After Xu Qing left, Prince Zhou walked in. He looked at the empty seats and asked, knowingly: "Where are the other two?"
King Loulan said: "Let's go."
Prince Zhou said: "The people of Chu are like this. They rely on their own force to become arrogant and arrogant. King Loulan is not as knowledgeable as them!"
King Loulan expressed deep agreement: "That's right..."
Prince Zhou looked at King Loulan and said: "Don't pay attention to them! It's not the Chu people's turn to run wild on the territory of our Zhou country! No matter how strong the Chu country is, they are still outsiders. We are a family. It is not his turn to do our things."
Chu State is making irresponsible remarks, especially Xu Qing, who is hooking up with Mingyue in every possible way just because he has saved Mingyue's life. It's so annoying! King Loulan will go to the plum garden with Mingyue Princess tomorrow to appreciate the plum blossoms. Women sometimes
You have to use some means."
King Loulan said: "After all, she is His Majesty's princess, how dare I be so tough?"
Prince Zhou smiled and said: "That's wrong. Since my father is willing to betroth Mingyue to you, the one who values it is you and not Princess Mingyue. Today, my father's failure to go into details is the best example. Princess Mingyue is just my father."
The minimum laid for the long-term peace and stability of Zhou State and Loulan. To put it bluntly, the bright moon is a thread, a thread that connects Loulan and Zhou State. If Zhou State and Loulan are already connected, it is still important whether this thread is complete or not.
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"As the saying goes, brothers are like siblings and women are like clothes. Zhou and Loulan are countries of brothers. My father naturally understands this truth. I don't need to say more about which one is more important, siblings or clothes?"
Half an hour later, in the palace
Li Xun's residence
Li Xun crumpled the paper in his hand and looked ferociously: "Prince! King Loulan! You really deserve to die!"
Wu Xuan, who was standing aside, said: "My lord, please calm down."
Li Xun asked: "How are things prepared?"
Wu Xuan said: "I have deduced several times with the generals of the other two guards. I am afraid that there will not be enough time to break through the imperial city before dawn, unless we find another way."
Li Xun heard the hidden meaning of Wu Xuan's words: "You mean firearms?"
Wu Xuan said: "Reporting to my lord, only with the help of sharp weapons such as firearms can it be possible to break through the gate of the imperial city with miraculous results."
Originally, siege warfare was almost all about encircling and besieging the city, and then building siege equipment to attack the city.
If you can capture a city in half a month, that's considered fast!
Although the military strength within the imperial city is definitely far different from that of ordinary state cities, there is a serious shortage of military strength.
But the problem is that the soldiers inside don't need to hold on for half a month. They only need to hold on for one night, and the imperial army outside the city can lead their troops to attack.
Without the power of firearms, it would be impossible to capture the imperial city in one night without some miracle happening.
However, Zhou's firearms equipment was sent to the Forbidden Army and was not distributed to the Twelve Guards of the capital at all.
The duty of the Imperial Guard is to guard the imperial city, and they basically guard the palace city.
The place is not big, and there is no need for any firearms at all. It might even blow up one of our own people.
Moreover, if all the imperial guards in the capital were killed by the enemy, even if the twelve guards had firearms, it would be of no use.
Still have to finish playing.
If you are equipped, you will worry about rebellion, but if you are not qualified, you will reduce your expenses, so you will not assemble it at all.
The same is true for the Twelve Guards of Chu State.
But now if they want to capture the Imperial City overnight, they must have power that the Imperial City guards do not have in order to catch them off guard!
No one can reach out to the Forbidden Army under His Majesty's personal control, and Li Xun is no exception.
It is impossible to get firearms through the Forbidden Army, and Zhou's gunpowder formula is extremely strict...
If there were no firearms, they would have to have their people lurk in the imperial city in advance to open the gate for them.
However, the guard posts on the imperial city's night watch rotated, including not only the Imperial Guards, but also other members of the Twelve Guards.
Half a month later it was the turn of the army controlled by Li Xun to inspect the palace.
But Li Xun had no choice but to wait another half month. After half a month, Mingyue would have already married to Loulan!
After Li Xun thought about it for a while, he said: "I will figure out a solution regarding the firearms."
Wu Xuan cupped his hands and said, "Yes."
next day
When Chen hour was approaching, Xu Qing walked out of his residence, carrying the gun on his waist and walking out.
Xiao Ye looked at Xu Qing and asked, "Brother Xu, are you going out?"
Xu Qing said: "I have nothing to do, let's take a walk around."
Xiao Ye said, "It just so happens that I'm going out for a walk."
With that said, the two of them got on the carriage outside their residence together.
Xiao Ye said directly to the coachman: "Go to Meiyuan."
…
plum garden front
Li Mingyue got off the carriage and looked at King Loulan who was waiting at the gate of Meiyuan. Although she was unwilling, she was still slightly blessed under the pressing situation.
She knew that her brother was thinking of her wholeheartedly. If she couldn't bear to make a fuss at this time, her brother would dare to risk his life and accompany her to make a fuss. This would cost the lives of two people.
So Li Mingyue had to endure it at this time.
King Loulan took off his robe and put it on Li Mingyue and said: "It's a bit cold today. I heard that the princess has not been in good health since she was a child, so she should wear more clothes..."
Li Mingyue quickly stepped back and said, "The moon is not cold, so don't worry about it."
When King Loulan heard Li Mingyue's words, he couldn't help but grit his teeth. He had seen it at the Princess Mansion. Princess Mingyue was nestling in the arms of that wild man. She looked so shy and lovely that she wished she could wear that wild man as her clothes.
When it comes to my body, now I even feel so disgusted with even my own cloak...
However, this is the main entrance of the Plum Garden, and there are many dignitaries, talents, and beauties coming and going to the Plum Garden to enjoy the plum blossoms. Naturally, we cannot lose our composure here, otherwise we will lose Loulan's face.
Although the two of them walked together in the plum garden, Li Mingyue always kept a distance from King Loulan.
The customs of the Zhou State were not as restrictive as those of the Zhao State, and it was not a new thing for talented men and beautiful women to hold hands and recite poems and have fun.
However, Princess Mingyue, who was visiting the garden with King Loulan, was untouchable, which made King Loulan hate her so much that he was itching his teeth.
King Loulan sneered in his heart, "I will let you, the princess, stay in Zhou Kingdom for a few more days, and wait until I get to Loulan to see how I deal with you!"
Maybe there is no need to go to Loulan, wait until there is no man's land, and let this pampered princess like you know the tricks of her Western Region man!
Do you still think you are a golden person?
It can't be said that after having many private meetings with that wild man, his body has long since faded away.
He, the majestic leader of the Loulan Kingdom, has wronged you even though he is a waste of money for you?
Every time he thought about this in his mind, King Loulan became more and more angry.
Just because she is a princess, the King of Loulan will treat her like a concubine after ten days. If she had been a different person, he would have eaten her alive!
It is simply a great shame and humiliation for Loulan!