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But at that time, Zhou Quan lied that it was Lin Lingsu's Five Thunder Method, and hid the secret of the artillery for a while longer, until the Battle of the Liaohe River, in order to block the barbarian Jurchens and buy time for the transfer of the Han people in Liaodong, Zhou Quan used artillery again, and seriously injured the Jurchen eldest prince, so that he was killed on the way back. After this battle, the power of artillery began to be manifested on the battlefield.

Since then, nations have tried every possible means to find out the secrets of artillery. Although Zhou Quan has formulated very perfect confidentiality measures, he also knows that this secret will not last long.

After all, in this era, both Liao and Song had begun to use gunpowder in the military, and Zeng Gongliang, the former prime minister who died more than 40 years ago, recorded a lot of gunpowder weapons in the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts". Therefore, when you see the appearance of the cannon, and smell the sulfur in it, it is not too difficult to deduce the principle of the cannon, and then imitate the cannon.

The difficulty is that in the precise formula of gunpowder and the casting process, the imitation cannon, although it has its shape, has a relatively large gap between its power and the cannon made by Zhou Quandu.

Moreover, over the years, Zhou Quan has not been idle, whether it is gunpowder or the artillery itself, it has evolved to a new generation.

After Dong Changqing left, Cai Xing came out, still a little distracted.

"Grandfather, is it appropriate to leak the news of the artillery to Zhou Quan?" He hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but ask.

Cai Jing raised his eyebrows and looked surprised: "What artillery?" ”

"It's just ...... just now"

"The old man didn't mention any artillery, the old man is the prime minister, when he is the master of the court, how can he have the leisure to pay attention to one or two small things, above the court, it is the right way!" Cai Jing is righteous and awe-inspiring.

No matter how stupid Cai Xing is, he also understands what his grandfather means at this time.

I'm afraid that the artillery matter was made up by a few people by themselves, at least he Cai Xing didn't get any news before, I'm afraid his father Cai You didn't know anything about it!

Zhao Ji, as the Son of Heaven, should know about this matter, and the person who was ordered to supervise this matter should be his closest person, this person should also have a bad relationship with Zhou Quan, in case of the possibility of leaking secrets, then, who it will be, you can almost guess it......

Moreover, in order to keep it as secret as possible, this matter must be concealed from the political affairs hall together, that is, Cai Jing is also the object of concealment.

It's just that Cai Jing's power in the court is so much that Zhao Ji didn't expect, such a secret thing is also known to him, maybe he is to repay Zhou Quan's reminder, or it may be out of dissatisfaction with Zhao Ji's desire to get rid of him, and deliberately leaked the matter to Dong Changqing, so that Zhou Quan can know.

No, not only to let Zhou Quan know that he wanted to eavesdrop behind the screen, but also to let himself tell his father Cai You!

This big circle came out, Cai Xing only felt sweating profusely, all this was too complicated, it was really not something that a person like him who grew up in wealth could think.

"Grandfather, do they think so deeply, this prime minister, there is nothing to be, tired!"

Cai Xing muttered in his heart, and seeing that Cai Jing had no other instructions, he said goodbye and left.

His father is still waiting for his return.

After Cai You heard Cai Xing finish what happened to his grandfather, he snorted coldly: "Sure enough, I'm confused!" ”

Cai Xing opened his mouth, but he really didn't understand why his father commented on his grandfather like this.

"He believes whatever Zhou Quan says, and he still wants to provoke the relationship between the official family and his father!" Cai Youti nodded.

Although Cai You admitted that with the help of the imperial court to concentrate on the Northern Expedition, the hidden dangers along the Beijing-Xu Railway were removed in one fell swoop, and he did not hesitate to offend a large number of court officials and local gentry for this purpose, Zhou Quan's timing was indeed accurate. However, Zhou Quan's understanding of the Northern Expedition made Cai You feel that this was clearly alarmist.

"The Liao State is poor and weak, if the building is about to fall, he Zhou Quan can lead more than 10,000 Liao rebels, sweep near Yanjing, hundreds of thousands of troops in the imperial court, and there are famous generals, how can he be inferior to him!" Cai You sneered twice: "Over the years, he has been too smooth, and he is a little arrogant!" ”

"As for the artillery matter, I really don't know, such a battlefield weapon, it really needs to be kept secret, and if the official family doesn't tell me, it's also a matter of deserved, who let your grandfather get too close to Zhou Quan!" Speaking of this, Cai You glanced at Cai Xing again: "Don't be unconvinced, King Yun, you have to go and greet you diligently, where do you think your grandfather's position as prime minister came from, it wasn't when the official was the king of Duan, you Lao Tzu and I came very respectfully!" ”

Cai You's heart is very unbalanced, when Zhao Ji was just an idle prince, every time he met or met, he was very courteous, and it was because of this that Zhao Ji left a good impression. Later, Zhao Ji became the emperor by luck, and for the sake of his face, he would treat Cai Jing differently.

It's just that Cai Jing now has a heart, all of which is on the fourth Cai Xuan, and he can't go to the love stack, blocking Cai You's upward channel!

"My lord, this cannon ...... Is it really that easy to build? Cai Xing was still a little worried.

