Jiangnan Road, Suzhou City.

After half a month of rapid marching, Aguduo has returned to the city.

As soon as he arrived in Suzhou, he heard the news of Zhuge Can's defeat and asked Xu Maogong, Cheng Yanjin and others to escape; In this regard, he did not blame Zhuge Can, nor did he say that Zhuge Can was not.

If it weren't for Zhuge Can, he might have been wiped out by the Tang Army a long time ago, and today's achievements are all thanks to Zhuge Can.

He understands the so-called principle that people make things happen in heaven.

In the county guard's mansion, Zhuge Can confessed: "General, the fault of this battle lies with me, and the decision was careless, causing Xu Maogong, Cheng Yanjin and others to escape, and I am willing to accept the punishment." ”

Although Ah Guduo didn't mention it, Zhuge Can still said his guilt.

Ah Guduo smiled: "Hurry up, military advisor, what are you guilty of?" There are 300,000 enemies, and you are less than 100,000, and it is already a great achievement to force Xu Maogong away and capture Yangzhou. ”

"In the next war, we still need military divisions to preside over the overall situation."

Zhuge Can said movingly: "The general is generous, lenient and benevolent, and he must do his best to do his best." ”

The two of them shuddered, and Ah Guduo asked: "Military advisor, I heard that the Tang Emperor is transporting chariots and war horses to Henan, and Xu Maogong ordered that all parts of Henan should be strictly defended and step up the training of soldiers, it seems that he is full of efforts to fight against us, military advisor, I don't know if you have any good plans?" ”

The two sat opposite each other.

Zhuge Can smiled and said: "General, don't pay attention to Xu Maogong, Cheng Yanjin, etc., most of their elite soldiers and horses have been exterminated by our king in Xiliang, and then defeated by me, and now they are almost all recruits, even if they are equipped with war horses and chariots, what can they do?" ”

"Besides, if our army defends with all its might, can Xu Maogong and Cheng bite Jin, can they attack Huainan and Jiangnan? It's easy to lose the city, but it's even more difficult to regain the lost territory. ”

"It is suggested that our army should also stop fighting and rest for a while."

Aguduo frowned and said, "Rest? We are only standing in Yangzhou now, Huainan has not been fully obtained, and there are still more than a dozen cities that have not been recovered. ”

Zhuge Can smiled and said, "General, what combat effectiveness can those small counties have?" They have no soldiers and horses in their hands, and they will never dare to contend with our army; I suggest that someone send a letter to them, so that they can take the initiative to go out of the city and surrender, without having to go on an expedition. ”

"There are three things that the general has to do now; First, it is necessary to rectify the prefectures and counties in Jiangnan and Huainan, and to retain officials at all levels who should be retained, let go of those who should be released, and those who should be co-opted and suppressed by forces from all sides, and twist the two nearly 300 cities into a single rope. ”

"Second, the more than 40,000 soldiers and horses we captured can form a new army and send it to Huainan and Jiangnan along the river, and part of them will form a naval army to control the waters, on the one hand, they will attack more than 40 cities in Jiangdong, which are also under the jurisdiction of Huainan, but now they have been cut off by me, and they cannot get in touch with the Tang Dynasty, and they will be captured by our army sooner or later. There is no urgency in this matter, the general can just take it to heart. ”

"Third, we should transfer the main forces to Yangzhou, train strictly, and be ready to meet Cheng Yanjin and Xu Maogong at any time. At the same time, the general can send the news of this great victory back to Xiliang, so that the king will be happy and happy. ”

Ah Gu Duo laughed and said: "Okay, there is a military advisor, our army is really invincible." ”

"I will go and write a letter to let the king know of the great victory of our army. As for the dozens of cities in Jiangdong, they are low and narrow, and the people are outnumbered, and the troops are very small, so I will send Wu Qing and Dong Le to lead 20,000 troops to them, and they can be captured one by one. ”

"Strategist, just wait for my good news."

