"The prince is wise! Those people have seen the world of flowers in the Central Plains, and they have also seen the good life of the Khitan people, and they must have longed for it a long time, so they must be very willing to move away from the bitter cold land in Liaodong. Li Jing exclaimed.

"Not only that, but when you get to Youzhou and Pingzhou, you can also let them guard the captives, and the Goguryeo people who have been digging mines for two years are time to become ordinary people, the prince is really counting them in one fell swoop!" Fang Xuanling exclaimed.

"The Yan tribe, the Murowei people, and the Xue Yantuo people form a team of 100,000 people, plus our own 50,000 troops! Is it enough? Zou Yu asked Li Jing.

"In order to get rid of the Turks and protect themselves, the Murwei people are definitely willing to send troops, if the prince is willing to provide them with a large number of weapons, these 100,000 people are enough to kill the grassland, and the world will be turned upside down!" Li Jing said with a cruel smile.

"100,000 people is enough?" Zou Yu asked.

"100,000 armored cavalry who are familiar with the grassland, if there is a fierce general to lead, it is enough to cross the grassland! After all, this time it's a robbery of the population, our people, just follow the aftermath! Li Jing said confidently.

"What do you need! Just mention! I asked people to prepare in advance! Zou Yu said happily.

"100,000 steel helmets! Cuirass! Enough military rations! Li Jing said with a confident smile.

"Good! After spring ploughing, it will all be ready! Zou Yu laughed and said loudly.

With the confident smiles of several people, the preparations for war began again! But before that, Zou Yu still has a lot of work to do.

Da Zuorong, Luosang Chi, Wanyan Lie, and Yelu Chu were invited to Jinyang, first, to reward them with a big mansion; the second is to let them visit Xue Yantuo and the life of the Khitans; Three, it is a heavy reward, or the kind of casual disclosure, as if it is not worth mentioning, but in their eyes, it is a very heavy reward.

When a few people set foot on the road of the Hui people again, they were quite reluctant to return to that poor country, dressed in silk, like an African wearing a cheongsam, how strange it looked, but a few people felt good about themselves. You must know that it is a fine silk, delicate to the touch, and it is dressed as if it were nothing.

There are also a lot of things that they brought back to the tribe, canned fruits, canned fish, refined salt, porcelain, glass, perfume, all of which are scarce for them.

The people have long been yearning for a stable life in the Central Plains, plus many expeditions, seeing all kinds of beautiful things, in the return to the tribe, how to live is uncomfortable, listening to the people who went out to say how good outside, others are also very much looking forward to it, so the relocation work is very smooth.

Liaodong is where they have survived for hundreds of years, so Zou Yu directly relocated them to the Central Plains, and according to the three tribes of Baishan, Heishui, and Sumo, they were resettled separately. The relatively mild Baishan, the Sumo tribe, settled in Youzhou and Yizhou; The barbaric Blackwater tribe was settled in Pingzhou.

Youzhou and Yizhou, which themselves have opened up pastures and have the presence of the Ya tribe, which can not only organize more people to graze, but also guard against captives who build roads and reservoirs; As for Pingzhou, it is also very suitable to guard the mines.

These Tatar clans, guarding the captives, are very serious and a little brutal, but this is exactly what Zou Yu meant, there are Tatar people who make black faces, just let their people make red faces. When the captives have had enough of the sufferings of the Tatar people, they will naturally miss the benefits of the government even more.

By the time the expedition was launched, another five months had passed, and in May of the third year of Yining, Jinyang held a pledge meeting again, and Li Jing was appointed as the general manager of the expedition to the north and presided over the expedition against the Turks.

This expedition was a four-way attack, Wei Chi Jingde, looking for the phase, Wan Yanlie led 30,000 people out of the old Beikou; Xue Wanche, Luo Cheng, and Yi Nan led 20,000 Xue Yantuo cavalry out of Yanmen Pass; As for Li Jing personally leading 50,000 foot cavalry, with Li Yuanba, Luo Shixin, and Qin Qiong as generals, as the Chinese army. There is also a partial division all the way, that is, Su Dingfang led 20,000 foot cavalry, with Pei Yuanqing, Qin Yong, as generals, out of Shuozhou, and attacked Liang Shidu.

As for the Murwei people, Zou Yu didn't believe them very much, but he also forced them to send troops, Luo Yi led the soldiers and horses close to Shanhaiguan, and Han Qianxun also returned to Fuyu City with the men and horses.

