In Wang Feng's mind, since Yang Xiuqing agreed to Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang's Northern Expedition, there was no reason to refuse Lai Hanying's request for the Western Expedition, because the urgency of the Western Expedition was greater than the Northern Expedition, and it was impossible for Yang Xiuqing not to understand.

Sure enough, Yang Xiuqing groaned slightly, and then said: "Okay, I will order Hu Yihuang, the prime minister of Chunguanzheng, to assist you, and the two of you will also lead the naval army within two months!" ”

"The last general commands!" Lai Hanying and Hu Yihuang both went out to give gifts.

Yang Xiuqing waved his hand: "This king forgives Xiang Rong for not having the courage to attack, everyone is scattered, and you can strengthen vigilance at ordinary times." After speaking, he led a few followers to leave first.

The rest of the generals also dispersed, Su Sanniang passed by Wang Feng, looked at him and Hong Xuanjiao strangely, and patted him on the shoulder to show comfort, Yang Shuijiao's lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't open her mouth and followed behind Su Sanniang.

Only Hong Xuanjiao stopped and said lightly: "The Northern Expedition is the Northern Expedition is the Northern King's proposal, and the Eastern King approves, if it fails, it will have an impact on the prestige of the two of them, and you are the only one who opposes it, or you will have a great increase in prestige in the army, this should be a good thing for you, so why bother with a sad face?" ”

Wang Feng shook his head: "The superior does not know the current situation, he is greedy for a momentary effort, and in the end he killed the soldiers in vain, this Northern Expedition, how many people can come back alive?" Build a reputation on the flesh and blood of the soldiers, such a reputation is not necessary, but it's a pity that I am soft-spoken and not taken seriously, and since you see that the Northern Expedition is inappropriate, why don't you persuade it? ”

Wang Feng's words were filled with some blame, Hong Xuanjiao frowned, and said unhappily: "I'm just a woman, how can I be so powerful?" The decision made by the King of the East and the King of the North, it is useless for me to object, maybe I will help you speak, and it will make people guess the relationship between you and me, I think you should know that those subordinates of the King of the East are not good at doing business, but they are good at intrigue and trickery, I have to be careful. ”

Wang Feng's face showed a hint of apology, and he nodded and said, "Sister Xuanjiao, I didn't think it through, I blame you." ”

"Humph! Next time you dare to wronged me, I'll make you look good! Hong Xuanjiao snorted lightly, bringing up a burst of fragrant wind and passing past Wang Feng.

At this moment, Hong Xuanjiao, the little woman's coquettishness was fully revealed, Wang Feng's throat squirmed, in fact, he really wanted to ask Hong Xuanjiao to go to the wild forest to set off a cannon, but the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has a rule that if a husband and wife violate the rules of heaven, both men and women will be beheaded, and the so-called private violation of the rules of heaven is to secretly live a married life, which violates the seventh heavenly rule: not good for adultery!

Even the husband and wife did that thing, Wang Feng and Hong Xuanjiao are not even husband and wife, once discovered, Hong Xuanjiao may be able to leave his life, but he will definitely die, not to mention that Hong Xuanjiao may not be willing!

'Your mother, Hong Xiuquan is so good at it, he can give such a bullshit order! Secretly cursing, Wang Feng suddenly remembered an important matter, and hurriedly called: "Sister Xuanjiao, wait a minute!" ”

"Huh?" Hong Xuanjiao turned around.

Wang Feng explained: "Sister Xuanjiao, can you help me get some pyrite, or ore with a relatively large sulfur content, in addition to mercury, saltpeter, gunpowder, iron shell, wooden sticks, diatomaceous earth, by the way, it is better to have glass bottles." ”

Hong Xuanjiao was puzzled: "What do you want these for?" ”

Wang Feng said mysteriously: "Of course it's to get good things, I'll sell it now, and you'll know when it comes out, can you get it?" Be sure to keep it a secret, and don't let anyone know that I asked you to get it. ”

"Pretending to be a ghost!" Hong Xuanjiao rolled her eyes: "I'll try it, except for saltpeter and mercury, I'll send it to you as much as possible." So saying, he went down to the city.

