After seeing Lu Fang's catapult in the sixth section, Wu Ming's confidence in him increased greatly, and he immediately asked the baggage battalion to clean up a house for him, and then asked Tao Ziqian to send someone to move all the pieces he had left behind before, and now there are so many more people in the palace, and the house is already relatively tight, so it is naturally impossible to have a special room for him to use. Wu Ming had to find him a utility room of about 30 square meters, and after putting his bits and pieces, he felt even more crowded. It really doesn't look like a real room, but seeing Lu Zao's happy appearance, Wu Ming can't help but feel a little emotional.

Others don't know the power of the "catapult", but Wu Ming naturally understands. This thing has been used in China's Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with the development of technology, catapults have become more and more advanced, after the Sui and Tang dynasties, it has become an important weapon for attacking and defending cities, and reached its peak in the Tang and Song dynasties.

From Li Xin's attack on Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, to the Battle of Guandu in the Three Kingdoms, and then to the destruction of the Jin Kingdom and the Battle of Bianjing in the Northern Song Dynasty, there are shadows of catapults, which is the "cannon" in ancient times.

This Lu Zao has a room of his own, and he doesn't take Wu Ming seriously, and concentrates on fiddling with his gadgets. Wu Ming saw that it was almost noon, so he returned to his residence, ready to eat casually.

When I returned to my residence, I saw Zhang Hao sitting on a chair and squinting and napping, and his whole head was about to hang down to his neck. This food box was placed next to it, and there were several delicate side dishes and snacks in it, and the tempting fragrance penetrated the air and continuously penetrated Wu Ming's nose.

After occupying the Daya Palace, the cooks and the like inside are naturally all under the "unified dispatch" of the Han army, and this Pabri will naturally not treat himself badly on the issue of eating, and this time there are nearly ten people in the imperial chef who came out together to escape the summer. Naturally, all of these were cheapened by the Han army, and all of them were used to "confiscate".

So now the food of the guards battalion and some generals has improved, Tian Hong is not enough, a few days ago he went to the Nanban "Pegasus Legion" camp stationed at the foot of the mountain, on the grounds of "taking care of the diet of the king of Zhennan and the princess", and asked for hundreds of men.

During the negotiation, Wu Ming also rose up and followed Tian Hong. When Mo Ziou, the deputy general of the "Pegasus Army", sent out hundreds of men, Wu Ming is still a little funny when he thinks about it now.

Also, Pabri is not a pig, and there are so many people there to take care of the diet. But now that the Nanban Emperor is in the hands of the Han army, these Nanban people can only pinch their noses and admit it.

The orthodox leader of the "Pegasus Legion" "Pegasus General" Qian Jun is the only Han among the several generals in the Southern Barbarians, who was picked off the horse by Li Yuan with a shot and was seriously injured, he and Yang Xiong together, with hundreds of elite soldiers, took a shortcut to report to Pabri, after Pabri was captured, the money was also captured in a house, was captured by Wu Ming, and Yang Xiong was stuffed into a cellar together, probably too seriously injured, and has not woken up yet.

Wu Ming's arrival woke up Zhang Hao, he quickly got up from the chair and sneered: "My lord, are you back?" ”

Wu Ming naturally didn't blame him, and said with a smile: "How is it, I'm tired these days, right?" Is Yang Xiong still silent? ”

Zhang Hao stood up, carefully lifted the basket, then opened it, put out the dishes inside the same way, and replied: "That Yang Xiong is no different from before, and he has been silent. But when I went to deliver food today, the man next to him who had been unconscious had already woken up. ”

The dishes are laid out, very exquisite, three dishes and one soup and a snack. Wu Ming grabbed a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth, only to feel that the snack was melted in the mouth, soft and soft, so he couldn't help but eat a few more pieces.

Zhang Hao saw Wu Ming's appearance and said with a smile: "My lord, eat slowly, in fact, this thing is also a famous snack of our Eastern Han Dynasty, called 'pine cake', but it was stolen by the Southern Barbarians and improved, but this taste is really good." These Southern Barbarians are really, learning our Central Plains things really fast, and Pabri, this old thing, will really enjoy it. After speaking, he sighed again and again.

