Volume 2: Stormy Wind and Clouds, Section 3: Entering Qinzhou
The water kept pouring on Li Shimin. It was already autumn, and the water in the waterfall was already cold. If you pour it for a long time, you would get sick.
Xue Li wanted to step forward and ask Li Shimin to come out to read the information, but was stopped by Liu Hongji. He was ten years older than Xue Li and was naturally much more stable.
After more than two thousand soldiers had all washed away the blood on their armor, Li Shimin slowly stood up, jumped up and came to Xue Li, looked at his anxious face, and asked: "What's going on?"
Xue Li saluted and said: "In an hour, Xue Ming has led his army to storm the east gate of Qinzhou. The defenders are struggling to hold on. Xue Ju on the west gate is also speeding up the digging of tunnels. General, what should we do next?"
Li Shimin took the intelligence and took a look at it, and said: "First of all, our number is too small. Attacking on the periphery cannot delay the progress of the enemy's siege. We must first drive Xue Ming's troops away from the east gate, and then enter the city to help defend the city.
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After a pause, he continued: "Prepare five gunpowder bombs for each person, and use the rest after entering the city. Send the order, and the whole army will form an array. They will march normally to two miles from the east gate of Qinzhou, and then charge forward and use the gunpowder bombs."
Give all greetings to Xue Ming, catch him off guard, and treat it as a greeting gift to him."
Liu Hongji said: "If we rush over like this, if the defenders don't open the city gate, won't we be attacked from both sides?"
Xue Li said: "Don't worry about this. General Yin is accompanied by one of our second-generation team members. The third-generation team member who just sent a letter said that he saw someone raising flags on the city wall. It should be that team member. We have informed him of the arrival of reinforcements.
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Liu Hongji said: "In that case, there is nothing to worry about. This place is still ten miles away from the east gate. We will be there in half an hour from now. General, let's get out of the valley first and then talk about it."
There were only three of them left in the huge valley. Fortunately, the sun was shining warmly on Zheng's wet clothes, and the clothes would dry out in a short time.
The three of them walked out of the valley through the narrow passage. They were already lined up on the road outside, waiting for the military order to set off.
Li Shimin flew onto his horse, and his spear was picked up by the sergeant who was cleaning the battlefield. It was now inserted into the weapon bag hanging on the neck of the war horse. Although Mo Dao kills people quickly, it requires a lot of strength and is far less agile and easy than a spear.
Liu Hongji and Xue Li stayed on both sides of the formation, and the knights slowly moved forward. After the military order was conveyed, each knight took out a small black bag containing five gunpowder bombs from the gray bag on the horse's tail.
Then as he advanced, he took out the ceramic gunpowder bullets fixed in a strip bag and hung them on a small hook on the chest of the armor. After the preparations were completed, the speed gradually increased and he headed towards Qinzhou.
When setting off, Li Shimin found someone to hurry up and make 50,000 ceramic gunpowder bombs. Each of the 3,000 cavalrymen on this expedition carried ten bombs.
After being fixed with five long cloth bags, it can effectively prevent the ceramics from cracking due to collision, and then put them in a large bag for easy access when needed. In order to facilitate hanging and carrying, a small small bag was added to the armor.
Gou, this is all the method he came up with.
The method of using gunpowder bombs had been taught to captains at all levels as early as the march to Chang'an. In fact, as long as they could ignite, the main thing to teach was the timing of throwing them.
Li Shimin watched as he dismounted the war horse and suddenly thought of Bai Ling. After returning to Taiyuan, he never had time to go back to Weize Pass, so he had to ask Changsun Wuji, who was nearest, to go to the small valley to look for him.
Bai Ling is the smartest war horse he has ever seen. He hopes that it will live well and accompany him to conquer the heroes and unify the world.
If you think too far, Xue Ju in front of you is enough to give you a headache. If the siege of Qinzhou cannot be solved, will you be able to return to Chencang with your life?
Liu Hongji and Xue Li rushed over and informed Li Shimin that they had reached the charging position, the terrain in front was gradually opening up, and the formation could be set up.
Li Shimin nodded, raised his spear and created a square above his head. The knights from the rear team caught up from both sides. Each eight knights formed a small square, surrounding the three people in the center, preparing to charge.
It's time for the gunpowder bombs to be powerful. There is no need for Li Shimin and the other three to take the lead. If they are accidentally injured, it will be a joke.
The horseshoes began to stamp on the ground again, and the reverberation was deafening. The distance of two miles was the most suitable for a cavalry charge. It could not only ensure the speed of the charge, but also preserve the strength of the horses to deal with the subsequent charge.
