Sometimes times move so fast that the experience of winning one time can become the trigger for the next defeat. Xuanwu Zhenren has always felt that he has thick skin and rough flesh, and he is invulnerable, and he can resist the ninth-level spells. But when he was bombed, he realized that there is a thing in this world called a cluster explosive bag, and only then did he know that the formula was correct, and the power of granulated black powder would be doubled.

The capital, the Imperial Palace.

Emperor Wanli sat on the Jinluan Hall and watched the live broadcast with the cabinet ministers. The fire phoenix sacrificed a magic weapon, and it was able to see the images within a certain range around the capital.

At first, the masters of the Ming Dynasty also praised the majestic force of Xuanwu Zhenren. Especially when the 'Road Rage' controlled by Zhou Qingfeng was beaten in front of the snake-headed giant turtle and had no power to fight back, it was even more gratifying. Seeing that this thief can be destroyed......

It's just that the good times didn't last long, and even took a sharp turn for the worse. Ye Na, who had waved her feathers, flew out of the storm array, and the courtiers were a little worried. Immediately after the worry became a reality, the more than 100 kilograms of explosives bag blew up the huge Xuanwu giant tortoise to the ground, falling to the ground heavily, and the flesh and blood were blurred.

The giant tortoise was injured and immediately regained its human form. He was obviously seriously injured, and did not dare to stay any longer, so he set up a floating cloud and quickly fled. The image ended here, and the fire phoenix received the magic weapon, causing the courtiers to sigh. Emperor Wanli on the dragon chair was not young, and after reading it, he asked in a daze, "What's the matter?" Isn't it just about to win? Why do you seem to lose while fighting? ”

It's not like you've lost, it's that you've lost.

The first assistant Fang Yizhe stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, according to the front-line battle report, this Zhou clan's anti-thieves are extremely good at gunpowder. When I was in Liaodong, I heard that they bombed the city at every turn, and the Tongzhou emergency report also said that the city was destroyed. It should have been won by gunpowder just now. Xuanwu Zhenren won first and then lost, which is really sighing. However, this group of thieves does not have many troops, and His Majesty does not need to worry too much. ”

"What now? The gang of thieves was small in number, but they were extremely strong. Daming's billions of trillion subjects, can't anyone compete with it? The emperor was angry, and the more he talked, the more angry he became, and he patted the armrest of the dragon chair and scolded: "What did you tell me on weekdays? What else is it about the land of Liaodong, the problem of scabies. Until now, I still say that there is no need to worry, this scabies has run away to my Chaoyang Gate. ”

Chaoyang Gate is only ...... from Jinluan Palace, five miles. If you have a telescope, the emperor can stand directly at the head of the city and watch the battle.

The emperor was angry, and the first assistant Fang Yizhe looked at Li Ruhua, the secretary of the household department, and Li Ruhua looked at Wang Xianggan, the secretary of the military department, and Wang Xianggan still wanted to see others. Emperor Wanli on the dragon chair had had enough of these courtiers' tricks of shirking each other, and let out a cold snort. Wang Shangshu couldn't find anyone who could shirk it, so he could only lean down and confess, and the other courtiers also knelt down one after another.

In the face of such a waste who can only kowtow and apologize, the angry emperor Lao Er scolded again: "I listen to your boastful talk on weekdays, the twists and turns on the show are long and smelly, but when it is the turn to work hard, there is nothing to do." What do I want you to do? ”

Wang Shangshu could only kneel and said: "The minister will send someone to urge Juniper, it is reported that his men and horses have arrived in Tongzhou, and the horses can come to the rescue within half a day." In addition, Liu Wei's subordinate to Yang Hao, the Liaodong Economic Strategy, is also coming, and the day before yesterday has already passed the Shanhaiguan, so I think I should have arrived in the next two days.

In addition, there are also Qinwang people from all over the country are coming, so there are more than 100,000 horses in Gyeonggi, which is more than enough to deal with more than 1,000 thieves. ”

In order to deal with more than 1,000 anti-thieves, more than 100,000 people were mobilized. Is this too powerful against thieves, or is the Ming army too incompetent?

Regarding this problem, Emperor Wanli only felt a headache, but he could only nod and urge Wang Shangshu to do it immediately. Thinking that Xuanwu Zhenren almost won, he looked at the fire phoenix standing beside him again.

