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Chapter 333 How dare they fire
Chapter 333 How dare they fire
Hand grenades, the current manufacturing cost of the Lantian Armory is a little more than three or two per grenade. This is completed with the blessing of a lathe, but there is still room for improvement on this lathe. The plan given by the Arsenal to Li Chaosheng said that After the second batch of lathes are completed, the Lantian Arsenal will be more proficient in making grenades, and the cost can be further reduced by then. Within two years, grenades can be made for two taels of silver each.
In five years, the cost can even be suppressed to one or two or eight yuan. Of course, the premise of doing this is that the prices in Lantian cannot skyrocket.
So when the two brothers Lu Xiangsheng and Lu Xianglin asked about the price of the grenade, Li Chaosheng gave a reasonable price: "Six taels of silver."
The reason why it is so expensive is that the power of the grenade is too great and must be controlled, and economic control is the best way without hurting feelings. After all, if you are too poor to afford too much, who do you turn to?
Lu Xiangsheng frowned when he heard the price, "It's too expensive for you."
Li Chaosheng looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said: "I don't need to introduce the power of this grenade. The two people in front of the battle should have seen it clearly yesterday. Moreover, this thing is very troublesome to make, and the internal structure is also very complicated. It is not easy to make one. Even if our Lantian Army has not opened up the use, each soldier can only be equipped with one or two, and now I am willing to sell them to Lu Gong, Lu Gong should understand my good intentions."
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng looked at Lu Xianglin. Lu Xianglin's face was pale at this time, but there was a strange blush in his paleness. This was because he was excited to see so many weapons.
"We are naturally aware of Li Xianzun's kindness, but our brother is really too shy to spend so much money."
After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at Lu Xianglin and the two of them and said, "Mr. Lu, I admire the two of you, but you can't bully Li with this. Let's do business with one yard. Selling the weapon to you, you should already know my good intentions, if you negotiate the price again, you can't justify it, believe it or not, if I am willing to sell it to the Tartars, even if the price is doubled, they will still be willing to buy it."
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng and Lu Xianglin's faces were not very good-looking. They looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "Li Xianzun doesn't really want to sell it to the Tartars, does he?"
Li Chaosheng laughed and said, "Just kidding, I, Lantian, and the Tartars are incompatible, how can I sell weapons to them."
After saying this, Li Chaosheng said: "However, both of you are admired by Li, so I will give you some discounts. If you buy one of this musket, I will distribute three rounds of bullets and gunpowder. For one artillery, I will distribute five rounds of gunpowder." Cannonballs, as for the grenades, how about if you buy ten of them, I'll give you one?"
Li Chaosheng looked at the two of them, and they frowned and said nothing when they heard this. After a while, Lu Xiangsheng said, "Third son, you go home in a few days and help me sell my house and my one hundred acres of Susukida , see how much silver you can sell, send it here, let's study how many firearms to buy."
After hearing this, Lu Xianglin said: "I still have mine, and mine is also for sale. If we get together, I think we can have two or three thousand taels."
Hearing Lu Xianglin's words, Li Chaosheng's teeth felt a little sore. These two frontier officials are only worth 3000 taels after working for so many years. They are so shabby that they are dying.
Not to mention them, a third-rank Xuanda supervisor and a fourth-rank commander, even a seventh-rank county magistrate, can be worth 8000 taels after working for a few years. The Lantian magistrate Li Chaosheng killed at the beginning, he had With a net worth of tens of thousands, compared with him, Lu Xiangsheng is unbelievably clean. Is this the legendary Qingliu?
Not to mention them, even Hong Chengchou, who is in the same position as Lu Xiangsheng, has a family property of several 10 taels, not to mention that Yuxianlou has given him a huge dividend of 2 taels these years.
Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng, these three people are considered to be three people with similar historical status in the late Ming Dynasty, but their economic conditions are very different. The richest is Hong Chengchou. This eldest brother can only be regarded as a capable minister. He has the ability, but Don't hold him accountable for his personal virtues. He has done a lot of things that civil servants of the Ming Dynasty do, such as taking cards and merchants.
If you evaluate him as a more capable one among the maggots of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, and although he is greedy for money, he has been loyal to the country of Ming Dynasty so far. You can call him a corrupt official, but you must not call him a traitor. Of course, we will talk about the future, after all, this man surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in history, and he is incomparable with Lu Xiangsheng, who is strong and strong.
Secondly, Sun Chuanting's family conditions are also good. Lao Sun is still an upright official. He has never done collusion between officials and businessmen, but his family is rich, and it is a legendary family. There was no shortage of money, and the old grandson was not bad, and he died in Tongguan in the end.
In fact, Lu Xiangsheng has the worst family conditions. Lu Xiangsheng’s family is a well-off family. He was even poor when he was a child. There are still many children in the family, so he has no family background. He can sell his property to make up two or three thousand taels. It can be seen that he is in financial distress. Of course, this kind of embarrassment is compared with the scholar-officials, and compared with the common people, he is still considered a rich man.
However, if you were in the Ming Dynasty and still wanted to compare officials with people, then you were really delusional. The only officials in the history of Ming Dynasty who were really poor and even inferior to the people were probably Hai Rui and Hai Gangfeng.
Seeing these two court officials and the governor of a town studying how much taels of silver can be exchanged for selling the land, Li Chaosheng was very helpless. How poor are these two people? According to their calculations, they can also sell Three or four hundred grenades, this is really poor waste.
Li Chaosheng watched Lu Xiangsheng discuss with Lu Xianglin, sell the land to Lu Yuanwai, not to Zhao Yuanwai, Zhao Yuanwai deducted, Lu Yuanwai has a good reputation, and Lu Yuanwai has some relatives with their family.
After watching for a long time, Li Chaosheng couldn't bear it any longer. He looked at the two of them and said, "You two, Mr. Lu, don't you think it's just this little money?"
Lu Xiangsheng and Lu Xianglin were a little ashamed when they were said, Lu Xiangsheng was good at nourishing Qi, his face sank like water at this time, while Lu Xianglin blushed and said: "That, I laughed."
But Lu Xiangsheng said with a strong character: "Lu is a clean and honest official, and he has no property. This house and Susukita were rewarded by His Majesty back then."
Back then, that was the first time Tartars entered the pass, the time Yuan Chonghuan was killed. That year was the second year of Chongzhen in 1629. The leader of the Tartars, Huang Taiji, led his army to bypass the Ningjin defense line guarded by Yuan Chonghuan, and broke into it from Xifengkou. In the Central Plains, Lu Xiang was promoted to the magistrate of the daimyo. Hearing this, he personally recruited more than ten thousand soldiers and horses to join the king of Jingqin.
