The rise of the prince

Chapter 536 Liao Kingdom Final Preparation + Genius Design
"16 years old!" Wan Yanli said in disbelief.

"Lord Liu, this is an exaggeration. According to what you say, he is just a child. What can he do, let alone the Kingdom of Jin?" Wan Yanliang said with a sigh of relief. Among the princes, he is the only one who is not hostile to Liu Xu. .

However, Wan Yanliang has a special status and can be considered a tragic figure.

Although he was the eldest son, he was a concubine, which made him have no right to inherit. Moreover, among the many princes, only Wan Yanliang was obsessed with Han culture, and even loved to learn poetry and songs, which made him incompatible with the other princes.

Liu Xu said: "Prince, it's definitely not an exaggeration of the old minister.

That man's name is Li Xingzhou, King of Jingguo Pingnan County. In the early spring of this year, a rebellion broke out in the south of Jingguo. There were 10,000+ rebels, and they defeated the Ping Rebellion Army. "

"Hmph, Jing Guo is nothing more than that." Wan Yanli said.

Liu Xu ignored him, and continued: "At that time, Li Xingzhou went south with about a thousand people, trying to rescue his sister-in-law. As a result, he recruited brave people from all over the south, and defeated 10,000+ rebels by himself, and put down the south!"

"It's true!" Wanyan Wugunai frowned: "At the turn of spring and summer last year, we were still in Liaodong. At that time, I heard a businessman from Jingguo say this. King Pingnan who lost a thousand and a hundred thousand, I will pay you back." I thought it was just rhetoric."

"The emperor's matter is true, and it's more than that. Last winter, he wiped out the Black Mountain bandits in the Taihang Mountains. He beheaded thousands and captured thousands. At that time, he just turned 16 years old." Liu Xu said.

Now, everyone was a little surprised.

"The key point is that he brought hundreds of people under his command this time, and integrated the local army, plus the auxiliary troops, the total number of troops dispatched was no more than a thousand."

"Impossible! Once I believed it, it was all a fluke. How could he succeed every time!" Wan Yanli immediately denied, "Don't think I have never fought. I followed my father all the way from Liaodong. There is no battle. I've seen it, it must be hearsay, a boring pariah touting it indiscriminately."

Liu Xu opened his mouth and didn't argue with him. Wan Yanli is the second prince, but he is a descendant, so he is the prince. He did follow the emperor in the north and south. It is said that he was the vanguard when he conquered the capital, and he was very useful in the army. prestige.

"It's indeed a talent, but it's not that serious. No matter how powerful a person is, it depends on the warriors under him. My Jin Guo warriors count as ten, so don't worry too much." Wanyan Wugu is very calm, indeed, such a person It can be regarded as a fierce general, but it is not considered a threat, or it can be said that a fierce general has never been a big threat. This truth has been true since ancient times, but many people can't see through it.

Xiang Yu, who was the fiercest at that time, won more than 70 battles in his life, but he killed himself in the end.

The fiercest in the Han army was Fan Kuai, but the general was not Fan Kui but Han Xin.

The most talked about is the one-on-one battle between generals of the Three Kingdoms, but if you look at the official historical records, you will find that even one slap is not enough to count the one-on-one battles recorded.

Lu Bu, who is regarded as the most powerful general in the world, has no single-handed record in "Three Kingdoms". The only single-handed battle was later when Pei Songzhi quoted "Bie Heroes" in his annotations to "Three Kingdoms", he added a Lu Bu vs. Guo Si, But obviously not reliable.

The role of personal bravery on the battlefield is destined to be very limited. A general who knows how to unite soldiers, arrange troops, see the overall situation clearly, and respond quickly is the real general.Mobilize soldiers, trust soldiers, this is the key to victory.

Wanyan Wugunai obviously understood this very well, so he said that Li Xingzhou was nothing to be afraid of.

Liu Xu felt deeply that the emperor was transparent about the war, "The emperor is wise!"

Then he added: "As the emperor said, if Li Xingzhou only fights with bravery, he is indeed nothing to fear, but the key is that he is very cunning and cunning at this time, with vicious eyes!
At the beginning, the minister wrote to His Majesty that he wanted the emperor to give up the two lands. It was Li Xingzhou who threatened that if he did not give Jing Guo the two lands, he would cross the Bohai Sea and attack Liaodong! "

After Liu Xu finished speaking, he looked at everyone present. Wanyan Li, Wanyan Liang, Wanyan Yun, and Wanyan Zongbi, who arrived later, didn't respond. Only the emperor, Wanyan Wugu, had an ugly expression and held his hands on his waist. The handle of the saber: "This is a vicious plan to kill me!"

