A knife in love

Chapter 1576

Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng smiled slightly, and said in his mouth: "In this way, Lord Xiao is a capable official who has been ordered by the adults of the Ministry of War to sit in the Firearms Bureau."

Xiao Dong waved his hands again and again, and said in his mouth: "Master Li is just joking. The subordinate official is just a small official, how can he be called a competent official? It's just that the former Master Su suffered from a foot disease, which could not be cured for a long time. The minister of the Ministry of War, Mr. Zhao, sent the subordinate official. Going to the Firearms Bureau as an errand is actually a lack of Mr. Su. Once Mr. Su returns, this job will still be his."

When Li Qiufeng heard Xiao Dong mention "Master Zhao, Minister of the Ministry of War", his heart trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "Are you talking about Master Zhao Zhen?"

Xiao Dong said: "Exactly."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Li Qiufeng cautiously, lowered his voice and said: "However, Mr. Zhao promoted the subordinate officer to the Firearms Bureau. It was recommended by Mr. Deng, the head of the Vehicle Driving Department of the Ministry of War. What's the connection? A few months ago, Mr. Zhao broke something, but some dirty villains jumped out, insisting that the subordinates are Mr. Zhao's accomplices, and wanted to frame the subordinates. Fortunately, the adults in the Ministry of War are so bright-eyed that they didn't get hurt by the little ones. People's bewitching, this is why the lower officials are not implicated."

Li Qiufeng thought to himself that after the battle in Yong'an City, he heard that Zhao Zhen was imprisoned by Sang Liangtian, and he didn't know his whereabouts afterwards.At first Li Qiufeng thought that Zhao Zhen had been bribed by Liu Sheng Zongyan and became the internal support of Liu Sheng's clan.Later, I gradually realized that things were not simple. In all likelihood, Zhao Zhen was not a subordinate of Liusheng Zongyan, but an important person who was pushed out by a group of officials in the court who plotted to overthrow Emperor Jiajing to contact Liusheng Zongyan.When Liusheng Zongyan's conspiracy was revealed, those officials hiding behind Zhao Zhen's back would definitely kill and silence them in order to protect themselves.Hearing Xiao Dong say that Zhao Zhen "has done something wrong" today, Li Qiufeng thought to himself that Zhao Zhen's position as the left servant of the Ministry of War is already not small.It's a pity that it was a mistake to end up like this, which is really lamentable.

Seeing that Li Qiufeng was silent, Xiao Dong thought that he was fascinated by what he was listening to, and then said: "When Taizu raised his troops against the Yuan Dynasty, he fought many bitter battles and fell into desperate situations several times. Only the birth of the real dragon emperor and the blessings of gods and Buddhas in the sky made him Sweeping all the heroes and establishing the Great Ming Dynasty. Emperor Taizu won the country because of the sage emperor's brilliance and martial arts, and his subordinates such as General Xu and General Chang were able to conquer battles, but the benefits of firearms should not be underestimated. Just like Taizu back then The emperor and Zhang Shicheng fought in Shaoxing. Skilled craftsmen presented torches and rockets in front of the army. Emperor Taizu, Longyan Dayue, ordered the military schools to practice the use of firearms. Later, Zhang Shicheng's soldiers and horses could not resist the firearms on the battlefield. The attack, can only be defeated and fled. Emperor Taizu commanded the army to pursue and besieged Zhang Shicheng's army in Pingjiang City. Zhang Jun resisted stubbornly and did not surrender in a deadly battle. Emperor Taizu personally went into battle and commanded the army to attack the city. However, Pingjiang City is very strong The city was besieged for dozens of days, but the city was never broken. At that time, the craftsmen in the army modified the torches to create firearms called "general barrels", which were used together with the trebuchets snatched from the Tartar soldiers. Jiangcheng was violently bombarded. Although Pingjiang City was strong, it couldn't stand the bombardment of the general's tube. Seeing that the city was about to be breached, there was an urgent military message that Chen Youliang led an army of 60 people down the river to attack Yingtian Mansion.

