Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 132
East Palace.

The moon is like a flower, and the prince sighs at the moon.He picked up the golden cup and took a sip of the fine wine, looking a bit melancholy.The golden crown and jade belt make him stand out.

Opposite him, Liu Wenjing sat on her knees, bowed her body, and folded her hands together.

"So, the King of Chu still has resentment?"

Li Jiancheng smiled "heh", bent his knees, put one arm on his knees, and gently shook the gold cup.

"It's not surprising, after all, the Yunyang army was taken away by a lonely person, and it was without Zhiyun's knowledge. After all, it is the Jinyang army who followed Zhiyun. Whoever it is, I'm afraid It will be so in my heart.”

Liu Wenjing said silently: "This time, I made a mistake, so I apologize to His Highness." He bowed down.

Li Jiancheng shook his head, "Actually, you didn't do anything wrong. It's because we thought things were too simple. Similarly, we also thought Li Yuan was too smart."

They thought that after the defeat of King Changping, they could allow Li Yuan to garrison Shangzhou.But King Changping was indeed defeated, but he was trapped in Nanyang.

What about Li Yuan?
He has nothing to do, he is incompetent, he cannot save King Changping, and even more incompetent, he cannot defeat Zhu Can.

All kinds of reasons are intertwined to become what it is now.

"That side of the king of Chu"

"Let's leave it like this for the time being. In my opinion, there is no chance of remedy." Thinking of Li Zhiyun's attitude, Li Jiancheng felt hopeful again.

At the very least, Li Zhiyun didn't directly tear his face apart and said, "Brother, you really have a good plan, and you actually robbed me!"
As long as the face is not torn, there is still a chance to make amends.After this incident, Li Jiancheng understood a truth that the army could find a way to intervene, but it should not be too hasty. If someone like Li Yuan was to be the commander next time, it would be useless even if he took the second child's soldiers and horses.

Chu palace.

After Li Zhiyun came back, he did not chat with Concubine Chu. After briefly explaining the matter to her, Concubine Chu accompanied Li Zhiyun for a meal, and then went back to prepare a change of clothes for Li Zhiyun.And Li Zhiyun went to the side courtyard to discuss with the counselors about sending troops.

As for the pregnant Lady Yin, Li Zhiyun made a special trip to visit her once.After all, she is about to give birth, so she still needs to give some comfort.

It's just that for this expedition, Li Zhiyun couldn't confirm the return date, so he could only say sorry to her that he might not see the baby born.

Thinking about it carefully, Li Zhiyun found that he was similar to his second brother. The second sister-in-law of Prince Qin's mansion was about to give birth, and he was afraid that his second brother would not see his child born.

"Your Highness, the imperial edict has been sent to all the prefectures in the pass, and the soldiers and horses will be assembled in about five days." Du Ruhui said.

Naturally, Lao Li would not hand over the garrison troops guarding Chang'an, the capital of the capital, to him. The [-] soldiers who will follow Li Zhiyun to Shangzhou are all Zhechong soldiers from the pass.

Li Zhiyun looked at Du Ruhui's various information on the military resources of the Chongfu soldiers, and his mood became very bad.

"[-] people, less than [-] war horses, [-] of them are old horses, and nearly [-] people have no armor or weapons, what is this!"

This is the necessary reason why Li Zhiyun must take back the Yunyang Army.Everyone in his [-] Yunyang army has his investment in it.A soldier with excellent riding skills, Li Zhiyun subsidizes his horses.In terms of infantry, they try their best to arm themselves, and they can't wear iron armor, but basically everyone can wear armor and have a long knife at their waist.

But now?

It would be good if half of the [-] people could be armed, let alone elite cavalry, and there were very few of them.

Du Ruhui comforted: "Your Highness, be safe and don't be impatient. Although these people may not be ready for a while, they are soldiers from the Zhechong Mansion after all, and they still have basic combat strength. The difficulty now is nothing more than armaments. What I mean by this subordinate Yes, Your Highness can go to the Ministry of War to see if we can get some more weapons back."

