The hero bends down

There is a dense forest five miles outside Jinnan Pass. In the dense forest, tens of thousands of Beifeng troops are stationed.Ji Munian took Zhong Su to ride a horse to a higher slope near Jinnan Pass, and took out the binoculars to watch.

Although there was still some distance in Lijinnan City, and only a vague city could be seen in his field of vision, Zhong Su still heard the rumble coming from the direction of the city.

Ji Munian watched for a long time, then Fang put down the binoculars and said, "Jinnan has been trapped for some days. Southern Chu is bombarded every day. Judging from the firepower just now, it should be the work of Prince Nanchu Chu."

As he spoke, the horse under his seat snorted in response.Zhong Su frowned and said, "Prince Chu?"

Ji Munian nodded and said: "It's a tricky role." Then he turned his eyes to Zhong Su, hesitated for a while, and finally said: "I don't know if the emperor told you that he didn't like to pray for concubines, but because of the influence of Prince Chu, Threats, just now concubine Qi was thrown into Shen Jing Palace."

Zhong Su wondered: "Concubine Qi and Prince Chu?"

When he asked, the appearance of that guard flashed in his mind again.The guard called himself "Your Highness" and said that he knew him, probably the person Ji Munian mentioned.

But he was still puzzled, remembering Long Yi's usual gentle and domineering appearance, he frowned and asked, "Why is the emperor so afraid of Prince Chu?"

Ji Munian's eyes tightened slightly, he gathered a line, looked into the distance at Jinnan Pass and said, "If it's an ordinary person, the emperor wouldn't care. It's just that Prince Chu has a Jianghu man who knows how to use firearms." He pointed to the distance He said: "Six years ago, there was a battle between Beifeng and Nanchu. At that time, the emperor had just ascended the throne, and his foundation was not yet stable. The people of Nanchu mastered the method of making firearms and defeated our dynasty on the battlefield. Later, even if Zhenwu General Shenwu repelled the Southern Chu invasion, but our dynasty was also severely injured."

At that time, it was the Prince of Southern Chu who threatened that if he did not follow his will, he would reorganize his troops again and use the power of firearms to flatten every inch of the Northern Seal.

At that time, Long Yi lost his temper in Fengchuzhai because of this incident.

After hearing what Ji Munian said, Zhong Su asked, "Firearms?"

Ji Munian said: "It's fine if it's an ordinary sword, once the firearm explodes, even a top expert can't stand it."

Zhong Su seemed to understand, thinking that the firearm should be something similar to explosives, he pondered in his heart and asked, "If so, what about our firearms?"

He used the word "we" this time, undoubtedly counting himself as a member of Beifeng.

Ji Munian smiled and said, "Although it's not as good as Nanchu, it can still be useful on the battlefield."

Zhong Su said "oh" in a low voice.

Ji Munian reined in his horse and turned back, "I'm going to investigate the enemy camp tonight, you stay in the army and wait for me to come back."

Zhong Su looked at him, frowned and said, "Why didn't you take me this time?"

Ji Munian glanced at Zhong Su, and said with a smile, "It's more dangerous to go to the enemy camp this time around me."

Zhong Su frowned even more tightly.

Ji Munian kept his word, and sent Zhong Su two soldiers that night to leave the camp by himself.

In the evening, Zhong Su reviewed the Ji family's sword technique taught by Ji Munian, called a soldier and said, "Did General Ji bring any firearms for this expedition?"

The soldier said: "Take some."

Zhong Su said: "Take me to have a look."

The place where the firearms are placed is extremely secretive, but Zhong Su is a person that Ji Munian holds in high regard. Ji Munian ordered Zhong Su to be completely allowed to move around in the army, except for Zhong Su's departure from the army. After thinking for a while, the soldiers took Zhong Su to place the firearms side of the car.

When Zhong Su smelled the familiar sulfur smell, he felt a sense of intimacy.He reached out to touch the carriage, and suddenly smiled.

This smile is a bit like seeing an old friend, very happy.

The guard next to him whispered: "My lord, please be careful with firearms."

Seeing the cautious look of the people around him, Zhong Su reluctantly moved his hands away, wondering if he should tell Ji Munian that he knew something about gunpowder refining.

He turned around in his mind for a few times, but suddenly there was a loud "boom" from the east of the forest, a fire flashed away from the south, and thick smoke shot straight into the sky. After a while, there were "boom" again Loud noises exploded again and again.The horizon in the distance is gradually stained with a layer of red, and the flames are monstrous.

People in the forest looked sideways one after another, each guessing about the situation in the south, and whispering to each other for a while.

"General Ji blew up their grain depot!"

