Wang Zhongsi was convinced and nodded.

"General, let's look at the second weapon." Yan Wu first pointed to the direction, which were several huge stone cannons placed on the edge of the military camp. Then, he pointed again, pointing further away, and said: "We need to throw The general is interested in something."

An order was given first, and the order flag waved on the messenger platform. After that, the several giant cannons threw projectiles one after another.

Wang Zhongsi raised his telescope and followed the projectiles with his eyes, only to see them sliding nearly a mile in the air and landing at the foot of the mountain in the distance.

Afterwards, there was a muffled thunderous sound.

Yuan Zai subconsciously raised his head and looked at the sky, thinking it was going to rain.

However, Wang Zhongsi was in the Thousand Miles Realm scene and could clearly see where the projectiles exploded, dust and smoke rising, and trees falling down...

Xue Bai was distracted.

He actually thought that maybe on Li Longji's next trip to Huaqing Palace, he could try to place a huge stone cannon on Lishan Mountain for assassination. However, he finally decided to give the explosive to Wang Zhongsi to pacify Nanzhao.

The situation was different from when he was in Huashan. At that time, Ge Luofeng had not yet rebelled, but now he had mobilized many soldiers, horses and food. The preparations for the battle of Nanzhao could not be in vain.

"What is this?" Wang Zhongsi asked.

"gunpowder."

Xue Bai came back to his senses and said: "It was a Taoist priest who blew up the furnace when he was learning Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, to make alchemy with sulfur inside the alchemy. So I bought his prescription from him and made it. This gunpowder.”

"I wonder which Taoist priest it is?" Wang Zhongsi picked up his telescope again and looked around, wanting to have a chat with the Taoist priest.

It happened that the Taoist priest was Li Xiazhou who presented the bag of Xingyang centipedes to the saint, and it was not appropriate to show up. Xue Bai then said: "People from outside the world do not want to be disturbed, so although he gave me the recipe for gunpowder, he did not reveal his name. "

Wang Zhongsi turned the telescope and glanced at Xue Bai. Because the distance was too close, he was so scared that he leaned back, looking a little childish.

"Let's go! Let's go over and take a look at this gunpowder."

…

With his mind on military affairs, Wang Zhongsi could not help but show the aura of a commander.

He first rushed to the vicinity of the huge stone cannons, while the soldiers were still busy re-weighting the huge stone cannons.

In front, a big man was leading people to move things. Gao Shi led Wang Zhongsi and others over and said, "This is also Xue Lang's subordinate who came to offer weapons, Zhao Yuliang."

Wang Zhongsi took a look at Zhao Yuliang and quickly saw that this man, like Qiao Erwa, was an ordinary farmer. He just worked for Xue Bai. With experience, he appeared to be much more capable than ordinary people.

"You will be my attendants first, and when Nanzhao is pacified, I will recommend officials for you."

Qiao Erwa, Zhao Yuliang and others were stunned and looked at Xue Bai.

Xue Bai said: "I still don't want to thank Wang Jieshuai for his great kindness."

"Yes, thank you so much for your kindness."

Attendants are equivalent to personal soldiers. Because they are close to the commander, they are easy to perform meritorious service and less dangerous in the army. For example, Feng Changqing, who fell into poverty in his early years, started as an attendant of Gao Xianzhi and gradually became famous and accumulated military merits.

Looking at it from another perspective, today brothers Diao Bing and Diao Geng are still Xue Bai's attendants, but Qiao Erwa, Zhao Yuliang and others suddenly became Wang Zhongsi's attendants by donating weapons, like many famous generals in the world.

"Look at the pellets."

Zhao Yuliang was still in a daze, but Wang Zhongsi raised his hand and pointed at the irregular-shaped iron ball in his hand.

Xue Bai stepped forward to take it, helped hand it over, and said: "We call it cannonballs. This is the first batch, and it is called Zhentianlei. It may be a thin iron shell, or the gunpowder is wrapped in soil, and the gunpowder is sealed. It explodes with great power."

Wang Zhongsi took the cannonball and turned it around in his hand. He saw a fuse on it. He tried to look inside, but he couldn't see anything at all.

Xue Bai then signaled Zhao Yuliang to bring a pack of gunpowder and said: "General, please look, this is gunpowder."

Wang Zhongsi looked around and saw that the powder in the paper bag was dark, more like carbon powder. He smelled it first, then smeared a little with his finger and put it in his mouth to taste, and it had a sour and bitter taste.

"What recipe is this?"

"The general didn't taste it."

Wang Zhongsi shook his head and said, "I can't taste it."

"The Taoist priest said that this thing is a great murder weapon. He didn't want to cause too many murders, so he refused to tell the formula. He could only help me prepare the gunpowder to support the Nanzhao battle." Xue Bai said, " Of course, if you want to make artillery shells in the army, you only need to make the shell and fill it with gunpowder."