"Emperor Taizu heard the news. Although he knew that he would be able to capture Pingjiang City after a few more days of attack. However, Chen Youliang's army came to attack, and there was no delay. Therefore, Emperor Taizu had to abandon Pingjiang City and lead the army westward to fight with Chen Youliang. After a series of fierce battles, Emperor Taizu led an army to fight Chen Youliang at Poyang Lake. The army was equipped with countless rockets, firecrackers, iron cannons, general barrels and other firearms. Chen Youliang had a strong army and was far more powerful than Emperor Taizu. The army used a large number of firearms and seized the opportunity to almost annihilate Chen Youliang's navy. It can be said that the first battle settled the country. After that, Emperor Taizu wiped out Zhang Shicheng, Xu Da, and Chang Yuchun. Firearms were of great use in the Northern Expedition to drive away the Tartar soldiers. After Emperor Taizu founded the Ming Dynasty, he sent General Mu Ying to lead the troops south to pacify Yunnan. As a weapon, it has repeatedly made outstanding achievements during the battle. General Mu also came up with a formation called the triple formation. That is, at the beginning of the battle, the magical machine soldiers were arranged in three rows, alternating positions, and fired in turn. The power of the firecrackers has increased several times out of thin air. Coupled with iron cannons, general barrels and other firearms, they beat the Tartar cavalry across the world to flee, and without much effort, Yunnan was pacified. Since then, the firearms of the Ming army The fierceness is invincible in the world. After Emperor Taizu received Muying's memorial, he was overjoyed and equipped a forbidden army guarding the capital with firearms, which was the predecessor of today's Shenjiying.

"Later, Emperor Yongle came to the throne and led the army to the north many times, and each time he brought the Shenji Battalion with him. Although the Shenji Battalion under the command of Emperor Yongle also used a triple formation, it was stronger than the Shenji Battalion of General Muying. Powerful. This is because in addition to the more sophisticated firearms of the Shenjiying, Emperor Yongle also changed the tri-fold formation, only the guns, not the people, and the shooting skills are much better. With the exquisite firearms and powerful formations of the Shenji Battalion, they could only run away, not daring to fight at all.

"Later, Emperor Yingzong listened to Wang Zhen's nonsense and led his army to march north. As a result, he was surrounded by a heavy siege in the Tumu Fort. The 20 army was almost wiped out. The reason was that the gunpowder in the Shenji Camp was wet by the rain and could not Using it, this made the Oirat soldiers rush into the imperial camp. Otherwise, it is not yet known who will win the battle. In the Ming army, in addition to the special use of firearms in the Shenji Camp, the guards in various places are also equipped with some firecrackers and artillery. However, the number It is less, and cannot be used in large quantities like the Shenji Camp, and its power is much smaller. Over the years, the Japanese pirates have plagued the southeast coast, burned and looted, and committed all kinds of evil. The Japanese soldiers and the officers and soldiers of the various guards could not withstand the attacks of the Japanese pirates and fought repeatedly. Repeated defeats. However, although the Japanese pirates are fierce and treat officers and soldiers like nothing, they are extremely afraid of firearms. Whenever they see officers and soldiers with firearms, the Japanese pirates often dare not attack them in a large scale and can only avoid them first.

"The imperial court didn't pay much attention to the Japanese pirate rebellion on the southeast coast, thinking that the Japanese pirates were just some wandering warriors who lost their power in Fusang and fled to the sea to become pirates. They just wanted to plunder property and could not shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. It's not like occupying the north. The Tartars in the desert always want to move their troops south and seize the Daming country. But the Japanese pirates are getting more and more fierce, and the southeast half of the country is in turmoil. The Japanese pirates and traitors are colluding. They not only want to rob property, but also secretly covet the Daming country. The old man realized that the situation was not good and wanted to wipe out the Japanese pirates completely. But these Japanese pirates were extremely treacherous. As soon as the imperial army arrived, they fled to the sea instead of confronting the officers and soldiers. When the army retreated, the Japanese pirates came back and harassed the officers and soldiers. Although a lot of money and food were spent, it was like shooting mosquitoes with cannons, spending a lot of money, but it was useless."

(End of this chapter)