
How about moving forward?”
Aru was startled and quickly said: "Your Majesty, this subordinate is just a servant, how can he lead troops to fight? Your Majesty said this, it really offends my subordinates!"
Liu Yi spread his hands: "Then there's nothing we can do!"
Aru said in a deep voice: "My lord, although I am just a servant, I still advise my lord to do everything for the benefit of the country and not to delay the war!"
Ah Xuan said in a deep voice: "General Lu, do you mean that the prince is pretending to be ill on purpose?"
Alu's face turned red, and he knelt on the ground suddenly and said: "Whether the prince is really sick or fake, the prince himself knows in his heart that Alu is just a servant and has no control over the prince. Alu just feels sorry for the emperor and saves the country for thousands of people."
Thousands of people are in mourning!"
Liu Yi's eyes darkened and he asked coldly: "Alu, are you sad for the people of Rao? Go and ask those soldiers now, who of them is willing to fight? Who of them is willing to leave their homeland?"
Aru was startled, but he still said stubbornly: "If we don't hit others, others will hit us! Your Majesty, the emperor also wants to protect Raoguo's century-old foundation!"
Liu Yi nodded: "Yes, but it is the people who suffer! Are the people of this Li country not human beings?"
Alu sighed: "Your Majesty thinks so, Alu really has nothing to say. Fortunately, the emperor has been prepared!"
As Aru said, he actually took out another imperial edict.
Liu Yi's eyes darkened.
"King Huinan accepts the decree!" Aru shouted loudly.
Liu Yi had no choice but to kneel down again to receive the order.
"King Huinan resisted the decree and immediately dismissed the post of General Zhengyuan. He returned to Raojing in a few days. The position of General was taken over by Karben to continue the great cause of Zhengli. I appreciate this!" Aru read loudly.
Liu Yi's eyes darkened and he accepted the imperial edict.
"Your Majesty, please forgive Alu's offence!" Alu knelt down on one leg and said in a deep voice.
Liu Yi smiled coldly.
In a small mountain village fifteen miles away from Jiuligou, the arrival of A Xuan broke the tranquility of the small mountain village.
"Mrs. Li, our prince asked his subordinates to come down and tell Mrs. Li that the prince has tried his best. Rao's army will advance to the capital this evening. Please prepare Madam Li!" Ah Xuan said solemnly.
Chu Yiqing nodded: "Go back and tell your prince, I thank him on behalf of the people of Li State! It's just that your prince disobeyed the imperial edict, will you be fine? There are a lot of words on the net."
Ah Xuan whispered: "Although the emperor loves the prince very much, this is a military order after all, and it's hard for his subordinates to say it!"
Chu Yiqing sighed worriedly, "Thank you so much, Your Majesty!"
Ah Xuan clasped his fists, saluted again and left.
"Miss, what should we do? If Rao Jun and Luo Jun meet up..." Yingqian whispered.
"Yingqian, I'll write a letter and ask Lei Yuan to send it to me as soon as possible!" Chu Yiqing whispered, "We still have a Landie on hand. I hope Lan Yi will take care of the relationship between brother and sister. Although this kind of
The hope is too slim, but it can be postponed for a while, giving us time to make more preparations!"
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