Wang Zhongsi obviously didn't believe Xue Bai's rhetoric, but the formula was in Xue Bai's hands, and he had no other choice for the moment. He had no choice but to ask: "The amount required by the army is huge, can this Taoist master make it?"

"It can be made."

"Do you have to hide this from others first?"

"Yes, at least wait until the general pacifies Nanzhao."

Wang Zhongsi had no choice but to ask Xue Bai no more. He ignited the gunpowder in a paper bag and watched it burn violently. After that, he wrapped some gunpowder with paper and soil and ignited it with a fuse.

"Stay further away."

"I'm not afraid."

Xue Bai and others quickly pulled Wang Zhongsi aside and covered his ears.

Looking back, the fuse was burned out.

"Bang!"

Mud flew everywhere, and the power of gunpowder exploded the surrounding sand and rocks, causing pain.

Wang Zhongsi laughed heartily. To Xue Bai, this man in his forties looked more and more like a naughty boy who lit firecrackers during the New Year.

"It's really different when it's wrapped in mud, so what's the reason?"

Xue Bai didn't care whether he understood or not, pretending to be profound, and said: "The burning of gunpowder will generate a lot of heat, which will gather in a closed space and create a huge air pressure with the outside, so it will explode."

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhongsi actually understood, nodded, and said: "It's like a fart, it can kill someone if it is released once."

"That's probably it."

"What is that?" Wang Zhongsi pointed to a strange stick in the box.

Zhao Yuliang then picked it up and stopped talking.

Xue Bai then said: "This is his weapon. It is difficult to make. The craftsmen also spent a lot of effort to polish a few rods. It is difficult to measure and use at the same time. The general ignores it for the time being and just treats him as a special case."

"

When Wang Zhongsi saw that he was unwilling to talk, he smiled and did not ask further questions. Anyway, they were all in his army and they would see him sooner or later. So what if he allowed Xue Bai to get away with it?

"Let's go and see the power of the cannonball after it is thrown."

…

At present, the military camp has not been cleared. Every day, large and small transshippers from various parties come to deliver supplies, and there is a mix of fish and dragons. Even if there is no Tubo and Nanzhao is working carefully, there may be hostile forces in the DPRK and China trying to spy on the reality.

Wang Zhongsi was still pretending to be ill. He originally came quietly to take a look at the progress of military affairs, but he was a little too happy and conspicuous. Some people in the army had already noticed this trouble.

"Hush!"

After riding his horse and rushing to a shallow pit, Wang Zhongsi looked at the branches destroyed by the shells and nodded with satisfaction.

The next moment, Guan Chongsi rode over and whispered a few words.

"The general has already conducted an investigation, and the only suspicious people in the army are those few. Sure enough, as soon as the general left, someone wanted to report the news..."

"Take it."

"Here."

Xue Bai was close and vaguely understood what was going on. He was amused in his heart. Wang Zhongsi looked like a child who had lost his temper, but in fact he had his own methods for running the army. After today, all those who inquired about the truth would be cleared away. He made it clear

To recuperate, he will probably go to the military camp for training secretly.

The group of people rushed back to the camp again, this time riding horses at a gallop.

As soon as the horse speeds up, the level of riding skills will be revealed.

Wang Zhongsi, Wang Yunxiu and others rushed to the front; Xue Bai practiced riding hard and could barely follow them; Yuan Zai was born in poverty and had never ridden before, so he usually didn't show off, so he was slow now; Qiao Erwa, Zhao You

Liang only started riding horses in recent years and fell behind...

After running for a while, before reaching the camp, I saw smoke and dust flying in front of me, and a group of soldiers were chasing a knight.

"Don't let him escape!"

However, it was Guan Chongsi who led his men to clean up the troops and unexpectedly allowed one of them to escape. This man, with his superb riding skills and strong agility, actually broke out of the siege.

The two sides met head-on and passed each other before Guan Chongsi's shout came over.

Wang Zhongsi quickly reined in the reins and shouted: "Twelve mothers, shoot!"

"Here!"

Wang Yunxiu brought a bow and arrow, and immediately ran in a small circle on horseback, chasing the fleeing Xizuo again, and passed by Xue Bai in an instant.

At this time, Yuan Zai came over and was face to face with Xizuo.

"Yuan Lang!" Wang Yunxiu wanted Yuan Zai to avoid getting hurt, but when the words came to her lips, the servant girl's quick wit made her shout: "Stop him!"

She was afraid of showing weakness to the enemy, so she reminded the enemy that Yuan Zai had been hijacked.

The couple had a tacit understanding. When she shouted, Yuan Zai ducked away, allowing the knight to run away quickly.

Wang Yunxiu stood on the horse with his bow and arrow ready, squinting and aiming.

…
To be continued...