"Your Majesty," Tie Guan Li stood up with Tie Guan on his crutches: "The Song army has recently assembled in Yangzhou, and the leader of the troops is Gao Yu, who is known to the outside world as 500,000 horses, and according to the actual measurement of Tanma, there are about 40,000 or 50,000 real numbers. ”

This is a military meeting in front of the palace that is being held in Jinling, the capital of the Red Dynasty, that is, the former Jiangning Mansion.

Zhang Guo sat on the dragon chair, and in the hall were the ministers of civil and military affairs in two shifts.

The military general was led by Tie Guan Li, who gave a detailed report on the situation of the Song army on the other side.

The prime minister of the Red Dynasty was Zhang Yi, that is, Zhang Guo's younger brother, and he was the first person to be a Wenchen.

After Tie Guan Li finished speaking, Zhang Yi also stood up and said to Zhang Guo: "Your Majesty, it is the autumn harvest season on the south bank of the Yangtze River now, and it will take about a month for the rice in the field to enter the warehouse." At this time, if the Song army harassed the locality, I am afraid that it would have a great impact on the autumn grain. ”

The civil affairs are under Zhang Yi's management, and he also talked about his worries.

"Your Majesty, why don't we fight the enemy to the death in Runzhou." He Xiangu also came out to speak: "Now we not only have heavenly thunder, but also a brand new artillery, even if the Song army comes ten times more, it will only be sent to death." ”

Under Zhang Guo's trial production, the upgraded version of the gun has been manufactured.

With excellent black**, coupled with **granulation technology and compaction technology, the ** in the hands of the Heavenly Master Army has finally become a truly usable ***.

Okay ***, a sturdy barrel is needed. This requires good steel. There are many skilled craftsmen in Jiangnan, but they are limited to the scientific and technological level of this time and space, and the amount of good steel they can refine is limited - you can make a treasure knife, but you can't make so many cannons.

Recently, however, the level of steelmaking in Jiangnan has been greatly improved. If the reason is investigated, it is actually because of Yu Liyan.

If it weren't for Yu Liyan taking Qin Mu away, Qin Mu would not have carried out coke oven steelmaking in Liao, and if he hadn't come up with coke oven steelmaking, no workers would have this technology.

There were many craftsmen of the Liao State who learned to make steel in coke ovens, and at this time, it happened that the Jin State came to kill, and the craftsmen of the Liao State fled one after another.

If they are not captured as slaves by the Jin people, then the only direction they can go is to the south, and the farther away from the Jin country, the better.

Some people fled all the way to Jiangnan. Most of the Liao people were Han Chinese themselves, so they quickly integrated into the local industry.

Coke oven steelmaking, in this time and space, is an epoch-making technology. By burning iron ore with coke instead of coal, the obtained molten iron can already be said to be molten steel in this time and space.

With the coke oven steelmaking technology brought by the craftsmen of Liaoguo, combined with the steel-filling technology of local craftsmen in Jiangnan, the steel output in Jiangnan has grown explosively.

This also provided a material basis for Zhang Guo to manufacture the cannon body.

After an unknown number of experiments, the Heavenly Master Army finally got a stable quality cannon body - that is, the cannon will not explode.

Artillery, in the hands of the Celestial Army, has finally become a real military weapon, rather than an ornament on the city wall.

After He Xiangu saw the power of the artillery, she was almost confident that she would burst through her chest and explode.

The trebuchet can only throw a few hundred paces, but the artillery can hit a thousand paces, and even farther if you desperately charge.

But no matter how far away it is, there is no need, no one can see it.

In ancient times, wars must have been wars within visual range. So a weapon of more than a thousand meters definitely does not exist - because it is not visible at all, why do you want such a long range?

Artillery not only has a long range, but also has great lethality.

The artillery didn't shoot out iron cans. This can't fit into the barrel, put it in, and as soon as you open the cannon, it will explode.

Inside the cannon is a solid iron ball. Such an iron ball flew out at a speed far greater than that of a bow and arrow, and no one could resist it.

