Two quarters of an hour later, Yelu Huaiqing had returned to the royal tent camp from the shooting range of the Divine Fire Army.

As the ground under the horse's hooves turned from the dark green of the grass to a bare gray yellow, the surrounding area became visibly tighter.

There was not a single tabernacle within two miles of the tent. The appearance of artillery with a long attack range made the courtiers who were originally gathered around the imperial tent have to avoid suspicion, lest someone hide the cannon in their tent and shell the imperial tent one day.

It was the season when the grass was vigorous, but the area around the imperial tent was cleaned up to the point of no grass, which was also to prevent traitors from making trouble, and the half-human-high grass hid a general of Zhengnan, which was as simple as hiding in a tent. Although the grass at the turn of spring and summer is difficult to burn, after being trampled by thousands of iron hooves, only loess can be seen.

Two hydrogen spaceships hung high in the sky, and a team of elite horsemen patrolled back and forth around the golden-domed royal tent in the center, sparing no suspicious people or objects.

Half a mile outside the imperial tent, there are four temporary artillery forts. Divided into four towns. The light and heavy artillery mounted on it can attack the enemy troops on the left and right who intend to invade the Imperial Tent, but the fixed gun carriage makes it impossible for the artillery to fire only in the direction of the Imperial Tent.

Even in the identity of Yelu Huaiqing, he had to leave most of his entourage outside the cordon, and only brought two people to the imperial tent.

The fence outside the imperial tent is as long as a thousand steps in circumference, and it is guarded by a palace guard of a thousand people.

Seeing Yelu Huaiqing coming, the palace guards at the door all stood up more standard, straightened their chests, pricked their stomachs, and held the fire/gun with bayonets more steadily.

Yelu Huaiqing passed by them, and his eyes swept over the weapons in their hands.

Still an arquebus.

The Shenhuo Army was already reloading flintlock pistols, and the elite of them were still using the refined products made by the masters of the Gonghuo Supervisor, but the Gong Fenjun - the Gong Fenjun Army, which was still the sharpest blade in the Great Liao, was holding an older arquebus.

After all, they don't need it. The palace army, which consisted of lightly armored and heavily armored cavalry, was only used as a spear when it picked up a musket, and at most it could only be used as a spear. Once on the horses, the fine iron sabers produced by the steel clamping method, as well as the short bows that they have been accustomed to using since childhood, are their best friends when fighting.

Yelu Huaiqing'an sighed secretly, who let there be no suitable firearm to cooperate with the battle on horseback.

Many firearms were invented that could be used on horseback, but none of them had sufficient use value.

Two of the best of these are to make the barrel thick and heavy, and simply make the three barrels together with an iron hoop.

When facing the enemy, the gun is first released, and then it is used as an iron hammer. It seems to be dual-purpose, but in fact, it is better to directly carry a horse bow and take an iron shovel.

This makes many old-fashioned figures in the army not very interested in the change of clothes of the army under their command. In their opinion, the tactics of the Khitan Iron Cavalry were completely different from those of the forbidden army of the Southern Dynasties. In the future war between Daliao and the enemy, it should be the Shenhuo Army fighting the Shenhuo Army, and they will fight them, and they will cooperate with each other depending on the situation.

If you are ambitious, you will certainly not be so stubborn and blind to the future of firearms. Therefore, these gang members can be regarded as loyal servants of his grandfather, at least they can be content with the status quo, but they can't keep up with the times.

It's all too old.

Every time Yelu Huaiqing saw them, he thought so.

But that's not a reason for their stubbornness.

In the imperial tent, there was an old but not at all stubborn emperor, who could always receive the latest things and lead the Great Liao not to lag behind his neighbors to the south.

The cost of a fire gun is much cheaper than a good bow. And with a fire \ gun, a ten-year-old child can kill a general who has practiced martial arts for 20 years, and the crossbow \ bow also needs to be wound by strength, as long as this fire \ gun can withstand the recoil when shooting, how many bullets can be shot out of the body. In the end, the guns will be broken, but people will not be tired.

It was precisely after seeing this, knowing that after the advent of the gun, the Khitan's advantage over the Song State would no longer exist, and the strength of the Song people's population would be fully exerted, Yelu Huaiqing's grandfather used his power and prestige to forcibly promote the use of firearms, hoping to eliminate the gap in national strength between the Song and Liao countries.

Even from the perspective of his grandson, Yelu Huaiqing felt that his grandfather was really one of the best heroes in Daliao for hundreds of years.

It's just that the temper is getting bigger.

As soon as he walked outside the tent, he heard a low roar inside, "...... Are you really confused?! ”

Yelu Huaiqing was secretly frightened.

Yelu Xiaojie, the king of Liaoyang County, died of illness, and now in the Daliao court, there is no longer even an old minister who can speak by his grandfather's side.

Once he touched his grandfather's moldy head, none of his favorite ministers had a good life.

