Taiping Lie 402. The world's number one "hidden weapon"

402. The best hidden weapon in the world

"Prince?"

Mo Xiuyao waved his hand and wiped the blood from his lips. "Ling Tiehan is indeed worthy of his reputation." Although he seemed to have the upper hand, Mo Xiuyao could see that Ling Tiehan was deliberately showing weakness. Moreover, although Ling Tiehan was seriously injured, his internal injuries were not light. As Ling Tiehan said, if he tried his best, the final solution of the two people would probably be who died more miserably. He had no intention of dying with Ling Tiehan.

"Prince, do you want to..." the guard beside him asked in a low voice. The Yanwang Pavilion was almost completely destroyed, and Ling Tiehan was seriously injured. They only needed to send someone to follow up, and it would not be impossible to catch Ling Tiehan and his gang in one fell swoop.

Mo Xiuyao shook his head and said, "Forget it, we'll talk about it later." Leng Liuyue said that Ling Tiehan showed mercy to A'li, and he believed it. For masters of their level, if they want to sneak attack others, it is difficult for anyone to escape unless they are masters of the same level. Of course, Mo Xiuyao also calculated that Ling Tiehan would never go against Prince Ding's Mansion for Lei Zhenting, but he didn't expect Ling Tiehan to actually take action. Even if A'li was not injured, he couldn't just pretend that it didn't happen.

"Ling Tiehan is still useful. Please go back and deliver a letter to Ling Tiehan for me." Mo Xiuyao said.

"yes."

"Your Majesty, this is a secret letter from Commander Mo." A secret guard appeared in front of Mo Xiuyao and handed him a letter. Mo Xiuyao raised his eyebrows, took the letter and opened it, but his face changed in an instant, "Mo Jingli, I will make you wish you were dead!"

The two secret guards standing beside him took a step back without leaving a trace, praying silently in their hearts for the person who had angered the prince.

Mo Xiuyao stared at the letter in his hand with a gloomy look. You want to make Ah Li your queen? I will make sure you can't be the emperor, and see what you can use to be the queen!

"Someone come here." After a long time, Mo Xiuyao crushed the letter in his hand into powder and threw it away.

"My Lord, please give me your orders." A dark-clad guard appeared behind Mo Xiuyao and bowed to wait for his orders. Mo Xiuyao said calmly, "Let Mo Hua take my token and go to Nanjing in person. Let him tell the Queen Mother that the Emperor of Great Chu can be replaced. I promise that Mo Jingli will not go back to cause trouble for her."

"As you command." The secret guard glanced at the gloomy Mo Xiuyao, quickly received the order and flew away. The prince was in a bad mood, and whoever bumped into him would be in trouble.

On the third day after Lei Zhenting left Feihong Pass, the war that had just stopped for a few days was reignited. Perhaps because of the confirmation of Mo Xiuyao's death, the Xiling army was no longer cautious and detour like the previous battle with Mo Xiuyao. Instead, the whole army advanced together and rushed to Feihong Pass. On the other side, the reinforcements of the Great Chu brought by Mo Jingli, who originally intended to reinforce Hangu Pass, also bypassed Hangu Pass directly, took Yuming Pass and went northwest, blocking the only road from Chujing and Hangu Pass to Feihong Pass at a very fast speed, and occupied Liyang City in Yunzhou.

Liyang is the only way from Chujing to Feihongguan, and it is also the location of the Xu family, a prominent family in Yunzhou. After the Xu family moved to the northwest ten years ago, the most prominent family in Liyang is now the Chu family, which is related to the Xu family by marriage. Unfortunately, although Mo Jingli is the emperor of the Great Chu, his arrival was not welcomed by the people of Yunzhou and Liyang. Even these prominent families in Yunzhou closed their doors and ignored Mo Jingli. This made Mo Jingli, who was originally full of ambition, feel frustrated. If he had not had a trace of reason left, I am afraid that he would have wiped out these prominent families one by one.

