Chapter two thousand three hundred seventy-eight of the worries of the three talents
The scenery on the plateau has a unique charm. Although the air pressure here is low and the air is thin, the starry sky at night is particularly beautiful.
Even the night sky presents a wonderful blue color that makes people fascinate, and in this dark blue night sky are countless bright stars.
The moonlight is like water, sprinkling on the earth, and such illumination can almost make people read books under the night sky.
The light of the bonfire also made Zhao Zhen's face look white and red. Although he was old, Zhao Zhen's face still had few traces of time. This is what made Cai Boyi sigh and jealous the most.
Moreover, not only the Emperor Zhao Zhen, but also the entire Tian family. Whether it is the emperor or the concubines in the harem, they always look much younger than their actual age.
What is particularly unbelievable is the imperial concubine Yang Caiwei. She is ten years older than Zhao Zhen. However, every time Zhao Miaoyuan brought Cai Boqi to the palace to "move" and saw her, she always felt that the appearance of the imperial concubine did not change with her age.
Many people in the Shendu City called this imperial concubine "Yang Guifei". Of course, Biyaxuan's goods were also sold very well.
Any woman in the Shendu City who had some status to enter the palace immediately became a regular visitor of Biyaxuan after seeing Yang Caiwei's appearance and knowing that Biyaxuan had her fucking tits.
Cai Boyi's beard has been left a lot. Although Zhao Miaoyuan repeatedly asked him to trim his beard shorter or shave it all off, Cai Boyi ignored it.
In this era, beard is a symbol of a man's maturity and stability. In addition to the young man without a beard, the eunuch in the palace had a clean chin.
But Zhao Zhen likes to shave off his beard very much. Even if the queen often expresses dissatisfaction, Zhao Zhen does not know how to grow a beard. It is not convenient to grow a beard, and he has to take care of it often, and he always feels that there is a layer of things on his chin.
There was a fat sheep on the bonfire. Zhao Zhen felt that he loved mutton after he arrived in the Song Dynasty. He was very happy to eat mutton whether it was soup, barbecue, or braised mutton.
It was probably my favorite barbecue in my previous life, and I always couldn’t eat enough lamb kebabs. After the Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen’s favorite food was roast lamb, grilled lamb with oil and mellow wine. This was the ultimate enjoyment.
Although Zhao Zhen and Cai Boqi have been on the plateau for a long time, whenever they see the starry sky here, they will always be fascinated by the deep starry sky.
He was deeply trapped in it and could not extricate himself. As for Sancai, he always had that dead face. In his opinion, no matter how deep the starry sky is, it has something to do with him?
He didn't have the time to care about these things. The most important thing for the three talents was the daily battle reports and the news sent back by the scattered cyclone.
The official family is now in the city of Maergan. Although there are high walls as barriers, no one knows whether the Tubo people will send large troops to attack Maergan.
In Sancai's opinion, the safety of the official family is more important than anything else. When the Death Cavalry sent the battle report from Wang Shao's troops, Sancai's face finally eased a little, and Wang Shao indeed passed through Motuo.
As long as the army continues to move forward, Maer Dao will become safer. The Tubo people will not bypass the army and attack Maer Dao. Wang Shao's attack speed will only get faster and faster.
Even if the Tubo people wanted to attack Maer Dan, they would not dare to carry out a big fanfare. They would only send small groups of troops to attack, and small groups of troops were not threatening to Maer Dan.
Cai Boqi drank well, but he always felt the back of his neck was cold, and there was a burst of cold air. When he turned around, he saw Sancai staring at him with a cold look, and said inexplicably: "What happened to the Grand Official of Sancai? Could it be that I owe you money!"
Sancai carefully handed the battle report to Zhao Zhen and said, "The official family, Wang Shao's troops have passed Motuo, and the difficulties and dangers of Baimagang have passed."
Zhao Zhen nodded and looked at Sancai strangely and said, "This is a good thing, why do you want to look at Cai Boyi so resentful?"
Sancai pursed his lips and said, "The official family, the eight hundred cannons have not arrived as scheduled. It has been more than three days now. I have sent someone to investigate, but there are still no traces of the cannons."
After hearing the words of Sancai, Cai Boqi said angrily: "What does this have to do with me? You should ask Tian Kuan! I am only responsible for sending the cannons to Sichuan Road, and the cannons sent from Chengdu Prefecture were transported by Tian Kuan!"
"You and Tian Kuang are the ones who handed over the handover. The artillery has not arrived for a long time, so you can't blame it!"
Cai Boqi sighed and said, "This is a reasonable thing. Not only is there no roads on the Tubo Plateau, but there is also altitude sickness. How can we arrive at Maer within a period of time when people are exhausted? These are eight hundred artillery, not eight hundred cannons!"
Zhao Zhen nodded: "What Cai Boqi said makes sense. I know you are more nervous recently, but there is no need to do so. The Tubo people are already tired of dealing with the attacks of Yang Huaiyu and Wang Shao. How can they have time to attack Ma'er again? Even if he knows that this place will become a key supply land for the army, he will not dare to do it easily."
No matter what Zhao Zhen said, Sancai was worried. Recently, his right eye kept beating unconsciously, and he always felt that something would happen. The 800 cannons transported from Chengdu were not in place for a long time, so he couldn't let go of his worries for a day.
In any case, Maer dared to have too few defenders. Apart from the five thousand divine guards, there were more than a thousand dead cavalry. The black hand was responsible for collecting intelligence, and no one followed the Imperial City Department.
As time went on, food and other weapons from Chengdu Prefecture were constantly transported to Maergan, but the artillery did not appear, and none of them appeared, which was a bit abnormal.
But soon Sancai saw the problem from Zhao Zhen and Cai Boqi's indifferent expressions. It was obvious that the officials and Cai Boqi had nothing to tell him.
"Teaching" about Sancai is something that Zhao Zhen and Cai Boqi often do. In their eyes, they do not simply regard Sancai as a servant, but an old friend.
So even though Sancai was not inferior to Cai Boyi's primary election, Cai Boyi was still "light and calm" and felt more and more happy, but after being stared at Sancai's cold eyes for a while, he was defeated.
"Eight hundred firearms secretly built mortars weighing thousands of pounds. How fast do you think you can walk on the plateau?"
"The mortar?"
Sancai has never seen a mortar cannon. It looks scary, but its range is not far. At most two or three miles is the limit, while other artillery in the Song Dynasty are far more than this.
Seeing the appearance of Sancai, Zhao Zhen and Cai Boyi looked at each other and stopped talking. This was not the mortar cannon used before the Song Dynasty. Those mortar cannons that could only fire stone bombs had long been eliminated by the Firearms Department.
Chapter completed!