Chapter 394: Dominating the Northwest (9)

Check the supply of military food for the 13th Taibao, it is unexpectedly simple, those military leaders do not have the minimum sense of secrecy of military operations at all, this time in order to deal with the scientific gate, a lot of soldiers and horses were dispatched, and there was a lot of food needed, some military leaders had to owe a lot of food and wages to their subordinates, and at this time they had to make up for the arrears of food and wages. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It's funny to say, even the snow candy shops set up in several big cities in the northwest of Science Gate were blackmailed and begged for food by the grain collectors under the military leaders, and I don't know if they really didn't know the relationship between the snow sugar shop and Science Gate, or they were too greedy and were blinded by lard.

This news was naturally reported to Guo Dalu by Lou Dalang as soon as possible, and he said with a smile: "The guy in the snow sugar shop invited the grain collector to drink a little wine, and the grain collector vomited out everything after a few cups of yellow soup. ”

Guo Dalu said with a smile: "A month later, this is almost spring, no, we can't wait for them that long." We still have something to do, Lou Dalang, let's urge these military leaders. ”

This afternoon, the grain collector under the Great Taibao drank and returned to the barracks, this time he went out to collect grain, and the harvest was quite rich, especially the snow sugar shop, which actually obediently sent several truckloads of grain, and the guy in the store also accompanied himself to drink a drink in Wangjiang Tower, originally it was rumored in the rivers and lakes that this snow sugar shop had something to do with what cultivation sect, it can be seen that it was nonsense, who had ever seen a cultivation sect doing such a lowly business? What do the immortals want, and it is not possible to have a spell?

The door of the barracks creaked open, and the grain collector ordered his soldiers to place the grain in the storehouse, and then locked the door, and staggered back to his tent and fell asleep.

At the same time, there were several other teams of grain trucks, heading to several other military camps, it turned out that after the Great Taibao ordered, the other Taibao also mobilized people and horses one after another, and went to the territory where the Great Taibao was located, although there were not 100,000 people, but there were 40,000 or 50,000 people, and according to the news heard by the Great Taibao, the people of Science Gate in the northwest, including the craftsmen hired, were only a thousand people, 50,000 against 1,000, so it was not a lion to fight a rabbit?

The military camps of the Taibao are not crowded together, this is not only that the place is not enough, but more importantly, the Taibao are wary of each other, and even more beware of the big Taibao, for fear that they will be annexed accidentally, so they are scattered around the city, and it takes half a day to send messages on horseback.

The military discipline of the Taibao is lax, but there are some rules, there are soldiers on duty in front of the warehouse, patrolling back and forth, in case foreign enemies attack the camp and burn food, the "War of the Three Countries" is now popular, and the storyteller is in the legend, even the big soldiers know that this war must prevent the enemy from robbing the camp and burning food.

It's just that from the Taibao to the patrol soldiers, they don't know that the enemy is not outside, but inside!

In the high pile of grain in the warehouse, the truckloads of grain from the snow sugar shop were pressed under the heavy sacks, but in addition to the grain, there was also a clay pot in the grain bag, and there was a clockwork mechanism in the clay pot, which was relaxing little by little, and then suddenly bounced open, touching a mechanism, and with a snap, the clay pot was smashed by the nose with a hammer, and the liquid inside flowed out, and the smell was kerosene.

The mechanism not only smashed the clay pot, but also hit another vial inside the clay pot, but this bottle was ********, and ******** was struck, and immediately exploded, although the amount was very small, it still ignited the kerosene, and in a few moments, the whole grain bag was burning!

The grain bales from the snow candy shop were scattered in the warehouse, one by one, under the control of the most rudimentary spring clockwork switch, one by one, and by the time the soldiers outside the warehouse noticed the smoke pouring out of the closed doors and windows, it was too late!

The soldiers rushed from the barracks noisily and opened the door of the warehouse, but unexpectedly, with the influx of fresh air, the fire in the warehouse suddenly increased, and even an explosion occurred, which overturned many soldiers who came to fight the fire to the ground.

