subvert the late Tang Dynasty

The three brothers Zhang Guiba stuck out their tongues involuntarily, and were secretly shocked. They thought that fighting was nothing more than archers shooting their positions, cavalry charging into battle, and finally a large-scale group charge. The weapons they used were nothing more than knives, guns, swords and halberds Things, the only long-range offensive weapon is nothing but a crossbow.However, the effective killing distance of a bow and crossbow is a hundred steps, and a strong bow and a hard crossbow can only hit 150 steps. If it is farther away, it can only be shot from the back, so even if it hits the enemy, it will be difficult to cause damage to the enemy.

But now this kind of thing like a fire stick can hit five hundred steps away, and it can penetrate even the strongest armor. The hard shield is like paper, and it can't play its due role at all.

All this has subverted their understanding of war in their minds. In the past, thousands of troops rushing to and fro would fiercely lift their rifles and lightly pull the trigger, and blood would splatter on the spot. What kind of concept is this?That is to say, no matter how good your martial arts are on the battlefield, it is useless. Even if Lu Wenhou is resurrected and Guan Erye is resurrected, it is not enough for a musket to fight.

Zhang Guiba was a little worried and said: "Is this kind of iron pipe only available in our Xuanwu Army?"

Zhu Wen smiled and said: "I can only say that for the time being, only our Xuanwu Army has it. It's hard to say whether other feudal towns will have it in the future. I think there should be one, but I dare say that our muskets must be the most advanced. , the finest."

Only then did Zhang Guiba feel relieved, and said: "That's good, I'm still worried that when the time comes, both sides will use this thing to fight, and no matter how many lives there are, it won't be enough to fill it in."

After hearing Zhang Guiba's words, Zhu Wen couldn't help sighing: "Brother Zhang's expectations are correct. Maybe hundreds or even thousands of years later, wars no longer require a confrontation between the two sides' forces, but the advancement of military technology. , an advanced weapon can be more terrifying than a hundred thousand, and it can even destroy a city thousands of miles away, so that within a hundred miles, there will be no grass within 50 years..."

Zhu Wen's words made Zhang Guiba and others dumbfounded. Although Zhang Guiba and the others didn't know what kind of weapon Zhu Wen was talking about, they could intuitively tell them that Zhu Wen was not alarmist, because Zhu Wen was not that kind of person, let alone They have seen the power of the rifle, and they don't feel anything wrong with something even more outrageous.

Zhang Guiba thought for a while, then sighed: "I really don't know whether the technology that Lord Hou said will bring luck or misfortune to mankind."

Zhu Wen said with a hearty smile: "The development of science and technology can only be more and more advanced, just like people used to step from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, and then to the Iron Age. They are developing step by step. No one can stop it. It’s as if we have changed step by step from the era of raw hair and blood to the current civilized era.”

Although Zhang Guiba doesn't understand these things very well, he can understand them. He shook his head and said: "Although our three old Zhang family brothers don't quite understand the principles that Lord Hou said, we know that Lord Hou is wholeheartedly for the people of the world. Our three brothers have nothing else but passion, and from now on, as long as Lord Hou says a word, my three brothers will never frown."

Zhang Guihou and Zhang Guibian also echoed. They all know that in this chaotic era, it is a great opportunity to make contributions. Looking at the heroes of the world, only a few such as Zhu Wen and Li Keyong can compete. With all the strength in the world, other people are mediocre.Even some powerful ones are cruel and easy to kill, unpopular.

Zhu Wen is in the place of the Four Wars, surrounded by powerful enemies, if he wants to develop power in the surrounding area, he will definitely be attacked by various feudal towns. This is also the most disadvantageous point for Zhu Wen.

Zhu Wen said sternly: "We are all brothers, so there is no need to say outrageous words. As long as I, Zhu Wen, have something to eat, I will definitely not let my brothers go hungry. But there is one thing, we are soldiers, and it is our duty to protect the environment and the people." Responsibility, Qin Zongquan of Caizhou now plunders the people in our Xuanwu territory, kills our women and children, and ravages our women in Xuanwu territory. May I ask, who has no parents, wives and children? Carnage and ravages?"

The blood of the three Zhang Guiba brothers who said these words was boiling with enthusiasm, yes, which one does not have parents, wives, children, brothers and sisters?In order to protect the family from being slaughtered by the brutal Caizhou soldiers, the only way to take up arms and eradicate these bandits who are not as good as beasts is.

But now there are wars everywhere, there are refugees wandering everywhere, and dead bodies can be seen everywhere. It is really starving and dying everywhere, and mourning is everywhere. There is no reason to talk to a beast like Qin Zongquan. is the best way.

Zhu Wen and others rested for one night, and continued to go south the next day, confronting Zhang Yan's men in Chigang, and Liu Jianfeng and Ma Yin's men were naturally there, but Liu Jianfeng followed Ma Yin's strategy, preserved his strength, and did not fight against Zhang Yan's men. Zhu Wen confronted each other head-on.Just waving the flag and shouting from the sidelines, it is still not working hard.

Zhang Xun was seriously injured, but ordered people to guard the camp and dare not go out to fight. Zhang Guiba led a group of people to fight outside the gate, Zhang Xun made up his mind not to fight.In this way, Zhu Wen has nothing to do. Zhu Wen has more than 1000 people, how can he have the ability to attack the enemy's camp?

