Zhao Kui is a Confucian minister who has studied the past and the present, and finally the official to the privy envoy and the governor of the political affairs, the loyal minister of the country, the history of the Song Dynasty evaluated him as "the court leans on it, such as the momentum of the Great Wall." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Such a person who is the top of this era in terms of ability and vision will not do this gift just because of his enthusiasm and impulse, Zhao Zheng doesn't know why Zhao Kui did this, but he knows that there will be no such shop in this village, and after Zhao Kui's apprenticeship is finished, Zhao Zheng helped Zhao Kui up.

"Senate, why is that? You don't have to make this big gift, I promise you. ”

Zhao Kui really couldn't help it, but now it's too late to regret it, he can't pull this face in front of his eldest brother and Zhao Shanxiang, he said with a straight face: "Thank you for the book." ”

Zhao Zheng saw that Zhao Kui didn't mention the apprenticeship just now, where could he avoid it: "This book is given to the senator is the hero's companion sword, which is just right!" You don't need to bow to the teacher, although I have no rules, as long as you pursue natural knowing, you can learn from things, and Confucianism is also similar, but the Senator ....... Zhao Zheng said that it seemed that it seemed that it was a little inappropriate to show off his scheming in front of Zhao Kui at this time, even if he was forcibly accepted as an apprentice, but if he did not recognize his doctrine, what was the use?

Thinking of this, Zhao Zheng decided to show sincerity, and said with a sincere face: "Zhao Zheng also hopes to participate in the understanding of the natural way of heaven and nature with the senators, if you have the heart, I can accept apprentices on behalf of the teacher, so that you and I can be regarded as the same door." My Dao Law, the Poor Heavenly Principle, all things are used, this musket, artillery is just the last technique, as long as the imperial court can fully support it, within ten years, my Dao Law will definitely be able to help the Great Song Dynasty sweep the universe. ”

Zhao Zheng directly threw out his chips and cakes, and looked at Zhao Kui expectantly.

Being accepted as an apprentice by Huang Zhenren and being accepted as an apprentice by Zhao Zheng is very different, Huang Zhenren does not ask about mundane things, but is a real person outside Hongchen, worshipping him as a teacher, others can only say that he Zhao Kui has a heart for the Tao, and has no intention of clinging. But worshipping Zhao Zheng as a teacher, this national teacher is now gaining a reputation, so apprenticing is afraid that people will think that he Zhao Kui is greedy for wealth and nobility, and he doesn't even want the last ethics of the last doctor.

And worship Huang Zhenren as a teacher, and go out of the same family as the national teacher, and he will have more help in the official family in the future, the exile of Yangzhou refugees, with the prestige of the national teacher in the people, the people love the house and Wu, and they can also suffer less saliva, and there is no harm, Zhao Fan heard that Zhao Kui could have such an opportunity at this time, and quietly gave Zhao Kui a look.

"Huang Zhenren is compassionate and profound, and has made great contributions to the country, and is a person of great virtue! Zhao Mou, who can worship his disciple, naturally can't ask for it, but Huang Zhenren's intention is ...... "Zhao Kui doesn't believe that Zhao Zheng can accept apprentices on behalf of the teacher, this Huang Zhenren is not dead, how can he, who is an apprentice, overstep his responsibilities?"

Zhao Zheng hurriedly said, at this time, this relationship was determined and then said: "Before I came to Yangzhou, the master told me that he had a disciple in Yangzhou and asked me to take him to accept apprentices. I will repair a book immediately, and the master will come to Chuzhou in a few days. ”

When Zhao Kui heard it, he stopped and said: "How dare there be Master Lao, I will not enter the palace to report on my work every day, and I will go to see Huang Zhenren." "Zhao Kui has a merit in capturing Li Quan alive, and the court will naturally have a reward, waiting for the war to calm down, and he will definitely return to Lin'an to report on his work.

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After establishing the relationship with Zhao Kui, Zhao Zheng worked very hard, in addition to sending a few military books, this management class also sent Zhao Kui a few, in ancient times, tens of thousands of words were called the book of ten thousand words, Zhao Zheng gave him no less than a million words, in that era can be regarded as a masterpiece in the masterpiece. Zhao Kui faced so much unheard of but incomparably exquisite knowledge, he couldn't help but be a little suspicious, this national teacher is really a heavenly immortal?

Erlang was left in Yangzhou by Zhao Zheng, so he didn't have the opportunity to see him, a cheap junior brother.

Zhao Kui transferred 500 elites from the army, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but commit taboos, openly "went out", helped Zhao Kui train his troops, and also armed the flintlock pistols of the Tiandao Army to Zhao Kui's new army.

Now that Zhao Kui has made the Baiyun Taoist Temple in the officialdom, Zhao Zheng naturally does not hesitate to use all resources to praise his merits, if it weren't for the fear that Zhao Shanxiang would recognize the Tiandao Army that stayed by his side as a recruit, Zhao Zheng even wanted to arm the armor into Zhao Kui's new army.

The imperial court set up a plate armor bureau under the ordnance supervision in accordance with the arquebus bureau, because it had only begun large-scale production, and the steel supply of the glass workshop could not be supplied, this plate armor could only produce more than 100 pieces a month, which was basically equipped to the forbidden army, and only gave less than 50 sets of armor to the two Huai sergeants, which were scraped by the generals from all walks of life, and only a dozen sets of armor were obtained.

The training of the new army is naturally carried out in accordance with the regular military training of later generations, and the military training of later generations has been verified by countless countries to be the latest training method in the world after two world wars.

However, due to the assault training, the main focus is on the proficiency of the arquebus, the arquebus is also the use of paper shell bullets and bayonets, cumbersome in the way of ignition, after each shot and need to clean the barrel, a minute can only release one bullet, but the use of three-stage shooting, a minute to shoot three to four bullets, plus the crossbowmen and grenades cover, street fighting is not a big problem.

