Chapter 32: The Southern Tang Soldiers Who Are Familiar with Gunpowder (I)

Xu Shao'an came out of the private room and came to the lobby of the restaurant, and saw five or six men surrounding three men dressed as ordinary people. Among those guys, including the one who had received Xu Shao'an just now, he saw Xu Shao'an coming out of the private room, hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down and saluted: "Lord Captain, you are here just in time, there are a few Southern Tang soldiers here who don't give money for dinner, and they also intend to use force against the guys in the store, and ask the captain to call the shots for the villain." ”

After listening to the guy, Xu Shaoan didn't say anything immediately, but carefully looked up and down at a few men on the opposite side who were called the Southern Tang Dynasty Router. I saw that although the three people on the opposite side were dressed in ordinary people's clothes, they could indeed see some signs of being soldiers from their temperament and facial expressions. Especially the man in the middle, who was dressed in black and was pointed out by the guys in the store as having been the commander of the Southern Tang Dynasty military camp, was even taller and stronger, and he looked like a practitioner of martial arts. Although the two next to him are much shorter than the big man in the middle, they also look very strong, and they don't look like ordinary people at first glance. In this way, Xu Shao'an has already believed the man's statement for seven or eight points.

However, now that the Zhou army has conquered Shouzhou City, Chai Rong has always paid attention to convincing people with virtue. Whether it was a Southern Tang general who surrendered on his own initiative, or a Southern Tang official who was defeated and captured, as long as he was dedicated to serving the Great Zhou, he would be bold in appointing regardless of his previous suspicions. For the Southern Tang soldiers who surrendered or were captured, they were also appeased, and they were given the money to go home. Therefore, even if the three men in front of him were indeed the Southern Tang Dynasty rout, Xu Shaoan did not plan to really arrest them and hand them over to the Zhou army patrols outside who were responsible for maintaining law and order. He came out to take care of this gossip, firstly, the guy from the restaurant mentioned him just now, and he couldn't say it in face if he didn't come out. Second, I don't want the guy to fight with the Southern Tang Dynasty because of this incident, so as to hurt the innocent.

It was precisely because of this intention to mediate that Xu Shao'an looked at the three strong men opposite, and while stopping the restaurant guys from going out to find the Zhou army patrol, he walked to the three men generously, sat down on the chair, and said, "The three strong men are invited." ”

Seeing that he didn't shout to arrest or fight, but behaved politely, the three men on the opposite side let go of their hearts slightly, and they hugged their fists to Xu Shaoan and said, "This captain is invited." ”

"The guy in the store said that you are the Southern Tang Dynasty rout, I don't know if it's true?" Xu Shaoan asked.

"They are bloody people," the companion to the left of the man in black denied, "We are all ordinary people in Shouzhou City, and we are not routs at all. And we didn't say we wouldn't pay for the meal. It's just that I didn't have that much money with me for a while, and I hope the store can let me wait until I go home to get the money and come back to pay the bill. It's these guys who are unreasonable, don't let us go, and slander us. ”

"You talk nonsense, I know you." The guy who briefed Xu Shaoan on the situation just now retorted, "You are clearly the rout of the Southern Tang Army. In the first two months, a few of you and a few other Southern Tang soldiers came to the restaurant to drink, and you didn't give any money when you left. The shopkeeper of the restaurant came up to you and asked you for money, but instead of giving it, you beat the shopkeeper up. ”

"Yes, it's you, you are among the Southern Tang soldiers who beat people," another guy pointed to the man who denied his identity as a Southern Tang soldier.

"You're talking nonsense, I've never been a soldier, you've mistaken someone. It's not that we don't give money, it's just that the ......" identified man is still arguing. But from the expression and tone of his speech, Xu Shaoan could see that he was lying. Although he screamed fiercely, it was a manifestation of lust and inwardness.

Maybe he felt that it was useless to say more, or maybe he felt that a manly man should dare to do it, so without waiting for his companion to finish speaking, the man in black stretched out his hand to stop his words, and humbly hugged Xu Shao'an and said: "If you go back to the captain, the villain and the other three brothers have indeed served as soldiers in the Southern Tang Army before. A few days ago, Shouzhou City was broken by the Zhou army, and the villain and others were afraid that the Zhou army would attack Shouzhou for a long time and suffered a lot of damage, so they took the villain's Southern Tang soldiers out of anger, so they had to hide in the house of a familiar friend in the city, and changed the people's clothes.

However, the villain did not deliberately want to eat the 'overlord meal' when he came to 'Binyang Building' this time, it was indeed due to a moment of negligence, and when he changed into the people's clothes, he left the silver money in the military uniform he was wearing, so he had no money to pay the bill. Just now, the villain has explained the reason to the guys and shopkeepers in the store, hoping that they can temporarily take credit for the time being, and when the villain returns to his friend's house to get the money, he will send it to them immediately. But, to put it mildly, they just don't agree. Not only did he refuse, but he declared that unless the villain was willing to kowtow to them three hundred times, or break one of the villain's legs, in order to avenge the beating of the shopkeeper last time, he could let the villain and others leave. ”,

Speaking of this, the black-clothed man paused slightly, glanced at the guys around him, and the expression on his face was no longer as humble and polite as when facing Xu Shaoan, but said very coldly: "Although I, Xin Feiyu, am not a hero, but I am also a man who stands up to the sky, how can I allow these snobs to bully like this." Therefore, Xin thought that instead of entangled with these snobs, it was better to simply eat this 'overlord meal' and see what they could do with Xin! ”

"Lord Captain, the villain is right. These few people are intent on eating the 'overlord meal'. The guy in the restaurant thought that he had caught the words of this strong man in black who claimed to be Xin Feiyu, and hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Xu Shaoan.