Because of his excellent performance in that battle, Chongzhen deeply appreciated it, so Chongzhen gave Lu Xiangsheng a mansion with [-] acres of fertile land. Lu Xiangsheng's family was poor, so he divided the land, leaving only [-] acres for himself, and handed it over to his hometown. People agree, but I was promoted to the right to participate in politics and deputy envoy, and went out to rectify the military equipment of the three prefectures of Daming, Guangping, and Shunde, known as the Tianxiong Army.
This is the origin of the Tianxiong Army, and Lu Xiangsheng's little family property was accumulated little by little in this way. It can be said that every penny has Lu Xiangsheng's blood.
Lu Xiangsheng spoke very forcefully, but Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "Mr. Lu is upright, I admire Mr. Li, but I'm afraid you won't be able to buy many weapons and equipment with this little money."
Lu Xiangsheng's face suddenly collapsed, he looked at Li Chaosheng with a frown and said, "Can I owe you credit?"
"Mr. Lu, don't be joking. We don't pay on credit for small businesses." Li Chaosheng immediately stopped Lu Xiangsheng's unrealistic thoughts. He wanted to prostitute for nothing. What was he thinking?
Lu Xiangsheng suddenly lost all energy, Li Chaosheng smiled and said: "Lu Gong, I have a way to make a fortune, I don't know if Lu Gong wants it or not?"
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "Lu can't do anything that takes money and violates the law."
Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will never let Mr. Lu do such corrupt and illegal things, and we will never violate one of Mr. Lu's principles."
"Oh, is there such a good thing?"
Lu Xiangsheng looked at Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaosheng said: "Of course, Mr. Lu was too upright before and didn't bother to use this method to make a profit. However, it is different from the past. If Mr. Lu uses this method, he will definitely be able to make a lot of money. won the support of the people."
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng asked, "What method?"
Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "Suppress the bandits!"
"Ok!"
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng's eyes narrowed, and Li Chaosheng said: "There are bandits on the mountain near Xuanda Erfu looking around, and there are horse thieves running rampant on the grassland outside the pass. The accumulated wealth is quite rich, why don't Duke Lu take it and use it?"
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng frowned slightly. It's not that Lu Xiangsheng doesn't know how to suppress the bandits, but Lu Xiangsheng has always been unwilling to do it. The reason is very simple. The Tianxiong Army is here to guard the border, not to work for Lu Xiangsheng. Leading the soldiers to suppress the bandits to enrich themselves, the soldiers did not die at the hands of the Tartars, but at the hands of the bandits, which made Lu Xiangsheng very conflicted.
He felt that this was a private use of public power. If he really did this, it would be detrimental to his moral standards. Suppressing bandits is a matter for local officials and has little to do with him, so he didn't do that. Do.
But today when Li Chaosheng brought it up, he was a little moved, but he was not moved by the money, but by the firearms that the money could be exchanged for. more relaxed.
This is not considered to be private use of public equipment, which is in line with Lu Xiangsheng's own core values. In this regard, I have to say that Lu Xiangsheng is very pedantic, or that the education he received is completely different from that of Li Chaosheng. Li Chaosheng believes that as long as the starting point It's good, the result is good, and it doesn't matter if there are some small problems in the middle.
However, Lu Xiangsheng believed that he must strictly regulate himself, and he must not do anything beyond the rules. It has to be said that this is where Lu Xiangsheng's personality charm lies, and it is also his personality defect. Chang Zhiliu insisted that if Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou learned to be smooth and advanced, Yang Sichang would not be able to cause so much harm to Lu Xiangsheng, who was a holy family at that time, and even forced Lu Xiangsheng to death.
After Li Chaosheng's suggestion was finished, seeing that Lu Xiangsheng was still a little tangled, Li Chaosheng didn't urge him, and let Lu Xiangsheng make his own choice.
In fact, Li Chaosheng's move is a method that kills two birds with one stone. First, Li Chaosheng really wants to strengthen Lu Xiangsheng. As long as Lu Xiangsheng strengthens, he can keep the Tartars out of Xuanda's gate and prevent them from entering from Xuanda's land. The Central Plains will bring disaster to Shaanxi and Shanxi, and at the same time, it can also protect Guihua City.
The strategic value of this step is extremely high, which is also the main reason why Li Chaosheng is willing to share his weapons with Lu Xiangsheng.
As long as Shanxi and Shanxi are not in chaos for three to five years, Li Chaosheng's Lantian County will be able to eat the land in Guanzhong and complete his initial separatist rule. With Guanzhong, Li Chaosheng will even have the foundation of the emperor. You must know that Li Yuan was Li Shimin back then. When Dad established the Tang regime, he also set up a banner after occupying Guanzhong.
Li Chaosheng's current Lantian basically occupies one-third of Guanzhong. As long as he is given time in the next few years, he can gradually eat away at it. The current obstacles are Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang and other thieves who are entrenched in northern Shaanxi. But they can't stay for long, and soon they will go to Shanxi and Henan.
As soon as they left, Li Chaosheng would own the cleared-up top-notch land in northern Shaanxi. By then, Li Chaosheng would really be in the limelight. Even if Emperor Chongzhen wanted to move him, he would have to think about him. OK?
Therefore, it is very important for Lu Xiangsheng to gain a foothold in Xuanda. Weapons must be replenished for him, but the money cannot be lost, so suppressing bandits is a profitable business.
The person who killed the bandits belonged to Lu Xiangsheng, but the money was given to Li Chaosheng. Li Chaosheng wanted to give him the weapon, so it would be very rounded. Besides, if the bandits need to consume guns and ammunition, Li Chaosheng can also take the opportunity to sell more guns and ammunition. To Lu Xiangsheng, make more money.
In addition, the bandit forces near Xuanda are a bit shameless. Li Chaosheng heard merchants from Lantian complain that there are many bandits on this road, and it is not easy to come here. Li Chaosheng asked these merchants to give these bandits a sentence: " Merchants who come to my Lantian to buy goods don’t rob me, just treat me as a face for Li Chaosheng.”
As a result, these bastards actually said: You, Li Chaosheng, are also the home of bandits, and we are also bandits, so why should we give you face.
Li Chaosheng was angry and wanted to send people to suppress the bandits, but it was very difficult to move troops across borders too far away, which made Li Chaosheng feel that he couldn't reach him, so these bastards were like fishbone stuck in his throat, which made Lan Tian very uncomfortable .
Originally, Li Chaosheng planned to send an armed caravan to wipe out the bandits along the way after he was going to solve Guihua City, but now that Lu Xiangsheng is short of money, why don't he go with the flow and give this good deed to Lu Xiangsheng?