On the other hand, Lei Zhenting's Xiling army was also not going well. The Mohist army, led by several famous generals of Murong Shen, infiltrated in different places, causing trouble for the Xiling army everywhere. Although Murong Shen, Nan Hou and others were not as good as Lei Zhenting in terms of military tactics and military strength, it would not be difficult to just disrupt the army and hinder its progress. Especially when everyone was leaving Feihong Pass, they had just received the sixteen-character motto personally taught by Princess Ding: "When the enemy advances, I retreat; when the enemy retreats, I pursue; when the enemy camps, I harass; when the enemy is tired, I attack." These few veterans who had fought on the battlefield for many years naturally quickly absorbed it, making Lei Zhenting depressed as if he had swallowed a fly. He couldn't spit it out, and it was uncomfortable to swallow it.

In the Xiling army, Lei Zhenting stared at the map in front of him with a grim expression. The news of Mo Xiuyao's death and the good news of defeating the Mo family army could no longer make him feel happy or joyful. He glanced at Lei Tengfeng, who walked in in a battle robe and looked tired, and asked in a deep voice: "How many days will it take to reach Feihong Pass?"

Lei Tengfeng said: "Originally, our army would be able to reach Feihong Pass within three days. But now... I'm afraid it will take at least half a month. Father, now that Mo Xiuyao is dead, we don't need to rush. Shouldn't we clean up those weeds first?" As long as Mo Xiuyao is dead, the Mo family army will be leaderless. As long as there is time to slowly grind, Xiling will always defeat the Mo family army. So Lei Tengfeng really doesn't understand why his father wants to rush. There are even threats from Murong Shen and Nan Hou behind him.

Lei Zhenting shook his head and said, "We don't have time."

"Father?" Lei Tengfeng raised his eyebrows in confusion. Lei Zhenting smiled bitterly and said, "Mo Xiuyao's death is a good thing for Xiling. But... for the Zhennan Palace, it may not be a good thing at this time."

"My son is stupid." Lei Tengfeng lowered his head, puzzled.

Lei Zhenting sighed and said, "Tengfeng, the Zhennan Palace is not the direct line of the Xiling royal family. There is still a majesty in Ancheng." The Xiling Emperor did not have much ability, but he was not an idiot. He had been pretending to be crazy these years.

Lei Tengfeng frowned and said, "Your Majesty? What can he do? Xiling is under the control of my father."

Lei Zhenting shook his head and said, "How powerful was the Ding Palace back then? But it was nearly destroyed by Mo Jingli, who even you look down upon. Isn't that enough of a lesson for you?"

"What does father mean?!" Lei Tengfeng said in surprise.

Lei Zhenting smiled bitterly. With Mo Xiuyao as his powerful enemy, the Xiling Emperor was naturally wary. Who said that the Xiling Emperor was completely mediocre? In recent years, Lei Zhenting has been responsible for all the affairs of Xiling, working himself to death. But the rightful master of Xiling is still the Xiling Emperor. Now that Mo Xiuyao is dead and Lei Zhenting is away fighting, it is the best time for the Xiling Emperor to seize power.

Lei Tengfeng frowned. He had never thought highly of his uncle who sat on the throne. But he also understood that the fact that the incompetent Xiling Emperor could sit on the throne safely for so many years was a great achievement. After all, the Zhennan Palace was not the Ding Palace of the past, which really assisted the royal family wholeheartedly. However, if they were not careful, the Ding Palace of the past would become a lesson for the Zhennan Palace.

"My son was not considerate enough, please punish me, father." Lei Tengfeng bowed his head and apologized.

Lei Zhenting waved his hands and smiled, "Forget it. I know you have been a little upset these days because of Murong Shen and others. But you are right. This is not a solution. I will leave you an army of 200,000. Can you cover my retreat?"

Lei Tengfeng was shocked and answered loudly: "Son will never let father down."

Lei Zhenting nodded and said, "Father believes in you, but... be careful. Just stop them, don't rush to kill them. The Mohist Army suddenly changed their tactics this time, there must be a master behind the scenes."

Lei Tengfeng frowned and asked, "Master? Besides Mo Xiuyao, is there another master in the Mo family army who even my father can't handle?"