By tidying up his clothes and hats to clean up his mood, Yelu Huaiqing didn't need anyone to report it, he directly lifted the curtain and entered the account, and asked with a smile: "What caused the emperor's grandfather to be so angry?" ”

"Buddha Bao is back." When he saw his favorite grandson, Yelu Yixin turned his anger into joy, and after two sentences of the reprimand, he beckoned Yelu Huaiqing to his side and asked, "What is the result of the flintlock pistol test this time?" ”

Yelu Huaiqing hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor's grandfather, there is a lot of progress compared to before, but it is still a little worse than Nanzao." ”

Yelu Yixin had a look of expectation, but after hearing this, he turned into disappointment, "This time, the Shenji Battalion is also here, and the Shenhuo Army is afraid that it will not be a little successful if it collides with it." ”

Yelu Huaiqing raised his eyebrows and shouted, "The Divine Fire Army will never be defeated. ”

Yelu Yixin disagreed, "If you shout two sentences, you won't be defeated, I have already yelled at my throat." When it comes to war, it's not like you say you won't lose just because you won't lose. The horse team you like, the morale is good, how many times have you lost? ”

All the tribes that submitted to the Great Liao, and their noble disciples, had to come to serve in the Shenhuo Army after reaching the age of sixteen. Therefore, the Shenhuo Army is also commonly known as the noble army among the people.

Yelu Huaiqing has a noble status and is in charge of a Divine Fire Army. He has always had high hopes for this new army under his opponent. It's just that his grandfather is so blocked, and he doesn't dare to say anything.

"Fu Jian sat on an army of millions, threw the whip and cut off the stream, but still lost. Cao Cao's 800,000 soldiers and horses, the Yangtze River Tianwei and Wu shared, also lost. The Qin people destroyed the Six Kingdoms, how majestic they were, in less than 20 years, they didn't even keep their hometown. ”

Yelu Yixin's mouth was half open, and he sneered, as if a gloomy wind was blowing out of the hole, "In this world, if someone tells you that you will win the next battle, don't believe him, he lied to you." My grandfather fought all his life, both on the battlefield and in the court, when was he not trembling before the war, and he calculated the response after victory and defeat before he started? ”

Yelu Huaiqing knelt down and kowtowed, "Sun Er understands, Emperor Xie's grandfather taught." ”

"It's good to understand." Yelu Yixin was a little relieved, and sighed again, "If only your father could understand." ”

Yelu Huaiqing didn't dare to speak again.

Yelu Huaiqing is the grandson of Yelu Yixin, his father is the crown prince of the Great Liao Kingdom, and now he is sitting in Beijing, and he is by Yelu Yixin's side.

Since Yelu Yixin seized the throne, the center of gravity of the Liao State has shifted from Shangjing Road and Zhongjing Road to Tokyo and Nanjing.

With a large number of population and fiscal and tax revenues, and at the same time concentrated almost all the factories in the Liao State, Yelu Yixin has placed the location of the Four Seasons Bowl that has lasted for two hundred years, as well as the migration route, more on Nanjing Road and Tokyo Road.

However, in order to ensure the stability of Shangjing Road, and also to win the hearts of the people of various tribes, Yelu Yixin put the crown prince he set up in Linhuang Mansion.

Although this arrangement has made Shangjing Road stable, the father and son are thousands of miles apart, which inevitably gives people the opportunity to separate.

Following Yelu Yixin's side, Yelu Huaiqing often had palpitations at night. His father and several brothers are all staring at the throne, and if one day the emperor's grandfather chooses another uncle as the crown prince, he will not even be able to save his life.

"Okay, okay, don't think about these things." Yelu Yixin unhappily broke the silence in the tent, "Go back and think about how to command the Divine Fire Army to fight against the Divine Machine Battalion. ”

"The grandson actually thought about it. The artillery of the Shenhuo Army is mostly with the Shenji Battalion, and if the two sides are equal in strength during the battle, the Shenhuo Army can use the advantage of artillery to restrain the Shenji Battalion. ”

Although there is a slight difference in the establishment of the two sides, the number of artillery pieces possessed by a thousand-strong Shenhuo Army is more than the sum of the two commanders of the Shenji Battalion.

This is the information that Meticulous Zuo obtained from the Southern Dynasties, and it is impossible to know whether it is accurate or not.

In order to ensure that the number of artillery in the same number of armies was not lost to the Song people, with the financial resources of Da Liao, it was a little difficult after all. But for the sake of the Divine Fire Army, Da Liao still had to grit his teeth and insist on burning the money with the Song people.

Regarding Yelu Huaiqing's answer, Yelu Yixin was noncommittal, and said to his grandson, "The Song envoy is here, and my grandfather doesn't want to see him, so Buddha Bao, you will see him on my behalf and see what he has to say." ”

"The child understands." Yelu Huaiqing took over the task very coolly, "But this time the Song envoy came in the name of border discussions, can Sun Er tell him about the affairs on the field?" ”

"You can talk about it if you want. I'll leave it to you this time. As long as you ensure that the gold and silver in the country do not flow to the Song people again. ”

The Song and Liao countries have completely severed official diplomatic exchanges in recent years, but the border arena is even more intense. All kinds of goods from the Great Song Dynasty flooded the territory of the Liao State, and the special products of the Great Liao were also purchased by the Song people in large quantities.

However, the Daliao specialties sold were far less than the commercial goods from the Great Song Dynasty, and the difference was the main reason for the outflow of a large amount of gold and silver from the country.

But this matter is difficult to deal with, there are countless people with interests in all aspects, and Yelu Yixin can only use the identity of the Song envoy to suppress it until now.

Yelu Huaiqing was full of confidence and saluted again, "Rest assured by the emperor's grandfather, the grandson will live up to the emperor's grandfather's trust." ”