In the palace of Yushi Zhongcheng.

Li Hongyun complained to Chu Ge while eating the food delivered from a nearby restaurant.

"Do you know how I spent this night?

"Cenqiaoyi, that is simply no place for humans! I was thinking of assassinating Wan Yansheng at first, but in the end I didn't even see Wan Yansheng's face!

"Later I thought about how to lower my requirements and assassinate a middle-level general. As a result, I couldn't assassinate a middle-level general at all!

"Even if we occasionally meet them, they are surrounded by soldiers who have experienced many battles and are wearing layers of armor. My broken bow will not work at all!

"I shot an arrow, and it was indeed hit, but it was like nothing happened! Then I was chased by his soldiers...

"Then I thought, how about assassinating a few low-level generals, but it turned out that it was difficult to kill even one of them, and I couldn't meet the conditions to clear the level at all...

"I regret it. I really should have chosen the status of a scribe. At least I can enjoy the good life in the house and don't have to fight with the Jin people..."

Chu Ge also vomited his bitterness: "Who told you that the position of the censor Zhongcheng is a good one!

"How do you know how I came here during this time!

"To be honest, although your assassin route suffered, at least you will have a head-on confrontation with the Jin people. If you die, you will have to restart it. At least you won't feel aggrieved.

"But do you know how frustrating it is to be a scribe?

"I just wanted to follow Left Prime Minister Li Boxi to organize the city defense, but what happened?

"Every day in court, the civil servants criticize each other. The two emperors, one in the capital and the other in other places, take turns playing tricks! If one accidentally makes the emperor unhappy, he will be demoted!

"The Jin soldiers were pressing closer and closer outside, but inside the palace, the emperor and the civil and military officials still didn't think hard about how to fight against the Jin, and were thinking about all sorts of little things every day...

"The most annoying thing is that this emperor is still thinking about running away! Can you believe this?

"I have to keep one eye open at night when I sleep, waiting for him to escape and catch him quickly, otherwise this copy will fail!"

After the two complained, they both felt that it was not easy for the other party.

So, it was all in the wine.

Li Hongyun sighed: "What should I do? I guess the first day is almost over, so I just quit the game? I really can't accept it!

"He didn't even pass the first stage. If we tell him, we can't afford to lose this person!"

Having said that, Li Hongyun obviously has no good solution.

As an assassin player, he has already entered the city and is no longer at Cenqiaoyi. Even if he wants to gain points at this time, he can only wait for the Bianliang defense battle to start and go to the city wall to kill a few golden soldiers.

But no matter what, if the gold men killed are not heavy enough, it is still impossible to meet the clearance conditions.

No matter how you look at it, there is no hope for you today.

Just listening to what Li Hongyun said, Chu Ge was holding the wine glass, thoughtfully.

"I suddenly had an idea, maybe I can give it a try. Anyway, today's game time is almost over, how about giving it a try?"

Li Hongyun nodded: "Of course it's good! But, how to give it a try?"

He couldn't guess what Chu Ge wanted to do.

"Just wait here, I'll be back as soon as I can."

After a while, Chu Ge came back again. But this time, he was holding a strange-shaped thing in his hand.

At first glance, it seems to be a thick bamboo tube with a powder chamber and a small hole in the middle, and a wooden handle at the back end.

Li Hongyun looked at himself and said with some uncertainty: "This is... a sudden musket?"

The musket is a very primitive firearm that existed in the Qi Dynasty.

In fact, it has many disadvantages and is difficult to be used in actual combat on a large scale, but it is the prototype of future firearms.

Chu Ge nodded: "Well, after a lot of trouble, I finally got it from the warehouse of the Ministry of War.

"After all, I, the censor Zhongcheng, have some power and connections."

Li Hongyun reached out to take it and observed it for a while.

Indeed, even compared with the fire guns of the Dasheng Dynasty, there is a big gap, let alone compared with more advanced firearms such as flintlocks.

There is a big generational difference.

The biggest problem is that the gun body of this thing is made of bamboo, and although the hardness and air tightness of the bamboo tube are acceptable, it is not fire-resistant at all. It will become brittle due to high temperature after being used a few times at most.

There is a risk of disintegration and explosion, so it cannot be used for a long time.

Moreover, the growth of bamboo will not be as straight as the iron barrel, so the accuracy and range of this thing cannot be counted on.

