Northland. A figure as agile as a cheetah rushed out from the mountain temple, quickly came to the war horse tied next to the mountain temple, and controlled the horse to catch up with the group of Tang Army cavalry that was galloping ahead.
Although there were a lot of cavalry in the Tang Army, hundreds of them, the people who came to pursue them were not afraid and kept shouting while chasing them.
"Duan Kun, is that you?" Duan Kun's men turned around and looked back to see someone chasing them. They were shouting the name of their general while chasing him, and they shouted randomly and loudly from behind.
"Someone is catching up behind you, General, and it's your name that's being called." As these layers of messages were passed on to Duan Kun, something changed a little bit.
The last news Duan Kun heard was.
"General, your benefactor is here." This surprised Duan Kun. benefactor? Where did my benefactor come from? Although Duan Kun was shocked and confused, the soldiers in front of him acted as if they should be there, gesturing in front of Duan Kun that there were people behind him.
Duan Kun finally stopped his horse under their constant gestures. The cavalry behind him are indeed the elite of the Anbei Army, and they carry out orders and prohibitions.
Duan Kun stopped, and they also stopped their horses immediately. There was no situation where they were turned upside down because the horses in front suddenly stopped and the horses in the rear bumped into them.
After Duan Kun's team stopped, Li Qianhu at the rear finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, he heard my call, otherwise he would still be chasing me." But Li Qianhu moved forward again, and the team lined up on both sides of Duan Kun as if intentionally, forming a small military formation to wait for Duan Kun. Kun's benefactor Li Qianhu.
Li Qianhu didn't pay any attention, and just rode up to Duan Kun. Duan Kun touched his chin and looked at Li Qianhu who appeared in front of him with a little curiosity.
"Huh? It's you! Who am I? They say I am a benefactor, what kind of debt do you have to me?" Duan Kun made a joke, and Li Qianhu was stunned.
"When did I say that I was your benefactor?" Duan Kun was also stunned at this moment and looked at one of his confidants who had just spoken to him, and the confidant immediately turned his head and looked behind him.
"Isn't it the person you said came from behind, the general's benefactor?" The person who also repeated this sentence turned to ask the other one again. When he finally asked the first person to speak, he finally knew the reason for the matter. .
"General, we are not talking about your benefactor, but someone behind the general comes to you and calls your name."
"Huh? Look at what happened, are you still an elite?" Duan Kun's face was dull. He originally formed a small military formation, preparing to intimidate the person who came to him and called him his benefactor. He didn't expect that although The military formation was very well arranged, but the man in front of him didn't like it at all, and he even laughed at him.
That awkward look on Duan Kun’s face! Looking at the soldier next to him, he changed the subject.
"What's going on with you? I can't even convey the message clearly. If something like this happens again in the future, don't say it's a soldier of our Anbei Army. I can't afford to lose this person!" Duan Kun said that he would expel them. In an instant, these people lowered their heads. Although there were some Han troops and some New Han troops adapted from the Turks, they all now regarded it as an honor to join the Anbei Army.
Seeing this uniform movement, Li Qianhu also tried to smooth things over for Duan Kun.
"Okay, I won't laugh at you. Don't you know who I am? This time I came to Northland to contact General Li. I just don't know where General Li is now? I've found him. I haven't found it in many places, you guys are really hiding deep enough." Duan Kun scratched his head after Li Qianhu finished speaking.
"Are we hiding deep? Can't you see hundreds of us galloping across the wilderness? Didn't you see us and found us? Why can't you say you can't find us?" Duan Kun finally seized the opportunity to joke. Li Qianhu said, and after regaining some psychological comfort, he looked at Li Qianhu staring at him, and then laughed.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. We all once fought for His Majesty in the Xuanjia Army, so we can't hurt the harmony." Duan Kun once again exposed the original identities of the two people in one sentence, but the people around him looked like I haven't heard anything in general.
They knew that their general would not harm them because of his character. Moreover, their general would always draw his sword when facing an enemy and would be the first to charge into battle. They also believed in their general.
After Duan Kun finished speaking, Li Qianhu looked at him again.
"Then you can tell me where Li Da is now. I am anxious to see General Li. I need to let General Li get in touch with His Highness the Crown Prince first. His Highness the Crown Prince is bringing the Duke of Hou to gather with the Crown Prince. The general and his assembled Prince Guards led the Tiance Guards with a total of 40,000 troops and horses to come to the north to prepare against the Turks." Duan Kun was overjoyed.
"Is this true? The number of soldiers and horses in the North was 80,000 at first, not 90,000. Now add 40,000, and there are 130,000. With so many brave and capable soldiers, plus the soldiers from various places, the Turks must have dared to come. The one who was beaten didn't even know his mother." Li Qianhu was stunned for a moment, but he quickly grasped the meaning of Duan Kun's words.
In addition to the 40,000 troops and horses that Li Chengqian is about to bring, there are also 90,000 troops and horses in the North. This was an unexpected thing, and their Jinyiwei didn't detect it.