The fire soon got out of control, and even spread to the camp where the soldiers lived, and many soldiers ran out naked when they saw that the fire was out of control - the soldiers under the Taibao did not have any good treatment, sleeping on straw-made beds, and they all slept bare-bottomed for fear of wearing out their uniforms.

When the Taibao heard the news and rode from the city on a fast horse, he saw a tragic picture of the burning of the company camp, and his soldiers covered their black lower bodies, trembling in the wind and snow -- they only cared about fleeing for their lives, and did not even snatch their weapons out of the camp tents.

The face of the Great Taibao turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Kill the generals who patrolled the night last night, the partial generals who managed the warehouse, and their subordinates! Order the grain collector to collect grain for Lao Tzu again! We must collect all the grain and grass for this expedition in the shortest possible time!"

Pity the generals who patrol the night and the generals who manage the warehouse, they have become the substitutes for the grain collectors, and everyone thinks that this is just a simple fire in the grain depot, and no one knows that Guo Dalu burned down the military camp of the Taibao with a handmade ignition mechanism.

The Great Taibao hurriedly returned to the mansion in the city, so angry that he smashed several antiques, and at this moment, the soldiers came to report that the Thirteenth Taibao Fei General came.

The big Taibao was stunned, and then rejoiced, last night's fire burned his vitality greatly, but the old thirteen came at the order, and brought a snow wolf ride, which will revive morale.

The eldest Taibao personally greeted him at the door, took Ye Fei's hand and entered his study, and asked the old thirteen to call him affectionate, and asked people to send tea bought at a high price from Jiangnan.

Ye Fei was a little unaccustomed to the boss being so affectionate, he was straight, and blurted out: "Big brother, when I entered the city, I saw smoke in the eastern military camp, but what happened?"

The big Taibao said with a smile: "It's okay, it's just that last night a few dead thieves in the army were cold and roasted, and they walked away--"

Before he could say a word, his own soldiers hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty! Woe to you! All the Taibao have come to report that they have run out of water in their barracks and burned a large amount of grain and grass, and they are asking Your Majesty for food, grass and ordnance, otherwise, the generals under their command will mutiny!"

The tea bowl in the hand of the great Taibao fell to the ground, and the tea foam that was spilled out splashed all the tea foam on the bottom of his robe, but he didn't realize it, stared and shouted: "What?!

The soldiers shrank back: "Your Majesty, the fast horses of the Taibao are waiting at the gate of the mansion, except for the Fifth Taibao and the Ninth Taibao, the other Taibao warehouses are on fire--"

Ye Fei next to him had already jumped up: "Attack the camp! Someone attacked the camp! It must be the Science Gate! They knew that we were going to drive them out of the northwest, so they took the lead!"

At this time, the Great Taibao calmed down: "No, it can't be the Science Gate! If the Science Gate really has the ability to burn down many granaries of my Thirteenth Taibao overnight, then he might as well drop a spell and kill all of our Thirteen Taibao on the bed, this is the real one! I think that the fires in the Taibao army were all baked by the sergeants and accidentally ignited. ”

Ye Fei was stunned, the words of the Great Taibao were obviously a pretext, the thirteen Taibao are distributed in all parts of the three provinces, and whoever walks the water together at the same night is the one who walks the water together? Who else can do it except the deliberate end of the Science Gate? However, the words of the Great Taibao also have some truth, not to mention anything else, if the Science Gate is really a sect of cultivators who have magic all over the sky, a flying sword can kill the Taibao, so why bother to burn any grain and grass? Isn't this a sacrifice of the roots?

The Great Taibao said proudly: "Even if these fires are all famous for the Science Gate, it just exposes their old bottoms, it can be seen that they will only engage in some small tricks of setting fires at night, but they can't really take what we -- The Sixth and Eighth Brothers were right before, this Science Gate must be a fake cultivator who deceives the world and steals fame, and will only engage in some tricks." ”

At this time, the pro-soldiers came to report again: "The sixth Taibao, the eighth Taibao have arrived!"

The Great Taibao frowned: "What are they doing here? But the one urging for food, grass and ordnance? This is also too anxious, the fire that only started last night, today I will come to the door to ask for it, when my grain depot is a good hall, isn't it?"

