Li Luo had no heart and lungs and Cui Xiuning for a while, and then began to look at the newly-born pair of children.

The two pink little people are asleep, their little faces are red and fluttering, and they are very cute.

It's been almost a month since they were born, and Li Lu and Li Wei have already grown. The two are five or six points similar in appearance, but Li Wei is more like Li Luo, and Li Lu is more like Cui Xiuning.

Appearance... Don't be too good at fighting!

Li Luo wanted to hug them, but he was afraid of waking them up. I had to lean down and feel the breath of the two little ones.

Well, it's full of milky flavor.

Li Luo's heart is about to melt. He stared at the little one's face closely, as if he were looking at two works of art.

But at this moment, perhaps sensing the unfamiliar aura, Li Wei's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he opened his black jewel-like eyes.

These eyes were even more ignorant and innocent because she had just woken up, but when her eyes saw an unfamiliar face staring at her closely, her big eyes immediately showed panic.

By the time Li Luo found out that something was wrong, it was already too late.

Li Wei's nose wrinkled, his mouth deflated, and he immediately cried.

This crying is good, and the brother Li Lu next to him was also awakened, no matter how many times he was thirty, seven, twenty, or twenty, he also cried with Wow.

"Whoa, whoa..."

The county lord of Jingyang and the county lord of Chang'an let out a sad voice together, and the voice was extremely loud, three points better than the knowledge on the tree in the yard.

"Don't cry, don't cry! Daddy hug... I'm Daddy! Li Luo hurriedly picked one up, but the child who was hugged not only cried more fiercely, but also kicked up his two calves, crying almost out of breath.

"Oops! Give it to me! Children are afraid of life! Cui Xiuning hurriedly took it and coaxed while shaking.

Mother is mother, as soon as Cui Xiuning took it, the child soon stopped crying, but stared at Cui Xiuning with tears and grinned.

The other also quieted down.

Li Luo was speechless.

I'm a father, so don't you want to see me?

finally put the two children to sleep, and the two breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Luo pulled Cui Xiuning to sit down, "The police have lost weight, do you want to think about it?" ”

In fact, Cui Xiuning's figure is very stable and he has not lost weight.

"Miss you? I'm not available. It's a child, it's a government affair, it's a firearm, it's a surrender, and there's a fantasy about you? Cui Xiuning's clear big eyes were full of smiles, and her red lips like water chestnuts were slightly upturned.

"Hey. That's the unrequited love of the widow. You see, I'm fighting and dying all my life when I'm out fighting, and I still miss you every day, why don't you miss me? ”

Li Luo brought the woman over, and he was not afraid of the heat.

"I know every battle you fight. That is, the two battles with Chen Rilian are a bit dangerous, and they may lose in his hands. Other than that, you're not fighting, it's a game. ”

Although Cui Xiuning said this, it is impossible to say that she is not worried. If you don't miss Li Luo, of course it's impossible. In the past few months, she couldn't sleep well, and she had nightmares several times that Li Luo had an accident and was pregnant with a child, which was really a little tormented.

Li Luo smiled: "Okay, I'm playing games outside, don't you say that I'm just playing in the mountains and rivers." But the daughter-in-law has worked hard, giving birth to children and taking care of things, not only a good wife and mother, but also a beautiful woman. Alas, I really envy you. ”

Cui Xiuning was puzzled: "You? Envy me? ”

"Isn't it!" Li Luo said with a straight face, rubbing the woman's waist, "You see, according to the history books of later generations, Empress Cui is beautiful and wise, Ning Hui Litian, and De is worthy of Kunyi." Regarding the beauty of Ju, there is wisdom and wisdom. After the ages, Mo can be the first. Isn't it a fork? I envy such a good reputation! ”

I'll go! Cui Xiuning is really getting drunk, is this his own personality?