Xue Ming was organizing a fierce attack with troops. The ladders to climb the city had been broken by the defenders and more than a dozen were burned. Seeing that the brothers were about to climb up the city wall from the remaining five ladders, they were shot back by a hail of arrows and lost several soldiers.
Ten brothers.
I wanted to attack through the city gate without a moat, but found that the tall city gate was made of thick wooden boards wrapped with pig iron. Without a siege vehicle, it was impossible to break through the gate by manpower.
Xue Ming prided himself on his superior force. Seeing that his brothers were having trouble attacking the city, he picked up his sword and was about to go into battle himself. Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came from behind.
He suddenly woke up. This was not the sound of the hooves of the two thousand horses he had sent out. There was only one possibility: enemy reinforcements were coming.
But he refused to believe it. Did those two thousand riders disappear without a trace? Otherwise, why would no one come to report the news?
There is only one official road along this road, and there is no other place where so many soldiers and horses can be hidden. The terrain of Qiujia Pass is so dangerous, and two thousand cavalry can hold off the enemy's reinforcements for two or three hours. What is the situation now?
Before he could think about it again, hundreds of gray-armored cavalry were approaching. Before he could issue military orders, the enemy used fire sticks to light one after another khaki ceramic jars.
The porcelain jar with green smoke was thrown into the sky, the fire flashed, and a loud bang was heard. Countless fragments and black spots spread rapidly with the loud noise. In an instant, the painful wails of the knights who were mounting their horses were heard.
The scream of war horses.
But those gray-armored knights did not stop at all, and lit a clay pot and threw it towards the crowd...
Fires and loud noises came one after another. The mounted knights were knocked to the ground by the crazy horses. When they were about to get up, they were greeted by the hooves of the horses running away in panic.
The screams drowned out the loud noise. Seeing that the situation was not good, Xue Ming threw away his sword and flew onto his horse. Unexpectedly, he got off the horse and stood up in shock. He kicked his front hooves a few times and then landed on the ground, his eyes flashing with fear.
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Immediately afterwards, he looked up to the sky and hissed loudly, almost knocking him off his horse.
Their horses had never heard such a loud noise. If he hadn't pulled the reins from the beginning, the horses would have been frightened and ran away.
Xue Ming was worthy of being Xue Ju's son. When the war horse stood up, he stepped forward and hugged the horse's neck to avoid being thrown off the horse. When the front hooves of the war horse hit the ground, he could no longer care so much and knocked the horse's belly with his legs.
, and rushed forward, as far away from the smoking thing as possible.
Li Shimin was fighting a bloody battle outside Qinzhou City, while Luo Yu and the others were discussing the next tutorial in the quiet school.
There are seventy-six children under the age of fifteen in the village, which means that fifty sets of tables and chairs are not enough. However, the school is so big that there is no way to add more tables and chairs, so it is divided into two classes.
According to Luo Yu's idea, there were six classes a day, one every half an hour, with a stick of incense between classes, an hour's rest after lunch, and an hour of free activity before going home in the afternoon to allow them to digest the knowledge they had learned.
In this way, you can not only study cultural classes and martial arts classes separately, but also reduce the study pressure. After returning home in the afternoon, you can also help the family with some farm work, killing three birds with one stone.
This is completely according to Luo Yu's original time and space course arrangement. Of course, this is the summer time arrangement. If the weather is cold in winter, you can come back later.
Everyone had no objection, and they liked it even more when Zhang Yang said they were responsible for teaching martial arts. Asking them to teach cultural courses would harm the children.
Li Xiuning and Yang Man are responsible for teaching the Four Books and Five Classics, while Luo Yu can only teach arithmetic and Ke Wu. To be honest, he is really a little frightened. These two courses are not his strengths, but when he thinks about how he can do it at the junior high school level,
By the time they left, they still had no faith and could not teach them.
Father Li had the textbooks on the Four Books and Five Classics, but the textbooks on arithmetic and studying things had to be rewritten. His calligraphy was not good, and the textbooks could not be edited by others.
In a dilemma, Li Xiuning smiled and said: "You write it out first, and Man'er and I will copy it, and then we can use it for engraving and printing."
Luo Yu thought, "Yeah, movable type printing. Why am I so stupid? I'll ask Kunshan later if there are any engraving masters in the village. If I get one, everything will be solved."
I really want to hug Li Xiuning and kiss her for a few times. I am really lucky to have her as my wife.
