Beijing, Forbidden City.

Yan Chengjin wore a low-key unicorn suit and came to the Ministry of Industry to be on duty.

Several of the main books of the Ministry of Industry still recognize him, three years ago in the Ministry of Industry to watch the government, and now he has been promoted to the imperial history, so envious that they almost turned their backs.

Yan Chengjin made a special trip to find Song Jing and took out a sketch from his arms.

"Lord Yan, is this?"

"A new firearm, you can make it according to the officer's sketch to see if you can make it?"

Song Jing shook slightly, took the drawing, and saw two drawings drawn on the plain white paper.

It looks like a wooden box with a pile of dirt painted on it, more like a firearm that has been made before.

But this firearm is very different.

Xie Pi also came up and took a look: "This wooden box is a firearm?" ”

Yan Chengjin nodded.

This firearm was only made during the Jiajing period, and it was about forty years away.

No one knows what it can do.

With Song Jing's technology, I don't know if I can make it?

Xie Pi looked hesitant and looked at Yan Chengjin: "Can you let the students participate in it?" ”

This firearm is extremely dangerous.

Once the ratio of gunpowder is not well controlled, the metal marbles will shoot in all directions, and the power is enough to shoot an elephant.

Song Jing dedicated himself to the progress of firearms in the Ming Dynasty, and he also dedicated himself, after all, he was the head of the Ministry of Industry.

Yan Chengjin shook his head and said solemnly: "You have to let Song Jing come, you prepare gunpowder, let's go and repair the canal." ”

Now, with an additional fifty taels of wages, he can be promoted to the chief worker of Liangxiang.

Xie Pi said: "The development of firearms is for the imperial court, and it is natural for students to be officials in the Ministry of Industry. ”

Yan Chengjin listened but didn't listen,

Song Jing was fooled by him and began to develop gunpowder.

Xie Pi, on the other hand, is naturally obsessed with science, just like there are always a few people who are curious about science in every era.

If he is blown up half-through, Xie Qian will end up depressed.

Fengtian Temple,

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't stand it, and his mind was full of Iwami silver mines.

The silver mine is digging for silver every day, and counting the days, the island country has already dug 300,000 taels.

300,000 taels is enough to cover the summer tax of Baoding Mansion for half a year.

"Wang Shouren went to March, and there was no sparse transmission back to the capital, and I want to send the prison army south."

In the main hall, Li Dongyang and the three of them looked at each other.

Jiuqing stood aside and remained silent, after all, the war between Ryukyu and Satsuma had nothing to do with the imperial court.

His Majesty's mind is nothing more than to send a spy to Wang Shouren to send the urgent performance back to the capital at any time.

But the capital and Ryukyu are thousands of miles apart, even if it is 800 miles urgent, it will be a month later.

Yan Chengjin stood up: "The minister thinks that Gao Feng can be sent, this person is familiar with the king of the Ryukyus, and he is quite familiar with the East China Sea." ”

Xiao Jing's face twitched slightly, but as a eunuch, he couldn't interject.

Yan Chengjin, as one of the Nine Qings, is normal to recommend to His Majesty.

"Then send Gao Feng south, the military department will recruit 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the household department will allocate silver to train the Eastern Expeditionary Army first."

Emperor Hongzhi's face was serious, and he was determined to go east.

Now, on this continent, except for Tatar, no vassal can become a threat to the Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, his confidence soared.

Yan Chengjin lowered his head and pondered, His Majesty recruited 20,000 soldiers and horses, I am afraid that he still has to build ships, otherwise he will not be able to cross the East China Sea.

That's a lot of money.

Not counting the military salaries needed for the Eastern Crusade.

Han Wen was held by the card: "Your Majesty, can you recruit 10,000 people first?" ”

After all, there is still no silver, and if the northern Tatars suddenly attack at this time, they will be caught in a war with the two countries.

The household department should keep enough military salaries for the north.

