Chapter 154 A robbery that everyone is happy about

Li Xiuning asked in surprise: "How can it be so powerful?" ”

"However, this poisonous smoke is not so magical, but is subject to severe weather and geographical constraints." Chen Ying shook his head and said: "The smoke chase method cannot be used alone, it must be coordinated with the weather, the environment, and the wind direction and wind strength, the wind direction is naturally necessary to let the smoked city be in the downwind, in fact, the wind force cannot be too big, as long as it is too big, the poisonous smoke will directly cross the city and drift into the distance, which cannot affect the city." Of course, the wind should not be too small, if it is too small, it will not float on the enemy's walls. Hangu Pass, located at the Hangu crossing, except for the season of deep winter, usually blows southeast and south, Hangu Pass is in the upwind position, however, Hangu crossing, the north and south are dense mulberry plateaus, even a little wind, when passing through Hangu Road, will form a strong wind. ”

Chen Ying actually chose the best time when he launched the smoke Hangu Pass, he chose the northwest wind, when there was almost no level three, such weather is very rare in winter, and in early spring, it is actually relatively rare. However, Chen Ying was lucky, and encountered the season when the northwest wind was the least strong, and the northwest wind formed air convection in Hangu Road, forming a direct impact on Hangu Guancheng.

Li Xiuning frowned and said thoughtfully: "In other words, once the size and direction of the wind are suitable, you can take poisonous smoke attacks on all cities?" Does this mean that no matter how strong the city in the world is, it can't be defended? ”

Chen Ying laughed when he heard this: "How can it be so powerful, it is actually very simple to break this move." If there are enough troops in the city, the best thing to do is to preemptively send troops out of the city and destroy the firewood they have piled up before the enemy can launch. Otherwise, if you wait for the opponent to attack, you will be very passive. ”

Li Xiuning was like a curious baby at this time, and continued to ask: "What if the defenders in the city are insufficient and can't fight back out of the city?" What's more, the enemy can also take advantage of the desperate desire of the defenders in the city to destroy the poisonous smoke and set up an ambush outside the city to annihilate the enemy's living force? ”

Li Xiuning really has a very high talent in the art of war, in fact, when Chen Ying was in Hangu Pass, he used this method. If Wang Renze dared to send troops out of the city, he would have died even more miserably, Chen Ying had gathered eighteen regiments of Yue cavalry, nine regiments of Modao army, and more than fifty regiments of archers outside the city, no matter how many men and horses Wang Renze would eventually send, Chen Ying was absolutely sure that he would eat the troops sent by Wang Renze out of the city.

However, at that time, I didn't know that Wang Ren didn't think of this, or because he saw Chen Ying's intentions and didn't send troops out of the city, so Chen Ying's ambush plan was finally stillborn.

"That's all it takes, and it's to the point!" Chen Ying smiled leisurely: "The poisonous smoke at this time is actually not highly toxic, and it is easy to prevent. ”

As he spoke, Chen Ying took out a gourd that had been sawed off nearly half from the box under the bed in the camp. In order to prevent scratching the face, the edge of the gourd was partially wrapped with a linen cloth. The bottom of the gourd was carved out of five holes the size of copper coins, all of which were covered with a black and white cloth bag.

Li Xiuning took this gourd, and the puzzle on his face became even stronger: "Just this broken gourd can prevent poison smoke?" ”

"Don't underestimate it, the anti-virus effect is really good!" Chen Ying said proudly: "Have you seen this cloth bag?" It's filled with activated carbon. ”

Due to its strong adsorption, activated carbon can be used as a filter against toxic gases. This knowledge involves chemical knowledge, and Chen Ying really has no way to explain it to Li Xiuning for a while.

In fact, at the beginning, Chen Ying thought that the poisonous smoke from the burning of wolf poison weed, arsenic, and asphalt was not very powerful, so he directly made masks with five layers of activated carbon and distributed them to the soldiers under Duan Zhigan's command, but the effect of this mask was not good, because many soldiers were bored wearing masks and did not cover their noses, so many soldiers had already been recruited, and there were adverse reactions such as cough and runny nose afterwards.

However, Chen Ying then proposed improvements. After all, wolf poison weed, arsenic, asphalt these things are too common, I don't know which day someone will treat him in his own way, Chen Ying in order to be prepared and be safe, he ordered someone to make a batch of pig's mouth-style simple version of the gas mask (this is not Lao Cheng's nonsense, if you want to make a play is very simple, take a two-liter or so Coke bottle, cut it in half, leaving the curvature of the human face, and there is an activated carbon bag inside, it's okay.) A certain treasure is sold. ）

Chen Ying took this pig-mouthed gas mask, put it on Li Xiuning, and then gently tied the rope behind her head, looking at Li Xiuning wearing a gas mask, Chen Ying couldn't help but want to laugh.

