The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1321 Actively prepare for battle
For a time, more than a dozen orders and imperial edicts were sent out of the city one after another in the imperial city of Song Dynasty.

After Zhong Jian, Lu Xiufu, and Su Liuyi left the imperial study, Zhao Dongting thought again, and then asked Li Goudan to announce Xu Yuesong, the Minister of Military Science and the Minister of Military Industry, to the imperial study.

Over the past few days, the Ministry of Military Industry has been speeding up production. After producing the arms for Xixia, it is also starting to manufacture arms for the major forbidden troops and defenders.

In fact, this matter was not so hasty.

Because only Da Song has arms in the whole world, Zhao Dongting is confident enough to be invincible.It is not a big deal that the armaments of the armies are added later.

But now that the Yuan Dynasty has mastered the method of forging firearms in all likelihood, and it seems that they have forged a lot in secret, Zhao Dongting undoubtedly feels a little urgent.

Confronting the Yuan army in the future will not only be a confrontation between soldiers.In the case that both parties have firearms, the firearms will inevitably wear out a lot.

But now there is no ammunition in the Song Dynasty, which is of course impossible.

Just imagine, if the soldiers in the front run out of ammunition and food, but there is no ammunition and ammunition in the rear, what will happen?

As soon as the two of them walked into the imperial study, Zhao Dongting directly told Xu Yuesong and Xu Yuesong about the Xixia and Tubo affairs, and then said: "When two armies are fighting, food and grass are the most important thing, and the same is true for weapons. I don’t know when I may start a full-scale war with the Yuan Dynasty. My two lovers, the next tasks of the Military Science Department and the Military Industry Department are very heavy! The research of the Military Science Department has made some progress in recent years, but I thought it was unnecessary before. If you use it, you will not be allowed to forge the improved arms. Now, I want you two to work together to forge the improved Shenlong Gun at the fastest speed. [-]% of the weapons forged in workshops around the world are reserved for spares. Fifty percent will be distributed directly to the forbidden troops and defenders until the entire army is fully equipped with firearms."

In the past, he didn't want firearms to flood, so that he always held and controlled the firearms of the major imperial guards in Song Dynasty.But now, Zhao Dongting undoubtedly couldn't care less.

As long as the major imperial guards are still loyal, even if they have enough firearms, there will be no troubles.However, if the major imperial guards still hold knives with knives and guns with guns, they may suffer big losses when facing the heavily armed Yuan army in the future.

Zhao Dongting is really at a loss in his mind now, he doesn't know when the Yuan Dynasty obtained the firearm manufacturing technology.I don't even know how many arms the Yuan Dynasty has now.

The only thing that is certain is that even if the entire army is not equipped with ammunition, it will not be far behind.

Because he put himself in the situation and thought that if he was real gold, he would never help Da Xia and show his minions to Da Song without being fully prepared.

Because no one is a fool.

Zhao Dongting could imagine it with his butt. Since Zhenjin dispatched Luotuo, he must have the confidence not to be afraid of Song Dynasty.

The current Yuan Dynasty must have the strength to compete with the Song Dynasty.

Under such circumstances, if the new types of arms that have been improved by the Ministry of Military Science and Technology are not produced, then Da Song may never have the opportunity to forge these new types of arms.

After Zhao Dongting twice, Xu Yuesong and Xu Yuesong hurriedly left the Imperial Study Room.

Only Zhao Dongting was still frowning in the imperial study.

Although the Ministry of Military Industry has improved the munitions, but due to the limitation of technology in this era, the improvement of its power is not great.

It is unrealistic to use these improved arms alone to form a sufficient advantage over the Yuan army.

If you want to win, you can only develop more powerful weapons.

Afterwards, Zhao Dongting just wrote a few more letters, proclaiming Yi Shiyu to send it out, and then took Li Goudan to the workshop of the Ministry of Military Science and Technology.

Originally, he wasn't so anxious about researching artillery, but now, he felt quite imminent.

Perhaps the appearance of artillery one day earlier would save the army countless losses.

As for those technical difficulties, I don't know when they will be able to overcome them.

the next few days.

