As soon as he entered the city, Zhang Zhongyan's attitude changed greatly, and he only cared about leading the way in front, and did not say half a word to Wang. The city was heavily guarded, and soldiers patrolling the streets abounded, and the king seemed to be the one who led the troops. Not long after, before arriving at a mansion, Zhang Zhongyan and others did not get off the horse, but only introduced that this was the marshal's mansion of Qudutong, and asked Wang Dashuai to enter by himself.

After all this step, there was no turning back, and the king seemed to get off his horse, neatly dressed and armored, and led the guards up the steps with his hand on the hilt. As soon as they arrived at the door, the guard samurai blocked the way: "The capital has strictly ordered that those who enter the festival hall are not allowed to carry blades. ”

A flash of anger flashed on his face, and the king seemed to be staring at the handful of birds in front of him who didn't know whether it was the team general or the head, and his eyes were about to erupt with fire. But only a moment later, he took off his saber and handed it into the other's hands. As soon as he handed over the sword, the guards behind him could only disarm.

This is not over, after collecting the weapon, the other party said: "Please halve the commander's entourage." ”

What is unbearable! The king seemed to have a sudden seizure, grabbed the officer, and shouted, "Do you know who I am? ”

The other party did not answer, but the samurai guarding the gate of the marshal's mansion swarmed forward and aimed the tip of their spears at him. Zhang Zhongyan's voice came from behind: "This is the order of the capital control, please forgive me, don't embarrass the brothers below." In these words, there is no trace of the respect of being outside the city.

Wang seemed to turn around, only to see Zhang Zhongyan leading more than 100 people still blocking in front of the Shuaifu, and he had no intention of withdrawing at all. As soon as his hand was loosened, he knew that this disaster had happened. After standing in place for a moment, the Huanqing Marshal raised his head and stepped out of the door expressionlessly, leaving only about two dozen followers behind him.

After entering the mansion gate, just past the wall, another officer rushed out, stared at him and said in a stiff tone: "All the commanders, please halve the retinue of the marshal." ”

The king clenched his teeth, surnamed Qu, you don't deceive people too much! My king seems to be one of the six road commanders, and his achievements over the years are no less than yours! Your posture is clearly treating me as a criminal officer! I wanted to be angry, but I caught a glimpse of soldiers with open guns and knives on the left and right, and at this moment, he finally realized the feeling of being a human chopping block and I being a fish.

The guards were halved again, and only a dozen people were left to follow, and they went from Zhaobi to the festival hall, but it was only twenty steps, but the king seemed to walk, but it was more difficult than climbing to the sky. He saw Jia Ge standing outside the festival hall, and he also heard the sound of his heart beating wildly. Qu Shi Yin, do you really want to be against me?

As soon as one foot stepped outside the festival hall, the expected words sounded in his ears again: "Du Tong ordered, please enter the marshal alone." "Just a dozen people, and they were disarmed, and it didn't make a difference with them or not. Wang seemed to sigh, waved his hand with his back to his subordinates, and stepped into the festival hall. Then came the brightly clad soldiers lined up in a wall, separating all his guards. The door behind it slammed shut!

His heart tightened, knowing that he was fierce and unlucky, and Wang seemed to simply let go. Raising his head, he looked up at the hall, and saw a person sitting behind the handsome case, wearing a blue straight jacket, a free scarf tied on his head, and holding a scroll in his hand. This look, who looks at it is an elegant style, which one looks like a general who commands ten thousand armies? But this person is the one who is under the control of the Shaanxi Six-Way System and the Quduan Qushi Yin.

Throwing off his robe, Wang seemed to hold his fist, pinned his head to the side, and said in a deep voice: "Huanqing is handsome, and I have seen Qu Dutong." ”

Qu Duan didn't react, stretched out two fingers to turn the page of the book, and looked at it again. Wang seemed to wait for a while, and then said: "Huanqing is like a handsome king, I have seen Qu Dutong!" ”

The other party still didn't pay attention to him, as if he was fascinated by reading the book, sometimes nodding in approval, sometimes frowning as if he didn't dare to agree, until the king seemed to be impatient and shouted: "Qu Dutong!" Wang is a slight appeasement envoy, how can you be so humiliated! ”

Throwing down the book, Qu Duan said to himself: "Let this vulgar person drink it, and the book can't stand it." ”

The king seemed to be annoyed and angry, and almost wanted to scold, but thinking that at this time in the palm of someone's hand, he could only turn that thousand anger into helplessness, and he stood solemnly and kept silent.

Qu sat upright, looked directly at him, and said loudly: "Who is in the hall?" ”

Wang seemed to try his best to hold back and reported again: "Huanqing is handsome." ”

"Why did you come?" Qu Duan asked again.

