Fu Song

The climate in September this year is different from the coolness in previous years, and it still looks hot and dry. This also makes the maple leaves that should turn red at this time seem hesitant. Some have turned red, and some are half red and half green. , and some are still green.

However, the weeds under the trees have become withered and yellow, and they are listless.

Originally, this place was considered a good view. When autumn comes, the maple leaves all over the mountain can always attract many tourists.The tea shed on the side of the mountain road can also make a lot of money.

But that was many years ago.

Since the Liao people broke through the city of Tokyo, it was no surprise that this place has also been deserted.

There are no people there, but there are still tourists there!
The tea shed on the side of the avenue has long since disappeared, leaving only the four pillars for the shed, the dilapidated stove for boiling water, and a large pile of broken bowls and rotten pots, silently narrating the past glory of the place. .

Wu Keqi sat on the top of a tree with his hands on the awning, facing the rising sun and looking into the distance.

This avenue is the way for Yeluzhen to go to Tokyo City.

Of course, it was also his passage to Huangquan Road.

Wu Ke decided to come and see him off in person.

This person is worth his risky trip.

On this side of the mountain is the road, and on the other side of the mountain is the big river.

The autumn flood just started, and the river was surging, and floating corpses could be seen going down the river from time to time.

Under the tree, a tattered old farmer hugged a large pile of withered grass, revealing a bronze cannon that shone faintly.

A bronze cannon.

And it is the bronze cannon of the Liao people themselves.

The old farmer carefully inspected every detail of the bronze cannon, and even put his hand in through the muzzle, caressing each other carefully like a lover, then raised his hand to his eyes for inspection, and sent it to his nose. sniff.

"Old Lin, how is it? How is it compared to our cannon?" Wu Ke asked on the top of the tree.

"It's not bad, it's not too bad!" Lao Lin nodded and said, "It should be the craftsmanship of those old craftsmen in the Tokyo city."

"So, accurate, the range is about the same as ours?"

"It should be!" Lao Lin said: "But just looking at it, I'm always a little uncertain. It's best to try it out!"

"You can pull it down!" Wu Ke smiled and slid down from the tree: "You don't know how noisy this cannon is? If I can test the cannon, I'll get you out and bring you all the way here? If you dare to open your mouth, the settlement fee will be five hundred guan!"

Lao Lin chuckled: "Doing this job with you is purely head-on. If you don't know, you won't be able to go back alive. My salary is more than 50 yuan a year. I'm only [-] years old this year. As long as you pay for five years Money, do you still think it’s expensive?”

"Come on, as long as you can hit these two cannons well, let alone five hundred, I'll pay for one thousand!" Wu Ke spread his hands and said.

"Whether you can fire two shots or not depends on your hand speed, General Wu!"

"Am I practicing well these days?"

"Normal ones don't count, if you can maintain the hand speed during training after doing it, that's fine!"

"Well, don't worry if you're old!" Wu Ke said with a smile.

"Okay!" Lao Lin wiped the bronze cannon and said, "You are also really capable. As far as I know, there are not many such bronze cannons in the Liao Kingdom. You can actually get one out. It's amazing."

"Money can turn ghosts around!"

Lao Lin stood up, stretched his waist, stood up, stretched out his thumb, gestured for a while, and said: "Above this distance, fire two shots at the fastest speed, and then we two ran down the mountain to If you jump in the river, your chances of survival will be greater."

"I'll arrange the matter of survival, you just need to aim the cannon accurately."

"Even if I hit it right, I may not be able to kill the person you want to kill!" Lao Lin said: "Such a big official, with at least one or two thousand guards around, is easy to hit them and hits the target, but it's easy to hit them. Difficult!"

"Old Lin, don't worry about this!" Wu Ke said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, you are still a chatterbox. Next time I have such a good job, I will never take you again!"

"You can pull it off, I don't want to do such a job! It's just that you are in charge of someone's job. Since you have found me, I can't do it if I don't come, right?"

"It's not impossible, it's just that you will be imprisoned for a few months!"

"Look, I'm sure!" Lao Lin stretched out his hand and pulled a piece of grass root, chewing it desperately in his mouth.