It seems that this kid has eaten it secretly, Wu Ming also smiled in his heart, asked Zhang Hao to move a chair, and the two of them chatted while eating, and after eating a few bites, Wu Ming only felt that today's fried meat had a strange deliciousness, so he pointed to the plate of fried meat and asked, "What is the name of this small stir-fry?" The taste is so good, is this another innovation of the Nanban. ”

Zhang Hao shook his head, and said mysteriously: "My lord, you can eat more, this meat is usually difficult to eat." ”

Wu Ming put the chopsticks on the plate, sandwiched a piece of meat, and said, "Why is this?" ”

Zhang Hao said: "Recently, near this snow-capped mountain, I don't know why, there are more strange beasts. The adults of the guard camp were idle, so they went around hunting and hunted many strange beasts. This meat was specially contributed by Lord Tian to the room and asked the chef to cook it for the adults. ”

Wu Ming's chopsticks suddenly stopped in mid-air, and he asked anxiously, "How many days have they been doing this?" Why didn't you say it earlier? ”

Zhang Hao "ah" for a moment, and replied: "Adults have been reading books and practicing in their idleness recently, so I naturally don't want to cause trouble to adults about these little things, besides, it's not a big deal to fight strange beasts." Speaking of this, looking at Wu Ming's face was not very good, his voice gradually became quieter.

Hearing this, Wu Ming felt that his mind was already buzzing, although Tao Ziqian was a little greedy, but he was cautious and knowledgeable, and he would never be untargeted, thinking of the danger of the beast tide, he shuddered, and said: "Xiao Hao, you quickly pass the order, so that the guard battalion will not hunt foreign beasts from today on." ”

Now, it is all like this, and there is only one way to do one's best and obey the destiny of heaven. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Zhang Hao saw Wu Ming so solemn, his face gradually sank, and he hurriedly promised Wu Ming and ran out to convey the order.

Wu Ming looked at the table of exquisite dishes and felt sick to his stomach, where can he still eat? When Zhang Hao came back, the two of them had lost the slightest appetite, Zhang Hao hastily cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, he felt a little annoyed in his heart, and said, "Let's go, didn't you just say that Qian Jun had woken up?" Come with me and maybe ask something. ”

Wu Ming's residence is in the front yard of the entire palace, and the cellar where Yang Xiong and the two are imprisoned is in the cellar of the back mountain, Yang Xiong last desperately protected Pabri, it was here, and now although Pabri was nominally captured by the Han army, he was still served by the Han army with good food and drink, and he still lived a life of spending time and drinking, and Yang Xiong stayed in this cave by himself, spending his days facing the wall. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

The two of them went all the way to the back mountain, and along the way, they met a lot of palace maids and servants in the palace, and when they saw the decorations of the two, they all took a detour, and they really couldn't avoid it, so they bowed tremblingly, and then ran away in a panic.

Seeing this, Wu Ming could only smile bitterly, most of these subordinates in the palace were natives of the Southern Barbarians, and there were few Han Chinese. After all, no matter how enlightened Pabri is, he always hopes that the people who serve him will be safer, and perhaps in his opinion, the Han people are unreliable after all. In fact, there is a saying in the Eastern Han Dynasty that says, "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different", which is probably what it means. These Nanban people have the opportunity to get close to the Nanban Emperor, and they must have been affected by this kind of propaganda in ordinary times, so it is not surprising that they have this kind of reaction.

Thinking of these messy things, Zhang Hao had already taken Wu Ming out of the back door of the palace and rushed to the cave where Yang Xiong was being held.

At the entrance of the cave, the huge stone bell still hangs upside down at the entrance of the cave, but the person standing below has changed. Two soldiers of the Guards Battalion were holding bright and yellow fast swords, guarding the entrance of the cave.

Although there are only more than 100 people in the Guards Battalion now, and the manpower is a bit insufficient, Wu Ming still sent the guards of the Guards Battalion in some important places, except for Tao Yu, Pabri and his three concubines are the focus, and eight Guards Battalion soldiers take turns to "protect" every day. And this Yang Xiong, as a sub-focus, also requires two people to rotate.

When the two walked to the entrance of the cave, the two soldiers of the Guards Battalion saw Wu Ming, stood still, saluted, and said, "My lord, are you here?" ”

Wu Ming nodded and said, "Are the two of them okay today?" ”

One of the fighters smiled: "It's not a big deal, it's just that after that person woke up, the two didn't know what they had said, and that martial artist surnamed Yang was still clamoring to see you just now." ”

"Oh, and that kind of thing?"

This time it was Wu Ming's turn to be surprised, after Yang Xiong was arrested, he had been ignoring him. This time I want to see myself for the first time, what is the matter?