Song Gexing

Chapter 140 The First Artillery Army of the Song Dynasty
Zhao Zhen now knew that he had spilled the beans, and said hesitantly: "Dad, I don't mean anything else. In fact, isn't this better? Cao's surname has been talked about so much. He is really the descendant of Zhao Yanshou. Then It’s not the real blood of the Zhao family.”

Zhao Fang was stunned when he was told that, and then he remembered that Zhao Yanshou was not originally named Zhao. He was from Zhending, Hebei, and his father was Liu Xin, the magistrate of Quan County, Hebei, which later became Jingxian County.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Shouwen, the military commander of Cangzhou Jiedu, conquered Quan County. He and his mother were captured. Liu Shouwen's general Zhao Dejun took a fancy to him and adopted him as his adopted son, changing his surname to Zhao.

When Zhao Yanshou was a child, he was not only handsome, but also intelligent and agile. Zhao Dejun loved him very much and even raised him as his own son.

Later, Zhao Dejun took refuge in Li Cunxu, and Zhao Yanshou naturally followed him to the Later Tang Dynasty. When he grew up, Li Siyuan valued his talent and married his daughter Princess Xingping to him.

After the death of Princess Xingping, Princess Xing'an was married to him. In this case, Zhao Yanshou should be named Liu, and the stain of Zhao Pan'er's marriage with Zhao Fang's same surname is no longer a hidden danger.

If someone really wants to settle old scores, he can publish this information and directly silence the minister.

Zhao Paner left, and the Song Yinzhang sisters followed her southward. Zhao Fang was reluctant to leave, but could not follow, so he had to make all the arrangements in person.

Seeing his appearance, Lu Huayu volunteered to follow him. Zhao Fang hesitated for a while and agreed, and asked Roumei and the two female dancers to follow him to protect them personally.

The four dancers, Miao, Yan, Rou and Mei, are now masters. They are responsible for personal protection of Zhao Fang and taking her with him when he goes out. If Song Yinzhang and Lu Huayu hadn't been lazy in practicing martial arts, they would not have arranged for her to go there.

Zhao Pan'er is good at martial arts and has her own personal maid. Besides, returning to her parents' home is not a journey into the world, so there is usually nothing to worry about.

But this Song Yinzhang Jiao Didi was used to it, and practicing martial arts was just for show. Lu Huayu worked very hard at the beginning, but his qualifications were not good, and he gradually became tired.

Half a month later, the Northwest Army reported back. Yang Tian reached a consensus with Zhong E and Zhe Jizu, and Wang Yuqing, the magistrate of Fengzhou, agreed to divide the territory among the three states and protect it together.

It is said that among the three states in Hexi, Fengzhou had the least say. In the first year of Qingli, Fengzhou was conquered by Li Yuanhao and Wang Yuqing was captured. After peace talks, he was released, and there were not many of his subordinates left.

It has gradually stabilized in the past few years. There was no Zhao Fang in the original history, and Wang Yuqing could not come back at all, but died in Xixia.

Fengzhou was not rebuilt until the seventh year of Jiayou, but his life was good now. The third war between Song and Xia did not start, and he was redeemed.

The Wang family also hereditarily guards Fengzhou. Wang Yuqing's ancestors are Khitan people. Wang Jia, the right Qianniu Guard general of the Liao Kingdom, was dissatisfied with the surrender of the Liao Kingdom to the Song Dynasty.

That was the time of Song Taizu. Wang Jia should have been a Khitan name, so he simply took the first character Wang as his surname and changed it to a Han name. His son Wang Chengmei was granted the title of Commander of Fengzhou Yamen by Song Taizu.

However, the Wang family was not considered a general because there were not many Khitans who followed them and surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and they could not become as powerful as the Zhe family and the Yang family.

Fengzhou was located in Inner Mongolia in later generations, probably in the western area of ​​Jungar Banner. In the Song Dynasty, three military villages, Yong'an, Laiyuan and Baoning, were set up here.

