Saltpeter was mined in large quantities in Xichuan, and the weapons supervisor rushed to produce cannons and smoothbore guns day and night. The forbidden army began to practice shooting methods with wooden sticks and sand, and Datang was fully prepared for war!

Food was unstoppable, and the feudal kings in various places tried every means to bring in crop seeds. The imperial court turned a blind eye to this, after all, they were all the people of the Tang Dynasty, and the granaries of the feudal towns in various places began to fill up.

Li Cunmiao had firmly held the Jin army in his own hands, and he was training day and night in preparation for war with the imperial court.

Li Cunmiao held an army of 120,000 in his hands, and the court was pressing step by step, and he wanted to unite with the vassal king to start an incident.

Yang Xingmi, Zhong Chuan, Ma Yin, Wang Shenzhi, Liu Rengong, and several vassal kings also sharpened their knives, and grain and grass were transported to the front line, and the troops practiced day and night.

Firearms were the biggest headache for the vassal kings, and they racked their brains to find ways to deal with the firearms of the imperial court.

The recruitment of bad guys has expanded, and now the bad guys have become the largest spy organization in Datang. Their biggest task was not to spy on the intelligence of the feudal towns, but to guard against the espionage activities of the weapons superintendents, gunpowder workshops, and the Xichuan saltpeter mines.

The feudal towns of all walks of life frequently sent out meticulous work, robbed openly and secretly, and bribed lavishly, in order to obtain the gunpowder formula, which put great pressure on the bad people.

I've never eaten pork, and I've never seen a pig run. The feudal towns in various regions began to refine gunpowder privately from the limited information, not to mention, the secret department of King Wu Yang Xing was the first to make progress.

Gunpowder is nothing more than saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, which Yang Xingmi's department has developed. Although they still don't know the proportion, the power should not be underestimated.

After thinking about it, Yang Xing finally did not specialize in the development of gunpowder, but gave the formula to other feudal towns.

There is only one purpose, to unite the feudal towns against the imperial court. However, the gunpowder they made was far less powerful, and the explosive power was limited, which was about the same as the gunpowder power of the Northern Song Dynasty.

On the other hand, the imperial court has long abandoned these earthen gunpowders, and their research direction is cannons and smoothbore guns.

arithmetic has gathered a large number of talents for the imperial court. There are some abacus geniuses among them, and some of them have the ability to never forget.

One hundred and twenty-eight abacus scholars, all of whom were protégés of the Son of Heaven. Li Ji spends an hour every day teaching them, and the teachers of these students are today's children.

No one questions how Li Ji knows that the idea that the Son of Heaven is a god has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Abacus Jinshi has also become the hottest figure in Datang. These people are all top talents in Datang, and they found that there are various phenomena in this world, such as electricity, steam engines, trains, rails, geometry, mathematics, chemistry, physics, etc.

Although these subjects were theoretical, he tried to make them understand the industrial age in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

I don't want them to understand it now, just want them to understand the principle.

However, what makes Li Ji's head big is that a simple principle, these days protégés often want to break their heads and don't understand it.

If Datang wants to transition to the industrial age in a few decades, these talents are indispensable. Although they had never seen electric lights, trains, railroad tracks, or steam engines, all of which were only seen from the drawings drawn by Li Ji, some people not only doubted that steam could propel trains to run?

Li Ji didn't ask them to believe it, he just wanted to teach them the modern civilization he had learned. As for whether these people can become talented in the future, that is the creation of each person.

There is another person among Li Ji's students, the queen Zhang Wanxi.

Zhang Wanxi is the most diligent learner, and she listens to Li Ji's lectures every day across the screen. When other students frequently questioned these theories, Zhang Wanxi was convinced.

In the harem, Zhang Wanxi also pestered Li Ji every day, asking him how he knew about these strange things. Especially in the abacus, Li Ji is simply a god-like existence.

Li Ji wanted to open his mouth several times, telling her that he had come through time. But when the words came to his mouth and he swallowed them back, this is really incredible, and it is not something that can be said clearly in one or two sentences.

Two years later, Li Ji sat in the Hanyuan Palace.

In that year, the forbidden army was armed with 100,000 smoothbore guns and 1,800 flowering cannons.

This year, Li Ji was twenty years old. The name of the year was changed to the first year of construction, which means that Datang is about to enter the industrial age.

In the spring of the first month of the first year of construction, 97% of the progress of the system was made, and Li Ji, the emperor of construction, crusaded against the edict under His Royal Highness Hanyuan.

The edict discarded the obscure ancient texts of the past and used the vernacular.

Under the door, the foundation of the world,

Since I inherited the Tang Dynasty, I have suffered internal and external troubles. Zhulu Domain's towns are contrary to yin and yang, abandoning the monarch and ministers, disregarding loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame. Selfishness and chaos in the country, support the army and self-respect, put the people and water and fire in the world.

The ancestors of the past dynasties tried their courage in lying on their back, but the thieves were powerful and the ancestors were under their rule.

