In the thirty-ninth section, Wu Ming took off the Chixiao sword bag and put it on the table, then slowly pulled out the sword, dipped it in water with a towel embroidered with red chrysanthemum, and wiped it carefully, and suddenly the whole room was dazzling with golden light. Although Chixiao is a divine soldier, he sharpens iron like mud and is spotless. But he still insists on cleaning it every day.

This sword is not only a divine weapon, but also has its own miraculousness. Time flies, since the prince awarded the sword, more than a year has passed. He also had an inseparable relationship with this divine soldier. The sword groaned softly under his wiping, trembling slightly, as if it was trembling with comfort. Wu Ming was unconscious, but his eyes were staring blankly on the desktop.

It was a colorful sword pouch woven from silk with fine stitches on it. I remember that when He Yi just handed this thing to him, it was small and delicate, and there was a naughty bow on it. However, after more than a year, although he was well-maintained, the sword bag was still worn and worn out. He sighed and inserted Chiyo into the scabbard and then into the sword bag. After thinking about it, he felt that it was inappropriate, so he took off the sword pouch again, and carefully folded it on his chest and put it away. As soon as he fastened the button, the door suddenly rang twice, and Tian Hong said in a loud voice outside: "My lord, my lord, Lord Zuo asks to see me." ”

Wu Ming was stunned, "That Lord Zuo?" ”

"The deputy general of the Black Armor Army is worried."

Wu Ming was taken aback, hurriedly put his sword on the table, ran to the door in three steps and two steps, and then opened the door. The door opened, Tian Hong led Zuo Wei to stand at the door, as soon as he opened the door, the two of them broke in from the outside, and then closed the door smoothly. Although it was September, the sun was still very strong, and as soon as the two walked in, they blinked vigorously, probably adjusting to the darkness in the room, and it took a long time for Tian Hong to see the scene inside clearly. The room consisted of only one bed, one table, a few chairs, and nothing else. He sighed and said, "My lord, fortunately, you are also going to get married, otherwise it would be really uneasy to go on like this." ”

Wu Ming walked to the window, opened the window and said with a smile: "Brother Tian, you have only been married for a few days, and you have come to me to show off, it seems that I have to go to Xiaobi another day to talk about your previous troubles, so as not to have to be in front of me." ”

Tian Hong was greatly embarrassed, coughed twice and said, "My lord, Lord Zuo has something to do with you today." "Tian Hong's big personality is the most suitable for the appetite of the Black Armor Army. At the time of the southern expedition, Zuo Wei, the deputy general, and Tian Hong also formed a friendship of life and death, and now Zuo Wei has something to do, so it is reasonable to ask Tian Hong to come forward and bring him to see Wu Ming.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zuo Wei had already flashed out from behind, and saluted Wu Ming and said: "Lord Wu, at the end of today, he will enter the city without authorization, and he has committed a capital crime. Wu Ming was taken aback, only to realize that Zuo Wei was wearing a short shirt and shorts, and a pair of straw sandals, which was exactly the dress of the field farmers in autumn. It seems that what he said about stealing into the city is true. The Black Armor Army was ordered to be stationed outside the city, and now as the chief officer, he has actually violated military discipline by leaving the barracks privately.

Tian Hong heard him say solemnly, opened the door and said, "Lord Wu, you and Lord Zuo have a good talk, I'll go outside to watch the wind." "Now it's in the guard camp, who else in Wu Ming's courtyard dares to trespass without permission. However, he wanted to avoid suspicion, and Wu Ming didn't stop him.

When Tian Hong closed the door, Zuo Wei suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Lord Wu, I hope you will save more than 3,000 of us for the sake of Lord Li's face." ”

Wu Ming was startled, and hurriedly helped him up and said, "Brother Zuo, is there anything you can't say?" You're like this, but you're killing a boy. ”

Zuo Wei was helped up by him, but his face was still full of sadness, he looked at Wu Ming, and stopped talking. Wu Ming looked at him and knew that he was also hesitating, so he hurriedly said: "Brother Zuo, Master Li and I can be regarded as friends in life and death, and we also admire the entire Black Armor Army. ”

Zuo Wei looked outside cautiously, walked to the window and closed the window again, gritted his teeth and said: "Lord Wu, after my family went to the north, more than 3,000 of us were left in the south, and we were offered by the governor to eat and drink. ”

It was a good thing to be offered by Zhu Huai to eat and drink, but Wu Ming also knew that what Zuo Wei said must have something to do with this, so he didn't interject and listened patiently to him to continue. Zuo Wei paused, lowered his voice and continued: "At the beginning of this year, Governor Zhu used the reorganization of the new army as an excuse to let us disperse and reorganize into the newly established forbidden army yamen to defend Nanning. ”

There are such things, Wu Ming's heart moved, Zhu Huai did this, it must be the combat power of the Black Armor Army, and he wanted to take the opportunity to annex the entire Black Armor Army. He hurriedly said: "Oh, Brother Zuo, you didn't agree, so the prime minister has a grudge?" Now to punish you and so on? ”

Zuo Wei smiled bitterly: "Our more than 3,000 brothers are also heroes of the Southern Expedition, and they were heroically welcomed into the city by the people of Nanning. ”

