Chapter 182: New Weapon, Wait
"Your Majesty, have you seen anything?" Wang Jinchang looked at Zhu Qizhen sitting on the back of his mount, holding a long iron cylinder with a thin end and a thick end, twisting left and right, and couldn't help but itch, and asked in a low voice.
"Wait, what's the hurry, I haven't seen it yet." Zhu Qizhen said impatiently, and continued to observe the distance with this strange long iron cylinder, this thing can be regarded as the first and only telescope in this historical era.
Although in the eyes of Zhu Qizhen, a donkey in his previous life, the quality is very rough, the imaging is also a little blurry, and the magnification is insufficient, but at least it can bring the distant scenery closer, Zhu Qizhen estimates that there is at least three to six times the magnification, although it is too far away compared to the monocular and binoculars used by himself in later generations, but at least it can be called a telescope.
Speaking of which, Zhu Qizhen felt a little surprised, but he didn't expect that the second furnace of glass fired in the glass workshop built here actually achieved excellent results, and the color was almost completely pure except for a faint green, so Zhu Qizhen ordered the lenses to be polished.
And the telescope in his hand was the sample that had just been delivered to him early this morning, so Zhu Qizhen simply took this telescope out of Xuanfu to try the effect of this telescope, and in addition, he also needed to pick up his son and his party who would arrive in Xuanfu today.
Along the way, after Zhu Qizhen tested it many times, although there were many dissatisfactions, he had to admire that the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty were indeed the top in this era, at least, the first sample made could reach such a level, which was enough to make him feel gratified.
With the camera moving slowly and steadily in his hand, Zhu Qizhen finally saw a team of about 1,000 people, wrapped in several large carts, slowly moving in his direction.
Looking at the fierce banner, the brightly armored cavalry, and the luxuriously decorated car, Zhu Qizhen knew that this should be the team escorting the crown prince Zhu Fengshen to Xuanfu.
Zhu Qizhen turned his head slightly, and saw that Wang Jinchang, Yang Neng and the others were all looking at him, and couldn't help grinning, and pointed to the place where it was difficult to see clearly with his eyes alone: "Look at it, what can you see?" ”
-------------------- "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen didn't see anything, is there anything?" Yang Nengzhi stared at it for a long time, shook his head dejectedly and said, The others are similar, after all, no one's video can exceed 2.5, and it is impossible to compare with a telescope.
Zhu Qizhen raised his eyebrows proudly, smiled, handed the telescope to Wang Jinchang, and motioned him to use the telescope to look in the direction that his hand was pointing at.
After Wang Jinchang took it carefully, he came to the front of him, and the puzzled look on his face instantly turned into a shocked face. Quickly removed the telescope from his eyes, stretched his neck as hard as he could, and looked again in that direction with wide eyes.
Then I leaned in front of the camera and looked at it, and then ...... This guy simply turned the telescope upside down and looked at the other side, as if he was studying whether Zhu Qizhen, the emperor, was pretending to be a villain and fooling him.
Looking at Wang Jinchang's behavior that made people laugh and cry, almost like kindergarten children in later generations, Zhu Qizhen resisted the urge to laugh for a long time, and next to him, Yang Neng, Jiang Fu and others were also full of doubts, and their foreheads were covered with black lines.
"Your Majesty, this, this is really a treasure, a good baby......" When he was finally convinced that what he saw was not an illusion in the telescope, nor was it a dazzling vision, but a real image in the distance, Wang Jinchang scratched his ears and cheeks like a big horse monkey with joy, and claimed repeatedly.
Hearing these words in Zhu Qizhen's ears, and looking at his actions again, he couldn't help but be speechless for a while, with his actions, it really reminded Zhu Qizhen of the Sun Monkey who just got the golden hoop stick in the TV series.
After a while, after trying one by one, this group of military generals did not have a straight shape, everyone's faces were red, and their eyes were green, like a group of thugs and robbers who saw the gold bricks placed at the door of the bank. Well, it's a bit of an exaggeration, but it reflects their mood very appropriately.
"Your Majesty, this baby ......" Yang Neng licked his mouth, like a hungry jackal, staring at the telescope, wanting to stop talking.
Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but roll his eyes: "This is not called a baby, this is called a telescope, and it is also called a clairvoyant, you know?" ”
"Oh, telescope, clairvoyant, it's really a good name, Your Majesty deserves to be Your Majesty, even such a treasure can come up with such an apt name. As the saying goes, you want to be poor, and you can go to the next level. Jiang Fu shook his head, and shot a fart with a rather impure taste that made people goosebumps crazy.
Zhu Qizhen twitched the corners of his eyes, if it weren't for the fact that this product was also the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, I was afraid that he would kick it with a big kick, what kind of person, it was really ......, "Your Majesty, this telescope is very precious." Jiang Fu didn't know that Zhu Qizhen was psychologically despising him, and asked Zhu Qizhen with a salivating face.