So for Li Chaosheng, this matter is killing two birds with one stone. It can not only earn money to supplement the military expenses of Lantian, but also support Lu Xiangsheng with a batch of weapons so that he can guard the northern gate of Lantian. Once the road is connected, the business in Lantian will be more developed, and the people in Lantian will be brought more benefits. This is simply a rare skill.
After a brief struggle, Lu Xiangsheng seemed to be convinced by Li Chaosheng. At this time, he exchanged a glance with Lu Xianglin, turned to look at Li Chaosheng and said, "Li Xianzun, how can we buy this weapon from you when we get the money? Guihua City? Or Lantian?"
Li Chaosheng said: "Of course it is Lantian. The weapons in Guihua City cannot be easily used."
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng nodded, and then the three of them didn't continue talking, everything was silent, there was nothing to say, they had finished what they had to say.
The three of them were speechless to each other, at this moment suddenly Gu Zi rushed over.
"The county magistrate is not good, Tartar, the Tartar is here to fight."
"Oh, dare to come?"
Li Chaosheng was a little surprised when he heard this, is this tartar really desperate?Under such circumstances, Li Chaosheng dared to come to Guihua City to call for battle. Li Chaosheng waved his hand and said, "It's a small matter, just let the artillery fire and run away."
After hearing this, Gu Zi was quite embarrassed: "The county lord, it is not a matter of whether we can drive them away. The main reason is that these Tartars have arrested a group of Han people from nowhere. Now the Tartars are escorting the Han people to us. This way, our gunners don't know what to do."
After hearing these words, the expressions of Li Chaosheng, Lu Xiangsheng, and Lu Xianglin suddenly became ugly. The tartars were so despicable by holding people hostage to attack the city.
At this moment, Li Chaosheng's face sank like water and he said, "Go, go and have a look."
"The old man also went to see."
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng also shouted loudly and ran out with Li Chaosheng. Only Lu Xianglin was seriously injured and was left behind, but Lu Xianglin's face was also full of anxiety.
Li Chaosheng, Lu Xiangsheng, and Guzi rode their horses to the city wall and climbed the city wall. At this moment, they saw the Tartars leading the people to fight, and on the city wall, Shi Dalei and Li Chaohu were all here, staring at each other, hating each other. These tartars cannot be eaten alive.
"Damn, you're too much of a bully!"
Li Chaohu slammed his hands on the city wall fiercely, Shi Dalei also had a dark face at this time, looking at the Tartars and traitors who were scolding below, he was very angry.
"Commander."
Seeing Li Chaosheng, the two immediately reacted and saluted. Li Chaosheng returned the salute, looked at the two and said, "What's the matter, what's the situation now?"
Hearing this, Li Chaohu said: "The Tatars sent a small team and suppressed hundreds of Han people to call for battle. We don't know how to deal with it. If we attack them, it will definitely hurt these people, so all of a sudden Overwhelmed."
Li Chaohu had a resentful expression on his face, and Shi Dalei on the side also roared angrily: "These bastards are really a bunch of beasts. If they are capable of fighting with real swords and guns on the battlefield, what are they doing with ordinary people as their backs? Despicable, idiot !"
Looking at Li Chaohu and Shi Dalei who were filled with righteous indignation, Li Chaosheng did not say a word, but came to the city wall. At this time, there were 700 people standing under the city wall, 500 of them were wearing the clothes of Ming refugees, and the clothes on their bodies were in tatters. There were still bloodstains, and behind him stood more than 100 of Kong Youde's subordinates in red clothes, and more than a dozen Tazi soldiers with white flags.
The Tazi soldiers were standing at the rear, staring at the city wall. A soldier under Kong Youde's banner and the Han army's red flag shouted loudly: "Listen, people in the city, now I have a choice for you, either come out of the city in an open and honest manner." Fight with the grandpas, or you can just watch these Han people being shown to the public, the prince of the Qing Dynasty said, as long as you don’t open the city gate, we will kill ten people with a cup of tea, and we will arrest them tomorrow until we finish killing Kill all of you Han people!"
The Han traitor in red shouted, and as soon as he finished shouting, ten people were pushed to the front, followed by the Han traitor and shouted loudly: "First kill ten and show you, and I will give you a cup of tea time!" , if you still don't come out, kill!"
Hearing this, Li Chaosheng frowned, followed Li Chaosheng to reach out his hand, the next moment Guzi handed the binoculars to Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng took the binoculars and saw a group of dark crowds behind the soil bag not far from these soldiers The cavalry was in ambush, and as long as Li Chaosheng left the city, he would fight head-on with the Tartar cavalry.
In field battles, although Li Chaosheng's firearms are powerful, he still can't take advantage of them, and Li Chaosheng is unwilling to fight in the field with the Tartars. Li Chaosheng frowned and put down his binoculars. clairvoyance?"
Li Chaosheng glanced at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Oh, well, we in Lantian call it a telescope."
"Binoculars? Can you lend me a look?"
Lu Xiangsheng asked, Li Chaosheng handed the binoculars to Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng took it over and looked at it, then took it off and said in surprise: "Your binoculars can see farther than clairvoyance?"
Li Chaosheng nodded. The binoculars that Li Chaosheng provided to the army are all of real military grade. This is not the so-called military grade on Taobao, but the high-end goods that Li Chaosheng obtained from special channels at a high price.
Lu Xiangsheng was looking at it with a telescope at this moment, and couldn't help being amazed that even a blade of grass in the distance could be seen clearly. This telescope is simply a magic tool.
Lu Xiangsheng took down the telescope and said to Li Chaosheng, "Do you sell this telescope?"
Li Chaosheng shook his head and said, "Not for sale."
"That's a pity, otherwise I would definitely buy one from you, it's really a good thing."
Lu Xiangsheng said to Li Chaosheng with emotion: "It's a pity, well, let's not talk about it. From the situation, the Tartars have made perfect preparations this time. There are a lot of cavalry ambushed under the hillside. If we go out of the city, we will lose it." Overcoming the danger of the city is equivalent to giving up a great advantage, so I don't recommend going out."
After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "How do you Daming Army usually choose when you encounter such a situation?"
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a while and said: "Close the door, if you feel compassion now, then the tartars will think this is your weakness, and then they will continue to use the people of Ming Dynasty to attack our city gates. And when the people of the Ming Dynasty are exhausted, they will catch them even more frantically, and more people of the Ming Dynasty will suffer, so if they are not hard-hearted at this time, more people will be harmed."
Li Chaosheng smiled wryly after hearing this: "So you Tianxiong Army are staying behind closed doors at this time, and you don't have the slightest desire to rescue?"
