"That's exactly why I came here." Lin Wanrong nodded, patted Du Xiuyuan on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Is it the idea of those barbarians wanting to shoot artillery?"
Du Xiuyuan looked at him in surprise, clasped his fists and said: "The general is so clever, the subordinates feel ashamed."
Lin Wanrong laughed loudly and said: "What a clever plan, Brother Du, don't flatter me. The barbarian borrowed this 'Fake Cannon' to go hunting in the mountains? It's obvious that they want to hit me with Dahua Cannon. "
Du Xiuyuan nodded: "The last general got the general's order and sent people to monitor the movement of these barbarians at twelve hours a day. When the guns were first sent to their camp, the barbarians were very surprised, maybe they had never seen them before. After seeing such a delicate iron object, I immediately regarded it as a treasure, and vacated a tent in Nuoda to place artillery. Although these barbarians are proficient in riding and shooting, they have suffered from artillery when they fought with Dahua, yes It is naturally very interested. It's funny to say that the Hu people call themselves the eagles of the grasslands and deserts, but they can't even operate this extremely simple artillery. They don't know how to load the ammunition, adjust the direction, let alone fire it. gone."
"Oh, is that so?" Lin Wanrong thought for a while and said puzzledly: "Others are fine, but Lu Dongzan, the Turkic national teacher, is by no means a simple person. He has extensive knowledge and is well versed in physics. Can't handle artillery, that's too exaggerated."
"I don't know about this last general." Du Xiuyuan said: "The spies we sent have been watching around their barracks, including the Turkic national teacher Lu Dongzan and the Turkic special envoy Ashile. I had no choice but to go to the city to find a few skilled blacksmiths, and I was rewarded with a lot of money to learn how to operate it. This matter is well known in Beijing, and it has long been a joke."
Lu Dongzan can't be so stupid, can he? Isn't it silly to invite a few craftsmen to make a commotion in the city? Lin Wanrong frowned: "Then what happened later, after they learned it, did they fire a few shots?"
Du Xiuyuan laughed and said: "General, this is a long-abandoned cannon from Dahua. How can it be fired? Besides, even if the Hu man had ten guts, he would not dare to fire cannons indiscriminately in the capital of Dahua. Gunpowder, we control it so tightly that they can't get it at all."
Extremely controlled? Lin Wanrong smiled. In the area where I came back from Shandong, my father was almost blown to the sky by tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder. The life and death of the fairy sister who was also implicated is unknown, you kid still dare to tell me that the control is extremely strict? If the Hu people were really in collusion with King Cheng, it would be so easy to get some gunpowder, and they still need to openly ask for it
Hu people can't handle guns, and can't buy gunpowder, so the people of Dahua have seen all the jokes. Lu Dongzan's performance is so unbearable, which is far beyond Lin Wanrong's expectation. He felt something wrong in his heart, and asked: " Has the barbarian never tried cannons?"
"This cannon won't fire, so it's useless to try. After a few days of study, the Hu people gradually lost interest, covered the cannon with a cloth, and never cared about it again. These days they are packing their bags, Ready to return to Turkic."
Cover the cannon with a cloth? Is it because they are afraid that the cannon will be covered with dust, and the barbarians are so hygienic? You must know that on the grassland, they slept on horse manure.
"Brother Du, the barbarians covered the cannon, did the brothers see it with their own eyes?" Lin Wanrong asked with a frown.
"I haven't seen this in person. In order to avoid alarming the enemy, our spies were kept at a certain distance. But judging by the appearance of the cloth covering it, it should be the artillery."
This is strange, the barbarians stayed in the capital these days, and finally got a cannon, how could they give up like this? Lin Wanrong thought for a while and said with a smile: "Brother Du, you just said that the Hu people are leaving the capital. How many bags have they packed? Are there several carts dragging them away?"
Du Xiuyuan was startled and said: "How does the general know? These barbarians are afraid that they are poor, so they came to my Dahua and bought a lot of things, including tea and cloth, and they loaded seven carts."
"They are indeed poor and afraid." Lin Wanrong chuckled: "Brother Du, when will these barbarians leave Beijing?"
Du Xiuyuan looked at the sky and said: "It's evening today. It's probably just starting now. It's strange for these nonsense people to say that they can't travel in the morning, but they choose to set off at night. People who are not outside are really uneducable."
