The female emperor fights, captures Yang Yuhuan at the beginning

The two sides are like brothers, there is no difference between Liangzhou and Qinzhou.

Gaoliang Pass is the key gateway from Liangzhou to Gongzhou, and the Shanggong Pass of Gongzhou is fifty miles away.

Because Han Xin was in charge of the northwest and stayed in Lanzhou, all his subordinates were under the control of Wang Jian.

Having finished switching defenses with the Liangzhou Army, Wang Jian stood at the head of the Gaoliang Pass with great emotion. The lord Qin Lang looked young, but in fact, he was already astonished in the heart of the commander. He couldn't figure it out at all. After entering Liangzhou, the other party didn't complain at all, and was extremely enthusiastic, which is really strange.

Liangzhou is one of the seven states in the inner circle of 36 states and borders Zhongzhou.

After staying in Chang'an for seven days, Qin Lang finally left Chang'an Palace and made a special trip to Xilong Pass in Zhongzhou before returning to Xianyang.

Before King Zhou's more than 500 million soldiers attacked Zhongzhou Pass, all sources only knew that King Zhou was defeated, but no details came out.

This matter has always been on Qin Lang's heart, and finally had the opportunity to enter the inner circle, so he must not miss the opportunity to find out.

In the eastern part of Liangzhou, in a wilderness, Qin Lang and Long Nu stood on the clouds and condescendingly, and they couldn't help being shocked.

The majesty of Xilongguan is even more magnificent than Qin Lang's sixth-level city.

The city wall alone is as high as [-] meters, and the north-south extension of this kind of city wall can't see the end at all.

The width of the city wall is close to 50 meters, and all kinds of defensive equipment are available, and there are three steps and one person, and the defensive soldiers in iron armor are standing neatly.

Qin Lang was even more amazed by the patrol team of hundreds of people. Not only was it large in number, but the intervals were carefully designed, and there was no time gap at all.

Because the width of the city wall is sufficient, there is a military fort 300 meters apart. Judging from its scale, it can accommodate at least [-] people.

Looking at the back of the city wall, there are endless military tents, galloping horses, and numerous training soldiers on the school field.

After looking around the border passes and city defenses in Zhongzhou, Qin Lang finally understood why King Zhou suffered such a disastrous defeat.

Not to mention the disparity in armaments between the two sides at that time, I am afraid there is no way to go up the [-]-meter-high city wall alone.

Back in Xianyang, Qin Lang immediately went to the Industry and Construction Bureau to find Mo Zi, Lu Ban, Huang Yueying and others.

As time went by, the defense system of each state became more and more complete.

Let’s not talk about the Great Wall in Zhongzhou, let’s take the passes in Dingzhou and Liangzhou as an example. Although the current siege equipment of the Qin army is already very advanced, the degree of destruction caused on the actual battlefield is still very low.

Without the blessing of gunpowder, relying on ordinary equipment alone, when encountering this kind of reinforced pass city defense, the effect is extremely limited.

Everyone in the Engineering and Manufacturing Bureau sat down separately. The report on the use of the Northwest siege weapons had already been sent to these great masters, and Qin Lang didn't need to go into details. He just expressed his current personal views and ideas for future development.

Mozi was in charge of the organization, Lu Ban was in charge of the construction, Huang Yueying and Ou Yezi were in charge of the weapons, and everyone was not in a hurry to answer Qin Langre's idea of ​​weapons.

In fact, Qinzhou's industrial level has advanced by leaps and bounds to an unbelievable level, but Qin Lang doesn't pay much attention to this aspect and doesn't know much about it.

Taking Qinzhou's industrial system as an example, large workshops have popularized steam power, transportation has also popularized rails, and the forging level of precision parts has been significantly improved.

From the perspective of weapons, it has actually been developing from cold weapons to hot weapons.

The previous swarm was a typical semi-heated weapon, and gunpowder boost has made great progress in the field of weapons.

