Chapter 5 Shandong Li Quan

After more than a year of countless artillery tests, Gao Huaiyuan allocated seven people for a cannon to be responsible for the operation of the entire artillery, each of whom was specifically responsible for a task, stipulating the operation process, cooperating with each other, and making the operation of the artillery flow, and this kind of regulation made the firing of the artillery more efficient.

After repeated trials, the practicability of the artillery has matured, and it can be said that it is only a blockbuster, which makes Gao Huaiyuan very happy.

As for the other one, it can only be said that it is a firecracker, which is set by Gao Huaiyuan as a weapon for individual use, and it is required to be miniaturized and lightweight, and the caliber is also required to be relatively small, roughly about three centimeters, and his craftsmen will not be able to do it.

On this thing, Gao Huaiyuan has spent a lot of twists and turns, first of all, it is not easy to do lightweight, although the bronze material is good, but it is very troublesome to cast, the boring hole of the inner chamber is not easy, the quality is a little careless, there will be bubbles and other defects, the wall of the fire gun is too thick, then it is too heavy, not easy to carry, too light, it can't withstand the pressure of the chamber, it will explode and hurt the user.

Therefore, after several trial and error, the thickness of the chamber wall was determined, the length of the barrel was stabilized at two feet, and the weight was controlled within twenty catties, but this kind of thing still did not meet Gao Huaiyuan's requirements.

Because this firearm is too troublesome to use, whether it is loading or operating, it is troublesome to death, at the beginning it is fired with a lead ignition, but in this way, it is not possible to reload and fire once, and it will not work for a minute, this rate of fire is really terrible, and an archer who is good at shooting can shoot twenty arrows with this kung fu, which is not practical at all, and can only be used to scare people.

So Gao Huaiyuan decided to improve the way of loading and firing, the development of the rifle was originally the front loading arquebus, then the flintlock pistol, and then the rear loading of the firing pin rifle, for the rear loading gun, Gao Huaiyuan is not thinking about it, now all kinds of technical conditions can not reach that level, the arquebus is too troublesome to use, he can't look at it, and finally set his eyes on the flintlock pistol, this thing he has the conditions to achieve.

The flintlock pistol is a lighter to put it bluntly, and now he has this kind of thing, the lighter after he came back from Huangzhou, brought back a large barrel of fierce fire oil, he used distillation to purify it again, and got a lot of fire engine oil, and now he has a lighter with fire engine oil, stupid is a little stupid, but compared with the previous way of ignition with fire sickle and velvet, I don't know how many times advanced.

With the successful experience of lighters, it is not a problem to transform the flintlock pistol, so Gao Huaiyuan spent drawings and began to work on this thing, and after more than half a year of hard work by a group of craftsmen of all kinds, he really made it happen.

This flintlock pistol is not very similar to the flintlock pistol of later generations, because the caliber is too large, and the charge is not small, if you want to shoot against the shoulder, in addition to a monster like him can bear it, ordinary people, as long as you shoot, the gun will sound and people will turn over, and if you can't hit the target, the user will be injured in the shoulder.

So even if this kind of thing is created, it can only be shot in a lying position, with a small stationing hoe against the ground, and the recoil is transmitted to the ground before it can be fired, and it is still a little troublesome to use, and the rate of reloading one round has been increased to two to three rounds a minute, which is a lot of progress.

After the trial, the maximum range can reach about one mile, and the effective range is about 100 meters. This is the ultimate in the current process.

So Gao Huaiyuan just tried to make some, as a technical reserve, and did not ask to continue manufacturing, but changed it again, and made a little guy come out, which is a double-barreled handcuff, which can usually be used for self-defense, and by surprise, the gods can't avoid this guy's sneak attack.

He asked Jin and other craftsmen to focus on the manufacture of medium-sized artillery, to ensure a steady stream of reserves of this artillery, emergency use, and in his Crouching Tiger Village, selected dozens of strong Zhuang Ding, formed his personal artillery, equipped them with five artillery, lived in the mountains where no one wanted, specializing in training artillery, these people will be the commanders of his artillery in the future, everyone will become instructors, with them, as long as there are enough artillery in reserve, he can train an invincible artillery in a short time!

