Chapter 965: The Northern Expedition
Father, don't touch it again, this is the fire support you want! β
Outside the Qinzheng Palace, Li Zheng and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were all curiously pouting their buttocks, as carefully as stroking their own mother-in-law, while touching and observing the two cannons placed on the square, their eyes were full of interest.
Li Zheng looked his eyes into the barrel of the cannon with his eyes on the muzzle, and there was nothing but some fine lines.
"This is the Western Expedition Weapon? I don't look like it's very powerful, isn't this just an iron pipe made of iron? β
The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs on the side also nodded busily, they had read all the battle reports, and they were also itchy about the thunderous cannon in the account, and they were a little disappointed when they really saw it.
This is different from what I imagined!
How so? It's not like the infinite power in the paperwork!
The corners of Liu Mingzhi's mouth twitched and looked at the emperor and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, isn't it just an iron black pipe?
You guys are easy to say, do you know what it costs to test the most stable artillery?
The quality of the artillery and the range of the shells are not just usable, they have to go through thousands of tests before they can be finalized.
Every time it is rebuilt, it is filled with thousands of silver!
Just because of these things, he almost went bankrupt, Liu Mingzhi's crying with the emperor was not all pretended, at least one-third of it was the real situation.
"Isn't it fifty? Why are there only two doors? β
"Father, you don't want your retainer to test the quality of your artillery in the palace, do you? If you are not afraid to spend money to rebuild the palace, of course the ministers have no opinion, and you can load the cannonballs right now! β
Li Zheng's face was embarrassed, and in the end, he still ignored Liu Mingzhi's ridicule.
If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, there is not much left at the bottom of your coffin, and if you really collapse the palace, Jiang Yuanming, a bad old man, will definitely not spend money from the treasury to repair the palace!
"What about the rest?"
"It's been transported to the camp of Long Wuwei, where the terrain is open and a plain, which is the only place to test the power of artillery, please move to the emperor to take a look!"
"Old Zhou, prepare a horse for me and go to the camp of Longwuwei!"
"Yes!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, you should also go to the city gate to ride horses, let's meet the camp of Longwuwei!"
"Wait for the resignation!"
Although Dalong is now divided into civil and military ranks, there are no pure literati in the two classes.
You can be a general, and you can govern the people!
The civilian officials claimed that they were not as good as the military attachΓ©s, but they were not as good as the soldiers in commanding the attack, and the skills of riding horses and archery were not as weak as they imagined.
Even if it is Jiangnan Shizi, after arriving at the court, he must slowly get in touch with the skill of riding and shooting.
If you encounter the threat of destroying the country, all the generals will sacrifice their lives for the country, and there are civilian officials who can still fight!
Compared with the development of Dalong today, the situation is similar to that of the Tang Dynasty in later generations, and the rulers of Qingming have a bit of the appearance of the Song Dynasty.
"Boy, is this thing really as good as it was in the war report?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wan Buhai respectfully, although he was also among the national princes, he still respected Wan Buhai Liu Mingzhi very much.
This is an old hero who is still hot-blooded, and if he can be the prince of a country, he must be a character who has experienced the blood of the southern and northern wars!
"Old man, don't worry, when the time comes, the kid will let the soldiers under your command know how to restrain the cavalry charge with artillery, and now there are more than two kinds of shells, and a new kind of scattered flower bomb has been made, and one shot is eight hundred iron beads, and if it hits a person, Da Luo Jinxian can't save it!"
"Okay, old man, see the power of your artillery! Ride a horse! β
"Old man, please, the boy will lead the horse for you, I wish the old man a great victory and return to the magnificent mountains and rivers of my Han family!"
"The old man will do it again!"
Liu Mingzhi led the horse to fall and kick Wanbuhai, turned over and slowly walked towards the outside of the city.
Liu Mingzhi rode on the horse, looked at the ten thousand steps of the sea, and the pride of the old man Fu Zhi was also boiling in his heart.
When it comes to the heroes of the world, it should be my Han family's sons and daughters who are talented and generous to death without changing their faces!
The dragon flag in the camp of Longwuwei fluttered in the wind and roared!
Knowing that the emperor came to Long Wuwei's camp in person, Cheng Kai, who temporarily trained the commander of the new soldiers, ordered him to go down early, and Long Wuwei's 50,000 recruits cleared the radius of ten miles, ensuring that there would be no hidden dangers that threatened the emperor's safety!
Jiang Lei stood in Cheng Kai and looked into the distance: "Why haven't you come yet, general, should we bring someone to greet you?" β
"No, it is a great crime to lead troops to rush to His Majesty without being summoned, just wait in peace! This trip out of the palace is accompanied by the Manchu Dynasty civil and military escorts, this is a group of veterans who have been fighting for a long time, and His Majesty's safety is definitely not a problem! β
"Okay!"