This suddenly made Li Qianhu quite embarrassed, but Li Qianhu also had his own ideas. After finding Xu Yunyan, it would be a good thing for Xu Yunyan and Li Chengqian to be in contact and report on the situation in the North.
After Li Qianhu made a decision, he looked at Duan Kun a little anxiously.
"Hurry up and tell me where General Li is. I have to go and communicate with General Li as soon as possible. Then I will go back to His Highness the Prince. Time is running out now. In seven days, the Turks will be here. The Turks will go south." Duan Kun laughed when he heard what Li Qianhu said. Seven days later, the Turks went south.
"I do hope they will come, but I don't want the Turks to turn around and go back with their tails between their legs after they see us standing in line." Duan Kun left these words and came to Li Qianhu's side to talk to him. After learning about the location of his master Xu Yunyan, whom Li Chengqian had longed for, he handed over his hand.
"So I won't disturb the general. When the general went to see my general, he also told them that we have to travel day and night to complete the task assigned by the general, and there is no reason to delay. Although seven days is seven days, maybe there will be It may be earlier, we generals all understand that soldiers are valuable and quick." But this time Li Qianhu shook his head.
"There should be no advance this time. As the khan of the Western Turks, Zhi Shi Sili will wait until seven days later to worship the heaven and earth and pray to the Immortal God to bless them before they go south. How can they change it just as they say?" After Li Qianhu got the news he needed, he left a few words and hurriedly turned around without being polite to Duan Kun.
Although the two have a good relationship, now is not the time for them to think about their relationship here. Where is Xu Yunyan.
After Li Chun arranged all the matters in the camp, he came to meet Xu Yunyan again.
"General, Duan Kun, Feng Wu, and Zhang Xia left with more than a thousand people. I have arranged the rest. I wonder if the general has any other instructions?" Xu Yunyan looked at him.
"I'm considering whether to make something that can effectively kill Turks." After Xu Yunyan said this, Li Chun's eyes instantly lit up.
"General, just tell me what arrangements you have." Xu Yunyan sighed
"I don't know if it's right or wrong to make this thing. It's like a Pandora's box. I don't know what kind of trouble it will cause." As soon as Xu Yunyan finished speaking, Li Chun was scratching his head next to him. .
"Who is Pandora? Will he cause trouble for us? The general only needs to tell us who this Pandora is and where he is. If nothing else is said, Mo Jiang will lead his troops to kill this guy and save him. Let's cause trouble." Xu Yunyan said while looking at Li Chun.
He must solve Pandora, who he said would cause trouble for him, with a smile on his lips.
"I also hope you can take action and deal with Pandora, but I don't know where this Pandora is!" After Xu Yunyan sighed for a lifetime, Li Chun scratched his head.
Since the general doesn't know where this Pandora is, how do he know that this Pandora will cause us trouble?
Xu Yunyan was a little speechless by Li Chun's question, but finally looked at him and spoke.
"Let's not talk about this for now. Let's do what I have arranged. As long as there are no problems in Datang, not to mention that a major concern of future generations has been completely solved by us. I think there will be nothing to disappoint us again. Is it something?" After Xu Yunyan said something that Li Chun didn't quite understand, he started arranging tasks for Li Chun.
They went to collect pottery pots, burn charcoal, and collect some white powder from the stables. As for the last sulfur, there really was no place to collect it, so Li Chun could only arrange for people to dress up as ordinary people and go to the surrounding counties. , purchase as much as you can.
Of course, there are also a lot of eggs and other miscellaneous items purchased at the same time. Purchase all kinds of ores as long as they can be found.
Xu Yunyan was careful not to expose the three simplest things for making black gunpowder at once. He wanted to get ten or eight of them so that people would not know what they were used for.
However, after Xu Yunyan made the arrangements, Duan Kun pointed the way and Li Qianhu, who rushed here quickly, finally arrived at the place where Xu Yunyan temporarily camped.
Looking at the hidden military camp in front of him, Li Qianhu smiled.
"How about I try to get in? Let's see how strong this Anbei army is. If I find a loophole, I can regain a little face after not finding Li Ying for a long time." Li Qianhu had it. With such thoughts, he began to stop taking the right path. He put his horse aside and ran towards the path towards Xu Yunyan's camp.
I just entered the woods and looked around. I saw that there was no one in harm's way. Li Qianhu ran forward smugly, and suddenly there was a click.
Li Qianhu felt like he was trapped. He twisted his body and opened his mouth wide, not daring to say anything.
Fortunately, he had knee pads on his feet and the leg pads were made of iron, which protected him from the attack of the animal trap. Otherwise, one of his legs would have been broken this time.
After Li Qianhu took the trap away, he took a look.
"Who is this? You are so unreasonable. You actually bury a trap to capture the giant beast in the woods. Do you think you are displeased with me?" But as soon as Li Qianhu made such a complaint, he thought of something else.
"No, no, no, someone must have accidentally put this down." As Li Qianhu said this, he walked forward, but not far away, he found another pit. Fortunately, there was no animal trap in this pit. .
Li Qianhu was relieved now.
"Let me tell you, why are there so many traps aimed at me? It's all an accident!"
