Chapter 42 The Profitable Merchant Who Can't Be Rejected
When Wu Jie, who had traveled the farthest distance, arrived with his 8,000 men over the mountains and ridges, Yun Zheng's army finally reached the limit of 42,000 men. After changing equipment in Chencang, Yun Zheng arrived at Liao'erwa Point
When I was fighting, I couldn't help but burst into tears.
The horse galloped past the military formation and roared: "Your commander is me! My name is Yun Zheng! Remember my face. Before the Xixia people are defeated, if I cross Chencang and retreat, no matter what
Whoever it is can chop off my head!
By analogy, if a general retreats, I will personally chop off his head! No mercy!
The enemy on the opposite side is a group of man-eating beasts, and we are mortal enemies. There is no peace negotiation, no concession, no surrender. Only by defeating them can we return home in glory. Only by defeating them can we return to Tokyo in glory and accept the congratulations of everyone in the world.
, when that time comes, you will get fields, you will get rewards, and you will honor your ancestors.
If we are defeated, we will all die here!"
Li Chang, Su Xun, Jiang Zhe, Wu Jie, Peng Jiu, Liang Ji, Hou Dayi, and Sun Dazhi all raised their hands and said: "I will obey the general's orders, Xixia will be undefeated, and we will not be able to enter Chencang Road!"
"I will obey the orders of the general, Xixia will be undefeated, and we will not be able to enter Chencang Road!" The young soldiers shouted in unison, cupping their fists on their horses.
"I obey the order of the general, Xixia will be undefeated, and we will not enter Chencang Road!" What followed was a roar of more than 42,000 people that merged into a torrent that echoed in the valley.
Zeng Gongliang, who was watching the ceremony, walked up to Yun Zheng with a war flag in his hand and said: "General, this banner with the word "cloud" was embroidered by Your Majesty with your Majesty's blood. I hope that the General will live up to Your Majesty's hard work. Your Majesty is so kind and will stick to it."
This flag breaks the bandits and returns in triumph!"
Hanniu stepped forward to take the flag, took off the old handsome flag with cloud characters on the flagpole, and replaced it with this new flag. With a wave of his hand, the whole flag unfolded with a roar. The big flag with red characters on a black background stood under the blue sky and white clouds.
It seems particularly eye-catching.
Yun Zheng clasped his fists on the horse and said to Zeng Gongliang: "Zeng Gong, please report back to your majesty. When this flag is stained with the blood of the enemy, I will dedicate it to your majesty again. I will never let down your majesty's expectations."
When Zeng Gongliang returned the gift, Yun Zheng had already patted his horse and walked to the front of the team. With a wave of his whip, the army began to advance towards the pre-set battlefield. The son of the young army howled like a wolf and grabbed Yun Zheng's horse head. Smoke billowed out.
Head towards Qinzhou.
Su Xun did not leave. He stood on the hillside and watched the army leave. It was not until the last baggage troops who left the camp embarked on their journey that they invited Zeng Gongliang to sit in the military tent for a while.
After Zeng Gongliang entered the military tent, Cui Da appeared on the hillside with a round belly and murmured to himself: "Your Majesty's hard work, it would be great if there was a drop of the emperor's blood on that flag, if the threads were all stained with blood
That's right, that word should be black... Yun Zheng is right, the honor given by the superior is really so pale and feeble!"
Opening his mouth and spitting out the dusty saliva, he went to Chencangzhai with his hands behind his back. After all, he had to worry about the supply of the army himself.
As the army gradually entered Qinzhou, the last remaining people in Qinzhou also began to retreat. These strong men only withdrew from Qinzhou after completing various strange fortifications, waiting for Yun Zheng to take over the city defense of Qinzhou.
After that, the entire Qinzhou finally turned into a huge battlefield according to Yun Zheng's request.
Except for the King of Qin River, the land of Qinzhou is completely silent. Countless walled cities and houses are covered with birds that come to look for food. They sing happily in this world that used to belong to humans.
Yun Zheng was sitting on the city wall of Qinzhou happily cooking hot pot with his subordinates. Lu Qingqing brought Yun Zheng a lot of cured mutton from far away Tokyo. As long as it was boiled in a soup pot, the taste would be better.
Had ham.
There were just a few green vegetables, and the common people had completely destroyed the vegetable field before leaving. Some wild vegetables cooked in the hot pot tasted good, but the wild vegetables had grown to the end of summer, so they were a bit old.
In fact, rigor does not belong to Yun Zheng. Zeng Gongliang would not be relieved if he did not say those words when he was in Chencang, and neither would the emperor. Now that he has entered a tightly sealed war zone, he does not have to carry out those vain plans.
thing.
The scouts of the Young Army have quietly crossed the Qinwang River and are searching for Wu Zang Yupang's back. Without knowing Wu Zang Yipang's follow-up methods, Yun Zheng will never march towards the Qin Wang River easily.
Zheng also wanted to know where Dong Zhan and Qing Yi had gone to meet the ghost Zhang Ping. They were huddled in the green pond and sitting on the mountain watching tiger fights. This was definitely not the choice of those two brave people. Even if they wanted to watch tiger fights, they needed to leave.
You have to be closer to see clearly. If you need to snatch some leftovers, people who are closer will certainly take advantage.
