The spring wind blew Lu Chao on the terrace of the Black Ice Terrace Hall, although the sky was sunny, Lu Chao still felt that the wind was very cold, from the outside of the body to the body.

Xianyang City in the sun was at Lu Chao's feet, but in his eyes, it was full of haze, he squinted, but what he saw was not the trees growing new leaves in Xianyang City, but the city walls, the withered weeds on the houses.

The bad news came one after another, and two Han cavalry penetrated into the interior of Qin at a very high speed, and their purpose was not to attack the city and plunder the land, but to disperse the conscripted militia that was conscripting in Xianyang City. In just a few days, more than a dozen groups of people and horses had been dispersed by them, and the Qin troops who were escorting these militiamen were killed.

Although the speed of the Han cavalry was fast, it was still in Lu Chao's expectations, the north and south roads had been penetrated, and the Qin State, which had lost a large number of elite troops, was unable to intercept these Han cavalry who came and went like the wind and were accustomed to guerrilla warfare.

Because it was expected, Lu Chao was not angry because of this, but today, a big incident happened in Xianyang, which made Lu Chao angry, and since he received the report early in the morning, he has stood motionless on this terrace.

Mingtai is gone. Mingtai and the Black Ice Terrace troops under his command disappeared without a trace overnight.

Mingtai is Lu Chao's most trusted partner, it is the close cooperation of the two that successfully subverted the rule of the Qin Dynasty Ying, and the one who is now sitting on the throne is still surnamed Ying in name, but everyone knows that it is just a puppet. Lu Chao believed in Mingtai and never thought that Mingtai would abandon him like this and leave.

It was precisely because of his incomparable belief that after the incident, Lu Chao was even more angry. The location of Mingtai was too special, and Lu Chao was defenseless against it, which caused Mingtai to disappear silently.

The entire Xianyang was shaken by the disappearance of Mingtai, and Xianyang City, which was already panicked, became even more agitated. Even Mingtai ran away, which shows how far the situation has deteriorated. Politically, this is a fatal blow to Lu Chao.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and Lu Chao didn't need to look back to know that it was Gou Yi who had returned. He smelled a faint smell of blood, and his brow furrowed.

"How many people have you killed?" He asked faintly.

"General, the last general has arrested the remaining personnel of the Black Ice Terrace, but nothing has been tried." Gou Yi lowered his head and said ashamedly: "It's all the general's fault." Some time ago, the last general had already found signs of instability in the black ice platform, but the last general did not expect that the thief had the intention of escaping. ”

"It's not your fault, because I didn't think of it either." Lu Chao shook his head, "Those who stayed behind in the Black Ice Terrace, who are not dead, let them go, Mingtai gave up on them, that's because they are not Mingtai's henchmen at all." Therefore, if you judge them, you can't find a reason. Let them go and put them into the army to fight. ”

"Yes, General." Gou Yi hesitated. "I'm afraid that our city defense deployment will be rearranged, and Mingtai knows all about this. If he defects, the Han army will know all about our arrangements. ”

"There's no need, and it's too late." Lu Chao shook his head and said, "This time I fought against the Han army." The key is not in defending the city, but in the field, if the decisive battle outside the city fails. No matter how strong the defense is, it will be breached, and the appearance of artillery will make any traditional defensive deployment useless. ”

"Yes." Gou Yi sighed, this is not an era where more combatants can be victorious, the emergence of gunpowder weapons has fundamentally changed the war.

"How many of our artillery have been made?" Lu Chao turned around.

"General, now all the Xianyang craftsmen's workshops are used to cast artillery, and dozens of cannons can be cast every day, but the amount of steel we obtained from the Han Kingdom that is specially used to make cannons is too small, and a large number of artillery pieces are of unqualified quality. Out of every ten guns, only one or two at most barely qualified. The craftsman said that if he wants to prolong his service life, he can only reduce the amount of charge, but if the charge is reduced, the range and power of the cannonball will be greatly reduced. ”

"There's no need to experiment, you can build as much as you can, as long as they can shoot a shell and not bomb." The road is super cold and cold. "As long as you can hit it, you can kill it."

"By the way, the copper cannons made of copper by the craftsmen in the workshop are of better quality, there are about a hundred such cannons, but we don't have copper anymore." Gou Yi continued.

"In the huge Xianyang City, how can you not find the reason for the copper, pass on my order, all the people in Xianyang must hand over the bronze utensils at home, including copper coins, for the use of cannons, but anyone who conceals and does not hand them over will be punished as collaborating with the enemy."

"Understood, I'll do it right away."

"You're not busy walking." Lu Chao walked to his big case in the hall, sat down, and looked at Gou Yi. Gou Yi strode to the front of Lu Chao.

"General, what else do you command?" Gou Yi asked.

