Li Jing let out a long sigh, which could be regarded as regret for Li Lingfu for dying in Duli Town in such a daze. In his opinion, Li Lingfu is really a hero, but he was confused for a while. Ten years ago, Li Lingfu changed the tide and helped the building to collapse. It was the return of the crane cavalry that led him to save Qingni City, which was on the verge of destruction. After ten years of recuperation, especially this time when they joined forces with Shamen Town to annihilate the combined fleet of Duli Town, Qingni City is facing the best future in a hundred years, and they and Li Jing can join forces to suppress Duli Town.

But it was almost a wrong step, a wrong step, so that Li Lingfu was defeated and died, and a hero became a hero. His impulsiveness not only harmed himself, harmed Qingnicheng, but also affected Li Jing.

"Huang Shi's four people took the Nutao Battalion and two thousand old brothers to follow Li Lingfu to participate in this battle, and the news that came back with rough steps was that in addition to the 1,000 brothers who stayed on the warship, the 2,000 brothers who entered Duli Town were almost wiped out, although the white, yellow, red, and black four masters took hundreds of brothers to follow the Li brothers to break out of the city, but they were ambushed near Qingni City, and the four generals were seriously injured, and only about 500 brothers who broke out with them were left. In addition, there is the "

"What's it?" Li Jing asked bitterly, 1,500 people died in this instant, although the real establishment of the Nutao Battalion was only 1,000 people, and the remaining 2,000 could only be regarded as the children who participated in the war. But in any case, this camp of the Angry Waves is almost abandoned. Yellowbeard and the others did not make themselves clear, so they sent troops to Qingnipu without authorization, which led to this major loss. But Li Jing also understands that some things are difficult to avoid. The Nutao Battalion was adapted from Zhendonghai Zhao'an, and it didn't take long for this battalion to be adapted. Qi An, who hadn't come for a while, had not come for a while. Originally, I was worried that he would do it too early and too quickly. It will cause disgust in Zhen Donghai. But he didn't expect that this result would lead to the Angry Waves Camp going without an order this time, and it was defeated in the end.

"Also, as soon as the news came back, the two generals, Megan and Julie, immediately took the Zhenhai battalion to send troops to Qingnipu to meet the generals of Huang and Bai. However, the leaders of the Zhenhai battalion rejected their orders and refused to send troops. General Megan and General Julie, in a fit of rage, are going to sea with their two boats, and they will be detained for the time being. Now the special messenger has sent a letter. Please general, you deal with it. ”

Hearing such a thing happen, Li Jing felt both happy and troubled. The generals' refusal to carry out Meghan's orders is actually correct. On the face of it, this is another non-compliance with military orders. What's more, they are now under house arrest for Meghan and them, which is already equivalent to a mini-mutiny. The starting point of the generals is good, but Li Jing couldn't help but smile bitterly, after this incident, not only the angry wave camp was abolished. Now that the generals of the Zhenhai camp are not in harmony with each other, it is impossible for him to deal with the captains who have made the right move. Then it will be difficult for Megan and the others to stay in Zhenhai Camp in the future.

Hey, what's going on?

Frowning, Li Jing asked about a very important matter.

"After Li Lingfu's joint troops entered the outer city of Duli Town, the North Gate and the Water Gate that they captured exploded violently almost at the same time, and the explosion was loud and accompanied by great vibration, and it was also so bright that it killed and injured hundreds of people at one time. Do you know what this is, don't you tell me what kind of thunder it is? When he heard the description of this incident before, the first thing that came to Li Jing's mind was gunpowder. Only gunpowder almost fits these descriptions, although many Taoist priests in the late Tang Dynasty have developed the formula of gunpowder, but it is only used for practicing Dan. I have not heard of any army that has begun to officially use gunpowder as a weapon of war.

According to Li Jing's understanding of gunpowder, the large-scale use of gunpowder as a weapon should have been in the Song Dynasty, and the initial use should have been about the end of the Tang Dynasty, but it seems that it should be a few years later. Specifically, it seems to have first appeared in a siege battle in Nanchang, Jiangxi, but it is absolutely impossible to cause such a great effect as Duli Town this time.

Li Jing has always felt that the power of black powder is too small, the consumption is large, and the effect is small, although the black powder and the divine fire began to be researched and prepared together, but the last divine fire is the first to be prepared, and began to produce in large quantities, and has shown its power in the war several times. And it has been made into a very valuable product and killer weapon like Salmon Town. On the black powder side, Li Jing has just figured out the formula of black powder, as well as many processes such as granulation, and in terms of production, he has only just set up a small secret workshop with hundreds of people.

At present, it is only in the process of perfecting the production process formula, and has not yet begun to actually produce it into a weapon of war.

Shamen Town has not yet come out with this weapon, how did Duli Town suddenly get out of black powder, and judging by the effect, the number they have is definitely not low, this cannot be practiced by Taoist priests. Li Jing believed that the formula of his black powder had never been leaked, so where did the town come from?

"It is said that the most powerful weapon is called Spitfire."

"Spitfire?"

