"Pull it down!"
Seeing Xu Shuo accept the punishment, King Yan waved his hand to drive him away.
The next moment, the Military Law Office immediately stepped forward and several people came forward. The two of them carried Xu Shuo and went to the side, while several others followed closely with sticks in hand.
After a while, the sound of hitting the board with sticks could be heard.
This plan was struck solidly.
Xu Shuo's old wounds were healed, but new ones were added. After fifty strokes, he was almost useless and was directly carried off by his own soldiers.
"An Taigong is not suitable to continue to stay in the army!"
"As for how to deal with him, I cannot make up my own mind. I will send him back to the capital and leave it to the Holy One to decide!"
King Yan felt sick in his heart when he thought of Xu Huairen's masculine and feminine appearance.
In addition, he didn't have a good impression of the Xu family in the first place, so naturally he wouldn't be able to help investigate why Xu Huairen became like this.
It’s none of his business anyway!
"Report——"
"Good news from Huangfengkou!"
Just after he finished talking about how to deal with An Taigong Xu Huairen, King Yan was about to discuss how to deal with the Northern Barbarian army, when the surprise shouts of the messengers came from outside.
"Victory - report -"
"Great victory at Huangfengkou, beheading five thousand people, including Tuobahun, the little prince of the Northern Barbarians!"
"We captured 20,000 war horses, 10,000 slave horses, and countless grain and grass baggage!"
The war has just begun, and such a great victory has come. This is simply a good start!
Although there was no signal from King Yan, the messengers knew that they had to create a great momentum.
Hearing the loud shouts of the messenger, the generals of the Northwest Army present were dumbfounded.
A great victory at Huangfengkou
Just rely on the 5,000 town-defending troops supported by Xiangyi Prefecture
The young Northern Man prince Tuobahun was also beheaded
In the eyes of Xu Laoer, Tuobahun was as weak as a chicken, but in the eyes of many generals of the Northwest Army, he was truly a strong man.
Tuobahun is one of the strong contenders for the future Northern Barbarian King.
He has ten thousand cavalry under his command, one person and three horses, who come and go like the wind. He is known as a good warrior among the northern barbarians.
But just such a person was beheaded, and more than half of his ten thousand horses were lost...
"Your Highness, Takayoshiro asked me to tell you, do you want a war horse? I'll give you a friendship price!"
"How much?"
"Two million taels, including food and grass, enough for at least a month!"
The messenger carefully stated Mr. Xu's so-called friendship price.
When King Yan heard this number, he immediately understood why it was this number and frowned.
As a result, the generals of the Northwest Army were anxious.
"Your Highness, this deal is a great deal!"
"Your Highness, it's done!"
"purchase!"
"purchase!"
"Your Highness, we can pay half of the money!"
The Northwest Town Army was a frontier army of the Tang Dynasty facing the Northern Barbarians, and had the greatest demand for war horses. Because in a war with the Northern Barbarians, if the war horses cannot keep up, they will often have to be beaten passively.
These 20,000 war horses are all serious war horses under the command of the little prince Tuobahun. These are good horses that can be put into the battlefield after being bought.
Not to mention two million taels, even if you add another five hundred thousand taels, or even one million taels, it won't be a loss.
War horses are real strategic resources during wartime.
With the advanced weapons and equipment of the Tang Dynasty, as long as they are equipped with enough war horses, what are the Northern Barbarians
When the Northern Barbarians fought against the Tang Dynasty, they relied on nothing more than the power of war horses.
"Then buy it!"
"Call the Ministry of Accounts and ask them to prepare money!"
"How much money do we have in Longxi Mansion? Hurry, count it and get the war horses back first!"
With 20,000 war horses, King Yan suddenly felt that what was he doing with the Tornado Rider to the hinterland of the Northern Barbarians? With a direct confrontation, he was going to completely destroy the Northern Barbarians' prestige this time.
Once, three thousand whirlwind cavalry defeated 30,000 northern barbarian cavalry, which once frightened the northern barbarians.
Now, he can hold 30,000 cavalry in his hands.
With three thousand whirlwind riders as the vanguard, he wanted to defeat the Northern Barbarian King's camp head-on and completely break the Northern Barbarians' courage. He wanted to plow the court and sweep the caves, and the army rushed to the Northern Barbarian King's court and completely destroyed the Northern Barbarians.
…
The northern barbarian camp.
On a piece of flat land less than thirty miles away from the northwest town army camp, there are camps that stretch for an unknown number of miles, and countless felt tents are densely distributed.
The core of the camp is in the huge royal tent.
The Northern Barbarian King sat quietly on the fur felt, with an expressionless expression on his face.
Just now, the news of the death of the little prince Tuobahun came.
The person who sent the news was a personal guard next to the little prince Tuobahun. After reporting the news, this person killed himself on the spot, and his body was still lying on the ground of the king's tent.
Surrounding the corpse, the other sons of the Northern Barbarian King all had serious expressions.
Although Tuoba Hun is their strong competitor for the throne, they all know how strong Tuoba Hun is.
Tuobahun died in battle, and most of his ten thousand horses were lost, and the army was completely defeated.
Countless eight-oxen crossbows!
There is also Xu Yuanba, a fierce general who dares to face Wanqi alone!
"Xu Yuanba, who is it?"
"I want to know!"
The Northern Barbarian King suddenly stood up and said, "I am sending you an order, I, the Northern Barbarian warrior, whoever takes Xu Yuanba's life will be granted a title to ten thousand households, a reward of ten thousand gold, and I, the King, will marry his daughter!"