The lenses of the telescope are about to be polished, and the frame still needs to be drawn and someone can be found in Kunshan to make it. As for whether to make a single or binocular, we will see when the time comes. It is estimated that binoculars will be difficult to make.
Everything was agreed upon, but it was too late. The two aunts brought over the meal, and the blackboard and chalk were not ready yet. After the meal, Zhang Yang and they had to continue their work.
This is where we will live for more than a year from now on. The wing over there is not enough for accommodation. The second floor here needs to be renovated, which should start within five days.
No more information from the special forces team was sent, but Luo Yu knew that Li Yuan must know something about this place, otherwise how could he safely leave his beloved daughter in this unknown place?
Someone among the six must have been exchanging information with the team members outside. Luo Yu didn't tell them. This was their duty, and Li Yuan would not come to disturb them unless absolutely necessary.
The four elders who originally agreed to come together today were blocked by the village officials and were unable to make the trip. Luo Yu guessed that they were discussing the student issues with the villagers.
Before Luo Yu left, Kunshan gave him a large bag of herbal medicine, saying it was an anthelmintic. He could boil it in water and sprinkle it around the school.
Leave these matters to Zhang Yang and the others. They stayed here since there was no spraying last night. They are not special forces members because they are afraid of poisonous insects.
There were still many things to be busy with in the afternoon. Luo Yu shook his head, put away his other thoughts, and compiled the arithmetic textbook first.
Outside Qinzhou City, the chaos continued. Only three to five hundred bombs were thrown out of more than ten thousand. Having achieved such brilliant results, they no longer carried out the military order to throw all bombs, but changed to throw them wherever there are crowds of people.
Go, so with less than five hundred coins, Xue Ming's men withdrew to the trail south of the city with their tails between their legs.
Seeing how they abandoned their armor and hated their parents for running away on two legs, Li Shimin felt that he was looking down on them. This was the first time that this bomb was used on a large scale, and the results were really unexpected.
This scene reminded him of Ajie and Luo Yu who were far away in Jiandong. When Ajie taught him how to prepare black gunpowder, she didn't say it was Luo Yu who made it, but how could Li Shimin not guess it?
Luo Yu is really an inscrutable person. He should have a lot of things that he has not yet taken out. Fortunately, he is not an enemy, otherwise he would be the one who would be bombed. Sister, you must hold on to him.
The soldiers on the Qinzhou city wall were also startled by the explosion. They forgot to shoot arrows, but after seeing the enemy's retreat in disarray, they burst into cheers. With the arrival of such a strong army, this place was finally no longer there.
It's a dangerous city.
The city gate slowly opened, and Li Shimin rushed in first. What he saw was a large square, which was still three to four hundred steps away from the east gate of Qinzhou in the inner city.
The suspension bridge on the moat had been lowered a long time ago. A dozen riders came out of the newly opened city gate and came quickly. It must be Yin Kaishan coming.
Li Shimin clapped his horse forward, and the more than two thousand riders behind him had all entered the city. The defenders slowly closed the city gate. Their fate was also linked to the ancient city of Qinzhou.
Yang You carries the imperial edict in his arms and has the national seal on it, so he is not afraid that Yin Kaishan will not recognize it.
They came very quickly, and when they got close, both sides dismounted at the same time. Yin Kaishan, who was in his forties, was the son of Yin Sengshou, the Secretary of the Great Sui Dynasty. His name was Qiao, and his courtesy name was Kaishan. He was born in the Yin family of Chen County. He had little education and worked on rulers and tablets. He first served in the Sui Dynasty.
During the dynasty, he became the magistrate of Taigu County and had outstanding political achievements.
He abandoned civil service and martial arts to fight against the Turkic invasion to the south. He accumulated merit and was promoted to the chief marching officer of Longyou Road. He acted in a low-key manner and was good at fighting. He was a rare wise general.
When Yuwen Chengdu came over, he took away his post as military commander on Yang Guang's order, and he did not complain and assisted him wholeheartedly. Yuwen Chengdu defeated Xue Ju outside the city, and it was also Yin Kaishan's contribution.
It was not until Yuwen Chengdu abandoned the city and marched eastward that he took over Qinzhou. For more than 20 days, he has been vigorously resisting Xue Ju's attack.
When the news of Yang Guang's death came, he looked up to the sky and screamed. When the war broke out in the country, he was unswerving and determined to live and die with Qinzhou. Because Qinzhou fell, the domestic chaos would become even more uncontrollable.
Li Shimin took a few steps forward and came to Yin Kaishan. They had met once before, but Li Shimin was only seven years old at the time.
