Chapter 257: Bandits Around
This time, Li Han asked Zhou Yafu to take the caravan to walk a farther route, in order not to want to walk too far in the territory of the Xiongnu after entering the Xiongnu from Yunzhong County, if it is directly inserted into Zhangye from Longxi, along the weak water river to Juyan, and then you can reach Hairpin County.
Li Han had already planned that when he left Chang'an, the cart was loaded with parts of the climbing plow, and after Gao Nu unloaded the climbing plow and installed it, the cart was all empty.
The entire caravan had more than 500 people who drove the car with the Li family, and Li Han also sent 200 guards to accompany the guards.
Along the way, Zhou Yafu strictly demanded that everyone be forbidden in strict accordance with the discipline of the march, and the stone respected him very much.
The magistrates along the way continued to be interested in their huge caravan, whether it was with a mentality of blackmail or finding fault or suspicion, as long as they saw Zhou Yafu, they all flashed back quickly, and many people also sent a lot of food and supplies secretly on the road.
This situation made Zhou Yafu very emotional, he understood that these people were either afraid of his prestige, or pitied his downfall, and wanted to recount the old feelings with him, but he was afraid of being implicated, so he could only express a kind of friendship by quietly sending things.
If it was before, the arrogant Zhou Yafu would not accept this kind of gift similar to charity, but since he was resurrected by Li Han with a clever trick, he has lived in the Li family for a long time, his mentality has changed greatly, and he can also empathize, so he feels that it is not easy to be an official, and this kindness is still accepted.
This is a great joy, Gaonu County Ling Qian Fa received Li Han's life-saving grace, and later helped Li Han do a lot of things, and now he saw the Li family caravan stationed in Ziwuling, and hurriedly ran over. When he saw that it was Zhou Xiang who led the team, he was almost scared.
Zhou Yafu very modestly asked Qian Fa to bring someone to help put Ziwuling under secret martial law, just give him five days, this is not a big deal, the last time Qian Fa helped Li Han transport out of Taiqin Hengliu's treasure house, he found that there seemed to be something else below, but he didn't dare to explore privately, and now he finally understood.
Qian Fa is very good at doing things, so that the soap in the county government and the hardcover people who are drawn from the county seat are scattered at the foot of the Meridian Ridge, and the tiger appears on the mountain. Mountain people are not allowed to pass by.
And Zhou Yafu was in this state, going down from the stone tower to the bottom, and quietly opened the mysterious bronze door.
Walking in, this person from a great general also gasped, if it weren't for the more sophisticated building technology he had seen in the Li family's workshop, the weapons in it were almost the equipment that he could not find as a general, the variety, the quantity, and the power were all beyond his expectations.
Gently stroking a fine iron Mo knife. Like caressing his lover's skin, Zhou Yafu had a great anger, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Li Han'er, if this kind of good weapon is returned." Isn't it a tyrannical thing? If the old man had this arsenal of weapons back then, why would he let King Wu Liu Bi linger for so long! ”
The stones that followed had already shuttled back and forth like monkeys, and when he heard Zhou Yafu's words, he smiled and said, "Old man Zhou." When you get to our land, look at the soft steel Mo knife that our craftsmen have made according to the guidance of my lord, and you won't scold him. ”
"Nonsense. Could the Mo knife in the hairpin county be sharper than here? ”
"Old man, if you use this kind of fine iron Mo knife to cut stones, it will definitely break if you use a lot of force, and it is easy to roll the blade, our fine iron Mo knife is made of multiple layers of hard and soft inside, it can almost be flipped and folded, but it will never break, and the blade is all made of steel, and it is not easy to roll the blade."
Zhou Yafu was secretly speechless when he heard this, he never thought that the weapon could be developed to such a point, put down the Mo knife and continued to walk forward, and was excited again when he saw the huge bed crossbow.
Shi continued to strike him: "Look at this kind of bed crossbow, it is bulky and backward, there are no wheels under the bed, it is so huge, it must be carried by hundreds of people when it is used, there are only three strong crossbows on it, the crossbow body is still ironwood, it can't support too large crossbow arrows, and the shooting distance is also affected, and this machine is even more stupid, the noose is easy to break with cow tendons, and it is not a star and a half worse than the drawings that the lord gave me." ”
Zhou Yafu's breath was short, and he grabbed the neck of the stone and roared: "What about the drawings, show them to me!" ”
The stone broke free of his iron palm, and happily pulled out a stack of drawings from his arms, Zhou Yafu looked at it carefully, and when he saw the production method of each part, as well as the sophistication of the materials, his hands trembled, and he muttered: "Li Han can really win the ingenuity of creation!" ”
"Of course my lord is powerful, old man, this bulky thing should be dismantled."
Zhou Yafu shook his hand weakly and agreed.
The stone went out to recruit the craftsmen he brought, and everyone quickly began to pack and disassemble, wrapping and loading the common herbs such as swords, bows and arrows, and dismantling the large pieces into small pieces were also disguised and packed, and it took four days to get them done.
