Da Wei Chun

Chapter 686 Thinking of the World

Yang Shu was full of curiosity: "What is a blooming bomb?"

Li Chengzhi pondered for a while: "It's Feilei!"

Several people in the building were all overwhelmed by the word "Flying Thunder": Li Songyu defeated Du Lun's tribe at Daqi, Li Chengzhi defeated Dou Ling at Woye, Qingshui defeated Yuanji, and Chen Cang defeated Nanliang. They all relied on this thing .

Therefore, if you only listen to the word Feilei, you will think that Li Chengzhi is repeating the same old tune.

But whether it is Liu Fang, Yuan Yuan, or Yang Shu, they all know that one moment is another moment.In the past, the West Sea was only projected with stone cannons, at most about a hundred feet.But now that the shotgun is replaced by the cannon, why is it measured in miles?

Just saw the incendiary bomb that was thrown three miles away, Yang Shu couldn't help but wondered in his heart: "How far can this thing be thrown?"

"If you use Zhenyi cannon, you can shoot a six-inch flowering bullet to about four miles..."

It's not that Li Chengzhi is exaggerating, but he is a lot more conservative.Because the cannonball is hollow, the outer layer is about one cent (one-tenth of an inch, 3.3mm) thick of pig iron, and the inside is mostly gunpowder, and the lesser half is iron dings and iron beads.

Therefore, compared with the solid iron bullet, although the radius is doubled and the volume is seven or eight times larger, the weight of the blooming bullet is only two-thirds of the solid bullet.

Lighter in weight, it can shoot farther naturally, only one mile longer than the three-mile range of solid bullets, so easy...

Four miles?

Even a fast horse running like a shooting star will take about one word (5 minutes) to reach the end, and within this word, the artillerymen downstairs have already fired at least six or seven rounds...

Even though they were shocked to the point of numbness, the faces of the three of them still couldn't help turning black...

The so-called blooming bombs are actually the embryonic form of later artillery shells.

The operation is also very simple: first put the primer in the barrel, and then enlarge the mine, which is a powder pot made of pig iron.When igniting later, the primer and the fuse of the mine are ignited together.

There is a delay due to the much longer leads of mines.As long as the range of the artillery is sufficient, you can shoot as far as you want, and you can blow it up in a few minutes.

According to historical records, this thing has been used in large-scale wars in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties.Chang Yuchun defeated the Yuan army repeatedly, and Lan Yu repeatedly conquered Mobei, the biggest reliance was on this thing.

Later generations unearthed flowering ammunition weighing fifteen catties in the former sites of Yuan Dadu (Beijing) and Dayuan Dongshengzhou (now Tuoketuo County, Inner Mongolia, where Chang Yuchun and Prime Minister Yuan also quickly fought).

The six-inch flowering ammunition made by Li Chengzhi only weighs seven catties, which is twice as heavy. How thick and powerful should the barrels of Ming Dynasty artillery be?
It's a pity that such a heavy weapon was regarded as a thing of subjugation by the Qing Dynasty. All the drawings were burned and all the craftsmen were killed.

It was not until Zuo Zongtang recovered Xinjiang and passed through Hexi that more than a hundred of them were excavated from the ruins of the fort of the Ming Dynasty, and this object was rediscovered.Zuo Zongtang even looked up to the sky and sighed: 300 years ago, China had this thing, but now it has been lost, and even bullied by the great powers?

It's a pity that there is no if in the world...

A few bangs of cannons interrupted Li Chengzhi's thoughts.He sighed leisurely, raised his binoculars, and looked into the distance.

This time it shot further, reaching the foot of the mountain.It is at least four miles away from the false city.

When the smoke and dust cleared, rows of wooden piles and stone piers could be seen.If you take a closer look, the stakes are full of holes like a beehive.And like a stone pier, it is also embedded with iron nails and iron beads.

