That night, Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, had dinner at Zhao Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, and then saw that it was dark, so he left the East Palace and left the palace. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After leaving the palace, he did not return to his Huan Palace, but took the guards to his brother Zhao Hongrun's Su Palace.

Zhao Hongxuan is in Suwangfu, naturally there is no need to report, you can enter directly by brushing your face, and no one will stop you.

After all, Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan, although they are actually half-brothers, but because they were both raised by Concubine Shen Shu since childhood, there is no problem in calling them brothers.

In fact, the government and the opposition also regard Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan as brothers.

When Zhao Hongxuan came to visit, Zhao Hongrun was reading several drawings of the Metallurgical Bureau in his study, that is, the design drawings of the tortoiseshell chariot.

In the Battle of Sanchuan in Wei and Qin, the fortress-like chariot of tortoiseshell chariot can be said to have subverted many people's concept of chariots.

No one thought that the slow-moving, lethal tortoiseshell chariot played a pivotal role in that battle, especially the coordinated operation between the sword and shield soldiers, tortoiseshell chariots, and crossbow soldiers that day.

It was with this tactic that the Wei army was able to defeat the Qin army, which was several times its own with very few casualties, which contributed to the later rout of the Qin army, and more than 200,000 Qin soldiers were almost wiped out in Sanchuan County.

It was precisely because of this that the tortoiseshell chariot suddenly became the darling of the Smelting Bureau, and the craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau rushed to improve this war weapon.

The so-called improvement, of course, is not to make the tortoiseshell chariot more solid, after all, the iron plate it uses is the pinnacle of the iron smelting process of the Wei State Smelting Bureau, even if it is reluctantly changed, it is only to change the shape, and the rest can not change any tricks.

Therefore, the improvement of the tortoiseshell chariot refers to two other aspects: lethality and mobility.

In terms of lethality, the craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau tried to combine the tortoiseshell chariot with the repeater and the Lu State organ crossbow box, after all, the space inside the tortoiseshell chariot is still quite large, and some arrows can indeed be stacked.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the repeater and trap crossbow boxes are skillfully mounted on the tortoiseshell chariot, once this terrible weapon of war is put into battle, it can definitely affect the victory or defeat of the entire battle.

The only problem is that in this way, the weight of the tortoiseshell chariot will be even heavier, and it is far from enough to rely on the manpower of those Wei soldiers inside the chariot.

Compared with the lethality, the mobility of the tortoiseshell chariot is even more problematic.

In fact, this drawback had already been exposed during the Hanya War, which was too slow to move.

You must know that at the beginning, it was the sword and shield soldiers, tortoiseshell cars, and crossbow soldiers who acted together, but gradually, the speed of the tortoiseshell car could not keep up, so that day, the Wei army swordsmen and crossbowmen ruthlessly abandoned the tortoiseshell car and joined forces to pursue the Qin army, so that the tortoiseshell car was only beautiful for an hour, and then it withdrew from the war stage gloomily.

The craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau were at a loss for this improvement, after all, the tortoiseshell chariot was too cumbersome, especially when some messy repeaters, trap crossbow boxes and other things were added, if they were pushed by manpower, the soldiers of the cart would definitely vomit blood.

Therefore, one craftsman proposed the use of animal power, that is, the most powerful cattle among large livestock.

But the problem is, cattle are more scarce than horses in Wei, where can thousands of cattle be scraped together? You must know that in the Wei Kingdom, the demand for cattle is only higher than that of war horses.

In the end, it was Zhao Hongrun who opened up the idea of the craftsmen of the Metallurgical Bureau - the use of gear set mechanism.

As for what Zhao Hongrun said, the Wei craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau were at a loss, and at this time, it reflected that those Mo craftsmen came.

Gears and mechanisms, these are not mysterious in the eyes of Mojia craftsmen, in fact, there are many civilian facilities in the country that use this kind of gear mechanism, such as waterwheels.

It's just that the gear set mechanism required this time is not ordinarily complicated, after all, the waterwheel only needs it to rotate, which is completely different from driving a heavy tortoiseshell chariot.

But no matter what, the Wei craftsmen and Mojia craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau are still working together to study, and from time to time send a piece of design sketches to Zhao Hongrun's hands, and at the same time note the test effect of the real thing.

And just when Zhao Hongrun was intoxicated with thinking about the improvement drawings of the tortoiseshell chariot, his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan walked into the study and called softly: "Brother." ”

Zhao Hongrun glanced up at Zhao Hongxuan, put down the drawings in his hand expressionlessly, and said lightly: "Is there something wrong, His Royal Highness King Huan?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Hongxuan knew that the anger in the heart of the brother in front of him had not subsided, so he stepped forward and said, "Brother, don't be angry, I didn't apologize to you." ”

"Don't you dare." Zhao Hongrun turned sideways, faced his younger brother, and said lightly: "How can I afford His Royal Highness King Huan to come to apologize in person?" ”

"Brother!" Zhao Hongxuan pursed his mouth with some shame.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun's heart softened, and he no longer continued to mock, and scolded with a straight face: "I went to Northern Xinjiang, and I couldn't recognize you anymore!" …… I didn't learn anything else, but I learned very well with my sleeves. If you don't agree with me, you will brush your sleeves away, and now in my Dawei, how many people dare to throw their faces in front of me? That is, your brother and mine, if it were someone else, I would have killed him a long time ago! ”

Zhao Hongxuan pursed his mouth a little dazedly.