However, Li Xiuning did not laugh.

Li Xiuning has not forgotten her mission, she is a favorite of Chen Ying, but she is the princess of the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan was worried that the kind of weapon in Chen Ying's hand that could attack the city and pull out the invincible fortress was actually the thing she saw the most. In fact, Chen Ying's performance made Li Xiuning very satisfied, not only did she not have any prevarication, but also did not have any dissatisfaction, not only told her the method of poisonous smoke attack in 1510, but also told her the measures that could be prevented.

Chen Ying asked people to find a bronze mirror and put it in front of Li Xiuning, so that Li Xiuning could look at himself in the bronze mirror.

Li Xiuning was wearing a gas mask and had no way to speak at all, looking at Li Xiuning's eyebrows and eyes flashing with anxious eyes, Chen Ying hurriedly untied the rope behind Li Xiuning's head.

Li Xiuning gasped and said, "It's very uncomfortable, a little stuffy!" ”

Chen Ying nodded and said, "There is no way to do this, I have already ordered the craftsmen to make improvements and strive to make better gas masks." ”

Just when Li Xiuning and Chen Ying were testing the effect of gas masks in the northern camp, Zheng Anxin, Wang Wei and other Xin'an gentry who were waiting anxiously outside the camp were about to cry at this moment.

In fact, not only the gentry of Xin'an County were robbed, but even a grange of Hongnong Yang's in Taolin was also looted, but Hongnong Yang's grange in Taolin was far less wealthy than Xin'an Zheng's courtyard, and was robbed of about six or seven hundred yuan of money and thousands of stones of grain.

These black-clothed thieves are simply becoming more and more arrogant, and they actually ransacked the rope pond in broad daylight, and at this time, seven or eight county orders and hundreds of gentry gathered outside the camp in the north, and they were waiting for Chen Ying to administer justice to them.

In fact, none of the hundreds of people present thought that these black-clothed people were actually led by Chen Ying, and they found the main protagonist to sue the accomplice, but they could only hehe.

It wasn't until the evening that Li Xiuning tested all the samples of the wolf poison smoke ball, the detailed production method, and the gas mask, and it was not until Li Xiuning personally tested the effect of the gas mask that He Yue'er returned to Chang'an with the sample of the wolf poison smoke ball, the detailed production method, and the gas mask, and returned to Li Yuan for his life.

After all this was done, when Li Xiuning and Chen Ying were preparing dinner, Zhou Qing told Chen Ying: "Xin'an ordered Wang Wei, Zheng Anchun, the head of foreign affairs of Zheng's Annex, and others to ask to meet!" ”

Of course, Chen Ying knew the purpose of these people's request to see him, but Li Xiuning was present, and Chen Ying pretended not to know why: "Can you still let people have a meal in peace?" What do you do when you have nothing to do with the general Ben? Local affairs, let them stick to the rules, there is no need to ask for instructions, just do what they want! ”

Li Xiuning said: "Government affairs are important, and I want to wait for these officials, or let them come in together and see what they have to do!" ”

Chen Ying was secretly happy, with Li Xiuning as a witness here, wouldn't it be better to wash away his suspicions? However, Chen Ying's eyes were bright, and Zhou Qing understood.

Chen Ying pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Let them wait for a while, and wait for General Ben to finish eating!" ”

Chen Ying and Li Xiuning hurriedly finished eating, and the people who finally got summoned by Chen Ying poured into the big tent at once, and everyone fell to their knees on the ground, howling and crying, as if they had been wheeled by dozens of powerful men.

For a long time, everyone found that Chen Ying didn't react at all, and he was completely flattering the blind man.

Zheng Anchun was not as ignorant as other officials or gentry, he found that Chen Ying's account was standing openly with a woman dressed as a man, and looking at Chen Ying to let her stand in the first place on the lower left, it was obvious that her status was different. His mind snapped and he thought of the woman's identity in an instant.

"Grass folk Zheng Anchun pays a visit to Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang!"

The officials were originally angry at Chen Ying's refusal to meet them. They naturally thought that Chen Ying was holding the shelf, but when they heard Zheng Anchun say this, they quickly understood what was going on. And the anger in their hearts was smoothed. After all, no matter how important they are, they are not as important as Princess Pingyang from Chang'an.

"Xiaguan (we) meet Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang!"

And the crowd bowed again.

Chen Ying waved his hand and said: "Everyone, you are exempt, now that it is wartime, don't talk about it, if there is anything to say, this general is busy with military affairs!" ”

Zheng Anchun's face was like a June day, and he immediately said that tears and snot flowed, and he said with a crying voice: "Please Chen Anfu and be the master of the grass people!" ”

"Please Chen Anfu and be the master of us!"