"It's not that they can't be educated, on the contrary, they have been educated to be extremely cunning." Lin Wanrong laughed, pulled the horse left by Xu Zhen and turned on his back: "Brother Du, gather the brothers and set off, let's catch the thief. "
"Catch the thief? General Lin means—" Du Xiuyuan suddenly came to his senses, and regretted, "Oh, why didn't I think of that. Brothers, gather quickly!"
Du Xiuyuan's soldiers were all veterans brought by Lin Wanrong in Shandong. They were well-trained, and they were assembled in a short while. Thousands of horses neighed in unison and their hooves thumped, and they rushed straight to the north of the city.
It was getting dark and there were very few pedestrians on the road, which was just right for a horse to gallop. After walking for a while, there was no trace of the barbarians. Du Xiuyuan was very anxious, if General Lin hadn't woken him up with a word today, he would have almost been fooled by the barbarians. If you can't chase that thing back, there is really no place to put this face. [Paradise Kiss Hand Slap]
Lin Wanrong walked side by side with him. Seeing his anxious appearance, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, the barbarians carry things, even if they are hard-earned horses, they can't go far. Sigh, look ahead—"
Du Xiuyuan looked in the direction of his finger, there was dust billowing not far ahead, four or five carts were being pulled forward by dozens of fast horses, the knights on the horses were strong and tall, they looked like Turkic people.
"Drive—" Du Xiuyuan shouted excitedly, and the car under him rushed forward like an arrow off the string, followed by thousands of cavalry, and a thick puff of dust and smoke rose from the official road.
From a distance of several feet, Du Xiuyuan could see clearly that those people with high noses and sunken eyes were Turkic people. These barbarians seemed to be unaware that there were pursuers behind them, and the five large convoys kept a tight shape, unhurried, just blocking the way of Lin Wanrong and others.
Lin Wanrong frowned, and grabbed Xu Zhen who was following behind him: "Little Xu, take five hundred brothers, take a shortcut, and search fifty miles forward. When you see barbarians, no matter what, they will all be detained by me." Down."
"Stop! Stop quickly!" Du Xiuyuan galloped on, and rushed forward with dozens of soldiers, reaching the front of the horse team. Dozens of knights reined in their horses together, and with a pull of the reins, Gao Jun's war horse shook its head and swayed around, let out a long neigh, jumped up its front hooves, and the horse's head spun, the mane on its neck fluttered in the wind. In front of the cavalry. The action is clean and beautiful, done in one go. Even Lin Wanrong couldn't help applauding in his heart.
The Hu cavalry team stopped slowly, a fast horse jumped out from the middle of the team, and ran forward a few steps. The other Turkic people led their horses back. Lin Wanrong took a look. It turned out that the leader of the team was the Turkic State Teacher Lu Dongzan.
Lu Dongzan saluted with his right hand in front of his chest, and said in blunt Dahua: "My lord, Lu Dongzan is the national teacher of the Turkic Khanate. This time, I am visiting Dahua on the order of Vija Khan. Establish a long-standing friendship between the two countries. Now the mission has been successfully completed, and with the permission of His Majesty the Emperor of your country, we are about to return to the Turks. But my lord suddenly led troops to stop us, what is the intention?"
The Hu people were treacherous, Du Xiuyuan was almost fooled, he was extremely annoyed, he didn't care whether he was a national teacher or not. He snorted coldly and said, "Want to go back to Turkic? Leave what belongs to me, Dahuafei, before leaving!!"
"My lord is joking." Lu Dongzan glanced at Du Xiuyuan with a smile, and pointed to the carriageway behind him: "These things did belong to Dahua originally, but we have exchanged horses and scimitars for Come on. These items are now my Turkic. My lord wants to get back what belongs to Dahua, I am afraid I will be disappointed."
The cavalry had already surrounded the horse team, Du Xiuyuan was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, he waved his hand: "Search for me!" Hundreds of soldiers got off their horses, surrounded the carriage and went forward to search.
There was a soft "crash", and the scimitar in the Turkic man's hand suddenly came out of its sheath, and the Turkic horses neighed in unison, and the knight on the horseback stood with the knife, majestic and murderous.
Du Xiuyuan's brothers were unequivocal, their spears and knives swarmed up, right in front of the Turks, Du Xiuyuan snorted, "Why, are you going to start a war with me, Dahua?"
A trace of arrogance floated on Lu Dongzan's face: "The matter of the war is beyond your reach. General, you stand in front of my Turkic mission for no reason. Are you trying to provoke our Turkic Khanate? You If I don't back away, I will protest to His Majesty the Emperor of your country, and the consequences of damaging the diplomatic relations between the two countries, can you afford it?"
