subvert the late Tang Dynasty

When Zhu Cun, Zhu Zhen and others heard that Zhu Wen was going to ambush Gao Pian with Yang Xingmi, they all clamored to follow.

Zhu Wen himself knew that this assassination plan was extremely dangerous, so he let Zhu Cun and Zhu Zhen stay in the camp, and took only Xu Huaiyu and a hundred skilled guards to Fanchang.After all, Xu Huaiyu's martial arts are more suitable for fighting alone, while Zhu Zhen and Zhu Cun are more inclined to charge on the battlefield.The more important reason is of course that Zhu Wen didn't want Zhu Cun and Zhu Zhen to put themselves in danger.

Zhu Wen has not forgotten to bring a few "bombs" that have been improved by Wu Fu, and Wu Fu has already solved the problem of the fuse.After all, ginger is still old and hot. Wu Fu made cotton thread, and then sprinkled gunpowder on the cotton thread.Cotton thread is wrapped with a layer of fine linen, which can prevent the lead wire from being too long and easy to break, and can also prevent moisture.

Wu Fu named the kind thrown by a catapult "Thunderbolt", and the kind of small grenade-like thing that soldiers could throw with their hands, Wu Fu called it "Thunderbolt".

Now Zhu Wen had more than a dozen "shocking thunders" on him, Xu Huaiyu also brought a lot, and none of the hundred or ten soldiers who followed Zhu Wen brought two for self-defense. A total of eight "thunderballs" were brought. Since this time it was an ambush, eight "thunderballs" were enough.

Originally, the water route from Runzhou to Fanchang County in the northwest of Xuanzhou was the closest, but because it was against the current, the speed was too slow, and there was no time, so the group chose the land route.A group of people worked hard and arrived at the ambush site at noon the next day.

Looking around, Zhu Wen saw that the rolling Yangtze River from west to east suddenly turned south from here. On both sides of the Yangtze River, there were small hills that were not too high.

Yang Xingmi said: "Brother Zhu, what do you think of this place?"

Zhu Wen nodded and said: "Sure enough, it's a good place to ambush, but I don't know if Gao Pian really walked by water."

Yang Xingmi said: "I have ordered Tanma to investigate. There are people from us along the Yangtze River. We should hear news soon."

Zhu Wen said: "I'll survey the terrain first and try to choose an excellent location."

Yang Xingmi smiled and said: "I have seen the terrain a long time ago. I came here a few years ago. I know there is a good place. Come with me."

Zhu Wen and Yang Xingmi got off their horses and walked to the place where the Yangtze River turned to the south for about half a mile. There was a small hill with a flat top and many trees. It was definitely not a problem for hundreds of people to hide in the woods.

Zhu Wen's original plan was to send someone from the shore to launch a "Thunderbolt" from a catapult just as the enemy ship had just turned a turn.

But the point is that due to time constraints, there is no time to carry a heavy catapult.This makes throwing "thunderballs" more difficult.

It must be the fleet that Gao Pian took office. In troubled times, an important person like Gao Pian must carry heavy troops when traveling. It is definitely not enough to rely on an ambush team of hundreds of people on his own.

Zhu Wen said: "Brother Yang, can you find some fishing boats?"

Yang Xingmi wondered, "What's the use of fishing boats? I have prepared more than [-] speedboats here, and they have been transported here a few days ago."

Zhu Wen said: "The speedboat is also useful, but the most important thing is the fishing boat, which is related to the success or failure of this operation." Zhu Wen has already thought of a way in his mind.

Although Yang Xingmi didn't know what he wanted the fishing boat for, he was a smart man and knew that since Zhu Wen said so, it must be useful for him.Without saying a word, he immediately sent the nearby fishing villages to buy fishing boats.

There is a lot of water in the south of the Yangtze River, especially near the Yangtze River. The rivers are criss-crossed. Most people on both sides of the Yangtze River live by fishing. It didn’t take long for them to buy more than ten fishing boats from fishermen.

When Zhu Wen saw it, he couldn't help laughing. He blamed himself for not explaining clearly to them that two fishing boats were enough, and it would be useless to have more.

Just at this time, the scouts sent by Yang Xingmi had already returned, Yang Xingmi hurriedly said: "How? Did Gao Pian go by water? Where did Gao Pian's fleet go?"

The man said: "According to the brothers in Tongling, Gao Pian is right to go by water. At this time, it is about a hundred miles away from Tongling."

Yang Xingmi said happily: "It's so fast! I understand, you go down and rest first!"

Zhu Wenwen and Yang Xingmi looked at each other, and they both saw a hint of excitement in each other's eyes.

Yang Xingmi is excited because he can finally fight Gao Pian, the No.1 general of the Tang Dynasty who has been famous for decades. Just thinking about it makes him very excited. Regardless of success or failure, he hopes to fight Gao Pian.Not only for the future development of the Rebel Army in Jiangnan, but more importantly, he wants to prove his strength, and also wants to see the demeanor of No.1 in the army of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Wen is excited because he is trying to change a piece of history that has long been an established fact. If the ambush is really successful, it means that history after the late Tang Dynasty will be rewritten.Not only will there not be a chaotic Five Dynasties, but it is not even certain whether there will be a Song Dynasty in the future.

Zhu Wen ordered Xu Huaiyu to bring a "Thunderbolt". Yang Xingmi looked at this "iron club with a thick and short tail" suspiciously, and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Zhu Wen said with a smile: "This is a firearm 'Thunderbolt' developed by our army. As long as this thing can be thrown on Gao Pian's body, I promise to destroy his ship and kill everyone."

Yang Xingmi was overjoyed and said: "This is a good thing, hehe, is it just this one?" Yang Xingmi asked tentatively.

Zhu Wen said: "I just brought eight of them."

Yang Xingmixi couldn't close his mouth anymore, and couldn't help saying: "Enough, enough, hehe, with this thing, the chance of success can be increased by [-]%. If our chance of success was only half, now we have it." [-]% sure."

Xu Huaiyu saw Yang Xingmi's appearance of seeing the treasure, and felt contemptuous in his heart, "You really have never seen the world, there are still a hundred or eighty of this stuff in our general Zhu's army, you have never even seen this stuff , or the second senior brother of our General Zhu! Pooh!"

Yang Xingmi didn't know that Xu Huaiyu, a master of swordsmanship, would be despised by Xu Huaiyu just because of his momentary pleasure.Still studying the heavy "Thunderbolt", I thought that after this ambush, I must go to Junior Brother Zhu's Army Middle School to learn how to make this "Thunderbolt".

Zhu Wen said: "Brother Yang, Gao Pian may have arrived in Tongling by now. Tongling is only a hundred miles away from here. Time is running out. We must arrange everything quickly."

Yang Xingmi said with a smile: "Junior Brother Zhu, don't worry, if I have such a powerful thing and I can't deal with that Gao Pian, I don't have to mess around in the rivers and lakes anymore."