Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"Ha ha……"

Duguyu laughed again, and then said to Hu Bilie: "Master Hu, just now was just a joke, and it can't be taken seriously. I have already reached a consensus with the old Patriarch, as long as you can be of one mind and one mind with us, First help us break the thunder formation outside the south gate, and when we can break through Qianzhou City and take back the batch of gold bricks, then from now on, you, Hierarch Hu, will replace the Zhao family, and all the fruits of victory will be shared by the three of us. .how?"

Hu Bilie was naturally overjoyed when he heard the words, how could he be unhappy that his long-cherished wish was finally fulfilled?

For a moment, he was overjoyed, grinning his teeth and nodding his head again and again, and glanced at Yu Jingde, who had slipped aside intentionally or unintentionally, and groaned strangely: "If you said that a long time ago, why did Mr. Hu follow Yu Jingde from his hometown?" What about the Lord’s anger? Is that right?”

"Humph!"

Yu Jingde responded with another grunt of unwillingness.

Seeing this, Duguyu acted as a peacemaker again, and asked with a smile: "Master Hu, now can I talk about your method of breaking the thunder formation?"

"It's easy to say, since we are all a family, naturally everything must be open and honest, why would Hu hide it?"

Hu Bilie looked generous, and said loudly: "If you want to break the thunder formation outside the south gate, you must first understand what the thunder formation is. In fact, this deadly thunder formation is not a big deal It is a thunderbolt made of gunpowder. Gunpowder, you two should know? Usually, most of the gunpowder we see is used by people in the Taoist sect to make alchemy. And the guards of the city use this gunpowder to add some strange skills They were skillfully crafted into thunderbolts and planted outside the south gate. As long as our people enter their minefield, they will find a way to detonate the continuous thunderstorms. Tsk tsk, it is really a new style of warfare Ah, this thunder formation alone is enough to scare us away."

"I see!"

Duguyu is not an ignorant person. Hearing what Hu Bilie said, she has some understanding of this minefield.

Yu Jingde suddenly interjected and asked: "The old man has heard about thunderbolts. The head of the Zhang family in Yangzhou once mentioned to me that Yangzhou Fengleitang was good at making thunderbolts. Could it be that the thunder arrays set up by the officers and soldiers in front of us are the same as the Fengleitang in Yangzhou?" related?"

"That's right!"

Hu Bilie nodded and said: "The person who provided the officers and soldiers with the thunderbolt bullets and set up the thunder array this time was the Fenglei Hall in Yangzhou. And Guo Ye, the general manager of the Guangnan Road March who occupied Qianzhou City, was the governor of Yangzhou back then. So After deliberation, hehe, everything surfaced."

Duguyu nodded frequently when she heard the words, apparently she believed more and more in Hu Bilie's words.

On the contrary, Yu Jingde couldn't help questioning: "Hu Bi... Hu Hierarch, how do you know these things? How do you know the details of the thunder formation outside the south gate?"

Yu Jingde knows who Hu Bilie is.He's just a scum of the rivers and lakes who preaches heresy, a character who can't stand on the stage at all, how can he know so many things that people of his level should not be referring to?

Hu Bilie was startled, and thought, the old man is really suspicious, how could I tell you about the old man?

Immediately, Hu Bilie pretended to shake his head and said: "Well, I won't go into details with the old Patriarch Yu. Anyway, all the news is true."

"Humph!"

Yu Jingde snorted again, expressing dissatisfaction.

"Haha, these are not important, they are not important!"

Duguyu came out to smooth things over again and said, "Then, may I ask Hierarch Hu, is there any way to break the thunder formation outside the south gate?"

"It's easy!"

Hu Bilie raised his index finger and replied easily: "What are you afraid of with gunpowder? Water! As long as we find a way to make it rain from the heavens, won't the thunderstorm that is full of thunderbolt bombs outside the south gate be invalidated? At that time, we will take advantage of the heavy rain and press the whole army to attack the city, that's it."

what?

It's that simple?

Duguyu was completely dumbfounded. Damn it, Hu Bilie let Hu Bilie take advantage of the loophole.Gunpowder is afraid of water, this is the simplest truth, why didn't I think of it?

But it's also his fault that he didn't know the real details of Lei Zhen beforehand.