The dust was rolling, and hundreds of horsemen scattered around the Long Wuwei camp.
"The Ouchi guards have arrived, Your Majesty will not be far away!"
As soon as Cheng Kai's words fell, the dragon flag flew in the wind and galloped towards the Long Wuwei camp.
"Appeal ............"
Li Zheng grabbed the reins of the horse tightly, turned over and dismounted, and looked at Cheng Kai with a light smile!
In the follow-up, hundreds of civil and military officials turned over and dismounted, and hundreds of people came on horseback, and none of them arrived by car!
Even the old scholar Xia Gongming, the imperial historian, has a beautiful equestrian skill, and he doesn't look like a clerk at all!
Just as I heard what I heard in Dangyang Academy that day, if you don't go to the court, the scholars of the world have long forgotten the six arts of the gentleman, and they only know how to read dead books, and dead books will be embarrassed and useful in the future!
"Cheng Aiqing, I'm sorry for you!"
"Chen Cheng Kai!"
"Jiang Lei!"
"See Your Majesty, it is difficult to perform a big salute in armor, please forgive Your Majesty!"
"See Your Majesty!"
"See Your Majesty!"
Li Zheng looked at the tens of thousands of dragon and martial guard recruits around him with great emotion: "No courtesy!" β
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Liu Aiqing, let's test the artillery!"
Liu Mingzhi walked up to Cheng Kai and nodded lightly: "Summons Jiang Lei's rifle!" β
"Order! Forehead......... Don't be surprised, Lord Liu, the last general is used to it! β
"It's okay, let's go!"
"Your Majesty, colleagues, please!"
Everyone walked towards the Long Wuwei camp with a strong curiosity, how powerful the artillery is, and they can finally see it today!
Cheng Kai had already cleared out the corresponding open space to arrange artillery.
Li Zheng and the civil and military officials obediently listened to Liu Mingzhi's instructions and plugged their ears with cotton stoppers.
There is always a hint of fear of the unknown!
"Gun setup!"
"Gun setup!"
Liu Mingzhi glanced back at the civil and military officials behind him, stuffed the cotton stopper, and waved the order flag in his hand fiercely.
"Three batches three times, fire!"
"Fire!"
The feeling of the earth trembling between a few breaths made the civil and military officials stunned, and although they plugged their ears, the loud sound of the thunderbolt on a sunny day still made their hearts tremble.
The cannon roared incessantly, and the three batches of 48 cannonballs were exhausted in the tea effort.
Everyone looked at the dust and smoke in the distance, and their faces were stunned, and the power of the artillery made them shudder!
"Good! Good cannon! β
Li Zheng's face was hard to hide his joy, and he removed the earplugs in his ears, and he had a clairvoyant mirror in his hand to see the destructive power of the artillery clearly.
"Can it be bad? In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of taels of snowflakes and silver are gone! β
Li Zheng's face stiffened, and he really meowed a cannon with ten thousand taels of gold!
It's also too expensive.
A group of generals led by Wu Guogong rode towards the landing site of the cannonballs, and they had to see the lethality of the cannonballs with their own eyes.
Li Zheng walked straight towards the cannon and reached out to pat the somewhat hot barrel.
"Make artillery at all costs, let's get three thousand guns first!"
Jiang Yuanming looked at Li Zheng in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, we have no money!" β
"Don't you fucking know you don't have any money? Can't you build it in the future? Can't I think about it? β
The emperor roared, and Lao Jiang lowered his head aggrievedly, let's make it, let's make it, if the treasury is clean, it won't be built!
On March 15 of the fifth year of Ruian, the Northern Expeditionary Army, which had been preparing for nearly a month, went out to the Northern Expedition under the command of Wan Buhai.
"Take care, old man!"
Wan Buhai looked at Liu Mingzhi and nodded heavily.
"Either I will return to my mountains and rivers, or I will never go back!"
Liu Mingzhi wanted to speak and stopped, and finally sighed, without saying a word, looked at Wan Buhai and walked towards the front army!
"The army is out and the Northern Expedition is out!"
The old and heroic order of the ten thousand steps of the sea instantly spread throughout the three armies.
The drums of war rumble and the trumpets sound!
Flags flew on both sides, and scouts opened the way to guard the coffins on the ox carts and waved north!
If it is not returned, the two places will not be returned.
In the year of the 10,000-step sea flower armor, he took the coffin to the expedition of the royal court of Spis to recover the lost territory.
to show their determination.
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