It Starts With A Mountain

Chapter 372

They sent a special person to escort them all the way by boat and horse. They arrived in Chang'an about ten days later, and sent Cui Nonghai, who was like a meatball, back to the prime minister's residence.

Song Bokang also reorganized his troops and sharpened his knives here, because he knew that when Cui Nonghai was sent back, the prime minister would ask him to fight 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 has over 10,000 armors, and the master of eight hundred miles of Qinchuan cannot be underestimated. Second, Cheng Dalei is not as domineering as the legends say. As long as you don't provoke him, he won't provoke you. The cooperation between the two sides on certain things can even be called pleasant. Third, my son is still detained at Qinchuan Pass.

But if this battle is not fought, Cui Xiang is not easy to communicate with anywhere. If Cui Xiang's order comes down, he can only bite the bullet and attack. Now the military policy house 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, there was no movement from Cui Xiang.

Song Bokang became more and more confused, not knowing when Lord Cui Xiang became so good-tempered.

That is to say, when the people who went there came back and the news of Chang'an came into Song Bokang's ears, he understood what happened.

It's definitely not that Lord 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 take action now.

In Youzhou, the Justice Religion rises.

In the Battle of Jiangnan, the Xingzi Army led by Li Xing captured the old nest of the Justice Religion. The senior members of the Justice Church died and fled, and the members suffered numerous casualties. For this reason, Emperor Ming also specially rewarded Li Xing, and the court celebrated.

At the same time, the Empire is looking for the members of the Righteous Religion with all their strength. If there is any sacrifice of the Righteous Religion in the family, once they are found, they will be executed. In every state and every province, rows of people are often beheaded on Long Street. Under these circumstances, people are often killed unjustly for things like claiming merit.

With such a huge force, everyone wanted a wave of bandits, and everyone believed that the Justice Religion was already a pile of dead ashes, and there was no chance for it to revive.

But when no one was on guard, the leader of the Righteous Religion sneaked into Youzhou and gathered the believers there.

After the Battle of Qingniu Mountain, Youzhou had become a wasteland, and the empire had neither the intention nor the ability to manage this land. This gave the Righteous Religion space and time to develop, recruiting troops and horses, and in just one year, the Righteous Religion had gathered 100,000 members under the banner of the Righteous Religion.

This may not have been without the help of the imperial court. The court wanted the righteous religion with all its strength, and those who could not survive with their tails between their tails simply fled to Youzhou to revolt.

When the upper echelons of the court noticed this, the Justice Religion had already raised their banner. This time the Justice Religion used the following banner:

Slaying demons.

They really regarded the Li family as a demon.

Emperor Ming personally ordered the deployment of troops from Qingzhou and Bingzhou, totaling 150,000 troops, to attack the Justice Church.

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. According to rumors, Emperor Ming has launched an army of millions...

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

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

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

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

After Luoyuzhai was upgraded to level three, he took out gunpowder from the store. After he bought a box, he gave it to the people in the artisan workshop for research.

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

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

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

Cheng Dalei bought saltpeter and sulphur from the caravans that came and went. Qinchuanguan now has money and food, and he is willing to pay a lot of money for this.

This is not too difficult. Before this winter has passed, the artisan workshop can already produce the finished gunpowder. I did a blasting experiment, although it can't compare with the system's production, but the power is pretty good.

Only this step is almost enough. In the entire empire, there is still not much awareness of fighting with gunpowder, at least Kotogawa has come to the forefront of the whole world in terms of weapons.

But Cheng Dalei naturally would not be satisfied with this. The gunpowder was taken out. There is still a process of how to turn the gunpowder into a weapon.

This is not too difficult for the artisan workshop. After a short period of time, weapons such as rockets, muskets, and sky bombs have been taken out.

In this way, this research work is over, and Cheng Dalei ordered the craftsman workshop to start producing gunpowder weapons. Seeing that the warehouse is full of weapons, Cheng Dalei also has some confidence to face the world.

Even if he faced Song Bokang now, he still had the qualifications to challenge him. If the strength of the two sides reaches a certain level, it is not a numerical competition. Morale, weapons, and strategy will all be the keys to victory or defeat.

Of course, Cheng Dalei has no intention of expanding outwards, and his own personality does not aspire to these. Everything he has done is for self-protection. Cheng Dalei is already satisfied that he can handle the food in his hand.

This winter passed like this, and Qinchuanguan also ushered in the early spring of March. At the same time, Cheng Dalei also received information about Youzhou.

A total of 150,000 soldiers from Bingzhou and Qingzhou invaded Youzhou.

When one place was attacked, another place was broken, and the Righteous Church was retreating steadily. After hearing the report of the battle, the imperial court was very happy. Emperor Ming personally ordered that the war should be ended this winter.

150,000 Imperial Army commanders drove straight in, heading straight for the lair of the Righteous Religion. The old nest of the Righteous Religion was in the valley where Cheng Dalei was stationed in the past, and the imperial army stormed it for no less than a month.

Just when the people were trapped and the horses were exhausted, an ambush came out and attacked the two sides in the city.

When the imperial court resumed the battle, it was found that the Justice Religion was losing ground, more like lures the enemy to go deep, and finally attacked from inside and outside, as if it had been designed very early.

I have to say that Lin Shaoyu was really a good student in those days when he took classes in Toad Village.