From the city of Changsha, various documents and orders were transmitted to various military regions, defenders, and government offices of various ministries.

The territory of the Song Dynasty is in full swing, which is far from being able to describe the undercurrent.

Those cities not far from Changsha City were the first to post notices to purchase food from the people.

There are government officials and servants clustered around the gate of the city, and there are many defenders around.

They set up food stalls here, with gold, silver, copper plates, and banknotes on the side.Stacks of boxes stacked on top of each other.

Some boxes have been opened, and the golden light is very dazzling in the sun.

The people carrying the burden lined up, and one by one they exchanged food and grass for their belongings.

Many families only keep the food they eat at home.

This is not only because the price of grain purchased by the Song Dynasty court is quite reasonable, but also because the people's hearts are towards the court.

Although the folks didn't know that there might be a war coming, they still chose to spare no effort to help the court.

Some people even don't even want gold and silver after sending food and grass.He also talked about the fact that many families were assisted by the government and the army in the past.

Only these officials who purchased food still stuffed their property into their hands.

An official said with a smile: "Food is the most important thing for the people, and the people are the most important thing for the country. The emperor has a decree first, and we can't take any advantage of you."

This moved many people again.

It is really a blessing for all the people of the Song Dynasty that such an emperor can appear in the Song Dynasty.

And when these things gradually spread, more and more people from all over the world came to deliver food.

There are swarms of people at the gates of every city.

In Shuzhong, Dali and other military regions, there are cities where forbidden troops are stationed.

The workshop of the Ministry of Military Industry is also in full swing.

Many craftsmen are bare-armed and sweat profusely even in such cold weather.

The Ministry of Military Industry issued an order to direct workshops in various places to produce improved ammunition as quickly as possible, and also set up a reward and punishment system.

Whether these craftsmen are out of patriotism or for personal gain, it is no surprise that they are working in full swing.

Chengdu Mansion in the middle of Shu.

A flying pigeon landed in the Chengdu mansion.

Then some soldiers took the letter and hurried to Zhang Guangbao's usual office in the military area.

This letter is naturally the imperial decree of Zhao Dongting's seal.

After Zhang Guangbao saw the letter, he didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately passed down several military orders, and went to the forbidden army in various places in the town of Sichuan.

He actually already knew what was going on in Tubo by now.But there is still no hesitation about Zhao Dongting's will.

Zhao Dongting's prestige in the army was too high, which even made the generals of all armies blindly obey him.

Zhang Guangbao didn't even think about what would happen if the Tubo soldiers came to kill him, he only knew that since the emperor asked him to lead the army, there must be a way to deal with the Tubo soldiers.

All of a sudden, all the forbidden troops in central Shu moved.

Since Zhang Guangbao had asked Zheng Yihang and the others to prepare for the expedition a few days ago, Zheng Yihang and the others had actually been eager to try.

After all, Da Song has been stable for some time.Perhaps those civil servants enjoyed this situation very much, but generals like Zheng Yihang may not have adapted to it.

They all followed Zhao Dongting in conquests, and they were used to the life of fighting on the battlefield. They hadn't fought for a long time, just like a warrior who hadn't used a knife for a long time, and their hands would inevitably feel a little itchy.

Following Zhang Guangbao's military orders to the various armies, Zheng Yihang and Batumi hurriedly led the army and gathered towards Chengdu.

In the territory of Central Shu, you can see the long dragon-like forbidden army marching on several main official roads.

There are countless food and grass in the army.

The flag is flying.

When the passing people saw this scene, they all stood by the road, and there was inevitably surprise and doubt in their eyes.

However, there was no panic on anyone's face.

It seemed that they were not worried about going to war again.This is because they have full confidence in the imperial court and the imperial army.

The invincibility of the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty over the past few years not only made the countries in the Central Plains terrified, but also made the people in the Song Dynasty have unparalleled trust in them.

With the presence of the forbidden army, the people will not suffer.

With the forbidden army, no matter how many enemy troops there are, they will be wiped out.

With the Forbidden Army, Song Dynasty is invincible.

This idea has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

(End of this chapter)