Chapter 146: The cannon is coming

"Your Highness, our army has arrived." Fang Yiai roared and rushed into Li Zhen's room: "Fifty thousand cavalry, three thousand Mo swordsmen, have already come." ”

"Hey, what should I do, isn't it just reinforcements? As for all the fuss? Li Zhen rubbed his eyes and got up, seeing him running so fast early in the morning, he thought that Hui Hui had been wiped out.

Fang Yiai shouted: "Reinforcements are nothing, the problem is that our artillery is also here." ”

"What? Cannon? Li Zhen jumped up and said with a look of surprise: "Didn't you say that it would take a while?" How did you get there today? ”

"It was the craftsmen who accompanied the journey, and they dismantled the cannons and transported them separately, and the speed of the march increased greatly."

"Gee, why didn't I think of it?" Li Zhen patted her forehead in annoyance, it seems that she has lived in Datang for a long time, and she has forgotten even such a simple truth.

"Maybe His Highness is busy with affairs and didn't think about it." Fang Yiai said hehe.

"Go, you're trying to laugh at me, aren't you?" Li Zhen glanced at him, this is properly laughing at himself, right?

Fang Yiai laughed and said, "How dare I? This is really true. ”

"Let's not talk about that, let's go and see." Under the service of the little eunuch, Li Zhen quickly put on her clothes and walked briskly outside.

"Your Highness, slow down and wait for me."

"See Your Highness." This time, it was not Wu Liu who led the team, but Gao Ping, the chief steward in charge of the Thousand Hammer Workshop.

"Get up, what about the cannons?" Li Zhen hurriedly asked, "Who came up with the method of decomposition?" ”

"The cannons are here." Gao Ping pointed to the long line of convoys behind him and said, "It was a small worker who came up with this method, and his subordinates have already rewarded him and promoted him to be a petty steward." ”

"Give him another hundred strokes, which is the king's reward." Li Zhen waved his hand generously, this small worker has made a great contribution, it can be said that because of him, the decisive battle time can be advanced by several days, and the value of it cannot be bought even if it is a hundred and a hundred.

"Then the subordinates will thank His Highness for him."

"How many cannons did you bring this time?" Li Zhen is more concerned about the number of cannons, because only when the number reaches a certain scale can a real artillery fire cluster be formed, and the dilemma of insufficient gunners on his side can be alleviated.

That's right, although Li Zhen has done his best to train artillery, but the time is too short, the number of qualified artillery is still less than half a hundred, and the rest are only half-finished products that are fired for the sake of firing artillery, this level of artillery can only shoot shells out, as for where to hit I don't know, in this case, if you want to form greater damage, you can only rely on firepower coverage, and if you want to form firepower coverage, the number of cannons needed is less.

Gao Ping said: "In terms of quantity, Your Highness can rest assured, after His Highness's guidance, we have successfully trained a lot of meteorite iron tools, not only the processing speed is much faster, but the accuracy is getting higher and higher." This time, the minister brought a total of fifty cannons, and there were thousands of shells, which should be enough. ”

"Fifty doors?" It was not Li Zhen who exclaimed, but Xue Rengui next to him, even his tone changed under the excitement, not only him, but Fang Yiai and Du He also exclaimed, they can be said to be the servants who know the most about artillery, and they often listen to Li Zhen's concept of fire, and know the power of a large number of cannons to be used together.

"Coupled with the five guns in Wolf's Head Mountain (the first experimental type has been scrapped), doesn't that mean that we already have fifty-five cannons?" Fang Yiai muttered in his mouth: "Fifty-five cannons, if this forms a fire, let alone a person, even the gods don't want to hide from it, right?" ”

Du He nodded in agreement: "Of course, fifty-five cannons are used together, no demons and monsters will want to rush through our blockade line, Tumidu will die this time." ”

"Not bad, Gao Ping, you have made a great contribution this time." Li Zhen is also very satisfied, this is fifty cannons, you must know that even in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, there were no more than fifty cannons in the hands of the Eighth Road - don't talk about mortars or anything, the cannons mentioned here must at least have wheeled mountain artillery.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your compliment, do you want to assemble this cannon?" After receiving Li Zhen's praise, Gao Ping was not proud, but thought of his task for the first time.

"No, no, no, the assembly can't be here, just pull it to Wolf's Head Mountain and reassemble it." The capital is not close to the Wolf's Head Mountain, so it is better to pull it over directly and assemble it in the place, which can save a lot of time.

"Yes."

"Your Highness, when will we leave, I can't wait to see how the cannon will look." Fang Yiai frustrated his hand and urged, looking impatient.

Li Zhen said angrily: "Of course, the sooner the better, but people come all the way, so you have to let the family rest for a while." ”

"That's right, then I'll leave tomorrow."

"No need, we have three people riding along the way, we are not tired, let's rest when we get to the place." A familiar voice sounded from behind Li Zhen.

"Master, why are you here?" Li Zhen looked at Qin Qiong in surprise: "Didn't you hear that you were sick?" Are you leading the team this time? ”

"Originally, I was sick, but fortunately, Doctor Sun came to Chang'an and was finally cured. This time, I heard that the emperor wanted to support you, so I volunteered to come over. Qin Qiong looked at Li Zhen with satisfaction: "It's you, you have caused a lot of turmoil, now Chang'an City and even the entire Tang Dynasty are your legends, the name of the young man has been installed on your head, and what other genius prince, Gan Luo is alive, and the young princes are also talking about you." ”

"These people are really good at talking nonsense." Who knew that after Li Zhen heard this, she was very unhappy and said: "Any young man is protected, and he is also a genius prince, Gan Luo is alive, what is this?" ”

Qin Qiong was even more pleased: "Well, victory is not arrogant or defeated, it seems that Zhen'er, you have grown up a lot......"

It's just Li Zhen's next words......

"I'm obviously a young man, and the genius prince is weak, and Ganluo, can he compare to me? He didn't worship until he was twelve years old, but I was crowned king at the age of three, can he compare with me? ”

"Poofha......" The others laughed directly, Gao Ping ran to the other side of the carriage, he didn't have to think about it to know what he was doing, Xue Rengui almost didn't suffocate himself to death in order not to lose his manners, and Fang Yiai's love was even more unbearable, so he directly covered his stomach and rolled on the ground, even Du He's face, who prided himself on concentration, turned purple, but fortunately he didn't laugh out loud.

"......" Qin Qiong looked at Li Zhen speechlessly, and said for a long time: "Sure enough, this is Zhen'er, your true face, right?" ”

"Master, you misunderstood, I'm just joking, don't take it seriously." Li Zhen saw that Qin Qiong had the intention of making a move, and hurriedly explained with a dry smile: "I know that they are killing me, I know this, but you don't have to be too nervous, do you think my father will be like this?" ”

"The emperor's reputation is world-famous, naturally he will not be fooled, the problem is that he is afraid of ......" What are you afraid of Although Qin Qiong didn't say it, everyone knew what he meant, and they couldn't help but get nervous.

"Don't worry, it's just some clowns, there's nothing to be nervous about." Li Zhen nodded indifferently: "I'm not afraid of shadows, anyway, when this battle is over, the Duhu Mansion should also be on the right track, I won't stay here anymore, when I am successful and retired, I will return to Chang'an to be my prince again, let them go." ”

"It's great that Zhen'er thinks so."

"Let's not talk about that, let's discuss the next battle." Li Zhen shifted away from the topic, for those clowns who jumped off the beam, just ignore it, the most important thing now is to fight this battle well, and the rest of the trivial matters should be put aside.

(End of chapter)