It's just that without waiting for Emperor Wanli to speak, Huofeng preemptively said: "This palace has fought with the thief chieftain, but I can't beat it." Besides, I can only calculate the heavenly machine, draw talismans in alchemy, and I am not good at fighting. The whole court can't think of a way, let alone expect me to fight hard. ”

After Huo Feng finished speaking, he left the Jinluan Palace, not giving the emperor face at all. She had her own place to live alone in the Forbidden City, and when she came back, she saw Xuanwu Zhenren sitting in her courtyard, her face pale.

The bearded old man's abdomen was a puddle of blood, and he was casually bandaged with his clothes. When Huo Feng saw it, he took out a few medicine bottles that he had brought with him, and poured out a few pills for the other party to take. After half a moment, Xuanwu Zhenren breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed loudly: "It's careless, it's me who is too careless." But if you have the help of the phoenix, you can make that thief boy die today without a place to be buried. ”

Huofeng snorted coldly: "I said that he has Yin Yang Gui, and he is not so easy to deal with." I'm not going to do anything to him now. ”

"What's the use of that broken stone for you?" Xuanwu Zhenren said angrily.

"It's not the two broken stones that work for me, it's the people who can use the broken stones." Huo Feng suddenly raised his eyebrows and whispered coldly: "I want to jump out of the fate of this hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, and ask that kid to surrender to me." Others feel that we are constantly reincarnated, almost immortal. But I've long been tired of this kind of fate bound by the way of heaven, and I want to really live for myself. ”

Xuanwu Zhenren let out a sneer, "Phoenix, you have hysteria again." If there is anything wrong with guarding the Heavenly Dao, I will be happy. Besides, that kid is not a real dragon, what's the use of surrendering to you? ”

"What if it's not a real dragon, he's just a man."

"Zhu Hongwu was also a man at the beginning, and he could help you, why didn't you ask him?"

"That shoehorn face, it's ugly."

"You ......, you are a woman." Xuanwu Zhenren was blocked by words, he stood up and said angrily: "I don't care, I want to protect this Daming." That kid slaughtered the gentry, and his fate did not agree with me, and he was my great enemy. ”

Huofeng sneered: "Even if you go and kill him, it's best to go every day." That kid is too self-righteous, and he really thinks he is the best in the world. It's when someone gives him something to taste it that he will become stronger. The stronger he is, the better it is for me. She stretched out her hand and clenched her fists, straining slightly, "When that kid is a great cultivator, he will be mine." Then I want him to lean down and beg me. ”

Xuanwu Zhenren was not lightly injured, where could he trouble Zhou Qingfeng every day? But he did choke Zhou Qingfeng enough this time, until he was bombarded by the explosives bag, which gave Zhou Qingfeng a chance to breathe.

At the scene of the battle just now, the steel body of the 'Road Rage' was tattered and lost, and it became scrap metal. Zhou Qingfeng finally gathered some wishing power to take it back into the storage space, and found that the war machine of this armored police car was completely scrapped, and it no longer had the ability to repair itself.

Zhou Qingfeng himself was also severely injured in the fight with the snake-headed giant tortoise, and only with the treatment of light spiritual power and Ye Na's support did he reluctantly return to his subordinates. Facing more than a thousand uneasy subordinates, he grinned and said, "It's just a beating, it's not a big deal, isn't this not dead?" That old monster won't be coming back anytime soon. We proceeded as planned. ”

There are many imperial villages around the capital, which are the emperor's own property. The northward detachment easily broke through one place, not only obtained a large number of supplies, but also exchanged hundreds of mules and horses for transportation. The two stewards and eunuchs stationed here surrendered directly, not daring to resist at all.

The northward detachment rested for an afternoon, ate and drank enough, and opened again at night, so as to get rid of the pursuit of the officers and soldiers. In the next half month, they specialized in attacking various small towns around the capital, one in the east and the other in the west. Whenever he went to a place, he killed the officials and gentry stationed there, and then opened a warehouse to release grain, and the common people went to rob it.

The northward detachment had strict discipline, only cracking down on local tyrants and inferior gentry and local ruffians and hooligans, not only did not commit any crimes against the people at the bottom, but also often presided over justice and won over the people's hearts. When the number of times the warehouse was opened and the grain was released, the local people tasted the sweetness, and immediately left the Tianwei of the Ming Dynasty behind, and regarded Zhou Qingfeng's team as their own people.

The people at the bottom still only recognize the benefits.

