Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

The fog began to gradually fill in from night to night.

Ling Fu felt a little anxious when he noticed the fog, hoping that a gust of wind would blow away the fog at dawn.

As a result, I didn't expect that the thick fog not only did not disperse during the day, but became more dense.

Ling Fu was a little annoyed and said, "Why is it still foggy?"

They had just won a victory, and they could be said to have let out the frustration of being chased and beaten before. Now their morale is high, and they just took advantage of this moment to fight directly.

As a result, I never expected that there would be heavy fog.

Xiao Xuexing looked at Wutian and said: "The heavy fog affects us as well as the other side, be steady, how can you let me feel at ease in the future and let you lead the army alone?"

Ling Fu was a little embarrassed, he was really pissed off. Although he didn't participate in the previous war, when he got here, he saw the Jingguan piled up with the heads of his comrades.

Ling Fu felt his blood surge up at that moment.

He has followed Xiao Xuexing for so many years and has been going smoothly. When did he encounter such a scene?His blood surged on the spot, and he wished he could lead his troops to beat him immediately.

In the end, Xiao Xuexing pushed him down.

In fact, Xiao Xuexing was also very angry at that time, but as the commander in chief, he had to keep calm all the time.

In the past, at this time, he needed other things to divert his attention, or barely suppressed his temper, and then digested it when he was alone.

But this time is different, just think about Xiao Zirong's Taoyuan City behind him, his younger brother still needs his protection, and he is still waiting for his safe and triumphant return.

In fact, his composure really surprised Emperor Wei a little.

Emperor Wei also knew a lot about Xiao Xuexing, including some physical conditions.

However, there were only rumors about his physical condition, so he simply put it aside and only looked at Xiao Xuexing's personal resume.

After reading it, his impression was that Xiao Xuexing was very young, and he was only 28 years old this year. Being young means being impulsive, so this Jingguan is just to stimulate Xiao Xuexing.

In fact, Emperor Wei Yuanke, who said others were young, was only 20 years old this year, two years older than Xiao Zirong, and eight years younger than Xiao Xuexing.

However, it was precisely because Emperor Wei was young that he had the drive to go on a personal conquest.

It's just that no matter how young Emperor Wei was, he still had six assistant ministers by his side, so his impulses were all within controllable range.

However, there was no such person around Xiao Xuexing, his status was embarrassing, and he had to figure everything out by himself.

Yuan Ke felt a little regretful that Xiao Xuexing was not provoked and was thrown into disarray, but when he knew that Xiao Xuexing's first order was to retreat when he arrived at the barracks, he laughed and said, "My child has been scared out of his wits."

This is still the description in the words book he learned. Although he pronounced it nonsense, everyone still smiled and congratulated the emperor for the sake of the record.

Now that the opponent retreated, they naturally had to press on step by step unceremoniously. After all, I heard that the emperor of Qi State was also nearby. If they could catch the emperor of Qi State and occupy Qi State, that would be a joy.

In the end, Xiao Xuexing did not expect that Xiao Xuexing really gave him a good time—it was just a chase, and he lost nearly a thousand people.

This number is not many in large-scale battles, but the problem is that nearly a thousand people were killed in an instant, and many people were affected later.

There are many people who were deafened and frightened. It can be said that although these soldiers did not die, they were also crippled.

The most regrettable thing is that a young general Yuan Ke was very optimistic about was directly beheaded in the formation.

The general volunteered to lead the vanguard battalion and rushed in. Although he was not killed by the bomb, he was completely stunned by the explosion, and the Qi army who rushed out after the explosion had almost no resistance.

Yuan Ke didn't expect the explosion that shocked even him to be so terrifying, his blood surged up for a while, he felt the world was spinning, and his eyes turned black.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty calm down!"

Yuan Ke was helped to sit down and took a sip of ginseng soup. It took a while to recover, and asked, panting heavily: "What kind of demon method did the Qi army use!"

