The artillery in front of me is called the Shenji Luxing Cannon, which is the latest firearm developed by the Shenji Bureau. Three of them were specially sent to Li Jing's command for actual combat tests. The length of the cannon is about 1.2 meters, and the diameter of the muzzle is about 300 cm. It weighs [-] jins and is very heavy. However, wheels are designed under the mount, which can be pulled by horses. It is a bit like a towed self-propelled artillery. Of course, the craftsmanship is far worse, it is only front-loaded, and the shell It is still a solid iron ball, the kind that cannot explode, and the range is only [-] meters.

No way, this is determined by the current level of craftsmanship. Gao Bufan wants to make a rear-loading fully automatic artillery, but he can't do it. Among other things, the current level of casting can't make that kind of barrel Come on, the power of gunpowder can't reach it.Therefore, it is already quite remarkable that the Divine Machine Bureau can produce such a magical land-moving cannon. If dozens of guns are brought down on the battlefield, it is simply a nightmare for cavalry. Even if it is a heavy cavalry with heavy armor, it will be suspicious if it is bombed hundreds of meters away. Life.

Of course, this kind of backward old-fashioned artillery also has its disadvantages, that is, it is troublesome to load ammunition, and the rate of fire is too slow. If you encounter cavalry, you will only have a chance to fire one round at most, but one round is enough for the cavalry to drink a pot That's right, the loud noise when the shells are fired is enough to shock the enemy's courage. If the range can be increased to more than 500 meters, hey, it will definitely make the cavalry invincible.

Li Jingai caressed the cannon body for a while, then covered it with an oilcloth himself, and ordered: "Xiao Han, take the cannon back to the camp and take care of it."

"Subordinates have to order!" Han Xiaoyun immediately led people to drag away the Shenji Luxing Cannon. Everyone was cautious, fearing that they would bump into this precious egg.

"Everyone is not allowed to disclose the matter of the Shenji Luxing artillery, and those who disobey the order will be killed." Li Jing said with a murderous look, and all the soldiers under his command solemnly agreed.

This is a big killer, Li Jing decided to hide it temporarily, and wait until the critical moment to take it out, it will definitely have a miraculous effect.

"General Li, His Highness King Qi sent a letter." A fast horse galloped to the front, and the knight immediately rolled off the saddle nimbly and brought a letter up.

A flash of surprise flashed in Li Jing's eyes, didn't the second brother go to Sichuan to hunt for treasure?The letter at this time, could it be that the treasure has been found and returned to Luoyang?

Li Jing hurriedly opened the letter and found that it was forwarded by Xu Shiji. After reading the contents of the letter, he couldn't help flicking the letter paper happily: "Okay, great!"

Chen Xiaoyi, the prefect of Yanmen, and Shi Chuliang, the commander of the army, looked at each other and asked in unison, "What kind of news is it that makes General Li so happy?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "Very people do extraordinary things, King Qi always surprises people by being able to do what others cannot." After speaking, he handed the letter to Chen Xiaoyi.

Chen Xiaoyi took it quickly and respectfully, and Chu Liang couldn't help but leaned over to watch it together. After watching it, both of them couldn't help applauding in unison.

"The king of Qi went to Shu alone, and the officials didn't agree, but I didn't expect that the king of Qi would win several counties in Bashu by himself, and also get the full support of Buddhism. It's really...unbelievable!" Chen Xiaoyi exclaimed.

Xuan Liang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Isn't this just a proof that King Qi is the real dragon emperor whose destiny lies?"

Chen Xiaoyi also said happily when he heard the words: "That's true. It has been rumored for a long time that those who get the secret treasure of Buddhism will win the world. Now that the secret treasure of Buddhism has been found by the King of Qi, and he obeyed the fate, how can Li Tang compare with me?" Qi Zhengfeng."

Li Jing nodded, no matter whether the rumor is true or not, now that the news comes out, the second younger brother's voice will be even louder, and it will be logical for Yang Yuchan to give the throne to the second younger brother.

At this time, Chen Xiaoyi's expression became concentrated again and he said: "Although the King of Qi has won several counties in Bashu, he is alone and alone. I am afraid that Li Yuan will take risks and break the contract to attack the King of Qi."

Li Jing nodded and said: "So we have to support His Royal Highness King Qi and put pressure on Tang Jun so that Li Yuan will not dare to act rashly."

Xuan Liang's heart skipped a beat: "Is General Li planning to make an example of others, or to attack Tang Jun directly?"

Li Jing said calmly: "Take the lead in tearing up the fact that the dating has been committed, let's kill chickens to make an example to monkeys."

Chen Xiaoyi and Chu Liang looked at each other, well, Liu Wuzhou is going to die!
On the second day, Li Jing led a large army to Shanyang, the prefecture of Mayi, and immediately launched a fierce attack. The amount of flying thunder was large enough, and they bombarded the city head indiscriminately.

Three days later, the city of Mayi was broken, and Liu Wuzhou led his remnant soldiers to flee to Dingxiang County in the north.At this time, the Turkic reinforcements arrived, and Li Jing's squad returned. So far, all Mayi County fell into the hands of the Qi army.

Ten days later, Li Jing took down Loufan County again, and the momentum became more and more powerful. When the news reached Chang'an, the whole city was shocked, and Li Yuan also completely gave up the idea of ​​attacking Gao Bufan in Bashu. The morale of the army is high. If you take advantage of the victory to attack Guanzhong, it will be really difficult to resist.