The gray beard and hair, the simple uniforms, and the haggard expression showed how much suffering the old general had endured here. The arrival of Li Shimin's reinforcements finally allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.
The dozen or so horsemen following him all dismounted and lined up behind him. They were all deputy generals and officers at the rank of captain in their thirties. They all came over, proving that Xue Ju of Xicheng had stopped attacking the city.
Li Shimin cupped his hands and said, "Uncle Yin Shi, do you still recognize your nephew?"
Yin Kaishan smiled and said: "When I saw you, you were just a child. I didn't expect that you would become General Angzang in the blink of an eye. How is your father?"
Li Shimin also smiled and said: "Uncle Lao Shi, I am concerned that my father is well and well. He is currently escorting him in Chang'an. The Holy Spirit has decreed that my nephew will not announce it to the public. You can just take a look."
Yin Kaishan was stunned for a while and took the imperial edict handed over by Li Shimin. He wondered in his heart, who is this emperor? The three brothers of the prince have died, and only one child is missing. Could it be that Li Yuan has found the emperor's grandson?
Full of doubts, he opened the imperial edict. The handwriting on it was indeed written by a child. The general idea was to let Li Shimin take over Qinzhou and transfer him back to Hanzhong to serve as the governor, take charge of Hanzhong and take over the defense of Chencang.
The national seal, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Personnel all have seals and instructions, proving that the imperial edict is true. However, this new position is a bit unclear. Hanzhong is 320 miles away from Chencang. There is no problem in governing Hanzhong. I am originally a civil servant.
But it is beyond our reach to also defend Chencang.
Seeing his doubts, Li Shimin explained: "Uncle Shi, you have reached the end of your life. Your Majesty is worried about your health. You have been fighting for the court for more than twenty years. I really can't bear to let you fight on the battlefield anymore. There are no soldiers in Hanzhong, so I
I'll let you go and take charge. As for Chencang's military affairs, as long as Qinzhou is not lost, Chencang will be fine, so you don't have to worry too much."
In fact, Yin Kaishan had long been tired of battlefield duels. His grandson wrote several times asking him when he would go back. However, there were many wars and he couldn't bear to leave his brothers and go back alone. Now he is fine. Once the imperial edict comes, it will be impossible not to go back. Fortunately, he came
Li Shimin took over Qinzhou.
After Yin Kaishan bowed his hands in the direction of Chang'an to thank him, he passed the imperial edict to everyone behind him and said with a smile: "I would like to thank your majesty for your consideration. I will hand over the defense to my nephew today and leave for Hanzhong tomorrow."
Li Shimin smiled and said: "Auntie and Sister Jiao have already arrived at Hanzhong Mansion. As for the Yin Yuan brothers who are still serving as Chang'an County Magistrates, they may not be able to go to Hanzhong for a while."
Yin Kaishan said happily: "Thank you Lord for your kindness. When I go to Hanzhong, I will serve my whole life and die."
Li Shimin said: "Uncle Shi, you don't have to be like this. This is arranged by my father. There is another surprise. You will find out when you get to Hanzhong."
After saying this, Yin Kaishan cried with joy. After being moved, he remembered that Li Shimin's subordinates had not been arranged, and hurriedly asked the deputy general to arrange reinforcements to rest and send more troops to patrol the city to prevent Xue Ju from coming back.
Is it a blessing or a curse for Li Shimin to take control of Qinzhou? How will he arrange his troops in the face of the powerful Xue Ju's invasion?
Luo Yu was not much better than Li Shimin. He was so troubled by the movable type printing technology that he had to sit down and figure out what the problem was. After arranging the plates and adding ink, the printing was not clear. It seemed that he was underestimating it.
The wisdom of the ancients.
If it doesn't work, just write it by hand first. Anyway, Li Xiuning and the others can just copy it once. Arithmetic can be learned without books, but the children have to work hard to take more notes.
It is easier to teach physics in junior high schools, but the conditions are not mature yet, and it is not scientific to teach so much at once. Take your time, you will not become fat if you eat it in one bite.
It was necessary to set up an agricultural school and let the experts in the village come to teach. Luo Yu did not want to cultivate a group of nerds who were not diligent in their limbs and could not distinguish between grains. When the time came, they would be able to serve as officials and be worthy of the Li family.
Li Xiuning and Yang Man are whispering. The two are becoming more and more like sisters. Could it be that Li Xiuning still doesn't give up and wants him to marry Yang Man?
This was a bit too much, and Luo Yu felt like crying without tears.