Looking at the empty armory, Zhou Yafu disagreed with the stone to implement Li Han's destruction policy, he felt that this place happened to be on the main road out of the block, and he didn't think that such a secret mechanism could be opened by others, it was better to stay than to destroy it, whether it was used as an ambush point or a weapon supply station when facing the enemy in the future, it was all a very wonderful hiding point.
The stone couldn't compete with Zhou Yafu, so he had to pouting and agree, and closed the underground palace as it was.
It was as if God was helping the caravan, and it snowed on the night of the fourth day, and the snow all night made the ground enough to walk and climb the plow, which gave many things that suddenly had an excellent reason to hide, and the carts were directly unloaded and lifted on the plows, and the reins were put on the mules and horses, which were easier than pulling carts in the snow, and the speed of travel was much faster.
Although Chang'an is not too cold this winter, the whole Guanzhong is not cold, the Central Plains is not cold, and the south is not cold, but the north is cold and frozen, dripping into ice.
Fortunately, Li Han had already prepared, the bottom of this batch of climbing plows was installed with mild steel, and the outside was also wrapped with an anti-wear layer made of ox tendon mixed with other materials, and it was still intact all the way to Longxi, which made Zhou Yafu greatly relieved.
When the caravan was resting in Jincheng, Shi had already seen the person who came to meet him, a woman disguised as a man - Feng Erniang.
This woman is the best among the women rescued by Li Han in the Huns, she has gone through all the way, she has shown the tenacity and pungency in her personality, and has become the leader of the women's team with Sister Gu.
Feng Erniang, dressed in a light shirt and covered with a fur coat, appeared in the caravan's camp like a wealthy merchant, and when the stone saw her, he greeted her with a smile and introduced her to Zhou Yafu.
Feng Erniang's home is in this generation, and it can be said that Jincheng is full of her eyes and ears, she has been waiting for the caravan here for three days, and she has collected all the information she wants.
"Old man Zhou, the head of the family has already passed the book to us, we all know that you always want to preside over the overall situation, don't say polite words, if the little woman still treats you as a prime minister, everyone is awkward, isn't it?"
Listening to Feng Erniang's words, Zhou Yafu laughed loudly: "Okay, good, worthy of being a good woman who dares to cross the Huns with Li Han, if she really treats the old man's spleen and stomach, it is best to talk like this in the future." ”
Feng Erniang smiled and said: "Then let's talk about things directly, I was in Jincheng these days, and I found that the Huns, the Qiang people, and a mysterious black-clothed person were talking secretly in the inn, and the owner didn't dare to eavesdrop too closely."
In a trance, I heard that Yi Zhi Xian Shan Yu led 10,000 horses, and he could reach Juyanze in five days, and the Qiang people chased after him, forcing the idea to go to Juyanze, and when the time came, he could only attack Yunyun before and after, I don't know what the old man thinks? ”
Zhou Yafu was stunned, and his hair stood on end, and he scolded: "Yi Di is presumptuous, he actually hit the old man with his idea, he really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead!" ”
Shi said in a cold sweat: "God, our lord is really a crow's mouth, and before leaving, he said that there might be people who want to rob us on the road." I said that there were no robbers, and the lord said that maybe it would be thousands of troops, and this was really right by him! ”
Zhou Yafu was contemplating a countermeasure, when he heard the stone's words, he raised his eyes and asked, "Since Li Han has already foreseen the accident, can he take precautions?" Is this what the three carriages he asked the old man to focus on? ”
Shi raised his thumb and said: "The old man is wise, those three cars are all kinds of thunder and fire bombs, the reason why the lord doesn't dare to tell you is that you are afraid that you will not be allowed to take it through my Han realm after knowing the power of that thing, and now it seems that it should be used." ”
Zhou Yafu nodded solemnly and said: "Yes, he used the Heavenly Thunder Bullet to create a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in the Huns, if the old man had this thing with the caravan, he would definitely stop him, so as not to cause any disasters in the territory of my Han Dynasty." ”
Feng Erniang said with a smile: "Old man, don't worry, we have seen this thing used by the Huns constantly, and we will all use it, and it is not as easy to have an accident as you think, as long as the method of use is correct, there will be no accidents." ”
As a general, Zhou Yafu will never take lightly because of three more weapons that he doesn't know much about in the face of 10,000 or more enemies.
He inquired in detail about the power of firearms and how to use them, and asked about the general location of Feng Erniang's enemy, and then began to draw up a detailed response plan from the perspective of a professional soldier.
Subsequently, the caravan stayed in Jincheng safely, and there was no sign of leaving for ten days, which led to the following days, idle men kept breaking into the caravan to harass them, and they were all beaten and thrown out with a blue nose and swollen face. (To be continued......)
PS: I wish you all a happy National Day holiday!
Tomorrow there will be a birthday banquet at Xiao Li's house, and then it is estimated that he will go out to play, so No. 1 and No. 2 cannot be guaranteed to be updated, and they will be made up later.
Brothers, it's fun too, it's such an easy long vacation!