Under the sunset, Zhao Dezhao took the car back to the palace and saw Wei Pi, the ordnance supervisor, at the gate of the palace, Wei Pi told him that the ordnance superintendent firearms research site was almost over, and asked Zhao Dezhao to go over to see if the firearms were qualified.

Zhao Dezhao heard that a stone in his heart fell to the ground temporarily, and planned to go to the ordnance supervision the next day to take a look, the development of firearms in these years, the process was very slow, and it was caused by the smelting technology of the Song Dynasty not meeting the standard, after all, the level of craftsmanship in this era was far from meeting the requirements of later generations.

After Wei Pi left, Zhao Dezhao walked into the palace gate, walked along both sides of the royal road, and heard several officials discussing the situation in today's Guangzheng Palace, and Zhao Dezhao heard all of them in his ears without missing a word.

Hearing this, Zhao Dezhao said in his heart, it seems that Wang Quanbin is still very weighty in the mind of his father, but it is a pity that after Wang Quanbin entered Shu, he did not restrain the soldiers, but ruined his future future, it seems that he wants to send a letter to Wuyongzi, if Wang Quanbin does not restrain his subordinates, let him do perverse acts, kill the soldiers and the people, what to do when necessary must be done.

However, Wang Quanbin is really good at fighting, Wang Quanbin led 50,000 Song troops, and destroyed the Shu State within 66 days, making an indelible contribution to the unification of the Zhao and Song dynasties. No one is perfect, but Wang Quanbin then allowed the Song soldiers to kill and surrender in Shu, disturbing the people at the border, and causing a bad impact on the Song State's unification of Shu.

However, what Zhao Dezhao wants to avoid is to indulge his subordinates in burning, killing and looting, and finally to prevent Wang Quanbin from falling into a situation like being demoted.

Zhao Dezhao crossed the palace path, went to his dormitory, and immediately went to the study to write a letter, planning to send it to Chengdu Xiaoluo Lane through the secret agents of Changchun Hall tomorrow. And he was also waiting for letters from Chenzhou in the south.

In the Funing Palace, Zhao Kuangyin was taking a nap, and today in the Guangzheng Palace, when he proposed to let Wang Quanbin be the commander of Shu, the expressions on the faces of all the ministers in the court were very disagreeing with Wang Quanbin as the commander of the battle.

Wang Quanbin was born in the gate, and at the beginning of the later Jin Dynasty, he was promoted to the commander of the saint with his military exploits, and he was the commander of the right wing of the Zhou Dynasty, and the camp of the horse and the infantry colonel, etc., and participated in the pacification of Huainan and the battle of conquering Waqiaoguan. In the first year of Jianlong, Li Yun raised troops to resist the Song Dynasty, and Wang Quanbin and Murong Yanzhao led the Eastern Route Army to cooperate with the army to conquer and was promoted to Anguo? In the fourth year of the military festival, Jianlong captured thousands of prisoners of war and conquered Leping in the battle with the Han State.

In Zhao Kuangyin's eyes, in addition to the dead Murong Yanzhao, Wang Quanbin is very good at fighting, but he doesn't restrain his subordinates very well, but it doesn't matter at all, attacking Shu is a tough battle, looking at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Wang Quanbin is the most powerful marshal of attacking Shu. As for the other soldiers, he is a little jealous, after the release of the military power with a glass of wine, some soldiers with heavy troops have been transferred to the enemy by him for various reasons, Zhao Kuangyin is to prevent the chaos of the military generals under the heavy power, the situation of yellow robes will happen again, so some old generals he dare not reuse, for fear of becoming bigger.

But there is one more thing, Zhao Kuangyin thought of his generals holding heavy troops, his heart was a little restless, Wang Quanbin is only feasible to fight, and other places are trustworthy.

Today, Dou Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhao Pu, the servant of the door, and Zhao Pu, the secretary of the same Zhongshu, have the greatest opinion of Wang Quanbin in the Guangzheng Hall today, and they also reject Wang Quanbin as the marshal of the conquest of Shu on the grounds that Wang Quanbin connived at his subordinates.

What they fear is the cause of instability.

The strength of the Great Song Dynasty has always been very strong, in addition to the selection of the forbidden army in recent years, in recent years has been in Kaifeng Jinmingchi training the water army, watching the water battle, but also in the Yujin Garden outside the city to train soldiers and horses, Zhao Kuangyin believes in the combat effectiveness of the Great Song Dynasty forbidden army, but also firmly believes in Wang Quanbin's combat effectiveness.