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said: "This is also a helpless method. Back then, the Tartars also used this method to deal with the Xuanfu border. I was soft-hearted and saved it. As a result, Hao Erlang, who had been in the army for more than 1000 days, died. No one was rescued, and when we rushed out, they had already started killing people, and when we rushed over, there were only dead bodies and charging cavalry left."
"We were miserable in that battle. More than 1000 soldiers were trampled into meat by the cavalry. On the second day, the Tartars found a group of Ming people and threatened us to go out to fight at the gate of the city. That time I didn't order the rescue, those Daming people were slaughtered to death, on the third day they still brought the Daming people to kill at the gate of my city, on the fourth day, on the fifth day..."
"This kind of massacre lasted for ten days, but from the fifth day onwards, there were fewer and fewer people. It was not until after the tenth day that they confirmed that I would not be fooled by them again, and they stopped capturing the nearby Han people. , Retiring troops resentfully."
"So I blamed myself more than once. If I had been hard-hearted the first time, Hao Erlang of my thousand-day army and the people who died in the next nine days would not have to die. Therefore, I ordered from that day that all When the Tianxiong Army encountered this kind of situation on the battlefield, they would turn a blind eye and treat these people as dead."
Lu Xiangsheng said that the circles of his eyes were red, thinking that Lu Xiangsheng's heart was also bleeding when he thought of giving such an order.
Lu Xiangsheng is not a ruthless person, let alone a person who does not show pity for the people, but he is helpless in such a situation. Sometimes it is not difficult to charge forward, but it is difficult to make a choice, especially for a good official like Lu Xiangsheng , this choice is even more difficult. Killing these common people is not a way of punishing one's heart.
Now this choice is in the hands of Li Chaosheng, whether to watch these people being slaughtered by the Tartars and traitors in the city of Guihua with a heart of stone, or to send troops to rescue, so that the Tartars know their weakness, and then hold it endlessly Threatening himself, so that more people will be implicated.
This is really a difficult choice. Li Chaosheng's expression was gloomy. He really didn't want to make this kind of choice, because no matter what kind of choice it made Li Chaosheng feel uncomfortable, but this is the choice that people in power often make. Some people's interests in exchange for more people's interests, or...
At this time, everyone is looking at Li Chaosheng. Li Chaosheng is their backbone and their god. At this time, they give Li Chaosheng the right to choose. As long as Li Chaosheng makes a decision If they make a decision, they will continue to work hard.
Looking at Li Chaosheng's gloomy expression, Li Chaohu said: "It's time for the commander to make a decision."
"The commander of the army will change later. No matter what decision you make, the brothers will listen to you. Make your decision."
Shi Dalei also said at the side at this time, the meaning is obvious, if you talk about saving people, the brothers will risk their lives and save people.
"Commander, please make a decision, we have nothing to say."
At this time, the other officers guarding the city also said in unison, seeing everyone like this, Li Chaosheng clenched his fists, then raised his hand and said: "The artillerymen are ready, aim at the people outside the city, don't tell anyone to run away. "
After hearing this, Ling Lei, the commander of the artillery battalion, stared at him and asked, "What does the commander mean?"
Gu Zi glanced at Ling Lei and said, "The commander means that the cannons are aimed at everyone outside the city."
"So, everyone?"
Ling Lei was startled, and Li Chaosheng said with a gloomy face at this moment: "People, tartars, traitors, all those within the range of the cannon, all will be wiped out, leaving no one behind."
"Ah, this..."
Ling Lei hesitated, Gu Zi glared and said, "Go quickly."
"Yes Yes!"
Ling Lei responded, and immediately ordered everyone to prepare the cannons, cover the area with artillery fire, adjust the angle, and load ammunition.
But outside the city, the traitor had already dragged out ten women and children, all kneeling on the ground, followed by the traitor, looking at the direction of the city wall and shouting: "Listen up, people in the city, I will count by dozens, and after counting by ten, Heads fall, ten, nine, eight..."
The traitor yelled loudly. Li Chaosheng closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Since he wanted to compete for that position, he should learn to have a hard heart. Isn't it pleasant to be a rich man in the world?
However, I chose the important task of reorganizing the Daming River and Mountains, and chose to lead the Han people on the road of no longer being oppressed. Since I have taken this road, I have to be enlightened. How can it be possible that my hands are not stained with blood?
"Report, Commander, the cannon is loaded and ready to fire."
After hearing this, Li Chaohu came behind Li Chaosheng and said: "Commander, let me issue this order. If these guns continue to fire, your reputation will be bad in the future. Some despicable people may use it to make a fuss against the commander. Your prestige."
After hearing Li Chaohu's words, Li Chaosheng said: "Hehe... Even if I don't do this, people will come to find other reasons to scold me in the future. You can't blame me for this. If they attack me with this matter, I will at most leave a bad reputation It doesn't matter, Emperor Qin, Hanwu, Tang Zong and Song Zu who don't get scolded? It doesn't matter who is not tainted, and if you recite this pot, someone with a heart will make a fuss in the future, and if you make trouble, it will kill you."
After Li Chaosheng said this, his eyes opened suddenly, and the traitors outside the city had already been counted, so he waved his hand and said, "Kill!"
But at this moment, Li Chaosheng also slowly uttered a word: "Let go!"
Boom, boom, boom!
In an instant, the cannons in red clothes on the city wall were fired at once. When they heard the sound of the cannons, the eyes of the traitors and Tartars widened, their faces full of disbelief, how dare they fire, how dare they!
Boom, but before they could react, the next moment a cannonball bombarded the traitor soldier who had been counted just now. The traitor was instantly torn apart and smashed to pieces by the cannon.
"run!"
With a roar, the Tartars behind wanted to run, but the next moment, the entire space was covered by the cannon, and everyone was stuffed inside by the cannon.
Boom boom boom!
The artillery fire shook the sky, and no place covered by the artillery fire was complete.
"My grass!"
Seeing this scene, Kong Youde, who was ambushing in the distance, uttered an unbelievable cry. He had thought of various plans, such as the other party rushing out to save people, such as ignoring the other party, but he just didn't expect the other party to bombard him. They are their own people, so ruthless!
Duoduo also widened his eyes at this time: "Mingren, Mingren, how dare the Mingren fire, how could they fire, how could this happen!"
In the distance, Dorgon witnessed all this and sighed: "Lantian County Honor Li Chaosheng, my strong enemy."
After saying this, Dorgon looked at Fan Wencheng at the side and said, "What do you think of Li Chaosheng, sir?"
Hearing this, Fan Wencheng bowed and said: "My lord, Li Chaosheng has already shown his majesty. I think it's useless to try again. For now, I can only use it up with them. It's just to see who gets the most out of it." who."
Dorgon nodded and said, "By the way, has our messenger arrived in Zhangjiakou?"
Fan Wencheng thought for a while and said, "It should be time."
