Chapter 193 The Emperor of Dongxia is nothing but
Chapter 193 The Emperor of Dongxia is nothing but
Wang Erhu spent two days figuring out the relationship and was about to send a letter to the emperor, but he did not expect the emperor to come to the royal court again.
After meeting and greeting the emperor, he glanced at him worriedly, and was relieved to see that the emperor was fine.
He told Leng Qingyi all the information he had heard.
Leng Qingyi was not surprised when he learned that it was the fifth prince of Nanqiu, Lu Jinmin, who was behind all this.
Instead, I feel like it's as I expected.
If there is anyone in this world who can be the first to create gunpowder, it must be Nan Qiu.
Nanqiu is the richest country among the four major countries, and ranks among the best in every aspect.
From what Ye Erlang had said, Leng Qingyi had figured out that there was an 80% chance that someone from Nanqiu was behind it.
The rumors that the Three Musketeers had heard were also from the period before the Nanqiu envoys arrived in Beijing.
Many of the places where they heard the rumors overlapped with the routes taken by the Nanqiu envoys to enter the capital.
From this we can see that although Nanqiu appears to be peaceful and indifferent to the world, in reality it is not the case. They probably covet the territory of Dongxia just like Beidong.
Among the four countries, Dongxia is neither the strongest nor the weakest, but it has the largest land area.
With such vast land and abundant resources, it would be strange if it was not coveted by others.
Ye Erlang was most likely instructed by the Nanqiu people to investigate the new weapon that Zhou Qi was researching.
Most people would not believe that a musket is so powerful unless they have seen its true power.
Unless you have seen a gun, know a gun, or know that gunpowder can be extremely powerful.
All these things are connected, and the final result is the truth.
The Nanqiu people are behind this!
As for whether the biggest mastermind behind this is the Fifth Prince of Nanqiu or someone else, we will talk about it later.
What she had to do now was to destroy all the gunpowder brought by the Fifth Prince of Nanqiu, or take it for herself.
Following Wang Erhu, Leng Qingyi sneaked into Lu Jinmin's residence in the palace. After searching around, he found no trace of gunpowder.
The gunpowder made by Nanqiu is all packed in shells similar to firecrackers.
If you smell it carefully, you can smell the smell of gunpowder.
Several people searched Lu Jinmin's residence for a long time, turning it upside down, but they still couldn't find the place where the gunpowder was placed.
Afterwards, Wang Erhu took a few people to Tuoba Jiangheng's residence.
Sure enough, several boxes of gunpowder were found in Tuoba Jiangheng's residence.
Fortunately, they arrived quickly, otherwise Tuoba Jiangheng would have to take the gunpowder to the battlefield early tomorrow morning.
"Your Majesty, now that we've found it, what are we going to do with it?"
"Master, if we can each make two trips, we can move them all away."
"No need, Erhu. It's up to you to deal with this gunpowder."
Wang Erhu was a little surprised and flattered.
"Ah? Me? Your Majesty, are you sure?"
"That's right."
"Do you see the interface between the gunpowder and the fuse?"
"I saw it."
"Pee there. If it's wet, it won't ignite."
"what?"
Wang Erhu really didn't expect that the method of dealing with such a dangerous thing would be so simple.
So without saying anything, he started to untie his belt.
Leng Qingyi and several others immediately turned their heads away.
Wang Erhu was halfway through solving the problem when he suddenly thought of something.
"Your Majesty, these are several boxes, and I don't have that much urine. How about... everyone share?"
Leng Qing turned around and took a look. There were about ten boxes of gunpowder, which was indeed not enough for Wang Erhu alone.
But let’s forget about peeing together. Not to mention that the secret guards are not real people and don’t need to pee at all.
Take herself for example. Although she has been a man for several months, she would not pee in front of several people.
"That's not necessary. Go find some buckets of water."
Wang Erhu suddenly realized what was going on. He didn't feel like urinating anyway, so he immediately pulled up his pants and tied his belt.
Soon, a few people found two buckets of water.
"Don't soak it all, just wet the interface between the gunpowder and the fuse, so they don't notice anything."
"Your Majesty, is this safe?"
Leng Qing thought about it and wondered when Tuoba Kui's son would use gunpowder against them.
"Forget it, just soak it all. Wipe it off afterward, and try not to get it too wet."
The few of them spent another half an hour soaking all the gunpowder in water before leaving the palace.
As Leng Qing expected, as soon as they returned to the camp, they noticed someone was watching them.
After Leng Qi went out to investigate, he brought the news that Tuoba Jiangheng had left the royal court with 40,000 soldiers.
They were heading towards their camp, and those people who were spying on them were brought by Tuoba Jiangheng.
Fortunately, the soldiers from Dongxia did not travel long distances and had not experienced any large-scale battles.
After sending away the injured soldiers, the soldiers are now full of energy.
They did not back down because of the incredible gunpowder. Instead, they were all filled with anger.
The morale is a bit higher than before.
Leng Qing gave an order and all the soldiers were on alert, ready to fight at any time.
Leng Ba was called in again and assigned a separate task.
Then he took 70,000 soldiers and headed towards Tuoba Jiangheng.
Tuoba Jiangheng had just ordered his men to set up the trap when he received news from the scouts.
"The Emperor of Dongxia can actually lead troops?"
"Seventh Prince, the enemy has almost twice as many soldiers as us. Can we really win this battle?"
By now, it was almost known to everyone that Dongxia had wiped out nearly 200,000 of their soldiers.
These people had long lost the desire to fight, and if they had not had something else to worry about, they would have fled like the others.
Tuoba Jiangheng did not notice the soldiers' dejection.
Even if he noticed, he wouldn't care.
He has so much gunpowder in his hands, what is he afraid of?
After teaching his subordinates how to use gunpowder, he was eager to watch the show, waiting to defeat Dongxia and take over the position of Khan from Tuoba Kui.
He was so overconfident that he didn't even check the arrangement of the gunpowder himself.
He thought it was so simple to bury the gunpowder on the road that the Dongxia people had to pass, and then he could give an order for his men to light it and everything would be fine.
When the scouts came back to deliver the message again, the Emperor of Dongxia had already brought tens of thousands of troops to a lake two miles away from them.
A quarter of an hour later, Tuoba Jiangheng finally saw the Dongxia army, and his eyes gleamed with excitement.
"Follow my instructions and get ready!"
Seeing that the Dongxia army was getting closer and closer to them, Tuoba Jiangheng not only did not feel any fear, but became excited instead.
According to the news from the scouts, most of the Dongxia army had already entered the trap area they set.
Tuoba Jiangheng couldn't help but curl his lips into a smile.
I thought the Emperor of Dongxia was difficult to deal with, but it's nothing more than this.
It's so stupid that he dares to come here again after being fooled once.
"Everyone, get ready, fire!"
Hundreds of meters long fuses were lit at once. Tuoba Jiangheng looked at the burning fuses with a crazy smile on his face.
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