Chapter 372

sent a special escort, traveled all the way by boat and horse, and arrived in Chang'an about ten days later, and sent the meatball-like Cui Ronghai back to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Song Bokang also reorganized his soldiers and horses here and sharpened his knives, because he knew that if Cui Langhai sent him back, the prime minister would ask him to fight with Cheng Dalei.

Starting from Song Bokang's heart, he didn't want to fight with Cheng Dalei. First, today's Cheng Dalei is no longer a small force, Qinchuan Pass is more than 10,000 armored, and the lord of Qinchuan is 800 miles away, how can he be underestimated. Second, Cheng Dalei is not as domineering as the legend, as long as you don't provoke him, he won't provoke you, and the cooperation between the two sides in some things can even be called pleasant. Third, his son is still detained at Qinchuan Pass.

If you don't fight this battle, Cui Xiang will not be able to make a difference anywhere, and if Cui Xiang's order comes down, he can only attack hard. Now the military strategy office in Liangzhou City is busy day and night, and is formulating combat strategies.

But what Song Bokang didn't expect was that after the people were sent back, Cui Xiang didn't move anywhere, he waited first and second, and didn't wait for the order of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Song Bokang became more and more confused, and he didn't know when Master Cui Xiang became so good-tempered.

That is, when the people who went came back, the news of Chang'an reached Song Bokang's ears, and he finally understood what was happening.

It's definitely not that Master Cui Xiang's temperament has changed drastically and he suddenly has a good temper, it's not that Cui Xiang doesn't want to kill Cheng Dalei, the key is that Cui Xiang can't make a move now.

Youzhou, the Righteous Sect started up.

In the first battle of Jiangnan, the Xingzi army led by Li Xing captured the lair of the Righteous Sect. The top leaders of the Righteous Church died and fled, and the followers were killed and wounded. For this reason, Emperor Ming also specially rewarded Li Xing, and the court celebrated.

At the same time, the Empire is fully wanted by the Righteous Cultists, and any sacrificial objects of the Righteous Cult in their homes will be killed once they are found. In all states and provinces, rows of people are often beheaded on long streets. In such cases, people are often unjustly killed for the sake of things like receiving merit.

With such a great force, a wave of bandits is wanted, and everyone believes that the Righteous Religion is already a pile of dead ashes, and there is no chance of resurgence.

But without anyone on guard, the leader of the Righteous Sect infiltrated Youzhou and gathered his followers there.

After the First World War of Qingniu Mountain, Youzhou has become a wasteland, and the empire has neither the heart nor the ability to manage this land. This gave the Righteous Sect space and time to develop, and in just one year, 100,000 members of the Righteous Sect had gathered under the banner of the Righteous Sect.

This may not be without the impetus of the imperial court, the court is trying its best to arrest the Righteous Sect, and people who can't survive with their tails between their legs simply flee to Youzhou to start an incident.

When the upper echelons of the court noticed this, the Righteous Church had already erected their banner, and this time the Righteous Church raised the banner:

Slay demons and demons.

They really regard the Li royal family as demons.

Emperor Ming personally ordered the transfer of troops from Qingzhou and Bingzhou, with a total of 150,000 troops, to attack the Righteous Sect.

When Song Bokang knew about this, almost at the same time, Cheng Dalei also got the news.

Of course, Cheng Dalei obtained the information through rumors in the rivers and lakes, and the information obtained was not so accurate. Rumor has it that Emperor Ming launched an army of millions......

Looking at the information in his hand, Cheng Dalei didn't know whether to be happy or worried, happy that Lin Shaoyu had done a good job, and he could start such a team of soldiers and horses in a short period of time, and he was worried about whether he could survive the encirclement and suppression of the army.

Youzhou and Liangzhou are thousands of miles apart, and Cheng Dalei can't do anything he wants, so he has to keep sending people to inquire about the news over there. After getting the information, analyze it with the people in the cottage.

According to Cheng Dalei's estimate, if Lin Shaoyu can survive this battle and stabilize the current situation, he may not be able to become a force to compete with the imperial court in the future. I just hope he doesn't rush too much......

At the same time, Cheng Dalei is also busy with his own affairs.

After Luo Yuzhai was promoted to the third level, he opened gunpowder from the store, and after he bought a box, he gave it to the people in the craftsman's workshop to study.

The formula of gunpowder is not complicated, it is nothing more than sulfur, saltpeter, charcoal. The empire was not without gunpowder, fireworks and the like appeared very early. It's very simple, the craftsman workshop took out simple gunpowder, but the power is completely incomparable to the gunpowder that Cheng Dalei bought from the system store.

The main work is how to increase the power of gunpowder, improve the formula, and purify the raw materials.

Cheng Dalei personally grasped this matter, mainly because gunpowder is an explosive after all, and his subordinates have no sense of safety, so if they are not careful, they will cause casualties.

Cheng Dalei bought saltpeter and sulfur from the caravans, and Qinchuan Pass now has money and grain, so he is willing to pay a lot of money for it.

This is not too difficult, and before the winter has passed, the craftsman workshop can already produce finished gunpowder. I did a blasting experiment, and although it can't be compared with the production of the system, the power is already good.

That's just the point, and that's pretty much enough. In the entire empire, there is still not much awareness of fighting with gunpowder, at least Kotokawa has come to the forefront of the whole world in terms of weapons.

But Cheng Dalei naturally will not be satisfied with this, the gunpowder is taken out, and there is still a process of how to turn gunpowder into a weapon.

This was not too difficult for the craftsman's workshop, and after a short time, weapons such as rockets, muskets, and thunderbolts were all taken out.

In this way, the research work was completed, and Cheng Dalei ordered the craftsman workshop to start producing gunpowder weapons. Seeing that the warehouse was full of weapons, Cheng Dalei also had some confidence in facing the world.

Even if he faces Song Bokang now, he has the qualifications to call the board. When the strength of the two sides reaches a certain level, it is not a competition in numbers. Morale, weapons, and strategy will all be the key to victory or defeat.

Of course, Cheng Dalei currently has no intention of expanding outward, and his own personality does not yearn for these. Everything he has done is nothing more than to protect himself, and at present, he can serve the food in his hand, and Cheng Dalei is already satisfied.

This winter has passed, and Qinchuan Pass has also ushered in the early spring of March. At the same time, Cheng Dalei also received information about Youzhou.

The soldiers of Bingzhou and Qingzhou totaled 150,000 to attack Youzhou.

Attacking one place, breaking one place, the Righteous Sect was defeated and retreated, and the court was very happy after hearing the war report, and Emperor Ming personally issued an order to end the war in this winter.

The 150,000 emperors drove straight into the lair of the Righteous Sect. The lair of the Righteous Sect is in the valley where Cheng Dalei was stationed back then, and the emperor has been attacking for a month.

Just when people were sleepy and horses were lacking, an ambush soldier came out and attacked from both sides in the city, and the emperor was defeated, and the dead and wounded were captured.

When the imperial court reviewed this battle, it found that the Righteous Sect was losing and retreating, which was more like luring the enemy to go deeper, and finally flanking the enemy inside and out, as if it had been designed very early.

I have to say that Lin Shaoyu was really a good student in the days when he was in class in Toad Village.