(End of this chapter)
Hand grenades, the current manufacturing cost of the Lantian Armory is a little more than three or two per grenade. This is completed with the blessing of a lathe, but there is still room for improvement on this lathe. The plan given by the Arsenal to Li Chaosheng said that After the second batch of lathes are completed, the Lantian Arsenal will be more proficient in making grenades, and the cost can be further reduced by then. Within two years, grenades can be made for two taels of silver each.
In five years, the cost can even be suppressed to one or two or eight yuan. Of course, the premise of doing this is that the prices in Lantian cannot skyrocket.
So when the two brothers Lu Xiangsheng and Lu Xianglin asked about the price of the grenade, Li Chaosheng gave a reasonable price: "Six taels of silver."
The reason why it is so expensive is that the power of the grenade is too great and must be controlled, and economic control is the best way without hurting feelings. After all, if you are too poor to afford too much, who do you turn to?
Lu Xiangsheng frowned when he heard the price, "It's too expensive for you."
Li Chaosheng looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said: "I don't need to introduce the power of this grenade. The two people in front of the battle should have seen it clearly yesterday. Moreover, this thing is very troublesome to make, and the internal structure is also very complicated. It is not easy to make one. Even if our Lantian Army has not opened up the use, each soldier can only be equipped with one or two, and now I am willing to sell them to Lu Gong, Lu Gong should understand my good intentions."
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng looked at Lu Xianglin. Lu Xianglin's face was pale at this time, but there was a strange blush in his paleness. This was because he was excited to see so many weapons.
"We are naturally aware of Li Xianzun's kindness, but our brother is really too shy to spend so much money."
After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at Lu Xianglin and the two of them and said, "Mr. Lu, I admire the two of you, but you can't bully Li with this. Let's do business with one yard. Selling the weapon to you, you should already know my good intentions, if you negotiate the price again, you can't justify it, believe it or not, if I am willing to sell it to the Tartars, even if the price is doubled, they will still be willing to buy it."
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng and Lu Xianglin's faces were not very good-looking. They looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "Li Xianzun doesn't really want to sell it to the Tartars, does he?"
Li Chaosheng laughed and said, "Just kidding, I, Lantian, and the Tartars are incompatible, how can I sell weapons to them."
After saying this, Li Chaosheng said: "However, both of you are admired by Li, so I will give you some discounts. If you buy one of this musket, I will distribute three rounds of bullets and gunpowder. For one artillery, I will distribute five rounds of gunpowder." Cannonballs, as for the grenades, how about if you buy ten of them, I'll give you one?"
Li Chaosheng looked at the two of them, and they frowned and said nothing when they heard this. After a while, Lu Xiangsheng said, "Third son, you go home in a few days and help me sell my house and my one hundred acres of Susukida , see how much silver you can sell, send it here, let's study how many firearms to buy."
After hearing this, Lu Xianglin said: "I still have mine, and mine is also for sale. If we get together, I think we can have two or three thousand taels."
Hearing Lu Xianglin's words, Li Chaosheng's teeth felt a little sore. These two frontier officials are only worth 3000 taels after working for so many years. They are so shabby that they are dying.
Not to mention them, a third-rank Xuanda supervisor and a fourth-rank commander, even a seventh-rank county magistrate, can be worth 8000 taels after working for a few years. The Lantian magistrate Li Chaosheng killed at the beginning, he had With a net worth of tens of thousands, compared with him, Lu Xiangsheng is unbelievably clean. Is this the legendary Qingliu?
Not to mention them, even Hong Chengchou, who is in the same position as Lu Xiangsheng, has a family property of several 10 taels, not to mention that Yuxianlou has given him a huge dividend of 2 taels these years.
Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng, these three people are considered to be three people with similar historical status in the late Ming Dynasty, but their economic conditions are very different. The richest is Hong Chengchou. This eldest brother can only be regarded as a capable minister. He has the ability, but Don't hold him accountable for his personal virtues. He has done a lot of things that civil servants of the Ming Dynasty do, such as taking cards and merchants.
If you evaluate him as a more capable one among the maggots of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, and although he is greedy for money, he has been loyal to the country of Ming Dynasty so far. You can call him a corrupt official, but you must not call him a traitor. Of course, we will talk about the future, after all, this man surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in history, and he is incomparable with Lu Xiangsheng, who is strong and strong.
Secondly, Sun Chuanting's family conditions are also good. Lao Sun is still an upright official. He has never done collusion between officials and businessmen, but his family is rich, and it is a legendary family. There was no shortage of money, and the old grandson was not bad, and he died in Tongguan in the end.
In fact, Lu Xiangsheng has the worst family conditions. Lu Xiangsheng’s family is a well-off family. He was even poor when he was a child. There are still many children in the family, so he has no family background. He can sell his property to make up two or three thousand taels. It can be seen that he is in financial distress. Of course, this kind of embarrassment is compared with the scholar-officials, and compared with the common people, he is still considered a rich man.
However, if you were in the Ming Dynasty and still wanted to compare officials with people, then you were really delusional. The only officials in the history of Ming Dynasty who were really poor and even inferior to the people were probably Hai Rui and Hai Gangfeng.
Seeing these two court officials and the governor of a town studying how much taels of silver can be exchanged for selling the land, Li Chaosheng was very helpless. How poor are these two people? According to their calculations, they can also sell Three or four hundred grenades, this is really poor waste.
Li Chaosheng watched Lu Xiangsheng discuss with Lu Xianglin, sell the land to Lu Yuanwai, not to Zhao Yuanwai, Zhao Yuanwai deducted, Lu Yuanwai has a good reputation, and Lu Yuanwai has some relatives with their family.
After watching for a long time, Li Chaosheng couldn't bear it any longer. He looked at the two of them and said, "You two, Mr. Lu, don't you think it's just this little money?"
Lu Xiangsheng and Lu Xianglin were a little ashamed when they were said, Lu Xiangsheng was good at nourishing Qi, his face sank like water at this time, while Lu Xianglin blushed and said: "That, I laughed."
But Lu Xiangsheng said with a strong character: "Lu is a clean and honest official, and he has no property. This house and Susukita were rewarded by His Majesty back then."
Back then, that was the first time Tartars entered the pass, the time Yuan Chonghuan was killed. That year was the second year of Chongzhen in 1629. The leader of the Tartars, Huang Taiji, led his army to bypass the Ningjin defense line guarded by Yuan Chonghuan, and broke into it from Xifengkou. In the Central Plains, Lu Xiang was promoted to the magistrate of the daimyo. Hearing this, he personally recruited more than ten thousand soldiers and horses to join the king of Jingqin.