But no matter what, when there is black powder, you only need to stuff gravel and iron pieces here to ensure the air tightness and the amount of gunpowder...

So, if you take one shot, there will be no problem.

Although the effective range is only a dozen or twenty meters, within this range, the lethality is indeed far greater than that of a crossbow.

Because the crossbow can only shoot one arrow, but when it fires, it shoots out a large amount of gravel and broken iron pieces, which fly out at extremely fast speeds driven by gunpowder, which is almost as powerful as a shotgun.

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Moreover, in a close-range explosion, a large amount of flames will be generated. Even if the stones and broken iron cannot be killed, they will be burned by the fire. Even if they are not dead, the subsequent infection will be enough to kill people.

Although it is very original, Li Hongyun still can't put it down.

After all, he had a natural love for firearms. Although the firearms of the Qi Dynasty were simple and primitive, they had a unique flavor.

After all, this thing is absolutely impossible for a Green Forester like him to get. It can only be found in the warehouse of the Ministry of War.

"Okay, let's have a blast!

"But... I have a question, who do you want to use this thing against?"

Li Hongyun looked at Chu Ge with some confusion.

Chu Ge did not answer immediately, but smiled slightly: "What do you think?"

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The capital city at night was still the same as before, quiet and depressing.

In this trial illusion, the golden soldiers are already approaching.

As soon as Li Hongyun was born in Cenqiaoyi, he ran away and came to the capital.

Therefore, although some states and counties outside the capital have experienced war at this time, the capital is still safe for the time being.

In other words, this is also the last window for the emperor to escape.

Qi Yingzong knew very well that if there was another delay, in another two or three days, the Jin soldiers might surround the entire capital, and then it would be impossible to escape.

Under the night, the emperor's car was very low-key, just dressed like an ordinary high-ranking official, and headed towards the city gate on the side.

Because it was a small road, it was not wide. The entire convoy was stretched very long.

The emperor's guards surrounded the chariot, trying to protect it as much as possible from the unlikely dangers around it.

While driving in the car at this time, Qi Yingzong was complaining to the waiter outside the car.

"These officials are all serving the country wrongly!

"The front line of the Jin army has arrived, and these people are still busy attacking each other. Not only can they not come up with a retreat strategy, but they also force me to stay in the capital!

"I am the emperor, how can I be in desperate situation? If something goes wrong, can they bear the responsibility?

"Hmph, that Li Boxi is so capable that he even managed to win over Li Hao, the Censor, Zhongcheng. Isn't this trying to sideline me?

"Li Hao is the censor Zhongcheng. Don't you know what he should do? I asked him to supervise the officials, not to supervise me on behalf of Li Boxi!

"Okay, in that case, I will leave the defense of the capital to Li Boxi, and let him quarrel with the officials here!"

Outside the car, the quiet voice of the chamberlain came: "Guan family, I heard that the words of Li Hao, the censor, seem to be from a high position and have a lot of insight?"

Qi Yingzong snorted coldly: "It's just empty talk!

"What about guarding the capital? What about selecting talented people? What about guarding the Yellow River? It's all nonsense!

"If there were really capable ministers who could do these things for me, would I still need to work so hard every day? Do I still need to be so exhausted and sleepless at night?

"These officials are all like this. They talk about the principles one after another, but when it comes to doing things, who can really make me feel at ease?

"That's all, leave quickly to avoid being discovered by Li Boxi!"

In different trial illusions, Qi Yingzong had actually tried to escape more than once.

And in this trial fantasy, this was his first escape.

Under normal circumstances, if Chu Ge, the censor Zhongcheng, had not intervened to stop him, once Qi Yingzong fled, the entire capital would have fallen into huge chaos, leading to the Jingping Incident coming early.

Because Qi Yingzong was the real emperor at this time, and he did not have the Zen position to give to anyone else, if he ran away, various government orders would still have to be handed over to him.

In this way, the entire Qi Dynasty will have three command centers: one is the Supreme Emperor Qi Huizong who has fled to the south, the other is Qi Yingzong who has just escaped from the capital, and the third is the left prime minister Li Boxi who stayed in the capital.

If the government orders are blocked and each other is constrained, the final result will definitely be worse than if Qi Yingzong stayed in the capital.

What's more, the emperor's blatant flight and abandonment of the capital would be a fatal blow to the morale of the people and soldiers in the entire capital.

If the emperor is here, he may be able to encourage the people to defend the city, but what if the emperor runs away?
To be continued...