Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 238 Candid
The moon is hidden and the sun rises, there is no cloud in the sky, and it is a sunny day.

The maid brought warm water and put it on the wooden stand. She came down from the bed with her exquisite figure. Amid the slight sound of water, she handed the wet and wrung towel to the figure on the bed.

"Last night, your husband said there was something important to do today?"

"Well, Ling Zhen said last night that his cannon is ready, and he wants to show it to someone today." The tall figure got off the bed, wiped his face, stretched his arms high, got his shoes and socks on, Stretching out his arms, he let the servant girl put on his robes, and looked at the figure cleaning on the wooden frame: "If this is the case, then Ling Zhen will be a treasure on the mountain from now on."

Wu Qing wiped her face, turned her head and pursed her lips: "How can I say that, I'm still a man, I feel a little chilled when I hear it."

The voice who was combing his hair was a little funny. Putting on the golden crown, he turned his head and said with a smile: "You women always pay attention to such strange things. I'm just praising him. There's no other meaning."

After wiping his hands, Wu Qing took the belt from the maid's hand and tied it on for his man: "That slave can't listen to such words."

"Okay—" Lu Bu was helpless, he had been unable to deal with the coquettishness of women in the past, and he was still like this now.

The girl then smiled, straightened up, and stroked the wrinkled robe again: "Let's have breakfast first, the slave specially asked the dining room to prepare more chicken soup and venison. The gentleman has worked hard these days, Just make up for it."

"There is no need to take supplements like this from the morning."

When the man in the front room saw the table full of dishes, he couldn't help but twitched his face.

"It should be." The little girl walked to the table with her big hands and sat down, and while offering chopsticks to Lu Bubu, she said: "Your Majesty practices martial arts every day during the day, and has to deal with the affairs of the cottage, and at night he has to accompany the slaves. "

There was some blush on his face, and he continued: "You should eat better."

"It's best to discuss this matter with the doctor..." He swallowed the meat with some difficulty, eating so greasy early in the morning, somewhat uncomfortable.

Wu Qing was thoughtful after hearing this: "What Mr. Lang said is, I will go to Jiang Langzhong later to see if I haven't conceived for so long, I wonder if there is also a problem."

"It's not that fast..." Lu Bu glanced at her, then looked at the table full of good things, opened his mouth, and closed it again, really not knowing what to say.

After finally finishing this greasy breakfast, the tall figure stood up, wiped his mouth and said, "I'll wait in the study first, you can rest at home."

While nodding, Lu Bu moved his long legs and walked out. The maid at the side wanted to help him put on the cloak, but she was taken over with her hand, and she put it on with a flick. good.

The moment the door was opened, a chilly wind hit his face, the clothes on his body seemed to be blown through instantly, the heat dissipated, he tightened the cloak outside, and walked out of the courtyard quickly, outside, Yu Cheng that The burly figure was standing there motionless, and when he saw Lu Bu coming out, he quickly bowed his head and said, "Brother."

"They all say there is no need to be so polite." He patted the young guard with a smile on his face and walked forward with tiger strides: "But are you here yet?"

"No." Shaking his head, the young man with the ax followed behind him: "A moment ago, Military Adviser Qiao sent someone to report that Ling Zhen was making adjustments, and he needed to pull the cannon to the back hill, so brother wait a moment. .”

"So, let's go to the study." The figure before walking was walking like a tiger, and the cloak that fell behind him seemed to be floating.

In other words, reading and cultivating his character in the past two years has made Lu Bu much calmer. In the past, he would have already galloped to the back mountain to watch the excitement.

"Brother, everything is ready, please move to the back of the mountain."

But half an hour later, Ling Zhen showed up in the study with Sun Da Pao Zhan, but the normally dull man was now flushed and radiant.

"Walk."

He had been waiting for the figure at this moment to stand up, and without talking nonsense, he strode out and walked away. Yu Cheng followed behind with a look of excitement. He was the first person to go to the back mountain.

