Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 85 Small Canyon

Zhang Boyu turned around and shouted: "Camp on the spot!" Upon hearing this, several heralds behind him hurriedly ran and shouted orders in the queue.

Following several shouts from the herald, the entire team stopped, the soldiers dismounted, and the craftsmen sat down on the spot and took out their water bags to drink water. The Thais on the carriage also ordered to get off the carriage. Stretching your muscles and bones, riding a carriage on such a bumpy mountain road is not a comfortable thing, and your bones will fall apart.

Zhang Boyu called a few of his men, pointed to the small canyon that branched off from the main road not far away, and ordered: "You guys, go explore the canyon quickly and report back to me the situation in the canyon!"

"Young man, I obey!" After receiving the order, several people jumped on their horses and galloped towards the canyon.

Zhang Boyu then turned around and walked quickly to Sun Yuanhua's side, cupped his fists and gave a salute and said: "Master Sun, the general has sent people to explore the valley. If there is no other abnormality in the valley, please come in again!"

Sun Yuanhua nodded slowly and said, "Thank you for your hard work, General Zhang!"

"The general will not dare!" Zhang Boyu grinned and hurriedly gave another salute.

Sun Yuanhua sat down on the mazar that his men had moved, and motioned for Zhang Boyu to sit down as well, and then said to him: "General Zhang, since we have arrived at the place and plan to take root here, then this area cannot If any unrelated people are allowed to approach again, there will be guards at the entrance and exit of this valley, and no one will be allowed in!"

Although Zhang Boyu didn't know what was going on and didn't know why the imperial court had to make it so mysterious when building a cannon foundry, he saw that Sun Yuanhua said it solemnly and realized that the matter was of great importance, so he naturally did not dare to neglect it. He quickly stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Please don't worry, sir." , General Mo will immediately arrange for people to guard the entrance of the valley and ensure that not even a single flying insect enters the valley!"

Although this place is located between Yulinwei and Yinchuanyi, it is not the main road between the two places. It is still relatively remote, so the pressure of defense and confidentiality is not very high.

The manpower Zhang Boyu brought now was limited, so he could only send out twenty people into two groups, one group to guard the entrance, one group to guard the exit, and spread out to stand guard at the entrance of the valley.

About a quarter of an hour later, the men who went to explore the valley came back. The leading colonel clasped his fists at Zhang Boyu and said: "General, deep in the valley there are nearly vertical cliffs on both sides, and at the end it seems to be three sides high. A wall generally surrounds the flat ground in the valley, and it is a dead end, but apart from the steepness of the mountain, there is nothing special about it."

Zhang Boyu nodded. This was similar to the situation in his memory. The reason why he sent people to investigate was firstly to confirm the situation and fear that his memory would be biased. Secondly, he was worried that there would be ferocious beasts living in the valley. This kind of place has always been It is also an ideal home for wolves.

After sending his subordinates down to rest, Zhang Boyu went over to report the situation to Sun Yuanhua, "My lord, that valley is indeed the same as what the general said just now, it is a dead end surrounded by cliffs on three sides, but the terrain inside is quite flat and open!"

After hearing this, Sun Yuanhua stood up, patted the dust on his body, and said, "Okay, let's go to the valley together and have a look!"

Zhang Boyu didn't expect that Mr. Sun was still very hasty, so he quickly dissuaded him: "Sir, there is no rush to enter the valley. The general has already ordered people to bury the pots to make rice. Why don't you eat something first, and then It's not too late to go into the valley and check it out!" Sun Yuanhua waved his hand and insisted: "You are not in a hurry to eat, you should go to the valley to check it out first. Quick, go get me a horse!"

It is understandable why Sun Yuanhua is so impatient. After all, three or four months have passed since he was reactivated by Zhu Tianqi. After such a long time, he has not yet cast even a single artillery piece for the imperial court. , let alone what others think, he himself feels guilty.

Naturally, Zhang Boyu did not dare to disobey Sun Yuanhua, so he hurriedly brought him a war horse and waited on him, wanting to help Sun Yuanhua, but he never thought that although Master Sun looked very polite, he was very skilled. He was vigorous and able to get on the horse as soon as he turned over, very skillfully.

Sun Yuanhua looked at the astonished Zhang Boyu with a smile and said loudly: "General Zhang, you don't have to be so cautious. I am not a weak scholar. I also fought with the slaves in Liaodong back then!" After saying this, Sun Yuanhua As soon as the stirrup was knocked, the horse galloped towards the mouth of the canyon.

Only then did Zhang Boyu come to his senses. He quickly got on his horse and chased after him. Hearing that Lord Sun had killed Jian Nu in Liaodong, he suddenly felt a sense of admiration in his heart. Originally, he looked down on the imperial court. of these civil servants.

In the Ming Dynasty, civilian officials always had a higher priority than military attachés, so it was common for military attachés to look down on civilian officials. Although on the surface everyone was very flattering to civilian officials, it was a compliment to their superiors, not sincere, because military attachés wanted to You can only ask for permission from civil servants to do things.

And it just so happens that the civil servants especially like to do things on paper. They clearly don't know how to march and fight, but they like to give random orders. Many of the military attachés are tricked to death by these "scholars". After all, they have to take the blame together if they lose the battle. , over time, the military attachés "hated the civil officials in the DPRK to the core".

However, this matter is not absolute. For those civil servants who have real talents, the military officers also admire and admire them, such as Sun Chengzong, such as Yuan Chonghuan, they are very prestigious in front of many military officers.

Sun Yuanhua took the lead and reached the end of the canyon. He immediately looked around at the open space in the canyon, but shook his head with some disappointment.

Zhang Boyu saw him shaking his head and asked, "Sir, are you dissatisfied here?"

Sun Yuanhua sighed slightly, and said: "The geographical location here is excellent, but the space in the valley is really small. What we are going to build this time is not an ordinary cannon foundry. No less!”

Zhang Boyu looked around at the open space. It was one mile wide, and the canyon was two or three miles deep. Although the space was indeed not big, if it was just used to build a gun foundry, it would be more than enough, so It was difficult for him to understand Sun Yuanhua's disappointment.

There is also a cannon foundry in Yulinwei. He has also seen that even an unusually large cannon foundry can definitely be accommodated in a hundred-foot-square area. Such a large open space is enough to build several. He I really don’t understand why Lord Sun said this place is “too small”. Could it be that he wants to build a Forbidden City here?

Sun Yuanhua then turned to look at Zhang Boyu and asked, "General Zhang, if we go further, can we find a larger canyon than this one?"

(End of this chapter)