"Father, stop touching it, this is the fire support you want!"
Outside the Qinzheng Hall, Li Zheng and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were all curious, pouting their buttocks as carefully as if they were stroking their own mothers-in-law. While touching and observing the two artillery pieces placed on the square, their eyes were full of interest.
Li Zheng turned his eyes to the muzzle and looked into the barrel. There was nothing but some fine lines.
"This is the artillery weapon of the Western Expedition? No matter how I look at it, it doesn't look very powerful. Isn't this just an iron pipe made of iron?"
The civil and military ministers on the side also nodded hurriedly. They had all seen the battle reports, and they were also itchy about the cannons that were like thunder exploding in the descriptions. They were a little disappointed when they actually saw them.
This is different from what I imagined!
How should I put it? It doesn’t look like the endlessly powerful one recorded in the documents!
The corner of Liu Mingzhi's mouth twitched as he looked at the emperor and the civil and military officials of the dynasty. Aren't they just black pipes made of iron?
It's easy for you to say. Do you know what it costs to test out the most stable artillery?
The quality of the artillery and the range of the artillery shells cannot be made and used immediately. They must be tested thousands of times before they can be finalized.
Every time it is remade, thousands of silver are filled into it!
Just because of these gadgets, he almost lost his fortune. Liu Mingzhi's crying complaints to the emperor were not all fake, at least one-third of them were true.
"Isn't there fifty doors? Why are there only two?"
"Father, you don't want me to test the quality of the artillery for you in the palace, do you? If you are not afraid of spending money to rebuild the palace, of course I have no objection. You can load the cannons right now!"
Li Zheng looked embarrassed and finally ignored Liu Mingzhi's teasing.
Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. You don't have much left in your coffin. If the palace is really destroyed, Jiang Yuanming, a bad old man, will definitely not use money from the treasury to repair the palace!
"What about the rest?"
"It's being transported to the Longwuwei Camp. The open plain there is the perfect place to test the power of the artillery. Father, please move over and have a look!"
"Old Zhou, prepare horses for me and go to the Longwuwei camp!"
"According to the order!"
"Dear dear friends, you should also go to the city gate to ride horses, and we will meet at the Longwuwei camp!"
"Your Majesty, please leave!"
Although Dalong is now divided into civil and military classes, there are no pure literati among those in the second class.
When you mount your horse, you can become a general; when you dismount, you can govern the people!
The civilian officials claimed that they were inferior to the military attachés only in their ability to command soldiers to attack, and their ability to ride horses and archery was not as weak as imagined.
Even the scholars from Jiangnan had to gradually learn the skills of riding and shooting after arriving at the court.
If faced with the threat of annihilation, all military generals will sacrifice their lives for the country, and there are civil servants who can still fight!
In comparison, the development situation of Dalong today is similar to that of the later Tang Dynasty, and the official administration of Qingming is somewhat like that of the Song Dynasty.
"Boy, is this thing really as useful as recorded in the battle report?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wan Buhai respectfully. Although they were both Dukes of the country, he still respected Wan Buhai and Liu Mingzhi very much.
This is an old hero who is still passionate. To be the Duke of a country, he must be a person who has experienced the bloody sea of wars in the north and south!
"Old man, don't worry. When the time comes, I will ask your soldiers to use artillery to restrain the cavalry charge. Moreover, there are more than two types of artillery shells. We have developed a new type of scatter shell, a cannon.
It would be eight hundred iron beads if they hit a person, even if Daluo Jinxian comes down to earth, he won't be able to save him!"
"Okay, I'll show you the power of your artillery! Let's go with you on horseback!"
"Please, old man, I will lead your horse and kick the pedals for you. I wish the old man will return with great victory and restore the magnificent mountains and rivers of my Han family!"
"I'll just make it big again!"
Liu Mingzhi led the horse and jumped ten thousand steps into the sea, turned over and slowly headed out of the city.
Liu Mingzhi rode on the horse and looked at Lao Ji, who was thousands of miles away, and his blood boiled in his heart with the pride of being thousands of miles away.
When it comes to heroes in the world, it should be said that our Han family has many talented men who died generously without changing their countenance!
The dragon flags and flags in the Longwuwei camp were fluttering in the wind and whistling!
Upon learning that the emperor was personally visiting the Longwuwei camp, Cheng Kai, who was temporarily acting as the new recruit commander, gave the order early. Longwuwei's 50,000 new recruits cleared a ten-mile radius to ensure that no hidden dangers that threatened the emperor's safety would be left!
Jiang Lei stood at Cheng Kai and looked into the distance: "Why aren't you here yet? General, should we take someone to greet him?"
