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Such things as oil have existed in China since ancient times.
"Gao Nu has water that can burn", this is a passage recorded in "Han Shu".Gaonu was near the extension of Shaanxi in later generations.
The use of petroleum as lighting oil has already existed in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.Therefore, it is too easy for Li Wangyou to get some oil.
This earthen "incendiary bomb" is simple to make, but its power is quite amazing.
The "Fire Phoenix and Tianyan" full of the name of the second class comes from Li Wangyou's evil taste.
It is not too much to call it "Tianyan" when Tang people don't know how to extinguish it.
As for providing the "incendiary bomb" to Luo Hui and giving Luo Hui such a bad idea, it is naturally the credit of the "undercover".
After Li Wangyou learned of Luo Hui's purpose, he came along and secretly helped him plan a "kidnapping" of Hou Junji, so that the narrow emperor controlled the 15 western expedition army by ordering the princes.
Then he returned to Chang'an, and entered Chang'an with lightning speed.
Just such a completely unreliable strategy, after being offered to Luo Hui by an undercover agent, was actually regarded as a treasure by Luo Hui.
After he demonstrated the power of the incendiary bomb to Luo Hui as an undercover agent, Luo Hui was full of confidence, and felt that with this thing, he could enter the Tai Chi Hall in Chang'an City just around the corner.
How could this guy have imagined that the "Fire Phoenix and Sky Flame", which he regarded as a magical weapon, was actually a "time bomb" that could kill him!
The clay pot that Luo Hui's subordinates moved into Hou Junji's tent was like a ticking time bomb.
You know, the world's first time bomb was not born until nearly a thousand years later.
In 1584 AD, the Spaniards and weapon designer Giambelli placed explosives on two fire attack ships and set a timing detonation device in order to retaliate against the Spaniards, thus creating the first time bomb.
And how could Luo Hui think that his "capable and loyal" subordinate would actually bring him such a big surprise.
Therefore, before the tragic Luo Hui had time to continue his dream, he was sent to the west by the huge incendiary bomb to reunite with his father Luo Yi.
As for Hou Junji, the celebrity in Zhenguan and one of the 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, he also fixed the end of his life in the autumn of the fifth year of Zhenguan.
Li Wangyou's undercover song, and the few cooperating actors were each rewarded with a thousand taels of gold by Li Wangyou.
These veterans are naturally aware of the stakes.
The relationship between them and Li Wangyou is a relationship that both prospers and loses. It is impossible to betray their master's family no matter what, and Li Wangyou naturally does not want to be exposed.
In fact, it would be safer to use gunpowder as a time bomb.
But if gunpowder is used, Li Er can immediately think of the person behind the scenes without guessing.
He tried his best to get out the incendiary bomb, in order to clear himself of suspicion.
Li Wangyou felt that this matter was done seamlessly, so that no one would notice.
But he didn't expect that Hou Junji, who died in the dark, would shoot himself in the foot with a stone, causing himself a lot of trouble...
Duke Junji of Lu State led the army to go out, but was assassinated on the same road, and even the corpse could not be found, so he was directly burned to ashes. This incident naturally caused a big earthquake in the court.
In a rage, Li Er directly sent Mi Tuo to Jingzhou, and asked him to lead Baiqisi to investigate the matter to the bottom.
Not to mention how Mi Tuo led Baiqisi to investigate, the 15 troops of the Western Expedition were forced to stay in Jingzhou because of Hou Junji's death, waiting for Li Er to re-appoint the chief marching officer before continuing to march.
Originally, all the military generals in the court, the Duke, were very envious and jealous of Hou Junji's ability to lead the army.
His old rascals Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde and others have scolded his mother countless times in the mansion for this, and feel that His Majesty is too partial and protective of Hou Junji.
After all, everyone knows that leading an army of 15 to conquer the Gaochang Kingdom is simply to pick a bargain.
With the fighting power of the Tang army, to put it bluntly, even if a pig sits in the position of the marching chief, it will make no difference to the Tang army's conquest of the Western Regions.
If nothing happened to Hou Junji and Li Er wanted to change generals midway, these old hooligans would definitely grab the job.
But before the army went to battle, the leader of the army was damaged. This matter was very ominous in the eyes of Tang people.
All the generals of the state who were eager to fight, all died down.
Even the old rascal Cheng Yaojin and others are unwilling to touch this hot potato at this time.
Those high-minded people in Chang'an City even pretended to make a fortune to the Western Expedition Army, saying something ominous, and some even wrote a letter, begging Li Er to withdraw the army.
Li Er, who was determined to conquer the Western Regions, could not listen to these words.
Li Er, who was already furious because of the death of his beloved general Hou Junji, saw that no one volunteered to invite Ying, and even once moved the idea of Yu Jia's personal conquest.
Fortunately, Fang Xuanling, Gao Shilian, Changsun Wuji and others dissuaded Li Er from going to conquer the Western Regions himself.
But in this way, who to choose as the coach has become a problem.
At the court meeting that day, Li Er and the officials began to discuss this matter again.
However, one person stood out from the ranks of hundreds of officials: "Your Majesty, there is one person nominated by the old minister, who can be the general manager of the marching army to conquer the west."
It was the old man Taichangqing Wang Ying who came out to speak.
"Wang Aiqing, who do you want to recommend? Tell me about it." Li Er didn't think much, and motioned Wang Ying to continue talking.
But the old man's next words almost caused the officials in the Tai Chi Hall and Li Er to stare out their eyes.
"The old minister recommended the Duke of Fufeng County, and Li Ziyou as the chief commander of the march to conquer the Western Regions!"
977 bad idea
The general manager of the march in the Tang Dynasty was equivalent to the post of the commander of the theater in later generations, and his powers were quite large.
Because of the inconvenient communication, the marching chief can act cheaply and have more rights.
As far as the marching chief of the Western Expeditionary Army is concerned, all 15 troops are under his control.Moreover, after conquering Gaochang and other countries in the Western Regions, the Protectorate was set up in the court, and before the ministers were dispatched, the conquered countries in the Western Regions were also under its jurisdiction.
Therefore, the general manager of the army cannot hold such an important position unless he is trusted by Li Erji.
Originally, Li Er and his group of ministers considered Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, Li Jing and other state leaders as candidates.
Even civil servants such as Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian are also within the scope of Li Er's consideration.After all, the distinction between civil and military in the early Tang Dynasty was not so obvious. Even Changsun Wuji and others had led troops on the battlefield.
It's just because Hou Junji's death is very unlucky in the eyes of everyone, so they are not willing to take over.
As for Li Wangyou, no one considered him at all.
When Tai Changqing Wang Ying said this, the whole hall was shocked.
After being stunned, Li Er turned his face hard, and said displeasedly: "Wang Qing, what kind of bad idea is this? Ziyou is not as good as the weak crown, and he has never experienced marching and fighting. How can he entrust such a heavy responsibility to him? "
"Hehe, Your Majesty, the old minister is not talking nonsense. Naturally, there is a reason for the old minister to recommend the Duke of Fufeng County."