I don't know who in the crowd said such a sentence.As soon as these words came out, although it was like throwing a stone into the sea, it caused a thousand waves of waves.Everyone's spirits were instantly revived, and discussions continued.

After half an hour, someone shouted: "Rectify, prepare to send troops to attack Jinnan Pass!"

Although this shout was smooth and steady, it fell into everyone's ears, but every word and every word was very clear, it was the voice of Ji Munian pouring his true strength.

The people in the team suddenly became busy.The soldiers hurriedly said: "My lord, let's go back and get on the horse."

Zhong Su knew that he was about to march again, so he nodded in agreement, and returned to the place where he stayed before with his soldiers, and got on the saddle.

The brigade was neatly organized and headed towards Jinnan Pass.It was dark at night, and we could only use the moonlight to move forward in the dark.The team moved forward in an orderly manner, and after a while, the city shadow of Jinnan Pass in the distance gradually approached.

The team in front suddenly slowed down, and Zhong Su followed closely on horseback.This slow moment is just a pause time, as if waiting for the troops to assemble. Not long after, the sound of gunpowder explosion suddenly came from the front, which was endless.Several clusters of flames suddenly appeared not far away at the same time, piercing the eyes, smoke and dust billowed at the explosion site, blood light and dust flew away in an instant.As soon as the sound of the cannon passed, the Beifeng army let out a burst of screaming, and rushed forward quickly.

Zhong Su guessed that at this time the two soldiers should meet, and Bei Feng would have succeeded in a surprise attack, so he drove his horse to keep up with the troops.

The war is on the verge of breaking out, and the flames of war burn half the sky in an instant.The Beifeng soldiers in front charged into battle, shouting and shouting together, deafening.The soldiers in the rear followed closely behind, and the troops entered the country like lions, invincible wherever they passed.

Zhong Su also took out the knife on the saddle, holding the long handle.He neither rushed to the front nor fell to the rear, but mixed in with the team.Most of the troops were infantry, and he was quite conspicuous on horseback. Seeing Zhong Su's appearance, the enemy soldiers in the formation attacked him one after another.

Zhong Su had learned saber techniques for a few days, and when he went into battle temporarily, it was still somewhat effective, preventing the men under the horse from attacking.The long knife cut through the air and buzzed.

The Ji family's sword technique has been famous in the world for a long time.Zhong Su was taught by Ji Munian, and unexpectedly he was quite a general.He repelled a few enemy soldiers who surrounded him, watched the scene of the people fighting in the formation, but he still couldn't slash with the fatal knife in the end.

After being attacked by Beifeng, the soldiers who besieged the city of Southern Chu knew that the danger was not good.

While Zhong Su hesitated, one of them hugged his blade fiercely, not letting go.Seeing this, several people around Zhong Su raised their guns and stabbed Zhong Su.

At the critical moment, Zhong Su saw a flash of saber in front of his eyes, and all the spears stabbing at Zhong Su broke off their hilts.One flew up to his horse, swept away the desperate soldiers of Nanchu, frowned and said, "Be careful."

Zhong Su turned his head and saw Ji Munian standing on the horse behind him, his long knife was dancing quickly, like cutting rice and harvesting grass, and the enemy army fell down row by row. Splitting people to death.

Blood splattered everywhere, and both Ji Munian and Zhong Su were covered with sticky blood.When Zhong Su turned his head, he could see that Ji Munian's forehead was covered with sweat, obviously quite weak.

His heart was bent, and he was no longer afraid of anything. He opened and closed the knife in his hand, slashing and killing all the way.

The two rode together and rushed to Jinnan Pass with the army.

After the Northern Feng army wiped out the Southern Chu defenders, Ji Munian ordered the burning of the Southern Chu army's barracks and captured thousands of Southern Chu enemy soldiers.

Seeing that the Beifeng army came to support, the guards of Jinnan Pass opened the city gate.A group of army horses came out from the city gate, and when they came to Beifeng's reinforcements, one of them jumped off the horses, went forward and knelt down and said: "The last general, Gong Shaohe, pays homage to General Zhen Guo."

Ji Munian was sitting behind Zhong Su, without dismounting from his horse, straightened his body and said: "Don't salute." After a pause, he said: "The fighting here has stopped, please let the major general lead the way into the city."

Gong Shaohe responded, hurriedly got up to receive Ji Munian, and brought tens of thousands of Beifeng troops into Jinnan Pass.

While walking, Ji Munian still slightly leaned forward, leaning against Zhong Su.

Zhong Su frowned, looked sideways at Ji Munian and said, "What's wrong?"

Ji Munian shrugged his nose and did not answer. After a long journey, Fang said: "It's too dirty."

"..." Zhong Su took another look at Ji Munian.