However, I don't know if the people of Murowei really want to fight the Turks, or if they feel threatened, Yelu Chu set off with his troops without hesitation, not only exceeding expectations with 80,000 iron cavalry, but also attacking fiercely, without waiting for Zou Yu and them.

It was Fang Xuanling who saw through Yelu Chu's intentions at a glance, and said to Zou Yu with a smile: "This is to see that the Turks can't fall well, and they want to fall into the well, take the opportunity to expand their own strength, and become the overlord of the grassland in the future!" ”

"Huh! Overlord of the steppe! He dared to think about it, too. Zou Yu sneered.

"It's not surprising, it's useless for us to take the grassland in the Central Plains, if we fight it, it's not that we lost it there, and a few decades later, another tribe will rise!" Fang Xuanling sighed.

"Who said the prairie is useless? In such a big place, there must be mineral deposits, which were inconvenient to occupy before, because the grassland lacked stone and could not build a strong city, but we have cement! As long as a few cities are built, then the grassland will always belong to the Central Plains! Zou Yu said with a faint smile.

"The prince is wise, the brains of his subordinates can't change all of a sudden, and they still think about it before." Fang Xuanling said with a wry smile.

"This is not surprising, after all, these new things have only appeared for a short time, and the specific effect is still under observation, Brother Fang did not expect it for a while, and it is reasonable." Zou Yu said with a considerate smile.

Jinyang has changed a lot, not only outsiders, but even his own people have some overwhelmed, craftsmen and craftsmen, skills are not to be said, I didn't know anything new before, no one pierced the layer of window paper, and now the window paper has been pierced, based on this, the things that have been developed have not even been thought of by Zou Yu.

Just like gunpowder, Zou Yu only proposed explosives packets and guns, but the craftsman has developed a lot of new things.

The guns were good, but they were too slow to refill, so they came up with numbers instead. Originally, a bamboo barrel was used instead of a gun barrel, but the bamboo barrel could not withstand the force of gunpowder and would explode directly, so an iron pipe was still used.

Although the iron pipe is unqualified as a gun barrel, and it is easy to explode the chamber once it is used many times, but as a one-time use, there is absolutely no problem.

Half a tube of gunpowder, a few iron beads, although the power is worse than that of a musket, but it is better than a few dozen at a time, not more, because the iron pipe is not light and not easy to move, so there are only twenty at a time, just two people carry forward.

Gunpowder has a great impetus and is extremely fast, and according to this characteristic, the craftsman supervisor fixed a piece of gunpowder on the arrow, and when ignited, it could push the arrow to 300 paces.

It's just that in Zou Yu's view, these firearms still have great shortcomings, and the biggest problem is that the accuracy cannot be guaranteed, even if Zou Yu has repeatedly emphasized that it is necessary to record and set standards, but he himself does not understand, so he can only let the craftsman as the supervisor to experiment.

Wind power, resistance, gravity, these things, Zou Yu can only put forward such a concept, and he doesn't know anything about it, so he can only let them study it on their own; Not to mention about the density of the object, the pressure. Zou Yu believed that one day, science would take root in this land.

The craftsmen don't know what science is, but it doesn't prevent them from having exquisite craftsmanship and clever brains to make all kinds of fine things.

On this expedition, the explosives team led by Xi Junmai followed Li Jing, and the people led by the craftsman followed Su Dingfang, who mainly collected data on the use of various firearms, and also observed whether firearms were suitable for the battlefield.

Kaichun started, obviously not only Zou Yu thought so, Li Yuan sent 150,000 troops to attack Wang Shichong; Xiao Mo moved the capital to Jiangling, and then ordered Yang Daosheng to attack Xiazhou; On the peninsula, there was no peace, Gao Jianwu really worked hard, bought a large number of weapons from Zou Yu, and then attacked Silla, and defeated Jin Yuxin.

If you want to fight the Liang division, you must first fight Honghua, followed by Diaoyin and Yan'an, the three counties not only support each other, but also have troops gathered in Wubao in the middle, occupying a dangerous terrain.

Liang Shi can say that he has no ambitions and is dedicated to being his emperor, but he also knows that what he is doing is a little unauthentic, after all, the reputation of colluding with the Turks is not good, so he has spent a lot of effort to build three counties, block the border, so that the people can't escape, and also protect himself.

It is the general He Sui who defends Honghua, and the fort generals Zhang Ju and Liu Min, if it is said that it is an ordinary army, in the face of the general defense of Tietong, there is really only one way to pull out these Wu forts, fill them with human lives, and gradually take them.