Lei Zhenting pondered for a moment, and sighed with a complicated look: "If my prediction is correct, it should be Ye Li. Except for her, all the generals in the Mohist army are warriors who have fought on the battlefield, and they don't have such a fantastic fighting style." Lei Zhenting never knew how to evaluate Ye Li. In his eyes, Ye Li is definitely not a peerless general. But such a woman always has unexpected and amazing achievements. When studying her tactics afterwards, Lei Zhenting found that every time Ye Li's tactics can only be described in one word: "unexpected". Because it is unexpected, it cannot be copied. Such a move requires a wild imagination and extraordinary courage. Of course, Lei Zhenting would never have thought that the reason why Ye Li treated him like this was not because she had a wild imagination or eccentricity. It was because she had thousands of years more experience and military training than them. A true genius must be able to create a unique field of his own. But Ye Li was far from reaching such a state.

Lei Tengfeng nodded carefully and said, "Don't worry, father. I will never act rashly." Lei Tengfeng, who was over 30 years old, had long passed the time of youth and recklessness, and knew the importance of things. Therefore, he would never destroy his father's entire plan for the sake of a temporary victory.

Lei Zhenting nodded and said, "Father is naturally confident in you. Well, go and prepare. I will lead the troops to set off tonight."

"Yes, take care, father. Teng Feng will take his leave."

Feihong Pass

"My princess, the King of Zhennan, Lei Zhenting, is leading an army of 700,000 soldiers in two directions to Feihong Pass." In the general's mansion, Ye Li and Han Mingyue, who were playing chess, stopped playing. Ye Li smiled calmly and said, "Is he finally here?"

Han Mingyue slowly put the chess pieces back into the box beside her and said with a smile, "The princess doesn't seem nervous at all."

Ye Li smiled and said, "Being nervous can only make people make wrong judgments. Apart from that, it has no benefit at all. Besides, this is something we already know, right?"

Han Mingyue raised his eyebrows and smiled without saying anything. He had always been curious about where Ye Li's bottom line was. But it seemed that no matter what happened, she couldn't really collapse or be afraid. "The princess's heart is so firm that even men would be ashamed of themselves."

Ye Li smiled and shook her head, saying, "In fact, women's endurance and tolerance are far higher than men's, but..." But women in this era have long been bound by various etiquette and have been raised in seclusion without experiencing the wind and rain. So when they encounter a little thing, they can only scream out of control and even faint.

Han Mingyue smiled and said, "After seeing the princess, I believe this sentence."

Ye Li smiled helplessly. Was she forced into this? If she lost her balance at this moment, the entire Feihong Pass would be in chaos. Looking at Ye Li's calm and beautiful face, Han Mingyue asked, "In two days at most, Lei Zhenting's army will be at the gates of the city. What are your plans, Princess?"

"Plans?" Ye Li raised her eyebrows and smiled, "How about giving him a big gift first and then discussing plans?"

"I'll wait and see." Han Mingyue said with a smile.

Two days later, less than ten miles away from Feihong Pass, the morale of the Xiling army was high, and they were unstoppable all the way. Seeing Feihong Pass, which seemed to be in sight, Lei Zhenting, who was walking in the front, finally smiled. As long as Feihong Pass was captured, there would be no more dangerous passes to defend in the northwest. Without Mo Xiuyao, the Mo family army, whose main generals had been sent out, would certainly be leaderless. By then... Ye Li, will you regret it?

"Your Majesty, this place is less than ten miles away from Feihong Pass. Shall we set up camp here?" A general who was exploring the way ahead rode back and reported with a bow. Lei Zhenting raised his eyebrows and looked ahead. The terrain was open and flat, with only an isolated mountain in the southwest. Although it was not convenient for defense, it was also very difficult for the enemy to launch a surprise attack in such a flat place. Although Lei Zhenting did not think that Ye Li could still spare troops for a surprise attack, he had to be on guard.

Nodding, Lei Zhenting said, "Let's set up camp here and prepare for the attack tomorrow morning."

"As you command!" The deputy general took the order and left, instructing the entire army to set up camp.

On the lonely mountain not far away, Ye Li, Feng Zhiyao and others stood in a hidden place on the cliff and looked at the Xiling army camping below the mountain. Looking at the densely packed and orderly troops, Han Mingxi couldn't help but sigh repeatedly, "There must be 700,000 or 800,000 people here, do we really have to defend Feihong Pass to the death?" Feihong Pass didn't even have 300,000 people.

