From eunuch to emperor

Wu Jian followed the soldiers to a courtyard on the west side of the pass, where people from the West Factory were standing guard outside. Feng He saw Wu Jian at the door and came up to meet him.

"What's the matter? The major general got up?"

Wu Jian was a little curious, the two delicate princesses last night, Long Chen woke up so early today.

This is not at all like Long Chen's style of doing things.

"Wake up early, when the sky just dawned."

Feng He smiled brightly.

Such a peachy topic is the most interesting to talk about.

"looking for me?"

Wu Jian asked Feng He, Feng He shook his head, signaling Wu Jian to go in by himself.

Walking into the yard, I entered a closed room, which was filled with ice cubes, and the temperature in the room dropped sharply.

"Major General, why did you get so many ice cubes?"

These ice cubes are stored in the ice cellar in winter, and they are taken out to cool off in summer when it is hot.

Long Chen moved out from the ice cellar and piled them up in the room, with ice cubes on all sides, and the room became an igloo.

"Is there anyone in the army who is good at robbing tombs?"

Long Chen suddenly asked, Wu Jian was very surprised, and asked: "Is our military salary not enough?"

Tomb robbery must be done for money, Long Chen doesn't need money himself, it is used for military expenses.

"No, the food and wages are enough, I want to find a cold jade bed."

Looking at the ice cubes around him, Long Chen felt that the temperature was still a bit worse.

"Cold jade bed? Why do you want a cold jade bed?"

Wu Jian didn't know the use, Long Chen didn't explain, and said: "Uncle Wu, don't ask why, you can immediately ask if there is anyone in the army who is good at robbing tombs, Xichang will cooperate with your actions, the sooner the better, time is running out. "

Long Chen didn't say anything, Wu Jian didn't ask, and immediately went out to find Feng He.

"You knew already?"

"I know, my lord has given orders."

Feng He was grinning, and Wu Jian said in embarrassment: "Tomb robbers, who in the army is good at robbers?"

Marching and fighting have nothing to do with tomb robbers. It may be difficult to find tomb robbers in the army.

Feng He smiled and said, "You forgot someone."

Wu Jian asked: "Who?"

Feng He said with a smile, "Lu Ji, this guy used to rob graves before."

Feng He was doing spies in the Shangguan Army, and Lu Ji belonged to the Imperial City Division. The two of them knew each other well, so they knew Lu Ji's details.

"Lu Ji did tomb robbery?"

Wu Jian didn't expect Lu Ji's ancestor to do such a thing, Feng He said with a smile: "Let's go, let's find him, my lord is in a hurry."

Wu Jian looked back at the secret room and asked, "What is the major general doing? Tomb robbery is immoral."

Feng He smiled and said, "Don't ask, I don't know either."

The two immediately found Lu Ji and explained their intentions. Lu Ji's face was full of embarrassment and embarrassment.

"My ancestors were good at robbing graves, but I have already changed my career. This matter will harm my descendants, and it is too damaging."

Lu Ji didn't want to mention the tomb robbery of his ancestors, he felt ashamed.

Feng He persuaded: "This time for the common people in the world, if you find something, the crime of robbery on the ancestor's tomb will be wiped out."

Lu Ji knew that this was a scene, but it was up to Long Chen to explain the matter, and he could not refuse.

"Well, I'm not doing it for money this time, so it shouldn't be considered grave robbery."

Lu Ji immediately ordered a group of people, together with Feng He and Wu Jian, to search for graves in the surrounding area.

After the things in the secret room were arranged, Long Chen asked the people from the West Factory to guard and strictly forbid anyone to enter or leave.

Coming out of the secret room, the moist south wind blows, and the sky is covered with dark clouds.

It was late spring at this time, and it stands to reason that the dark clouds in the sky should disperse, and the spring rain and spring thunder should arrive.

But the clouds are still thickly pressed on the top of the head, which cannot be lifted like a quilt.

The right time, place and people are harmonious, and Yanmenguan occupies the geographical advantage, but not the right time.

It was supposed to be the season of rain, thunder and sun, but the dark clouds were still so thick, God seemed to be on the side of the ghosts.

