Chapter 81 Variables

There was no sound in Cai Guochao hall.

defeated! He was defeated! And still lost twice! But none of the 52 battle formation weapons came back! The loss is beyond description.

Cai Guo's emperor was furious, and looked at the Prime Minister Yan Ze'an with an unfriendly expression, "My lord prime minister, you were the one who strongly advocated attacking Cai Guo, do you have anything to say now?"

"Your Majesty!" Prime Minister Yan Ze'an said calmly, "Your Majesty, after this attack, I have obtained the following information.

First, there are new weapons in Daxia. "

"Nonsense!" His Majesty the Emperor was furious. It's up to you to say, those different warheads are right in front of His Majesty the Emperor.

The prime minister was unmoved and continued, "Secondly, I see the power of industry. We must also develop industry. At the same time, research on gunpowder must also be put on the agenda.

Thirdly, I saw that the country of Xia was full of worries, and the emperor of Xia was even more indecisive.

Fourth, the Kong family, Wang family, Li family, Yuan family, etc., almost all the powerful officials have already had the idea of ​​​​separating Xia. Therefore, from this point of view, it is a good thing that we failed, and it can make the powerful officials in Xia Dynasty feel at ease in fighting among themselves. When Xia Kingdom disintegrates, we can at least easily accept the land of the three northern counties. "

"It's a good thing to fail. Hehe... The prime minister's wisdom really surprised me."

"Your Majesty is absurd."

"Pfft..." The surrounding ministers couldn't help laughing. His Majesty the Emperor was talking ironically, but the Prime Minister responded like this; sure enough, His Majesty the Emperor of Cai Guo blushed—you really dare to answer!

The general Wang Qisheng, who was still pale next to him, hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it was my fault. The prime minister's plan was not wrong. It was my minister who lost first, and ultimately lost everything."

His Majesty the Emperor lost his anger, but he calmed down for the time being. Instead of looking at Wang Qisheng, he looked at the warhead held by the guards next to him on a wooden tray. "Xiang Bowen, tell me, how long will it take to develop this weapon?"

Xiang Bowen took a step forward: "Your Majesty, this weapon is not difficult, and I can make it now. It's just that it is still a little difficult to achieve the strength of killing the foundation-building stage."

"Then let me see what you made now."

Xiang Bowen immediately arranged items, "Seven taels of saltpeter, two taels of sulfur, one tael of charcoal, that's about it. An iron pipe, a little gunpowder, and an iron ball.

Uh... There is a small hole on the side of the back end of the iron pipe, and one incense stick is enough. "

"Bang!" There was an explosion, and the pungent smell scattered, and an iron ball pierced through the one-inch-thick wooden board in front of it.

"That's it?" Wang Qisheng looked at Xiang Bowen, "Although they are very similar, their powers are fundamentally different. As expected, they played after an hour."

Prime Minister Yan Ze'an didn't think so, "Xiang Bowen, try making a bigger iron pipe the size of an arm."

Flowing to Bowen's true essence, the iron block was melted and plasticized; soon an iron pipe as thick as an arm and three feet long appeared. Almost a bowl of gunpowder was poured into the iron pipe, and then a huge iron ball was inserted to block it.

Everyone craned their necks to watch.

Lit the gunpowder unsuspectingly to Bowen.

"Boom!" The bomb exploded... It exploded directly! Xiang Bowen flew out directly, his face and chest were bloody, purple and black from the gunpowder.

The dozen or so officials around were also uncomfortable, and even Yan Ze'an had a piece of iron stuck in his face.

There was dead silence!

But the prime minister is the prime minister, Yan Ze'an asked people to carry it down to Bowen, and even made it himself.

"Prime Minister..." The surrounding officials were frightened.

Yan Ze'an didn't care, but thickened the iron pipe, and it was several times thicker. An iron pipe the thickness of a thigh appeared. This is no longer a gun, but a small artillery.

Under the tense eyes of everyone, the prime minister lit the gunpowder.

boom! There was a loud noise, the iron ball the size of a fist pierced through the wall, and a hole the size of a head appeared on the wall of the palace.

Yan Ze'an put down the iron pipe, looked around, and then at the emperor, "Your Majesty, this power is already very good."

Seeing that it was safe, Emperor Cai even played it himself and felt the power, "This power is enough to kill the Qi Refining Stage; if we continue to increase the size of the iron pipe, will it be able to threaten the Nascent Soul Stage?

If the iron pipe is big enough, can it kill the immortal? "

His Majesty the Emperor has fallen into an unlimited quota.

"Ahem..." the prime minister reminded cautiously.

"Oh... Come on, reward Xiang Bowen with ten thousand taels of gold and a hundred-year-old ginseng. Prime Minister, you are now in charge of making this weapon.

By the way, what's the name of this weapon? "

"Fire gun. I heard from Bowen that it is called a fire gun." Yan Zhengqing stood up.

When the monarchs and ministers were celebrating with each other, a soldier in distress was brought in by the imperial guards.

"Your Majesty, Anyang of the Great Xia Kingdom took the initiative to send troops to attack the southeast border, causing more than 2,000 deaths so far, and the soldiers couldn't stand it anymore.

What they use is that kind of strange weapon, which can shoot and kill the masters of the foundation establishment period two miles away! "

His Majesty the Emperor was overjoyed: "Okay! Just try our gunpowder. Prime Minister, hurry up and produce gunpowder. Since Anyang took the initiative to attack, hit me back, and you must avenge your shame!"

"yes."

Li Xian didn't know that he wanted to use war to promote negotiations, but he came up with this result. Instead of being afraid, Cai Guo wanted to avenge his shame.

But the front line is very lively. Liu Leigang brought 35 locomotives... yes, 35 locomotives, and five more locomotives have been added in the past few days.

In all, 35 locomotives wandered around the southeastern border of Cai State. What lures the enemy, ambushes, sniper kills, and guerrilla warfare are very familiar.

He just fired a shot here, and the next moment he ran three miles away and fired a volley of guns. So Cai Guo soldiers dare not go to the top of the city. Whenever the enemy dared not go to the top of the city wall, Liu Leigang led people to rush to the vicinity of the city wall, carefully observed the fluctuation of the formation on the city wall, observed the trend of the formation on the city wall, and copied it.

In just two days, the situation of most of the formations on the city wall was actually clarified.

Seeing this, Liu Leigang felt that the matter was almost over, so he threw the "Letter of Intent for Negotiation" on the opponent's wall, and left with the team.

Lu Chenggang, the southern guard of Cai State, was trembling with anger, but he didn't dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy—if the scale was small, he would deliver food, if the scale was large, the opponent would run away, and what if there was an ambush?

Looking at the "Letter of Intent for Negotiation" in his hand, Lu Chenggang thought about it, and sent someone to the imperial capital.

But on the Anyang side, Liu Leigang came back with great pride, "Master, I killed an estimated 3,000 people, and turned tens of thousands of Cai Guo defenders into shrinking turtles. In the end, we rushed under the city wall to observe the situation, and no one came to stop us.

This is the formation of Cai Guocheng defense. "

"Very good, let's go to rest. For rewards, go to Mr. Beichen Yuqing to get them."

When Liu Lei just left, Li Xian smiled smugly, "Next, Cai Guo should take the initiative to send negotiating envoys. In this way, the initiative of the negotiation will be in our hands."

"Well, that's a good idea." Xu Ren also agreed very much. It's really satisfying to take the initiative to attack once - you can't just let the enemy attack.

At this moment, someone came to report that Ling Zhifeng, who had gone out to collect exercise secret books, had returned.