Therefore, Yun Zheng dared to assert that those two guys were not in Qingtang at all, but were hiding in an unknown place with their army, looking eerily at Wu Zangyupang and Fu Bi who were fighting each other.
The fighting between the two armies has entered the twenty-fourth day, and Dingyuan Village is still firmly controlled by Jia Kui. He found that since the high-power gunpowder bombs entered his military camp, the war became simpler in an instant.
, the densely packed enemy troops will be torn to pieces by the successive explosions immediately after hundreds of gunpowder bombs are thrown out.
The enemies in the distance use trebuchets with gunpowder bombs to bombard them. The enemies nearby can easily kill a large number of people by throwing gunpowder bombs with their hands. The most ridiculous thing is that the Xixia people are carrying earth and building mountains, preparing to build a
The method of using a platform as high as the village wall to suppress the Song army on the wall with divine arm crossbows is correct. Unfortunately, whenever the divine arm crossbowmen are all over the top of the mountain, dense gunpowder bombs will fall from the sky, and those who have nowhere to hide will
A large number of crossbowmen will die in an instant, and the gunpowder will tear apart all the fortifications on the top of the mountain while killing the crossbowmen.
So it is not hidden that Pang is sending troops to dig tunnels...
Jia Kui had already thought of a way to deal with the enemy's tunnel digging. He had dug a wide trench horizontally in front of the village wall... No matter how many people came out of the tunnel, they would be buried in the trench by gunpowder bombs.
"General, you have used 16,480 gunpowder bombs. This is the list. Please sign it, General." A deer-headed, rat-eyed guy wearing thickened heavy armor appeared at the head of the military village, holding a
Please ask Jia Kui to sign his name on this account book.
Jia Kui nonchalantly signed his name on the account book and asked: "Mouse Cui, do you still have this? Send more. I want as much as I have."
Mouse Cui approached Jia Kui and said flatteringly: "General, does this thing work well? If you like it, you must use it more. The villain came to Qin Wangchuan with a team of craftsmen to supervise the construction of this thing day and night.
The gunpowder is from the imperial court. This does not count as your money, but the iron shell is produced by my Eagle Nest. This thing costs two hundred coins each, which is the price of a kitchen knife. You can kill a Xixia ghost with a kitchen knife.
Will it feel bad?"
Jia Kui laughed and said: "I am only responsible for signing. If I die in the battle, who will you ask to collect the money?"
Mouse Cui smiled and said: "The Ministry of Industry has placed an order for 100,000 iron shells, which will be enough for you to use for a while. I am only responsible for supplying you with enough gunpowder bombs."
"So what I use now are all things from the imperial court?"
"Yes, that team of craftsmen was brought by General Zeng Gongliang. They are the craftsmen who specialize in equipping you with gunpowder bullets. The villain who handles gunpowder will be beheaded, and the villain is just a seller of iron shells."
Jia Kui took an iron shell and threw it on the ground. The iron shell immediately shattered into a pile of broken iron pieces. He picked up a piece of broken iron, took a look at it and said, "My family makes a living by forging iron. This
Plant bad iron with a mud stove, a clay pipe, and a leather bellows. Then you can get it by calcining the iron ore and charcoal together. Then melt the bad iron and pour it into the mold to get this thing. Forged from bad iron
Kitchen knife? You're just going to deceive a fool for two hundred cents a piece. For God's sake, are the people in the Ministry of Industry full of mush in their heads?"
The mouse Cui Zhengse said: "We didn't use firewood, we used pebbles. There are a lot of details in this..."
"Go away..." Jia Kui was furious and kicked away the mouse Cui who was wrapped like a turtle.
This was the reinforcement sent by Yunzheng. At the beginning, Jia Kui was filled with grief and indignation. Even if Yunzheng didn't send anyone, it would be better than sending some businessmen who came to suck the blood of the soldiers. At that time, he almost wanted to leave Dingyuan with a knife.
The village went to Yunzheng to fight for his life. He would rather be a deserter than die in such humiliation in Dingyuan Village.
As a result, he found that these merchants were very experienced in the battlefield and could always give him the most correct advice. Of course, they would also sell the goods they brought to the army, such as this mouse Cui who specializes in selling iron shells, and that one
A cunning doctor who specializes in selling medicine and treating wounded soldiers. After adding gunpowder to the iron shell, it becomes a gunpowder bomb. Jia Kui himself must admit that iron is indeed the best material for making gunpowder bombs. The doctor who made a dead man's face
The effect of the golden sore medicine sold was indeed extraordinary, and its hemostatic effect was amazing. What made Jia Kui most unbearable was that this guy's medical skills were indeed superb. He saw with his own eyes a sergeant whose intestines fell out. After he agreed to pay this guy a lot of money,
, he washed the sergeant’s intestines in a potion, and then put it back in. Finally, he used a strange thread to sew it up and inserted a reed tube. The soldier fell asleep, no matter what.
From any aspect, it doesn't look like a person who is about to die.
Jia Kui counted on his fingers and found that he already owed that damn doctor more than three hundred dollars...
Funny to say, Jia Kui suddenly found that his chances of leaving Qin Wangchuan alive had greatly increased. Not only did he think so, but his subordinates also thought so. As a result, the tense atmosphere in the military camp seemed to slowly disappear, and every soldier
He appears more confident when fighting, and has more and more confidence in guarding Qin Wangchuan. After all, it is becoming easier and easier to defeat the enemy. (To be continued)