Li Luo continued: "My reputation may not be as good as yours. Even if it succeeds, most of them can't escape the emperor and the ministers, so there are things like the world. This is still good, unfriendly, I guess it is to compare me to An Lushan Shi Siming. ”

Cui Xiuning touched Li Luo's ear, "You can pull it down!" I don't know you yet? You don't even care about that. I don't care what kind of virtuous queen I am. In the future, I don't know what to do, and I don't think about victory before I think about defeat. I've already drawn a nautical chart to go to North America, and I've secretly prepared a batch of supplies. ”

Li Luo said: "You are so unconfident? Have you found a way out? ”

"Don't worry." Cui Xiuning smiled, "I won't let the courtiers know about this, I'm not so stupid." I'm not like you, thinking about the world. The first thing I think about is not Wang Tu's hegemony, but the safety of our family. Uncle Kublai Khan is not easy to fight, and our success is at most halved. If you lose, of course, you have to save your family's life. Do you want our mother and son to be executed by Ling Chi? ”

It's not that Li Luo didn't expect this. But he was confident and didn't think he could really get there.

"What about the eldest son?" Li Luo changed the subject.

Cui Xiuning was suddenly dissatisfied, his spring-like fingers were a little on his forehead, and he said with a slight annoyance: "You still know the eldest son!" I'm just deliberately waiting to see when you mention the eldest son. Alas, my mother has a conscience, but my father has no conscience! ”

Li Luo smiled: "I have been thinking about my son for a long time, don't I talk to you!" Is he with his father-in-law? ”

Cui Xiuning nodded: "I almost pestered my father-in-law when I saw the sky, and I couldn't leave it at night." Fortunately, the father-in-law is not afraid of him being annoyed, nor is he afraid of making trouble, but there is nothing he can do about him. ”

Li Luo thought it was funny, his father-in-law was also the prince of Jinguo, a person who commanded thousands of troops against the Yuan, but now he was eaten to death by a child.

"Let's go, go to the Taigong Courtyard, I still have to meet my father-in-law and see my eldest son." Li Luo stood up and found that a layer of sweat appeared on the lap where the woman had been sitting. Why didn't you feel hot before?

Cui Xiuning handed over the sleeping Li Lu and Li Wei to the maid to take care of them, and went to the Taigong Courtyard with Li Luo.

"Father, I'm back. How is my father's health? When Li Luo saw Yan Duo, he saluted and greeted him. Cui Xiuning also greeted him politely.

Yan Duo was playing with a little man on the sand table, and the sand table marked the situation of the enemy and the enemy with small flags. The little man tilted his little head, looked at the small flag on the sand table with interest, pulled one up, and inserted another.

"My son is back. Don't worry, the father is still in the future. Yan Duo stood up with a smile, looking very happy. He had long known that Li Luo was back. But according to etiquette, there is no reason to welcome the son with the father, so he can only wait for Li Luo to come back to visit.

Li Luo saw that Yan Duo's body was very good, and he was also relieved.

"Good grandson, call your father, this is your father." Yan Duo pointed at Li Luo and said to the little man.

Only then did the little man raise his head and shouted to Cui Xiuning in a milky voice: "Mother." ”

Cui Xiuning was a little speechless, so she could only point at Li Luo, "Zheng'er, call dad quickly." My mother often mentions it to you, this is Dad. ”

"Daddy?" The little man glanced at Li Luo timidly, staggered to his feet, hid behind Yan Duo, and grabbed Yan Duo's clothes, "Father..."

Yan Duo was also a little helpless, and said: "Good grandson, this is the father that the eldest father said, call quickly." ”

Where will Yongzhou Mu be called? He looked at Li Luo with curious and fearful eyes, then sat down on the sand table by himself, played with the sand table, and never got tired of it.

Li Luo was suddenly a little embarrassed.

Yan Duo smiled: "It's okay. He rarely sees you, so it's not strange that he doesn't know you. It would be nice to be a few years older. ”

Li Luo walked over and squatted down, intending to play sand table with his son. But when Li Zheng saw him coming, he immediately cried, "Father..."

His father had no choice but to back off, not wanting to make him cry.

This child is too scared to give birth. Li Luo couldn't tease his son, so he could only chat with Yan Duo.

