Chapter 15: Ancient Weapons

"Weichen knocks to see the emperor" Looking at the head of the craftsman kneeling on the ground, Chongzhen really couldn't remember what this guy was called, after all, there were too many messy ministers in the Ming Dynasty, and in addition to a few important ministers, others were still a little impressed at most, and I really didn't know what he was doing and what it was called. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Last time, I ordered that the fifty red-coated cannons built for the new army have all been delivered now?" The most used in that batch of cannons is Lu Xiangsheng, this militant pulls the new army, with cannons everywhere to suppress bandits, by his toss, what cottage near the capital, the roadblock and robbery are either exterminated, or they take the initiative to go to other places, after all, the king of the mountain does not want a large number of regular troops to suddenly appear in front of his stockade to attack him.

"Back to the emperor, the construction was completed within three months of the holy decree, and it has all been pulled away by Lord Lu" The craftsman who was found by the little eunuch thought that there was something wrong with the cannon, and he was scared to death.

"In the next 2 months, the most craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry can make for me to come out" The lethality of the cannon is extremely considerable in the era of cold weapons, but his killing range is not very good, the most important role is deterrence, most of the shells at this time are still solid bullets, as long as they are hit by a shot, there is no possibility of survival. Coupled with the deafening sound of the cannon fired, it is still quite frightening, the cannonball is not long-eyed, who knows if it is coming to their side, in fact, the biggest role of the cannon is still used to siege and defend the city.

"Back to the emperor, under the condition of ensuring the supply of materials, you can only build another 50 at most, and no matter how much time you have, you can't catch up" Is there only fifty cannons, this number is distributed to the wall of the Great Wall of BJ City close to 50 miles, and it doesn't play much role at all, but it's better than nothing.

"How much can the ballista and trebuchet build in 2 months" There is no cannon, the ballista can also be, the cannon goes down and plows out a blood stain, the ballista is not bad, a long hair is launched out is a string of human flesh skewers, the key is that this thing and the cannon are not only cheaper than the cannon, but also have low technical requirements, and can be equipped to the army on a large scale in a short time.

"It's not as difficult as a cannon to go back to the emperor, and if you gather all the craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, it's no problem to have a few hundred units in 2 months" The ballista and the cannon are much easier than that, the cannon is difficult, and many craftsmen can't build it, as for the ballista trebuchet, there is no craftsman who can enter the Ministry of Industry who can't build it.

"After I go back, I will let people build a large number of iron thistles, and the iron boots worn by the soldiers, how many iron thistles are made" After the craftsman received the order, Chongzhen ordered people to find Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, ready to let them discuss their plans, after all, these two people are professionals, not their own half-people can be compared.

Soon, a little eunuch led Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng into the main hall.

"Ministers and others see the emperor" "Two Aiqing get up, there will be no outsiders in the future, and they will not be polite" Seeing that the 2 generals he relied on the most were the generals in the army, Chongzhen's heavy mood was also a lot easier.

"Are the two Aiqing still wondering why the third master of the prince's East Palace didn't consider the two of you, but instead used a small guerrilla general" Now is the time when Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng are needed, Chongzhen thinks that it is still necessary to solve the doubts in his heart for his two important courtiers.

"The ministers don't dare" Hearing Chongzhen's words, Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng were startled, and they were like tigers, so it was better to be careful.

"I have received the news that Jinyiwei has sent back through the Espionage Division, the Jurchens have begun to prepare to assemble the army, according to the available information, it has basically been determined that the Huang Taiji will come to find trouble this winter, in recent years, the Horqin tribe in Mongolia and the Jurchens have had close contacts, if the people of the Horqin tribe take the Jurchens to Mongolia as a guide to bypass the Shanhaiguan defense line, then it is only a matter of time before the Jurchens enter the pass."

"I asked people to prepare a large number of trebuchets, ballistas, iron thistles, iron boots and some cannons, this is my general plan, the specific details of which the two of you will discuss by yourself" I don't know how to arrange troops, so I can only propose a general plan, and I still need these two professionals to deal with it.

Tribulus terrestris and trebuchets lined up on the city walls. BJ City is so big, it can completely hold the inner city and abandon the outer city, arrange a large number of crossbowmen on the roofs of the outer city, ambush a large number of hoplites in the house, and set up a large number of ballistas at the corner of the street, when the gate of the outer city is broken, in the face of the temptation of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and BJ City, I don't believe that Huang Taiji is willing to give up such a big piece of fat, as long as Huang Taiji's cavalry enters the outer city in large numbers, the ballista at the end of the street can easily start to skewer human flesh skewers, and the trebuchets in the nearby array are projecting a large number of thistles terrestris on the entire outer city. When the time comes, I will see how Huang Taiji's cavalry confronts my iron-booted hoplites in the outer city of the thistles.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, although there is still this wall between the outer city and the inner city, but if the battlefield is placed in the outer city, the entire outer city will be destroyed, and it is even more dangerous to open the city gate. In case of any accident in this process, the consequences are unimaginable" After reading Chongzhen's plan, Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng were a little dumbfounded, too crazy, this is completely using the emperor and the capital of the Ming Dynasty to lure Huang Taiji, what a big temptation, Huang Taiji sent troops into the city is certain, but as a battlefield The outer city is estimated to be destroyed, and this is playing with fire, in case something goes wrong, what about the two of them, facing the hundreds of officials in the court and the people of the world.

"Don't persuade me, tomorrow I will let the queen take the prince to accompany the capital Nanjing, I have already issued an order to transfer Mangui, Zhao Shujiao, Cao Wenzhao and the three of them led the troops to Nanjing to meet the prince and his party, along the way, there are Sun Chengzong and Qin Liangyu two Aiqing led the troops to escort nothing, if the battle of the imperial city fails this time, the prince will immediately ascend the throne in Nanjing, and you Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng will also accompany me and BJ City to be destroyed together, and you don't have to think about the consequences of defeat." Saying this, Chongzhen flicked his sleeves and turned around and sat on the dragon chair.

"The ministers and the others are willing to serve the death force" Sun Chuanting Lu Xiangsheng saluted Chongzhen who was sitting on the dragon chair, since Chongzhen, as the emperor, is not afraid of death, what is he afraid of a general.