Late at night, there is an underground secret room in the hotel run by the Duanmu family.
Under the light of several dim bronze oil lamps, the pale Zheng Dan slowly opened his eyes.
This kind of oil lamp burns animal fat, consumes oil quickly, and is relatively luxurious. Generally, only wealthy merchants and noble families can afford it.
"Sister Xiuming, are you awake? How do you feel?" Zhao Qing's right hand still pressed against Zheng Dan's back, channeling internal energy, while his left hand took a pottery bowl filled with medicinal soup and helped her slowly feed it. Go down.
"It's not a big problem, it's just like sleeping. Sister Qing, don't worry. Thank you for helping me heal."
Zheng Dan stroked his cold forehead, sighed softly, took out a very thin piece of gold foil from his light red dress, and held it in his hand.
Under the dim light, Zhao Qing saw that there were densely packed small seal characters on the gold foil, as well as many pictures of human bodies, which seemed to be the exercises practiced by Zheng Dan.
She was not surprised that Zheng Dan's secret book was engraved on a piece of gold foil. This is not a purely historical world. The technological processes are different, which is also very normal.
Many of the bronze weapons seen today, such as Peng Chu's Changge and Duanmu Shuliang's bronze scales, are obviously stronger than the iron weapons in the Lianchengjue world.
It can be said that it is quite easy for a master to use his skills to press out a piece of gold foil. It is not necessary to write or engrave on the bamboo slips.
But having said that, paper for writing was probably not invented until the Han Dynasty. As for papermaking technology, it seems that it is not very difficult. The current era should have enough technical level to make paper.
Unlike technologies such as iron-making, saddles, and stirrups, once invented and spread, they may affect wars between countries and cause a large number of casualties; papermaking should be a technology that completely benefits the country and the people. But you can try to do it in the future.
"There are gods in the stars and sky, hidden in essence, qi, fluid, liquid, blood, and pulse..." Zheng Dan murmured, not shying away from Zhao Qing who was beside her.
Is what is recorded here the method of blood sacrifice to the divine weapon? It doesn't sound evil. Could it be that Zheng Dan was practicing wrong? Zhao Qing blinked and thought in his heart.
At this time, there were slight footsteps above the head, a thick stone slab on the top of the secret room was lifted, and a tall and thin figure jumped down gently, it was Duanmu Shuliang.
"Miss Zheng, Miss Zhao, there should be no danger tonight." Duanmu Shuliang refilled several bronze lamps in the room and said in a deep voice.
"Isn't there any danger? The sword master Hongshang slashed out tens of feet of Gangfeng with one sword. Although it should be an explosive method, his strength has definitely crossed the threshold of Gangjin. There is no one in Chongquan City. People can match it.”
Zhao Qing had some doubts and asked aloud: "Or is it that the other party's explosive method has strong sequelae and requires a period of weakness? Even if this is true, we must guard against it."
"Peng Zhi took out the three Pogang Crossbows stored in the city's warehouse and set them up on the high ground in the city as a deterrent. This kid ran very fast before, but I didn't see that he still had such courage."
Duanmu Shuliang opened a large box of steaming meals and handed it to Zhao Qing as a supplement to the energy she had consumed in giving Zheng Dan Qi treatment.
"The power of the Pogang Crossbow is enough to penetrate a vertical wall several feet thick with one arrow. Unless you are a great master who has entered the realm of six qi, it is impossible to completely ignore it. Considering that there are masters of the same level beside you, think about it, then Wu The National Secret Guard will not expose himself so easily."
Taking the lunch box handed over by Duanmu Shuliang, Zhao Qing couldn't help but nodded secretly and asked after listening to Duanmu Shuliang's explanation:
"But we actually don't have experts at the same level. In the final analysis, it's just an empty city tactic. When a few days pass, the other party will eventually discover that we are just showing up. What should we do next?"
"Encountering such an obstacle, normally he would look for his companions and attack together. However, I see that you don't look worried. Is there any solution?"
Crossbows are said to have appeared in the Huangdi era. Nowadays, during the Spring and Autumn Period, a large-scale array of crossbows has appeared.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War: Combat Chapter" records: The public expense is to break the chariot and stop the horse, and to wear armor and arrows. The halberds and carriages cover the oars, the oxen and the carts are built, and only six out of ten can be seen. There is a saying in "Shi Pian": "The momentum is like a crossbow, and the rhythm is like a hair machine."
The Pogang Nu mentioned here is presumably a crossbow machine that is similar to the Divine Weapon and incorporates special elements of high martial arts. It can be used to fight the enemy with large armies, and it can also be used to check and balance the masters in the arena.
It turned out that Duanmu Shuliang saw that Zhao Qingnian showed great strength and was full of confidence at such a young age. He always thought that she was from a high-level noble and her ordinary clothes were just a disguise, so he did not do it. Give a detailed introduction.
But now it seems that she is also an ordinary Chinese who was accidentally inherited like Zheng Dan, and does not understand the secrets of high-level state affairs.
As for the "empty city strategy" and other rhetoric, he thought about it and guessed the general meaning.
Seeing Zhao Qing's doubts about Wu's secret guard, Duanmu Shuliang explained in detail:
"Since its establishment, the Hongshang Sword Master under Wu Zixu has been the most complete and capable spy organization among all the countries in the world."
"A considerable part of the reason for this is that it was influenced by Sun Changqing's art of war. Hey, 'soldiers are also deceitful', which indeed expresses the essence of the way of using soldiers."
Sun Changqing is Sun Wu, and "Changqing" is his nickname.
"Under the construction of Wu Zixu and Sun Changqing, Sword Master Hongshang can do anything and everything, which is beyond the imagination of 'gentlemen' from other countries."
"The five most powerful countries in the world are none other than Jin, Wu, Chu, Qi, and Qin. Among them, Jin is the country with the most conspiracies after Wu."
"For a long time, several powerful families in the Jin Kingdom have often fought among themselves and caused chaos. A few years ago, the Zhonghang family and the Fan family were jointly destroyed by other families. The three armies and six ministers became the two armies and four ministers."
"Families can actually destroy each other. How can they cooperate on key intelligence? Naturally, the spy guards built by a single family cannot compare with the power of the entire Wu Kingdom."
"The State of Chu has a vast territory and many talented people. However, during the period of King Ping and the early days of the current King of Chu's rule, treacherous people were always appointed, resulting in the loss of a large number of talented people."
"Wu Zixu and Bo Pi, who now hold important positions in Wu State, as well as Fan Li and Wen Zhong, the officials of Yue State, all came from Chu State."