The back mountain of Liangshan passes through the Heifengkou from the main peak. There is only a narrow mountain road with a width of more than ten feet. There are deep valleys and precipices on both sides, and it is also the only throat leading to the front.When the wind blows, there is a feeling that I will fly down the mountain at any time. After passing the Heifengkou, I will ride three mountains. The relatively flat mountain to the east is the place where Ling Zhen tested the cannon today.

Now the trees here have been cut down, and the ground is full of potholes and pits of different sizes. One is about two people high, and a new wall thicker than the city wall stands about [-] steps away.

At this time, a lot of people have come, besides the infantry commanders such as Xi Sheng, Li Ji, and Sun An, Du Po, Xiao Haili, Niu Gao and others from the Ma Army are also there, and none of the navy is left behind. Everyone was present, Wu Jiao, Liu Min, and Kou Yan were talking about something, and they were all curiously waiting for the arrival of the master.

Leaning a little, the moment Lu Bu's tall figure appeared, everyone stopped whispering, and the shouts of "brother (leader)" were uneven when they bowed their hands and saluted.

Lu Bu waved his hand to signal everyone to stand up, and glanced at Ling Zhen and Sun Da Paozhan beside him: "Today let's see what these two wise brothers can do."

The two men ran to the side with excited expressions, and after a while, Sun Da Pao stood up and shouted: "Cover your ears."

Lu Buy followed his words and blocked the way. Behind him, Ruan Xiaoqi, Shan Jinglong, Zhang Jingzu and others were all disobedient and looked ahead curiously with their hands folded.

boom--

It was as if a thunder had exploded in their ears, and everyone felt their hearts jump. The wall three hundred steps away suddenly shook, and the earth and rocks rustled down. A pothole the size of a stone bomb appeared in the wall, surrounded by people It's a crack.

"Hey, this sound is scary."

"The power is okay, just hit this section of wall a few more times and it will collapse."

"Ah? What are you talking about?"

In the chaotic discussion, Ruan Xiaoqi and the others yelled at the people next to them with their hands out of their ears, which immediately caused a burst of laughter from others, but Wei Zhaode watched from the side, his eyes thoughtful.

A light flashed in Lu Bu's eyes, and he quickly stepped forward, walking up to the grinning Ling Zhen: "It's a good thing!"

Walking around the cannon twice, he suddenly looked up at Ling Zhen and said, "How many cannons like this can be built in a month?"

Ling Zhen's smile froze, and he sighed and said, "I can't get out of one door. It seems that my brother has made this thing for more than half a year, and it can't be used often."

"Then this thing is somewhat flashy." Qiao Lie, who followed behind, frowned: "Why can't you use it often?"

Ling Zhen looked at Lu Bu who was staring at him, and wiped the sweat from his palms on his trousers: "This... this cannon barrel may be a casting problem, it will crack after a dozen shots..."

After a pause, he quickly said, "But I'm already thinking of something. Brother! This is really useful. It's just that I have no support, so the manufacturing of this cannon has been delayed. Even the pig iron of the barrel is Working with the blacksmith is also at my own expense. As long as I have enough manpower and money, I believe we can make improvements after a few experiments."

"Um……"

Lu Bu nodded, with no emotion on his face, neither agreeing nor rejecting, that is, the moment Ling Zhen's eyes dimmed, the figure in the cloak turned around: "I don't know much about Gewu, and I don't know much about this firearm." I don't know much about it."

He reached out and patted Hong Tianlei's shoulder, and took a step forward: "However, after experiencing this period of time, I know that everything can be created from scratch. It's okay for the cottage to pay for it, but I also need other firearms." , can you do it?"

"Naturally." Ling Zhen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said hastily, "My little brother usually likes to tinker with these things, whether it's poison smoke balls or rockets, I can make them."

"Okay!" Grabbed Ling Zhen's shoulder hard: "I will ask Wuhu to cooperate with you again. He is a blacksmith, and now he is in charge of casting the counterfeit armor. You can discuss anything with him."

"Thank you, brother." Ling Zhen was very happy, and immediately thanked him with his hand, looking up with embarrassment: "It's just that there is not enough sulfur and nitrate in the imitation village, can you buy more?"

"Yes." Nodding his head, Lu Bu looked at Sun Da Pao Zhan with doubts again: "Where did you buy the cottage in the past?"