Having said that, last night a fire burned people's hearts, and the Great Taibao also knew the importance of calming people's hearts, so he hurriedly asked people to invite in the two Taibao.

The Sixth Taibao and the Eighth Taibao joined forces, and before they entered the room, the Sixth Taibao had already shouted: "Big brother, quickly send troops, kill all the real liars and fake cultivators in the Science Gate, rob their wells, and divide their fertile land!"

The Great Taibao was stunned, the grain depot of the sixth and eighth was also burned, and he had just sent someone to ask him for food and ordnance, why did he turn around and shout that he was going to attack the Science Gate? Could it be that these two buddies were confused?

The eldest Taibao coughed: "Sixth, eighth, dissipate your anger, and raise a teacher for the sake of the general's anger." I know you're all angry about last night's fire, but for the time being, we don't know if it was the work of the Science Gate - even if it was the Science Gate, we have to find out what the other side used to prevent another attack. If this fire burns one after another, we haven't sent troops yet, and our own positions will be in chaos. ”

The Sixth Taibao and the Eighth Taibao glanced at each other and laughed: "Big brother, this science gate is a charlatan at all! There is no immortal art at all! They burned down the company camp last night, but they just used a kind of organ and utensils! Come on, bring the things up--no, the place in the study is too narrow and flammable, big brother, is there an open place in the house?"

Da Taibao said: "There is a martial arts training ground in the house, and the place is big enough. ”

The Great Taibao, the Thirteenth Brother and the Sixth Taibao and the Eighth Taibao came to the martial arts training ground together, this Taibao Mansion has its own elite soldiers, and they practice all the time, and this training ground is quite large, which can accommodate thousands of people.

The Sixth Taibao nodded: "This place is big enough, come on, bring me what I found from the fire." He turned his head to the eldest Taibao and said: "Big brother, after the warehouse caught fire last night, the younger brother personally led the troops to put out the fire, and finally snatched half of the grain from the warehouse from the fire, and found a strange thing in several of the grain packets. I had a breath with the eighth brother, and I found something similar in his warehouse. Hehe, this is the object that started last night's fire!"

The big Taibao was shocked, both surprised by what caused the fire, and surprised when the old six and eight colluded together, after the two of them suddenly encountered the fire last night, they did not immediately report themselves, but secretly colluded with each other to secretly investigate the truth of the fire, hehe, if it weren't for this fire, the truth of the two secretly joining forces would not be burned!

The Great Tai Baopi smiled and said, "I don't know what good things you have found, but the cultivator's magic weapon?"

The old Ba Quack smiled: "Big brother, you can understand at a glance that it is not a magic weapon at all!"

At this moment, several soldiers rushed in, each holding a clay pot in their arms, and they walked cautiously, as if they were not carrying shoddy pottery, but the sons of their relatives.

The big Taibao was stunned: "What is this?"

Lao Liu touched his oily head: "Lao Tzu didn't know what it was at first, until a big-headed soldier accidentally broke it, and I didn't understand." He pointed to one of the soldiers: "You, go to the center of the martial arts training ground and break this clay pot!"

The soldier trembled, his legs stiffened when he walked, and he finally walked to the center of the martial arts training ground, put down the clay pot in his arms, and then ran away, picked up a broken brick, and threw it at the clay pot, because he stood far away, the first piece was not thrown, the second piece, still wiped the jar, and the third piece--

The Great Taibao was looking impatient, and turned his head to ask the sixth and eighth children what the hell they were doing, when they heard a crisp snap, and then the thirteenth brother next to him yelled: "Be careful!" Pressing heavily on himself, he pressed himself into a mouth and gnawed on the mud, almost at the same time, the Great Taibao heard a roar, and a red light flame burst out in front of him!

Da Taibao was lying on the ground, because there were soldiers practicing in the martial arts training ground from time to time, so the snow had already stepped into mud, his body was full of mud and snow water, and his face and beard were dirty, but he didn't realize it, just stared blankly at the center of the martial arts training ground. Because there, a flame was burning violently, and strangely, there were no matches or other burning things, but the flames jumped up more than a person high, and burned the snow cement slurry underneath to dry up!