The king seemed to curse in his heart, but he replied: "Fengdu commanded the military order, and came to discuss military affairs in front of the army." ”

"Oh......" Qu Duan replied casually, and suddenly changed the conversation, and said with a smile, "You really dare to come?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the king's face changed greatly! What do you mean? What do you mean I really dare to come? Do you really want to do it for me?

Qu Duan saw that his expression was different, and sneered: "Wang, are you guilty?" ”

Speaking of which, Wang seems to have a clear snow in his heart, knowing that there is no good fruit to eat today. Then he resisted and asked: "Dare to ask Dutong, what is Wang's crime?" ”

"Humph!" Qu Duan snorted, walked down the hall with a step, and stopped in two steps, and his sharp gaze fell on the other party's face. "Shaanxi, Yanyan, Huanqing three roads soldiers and horses to conquer Hedong, this official led the Shaanxi Chinese army first, you and that Yanyan Zhang Shen delayed, delayed the military aircraft, this crime is one; The two divisions gathered troops and horses in Yaozhou, but you didn't shirk it, and then you were afraid of strict orders, and only sent thousands of people to come, which is the second crime; I fought a decisive battle with the Jin army, and you were ordered to cut off the enemy's retreat, but you withdrew from the battlefield for dozens of miles, and let the Jin army escape, which is the third crime; After the war is over, you are not allowed to give a military order, and you can take the troops back to Huanqing without authorization, this crime is four; When the army arrives in Ningzhou, you are summoned to the front of the army to listen to moderation, but you refuse to carry it out, this crime is five. With these five sins, as a handsome guard all the way, can you know the stakes involved? ”

The king seemed to be in a cold sweat when he heard this, you are a crooked end, and there is no excuse for the crime you want to add! I understand, you're setting me a trap today, waiting for me to drill in! Good! Since you have torn your face, I am not afraid of you!

"Rong Wang's question is a unified sentence, you are not only in charge of the system, but also have the important task of guarding Chang'an. The Jin army is newly defeated, and you don't pursue it, but lead the army away from the battlefield, why is this? Wang asked rhetorically.

Qu Duan's face did not change, he raised his head and smiled: "This official leads the troops, how can you ask questions?" ”

"Humph! Speak out and deceive! If you don't say it, I'll say it for you! A few years ago, you were just a commander under Xu Dashuai in Jingyuan, Xu Shuai promoted you and became a deputy commander of soldiers and horses, but you turned around without grace, served yourself with talent, and repeatedly had no commander, and Xu Shuai became a fire and water. Li Xuanfu saw that you were bad, so he simply transferred you to the newly created Shaanhua Road as a commander, but as soon as you arrived, you clashed with Xu Jiu. Isn't the plan to expand the army? When the Jin people entered Shaanxi, all the troops and horses were gathered under your command, and you took the opportunity of recruiting troops to enrich the army in a big way. As soon as the battle in Yaozhou was over, you used the excuse to kill the general of Qin Feng's army, annex his troops, and then immediately stay away from the battlefield and ran to me to stir up trouble. In the name of dominating the capital to preserve your strength, what qualifications do you have to blame me? ”

Wang seems to be really hot, and he doesn't show mercy to Qu Duan at all, and shakes the other party's old bottom clean.

The muscles on Qu Duan's face trembled, he squinted his eyes and looked at the other party for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "I don't have a verbal dispute with fools, to tell you the truth, the reason why this official led the army to Ningzhou is to investigate your five major crimes." As a marshal all the way, he despises the majesty of military law, has no two directors, and when the national crisis is at hand, he only cares about self-protection and does not think about defending the land and protecting the people. Since I am in charge of the whole army and have the responsibility of overseeing the whole army, how can I tolerate you? ”

The king straightened up and asked loudly, "What do you want to do?" ”

Qu Duan's face was full of solemnity, and he said word by word: "Take you to justice!" ”

"You dare! I am the pacification envoy of Huanqing Jingluo, and if you want to deal with me, you need to be ordered by the Xuanfu Division personally! The king's eyes seemed to be split, and he gritted his teeth.

Qu Duan laughed loudly and said disdainfully: "By you? Not enough levels! Come! ”

With this shout, the door was slammed open, and the heavily armed armor soldiers rushed into the hall and surrounded the king. Outside the hall, his guards were in a commotion, but they were pressed down by the bullets of the soldiers on both sides, and no one dared to take a step beyond the thunder pool!