"Shi Mo Huaide, it can still be used. He has recognized you as the lord of the Lang. There are still some Jurchen soldiers in the northwest, and if they take the northwest in the future, they may be able to recruit them. Yan Duo said, "There are still some party items and Khitan tribes in the northwest. You can encircle Li Yi and Yelu Huaide, and you can recruit Khitan cavalry in the future. ”

There are already 16,000 Jurchen cavalry under Li Luo's command, which can be regarded as the main force of the Tang Army's cavalry. Li Luo planned to build a force of 5,000 heavy horsemen mainly composed of Jurchens.

Li Luo chatted with Yan Duo for a long time, brushed his sense of presence in front of his son, and had dinner with Yan Duo before leaving the Taigong Courtyard.

In fact, it still works. At least when he left, Li Zheng was no longer as afraid of him as he was at the beginning.

When the two returned to the inner house, it was already time to hold the lamp.

"I'm tired, wash and sleep."

After Li Luo finished bathing, he didn't care that it was still early, so he pulled Cui Xiuning to rest. He said he was resting, but the man didn't really rest until midnight.

finally quieted down, and the two began to talk privately again in the middle of the night.

"You haven't been back for a long time, and Zheng'er doesn't know you. This time you stay in Haidong for a few more days, dangling in front of him every day, and it will be good if you are ripe. ”

"Hmm. I thought so too. My son, you can't help but know me. ”

"The two party women you sent back to Haidong, I settled in the middle courtyard. I also arranged jobs for them, which is interesting enough, right? ”

"What do you mean enough? I don't care. It's up to you to decide, anyway, I don't plan to let them be little wives. is good to them, but it is just to encircle the party and the army. ”

"It's best if you think like that. I don't want to participate in the harem game, it's undignified to think about it. ”

"Rest assured. Daughter-in-law, I'll send you eight words. Don't forget the original intention, never lose. ”

"Well, you don't joke, this is what you said, don't forget your original intention, and never lose up. I'll go, I'm sweating all over, let's go take a shower again. ”

"Then you rub my back, I've been in Annan for several months, and the bath is so-so."

"Okay, I'll rub your back."

"I'll rub your back too?"

"No, I'm clean, no mud to rub."

"Damn, do you really think you women are made of water? There's no mud to rub yet! Why don't I give you an eyebrow? ”

"No, I don't need to. My eyebrows are not thick or light, neither long nor short, and I still use painting? ”

"Okay. You are naturally beautiful, and you are angry with rouge. When I didn't say anything. ”

"But you can make me a foot moth."

Li Luo: "......"

The next day, Li Luo was not too late to get up. He didn't want his ministers to think that he was lazy.

Although he didn't sleep well at night, Li Luo was more refreshed. Thinking of last night's events, the man couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

What do you mean by that? Well, a good horse only needs one, and a good woman is enough.

Huan Gongji, it is better to manage Zhong's wife.

That's really the case.

Don't be fooled.

Li Luo had just had breakfast, and the first thing he did was to summon Li Yi, Shi Mo Huaide, and Yelu Zhongjie.

After a while, the three of them came to the Tang Mansion, and when they saw Li Luo, they bowed down with complicated expressions and said, "The ministers meet the king!" ”

It wasn't until Li Luo really appeared in front of them that they completely believed that General Zhengnan was really the monarch of the Tang Kingdom.

"Excuse me, all of you, and sit down. In Annam, you are also considered a widow, and you do not need to be formal. Li Luo was only wearing a casual light shirt in Yanju, with a folding fan in his hand, which looked very free and leisurely, which was very different from the majesty of a white armor in the army.

The three of them remembered what happened in Annan, and they couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic.

Li Luo said without seeing it: "Widows need talents, but not everyone uses them." What the widow wants is a good general who can fight the world and rule the world. You can come to Haidong, not only because you are a widow's robe, but also because you are good generals. The widow is a Han person, why not use Shi Bi Xie Kun? Because a widow is not ashamed of his man. ”

The three of them saluted in unison: "Jun Xie is very important, and the minister is ashamed." ”

Li Luo stood up and pointed to the west, "That's the Central Plains." It was Song Liao Jinxia. But now, they all return to Mengyuan. ”

"If Meng Yuan can treat everyone equally, govern benevolently, follow the Han law, and let the people of the world live like a person, why should we oppose it?"

