From eunuch to emperor

After listening to the statement of the defeated soldiers, everyone was very puzzled, they didn't understand why they were caught.

They don't know something new like explosives, and they can't understand why they are ambushing in places where there are no ambushes.

When the generals were discussing, Wu Sheng suddenly turned his head to look at the ghost.

The ghost body trembled, and immediately lowered its head to avoid Wu Sheng's gaze.

"you say!"

Wu Sheng spoke coldly, and the generals immediately stopped discussing and looked at the ghost fetus at the same time.

Although the status of this holy son of the ghost clan and the son of the martial saint is noble, after the news about him spread, all the generals felt that the ghost was not up to the mark.

Gritting his teeth secretly, the ghost raised his head and stepped forward, saying: "Father, General Xia must have fallen into Long Chen's trick. The explosion in the valley road is not thunder, but gunpowder!"

As he said that, Guitai looked at the defeated soldiers and asked, "After the explosion, is there a pungent smell of gunpowder and sulfur? The magic-suppressing stone particles and the Shenmu marbles are shot out along with it?"

All the defeated soldiers immediately nodded and replied: "As the Holy Son said, it is so!"

The ghost said to Wu Sheng: "This little thief Long Chen is not only full of tricks, but also very good at making all kinds of strange weapons. He invented many weapons, and gunpowder is one of them."

"Back then, my son suffered a disadvantage outside Yanmen Pass because the little thief had muskets, cannons and gunpowder. These weapons are so powerful that ordinary soldiers can operate them."

"When the musket was fired, the bullet was smaller than a pearl, and the speed was extremely fast. When we heard the sound, we had already been hit and could not defend at all."

Wu Sheng and the generals frowned, they couldn't understand what the ghost said.

Wu Sheng wanted to reprimand the ghost, blaming him for not reminding Xia Feng in advance, but after thinking about it, he still didn't speak.

"Is there any way to resist it?"

Wu Sheng asked, any powerful weapon can be resisted, if not, then build the same weapon yourself.

This is Wu Sheng's many years of combat experience.

Guitu shook his head helplessly, and said, "There is no other way except for heavy armor. The bullets have a strong penetrating power, and ordinary armor cannot resist it."

The generals looked at the animal skin clothes on their bodies, and at the soldiers behind them, and everyone knew it in their hearts.

The bullets that can only be defended by heavy armor can easily penetrate their animal skin clothes.

Fighting with such equipment, I'm afraid they are all targets.

"Father, when fighting Long Chen, there is no need to worry about anything else, but gunpowder must be guarded against. That thing is very powerful. When it explodes, it is like a thunder from the sky. Clothes and armor are shattered and viscera are damaged. My son suffers greatly from it."

The generals looked at Wu Sheng, Wu Sheng asked: "Why don't you make gunpowder? Why don't you imitate such a powerful weapon?"

Guitai said: "The production of gunpowder is not complicated, but the production of firearms requires sophisticated workshops and refining ironware. It takes too long, and I can't do it in a hurry."

During the Nanliang confrontation, Guitai ordered the Ministry of Industry to try, but the firearms had not yet been produced, and the battle had already been fought.

I have calculated that it will take at least five years from steel smelting, to gunpowder production, and finally to muskets and cannons.

The formula and process are all clear to the ghost, but he is not as good as Long Chen in terms of how to make it.

Wu Sheng said coldly: "You have been in the Central Plains for more than 200 years, and you still say that time is short!"

The ghost immediately explained: "Report to father, gunpowder was invented by Long Chen, he didn't have firearms before."

In the Central Plains for more than 200 years, there has been almost no change in wars and weapons, nothing more than bows, crossbows, swords, and catapults.

After Long Chen appeared, all kinds of new weapons emerged one after another, such as divine arm bows, bed crossbows, explosives, muskets, cannons...

It has only been a few years since these new weapons appeared, and there is really no time for ghosts to imitate them.

Wu Sheng snorted coldly, turned his head to look at dozens of defeated soldiers, and said: "It's just some strange skills and tricks. The decisive factor in war lies in the generals and soldiers. We use a hundred-fighter to deal with a junior. There is no reason to be invincible!"

"Long Chen dares to kill my vanguard general, I will kill him!"

"Follow me to go to Yanmen Pass, and kill Longchen's head to drink!"

Wu Sheng wanted to go to Yanmen Pass immediately, but the ghost girl lifted the curtain and said, "My lord, my clansmen need to drink human blood to recover quickly, Long Chen's move is obviously intended to be aggressive."

The [-] ghost soldiers brought out were almost all recruits. They had never drank human blood, and their recovery ability and speed were not good enough.

The meaning of the ghost woman is to enter the Central Plains from other places first, and then attack Yanmen Pass after the ghost soldiers have drunk enough human blood.

Wu Sheng was angry and said: "Madam can lead the people to drink blood first, and I can lead the troops alone to attack Yanmen Pass."

The ghost girl knew that Wu Sheng was irritated, and persuasion was useless, but would make Wu Sheng lose face.

The fighting power of the ghost soldiers who did not drink human blood was a little weaker, but still much stronger than the human warriors.

Long Chen's trained elite soldiers were no more than [-], and they combined [-] soldiers, occupying an absolute advantage.

Even if he doesn't drink blood, he is sure to kill Long Chen.

"Then let's take down Yanmen Pass first, and when they break through, I'll let them drink their fill."

The ghost girl returned to the sedan chair, Wu Sheng strode forward, and all the soldiers continued to march forward with Wu Sheng.

When the army was moving forward, the ghost tire moved to the side of the ghost woman's sedan chair, and whispered to the demon spirit: "Priest, I have some things to leave first."

The priest demon asked, "What's the matter with the Holy Son? Is it convenient to tell me?"

The army advances, and the ghost suddenly leaves the team. It is definitely not good to do so.

Moreover, Long Chen didn't know where it was, if the ghost was ambushed, the consequences would be disastrous.

Last time in Storm Canyon, Guitu was almost killed by Long Chen.

"Don't worry, priest. I'll go find my former subordinates. I still have a lot of soldiers in the grasslands and the Central Plains."

"To go to Yanmen Pass, you must pass through Ka'er Lake. I will join the army at Ka'er Lake."

The ghost didn't go into details, he was worried that if the horses couldn't be raised, it would be embarrassing.

"Go, Wang Er, be careful on the road."

The ghost girl heard it in the sedan chair, opened the curtain and said.

The ghost fetus worshiped: "After the son thanked his mother, the son will definitely return in time."

The ghost girl nodded and lowered the curtain, and the ghost fetus quietly left the team and headed south quickly.

The priest demon looked at the back of the ghost, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, the Holy Son may be in danger if he acts alone at this time."

The ghost girl said lightly: "Wang'er needs practice, he can do well."

The ghost girl said so, and the demon spirit didn't say anything more.

Ghost tires have been in the Central Plains for more than 200 years, and they are more familiar with the outside world than they are.

...

South of the prairie.

The empress led the army to retreat to the south, and several messengers rushed from the south on horseback. The shadow guards stopped several messengers, asked about the situation, and immediately presented the secret letter to the empress.

These messengers were sent by Wu Xiangyun, and they found the empress' army.

"My lord, a secret letter from General Wu Xiangyun."

The empress took the secret letter from the shadow guard and slowly unfolded it. After reading it, a complicated look appeared on her face.

"Is there really no way..."

The Empress let out a long sigh.

Looking back to the north, the empress said to the shadow guard: "Send someone to see how King Wu is doing."

The shadow guard immediately sent a dozen people to rush north, and the empress continued to retreat south with the army, and Yanmen Pass was not far away.