Li Yanqing walked quickly to the big tent of the Seed Master Dao, and saw that in addition to the head coach of the Seed Master Dao, there was another scribe in the big tent, who was Dai Yunyi, the chief staff of Tong Guan who he had seen last time.

Seeing Li Yanqing coming in, the seed master said with a wry smile: "It's useless for me to explain, this Mr. Dai must see you." ”

Li Yanqing saluted the coach, and then asked with a smile: "What advice does Mr. Dai have?" ”

Dai Yunyi said with a straight face: "I came for the incident of the earth-shaking thunder, Captain Tong is very annoyed, you have such a sharp siege weapon, but you use it privately, resulting in heavy losses for the army on the Western Front, and General Liu Fa was also killed because of it, how can you explain?" ”

When Li Yanqing heard that the famous general Liu Fa had died, he was also a little sad in his heart, but the other party's accusation made him unacceptable, and he said coldly: "What do we have to do with the defeat on the Western Front? ”

"It matters, if you could have made the Heaven-Shaking Thunder public earlier, we wouldn't have suffered such a heavy loss."

Li Yanqing shook his head, "The Heaven-Shaking Thunder was just made, it was very unstable, although the Yinzhou was successfully bombed, but the burning rate could not be controlled, resulting in the two gunpowder makers who invented the Heaven-Shaking Thunder also being blown to pieces, how dare we present such a firearm to the Taiwei?" ”

After a while, Dai Yunyi snorted and said, "Does Li join the army mean that the earth-shaking thunder has disappeared?" ”

"It's not enough to disappear, it's just that the formula is gone, but the two gunpowder craftsmen have also made more than 20 sky-shaking thunders, if Captain Tong is not afraid of it blowing up, it doesn't hurt to give you half of it."

After speaking, Li Yanqing glanced at the head coach Seed Master Dao, and the Seed Master Dao nodded, "I told him just now, there are still twenty-four sky-shaking thunders, which can be given to Tong Taiwei twelve, but he insists on the formula, and I can't help it." ”

Dai Yunyi's eyelids rolled and said, "Hmph! Without a formula, how long can you last with just twelve sky-shaking thunders? ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "With all due respect, the earth-shaking thunder is not as powerful as Mr. Dai imagined, Yinzhou City is built with mud and wood, so it can be blown up, and the tower of Shizhou City is also because of the decay of wood, and the power is only shown, but Shizhou City itself is made of boulders, but the earth-shaking thunder has not damaged it at all, if Mr. Dai doesn't believe it, you can go to see it on the spot." ”

"I really want to take a look, Li joins the army, please lead the way!"

Dai Yunyi refused to believe Li Yanqing's words, he must see is believing, Li Yanqing and Seed Master Dao glanced at each other, Li Yanqing waved his hand and said, "Please!" ”

The three of them came to the south city accompanied by more than a dozen personal soldiers, only to see more than 100 fortifications were installing the new city gate, the old city gate was burned by fire, can no longer be used, they went up to the city along the road, the city tower that was blown up has been cleaned up, only four bottom pillars remain, the ground is pitch black all around, and the traces of being burned by the fire are still there.

"Mr. Dai, please look at this pillar!"

Li Yanqing pointed to one of the bottom pillars and said: "The wood is loose, the internal decay is obvious, at least a hundred years, it is conceivable that the entire city tower is very decayed, and the thunderbolt cannon can blow it up, let alone the earth-shaking thunder." ”

Dai Yunyi didn't say anything, it did look very rotten, blowing up such a city tower did not show how powerful the earth-shaking thunder was, he walked to the stone base of the city tower and looked at it carefully, Li Yanqing pointed to a piece of bluestone that slightly blew off a corner and said: "This is the landing point of the earth-shaking thunder at that time, after the explosion, the surrounding bluestones have not been shattered, Mr. Dai should be able to see, what I said is true." ”

"If it had exploded inside the city walls, maybe the effect would have been different."

"It's not easy to talk about, last time we used the moat to fish for corpses, we only got close to the city wall, thousands of pairs of eyes on the city head, how could it be easy for you to get close to the city wall, and the bluestone city wall is very strong, at most blow up a gap, it is impossible to blow up, it is impossible to blow up a big hole, Mr. Dai don't pin your hopes on it, you will be disappointed."

"I don't think so!"

