After the envoy solemnly finished the sage's secret order, Hou Junji immediately ordered the guards to block the surroundings, and then straightened his clothes and bowed: "The minister receives the order!" ”

A steel pipe is sealed with a ring-shaped six-digit code.

Hou Junji has seen this, the highest-level secret steel pipe from Liumu's Huayuan Workshop, this is double-layered, and the outer layer has saltpeter particles that are constantly adding water to keep the temperature low, and it is not used in winter.

Then there is a small mechanism inside, which no one knows how to crack it.

As long as the steel pipe is forcibly opened, the inside of the steel cylinder will catch fire, and the secret order will be burned in an instant.

In fact, many people in later generations can understand that just adding a white phosphorus powder, forcibly opening the copper cylinder will definitely be destructive, and white phosphorus will burn if it exceeds 40 degrees.

The six-digit password did not have this messenger, which was given by Li Shimin personally when Hou Junji left Chang'an.

Each general has a different six-digit password.

Hou Junji turned his back, quickly dialed his six-digit password into place, and then pulled out half of it from the side of the steel cylinder.

This half is the cooled saltpeter crushed and the white phosphorus set inside.

The other half is the one who puts the secret order.

Taking out the secret order, Hou Junji read it quickly on the other side of the room.

This should be Fang Xuanling's handwriting, and it is the double seal of Shangshu Province and the Tang Emperor, the content is very simple, asking Hou Jun to gather the whole army, ready to be the vanguard to raid Baihai at any time, and clear the peripheral obstacles for Wei Chigong's five thousand gods to attack Maduo City.

Then, Wei Chigong will leave immediately after taking Maduo, and all possible battles around Maduo will be in charge of Houjunji, and the military department will have 10,000 soldiers, and 10,000 auxiliary soldiers will arrive in Hezhou before the war and be dispatched by Houjunji.

After the Battle of Maduo, Hou Junji listened to Li Ji's orders and prepared to fight a big battle in Tuyuhun.

After reading the secret order, Hou Junji put the secret order close to him, and then scrambled the password on the steel cylinder and handed it back to the messenger.

"Please reply to the saint, and wait for the king's order."

"Resignation." The messenger clenched his fists, took two steps back and turned to leave.

Hou Junji wanted to ask, how many people still received secret orders at this level, and there were a lot of soldiers and horses who wanted to be mobilized, and most of the generals of the Qin Wangfu back then, except for those who had to guard the important towns in the north, were now in the area west of Lingzhou.

At present, there are only four people in Datang who are qualified to go out to serve as leading marshals.

Li Jing, Li Ji, Li Xiaogong, and Qin Qiong.

Qin Qiong led the gods to guard Chang'an, and Li Xiaogong guarded the town in Jiangnan. Li Jing and Li Ji are both west of Lingzhou. Cheng Yanjin, Duan Zhixuan, Liu Hongji and others are also west of Lingzhou.

What shocked Hou Junhou the most was that Shen Cewei moved, and there were five thousand people at a time.

Compared with the 3,000 training camp candidates who were seconded by Lao Cheng, the combat power of this Shence Guard is not at the same level at all, and the 3,000 people seconded by Lao Cheng are at most the combat effectiveness of 800 Liumu back then.

At that time, Liu Mu killed 20,000 elite Turks with 800 people, and these 5,000 people were stronger than the individual soldiers of 800 people back then.

Hou Junji didn't dare to guess anymore, the only thing he knew was that it would definitely be a big battle.

As a general, Hou Junji has become more and more shrewd over the years, doing his part, and looking at the rest of the things less, asking less, and worrying less.

Think about why Qin Qiong is in a high position, relying on these seven-character mantras.

Datang's war machine has been activated, even if it is still the Tang New Year, Li Daozong, as the supreme commander of the military logistics campaign, has already begun to be busy.

Liu Mu was not idle, and he was also making various preparations.

Originally, it was planned to be on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but the courtiers kept asking the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, who originally thought that every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he would hold a grand ceremony in the Jinghe Wharf Market and the Grand Arena, and let people see the boat during the grand ceremony.

But after being annoyed by the courtiers, Li Shimin had no choice but to order the Jinghe wharf to be moved.

The boat was ready, and Liu Mu originally wanted to use asbestos to make a mezzanine to reduce the noise of the steam engine, but because of Li Shimin's order, he had to pull the boat out of the dock in advance.

But Li Dejian was very excited.

The achievements of his three years of hard work can be seen by the world immediately, although all this is designed and created by Liu Mu. However, Li Dejian cares more about his own hard work and his own success.

Sitting on the temporary platform set up on the shore of the Jinghe Wharf, Li Shimin said to Fang Xuanling: "It was originally planned to be placed on the Weishui section on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month for you to see, but you are too anxious. ”

"Isn't the saint in a hurry?" Fang Xuanling was puzzled.

Li Shimin shook his head: "Don't be in a hurry, what I'm anxious about is a more advanced one, not this kind of primary." It's like the difference between the Wolf Squat Cannon and the Kamui General Cannon, which, in Yanagiki's words, is just an entry-level cannon. ”

Fang Xuanling knew that Liu Mu's Shenwei General Cannon, that thing was still on the drawings, and it was known as a ten-mile range.

At present, there are not even ten cannons of the great generals who have really succeeded, and none of them have reached the excellent level, most of them are qualified at this level, and only one is barely given a good one.

On the contrary, it is a wolf squatting small cannon, and nine and a half of the ten that have been built are excellent.

The taller Tiger Squat Cannon is not even at a good level of more than 70 percent.

Fang Xuanling said to Li Shimin: "Sage, this meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be taken step by step. Huayuan County has merit, and it is quite steady step by step, but what about the entry level? One day, it will become a real weapon, and the Kamui General Cannon will not just stay on the drawings. ”

"That's a good point." Li Shimin was very satisfied with this statement.

Fang Xuanling asked, "Sage, what is the top level of this thing?" ”

"Did I say that the Shenwei General Cannon is the top?" Li Shimin's smile and question made Fang Xuanling not know how to ask again.

Li Shimin laughed: "Needless to say, Liu Mu promised me that within three years at the earliest, I could see hope." ”

Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said, "The minister can ask, what kind of hope is it?" ”

Li Shimin smiled and asked indifferently: "From Chang'an to Gaochang, a distance of 7,000 miles, you can reach it in five days and five nights." Tens of thousands of stone materials, thousands of soldiers and horses. Is this thing useful? ”

Li Shimin asked this, and Fang Xuanling didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

After Li Shimin knew about this situation, he could be fanatical in his heart for a long time, but at this time, he asked Fang Xuanling so plainly, whether this thing was useful.

This makes Fang Xuanling how to answer.

After being in the Qin Wangfu for many years, Fang Xuanling also knew Li Shimin quite well, but after being stunned for a moment, he said with a smile: "Or with Chang'an as the center, seven horizontal and eight vertical all over the north and south of the river, this thing is of great use." ”

"Yes." Li Shimin is still very calm.