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Pingxing County.

On this day, Zhu Ru, Zhao Wenyong, and Sun Jian came to Luo Yi's study together.

Zhao Wenyong said with a smile: "Lord, the musket you want, our Science and Technology Institute has already made it, and I hope that the lord will go to inspect it at any time." ”

"Oh? Already? ”

"Yes, after experiments, the effect is not bad, it can shoot between one hundred and fifty paces, to two hundred and fifty steps. It's also very powerful. ”

Before Luo Yi could speak, Zhu Ru stood up and said, "Lord, our Ministry of Engineering has also made a musket, but Lord Zhao just said, what kind of shooting, power.... The subordinates don't quite understand this. ”

He thought that he could make a great contribution to the musket, but he didn't expect Zhao Wenyong to do it well, which suddenly made his heart cold.

And what Zhao Wenyong said, he didn't even understand, could it be that he did something different? Or did you do it wrong?

Luo Yi coughed lightly twice, and said with a smile: "You don't understand, but you will slowly understand in the future, since you have done a good job, after you go down, you will work with the Academy of Science and Technology to improve the musket and do it best." ”

"Yes."

Luo Yi asked again: "How is the research of the Shenwei cannon?" ”

"This..."

Zhao Wenyong and Zhu Ru both looked embarrassed and embarrassed at the same time.

Zhu Ru said: "Lord, the Shenwei cannon is too complicated, it can't be completed in a short time, please give me some more time." ”

"What about you?"

Zhao Wenyong gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, my lord, in another half a year, I will definitely take out a brand-new Shenwei cannon!" ”

"Good!"

Luo Yi said: "Zhu Ru, hand over all the materials of the Shenwei cannon that your Ministry of Industry is currently researching to the Academy of Science and Technology, and from now on, you don't need to study it anymore." ”

"Wen Yong, in half a year, I want to see your results!"

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely be able to do it!"

Zhu Ru was shocked, and his heart was half cold: "Lord... This has been done by our Ministry of Industry for so long, how can we give up halfway? ”

"I've been doing it for so long, haven't you made it?"

"Ugh...."

Zhu Ru said: "Okay, the humble duty is the order." ”

He didn't dare to guarantee like Zhao Wenyong, it didn't look like he said it casually, in case he couldn't do it in the future, Luo Yi would talk about it, and it would be troublesome.

"Lord Zhao, this is a hot potato, half a year... Can it be done well? Zhu Ru was not stubborn in his heart and looked at Zhao Wenyong.

Zhao Wenyong sneered: "You don't have to worry about it, within half a year, I will definitely do a good job." ”

"Ahem..."

Luo Yi took a sip of tea and said, "The top priority now is not to be a Shenwei cannon, that is all in the future." ”

"And what is the priority now?"

Luo Yi said: "The top priority now is to make muskets, I want to get 5,000 muskets within a month, can I do it well?" ”

"Huh?" This time, even Zhao Wenyong opened his mouth wide and said in surprise: "Lord, five thousand... One month? That, it's definitely not going to be good. ”

"And how long will it take you?"

"Half a year."

"No, it's been too long!"

Zhao Wenyong gritted his teeth and said, "Then five months." ”

"Three months! In three months, I want to get 5,000 muskets, and there are more than 1,000 people in your science and technology institute, so can't you even do this? If there are not enough people, you can add more. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Wenyong felt a little more confident and promised: "Okay, my subordinates guarantee that within three months, five thousand muskets will be made!" ”

Zhu Ru sneered secretly. He really didn't know where Zhao Wenyong's confidence came from, and he dared to agree. I still remember when he made a musket in the Ministry of Engineering, it took a lot of work, and it took a few months to make such a one, although there is no need to design it now, but after all, it is so cumbersome, and there are not many people who can do it, and there is too little time to make it.

He just waited, waiting to see Zhao Wenyong's jokes.