Ministry of War?

Li Zhiyun stroked his chin and pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "It's time to go."

Fighting a war is not a joke. Only by being fully prepared can the chances of victory be increased.

Du Ruhui continued: "In addition to the armor and horses, Your Highness also needs to ask the Ministry of War for bows, arrows, and kerosene."

"You make a list of what is missing, and I will visit Zhao Shilang tomorrow."

"As ordered."

Currently in charge of the Ministry of War is the servant of the Ministry of War, son-in-law Zhao Cijing.

Yao Junsu was captured alive by Li Zhiyun, and handed over to Lao Li to have his head chopped off, so Zhao Cijing naturally did not lead his army to Hedong to fight against him. Naturally, he did not die either, and he is still Lao Li's favorite son-in-law.

Zhao Cijing is handsome and known as a flower in the Ministry of War.He usually treats people very decently, and manages the Ministry of War in an orderly manner.

He has a good relationship with Li Zhiyun, and they usually have a lot of contacts.

After hearing about Li Zhiyun's intentions, he murmured: "At present, the horses are mainly supplied to the King of Qin. There are still [-] horses in the horse farm in the pass. There is some surplus in the armor, which can be delivered to you. It's just bows, arrows, Fire oil is a bit troublesome."

"Brother-in-law may wish to elaborate."

Zhao Cijing nodded and explained: "Bows and crossbows have always been in short supply. Because the skills are relatively complicated, the output in January is not much. The Ministry of War currently only has [-] pieces of ordinary bows and crossbows. As for the Liannu and yellow crossbows you want Even rarer."

The work of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry is overlapping, and the performance in ordnance is more prominent.When it comes to ordnance, both parties generally have a record.Therefore, it is not surprising that Zhao Cijing knew about this.

"What about the arrow?" Li Zhiyun put down the teacup and frowned.

Who doesn't love suppressing fire?

If you are poor, you will use crowd tactics, if you are rich, you will suppress firepower.

"There are some arrows, but they are all cheap bamboo arrows. The cost of wooden arrows is higher. Now it costs forty-five cents a piece. Judging from the current financial resources of the imperial court, it is not enough for large-scale production. As for kerosene "Speaking of this, Zhao Cijing smiled wryly, "Although this thing has great lethality, it is inconvenient to mine, and the Ministry of Industry has never been able to learn the purification method you gave them, so the progress is very slow, and there are only about [-] barrels at present. "

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun secretly scolded the animals of the Ministry of Industry as a bunch of waste, and they deserved to be poor.He has written down the production methods of the filter screen and the purifier in such detail that these idiots haven't gotten to the bottom of it yet.

Really incompetent.

But after thinking about it, he was relieved again, because with the current industrial level, the production of filters and crude purifiers is quite labor-intensive.Without his hands-on guidance, how could the Ministry of Industry make rapid progress.

"Brother-in-law, how many arrows can you get out now?"

"There are about [-] bamboo arrows and [-] wooden arrows."

"So little?" Li Zhiyun was dissatisfied.

Zhao Cijing smiled wryly and said: "Your Highness, you must know that the current imperial court has to supply the three armies of King Qin, King Qi, and King Huai'an. It is not easy to come up with these."

In fact, Zhao Cijing didn't talk much about the usual training arrows.

In short, fighting is fighting for money and food, and money is needed for everything.

"I want it all."

As soon as he heard that he wanted it, Zhao Cijing hurriedly said: "This is not acceptable, I can only give you [-]%, and the rest will be given to the King of Qin in batches. Easy to explain."

Hearing what he said, Li Zhiyun had no choice but to agree.

His Weihe Workshop has now begun to produce hydraulic machinery, which can initially use hydraulic power for forging.

However, Li Zhiyun did not engage in the manufacture of ordnance and armor. Although doing so could indeed reduce the manufacturing cost, he did not dare.

Because forging armor without permission is tantamount to treason.

(End of this chapter)