"What! Cement robbed? ”

"Exactly, Your Highness, this is the news I just received. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info," Pang Yukun said.

Zhan Xingchang is responsible for repairing Cangzhou City, but Pang Yukun is responsible for the transportation of this logistics, and he is naturally the first to know about the accident.

Because of the saltpeter matter, Xiao Ming's fire had not yet gone down, and he was immediately angered by this news, and he said: "You go to the Qingzhou military camp with me now, these remnants of the wealthy clan, if you don't break them into pieces, it will be difficult to solve the hatred in the heart of this king." ”

Pang Yukun's face turned pale, he had never felt such violent emotions from Xiao Ming.

But this is not to blame Xiao Ming, the local wealthy family was wiped out by Xiao Ming, and the harvest was collected, but for so many years, the wealthy family has been deeply rooted, and it is not so easy to clean up.

The Hao clan in Qingzhou was wiped out very quickly because of the existence of the Qingzhou army, but the armies of other states were weak, which gave those Hao clans a chance to react.

Many wealthy clans took the opportunity to rebel with their tribes, and the state and county became a mess, but with the support of the people and the strict training of the new army, these rebellions were quickly suppressed.

However, some remnants fled into the mountains and Daze, and from time to time they came out to make trouble.

"Your Highness, don't worry, these bandits have been surrounded by the Cangzhou army who rushed to the Wubao, but this Wubao used to be the Wubao of the Liu family, a wealthy family in Cangzhou, and it was the easiest to defend and difficult to attack among the many Wubao in the six states, and the Cangzhou army attacked several times and was defeated and retreated, killing and wounding dozens of people." Pang Yukun said.

"Is it okay not to be in a hurry? This cement is related to the repair of Cangzhou City, if it is delayed, the consequences are unimaginable. Xiao Ming said that this time he really experienced what it means to be blessed and unequaled.

Pang Yukun didn't speak, but followed Xiao Ming to the Qingzhou camp.

At this time, Niu Ben was standing on the platform and watching the soldiers in the training battle formation in the big battalion, Lu Fei and Luo Xin were each responsible for correcting them.

Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun appeared in the camp, and Niu Ben immediately stopped training.

"Your Highness." Niu Ben came down from the point of the stage.

The **** was drunk and unconscious, and woke up the next day with some regrets, for fear that he would lose his temper in front of Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming was anxious at this time, he was afraid that this gang of bandits would destroy the cement, so this matter could not be delayed, he said bluntly: "Old general, I'm afraid I'm going to let you out this time, a gang of bandits seized Wubao and grabbed the materials transported to Cangzhou City." ”

Niu Ben was stunned, but he didn't think it was unusual, he had experienced a lot of things in his life, and he had already seen it.

"That being the case, the last general will now lead the Qingzhou army to suppress it." Niu Ben said calmly.

Then he asked, "I wonder how many bandits there are?" ”

"According to the information I received, there are probably a thousand of them." Pang Yukun said.

Niu Ben frowned and said, "The art of war, the number of sieges is five times greater than the number of defenders, so it takes five thousand people to go." ”

After that, he asked Lu Fei and Luo Xin to order troops.

At this time, Xiao Ming gradually calmed down, now every soldier is very important, and now these remnants of the wealthy clan know that they will die if they are caught, and they will definitely resist to the death.

At that time, the casualties of the Qingzhou Army would definitely be very large, and he had an idea, he was worried that there was no place to test artillery, wouldn't this be an opportunity.

He said: "The old general will go first, and trap the bandits in the castle, and the king will come later, and when I arrive, he will attack the city." ”

Niu Ben hugged his fists and responded, "Yes, Your Highness." ”

When Xiao Ming and Niu Ben were talking, Lu Fei and Luo Xin didn't dare to interject, it seemed that this Niu Ben was obedient to the control of the two.

Leaving the Qingzhou camp, Xiao Ming also remembered a question at this time, and he couldn't help asking: "Since Liujiawu Fort is easy to defend and difficult to attack, how did this gang of bandits enter." ”

"This Wubao originally belonged to the Liu family, and the people of the Liu family in the chaos naturally knew the structure of the Wubao, no one thought that there was a tunnel hidden in this Wubao, and the people who escaped said that this gang of bandits was originally to rob the grain in Wubao, but when they saw the convoy transporting cement, they thought it was valuable, so they made such a big move."

"Afterwards, the Cangzhou army rushed over, and I wanted to attack from the tunnel as well, but the tunnel was blown up by this gang of bandits." Pang Yukun said.

"Blown up?" Xiao Ming's spirit was shocked, "You said it was blown up?" ”

"That's right, Your Highness, these bandits blew up the tunnel with gunpowder." Pang Yukun said again, but this time he suddenly realized something.

"How can these bandits have gunpowder?" The two said almost in unison.

Gunpowder is not a secret in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, but it is not just a person who can prepare gunpowder, which involves the problem of this material.

For example, this time Xiao Ming was stumped by this material.

At this time, these remnants of the wealthy clan actually had gunpowder in their hands, which had to make Xiao Ming feel a little associated.

"Anyway, let's take down these bandits first." Xiao Ming said calmly.

Back in Qingzhou City, Xiao Ming went to the Instrument Division, and at the same time asked the Instrument Division to prepare a carriage and prepare to transport the artillery to Liujiawu Fort.

In addition, he urged Chen Qi to polish some cannons overnight, and sent someone to Lutong to get gunpowder.

The next day, a carriage pulled by four horses carried something wrapped in layers of linen cloth out of Qingzhou City.

Guarding the carriage were the most elite cavalry of the Qingzhou Army.

There are more than 400 miles between Cangzhou and Qingzhou, and this Liujiawu Fort is estimated to be 200 miles away from Qingzhou.

The cannon weighed about a ton, and even four horses pulled it would be very laborious, and it would take five or six days to travel such a long distance.

Xiao Ming went to Liujiawu Fort this time, saying that it was to suppress bandits, but in fact, it was to test the power of artillery.

Although he had seen countless images, he really hadn't seen the real situation.

Because it was a test artillery, Chen Qi and the others naturally wanted to go, but they went with the artillery.

Xiao Ming, Niu Ben and others set off first, and three days later, they finally saw Liujiawu Fort, which was surrounded by the Cangzhou Legion.

"Cangzhou Military Academy Captain Chen Fu has seen His Highness."

The person in charge of besieging this Liujiawu Fort was the Cangzhou Army, and this Chen Fu was also a veteran of the Qingzhou Army before, and was later sent to Cangzhou by Xiao Ming.

"How's it going?" Xiao Ming asked.

"Back to Your Highness, these bandits occupy the city of Wubao, and there is enough food and water in this Wubao, which can last for several months, which is indeed troublesome." Chen Fu said.

He had already tried to storm the city, which had failed several times.

Xiao Ming looked at the Wubao in front of him, different from the Wubao of the Wang family's mud tamping, this Liujia Wubao is all made of stone, and the city wall is more than ten meters high.

The most important thing is that this Liujia Wubao guards the official road between Cangzhou and Qingzhou, so after this Wubao was taken, it became a transit place between the two states.

However, the Wubao was built on the official road, which can also show how arrogant the Liu family was back then.

(To be continued.) )