After instructing Zhao Zhen, Zhao Yingluo sent a message to Wang Shan, ordering him to send out a large army to station in Luzhou. On the one hand, he would be wary of Wanyan Lou's army heading south from Taiyuan, and on the other hand, he could coordinate Zhao Yingluo's main army. Support each other.
After arranging all this, Zhao Yingluo came to the foundry again.
Feng Jing stood in front of a newly produced artillery piece and said with a smile, "Your Highness is very happy. After a month of continuous improvement, the artillery piece can finally be put into use."
Zhao Yingluo touched this somewhat compact artillery and asked with a smile, "Well done, how many times can one barrel be used?"
"Ten times is no problem, but if it exceeds ten times, it may explode, and if it exceeds twenty times, it will definitely explode."
Ten times is enough!After all, the craftsmanship of this era is too different from that of later generations. The barrels of later generations can be used hundreds of times, but this is absolutely impossible in this era.
"How many cannons have been made?"
"Fifty gates!"
"Very good! Hand over these fifty cannons and their operators to General Yue."
……
On the bank of the Yellow River, Yue Fei, who was arranging to cross the river to go north, saw Zhao Yingluo commanding 1000 people to push dozens of strange-shaped big guys onto the boat. He asked with some confusion, "Your Highness, what is this?"
"artillery!"
"Artillery? What is it used for?"
"Feng Jing, show it to General Yue."
After Feng Jing received the order, he immediately organized three people to push an artillery piece next to Yue Fei. After setting up the artillery piece, he asked, "Your Highness, what is the target?"
Zhao Yingluo glanced around and happened to see a small tree a hundred feet away, so she said, "Blow up that tree."
Feng Jing then began to order the operators to adjust the gun body, install the fuze, shells, and ignite the gun.
"boom!"
A loud noise startled Yue Fei! Then there was another loud noise, and the shell exploded before hitting the ground, directly destroying the tree, leaving only the tree body less than six feet high.
Seeing such a result, Yue Fei asked in surprise, "This...this...this is, this is definitely a big killer! If there are these artillery, even if the Jin Kingdom has hundreds of thousands of troops, our army will definitely be able to defeat them." .”
Seeing that Yue Fei was so high-spirited, Feng Jing said with some embarrassment, "These artillery can be fired five hundred times in total. If they kill ten people at a time, they can kill about ten thousand people in total. If the Jin Dynasty's hundreds of thousands of troops go south, the artillery alone can Can’t win.”
Yue Fei's face turned red, and he suddenly felt a little abrupt.
Zhao Yingluo patted Yue Fei on the shoulder and said, "Artillery is used to intimidate the enemy. Fighting still depends on the strength of the army!"
"The general will be taught a lesson."
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[Zhending] After being appointed as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Wanyan Zonghan became high-spirited again. In addition to the total strength of the three armies exceeding 20 this time, and his momentum became stronger, he also got the coveted weapon-fire gun! Wanyan Zongyi took advantage of Zhao Yingluo's southward journey to Lin'an and sent a dozen craftsmen led by him to apply for employment in the foundry. Although they were not arranged to learn how to make artillery, they learned how to make firecrackers and successfully stole more than a hundred of them and brought them back to Yan. Beijing, and worked overtime in Yanjing to produce a hundred guns, and new firecrackers are still being sent to the army in a steady stream.
With these muskets in hand, Wanyan Zonghan ordered the two musketeers lured at a high price to step up training of his soldiers.
It is now the end of July. According to the news from Song Ting, there is still a month to prepare for the war. In this month, in addition to ordering craftsmen to step up the production of firecrackers, they will also have to make arrangements in Taiyuan and Daming Mansion.
There is no need to rush into the middle route. After the east and west routes have broken through and the two wings have been supported, the central army can capture Xingzhou and Cizhou, and then cross the Yellow River to directly attack Kaifeng.
【Lin'an】
Now that he had made up his mind to eliminate Zhao Yingluo's threat to him, Zhao Gou decided to send three groups of troops to attack Kaifeng. The east route passed through Xuzhou to attack Chanzhou, the middle route passed through Chenzhou and went straight to Kaifeng, and the west route started from Jingzhao and passed Tongguan. Attack Luoyang, Xijing.
After the plan was made, Zhao Gou sent an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin, scheduled the attack time for August [-], and ordered Han Shizhong to lead the troops on the east route, Liu Guangshi to lead the troops on the middle route, and Guo Yan to lead the troops on the west route.
The reason why he chose to attack Zhao Yingluo on August [-] was because the autumn harvest farming was over around August [-], so grain and grass could be easily collected.
Zhu Shengfei, who had repeatedly advised Zhao Gou not to stir up trouble, was disheartened when his advice was ineffective. He intended to resign and return to his hometown, but when he thought that he was still useful to Zhao Yingluo in the court, he endured it.
Han Shizhong was very depressed after being appointed as the coach of the East Road.
If he was allowed to fight with the Jin people, he would be as excited as if he had been given blood, but if he was allowed to fight with Zhao Yingluo, he would be extremely reluctant. Before leaving, he made an appointment with his friend Zhu Shengfei to a newly opened restaurant in Lin'an - Welcome guests.
After the restaurant was officially acquired, Zhao Yingluo demolished all the furnishings in the house and changed the structure inside to a style very similar to that of Kaifeng Drunken Furong.
"Lord Zhu, what do you think I should do? Logically speaking, as a minister of the Song Dynasty, I should share the country's worries. But now the officials are so confused that instead of dealing with the Jin people, they are cruel to their own imperial sisters, like these officials , how can it not be chilling?”
Zhu Shengfei sighed and drank all the rice wine in his hand, his face full of sorrow, "The emperor's position is anyone's heart. I know Her Royal Highness to a certain extent. Although she has a lot of wealth and soldiers, she has not rebelled. It means, but the common man is not guilty, and the official is not willing to see a powerful force that has escaped from his control continue to grow."
"I don't want to fight with Her Royal Highness the Princess's army. I hope you can teach me how to do it on the battlefield."
Zhu Shengfei thought for a moment and then came up with an idea, "This matter is simple. After the general arrives in Xuzhou, he can prepare for war and use this as an excuse to delay. If it can't be delayed any longer, he can send troops and even march to the gates of Chanzhou."
"Sir, do you think I still need to fight against His Highness's army?"
Zhu Shengfei shook his head, "If the two armies meet outside the city, the general should not order the army to attack first. I believe that Her Royal Highness the Princess can also control Wang Zaixing, Wen Boyuan and other generals. If the two armies meet without fighting, both the Song Dynasty and Your Highness will If you preserve your strength, you can take it back for business."
"What if His Highness's army attacks first?"
Zhu Shengfei smiled and said, "Her Royal Highness, the Princess, can clearly distinguish what is light and what is serious, so how can she take the initiative to stir up trouble? General, you can do as I say. I predict that the winner in this battle will be Her Royal Highness."
“How come you see?”
"Because Her Royal Highness the Princess has recently researched a new type of weapon. When I was drinking with Jiang Laosi, the steward of this restaurant, I heard him say that compared with the fire blunderbuss, this weapon can kill and injure dozens of people in one shot."
After hearing this, Han Shizhong gasped, "No wonder His Highness is still confident in facing such a situation."