"Hahaha......, Brother Zhu, yes, yes, I didn't expect you to return victorious in your first try, and General Ben is very happy." Luo Shaowei praised Zhu Youwen rarely, and changed his name from the original name to Brother Zhu.

Zhu Youwen pretended to be flattered: "It's all General Luo's teachings, and fortunately, the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy regardless of their lives." Kill the enemy and flee, and only then will the grain be returned. ”

This sycophant was comfortable, and Luo Shaowei was even more happy: "Well, Brother Zhu, you are so capable, I will allocate you another 2,000 military horses."

Zhu Youwen was overjoyed and bowed: "Thank you, General Luo, I am willing to take the lead for General Luo."

Luo Shaowei's confidant Yang Liyan felt that it was quite inappropriate, and whispered in Luo Shaowei's ear: "General, Zhu Youwen is an outsider after all, how can he hand over the army to him." Please also ask the general to ......"

Before Yang Lixin could finish speaking, Luo Shaowei said loudly: "Brother Zhu is not an outsider, he has made such a great contribution to General Ben. In the future, we will have this sweet potato, and the soldiers will no longer lack food and clothing. If you have something to say out loud, don't let others see the joke! ”

Luo Shaowei has no city, Yang Liyan is dissatisfied, he can only sigh secretly, this person is irretrievable. Such a pampering of an outsider, beware of the day when one's power is taken away by others.

Yang Liyan's concerns are not unreasonable, Wei Bojun is different from other feudal towns, and the tooth soldiers are the boss of Wei Bojun.

It was created by Tian Chenghe, the first generation of Wei Bojun. Originally, they were only personal soldiers to protect the Jiedu envoys, and the number was not large. However, with the increase of functions and the expansion of the number of people, it has gradually become the most elite trump card among Weibo's troops.

To what extent are the tooth soldiers rampant, and the abolition of the festival envoy is all decided by the tooth soldiers.

The tooth soldiers are intimidating to the princes everywhere, and at the same time, they are also a huge threat to the highest commander of Wei Bo, the Jiedu Envoy. They became arrogant soldiers, disobeying control, and launched a rebellion at the slightest disappointment, changing the vassal commander. There have been Shi Xiancheng, He Quanhao, Han Junxiong, Le Yanzhen, etc., all of whom were supported by the tooth soldiers.

Luo Shaowei's father, Luo Hongxin, was also supported by Wei Boya's soldiers. The notoriety of this army was far and wide, and at that time it was called "the son of heaven in Chang'an, Wei Boya's soldiers".

Luo Shaowei didn't clean his own backyard, so he gave 2,000 elite soldiers to Zhu Youwen. What kind of person is this Zhu Youwen, a character who turns the clouds and rain. Don't look at the fact that he is afraid of Luo Shaowei on weekdays, like a lost dog. Secretly, Zhu Youwen was very close to those tooth generals, and Luo Shaowei was tantamount to digging his own grave by doing so.

Zhu Youwen has been suppressed by Luo Shaowei here, which is because Yang Liyan gave Luo Shaowei advice. Originally, Yang Liyan expected Zhu Youwen to rob the sweet potato seedlings this time, and use the hands of the imperial court to get rid of him, or force Zhu Youwen away.

I didn't find this guy, not only did I snatch back the sweet potato seedlings, but I also came back unscathed. As soon as Luo Shaowei was happy, he gave him 2,000 elite soldiers.

Zhu Youwen's city mansion is much deeper than Luo Shaowei, and ten Luo Shaowei is not his opponent. If he is in power, I am afraid that one day he will devour the Lord.

But Luo Shaowei now trusts Zhu Youwen, and Yang Liyan can only sigh.

Puzhou sweet potato seedlings were robbed by Wei Bojun, and the news soon spread to Luoyang City.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think about this matter?" On the Hanyuan Palace, Li Ji asked the ministers.

"Your Majesty, Wei Bojun is too much of a bully, openly robbing the imperial court of grain, we should send troops to exterminate it!" Prime Minister Dugu took the lead in supporting.

Most of the ministers supported sending troops, anyway, now that the war in Xichuan is breaking through, Wei Bo will definitely be invincible if he sends troops again.

Yu Shi Cui Yuan, Zhao Zhanguo, Zhang Fakui and others all expressed their support for the imperial court to send troops.

Li Ji understood that these things should not be asked to civil officials: "Kong Jie, Zhan Yunpeng, Fan Yao, what do you think should be?"

Kong Jie hesitated: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should be discussed again, and it is taboo for soldiers to rush to send troops." It is better to wait for the court to be ready, and then it is not too late to send troops. ”

Zhan Yunpeng must not offend anyone: "The minister doesn't know how to fight, His Majesty said that the minister is willing to raise troops to fight." His Majesty said that if he did not send troops, the ministers would train the soldiers and sharpen their swords to kill the enemy. ”

Fan Yao was ambiguous: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that sending troops has the advantage of sending troops, and there is a reason not to send troops." We can afford to send troops. If you don't send troops, you have to give them some color. ”

These people pushed things out at the end of the day, and none of them came forward to give a reason.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Wenwei, the household servant, stood up, and he was in charge of money and food, but he gushed endlessly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that you can't send troops."