The rest of the people looked confused, only Liu Xu nodded in deep agreement, and Wan Yanliang looked at him puzzled.

Liu Xu explained to him: "Prince, at that time our Kingdom of Jin captured Zhongjing, only Zhongjing and Liaodong were occupied, but Zhongjing couldn't gain a foothold at all, being sandwiched between Nanjing and Shangjing, our foothold was actually Liaodong, the army supplies , The family members of the soldiers are all in Liaodong.

Once Jing Guo really crosses the sea to attack Liaodong, should we withdraw or not?Do you want Liaodong?

If you don't withdraw and continue to occupy Zhongjing, more than 5000% of the young and strong will follow the emperor to march westward. Liaodong is only old and weak, women and children. Jingguo can easily break through Liaoyang City as long as it transports an army of more than [-] people. Once Liaoyang is captured, the army will be out of supplies. Not to mention that they will be sandwiched between the east and west sides of the army and Jing army, and the wives and children of many soldiers will fall into the hands of Jing people. "

"You idiot, then go back and fight them hard! If they dare, my Jurchen man is a coward!" Wanyan Zongbi said furiously with wide-eyed eyes.

"My lord, it's not a matter of counseling or not. If Jingren just burned, killed and looted, the soldiers would be angry, and it's possible to fight back. I'm afraid they will take their family as hostages and force our army to surrender. Even if it doesn't work, It also greatly disturbed the morale of the army.

If we ignore it, they will be able to advance from east to west from Liao. At that time, there will be Shangjing in the north, Nanjing in the south, and Jingguo army in the east. How can we gain a foothold? "Liu Xu asked. In fact, when he heard King Pingnan's words, he felt a chill down his spine and shuddered.

"At first we were worried that Liao would ask Jing for help, but we also thought that Jing would send troops to the north. In fact, the upper echelons of Jing also thought so, but they never thought of sending troops from Bohai Sea!" Liu Xu shook his head: "That's why the emperor, the minister thinks This person is terrifying, not only capable of fighting, but also has a long-term vision and vicious thoughts, and now he is favored by Emperor Jingguo, and he is in charge of one of the four imperial guards of Jingguo, so I really have to worry about it."

Wanyan Wugunai nodded, "So, he is indeed a strange person."

"Hmph, what's there to be afraid of?" Wan Yanli said in disbelief, "I think he's just talking about being scary. This kind of thing is just going by land or water, who would have thought of it."

Liu Xu didn't say a word, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart. If he could think of it, he wouldn't have to be in Jingguo for so many months. Fortunately, the emperor was so powerful that he took Shangjing by surprise.

"Father, we will still concentrate on finding a way to win the Xijing Road. As for Li Xingzhou who is afraid of being like that in Liu Da's population, he is more than a thousand miles away from us, so don't worry. Besides, if he really dares to come, I will ride the horse myself Lead the troops, bring the head back!" Wan Yanli looked at him and said provocatively.

Liu Xu opened his mouth, took a deep breath, and still did not refute: "The prince is mighty."

"Hmph, whether you are mighty or not, you will know sooner or later. Anyway, Han people are like you. If you dare not say anything, you dare not fart. How could you be my opponent?"

"Shut up!" Wanyan Wugunai frowned, interrupted Wanyanli's impolite words, and said, "That's all for today."

Nanjing City, this is an out-and-out fortified city, built by the Han people, and then rebuilt by the Liao people.

With his left hand, Yelu Dashi pressed the blue and black bricks of the female wall at the top of the city, and with his right hand, he held two letters.

In the previous dynasty, the Khitan also had a time when they were in the same country as the Han people. At that time, the powerful Central Plains country set up the Songmo Governor’s Mansion, which belonged to the Andong Governor’s Mansion. Their ancestors even remembered that period of time, but many people felt ashamed of it. .

However, as the king of the Southern Courtyard, Yelu Dashi understands better than others that the so-called Khitan and Han people are like this solid city of Nanjing. It has also been repaired, the bricks and tiles of the Han people, and the bricks and tiles of the Liao people are stacked up, and it has long been difficult to tell whose brick belongs to it.

That's why he admired Han Derang, who was a Han minister, and was willing to learn Han culture. He did not hesitate to resist the opposition of the generals, and asked Jing Guo for help, explaining the truth of his lips and teeth. Jing Guo is attached.

Khan had already fled to the west. Ten days ago, he personally supported Prince Yeludun to ascend the throne as the new emperor in Nanjing City, and changed his reign name to Baoda.

Only when Khan is in Nanjing, many soldiers and civilians have the heart to stick to it.

After the news spread, the fugitive generals of Xijing Road, Zhongjing Road, Shangjing Road and other ministries led the remnants to seek refuge in Nanjing one after another.