The Celestial Master Army conducted an experiment, lined up ten wooden stakes in turn, put armor on them, and shot them all through. Not only did it pierce, but it was also broken.

It's too powerful for anyone to resist – even if you put on ten layers of armor.

This is the most powerful long-range weapon of the Heavenly Master Army, and Zhang Guo named it the "True Martial Emperor Cannon".

In addition to the "Zhenwu Emperor Cannon", the Heavenly Division Army also developed a smaller artillery, which had a short range and hit a bunch of small iron balls. It's a weapon for melee combat. Zhang Guo gave a name: "Shi dare to be a cannon".

Emperor Zhenwu is an immortal in Taoism, and Shi Dangdang is actually a magic weapon in Taoism.

The written record of "Shi Dare to be Dang" was first seen in the "Urgent Chapter" of the Western Han Dynasty Historical Tour: "The division is fierce, the stone dares to be dang, and the dragon is not invaded." Its original meaning is: spirit stones can resist everything.

Later, Shi Dangdang somehow became a Taoist magic weapon.

According to the Song Dynasty Wang Xiangzhi's "Records of the Monument of the Land": during the Qingli period of the Song Dynasty, Putian County, Fujian Province ordered Zhang Wei to maintain the county governance, unearthed a stone tablet, engraved on it: Shi dare to be, the town of a hundred ghosts, disgusted with disasters, officials are blessed, the people are healthy, the wind is prosperous, and the rites are happy...... Zhuzi is the earliest physical historical material unearthed in China.

Shi Dare to fight the imp is to deal with the enemy who rushes close. Emperor Zhenwu is powerful and fights enemies from afar.

There are far and near, coupled with trebuchets throwing thunder, and traditional bows and crossbows, such a three-dimensional strike, no army in this time and space can resist it.

This is also Zhang Guo's confidence, and it is also the courage of the Heavenly Master Army!

He Xiangu dared to provoke and say that she was going to fight a decisive battle with the Song army, and her confidence was that there were two kinds of artillery, "Zhenwu Emperor" and "Shi Dangdang".

Zhang Guo couldn't help but nod slightly. He Xiangu's words boosted the morale of the Red Dynasty.

Although the Song army was powerful, the Heavenly Master Army was not afraid. Even if there is really a 500,000 Song army, he will become 500,000 dead people.

At this time, Lu Dongbin had to speak.

He came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, although the Heavenly Master Army has the True Martial Emperor and Shi Dangdang, as well as the Heavenly Thunder, we must not be blind and arrogant. As far as I saw when I went to Bianliang this time, the traitor Lin Lingsu was also studying it. I don't know if the Song army has already made the best weapons when they come to fight this time. ”

"Pure Yangzi, this is a mistake." Uncle Cao Guo also stood up.

Uncle Cao Guo's original name was Cao Jingxiu, and his sister is now Zhang Guo's concubine, so Cao Jingxiu became the uncle of the Red Dynasty. Everyone respectfully calls him Uncle Cao.

"Your Majesty, Lin Lingsu is a person in the Daomen, but after the founding of my Red Dynasty, he didn't come and surrender quickly, and still served the puppet emperor Zhao Ji.

Hearing this, Zhang Guo couldn't help frowning.

You are too idealistic in your speech—the word of the Hereafter.

Although you are my brother-in-law and want to pat my ass, we all know that this ** was stolen from Lin Lingsu. His character is not low, and he is not powerful or not, and he is not at all touched.

Uncle Cao Guo observed his words and looks, and saw that the horse's fart was slapped on the horse's feet, and he immediately continued: "Even if the fool has a thousand thoughts, and occasionally he finds the ** formula by Lin Lingsu, he will create a heavenly thunder at most. He couldn't make artillery. If nothing else, it's this steel that makes the cannon body, where does he come from? ”

Artillery steel is rare, and the Heavenly Master Army has worked hard, but it has only produced sixteen Zhenwu Emperors, and thirty-two stones dare to be.