As soon as these words came out, there was immediately opposition in the court. If you don't send troops, won't you fight back when you are beaten? This makes people look at it, don't you think the court is weak and can be bullied.

Li Ji seemed to be very interested in Zhang Wenwei's advice: "Quiet, Zhang Aiqing, go on."

"Your Majesty, the war in Xichuan is undecided, and if the imperial court sends troops at this time, it will fall into a situation of fighting on both sides. Although we can afford it, in this way, it can't help but make the feudal towns of all walks of life frightened. The feudal towns will think that the imperial court is going to cut the feudal domain, so if all the feudal towns do it together, we will inevitably suffer. This is exactly what Your Majesty has always wanted to avoid, and please think twice. ”

Zhang Wenwei's words went to Li Ji's heart, and Li Ji had been avoiding causing a big move from all the feudal towns. If the feudal towns knew the intentions of the imperial court, they would inevitably join forces to rebel.

Even if the imperial court exerted all its strength to eliminate the feudal towns one by one, it was the people of the Tang Dynasty who suffered. After all, these separatist forces are the people of the Tang Dynasty, and a lose-lose style of play will plunge the whole world into a bottomless abyss.

Zhang Aiqing's words are very true, there are three strategies to quell the chaos. I chose the middle strategy, if I sent troops for the sake of sweet potato seedlings, I would inevitably be looked down upon. They are all the people of the Tang Dynasty, and he Wei Bojun robbed them, and I won't bother with them. Didn't he Luo Shaowei want to plant seedlings, simply, I would send him a few more cars. This matter is over, and the matter of sending troops to Weibo will not be mentioned again, and what our imperial court should pay most attention to at present is the situation in Xichuan. ”

Li Ji did not say which three strategies, the best policy, a glass of wine to release the military power, and persuaded the vassal kings from all walks of life to take the initiative to write to agree to cut the domain. The imperial court stationed troops in various places, and the imperial court would give the vassal kings preferential treatment. But these vassal kings all value their rights more than their lives, so don't think about it.

The middle strategy is what Li Ji is doing now. cannibalized one by one, killed Zhu Wen first, and then was worried about finding a reason to send troops. Wang Jian sent it to the door himself, so the court attacked decisively, and Wang Jian, who was beaten, was looking for teeth all over the place. After annexing Wang Jian, it is not too late to deal with Wei Bojun with his backhand. This is a cannibalization tactic, dealing with the feudal towns one by one.

Li Ji knew very well that even if these feudal towns knew the intentions of the imperial court, they would not be able to unite. All of these people are trying to preserve their power, and none of them really want to unite. Maybe the imperial court sent troops to deal with a certain feudal town, and they would gloat.

The next strategy is to declare all-out war. The imperial court went to war against all the feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty, which was troublesome. Even if it wins, it will be a lose-lose situation, and the Datang built on the ruins may not be able to recover for decades. Besides, there are so many aliens around him, and the next strategy is the most undesirable.

If it is against Wei Bo's army at this time, it will cause a backlash from the feudal town. Forcing them to unite against the imperial court would outweigh the losses.

"What, the imperial court sent sweet potato seedlings?" Luo Shaowei couldn't believe his ears, he had just robbed the seedlings in Puzhou, and now the imperial court actually sent someone to send sweet potato seedlings?

"Yes, General, the edict of the Son of Heaven himself. Hearing that Wei Bojun lacked seedlings, His Majesty said that they were all people of the Tang Dynasty, so he sent more than a dozen cars. The subordinate replied.

Luo Shaowei was a little messy, what the hell is this messing, Yang Liyan, a crony next to him, waved his hand: "I know, you go down." Tell the envoy from the imperial court, and say that the general is grateful for the gift of the Son of Heaven. The general had no form before, but it was really for the sake of the people of Weibo, so he made this decision to rob the seedlings of Puzhou, and asked His Majesty not to blame. ”

The subordinate retreated, and Luo Shaowei asked puzzledly: "Liyan, what does the imperial court mean by this move?"

Yang Liyan, as Luo Shaowei's confidant, saw the situation very clearly: "General Luo, it is obvious that this is a gentle policy implemented by the imperial court that does not want to be our enemy. Can't you see it, the court is busy waging war against Xichuan at the moment, as long as we don't do too much, the Son of Heaven will endure it. At present, the affairs of the imperial court are secondary, and General Luo needs to beware of Zhu Youwen. ”

"Him?" Luo Shaowei frowned: "A lost dog, what is there to guard against for this general."

"The general doesn't know something, the villain looks at Zhu Youwen to the general on the surface, but in fact, he may have other plans. That Zhu Youwen and many tooth generals walked very closely, and every time he and the tooth generals hooked up with the wine shop, hooked shoulders and backs and shouted five and six, the general beware of him buying people's hearts. ”

"In a word, he is now just a dog by the side of General Ben. He is inferior everywhere in this Wei Bojun, and it is normal for him to make some tooth generals and Lala relationships on weekdays. Besides, he took the general's 500 elite soldiers not only did not escape, but snatched back more than a dozen carts of seedlings, okay, don't talk about this anymore! ”

Luo Shaowei didn't want to listen to Zhu Youwen's bad words anymore, in his eyes, Zhu Youwen was not afraid at all.