Hearing him say this, Wu Ming couldn't figure it out for a while, and looked at him with a little puzzlement: "Then what does Brother Zuo want me to do today?" Zuo Wei said: "Lord Wu, you must also know that the mission of the Black Armor Army this time is to train the thunderbolt car to prepare for the decisive battle between the north and the south in the future. ”

Wu Ming said: "Yes, good steel is used on the blade, and there is no problem with the Prime Minister doing this." Zuo Wei muttered as if he hadn't heard his words: "Lord Wu, if the Black Armor Army is said to be good steel on land, I'm afraid it will be scrap iron on the ship." ”

What he said was that the Black Armor Army was not good at water warfare, which Wu Ming also thought of at that time. I also felt a little inappropriate, but Zhu Huai really wanted to do this, but he couldn't say anything wrong. Thinking of this, he smiled and said: "Lord Zuo, the Black Armor Army has been practicing thunderbolts in the past few months, and that thing is extremely difficult to master, and ordinary troops are really not suitable." If you really want to call other troops to carry out this task, it is really reluctant, and I am afraid that it will not be up to the task. ”

Zuo Wei shook his head and said, "Master Wu, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other. The Thunderbolt is powerful and has a long range. However, it is naturally impossible to use ordinary stone bullets to repel a strong enemy, and the Ministry of Industry has secretly asked us to train to use gunpowder and tung oil bombs instead of stone bullets to fight the enemy in the past two days. ”

Wu Ming had also thought of this thing, so he was not surprised. He comforted the other party and said: "It's not a big deal, if you want to fight on the water, if you want to cause effective damage to the ships in the north, you must use tung oil and gunpowder bombs instead." ”

Zuo Wei glanced at Wu Ming in surprise, and said with a wry smile: "I thought the same way, but after training yesterday, Dai Yu and Liu Ze came with a large group of people to hand over the fighting ship to us. I only learned that the thunderbolt was very powerful, and it would definitely cause the other side's fire-breathing boats to come after them, and once the time came for last resort, they planned to load a large amount of tung oil and explosives into the fifty fighting ships delivered to us, and use them as blasting ships. ”

Wu Ming couldn't help but be shocked, this was really a sinister and vicious plan, a fighting ship was at least dozens of meters long, if they really wanted to attack it as a demolition ship, the power must be very amazing. It's just that once it explodes, coupled with the wind and fire, the enemy will certainly not be able to escape, and these black-armored soldiers will definitely die without a place to be buried. Zhu Huai did this, he must be angry that these black armor troops did not obey the call, and wanted to use this war to eradicate them in one fell swoop, which not only hit the north hard, but also quietly eliminated the black armor army, which was really killing two birds with one stone.

Wu Ming was silent. I only feel that there is an evil fire in my heart, and the nearly 50,000 black armor army was once an elite iron cavalry that terrified Beimeng, and after a southern expedition, it can be said that there is no one in ten. This Zhu Huai can do such a thing for his own selfish desires, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is mad. Thinking about it, his face was already gloomy, and he couldn't help but touch Chixiao on the table.

Zuo Wei looked at him, probably misunderstood, and hurriedly said: "Lord Wu, you don't have to worry too much, I heard the two of them say that this is just a last resort." If it is smooth sailing, when the time comes, the opponent's ships will be directly set on fire with fire bombs, and the fire will be attacked, and the wind will take advantage of the fire, and the opponent will probably be defeated. ”

Hearing him say this, Wu Ming breathed a sigh of relief. If this is really a last resort, it proves that although Zhu Huai has the intention of using the Black Armor Army as cannon fodder, it is not necessarily the case. When Li Tie's coup was successful, he even had the idea of handing it over to Yuqing, what else could not be sacrificed? It's just that today he learned from Zuo Wei's mouth that the key to the victory of the Southern Han Dynasty was worried, and the other party's ships were not fools, so they would stay where they were and wait for you to ignite them, although he seemed to understand the whole plan, but the doubts in his heart were deeper.

Wu Ming pondered for a long time, and said solemnly: "Lord Zuo, don't worry, Lord Li and the three thousand black-armored knights, everyone and I are life and death friendships established by the Southern Expedition, which is nothing less than life and death brothers. As long as I have a breath of air, I will never allow you to sacrifice in vain. ”

Zuo Wei looked at Wu Ming in surprise, since Li Yuan went to the north, these more than 3,000 black-armored warriors seemed to be missing the backbone. He barely took it, feeling more and more overwhelmed. This incident made him unable to sleep all night, he only felt that this time he must be in a catastrophe, but thinking about these three thousand brothers being buried in a foreign land like this, he only felt that it was not worth it, thinking of Li Yuan's entrustment, he held the mentality of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and risked his life to find this young leader, hoping that with the relationship between the other party and Zhu Huai, he might be able to win a glimmer of life. Wu Ming was able to give such a solemn promise, which really made him overjoyed.

He looked at Wu Ming blankly, and only after a while did he say: "Lord Wu, during the southern expedition, my lord handed over the command of the entire team to you, and I was still very dissatisfied at that time, and I once had a dispute with him. But now I feel like I was wrong, and I understand why adults think so highly of you. Only a person like you, who is humble and benevolent, can convince everyone. ”

He thought about it, and sighed again: "No wonder Zhu Huai is so attracted to you, and even handed over the military's right to open the government to you, I know now, maybe there is a reason for Miss Zhu Er, but it is not all." ”