Huang Qiong's words made Zhao Wuxian, who had just ascended to a high position, feel a little bit of gain and loss in his heart, and his heart was slightly overwhelmed. I didn't dare to say anything, so I turned around and went down to command. In fact, Zhao Wuxian is a little cautious in small things, and even drags mud and water, Huang Qiong is not too surprised. People, it's not like this, it's easy to sit in an official position, but it's difficult to let him come down.

Zhao Wuxian jumped up the ranks, from a sixth-grade commander to a fourth-grade commander. I definitely want to behave well, and I don't want this official hat that I bought with blood to be taken off afterwards. Although there is Huang Qiong, the king of England, ordinary people can't find him if they are in trouble.

However, the infighting between officials in the DPRK and China has always been based on civil and military affairs, and the distinction between the two is very clear. Those two-list jinshi were born in imperial history, and they basically turned a blind eye to those two-list jinshi who were corrupt and took bribes in a general trend, unless it was a party dispute. But they are very nitpicky about the military attaché, and they have to ponder every credit of the military attache repeatedly, trying to find out a little fault.

Even if you can't pull people down, at least you have to prevent the military attache from being promoted. Because in their eyes, compared to their ten years of hard work as Jinshi and first officials, those rough military attachés were too easy to be promoted. After one or two battles on the battlefield, this official position will be promoted to the next level. Some of these civil officials, some of them even worked hard in the position of five or six grades, and they would only be promoted to the next level.

Moreover, since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, almost all of the knights have facial features. Basically, none of those families in Beijing are from civilian backgrounds. Even the only two kings with different surnames since the founding of the country were both military generals. The fifth-level title of the male uncle of the duke is as if he has nothing to do with them as civil officials. Even if the civil official is tired to death, he will not get a knighthood, and at most he will have a better nickname.

What's more, in the eyes of these imperial historians, they are like grates. Every time these military attaches fight, they don't know how much money they will make. The spoils of war during the war, the rewards given by the court after the war, I don't know how much I got in my hands. When you come back, you will be promoted to a knight and be crowned a wife and a son, isn't this going to heaven? And let the civil officials live?

Therefore, these imperial historians have always been like enemies to military attachés. On weekdays, I take a magnifying glass to find faults, and in wartime, I have no wind and waves, and I look at everything with suspicion. Big things, Zhao Wuxian is naturally not afraid. But if it's really planted on these little things that have nothing to nitpick, it's really unwilling.

Huang Qiong still understands Zhao Wuxian's mentality. But fortunately, this guy is too cautious in such trivial matters, but this guy is still decisive when he goes to the battlefield, although he is a little decent, but he can't find anything wrong, at least Huang Qiong can't see anything wrong.

When Zhao Wuxian came back, he saw Huang Qiong with Fan Jian, Liu Hu, and Wang Dalong, standing in front of the wreckage of the two exploding cannons and fell into deep thought. Seeing Huang Qiong standing beside the cannon with a regretful face, Zhao Wuxian said: "Lord Wang, don't be too sorry. Lord Wang, haven't you already sent an expedited memorabilia to Beijing, asking the emperor to urgently transfer ** here? ”

"As long as the ** allocated by the imperial court arrives, the last general thinks that these cannons can still come in handy in the future war. After all, ** is not a cannon, and it is still very convenient to transport. Jingzhao Mansion is only more than 200 miles away from Tiger Prison Pass. As long as the emperor agrees, it will be very fast to transfer it from Jingzhao Mansion. ”

"Although Tiger Prison Pass is a strategic location, it is located at the throat of the connection between the capital and the Kanto Zhulu. But after all, it is not comparable to the borderland, and there has been no war for hundreds of years. When the military department allocates all kinds of supplies, it is normal to not tilt like here. The border troubles of our Great Qi are far more serious than those of the former Tang Dynasty, and although Tubo has declined, the Northern Liao is not comparable to the Turks of those years. ”

"I heard that those cannons are not only extremely expensive, but also the process is not generally complicated. The annual output is not high, and it is normal for the military headquarters to focus on the border troops that are in a more tense situation every year. Even in Yanshan Mansion, which has to face the Northern Liao invasion almost every year, the special ** for cannons issued by the imperial court every year is only 5,000 catties. ”

Speaking of this, a sentence suddenly came out of his mouth, which was very taboo: "Who would have thought before that the emperor's biological son would rebel against his father?" Where will this place that has been war-free for a hundred years be allocated in advance those expensive special **? "He chatted very speculatively with the old soldiers who found out, and he was clear about these.

The words he said unconsciously couldn't help but make a few people around Huang Qiong, plus the fellow who had just rushed over in a hurry when he learned that Huang Qiong was not resting in the Dutong Yamen, couldn't help but change his face greatly. It was Zhao Wuwu himself, and after realizing that he had unconsciously said the wrong thing, his face was also pale.

Almost everyone present looked at Huang Qiong at this moment, and had already turned their gaze to Huang Qiong, who was in the rebel camp outside the Guan. It's okay for everyone to talk about this in private, but what is it like right now, in front of the emperor's other son? In front of the emperor's other son, the emperor's shortcomings were revealed.

It is said that hitting people is not a slap in the face, you are specifically hitting the emperor's face, you kid really don't know, how many catties and taels are on the neck, right? If the British king is narrow-minded, you, the newly appointed tiger prison, will have to move. Although this is true, can it be said publicly?