However, Zhao Kuangyin also ignored one place, that is, the Great Song Dynasty Royal Military Academy, a place to cultivate military talents in the future, is now booming, but it has not yet been seen.

At night, in the hall with dim candles, Zhao Kuangyin was still thinking about sending troops to fight, and at this moment, Zhang Dejun outside the door suddenly rumored that Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, had something to see.

Zhao Kuangyin frowned, it seemed that his son was going to preach today, but he didn't know what he thought in his heart.

"The son has seen his father, and he has disturbed his father's rest late at night."

Zhao Kuangyin was shocked, my son didn't even change his title today, "Just say anything." ”

Zhao Dezhao said unhurriedly: "Erchen has heard of it, today in the Guangzheng Palace, Dou Shangshu and Zhao Xiangli advised their father and emperor not to use Wang Jie's envoy as the commander of Shu, in fact, Erchen also agrees with Wang Jie's envoy as the main commander, but ......"

"Oh, my son also thinks Wang Quanbin is handsome." Zhao Kuangyin exclaimed, "Just what? ”

"From the point of view of the victory or defeat of the war, although the envoy of Wang Jie is mighty in battle, so that the enemy is frightened, and the ministers believe that in the first battle of Shu, the envoy of Wang Jie will inevitably make Shu surrender. But there is another sentence, 'it is more difficult to keep a business than to start a business', my Great Song Dynasty will immediately conquer the world, but if the world is unified and conquered by force, it will inevitably provoke a vicious war, and the people's hearts will turn against each other. Throughout history, none of the rulers of the past has conquered the world by force, but where have they gone now? I believe that Wang Jie's envoy is the commander-in-chief, which is beneficial to Shu. However, the envoy was not perfect, and he also had shortcomings, such as conniving at soldiers to kill and surrender the enemy's soldiers and soldiers. Zhao Dezhao paused and said, "Father won't offend me." ”

Zhao Kuangyin listened to it and felt that it made sense, and he was not an unreasonable person, "What you said is reasonable, continue to speak." ”

Then Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, immediately entered and completely analyzed the preparations, attack stages, and post-war stages of the entire conquest of Shu.

Zhao Dezhao analyzed: "My Great Song Dynasty soldiers, horses, grain, and armaments are sufficient, and the soldiers are brave, and the preparations before the attack on Shu are sufficient. And the mountains of Shu are crossed, the river is monstrous, it is difficult to attack, and the country of abundance is the granary of the world. Strategically speaking, it is good to attack on two routes, the northern front breaks through the Jianmen Pass, and the eastern front transports grain and straw. It's just a post-war issue, the main thing. Now that my Great Song Dynasty is attacking Shu, it is to save the people in the fire and water, and the sons are afraid that the Wang Jie's envoy will commit this problem, and the people in Shu will be afraid of my Great Song Dynasty Wangshi, and resist the Wangshi into Sichuan and Shu. Therefore, the ministers suggested that if the envoy of the king was the commander, could he choose other generals to be the deputy commander and control the commander. ”

Zhao Kuangyin heard that the emperor's son Zhao Dezhao started to talk about these three aspects, and he suddenly came to his senses.

Zhao Dezhao believed that Wang Quanbin's military talent was extremely high, and he could restrain his subordinates in which aspect he did not do well, so he also needed to have only a part of the right to transfer troops when he went to war, and secondly, two deputy commanders should be placed to assist Wang Quanbin.

"Cui Yanjin is okay to fight, he treats his subordinates very leniently, but he connives, but he connives, and the soldiers commit murder and plunder."

"Liu Yanrang and Cao Bin are in charge of the East Road, and they can't do it."

"Pan Mei is still in Chenzhou, and Lu Yuqing is training soldiers in Hunan."

"Li Chuyun is now in a foreign office, but he can't take care of it."

“……”

"Shi Shouxin is in Yunzhou." Zhao Kuangyin's eyes were deep.

"If it's not as good as Zhao Xin and Wan Song, these two fathers should be trusted."

"Zhao Xin is an old bureaucrat of the overlord, which is suitable. Wan Song's military merits are not enough......"

Zhao Dezhao suddenly remembered several colleagues from the Great Song Royal Military Academy, whose fathers were all fierce generals and commanders of the Great Song Dynasty, so he proposed: "Father, do you remember the few young generals in the Great Song Royal Military Academy?" This time, if they are also involved in the army of Shu, it will also be a kind of training for them. For example, Hu Yanzan, the military envoy of Xiaoxiong, who has always been praised by his father, Li Jilong, the son of Li Chuyun, Shi Baoxing, the eldest son of Shi Shouxin, Cao Can, the eldest son of Cao Bin, and his cousin He Lingtu, etc., will all have to come out of the military academy in the future. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Kuangyin said, "That's fine, this time is a kind of experience for them, and another day I will announce the issuance of a recruitment order in the academy." ”

"Erchen thanked his father on behalf of those students."