Gao Huaiyuan now feels that he has reached the extreme, he feels that he is simply the ancient Chinese Da Vinci, a super inventor, from under his hands there are now many products that are ahead of the times, given time, if these weapons are put on the battlefield, it will be a nightmare for the enemy!

In addition to these firearms, Gao Huaiyuan also paid more attention to the development of his trap armor, which was made of iron under the auspices of Zhou Botong, and was made of 100 steels made of hydraulic mechanical pestle hammers, which were very different from contemporary armor styles in style, and the protective power could be said to be super strong.

When he first arrived in Huangzhou, he didn't bring this kind of trap armor, otherwise the fifty young Zhuang Ding he took away from the villa last time would not have suffered half of the casualties, which made him really hurt for a long time.

So after returning to Daye County, he asked to speed up the manufacture of this trap armor, and sent the first batch of fifty sets of trap armor to the front of the army, and handed them over to Huang Yan and others for use, those people are his hard work and seeds, and they are distressed to die when they die, first of all, when they serve in front of the army, they must have a safety guarantee, as for how Huang Yan explains this strange armor, that is Huang Yan's business, this kid has a ghost idea, making up some nonsense is as simple as drinking porridge, let him make up the story!

Gao Huaiyuan was busy with him, Ji Xiancheng and Jia Qi were busy with them, since Zhao Yuju's matter appeared, their intelligence network began to officially operate, and all kinds of useful information were continuously summarized into Jia Qi's hands, and after Jia Qi sorted out and analyzed, he came to a conclusion.

That is, what they guessed at the beginning should not be wrong, and now Shi Miyuan is competing with the crown prince Zhao Hong, one side wants to abolish the crown prince, and the other party wants to keep Zhao Hong's status as the crown prince.

The two sides are temporarily in a stalemate stage, and the current emperor's attitude is obviously not in favor of Shi Miyuan's side to abolish the crown prince, and Empress Yang's side is also unclear, neither supporting Shi Miyuan, but also more estranged from Zhao Hong, it can be said that neither side can take anyone.

This analysis strengthened Gao Huaiyuan's thoughts, Zhao Yuju should be the Song Lizong of the later generations, but no one knows it yet, the traverser is taking advantage, Gao Huaiyuan at least has unique superior conditions in this matter, and he began to believe that this battle in the capital will end with Shi Miyuan's victory in the end.

So he decided to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight and not participate in this dispute, this is because he feels that from a historical point of view, he has no ability to influence the process of this battle at the moment, not to mention that he doesn't know much about Zhao Hong, he only knows that Zhao Hong is more outgoing, young and vigorous, wants to make a difference, and hates Shi Miyuan, but this does not become the reason why Gao Huaiyuan supports him.

Because now that Zhao Hong is far from interested in Shi Mi, who knows what kind of virtuous emperor he will be if he really becomes an emperor? After clearing Shi Miyuan, will there be another Shi Miyuan second? So he can't help Zhao Hong, not to mention that he can't reach Zhao Hong now!

On the other hand, there is a personal problem, if Zhao Yuju is really the future Song Lizong, although he is a bastard, but he eventually became such an emperor, there are many causes, and Zhao Yuju cannot be blamed, not to mention that from his current understanding of Zhao Yuju, Zhao Yuju was not born to be a gentleman, he was born in the people, and he knows the suffering of the common people, after all, after Shi Miyuan's death, he also tossed a situation of leveling and changing, it cannot be said that he must be a faint king, Gao Huaiyuan also figured it out.

How history goes, let history go forward first, he only needs to do his own thing now, and then talk about it when it is time to get involved, and then he will strive to be a blockbuster and leave a strong mark on history!

And subconsciously, Gao Huaiyuan thinks that sooner or later Shi Miyuan will die, after Shi Miyuan's death, he will go to assist Zhao Yuju, and strive to make him a Ming monarch, don't make a Jia Yidao to get power, with the national strength of the Southern Song Dynasty, as long as the military system and political system are adjusted, before the Mongolian army attacks, the army will not be able to stop the iron hooves of the Mongolian army.

Therefore, Gao Huaiyuan thought that everything was possible, and he still stood on a high place to watch the excitement of this matter, so he put this matter down, no longer asked, and when it was okay, let Jia Qiduo collect some news about the Jin Kingdom, Western Xia and Mongolia.

