What muskets and artillery are, no one knows except Li Ji. However, those gunpowder and rockets have seen its power with their own eyes, and Li Ji said this, and these courtiers are convinced.

"In that case, Your Majesty's Iron Division is feasible. Now the people are short of agricultural tools, and if they can be made in large quantities, the people can also be stained. Finally, some courtiers agreed, and persuaded Han E, the peasant envoy, to agree.

Its practical copper is the most suitable for making artillery, but the gunpowder workshop does not know what is going on. All kinds of gunpowder artifacts have been made, but this cannon is stuck, and it just doesn't work after countless experiments, and I don't know what went wrong.

The early technology was not good, and the cast iron had many pores, and the strength was not as good as that of the copper cannon. But if you smelt iron in a blast furnace, you can make fine iron and steel, and with steel, you can make muskets and artillery more powerful. Steel, in particular, can be used to make seamless steel pipes, which are extremely powerful for gun barrels. 、

In the Ming Dynasty, according to the Western method of forging gun barrels, ten catties of pig iron could be forged into one catty of fine iron, and five or six catties of fine iron could be made into a bird gun. Bird's gun. The bird is about three feet long, and the iron pipe is loaded with medicine, and it is embedded in a wooden stick so that it can be held in the hand. Where the hammer bird gun, first with an iron stump as a big chopstick as the cold bone, wrapped in red iron hammer. The first is three connections, the interface is red, and it is trying its best to collide. After closing, the quadrangular steel cone is like a big one, and it is rotated through it to make the aurora clean, and there is no blockage in the medicine. Its original location is close, and the tube is also greater than the end, so it can accept gunpowder. Each gun is about one penny and two cents of nitrate, and two cents of lead and iron marbles.

It is definitely a big challenge to cast a thin-walled gun, and the mud mold casting method of Daoguang has been used from the end of the Ming Dynasty to Daoguang, and the yield rate is only 20%~30%, and the accuracy requirements are much higher than that of the gun.

And if steel can be smelted in a blast furnace, all problems will be solved.

In the end, the ministers agreed, and the household department allocated 2 million copper coins for the construction of the blast furnace steel division and the cement factory. This is a big project that burns money extremely much, and 2 million yuan is only an upfront cost.

But Li Ji still has to give it a go, with stainless steel, it is possible for Datang to enter the era of industrialization in the future. Not to mention, if you can build a steam engine, you can build a steam train. Trains are the lifeblood of industry, and with trains, we can truly enter the industrial age.

Of course, this will take more than ten years or even decades to do, and maybe Li Ji will not be able to make it in his lifetime, but he has to try.

Linghu Yunlong led the cavalry army from Huazhou through Chang'an to attack the Yangzhou city occupied by Wang Jian, Yangzhou City was the northeast gateway of Wang Jian, and he sent 20,000 soldiers to defend it.

Salute first and then soldier, and the court issued an edict to Wang Jian, persuading him to surrender and spare his life. Wang Jian killed the messenger and sent the head back.

Li Ji was furious, and urgently ordered Xiao Nuoyan and Linghu Yunlong to set foot on Xichuan!

Different from Xiao Promise's encounter in the Black Canyon, the fox cloud dragon was fully equipped. Giant stone throwing vehicles, siege ladders, infantry chariots, cavalry, infantry, long knife hands, Mo knife hands, archers, spearmen, firearms battalions, all kinds of troops.

The same tactic, the cavalry was guarded on both flanks, and the infantry rushed in the middle. Cavalry, in particular, was suitable for hedging operations on the plains.

The cavalry and the crows scattered the stars. When encountering the enemy in the movement, this formation is used to cover each other in 33 and 55, and will not let the enemy encircle and annihilate, and can give full play to the rapid movement of the cavalry, and the advance and retreat of the offensive are very timely, which is a very flexible tactic. This tactic is somewhat similar to that of today's battle groups.

Cavalry encirclement tactics. This is a tactic of attacking the enemy's formation, choosing a position of the enemy's formation, and attacking the enemy's position with a cavalry column; if the enemy's formation is loose, no matter how many troops the cavalry has, it will drive straight into the implementation of intersperse, and the enemy will not be able to support it even if he has a huge force. If one attack fails, multiple cavalry teams will be organized to carry out multiple attacks. This tactic is similar to nailing, finding out the enemy's weak points, and succeeding in one hit!

Archer Coordinated Tactics. Before the attack was launched, the cavalry advanced to the range of the enemy's bow and crossbow, hung a regimental plate (shield) on the arm, the commander shot the arrows at the enemy, and the troops shot arrows in the direction of the arrows, and the dense rain of arrows would cause the enemy on both sides of the arrows to be disorganized, and the troops immediately mounted their horses and quickly rushed into the enemy position. This is a very effective coordination of archery and cavalry, which is very imaginary with the firepower preparation of modern warfare, which can effectively develop the offensive and reduce the casualties of the troops.

In addition, there are tactics of agitating the enemy's formation, fatigue tactics, confusion and intimidation tactics, ambush tactics, Rava tactics, and blitzkrieg tactics: these are all tactics learned from the Mongol cavalry.

Genghis Khan's application of blitzkrieg strategy and tactics can be said to be unprecedented in ancient and modern times, and in terms of scale, time span, and geographical breadth, even the German army in World War II is incomparable. This tactic was once a nightmare for the enemy, who repeatedly terrified the enemy and abandoned the city and fled without a fight.

If the enemy refuses to meet him head-on, but instead closes the city, then use a stone-throwing cart to throw gunpowder packs and blow up the walls.

