Chapter 2079 Setting up an array to worship the sky
Wu Jian followed the soldiers to a courtyard on the west side of the pass. People from the West Factory were on guard outside. Feng He saw Wu Jian at the door and came up to meet him.
"What happened? The Major General is up?"
Wu Jian was a little curious. The two charming princesses last night, and Long Chen actually got up so early today.
This is completely unlike Long Chen's style of doing things.
"I got up early. I got up at dawn."
Feng He burst into laughter.
Such romantic topics are the most interesting to talk about.
"looking for me?"
Wu Jian asked Feng He, and Feng He shook his head and motioned for Wu Jian to go in by himself.
Walking into the yard, I entered a sealed room filled with ice cubes, and the temperature inside the room dropped sharply. ??
"Major General, why did you get so much ice?"
These ice cubes are stored in the ice cellar in winter, and are taken out to cool down when the summer heat comes.
Long Chen moved them out of the ice cellar and piled them in the room. Ice cubes were surrounded on all sides and the room became an igloo.
"Is there anyone in the army who is good at robbing graves?"
Long Chen suddenly asked this, Wu Jian was surprised and asked: "Are our military pay not enough?"
Tomb robbers must be for money. Long Chen himself doesn't need the money, so it will be used for military expenses.
"No, the food and salary are enough. I want to find a cold jade bed."
Long Chen looked at the ice cubes around him and felt that the temperature was still a little low.
"A cold jade bed? Why do you want a cold jade bed?"
Wu Jian didn't know the use, and Long Chen didn't explain, saying: "Uncle Wu, don't ask why, you immediately ask if there is anyone in the army who is good at robbing tombs, Xichang will cooperate with you, the sooner the better, time is running out.
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Long Chen didn't say anything, Wu Jian didn't ask, and immediately went out to find Feng He.
"You knew already?"
"I know, my lord has given instructions."
Feng He smiled, and Wu Jian said awkwardly: "Tomb robbers, who in the army is good at tomb robberies?"
Marching and fighting have nothing to do with tomb robbing. It may be difficult to find tomb robbers in the army.
Feng He smiled and said: "You forgot someone."
Wu Jian asked: "Who?"
Feng He smiled and said, "Lu Ji, my ancestor once committed tomb robbery."
Feng He was doing espionage in Shangguan's army, and Lu Ji was from the Imperial City Division. They were familiar with each other, so they knew Lu Ji's details.
"Has Lu Ji ever done grave robbing?"
Wu Jian did not expect that his ancestor Lu Ji had ever done such a thing. Feng He smiled and said, "Let's go find him. Sir, we are in a hurry."
Wu Jian looked back at the secret room and asked, "What does the young general want to do? Robbing tombs is unethical."
Feng He smiled and said: "Don't ask, I don't know either."
The two men immediately found Lu Ji and told them their intention. Lu Ji's face was filled with embarrassment and embarrassment.
"My ancestors were good at robbing tombs, but I have changed my career. This will bring harm to my descendants and it will be too damaging to my moral character."
Lu Ji didn't want to mention the incident of robbing his ancestor's tomb, as he felt very embarrassed.
Feng He advised: "For the sake of the people of the world, if you find something this time, the sin of tomb robbing by your ancestors will be wiped out."
Lu Ji knew that this was just a pretext, but Long Chen had to explain the matter and he couldn't refuse.
"Well, I didn't do it for money this time, so it shouldn't be considered a tomb robbery."
Lu Ji immediately ordered a group of people, and together with Feng He and Wu Jian, they searched for the grave in the surrounding area.
After the things in the secret room were arranged, Long Chen asked people from the West Factory to guard it and strictly prohibited anyone from entering or exiting.
Coming out of the secret room, a humid south wind blew, and the sky was covered with dark clouds.
It is already late spring. It stands to reason that the dark clouds in the sky should disperse and the spring rain and thunder should arrive.
But the clouds were still heavy on the top of my head, like a quilt that couldn't be lifted.
The right time, the right place and the right people, Yanmen Pass occupied the
The geographical location is advantageous, but it does not take advantage of the weather.
It was supposed to be a season of rain, thunder, and sun, but the dark clouds were still so thick, and God seemed to be on the side of the ghosts.