Because of his excellent performance in that battle, Chongzhen deeply appreciated it, so Chongzhen gave Lu Xiangsheng a mansion with [-] acres of fertile land. Lu Xiangsheng's family was poor, so he divided the land, leaving only [-] acres for himself, and handed it over to his hometown. People agree, but I was promoted to the right to participate in politics and deputy envoy, and went out to rectify the military equipment of the three prefectures of Daming, Guangping, and Shunde, known as the Tianxiong Army.
This is the origin of the Tianxiong Army, and Lu Xiangsheng's little family property was accumulated little by little in this way. It can be said that every penny has Lu Xiangsheng's blood.
Lu Xiangsheng spoke very forcefully, but Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "Mr. Lu is upright, I admire Mr. Li, but I'm afraid you won't be able to buy many weapons and equipment with this little money."
Lu Xiangsheng's face suddenly collapsed, he looked at Li Chaosheng with a frown and said, "Can I owe you credit?"
"Mr. Lu, don't be joking. We don't pay on credit for small businesses." Li Chaosheng immediately stopped Lu Xiangsheng's unrealistic thoughts. He wanted to prostitute for nothing. What was he thinking?
Lu Xiangsheng suddenly lost all energy, Li Chaosheng smiled and said: "Lu Gong, I have a way to make a fortune, I don't know if Lu Gong wants it or not?"
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "Lu can't do anything that takes money and violates the law."
Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will never let Mr. Lu do such corrupt and illegal things, and we will never violate one of Mr. Lu's principles."
"Oh, is there such a good thing?"
Lu Xiangsheng looked at Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaosheng said: "Of course, Mr. Lu was too upright before and didn't bother to use this method to make a profit. However, it is different from the past. If Mr. Lu uses this method, he will definitely be able to make a lot of money. won the support of the people."
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng asked, "What method?"
Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "Suppress the bandits!"
"Ok!"
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng's eyes narrowed, and Li Chaosheng said: "There are bandits on the mountain near Xuanda Erfu looking around, and there are horse thieves running rampant on the grassland outside the pass. The accumulated wealth is quite rich, why don't Duke Lu take it and use it?"
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng frowned slightly. It's not that Lu Xiangsheng doesn't know how to suppress the bandits, but Lu Xiangsheng has always been unwilling to do it. The reason is very simple. The Tianxiong Army is here to guard the border, not to work for Lu Xiangsheng. Leading the soldiers to suppress the bandits to enrich themselves, the soldiers did not die at the hands of the Tartars, but at the hands of the bandits, which made Lu Xiangsheng very conflicted.
He felt that this was a private use of public power. If he really did this, it would be detrimental to his moral standards. Suppressing bandits is a matter for local officials and has little to do with him, so he didn't do that. Do.
But today when Li Chaosheng brought it up, he was a little moved, but he was not moved by the money, but by the firearms that the money could be exchanged for. more relaxed.
This is not considered to be private use of public equipment, which is in line with Lu Xiangsheng's own core values. In this regard, I have to say that Lu Xiangsheng is very pedantic, or that the education he received is completely different from that of Li Chaosheng. Li Chaosheng believes that as long as the starting point It's good, the result is good, and it doesn't matter if there are some small problems in the middle.
However, Lu Xiangsheng believed that he must strictly regulate himself, and he must not do anything beyond the rules. It has to be said that this is where Lu Xiangsheng's personality charm lies, and it is also his personality defect. Chang Zhiliu insisted that if Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou learned to be smooth and advanced, Yang Sichang would not be able to cause so much harm to Lu Xiangsheng, who was a holy family at that time, and even forced Lu Xiangsheng to death.
After Li Chaosheng's suggestion was finished, seeing that Lu Xiangsheng was still a little tangled, Li Chaosheng didn't urge him, and let Lu Xiangsheng make his own choice.
In fact, Li Chaosheng's move is a method that kills two birds with one stone. First, Li Chaosheng really wants to strengthen Lu Xiangsheng. As long as Lu Xiangsheng strengthens, he can keep the Tartars out of Xuanda's gate and prevent them from entering from Xuanda's land. The Central Plains will bring disaster to Shaanxi and Shanxi, and at the same time, it can also protect Guihua City.
The strategic value of this step is extremely high, which is also the main reason why Li Chaosheng is willing to share his weapons with Lu Xiangsheng.
As long as Shanxi and Shanxi are not in chaos for three to five years, Li Chaosheng's Lantian County will be able to eat the land in Guanzhong and complete his initial separatist rule. With Guanzhong, Li Chaosheng will even have the foundation of the emperor. You must know that Li Yuan was Li Shimin back then. When Dad established the Tang regime, he also set up a banner after occupying Guanzhong.
Li Chaosheng's current Lantian basically occupies one-third of Guanzhong. As long as he is given time in the next few years, he can gradually eat away at it. The current obstacles are Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang and other thieves who are entrenched in northern Shaanxi. But they can't stay for long, and soon they will go to Shanxi and Henan.
As soon as they left, Li Chaosheng would own the cleared-up top-notch land in northern Shaanxi. By then, Li Chaosheng would really be in the limelight. Even if Emperor Chongzhen wanted to move him, he would have to think about him. OK?
Therefore, it is very important for Lu Xiangsheng to gain a foothold in Xuanda. Weapons must be replenished for him, but the money cannot be lost, so suppressing bandits is a profitable business.
The person who killed the bandits belonged to Lu Xiangsheng, but the money was given to Li Chaosheng. Li Chaosheng wanted to give him the weapon, so it would be very rounded. Besides, if the bandits need to consume guns and ammunition, Li Chaosheng can also take the opportunity to sell more guns and ammunition. To Lu Xiangsheng, make more money.
In addition, the bandit forces near Xuanda are a bit shameless. Li Chaosheng heard merchants from Lantian complain that there are many bandits on this road, and it is not easy to come here. Li Chaosheng asked these merchants to give these bandits a sentence: " Merchants who come to my Lantian to buy goods don’t rob me, just treat me as a face for Li Chaosheng.”
As a result, these bastards actually said: You, Li Chaosheng, are also the home of bandits, and we are also bandits, so why should we give you face.
Li Chaosheng was angry and wanted to send people to suppress the bandits, but it was very difficult to move troops across borders too far away, which made Li Chaosheng feel that he couldn't reach him, so these bastards were like fishbone stuck in his throat, which made Lan Tian very uncomfortable .
Originally, Li Chaosheng planned to send an armed caravan to wipe out the bandits along the way after he was going to solve Guihua City, but now that Lu Xiangsheng is short of money, why don't he go with the flow and give this good deed to Lu Xiangsheng?
