Chapter 201 A batch of gunpowder

Shen Yuexi finally understood how useful the emperor's title was.

According to an imperial edict, Xiao Zhuo was named King Zhao. The border commander Zhao Mu handed over the 50,000 troops to Xiao Zhuo without saying a word. General Wei Liang was responsible for the supply of food and grass.

She suddenly became Princess Zhao.

What does it mean to have a bright future and a bright future? This is it.

Xiao Zhuo now has his own army, and the Xiliang Army is under the command of Mei Pu. It has become a coalition of more than 80,000 people. It has enough confidence to fight against the 200,000 Jingzhou Army in the south.

When Su Mo and the envoy arrived three days later, Xiao Zhuo had already led his army north to attack Nanping City, while the Xiliang army stayed behind in Leshan.

In Xiao Zhuo's words: Soldiers are valuable and quick. While Xirong is still concentrating its forces, capture Nanping City first.

"My husband has led his troops to attack Nanping." Shen Yuexi said to Su Mo.

Conquering a city is not easy, it may take ten days and a half.

Su Mo brought news about Xiao Beiheng, saying that Xiao Beiheng was willing to share the pressure for Xiao Zhuo and help him resist the Xirong. Currently, the Dingbei Army is marching outside Nanping City.

Shen Yuexi couldn't figure out why Xiao Beiheng's attitude took a 180-degree turn, or maybe it was too late to think about it. Su Mo talked to her about the hot air balloon method last time, but it still couldn't fly. Take this opportunity Come find Shen Yuexi.

Since she couldn't follow Xiao Zhuo to Nanping anyway, Shen Yuexi and Su Mo studied hot air balloons together.

The hot air balloon is not big and is made of thin bamboo and paper.

Su Mo liked these novel things very much and they had a common language with her. She still liked Su Mo very much, but she didn't understand why she could get along with such a cruel person as Xiao Beiheng. She asked insinuatingly.

Su Mo carefully applied glue to the gaps in the hot air balloon and said, "Of course I don't want Beiheng to behave like this. But we women cannot interfere in men's affairs."

Shen Yuexi disagreed and said, "What if one day your husband goes too far?"

Su Mo said: "Beiheng has great ideas in doing things. I think he will achieve his goals."

"What goal?" Shen Yuexi asked.

Su Mo just smiled, lowered her head and concentrated on playing with her hot air balloon, and said: "If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog. I think Beiheng is already very good."

Seeing that she didn't say much, Shen Yuexi didn't feel comfortable asking anymore. She said to Su Mo, "Don't apply too much. The more you apply, the heavier the hot air balloon will sink."

She had asked Daxiong to make a hot air balloon before. If she made it herself, if the gaps were not properly connected, the air would leak and the balloon would not be able to fly.

Su Mo obeyed her words, put down the glue, held the hot air balloon in both hands, and said, "Princess, let's go to the yard and try it out together."

As the two of them were walking towards the door, the door was suddenly knocked open, and Li Wan burst in violently.

"Princess, King..." Li Wan only said half of the words. Looking at the deflated hot air balloon in Su Mo's hand, she said to Su Mo apologetically, "Prince Princess, I didn't know you happened to be at the door."

Su Mo wasn't angry at all, she just sighed and said to Shen Yuexi: "Anyway, I have to stay here for two days. I'll make a new one another day."

Shen Yuexi said: "Miss Li, why are you so anxious?"

"Ah, it's my cousin," Li Wan's eyes shone, "My cousin has conquered Nanping."

Shen Yuexi and Su Mo both felt that Li Wan was joking. It had only been three days. Even if the cavalry went there, they probably just arrived. Did they capture Nanping without attacking the city?

The house they were in was reserved exclusively for female relatives. Shen Yuexi planned to go out to ask Qiu Liming, so she asked Li Wan to chat with Su Mo.

When passing by the courtyard, Mrs. Li was happily instructing her servants to decorate her room: "You all should pay attention. Your Majesty has rehabilitated my nephew... That old man drove us and my wife away. There are signs of regret on his part."

Xiao Zhuo was crowned the king, and even his aunt started to tremble. He asked his servants to decorate it like the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, but Leshan City did not have as much furniture as the capital for her.

Arriving at the front yard, Shen Yuexi asked Qiang Lin to call Qiu Liming. After Qiu Liming arrived, he said to her: "Miss Li is right. The scouts came to report that the master has already captured Nanping."

"How?"

"The Lord sent a hundred sergeants to sneak into Nanping disguised as ordinary people. Then he led his cavalry to Nanping and pretended to attack the city. The Xirong people were afraid of him and went to the city wall to defend. The one hundred sergeants took the opportunity to open the city Gate. Captured Nanping without any bloodshed."

Shen Yuexi raised her thumb and said, "As expected of your husband."

Qiu Liming also praised: "If we were generals, we would definitely attack the city step by step. I didn't expect that my lord is so good at using tricks."

"By the way, Mistress, there is one more thing." Qiu Liming continued, "My lord found a batch of gunpowder in the Nanping warehouse. It was originally used to make fireworks and firecrackers. The Xirong people didn't know how to use it, so they kept it there. It has not been touched. My lord said that you might need it and has already sent it back to Leshan."

"Gunpowder?" Shen Yuexi said, "It's almost the Chinese New Year, so I guess you want me to make some fireworks?"

Qiu Liming also thought so and said, "Maybe it's for the New Year?"

Halfway through the thought, Shen Yuexi interrupted the thought again. It was too philistine thinking.

Wouldn't it be too humiliating to use something as powerful as gunpowder to make fireworks and firecrackers? She wants to help her husband conquer the world, so what's the use of making fireworks and firecrackers?

Leshan is short of iron, but there are iron mines in Xiaogang Village. This batch of gunpowder can be transported there. The cannon she has always wanted to make can be made. Even if the cannon body could be made before, without gunpowder, it was just a decoration.

The so-called preparedness is just in case you need it one day.

A week later, the gunpowder was finally transported to Leshan. Shen Yuexi ordered people to transport the gunpowder to Xiaogang Village.

At this time, Xiao Beiheng's Dingbei Army had already arrived outside Nanping City. According to Mei Pu's request, Nanping was Xiliang's territory. Since Xiao Beiheng was helping Xiliang to defeat Xirong, he could not cross Nanping.

With Xiao Beiheng's army blocking the Xirong army for Xiao Zhuo, Xiao Zhuo led his army back to Leshan and prepared to attack the Jingzhou army.

Shen Yuexi was worried that Xiao Beiheng would suddenly turn his back and attack Nanping. Xiao Zhuo said with a smile: "I have transferred Meng Yue to Xiaogang Village and asked him, Qiu Liming, and Song Zhen to lead 10,000 troops to defend Nanping. Xiao Beiheng cannot attack it. Now that Xirong has been stopped by Xiao Beiheng, I will lead my army and go south together with Mei Pu. The Mei family has a deep hatred for Jingzhou, and my father also asked me to pacify Jingzhou."

"The other side has an army of 200,000." Shen Yuexi reminded.

Xiao Zhuo said: "Soldiers are more valuable than their numbers."

Shen Yuexi found that Xiao Zhuo had swept away the haze of the past and was full of confidence. Thinking about it, when Jingzhou was captured, he would return to the position of prince. He would get back everything he lost.

She said: "The Jingzhou Army seems to be waiting until the New Year is over before sending out troops. Otherwise, we should stay in Leshan after the New Year before sending out troops."

Xiao Zhuo said: "In this sudden attack on Nanping, the soldiers of the three armies really need to rest. We will repair in Leshan and send troops after the Chinese New Year."
Chapter completed!