Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 4 The Second Sage Travels in Yu-1

The days passed day by day, and the situation was just as Wu Jie expected. The court of Song State was negotiating with Xia State on the terms of borrowing troops, and at the same time sent envoys to Liao State to discuss peace.Zhao Xingde can't do anything about it, he is very familiar with forming and training the firearms army, and all kinds of "operation" regulations are ready-made.The new firearms battalion has forty four-inch guns and twenty three-inch guns.In order to facilitate the supply of supplies, except for the cavalry scouts, all the guards of the firearms battalion are gunners.The firearms army in the entire Eastern Expeditionary Army actually included thirteen battalions, including two artillery battalions, ten firecracker battalions, and one cavalry scout battalion.All the gunners come from the Firearms Division, and the gunners come from the elite regiment training army.Zhao Xingde served as the commander of the army and also served as the supervisor of firearms, and the general's office did not remove his rank of general.

Compared with the training artillery battalion a few years ago, the prestige of the capital supervisor Zhao Xingde is far different.He is the only Xia general who used artillery in a decisive battle with more than 10 people.In terms of actual combat experience, there is no one among the officers of the Firearms Division.Wu Jie even asked the Firearms Department not to send veteran officers to participate in the Eastern Expedition, otherwise he might be treated with insufficient respect in the White Feather Army.Facing the powerful Wu Jie, the Firearms Department humiliatedly acquiesced to this condition, and with the intention of laying eggs with chickens, equipped each gun with twice as many gunners.The firearms players selected in the regiment training were personally trained by Zhao Xingde, and the leading officers were old subordinates from the original Dragon Tooth Army Firearms Battalion, so they were very handy in command.Although the time for the firearms army to cooperate with the training was very tight, everything went on in an orderly manner.On the contrary, the day of sending troops to the Kanto seems to be in the foreseeable future.

Not long after the new year, Li Ruoxue arrived in Chang'an with her two children.Zhao Xingde returned home to live without incident.Under his instruction, Chun Yuyue hired craftsmen to make some high-precision calipers, micrometers, gauges, bubble levels, precision balances, depth gauges, angle rulers, marking rulers, manual roundness rulers, etc., in order to To manufacture these precision measuring instruments, Zhao Xingde and the craftsman built an "operating" table and "operating" plane that reached the limit of manual work. After obtaining the precise measuring instruments, they rebuilt several more perfect manual "operation" ' as a platform.Waiting for the endless expedition date, after returning home from the military camp, Zhao Xingde immersed himself in the trial production of these measuring tools, temporarily forgetting the inappropriateness of his stomach.

In order to achieve the best measurement results, Zhao Xingde stipulated the storage and use specifications of various measuring tools.Xiaguo used to measure the temperature by [-] equal parts from the freezing and boiling temperature of water, and the best measurement temperature is between [-] degrees and [-] degrees. The meter measures the temperature in the workplace.He exchanged measurement methods with the master craftsman invited by Chunyu Iron Works, and analyzed the sources of errors together. For the convenience of reading, he equipped a transparent glass magnifying glass for the master craftsman with bad eyesight.In order to find out the composition of the raw materials and the metallography of the steel he smelted, Zhao Xingde also bought an expensive microscope from the scholar's office, so that the craftsmen who have been making iron all their lives have never seen the things they smelted so clearly.With perfect tools, Zhao Xingde systematically explained to these veteran craftsmen how to control manufacturing errors through measurement in the process, and how to reasonably improve the structure of utensils, technological processes, etc., in order to find the shortest error accumulation chain.He showed the sternness and determination of leading troops to fight, and asked the craftsmen in the iron factory to use the accumulation of tolerances to control the accuracy from now on, instead of blindly following experience and feelings.In fact, many craftsmen have their own secrets, but they are not so systematic and clear. Seeing that he has no secrets, many people were moved and compared their own secrets.

These things, Zhao Xingde was more out of interest, and occasionally did it, but it attracted the attention of the scholar's office.At the time of Qin Xiaogong, Shang Yang personally supervised the production of Tong Fangsheng, which was known as the heavy weapon of Legalism.If when the Prime Minister's Mansion collects taxes, the sergeant says that the yamen's weight is not right, and Chunyu Iron Works is accurate, then it will be troublesome.Since the Qin Dynasty, cars have been on the same track and books have been written in the same way. The rules are related to Zhengshuo's location and have become the most important thing.Therefore, after the trial production of measuring tools by Chunyu Iron Works was quite effective, Ruan Changling, the deputy envoy of the Chang'an Scholars' Office, immediately asked the Prime Minister's Office for a sum of money to purchase a complete set of measuring tools with the same accuracy.

On this day, Zhao Xingde had just read the military newspaper that the Privy Council had enlisted the underprivileged Tai students into the Baoyi Army.Zhao Xingde saw that this was a trick to kill with a knife, and was even more annoyed, but he could only sit in Kansai, with nothing to do.The military newspaper also said that Li Ruobing was detained in the Liao camp, and Song Ting sent Jing Wang Zhao Qi as the main envoy, and Deng Su as the deputy envoy to seek peace.He was worried about the safety of Li Ruobing and Deng Su, but he had to hide it from Li Ruoxue. He only said that there was no news about the Li brothers in the mansion newspaper or military newspaper.