So for Li Chaosheng, this matter is killing two birds with one stone. It can not only earn money to supplement the military expenses of Lantian, but also support Lu Xiangsheng with a batch of weapons so that he can guard the northern gate of Lantian. Once the road is connected, the business in Lantian will be more developed, and the people in Lantian will be brought more benefits. This is simply a rare skill.
After a brief struggle, Lu Xiangsheng seemed to be convinced by Li Chaosheng. At this time, he exchanged a glance with Lu Xianglin, turned to look at Li Chaosheng and said, "Li Xianzun, how can we buy this weapon from you when we get the money? Guihua City? Or Lantian?"
Li Chaosheng said: "Of course it is Lantian. The weapons in Guihua City cannot be easily used."
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng nodded, and then the three of them didn't continue talking, everything was silent, there was nothing to say, they had finished what they had to say.
The three of them were speechless to each other, at this moment suddenly Gu Zi rushed over.
"The county magistrate is not good, Tartar, the Tartar is here to fight."
"Oh, dare to come?"
Li Chaosheng was a little surprised when he heard this, is this tartar really desperate?Under such circumstances, Li Chaosheng dared to come to Guihua City to call for battle. Li Chaosheng waved his hand and said, "It's a small matter, just let the artillery fire and run away."
After hearing this, Gu Zi was quite embarrassed: "The county lord, it is not a matter of whether we can drive them away. The main reason is that these Tartars have arrested a group of Han people from nowhere. Now the Tartars are escorting the Han people to us. This way, our gunners don't know what to do."
After hearing these words, the expressions of Li Chaosheng, Lu Xiangsheng, and Lu Xianglin suddenly became ugly. The tartars were so despicable by holding people hostage to attack the city.
At this moment, Li Chaosheng's face sank like water and he said, "Go, go and have a look."
"The old man also went to see."
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng also shouted loudly and ran out with Li Chaosheng. Only Lu Xianglin was seriously injured and was left behind, but Lu Xianglin's face was also full of anxiety.
Li Chaosheng, Lu Xiangsheng, and Guzi rode their horses to the city wall and climbed the city wall. At this moment, they saw the Tartars leading the people to fight, and on the city wall, Shi Dalei and Li Chaohu were all here, staring at each other, hating each other. These tartars cannot be eaten alive.
"Damn, you're too much of a bully!"
Li Chaohu slammed his hands on the city wall fiercely, Shi Dalei also had a dark face at this time, looking at the Tartars and traitors who were scolding below, he was very angry.
"Commander."
Seeing Li Chaosheng, the two immediately reacted and saluted. Li Chaosheng returned the salute, looked at the two and said, "What's the matter, what's the situation now?"
Hearing this, Li Chaohu said: "The Tatars sent a small team and suppressed hundreds of Han people to call for battle. We don't know how to deal with it. If we attack them, it will definitely hurt these people, so all of a sudden Overwhelmed."
Li Chaohu had a resentful expression on his face, and Shi Dalei on the side also roared angrily: "These bastards are really a bunch of beasts. If they are capable of fighting with real swords and guns on the battlefield, what are they doing with ordinary people as their backs? Despicable, idiot !"
Looking at Li Chaohu and Shi Dalei who were filled with righteous indignation, Li Chaosheng did not say a word, but came to the city wall. At this time, there were 700 people standing under the city wall, 500 of them were wearing the clothes of Ming refugees, and the clothes on their bodies were in tatters. There were still bloodstains, and behind him stood more than 100 of Kong Youde's subordinates in red clothes, and more than a dozen Tazi soldiers with white flags.
The Tazi soldiers were standing at the rear, staring at the city wall. A soldier under Kong Youde's banner and the Han army's red flag shouted loudly: "Listen, people in the city, now I have a choice for you, either come out of the city in an open and honest manner." Fight with the grandpas, or you can just watch these Han people being shown to the public, the prince of the Qing Dynasty said, as long as you don’t open the city gate, we will kill ten people with a cup of tea, and we will arrest them tomorrow until we finish killing Kill all of you Han people!"
The Han traitor in red shouted, and as soon as he finished shouting, ten people were pushed to the front, followed by the Han traitor and shouted loudly: "First kill ten and show you, and I will give you a cup of tea time!" , if you still don't come out, kill!"
Hearing this, Li Chaosheng frowned, followed Li Chaosheng to reach out his hand, the next moment Guzi handed the binoculars to Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng took the binoculars and saw a group of dark crowds behind the soil bag not far from these soldiers The cavalry was in ambush, and as long as Li Chaosheng left the city, he would fight head-on with the Tartar cavalry.
In field battles, although Li Chaosheng's firearms are powerful, he still can't take advantage of them, and Li Chaosheng is unwilling to fight in the field with the Tartars. Li Chaosheng frowned and put down his binoculars. clairvoyance?"
Li Chaosheng glanced at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Oh, well, we in Lantian call it a telescope."
"Binoculars? Can you lend me a look?"
Lu Xiangsheng asked, Li Chaosheng handed the binoculars to Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng took it over and looked at it, then took it off and said in surprise: "Your binoculars can see farther than clairvoyance?"
Li Chaosheng nodded. The binoculars that Li Chaosheng provided to the army are all of real military grade. This is not the so-called military grade on Taobao, but the high-end goods that Li Chaosheng obtained from special channels at a high price.
Lu Xiangsheng was looking at it with a telescope at this moment, and couldn't help being amazed that even a blade of grass in the distance could be seen clearly. This telescope is simply a magic tool.
Lu Xiangsheng took down the telescope and said to Li Chaosheng, "Do you sell this telescope?"
Li Chaosheng shook his head and said, "Not for sale."
"That's a pity, otherwise I would definitely buy one from you, it's really a good thing."
Lu Xiangsheng said to Li Chaosheng with emotion: "It's a pity, well, let's not talk about it. From the situation, the Tartars have made perfect preparations this time. There are a lot of cavalry ambushed under the hillside. If we go out of the city, we will lose it." Overcoming the danger of the city is equivalent to giving up a great advantage, so I don't recommend going out."
After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "How do you Daming Army usually choose when you encounter such a situation?"
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a while and said: "Close the door, if you feel compassion now, then the tartars will think this is your weakness, and then they will continue to use the people of Ming Dynasty to attack our city gates. And when the people of the Ming Dynasty are exhausted, they will catch them even more frantically, and more people of the Ming Dynasty will suffer, so if they are not hard-hearted at this time, more people will be harmed."
Li Chaosheng smiled wryly after hearing this: "So you Tianxiong Army are staying behind closed doors at this time, and you don't have the slightest desire to rescue?"
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said: "This is also a helpless method. Back then, the Tartars also used this method to deal with the Xuanfu border. I was soft-hearted and saved it. As a result, Hao Erlang, who had been in the army for more than 1000 days, died. No one was rescued, and when we rushed out, they had already started killing people, and when we rushed over, there were only dead bodies and charging cavalry left."
