The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 613 stalemate
Huangshui City.

After returning from the great victory, everyone experienced the initial fear and awe, and when they returned to the state government office, they finally returned to normal.

Only then did I realize one thing: No matter what, they won the battle, and they defeated the Helu tribe without a single soldier. It is definitely a classic case of winning more with less.

Especially Cheng Hong, although he was also frightened by the power of the gunpowder bamboo tube when he was upstairs in the city gate, he did not vomit shamefully. After returning to the city, he was also the first to recover.

"Uncle, what kind of weapon is that, so powerful?"

Cheng Hong was so curious. Last night when Uncle Cui ordered someone to tie some strange bamboo tubes to the arrows, he felt puzzled, but no matter how he asked, Uncle Cui only said: "Tomorrow you will know when you see it with your own eyes."

Later, seeing Cheng Hong's gloomy face, Cui Youbo softened his voice again, and said with a smile, "Even if I tell you now, you won't believe me!"

Thinking back now, Cheng Hong couldn't help nodding, that's right, without today's personal witness, even if Cui Youbo told the truth last night, he wouldn't believe it.

How can there be such a thing in the world?A dozen people can be killed with just a small bamboo tube, oh no, is it blown to death?
Cheng Hong didn't understand Cui Youbo's "deep frying" at first, and mistakenly thought that Cui Youbo wanted to use hot oil to deal with the besiegers.

After seeing it today, Cheng Hong completely understood that this 'explosion' is really amazing.

Cui Youbo looked calm, and said lightly: "The gunpowder bamboo tube was developed by Mr. Zhou of Jiwei College. It was originally intended to improve firecrackers, and the proportion of gunpowder was inadvertently increased, so—"

Cheng Hong's eyes were shining brightly, and he asked eagerly, "Uncle, do you still have this gunpowder bamboo tube?"

His Aye's place was ruined by He Lu, if there was such a thing, how could it be so miserable.

Of course, it's not too late to do it now. After witnessing the power of this thing with his own eyes, Cheng Hong has every reason to believe that with it, that old boy He Lu will never want to take advantage of Datang again.

Cui Youbo nodded, and then said with a little regret: "When my wife first sent it, I didn't believe it was so powerful, otherwise it would have been sent to Xizhou, Tingzhou and other places. Now there are some leftovers. , It's a pity that we are trapped, and it is extremely difficult for Zhao Liu to get out of the city alone, let alone transport all these out."

Cui Youbo originally wanted to say, "This thing is too powerful, and the consequences are too tragic, so I don't want to use it anymore." This is what he said in his heart, and it is also what he wanted to express to Cheng Hong and other leading generals—the gunpowder bamboo tube The power is too strong, whether it is the enemy or one of our own, once injured, the consequences will be too serious, it is really against the harmony of nature.

But then, Uncle Cui thought that Cheng Hong might not be able to understand what he was thinking, and maybe he would laugh at him as "a woman's benevolence".

Alas, forget it, he should keep a lot of the truth and what he said to his wife, at least she will not laugh at him, and will work hard to find a way with him.

Cheng Hong waved his hands indifferently, "We have gunpowder bamboo tubes in our hands, and He Lu won't be under siege for long."

Cui Youbo was not so optimistic, and reminded: "Ah Hong, although we still have a lot of gunpowder and bamboo tubes, they are still not enough to equip thousands of people, and it is not very convenient to use them when attacking. At present, we can only defend the city." use."

I only have 2000 people at full count, but He Lu has a full 3 to 1000 people. Even if the [-] people lost today are deducted, their number of people is more than ten times more than my own.

Even if a gunpowder bamboo tube can kill a dozen people, it is only when the crowd is crowded.Now that He Lu has seen its power, the soldiers under his command will definitely take precautions when they act.

Gunpowder Bamboo will struggle to maximize its power.

The most important thing is that the number of bamboo tubes is too small, Cui Youbo used up half of them in today's battle, and the rest is only enough to deal with the enemy's second siege.

And He Lu will soon discover this.

Fortunately, in the morning, Zhao Liu and a few thin government soldiers had already left the city in the chaos, and the He Lu Department didn't notice it. They only needed to wait a few more days before they could invite the reinforcements from the Protectorate's Mansion.

At that time, with internal and external attacks, He Lu's tribe will definitely lose.

The only thing they can do now is wait.

As for the He Lu tribe, they had just experienced a major defeat, with heavy casualties and low morale, and it was difficult to organize a second attack in the short term.

Moreover, from He Lu to the soldiers, they were very afraid of that extremely ferocious weapon. If the other party sacrificed this weapon again during the siege, the soldiers and horses of He Lu's tribe would probably flee without a fight.

Under such circumstances, He Lu must not rush to attack the city for the second time.

The only thing he can do now is to wait, wait for the food in the city to run out, wait for morale and combat effectiveness to recover, and wait for the secret agent in Beijing to reply to him.

Of course, he might wait for reinforcements, but Horus had to take this risk after much deliberation.

In this way, both sides are afraid of each other, and there are people who have to wait, and the two sides have fallen into a short-term stalemate.

