Mo Hahaha laughed and said: "Brother Shaobai, you don't need to be so polite, isn't everything you eat the same? However, I was really negligent in the morning, and I didn't even invite everyone to eat and came out early." ”

Tan Shaobai smiled and said: "When we arrive in the Central Plains, how can we do our best to be a landlord, not to mention, I have to let my apprentice do something." Let's go, let's go to the city not far ahead, and find the best hotel to entertain the three gods and Miss Miao Miao. ”

Listening to Tan Shaobai's hearty words, Soto couldn't help but nod secretly, he could still be so free and easy in the case of being poisoned by Gu, which was very accessible. Glancing at his daughter who had been keeping his head down, he sighed secretly, if Tan Shaobai could really be his son-in-law, what a good thing it would be! Unfortunately, even if he was willing to let his daughter be his concubine, he might not want it.

A group of eleven people walked forward slowly, as time passed, Miao Miao's depressed mood seemed to relax a little, the scenery of the Central Plains was obviously different from that of southern Xinjiang, less mysterious, but more vast and broad.

After a short time, a big city in front of me came into view, and with everyone's eyesight, they could clearly see two big characters carved above the huge city gate five meters away from a distance-Licheng. The overall height of the city wall is more than 15 meters, and there is a wide moat in front of the city. The drawbridge was lowered enough to pass four carriages in parallel, with few pedestrians coming and going, and hundreds of sergeants guarding the gates.

Huang Han said respectfully: "Master, this Licheng is an important border town in my country, with 200,000 heavy soldiers, and this city also has 60 artillery pieces, which is the only city in my country that has artillery. Speaking of this, he couldn't help but glance at the three great gods from southern Xinjiang.

Mo Ha snorted and said, "Isn't the heavy deployment of troops just to guard against our southern frontier? Don't worry, at least when a few of our old guys are alive, southern Xinjiang will never launch an attack on the Central Plains." ”

Tan Shaobai patted Moha's shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Moha, you don't have to care about anything, who made your southern Xinjiang so strong? Huang Han, what is artillery? It sounds like it's very powerful. ”

Huang Han said: "The artillery is a kind of defensive weapon jointly developed by Zhao Songguo and Li Tangguo, which is made of fine iron, and the barrel is three meters long and about half a meter in diameter. Filled with fire yao and attacked with iron bullets, it is extremely powerful. It's too bulky, but it's powerful for defense. As long as they are good, they are good enough to hit any target at a distance of five thousand meters. It is very suitable for attacking the enemy's catapults and arrow towers. However, this kind of cannon is very troublesome to cast, so it is now only available in a few frontier towns and forts. If all our cities are equipped with this kind of artillery in the future, we will not be afraid of the invasion of the enemy. ”

Tan Shaobai said with a smile: "Since this thing is so powerful, why don't you equip the army? If you match your heavy infantry with artillery, even if the cavalry of the Yuanmeng Kingdom is powerful, I'm afraid it won't be able to deal with it." I really want to see how powerful this cannon really is. ”

Listening to Tan Shaobai's words, Huang Han's heart moved, and said: "Master, when we and Li Tangguo were studying artillery, we used it for defense. No one has ever put forward such an idea. It's just that although this cannon is powerful, it is too cumbersome, and a complete cannon is five hundred kilograms, and I am afraid that no wagon can carry it! Not to mention the fire and shells, how much manpower is needed to transport this?"

Tan Shaobai thought for a while and said, "That's not simple, you make the cannon smaller, and the shell is smaller, isn't it." Even if it's a little more powerful, if you get more of it, it's better than a bow and arrow. ”

Huang Han scratched his head and said, "I don't know much about the technical issues of artillery, but I have heard that if the barrel of the artillery passes, there will be a danger of exploding at the moment of the explosion." ”

Tan Shaobai was very interested in this artillery, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go into the city, and after we have a good meal, you call the head in charge of the defense of this city to me, and ask him to find an open place to test the cannon for me, and then I am thinking about whether there is a way to improve it." ”

Moha said: "Okay! I also want to see what this artillery looks like, and whether it has the capital to confront my southern Xinjiang army." Although he has dispelled the idea of attacking the Central Plains, his competitive spirit cannot disappear in one or two. Hearing that Huang Han's artillery was powerful, I couldn't help but feel a little unconvinced.

