When Wang Hanxin received the emperor's summoning edict, he couldn't help but be suspicious. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As a hero of the pacification of the riots in Huizhou, there is no doubt that he will be received and rewarded by the emperor, but the key lies in the place where the emperor received him, not in the palace that is close at hand, but arranged in the mountain palace more than 200 miles away from Chang'an City.

If there is anything special about this palace as the emperor's summer retreat, it is remote. Located deep in the mountains, all the surrounding hills belong to the royal family, and no ordinary people are allowed to enter without permission, let alone chop wood for hunting. Because of this, this palace is surrounded by dense forests, in order to prevent unscrupulous people from sneaking into the palace and it is not conducive to the emperor, every time the emperor comes to escape the summer, he will bring a considerable number of guards with him.

But what is the purpose of summoning yourself to such a place? Wang Hanxin got up early in the morning with a full stomach full of doubts, because the emperor summoned him alone, he didn't even bring a retinue, and rode his horse all the way for a whole day, and finally arrived at the palace at night.

After arriving at the palace, he was arranged to rest in a small courtyard, and the emperor did not receive him, but only ordered him to wait outside the palace gate early tomorrow morning.

Although there were all kinds of puzzles in his heart, Wang Hanxin still fell asleep calmly with the mentality of being at ease, and if it wasn't for the waiter to call him the next morning, I am afraid he would have overslept.

After washing, Wang Hanxin dressed neatly and came to the gate of the palace to wait for the order. After a short time, Liu Yan took Wu Sicheng out of the palace gate, and Wang Hanxin saw that the two of them were wearing hunting clothes, and there were only two entourages, one was Ji Chongxin, and the other Wang Hanxin vaguely remembered that it was called Jinjier. I couldn't help but wonder if the emperor invited him to hunt together?

I saw Liu Yan striding closer, and only said one sentence: "Wang Aiqing, come with me." Then he flew on his horse and left.

Wang Hanxin had to get on the horse and accompany him, but Wu Sicheng, who was not good at equestrianism, fell very behind, and the five monarchs and ministers rode their horses all the way for about five miles and came to a clearing. The clearing, which is long and narrow, is about a mile longitudinal. Wang Hanxin could see at a glance that the clearing had just been cleared, because the stumps on the ground had not yet had time to be dug up.

Liu Yan jumped off the horse and smiled at Wang Hanxin: "Aiqing, I came to you this time to let you see the same secret treasure." ”

"Secret treasure?" Wang Hanxin asked as he jumped off his horse.

Liu Yan smiled and didn't answer, just waved his hand and said, "Push it up!" ”

As soon as Liu Yan's words fell, he saw six guards pushing a "thing" out of the woods. The "thing" was shaped like a piece of dead wood, dark in color, and propelled by a four-wheeled cart, and looked heavy.

When the six guards pushed the "thing" into the clearing, two more guards pushed out a small cart.

Liu Yan said again: "Let's start now." ”

The eight guards received the order and immediately went into action. The two took out a few small paper bags from the cart, tinkered with the front end of this "thing" for a while, and smashed it a few times with a small wooden stick, and the other person took out an iron ball from the cart and put it in the "thing", and then the other person lit a torch and pressed it on the buttocks of the "thing", only to hear an earth-shattering loud noise, the fire was shining, and when Wang Hanxin looked again, in the direction pointed by the "thing" at the end of the clearing, a towering giant tree was actually stopped and smashed into two!

Wang Hanxin was stunned by the scene in front of him, although he had created a similar scene in his battlefield experience, but this time it was different, this time it was obviously directed!

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Can you try again? This time, aim for the big elm over there! Wang Hanxin's words were full of excitement.

Liu Yan's face was full of smugness, and he motioned for the guards to shoot again. The guards rehearsed the previous steps as they said. Wang Hanxin noticed that the guards had slightly adjusted the direction of the "thing", and with another loud bang of the same kind, the big elm tree that Wang Hanxin pointed out was also blown in two.

"Great, great!" Wang Hanxin could only repeat this sentence constantly.

Liu Yan smiled: "It's all your credit, Wang Aiqing." If you hadn't secretly funded the development of an expanded version of the Thunderbolt, there would be no Thunderbolt today. ”

"Thunderbolts? Sure enough, the sound was like a thunderbolt, and with this weapon, even the strongest city walls could not stop its attack, Your Majesty. Wang Hanxin sighed.

"Yes, I think so, too. However, this thunderbolt cannon has several disadvantages, first of all, it is too heavy and inconvenient to carry, and secondly, it is slow to fire, and the barrel is easy to heat, so the gunpowder cannot be loaded at that time, otherwise it will explode. ”

Wang Hanxin said: "Even so, this is still a great weapon, Your Majesty." ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "Wang Aiqing, originally I wanted to appoint you to go to Linzhou to lead the military affairs there in order to attack the Raid, but now I have changed my mind. With this weapon, you have to stay here for the time being, and get a good grasp of how to use this weapon and its various properties. ”

Wang Hanxin was taken aback when he heard this: "Does Your Majesty want your majesty to let your ministers put it into actual combat?" ”

Liu Yan nodded: "Exactly!" Not only do I want you to put it into practice, but I'm also going to make a hundred of these thunderbolts, and I should be able to make ten of them this year, and I'll allocate them all for you to use. ”

Wang Hanxin hurriedly knelt on the ground and thanked him: "Thank you, Lord Longen, with this sharp weapon, the minister will definitely go all out to take Dragon City and make it the territory of our dynasty!" ”

Liu Yan laughed: "Yes, yes, you understand my mind very well." Don't let me down. In addition, there is another thing, this time Uncle Mi Guo followed you on the expedition, and when he came back, he admired you a lot, claiming that he must serve under you, and you will take him with you when you become Linzhou, and let him be a clerk for you, how about it? ”

Wang Hanxin couldn't help but look sad when he heard this: "Your Majesty, this Uncle Mi is not from the army, and I'm afraid he won't be able to stand this suffering." ”

Liu Yan said angrily: "Don't come to this set of excuses, you said that he can't endure this hardship, isn't it okay for him to go to Huizhou this time?" It would be very good for him to exercise a lot of boys like him. Besides, can't I get this little favor with these ten thunderbolts? ”

Speaking of this, Wang Hanxin only agreed with a wry smile, but he still couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, it's not that the minister wants to complain, if Uncle Guo knew that his errand was actually carried out by His Majesty at the cost of ten thunderbolt cannons, I don't know how he would feel." ”

Liu Yan snorted and said: "I don't care about this, anyway, none of you are allowed to leak the news about this matter, if you let Uncle Guo know, I am the only one who asks!" ”

For Liu Yan's will of not separating public and private, everyone can only agree to it. But then again, the news of the successful development of this thunderbolt cannon is, of course, the top secret of the Silk Country, and if anyone leaks it, it will be impossible to escape the death penalty without the uncle of the country knowing.

Since 809 in the Gregorian calendar, the country of silk has possessed this weapon called cannon, and since then, the country of silk has also developed many new types of firearms, a considerable part of which have been used in actual combat, but at that time, neither Liu Yan nor Wang Hanxin realized how much this would bring to the art of war. (To be continued.) )