For a while, their manpower became abundant again, and the Liao Kingdom was undefeated!

The last resistance force is concentrated in Nanjing, ready to fight to the death.

He sighed, his right hand drooped weakly, the weather was still slowly getting warmer, it wasn't the blue bricks of the city that were cold, but the letter in his hand.

One of these two letters is from Jinren, and the other is from Zhuo and Yizhou in the south.

The letter from the Jinren knew that they had captured Princess Yelu Yali and advised him to surrender. As long as Yelu Dashi was willing to surrender, he would not harm his soldiers and civilians at all. He also named him a king with a different surname.

Moreover, Wanyan Wugunai also promised that as long as he surrendered, he would not hurt Princess Yelu Yali of Wei State at all, and would let his eldest son take him as his wife.

He saw through Wanyan Wugunai's little trick at a glance. He pretended to be lenient, trying to make him think that after the Jurchen became the emperor of heaven, the Khitan people would be treated kindly, and even let the princess of Liao Kingdom be the eldest son. concubine.

But Yelu Dashi knew that his eldest son was not born to his wife, nor could he be the crown prince of the Jin Kingdom.

He was generous on the surface, but in fact he kept a hand, guaranteeing that the Khitan people would not be able to become the crown princess, and would not be the queen in the future. He had already seen through the dark bones and suspicions and distrust of the Khitan people in his heart.

He had no choice but to fight to the end and protect the country of Liao.

Another letter came from a Liao official from Zhuozhou and Yizhou in the south, saying that there was a change in the "resentment army" stationed in the two places, which might become a serious problem.

Yelu Dashi also knows that the resentment army is mostly Han people in Bohai Sea. It was formed by recruiting hungry people, with a total of more than 2 people. They have no sense of belonging to the Liao Kingdom. Now the Liao Kingdom is weak. However, it is impossible for the resentful army to not have two hearts.

But he couldn't be distracted at all, Nanjing's defense was his main concern.

After the beginning of spring, the Jin people will definitely go all out and attack again, and the worst situation he fears most is that Jing Guo will also take advantage of the danger and send troops to get a share of the pie
Yelu Dashi's heart was cold, and he let out a long sigh. If things really got to that point, Daliao would be destroyed.

"Zhao Si's design is simply a work of genius." Li Xingzhou was amazed when he saw the blueprint of the blooming cannonball that Zhao Si provided him.

Jing Guo began to mobilize the whole country to send troops, but because there were few new soldiers, they stayed to defend the capital, so Li Xingzhou was more relaxed than others.

After reading the poem for a long time, I still don't know much about it: "I can only see that the middle ones are gunpowder and iron pieces, and they are lit from the middle. How can I light them?"

Gillian couldn't understand even more. Her favorite poetry, writing and ink, she was not interested in such simple and single line composition, rigid and unaesthetic drawings.

The history of the development of flowering shells in history is very difficult. The initial flowering shells were filled with gunpowder and iron sheets in iron balls, and then left lead holes at the tail for insertion of lead wires.

When the propellant in the barrel burns to launch the shell, it also ignites the tail fuse of the shell at the same time. The fuse burns when the shell flies, and then ignites the internal gunpowder, causing an explosion.

But such flowering ammunition is not safe, and it is often exploded in the barrel, because the lead hole is difficult to be [-]% sealed. If the propellant is not careful, the gunpowder in the shell will be ignited directly, and a tragedy will occur. Explosion, very unsafe.

Moreover, before launching this kind of shell, it is necessary to analyze and calculate the landing time according to the distance of the target, and install the appropriate length of the lead wire. .

The reason why Zhao Si said that he is a genius is because he thought of a more advanced classic design that has been used all the time, the front lead, and the inertial detonation!
Simply put, this design is to put the lead wire at the front end of the shell, and the lead wire casing is made into a cylindrical metal barrel with a thickness of a thumb, and is inserted into the center of the gunpowder of the shell from the front.

Put two flints at the front and back of the cylinder, the front flint is fixed, the rear flint can slide along the inside of the metal cylinder, and the middle is separated by a suitable strong spring.

When the cannonball is launched, it acquires a huge initial velocity all of a sudden, and will exceed the speed of sound for a short time. The two flints move backward due to inertia, but because the front flint is fixed, they will not collide.

When the shell hits the target, it suddenly stops at a huge speed. Under the action of inertia, the two flints move forward rapidly and far away, but the front flint is fixed and cannot move, and only the rear flint can move.

It will compress the internal spring under the inertia of the instant stop, hit the flint in front, generate sparks to ignite the gunpowder in the shell, and cause an explosion. This is the inertia lead!
It has to be said that Zhao Si is a genius except for being a little stunned in life.

(End of this chapter)