Today, with the edict of the Son of Heaven, I will carry out Chinese and orthodoxy, and order the vassal kings of all places.

If it is agreed that the imperial court will cut the feudal domain, he will hand over the power of the tiger talisman and move his family to the capital. I have appointed myself a wife and a son, and I have enjoyed glory. Monarchs and ministers are united, and the world is prosperous together.

If you resist stubbornly, you will raise the army. I have been acting for the king since my own family, raising troops to rebel, in order to restore the stability of the Tang Dynasty and save the people from fire and water.

This edict, the people of the world, the peddlers and pawns, all have the responsibility of rebellion. If you return to my unification and obey my court, your descendants will last. If you go against me and disobey the will of heaven, everyone will be punished.

Ask for the edict to announce to the world, and make the salty envoy know!

The edict immediately caused a backlash from all the feudal towns, and Li Cunqiao urgently ordered his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

"Brothers, the imperial court issued an edict to cut down the feudal domain, and cut off our wealth and nobility, which is unbearable. This king is determined to make a decision, raise all kinds of vassal kings, and swear to fight in the imperial court! ”

The generals of the Jin Dynasty all agreed, and they all knew that once the King of Jin fell, they would not be fart in the eyes of the court.

Yang Xingmi, Yang Xingmi sighed: "It's finally here, cut the domain, unless I'm dead!" What's going on over there? ”

The cronies said on the side: "King Wu, the King of Jin has already sent a letter, unite and start a war with the imperial court."

Yang Xingmi nodded: "Well, Li Cunmiao, let's have a front and back attack with him, surround him on all sides, and see what he Li Ji does!"

Of course, Yang Xingmi has this confidence, the north is headed by Li Cunmiao, these vassal kings are all attached to the past, and Li Cunmiao wants to fight, most of them will follow.

The situation in the south is complicated, and they occupy important areas in the Jianghuai region, and if they start a war on their own, most of the forces of all parties will unite together.

Zhao Kuangning, the king of Chu, was the only vassal king who agreed to cut the feudal domain, and the other feudal towns, without exception, declared war with the imperial court.

Li Ji's reason for going to war was to rebel, and the feudal towns had to unite to find a reason, and of course their reason for raising troops could not be against the emperor.

Throughout the ages, even if the emperor is a bastard bastard, you are orthodox and need serious assistance. If the emperor dares to rebel, it will be a great rebellion.

Therefore, these man-made rebels will find a reason, such as the Qingjun side. It means that the purpose of my rebellion is not to kill the emperor, the emperor was bewitched by the people around him, and I entered Beijing to kill traitorous ministers in the name of the Qing monarch.

When you really enter the capital, you can be the emperor without shying away from it.

For example, at the beginning, Du Rangneng died in place of Zhaozong with the power of his family, so Li Maozhen had no reason to send troops, so he had to give up.

Let's fight!

Li Ji sent the forbidden army to fight in an all-round way, and he even went into battle to drive the expedition in person.

50,000 forbidden troops, commanded by Li Ji, 30,000 smoothbore guns, more than 200 cannons, through Luzhou and the Jin King Li Cunmiao and Liu Rengong went to war.

On the other hand, sure enough, Xiao Nuoyan, the general of Jin Wuwei, who was punished last time, led him to the south to fight Yang Xingmi.

Kong Jie's left dragon and tiger army marched to the northwest to deal with Li Maozhen, the king of Qi. This Li Maozhen is the murderer who killed Du Rangneng, before Kong Ming's soldiers, Du Fangying, the princess of Pingyang, went to the door of the mansion to kneel and kneel. Frightened, Kong Jie hurriedly knelt on the ground and returned the salute, saying that he would not kill King Qi and swore not to return.

Zhan Yunpeng separated from Kong Jie this time, and his right Dragon and Tiger Army drove south, passing through Fuzhou and directly attacking Ma Yin's department.

Ordered Hu Yunlong to guard the capital, and the Empress Dowager He came forward to stabilize the situation.

The imperial court went to war in an all-out way, and the enemy's strength was several times or even more than ten times his own. It seemed that the poor troops of the imperial court were embattled on all sides, but the smoothbore guns in their hands were hung on their shoulders and waists with solid iron grenades with wooden handles. The wheels of a light iron cannon are rolling, which is a posture of a modern army to open the ancient battlefield.

It is no exaggeration to say that even in the face of the Eight-Nation Alliance at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the current equipment of the forbidden army is not afraid at all. What's more, the other party is just a feudal town with cold weapons, how can they think about what kind of battle they will face next.

In particular, this wooden-handled grenade, which was a large-scale killing weapon made by our martyrs in accordance with the local law. For the forbidden army, it has long been a change of shotgun for cannon, and it is no longer the bluffing thing made of copper that still needs to be ignited with fire.