After speaking, this guy said to Xin Feiyu and their companions with a mocking look and tone: "You still dare to call yourself a 'man who stands up to the sky', and you don't pee and take pictures, you are worthy of being a man even if you look like you." If you are really a man, when the Zhou army attacked the city, weishenme did not fight bravely to kill the enemy first, but ran to a friend's house, changed into the clothes of ordinary people and hid. ”

Seeing that the guy in the restaurant ridiculed himself for being a deserter and not a man, Xin Feiyu immediately blushed and retorted: "Although Xin has the intention to kill the enemy, Xin was stationed at the south city wall at that time, and the Zhou army attacked the north city wall. Although Xin wanted to take people to the north city wall to support, he was helpless because he was just a small battalion commander, and he couldn't persuade Shangguan Zhun Xin to lead troops to reinforcements. I only hated Xin's boss for being timid and afraid of war, saying that Zhou Jun invited Lei Gong to help, and with a 'big flying thunder', he killed all the commanders, including Liu Jiedu and Sun Deputy Jiedu. Such an army of heaven is beyond the reach of ordinary men like us. Not only did Xin not be allowed to rescue friendly troops, but he sent someone to take Xin into custody, and he took his cronies to surrender to the Zhou army. ”

Speaking of this, Xin Feiyu's face was full of disdain, obviously despising his boss. He paused slightly, snorted very disdainfully, and said, "Hmph, what Lei Gong, what 'Big Flying Thunder', 'Little Flying Thunder'." The Zhou army just threw some explosives bags on the walls of the northern city, and they also used explosives bags made of very primitive black powder, which happened to kill Liu Jiedu and Sun Deputy Jiedu, and frightened them as officials. It's a shame that they always talked about how brave they were and how loyal they were to Lord Tang in the past. I'm a group of villains who have never seen the world, have no backbone, and only know how to save their lives. It's a pity that Liu Jiedu, who was bent on resisting the enemy, died unexpectedly, which made these shameless villains cheap, and also gave Xin Moukong the ability to be a hero, but 'heroes are useless'. ”

The more Xin Feiyu spoke, the more excited he became, forgetting that the person sitting opposite him was a Zhou military officer, while scolding his boss for being a soft bone, he lamented that his ability had no room to play.

"The bold thief army, you dare to speak wildly in front of the captain and insult the Great Zhou Tianjun, what crime should you be guilty of!" The guy in the restaurant caught Xin Feiyu's handle again and reprimanded loudly.

At the same time, Xu Shaoan also changed his casualness and peacefulness just now, sat up straight, frowned and looked this Xin Feiyu up and down again. However, unlike the restaurant guys, Xu Shao'an did this not because of the so-called "rebellious" remarks in the other party's words, but because he was surprised that this Xin Feiyu could actually know that he was using the original explosives bag made of black powder to attack the city. The other party's performance made Xu Shaoan's mind immediately pop up three words - traverser.

So, after looking at this Xin Feiyu for a while, he asked tentatively: "Why, in the eyes of Xin Zhuangshi, is the divine weapon used by my Great Zhou Forbidden Army so worthless?" Don't forget, it was with these artifacts that my Great Zhou Forbidden Army only took half a day to conquer Shouzhou City, which had not been able to take down for more than two months. ”

Hearing that Xu Shaoan was still boasting about his so-called divine weapon, Xin Feiyu, who was aroused by his buddy just now, was even more proud of the Quartet and had no talent, and said: "Lord Captain is Officer Zhou, so he will naturally say that his own things are the most haode, and that they are not in the past life and the only one in this life. Don't hide it from the captain, after the end of the war, he secretly went to the vicinity of Beicheng to see it, and picked up a few pieces of cloth and iron left after the explosion of the so-called 'flying thunder' that everyone said. From the experience below, this so-called 'flying thunder' is nothing more than black powder wrapped in linen, and mixed with sharp iron sheets, iron nails, and thistle terrestris.

Although this thing is loud to use, judging from the following, except for a few traces of explosions on the head of the city, which are caused by large explosive packets with a large charge and a certain amount of power that can kill people, most of the traces are caused by small explosive packets that cannot kill people. It's a pity that the Southern Tang army defending the city didn't know anything about it, and as soon as a few large explosive bags exploded, they were frightened. In addition, Liu Jiedu and Sun Deputy Jiedu were unfortunately killed, and the Southern Tang army in the city was leaderless, which gave the Zhou army an opportunity to conquer Shouzhou City in one fell swoop. ”

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