"If he Zhou Quan can make it, others will naturally be able to do it." Cai You didn't actually know about this, he took it for granted and said: "Don't say that we are the Liao State, where is there a lack of skilled craftsmen, and the Jin State, can force the Liao State to this point, can't they make cannons?" ”

Cai You's words, although they were angry words, were prophecy.

In a wilderness outside Shangjing in the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Fengxian, who was full of joy, led Yelu Yanxi and walked quickly to a sand dune.

"If it really happens, then God bless me Da Liao!" Yelu Yanxi's expression was extremely excited: "Uncle Guo has made a great contribution!" ”

"It's not the credit of the minister, it's the credit of the minister's brother Xiao Sixian, he endured the humiliation and burden, and finally discovered the secret of the Song people's artillery!"

Xiao Fengxian led Yelu Yanxi up to the sand dunes as he spoke. On top of the dunes, two artillery pieces were placed, and around the artillery, dozens of sergeants gathered.

"Your Majesty is here!" Xiao Si trotted up to meet him first.

"I heard that Aiqing has succeeded in developing artillery, so I came to enjoy it...... Fire, fire. Yelu Yanxi danced with his hands.

In the stormy Daliao, this is a rare good news. Although Yelu Yanxi has already prepared for the worst, if he can let Da Liao survive, it will naturally be better.

Several officials next to him looked at each other, and they all showed bitter smiles.

The manufacture of artillery is the business of these Han officials, and they have been working on this matter since the Battle of Liaohe, and Xiao Sixian has little to do with it at all. It's just that when he learned that the artillery had been developed, Xiao Feng first inserted him in and picked peaches to grab the credit.

Although the Liao State is in charge of Han and Khitan affairs with the north and south courts, and the Han people also hold high positions in the Liao State, their real status is still suppressed. Although these Han officials were not convinced, they did not dare to speak, and could only listen to Xiao Sixian boast about how he peeked into the secrets of artillery from Zhou Quan, how he guided the officials and craftsmen of the Liao State to make breakthroughs, and now they finally built artillery.

"I'll hear you talk about it later, fire the gun, fire the gun!" Yelu Yanxi was not interested in who gave the credit at all, he just wanted to see if the cannon was really powerful enough.

Hearing his urging, Xiao Si first asked him to stay away, and then asked him to cover his ears, under Xiao Sixian's order, those soldiers began to hurry, cleaning the cannon chamber and filling gunpowder, a series of preparations, but saw the flag shaking, and finally two bangs, gunsmoke straight up, pungent smell, so that Yelu Yanxi who was far away sneezed a few times.

"It's ringing, it's ringing!" Yelu Yanxi laughed.

The sound is sound, but I don't know where the shell hit, and the range of this artillery is far inferior to that of the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce, and the training of artillery is also incomparable. It's just that no one will say these disappointing words, and Yelu Yanxi doesn't know what the artillery looks like on the real battlefield, but when he hears this earth-shattering sound, he feels that the power should not be bad.

"Reward, reward!" He screamed.

This time, everyone was happy, Xiao Sixian was so excited that tears were about to come out: he had been pouring the frieze for so long, and he was finally coming out!

"Your Majesty, look at the power of our artillery!" He diligently addressed Yelu Yanxi.

Yelu Yanxi watched a round of shooting, and was already very satisfied, and when he heard it, he laughed: "Good, good!" ”

Someone presented a telescope, Yelu Yanxi stood and waited, where Xiao Si rushed to the artillery position first, and ordered: "Stuff more medicinal powder, stuff more, you must go far, don't be petty, if you get Your Majesty's favor today, we will all be rich and prosperous!" ”

Those artillery soldiers were just ordinary leather room soldiers, and after some temporary training, they heard Xiao Sixian's order, and immediately added more medicine to the barrels. The official next to him couldn't help but say, "Enough, enough." ”

But Xiao Sixian and those artillery were still adding, and the officials next to him were pale, and they hid away one by one, Xiao Sixian saw that the addition was about the same, so he trotted back to Yelu Yanxi's side.

The flag was unfurled, and there was another roar, but this time the roar was extraordinarily loud, and it was mixed with countless fragments and flew into the air!

Even if it was far away, Yelu Yanxi was dizzy by this sound, and the whole person almost fell to the ground, and there was a buzzing sound in his eardrums. When he could finally hear the sound outside, he heard a cry and howl.

He looked up at the sand dunes that had just been used as an artillery position, but saw that there was a missing piece of the sand dune, and there was only a large pit left in the original artillery position, and there was a lot of wreckage on the ground.

None of the soldiers who fired the guns were gone, and the two guns used for testing had also been turned into fragments, including the gunpowder that had been piled up next to them, and they were completely blown up.

Even the officials who hid farther away for fear of an accident were suffering heavy casualties at this time, and around the dunes, there were hundreds of sergeants and officials, struggling and wailing in pools of blood.

Yelu Yanxi's face was pale.

The power of the explosion was so amazing that it shocked him, and what made him even more uncomfortable than the horror was that it was clearly a wreck!

"Artillery power...... I've seen it. He glanced at Xiao Sixian coldly.

And the smile on Xiao Sixian's face was completely gone, and some were just panicked and puzzled.

Why did you fall like this! (To be continued.) )