"Take down the king!" Qu Duan waved his big hand, and the soldiers all used spears to coerce the king, and several strong soldiers stepped forward, cut off their hands back, and pressed their heads down! The king seemed to have grown up in his own right, but now he was pressed into a ball. But he was born as a martial artist in the end, and when he straightened his waist, several strong men couldn't hold it down, and pulled his hands together, pulling the soldiers to their feet and almost bumping them together.

When Qu Duan saw it, his voice was fierce: "Like a king!" You have committed so many heinous crimes that you dare to resist? ”

Wang Ru almost gritted his teeth, pointed to Quduan's nose and said: "The surname is Qu, Wang was blackened by you today, and there is nothing to say!" If you don't have to do this, I'll go by myself! ”

"Get out!" The curvature is impatient. The soldier hugged the king as he walked out of the hall, and as he crossed the threshold, he stopped and looked back at the other man deeply.

Qu Duan turned a blind eye, Wang seemed to be escorted away on the front foot, and he immediately issued a military order: "Send personnel to Qingyang and summon Huanqing soldiers to his subordinates!" ”

In mid-March, Dingrong City.

After the deputy envoy was withdrawn, Xu Yuan led the army to Tunhuazhou, Xu Sheng was still stationed in Tongzhou, and Xu Wei sent Zhang Xian and Wu Lan to take over the Pujin pontoon bridge barrier and reorganize the defense of the river. Since the main force of Hujie sat in Dingrong and looked at Tongguan. The Shaanzhou Jin army was intimidated by the prestige of the Zijin Tiger and did not dare to go out of the gate for half a step.

As soon as the war ended and the situation in Dingrong was a little calmer, Xu Wei immediately embarked on a project, that is, to set up a capital for the pacification of the Shaanxi Hua Road. His current official position on Shaanhua Road is still "Quanzhi Dingrong Army", but because the imperial court ordered him to "be the same as the Shaanxi Hua soldiers and horses", it was actually paving the way for him to straighten up. Therefore, strictly speaking, he is now the military governor of Shaanhua Road. Moreover, Li Gang had already agreed to set up the capital of Shaanhua Road in Dingrong. Therefore, based on the craftsmen he brought back from Binh Duong, he officially established the Tosakuin Temple.

"Fairness, success or not, it depends on this experience." A master craftsman of the capital courtyard stood behind Xu Wei and said with a depressed face. Starting from Pingyang, the ministers did not know where to ask for a home remedy, so they had to ask the craftsmen to change the gunpowder formula and constantly increase the proportion of flame nitrate. But try and try, it's no different from the old recipe, but the smoke is bigger. I didn't stop returning to Guanzhong, and today I asked Zhuru to be replaced with charcoal and brought to this suburb for fireworks. Actually, to say something that shouldn't be said, it is a military minister to solicit the prime minister, and the military minister is to lead the troops to fight, and this is the function of our craftsmen to build equipment.

Xu Wei stared at one place intently, and chuckled: "If you don't succeed today, there will be tomorrow, it's man-made, and one day it will succeed." ”

That's all more bitter, okay, the left and right will depend on you from now on, and you can do whatever you want. As soon as he thought of this, he raised his hand and signaled that the end was on fire. Only a few dozen paces away, a craftsman took a piece of firewood, walked to a pile of stones, squatted down, leaned back, stretched out the firewood, and flew away.

Xu Wei didn't blink an eyelid, and the Pingyang defense of the city made him once again appreciate the urgency of developing firearms after the battle of the Purple Mountain pontoon bridge. In the past, it goes without saying that the conditions were not met, but now that everything is in place, we must hurry up.

"How? Dumb fire? The thirties were stunned. Why didn't you wait for a long time and didn't see any movement? After waiting for a while, he said to Xu Wei, "Xianggong, I will ask someone to check?" ”

Xu Wei resolutely raised his hand to stop him, in this world, craftsmen are more precious than instruments. The formula of the gunpowder this time is completely distributed according to the three ingredients of flame nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, and it is better if it is unsuccessful, and if it succeeds, you send someone to check it, and it happens to be an explosion?

Wait left and right, it is estimated that the two bubbles of urine should be spilled, but the place where the gunpowder is buried still hasn't made a fart. Just as Xu Weidu was about to send someone to check, a thunderclap shook the world! A huge explosion suddenly sounded, and the pile of stones instantly soared into the sky! Kick up the smoke and dust in the sky!

"Not good! Protect the Minister! Du Feihu shouted, and at the same time flew up to protect Xu Wei! I only heard a crackling sound, and the blasted stones scattered down, and when they hit the ground, you could even feel the ground shaking! Luckily, no one was hurt!

The craftsmen were dumbfounded, I have been making gunpowder for many years, and I never thought that a few catties of powder could have such power! The blasted rocks flew dozens of paces away, oh my! How much power should that be?