Lu Chao picked up a newspaper on the table and threw it to Gou Yi. The newspaper seemed to be a little broken, and the corners had been damaged, Gou Yi glanced at this Dahan Daily, and swept the date on it, and couldn't help but be surprised, this was published by the Dahan Daily a few months ago, and there was only one message on it, Gao Yuan ascended the throne and became the emperor, and the Han Kingdom was more clearly the Han Empire.

The three emperors of virtue, the five emperors of Gonggai, and the huge emperor with thick black characters constantly stimulated Gouyi's eyes.

This newspaper has been in Lu Chao's hands for a long time, obviously, I have read it many times, otherwise it would not be so broken, looking at the newspaper, and then looking at Lu Chao's eyes staring at him, Gou Yi comprehended.

"General, that fart doll, it's really time to give way, now that Great Qin is in danger, we need a wise king, no, an emperor to lead us out of the predicament, take us to defend Xianyang, repel the Han people, and rebuild the glory of my Great Qin."

Lu Chao's gloomy face finally showed a smile, stood up, and strode out, Gou Yi hurriedly followed. Walking out of the Black Ice Platform Hall, the dazzling sunlight made Lu Chao's eyes stingle slightly, and after a moment's pause, he strode towards the steps.

Behind him, Gou Yi followed closely with the soldiers of the Eagle Division.

With a bang, the door of the main hall was pushed open, and two rows of soldiers poured into the hall, standing left and right, one by one, with murderous faces, standing with their hands on the hilt of the knife, Lu Chao walked into the hall, and looked at the puppet King Qin who was sitting at the table drinking porridge in the main hall, Xiao Qin Wang was only eight years old now, and beside him, sat his nominal mother, the woman who had been a palace maid in the palace of the eldest prince.

Seeing Lu Chao who came in with murderous energy, the body of the richly dressed woman trembled, and the whole person fell to the ground softly at once, as a woman who had stayed in the eldest prince's mansion, her insight was naturally much stronger than that of ordinary women, since she was asked to play such a role, she knew what her future fate would be, but as a weak woman, she knew that any resistance was meaningless.

The eight-year-old King Qin was still holding a spoon in his hand and looked at Lu Chao blankly.

Gou Yi strode forward, stretched out his hand, rudely snatched the spoon from the hand of King Xiao Qin, and said coldly: "Your Majesty, now that the Qin State is in danger, hundreds of thousands of troops of the tyrants are coming to attack, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and the people of the United Kingdom all feel that with the prestige of the king, it is really not suitable to lead my Great Qin against the tyrants. ”

The eight-year-old King of Little Qin didn't know what he meant, but the palace maid who was paralyzed on the ground immediately understood, she stretched out a hand, dragged the stupid little King Qin to the ground, raised her head, and shouted loudly: "The king is willing to Zen in the general, only ask the general for the sake of my orphans and widows, for the sake of the general's orders over the years, leaving my mother and son a way to live." ”

Lu Chao smiled, walked over, and sat down, "You are very sensible, so you will survive." Don't worry, I won't kill you. ”

The next day, the sky was bright, the bell in the palace to convene the ministers to discuss the matter rang melodiously, and the Xianyang magnates who hurriedly entered the palace entered the palace tremblingly under the gaze of the soldiers who were eyeing them, and habitually walked towards the direction of the black ice platform, although everyone knew that the king of Xiao Qin was in the Zhengyang Palace, but now, the person who was really in charge lived in the black ice platform, and the black ice platform, in the past few decades, has also been the highest ruling center of the Qin State.

Now there is a rumor in Xianyang City, and the departure of Mingtai has brought this panic to a climax, and the Eagle Department under the command of Gou Yi is in Xianyang City, wantonly hunting and killing powerful ministers, raiding homes and exterminating clans, killing people with rolling heads and rivers of blood. Everyone doesn't know if they can live to see the sun tomorrow, even the core figures of the Li family's academics, they don't have any sense of security now, Lu Chao has killed the red eye in order to raise military expenses, raise grain and grass, and whoever has more wealth in the family will be targeted. And the backbone of the Li school, who has been staying at the top of the Qin State for decades and holding real power, is precisely such a group of people, in the past days, there have been three core figures of the Li school who fell under Lu Chao's butcher's knife, in the name of Tonghan, but in fact, for what, everyone knows it.

A general walked over with a tiger face, clenched his fists and said to the courtiers with a sad face: "Please go to the Zhengyang Hall to discuss matters." ”

In front of the Zhengyang Palace, the soldiers were densely packed, and when they stepped into the main hall, they made everyone even more stunned, because in the main hall, there were also fully armed soldiers, and they were all the famous Eagle Men and Horses in Xianyang City.

Xiao Qin's face was snow-white, sitting in the middle, and beside him, standing was the actual controller of the current Qin State, the great general Lu Chao.

"See the king, see the general!" Many courtiers threw themselves on the ground and bowed down the steps. (To be continued.) )