Dai Yunyi pouted and said, "That's it!" Let's talk about the formula later, I'll take the twelve Sky-Shaking Thunder back first, and if Captain Tong still has any questions, you can explain it yourself. ”

After speaking, he turned around and left, and when he walked to the front of Yongdao, he suddenly stopped, turned around and asked Li Yanqing suspiciously: "How does this earth-shaking thunder have anything to do with Li joining the army?" This should be a logistical thing! ”

Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "Without a formula, the Heaven-Shaking Thunder can't be made, and the existing twenty-four Sky-Shaking Thunderbolts are all placed in the Intelligence Department and used by the Intelligence Division, so it has something to do with me, to be honest, I am reluctant to take out any of them." ”

"Humph! Mrs. Tong's transfer order is to take it all, I will only take half of it, it's already very cheap for you, be content! ”

Li Yanqing raised his eyebrows, and was about to have a seizure, but the seed master Dao hurriedly stopped him, Li Yanqing snorted heavily, and then stopped paying attention to this Dai Yunyi.

A quarter of an hour later, Dai Yunyi led three hundred cavalry to take away twelve earth-shattering thunderbolts and left Shizhou City to the south.

..........

On the Gobi Desert west of Xiazhou, the dust was flying, the rolling yellow dust covered the sky and the sun, the earth was trembling, a huge cavalry was rushing eastward, and in a moment, a black line that was several miles long appeared, and as they ran closer and closer, it gradually opened into a huge black carpet.

The muffled sound of the horn echoed across the Gobi Desert, and the speed of the team gradually slowed from back to front, and finally stopped.

In the middle of the team, under a yellow Luo umbrella, Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, wearing a golden sword of heaven at his waist, riding a tall and majestic red rabbit horse under his crotch, looking sharply ahead, not far ahead, more than a dozen people on horseback were rushing to this side.

Li Qianshun was really worried in his heart, he originally concentrated on dealing with the Western Front, after all, this side was the main force of the Song Army, but it backfired, the Song Army on the Western Front did not make much progress, but the Song Army on the Eastern Front won successive battles, tearing a huge hole in the southeast defense line of Western Xia.

Li Qianshun could no longer be calm, and immediately led 50,000 of the most elite heavy armored cavalry to Xiazhou.

Although the Song army began to openly prepare for war last year, Li Qianshun was not optimistic about the Song army's northern expedition, he knew that the Song Dynasty was full of internal contradictions, the power struggle was very fierce, and the internal corruption of the court and the army led to a very low combat effectiveness, the performance of the Song army on the western front was very in line with his inference, but the army of the master was very amazing, not only heroic and tenacious, with hundreds of people to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of people, but also used a powerful firearm, which made Li Qianshun's heart full of worry.

After a while, Xiazhou General Chaka and Jianing Military Division Deputy General Ye Li Dong greeted them, they turned over and dismounted, prostrate and kowtowed, "The young general greets Your Majesty!" ”

"You two get up!"

Li Qianshun let the two of them get up and asked anxiously, "How is the Cultivation Dao army now?" ”

"Your Majesty, the army of the Seed Master Dao is still guarding Shizhou and has not continued to go north."

Li Qianshun breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again, "Did that Heaven-Shaking Thunder find any clues?" ”

Chaka's face was full of bitterness, where did he go to find out this powerful earth-shattering thunder?

He had to be ashamed and said: "I asked as many witnesses as possible, and I probably summarized a few points. ”

Li Qianshun was disappointed in his heart, and glared at him very dissatisfied, "Let's go back to the city and talk about it!" ”

He urged his horse to lead the army towards the city of Xiazhou, and Chaka bowed his head, he really didn't know how to explain his incompetence to the monarch.

In the palace of Xiazhou City, Li Qianshun, who was in the dust, couldn't take a break, so he immediately ordered the guards to find Chaka.

"Say it! What the hell is going on with that earth-shattering thunder? Li Qianshun took a sip of tea and asked.

"Weichen found many witnesses, probably summed up three characteristics, one is the explosion is terrifying, the sound is earth-shattering, many people died without scars, it is estimated that they were shocked to death: secondly, it is extremely powerful, Yinchuan City was directly blown up and collapsed nearly 100 zhang, Shizhou City Tower was also blown to pieces, third, it is a firearm, there are survivors of Yinchuan City have seen its appearance, like a big winter melon, it should be cast in pig iron, and there is nothing else."

Li Qianshun nodded, it was not bad to be able to say so much, and he said to Chaka again: "You don't have to worry about the earth-shaking thunder, concentrate on defense, especially not allow any Song army spies to sneak into Xiazhou City, understand?" ”

"Wechen understands!"

"Go ahead!"

Chaka breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, he was lucky! The monarch didn't ask about Tuoba Ning, and he hurriedly resigned.

Li Qianshun paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, he was extremely concerned about the earth-shaking thunder, Chaka's description made him sure that this was a new type of firearm, since it was a firearm, it was estimated that the gunpowder formula had changed, and the Western Xia must get this formula at any cost, so that they could resist the Jurchens' westward expedition.