Soon, Li Changfeng arrived at the place where the bandits were, but what he saw were dozens of corpses dressed in black. Li Jianye was inspecting them.
Li Changfeng said coldly: "What's going on? Are there no survivors?"
"Brother Emperor, you are here." Li Jianye stood up, kicked the corpse under his feet angrily and said, "After I led the crowd to surround these bastards, they committed suicide when they saw that there was no hope of escaping. They couldn't stop them.
Not a single person left alive!”
Hearing this, Li Changfeng couldn't help but sigh.
Without a living survivor, it would be difficult to use this opportunity to attack the Zhao family.
"These bastards burned down many barracks in our artillery camp and killed dozens of our brothers. Don't let me, the prince, know who did it!" Li Jianye said through gritted teeth.
During this period, he lived and ate in the artillery camp, and trained with these soldiers every day, and he had already developed a deep affection for this place.
Now that something like this happened, he was naturally furious.
"Don't worry, I will make them pay the price sooner or later." Li Changfeng said coldly.
"Brother Jiuhuang, do you know who did it?" Li Jianye asked.
"The eight great aristocratic families, to be precise, it should be the Zhao family of the eight great aristocratic families." Li Changfeng did not hide anything and expressed his guess.
"Zhao family?" Li Jianye was shocked and then said in disbelief, "They are so crazy that they attack the military camp?"
"They even dare to assassinate me. What's the point of attacking a military camp?"
"What?! How dare these bastards assassinate you?! This is simply unreasonable! Sooner or later, this prince will destroy them!" Li Jianye was furious.
The artillery camp was relatively secluded from information. Li Jianye was training in the camp all day long and did not know about it.
Then he said with some doubts: "It shouldn't be. By assassinating the prince, isn't this going to start a war with our Li family? Is the Zhao family so bold?"
At this moment, experts from the six sects headed by Zhao Shanhe swarmed over and bowed quickly when they saw Li Changfeng and Li Jianye present.
"Greetings to your two highnesses!"
Li Changfeng raised his hand and said: "No courtesy."
At the same time, I complained in my heart, did you come now? My father’s reaction was too slow.
Li Jianye didn't know Zhao Shanhe, but he could tell from the clothes of Zhao Shanhe and others that they were from the Six Sects, another secret investigation force controlled by Emperor Qianwu. They were not only powerful, but also controlled many
Secrets that ordinary people don’t know.
"Quickly check to see which force these dead soldiers belong to!" Li Jianye urged.
"As you command!"
After saluting, Zhao Shanhe came to the corpse and knelt down to inspect it. After a moment, he said with a cold expression: "There are various signs that this is a dead soldier from the eight great families. Apart from Your Majesty, only the eight great families in the world can cultivate such a corpse."
A terrible dead soldier!"
"Bastard!" After receiving the confirmation, Li Jianye was furious and said through gritted teeth, "I swear, sooner or later, I will use cannons to blast the eight aristocratic families into the sky!"
"Be careful what you say!" Li Changfeng patted Li Jianye on the shoulder and reminded, "Keep it in mind so that you don't talk nonsense, lest the eight major families will target you. Just train well and you will have revenge."
Li Jianye nodded heavily: "I understand!"
"Zhao Shanhe!"
"The official is here!"
"You are here to protect the artillery battalion. This matter is of great importance and there must be no mistakes. Do you understand?" Li Changfeng said solemnly.
He already knew that the Zhao family had a private army, each of which was a master and well-equipped. It would be bad if they learned that the death mission had failed and attacked the camp frantically.
So you must be fully prepared.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Logically speaking, no one could order him except Emperor Qianwu, but Emperor Qianwu had a decree before coming to ensure that the artillery battalion was in good condition, so he obeyed Li Changfeng's order.
Li Changfeng looked at Li Jianye again: "Brothers, please cheer up and wear armor and blades in case of accidents."
Li Jianye bowed and accepted the order: "Yes, brother, don't worry, if the thieves dare to come again, I will kill them without leaving a trace!"
Li Changfeng nodded and said nothing more.
No scraps of armor left?
If the Zhao family's private army really comes to kill, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult.
He did not waste time in the artillery camp, and immediately rode a fast horse straight to the capital, arriving at the palace all the way.
After receiving the news of the attack on the artillery camp, Emperor Qianwu had already dressed up and waited for the news. When he saw Li Changfeng arriving, he was surprised and said: "Changfeng, why are you here?"
Li Changfeng didn't talk nonsense and went straight to the point: "Zhao Shanhe has found out that the attackers are dead men of the eight great families. They are all dead now. It can basically be concluded that it was the Zhao family."
Even though he had expected it, Emperor Qianwu was still furious and yelled: "You bastard, do they still see me as the emperor in their eyes?!"
Speaking of this, Emperor Qianwu thought of an important thing. He stared at Li Changfeng and asked quickly: "Are the artillery and shells okay? Are they not lost?"
"Father, don't worry, no!"
"That's good! That's good!" Emperor Qianwu breathed a sigh of relief.
"However." Li Changfeng changed the subject and said with a slight frown, "I am worried that they will send private troops to attack the artillery camp at night, so I would like to ask my father to send heavy troops to protect them."
Since its establishment, the artillery battalion has been mainly focused on training artillery usage skills. It has almost no ordnance reserves. Once it is besieged, the consequences will be disastrous.
Emperor Qianwu frowned slightly and said, "I'm afraid they don't have the guts, right? Mobilizing private troops is tantamount to rebellion. If they really do something wrong like this, they will cause a big fuss."
"Why don't you dare?"
Li Changfeng analyzed: "My ministers managed the floods in Shangzhou, Huangfu resisted the beast tide, and Baishi City resisted the beast tide. How could the eight great families not know these three things? During this time in the Artillery Camp, the sound of thunder was heard every day. They There must have been speculations and fears in my heart, and now that I have lost my temper, it is very possible to send private troops to seize the artillery!"
There was no war, and mobilizing the army easily would involve too much. Emperor Qianwu was afraid of sending the wrong signal to the eight aristocratic families and causing unrest in people's hearts, so he hesitated for a while.
Seeing this, Li Changfeng said again: "Father, think about it, could the eight aristocratic families have figured out your thoughts and sent private armies?"
After hearing this, Emperor Qianwu looked thoughtful.
Li Changfeng continued: "Father, please think again, if they get cannons and aim at the palace..."
Having said this, Li Changfeng did not continue.
But Emperor Qianwu understood what he meant, and his expression immediately changed, and he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
If the Eight Great Aristocratic Families control artillery, wouldn't it mean that they control a big killer weapon that can kill him at any time?
As long as the accuracy is good, it is not impossible to directly bomb his palace.
Thinking of the consequences of losing the artillery, Emperor Qianwu immediately made a decision.