In fact, there is no need for Jia Qi to collect too much news, in the fifteenth year of Jiading, the pig-headed Yan Xun of the Jin Kingdom has not stopped.

After he killed the servant San Anzhen in the first year, he was busy again after the New Year, the Jin State raised troops and waged war with the surrounding countries year after year, and also had to deal with Li Quan's Red Jacket Army in Shandong, the treasury became increasingly empty, to the point of bankruptcy of the country, he also issued what Zhenyou treasure coupons, trying to save the economic collapse, but the result was that once it was issued, it immediately depreciated rapidly, basically like the straw paper that wiped the buttocks, it was worthless, so he had no choice, so he made up his mind to the Southern Song Dynasty, as if the Southern Song Dynasty was his ATM, and he wanted to withdraw money.

So this pig-headed emperor once again sent a large army to make Yan Yan Ke the marshal, and raised a three-way army to attack the Southern Song Dynasty.

After Yan Yanke was ordered, in April, he and Shi Quan personally led the army, marched from Huaibei and Anhui, first crossed the Huai River from Yingzhou (Fuyang, Anhui) and Shouzhou (Fengtai, Anhui), defeated the defenders of the Southern Song Dynasty south of the Huai River, and then attacked Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui), the defender of Luzhou was the Song general Jiao Sizhong, Jiao Sizhong led the troops in Luzhou and the Jin army led by Wanyan Yanke launched a big battle, the result was that Jiao Sizhong was defeated and fled, and Luzhou was also captured by the Jin army.

After Yan Yanke captured Luzhou, he also knew that it would not be a big deal, and he did not continue to attack to the south, but after a big robbery in Luzhou, he led his troops to return to the north.

What he didn't expect was that his supervisor Shi Quan, but at this time, he had a plan and planned to make more money to go back, so he said that the gold lord Wan Yan Xun wanted them to stay in the Song realm for a while, because after a while, the wheat in the Song realm will be ripe, and the Jin country will be short of grain, and it will not be too late to return to the army after harvesting the wheat of the Song people and enriching the grain.

So Wanyan Yanke listened to Shi Quan's edict, led the troops to stay in the Song Realm, and the lone army was stationed on the south bank of the Huai River, stupidly waiting for the wheat in the field to ripen, so that they could take it back.

The result is that God does not take care of the Jin soldiers, and the Jin soldiers who won the battle are also a little lax, three days later, Wan Yan can see that the sky is not good, and it will rain heavily if it is not good, so he has to prepare to cross the Huai River to the north of the river, but when he supervised the army, he thought he was a fairy, and he jumped out to express his opposition, and he was not allowed to return to the north with his troops, but he had no choice but to stay.

Who knew that night, God had a pouring rain, the Huai River water swelled a lot overnight, almost did not cross the embankment, the original bridge on the river was broken, and they did not have any water army to help, this time Yan Yan can be regarded as panicking, even Shi Quan also panicked together, so Shi Quan divided his troops from Wan Yan Yanke, and personally led the troops to set up a pontoon bridge on the turbulent Huai River, and the Huainan Song Song Army seized this rare opportunity and sent troops to attack the Jin soldiers.

At this time, the Jin soldiers have become a tired army, coupled with the heavy rain in the sky, a group of Jin soldiers are drenched like a chicken in the soup, how to still have fighting spirit, so under the attack of the Song army, there was a rout, a large number of Jin soldiers rushed to move on the bridge that has not yet been built to cross the Huai River, the result is that most of the Jin soldiers fell into the water and were drowned alive, and the Song army warships intercepted the Jin soldiers on the water, so that the Jin soldiers were defeated and fled, and suffered heavy losses, and finally snatched a little property from Luzhou, and returned to the Song army or threw it into the river.

And after Shi Quan and Wan Yan Xun ran back to Bianliang, Wan Yan Yan Ke only knew that Shi Quan was overbearing, so he sued Shi Quan fiercely, and the pig-headed emperor Wan Yan Xun was angry, and when he was about to kill Shi Quan, he was all over the door and killed him cleanly.

This time, the Jin soldiers went south, and the ending was that the Jin soldiers returned again, which made the Jin people no longer optimistic about the war with the Song people, but I don't know if the pig-headed emperor will accept a lesson this time!

