The hunter hit the ground hard, his chest a bloody mess.
"what happened?"
Da Liu subconsciously turned his head to look at Jin Feng.
At this time, Jin Feng's hands were held flat, one hand was holding a hand crossbow, and the other hand was holding an iron lump that Liu had never seen before.
The iron bumps still emitted bursts of green smoke.
"What are you doing standing still? Hurry up and get to work!"
Jin Feng kicked Da Liu angrily.
"Achao, look if he's dead!"
Da Liu came back to his senses, and while directing his guards to check on the hunter, he asked nervously: "Sir, are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Jin Feng shook his head and said, "Mu Lan shouldn't have gone far yet. You should immediately arrange for someone to catch up with her, tell her what's going on here, and ask her to send a few people to explore the way.
, the remaining troops turn back as soon as possible!"
The less your enemy wants you to do something, the more beneficial it is to you.
The appearance of the hunter means that 90% of the nine princesses took a small path.
Letting Qing Mulan go to officialdom again would be a waste of time.
However, for the sake of safety, Jin Feng decided to ask Qing Mulan to arrange a few people to continue to explore the official road.
"yes!"
Da Liu agreed and immediately arranged for people to ride fast horses to chase Qing Mulan.
"Platoon Leader Chen, take your brothers and go along this road first. After we meet up with Mu Lan, we will chase you!"
Jin Feng pointed to the path leading to the shipwreck site and said coldly: "If you encounter bandits on the road, shoot them without mercy!"
"yes!"
Platoon leader Chen was the person in charge of the escort stationed at the ferry. After receiving Jin Feng's order, he quickly led the other escorts except the personal guards and ran towards the path.
After they left, Jin Feng looked at the hunter: "How is he?"
"Already dead."
One of the guards kicked the hunter in the head, but there was no reaction at all.
"Check him for any clues."
Jin Feng originally wanted to ask for some information from the hunter, but now it seemed that he had no choice but to do a body search to see if he could find anything.
While the guards were searching the hunter, Jin Feng walked up to Qian Tong and asked, "Old Qian, are you okay?"
Just now Qian Tong received a solid kick from the hunter. For an expert of this level, this kick could break a person's ribs if not done properly.
"With the inner armor that Mr. gave me, of course it will be fine!"
Qian Tong smiled and patted his chest.
After defeating the Iron Can Mountain bandits, Jin Feng seized a piece of golden silk armor from the owner. Later, he imitated the golden silk armor and tried to weave a batch of inner armor with iron wire.
Although this batch of inner armor is not as soft and comfortable as the gold silk armor, and the defensive effect is not as strong as the gold silk armor, it is difficult to break through it directly with ordinary arrows and swords.
So Jin Feng secretly gave a set to each personal guard and asked them to wear it under their clothes.
"It's okay."
Jin Feng patted Qian Tong on the shoulder and encouraged: "You did a good job this time, otherwise we would all have been deceived. I will ask Brother Liang for credit when you get back!"
Hunter's acting skills are so good, there are almost no flaws in either his costume or his words.
If Qian Tong hadn't warned him, Jin Feng might have been tricked.
"I just happen to live near Liangzigou, so I felt something was wrong."
Qian Tong's face turned red after being praised by Jin Feng.
"Making meritorious service is meritorious service, there is nothing to be embarrassed about."
Jin Feng patted Qian Tong on the shoulder.
"Sir, what kind of treasure is this?"
Seeing that Jin Feng was free at the moment, Da Liu came up and pointed at the iron lump in Jin Feng's hand and asked.
The other guards were also very curious and pricked up their ears.
"This is called a musket, and it is also the next difficulty that Mancang and I have to overcome!" Jin Feng replied.
Firearms are the best weapon against cavalry. In previous history, the emergence of heavy machine guns completely ended the dominance of cavalry on the battlefield.
Ever since he obtained the saltpeter, Jin Feng has never stopped studying gunpowder and firearms.
It's a pity that Dakang's industrial level is so backward that almost everything has to be started from scratch.
Jin Feng didn't know how long it took to make this musket.
However, it is still in the testing stage, and Jinfeng cannot guarantee whether the steel used to make the gun body can withstand the power of the gunpowder explosion, whether it will explode, and when it will explode?
If it weren't for today's urgent situation, Jin Feng would not use it.
Moreover, this gun was almost polished bit by bit by Jin Feng with a small file. There is still a long way to go before it can be mass-produced.
"Musket?"
This was the first time that Liu heard this term. He rubbed his hands and asked, "Sir, can you show it to me?"
"Actually, the range of the musket is not as far as the crossbow on your waist, so it's nothing interesting to see."
The gunpowder and iron sand in the musket had been fired, and now it was just an iron lump. Jin Feng handed it to Da Liu.
Nowadays, the crossbow made by Xihewan has a range of more than 100 meters, which is much farther than this musket.
But muskets also have great advantages.
After firing, the iron sand in the barrel will quickly rush out of the muzzle driven by the explosive force of gunpowder. The speed is faster than arrows in a short distance, and the strike range is much larger than that of a crossbow.
"Sir, come here for a moment!"
shouted the bodyguard who was inspecting the body.
"Did you find anything?" Jin Feng asked.
"Clothes, hatchets, bows and arrows are all normal, but sir, look here."
At this time, the hunter's clothes had been stripped off. The guard opened the hunter's toes and said, "There is a tattoo here!"
Between the hunter's big toe and second toe, there is a tattoo as big as a fingernail. It looks like it should be a text, but Jin Feng doesn't recognize it.
"Which of you knows this word?" Jin Feng asked.
"do not know!"
The guards shook their heads one after another.
At this moment, I heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance.
Qing Mulan came back with the cavalry.
Jin Feng picked up his clothes and covered the hunter, then pointed to his toes and asked: "Mu Lan, you came back just in time, can you see if you recognize this word?"
"Is this the hunter?"
Although Qing Mulan was anxious, she knew that Jin Feng would definitely not stop her for no reason.
He jumped off his horse and stepped forward to take a look, his expression immediately changed.
"What's wrong?" Jin Feng asked.
"Sir, this is a Dangxiang character, pronounced as 'secret'. The secret guards of the Dangxiang royal family will all have this character engraved somewhere on their bodies!"
Qing Mulan explained: "Some people have it carved in their hair, some people have it carved on their thighs, and this is the first time I've seen it carved between their toes."
"Party Secret Guard?"
Jin Feng was stunned.
No wonder the other party is so skilled, it turns out he has such a background.
"I was in the Tielin Army before and heard about the Dangxiang secret guards, but why did they come to Jinchuan?" Liu asked in confusion.
"Wuyang's biggest purpose in going to Tubo to make peace this time is to persuade Tibet to harass Dangxiang, thereby alleviating the pressure on the northwest of Dakang. The Dangxiang people naturally do not want to see this happen, so sending people to disrupt the marriage is perfectly normal."
Qing Mulan smiled bitterly and said: "It's just that I didn't expect that their movements would be so fast. Before Wuyang arrived in Jinchuan, the secret guards of Dangxiang had already arrived first!"