Chapter 340: Grasping the Weekly
Cui Jinyu curled the corners of his mouth as he listened to Wang Zhijiang's words.
If he hadn't come from afar to deliver weapons to him, how could he have achieved such a brilliant feat of conquering three cities in one month?
And as for the loudspeaker, if the prince had not drawn the blueprint and asked him to give it to Wang Zhijiang, with Wang Zhijiang's original voice, he would have shouted until his throat was broken and the other city would not have responded.
Wang Zhijiang was shouting so hard that he didn't realize his old father had already arrived at the battlefront.
He waited until the commander on the opposite side ignored him before putting down the horn.
"Get your throwers ready. Throw a fire bomb into the empty space below the city wall."
After shouting for half an hour, the time was almost right. He took advantage of the soldiers on the opposite side who were in a state of confusion and scared them a little so that the city gate would open obediently.
When Wang Zhenyue heard his son shout "fire thunder", his eyes lit up.
Just by listening to the name, you can tell that it must be a powerful thing.
"All of them, retreat ten steps."
Seeing that the pitcher was ready, Wang Zhijiang ordered his soldiers to retreat to a safe distance.
About a quarter of an hour later, there was a loud bang, accompanied by an earthquake.
In the empty space under the opposite city wall, a large pit with a radius of about 50 meters appeared.
Wang Zhenyue's eyes turned green with envy. No wonder his son could conquer three cities in one month. It turned out that he had this good thing.
With such powerful firearms, why not quickly incorporate the entire Qingluo Kingdom into the territory of Sheng'an Kingdom?
Cui Jinyu witnessed the power of this fire bomb when Wang Zhijiang first attacked the city.
Seeing you again today, I am still shocked.
If the Liangzhou Army could also be equipped with such a powerful weapon, then Fengning State would be easily conquered.
"Everyone, come forward and line up, hand the loudspeaker to me, I will continue to speak."
After the shock caused by the fire bomb explosion, the surroundings fell into silence.
Wang Zhijiang led his troops back to their original position and picked up the loudspeaker to continue shouting to the opposite city.
The soldiers and civilians in the opposite city naturally also heard the loud noise just now.
At the same time, he was frightened by the earthquake.
Although the soldiers on the city wall were not far from the big pit, they were still within a safe range, but they were covered with debris from the explosion.
When they had shaken off the dirt and grass on their bodies, they heard Wang Zhijiang say, "If you don't want to be stained with blood on the battlefield, then open the city gates and welcome me in. Otherwise, I will throw fire bombs onto the city walls."
After Wang Zhijiang finished shouting this, he retracted the loudspeaker and waited for the other side's reaction.
Sure enough, after waiting for less than half a minute, the city gate slowly opened.
A group of soldiers on horseback walked out of the city gate, led by the commander of the city defense who had just been on the city wall, arguing with Wang Zhijiang.
This time he did not use a megaphone, nor did he speak. Instead, he asked the deputy general beside him to wave two small flags in his hands.
"Haha, you have surrendered with your troops. You know the current situation. Soldiers, take your swords and guns and follow me into the city."
Wang Zhijiang asked the deputy general beside him to wave the small flag in his hand towards the opposite side, meaning to accept their surrender.
Then he clamped his legs around the horse's belly and galloped towards the opposite city with his soldiers.
Wang Zhenyue, who watched his son successfully attack the city, was stunned for a moment.
Is it so easy to attack a city? Then what on earth did he defend during the decades he spent there?
If he had known this, he would have been able to capture a city by himself when he was young.
However, he is older now.
But his martial arts and ability to lead troops are still at their peak.
Well, for the next city, he plans to squeeze out his son and go there himself.
While Wang Zhijiang and his troops were rejoicing over the capture of yet another city, Cui Jinyu was extremely busy.
Busy catching details.
Busy shooting birds in the sky.
He did not let go of any bird that could carry messages.
Of course, he wasn't the only one doing this work.
After arriving in Youzhou, Chu Chengyi gave him a group of people to work with him to eliminate spies in the army.
Along the way, Wang Zhenyue also helped him a lot.
Not only were all the carrier pigeons shot down, but also many birds of prey such as eagles and falcons were shot down.
Although not every one of them carries a secret letter, when investigating such a thing, it would be better to kill one by mistake than to let one go.
Once the fire bomb appears, even the most hidden spies will lose their patience.
Every time Wang Zhijiang captured a city, he would clear out a batch of messenger birds and a few spies at the same time.
Until finally, when no more birds flew out of the captured city, he finally cleared out all the tricks in the Youzhou army.
In order not to miss Chu Qinshu's first birthday celebration, he rushed to the capital as soon as he completed his mission.
On September 16, when the weather was clear and crisp in autumn, Chu Qinshu finally turned one year old.
Emperor Yongping held a grand ceremony for her.
In addition to the ladies of noble rank, some ministers trusted by Emperor Yongping also participated in the ceremony.
The table for the ceremony of grabbing the new year's gift was filled with all kinds of small trinkets representing various meanings, which stunned Chu Qinshu.
She had no recollection of whether she had the Zhou ceremony in her previous life.
But she had only seen the ceremony of grabbing the Zhou Dynasty's crown and placing the imperial seal in novels.
Today, on her one-year-old birthday ceremony, in addition to the pearl and gold hairpin that daughters like, there was also a jade seal.
'Master, this is actually a book.'
Little Gourd saw what she was thinking and quickly reminded her.
'oh.'
Chu Qinshu nodded, indicating that she remembered.
"Master, grab the imperial seal."
Little Gourd ran out of the space and followed Chu Qinshu.
In case the owner likes something but cannot lift it, it can still help, for example, this jade seal, which looks very heavy.
'Do you know what this thing is for? How dare you let me catch it.'
Chu Qinshu smiled on the surface but was furious in her heart.
I don’t know who put this jade seal there?
There are actually people who dare to set a trap for her.
"Little Gourd, of course I know. Your Grandpa put this thing there, didn't he want you to catch it?"
Little Gourd asked doubtfully.
'Did my grandfather put this thing there?'
Chu Qinshu was also confused. What was her royal grandfather trying to do?
Knowing that this thing is not hers to grab, he still put it on the table. Is he trying to test her?
'Well, if you don't believe it, you can check the video.'
Little Gourd didn't take this seriously.
It's just adding something to the table, don't grab anything.
"Shu'er, it's time to do the one-year-old ceremony. Just grab whichever one you like."
The one who spoke was Emperor Yongping. Seeing Chu Qinshu sitting motionless on the table, he was worried that she didn't understand the meaning of the ceremony, so he stepped forward to remind her.
"Grandpa, catch it."
Chu Qinshu did not catch it herself, but held Emperor Yongping's hand and asked him to help catch it.
"Shu'er, you have to catch it yourself. The emperor can't help you."
Emperor Yongping took Chu Qinshu's little hand and motioned for her to grab it herself.
"Okay, Shu'er, catch it."
Chu Qinshu didn't care about it anymore and climbed up from the table with her butt sticking out.
Alas, she couldn't just sit here and let those ministers and ladies treat her like a monkey.
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