These new troops are all brave men who have seen blood on the battlefield, and they are the elite of the Yangzhou defenders, and they also practice diligently in peacetime, so the formation is not a big problem, and they can withstand the impact of the other party.

In less than three days, each soldier had a certain degree of understanding of arquebus, for these soldiers it was much easier to ignite a gun than to fight others with a knife, even children can do it, and it is a bit overkill to transfer them to these elite training.

Zhao Kui also saw the huge advantages of the arquebus, as long as the rate of fire can be doubled, the cost is the same as the bow and crossbow, or even a little higher, the arquebus can completely eliminate the crossbowman, plus the bayonet, even the infantry can be replaced, and now the only thing that makes him a little worried is that the arquebus is the effect of the cavalry.

If the cavalry can be restrained, what Jin State Mongolia, within ten years, the Song State will definitely be able to sweep Mongolia.

The Song army knew the arquebus in just ten days, and at the same time, Zhao Shanxiang also gathered a group of tomb robbers in Chuzhou to prepare to attack Haizhou, digging tunnels, burying gunpowder, and blowing up the city walls.

Now that everything is in place, only those three artillery pieces can be captured in Haizhou.

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Zhao Shanxiang summoned two Huai soldiers, although the number of more than 50,000, but there were more than 10,000 soldiers capable of fighting, and the rest were drawn from various places, and the combat effectiveness can be imagined, and can only be used as logistics troops.

Although the Jin State and Mongolia had already received a report from spies and knew about the actions of the Song army, they had to watch the Song army advance into Haizhou because of the alliance, and they could not do anything, and the other party acted quickly, and they did not even have time to support the grain and grass.

And Fang Zhenliu also collected troops at this time, preparing to defend Haizhou for a long time.

The two armies faced each other, and Zhao Shanxiang did not besiege the city on all sides, but concentrated his forces and attacked the east gate, and was not in a hurry to attack the city, only building a fortress outside the east gate.

Ma Zhenliu didn't see Zhao Shanxiang attacking the city for two days in a row, and when he saw him besieging the city like this, he was relieved and prepared to take the initiative to attack Zhao Shanxiang to teach him a lesson.

As soon as Qianqi left the city, he was bombarded by five cannons, and the war horse was frightened, and at this moment, three hot air balloons slowly rose opposite Zhao Shanxiang, and the balloons were made into the appearance of evil ghosts.

The charging general looked at the hot air balloons and shouted, "There is a demon law, retreat." Then the cavalry retreated before they had gone a mile out of the city.

Then the next day, Ma Zhenliu summoned the Taoist priests in Haizhou City to open the altar.

At this time, the tunnel has been dug under the city wall of Haizhou, when those Taoist priests really ignited the talisman, the east gate rumbled, a huge sound, the city gate crossed, revealing a huge gap.

Ma Zhenliu returned to his hometown and frantically summoned craftsmen to seal the city gate, and at this time, the five cannons in the Song army rang out in unison, leading to the gap and firing.

A burst of shells fell, and most of the craftsmen were basically killed and wounded, and the low wall that had just been built was also shattered, but the Song army just did not attack the city and was still waiting for it. Like a sharp sword in the sky, it just didn't fall for a long time, the people of Haizhou panicked, and the defenders were demoralized.

The walls of the city have been destroyed, and the attack was beaten back without leaving the city gate, so you can imagine how much damage it will have to morale.

The gap in Dongcheng continued to expand under the bombardment of cannonballs, and a gap of fifty meters wide had been formed, and Zhao Shanxiang saw that the fire was almost over, so he ordered to attack Haizhou.

The first attack on the city was not the elite of the Song army, and the arrows of the enemy army in the first round were generally fierce, and it was in vain to let the elite rush to increase casualties, so this first round of attack was just to test the opponent's firepower, but under the cover of artillery and shields, nearly half of the first round actually rushed into the city.

Seeing this, Zhao Shanxiang ordered the elite to go out and be sure to seize the east gate and clean up the defenders on the city wall.

Zhao Zheng's Heavenly Dao Army naturally took the lead again, and the plate armor on their bodies was enough to allow them to dodge the enemy's arrows, followed by Zhao Kui's newly trained arquebus.

The new army entered the city like a tiger out of the cage, and encountered the enemy army along the way like a storm swept by, using three-stage shooting, three bullets can be fired in one minute, and the killing distance is 100 meters away, not the armor can not be stopped at all, and in the street fighting, it is impossible to open the formation, the new army formed a phalanx to sweep, a group of 100 people, the bullets are loaded one after another, as many as 10 people in a column, so they have to cooperate properly, they can use five-stage shooting, and there is no problem at all in firing five bullets in one minute. Coupled with the low morale of the other party, the battle ended in less than two hours, and Fang Zhenqi was killed by a musket on the spot.

What you get is your own, because the covenant is in advance, this Haizhou has been swallowed smoothly by the Song State, and Mongolia and Jin have no excuse to send troops to intervene, which is since the Shaoxing Peace Conference, the Song State has recovered its homeland in the real sense.

However, Haizhou is far away from the Song Dynasty, and if you go north to Gongmizhou, the logistics of Xinzhou's artillery and arquebuses will not be guaranteed.

At this time, the order of the imperial court arrived in Haizhou, so that Zhao Shanxiang should not venture into the depths, recover Chuzhou, Sizhou, and make the soldiers cry and laugh for a while.

The war in Haizhou is over, and the power of arquebuses and artillery is also visible to everyone, and Zhao Zheng is also planning to return to Lin'an.

The big ship has been built, and it is time for Zhao Zheng to return to Lin'an to see off Chen Bao.