In Xiao Yu's palace, she didn't let Zhao Gu wait long before she came back. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The two looked at each other and smiled, hugged each other tightly, relatively silent.

Suddenly, Xiao Yu cried, and the dripping tears came down, and she was pitiful.

"I'm going to be fine, right?" Xiao Yu asked.

Zhao Gu was speechless, and said after a long time: "I can only gamble, if Zhao Guangyi sees that I have co-opted Da Liao and Western Xia to attack him, maybe he will throw a mouse trap and let them go." But it's also possible that he doesn't do it at all. ”

"Can you only do your best to obey the destiny of heaven?" Xiao Yu asked.

"No way."

"Xianggong, you have to promise me one thing, no matter whether Zhong'er can be rescued or not, Zhao Guangyi must die!" Xiao Yu looked vicious, like a cow guarding a calf.

"I promise you. In fact, since Zhao Guangyi moved my family, his life is not his! Zhao Gu said.

"Ugh......."

That night, Zhao Gu stayed in Xiao Yu's palace, and early the next morning, Yelu Longxu sent someone to send a message, willing to hand over the power of the Liao army to Zhao Gu, let Zhao Gu and Han Derang fight a decisive battle, and promised that after the incident, let Zhao Gu take away the Liao army, he would not interfere.

At the same time, Yelu Longxu also sent the Liao State Talisman, as long as Zhao Gu held this talisman, he could command the three armies and transfer all the Liao troops.

Of course, the Liao State here refers to the country of Yelu Longxu, not Han Derang and his soldiers and horses.

According to Xiao Yu, Liao still has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, but the supplementary troops are less than 200,000, and there is an urgent shortage of food and grass.

On the other hand, Han Derang's side, although the grain and grass are also very tight, but compared with the Liao State, there are still more, and there are 300,000 soldiers and horses, maybe they can recruit troops in the future, which is more advantageous than the Liao State.

Zhao Gu got the talisman, did not stay, directly led the army and set off, he took a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses, left 50,000 soldiers and horses to Linhuang Mansion to defend the city, and the remaining 50,000 soldiers and horses had already been arranged by Yelu Longxu on the confrontation line between the two sides to avoid Han Derang from launching a surprise attack.

Zhao Gu arrived at the place where the two sides confronted each other, a vast prairie, only to see that it was full of gunsmoke, the green grass was trampled on and not looked good, and the patches of bright red were extremely dazzling.

It is conceivable that on this grassland, the army of Yelu Longxu and the army of Han Derang fought several fierce battles, so that the bloody atmosphere here will not dissipate for a long time.

The 50,000 soldiers who stayed here were also too tired to look good, and the men of the grassland were also languishing at this moment, and their momentum was completely lost, and many of them were even slightly injured, but they could still only go out with the army.

Counting on such a group of soldiers, it is obviously impossible to defeat Han Derang, and the war depends on winning by the right combination, if there is no upright lion, no matter how scheming he is, it is impossible to achieve victory.

It looks like it's time to come up with some more advanced weapons!

The territory of the Liao State is also rich in minerals, but the Liao people are not good at forging, so it is useless to guard the treasure mountain, and these ores are just right to use to forge forts.

After Zhao Gu walked around the front line, he returned and ordered the casting of forts, the transfer of iron ore from all over the Liao State, the smelting of refined iron, and then the construction was ready to begin.

The Liao State had occupied the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun for decades before, and if they did not select blacksmiths from the Han people to enter the Liao State, they would not believe Zhao Gu if they killed them, so he only gave orders, and Yelu Longxu had his own worries about other matters.

In fact, part of the productive forces of the Liao State is completely dependent on the Han people, such as casting, construction and other engineering processes that require skills, the Liao people can not do it, when Li Fu returned from the Liao State envoy, it was to see this, so he asked Zhao Guangyi to return to the Han people of the Liao State, but Zhao Guangyi was short-sighted, only thinking about concentrating troops to recover the Western Xia, so he did not take Li Fu's suggestion.

These blacksmiths in the Liao Kingdom were not slow, and after seeing the drawings drawn by Zhao Gu, they immediately imitated the original fort.

The so-called fort, in fact, has no cannon, but is made of iron into a straight barrel style, when the time comes, as long as it is racked, filled with ammunition, it can be used for the purpose of shooting.

It's not that Zhao Gu can't make a fort, it's really time is pressing, and it's too late to pay attention to those details, and Zhao Gu is also guarding against the Liao State, worried that after they have this kind of weapon, it will be unfavorable to the Great Song Dynasty.

The barrel of this cannon he made weighed hundreds of catties, and it took several people to work together to lift it, although the power was huge, it was inconvenient to transport, and Zhao Gu was not worried that they would use this kind of thing to attack the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Gu has long had plans to make a fort, and even the kind of fort with wheels underneath that can be pushed and walked, he already has a draft in his heart, this kind of fort is not only powerful, but also can be pushed and left, and the mobility is strong, but it is obvious that he will not be able to use it in the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi will not allow this weapon to appear, so Zhao Gu has not taken it out.

After the barrel is made, the next step is to make explosives, which is also simple, it is nothing more than changing the ratio of the Shenwei thunderbolt, Zhao Gu asked Yelu Longxu to bring sulfur, saltpeter, charcoal and other materials, and then began to configure them.

Half a month later, Zhao Gu made a total of 300 cannon barrels and 3,000 shells, although the number is not much, but in the era of cold weapons, these things will affect a battle.

In the tent of the Liao army, Zhao Gu sat on the top of the commander, and below stood Yelu Longqing and a general of the Liao State, after sweeping everyone around, Zhao Gu said: "It's time to die with Han Derang, that general went to Han Derang's army and sent me a challenge book?" ”

"The last will go." A tall general stepped forward.

"Okay."

Zhao Gu took a pen and wrote sixteen big characters - Han Derang Pifu, can you remember the days when he was captured four years ago?

Writing a war letter, Zhao Gu handed it to the tall general, he immediately rode a fast horse, galloped to Han Derang's military camp, and began to shout from a distance: "Han Derang Xiao'er, my marshal has sent you a war letter, do you dare to accept it?" ”

Han Derang was in the military tent at this time, discussing with the generals how to break the Liao army in one fell swoop, suddenly heard this voice, and was quite puzzled, and waited for the soldiers to report, saying that the generals of the Liao State came to provoke, his face suddenly darkened.

"Yelu Longxu, are you looking for death?"

"Bring the man in." Han Derang ordered.

After a while, the tall general was brought into Han Derang's handsome tent, and after he entered the account, it would be false to say that he was not nervous, but he still had the courage to hand the war book to Han Derang.

Han Derang opened the war book and looked at it, and his face became darker and darker.

Bang!

Han Derang slapped the war book on the table, and said viciously: "Zhao Gu! ”