However, the people of the Yuan court were sealed by the fourth rank, and they were tyrannical, murderous, and perverse, not only the people were resentful, but also the heavens were angry. In such an act, the heroes of the world are not gnashing their teeth. So much so that for decades, the world has been fierce and the flag of righteousness has risen everywhere. The Yuan court was reckless, with Han, Jurchen, Khitan, and party heroes as the forerunner, one for suppression, and the other for consumption. You should empathize with this. ”

The three of them thought so. Isn't it? Over the years, how could the Yuan court have trusted them? Every time there was a battle, it was a tough battle for the Mongol army. Many clansmen died fighting for the Yuan court, but they got nothing.

After so many years of consumption, there are actually not many clansmen left in the three clans.

Not to mention that Meng Yuan had slaughtered all three clans. How can this kind of blood feud deceive oneself and others as if it does not exist?

Li Luo continued: "You don't know, Emperor Dayuan has already appointed the widow as the Duke of Yueguo, rewarded a son as a marquis, and appointed the widow as the Pingzhang of Huguang Province. If the widow does not oppose the yuan, he can enjoy all the glory and wealth. ”

"Why is the widow willing to take a risk, let Yue Guogong not do it, but do things against the Yuan? Just because it is not for selfish gain, but for the public. Not for the Li family, but for the world. It is better to lose a few people than to live up to the people of the world. The direction of the soldiers in the coming day will solve the upside down of the people! This is, the ambition of the widow! ”

When Yelu Zhongjie heard the words "I would rather bear a few people than the people of the world", his heart moved, isn't this what his wife wrote in the letter she showed herself?

The general really has the world in mind.

Yelu Zhongjie couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he thought of his previous misunderstanding of Li Luo. Suddenly, he bowed down and said, "Your Majesty forgives your sins!" The minister is dull and does not know the heart of the king, but he can be to the sun and the moon. He actually spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, so that he has a grudge against the king, and he is guilty of death! ”

Cui Xiuning has already told Li Luo about Yelu Zhongjie, and Li Luo certainly knows it.

Li Luo helped Yelu Zhongjie up, "Zhongjie is a loyal person, what a crime." The actions of the widow are not informal, but only ask about the righteousness. Where the righteousness lies, it is the way of heaven, although thousands of people go to it. ”

Li Yi said: "Your Majesty, the way of heaven is paid, it is the mandate of heaven!" Weichen has been coming to Haidong for a long time, and I see that my Tang Dynasty is thriving, although it is a small country and a widow, but the soldiers are full of food, the firearms are sharp, the military heart is like iron, and the people's hearts are fearful. When there are changes in the world, the troops will be sent to the Central Plains, and great events can be expected! ”

He came earlier, and knew more about the terrifying strength of the Tang State than Shi Mo Huaide and Yelu Zhongjie.

Shi Mo Huaide said: "Lord Lang used to be the general of Weichen, and now he is the lord of Weichen. Weichen didn't say anything redundant, just obeyed the orders of the lord of Weilang! ”

"Good!" Li Luo struck the festival and said, "Then our monarchs and ministers are still robes!" It's just that last time it was a conquest, and next time... It's Zhengyuan! You go back and train the cavalry well, but you have what you need, and you have what you need! ”

"Wow! Thank you! The three of them took the order together.

Li Luo smiled dumbly and said, "Don't say it, this is the rule of the Mongolian army." I, Tang Jun, are promises. ”

"No!" The three of them immediately changed their words, and suddenly looked at each other and laughed.

…………

After sending off the three foreign generals, Li Luo began to inspect the various departments in Haidong. Of course, what he valued the most was the firearms and armor of the craftsman's office. In particular, the latest 10-kilogram medium artillery that has begun mass production.

The firearms are completely taken care of by Cui Xiuning. Li Luo has never managed it, in fact, he can't manage it if he wants to, he doesn't even know the best formula for gunpowder, how to manage it?

