Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Li Yueji had to go to the Zide Hall every three to five. In etiquette, he had to greet the two queens, and there would be some distribution of money, because she was in charge of a palace in name.

Seeing the queen came out, it was three poles in the sun, and the sun was spotted under the dense shade of summer. The bright sunshine didn't make Li Yueji's heart bright, she just felt muddled.

I just met the **** Wang Zhong. This **** was the chief **** of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Li Yueji remembered what the palace maid said that the **** of the Ministry of Internal Affairs knew so much, so he stopped Wang Zhong.

The **** was also clever, and when he stopped, he bent over and said with a smile: "Wonderful concubine, what do you command the servants?"

Li Yueji glanced around at the sight of people coming and going in the Zide Hall, besides, she was not familiar with this eunuch. After pondering for a moment, he asked: "What are the officials up to these days?"

Wang Zhongpi smiled and said without a smile: "Xianfei Empress, the officials have gone to the Jiafang to inspect the firearms. I heard that the people below have made new cannons."

Li Yueji asked: "Is it amazing?"

Wang Zhong said solemnly: "Of course it's amazing. The servants heard that if one shot goes down, the military camp a mile away will be wiped out."

When Li Yueji heard that the emperor was busy with military affairs, she became more worried. She wanted to ask Wang Zhong's court whether he would use troops against Xiazhou, but as her concubine, it would be okay to ask the emperor what he was doing. Not right.

On the banks of the Bianshui River, water is abundant at this time, and the armor-building workshops like several cities are noisy, and the sky is filled with black smoke. The city of the armor workshop was originally for forging armor, but a complete smelting workshop was built here, and firearms were also made here.

Bronze cannon casting is not complicated, and the craftsmanship can be used to make a bell, but no one thought of making it like this before.

The new bronze gun used the classification test method, took turns to test the gun, and finally determined the size. The gun body is about five feet long, and a single barrel weighs about one thousand catties. It mainly fires ten catties of iron bullets, named "Huxiaotian".

This bronze gun weighs more than twice the previous iron cast "Long Xiao Cannon", but it can only fire 10 catties of shells; while the iron cannon weighs a few hundred catties, but can fire 100 catties of shells.

The difference is that iron cannons are large-mouth mortars, which can only be projected upwards like a rappeller, relying on the weight of the falling stone bullets to hit the wall; while the bronze cannon can fire flat.

Guo Shao stood behind the female wall, covering his eyebrows with his palm, blocking the sunlight on his head, and looking at the distance intently.

Suddenly, there was a "boom", and the flames flashed in the white smoke. After a while, I saw a black cannonball flying sideways and hitting the ground. The horizontally flying cannonball had a very small angle. It immediately bounced on the ground and continued to fly forward. It bounced for a long time before it fell to the ground and rolled. stand up.

"The farther you get, the worse you get." Zan Jurun said, "It's not easy to hit a target. However, if there is a crowd in front of you, this shot will definitely hit a bunch of people."

Guo Shao looked a little excited, and said, "This is not a weapon used for siege to smash a hole. It doesn't matter if the accuracy is bad, what is needed is deterrence. In the future, even if the enemy forces gather in arrays one mile away, they will be within our range. "

Zan Jurun took out another blueprint and said, "Officially, we used two wheels as the gun mount. We tried it, but it didn't happen for a while. It was too heavy and the gun would fall apart and deflect. But the military inspector re-made it. A pair of things. Officials, please take a look. This is a gun cart, which can be pulled by horses. When transporting, the gun body and the gun mount are placed on it. When the gun is fired, eight people lift the cannon and place it on the gun mount, plus the tail If the iron frame is fixed, it can be put away."

Guo Shaodao: "I want eight people to carry it"

Zan Jurun said: "It weighs a thousand catties, and eight people are not enough. The folks' method of lifting the coffin, eight people can easily lift it away."

Guo Shao: ""

Although this gun is cumbersome and heavy, it can't be helped. What Guo Shao wants is a flat-shot bounce. The muzzle velocity of the shell should be high. In this way, the pressure of the gunpowder deflagration in the chamber is high, and the bronze gun wall must be thick, otherwise it will explode. In the process of testing the gun, more than 30 people were killed and injured, but the cast was too thin.

However, because of the high pressure, it is now possible to shoot shots at close range. Earlier iron cannons have tried gravel shots, but the results were useless, because the mortars had too large openings and the chamber pressures were too small.

The formation of the army is based on changes in weapons and tactics. The conventional army with more than 20 people and the matchlock army with more than 30 people are not suitable for artillery. The artillery man and horse consist of fifteen people in a team, equipped with one artillery cart, fifteen matchlocks, horses, and several long and short weapons; in order to reduce armor, only helmets. Because it takes at least eight people to lift the cannon, the firemen who need to take care of the horses and do miscellaneous tasks, install the gun mounts and wait for the living when lifting the cannon, as well as reserve personnel after death or injury. The artillery has eight guns, one hundred and twenty. One command, five capitals, six hundred people.

Guo Shao had seen the combat power of the artillery with his own eyes, and he had a clear idea in his heart, and he returned to the Jinxiang Palace to re-deploy the recent military and political ideas.

