Chapter 576: Generals’ disagreeable intentions

The explosion of the Lingyun Valley Gunpowder Warehouse was seen dozens of miles away, and the explosion was heard even more than a hundred miles away, just like the earth shaking the mountain. The entire Youzhou City was awakened, and the lights of every household were on. Hundreds of thousands of people walked to the streets, whispering at the huge column of smoke. Several soldiers from An Lushan were also alarmed. They also walked out of the barracks and watched the spectacular mushroom cloud rise in horror. Everyone's heart was heavy with the mushroom cloud, and an unknown premonition enveloped everyone's heart.

An Lushan was not awakened. He was sleeping soundly. Even if the thunder exploded in his ears, it would be difficult for him to wake up. He was pushed by his personal soldiers. He heard that an explosion occurred in the gunpowder factory. An Lushan rushed out of the room without even wearing shoes. The huge mushroom cloud stunned him. He suddenly realized the impact of the explosion on his gunpowder plan.

The pain that was so painful that he couldn't bear it. An Lushan roared and rushed to the crown. He shouted: "Go! Go and call Shi Siming here quickly."

After shouting, he almost lost his strength and sat on the ground. The commander's demeanor disappeared from him at this moment. He grinned and howled.

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Half an hour later, Shi Siming, who was dressed neatly, was taken to the Yan Prince's Mansion by soldiers. Shi Siming was the general manager of gunpowder weapons manufacturing. Unlike An Lushan who was awakened, he immediately sent troops to provide assistance after the beacon on the hills burned, but in the end he was one step late. He saw that the gunpowder factory was gone, and that there was a corpse and a 6,000 troops with low morale. The Anxi scouts had already left calmly.

At this time, Shi Siming was in a very complicated mood. He was afraid and angry, and at the same time he had an admiration. He admired the Anxi Scouts very much. Not only did they use their powerful crossbow formation to fight against a 10,000 army with a powerful crossbow formation, not only did they kill 3,000 enemies, but they did not lose one army, but more importantly, the six thousand army had been severely damaged. The huge explosion made them have no fighting spirit to fight. The Anxi Scouts could slaughter these 6,000 people and create a miracle of 500 troops defeating 10,000 troops, but the Anxi Scouts disappeared silently. This is the quality of the scouts, and they would never surpass their responsibilities. This made Shi Siming admire them very much. They did not have such a scouts army.

Shi Siming was taken to An Lushan. He knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "I am humble to Shi Siming, see the Grand Marshal!"

An Lushan had been helped by his personal soldiers and sat in the position of commander. He seemed very depressed, but Shi Siming's arrival made his anger burn. He suddenly straightened his body and pointed at Shi Siming and cursed: "Splash, do you still have the face to see me?"

"Master, you are not guilty of humble position!"

A strong anger rose in An Lushan's heart. He stared at Shi Siming viciously. He dared to say that he was innocent. He suddenly grabbed the military seal on the commander's case and smashed Shi Siming's head with a "bang!", and the heavy military seal hit Shi Siming's forehead, and blood was immediately flowing.

"asshole!"

An Lushan roared again, "You dare to say that you are innocent!"

The personal soldiers next to him rushed forward to bandage Shi Siming. Shi Siming pushed them away and sighed: "There is a mistake in Huyi, but Huyi thought that the real reason was that the commander was too careful."

"What!" An Lushan was almost confused. It was his responsibility. He laughed angrily and said, "Okay! OK! Tell me, why am I careful?"

"Weizhi once suggested that the Grand Marshal was stationed three miles away, but the Grand Marshal said that there might be danger. It's okay, but the Grand Marshal repeatedly emphasized that at least three thousand troops should be stationed in the gunpowder factory, but the Grand Marshal insisted on sending only 300 personal soldiers. The Grand Marshal was afraid of the secret of gunpowder leaking, but this became the biggest defensive loophole in this attack. The Grand Marshal, the Grand Marshal, will be punished, but the Grand Marshal thought that the Grand Marshal also had responsibility."

"I think you're impatient!"

An Lushan stared at Shi Siming and said gloomyly: "Since you want to die, I will help you, come!"

The executioners on both sides agreed, and the aide Gao Shang arrived at this time. If there is one person in the world who can persuade An Lushan, then this person is Gao Shang. He understood An Lushan's temper and knew that An Lushan had hopes for the Tianlei weapon. He was suddenly attacked by the scout of An Xi army. How could An Lushan not be angry? But no matter how angry he was, he could not take his arms. He quickly persuaded An Lushan and said, "Master, it is not the time to hold Shi Siming responsible. An Xi is still in our Youzhou. What should he do if there is Tianlei? Master, let him do these things first!"

An Lushan was not as good as killing Shi Siming. He just couldn't take this face. Gao Shang gave him a step, and he snorted heavily: "Okay! Write down your dog head first, and then settle the accounts with you later. Get out!"

Shi Siming retreated with hatred. An Lushan then sighed and said to Gao Shang: "Sir, what should I do now? All the gunpowder I finally got was destroyed. The uprising in front of me is about to hurt me!"