Although Zhao Hongrun's words are a bit exaggerated, then again, there are really few people in the Wei State today who dare to show him such a face.

It's just that the two are brothers, so Zhao Hongrun didn't care, and if he was someone else, this King Su might already be thinking about revenge.

"I'm not...... On the spur of the moment. Zhao Hongxuan explained curtly. As he spoke, he poured a glass of water and personally served it to Zhao Hongrun, which was regarded as serving tea to make amends.

If it were someone else, His Royal Highness King Su would not be so easily discouraged, but as he said, Zhao Hongxuan is his own brother.

"Hmph." With a light snort, Zhao Hongrun took the teacup and took a sip, and then said lightly: "Today, the mother concubine asked why you didn't ask Ningxiang Palace, I didn't say anything, you can explain it yourself tomorrow." After saying that, he couldn't help but glare at Zhao Hongxuan again.

Zhao Hongxuan scratched his head in disdain, of course he knew that the brother in front of him had great respect for his mother Shen Shufei, more respect than their father, as if he Zhao Hongxuan left halfway on the way to Ningxiang Palace today, which was intolerable to the brother in front of him.

"I was afraid from time to time that my brother would say bad things about me in front of my mother......" Zhao Hongxuan said with some resentment: "From childhood to adulthood, my mother believed what my brother said, even if my brother made a mistake, I was punished, sometimes I really want to ask, is my brother an adopted son, or am I an adopted son?" ”

"......" Listening to Zhao Hongxuan's aggrieved words, Zhao Hongrun was silent.

This is the reason why he respects Concubine Shen Shu the most: from childhood to adulthood, Concubine Shen treated his adopted son better than Zhao Hongxuan's biological son, so that the palace was very incomprehensible about this, and some people even speculated that he Zhao Hongrun was actually Shen Shufei's biological son.

Sighing slightly, Zhao Hongrun pointed to the side and said, "Move a chair and sit down." ”

Zhao Hongxuan moved a chair as he said, put it next to the desk, and then sat down and looked at Zhao Hongrun.

I saw Zhao Hongrun patting Zhao Hongxuan's shoulder and said in a low voice: "Xiao Xuan, maybe my brother teased you and bullied you when I was a child, but my brother won't hurt you, in my brother's heart, you are my brother, my mother, and my mother." …… Got it? ”

Zhao Hongxuan nodded.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Xiao Xuan, I have also carefully considered what you said to me today. What do you think? …… I will accompany you to see your father tomorrow, and ask your father to give you a new army, whether it is recruiting people or training, you have the final say, brother, I will never interfere. In addition, I can also pretend to be public and private, and ask the Smelting Bureau to sell you a batch of new equipment...... That's the regular army's weapons and armor......"

Looking at the brother in front of him who was thinking about himself, Zhao Hongxuan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and whispered: "Brother, I have an army......"

Zhao Hongrun frowned, and said lightly: "A deputy marshal ......"

"It's the boss." Zhao Hongxuan interrupted his brother's words, then looked at Zhao Hongrun's stunned expression, and explained in a low voice: "After a quarrel with my brother today, I went to the East Palace, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he handed over the Northern First Army to me......"

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun's complexion suddenly sank.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongxuan hurriedly explained: "Brother, don't be angry, let me explain to you as it is." ”

Zhao Hongrun stared at his younger brother for a while, and said with anger: "You say! ”

So, Zhao Hongxuan told Zhao Hongrun about today's experience in the East Palace, and added at the end: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he doesn't need me to help him bring down King Yong." And I also clearly told him that I will not admit that I am the first party of the East Palace, I only recognize his identity as the commander of the Northern First Army......" Speaking of this, he looked up at Zhao Hongrun, and said: "Brother, I have tasted defeat in the Northern First Army, but I should stay even more." Didn't you say, 'Where you fall, get up......

"That's not what I said. …… I will only say that where you fall, you lie down. Zhao Hongrun said expressionlessly.

"Brother!" Zhao Hongxuan was a little angry.

Immediately, he looked directly at Zhao Hongrun and said sincerely: "Brother, whether you agree or not, I have already decided." …… But despite this, I hope you will support me. ”

Zhao Hongrun looked at his younger brother deeply, and said indifferently after half a sound: "Let me think about it." ”

This is consent in disguise.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongxuan was overjoyed, and pulled his brother to chat for a while before saying goodbye and leaving.

After Zhao Hongxuan left, Zong Wei Jiao asked Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, do you really support His Royal Highness King Huan in taking charge of the Northern First Army?" With all due respect, although His Royal Highness King Fang Caihuan once said that he would not admit that he was a party in the East Palace, what does he think and how others look at it, this is not the same thing......"

"What can I do?" Zhao Hongrun frowned, and said with emotion: "Actually, Xiao Xuan and I have a similar personality, both are very stubborn and strong people, maybe it's because we weren't paid much attention to when we were young......"

Speaking of this, he glanced at the door of the study, squinted his eyes and continued: "It doesn't matter if you agree or not, the East Palace will not be able to jump for a few days, and when the time comes, it is not known whether the 'Northern First Army' exists...... However, since Donggong dares to pull Xiao Xuan into the water, then don't blame me for stepping on him...... It's inconvenient for you and me to come forward in this matter, otherwise Xiao Xuan will ...... over there."

"Understood."

Wei Jiao nodded knowingly. (To be continued.) )