He first summoned Wang Pu and Wei Renpu, the important military officials, and then Zan Juyun, Lu Duoxun and others, preparing to formulate a set of foreign strategies.

After hearing what Guo Shao said, Lu Duoxun said: "When the minister was out in Xiazhou, he saw Khitan people coming and going in Xiazhou. The court could use this as an excuse to order Xiazhou Jiedu to make Li Yiyin hand over the enemy's envoy. Escorting Tokyo to question the crime."

Guo Shao said: "This service is also temporary, very good."

After a busy day, Guo Shao returned to the Wansui Hall at Youshi. He didn't sleep in the main hall and cleaned up a house in a corner of the Wansui Hall.

As soon as I entered the Long Live Hall, I heard Wang Zhong report: "Concubine Li Xian is waiting, I want to see your Majesty."

Guo Shao listened and said, "Please come in."

Usually in the palace, the emperor takes the initiative to call someone to wait for the bed, and the concubine asks to see him, what should be the matter. The queens and concubines consist of five and four in total, which are still very important people.

Wang Zhong didn't leave. Instead, he stepped forward and whispered: "Today Li Xian asked the officials what they were doing. The servants and maidservants tried a bit. Seeing her looked panicked, I was afraid that I heard that your Majesty wanted to use troops against the party."

"Oh" Guo Shao suddenly responded.

Guo Shao sat down and waited in the hall of the living room. Not long after, I saw Concubine Li Xian coming in. She didn't wear the clothes of a party member, but she wore an underskirt dress, and her hair was combed into a temple. Li Yueji has black hair and dark eyes, and her face is not much different from that of the Han people. She is also beautiful. She has white skin and a rugged figure; but she wears a skirt and half-arm streamer. It still doesn't smell like that, a bit strange.

Guo Shao remained silent. She had a blood stain on her nails last time. Even now, thinking of Guo Shao, she still feels hot.

However, Li Yueji made a fortune, "I see your majesty in my concubine."

"Don't be polite, just sit down." Guo Shao said.

Li Yueji said softly: "Thank your majesty for giving me a seat."

Guo Shao rubbed his forehead: "How do you feel that something is wrong?"

Li Yueji said: "Your majesty's women, don't you all honor your majesty like this?"

Guo Shao nodded.

There was a short silence, and the greetings were a little cold. Mainly because Guo Shao had a negative attitude and did not take the initiative to look for topics. This woman didn't feel much about him as an "alien", and didn't like to stay in a foreign land, otherwise she was already famous at the beginning, how could she not let Guo Shao touch him?

At this time, Li Yueji's face was blushing, and she finally opened her mouth, with a certain humiliating feeling, "When I was in Lingzhou, my concubine ran away without knowing what to do, and was almost victimized by a wolf. The concubine kept trying to ask about one thing. Is it your majesty who saved me with archery on the day?"

Guo Shao recalled for a moment, nodded and said, "Exactly."

Li Yueji whispered: "Thank your Majesty for your life-saving grace."

"It doesn't have to be like that, it's just a matter of doing it by chance." Guo Shao said, "I don't want you to be bitten by a wolf."

Li Yueji was silent for a while, and then said: "I blame my concubine for not knowing anything, but even hurt your majesty, and your majesty is tolerant of your concubine."

Guo Shao said: "But little things, I still have this little breast."

"Your Majesty" Li Yueji looked at him a little awkwardly.

In fact, Guo Shao already understood what she meant. He was dissatisfied with the marriage before, but now he is forced to helplessly, fearing that the tension between the court and Xiazhou will cause disaster to her and her family.

She has no choice, even if Guo Shao is a pig, she has to please. And Guo Shao didn't seem to be annoying to that point.

Guo Shao sighed slightly.

But he turned around and thought, Li Yueji was actually very innocent. Even all party members can’t say that they are bad guys. In their own eyes, they can get rid of the control of the Central Plains dynasty and expand their territory for their own people. There is nothing wrong with them; it is just that their inferiority and ambition are not conducive to the Da Xu Dynasty. One more side threat is a pressure for any dynasty and an increase in military defense expenditure.

Li Yueji is no more than a woman. It is unfortunate that she was sent to a foreign country thousands of miles away for marriage. It seems to be justified for survival now.

When Guo Shao thought about it, he said softly: "Sage concubine"

"Yeah" Li Yueji raised her head, looking at him expectantly. UU reading www.uukanshu.cóm

Guo Shao said with relief: "A good concubine is just a woman. Don't take everything to yourself. You are my concubine, so don't worry too much."

Li Yueji was slightly moved after hearing this: "Your Majesty treats others well, why didn't the concubine ever figure it out before"

Guo Shao said, I treat everyone around me well. The saint said it well, where there is oppression, there is resistance. These people stay in my harem and are always close to me. How can they let you resist and find yourself unhappy?

He suddenly noticed that her neck was red, her hands tense, and silently grasping her clothes vigorously. Her voice seemed to be crying, and she trembled in humiliation: "Your Majesty, since I am your woman and have been in the palace for so long, your Majesty wants me."

Guo Shao was stunned and sighed: "Xianfei, it really doesn't have to be like this."

Li Yueji's expression was complicated, and she was a little angry, and she was about to cry: "I will send it to the door, others don't want it."

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