"Back to the village master, most of them are in Daming Mansion or Bianliang."

"That's it, Qiao Lie." Hearing the sound, the Taoist walked to the side and stopped, turned his gaze and ordered: "Let the people from Bianliang buy more, and you are responsible for this matter."

"Yes."

Lu Bu turned around and said, "Then let's go back first, you should leave later."

"Respectfully send off brother (leader)."

A group of men bowed their hands and saluted, and then they all looked at Ling Zhen with smiles on their faces, and surrounded him and dragged him to beg for rockets and gunpowder.

"Brother Lu... Brother Lu, wait a minute."

The dark-skinned Wei Zhaode walked over quickly, Lu Bu looked back, saw that this person was frowning, and his expression was not as casual as usual, so he asked, "Brother Wei, what's the matter?"

"But there are some things..." Turning his head and looking around, he said, "Can I go to Yee's study to talk about it?"

"Of course you can."

Han Kai and Liu Ti watched from behind, wanting to pull Zhang Jingzu who was still picking his ears, Wei Zhaode turned around and waved his hands, the three men just stood where they were, watching their leader follow the figure in front of him and disappeared into the back On the mountain road.

……

Lu Bu went back to the study room, with only Yu Cheng as his guard. The regulars here in the past have something to do at this time. Qiao Lie wants to discuss the purchase with Ling Zhen. The Military and Political Department has been busy recently, so Wu Jiao needs to go. Help, and the busiest people in spring are Liu Min, Fang Xuedu, and Shi Gugong. At this time, after watching the excitement, they hurried down the mountain and went to the village at the foot of the mountain to see the spring plowing situation.

So at this moment, Wei Zhaode has become a lone guest here.

"Brother Wei seldom comes here."

Yu Cheng brought hot tea, Lu Bu took a sip, and the man on the opposite side grinned: "But I seldom come here, and I seldom communicate with the brothers in the cottage."

The hand that put down the teacup paused, and then continued to put it down: "You are honest."

Wei Zhaode looked at the decoration of Lu Bu's study, tilted his head and said, "There are some things I want to tell Brother Lu, so I must be more frank."

There was interest in the opposite eyes.

　PS1:

　　Sorry, I don't have a chance to touch fish today, I'm too busy.

　　PS2:

　　There were artillery pieces in the Song Dynasty, and it was recorded in the "Wu Jing Zong Yao", but it seemed that there were not many applications in the war at that time, but it was often mentioned in the war with Jin later.

　　In the 31st year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin soldiers attacked Quarry. In order to protect themselves, the Southern Song general Yu Yunwen put gunpowder into the war. He ordered his soldiers to wrap lime, sulfur and other flammable materials in paper to make thunder cannons.This kind of cannon can burn in water and emit thick smoke. The Song army took advantage of the smoke to defeat the Jin soldiers. It can be said to be an ancient "smoke bomb."The other, Wei Sheng, used an artillery cart that could launch gunpowder [-] steps away, which was equivalent to the earliest artillery cart. From then on, artillery was no longer limited to use in sieges.

　　"Song History": Shengchang created his own Ruyi chariot with hundreds of taels, dozens of cannon chariots, wooden plaques with animal faces on the carts, dozens of big guns, and soft plaques with hanging felt curtains. Each cart uses two people to push the hub. Cover 50 people.When traveling, you can carry heavy equipment and armor, and when you stop, you can build a camp, which is like a fortress, so that people and horses cannot get close;In the formation, the Ruyi chariot is outside, with flags covering the barriers, the ballista is the gate of the formation, and above it is a bed crossbow. The arrows are as big as a chisel. One arrow can shoot several people, and three arrows can shoot hundreds of steps.The artillery cart is in the formation, firing flint cannons, and it takes two hundred steps.If the two formations are close, bows, crossbows and arrows will be fired between the formations, and swordsmen and gunmen will stand out if they are close to the gate of the formation. When the formations meet, cavalry will be deployed.The soldiers are not tired, and they can advance and retreat.Attack as soon as possible, worrying about refusal, pre-planning for relief, night practice so that no one can see.Its system is superior to the court, and the armies are ordered to follow its style.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)