Maybe it's the same fate as husband and wife, Cui Youbo was in a stalemate with the enemy in Shanzhou, and Xiao Nan was also in a stalemate with the enemy in the capital.

This enemy is not an outsider, but the Luo Er Po Suo Mei who is called the "old god" by the sage.

It is said that Luoer Po Suomei tried to seize Taoyuan's spiritual energy that day but failed, but Taoyuan sucked all the spiritual energy of the medicine cauldron, which eventually caused the furnace to explode.He, the spellcaster, also suffered from the backlash of his spiritual power. He vomited several mouthfuls of blood, and finally fell into a faint. After being diagnosed and treated by the imperial physician, he failed to wake up.

Because Luoer Po Suo Mei fainted in the Chengqing Palace, in order to shirk responsibility and protect herself, the queen signaled her confidantes and her family to spread the word "When Luo Er Po Suo Mei had an audience with the queen, Demonstrating alchemy miracles on the spot, but accidentally exploded", "Luo Er Po Suo Mei blew up the alchemy furnace, could it be that he is practicing some strange skills" and other remarks.

In fact, what the queen did was not a shirking of responsibility. She and her daughter were really wronged.

But in a place like the harem, there has never been wronged or not wronged. With Concubine Wei Shu there, the queen can figure it out with her toes. If the matter of the mother-in-law is not 'explained' clearly, their mother and daughter will not be able to wash away even if they jump into the Yellow River ah.

According to the saint's trust in the old gods, maybe he would really reprimand or even punish them.

Because of saving the Empress Dowager, Luo Er Po Suo Mei gained quite a bit of limelight in the capital, and there are many legends about him.

When 'legend' encounters 'rumor', even more outrageous rumors are derived.

At the end of the development, some people actually said that Luo Er Po Suo Mei was not an old god at all, but a demon, and he also practiced demon law.

Otherwise, how could he be so healthy in his 200s?

The queen didn't expect the imagination of idlers to be so rich. However, because of the spread of these rumors, the saint was also concerned about the Northwest War, so he didn't pay much attention to the injury of Luo Er Po Suo Mei.

Seeing this, the queen was ready to make persistent efforts and ordered people to step up efforts to spread rumors.

It's not that the queen is not afraid of ghosts and gods, or the old fairy Luo Er Po Suo Mei. In fact, after hearing too many rumors, she will inevitably become suspicious, even though she was the one who spread these rumors in the first place.

Especially, after Luo Er Po Suo Mei was injured, she ordered someone to visit——

After the visiting servant came back, he said with a look of surprise, "The old fairy is not awake yet, but his appearance has become very scary!"

The queen was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Why is it so scary?" Could it be that he is really a monster in legends?
The little servant hurriedly said: "Uh, his hair has become snow-white, and his face is full of wrinkles, as if he aged ten years overnight, oh no, he is more than 30 years old!"

The queen's eyes widened, and she couldn't help imagining Luo Er Po Suo Mei's baby-like smooth face full of wrinkles.Immediately, she couldn't help shivering, it was really scary.

The little waiter added: "Also, I don't know if the servant girl has misread it. I always feel that he has lost a lot of weight. His arms and thighs have also become thinner."

Lala talked for a long time, and the queen concluded: I don't know what disease Luo Er Po Suo Mei got (or what kind of magic spell), but suddenly became old, and her physical condition is not as good as before.

Knowing this, the queen became more and more suspicious of the old fairy's 'fairy attribute', so she immediately ordered people to spread the news.

As a result, all kinds of rumors are flying in the sky, what kind of monsters, what kind of monsters, and finally the idlers with rich associations are even gossiping about whether the old god turned into a monster, is it a vixen or a tiger? !

Just when these rumors were spreading, Luo Er Po Suo Mei woke up. After all, he was a man of some means. He lost control of the medicine cauldron, but he did not lose control. Instead, he fully cooperated with the imperial physician, and also used some of his own Secret method, try to rest your body.

By the way, I also worked hard to gain weight, so as to prop up the deflated skin again.

Half a month later, during the New Year's celebration, he was able to pay respects to the emperor and empress with a healthy body.

Although there are many rumors about the old gods in the market, those rumors are only spread among the common people in the market, and most of the powerful people still don't believe it.

Because the emperor still trusted the old gods, then, whether they believed it in their hearts or not, they had to believe it on the surface.

Now seeing that the old god doesn't have the hideous face in the legends, although he doesn't have a bit of fairy spirit, he doesn't look like a monster either.Therefore, everyone still greeted him respectfully.

Except for Xiao Nan.

Although she has completely let go of the Taoyuan matter, she will never live in peace with this enemy of two generations.

No, just after the Great Court Meeting ended, Xiao Nan came out of the Queen's Chengqing Hall, and before he could get on the shoulder, he was invited to a side hall by a little Taoist priest.

"Ma'am~~"

Honghua and Xiao Nan went in together.

Xiao Nan waved her hand, she is not a weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken, and even though Taoyuan is gone, she can still hide more than a dozen flying coins on her body.

Moreover, Xiao Nan also believes that Luo You Po Suo Mei is not an idiot, he will not be so stupid as to do something in the palace!

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