It is rumored that gunpowder appeared in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was inadvertently created by some alchemists, so it is called gunpowder. However, it will not be until a few hundred years before gunpowder is truly popularized and used in life and even in the military.

Although it is mentioned in some legends that there have been records of the use of gunpowder in the army in China since the Tang Dynasty, as far as Sun Tu himself knows, at least there is no regular army in the Great Song Dynasty army that mainly fights with firearms, which at least shows that there is still a distance from the era when gunpowder exerts a certain combat effectiveness.

And he, as a traverser, knew that the Great Song army was far inferior to the enemy countries dominated by nomadic cavalry such as Liao, Jinxia, etc., in a head-to-head confrontation, so it was naturally easy to hit the idea of this new weapon that could really restrain the cavalry in later generations, and finally let the large-scale cavalry combat completely decline.

Although Sun Tu is a bit embarrassed as a traveler who has been a soldier, he can't even memorize the black-gunpowder formula, but fortunately, he has a warehouse system, and there are a lot of fireworks and firecrackers hoarded in it, which solves this critical process from scratch.

Now, seeing that with the continuous research and efforts of the craftsmen, a batch of suitable gunpowder has finally been created, Sun Tu's mood is naturally happy, with gunpowder in hand, not to mention anything else, it should not be difficult for him to make some simple mines or throwing weapons, as long as these are used, it will be enough to make those enemy cavalry suffer enough.

After the good students praised the craftsmen and decided to give them five hundred copper coins as a reward on the spot, Sun Tucai left the secret mansion with joy, and returned to the barracks after seeing that it was still early.

And when he arrived at the barracks, he heard a burst of neighing horses, and there was even a burst of laughter in the camp, which made Sun Tu also happy, obviously Lin Chong went to Zengtou City to ask for the return of the plundered horses, so he hurried into the camp to inquire.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the barracks, he saw a lot of soldiers around Lin Chong and dozens of majestic horses happily talking about something, until he saw Sun Dujian come back, everyone straightened up their appearance, and saluted one after another, Lin Chong stepped forward a few steps, crossed his hands and saluted: "The last general has seen the capital eunuch, I am fortunate not to be dishonored, and I finally want to come back the batch of horses that were taken." ”

"Commander Lin has worked hard." Sun Tu smiled at him with satisfaction, his eyes swept over the dozens of horses of different coat colors, and asked with some concern: "Then the people of Zengtou City didn't embarrass you, right?" ”

"No, as soon as the people of Zengtou City learned that they had robbed the horses of my Qingzhou Army, they were quite frightened and guilty at that time, and they repeatedly apologized to me, and specially sent a letter of apology to you." Lin Chong said, then took out a letter from his bosom and handed it over, and then said: "And in order to apologize, they added five more horses to us, all of which are not inferior to these horses from Liao." ”

"Oh, it seems that the people in Zengtou City still know the importance of it." Sun Tu smiled with satisfaction, took the letter and opened it casually, but he didn't find that Lin Chong seemed to have something to say, because he saw him looking down at the letter, so he temporarily endured it.

The content of this letter is actually very ordinary, nothing more than an apology, plus it shows that Zeng Toushi does not know the origin of these horses, and hopes that Sun Dujian can pass the clouds regardless of the villain. Sun Tu only glanced at it hastily, and didn't bother to read it carefully, he was still very satisfied with such a result, at least from this matter, it can be seen that he and the Qingzhou Army have a very high prestige on the ground in Shandong, even a place like Zengtou City does not dare to offend himself easily.

And when he put away the letter and planned to let Lin Chong talk about the details of the negotiation in Zengtou City, Huangfu Duan and Duan Jingzhu had also heard the news and rushed over. It wasn't until they saw the horses brought back by Lin Chong that the two nodded happily: "Yes, these are the horses." Eunuch, these horses are all very valuable horses in the Liao Kingdom, if they can be successfully bred in the western suburbs, it won't take a few years, and my Qingzhou Army will be able to have an elite cavalry of hundreds of people! ”

"If that's the case, you two have a lot of credit." When Sun Tu heard this, he was also happy. Today is indeed a good day, the good news is that it has come one after another, the gunpowder has broken through, and the horses have been sent back, only the attitude of Chai Jin is left, but judging by his reaction, this matter should have a good result soon.

After laughing with everyone for a while, Sun Tucai waved his hand to let everyone disperse, and then his eyes lingered on the horses that were driven away, looking forward to the grand occasion of creating an elite cavalry in the Qingzhou Army in two or three years, which is a beautiful thing that many military generals in the Great Song Dynasty can't ask for.

