Like dark clouds in the sky, like the tide that has broken its embankment, the mountains and plains are filled with wild horses.

The gates of Qingshui City were wide open, but Hu Jun did not enter. Instead, he bypassed the county seat and set up camp in a field about five miles west of the city.

A group of rebels stood at the top of the city, staring intently at Hu Qi passing by, making random guesses.

"Didn't Li Chengzhi be driven to Longguan? Why did he suddenly come back?"

"Afraid of losing the battle?"

"Looking at the army's appearance, it seems to be in good order. There are no wounded soldiers or horses. It doesn't look like a defeat!"

"How many have passed so far, I'm afraid it's less than 20,000. Even if there are wounded soldiers and horses, it should be done at the end..."

"Indeed!"

Listening to the soldiers and generals talking in low voices, Yuan Ji and Hou Gang frowned more and more.

Eighty percent of them are defeated.

Don't look at the soldiers, but their faces are full of fear?

Looking at the horses again, they were all shining under the reflection of the setting sun. They were clearly running in a hurry and sweating a lot. There were even many war horses with foam at their mouths.

If it weren't for a major defeat, why would Hu Jun be so anxious?

However, there are nearly 20,000 Hu cavalry in sight, and there are still many who have not bypassed the county. It seems that they have not lost much?

It was difficult to draw a conclusion for a while, so Yuan Ji had to send his bodyguard to go east to look for Fuluo.

Another hour passed, and the sun had set on the top of the mountain, only to see Fuluo's handsome flag arriving late.

Looking further down the banner, Yuan Ji and Hou Gang no longer frowned, but their expressions changed drastically.

There were not many wounded soldiers, just over a hundred, but most of them were burned like coke.

Is this... falling into the fire attack plan of the officers and soldiers?

But the Baili Beach is flat, so even if Li Chengzhi wanted to use his plan, there was no geographical advantage to rely on. Moreover, there was no wind today, so how could such a huge fire cause 30,000 elite cavalry to collapse?

With random suspicions in their hearts, Yuan Ji and Hou Gang quickly walked down the city wall and met each other at the city gate.

Cui Zujia still looked drunk. When the two men got off the city, his eyes suddenly lit up and he stared at the wounded soldiers below the city. He thought thoughtfully: "The fire Li Chengzhi used must be that fire."

Oil?"

……

After looking carefully for a while, Yuan Ji and Hou just breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Fuluo was safe and sound.

"My lord... encountered some twists and turns?"

Some twists and turns?

Is this Yuan Ji really able to talk?

Grandpa almost lost his life today...

Thinking about it at this time, Volo still had lingering fears. Even though he was sitting on the saddle, his limbs could not stop trembling.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally told the truth: "I was defeated and fell into Li's child's trick to lure the enemy. Fortunately, I saw the opportunity early and was able to escape unscathed. Although his subordinates suffered losses,

But it’s less than 20%, and we still have the strength to fight..."

After hearing Fuluo's words, Hou Gang felt even more strange.

There are only 20,000 soldiers in the Western Camp, and 60% of them are infantry. According to common sense, they should not be Volo's opponents.

Of course, there are no absolutes. If victory and defeat were determined based on the number of troops, there would not be so many battles in history in which a small number defeated a large number or a small number of enemies.

The strange thing is that they only lost four to five thousand men. The Hu army was still stronger than Li Chengzhi, but why did Fu Luo retreat directly and look like "Li Chengzhi is invincible"?

Yuan Ji's heart moved, and his pupils shrank sharply, like the eyes of needles: "Li Chengzhi...did he use that thunder?"

Volo nodded heavily: "Thunder is only the next best thing. The Wei army didn't launch one round until the last moment. It must have been as expected. This thing should be extremely difficult to make, and even Li Chengzhi didn't have any extra in his hands.

But the other types of firearms are extremely weird: that rocket is shot from a hundred steps away. Although it cannot penetrate the armor, it can ignite the iron weapon? It is more like a maggot attached to a bone, which cannot be extinguished...

There is also the iron barrel, the objects shot out are like shooting stars with sparks flying, and the sound is huge. Although it does not hurt anyone, it will immediately startle..."

Yuan Ji and Hou Gang were shocked at the same time: "Kerosene, barrel?"

Volo was stunned for a moment, and his face became extremely ugly: "Since you two know this thing, why didn't you give me a word of warning?"

How could there be no reminder?

Hou Gang sighed repeatedly: "My lord, have you ever forgotten that on the occasion of sending troops, Hou Mou and His Highness King Jiangyang mentioned the urgent report of Woye Lu Zhenjun again and again? The letter mentioned this cannon barrel many times:

On that day, there was chaos in Woye City, and Li Chengzhi relied on this thing. The town army and the townspeople thought it was ghosts and gods appearing, and thunder and punishment from the sky. Therefore, they were all horrified and stayed behind closed doors. This also caused the morale of Lu Zhenjun's troops to be in chaos, which led to Woye

The defeat..."