Talking about eloquence, how could Du Xiuyuan be the opponent of Lu Dongzan, a country-governing talent like Lu Dongzan? Although there must be a life-and-death battle between Dahua and Turkic, these visiting Turkic missions must not act arbitrarily. Du Xiuyuan hesitated, not knowing how to deal with it.
"Brother Lu, I haven't seen you for a few days. You can speak Chinese so fluently. I really admire you, little brother." Master Lin rode a white horse and walked from the army with a smile, looking very chic.
Seeing that it was Lin Wanrong arriving, Lu Dongzan's expression changed, and then he returned to normal, he bowed with his arms crossed and said, "It turned out that Master Lin came here in person, and Lu Dongzan's welcome was a mistake."
"Haha, Brother Lu, your Dahua language is better than mine. It seems that this trip to Dahua is not in vain!" Master Lin smiled playfully, and when his eyes fell on Du Xiuyuan, he was stunned for a moment, and then he shouted loudly: "Du Xiuyuan , told you to find a Persian cat, what are you still doing here?"
"Persian cat?" Lu Dongzan looked at him curiously, and said with a serious face: "Master Lin, you came just in time, this general suddenly blocked the way of my Turkic mission for no reason, and wanted to search for my carriage, sir, what is this?" Is it Dahua's way of hospitality?"
"Oh, there is such a thing?" Lin Wanrong was full of surprise, and said with a smile: "Brother Lu, this is actually a misunderstanding. What happened is like this. A few days ago, His Majesty the Emperor gave me a Persian cat as a tribute from the Persian Kingdom. It just so happens that the seventh wife of my family is very fond of this little beast, and can't sleep without looking at it a few times a day. Yesterday she took the little beast out for a drive, but when Xing came here, the little beast But it disappeared inexplicably. Alas, to tell you the truth, Brother Lu, the one I love the most is this concubine. For this Persian cat, I sent soldiers and horses. I have been searching around here for two days and two nights. I didn’t drink it. I have to serve the emperor and my wife. It’s not easy for me to be a man. I can’t compare to you, brother Lu. You hug those orchids every night, drinking and having fun. It’s very happy. Brother Lu sees us For the sake of being men, don't worry about it."
"This—" Mr. Lin "touches people with emotion", Lu Dongzan was puzzled for a while, and said bitterly: "Your Madam is the Persian cat that was lost yesterday, but we just arrived today, so how could the Persian cat be hidden in our car?"
"That's not certain. That little bastard has legs. It runs faster than a donkey. Before I found it, it slipped away." Lin Wanrong grinned: "Don't say that this has legs, even Those without legs can run by themselves. Brother Lu, do you believe it or not?"
Lu Dongzan pretended not to hear his words, shook his head and said, "Lord Lin, if it's my own, don't search for it, even if you want it, I will give it away for free. But these things are all for Vija Khan It would be disrespectful if someone searched for your gift."
"It's not so serious. It's just looking for a Persian cat. It won't hurt anything. If your arsenic khan blames it, tell him to come to me directly. I've always been very hospitable, Brother Lu, you know How about this, I will give you time, you should think about it carefully, and when I count to five, if you don't object, I will take it as my consent."
Lu Dongzan hesitated for a while, and was waiting for him to call one, two, three, four, when Master Lin shouted directly: "Five! - Oh, brother Lu, I knew you would agree, you are so straightforward. Du Xiuyuan, still staring blankly What are you doing?"
It is said that Dahua is a country of etiquette, so why is there such a freak as Lin San? Apart from admiration, Lu Dongzan still admires it.
Seeing Du Xiuyuan lead his men and horses into the cart to search, Lu Dongzan's expression was normal, without any nervousness. Lin Wanrong didn't care either, and said with a smile: "Brother Lu, do you still have that spicy nose grass? Get some more for my little brother, my little brother is very greedy."
"I don't have any anymore." Lu Dongzan shook his head and said, "This thing is extremely precious. Even Vija Khan can't use a few catties a year. The ones on us were given to you, my lord, a few days ago."
"Really?" Master Lin smiled mysteriously: "A few days ago, a big man invited me to taste this spicy nose grass. Brother Lu, do you know who he is?"
Lu Dongzan's complexion changed, and he said nana a few times, reluctantly said: "Really, I don't know. Oh, my lord, how is your search going? We have to hurry on our way."
Hundreds of soldiers turned the cart upside down, but found nothing, Du Xiuyuan walked over dejectedly: "My lord, I didn't find my aunt's Persian cat.