"Also, who will take down Huang Fengkou?"
"Father, my child is willing to go!"
Many princes and Northern Barbarian generals standing in the king's tent heard the Northern Barbarian King's question and were thinking about it when Tuoba Lie, the seventh prince of the Northern Barbarians, stood up.
Tuoba Lie and Tuoba Hun were born to the same mother.
Tuoba died all over, and Tuoba Lie came forward to avenge him, which is reasonable and reasonable.
The Northern Barbarian King nodded immediately and said: "I don't care what method you use, as long as I win and capture Huang Fengkou, I will make you the crown prince!"
"If you can't take the Yellow Fengchou, you will die there fighting!"
"My child will never disappoint his father!"
Tuoba Lie immediately spoke in a deep voice, "Father, your troops are quick and your troops are quick, I will set off now!"
"Go!"
The Northern Man King raised his hand and watched Tuoba Lie leave the king's tent.
…
At Huangfengkou Pass, Mr. Xu didn't know that Tuoba Lie, the seventh prince of the Northern Barbarians, was on his way to take revenge.
Even if he knew, he was not afraid at all.
As long as the Northern Barbarians can't break the Eight Oxen Crossbow Formation, then no matter how many people they come, they will all be serving food.
Compared to the solemn atmosphere at the Northwest Army, Huangfengkou Pass was actually peaceful.
After a great victory, many merchants from Tang Dynasty came to Huangfengkou, all looking for the spoils of war.
War horses, rogue horses, northern barbarian furs...
Anyway, there is nothing these merchants don’t want.
Unfortunately, the war horse was captured by King Yan.
On the other hand, some horses can still be sold.
As for the bargaining matter, Mr. Xu left it directly to Boss Xu.
Xu Laoer, on the other hand, takes people to walk their horses outside the pass every day, taking precautions to see when the Northern Barbarians will come again.
…
Lingshui Village, old Xu's family.
Fu Bao discussed with his third brother for several days, and finally gave her an idea.
There was no way to get a large amount of gunpowder. After all, Emperor Taizu of the Tang Dynasty, the shameless founding emperor, cut off the livelihood of those who came after him.
However, a small amount of gunpowder can still be used.
Of course, you can't do this yourself, you have to find someone to take the blame.
Living people are not suitable.
In the end, Fu Bao took aim at his deceased grandmother.
Zhao Bingyu sent all the relics of Mr. Xu's mother to Lingshui Village a few days ago, including the diary of Fubao, the grandmother.
Except for time-travelers, most people will definitely not be able to read a diary written in pure pinyin.
So, when no one was paying attention, Fubao hid a blueprint among his grandmother's belongings.
She succeeded in drawing with charcoal and imitating her grandmother's handwriting to write down the recipe for black powder.
Then, he accidentally damaged the relic, thus exposing the drawing.
The rest of the matter has nothing to do with Fubao.
His diligent and studious third brother spent a few days preparing the black powder, although there were big problems with the formula. But it can explode and burn, so it can be regarded as formed gunpowder.
In order to further inspire her third brother, Fu Bao deliberately let the semi-mature gunpowder explode the firecrackers, scaring her third brother's beloved "Zhao Yuye Lion".
Seeing his beloved Zhao Yuye lion being frightened and panicking, Xu Laosan was angry at first, and then looked surprised.
Research begins again!
…
Step by step, under Fubao's guidance, Xu Laosan successfully made firecrackers.
The method is simply too simple and crude!
Hollow out the bamboo tube, pour in black gunpowder, and light it.
Bang!
The gunpowder exploded and the bamboo tube exploded. Not to mention the loud sound, the shattering and flying bamboo fragments were also very lethal.
"Haha, it's done, it's done!"
"Little sister, you are really a blessing to our family!"
Xu Laosan jumped up excitedly, planning to spread the good news to his father as soon as possible.
Originally, when he stayed in Lingshui Village, he had the responsibility of looking after the house and nursing home. But now, because of the invention of black powder firecrackers, Mrs. Xu immediately decided to let Mr. Xu go to Huangfengkou.
Xu Laosan was naturally very happy.
Brothers fighting, father and son fighting.
His father, his eldest brother, and his second brother all went to the battlefield, and he was the only one at home. Although he was more of a scholar, he had also practiced martial arts. An ordinary man can fight three or five people.
"Ms. sir, you must be careful, be careful!"
Knowing that Xu Laosan was also going to Huangfengkou of Longxi Mansion, Mrs. Wang cried miserably.
But Wang also understood that at this time, she could not hold back.
"Madam, don't worry, your husband-in-law, I am the Wenquxing who has come to this world, and I have great luck to protect you. I guarantee that you will come back safely!"
Xu Laosan walked very fast.
After all, this is a big killer weapon that affects the situation of the battle, and it may be a good thing that can turn the tide.
Of course, this thing is not comparable to thunder and fire, but the impact it can cause may not be worse than thunder and fire.
Not long after Xu Laosan left Lingshui Village, Zhao Bingyu received the news.
"You mean, Xu Laosan found a piece of paper from my eldest sister's belongings and made something particularly powerful?"
Zhao Bing? stared at Zhao Rui who came to report the news to him.
Zhao Rui nodded.
"impossible!"
Zhao Bingjing jumped up and said, "I have carefully inspected all my sister's relics, and there is nothing hidden!" (End of Chapter)