Zhang Xun wanted Liu Jianfeng's team to play, and said that Zhu Wen only had more than 1000 people and should be able to win.Liu Jianfeng is not a fool, he thought to himself that you, Zhang Yan, treat me as a three-year-old child, if Zhu Wen only has more than 1000 people, where did your [-] cavalry go yesterday?Could it be that you are all pigs?I also got seriously injured, Zhu Wen's strength will not be less than [-], or even more, Bianliang is not far from here, and the brigade will definitely arrive soon, why should I make it difficult for Zhu Wen?

Zhang Xun didn't dare to fight, Liu Jianfeng didn't want to fight, 4 or 1000 people just watched Zhu Wen's more than [-] people show off their power here, the scene was really outrageous, and no one believed it when they said it.

Even Zhang Guiba and the others couldn't believe it, there were 4 to 1000 thousand people, if they really rushed over in a swarm, with the current [-] people and [-] rifles, they couldn't stop the enemy's attack at all.

After a day of stalemate, Zhu Zhen and Ge Congzhou's team had already arrived, seven or eight small catapults had been assembled, and huge iron ball-shaped hollow bombs were placed beside the catapults. Just waiting for Zhu Wen's order, he will launch at Zhang Xun's camp.

Zhu Wen didn't want to do everything himself, so he handed over the command of attacking Zhang Xun's camp to Zhu Zhen, with Li Tangbin and Ge Congzhou assisting.Zhu Wen was standing on a small mound, watching the situation on the battlefield with a telescope.

Zhu Zhen and Ge Congzhou had already started their attack. A catapult manned by [-] people threw iron bombs into the enemy's camp, and there were loud explosions one after another.At the beginning, the opponent also had a catapult throwing some stones, oil tanks and other things over, but later it became a situation of being completely passively beaten.

In the face of powerful firepower, the Huaixi army with only cold weapons was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. The battle lasted less than half an hour and ended hastily. Zhang Xun ordered the entire line to retreat, saying it was a retreat. It would be better to say that it is more appropriate to retreat.

Zhu Zhen, Li Tangbin, Ge Congzhou and others took advantage of the victory to pursue and drove the enemy out of Xuanwu Army's territory before giving up.

Zhang Xun retreated into the territory of Xuzhou. At this time, Lu Yanhong, who occupied Xuzhou, saw that Qin Zongquan had been defeated repeatedly, and his attitude became a little ambiguous. Military deployment, and promise to be a pioneer when Zhu and Wen attack Caizhou, so as to win the trust of the court.

Zhu Wen couldn't help laughing secretly when he received Lu Yanhong's secret letter. In this troubled world, there are so many duplicitous people like Lu Yanhong, and it's this kind of person that Zhu Wen doesn't like the most.But now is not the time to have a conflict with Lu Yanhong, so he immediately wrote back to appease Lu Yanhong, and pretended to agree to ask the court for credit for Lu Yanhong.

Lu Yanhong was very happy after receiving the reply, thinking that he had bet on the right treasure, and scolded Qin Zongquan for being ignorant of current affairs in his heart.Little did he know that Qin Zongquan was very angry at Lu Yanhong's two-faced and three-handed attack, and that the army would attack him in the near future, and his good days for Lu Yanhong were coming to an end.

Zhu Wen fought several large-scale victories one after another in the war with Qin Zongquan, and the momentum was huge. When the news spread to Li Xuan's camp in Xingyuan, even the very depressed Li Xuan had to look at Zhu Wen with admiration. I think, this Zhu Wen is not simple, he is loyal, I don’t want Li Keyong, Wang Chongrong, those guys at both ends of the snake and mouse, who talk nicely on the surface, but come to attack Chang’an at a critical moment, and I have not lived in Chang’an for a few months. After rushing out, if there is a backer like Zhu Wen to rely on, how dare these other towns dare to mess around?Even Tian Lingzi had to restrain himself.

At this time, Li Xuan had just arrived at Xingyuan's camp after traveling all the way. Needless to say, the pain of bumps along the way, it was not the first time Li Xuan had experienced the pain of eating and sleeping in the open.Fortunately, Wang Jian, the commander of the Shence Battalion at this time, is a loyal and good man. He took good care of me along the way, and even let me sleep on his lap at night. Where can I find such a loyal minister?

Immediately, Li Xuan issued an edict to enshrine Zhu Wen as the king of Wuxing County, and to command the camps in the east of Caizhou, and to encircle and suppress Qin Zongquan with all his strength.By the way, he also made a decree to let Wang Jian, the commander of the Shence Camp Suwei, be the governor of Bizhou.Since then, the emperor's cronies have officially started to lead state herds and feudal towns, and Wang Jian is the first case.

When the order of the imperial court arrived at Zhu Wen's camp, Zhu Wen was not overjoyed, because he was already very happy. It turned out that Meizi had given birth to him a son a month ago in Bozhou. , The news was sent to Bianliang first, and Bianliang sent someone to Zhu Wen's camp.

When Zhu Wen was happy, he named the child "Yaoxi", and asked Hu Zhen, Kang Jian and others to entertain their mother and child well, and when the war stopped, he would order someone to take their mother and child back to Bian beam.

This time, Zhu Wen was blessed with a double blessing. He gave birth to a son, and made him king of Wuxing. Although the title of king of Wuxing was just a false title, the title of king of the late Tang Dynasty didn't have much gold at all, and there was no extra salary. But the title of a county king is an intangible asset, and Zhu Wen still knows this.