And in case the silver mine has already been dug up by the time Iwami is captured, the battle will be fought at a loss.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang glanced at each other.

Before they could speak, Emperor Hongzhi said firmly: "From my inner house." ”

……

Kamikoshi Island, Ishigai Village.

An army dressed in black iron cuirasses, armed with silver shining blades, is ready to fight in the bitter sea breeze!

Okubo is a burly man riding on a maroon horse and wielding a nearly two-meter-long sword.

"General, Wang Shouren's army has entered Shangyong Island."

"Ambushed?"

"Ten artillery pieces were ambushed, and there were five hundred archers in Pengshan."

The terrain of Kamikoshi Island is mostly mountainous, and the soil is mostly washed into the sea by sea breezes or torrential rains, and most of the rocks are exposed.

Therefore, it is rarely inhabited, and there is almost no official road from Nantong to the north.

The march required a journey through the mountains and forests, and the defenders were able to take advantage of the terrain to gain an advantage.

Okubo fought more than 150 battles for the desert country, leading his army to defend the territory bordering Higo Province in the north, and rarely defeated.

Such an achievement is due to his study of the art of war of the Ming Dynasty.

He has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he is extremely familiar with the art of war of the Ming Dynasty.

Sun Tzu said, soldiers, treacherous!

There are many natural checkpoints on Kamikoshi Island, and you can take advantage of the terrain to ambush at least four Ryukyu centaurs.

The person named Wang Shouren may not even be able to pass through the pass.

"Plus one hundred and three crossbows!"

The three-brace crossbow is a kind of crossbow with three layers of bamboo pieces stacked under the wooden strip as two wings, which is extremely powerful.

It's fast, and it's twice as deep as the strongest bow and arrow.

This kind of arrow crossbow was originally used for garrison and was not suitable for marching.

But now guarding the pass can exert its greatest destructive power.

At this moment, on Peng Mountain, twenty artillery pieces with muzzles were aimed at the road below.

There were also 500 archers, lying in ambush in the mountains and forests.

The powerful three-, five-, and seven-strand crossbows were moved to high ground to occupy the most advantageous firing positions.

With so many troops, forming a huge killing array, even the fastest forest bird would not want to escape.

Wang Shouren rode on a white horse and took out a telescope.

In the distance is a towering rocky mountain lined with cliffs that are extremely difficult to climb.

This terrain is suitable for setting up an ambush, and if it is intercepted, it will be difficult to withdraw the army.

"Stop and set up camp to recuperate."

Coco Dong looked at the stone mountain in the distance, and he could also guess that the people of Satsuma might set up an ambush here.

The first time I came here, I didn't know much about the topography of Kamikoshi Island.

Such a natural barrier is a husband and a wife who can't open it, how to get over?

Even if you force your way through, you'll get heavy casualties, right?

After a short time, the spy came back and reported: "My lord, there are artillery and archers on the mountain, and there are three crossbows. ”

Coco Dong's complexion changed suddenly.

It is extremely easy to defend such a terrain, and the enemy still has such a lethal weapon.

Wang Shouren fell into deep thought.

"This Pengshan stretches for hundreds of miles, isolating the north and south, and if you want to detour, you will need to add dozens of days." Coco Dong looked at it from afar.

Two days later, the barracks were still stationed in the same place, and they did not move.

Don't rush into the army, Okubo thinks a little higher about Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren meditated on the pass in the distance, and it was the same for two days.

At night, Wang Shouren put on his regular clothes and walked outside the tent, picked up a handful of soil, let go of his hand, and the mud and dust were raised in the wind.

"Beat the drums and get ready to rush the level."

The guards passed the order, and the drums in the camp sounded loudly.

Coco Dong got up in a daze, and when he heard that he was going to march at night, he was so frightened that he couldn't articulate: "There are firearms and crossbows at the pass, don't you know it?" ”

"Look at the wind, tonight, it's a good opportunity to attack the city."