Chapter 152: The Beginning of the Conspiracy

Because Lintao Mansion was under the control of the Liao, An Yi had to follow the march route given by the King of Shu from the east to Shaanxi, and then gallop to Lanzhou, so that most of the area was still under the control of the Xia army, and only after the Sushui River near Lanzhou, there would be a small number of Liao sentinels.

When An Yi led the army to the vicinity of Sushui River, he had already rushed for two days and one night, and there was only one day's journey left from Lanzhou after Sushui River.

It wasn't until this morning that I came to the edge of the Sushui River.

Sushui River is not better than the Qingchuan River, it is a tributary of the Yellow River, the water flow is more turbulent, and both sides are cliffs, the river surface of Sushui River is less than one or twenty zhang away from the bank, so if someone accidentally falls, they may fall to death before drowning.

Because the upper reaches of the Sushui River are dark rivers, it seems that the general army will choose to go farther away and cross this turbulent river from the foothills, but An Yi got the news from the King of Shu that the range of activities of the Liao people is north of the Sushui River, so he only said that this is still the territory of the Xia army, so he picked a shortcut.

That is, these three chain bridges on the Sushui River.

Meng Qi took a few cavalrymen back from the upper reaches and said to An Yiyu: "My lord, I have already explored the mountains and mountains, and there is no trace of the Liao army, so rest assured that you can cross the bridge." ”

An Yigao sat on the horse, nodded after listening to his words, and made a gesture towards Jiang Shang to cross the river,

Jiang Shang instructed and began to command the more than 10,000 men and horses to step on the three chain bridges in three ways.

This iron-locked bridge deck is wider, and four sergeants can pass side by side at the same time each time, but this rope bridge itself is shaky, plus a military soldier in uniform stepped on a horse, and always felt a little unstable.

Just as the comfortable men and horses stepped in the middle of the chain bridge,

Behind the boulder on the other side of the bridge, a big flag was suddenly erected!

An Yi recognized that this flag was very similar to the tiger-headed banner of Yelu Xiuke, but there was no tiger head on it, but it must be the banner of the Liao army!

Shocked, he just wanted to pull Meng Qi, who had just gone to explore the way, over and scold him fiercely, didn't he say that there was no trace of the Liao people?

Of course, Jiang Shang, who was already walking on the bridge, also saw the abruptly erected flag, and quickly raised his right hand with a fist, signaling the people behind him to pause moving, and then watched his palm slowly swing back,

With his action, although the eyes of the army that was already halfway through were still focused on the opposite bank, the pace under his feet had begun to slowly and orderly retreat towards the shore.

Jiang Yun, who had not yet reached the bridge on Anyi's side, had already taken the Chinese military camp to set up the mouth of the black hole, preparing to send them a salvo as soon as there was movement on the other side, so as to cover Jiang Shang's withdrawal.

This thin flag gathered the attention of tens of thousands of people at once,

But

It didn't seem to be as they had expected, with drums and trumpets rising to the sky, and then the army went out,

After about a while, a few Liao soldiers wearing Khitan plate collar falcon tail armor slowly came out from behind the boulder, holding scimitars in their hands, and walked generously towards the men and horses on the bridge.

An Yi immediately stretched out his hand to stop Jiang Yun, who was about to take further action, and then stared intently at these Liao soldiers who were behaving strangely, waiting for their further actions.

These Liao soldiers looked at the comfort of the plain robes on the horse, as if they recognized him at a glance as the core of these tens of thousands of horses, and then the people behind them whispered two words in the ear of the first colonel wearing an iron helmet, and saw the little colonel come forward with a disdainful face, and said loudly to them:

"The other side is the soldiers and horses of Shudi?"

An Yi nodded at Jiang Shang, who was looking back at him, and Jiang Shang let go of his voice and shouted to the other side of the bridge: "Exactly, you are Liao?" ”

If it weren't for the fact that these people were wearing Khitan clothes, Jiang Shang would have thought that they were sent by Sun Dudu to pick them up, and in his impression, the Liao army was really rare to shout so "intimately" with the Xia Dynasty army.

The Liao junior colonel nodded and responded: "We are under Han Shuai, and we came here to deliver the letter, why did you come here in advance?" ”

In the clouds and fog of listening comfortably, what letter did the Liao army and the Xia army deliver? Could it be that they are regarded as Liao? No reason, right?

He looked down at the people and horses around him, all of them were dark gray military uniforms, completely different from the Liao people's collared falcons, these people could see it even if they were blind, could it be the imperial court's eyeliner in the Liao people? However, he only knew that Gao Youhong, the king of Shu, and Sun Dezhang, the governor of the five armies, were in Lanzhou, which one was Han Shuai in their mouths?

If you don't know the situation, it's not easy to answer casually, your eyes rolled around, you thought of a reason, and replied loudly: "Everything in the army is cumbersome, you have to believe in it a moment earlier, and you can live in peace a moment earlier, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

The little colonel glanced back at the people behind him, nodded to each other, and then turned to say, "Put the thing in its place, if it's the one you gave you last time, go get it yourself." ”

So saying, he turned and departed.