Yuan Ji continued: "There is also the kerosene. Yuan Mou and General Hou also mentioned it to your lord: last autumn, Quanzi (Yuan Yi) and Li Chengzhi used this thing in the imperial city school field competition: as

The maggot attached to the bone will never be destroyed by water... It was also at that time that a certain person and the Li family formed a feud...

At that time, Yuan Ke was still in power, and he ordered Li Chengzhi to select a site in Hexi and rush to make a large number of these things in order to distribute them to the Chinese army. After that, there was no movement. Who would have thought that they had already been made?"

Volo thought about it carefully, and it seemed that he really had an impression. His face softened a lot, but he felt regretful in his heart.

I regret that I didn’t listen to others’ advice and almost failed.

"This is not a place for long conversations. Could you please move aside and we can discuss it later when we enter the city?"

Yuan Ji clasped his fists and bowed, "In addition, Yuan has ordered Cui County's guards to prepare enough food, wine, meat, and food. If your personal guards want to camp in the city, I will immediately send my subordinates to the camp..."

Volo shook his head: "I'm used to living in felt tents, but I'm not used to living in Shiwu Mountain, so I won't go into the city. I'll just send the wine and meat outside the camp. If you want to discuss things, please come to my tent..."<

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It was originally a probing word, but when he heard Fu Luo respond like this, Yuan Ji's face couldn't help but froze.

By the time he came to his senses, Volo had already urged his horses to go around the back of the city.

Hou Gang's face became even more ugly. He took a step forward, leaned into Yuan Ji's ear, and asked worriedly: "Is this guy going to run away?"

"It's not possible to escape, but Volo is obviously frightened out of his wits by Li Chengzhi!"

"That thunder weapon is just that. Neither you nor I have seen it. But from what Fuluo said, it seems that he has not seen it with his own eyes. The reason why he was so frightened seems to be because of the rocket stained with kerosene.

?Is this thing really so magical?"

Didn’t you never see me before when you were in Beijing?

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When the words came to his lips, Yuan Ji was suddenly startled: It seems that he has never seen Hou Zhengzhang before?

When Yuan Yi competed with Li Chengzhi, Hou Gang had been demoted to the rank of city gate captain and was guarding the palace gate under the imperial city, so he did not watch the battle.

Thinking of the scene that day, Yuan Ji nodded pertinently: "As I just said, it is like a maggot attached to a bone. It cannot be destroyed by splashing water, and it is very powerful... But according to Li's words, this thing is strong liquor.

Made with rosin. Although the rosin is not a rare thing, a pound of kerosene should require as much as two ounces. And after only one winter, where did Li Chengzhi find it?"

"Not to mention rosin, it's only been a few months, and it's winter, so even that strong wine can't be brewed..."

Halfway through, Hou Gang's words stopped abruptly, just like a crowing rooster being strangled by its neck.

When he turned around, he found that Gentsugi was just like him, staring blankly at him.

Immediately, a glimmer of realization occurred in their hearts at the same time, and their expressions suddenly became ferocious: Li Chengzhi at that time was not telling the truth at all.

What a thief, how dare you even deceive the late Emperor?

……

When discussing the matter, none of them could come up with a solution. Yuan Ji had no choice but to send his horse to various places to report urgently.

In addition to Yuan Li who stayed in Qianyuan County, Yu Zhong, who was marching north with the Southern Army, and even Yuan Huai, who had arrived at the Rouran Khan Court, were naturally unavoidable.

Fuluo was not idle either. After returning to the camp, he sent a 800-mile rush to Shudun City to give Fulian an urgent report. He said nearly a thousand words, but in fact he meant the same thing: The Li family is invincible...

Cui Zuji was like a spectator, saying no more than ten sentences the whole night.

Strangely, Governor Cui, who used to drink and talk in the afternoon, didn't drink at all tonight and listened very seriously.

Cui Zuji couldn't figure it out: with the help of all kinds of gods, there is no enemy in this world, and it is not impossible to covet the world.

As a son of the Han family, why would Li Chengzhi have to be a guard dog for the Donghu barbarians (Xianbei originated from Donghu)?

Even if he is foolish and loyal, he should not be so loyal to the law. Is Li Chengzhi confused?

……

A gloomy night.

Many rebel generals were gloomy, but Li Shao and others were overjoyed.

Li Chengzhi is indeed Li Chengzhi, but once he takes action, he will always be disadvantaged.

No wonder he is arrogant and domineering, his eyes are as high as Yuan Li, and they are as afraid of him as a tiger?

After his excitement subsided, Yang Jun brought the letter to his eyes again and read it carefully.

In fact, he had read it no less than ten times, and he could almost memorize it. After reading it again word for word, to make sure that no word had been missed, Yang Jun asked in confusion:
To be continued...