The thirteenth brother helped the big Taibao up, and said in a deep voice: "The Taibao grain depot was burned, obviously this clay pot is the fault!"

The Sixth Taibao nodded: "Yes, the thirteenth brother is really smart, and he can see the truth at a glance." I have already interrogated my subordinate grain collectors, these grain bags with clay pots hidden in them are all imported from the snow grain shop, his grandmother's, the snow sugar shop is the property of the scientific gatehouse, we are not opening the door to welcome thieves, welcome wolves into the house!"

The big Taibao had a blue face, and said to the soldiers around him: "Go, bring the grain collectors from the Taibao army and interrogate the origin of the grain packs." ”

Soon, including the Taibao's own grain collectors, the Taibao's grain collectors were escorted to, and they didn't need to be tortured, and several grain collectors were recruited, but they all had grain from the snow sugar shop, and they had also been invited by the snow sugar shop guys, it turned out that the northwest was originally short of grain, and the Taibao temporarily decided to go out in the winter, where could the grain collectors find a large amount of grain for a while?

Although the name is a snow sugar shop, in fact, all kinds of miscellaneous goods are sold, and the best rice and grain from the south of the Yangtze River are also sold, so the grain collectors have hit their heads with their ideas, but they did not expect that the shopkeepers of the snow sugar shops will look at their faces, not only promise to supply food at a very low price, but also invite the grain officials to eat and drink, saying that they will have to take care of the small shop if there is business in the future.

Originally, before the grain was put into storage, they should have checked to see if there was mold and soaked in water, but the mouths of those who ate people were soft, and the grain collectors didn't bother to inspect it at all, so they put the grain into the warehouse directly.

The great Taibao listened to the cause and effect of this, his face was pale, he pulled out the waist knife of his own soldiers around him, and cut his family's grain collector into two with a knife, he was about to continue to use the knife, when he suddenly paused, and pointed to one of the grain collectors with the tip of the knife, and pointed to a few still intact clay pots in the field: "You go, take out the contents of the clay pot, Lao Tzu wants to see what is the end, what tricks did this scientific gate use, so that a broken clay pot caused such a fire?"

On one side is a steel knife to cut off the head, on the other side is the clay pot burning, left and right are a death, open the clay pot is still a little alive, the grain collector trembling all over the body moved to the clay pot, this clay pot incendiary bomb is Guo Dalu hurriedly made, not perfect, otherwise, it will not be because the clockwork mechanism failed, leaving these few "dumb bombs" that did not explode, the mouth of the clay pot is just mud sealed, and it was quickly opened by the grain collector.

The grain collector poured over the mouth of the can, and a transparent liquid flowed out of it, and the thirteenth brother frowned and said, "What is this? But it is like water? This should be the thing that supports combustion." No wonder it can burn without firewood. ”

Without saying a word, the big Taibao took out the fire fold, lit it in the wind, and threw it at the liquid, boom, the liquid burst into flames, and lit the grain collector who was standing on the side holding the clay pot, and the grain collector screamed and beat the fire on his body, and the clay pot in his hand fell to the ground, boom, the clay pot exploded, but the small jar containing nitroglycerin inside was broken.

The great Taibao stared at the grain collector who was struggling in the flames, gritted his teeth and said, "It turns out that this thing burned the grain depot of me and my brothers!"

The Eighth Taibao sneered: "Big brother, although this thing has never been seen in the world, it is definitely not a magic weapon immortal art! It's just that the thing is made a little more exquisitely! Therefore, that science sect is not a cultivation sect at all, but a few strange and ingenious things to deceive the world! Our brothers don't have to be afraid of what spells they will cast, so we will reorganize the soldiers and horses, kill their construction sites, kill their people, and seize their well land!"

The eldest Taibao laughed: "The eighth brother is right, although this scientific sect burned our grain depot, it also revealed their old bottom! Phew, what kind of cultivation sect canonized by the emperor's old officials, where do real cultivators need such trouble, a flying sword, a thunderbolt down, you and my brother will be finished." (To be continued.) )