Tan Shaobai's face suddenly changed, as if he remembered something, and said to Moha: "Great God, there is something I haven't had time to ask you yet. Before we went to southern Xinjiang, we once met a person from your Qiang tribe, who drove hundreds of monsters and completely destroyed a thousand-person village in Zhao and Song Kingdoms, without even leaving a single living mouth, do you know about this?"

Mo Ha frowned and said, "I haven't sent Ran Zhongyuan to make trouble! What kind of monsters do you look like? Tan Shaobai knew that he would never lie as a Moha, since he was not sent by him, he could reduce many contradictions, and he relaxed in his heart and went through what he had seen and heard at the beginning.

After listening to Tan Shaobai's narration, Moha's eyes were full of anger, "It turned out to be this bastard." It's good to kill, it's really good to kill. Brother Shaobai, this person of yours is indeed from my Qiang nationality. However, he is a traitor to my Qiang tribe. In my Qiang people, there are mainly two important occupations, one is to raise Gu, and the other is to drive beasts. You have only been back for a short time, and you have not seen the monsters of southern Xinjiang that we have driven, and it is a strange sight! If we really want to attack the interior, the wild beasts of southern Xinjiang will definitely be the main force. After all, we have far fewer people than you. There are thousands of species of exotic beasts in southern Xinjiang, and there are several species that can be driven by us. Among them, there are many powerful ones. However, the stronger the strength of the alien beast, the more difficult it is to drive. Thinking about it, the three-headed Jiaojiao, the ancestor of the ten thousand snakes released from you, is not something we can deal with. Four or five thousand years ago, I could still see it often, but now it is extremely rare in southern Xinjiang. The person you just mentioned is one of my stewards in charge of driving beasts, this guy is a good worker, he knows how to drink and gamble, once, he fed the wrong monster food, resulting in the death of several rare monsters. My men found him and beat him severely. That kid actually held a grudge, not only killed the person who beat him with Gu poison, but also drove some monsters to flee overnight, I sent a lot of people to look for him, but he was extremely slippery, I didn't expect to escape to the Central Plains, fortunately I met you, and I also forgot a thing on my mind. ”

Tan Shaobai smiled and said: "As long as it's not sent by you as Big Brother Moha, otherwise, the Central Plains and Southern Xinjiang will really have an indissoluble grudge." As they went, they had walked in front of the city. Moha, Ula and Soto are nothing, they are all wearing ordinary robes, but Miao Miao's outfit is more eye-catching, the three kingdoms of the Central Plains are all very conservative, and suddenly she is such a scantily clad beauty, which immediately attracted the attention of the soldiers guarding the city. Dozens of soldiers cautiously stopped Tan Shaobai and the others. The leader shouted, "Who are you? Where do you come from?" On the side, his eyes continued to swim on Miao Miao's body.

Huang Han took a step forward, took out a token from his arms with a calm face and handed it over, "The Worship Hall is on a business trip on the orders of His Majesty." Get out of the way. ”

The leader of the soldiers took the token and looked at it, and was immediately startled, and hurriedly ordered his men to get out of the way and send them into the city. Ula glanced at Huang Han a few times in a strange way, and said, "Are you from the official family of Zhao Song Kingdom?" Huang Han said: "I belong to the Zhao Song Kingdom Worship Palace." Don't hide it from a few seniors, this time I went to southern Xinjiang with my master to investigate the attack on the city by the giants some time ago. ”

Tan Shaobai said: "Okay, now that the matter has passed, the three gods don't need to care, Huang Han, you lead the way, find the best hotel to wash the dust for a few seniors." ”

Huang Han didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly led everyone to the city, he obviously not the first time he had been to Licheng, and he led everyone to a hotel called Guihualou Zheng

With Moha and other Rao cultivators, they have long been not interested in eating and drinking, but the dishes of the Central Plains are obviously very different from those in southern Xinjiang, and they are much more exquisite. Huang Sui sat next to Miao Miao, frequently arranged vegetables for her, and explained to everyone the place of each dish, although Miao Miao has practiced for many years, but after all, it is a girl's surname. Because of Tan Shaobai's depressed mood, he gradually let go, and after a meal, he had become good friends with Huang Sui.