Juniper led his troops to the vicinity of the capital, and Liu Wei's men also arrived in Gyeonggi, and the officials of the entire Northern Zhili tried every means to transfer some men to King Qin. This is a politically correct thing, and if you find out afterwards that someone didn't send troops, a hat of 'great disrespect' will be taken off."

But the military discipline of these Ming troops is as poor as ever, and the people in the places they pass through hate them to the bone. In contrast, the 'revolutionary army' basically fulfilled the requirements of the people's soldiers. Therefore, where are the officers and troops who are encircled and suppressed, what are the troops, and who are the generals, these information can easily reach Zhou Qingfeng's ears. The common people even took the initiative to act as guides to provide assistance to the northward detachments that were scurrying around.

The good mass foundation gave Zhou Qingfeng great convenience. As a result, the pursuing Ming army finally arrived in Shunyi, and Zhou Qingfeng had already run to Changping. When the Ming army arrived in Changping, Zhou Qingfeng made a detour to Fangshan. The Ming army went to Fangshan again, and Zhou Qingfeng ran back to Tongzhou - around the capital.

The execution of the gentry by the northward detachment was tantamount to cutting off the eyes and ears of the Ming army. King Qin's Ming army was led by the nose like a blind and deaf man, and he was embarrassed.

When Juniper chased Changping, he understood that there was no way to take the other party if he followed the anti-thief's ass like this. His subordinates are all cavalry, and long-distance mobility requires endurance, but horses are far inferior to humans in terms of endurance, and cavalry cannot outpace infantry. After running three or four hundred miles, the horses must rest, or they will die to show you.

"There are only a thousand anti-thieves, and they seem to be weak but they are actually flexible. They go out by day and by night, like ghosts. Everywhere he went, he slaughtered local officials and hunted down civilian gentry. The mob rose up in droves, and they became eyes and ears. However, tens of millions of people in our department pursued, their actions were slow, and their orders were inconsistent, and it was actually difficult to compete with them. ”

Juniper asked his master to write a report to Yang Hao, who rushed back to King Qin, and counted his own difficulties. Since the order of the king of the war was issued, within half a month, troops from all over the northern Zhili region rushed one after another, and the land of Gyeonggi was overcrowded.

So many people seem to be powerful, but in fact, no one knows anyone. Zhou Qingfeng often led the team to swagger through in front of these Qinwang troops, and the other party was unaware.

And once the Qinwang team showed a flaw, the northward detachment immediately rushed over, relying on the good military quality of their own team to complete the critical hit. The quality of the troops in the localities is extremely poor, and the slightest setback will collapse, and then it will become a mess.

Juniper deeply felt that these troops did not belong to each other, did not trust each other, and not only did they invade the local area, but also made the people hate each other. But he couldn't just say that he would let these Qinwang troops go back, so he could only report the problem to Yang Hao. But when Yang Hao entered the capital, he was seized of his post as a manager and imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department because of dozens of charges such as 'paying for the teacher and making the thief bigger'.

At present, the matter of suppressing thieves has become a hot potato, and no one is willing to take over.

On the contrary, Zhou Qingfeng led his troops around the capital for half a month, and the entire northward detachment not only did not run down, but received great training. The Ming army of King Lai Qin became the best whetstone, allowing all the officers and even soldiers in the detachment to be tempered at a small cost. The cultivation of many officers has gradually risen, and the combat experience of low-level soldiers has become extremely rich.

This half-month high-intensity marching operation is worth half a year's training, and after being transferred back and slightly repaired, it can be used as the backbone to expand the number of 5,000 troops.

Zhou Qingfeng originally only brought 1,000 people, but after going around the capital, the number of people not only did not decrease, but increased by 800. In the course of the sports war, he absorbed a large number of low-level youths with outstanding performance and revolutionary enthusiasm. These men, both men and women, with an average age of seventeen or eighteen, were tested in the process of serving as guides for the northward detachment, and were able to be absorbed into the Guards.

With these locals in the capital, Zhou Qingfeng's sports battle is even more like a fish in water, and he can sway freely. After he returned to Tongzhou, he sent people along the canal south to Dagukou to report his situation.

Three days later, a small group of Guards reinforcements were sent along the canal by mobile barge to Zhou Qingfeng to replenish them. There were also two freshly cast artillery guns and a real artillery battery.

Zhou Qingfeng laughed happily when he saw the two real cannons, "Juniper, that bastard, chases after Lao Tzu's ass every day, and I can't eat and sleep when I chase him." I'll have to make him suffer a little this time! ”