Some things that Qin Lang scavenged from Longcheng have long been handed over to Mo Zi and others for research. The technology of the telescope has basically been broken, and mass production will soon be achieved.

Because other things are too sophisticated, there has been no breakthrough for the time being.

Qin Lang's current requirement is to research firearms, especially artillery. Only when artillery is successfully developed can those tall city gates and walls be easily destroyed.

All the masters sitting here, Qin Lang randomly scribbled sketches on the paper, and after explaining them, everyone understood what Qin Lang wanted.

It's just that this thing is easy to say, but it is not easy to realize it, so everyone is not in a hurry to answer, and each is in a state of contemplation.

Qin Lang knew that his request was a bit ahead of his time, so he gave more time for everyone to digest and understand, and didn't rush, just drinking tea on his own.

When she was young, Huang Yueying took the lead to speak: "My subordinates think the firearms described by the lord can be realized. Its principle is similar to that of the fireworks made by the fireworks workshop. It's just that the launching device and gunpowder configuration are different. I have the confidence to improve it. Create large-scale fireworks with destructive capabilities."

At this time, Ou Yezi continued, "Smelting can provide high-strength metal pipes, which should be able to meet the needs of firearms."

Mozi also answered: "My lord, the idea of ​​large-scale fireworks is very interesting to my subordinates. After returning home, I will try to manufacture them in a targeted manner. Judging from the current height of the fireworks, it is still a bit small. It should be a matter of the ratio and amount of gunpowder. , we will speed up the research and strive to produce the finished product as soon as possible.”

Qin Lang originally wanted to talk about flintlock guns, but unfortunately he only had a vague idea of ​​flintlock guns, so he thought about making the cannon first.

As long as you have artillery that can attack the city, you can study it slowly in the future, and advanced firearms such as flintlock guns should be able to break through its barriers.

After talking about the research on firearms, Qin Lang had a long discussion with everyone on the use of steam engines and the concept of electricity.

Although Qin Lang only knew fur, but speaking to these extremely intelligent masters, he could break their cognition in an instant, arousing their curiosity and basic understanding of new things.

As long as this layer of window paper is pierced, allowing them to see a new world, the future will become infinite.

Returning to the Qin Palace from the Engineering and Manufacturing Bureau, Xi Zhicai's secret letter came back before he could sit still.

According to Xi Zhicai's report, the size of Huang Chao's army has grown to 50, of which there are [-] elites. They all use Qinzhou's special equipment and fight well. He asked Qin Lang when he would attack the southern states.

There is also a secret letter sent back by Lu Kun, saying that he spent a lot of money to rescue Zhao Feiyan and is already on the way back to Xianyang. He also said some recent things about Li Ming, and one of them was very interesting to Qin Lang. .

Chapter 0222 Opportunity

According to Lu Kun's detailed description, Li Ming and Ban Hua have been in close contact recently.

The two communicated through Fetion at the beginning, and later met directly in Tianjilou, where they were discovered by Lu Kun.

Every time the two met, they were chattering away, and they didn't know what they were discussing. Anyway, every time the two communicated for about 10 minutes, they would leave each other.

This gave Qin Lang a premonition that Yang Kai might be cheated by Li Ming again.

But this is just Qin Lang's guess, he has no evidence for the specific things, and it's just a pure feeling.

Speaking of Lu Kun, he was so docile after being frightened by Qin Lang that he didn't dare to go out at first after he left Xianyang and came to Gongzhou City.

After staying in the house for more than half a month, I tried to go out, and found that there was no danger except for a few servants around me.

He eats delicious food and drinks every day, and is served by someone. When he wants to spend money, the servants around him will directly send him a box of gold and silver.

He tentatively went out to visit the brothel twice, and found that no one said anything wrong with him, and no one restricted his spending.

Slowly, Lu Kun got used to this kind of carefree life of eating, drinking and having fun. Although money is endless, Lu Kun is still very particular about it, and he is not blindly lavish.