This is true even for wood and stone, let alone living people?
Liu Fang felt as heavy as a mountain, as if a huge boulder weighed on her heart, and she felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

Thinking about Tuyuhun to Nanmenguan, Cui Yanbo to Shanshan Town, they were all defeated by this thing.Otherwise, why is the powerful enemy still several miles away, and suddenly there is a thunder in the camp and the city?
Ordinary soldiers are compared to fools. Whenever they see such a fetish, they will naturally collapse when they touch it.

No wonder Yuan Yi said in the memorial: Xihai firearms are unparalleled in the world and cannot be resisted by manpower.The court can only act wisely, but not forcefully...

For this reason, the imperial court's military strength was still several times that of the West Sea, and more famous generals such as Xi Kangsheng, Xing Luan, Cui Yanbo, Yuan Yao, etc. led the army, but they all retreated behind the mountains or in the city, fearing the West Sea like a tiger, and did not dare to fight against the West Sea. One step beyond the thunder pool!
It's no wonder that Yuan Cheng, who had spent half his life as a wise man, suddenly became dizzy because of profit, and ran away in panic like a bereaved dog.After arriving in Beijing, he kept silent about the defeat of Murong Xiao and Cui Yanbo?

He must have realized at that time: With such a heavy weapon in hand, the imperial court is hopeless...

The imperial court sent envoys to the peace talks this time, thinking that the West Sea was short of soldiers and food, and even thought that Li Chengzhi had defeated the Three Kingdoms, and now he could be called an enemy of the whole world.

The Empress Dowager relied on this and wanted to make a big fuss.

But looking at it today, it was like a stick in the head, hitting Liu Fang and Yuan Yuan with stares in their eyes, and they were absolutely lucky: Compared with the Han army, the Hu people are even more ignorant, they only believe in common people and ghosts.Seeing divine punishment descending from the sky, he naturally thought that the gods had been offended, so how could he be invincible?
So don't say that the joint army of Tuyuhun and Rouran is only 30, even if it is 300 million, it will still be defeated.

Although Hu Bing is stupid, Fu Lianchou and Chou Nu are not stupid, otherwise how could they be called a generation of wise kings?
The defeat in this battle was so strange and so fast, even though these two people were anxious to take revenge, they also decided to find out the truth of Xihai.

If you know that each other has also been defeated, and the front foot is touching the back foot, how can you not be cautious?

If it is known that the Yuan and Wei dynasties were also defeated like a mountain, the hundreds of thousands of troops were not the combined enemy of the tens of thousands of soldiers in the West Sea, and the two sides would be trembling like walking on thin ice.

Not to mention sending troops to attack again, it is a blessing to be able to pray to Xi Haimo to take revenge on them.

At most, it is to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and wait for Xihai and the imperial court to fight each other, and then see if there are any bargains to be made.

It's ridiculous that Gao Ying thinks that with Zhizhu in his hands, he will be able to drive away tigers and wolves again, and even wants to pull Nanliang into the water.

Do you think that these people are as shallow as you and blinded by their interests, and they actually want to make Li Chengzhi back down and give up the land of Longxi?

This time, anyone who can ask him to temporarily suspend the army and give the court a chance to breathe is very lucky.

And guessing with your toes, you can know that Li Chengzhi will definitely open his mouth.Not to mention that Gao Ying has long been murdered by Yuan Ying, Gao Zhao and Yuan Cheng, who are paranoid and suspicious, guarding against courtiers more than guarding against thieves.When I came here, I gave Liu Fang an order early on, and strictly ordered him not to make any claims.

It was Liu Fang who was eager to save the country and was willing to bear the crime of resisting the order, and as long as he dared to accept it, he would become Gao Ying's second scapegoat just like Yuan Cheng...

Thinking of this, Liu Fang became even more disheartened, staring at the fake city, brick sheds, wooden piles, and stone piers in a daze.

I didn't know how long he was in a daze, but when he heard Li Chengzhi calling him, he was suddenly startled, as if he had been in a lifetime.