"Still very tired." Ji Munian added another sentence, and then shut up, hanging on Zhong Su's body and not moving.

"..." Zhong Su was speechless and had no choice but to follow the troops.

After a while, when they arrived at Jinnan Pass, Ji Munian got off his horse with his eyes open, roughly arranged the military defense measures in Jinnan Pass, and couldn't wait to walk to the room that Gong Shaohe had arranged for him and the two of them. He ordered people to get into the bath water, took off his clothes, and slipped into the tub to scrub his body.

When he took a bath, he didn't forget to prepare a bucket of water for Zhong Su.

After taking a bath in the inner room, Zhong Su put on plain clothes and went to the mirror to look at him.In the past few days of marching, his hair has also grown a bit, and he will be able to tie his hair in a few days.

He thought about the sword technique that Ji Munian taught him, and suddenly felt strange and ominous.

The weird and ominous premonition became stronger and stronger, Zhong Su quickly walked to Ji Munian's room, and was stunned for a moment.

I saw Ji Munian's lower body submerged in the water, with only one head sticking out of the water, the whole body was leaning against the tub, his eyes closed tightly, and he didn't know if he was asleep or fainted.

Zhong Su hurried forward to wake up Ji Munian.

After being awakened, Ji Munian was slightly taken aback, seeing Zhong Su's worried eyes, he smiled and said, "I'm really tired today."

Zhong Su looked at him intently and said, "Did you meet that man when you went to attack the camp?"

Ji Munian opened his eyes and asked in surprise, "Who?"

Zhong Su immediately kept silent, several images flashed in his mind, and finally he chose a word to say: "Prince Chu."

Ji Munian frowned and said, "I met a master today, but I don't know he is the Crown Prince of Chu."

Zhong Su directly dragged out the thoughts in his heart and said, "If you met the Crown Prince of Chu, would that person have expected you to attack the camp earlier and would have made a special trip to wait for you there?"

Ji Munian blinked and said, "Why is he waiting for me?"

Zhong Su frowned and said, "I don't know what he's waiting for you, but it's a coincidence. And according to the speed of our army's march, it's not too far from the south of the camp where you attacked to the camps we just entered. There is no time to report. But the few camps we arrived just now seemed completely unprepared."

Ji Munian was stunned and said: "I've thought of this too." Finally, he said: "It's just that he gave up three main battalion troops who were besieging Jinnan Pass and let us enter Jinnan Pass. What exactly does he mean?"

Zhong Su couldn't explain this matter clearly, so he could only keep it in his heart.Ji Munian got up to dry himself, took a piece of clean clothes and changed into it, he suddenly felt refreshed, and even the boredom and irritability just now dissipated a lot.

Seeing that Ji Munian's mood improved at this time, Zhong Su told Ji Munian what he was thinking about.

After hearing this, Ji Munian stared and said, "Do you know how to firearms?"

Zhong Su said: "Although it is not particularly powerful, it is enough to increase the current firepower."

Ji Munian shook his head repeatedly and said: "Firearms are really dangerous, if something happens to you, the emperor will blame you..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhong Su smiled and said: "General Ji, you have worked so hard, and Zhong Su accepted it." He paused and said, "The Ji family's saber skills are powerful, but Zhong Su has no virtue and incompetence, so he failed to strike. The gift of master and apprentice... I don't think General Ji cares that I can learn this to protect myself."

Ji Munian was taken aback, and said with a wry smile: "Even so, before the emperor sees you, I want to make sure that you are safe and sound."

He said so, but on the second day, he still allowed Zhong Su to go to the firearms research institute to check.

Zhong Su smelled the familiar smell before, but felt very comfortable, and worked hard to adjust the formula and the purity of the materials.

Ji Munian let Zhong Su do the experiment, but he was still a little worried.After he comforted the people in the city, he went to the firearms research site to see it a few times.

On the ninth day, Zhong Su presented the gunpowder that had been readjusted, and added fuses, tube-shaped firearms and other configurations, and submitted it to Ji Munian for confirmation. Feng Zhongsu was made a school lieutenant and distributed the gunpowder to the whole army.

In another five days, Ji Munian led his troops out of Jinnan Pass to drive out the remaining Southern Chu army. With an overwhelming advantage in firearms, in just three days, he defeated the Southern Chu enemy army and gradually regained several places on the southern Shanxi border. Small county town.

The Southern Chu army retreated steadily, and finally retreated to the vicinity of the border of Fengchu.

Zhong Su marched with the army, holding a long knife, reining in his horse and walking side by side with Ji Munian.

There were still bloodstains on his long knife, dripping drop by drop in the mud.The plain battlefield was covered with blood, Zhong Su raised his eyes and saw a setting sun like fire, reflecting the blood on the plain.