There are very few Han people living here, most of them are the original Khitans, Dangxiang and Tubo people. Therefore, the Song Dynasty has never stationed the imperial army here.

Fan troops have always been stationed here. After the reform of the military system, the Northwest Forbidden Army stationed a thousand-household station in Luo Bochuan, the prefecture, and the other three villages were still stationed by Fan troops.

"Tell Yingzhi to give Xixia a good beating, and have Junrui pull fifty tigers to shoot them to death."

Zhao Fang was very unhappy. Zhao Pan'er hadn't come back yet. He was already in a bad mood when he missed his wife, but Xixia just happened to get involved. If he didn't beat you, who would he beat?

In recent years, with the advancement of gunpowder, he has brought firearm manufacturing to a higher level. Although he does not understand the structure of firearms, he still knows something about it.

In addition, there were people who researched firearms in the Song Dynasty. Hongtian Lei Lingzhen in Water Margin is this type of person. As long as they have an idea handed over to them, a few years will be enough for them to achieve results.The Tiger Crouching Cannon is the simplest artillery. It only requires a barrel and a fixed frame. It does not require ballistics. Although the range is not very far, it is sufficient in this era.

Qi Jiguang relied on this thing to defeat the Mongolian cavalry, and a strong soldier could carry this thing.

After Yao Lin returned from the Southern Expedition, he was sent to train gunners. This time it came in handy, and he was able to test the power of the artillery in actual combat.

It is a coincidence that the Crouching Tiger Cannon has not been deployed in the army. It was just reported a few days ago that 78 guns were cast and passed the test firing. Including the first [-] guns cast, there are only [-] guns.

Zhao Fang said that it was a big deal to directly recruit fifty people, and this matter did not need to go through the court.

Zhao Fang is responsible for the research, experiments, and gunner training of the Tiger Crouching Cannon. It will be reported to the court only after it is fully mature. Only when it is deployed into the army will the court approve whether to send troops.

He was using the excuse of an experiment to drag him to the battlefield for actual combat, and the person responsible was his confidant Yao Lin. This guy was always aggressive.

Besides, he hadn't been home for several years. After receiving the order, he jumped up and had [-] gunners and [-] carriages ready in half a day.

By the time Zhao Zhen received the news, Yao Lin had already set off, taking the procedures for the experimental weapons from the Ministry of Industry and heading westward unimpeded.

"Brother, you can't do this on purpose, right? Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that the experiment is going to the northwest?"

Zhao Zhen expressed doubts and summoned Zhao Fang to ask.

Immediately, Zhao Fang became unhappy and shouted a retort, which confirmed his suspicion.

Zhao Zhen pointed at him with a wry smile: "I know you won't be honest for long. You are yelling so loudly. Think about it for yourself. Once you made a mistake as a child, this is what happened."

"Hey! It seems really true."

Zhao Fang was not embarrassed at all by being exposed, and even laughed in surprise, admitting that this was indeed the case when he was a child.

When Zhao Zhen saw it, he stamped his feet in pain and said: "Dignity! Dignity! If a gentleman is not serious, he will not be dignified. You are the prince. Not to mention the dignity of a king, you should at least be as stable as a gentleman."

Zhao Fang curled his lips secretly and said in his heart: "I won't listen to you. If you really want to be so majestic, you old man will definitely give up your choice. Then I will feel uncomfortable."

It turns out that he did it on purpose, acting frivolous every day, because he didn't want to become emperor so early. Why did he have a strange father?

Since ancient times, emperors have been afraid that the prince will seize power, but he is a good father. He hopes that he will seize power so that he can have more leisure and become the emperor.

After all, Zhao Fang's character is a bit like him. Even though he has memories of his previous life, the father and son, who are connected by blood, are still affected.

Still not contradicting him, Zhao Fang said with a smile: "I know, dad, if that's okay, I'll go see the queen and the little empress."

"Why is it okay? You haven't told me where to let Junrui do the experiment."

"Didn't I tell you to go to the northwest? It's empty over there."

(End of this chapter)