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It has been more than a month since Xu Shiji captured Xiangyang City, and now he is training sailors on the Han River outside Xiangyang City to prepare for attacking Xiao Mi in the spring of next year.

After the cannibal Zhu Can took refuge in Xiao Xian, he originally stayed in Xiangyang County, but when he heard that Xu Shiji personally led the army to attack Xiangyang County, he immediately anointed his feet and fled to Jiangling. After Xu Shiji took Xiangyang, he failed to capture Zhu Can, but it didn't matter, anyway, the Qi army will hit Jiangling next year and uproot Xiao Xian. It will be seen where Zhu Can can escape and how much he can escape. Live for a year and a half.

At the wharf outside Xiangyang City, Xu Shiji personally sent Gao Dahe and Zhong Laoliu onto the boat, and said with a smile, "A few days ago, General Li Jing has captured the two counties of Mayi and Loufan. However, be careful when sailing for thousands of years, when you go back, you must remind King Qi to take precautions, after all, it is easy to block open spears, but difficult to guard against hidden arrows."

Gao Dahe respectfully said: "This subordinate will definitely bring General Xu's words with him."

"In addition, I have to remind King Qi that you must return to Luoyang before the Chinese New Year. Don't miss your wedding date, or it will be very bad luck!" Xu Shiji waved his hand after finishing speaking: "Let's go, be careful when sailing on the road."

Gao Dahe and Zhong Laoliu bid farewell to Xu Shiji, went down the Han River to the Yangtze River, and then went back to Berkshire along the Yangtze River.

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Since the opening ceremony of Lingyun Temple, Gao Bufan has been very busy. He first asked people to salvage the property worth millions of taels from the cliff, and gave 200,000 taels of it to Abbot Haitong, who asked him to dig on Tingtao Cliff. A [-]-meter-high Maitreya sits on the Buddha to fulfill the promise made in front of the Buddha a few days ago.

This is undoubtedly an extremely huge project, and it will take at least six or seven years, or even more than ten years. In fact, the Leshan Giant Buddha that everyone has seen so far has been repaired for 90 years, from the early years of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty to Zhenyuan It took 19 years to complete the project. Of course, due to changes in funds and personnel, the work was suspended several times, often for several years or more, and once for 40 years.

Of course, Gao Bufan, the time traveler, has completely changed history. As the lord of a country, he is not short of money. If the project is consistent, it may not take ten years to complete it.

There is no need for Gao Bufan to worry too much about building the Great Buddha, as long as he pays, Abbot Haitong will take care of it naturally, and Gao Bufan transported most of the remaining property in the secret treasury back to Berkshire for storage as a fund for recruiting troops .

As the saying goes, no matter whether the Tang army comes to attack or not, he must have soldiers in his hands, so Gao Bufan recruited troops in Ba County, Meishan County, and Ziyang County. At the same time, he collected all the original soldiers and horses in the three counties. , Gao Bufan assembled an army of 50,000 people.

In addition, Gao Bufan also tried his best to build a navy, and built warships in Berkshire. He handed over this matter to Xiao Yu. Gao Bufan still trusts Xiao Yu. together.

And just when Gao Bufan was recruiting troops, Li Xiaogong and Li Xiyu also attacked, but they did not attack Gao Bufan, but Shu County. Neither of them was a fuel-efficient lamp. Shu County (Chengdu) was taken down with lightning speed.

Jing Shouzheng, the prefect of Shu County, had a tragedy. He wanted to wait and see for a while, but Li Xiaogong didn't give him a chance at all, so he called him immediately. It wasn't until the county city was about to be breached that Jing Shouzheng decided to leave the city and surrender. He was tied up when he left the city.

Of course, Li Xiaogong didn't kill him, he just tied up his whole family and sent him to Chang'an, where he was handed over to Emperor Tang Li Yuan for decision.

Since the Tang army entered Bashu, most of them have focused on recruiting and seldom used weapons. This time, they suddenly stormed Shu County, causing great casualties, and even arrested the prefect Jing Shouzheng, which frightened the rest of them. The counties are trembling, and everyone is in danger.

Soon, Yan Xi, the prefect of Linqiong County, chose to join Li Tang, and then Longshan County, Xincheng County, and Suining County also chose to join Li Tang. There were no soldiers, and people were down on the eaves, so they had to bow their heads. After all, Li Xiaogong was able to win back.

Fortunately, Tang Jun did not dare to touch Meishan County and Ziyang County, obviously he was afraid of Gao Bufan and did not dare to tear himself apart with Gao Qi. In this way, everyone gradually saw clearly that although King Gao Changqing of Qi did not have a large army around him, Li Xiaogong Obviously he didn't dare to do anything to him, so Luchuan County, Qianwei County and Yuexuan County in southern Shu chose to join Gao Qi.

In this way, the Bashu area was divided up by Li Tang and Gao Qi. In Badi, Gao Bufan only grabbed Ba County, while in Shu County he grabbed five counties. The remaining nearly thirty counties in Bashu belonged to Li Tang. So Li Tang had an absolute advantage.

Of course, considering that Gao Bufan came to Bashu with bare hands to snatch food from the tiger's mouth, it is quite good to get the land of the six counties. If he takes the Banan area again, he will not lose to Li Tang in terms of area.

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