Although Wang Feng can make all kinds of firearms, but he has no materials, it is almost difficult to convert the flintlock pistol used in the army into a rear-loading rifled gun, Guan Jian is the Taiping Army's firearms from the Qing army, and the Qing army's firearms are shoddy, the barrel is brittle, there are sand holes, if the rifling is directly depicted with a mold, the barrel can not withstand it, and can only be left to draw drawings in the future and hand them over to craftsmen for recasting.

At present, Wang Feng is only a small division commander, and he has no autonomy at all, and the Taiping army is also very strict in the management of gunpowder and other strategic materials, and he has more than 2,000 people under his command, nearly 1,000 guns, but there is not a single bullet, and bullets are only distributed during combat.

If he goes to Zhang Luo these materials, he will definitely attract the attention of others, but the arrogance and short-sightedness of Hong Yang and the others made him completely chilled, and gave them advanced weapons, not only did not play a role, but was for the tiger, so he made up his mind that before he had his own territory, he would not use the idea of improving firearms, but the equipment in the army was very backward, and he could make do with the Qing army, and he would definitely suffer a loss in fighting with foreigners, so he thought of a compromise method, that is, to make grenades!

The most important part of the grenade is the delayed fuze, and the delayed fuze is inseparable from the thunder ~~ tube, the material that Wang Feng asked Hong Xuanjiao for is the material that synthesizes thunder ~~ mercury acid, with Hong Xuanjiao's identity, it should not be too troublesome.

After watching Hong Xuanjiao step down the city tower, Wang Feng was also about to leave, and suddenly a greeting came from behind him: "Brother Wang, please stay!" ”

Wang Feng turned around and saw that a handsome man in his thirties was walking briskly.

"This brother, please forgive Wang Feng's clumsiness." Wang Feng asked suspiciously.

The man laughed and said: "Brother introduce myself first, my surname is Li Mingxiucheng, currently serving as the commander of the fourth army on the right, temporarily stationed in the new camp outside the Taiping Gate, Brother Wang is a famous name in our army, Xiucheng has already had a good acquaintance, but he has not been ordered, he must not leave the camp lightly, and today he has finally fulfilled his long-cherished wish by committing a crime with Xiang Rong." ”

"Oh? turned out to be a Xiucheng brother who is known as soft on the outside and strong on the inside, Wang Feng is disrespectful! Wang Feng solemnly arched his hand.

Li Xiucheng is one of the few civil and military all-rounders in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but unfortunately, when he accumulated his military exploits and became the loyal king and squeezed into the ranks of the heavenly brothers, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has accumulated a lot of difficulties, even if he is fighting in the east and west, it is difficult to hide the end of the fall, so, now that he has himself, can he find a chance to persuade Li Xiucheng to come over?

There was a hint of burning in Wang Feng's eyes, but Li Xiucheng waved his hand boldly: "Brother Wang doesn't need to be polite, if you don't dislike it, you and my brother are commensurate, Brother Fool just heard Brother Wang's analysis of the current situation, it is really to the point, but the East King and the North King insist on going his own way, I am afraid that the prospects of the Northern Expedition are not good!" ”

"Hey~~" Li Xiucheng sighed, his face was full of helplessness, Wang Feng didn't blame him for not admonishing Yang Xiuqing, you know, although Li Xiucheng is a military marshal, one level older than Wang Feng, but the real power is not as good as Wang Feng, in the Taiping Army, the military commander does not have the right to lead the army, only responsible for basic tasks such as training and marching and camping in peacetime, and the operation is also commanded by supervising the army, basically taking the division as the combat unit, that is to say, Wang Feng has the opportunity to fight, and Li Xiucheng cannot fight even if he is with the army, his status is roughly equivalent to that of an instructor.

"Come, let's go, he has a chance tomorrow, you and my brother have a good drink!" Li Xiucheng smiled bitterly and patted Wang Feng on the shoulder, and walked towards the city.