Wu Ke smiled and didn't speak any more.

It could be seen that Lao Lin was very nervous, so he kept talking to distract himself.

not bad.

Lao Lin was Song's most accurate gunner and also the most experienced gunner.

His usual job is to be a test gunner of the Artillery Manufacturing Bureau. When he has a gun in his hands, he can tell if it works or not, and he can estimate the shooting distance to a close.

"coming!"

With a bah sound, Lao Lin spat out the grass roots that had been chewed into froth in his mouth, and squatted down all at once.

On the avenue in the distance, some cavalry appeared, galloping forward.

And one or two miles away behind them, the brigade of people followed closely.

The ones in front are just some scouts.

Wu Ke stretched out his hand and lifted Lao Lin up.

"Why squat? You are here, even if you jump up, they can't see it!"

"Be careful, there is no big mistake, what if you have clairvoyance!" Lao Lin twisted his body, "Fire the gun!"

Wu Ke also restrained his smile, and began to load the cannon swiftly.

The key is the speed of the second shot,

Because this means whether they can have enough time to escape.

weather is good.

Yeluzhen is also in a good mood.

The retreat of the Jianghuai army is considered a victory.

The seemingly disorderly and chaotic retreat was beyond the expectations of Song Jun. After the men adjusted, those who should run and those who could run had already run away.

In such chaos, the ones who were really sacrificed were the troops with lower quality and experience.

The real strong army, the more they are at such a time, the more they can reflect their value.

Of course, this is not the real reason for Yeluzhen's joy.

No matter how many people escaped, it was an out-and-out fiasco.

To his delight, Yelu Longxu and Yelu Bianji accepted his plan.

Now, Sun Pu is also in Tokyo City. After he arrives, everyone can sit down and discuss the details.

Now Daliao needs unity more than ever before.

No matter how powerful it is, it needs to be squeezed into a fist to be powerful.

How can they hurt people when their fingers are spread apart and they do their own thing?

Although he is no longer the king of Zhennan who has power, he is still left behind in Shangjing.The Queen Mother is stationed in Zhongjing, while His Majesty has been staying in Shangjing.

With myself staying by His Majesty's side, people on both sides should rest assured!
In the future, I only need to help His Majesty make suggestions and use my words, and I don't have to do everything myself, which is a very good thing.

The next step is to urge the Empress Dowager to transfer part of the power to the emperor first. I believe in the wisdom of the Empress Dowager. Knowing the current situation, what should be done is the most beneficial to Daliao.

When it comes to the wisdom of governing the country, the queen mother is much better than herself.

Although most people think that it is unreasonable for the queen mother to attack the Southern Song Dynasty eager for quick success, but after experiencing this failure, Yeluzhen believes that the queen mother is not wrong.

Although it failed, the path was actually correct.

There are some things that don't have to be judged by success or failure.

Although Daliao has lost the opportunity, in the next few years, it has to switch to a strategic defensive stage.But a united Daliao cannot be manipulated by others.

The people of Song Dynasty were like the Northern Expedition, so it was Daliao who had the advantage of home field.

You have the advantage of boats, we have the speed of chariots and horses.

We look at the water and sigh, but when you reach the endless grassland, you will still be caught blind.

As long as you persist for long enough, there may be some changes.

Song people, if Xiao Cheng hadn't appeared, they might have been killed by Daliao a long time ago.

What if Daliao could persist for decades, until Xiao Cheng died?Persevere until Da Song produces another guy like Cui Ang?
Everything is possible.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his face.

Then, he heard a cannon shot.

He looked up in astonishment.

He was all too familiar with this voice.

The guards moved in an instant.

"It's Fengshan!" Someone yelled, and a part of the guards immediately separated and rushed towards Fengshan on one side.

The guards around Yeluzhen rushed over in an instant, tore Yeluzhen off the horse in a hurry, and then surrounded him layer by layer, and the shields were densely leaning against each other .

Their reaction is fast enough.

Such a defense, unless the shell hits Yeluzhen's head by accident, it will never hurt a single hair of Yeluzhen.

However, since the enemy chose to assassinate here, it is natural that it is not just a means of shelling.