"Siqing, it's already night, and the mosquitoes and insects are very dense here, which is very annoying. Why don't you go back to the city and talk about it?"

Looking at the already numb sky, Liu Fang felt lost, and replied in a low voice: "Forget it!"

Afterwards, he was like a walking dead, and he did what others told him to do.If no one reminded him, he would stand still, neither look up, nor speak, nor urge the horse, it was like losing his soul.

Seeing him like this, Yuan Yuan felt even more anxious and anxious.

Looking at Yang Shu again, although he kept his head down like Liu Fang, his eyes were full of light, and he would shiver from time to time, revealing a silent but extremely weird smile...

When he arrived at the Zhenya, Li Shiliang had already set up a banquet, which was more sumptuous than in the morning, and the wine was replaced with high-quality shochu, which meant that he would never go home without getting drunk.

The hall is full of fragrance, but after a few people hold up their chopsticks at the table, they feel like chewing wax.The expression is even more like a ghost wandering in the sky, and the spirit is not possessed.

"But it's not to your taste?"

Li Chengzhi held up the wine cup and said with a smile, "Why don't you take it down and do it again?"

"There is no need for the Duke!"

Liu Fang stretched out her hand to stop her, looked at the full table, and sighed sadly, "Flying birds and beasts, wild game and delicacies, steamed and stewed, fried and roasted... Even the Chinese banquet in the palace is not as rich as it is at this time. .Liu is just preoccupied and worried, so he has no desire for food..."

After a short pause, Liu Fang simply put down her chopsticks, stood up and bowed deeply to Li Chengzhi: "Today's observation really opened Bowen's eyes, and I also know that Liu has been inactive for decades, like a frog in a well. The feeling in this is not enough to explain to outsiders, Liu only knows that he is deeply favored by the country, and he has nothing to repay except death..."

Being deeply favored by the country... Shouldn't it be deeply favored by the emperor?
It seems that Liu Fang is also like Cui Guang, who already dislikes Gao Ying...

Li Chengzhi thought to himself, straightened his expression, stood up and replied: "Siqing said seriously, if there is any difficulty, just tell me!"

If I beg you to retreat, can you retreat?
The idea came to me spontaneously, but it was suppressed by Liu Fang just in the blink of an eye.He pondered for a while, and then said sadly: "Presumably the Duke also knows that Liu has given the Queen Mother and Your Majesty the will, and he came here only to ask the two parties to stop fighting and make peace, and get back together... Whether it is a lord or a reward, the Duke will always give it to you." Open your mouth, the Empress Dowager is omnipotent, omnipotent..."

"My lord, reward?"

Li Chengzhi sighed leisurely, "What's the benefit of giving me such imaginary things at this time? I'm not afraid that the minister of the temple will laugh at me and Li will be rampant if he succeeds. He said something disrespectful to the Queen Mother and Your Majesty: I, Li, set up a new university." Banner, let Hexi be the king, what can the imperial court do to me? With such unrealistic and cheap words, the minister of the temple should stop talking..."

Without waiting for Liu Fang to change his face, he changed his tone again, "Of course, Siqing is loyal to the country and knows the way of being a courtier. He will never obey others and make unreasonable opinions. This trip is nothing more than conveying the will, presumably like the lord, Rewards and the like must come from the Queen Mother. If it’s just these, then please ask the minister to forward it to the Queen Mother: no need to talk about it, just see the real chapter on the battlefield...

The meaning of the Queen Mother is nothing more than to remind me of the old friendship and leave some leeway.However, Siqing also knows that now I am sailing against the current in the West Sea, if I do not advance, I will retreat.And if there is a little carelessness, there will be corpses all over the field, and there will be no place to bury the dead.

The safety and danger of millions of soldiers and civilians is concentrated on Li, so how can such a military and national matter be discussed on the basis of personal feelings?Therefore, please invite Si Qing Haihan...