This wooden-handled grenade is comparable to modern grenades. When the string was pulled, it smoked and was thrown out to kill a large area. The smoothbore gun in his hand, as soon as the platoon gun is released, it will attack 180 degrees without dead angles, and within a range of 100 meters, there will be no living creatures.

Even Li Ji felt that he was too special to bully people.

Li Cunmiao watched his generals all look heroic, and they also had firearms called gunpowder. Although it is a black iron bump, not to mention the limited lethality, it cannot be launched from a long distance, and even if it explodes, it is not to hurt the enemy with anti-personnel fragments, but to produce a sea of fire after the explosion to deter the enemy.

Li Cunqiao laughed: "This king has more than 100,000 troops, waving his army to the south, plus Liu Rengong, Wang Chuzhi, and Wang Rong, our two families have an army of 300,000. The emperor actually drove the expedition in person, but he brought only 50,000 forbidden troops, and there was no general around the emperor who was capable of fighting well. Look at the fierce generals around this king, are we a little too bullying? ”

The generals next to him laughed, but in fact, he and Liu Rengong were only more than 200,000 people. The ancients liked to make false reports when they fought wars, and he was already very modest if he didn't report 500,000.

Li Ji was a real 50,000 forbidden army, 40,000 smoothbore gunners, and the rest were gunners.

Wang Chuzhi and Wang Rong are small feudal towns, and they are caught between King Jin and Liu Rengong, and they also want to get involved and get a piece of the pie.

Wang Rongnan relied on the two states of Xingwei in the sphere of influence of the imperial court, and also relied on the Beizhou of Luo Shaowei's department. After Wei Bojun returned to the imperial court, Wang Rong was still wavering, but in fact, the imperial court sent envoys several times to collect it, and he originally intended to surrender.

But when Wang Rong knew that Yang Xingmi had developed gunpowder, he sent someone to inform Li Cunmiao and Liu Rengong.

King Jin and Liu Rengong also began to be equipped with this firearm, and he began to hesitate. After thinking about it in the end, instead of returning to the imperial court and returning to Luoyang to be a puppet county king in name only, it is better to give it a go and fight with the imperial court. As long as the forbidden army is hurt, the court will not dare to act rashly.

The imperial court forbidden army passed through Luzhou, and Li Cunqiao's Jinzhou and Cizhou bore the brunt. Both sides deployed a large number of troops on the outskirts of Jinju, and as soon as the battle began, it became white-hot.

The general sent by Li Cunqiao is the Taibao Li Siyuan, Li Siyuan is the adopted son of Li Keyong, the king of Jin, the Shatuo clan, known for his bravery, and is one of Li Keyong's most effective generals. Li Cunqiao sent him to fight, which shows that he paid enough attention to it.

In history, Li Siyuan seized the rule of Li Cunqiao in the Later Liang and became the emperor of the Later Liang. This man is quite prestigious, and he can fight well.

And the general of the forbidden army sent by Li Ji is unknown, but Yang Guest and Li Nanguang, who had been Zhu Youneng's bodyguard and were brought to Xishan Glass Factory.

Gold will shine everywhere, Yang Guest and Li Nanguang were designed by Zhu Youneng to get the Xishan Glass Factory, and the glass factory was prosperous. Not only did it complete various tasks ahead of schedule, but it also found a new way in glass manufacturing, which greatly saved some production costs.

And Li Ji is extremely concerned about the glass factory, he went to inspect it several times, and he couldn't help but have a good impression of these two.

Li Ji summoned the two of them alone, and accidentally discovered that he was very talented in marching and fighting. Especially Guest Yang, he likes to make contributions to the army, and Li Nanguang is more loyal. The two of them were worried about the emperor's goodness, if it weren't for Li Ji and Zhu Youneng, they wouldn't know where to do coolies now.

The two of them knew how to repay their kindness and put the Xishan Glass Factory in order. The two of them have good kung fu, and Li Ji is lacking such loyal people, so he transferred them to the forbidden army.

Soon after arriving in the forbidden army, the two showed extraordinary general talents. His comrades all like to be in the company of the two of them, and every time the forbidden army exercises are practiced, their team will come out on top.

So they were recommended all the way, and with their talents, they were finally promoted to the small leaders of the forbidden army.

Later, Li Ji heard that there were two generals in the forbidden army, and when he summoned him, he found that it was actually these two people. So Li Ji made a decision on the spot, Yang was the pioneer general of the forbidden army, and Li Nanguang was his deputy general. As the vanguard of Li Ji's personal expedition this time, the two of them led the vanguard of the forbidden army to meet Li Siyuan's army.

Li Siyuan has more than 7,000 subordinates, and Yang and Li Nanguang are only 800 foot soldiers in their hands. Moreover, the vanguard is not assisted by artillery, and the artillery needs to follow the large army behind.

Even so, these 800 soldiers armed with smoothbore guns and grenades on their waists met Li Siyuan's army on the outskirts of Jinju.

With a combat effectiveness of one to nine, on the surface, the forbidden army will undoubtedly be defeated, and the big war is about to break out!