"Get up."

Zhao Kuangyin said in his heart, Zhao'er, how can I not know your thoughts, but in the future, the academy is bound to be a place to train the generals of the Great Song Dynasty, since the establishment of the academy, those courses give people a refreshing feeling, and the students taught in this way are knowledgeable, loyal and patriotic, and love the people, so that they will be more determined to serve the Great Song Dynasty.

"Daddy, please take care of the dragon." Zhao Dezhao turned around and left. The so-called war does not only exist in the battle between the two armies, but also the unification of the world before the military, and today Zhao Dezhao gave Zhao Kuangyin a lecture.

Early the next morning, Zhao Dezhao went to the Ordnance Prison and saw Wei Pi holding a long-barreled musket in his hand, the long tube was made of metal style, but it was still much worse than the guns of later generations, but it was enough for the time being with this killing weapon, and the firearms had to continue to be developed and developed.

"Your Highness, this is the musket you want."

Zhao Dezhao took the musket from Wei Pi's hand, because the barrel was cast in brass and the handle was made of wood, so the whole gun was a little heavy to weigh.

On this arquebus, a metal hook is distributed with a hinge that can be rotated, a metal hook that is connected to a section, and a section that holds the burning arquebus. The fire door was moved from the top to the right side, and a lever was added, and at the top of the lever was a clamp that held a section of the fire rope in place. A small bowl-shaped brass vessel protrudes from the fire door, which can hold a small amount of gunpowder as an initiating agent. There is also a place under the barrel where the stabbing blade can be inserted.

Moreover, this gun is only an arquebus, not a flintlock pistol, and the production process of the flintlock pistol is much more complicated than the arquebus, and the craftsmen have not been able to overcome the difficulties of making it for the time being. There are many shortcomings of the arquebus, and Zhao Dezhao temporarily in order to cope with the war, he can only test the Vulcan gun first, and the research and development of the flintlock gun is still in progress.

Then it was time to test the arquebus. According to Zhao Dezhao's instructions, the craftsmen of the ordnance supervision placed several special targets in the open space of the ordnance superintendent.

These inquirements were all soaked in vinegar. Due to the danger, this task was still handed over to those craftsmen, and Zhao Dezhao guided them on the side. The craftsman, Li Han, began to carry a gun as ordered by the King of Wei.

The operation of the arquebus is a bit cumbersome, first of all, the craftsman named Li Han holds the gun, the arquebus is open on the left shoulder, the gun is held in the left hand, the arquebus is held between the fingers of the left hand, and the fork is held in the right hand. In the right hand, remove the arquebus from the left shoulder and fill the primer, take out the primer jar, and pour the appropriate amount of primer into the medicine pot. Close the lid of the pot...... Turn the gun...... Gunpowder ignition ......

The craftsman was caught off guard, and was recoiled by the powerful gunpowder, and his whole body fell backwards.

Zhao Dezhao shouted: "Be careful-"

The gunpowder deviated from its trajectory and shot into the door frame, where it grazed.

Several craftsmen present at the time were startled by the sudden gunshot, because they had never seen it.

However, Zhao Dezhao didn't think so, this musket didn't show its power in the first place, and looking at the posture, it took a lot of time to load and fire, and it could only be fired once, which was really useless.

Zhao Dezhao shook his head helplessly and said, "This arquebus is too dangerous, and the operating table is cumbersome, so continue to develop the flintlock pistol." ”

Zhao Dezhao then inspected the process of other equipment in the ordnance superintendent, hoping to prepare more siege weapons before the Song army attacked Shu.

Leaving the ordnance prison, Zhao Dezhao went to Changchun Hall, handed over the letter to the secret agent, and sent it to Chengdu, Shu State, and also inquired about the news in the south, it is reported that Qin Zaixiong has taken refuge in the Song army.

ps. Around 905 A.D., China's earliest primitive gun, the "fire * gun" (or "fire spear"), appeared, and the world's first detailed drawing of a "gun" appeared on a silk map painted in Dunhuang, China, in the middle of the 10th century. This is a Buddhist picture, in which Rulai is chanting Buddha, and the demon girl and her demons are trying to distract him, a *grenade* is about to be thrown at him, and at the same time there is a demon with 3 snakes on its head aiming at him with a musket*