Xu Wei pushed Du Feihu away, ran over with his legs, and panicked everyone to follow him. When I went to the burial place, I saw that a large pile of stones was scattered and cracked, and a dustpan-sized hole in the ground was still smoking! The group looked around the pit for a long time, and all of them were speechless: "It's amazing! Disastrous! This power is not even ten thunderbolts! ”

Even Du Feihu, who was not smiling, exclaimed: "Xianggong, if you use this new medicine to make a basin-sized thunderbolt cannon, and when attacking and defending the city, use a cannon to project it into the enemy group or the city, what kind of scene would it be?" ”

Defending the city? How could this gunpowder be used only to defend the city? That's right, just with gunpowder, it can only be used to attack and defend cities, and you must have equipment! It's just that this thing is much more difficult than developing gunpowder. But I'm not afraid, although I don't understand, but I probably know the idea, and now that I have a skilled craftsman, I don't believe that I can't make a device that uses gunpowder!

As soon as the joy passed, Xu Wei immediately realized the significance of the success of the trial production of gunpowder, and he immediately said to the craftsmen of the capital: "The matter of trial production of new drugs, only the envoys, experience and knowledge of the capital institute, remember, strictly control the style, and do not leak it!" If the formula of the new drug is spread out in half a sentence, it will be guilty of losing the arm and bow of the gods! "The Divine Arm Bow is a big killer weapon of the Song Army, and it has always been highly valued, one is lost in the army, the soldiers are punished together, the officers sit together, and the control is extremely strict!

The thing was startled by gunpowder, and was shocked by this sentence, and hurriedly said: "Remember the villain!" Don't dare to disobey! ”

Xu Wei looked down at the still smoking pit again, and was very happy in his heart. In the past, when I watched TV and movies, I thought that gunpowder was not used on a large scale in wars until the Qing Dynasty, but when I studied history, my teacher said that there were all kinds of firearms in the Song Dynasty. At that time, I was convinced and sighed at the civilization wisdom of my ancestors. But when I crossed over, I realized that the teacher had said a big thing. The Song army had a large number of firearms, but they were far from replacing cold weapons. Even in the Qing Dynasty, cold weapons were still the main equipment of the army. It's just that at that time, China was already hundreds of years behind the world. What kind of Fran chicken, red cannon, you have to buy it from abroad.

"Master Zhang is here." Du Feihu said suddenly.

Xu Wei looked back, and saw Zhang Qing galloping alone, the horse jumped off the ground without stopping, and a few big strides up, took out an object from his arms and handed it to Xu Wei.

It was a letter, and there were only four words on the cover, "My brother opened it personally", Xu Wei frowned slightly, and immediately opened it and read it. It turned out that this was a letter sent to him by Xu Yuan from Huazhou. After reading it, Xu Wei frowned, put the letter away and hid it beside him, and stood in place for a long time without saying a word.

"Let's go! Get back! After a while, he said loudly.

In the second hall of the Dingrong Zhijun Administration, Wang Yan, Zhang Qing, Wu Jie, Yang Yan and other senior generals of Hujie gathered together, and Ma Kuo, who lived here, also attended. Xu Wei slapped the letter on the case and said loudly: "I just received the news that Qu Duan arrested Huanqing Shuai in Ningzhou, and Huanqing soldiers and horses are directly under his control. Subsequently, the Department of Preparation issued an order to remove Wang Bihuanqing from the post of pacification envoy of the road! ”

There was silence in the hall for a while, this is not right. Although Qu Duan is under the control of the capital and has a certain right to dispose of it, how can he do it if he can arrest the marshal all the way? How much does this have to stake? And what's even more strange is that why did the Department of Preparation and Placement order to remove the king from his post? At least it should be signed by the two divisions to be effective, right? Why didn't you see the Xuanfu Division speak? What's going on with Li Xuanfu?

Thinking of a few days ago, the two divisions ordered the three tigers of the Xu family to be stationed in Shaanxi, and the Quduan garrison in Ningzhou was Fangzhou, Yanzhou, and Danzhou. Xu Zhizhou was ordered to "take measures for the defense of Shaanxi and China", and Xu Zhijun also "took the same section of Shaanxi and Chinese soldiers and horses", to put it bluntly, it was the authority to act as an envoy to pacify the economy, and our army was stationed in the whole territory of Shaanxi and China, which was reasonable in law and reason. But the three prefectures of Nafang, Dun, and Dan turned out to be the defense area of the Yanyan Jingluo Pacification Division, how could they send Qu Duan to take over? He is in Ningzhou, hundreds of miles away from the battlefield, and Yan Yan and Zhang Dashuai are in Yan'an Mansion, how can the two divisions be close and seek far?