"Why, do you think this thing can be useful in the army?" Zhu Qizhen did not directly answer Jiang Fu's words, but shook the telescope that had returned to his hand with a smile, let go of the reins of the horse, and marched forward without delay.
"This thing can detect the enemy's traces out of sight, so that the enemy has nothing to hide, and the first opportunity to detect the enemy, and early preparation will surely greatly increase the chances of our army's victory. It is actually a sharp weapon for detecting the enemy in the army. Although Jiang Fu is not good at sycophants, he also has two brushes in the military aspect, and he quickly accurately expressed the use of this thing for the military aspect.
Although Zhu Qizhen was a little surprised, he was more happy, at least his subordinates were capable, which was a good thing, if there was a group of rice buckets around him, it would really be called a tragedy. Zhu Qizhen smiled and nodded: "Yes, this thing is of great use in our army." But for now, this is just a sample, wait a little longer, and then I will be distributed to the army. ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your sake." Hearing Zhu Qizhen's words, although he was a little disappointed, he was more excited, after all, since the Emperor Taishang agreed, then at that time, the generals present would be able to march and fight, with this thing, it is indeed more convenient.
-------------------- "Look, General, there's someone coming there." The convoy escorting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince slowly moved forward for about two quarters of an hour, and the soldiers beside Shi Biao suddenly pointed to the mountain beam not far in front and shouted loudly.
"Who is it?!" Shi Biao suddenly stood up on horseback, put his hand on the pergola, and looked towards the mountain beam in front of him, sure enough, there were nearly a hundred black spots falling rapidly, and then, facing this side, he was running, although it was only a hundred horses, but the turbulent momentum made Shi Biao's thick eyebrows frown. "How far is it from Xuanfu City?"
"About fifty miles." A sergeant next to him hurriedly replied.
"Let the sergeants cheer up Lao Tzu and be on guard." Shi Biao sniffed, rubbed the handle of the big axe with his big hand that was obliquely inserted into the axe bag next to the neck of the mount, and a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Along the way, we have only met a group of eyeless thieves outside the Bauhinia Pass, and I didn't expect to arrive at Xuanfu, and I could actually meet someone who sharpened the axe for Lao Tzu." ”
"General, do you want to let General Yang and them come over too." The soldiers wiped the sweat from their faces, watched the elite horsemen stop one after another, checked the weapons in their hands, and spoke to Shi Biao.
Squinted his eyes, watched the more and more he walked, and gradually he could hear the sound of hooves like thunder, and saw that the other party was facing the thousands of elite soldiers on his side, but he did not have the slightest intention of stopping the pace of advancement, and Shi Biao, who began to feel that there was a flame bursting out, slowly pulled out the battle axe from the axe bag, and said lightly: "Let them strictly guard the prince's chariot, and this general will take care of these intruders." ”
"Yes." After receiving the order, the personal soldier turned the horse's head, beat the horse and galloped away, while the rest of the cavalry had already gathered in the stone and began to set up the formation in the shouting of the officers at all levels.
I have to say that these iron cavalry of the Beijing camp, after more than half a year of training, although they have not been in the battle formation, but at least in terms of arranging the formation and obeying orders, they have done a decent and not great effort, just when the team of more than 100 people is still about a mile away from the convoy, a cavalry horizontal formation has been arranged, a scimitar with a handle out of the sheath, and the bow and crossbow that has been held in the hand, so that the earth under the scorching flames has a gloomy chill.
"Bastard, what are they doing here?!" At this time, Zhu Qizhen and the others, who had already noticed the abnormality of the convoy, couldn't help but rein in their horses, their faces were stunned, they couldn't imagine that the other party would actually put on such a murderous posture. That Jiang Fu couldn't help but shout angrily.
"Lord Commander, it may be because we didn't raise the banner and rushed forward so rashly, that's why they have such a defensive move." That Wang Jinchang looked at the Da Ming Jing Cavalry who was on full guard in front of him, and then looked back at the team on his side, and couldn't help but feel a sudden feeling in his heart.
Zhu Qizhen, who had already faintly risen in his heart, heard the words, and looked back in amazement, so as to save the reason for the misunderstanding of the other party. Most of the guards brought by themselves are their own guards, and the generals are also dragged by themselves, at most, they bring a few guards, where do you remember what flag to bring, as for yourself, I always feel that the dragon robe is inconvenient, so when I go out to ride a horse, I wear a blue and plain hunting suit.
"In that case, let's move slowly, I don't want to be mistaken for a horse thief with unknown intentions." Zhu Qizhen touched the tip of his nose and laughed at himself with some embarrassment.
(To be continued)