It's about not being stingy when it should be spent, and not spending a penny when it shouldn't be spent.

In this way, he slowly integrated into the local life in Gongzhou City. From outsiders, Lu Kun is a character set of a rich young master. In addition, Lu Kun will come to things and is willing to spend money to take care of it. Gradually, he mixed in Gongzhou City up.

Now when he walks on the street, everyone he knows has to cup his fists and call him Master Lu.

The life is comfortable, and Lu Kun is not idle, nor has he forgotten what Qin Lang explained.

He bought a lot of high-level officials and logistics personnel, and he has not little information about Li Ming. Even if it is what Li Ming eats every day, he can almost grasp it in detail.

So so far, Lu Kun's news will be sent back to Xianyang regularly. At the beginning, it was some insignificant things, and later on, there are more and more valuable things.

For example, the recent close relationship between Ban Hua and Li Ming was very important news to Qin Lang.

After burning the two secret letters, Qin Lang walked to the big map with his hands behind his back and looked towards Ningzhou where Banhua was.

Ningzhou of Banhua and Yangzhou of Xiaohua are connected together, and the two seem to have a very close alliance relationship from the beginning. Judging from a series of news, the decrees and actions of the two are very consistent.

Li Ming has frequent contact with the class flower, which also means that he is inseparable from the school flower in Yangzhou.

Qin Lang still remembered that Yangzhou and Ningzhou used troops against Yang Kai's Bozhou and Mingzhou respectively.

Now Yang Kai was fooled by Li Ming to jointly defend the west. Although Yang Kai's main troops could not enter Li Ming's territory, they had been stationed at the border to prevent Qin Lang from using troops against Li Ming.

Once Qin Lang attacks, Yang Kai can send troops to cooperate with Li Ming in defensive operations.

So now the east side of Yang Kai has become relatively empty, it's not that Yang Kai is stupid and doesn't know how to defend the Yang and Ning states.

Instead, King Zhou secretly had a secret chat with Yang Kai, and Qin Lang didn't know the specifics.

Judging from the current news alone, the Yang and Ning prefectures are likely to take the opportunity to take down Yang Kai's Ming prefecture and Bo prefecture, and finally kill Yang Kai in Shou prefecture.

In this way, the two states of Yangning and Ning bordered on Li Ming, they could defend against Qin Lang and Shi Feng in the west, and they could defend against King Zhou in the east.

If these three people are in the same boat, the situation in the south will be interesting.

Qin Lang still remembered the conflict between Li Ming and Yang Kai when they first crossed over, they both wanted to take the class flower and the school flower as their own.

Now it seems that Yang Kai may not have this chance, as for whether Li Ming has the ability to enjoy the blessings of everyone, it depends on whether he can move the two mountains above his head.

When Qin Lang was thinking about the development of several forces in the south, Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu entered the palace.

"My lord, letters from Ban Gu and Ban Chao indicate that the situation in Dingzhou and Liangzhou has stabilized. There are 50 Rangers and 50 Liaoqi old troops who are willing to use them for your lord."

"Our five group armies on the border of Gongzhou are ready for battle, and we can break through Gongzhou only after the lord gives an order."

"A letter from Liangzhou, Lu Houfeng drove out of Chang'an to Xianyang."

"The city of Mizhou was destroyed, and Empress Dowager Cixi was punished."

"The city of Huizhou was destroyed, and Sun Jiale was executed."

"King Zhou launched surprise attacks on Yangzhou and Ningzhou in Xuande Prefecture and Weizhou respectively."

"Bazhou launched a surprise attack on Ningzhou."

"Yang Kai's department led Guan Yu's department to launch a surprise attack on Ningzhou, and Zhang Fei's department launched a surprise attack on Yangzhou."

"Yangning and Ningzhou asked for help from Gongzhou for help, but Li Ming has not responded yet."