It's just that for Zhao Wuxian's words, Huang Qiong, who was staring at the rebel camp in Guannei at this time, didn't seem to hear it. After a long time, Huang Qiongcai said: "The peaks and mountains are like gathering, the waves are like anger, and the mountains and rivers are on the surface of the Xiongguan Road." Looking at the eastern part of the country, I hesitated, and I was sad that the Qin and Han dynasties were in the office, and the palace was made of soil. Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer. ”

"Looking around the mountains and burning the Nangong, where is the luxury now? I saw that the grass was sparse and the water lingered. I still hate the smoke tree. The Three Kingdoms and the Two Jin Dynasties and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the wins were turned into soil, and the losses were turned into soil. This king is not Tian Deng, only the governor is allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps. Now that some things have been done, there is no need to hide them. ”

"The king is not angry with what he says. You, this tiger prison is connected to Songyue in the south and the Yellow River in the north, with staggered mountains and mountains, and it is a natural danger. Although the defenders of Guanshang are only 3,000, they occupy a favorable geographical position, and they may not necessarily need artillery to help defend Guancheng. ”

"This king is just a pity for these sharp weapons. The advent of firearms is bound to change the pattern on the battlefield. Such a sophisticated weapon, but it has been idle here for more than a hundred years. Although it is related to the fact that the world has been peaceful for a long time and there has been no war in the mainland for a long time, the most important thing is the mentality of the superiors, which plays the main reason. ”

In his previous life, although Huang Qiong studied archaeology, he did not study war history. But archaeology is related to history, so although I don't know about military affairs, I still have a certain understanding of the impact of ** on history. At least he knew that the appearance of ** changed the course of world history. Hundreds of years later, the Chinese people who did not want to make progress suffered a lot in this invention of their own.

It's just that after looking at the few people around him with disapproving expressions on their faces, Huang Qiong hesitated for a moment but didn't explain more. Although people in this era have a certain understanding of **, they are far from being comprehensive. In contrast to this bulky, difficult-to-move weapon, in most people's minds, highly mobile cavalry is king.

The guns were too cumbersome and needed to be towed by dozens of healthy horses. Artillery shells only have solid bullets and scattered bullets, and solid bullets are not only used for attacking fortifications, but the lethality of cavalry is too small. Scattershots were a great threat to the cavalry, but they were too close. In addition to the two of the Great Qi, to be exact, the three main opponents, the Northern Liao, the Tibetans, and the Uighurs were all known for their cavalry.

Even the biggest enemy, the infantry army of Northern Liao was very small, and it was basically dominated by cavalry. Aside from defending the city, these bulky artillery pieces were of little use in the field. So it is not surprising that not only the imperial court, but even generals at all levels did not pay attention to it. What's more, the elite cavalry of Great Qi is not inferior to Northern Liao. After all, not everyone has such a "foresight" as Huang Qiong.

Seeing that almost all people, including Zhao Wuxian, a general in the army, were not very interested in their topic, they stopped the topic. Instead, he pointed to the rebel camp under the city and said to Zhao Wuxian: "It's okay, now that the rebels are tired, you can see if we concentrate the cavalry in the pass to assault, at least we can weaken the rebels' spirit." ”

"Lord Wang, judging from the last general, this is not the best moment for our army to take the initiative. Lord Wang, it has been less than two hours since the rebels attacked the city. The strength of its siege is not large, and it should not fall into fatigue so quickly. Even if they marched for days and arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass and immediately attacked the city without repairing it, they would not have fallen into fatigue so quickly. ”

"When the rebels retreated after the siege, the last general saw that the rebels were still in good order. And judging from the rebel cavalry that arrived outside the city at the earliest, although its elite level is not as good as my cavalry battalion, at least it looks good. Moreover, the rebels are twice as numerous as our army, and they have not invested all their strength in the previous siege. ”

In other words, even if the siege brought a certain amount of fatigue, it was only a part of their forces. The rest of the forces that were not engaged in the siege still far exceeded our army. The most important thing is that you have also seen that the rebels spent most of their time acting when they attacked the city. Even if he was frightened by the cannon, it was far from being really frightened. ”

"And at this point, they should also come to their senses and understand that these cannons are not as powerful as they thought. They retreated, probably with other plans. The last general feared that they would take the initiative to lure our troops into falling for them when they retreated. After all, with the sturdiness of the Tiger Prison, as long as the defenders are determined to defend it, it will not be an easy matter to replace who will capture it. ”

"If we can lure our army out of the fortified fortress, a decisive battle outside the city is more in line with their current situation. The last general feared that the rebels' voluntary retreat was to lure our army out of the city to fight them, so this was not the best time for us to attack. If the prince insisted on taking the initiative, the last general thought that it would be more appropriate in the second half of the night. ”

"Lord Wang, because the Tiger Prison Pass is located in the interior, the defenders are mainly infantry troops, and the number of cavalry is not large. Even with the five hundred cavalry we brought, there were only eight hundred. And these 800 cavalry are already the only mobile troops in the Tiger Prison Pass. Once it is wasted, then we will not have any mobile forces until the commander arrives. ”

"The Tiger Prison Pass is only more than 200 miles away from Mengjin, and if you calculate the distance and days, the commander of Yu Du will arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest. The last general thought that before the commander of the capital and the army arrived, it was better for our army to hold out. Regarding Huang Qiong's suggestion to take the initiative, Zhao Wuxian refused without thinking about it. In Zhao Wuwu's opinion, taking the initiative now is purely to send him to death.