Everyone looked at each other, if they knew what it was, they wouldn't be ambushed.

After Yuan Ke came back, he stood up and turned around twice and said, "King Xuan Guangyang."

Not long after, King Guangyang quickly came to salute and said: "Chen Yuanjia pays homage to Your Majesty."

Yuan Ke sat down and stared at Yuan Jia for a while and said, "Yuan Jia, you have been in Qi State for many years, and Qi State should also know something about it. What is the demon law that Qi State uses today?"

Yuan Jia complained in his heart, if only he knew.

He was just running a small business in Qi State, and it was only when he hooked up with Xiao Wen and started selling salt that he got some improvement.

He makes a lot of money selling salt, so he naturally attracts attention. Since he has no power, he is easy to be targeted.

So Yuan Jia simply found a way for Yuan Ke to become a shareholder.

Even if the emperor is not short of money, he will not dislike having a lot of money, and this can be regarded as passing the bright road in front of Yuan Ke, so that no one will use him as an excuse to do business with the people of Qi to mess with him in the future.

And through this transaction, he began to judge that Qi's national strength was weakened due to the turmoil in the court.

This is also the reason why Yuan Ke is full of confidence in the imperial conquest.

And Yuan Jia, the king of Guangyang...is also the result of Yuan Ke's happiness after making money.

But he really doesn't know much about Qi Guo, what should he say?

Yuan Jia had no choice but to say honestly: "Your Majesty, Xiao Wen is a branch of the Xiao family. I'm afraid he may not be able to get any news from him. If His Majesty needs it, I can think of a way to see if I can get in touch with other people through him." .”

Yuan Ke's face was gloomy: "Since he is so useless, what can people who come into contact with him know?"

He is very irritable now, no matter who sees the enemy who can't beat him suddenly become very powerful, and is still powerful for no reason, it will make people irritable.

Yuan Jia explained in a low voice: "Although he is not very powerful, there must be his channel to smuggle out the salt, and I venture to guess that he may be just a puppet."

Yuan Ke said thoughtfully: "You mean he might just be pushed to the front? There are actually other people behind him?"

Yuan Jiaxin said that's what you said, I'm just guessing.

However, he still bite the bullet and said: "It's hard to say, after all, the quality of the salt shipped by Xiao Wen is indeed high, and the minister has deliberately asked for more these few times, but he can provide it no matter how much I want. It's really just that he was sneaking around in private, a side branch of the Xiao family without any background, I'm afraid he can't do this."

Yuan Ke reached out and knocked on the table and said: "You must maintain a good relationship with him, maybe this will be a breakthrough in the future."

As for the moment, no matter how anxious Yuan Ke is, he knows that Xiao Wen will not provide too much information. Even if he wants to, I'm afraid he wants to, how dare Xiao Xuexing stare at him at the front line?

But it doesn't matter. At present, it seems that Qi State doesn't know what demon law he has obtained. It is impossible to directly destroy Qi State. This person will always be used in the future.

Yuan Jia took the order immediately, he was really relieved, as long as he was not asked to contact Xiao Wen now.

Contact now... If he doesn't go in person, it's hard to say if he can be contacted. If he goes in person, he might not be able to come back.

But to see what His Majesty means, do you want to retreat?

how is this possible.

Yuan Ke has to get the place back no matter what he suffers.

Xiao Xuexing didn't relax his vigilance either, neither side moved on a foggy day, and there was fog all the time for the next few days, and on the fifth day, the fog was thinner, so Yuan Ke couldn't sit still and sent people over to attack directly.

Xiao Xuexing didn't dare to use the gunpowder bamboo tube. He had heard from Xiao Zirong before that the gunpowder bamboo tube was not very stable, and he was afraid of high temperature and humidity.

High temperature can easily make the gunpowder bamboo tube explode, while humidity can easily turn the gunpowder bamboo tube into a squib.