Feng Zhiyao glanced at him and said, "Unless Master Fengyue can think of a place that is easier to defend than Feihong Pass." Once the Xiling army enters Feihong Pass, there is no need to defend it anymore. The ground is flat all the way to the foot of Licheng, and even Licheng can't be called impregnable. Licheng itself is just a reconstruction of a small city in the northwest. Although it has been ten years, its defense is still not as good as Xiling Imperial City and Chujing.

Han Mingxu shrugged nonchalantly. He didn't care about what happened on the battlefield anyway, he was just complaining casually.

"Princess, what are we here to see? To see how many soldiers Lei Zhenting brought?" Feng Zhiyao was also a little curious. The princess said she would prepare a big gift for Lei Zhenting's army. But he really didn't know what the princess had prepared, and he had to come here to see it.

Ye Li glanced at the Xiling army stationed below, and sighed helplessly: "This is not a good place, but there is no choice. Qin Feng, are you ready?"

Qin Feng, who was standing behind Ye Li, nodded and said, "Princess, don't worry, we have already prepared everything."

"Very good, let's get started. Lei Zhenting should send people up the mountain soon." Ye Li nodded.

"Yes." Qin Feng waved his hand, and hundreds of Black Cloud Cavalry appeared on the edge of the cliff, holding bows and arrows in their hands and aiming at the military camp below the mountain.

Feng Zhiyao couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Princess, you are not going to use these 100 people to deal with Lei Zhenting, are you?" Let's not talk about whether they can hit the target from such a long distance, and even if they can hit the target, how much power can it have. Let's say these 100 people are against 800,000 people. Even if these Black Cloud Cavalry shoot until they foam at the mouth, they can't kill many people.

Ye Li smiled and said, "Just watch carefully. Shoot!"

whoosh whoosh——!

The black feather arrows shot towards the Xiling army camp after being released from the bowstring. The Xiling army was also well-trained. When they heard the sound of the arrows breaking through the air, they immediately reacted, "Enemy attack!"

In a moment, the whole army was on alert. However, no matter how fast the Xiling soldiers reacted, they could not be faster than the arrow that had already left the bow. Soon, they found that the black feather arrow did not shoot at them, but shot at the open ground or the straw tent. Just when everyone did not understand the meaning, Lei Zhenting, who had been fighting for a long time, instinctively sensed a trace of danger and shouted: "Retreat!"

"Boom!" Before the words fell, there was a loud explosion, followed by a series of explosions with a strong smell of gunpowder in the military camp that had not yet been fully deployed. At the same time, there were also the screams of countless soldiers.

The continuous explosions lasted for nearly half an hour before gradually subsiding. Because of the thick smoke caused by the explosion, Lei Zhenting stood up with a dusty face and saw countless broken limbs and arms in front of him. Many soldiers were killed in the explosion, and those with bad luck were even blown to pieces. But more people were seriously injured in the explosion, missing arms and legs, lying on the ground in pain. The soldiers who were lucky enough not to be injured were also scared, and some timid ones even fell to the ground crying.

It's not that the Xiling soldiers were too indifferent, but that no one had ever seen such a terrifying force. If someone had paid close attention to the details of the battle when the Mohist Army seized Chujing, they might have been prepared. But in that battle, the Mohist Army used very little explosives and did not cause too many casualties. Moreover, the news was strictly blocked afterwards, so even the Mohist Army's own soldiers didn't know much, let alone the Xiling people.

Everyone on the cliff stared at the scene in front of them in amazement. After a while, Feng Zhiyao finally uttered a word from his throat, "Amazing..." Feng Zhiyao had actually seen these things in Chujing before, but he was not very impressed. Because the thing was very troublesome to move and the size was not small. More importantly, the killing power was not special. But this time, the feeling he gave him was enough to shock him.

Ye Li looked at the tragic scene at the foot of the mountain, lowered her eyes and said nothing.

"Ye Li?!" Lei Zhenting looked at the tragic scene at the foot of the mountain and finally couldn't help but roar. His eyes shot towards the people on the cliff like lightning, and he found Ye Li's position accurately. Lei Zhenting was furious. In the explosion just now, the number of soldiers killed and seriously injured in the Xiling army exceeded tens of thousands. Although this was nothing to Lei Zhenting, who currently had an army of more than 700,000. However, the Mohist army caused such great damage to Xiling without losing a single soldier. The consequences and impacts on the Xiling army were definitely not as simple as losing tens of thousands of soldiers.

