"Xuan Cheng just said that as long as this force does not encounter Niu Jinda and Li Daliang's army, it is no problem to attack any state capital or county, but they chose to attack Du Ruhui."
"I don't doubt the importance of Duke Lai to the Tang Dynasty, but for this unknown force, spending so much effort to attack a civil servant, even if they can kill Du Ming, is not worth the loss, right?"
Everyone frowned. This was indeed unreasonable. What benefit would killing Du Ruhui do to them?
It would also invite an all-out encirclement and suppression by the Tang Dynasty army. It would be better to attack the county town and grab something!
Su Chen thought for a while and said: "To create such a large military force silently, its leader must not be a simple person. Since he chose to attack Prime Minister Du, he must have his reasons, but we know too little about this force.
, it’s just impossible to guess!”
Afterwards, everyone even discussed and speculated for a long time, but there was no result. There were only more than 20 words on the note, which was too little information!
For the time being, Chai Sang and Yuchi Gong could only continue to check whether the gunpowder in the army was lost. Chen Yaojin secretly gathered the army to prepare for a big disturbance in the northwest.
At the same time, Dali Temple also sent people to prepare for a trip to Weizhou. There was such a strong military force in the territory, but the local authorities did not notice it. What did the Weizhou governor do to buy food?
After such an incident, the Lantern Festival was ruined, and Su Chen didn't take Chang Le to enjoy the lanterns.
Originally planning to leave for Guanzhou the next day, Su Chen decided to postpone it for two days until Lao Du got the exact news about you.
Early on the third day, Junyi's urgent documents finally arrived in Chang'an, and Su Chen was called by Li Er to discuss the matter.
On the way, a Qianniu guard said to Su Chen: "Duke Protector, the general asked me to bring you a message. The craftsmen have arrived in Guanzhou safely. There were thieves on the way who intercepted them, but they were repelled by the Qianniu guards. The craftsmen
No casualties!”
"I would like to express my gratitude to your general, and I will send someone some wine and meat to reward the brothers."
Qianniu Beishen said happily: "Thank you Lord Protector for the reward!"
"When the brothers came back, the governor of Guanzhou also dragged the brothers to bring a letter to the Lord Protector."
Saying that, Qianniu took out a letter and handed it to Su Chen.
Su Chen was stunned for a moment, then smiled: Liu Mo was quite smart and asked Qian Niuwei to deliver the message, which was faster than the court's post office.
Moreover, if Su Chen is already on the road, he can meet these Qianniu Guards. It will not happen that the letter reaches Chang'an but Su Chen has already left.
Su Chen became angry when he opened the letter!
Liu Mo urgently wrote to Su Chen: Countless bandits and robbers suddenly appeared in Guanzhou, and Liu Mo also said that the soldiers of the local Zhechong Prefecture actually ignored Liu Mo's request for help in suppressing the bandits!
Although Liu Mo does not have the authority to mobilize troops, the local Zhechong Prefecture has the obligation to assist the government in suppressing bandits and suppressing rebellions. Captain Guanzhou Zhechong is seeking death!
When Su Chen rushed to Zichen Hall, Li Er was losing his temper:
"Chai Sichang! Your right guard actually dropped more than thirty bombs and more than a hundred kilograms of gunpowder!"
"This much gunpowder can blow up my palace!"
Chai Shao immediately knelt down to Li Er: "Wei Chen was negligent, Your Majesty, spare your life! Wei Chen is trying his best to trace the whereabouts of gunpowder and bombs..."
Li Er was extremely angry and kicked his brother-in-law to the ground: "Get out of here quickly. If you don't get the gunpowder and bombs back, you won't come back!"
Chai Shao got up from the ground: "Wei Chen is going now!"
Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others shrank their necks and watched Chai Shao crawl out of the hall.
Su Chen glanced at Chai Shao and saw that the gunpowder really flowed out of the army!
Seeing Su Chen's arrival, Li Er threw two copies of the newspaper to him: "They were delivered last night and early this morning, one after the other."
Su Chen opened it and took a closer look. He had a rough understanding of Du Ruhui's attack.
The first report was from one of the surviving Thousand Bull Guards.
The newspaper said: The post station where Du Ruhui was stationed was attacked in the middle of the night. The enemy directly used gunpowder to blow up the wall of the post station and used bombs to blow up the house.
Fortunately, Du Ruhui was smart and ran out in time when he heard the explosion of gunpowder outside and was not buried in the rubble.
There are about two to three thousand enemies, as well as gunpowder and bombs. Qianniuwei is no match for them!
School Captain Li Hong led the team to fight their way out of the siege and protected Du Ruhui as he fled into Shunniao Mountain.
?Basically all the two hundred thousand Niu Guards who stayed behind were killed in the battle, and were unable to stop the enemy from pursuing them into the mountains.
The injured captain had no choice but to take the remaining dozen brothers to a nearby military post to ask for help!
According to Dui Zheng, when Captain Li Hong fled into the mountains with Du Ruhui, he had less than 400 men with him!
The second is the report of the military postmaster.
After the postmaster saw the captain asking for help, he sent a small team of postmen to investigate the Shushan Post and found that the thieves had already left!
The postman found that among the corpses of the thieves left at the scene, there were both Hu and Han people, and the majority were Qiang people!
The postman also found a good thing and sent it back together!
Su Chen felt his scalp numb when he saw the good things that Junyi had sent back in a hurry!
This thing is like a bomb that didn't explode!
"This postman has traveled more than a thousand miles with a bomb, and he is not afraid of it exploding halfway!"
"It's better not to put this thing in this Zichen Palace!"
Li Er glared at Su Chen: "The gunpowder has been poured out!"
Su Chen was relieved.
"Since we have sent all the bombs back, are these the ones thrown away by You Xiaowei?"
Li Er said nothing, and the white-bearded Li Jing said solemnly: "No! All bomb shells in the army are marked, but this one is not!"
Su Chen's eyes widened: "No?
Did the thief make it himself?
We’re in big trouble now!”
Li Er said in a deep voice: "It is indeed a big trouble. You made the gunpowder and you are the most familiar with it. I called you here because I wanted you to see the quality of the gunpowder in this bomb."
A little eunuch carefully held a small wooden box and placed it in front of Su Chen.
Su Chen took a look and said: "The granulation is uneven and it must be shoddy."
After pouring a handful on the table, Su Chen took the incense and was about to light it.
"Lord Protector, is this safe?"
"Don't worry, it's just a little bit of smoke!"
There was a sound, a bright light flashed, and a puff of smoke rose.
Su Chen sniffed: "Ah Sneeze! Too much sulfur!"
"It shouldn't be as good as ours!"
"But to be honest, the formula of this thing is not complicated. Since the thief can achieve this level, as long as he continues to experiment slowly, he will eventually catch up."
"And the newspaper also said that it can blow up houses, so it's quite powerful."
Su Chen asked the eunuch to put the gunpowder back again: "If you want to know the specific power, you can make two smaller iron shells, fill them with different gunpowder, and blow them up for comparison."
"Although the formula of this thing is not complicated, it is not something that a thief can master so quickly. The formula must have been leaked!"
Li Er said with a dark face: "I started checking the day before yesterday, but there are no results yet."