After eating and drinking, Huang Han remembered Tan Shaobai's orders, and was just about to go to find the general who was responsible for guarding the frontier here, but the general had already arrived. The status of the worship hall in the Zhao Song Kingdom can be said to be under one person, and they defeated the Yuan Mengguo worship hall with the help of Tan Shaobai, and in the entire Zhao Song Kingdom, they have already been heroic figures. When the general heard that a man from the temple had come to his precinct, he hurried over, and when he heard that the people were eating in it, he did not come to disturb him. It wasn't until Huang Han stepped out of the hotel that he happened to meet him.

"Master, let me introduce you, this is Zhao Feng, the general who is responsible for guarding the southern border. General Zhao Feng, this is His Royal Highness the King of my master's word. ”

Zhao Feng is two meters tall, his face is resolute, and his whole body exudes an extraordinary momentum, and everyone clearly feels the kind of killing blessing that emanates from his body Listening to Huang Han's words, Zhao Feng hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down in front of Tan Shaobai, and said respectfully: "Subordinate Zhao Feng, I have seen His Royal Highness the King side by side." His Royal Highness's British subordinates have heard of it for a long time. Seeing Tan Shaobai, he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, the name of the king side by side had already spread in the territory of Zhao Song Kingdom, he didn't expect that this prince who could save Zhao Song Kingdom would be so young. Tan Shaobai waved his hand casually, and Zhao Feng only felt a warm energy holding him up, "General Zhao doesn't have to be polite, I'm not an official in the court, so I don't need to see each other with a big court." You may be seated. ”

Under the strength that Tan Shaobai inadvertently showed, Zhao Feng suddenly lost his contempt in his heart, and said respectfully: "The prince is the pillar of Zhao Song Kingdom, in front of you, how can there be a seat for the last general." ”

Tan Shaobai smiled: "Why are you all the same, where are there so many rules, sit down." ”

Tan Shaobai's approachability immediately won Zhao Feng's favor, and this important figure of Zhao Song Fang sat aside. Seeing him sit down, Tan Shaobai said: "I'm very interested in those artillery pieces in the city, can the general find an open place to test the artillery for me, maybe, I can come up with some ways to improve it." ”

Hearing Tan Shaobai mention the artillery, Zhao Feng's eyes suddenly lit up, and the previous respect disappeared, replaced by excitement, "Your Highness, this artillery is a good thing! The power is so great that it is not comparable to any weapon at all, whether it is the range or the explosive power, it is enough to destroy anything within a radius of tens of meters when the cannonball falls." Extremely lethal. Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult to manufacture, and I want to expand to 120 here, but I am afraid it will take four or five years. Since you want to see it, the last general will prepare it. "Finished, confessed to Tan Shaobai, and rushed away.

Tan Shaobai looked at Zhao Feng's hurried figure and said with a smile: "This general is in a hurry. ”

Huang Han said with a smile: "Master, you don't know, General Zhao Feng can love artillery as much as his life, and he can't wait to sleep with his precious artillery." Haven't you seen it, I was there the last time I tested the guns, and the scene when the sixty guns fired in unison was simply amazing. A large crater was blown out in front of the entire Licheng city, and all the targets prepared in advance were blown to pieces. Such a powerful weapon is simply a nightmare for the siege army. If you can have more, you can even reduce the number of soldiers stationed there. ”

Moha was a little disappreciative and said, "Is it that amazing? ”

Huang Han said: "Senior, I'm not afraid of your blame, get up, the sixty cannons in this Licheng are really forced by the monsters of southern Xinjiang to install them." How could we not know that southern Xinjiang is powerful? If there is no such sharp weapon, I am afraid that even if we mobilize the whole country, we may not be able to resist it!"

Tan Shaobai stopped Huang Han from going down and said, "What's the good thing about fighting, it's hard to work the people and lose money." What's more, no matter how powerful the artillery is, I'm afraid it won't be able to stop the Gu worms in southern Xinjiang. ”

Miao Miao's delicate body trembled, raised her head and looked at Tan Shaobai angrily, and said, "Are you talking about me?"

Tan Shaobai was stunned and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, Miao Miao, I didn't mean that." It's just a feeling. The power of Gu worms is indeed not something that ordinary people can deal with. ”

Miao Miao snorted, bowed her head and said nothing, and Huang Sui on the side hurriedly comforted her.

After a while, Zhao Feng ordered his men to invite everyone, and in a slight atmosphere, Tan Shaobai and his party of eleven people got into the carriage prepared by Zhao Feng and headed out of the city.