In addition, through the Han people who fled from the north, as well as the merchants who sailed to Liaodong to do business, Gao Huaiyuan also learned some information about the Mongolian side.

Mu Huali, who presided over the attack on the Mongolian side, was not idle, and when the golden pig was busy dealing with the Southern Song Dynasty, he sent troops on a large scale, and invaded the Hedong area of the Jin country, and captured most of Shanxi.

Gao Huaiyuan was not surprised by this news, the Jin Kingdom now wants to turn over, there is no chance at all, whether it is in terms of military strength or financial resources, they have already declared that they are not far from death, and finally only wait for the Mongolian army and the Southern Song Dynasty army to join forces to give him the final blow.

Gao Huaiyuan's eyes began to stay in the Shandong area, in the past few years, he continued to hear the news of the Red Jacket Army, but did not pay careful attention to the situation there, now he has made great progress in terms of financial resources and intelligence, and finally has the opportunity to turn his attention to Shandong, and he also ordered Huang Yan to send people to open a drunken immortal building in Yangzhou, not to make money, but to use Yangzhou as a bridgehead between the Song and Jin countries, or an intelligence collection point, and now it has also begun to operate, Every once in a while, some news about the Shandong region will be sent.

Li Quan is also a well-known figure in the history of the Song Dynasty, as a leader of the peasant uprising at the end of the Jin Dynasty, he has become a banner of the Shandong Red Jacket Army after Yang An'er and Liu Erzu, the generals of the Red Jacket Army, were exterminated by Fusan Anzhen.

But Gao Huaiyuan knew that this person had a mixed reputation in his life, first took refuge in the Southern Song Dynasty, so that the Southern Song Dynasty had the opportunity to enter Shandong and recover the old land of Shandong, but later Li Quan finally turned against each other and surrendered to the Mongols because of the distrust of Jia Shi and other Southern Song officials, so that the Southern Song Dynasty finally failed to recover Shandong, which made people sigh a little.

He didn't know much about Li Quan's life, he was disgusted with this person at first, as a Han Chinese, in Gao Huaiyuan's previous opinion, Li Quan should follow the Southern Song Dynasty no matter what, and should not go back on his word and surrender to the Mongols.

However, after two years, I have heard a lot of news, and the Southern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers are indeed too indecisive in dealing with the Red Jacket Army, and in addition, they are suspicious and unwilling to completely trust these Red Jacket Army soldiers who have surrendered to the Song Kingdom, and the various forces within the Red Jacket Army are pouring into each other, all of them want to annex each other's forces, and Jia Shi and others have not grasped the scale of handling these affairs, either sitting crookedly, or simply sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, so that the Red Jacket Army up and down gradually began to dislike this attitude of the Southern Song Dynasty court. In the end, he will deviate from Germany and rebel from the Southern Song Dynasty.

This situation is really a little embarrassing, Gao Huaiyuan was not able to meddle in this matter before, but now that he has strong financial and human resources, he gradually began to think about Shandong, wanting to try to see if he could take advantage of this time, Li Quan and others have not yet had a stalemate with the Southern Song Dynasty, and do something from it.

So he asked Jia Qi to pay attention to the dynamics of the Shandong Red Jacket Army, and the news soon came that the old Red Jacket Army Zhang and Lin were unbearable to be bullied by Li Quan and other warlords of the Red Jacket Army, and in the fourteenth year of Jiading, he surrendered to the Mongols in Jingdong and other places, and was appointed by Mu Huali as the marshal of Shandong Ludu, presiding over Shandong Luyidu, Cang, Jing, Bin, Di and other prefectures, and the old troops under his command also turned to become the puppet army of the Mongols.

Now Li Quan has become the largest warlord leader in Shandong, entrenched in Shandong, and swaying between the three forces of Song, Jinmeng, and his attitude is very unclear.

In May of this year, the Song army Jinan prefect Chongzan united with Li Quan, raised troops to attack Zhang and Lin, and defeated Zhang and Lin's army in Yizhou, Zhang and Lin were defeated and fled, while Li Quan led his troops to occupy Yizhou.

The Yizhou Gao Huaiyuan mentioned here knows that it is Qingzhou, so that most of Shandong has fallen into the hands of Li Quan, and it seems that Song Ting wants to control Li Quan, I am afraid that he is a little weak.