The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 800 Fetching Gunpowder

Xuan Shijing rode a horse and left Pingzhou City with Chen Ce, and went straight to the outside of the city.

It is normal for the Chamber of Commerce to have a warehouse outside the city. Compared to the mixed fish and dragons in the city, it is not only safe to choose an inconspicuous place in a town outside the city or on the Zhuangzi as a warehouse, but also the price is cheaper than that in the city. It's very cheap, anyway, as long as it is a warehouse, there must be someone guarding it, and the warehouse outside the city is also where the guards live.

I rode out of the city on horseback and walked eastward for less than a quarter of an hour. I came to a Zhuangzi. After walking down an alley, Chen Ce reined in the horse in front of a house.

"Master Hou, this is where the supplies from Chang'an are stored." Chen Ce said to Xuan Shijing.

The outer wall of this house is very tall, almost as high as three people, and the gate is closed, which looks quite tight. It is indeed a good place to use as a warehouse.

"Go in." Xuan Shijing said.

"Yes." Chen Ce replied, then dismounted and walked to the gate, picked up the copper ring on the gate, and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" came a questioning voice from inside the door.

"I, Chen Ce."

With a creak, the door was slowly opened.

"Captain Chen, why are you here?" The person who opened the door was a man dressed as a guard with a machete on his waist. He saw Chen Ce outside the door with a smile on his face. This was probably a caravan guard among the guards. Bar.

"Stop these polite words, hurry up and say hello, the shipment from Chang'an is about to be shipped out," Chen Ce said.

"Okay, Captain, wait a moment." After the guard opened the door for Chen Ce, he left to call the other guards.

"Master Hou, please come inside." Chen Ce invited Xuan Shijing into the house: "Master Hou, those things from Chang'an are stored in the East Wing. There are quite a few things. I don't know what you want to take away first, Lord Hou?"

"Take me to see first." Xuan Shijing said.

"Success, Lord Hou, please."

Entering the East Wing, Xuan Shijing saw wooden boxes placed neatly against the wall. The wooden boxes were padded with wooden boards to separate them from the ground to prevent moisture. They were transported here from Chang'an. I have already told you that these things must be moisture-proof, after all, most of them are gunpowder.

Now the three hundred government soldiers in Dongshan County are with the vanguard army, so Xuan Shijing doesn't have to worry about food and grass, so this trip, first transport a batch of gunpowder to the camp.

After a while, the guards of the caravan had assembled outside the courtyard. Xuan Shijing walked to a box, unsealed the box, and opened the box for inspection.

After confirming that they were correct, Chen Ce sent someone to load the boxes into the car.

The boxes are very heavy, and a carriage can only carry three boxes. For the first batch of gunpowder, Xuan Shijing loaded ten carriages and thirty boxes of gunpowder, which is enough to deal with Beisha City.

Ten carriages lined up, with Xuan Shijing and Chen Ce leading the way, and slowly drove towards the vanguard army's barracks.

In the evening, Xuan Shijing and his party arrived at the vanguard army's barracks. Before entering the barracks, the carriage was stopped at the gate of the camp.

Xuan Shijing rode forward and said to the soldiers guarding the gate of the camp: "Go and report to the general, just say that Vice General Xuan has returned to the camp, and brought some things, let the general come out to check."

"Yes!" The soldier at the gate of the camp responded.

The important place of the military camp will not let irrelevant people like Chen Ce walk into the camp easily, they have done their duty with dedication, and Xuan Shijing will not make things difficult for them.

When Li Daozong heard that Xuan Shijing was going to let him go out at the gate of the camp, he was also a little curious, and then he took the deputy general to the gate of the camp, and saw the guards behind Xuan Shijing and ten carriages. box.

"Xuan Hou? What is this for?" Li Daozong was surprised when he saw the box behind Xuan Shijing. He probably thought of something, and even changed the name of Xuan Shijing.

"General, do you still remember the things His Majesty took out in the hunting ground in the eastern suburbs? Among these boxes are the generals who want to take Beisha City by force. These things will definitely come in handy, so if you take a navy ship this time, We must also bring these things with us," Xuan Shijing said.

Hearing Xuan Shijing's words, Li Daozong made up his mind that it was Xuan Shijing who confirmed his thoughts. As Xuan Shijing said, with the help of gunpowder, taking down Beisha City will be twice the result with half the effort!
"Great, holding things is a sharp weapon for siege, Xuanhou, if you can successfully take down Beisha City this time, Xuanhou will take the lead." Li Daozong said ecstatically.

"Thank you, General. Since we have come to Liaodong and are both vanguards, we share weal and woe. The last general doesn't want our vanguard to be completely damaged in the siege." Xuan Shijing laughed.

"That's very good, Marquis Xuan, I'll make arrangements for this. What do Xuanhou's three hundred soldiers need? Just tell me." Li Daozong said.

In this war, for the vanguard army, Xuan Shijing showed enough sincerity, so Li Daozong would not be stingy. Moreover, although Xuan Shijing's three hundred soldiers were small in number, among the vanguard army, as It is more than enough to have a surprise soldier all the time.

In some respects, Li Daozong's thoughts coincided with Xuan Shijing's.

After Xuan Shijing explained the common sense of storing these things to another lieutenant general, he and Li Daozong returned to the big tent, and the caravan guards returned to Pingzhou after handing over the things to the sergeants in the barracks On the Zhuangzi outside the city.

Two days later, Liu Hongji's sailors arrived at Luanhe Port in Pingzhou together with his handwriting, and more than 5000 vanguard troops boarded the ship, including Xuan Shijing's supplies, and headed straight for Beisha City from the sea.

It only took two days from Luanhe Port to Beisha City. When they reached the sea area more than a dozen miles outside Beisha City, the fleet turned around and dropped the vanguard on an inconspicuous coast.

"General, our current location is here, half a day away from Beisha City." The deputy general took out a map from his arms, and pointed out the location of the vanguard army to Li Daozong.

Li Daozong nodded: "Order, all the troops, find a place to hide, rest for half a day, and in the evening, set off for Beisha City, and attack Beisha City early tomorrow morning."

"Yes!" The lieutenant clasped his fists in response.

"Xuan Hou, what are you going to do with your batch of gunpowder?" Li Daozong looked at Xuan Shijing and asked.

"The gunpowder is ready-made. It is best to make a few simple catapults outside Beisha City before tomorrow morning."

(End of this chapter)