But after taking two steps, he stopped again,

An Yi thought that he had forgotten to explain something, but he knew that the little colonel chuckled at them with disdain: "You Han people are really cowardly, we Khitan people do what they say, how can they ambush the people who deliver the letter, as for bringing so many people?" ”

After leaving this sentence, Shi Shiran walked away.

Although the comfort of the horse was choked by him for no reason, he suddenly figured out the identities of these people,

Needless to say, a few of them must be the Liao army's exploration horses, but it is different from what he thought just now, the real inner line is on the Xia army's side, and if you don't guess wrong, it is among the Shu soldiers and horses in Lanzhou City!

An Yi helped his forehead, this is really not to Lanzhou City, he has already felt the breath of the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, he ordered Jiang Shang to take the army to cross the Sushui River, take a short rest on the other bank, and then call Meng Qi on the side,

"Take people, turn over this side of the bank for me, and find the 'thing' in the mouth of the Liao people just now!"

"Yes!"

Meng Qi gritted his teeth hatefully at a few Liao people who came out of nowhere, he had just replied to An Yi that everything was fine, and they picked it out with the banner, and gave himself a slap in the face, but fortunately An Yi didn't care about him,

With the heart of atonement for his sins, he soon found the "thing" in the mouth of the Liao people in less than a stick of incense after the army had all crossed the Sushui River.

A square black iron box!

An Yi fiddled with the box in his hand, and saw a metal lock hanging on the outside of the box, the keyhole was still an uncommon arc, and it felt like there was something tinkling inside.

Lin Muzhi, who was beside him, looked at the small box, lifted the big knife, and said in a rough voice: "Brother, you put it on the ground, I will go down with this knife, and it doesn't matter what organ he has or not." ”

If this was cut down by him, he would have been able to take things out, but when the real owner of this box came, wouldn't he know that the information had been exposed? When the time comes, there will definitely be ventilation on both sides to change the time, where can you meet these "cute" Liao soldiers in comfort? What's more, he also plans to follow the vine Muggle and catch a big fish, how can it be over like this,

So An Yi still asked Jin Mingyin to find Liu Er, who was with the army.

To say that although this Liu Er looks obscene, the skill of unlocking the lock in his hand is really not an ordinary thief, just this keyhole that he has never seen in comfort, he took out a wire from the cloth bag on his waist and stabbed it twice.

The moment the black iron box opened, a round thing inside fell out.

An Yi picked up the black ball, put it in his hand and checked it, and for a while it felt light and fluttering as if it was not made of iron, and the two times he rolled around in his hand, he smeared a few black marks on his palm.

"Do any of you know what this is?"

Everyone shook their heads, and Lin Muzhi, who was babbling just now, was silent.

Ordinary people don't recognize this thing,

But

Jin Mingyin couldn't be more familiar with it, and said: "It's graphite!" ”

The reason why he knew was because when he was researching and improving the fire gun, he had come into contact with ancient books for a period of time, that is, when the ratio of sulfur and nitrate had not been determined at the earliest. The production of medicine is first soaked in water with each ingredient, and then mixed to make a large cake, then dried or air-dried and broken, sieved with a fine sieve, * the powder will become small granules, and finally packed in a large barrel to stir constantly, grinding off the corners of the particles and polishing.

This polishing process uses graphite, so he also asked his father Jin Deju to ask for some silver to buy a large amount of this kind of graphite.

"Graphite? Is this rare? Why did the Liao people lock this in a box? ”

An Yi listened to Jin Mingyin's explanation and asked him suspiciously,

Although Jin Mingyin knew the material of this thing, he couldn't understand it, and shook his head and said: "Although this graphite is not familiar to many people, it is not a rare object, not to mention that if the Liao people want fire. Medicine, according to the ratio of sulfur and nitrate, is it possible that they still have rules to follow the ancient law? ”

An Yi pondered for a while and asked, "Can this thing be opened?" ”

Liu Er put the graphite pill in his hand and pinched it, "Yes, it doesn't look like a hard material, I can open it, but if I open it, I can't close it back." ”

An Yi asked this is actually a suspicion, this graphite pill is also a vessel, and the real information is in this small graphite pill,

But

The Liao people can be regarded as giving him a problem, if he forcibly breaks it, then the leakage of this news will inevitably be known by the spy in the Xia army, so that the news he got in his hands will be useless.

But if you don't open it, how can you know the content?

For a while, An Yi fell into a little hard thought, he slowly stood up and paced the edge of the cliff of the trail, staring at the surging river below, and subconsciously touched his nose,

Suddenly, I thought about it!

An Yi turned around and ordered: "We will move separately, General Jiang will continue to march in the direction of Lanzhou with the army!" Ming Yin and Liu Er took a few people to stay with me. ”

Jiang Shang didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, and asked, "What do you mean, my lord?" If you bring this army into Lanzhou, the king of Shu and the governor of Sun will ask, how will they answer? ”

"Hmm~~~"

An Yi thought for a moment, and responded: "Let's just say that I will take a few sentry horses to investigate the enemy's situation, and I will arrive at most a day and a half a day late, this Liao person is a demon in Lanzhou, like watching our good show, then we will show them 1510!" ”