Walking to the armory, Yu Fuguo was counting the weapons.
"grown ups."
When Long Chen entered, Yu Fuguo and others immediately came forward to pay their respects.
"Has my rain-increasing smoke stove arrived?"
Long Chen heard that he had received a new batch of ordnance and immediately came over to check it out.
Yu Fuguo immediately understood that the Zengyu smoke stove that Long Chen was talking about was that weird stove.
"Here we go, twenty in total."
Yu Fuguo led the way, and Long Chen walked inside. Twenty iron pipes like chimneys were placed on the ground, coated with a layer of tung oil to prevent rust.
"Sir, what is this thing for?"
Yu Fuguo didn't understand the purpose. Long Chen looked at the cigarette sticks next to him and said: "Let's set up an array to sacrifice to the heaven. This battle concerns the people of the world. I will form a Nine Palaces and Bagua formation and burn it to worship the heaven."
When the fire goes up, the water goes down.
The most direct way for ancient people to worship heaven was to burn wood and light a fire.
"Ah? Your Excellency, you still believe this?"
Yu Fuguo was quite surprised. Long Chen didn't believe in gods or fear ghosts, so why did he think of offering sacrifices to heaven today?
"Of course I believe it. I respect ghosts and gods and know destiny. How could I not believe it?"
"Find someone to come over immediately, follow my command, and set up the Nine Palaces and Bagua Formation near Yanmen Pass."
Long Chen ordered that Yu Fuguo immediately find someone.
The long chimney was moved out, and Long Chen built earthen platforms on both sides of Yanmen Pass. The stone and soil were temporarily made into a stove, and the air inlet was made very small, and the chimney stood on it.
"Sir, this won't work. The air inlet is too small and the fire won't start. All that comes out is smoke."
Long Chen was on the side directing the soldiers to do things. The soldiers heard that it was used to burn sacrifices to heaven and felt that it was unreasonable to do so.
Long Chen scolded him in a cold voice: "You are so unbridled, I am doing this." It's up to you to take care of things. Just do what the king says. If you dare to say anything, you will be killed without mercy."
Long Chen rarely scolded the soldiers when he led them in battles. The soldiers were too frightened to speak, so they obediently followed Long Chen's instructions to build a stove and put up a chimney.
"Find more moist firewood and put it in, then put the cigarette rod in, pour in a small amount of kerosene, and burn it slowly."
Following Long Chen's instructions, the soldiers found firewood wet with snow and stuffed it into the stove.
Place the tobacco rod on top of the firewood, pour a small amount of kerosene, and then light it. The smoke comes out of the chimney, slowly rises with the wind, and floats into the clouds.
"Okay, install chimneys in all these locations."
Long Chen handed Tuzhi to the soldiers, and asked Yu Fuguo to send an order to the three armies, telling them that this was the smoke of offering sacrifices to the sky, not the smoke of the wolf.
There was suddenly smoke everywhere near Yanmen Pass. If the soldiers thought it was smoke, it would easily destabilize the military and lead to riots.
Yu Fuguo immediately sent orders to the three armies.
The chimneys stood up one by one, and black smoke rose, looking like a strange formation.
Zhang Qian walked behind the door, looked at the rising smoke, and said strangely: "What are you doing, sir? Making so much smoke?"
Mei Yu, the general of the Musket Battalion, said: "I heard that King Wu is setting up a formation, called the Nine Palaces and Bagua formation."
Zhang Qian couldn't understand it. Long Chen never believed in ghosts and gods, so he actually burned it to offer sacrifices to heaven this time. Was he really unsure?
"Has the new arrow rain platform been installed?"
Zhang Qian asked, and Mei Yu said, "It's being installed. That thing should be very useful."
Zhang Qian looked outside the pass and said solemnly: "My cultivation is not enough, so I can only rely on weapons to make up for the gap."
Yanmen Pass has gathered all the magical weapons in the world, and this battle is related to the survival of the world.
Mei Yu said: "King Wu is a genius and has created magical weapons. Without these, this battle would be difficult to fight."
Zhang Qian looked at the chimney in the distance and sighed slightly in her heart: Does your husband also feel powerless?