"We were miserable in that battle. More than 1000 soldiers were trampled into meat by the cavalry. On the second day, the Tartars found a group of Ming people and threatened us to go out to fight at the gate of the city. That time I didn't order the rescue, those Daming people were slaughtered to death, on the third day they still brought the Daming people to kill at the gate of my city, on the fourth day, on the fifth day..."
"This kind of massacre lasted for ten days, but from the fifth day onwards, there were fewer and fewer people. It was not until after the tenth day that they confirmed that I would not be fooled by them again, and they stopped capturing the nearby Han people. , Retiring troops resentfully."
"So I blamed myself more than once. If I had been hard-hearted the first time, Hao Erlang of my thousand-day army and the people who died in the next nine days would not have to die. Therefore, I ordered from that day that all When the Tianxiong Army encountered this kind of situation on the battlefield, they would turn a blind eye and treat these people as dead."
Lu Xiangsheng said that the circles of his eyes were red, thinking that Lu Xiangsheng's heart was also bleeding when he thought of giving such an order.
Lu Xiangsheng is not a ruthless person, let alone a person who does not show pity for the people, but he is helpless in such a situation. Sometimes it is not difficult to charge forward, but it is difficult to make a choice, especially for a good official like Lu Xiangsheng , this choice is even more difficult. Killing these common people is not a way of punishing one's heart.
Now this choice is in the hands of Li Chaosheng, whether to watch these people being slaughtered by the Tartars and traitors in the city of Guihua with a heart of stone, or to send troops to rescue, so that the Tartars know their weakness, and then hold it endlessly Threatening himself, so that more people will be implicated.
This is really a difficult choice. Li Chaosheng's expression was gloomy. He really didn't want to make this kind of choice, because no matter what kind of choice it made Li Chaosheng feel uncomfortable, but this is the choice that people in power often make. Some people's interests in exchange for more people's interests, or...
At this time, everyone is looking at Li Chaosheng. Li Chaosheng is their backbone and their god. At this time, they give Li Chaosheng the right to choose. As long as Li Chaosheng makes a decision If they make a decision, they will continue to work hard.
Looking at Li Chaosheng's gloomy expression, Li Chaohu said: "It's time for the commander to make a decision."
"The commander of the army will change later. No matter what decision you make, the brothers will listen to you. Make your decision."
Shi Dalei also said at the side at this time, the meaning is obvious, if you talk about saving people, the brothers will risk their lives and save people.
"Commander, please make a decision, we have nothing to say."
At this time, the other officers guarding the city also said in unison, seeing everyone like this, Li Chaosheng clenched his fists, then raised his hand and said: "The artillerymen are ready, aim at the people outside the city, don't tell anyone to run away. "
After hearing this, Ling Lei, the commander of the artillery battalion, stared at him and asked, "What does the commander mean?"
Gu Zi glanced at Ling Lei and said, "The commander means that the cannons are aimed at everyone outside the city."
"So, everyone?"
Ling Lei was startled, and Li Chaosheng said with a gloomy face at this moment: "People, tartars, traitors, all those within the range of the cannon, all will be wiped out, leaving no one behind."
"Ah, this..."
Ling Lei hesitated, Gu Zi glared and said, "Go quickly."
"Yes Yes!"
Ling Lei responded, and immediately ordered everyone to prepare the cannons, cover the area with artillery fire, adjust the angle, and load ammunition.
But outside the city, the traitor had already dragged out ten women and children, all kneeling on the ground, followed by the traitor, looking at the direction of the city wall and shouting: "Listen up, people in the city, I will count by dozens, and after counting by ten, Heads fall, ten, nine, eight..."
The traitor yelled loudly. Li Chaosheng closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Since he wanted to compete for that position, he should learn to have a hard heart. Isn't it pleasant to be a rich man in the world?
However, I chose the important task of reorganizing the Daming River and Mountains, and chose to lead the Han people on the road of no longer being oppressed. Since I have taken this road, I have to be enlightened. How can it be possible that my hands are not stained with blood?
"Report, Commander, the cannon is loaded and ready to fire."
After hearing this, Li Chaohu came behind Li Chaosheng and said: "Commander, let me issue this order. If these guns continue to fire, your reputation will be bad in the future. Some despicable people may use it to make a fuss against the commander. Your prestige."
After hearing Li Chaohu's words, Li Chaosheng said: "Hehe... Even if I don't do this, people will come to find other reasons to scold me in the future. You can't blame me for this. If they attack me with this matter, I will at most leave a bad reputation It doesn't matter, Emperor Qin, Hanwu, Tang Zong and Song Zu who don't get scolded? It doesn't matter who is not tainted, and if you recite this pot, someone with a heart will make a fuss in the future, and if you make trouble, it will kill you."
After Li Chaosheng said this, his eyes opened suddenly, and the traitors outside the city had already been counted, so he waved his hand and said, "Kill!"
But at this moment, Li Chaosheng also slowly uttered a word: "Let go!"
Boom, boom, boom!
In an instant, the cannons in red clothes on the city wall were fired at once. When they heard the sound of the cannons, the eyes of the traitors and Tartars widened, their faces full of disbelief, how dare they fire, how dare they!
Boom, but before they could react, the next moment a cannonball bombarded the traitor soldier who had been counted just now. The traitor was instantly torn apart and smashed to pieces by the cannon.
"run!"
With a roar, the Tartars behind wanted to run, but the next moment, the entire space was covered by the cannon, and everyone was stuffed inside by the cannon.
Boom boom boom!
The artillery fire shook the sky, and no place covered by the artillery fire was complete.
"My grass!"
Seeing this scene, Kong Youde, who was ambushing in the distance, uttered an unbelievable cry. He had thought of various plans, such as the other party rushing out to save people, such as ignoring the other party, but he just didn't expect the other party to bombard him. They are their own people, so ruthless!
Duoduo also widened his eyes at this time: "Mingren, Mingren, how dare the Mingren fire, how could they fire, how could this happen!"
In the distance, Dorgon witnessed all this and sighed: "Lantian County Honor Li Chaosheng, my strong enemy."
After saying this, Dorgon looked at Fan Wencheng at the side and said, "What do you think of Li Chaosheng, sir?"
Hearing this, Fan Wencheng bowed and said: "My lord, Li Chaosheng has already shown his majesty. I think it's useless to try again. For now, I can only use it up with them. It's just to see who gets the most out of it." who."
Dorgon nodded and said, "By the way, has our messenger arrived in Zhangjiakou?"
Fan Wencheng thought for a while and said, "It should be time."
(End of this chapter)
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