Xiao Xuexing doesn't know much about this thing, and he doesn't know whether such a thick fog will affect it. What if it doesn't explode if it is used rashly?

In other words, no explosion is not the most unacceptable result, the most feared thing is that the gunpowder bamboo tube will be obtained by Wei Jun.

Xiao Zirong told him the recipe, Xiao Xuexing didn't understand the mystery, but it didn't prevent him from discovering that the raw materials needed for this thing were very simple and easy to analyze.

Xiao Xuexing would rather not have it than let Wei Jun get it.

Wei Jun didn't. They could always catch the other side off guard when they found the right time. If both sides had it, it would be meaningless.

For Wei Jun's attack, Xiao Xuexing was also very calm, seeing every move, but it was not his habit to be passive defense all the time, it can be said that he was a bit aggrieved in this battle.

He wanted to attack, but according to the analysis of the recent wars, the Wei army was indeed ambitious. They used to have strong cavalry and weak infantry, but now the infantry's shortcomings are about to be made up for.

As for the cavalry of Qi State...it really doesn't matter.

Now Qi's advantage is the navy.

But the problem is that the opponent's main force has already occupied the banks of the Yangtze River, and the opponent also has ships, which can advance, attack, retreat and defend, but Xiao Xuexing can't see the opponent's movements here, and it is difficult for the scouts sent to reach the other side to observe the situation on the other side .

The battle situation fell into a passive position for a while, Xiao Xuexing reacted quickly, and several times he saved the day and even pushed the front line forward for a certain distance, which was considered to have regained part of the land.

Wei Jun naturally knew what would happen once the battle line reached the Yangtze River, so they resisted desperately, and the two sides stalemate there for a while.

Xiao Xuexing suffers because of the small number of people, and he is reluctant to sacrifice his life to fill it up, while Yuan Ke doesn't care so much, as long as he can hold the front line, he doesn't care about anything else.

Xiao Xuexing had no choice but to write the current situation as a memorial and send it to Taoyuan City.

Even if he doesn't like another person to tell him what to do, he must increase his troops at this time.

After Zuo Shu arrived in Taoyuan City, everyone was relieved that Xiao Xuexing had defended the battle line, and then began to discuss the current situation.

The shortage of troops here is obvious, so the question now is whether to increase troops.

Xiao Zirong originally thought that the point of discussion was who to send to assist Xiao Xuexing, and the increase in troops was a certainty, but he never expected that they were still discussing whether to increase the number of troops?

Some people even suggested that Zhang Chong should continue to attack Wei, in an attempt to "encircle Wei and save Zhao".

After Xiao Zirong heard this, he refrained from spraying that person with blood, because this stupid idea was rejected by Xiao Yan and Chai He.

Xiao Zirong calmed down a bit, these two are not too stupid after all.

But he couldn't listen to the discussion of these people anymore, so he just flung his sleeves and left.

When he got up, it could be said that the audience was silent, and everyone was waiting to see what he would say again.

Unexpectedly, His Highness King Xuancheng left without saying a word this time.

Xiao Xuan burst into laughter in his heart, and said with a stern face: "This child doesn't know the severity, let's call it a day."

He was also tired of listening to the various reasons of those people, everyone was reasonable, and he was already very annoyed if he could not come to a conclusion after discussing for a long time.

Xiao Xuan wanted to find Xiao Zirong after they were gone, but found that Xiao Zirong had actually left the City Lord's Mansion. When he asked where he had gone, he replied: Ministry of Industry.

Xiao Xuan was quite surprised, and when Xiao Zirong came back, he asked, "You went to find those Mohists again? What are you going to do?"

Xiao Zirong said: "I read my brother's memorabilia, and the conclusion is that he doesn't know how many people are in the Wei army, and he can't detect the opponent's movements, so he can't judge the situation accurately, so he dare not rush to send troops. This is simple. I Let him see it?"

Telescope, let's go!