Lei Zhenting leaped up and flew towards Ye Li and the others. While in the air, Lei Zhenting swung the sword in his hand and released a sharp sword energy towards Ye Li.

Han Mingyue and Feng Zhiyao stepped forward at the same time to block the sword energy. At the same time, hundreds of Black Cloud Riders aimed their bows and arrows at Lei Zhenting and shot them out. Lei Zhenting was in the air and had no place to gain leverage. If he didn't want to be shot like a hedgehog, he could only give up the idea of ​​attacking Ye Li and retreat.

However, Lei Zhenting was furious and swung the long sword in his hand, sweeping down hundreds of arrows at the same time, and swept towards Ye Li again with the sword's force without any reduction.

Although the attack missed, Heiyunqi did not panic and continued to shoot arrows.

Feng Zhiyao, Qin Feng, Han Mingyue and others all lay down in front of Ye Li, in case Heiyunqi still couldn't stop Lei Zhenting, they would have to take action to ensure Ye Li's safety. Han Mingxi, the only one who couldn't help, stood beside Ye Li and saw Ye Li take out a very strange-looking thing from his sleeve and fiddle with it for a few times. Then he saw Ye Li holding the thing forward and said in a deep voice: "Feng San, get out of the way."

Feng Zhiyao, who was standing in front of Ye Li, was stunned and reflexively moved his body to the side. There was a loud bang. Feng Zhiyao only felt a strong wind passing by him. Although Lei Zhenting, who was originally fierce in the air, choked for a while, and then slowly fell down. Feng Zhiyao clearly saw a blood flower blooming on Lei Zhenting's shoulder, but he did not see the feather arrow that hit him. Of course, Feng Zhiyao also dared to guarantee that no arrow hit Lei Zhenting.

Everyone turned around in shock and looked at the woman in white behind them. They saw Ye Li still holding that thing. It looked very strange, and there was a dark hole inside. However, even people as knowledgeable as Feng Zhiyao and Han Mingxi could not tell what kind of hidden weapon it was. They just felt that although the appearance of this thing was not good-looking, it seemed to have a different kind of elegant killing intent when held in Ye Li's hand.

More importantly, it was this inconspicuous thing that injured Xiling's Zhennan King, Lei Zhenting, one of the four great masters in the world.

"What...what is this?"

Ye Li frowned and sighed helplessly. She looked at the pistol in her hand and sighed, "It missed." Unfortunately, this is the best pistol that can be made at present, and it cannot be mass-produced. This is a single-shot pistol, and the effective range is only within 150 meters. Lei Zhenting's Qinggong is too good, and she has no chance to even use a rifle. But compared to the last time I saw it, at least the lethality and stability have been significantly improved, and it is no longer just a funny-looking toy.

"What if they don't miss?" In Han Mingshi's opinion, hundreds of Black Cloud Riders failed to hit Lei Zhenting, but were knocked down by Ye Li in one go. This was already a remarkable result.

Ye Li smiled and said, "I originally thought that it would be 100% certain to hit the head."

"You want to shoot Lei Zhenting in the head?!" Everyone was horrified.

Ye Li shook her head. "This gun doesn't have strong penetrating power. It can't penetrate at such a long distance."

Even if it can't penetrate, it's still terrifying. Imagine a master like Lei Zhenting getting a hole punched in the middle of his head. Everyone looked at Ye Li with horror. No, it should be said that they looked at the thing in Ye Li's hand. This is definitely the best hidden weapon in the world.

－－－－－－－A side note－－－－－－－

Don't expect too much from bombs and guns. First of all, these things can't be made just by having pictures and data. First of all, the industrial foundation of ancient times meant that too advanced things couldn't be made. If it were modern times, I believe A-li could make guns, bombs, and so on. But A-li is a soldier, not a physicist, chemist, or some high-level industrial talent. So, the highest-level gun at present is the Mauser pistol, which is the level of the famous shell pistol in the anti-Japanese war movies.