However, Yu Jingde had some objections to Hu Bilie's method, and joked with disdain: "Master Hu said it so lightly, is it possible that God's surname is Hu? If you say it rains, he will rain." Huh? Or is it that the Hu leader is full of gods, Buddhas, ghosts, and fox spirits all day long, and really thinks that he is the living god who can summon wind and rain and ask for pouring rain?"

Hu Bilie clearly heard the other party's jokes and sarcasm, but he didn't feel annoyed. Instead, he smiled lightly and said, "If God's surname is Hu, then our Hu family's ancestors are really blessed. Although Hu can't call wind and rain, but I don’t know how to open an altar to pray for rain, but it’s good to teach the old Patriarch to know. I can guarantee that after tonight, there will be a downpour in the afternoon of tomorrow. Although the heavy rain will not last long , but it is enough to completely reduce the thunder formation outside the south gate to waste."

"Is there going to be a heavy rain tomorrow afternoon?"

Upon hearing this, Duguyu said happily, "Master Hu, are you serious?"

But Yu Jingde still did not give up the opportunity to question Hu Bilie, and said with a sneer, "It's so windy that you're not afraid to flash your tongue, you can watch the stars at night, and you can predict that there will be a downpour tomorrow, Hu Bilie, Hu Bilie, Do you really think we are those stupid believers under your seat?"

"Hehe... Old Patriarch Yu, don't talk so hard!"

Hu Bilie still looked full of confidence, and said firmly: "Tomorrow afternoon, there will be a heavy downpour. If someone Hu makes half a lie, the agreement we reached today will be void, how about it?"

After all, Hu Bilie had strode out of the tent, his steps were steady and his back was straight, as if he had a well-thought-out look.

Now he has unconditionally convinced the words of the mysterious old man.

Because the mysterious old man used the technique of stargazing at night to predict the weather of the coming day during the march, and he hit it repeatedly, so he couldn't help but Hu Bilie didn't believe it.

Hu Bilie left without saying goodbye, completely ignoring Yu Jingde and Duguyu.

Yu Jingde had already had a very strong opinion of him, but now he was gnashing his teeth with anger, and almost flew into a rage.

"Humph!"

Yu Jingde asked Duguyu back: "Nephew Dugu, you don't believe in this guy's nonsense too, do you?"

Duguyu smiled wryly, and said: "Old Patriarch Yu, do you think it's up to you and me not to believe it now? He can explain the details of the thunder formation outside the south gate clearly and logically, so how could he be aimless here? Besides, I think these None of the words came from Hu Bilie himself, but..."

Duguyu pointed with her finger, made a gesture, and sighed in a low voice: "Now I believe even more that there is someone behind Hu Bilie, an expert!"

After finishing speaking, disregarding Yu Jingde's blank expression, he added another sentence in his heart: "I just don't know whether this expert is an enemy or a friend?"

Chapter 1077 The Old Man Riding a Donkey

When Duguyu sighed the last words, Hu Bilie had already walked away and returned to his camp.

When he came outside his tent, all his followers were still watching closely, guarding his tent and his secrets closely.

He opened the curtain and entered the tent, only to find that the tent was already empty, and the mysterious old man was no longer there.

However, Hu Bilie has long been familiar with this, because this mysterious old man always appears when he needs him the most, and every time after explaining or instructing himself, he will leave on his own or hide in a certain place in the army. In the corner of the corner, I can't find it.

Hu Bilie came and went in a hurry, his whereabouts were ethereal and low-key, Hu Bilie stood in the empty tent and laughed dumbly, thinking of the last words of the mysterious old man last night, he couldn't help but feel emotional again.

In the end, he walked out of the tent again and dismissed a group of his followers who were guarding fifty steps away from the tent.Since the old man mysteriously disappeared again, there was no need to keep guarding his camp.

Otherwise, if Yu Jingde and others see it, there is no doubt that there is no silver 300 taels here, which will only arouse others' suspicion.

After dismissing his followers and letting them go down to get busy, Hu Bilie walked to a commanding height in the camp and stopped to look at Qianzhou City ten miles away. Although he couldn't see it carefully, he could vaguely see the appearance of the city tower.

While watching, he muttered to himself, let's make you proud, tomorrow afternoon a shower will come, this leader will not only convince Yu Jingde and the others, but also surprise you officers and soldiers.

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Qianzhou City, South Gate Tower.

Guo Ye had just finished his breakfast, and he had been eating and living with the guards on the city tower for several days in a row, the purpose was to boost the morale and morale of the army.