Listening to Ji Jie's words, the three brothers couldn't help feeling frightened. Indeed, the more inconspicuous a place is, the easier it is to be ignored by others, and the easier it is to be exploited by smart opponents. Obviously, Cao Qidao is not only smart, but also a difficult enemy to deal with. .
Because he is not a soldier, he will not play his cards according to ordinary routines, which is what Ji Jie is worried about.
"Then the three of us will go and have a look together!" Xiong Ba suggested.
"It's not necessary!" Ji Jie said solemnly: "Since he can successfully evade two more detections, he can evade the third time! Cao Qiudao used unusual ambush methods, so we should also use unusual methods. Countermeasures to deal with it! It’s a pity that there is no river nearby. If it can be flooded with water, no matter where it is hidden, it will be invisible!"
Since there is no water, fire will do, and maybe it will be effective.
When dozens of rockets were fired and nailed to the ground, the shadow guards hiding in the dark sneered at this approach. The gunpowder was buried in the soil half a foot below the surface, and the fuse was installed in a bamboo tube with the bamboo knots opened. The flame head of the rocket is so small that it cannot affect the gunpowder and fuse at all.
But what happened next made him dumbfounded.
Ji Jie waved his hand, and hundreds of soldiers simultaneously launched small cans containing one pound of kerosene. The canister fell to the ground, and the kerosene overflowed. Soon, the ground in the entire passage was covered with kerosene, and the rocket came in contact with it. , it’s like a huge fire rising into the sky.
Thick smoke was billowing, and the shadow guard quickly covered his face with his sleeves, but what he could smell in his nose was still an extremely pungent smell.
"Continue to add fire!" Ji Jie ordered: "Throw some on the stone walls on both sides and light them with rockets!"
"Got the order!"
The explosive fuse on the stone wall was exposed. When the rocket was poured with kerosene, it exploded immediately. The shadow guard took a step slower and was hit in the face by the falling rocks. He turned around and ran away.
"Damn it, there really is an ambush!" Ji Jie cursed.
The three girls got off the carriage. Li Yuechan looked at the continuous explosions and murmured to herself: "This is indeed the style of the head of the family. Fortunately, someone discovered it in time, otherwise we would have been blown up to pieces!"
The fire on the ground grew bigger and bigger, and the gunpowder buried underneath began to explode.
"Boom boom boom..."
The earth shook and the mountains shook! Ji Jie judged that Cao Qiudao had at least buried no less than three thousand kilograms of gunpowder in these dozens of meters long passage. After the explosion, the smoke dissipated, and what came into view was a devastated scene. There are pits and small pits, and there is no flat place. The stone walls on both sides have also been cut off a lot, and the stones are scattered in the pit in a messy manner.
Cao Qiudao, who was watching the battle from a distance, punched the carriage and cursed: "Useless thing, he must have exposed his hiding place, otherwise how could Ji Jie know that there was an ambush! Come here, go back and tell the elders Guys, don’t send me any more shadow guards, these people are useless!”
"Have you reported to the elders truthfully what happened just now?" a follower asked cautiously.
"Of course, let them realize fundamentally that the shadow guards they spent a lot of manpower and material resources to train are just a bunch of idiots!" Cao Qiudao said angrily: "If such people appear around me again, I will not hesitate. Kill him, the useless person is only worthy of hiding in the dark, not worthy of appearing in front of me!"
"Yes, Master!"
Ji Jie's hundreds of people were stunned in place. When he ordered everyone to stop, many of them were skeptical. Now they finally understood that they had already walked through the gate of hell.
"After the bombing, let's go build the road!" Ji Jie said lightly, and the three brothers immediately led a group of people and rushed over with shovels and the like.
The rest of the journey went smoothly. The group arrived at the border town of Chu State, Lingzhe. After leaving the border town, they entered the territory of South Korea.
"Who is under the city? Do you have a customs clearance certificate?" The city gate official stood at the top of the city and shouted.
"This is the chariot and horse team of Lord Zhou Zhaowen, Lord Supervisor of the Kingdom, and the Right Prime Minister of Chu State, Ji Jie!" Xiong Ben walked over with the customs clearance document in hand.
Not to mention, the title of Right Prime Minister of Chu State is quite deceptive. As soon as the city gate officer heard these five words, his expression immediately changed and he said with a smile: "You guys, wait a moment, I will notify the gatekeeper immediately. General Bu, please order the door to be opened and let people pass!"
Chen Yao stepped forward, tugged on Ji Jie's sleeve, and asked in a low voice: "Will there be any trouble?"
Ji Jie shook his head and said: "In these days in Chu State, I didn't make many enemies for myself, just Li Yuan! He wants me to leave here earlier, so he will never set up a roadblock. !”
"Deng, Deng, Deng..."
There was a sound of coming downstairs, and a man who looked like a general walked quickly towards Ji Jie.
When the three brothers were about to step forward and stop him, Ji Jie said: "Let him come over, he has no weapons!"
The man ran to Ji Jie, knelt down on one leg, and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, I finally see you!"
Everyone was surprised that Ji Jie came to Chu State for a short time and had almost no contact with military generals. How could the general here know him and call him "Your Majesty"!
You must know that the title "Jun Shang" is not something that everyone can call.
When Ji Jie saw this person, he had a feeling of déjà vu, but couldn't remember his identity for a moment, so he said, "Look up!"
The man slowly raised his head, tears welling up in his eyes.
"You are...Bu Feng!" Ji Jie thought of his name.
"Your Majesty, you are just a villain!" When Bu Feng saw Ji Jie calling out his name, his tears were like floods that had stopped the embankment. He kowtowed and shouted: "Your Majesty, I have finally seen you... …”
Bu Feng, the first member of the Zhaocheng Guard. When Ji Jie was appointed to marry the general, he went to Zhao with him, and then escorted Ji Xueling back to Zhou Dynasty. In the process, he was chased and intercepted by Zhao's general Sima Shang. In times of crisis, he was appointed team leader.
All along, Ji Jie thought that Bu Feng died at the hands of Zhao Jun because he failed to follow Ji Xueling back to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Almost all members of the first batch of Zhaocheng Guards died in the battle, and only a handful of them remained in the army at this time.
"Get up quickly, why are you here?" Ji Jie jumped off the horse and helped him start.
"Your Majesty, I was escorting the princess back to the country. On the way, I encountered Zhao Jun. My subordinates led the crowd to fight with them!" Bu Feng told the situation at that time: "My subordinates were hit by several knives and fell from their horses. A group of brothers also fought. Death, when I woke up I found that I had been rescued by a group of Chu merchants, so I followed them to Chu and later became a general guarding the country!"
It turned out that Bufeng, who was seriously injured at that time, asked the merchant travelers to take him back to Dazhou. The merchant travelers did not agree because of their tight schedule, so they took him directly to Chu State.
Ji Jie recalled that there were not many Zhaocheng Guards left that he had trained with his own hands. Looking at Bu Feng in front of him, his eyes were filled with tears.