As soon as Zhuge Liang's voice fell, Qin Lang shouted in shock: "What?"

He walked quickly to Zhuge Liang's side and read the secret report carefully. Qin Lang, who thought he had heard it wrong, confirmed the truth of the matter.

The development of the situation completely exceeded his prediction, and a 180-degree reversal came directly.

Everyone started to target the two states of Yangning and Ning, and even Bazhou, which had never had a sense of existence, launched a surprise attack.

"Didn't Yang Kai send his troops to the western defense line?" Qin Lang asked suspiciously.

Zhuge Liang explained: "Yang Kai did indeed send troops to the west, and they were all the main force. Now it seems that it should be to prevent Li Ming."

"Then where did he get the troops to use against Yangning and Ningzhou?"

It's not that Qin Lang looked down on Yang Kai, but that he put all his main force to the west, and the strength in the east was only enough for defense, so there shouldn't be too many troops to attack.

"By the way, this fellow must have dispatched Xiazhou's troops."

Qin Lang suddenly realized that when Zhang Hao and Zhen Mi attacked Xiazhou together, not only did they not get a bargain, they were beaten back.

The reason why Qin Lang never made a move against Xia Zhou was also because Xia Zhou's strength should not be underestimated.

Yang Kai mobilized Xiazhou's troops, which means that Xiazhou must be empty, so when will Xiazhou not be accepted at this time?

"Order to order Huizhou and Longzhou to spy on Xiazhou's news at the same time. If the Xiazhou army is really transferred, Huizhou and Longzhou can directly use troops against Xiazhou without reporting, and strive to win Xiazhou as quickly as possible!"

"Forget it, I'll go there myself. Wen Ruo and Kong Ming can just wait for my news."

After Qin Lang finished speaking, he went back to the harem, and told Long Nu about the matter, Long Nu thought about it and gave Qin Lang an opinion.

"Before I became a concubine, I heard that my king praised Cao Jie from Xiazhou. She is a pretty woman. I don't know if my king is interested in her. If you capture the thief, you must first capture the king. Is there something in my king's pocket?"

This trip to Chang'an was indeed a surprise, but for this Cao Jie, Qin Lang really had nothing to do.

"Let's not talk about whether I can't see it. He has been captured by Yang Kai, and he doesn't know whether he is dead or alive. If he is still alive, he can be rescued. Things are much easier."

The dragon girl covered her mouth and smiled when she heard the words: "My king, don't worry, take a good night's rest tonight, I have my own way to determine whether the woman from the Cao family is still alive."

Qin Lang knew that Long Nu could let a party find information for her. Anyway, Longzhou and Huizhou had already sent Feixin to send letters, so even if he didn't go, as long as there was a chance, Yue Fei and others would naturally grasp their limits.

After making out with Long Nu for a while, Long Nu invited Qin Lang out on the grounds of practicing.

In desperation, Qin Lang had no choice but to stroll to Yang Yuhuan's garden to feed the fish.

Chapter 0223

Early the next morning, I worked hard all night to feed the fish around me.

Before he had slept for a long time, he was woken up by the dragon girl who suddenly appeared beside the bed.

Putting on a silk robe casually, Qin Lang and Long Nu left Xianyang.

Above the colorful clouds, Qin Lang asked curiously, "I'm in a hurry, where are you going?"

The Dragon Girl giggled and said, "My king is so lucky, I really can have whatever I want."

Qin Lang, who was in a daze, said angrily, "Speak humanly."

The Dragon Girl pretended to be wronged, pursed her lips, and said pitifully: "The little girl you want has been found, and she is hiding in Longzhou."

"You mean Cao Jie? How could he be in Longzhou, wasn't he captured by Yang Kai?"

"The concubine doesn't know why, it's better for me, the king, to have an in-depth communication with that girl."

With doubts, he flew all the way to Longzhou City. When Qin Lang saw Cao Jie in an elegant courtyard outside the city, his heart was full of question marks.