After watching the release of the ten-pound cannon, Li Luo was very satisfied. The range and power of this artillery have been ahead for hundreds of years, and it is definitely a great weapon. The only bad thing is the rate of fire and maneuverability. The rate of fire of two rounds in three minutes, as well as the weight of thousands of catties, made it of limited use in restraining cavalry.

A ten-pound artillery is actually a heavy artillery. According to the "Artillery Specification" compiled by Cui Xiuning, three artillery groups are required for personnel allocation, one of which is an artillery group, one ammunition group, and one mule and horse mobile group.

There are five people in each group, and each group can be substituted for each other. That is, a ten-pound cannon requires a ten-pound staff.

The ten-kilogram cannon has just begun mass production, while the three-kilogram small cannon and the six-kilogram light cannon have already begun mass production. The largest number of three-pound small cannons has produced more than 300 pieces.

The three-pound small cannon is less than 100 catties, the mobility is very good, the power is not bad, and the effective firing range is nearly a mile, exceeding the bed crossbow and stone cannon. According to the "Artillery Operation Specification", the three-kilogram small cannon needs two artillery groups, one of which is the artillery operation group and one ammunition group. Two people per artillery group.

A three-pound small cannon requires four artillery crews to be responsible for maneuvering, firing, and maintaining.

Although the six-kilogram light artillery has a light character, it weighs three or four hundred kilograms, and although it is more powerful and has a firing range of more than one mile, its mobility has dropped significantly. Today, more than 100 six-pound guns have been mass-produced.

The staffing of a six-pound cannon reached nine people.

After the popularization and use of hydraulic forging hammers, after more than a year of mass production, more than 6,000 pieces have been made.

At this time, Luo Ning's gun was already two feet longer than a year ago, and it was set on the barrel. The saber that was usually taken down and used as a firecracker, once used, was put on the barrel of the gun and used as a spear.

The Don Army has now formed four firearms brigades. Each firearms brigade has a full strength of more than 5,000 people, equipped with 3,000 guns, 200 small cannons with 3 catties of ammunition, 100 light guns with 6 catties of ammunition, and 20 guns with 10 catties of ammunition.

However, due to the insufficient number of firearms, each firearms brigade did not have complete armaments, at most half-equipped.

"We can only form a maximum of four firearms brigades at the moment." Cui Xiuning said, "The pressure on logistics from firearms is too great, and we can only maintain 20,000 or 30,000 firearms troops to fight. ”

Li Luo nodded, he agreed with Cui Xiuning's words. Although the firearms were sharp and could greatly offset the cavalry superiority of the Yuan army, the test of logistics was too great.

From ammunition replenishment, to firearm replacement, to battlefield maneuvering, there is a lot of pressure in both production and transportation. In its heyday, the Ming Dynasty could only maintain a firearms army of tens of thousands of people at most, and no matter how much it was, it would be unbearable.

Speaking of transportation alone, a firearms brigade needs tens of thousands of mules and horses to transport.

That's right, a firearms brigade needs tens of thousands of mules and horses!

This is no exaggeration.

Take a firecracker soldier as an example, ten days of continuous combat at medium intensity, and the ammunition alone will consume dozens of catties. A small cannon can consume hundreds of catties of ammunition, not to mention six-catty guns and ten-catty cannons.

On average, each firearm soldier needs two mules and horses!

Again, it's just shipping. As for the replenishment of the production of ammunition, especially gunpowder, as well as the replenishment of discarded firearms, it is even more capable of crushing the ancient production sector.

Therefore, the firearms brigade is an indispensable killer weapon of the Tang Army, but it is not the most important main force. Because at the current level of production, the output of the firearms brigade must not be sustainable.

The most important main force of the Don Army, without a doubt, was the traditional infantry.

"Firearms are just four brigades. Heavy infantry to be strengthened! "We need at least 20,000 people. Now, there are still 10,000 left! ”

"Select the tallest and strongest elite soldiers in the whole army and form a Modao team!"

PS: It's been so busy today! So the update is late, and the last day will be changed to tomorrow for the new alliance leader! I'll make up for it tomorrow! Crab Crab Support! Good night!

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