Yang Liyan knew that it was useless to persuade again, so he couldn't help but sigh secretly. If Luo Shaowei continues like this, he may be destroyed by Zhu Youwen. Since he didn't listen to the dissuasion, he couldn't stay here and die with him, so it was better to make plans earlier.

In Xichuan, a heavy rain stopped the march of the imperial court. Gunpowder was most afraid of moisture, so Hu Yunlong and Xiao Nuoyan stopped attacking one after another and rested in the territory they occupied.

The army attacks are too aggressive, and the logistics are somewhat unable to keep up. Do not harass the people, are not allowed to live in people's houses, are not allowed to rob the people of a stitch and thread, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!

The army's logistical supply was all transported to Xichuan by the imperial court, and the people of Xichuan were not moved to a grain of grain.

The purpose of this is to win the hearts and minds of the people.

Sure enough, the people of Xichuan strongly supported the imperial army. Many towns and even imperial armies had already collapsed before they arrived.

The 87 counties and towns of Pengzhou, Liangzhou, Jianzhou, Zhongzhou, Qianzhou, and Fuzhou have all been recovered, and Wang Jian is only left with the southwest half of Xichuan to survive.

"How? Has the gunpowder been made? Although he already knew that there was no way to return to the sky, Wang Jian still wanted to pin his hopes on gunpowder.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, these wastes are being developed day and night, but there is still no progress at all." One of his generals said.

It seems that these people can't be killed or killed, Wang Jian took the long sword and went to the Shendan Mansion with his subordinates.

When the alchemists heard that it was the King of Shu who came, they were terrified.

Wang Jian held a long sword in his hand, his face was full of murderous energy, and he led his troops to break into the Shendan Mansion and kicked the gate open. I don't know which unlucky guy is about to become his knife.

"You waste, you liars who pretend to be gods, this king will kill you all today!" Wang Jian was furious, and the killing machine was revealed. He knew that even if he researched gunpowder now, he would already have no way to recover.

When the soldiers rushed into the inner hall, the alchemists were stirring up gunpowder. They're mixing things like alum, miscanthus, mercury, sulfur, and so on, and they're working on it.

Seeing Wang Jian lifting his sword to kill, an alchemist shook his hand, and nervously knocked the pill in a furnace to the ground.

'Boom! With a bang, the pill that fell on the ground smoked and burned violently.

"It's done, it's done!" An alchemist shouted excitedly, he was excited not that the gunpowder had been refined, but that his life had been saved.

In the third year of Xianzong Yuanhe, the "Secret of the Taishang Holy Ancestor Jindan", in which the "Fu Huo Alum Method" recorded the method of gunpowder explosion.

At best, these alchemists have only touched the method of making gunpowder, and it is impossible to really create a powerful black powder without going through thousands of experiments.

Although gunpowder had appeared in the late Tang Dynasty, the initial gunpowder still needed to be improved slowly, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty that the power of gunpowder was revealed.

Although gunpowder in the Song and Yuan dynasties had a certain power, its lethality was limited after all. Even if the king built gunpowder, he was no match for the imperial court's firearms.

But this is enough to excite people, as if seeing a glimmer of light in the darkness, Wang Jian threw away the long sword in his hand, rushed over and grabbed the alchemist: "It's done, it's done!" Quick, make it for this king, and make a firearm! ”

The alchemist trembled with fright: "Shu, King Shu, although fire and gunpowder have been developed, they still need to be tested in practice." Without three or five years, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve. Besides, it's hard to find this, it's hard to find raw materials, and it's also difficult, it's difficult to equip the army on a large scale. ”

Hearing this, Wang Jian, who was originally full of joy, looked gloomy. He lost his momentum, and walked out of the Shendan Mansion with a desperate face: "It's over, it's over, it's over!"

"King Shu!" The subordinates hurriedly and nervously followed behind, seeing that the king of Shu was going crazy like this.

Wang Jian's dream should wake up, it won't take more than a month, and the army of the imperial court is afraid that it will have already hit Chengdu Mansion, even if it makes gunpowder, what is the use.

Wang Jian's soul was not guarded, he knew that he had reached the end of the road: "Burn the Shendan Mansion, burn it."

The generals also knew that there was no way to return to the sky, and dozens of soldiers locked the gate of the Shendan Mansion. He lit the torches and threw them into the courtyard of the Shendan Mansion.

The alchemists in the Shendan Mansion saw the torches thrown in, and they all understood what was going on.

"The King of Shu wants to burn us! Help me! ”

"Help! King Shu, you have to die well, Lao Tzu will not let you go! ”

The fire quickly spread, and soon the entire Shendan Mansion fell into a sea of fire, and all the alchemists inside were burned to death.

The screams kept coming from inside the house, and the smell was terrifying.

Chengdu Mansion, half a month later, ordered Hu Yunlong and Xiao Nuoyan's army to come to the city.

Chengdu Mansion, Wang Jian's last base camp, a big war is about to begin.