Unexpectedly, the King of Suzhou wanted to invite me to meet him.
This matter was actually decided this morning.
Last night.
The King of Suzhou led his defeated troops back to the base camp.
This failure was inexplicable.
Neither the King of Suzhou nor the generals around him knew what was going on.
Why did the pioneer ship suddenly sink when it was still fine?
What exactly is that booming noise?
With his head full of questions, the King of Suzhou urgently summoned the four ships that the pioneers had escaped from.
Two of the four boats were injured.
When the King of Suzhou summoned him, the steward on the ship directly brought over the shells of the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
"This...is this thing that sank the ship?"
The King of Suzhou and a group of confidants gathered around two solid Tiger Crouching Cannon shells and looked at them.
"Go back to your lord! It's this thing. There are some black tubes on the shore of Tutu. Those iron tubes will emit flames and make a rumbling sound. Then these iron balls will fly over." The person in charge did not dare to hide anything.
Say everything you see.
"The black tube? What does it look like?" Qian Guangzhi looked at him and asked.
"It's... about like this. And then it's so big... so tall..."
The steward spoke and gestured.
Qian Guangzhi looked at Fang Yuanliang who was standing aside.
Both of them looked puzzled, obviously they had never seen this kind of weapon before.
"Is this a stone-making machine?" King Suzhou thought for a while and asked.
"No, there has never been a stone-throwing machine like this. Moreover, even a stone-throwing machine is not so powerful. It can directly penetrate the deck at a distance of two to three hundred steps." Qian Guangzhi shook his head.
Qian Guangzhi has been leading sailors in combat all year round. He knows the thickness of the deck. If a hole is directly made in such a thick deck, what power does this have?
Fang Yuanliang frowned, seeming to be thinking about something.
Suzhou Wang and Qian Guangzhi studied the iron ball for a while, but Fang Yuanliang asked: "Are you sure you saw the fire?"
"OK!" The two managers nodded at the same time.
"Is there black smoke?" Fang Yuanliang asked again.
"This... there is smoke, it's white smoke." A manager thought for a while and said.
Fang Yuanliang looked at another person, who also nodded and said, "Back to General. It's white smoke."
"White? How could it be white?" Fang Yuanliang frowned.
"What did you think of?" King Suzhou asked.
Fang Yuanliang shook his head and asked a few more questions before sending away the two managers.
"Your Majesty, I thought that the thing with fireworks and bullets... might be a weapon like a musket." Fang Yuanliang thought for a while before saying.
"No way. Burst gun? Let's not talk about the power. After the thing is released, it can blacken your face. Didn't they say white smoke just now?" Qian Guangzhi shook his head and said.
"Hmph! Could it be that these two people got it wrong?" King Suzhou said coldly.
"Ignoring the color of the smoke for now, the only thing I can think of that can make fire or fire bullets is the musket." Fang Yuanliang said.
"I think it's still impossible. Can a sudden musket hit such a big iron lump? How big would it have to be?" Qian Guangzhi still disagreed with Fang Yuanliang's guess.
The two general managers just compared the size of the Crouching Tiger Cannon. Although the comparison was not accurate, it was definitely not as big as Gan Guangzhi imagined.
"Fire, sound, and smoke. These three characteristics are very similar to a musket. Although I don't know why King Jiangzhou can get this more powerful one. Maybe King Jiangzhou has secrets that we don't know." Fang Yuanliang thought for a while and said.
"Hmph! He has such a magical weapon for defense. It won't be easy for us to take down Dangtu!"
"Now how to do?"
The King of Suzhou was in a bad mood. He had defeated King Runzhou, but he thought the world was in his hands.
Unexpectedly, Zai Dangtu hit the wall.
"Now we can't figure out how many of those... muskets they have. So we can't act rashly." Fang Yuanliang said solemnly.
"How about breaking through Dangtu and going straight to Huanglong?" Qian Guangzhi suggested after thinking about it.
"That's inappropriate. They can arrange that thing in Dangtu, but don't they have it in Jiangzhou?" Fang Yuanliang shook his head.
"Then let's go ashore! We still have cavalry. The cavalry will rush over to see if their things are still useful!" the King of Suzhou said bitterly.
"My lord, what if they defend the camp with strong walls and clear fields?" Fang Yuanliang asked rhetorically.
Fang Yuanliang was a confidant of King Suzhou's father, so he dared to talk to King Suzhou like this.
If it had been anyone else, he would have been taken out and chopped down long ago.
Although the King of Suzhou was cruel, he was not stupid. He knew who to listen to.
I also know who I must win over.
That's why Fang Yuanliang respects Fang Yuanliang very much.
"That……"
The King of Suzhou was speechless after being asked by Fang Yuanliang, and after a while he said:
"Why don't we withdraw to Jiangning, let's slowly figure out what that thing is and then think of a way to restrain it?"
The King of Suzhou compromised. Unknown things are scary. Now they have sunk several warships without even understanding it. He doesn't dare to provoke him rashly.
"Jiang Ning has just been acquired and has not stabilized yet. If Tu soldiers take advantage of this opportunity to attack Jiang Ning, we will be in a hurry." Fang Yuanliang still shook his head.
"This..." King Suzhou didn't pay attention at all.
On the other side, Gan Guangzhi was immersed in thinking.
"Why don't you meet the King of Jiangzhou!" Fang Yuanliang said with a fist.
"See him?" King Suzhou was stunned, then a smile appeared on his face.
"That's right! Let's trick him out. As long as he dares to come, we will capture him directly! Humph! You won't still be carrying that kind of weapon when you face him face to face!" King Suzhou sneered.
But then he realized that he was not stupid, so why did he want to be ambushed by him?