If the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty have any other requests, the Minister of the Temple will say yes, and I will make a decision at this time, so that the Secretary of the Temple can get a letter and return to Beijing to deliver the order... ..."

It's just a start, I ask you to retreat, but you refuse so thoroughly.If you make further progress and say something like "the Xihai army withdraws from the land of Longxi, and the two sides use the big river as the boundary", are you afraid that you will turn your face on the spot?

Thinking of the sentence "how can personal friendship be considered in military and national affairs", Liu Fang felt even more desolate, as if stuffed with yellow lotus.

The peace talks this time were based on personal friendship, and considering that Li Chengzhi was not a heartless person, he was appointed as envoy, and Yuan Yuan and Yang Shu were appointed as deputy.But as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Chengzhi looked as if his relatives did not recognize him. How can we go on talking about this, what are we talking about?

Sad in her heart, Liu Fang turned her head again and looked at the expressions of the two deputy envoys.

Yuan Yuan originally had a simple and honest temperament, he had been sheltered under Yuan Jia's wings in the past, and had little experience in training, when did he experience such a scene?
Coupled with today's repeated frights, for fear of offending Li Chengzhi, he fought Longshan and pointed at Luojing, so his face turned pale and he dared not speak.

Looking at Yang Shu again, he also had a frowning face, more like a sullen gourd, with his mouth tightly shut, obviously not daring to say a word.

The reason why the two are like this is also reasonable.Because not everyone can bear the charge of "poor negotiation, causing the court to break up in the West Sea".

It's also to blame Gao Ying for being too ruthless in doing things, let alone for not taking any responsibility.With Yuan Cheng as a lesson from the past, and even the unwarranted charge of "ineffective recruiting", how could Yuan Yuan and Yang Shu do the same thing again?

So, how can we talk about it?
Liu Fang felt even more desolate in her heart, thought for a long time, and then sighed: "Even if the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty blame the incident, Liu can't care about it. Otherwise, he would be ignoring the righteousness of the sages and ignoring the people of the world..."

As he said that, he actually knelt down to the side of the case, and put his forehead on the ground: "I beg the Duke to take the common people of the world into consideration, rest the army according to the armor, wrap up the armor and fight the war..."

"It's all about the military and state affairs, how can it be discussed on the basis of personal feelings, why bother the minister?"

Li Chengzhi sighed leisurely, got up and went down the steps again, and lifted Liu Fang up abruptly, "Okay, I'm at the request of Siqing, how should this soldier rest?"

A gleam of light suddenly appeared in Liu Fang's eyes, and he gritted his teeth fiercely: "I just ask the Duke to retreat to Hexi, and the two sides will use this as a boundary to repair it forever. If the Duke agrees, but he has something to ask..."

"Liu Bowen, are you crazy?"

Before he could say the words "everything should be done", Yang Shu suddenly stopped drinking.

It's okay if Li Chengzhi doesn't agree, but if he agrees, no matter whether he will open his mouth, whether he asks for more or less, and whether he can satisfy the court, the Queen Mother will go along with the flow and kill him to apologize to the world.

With the dignity of a country, begging for peace from the rebels, Gao Ying dare not take the blame, let alone the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

I was worrying about how to blame others afterwards, but Liu Fang was lucky enough to rush to post it?

It's not that Liu Fang is not afraid of death, but it's what he said just now: Liu is deeply favored by the country, and he can only sacrifice himself for the country, and it is for the people of the world.

Even if he didn't have a deep relationship with Liu Fang, Yang Shu was shocked and his heart was burning with tears in his eyes.Thinking of the rooster sitting in the morning, Gao Ying's cruelty, making the country's generals lose the country and the people's lives, Yang Shu is even more unwilling to let such people become Gao Ying's scapegoat...

　I haven't had a drink for a long time. I drank two bottles of Tsingtao yesterday and became unconscious. That's why I forgot to ask for leave. I'm really sorry!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)