Walking to the armory, Yu Fuguo was counting the ordnance.

"grown ups."

When Long Chen entered, Yu Fuguo and others immediately came forward to pay their respects.

"Has my rain-enhancing smoke stove arrived?"

Long Chen heard about a new batch of ordnance, so he immediately came over to check it out.

Yu Fuguo immediately understood that the Zengyu Smoke Stove that Long Chen was talking about was that weird stove.

"Here we are, twenty in total."

Yu Fuguo led the way, Long Chen walked inside, twenty chimney-like iron pipes were placed on the ground, and a layer of tung oil was coated on them to prevent rust.

"My lord, what is this thing for?"

Yu Fuguo didn't understand the purpose, Long Chen looked at the smoke stick beside him, and said: "Set up an array to worship the heavens, this battle concerns the people of the world, I want to form a nine palace eight trigrams array and burn it to worship the heavens."

When the fire goes up, the water goes down.

The most direct way for the ancients to worship the sky is to burn wood and light a fire.

"Huh? My lord still believes this?"

Yu Fuguo was quite surprised, Long Chen didn't believe in gods or fear ghosts, why did he think of offering sacrifices to heaven today?

"Of course I believe it. How can I not believe it if I respect ghosts and gods and know the destiny."

"Find someone to come over immediately, listen to my command, and set up the Nine Palaces and Bagua Formation near Yanmen Pass."

Long Chen ordered that Yu Fuguo immediately find someone.

The long chimney was brought out, and Long Chen built earthen platforms on both sides of Yanmen Pass. The stones and soil were temporarily made into a stove, the air inlet was made very small, and the chimney stood on it.

"My lord, this won't work. The air inlet is too small, the fire won't start, and all that comes out is smoke."

Long Chen was at the side directing the soldiers to do things. The soldiers heard that it was used to burn and sacrifice to heaven, and felt that it was unreasonable to do so.

Long Chen scolded in a cold voice: "Presumptuous, I want you to take care of what this king does, and you can do what this king says. If you dare to say anything else, you will be punished without mercy!"

Long Chen led the army to fight and rarely scolded the soldiers. The soldiers were too frightened to speak, so they obediently followed Long Chen's instructions to build the stove and put up the chimney.

"Find more damp firewood and put it in, then put the tobacco rod in, pour a small amount of kerosene, and burn it slowly."

According to Long Chen's order, the soldiers found firewood wetted by snow and stuffed it into the stove.

Put the tobacco rod on the firewood, pour a small amount of kerosene, and then ignite the fire. The smoke comes out of the chimney, slowly rises with the wind, and floats into the clouds.

"Okay, install chimneys in all these positions."

Long Chen handed over Tuzhi to the soldiers, and asked Yu Fuguo to send an order to the three armies, telling them that this is the smoke for offering sacrifices to heaven, not wolf smoke.

Smoke suddenly rose around Yanmen Pass. If the soldiers thought it was wolf smoke, it would easily disturb the morale of the army and cause riots.

Yu Fuguo immediately sent an order to the three armies.

The chimneys stood up one by one, and the black smoke rose up, looking like a strange formation.

Zhang Qian walked on the gate, looked at the rising smoke, and said strangely: "What are you doing, sir? Make so much smoke?"

Mei Yu, the general of the Huoqiang Battalion, said: "I heard that King Wu is setting up an formation. What is it called the Jiugong Bagua formation?"

Zhang Qian didn't understand very much, Long Chen never believed in ghosts and gods, but this time he actually set fire to sacrifice to heaven, could it be that he was really unsure?

"Is the new arrow rain platform installed?"

Zhang Qian asked, and Mei Yu said, "It's being installed, it should be very useful."

Looking out of the pass, Zhang Qian said solemnly: "The cultivation level is not enough, so we can only make up for the gap with weapons."

Yanmenguan has gathered all the magic weapons in the world, and this battle is related to the survival of the world.

Mei Yu said: "King Wu is a genius, and he has created magic weapons and sharp weapons. Without these, this battle would be difficult to fight."

Looking at the chimney in the distance, Zhang Qian sighed slightly in her heart: Could it be that my husband also feels powerless?