"Don't worry, the coach, although we have lost for a while, we have already obtained the formula. This is better than not knowing nothing before. Da Zhuang, I will start from scratch again."

"It's not that easy!"

An Lushan shook his head and said, "All the raw materials are destroyed. I can boil the nitro powder again. Charcoal is not a problem. The key is sulfur. Hebei does not produce sulfur itself. I have collected the sulfur from all prefectures and counties in Hebei. Now it is completely destroyed. What should I do?"

"Master, go to another place to buy it. Didn't Master send someone to Qingzhou? Then go to Jianghuai and Henan Road. In short, get a batch back first, and then we will slowly find the sulfur mine."

An Lushan pondered for a moment, and indeed he had to do this. He nodded and said, "I will send more people to do the mines. In addition, there is one more thing I want you to do it yourself."

"Master, please give me instructions!"

An Lushan sneered and said, "This time, the five hundred scouts in Anxi dared to go deep into Youzhou, and they were ruthless and accurate. If they had no inner support, I wouldn't believe it if they were beaten to death. Please ask the sir to search in person. You must find this inner support and tear it all out!"

Gao Shang was very happy. This was because An Lushan handed over the intelligence department to him. He quickly bowed and said, "I will definitely not let Your Highness down!"

"Sir, wait!"

Just as he was about to leave, An Lushan called him again. An Lushan gritted his teeth and said, "It is impolite to come but not come! I also want Li Qing'an to taste my power."

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Not long after dawn, the atmosphere in Youzhou City suddenly became tense. Four city gates were closed rumblingly, and no one was allowed to go out. Teams of fully armed soldiers ran in the streets and alleys. All inns, taverns, brothels and other entertainment venues were closed. The soldiers searched one by one. All foreign populations were registered. If there was any suspicion, they would be arrested immediately.

But Gao Shang focused on investigating the ten large households in Youzhou City who were allowed to raise pigeons. This was his entry point. He analyzed it from time to time and came to a conclusion that the information on building a gunpowder factory in Youzhou would not be sent to Chang'an by people. If there was too late, it would have to be sent out with pigeon letters. Then, these ten large households who were approved to raise pigeons are likely one of them to be Li Qing'an's intelligence base in Youzhou.

Of course, this stronghold may also be in a foreign state. The information will be sent to a foreign state first, and then to Chang'an with a pigeon letter. However, Gao Shang believes that with Li Qing'an's domineering aura, he will definitely set up the Hebei Intelligence Headquarters in Youzhou, which is his personality.

The first search was Beiyan Horse Shop, a horse-selling shop opened by Turks and also supplied war horses to the military. They were specially approved by An Lushan to raise pigeons to contact the northern branches. Gao Shang led people to search carefully and found no abnormalities. Moreover, the owner of the shop had a close relationship with Shi Siming, so he let the horse shop go.

After turning his feet, Gao Shang led people to the second large-scale household qualified to raise pigeons, which was Miaoshou Huichuntang.

When Gao Shang found out that Miaoshou Huichun Hall, it was noon. There were still long queues of patients outside the shop. The guys ran back and forth and brought the patients into the lobby. At this time, hundreds of Yan soldiers rushed to Miaoshou Huichun Hall and surrounded the entire medicine shop. The patients were frightened and dodged to both sides.

Surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers, Gao Shang came to the Miaoshou Huichun Hall. Looking at the shop plaque written by Pei Kuan that year: "Ren and kind, wonderful and beautiful, wonderful and refreshing", he nodded and said, "Don't disturb the pharmacy, the army is not allowed to enter without my order."

Miaoshou Huichuntang has been in Youzhou for decades and enjoys a lofty prestige among the people. Gao Shang is a scholar. He knows that he should not be too tough on such a pharmacy that has high expectations for the people, but he still needs to check it, and he can only use soft means.

Thinking of this, he turned around and asked the Taoist priest Qiao Chenzi who was escorted by two soldiers and said, "Have you been here before this place?"

Qiao Chenzi did not go to the gunpowder factory because he had nothing to do with gunpowder, and he escaped. However, when he was running away, he was caught by An Lushan's army and interrogated by Gao Shang, and he explained all the information. Gao Shang immediately realized that this Taoist priest might be the key figure in the leak, and that big playboy named Zhao was most likely a spy from Anxi Army in Youzhou. In order to open up this gap, he brought Qiao Chenzi with him.

Qiao Chenzi looked at Miaoshou Huichuntang tremblingly, shook his head and said, "I have never been to this place."

"Take it down!"

At this time, a deacon from the pharmacy rushed up and bowed to him and said, "What do you need a wonderful hand to return to Chuntang to do?"

Gao Shang is very famous in Youzhou. Many people know him and know that he is An Lushan’s military advisor. The people from the Huichuntang of Miaoshou were no exception. Gao Shang smiled faintly and bowed and said, “After the order of An Shuai, investigate, please ask your boss to come to see me!”

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Chapter completed!