It's a pity that Liang Shi met Su Dingfang, who was equipped with the latest firearms, and Su Dingfang was given the order to learn how to use firearms and cooperate with craftsmen to supervise and experiment with firearms.

Su Dingfang and Zou Yu have known each other for so many years, although they have rarely seen each other in the past two years, but the trust and affection have not weakened. Su Dingfang, his little wife, has always been the head of the palace guards.

Zou Yu spared no effort for his generals, their families, houses, food, and drink, they were meticulous; Su Dingfang was also very relieved to fight outside.

The improved copper cannons, there are eight kinds of pulls out, the longest is three meters, the shortest is one meter five, each artillery has three to five, the same thousand artillery, but this thousand people led the troops by Qin.

The war horse dragged the artillery, came to the five hundred meters outside the Wu Fort, and began to place it, because the power of the artillery was huge, so the first thing was to fix the shelf below, hammer the soft soil underground, and then place the iron frame, and finally the cannon barrel, the cannon barrel was fixed, and the gunpowder kept by a special person quickly began to be filled.

"General Su, please also give an order to let all the soldiers dismount, and retreat a hundred meters to appease the war horses at any time!" Qin Yong watched the red order flag be erected, so he said to Su Dingfang.

Su Dingfang knew that this was the latest secret weapon, and Zou Yu specially wrote a letter to explain and asked him to learn more, so he did it as well.

"This kind of Wu fort is very tall and strong, just right for experimental artillery!" Qin said with fiery eyes.

"How does it sound like popcorn?" Su Dingfang asked, Zou Yu said in the letter that the sound was earth-shattering, so he asked this question, in his opinion, listening to the sound of the popcorn machine up close is like thunder.

"Don't say the same!" Qin Yong licked his lips and said with some excitement. Then he rubbed his hands that were trembling with excitement, and said loudly: "Start the test launch!" ”

"One for each shot, test firing!" Immediately a herald shouted.

"Ignition!"

"Ignition!"

Eight kinds of artillery, nearly two hundred meters wide, immediately followed the order, a sergeant picked up a torch and lit the lead of the artillery.

In the expectant and curious eyes of more than 20,000 people, the lead burned to the end, and then the heart tightened, and a burst of thunder sounded in the ears.

"Boom! Boom! "A violent sound, sounded, like summer thunder, one after another.

Only then did Su Dingfang deeply understand what Zou Yu said in his letter, and he didn't know what to say when he opened his mouth wide.

"Haha! Ha ha! Enjoyable! It's so enjoyable! Qin opened his mouth wide and looked up to the sky and laughed.

Su Dingfang watched Qin swaying from side to side with the tonsils in his throat, although he couldn't hear what he was saying, he knew that he was laughing, laughing! didn't care, pulled Qin Yong and asked, "Is this artillery?" ”

"What did you say?" Qin Yong turned around and asked.

"This is artillery? It's a loud sound! Su Dingfang couldn't hear Qin Yong's words clearly, because his ears were buzzing, but looking at the soldiers who were busy pacifying the war horse, he knew that the power was not small.

"Adjust the angle and continue the shelling!" Qin shouted excitedly.

The soldier who fired the cannon had already blocked his ears, just shook his head slightly, and continued to be busy.

A wooden stick, with strips of cloth wrapped around it, reached into the barrel and began to clean it. This is the disadvantage of black powder, after burning, it has a residue, and in order to ensure the sealing, a strip of cloth is added to it.

As the red order flag prepared by the representative was raised again, Qin Yong shouted excitedly again: "Open the cannon!" ”

In ordinary experiments, it is only one artillery piece at a time, and the second cannon will be released at a short interval, where is there such a thing now, several cannons, put together fiercely, not to mention dozens of cannons at once.

"Boom! Boom! "There was a loud bang, stirring up countless dust, bursts of smoke, rising from the artillery, and in an instant, the smoke was so thick that even the figure could not be seen clearly.

Su Dingfang didn't look at the artillery, he used a telescope to look at Wu Fort five hundred meters away.

In the telescope, he clearly saw that an iron egg hit the wall of Wu Fort, and then the masonry of Wu Castle cracked, and the stones flew wildly, and the iron egg fell into the wall, and the cracks around it were clearly visible.

Moving the telescope, Su Dingfang found that there was a wall, which had actually been broken through, although the cracked hole was not big, but the power was a little extraordinary, you know, if it was just a catapult, at most there would be a mark, and the masonry was slightly loose.