Artillery is just an introduction.

The position where the cannonball landed was still some distance away from the guards, but the next scene made everyone lose their minds.

A huge explosion sounded.

This is definitely not the sound that a shell fired by a cannon can make,
It is definitely not the momentum that a cannonball explosion can create.

There is gunpowder buried in the ground.

And there is a huge amount of gunpowder.

The shells are just to detonate these gunpowder.

The second shell pierced through the air with a sharp howling sound.

This shot was fired, and the position of the artillery on the mountain was completely exposed.

The guards who had already rushed down the mountain looked back in astonishment.

Because the place they just left has become a purgatory on earth.

Thick smoke billowed up, flames burned everywhere, and the originally flat road turned into a big pit, and the center of the big pit happened to be where Yeluzhen was when they left earlier.

An officer let out a mournful howl, and with the reins on his horse, he broke the horse and galloped towards the place where the smoke was rising above Fengshan Mountain.

And his subordinates spread out into a fan shape, and they also tried their best to climb up the mountain.

On the top of the mountain, Lao Lin was also dumbfounded.

He only knew to fire two shots, but he didn't know that so much gunpowder had already been buried on the road when he arrived here.

Based on his experience, if thousands of catties of gunpowder were buried on this road, there would be absolutely no possibility for the people there to survive.

When the second shot was fired, Wu Ke dragged him and ran away. Before leaving, he still took out a hand cannon from his bosom, lit it and stuffed it into the cannon barrel.

The two of them got off the horse all the way, and a small boat stopped there long ago.

After untying the rope, the two climbed onto the boat, and Lao Lin finally came back to his senses. He and Wu Ke picked up an oar and slid desperately towards the opposite bank.

When the two of them pulled the boat to the shore, they turned their heads and saw the Liao people chasing them roaring angrily on the other side.

"Go!" Wu Ke said out of breath, "There are horses in the woods!"

"It turns out that everything has been arranged a long time ago!" Lao Lin said while running with his hands on his hips.

"Of course, I'm a general. I don't want to die so early, so I have already arranged an escape route!"

"Who is dead?"

"The Zhennan King of the Liao people!"

"Ah!" Lao Lin fell like a dog eating shit, but got up again and ran into the woods: "General Wu, I don't want the settlement fee. Can I be promoted after I go back?"

"That can't be done. If you ask for money, it's impossible to get promoted!" Wu Ke said with a smile: "You have to keep this matter in your stomach, and you can't tell anyone. If you tell, you have to return the money. Or fine several times.”

"Why can't I say that I killed Zhennan King of the Liao Kingdom!"

"Did you kill it?"

"How dare you shut up with me, if my two cannons go flying, he won't be able to die!"

"Obviously the Liao people did it themselves, and it has something to do with us!" Wu Ke stopped panting, and two horses appeared in front of their eyes: "If the Liao people know that you blew up their town King Nan, believe it or not, the assassins of the Liao people are just like lunatics, coming to kill you one after another! Kill your family!"

Lao Lin shuddered: "I'm in Jiangning!"

"You can't escape anywhere, Lao Lin, how many guards can you have around you to keep you safe? Your family!"

"This matter has nothing to do with me!" Lao Lin yelled.

"That's right. Next, I will arrange for you to go back to Jiangning and forget about it! Go back and be your gun tester!" Wu Ke laughed, stretched out his hand and slapped Lao Lin's horse's ass, then The horse ran away.

In Tokyo City, outside the Nanxun Gate, a grand guard of honor is coming out of the city one by one, setting up a formation outside the city. This is the ceremony for Tokyo City to welcome the king of Zhennan. After a while, the civil and military officials of Nanjing City, They will come here to welcome the highest official of the Liao Kingdom in the south, Zhennan Wang Yeluzhen.

A war horse came galloping from afar.

Inside the palace city, Yelu Longxu suddenly stood up. He stared at the soldier who was about to collapse on the ground with wide eyes, and shouted sharply, "What did you say?"

"The King of Zhennan was attacked at Fengshan, twenty miles outside the city, and unfortunately died!" the soldier cried out loudly.