Chen Ying was noisy by everyone, and pointed at Wang Wei coldly and shouted: "Wang Xianjun, you say it first!" ”

Wang Wei hurriedly said: "The lower official asked Chen to appease and transfer troops to exterminate the black thieves!" ”

"The thief in black? What the hell is that? Chen Ying looked at Zhou Qing and said, "Is there such a force around us?" ”

Zhou Qing shook his head again and again: "I don't know!" ”

Zheng Anchun continued: "These black-clothed thieves are so ruthless, they ransacked the Xin'an Courtyard of the Zheng family in Xingyang the night before, robbing more than 6,000 taels of gold, more than 20,000 taels of silver, more than 10,000 taels of copper coins, and about 10,000 stones of grain...... There is also a lot of money, and the loss of Zheng's Xin'an Villa is more than 120,000! ”

When Chen Ying heard this, he wanted to yell at Zheng Anchun: "You fucking fart!" ”

Chen Ying naturally knew how much property he had snatched from Zheng's Xin'an Courtyard, and he had robbed a total of 320 gold ingots, of which 10 taels and 1 ingots were about 150, 5 taels and 130 ingots, and 521 ingots were a total of 40 pieces, which was only 4,150 taels of gold when it was full, but in Zheng Anchun's mouth, it actually became 6,000 taels of gold, nearly 2,000 taels more, which was equivalent to 20,000 yuan.

As for all the possessions plus 65,000 guan together, it will definitely not exceed 70,000 guan.

Chen Ying instantly thought of a joke in the future. The robbers robbed the bank, and when they got back, one of the new robbers said, "Boss, let's quickly count how many have been robbed." The old robber said, "Are you stupid? So much, how long are you going to count? Wouldn't you know if you watch the news tonight? After the robbers left, the governor said, report the case quickly! The director was just about to leave, and the president hurriedly said, "Wait! Add the five million we embezzled last time! The director said, "If only the robbers came and robbed once a month."

The next day, the news network reported that the bank had been robbed of 100 million, and the robbers had counted only 20 million.

The boss scolded: "Damn, Lao Tzu fought hard to rob 20 million, and the bank president earned 80 million with his fingers, it seems that he still has to study this year!" ”

Chen Ying didn't expect to rob Zheng's Xin'an Courtyard this time, but instead helped Zheng Anchun fill in the hole of his corruption.

Not surprisingly, Chen Ying found that the amount reported by all the informants was far greater than the amount they actually robbed. Chen Ying is very speechless about this phenomenon, corruption does not only exist in the country, in fact, there are moths and rats in any family.

Chen Ying didn't have anything, but Li Xiuning was surprised: "It's really lawless, blatant robbery, treating Wang Fa as nothing, such a bandit, after being caught, must be severely punished." ”

Chen Ying gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, it must be severely punished, as long as the general catches these bandits, he must torture them and spit out all the belongings they have looted!" ”

At this moment, a personal guard came in and said, "Tell the general, the scouts have found that there are unknown armed people gathered in Longtan Valley!" ”

"Haha!" Chen Ying laughed and said: "It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, it doesn't take any effort to get here, come here, the personal guard troops gather, set off after half an hour, surround Longtan Valley, and we must arrest all these big rats!" ”

Naturally, there are no black-clothed people in Longtan Valley, but there are a group of bandits who occupy the mountains as kings, and there are also some belongings that Chen Ying hid in, but these belongings are only a very small part, and there is no way to get rid of them, for example, the Duan inkstone treasured in the Zheng family's courtyard, and the hollow screen carved from sandalwood, although these things are valuable, but the key is to see the light.

Chen Ying's original plan was to frame these bandits, and by the way, he learned about it. After all, Chen Ying grabbed nearly tens of thousands of yuan of property in just two days, which was enough to resettle the displaced people.

It's just that Chen Ying definitely didn't expect that he hadn't sent troops yet, and the scouts of the Tanlong Valley bandits who were monitoring over there actually caught more than a dozen waves of messengers who came to secretly deliver letters, and what made Chen Ying cry and laugh was that these messengers were secretly sent by Zheng Anchun or other foreign governors, just to remind these bandits that Chen Ying was ready to send troops to clean them up.

Luo Shixin looked at these messengers and secret letters, and said very suspiciously: "Are these guys stupid?" Why notify the bandits? ”

Chen Yingdao: "They are not stupid, on the contrary, they are all very smart...... The so-called humanity, haha! Chen Ying couldn't help laughing.

Naturally, Chen Ying was reluctant to carry this black cauldron, in order to show that he was not filling his own pockets, Chen Ying invited the robbed gentry and Zheng Anchun and others to watch the bandit crackdown.

Under the attack of Chen Ying's personal guards, the bandits gathered in Tanlong Valley were all captured after less than half an hour of resistance, but the property seized in Tanlong Valley was far from counting, which was a bad debt.

However, this is no longer something that Chen Ying is worried about. With this money, he was able to start his collective farm project.