After Linghu Yunlong arrived in Xichuan, only three days later, Yangzhou fell, killing more than 10,000 enemies. Immediately after Xingzhou, Xingyuan, and Jizhou were successively incorporated into the territory of the imperial court, and the Xiao cavalry army was devastating and decaying, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and Wang Jian, who was fighting, had no power to fight back.

Similarly, in the southern front of Xichuan, Xiao Nuoyan's Mabu Army gave full play to the advantages of the Shu battle, and Xiazhou, Guizhou, Shizhou, and Xizhou were easily broken, and countless troops were captured and surrendered.

The government and the opposition were in an uproar for a while, and people said that Linghu Yunlong and Xiao Nuoyan were the contemporary Wei Qinghuo's illness.

In Chengdu Mansion, Wang Jian has collapsed, and the news of the defeat at the front has come back one after another. Wang Jian looked majestic in battle armor and holding a long sword, but his courage was gone. Wang Jianyi split a mahogany table in front of him into two pieces with a sword: "Waste!" It's all rubbish! Even if there are 50,000 pigs, he can't catch them in half a month. In half a month, thirty-two counties in seven states have fallen one after another, what are you doing to eat! ”

"King Shu, it's not that we don't want to do our best, it's that the attack of the forbidden army is too fierce. They are also assisted by firearms, and our army is often crushed at the touch of a finger as soon as we fight, and we are really, really not their opponents! The generals wept bitterly.

Wang Jian's hand holding the long sword flashed blue: "Firearms, firearms again!" How the hell did the forbidden army make such an artifact, can anyone tell me! ”

Someone really knew that a tooth general stepped forward and said, "King Shu, according to the report of the spies from the capital." The Son of Heaven set up a gunpowder workshop in the capital, and it is said that some alchemists discovered the gunpowder, and the Son of Heaven ordered them to make it day and night, so that these firearms that looked like thunder and lightning flashed were created. The power of this firearm is so great that the brick walls can be blown to pieces, how can the mortal body of the soldier resist it! ”

"Gunpowder?" The corners of Wang Jian's eyes twitched, and he seemed to see a glimmer of light: "Pass on the military order of the king, all the alchemists in my Shu land will be arrested for me!" Let them make this firearm for the king too!" ”

Wang Jian's military order went down, and the alchemists in Xichuan who were abducted and deceived could have fallen for eight lifetimes. The king of Shu is indiscriminate, as long as you are an alchemist, or even those wizards and goddesses, they have been exiled to Chengdu Mansion.

Wang Jian was also generous, and also set up a Shendan Mansion in Chengdu Mansion, and these alchemists studied day and night to develop this gunpowder.

As everyone knows, gunpowder is so simple and easy, Wang Jian ordered that if it could not be developed within two months, it would all be pulled out and buried alive.

This is going to kill people, where will these cheaters have any gunpowder. Many people saw that the situation was not good and wanted to slip away, but they were all caught by Wang Jian.

Shendan Mansion is located in the city of Chengdu, only a few hundred meters away from Wang Jianshu's Mansion. Today's Shendan Mansion was surrounded by the Xichuan Army, and four, and later found out that it was five alchemists who wanted to escape who were caught and tied up and knelt in the courtyard of the Shendan Mansion.

Wang Jian, the king of Shu, had a gloomy face and personally led the army to surround the Shendan Mansion. These five alchemists were tied up by the five flowers, and Wang Jian looked at them coldly: "You listen to this king, if you can't make a divine firearm in two months, they will all be pulled outside the city and buried alive." If anyone dares to escape, these five will be your fate! ”

Saying that, Wang Jianyi waved his hand, and his subordinates walked out of five soldiers with big swords, held down the five alchemists who wanted to escape, and slashed the heads of the five people with a click.

With a 'hum', the rest of the alchemists were frightened, huddled together and shivered. Five human heads rolled down the middle of the courtyard, bleeding profusely.

Here, Wang Jiangou hurriedly jumped over the wall, in a vain attempt to refine gunpowder to fight against the forbidden army. Here, Xiao Promise and Linghu Yunlong are advancing all the way, whether it is a battle outside the city or the enemy's solid defense, the forbidden army is invincible.

What's worse is that the people of Xichuan have also fallen to the side of the court, these vassal kings Pan An are in a corner, who will care about the life and death of the people. They only know about the rampant expropriation and the common people. As soon as the imperial army arrived, these people welcomed them one after another, and even helped transport grain, grass and ordnance.

Not to mention, the rabbit is forced to bite and bite. Every few days, Wang Jian would pull out an alchemist and cut off his head, and the rest of the alchemists were driven crazy, and someone actually made gunpowder.

However, they don't understand the golden ratio, and this gunpowder is useless except for a puff of white smoke. However, this gave Wang Jian a glimmer of hope, and he felt that if he was given a little more time, gunpowder would definitely be made.

The good news in the capital is frequent, and they are all war reports from Xichuan. The court was jubilant, and Shu was rich. The country of abundance is not built, if Xichuan can be taken, then the imperial court will occupy half of the country, and there will be no feudal town to compete with it at that time. It's a breeze to cut the domain.

Li Ji in Hanyuan Dianlang don't want it: "Spread my will, proclaim it to the four seas, and announce the achievements of the Ma Bu Army and the Xiao Cavalry Army to the world, especially let those vassal kings see that this Tang Dynasty is mine!" ”

"Long live Your Majesty!" The ministers knelt on the ground to celebrate, and the prosperity was in sight.

In fact, there is no need to tell the world, these vassal kings have known for a long time, and when the vassal kings from all over the world learned the news, their despair was no less than that of Wang Jian himself. Wang Jian knows it, he is a character, and his subordinates are like clouds, how can they be as weak as tofu when they encounter the imperial army.

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