Even if someone agrees to meet, they will definitely bring a large number of guards.
"Your Majesty, the purpose of meeting the King of Jiangzhou is not to capture him! Of course, if he can be captured easily, then we can save a lot of effort!"
Fang Yuanliang shook his head and said this casually, but he didn't treat others as fools at all.
"When I meet with the King of Jiangzhou this time, the first thing is to get a feel for him and see what his ambitions are. If he has no ambitions for Jiangning, or his ambitions are not enough, there is nothing wrong with us returning to Jiangning and working hard."
"At the same time, we can also resolve conflicts with them and find opportunities to find out what that thing is. This is the main purpose." Fang Yuanliang emphasized.
"Resolve conflicts?" King Suzhou didn't know why.
We just beat him one foot yesterday, how to resolve the conflict today?
"Your Majesty, we had no plans to attack them yesterday! Our forwards went to greet them!" Fang Yuanliang emphasized.
"No...no?" King Suzhou seemed to understand something.
"Yes! No! It was Xue Wencheng who made his own decision and didn't send a boat to contact him first!" Fang Yuanliang frowned.
The three words Xue Wencheng were emphasized.
The King of Suzhou also understood that yesterday's forwards were basically the original King of Runzhou's men.
After surrendering, they became pawns.
Commonly known as cannon fodder.
These people are not close associates of the King of Suzhou.
"General Fang's method is good. It should be the best method at present."
Qian Guangzhi on the side thought for a long time but had no good idea. After listening to Fang Yuanliang's words, he thought about it and agreed.
"Okay! Then send him a message! Let me see what my nephew is capable of!" The King of Suzhou nodded solemnly.
After discussing the matter, the King of Suzhou called Wang Benhuai and asked him to go to Dangtu Water Village and invite Song Yang to meet.
In addition, Qian Guangzhi also arranged for many masters to capture Song Yang directly if he was negligent.
Wang Benhuai received Wang's order and took a boat all the way to Dangtu Water Village, where he met Song Yang who had just met Xue Wencheng.
"Your Majesty, the King of Suzhou means that we can meet on the boat. What happened yesterday may be a misunderstanding." Wang Benhuai mentioned yesterday's battle.
"Misunderstanding?" Everyone was stunned.
The beating has been completed, why is there a misunderstanding?
"My lord, it's all Xue Wencheng. He made the decision to approach Dangtu Water Village without authorization. In fact, the King of Suzhou wanted him, Xue Wencheng, to come and inquire about the situation here and see if there is anyone who needs help with post-disaster reconstruction work."
Wang Benhuai opened his eyes and told lies without feeling awkward at all.
Some people on the boats that escaped saw with their own eyes that Xue Wencheng was blown into the water.
They all knew what Xue Wencheng was like.
When Wang Benhuai came over and didn't see Xue Wencheng, he was already convinced that Xue Wencheng was dead.
So there is no burden to talk nonsense.
Grand Master Gao on the side sneered and was about to speak when Song Yang kicked him under the table.
Master Gao reacted immediately and listened silently.
"Oh? So that's it? Did we accidentally hurt Uncle Wang's team in Suzhou? Uncle Wang wants to raise an army to hold him accountable?" Song Yang stared at Wang Benhuai and said.
"Going back to your lord, this is not an attack on the enemy. It's all because Xue Wencheng made his own decision at this time. Your lord, you are just on the defensive. Of course there is nothing wrong." Wang Benhuai said sincerely.
"Oh. What does Uncle Wang want to talk to me about?" Song Yang asked again.
"It should be that the group practitioners are friendly."
"Haha... Okay, I will meet Uncle Wang!" Song Yang laughed for a while and stared at Wang Benhuai and said.
Wang Benhuai left and agreed with Song Yang to meet on the river at Chenshi tomorrow morning.
It would be fine if the two ships were close together.
"My lord, they must be carrying out a conspiracy!" Gao Liangping said in a deep voice.
"Are they trying to plot against the prince?"
"No. Since the King of Suzhou has made an appointment with the prince, if he doesn't show up, we won't get close to him. If he shows up, won't our tiger squatting cannon directly take care of them?" Liu Min shook his head.
"That makes sense! How about we bomb the King of Suzhou tomorrow!" Gao Liangping's eyes lit up and he suggested.
"That's inappropriate! The King of Suzhou has a high prestige in the army. If he dies suddenly, there won't be a large number of manpower to immediately take over his troops. Once those rebel soldiers disperse, Jiangning Mansion will be in chaos." Liu Min shook his head.
"Actually, I think the King of Suzhou may be trying to delay time. Our Tiger Crouching Cannon caught them by surprise yesterday. In this case, they did not withdraw to Jiangning, but went to see the prince. They must be trying to stabilize us and wait for an opportunity to steal the Tiger The secret of squatting." Gao Junyan said.
"My nephew is right!" Liu Min nodded.
Gao Liangping thought for a while and nodded.
"Don't think too much. I will go see him tomorrow to see what he wants to do. If they want to delay, I will help them. When Yu Ming is free, it will not be too late for us to deal with King Suzhou.
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Song Yang stood up and said easily.
After speaking, he patted Gongsun Qi on the shoulder and said:
"Let's prepare for the meeting tomorrow. Just take the warship! Don't they want to think about the Crouching Tiger Cannon? Haha, let them take a closer look!"
Song Yang said nonchalantly.
The Crouching Tiger Cannon is just the shell, the real core is black powder.
The perfect proportion of black powder is the key to power.
The black gunpowder that emits black smoke that Fang Yuanliang mentioned is just the first generation of gunpowder, and it is not at the same level as the perfect proportion.
So even if the King of Suzhou imitated the Crouching Tiger Cannon, Song Yang was sure to completely crush them.