"Yes, Duli Town has already begun to claim this weapon they have, and it is said that they claim that this weapon is one of the alchemy fires that the city lord Wang Pumeng obtained from the Taishang Laojun, and it is said to be infinitely powerful. However, the news we heard seemed to be a recipe given to Wang Pu by a few Taoist priests from Jiangnan, and I heard that Duli Town bought this flying fire secret recipe with 3,000 taels of gold. In this battle, there are two ways to use this kind of flying fire, at first they were buried in the ground of the north gate and the water gate, and a fuse was installed, and the last ignition caused the flying fire to explode, which directly collapsed the city gate, and killed and injured hundreds of people at one time. There is also a way to use it, which seems to be equivalent to our divine fire, which is also to install a fuse in a clay pot, and then light it and throw it out on top of the cannon. Many attempts by the coalition forces that had invaded the town of Turori were broken up by this flying fire. ”

Li Jing suddenly understood that the alchemy fire taught by Taishang Laojun was indeed black powder. What surprised Li Jing even more was that after the people of Duli Town bought this formula from the Taoist priest, they were able to produce a large amount of gunpowder so quickly, and they could be assembled into the army so quickly, and they could use gunpowder so well for the first time in the war, which played such a big role, which really surprised him. Listening to the names of these Taishang Laojun's alchemy fires that Deli Town said, it is easy to remind people of the divine fire of Shamen Town. One is taught by the Dragon King, and the other is taught by Taishang Laojun, who is really good at gimmicks.

"General, Duli Town suddenly got Spitfire, let's send troops now, I'm afraid we won't be able to defeat them." Zhao Jiang cautiously persuaded.

Although Li Jing knew that the flying fire was nothing more than black powder, since he had first made it up by himself to teach the divine fire in the dream of the dragon king, he naturally couldn't accuse others of misleading the public now. The soldiers and civilians in Shamen Town all believed in the story that Li Jing made up at the beginning, so Li Jing also knew that everyone was afraid of ghosts and gods.

"Don't worry, this so-called Flying Fire is actually far worse than the Divine Fire, it is only the smallest form of the Divine Fire, our Shamen Town actually already has this kind of Flying Fire, the last time the Dragon King told me about the Divine Fire, he told me the Flying Fire together. It's just that I didn't think it was easy to use before, so I didn't take it out. Since we want to use it in Duli Town, let's bring some with us this time. ”

"Really, the Dragon King told you about Spitfire last time?" Zhao Jiang was surprised.

"Of course." Li Jing was a little cautious, and he actually engaged in this set of myths and ghosts.

Zhao Jiang's eyebrows were much more cheerful, but he still hesitated: "But is it necessary for us to send troops?" Qingnipu's 40,000 soldiers were defeated, and their defeat was also their own fault, who made Li Lingfu refuse to listen to the general's arrangement. Now that they've all been defeated, it's no wonder that we're not going to blame us. I don't think it's suitable to send troops at the moment, Duli Town and Beisha City defeated Qingni City, Qingnicheng suffered this big defeat, Li Lingfu died again, they definitely can't hold on, we might as well give up on them as soon as possible. The situation in Liaodong has turned around overnight, and we had better stick to it. ”

Li Jing shook his head and sighed lightly: "How can I not understand the current situation, Li Lingfu was impulsive, but he buried the good situation." But the more critical the situation, the less we can show weakness and retreat. Qingnipu was indeed defeated, but we had to fight this time. The best result is naturally to repel the combined forces of Duli Town and Beisha City, relieve the danger of Qingnipu, and meet the soldiers of the Nutao Battalion. In the worst-case scenario, we also have to take the people from Qingnipu back to Da Xie. We have to let Duli Town understand that even if they can defeat Li Lingfu and defeat Qingni City, he still doesn't want to win favor with us. We have to show him what we are capable of in order to make peace. Sending troops is only a means, and continuing to maintain peace with the town of Duli is the goal. However, we can't rely on the handouts of Duli Town for the peace of this backyard, but we have to fight them with our own swords until they are afraid. ”

In fact, in Li Jing's heart, in addition to these strategic considerations on the surface, it is necessary to let Duli Town understand the strength of Shamen Town, so as not to provoke a war again and break the stability of the backyard. There is another very important reason why Li Jing sent troops to not say it, that is, he had expected that Qingnipu would definitely not be able to hold on this time.

The hundred-year-old Qingni City was about to die, and Li Jing rushed to the tiger's mouth to grab food, and snatched the century-old savings of Qingni City from the tiger's mouth of Duli Town and Beisha City. Li Jing did not have the luxury of receiving the city territory of Qingnipu, but he wanted to take away the population, money, food and property of Qingnipu.

Especially Li Jing had already taken a fancy to Li Lingfu's crane control army, and this time, he also planned to eat it in one bite and receive him.

Of course, on the surface, Li Jing will not tell others his thoughts and plans. On the surface, Li Jing's reason for sending troops was to avenge the brothers of the Nutao Battalion who died in the war, to avenge the sworn brother Li Lingfu who died in the war, and to help several nephews who had just lost their fathers in Qingnipu to break the siege!

Suddenly, Li Jing remembered a sentence from the heroic Cao Cao: Your wife, I raise it, don't worry about it!

PS: This volume is at the end of the volume again, and a new volume is about to begin, and the next volume of Wang Xianzhi and Huangchao Rebellion begins, and Li Jing, who already has a certain strength, will also officially participate in this chaotic war! After the most, ask for recommendation votes! (To be continued......)