"Woo woo woo ......"

The sound of the whistle came out one after another in the workshop, and the noise that used to be to Xiao Ming was now like fairy music. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The emergence of steam locomotives not only means that Qingzhou's steel level and lathe processing level can produce the spare parts required by steam locomotives.

At the same time, it was also the beginning of the Barbarian losing the advantage of horse mobility, as long as he could quickly transport troops, the Northern Barbarian would no longer be a threat.

But after being excited for a while, Xiao Ming calmed down again, and this meal had to be eaten one bite at a time.

A steam locomotive was developed, but it took a lot of steel to lay the tracks, and now he had to choose the route of laying the key points.

And even this is a huge burden on the finances.

Although he gradually surpassed the West in terms of technology, he was far inferior to the Western countries that had become rich through plunder.

If you compare it, he is really destitute, for him, the construction of the railway is not a scientific and technological problem, but an economic problem.

After verifying that Lin Wentao's steam locomotive could run, Xiao Ming left with a group of officials, and then it was time to discuss tightening his belt and repairing the railway.

At the same time, he also urgently wanted the war in the north to end as soon as possible, so that he could develop with peace of mind.

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Gyeongju.

After five days of marching, Lu Fei and Ye Qingyun and their party had arrived at the city where King Liang lived.

These days, under the attack of the barbarians, they are moving very slowly to protect the grain route, and if it was according to the plan, they should have taken Gyeongju City by this time.

However, when they arrived in Gyeongju, they suddenly found that the city was not as easy to capture as they thought.

Because Gyeongju Fortress faces water on one side and is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the location is very dangerous.

"King Liang's soldiers and horses have been lost, and there must not be many soldiers in the city at this time, if he can suddenly enter the city, he will definitely be able to capture Gyeongju City in one fell swoop." Lu Fei said.

Ye Qingyun looked at the wide river in front of Gyeongju City, this is not Qingzhou, they have no ships to use, it is impossible to attack from the front, and now the barbarians are still harassing, if they can't take Gyeongju City in time, they will inevitably lose more soldiers.

At this time, his gaze swept over the high mountains on both sides of Gyeongju, and said, "There may not be no paths that can be passed on these high mountains and mountains, so it is better for us to offer a large reward to find a path from the mountains to the city." ”

"Well, that's what I mean." Lu Fei replied, he called a Guo Yi Lieutenant, said a few words to him, and the Guo Yi Lieutenant took the order and left.

Luo Hong said at this time: "There is only one city wall in Gyeongju City, if you can find a mountain road, you can directly attack the city, but if there is a mountain road, how can King Liang not know and leave a flaw?" ”

"It's better to try it than to look at Gyeongju with a blank eye." Lu Fei said with a big grin.

When everyone heard this, they thought it was true.

After camping outside Gyeongju City and repairing overnight, Lu Fei's men arrived the next day with a person who received the reward.

Lu Fei was overjoyed when he heard this, and he hurried to the door of the tent to meet the people who came to receive the reward.

This is a middle-aged man, at this time the man is still carrying a bow and arrow, he is followed by a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, the young man seems to be a little scared, hiding behind the middle-aged man and looking at the soldiers coming and going with timid eyes, and the middle-aged man's eyes also have a trace of uneasiness in his eyes, and he does not dare to look at Lu Fei with his eyes.

Lu Fei has a bold temperament, he laughed, and said familiarly: "This brother is please." ”

The middle-aged man nodded, he looked at the camp tent surrounded by a strange chariot, his expression was a little hesitant, as if he had something to say, Lu Fei suddenly understood, and said to his generals: "Take a hundred taels of silver to this brother." ”

One hundred taels of silver is the amount of Lu Fei's reward, and when the general heard this, he trotted back to the camp and came back with one hundred taels of silver after a while.

The middle-aged man seemed to be relieved when he saw the silver, and said to Lu Fei: "General Xie." ”

"This is what you deserve." Lu Fei said with a smile.

Putting away the hundred taels of silver, the middle-aged man said, "General, please come with the grass people." With that, the middle-aged man walked out.

Lu Fei thought that he would have to waste a lot of time when he left, so he asked Ye Qingyun to call more than a thousand horsemen, and let the two soldiers, one with a middle-aged man and the other with a teenager, and they followed behind.

According to the middle-aged man's words, the group walked south for about six miles and stopped, and the middle-aged man got off his horse and pointed to the front, "General, this is the path that the grass people pass up the mountain, and you can go up the mountain along this path." ”

Lu Fei looked in the direction pointed by the middle-aged man, and in front of him was a winding path hidden in the grass.

He and the others immediately dismounted and climbed up the trail, and when they reached the top of the mountain, he looked down and saw a straight cliff below, fifteen meters high. Ye Qingyun frowned and said, "It's too dangerous, if you fall down, your life will be gone." ”

Lu Fei felt the same way, this place is not only smooth, but also very narrow, only thirty centimeters wide, and the stone slope and the ground are almost at an angle of 90 degrees, ordinary people dare not try it at all.

"It's narrow, it's steep, it's slippery." Lu Fei concluded.

Hearing the discussion between the two, the middle-aged man was a little nervous, and said: "General, this is the lowest cliff from the ground in these three mountains, and the rest of the mountains are fifty paces high, and it is no problem to go down from here, I sometimes use a rope to go down from here when I hunt."

The middle-aged man's words made Lu Fei's mind flash, this rope climbing is one of the subjects trained by the current feudal army.

If you throw some rope from here, you will definitely be able to sneak into Gyeongju City.

Thinking like this, Lu Fei said his thoughts, Ye Qingyun nodded in agreement, and sent the soldiers back to the barracks to get ropes, and the middle-aged man was also relieved, lest this group of wolf-like soldiers would treat him as a liar.

The soldiers soon returned, bringing seven or eight thick twines, and according to Lu Fei's method, the soldiers tied the twine to an old tree on the edge of the cliff, and then came down and tied other twine to different trees.

"Let's have a surprise attack this time!" Lu Fei ordered the cavalry to send 20,000 musketeers up the mountain.

At this time, he observed Gyeongju City through a telescope, as he imagined, there were not many soldiers in this Gyeongju City, this time the second prince was killed, the Liang army was destroyed, and other states and counties were captured by the Yong army, and King Liang couldn't get together many troops temporarily, 20,000 people were enough.

And below them are just some people's houses, and their own soldiers can go down from here, and they can complete the foothold, and provide the opportunity for the follow-up soldiers to enter the city safely.

After waiting for a while, 20,000 musketeers arrived at the top of the mountain, and then Lu Fei ordered: "Go down the rope!" “