It wasn't until he returned to his barracks with a smile and sat down that Sun Tu suddenly noticed that there was something strange about it, but because a lot of things had happened just now, he couldn't grasp the point for a while: "What kind of thing looks a little out of the ordinary?" ”

His thoughts were quickly interrupted by Lin Chong's voice sounding outside the door: "Eunuch, I want to see you if you have something to do." ”

"Come in and talk." Sun Tu put his mind aside, and after inviting someone in, he smiled and said, "Senior Brother Lin, there is no need to be so divided between you and me in private." You must have been a little tired when you just came back from running errands in Zengtou City, why didn't you go home to rest first, but you came to me again, but do you have anything important to say? ”

Lin Chong first smiled at him, and then said with a solemn face: "The matter is not small, and I can't tell if it's true or not, so I thought about reporting it to the capital prison now." ”

Seeing that he said solemnly, the smile on his face also retracted, poured him a cup of hot tea, and invited him to sit down before asking, "Oh?" But what's the big deal? But is it related to Zengtou City? ”

"Exactly." Lin Chong nodded: "Actually, everything went smoothly after I went to Zengtou City this time, because Senior Brother Shi came forward to speak, and they didn't dare to make things difficult for me, but at the beginning, because there were a few Shi sons who got in the way, there was a slight delay in the return of the horses." ”

Sun Tu nodded in understanding: "It's not easy to be a thief to grab things, and it's naturally even more difficult to get them to spit things out again." You must have put a lot of effort into this, right? ”

"No, the blame for this matter is that before he could think of a rhetorical countermeasure, the attitude of the Zeng family suddenly changed, not only was he more polite than before, but he also agreed to return all the horses he had taken before, and wrote a letter of apology and compensated five horses."

"Oh? Isn't that a good thing? If it weren't for you to contribute to it, it would be Senior Brother Shi who spoke later. After all, his status in Zengtou City is not low, and the effect will only be better if he comes forward. ”

Lin Chong frowned and said, "At that time, I also thought that it was because Senior Brother was struggling to speak, so I was naturally quite grateful to him. But then I realized that something was wrong. ”

"What's wrong?" Sun Tu heard that there was something wrong in his words, and he also asked with some curiosity.

"I arrived in Zengtou City on the 10th day of the Lunar New Year, but on the afternoon of the 11th day, the senior brother deliberately sent me away, and took care of everything, as if he wanted to drive me away as soon as possible." Lin Chong pondered his words and said, "You must know that it was going to be dark at that time, so it was not suitable to set off at all." Later, it was precisely when he discovered this that he changed his words and said that he was arranging for me to leave Zengtou City tomorrow, but early on the morning of the 12th, he came again, and this time he really sent me out of Zengtou City. ”

"I'm in such a hurry to send you out, could it be that something is going to happen there? Or do they have something shady to do, worried that you'll see something you shouldn't see if you stay there? Sun Tu guessed. And this was immediately agreed by Lin Chong: "This is the problem, please see ...... from the prison" As he spoke, he took out a note from his sleeve and put it in front of Sun Tu.

Sun Tu took a look at it and found that the handwriting on it was very clumsy, just like the work of a person who had just learned to write, but fortunately, he could still see it: "Zengtou City colluded with foreigners to dedicate the state city to foreign enemies......"

A sentence with no beginning or end made Sun Tu's face change suddenly: "Where did you find this?" ”

"I found it under the door of the guest room where I was staying early that morning. Originally, I thought it was just a joke, but then I thought of Zeng Toushi's rush to send me away, and I felt that there was something wrong with it. Lin Chong said, swallowing his saliva a little nervously: "Eunuch, are you saying this is true?" Although Zengtou City has done many unrighteous things, in the final analysis, it is still my Great Song Zimin, will he really make the idea of colluding with foreign enemies and fighting Lingzhou City? ”

Sun Tu's gaze fell fixedly on the paper, and only after a while did he say, "It's better to believe this kind of thing than to believe it." Lingzhou is not a small place, once it is really invaded by people inside and outside, there will be too many innocent deaths and injuries. What's more, Lingzhou had just sent nearly a thousand soldiers and horses to Qingzhou before, and the local guards were already empty, and they were really invaded by foreign enemies, and the consequences were extremely unpredictable. There is another sentence he didn't say, if this is the case, I am afraid that his Sun Tu's responsibility will definitely be not small.

"But would those people in Zengtou City really do such a thing?" Lin Chong was still a little skeptical, he really couldn't accept the fact that the people of the Great Song Dynasty had colluded with foreigners.

Sun Tu tapped his hand on the table, and after a while, his expression moved: "I can't say whether they are colluding with foreign clans to plot against Lingzhou, but one thing can be confirmed, that is, they should have had some dealings with foreign clans a long time ago." Do you remember the five extra horses? Those horses are very majestic, and they are not under the horses that Huangfu Duan got from the Liao Kingdom, and they are even rarer in my Great Song Dynasty. But Zeng Toushi can easily take out five horses to make amends, which in itself is enough to explain the problem! It was only then that he realized where he had just felt that the strange place was, this Zengtou City really looked like something was wrong!

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The second day of junior high school continues to greet everyone。。。。。。 However, this year is really special, and passers-by who have to pay New Year's greetings to their elders as usual can only stay at home。。。。。。 But that's fine, you can still concentrate on the code word and update it on time。。。。。

Finally, I would like to mention that you can not go out or not, after all, health is the most important thing, and there is everything every year.