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Sitting in the swinging rattan basket, Deng Su's face sank like water, without any sign of panic.Seeing that the rattan basket was about to fall to the ground, several soldiers rushed to catch it. "Deng Shilang, you are tired." Several soldiers of the Crane Control Army respected them very much.

"It doesn't matter," Deng Su stood up from the rattan basket, turned around and cupped his hands, "The capital is safe, and I'll thank you all."

Not far away, Jing Wang Zhao Qi also climbed out of the rattan basket. He stepped out of the rattan basket with one foot, and was about to come out with the other foot, but he didn't expect that his front foot stepped on a void, and he staggered and almost fell. On the ground, the surrounding guards hid far away as if they were avoiding the plague god. It was Deng Su who went up to help Zhao Qi so that Zhao Qi didn't fall into the mud.He stood up in embarrassment, supported Deng Su's shoulder with lingering fear, and said in a low voice, "Thank you, Mr. Deng."

In the two years since Zhao Ke succeeded to the throne, King Jing Zhao Qi was extremely depressed, as if a subjugated king lived in the capital of an enemy country.He had no intention of pursuing the offense of turning a blind eye to the imperial army, so he reluctantly walked to the front of his mount, and turned around to ask, "Master Deng, are there no other guards for this mission?"

There was a hint of worry in Deng Su's eyes, she nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness accepts orders in the face of danger, and bears the respect of our Great Song on him. To humiliate His Highness is to humiliate Great Song. As a deputy envoy, even if you are heartbroken, you will not It will make the Liao people succeed." He and Zhao Qi did not have any friendship at all, but they were both envoys, and worried that Zhao Qi would do something that would insult the country in fear, so he first encouraged him with generous words.

However, Zhao Qi was greatly moved, remembering that he could not inherit the great position, the people who used to be close to him all went away one after another, avoiding them as if they were enemies, even Cao Di, the father-in-law whom Xijing relied on, did not dare to have much contact with him.Zhao Qi was almost in tears, and choked up and said, "I hate that I didn't know Deng Shilang earlier." While sighing, he slowly climbed on the horse, and the two slowly rode towards the Khitan cavalry not far away.

The new year has passed, the weather is getting colder day by day, the big river has been completely covered with thick ice, and all the iron cannons of the Liao Kingdom are about to be transported across the big river, but the imperial account of Yelu Dashi is still stationed in Chenqiaoyi, it seems that it is because of waiting The peace talks delayed the opening of the camp, and it seemed that they were waiting for the brigade to cross the river and attack Bianliang in one go.

It was not the first time that the State of Song sent envoys to discuss peace, and the defense of the Liao army was not as strict as last time. More than [-] Khitan cavalry monitored the two envoys going north.After walking along the post road for more than an hour, Zhao Qi kept his head down, and Deng Su looked forward without squinting, with an attitude that seemed positive on the contrary.The Khitan envoy was also very polite to him.

About four or five hundred cavalry came slowly ahead. Judging by the flags and costumes, they were also Liao troops.Some Khitan cavalry were still laughing and greeting the opposite side, the two armies crossed on the post road, suddenly, the opposite side shouted, the cavalry all drew out their weapons, and slashed and stabbed at the Danish cavalry beside them.The Khitan cavalry were caught off guard, and immediately suffered a big loss.Since the Southern Expedition, the Liao Army has been almost invincible. After crossing the river, the Song Army everywhere is even more turbulent. 'Sex' to the bottom.

"Who are you?" The Khitan commander who commanded the army was frightened and angry, and shouted loudly, "Kill, kill." The other Khitan cavalry rushed to resist.The Khitan officer shouted loudly: "We are escorting your envoys from the Southern Dynasty!

The other party ignored it, and from the beginning of drawing their swords to face each other until now, without saying a word, they just stabbed and slashed mercilessly.The raiders not only had a large number of troops, but also possessed strong armor and superior military skills. In the face-to-face close combat, the Khitan cavalry was hard to resist. It didn't take long before half of the 300 Liao cavalry fell, and the rest could no longer support them. Unable to stop, he beat his horse desperately and retreated towards the north.He left the two envoys of the Song Dynasty who were stunned and didn't know what happened.

Zhao Qi had never seen such a bloody scene in his life.A general with a ferocious face and a little blood on his body was riding his horse towards him. Zhao Qi's body had already lost control. He was pale and frozen on the horse, unable to even turn around and run away. trembling.

Deng Su urged to go immediately, stood in front of Zhao Qi, and said in a deep voice: "The envoy of the Great Song Dynasty is here, who is it?"

The general's face was slightly dark, and a slit was cut on the shoulder of the leather jacket during the fight, revealing the black armor inside. He ignored Deng Su, rode straight to Zhao Qi, and said in a deep voice, "Xijing Da Wang Huaimin, the vanguard general on the left side of the battalion, see His Royal Highness King Jing." He paused for a while, and continued until Zhao Qi came to his senses, "The last general was ordered by Commander Cao Jie to escort His Highness to Xijing. Your Highness, hereby How should people deal with it?" He squinted at Deng Su, with a fierce look in his eyes, several cavalrymen had already been waiting by the side, with their hands on their blades, as long as Zhao Qi nodded slightly, Deng Su would be silenced.