"No, it is a serious crime to lead troops in front of His Majesty without being summoned. Just wait and see! This trip will be accompanied by civil and military officials from the court. These are a group of veteran killers who have experienced hundreds of battles. Your Majesty's safety is absolutely in danger.
not a problem!"
"All right!"
The dust rolled, and hundreds of horsemen scattered and attacked around the Longwuwei camp.
"The Ouchi guards are here, Your Majesty won't be far away!"
As soon as Cheng Kai finished speaking, the dragon flag flew in the wind and galloped towards the Longwuwei camp.
"call"
Li Zheng held the horse's rein tightly, turned over and dismounted, and looked at Cheng Kai with a smile!
Subsequently, all the civil and military officials got off their horses. Hundreds of people came on horseback, but no one arrived in a car!
Even the old scholar Xia Gongming, the imperial censor, has excellent equestrian skills and has no clerical appearance at all!
Just as I heard about Renzheng in Dangyang Academy that day, if you don’t go to court, the world’s scholars have long forgotten the six arts of a gentleman. They only know how to study hard and study hard, which will be embarrassing and useless in the future!
"Cheng Aiqing, thank you for your help!"
"Your Majesty Cheng Kai!"
"Jiang Lei!"
"See Your Majesty, it's difficult for me to salute because I'm wearing armor. Please forgive me!"
"See Your Majesty!"
"See Your Majesty!"
Li Zhenghao looked at the tens of thousands of Dragon Guard recruits around him with great emotion: "No courtesy!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Liu Aiqing, let's test the artillery!"
Liu Mingzhi walked up to Cheng Kai and nodded lightly: "Send the order to Jiang Lei for infantry artillery!"
"My order! Don't be offended, Mr. Eliu, I will get used to it!"
"It's okay, let's go!"
"Your Majesty, colleagues, please!"
Everyone walked towards the Longwuwei camp with strong curiosity. How powerful the artillery was can finally be seen today!
Cheng Kai had already cleared the corresponding open space to arrange the artillery.
Li Zheng and the civil and military officials obediently listened to Liu Mingzhi's instructions and blocked their ears with cotton plugs.
There is always a hint of fear for the unknown!
"Cannon deployment completed!"
"Cannon deployment completed!"
Liu Mingzhi turned around and glanced at the civil and military officials behind him, stuffed the cotton plugs in his hands and waved the flags in his hands fiercely.
"Three batches, three times, fire!"
"fire!"
The feeling of the earth shaking within a few breaths stunned the civil and military officials. Even though their ears were plugged, the loud thundering sound still made their hearts tremble.
The roar of artillery was endless, and three batches of forty-eight cannonballs were all used up in just one cup of tea.
Everyone looked at the dust and smoke covering the sky in the distance with stunned expressions. The power of the artillery made them frightened!
"Good! Good shot!"
Li Zheng took off the earplugs from his ears with unconcealable joy on his face. He had a telescope in his hand and could clearly see the destructive power of the artillery.
"Can it be bad? In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of taels of snowflakes and silver will be gone!"
Li Zheng's expression froze. What he really wanted was ten thousand taels of gold when the cannon went off!
This is too expensive.
A group of military generals headed by Wu Guogong rode horses and rushed towards the landing point of the cannonball. They wanted to see the destructive power of the cannonball with their own eyes.
Li Zheng walked straight towards the cannon, reached out and patted the somewhat hot barrel.
"Making artillery at all costs, let's start with 3,000 cannons!"
Jiang Yuanming looked at Li Zheng in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, we have no money!"
"Don't you know I have no fucking money? Can't I make it later? Can't I think about it?"
The emperor roared and Lao Jiang lowered his head in grievance, "Let's make it, let's make it. We won't make it until the treasury is clean!"
On March 15th of the fifth year of Ruian, the Northern Expedition army, which had been prepared for nearly a month, set out for the Northern Expedition under the leadership of Wan Buhai.
"Old man, take care!"
Wan Buhai looked at Liu Mingzhi and nodded heavily.
"Either you go back to our mountains and rivers, or you never come back!"
Liu Mingzhi hesitated to speak and finally sighed without saying a word as he watched Wan Buhai walk towards the front army!
"The army sets off for the Northern Expedition!"
Wan Buhai's old and heroic order spread throughout the three armies instantly.
War drums rumble and horns sound!
Flags were flying on both sides, and the scouts cleared the way to guard the coffin on the ox cart and marched northward!
The two places of Heshuo will never be returned.
In his sixtieth year, Wan Buhai took a coffin and went to the Royal Court of Spies to regain the lost territory.