I love to hear this. Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and Zhang Tianshi has this advanced consciousness.

If you hadn't mastered the ** far beyond this world, how could you build the country so quickly.

Now that he has artillery that surpasses everything, he really has the capital to be proud of. The cannon steel used to make the cannon body was made by him personally in the workshop.

Zhang Guo is the first person in Taoism and has a wealth of alchemy knowledge, in other words, he is the top chemist in this time and space.

Steelmaking is also refining, alchemy is also refining, and some things can be bypassed.

Zhang Guo worked closely with the craftsmen of this time and space to make dozens of cannons after all his hard work, and he was very complacent - who else in the world could have such good steel?

Just as Zhang Guo was proud, Lu Dongbin spoke.

"Your Majesty, Uncle Guo, artillery steel is rare, it is true. I haven't found a workshop in Bianliang that can make such good steel. However, this time on the way to Bianliang, I passed by Weishan Lake, which has a steel monster. It's as high as a hill. If I'm not mistaken, it's probably a blast furnace for steelmaking. ”

What Lu Dongbin saw along the way has been privately reported to Zhang. But he didn't go into Weishan Lake, he just took a photo and let people run away.

When he took the picture, he only saw a flash of lightning. How did Lu Dongbin know that it was the effect of a flash.

And in order to avoid too much trouble, Qin Mu hid the camera behind a wooden board, only revealing a small opening, and no one could see the camera.

Although Lu Dongbin didn't know what it was even when he saw the shape of the camera, he couldn't guess it if he couldn't see him.

Lu Dongbin's only impression of Weishan Lake is weird! It's quirky everywhere.

After he returned to Jiangnan and saw the earthen blast furnace built by the fleeing craftsmen according to the skills left by Qin Mu, Lu Dongbin somehow remembered the steel monster he saw in Weishan Lake.

This is not the blast furnace of Weishan Lake.

Not to mention, Lu Dongbin's guess was extremely correct. But no one believed him when he said it!

Most of the blast furnaces in this time and space are earthen blast furnaces built on the slopes of mountains. Because the raw materials have to be sent in from the top of the furnace, there must be a small hill to rely on, so that the ore can be carried by manpower.

Such a blast furnace will not be too high, and it is impossible to have steel on the outside - the blast furnace is iron-making, what is the use of a circle of iron on the outside!

Even Zhang Guo couldn't believe Lu Dongbin's judgment - it was too beyond the logic and technology of this time and space.

"Pure Yangzi, why bother to increase the enemy's spirit and destroy your own prestige." Tie Guan Li came out to play the round.

"Yes, the Heavenly Master Army is invincible in the world!" Everyone echoed and covered up Lu Dongbin's worries.

"Zhong Aiqing, my Red Dynasty is ordered by the sky, and I will live forever." Zhang Guo unconsciously read out the eight words on the jade seal of the Qin Emperor.

He really felt that way. Because since ancient times, the speed of winning the country has not surpassed Zhang's time.

It's just a matter of taking over half of the Great Song Dynasty. And the most critical of them is this thunder.

This is an epoch-making weapon, something that has not been seen since ancient times. Zhang Guo didn't know that this was called *** in later generations, but he knew that there was an essential difference between this heavenly thunder and a big sword and spear.

Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, who has not fought with iron? Only yourself, is to fight with **!

Isn't this "commanded by heaven"?

And with the best weapons, especially now with the Zhenwu Emperor and Shi Dangdang, can't his own Red Dynasty be eternal? Who can beat themselves?

You can tell me how to fight the Song army.

"Since Song Jun is here, don't let them go. Zhong Aiqing spoke freely, how to fight this battle. "Let's kill one by one, or slaughter one by one!

"Your Majesty," Tie Guan Li spoke, "For the Song army's attack this time, the minister has two plans. ”

Two plans, not bad! Zhang Guolong's face is happy. Tie Guan Li is worthy of being the head of the Eight Immortal Generals. Plan it and do both!

"Speak!"