—— Guo Ziyi has been a man of arms for most of his life, and what he is most interested in in this life is to lead troops to fight, and he is very interested in all matters related to the army.

Weapons and the combat effectiveness of an army are also closely related, under the same training situation, the combat effectiveness of the side with superior weapons must be much stronger, and even sometimes, the factor of weapons determines the success or failure of a war.

This point was sufficiently verified during the attack on the Imperial City of Luoyang.

If there was no "mighty general cannon" made by Yang Xi, it would not have been possible to conquer the Luoyang Imperial City so quickly, and the casualties paid by the soldiers would not have been so little. Guo Ziyi is very fond of the "mighty general's cannon", and has always hoped that the army he leads can be equipped with more equipment, so as to improve combat effectiveness and pay fewer casualties when attacking the city.

However, he also regretted in his heart that the lifespan of the "mighty general cannon" was too short, and it could only be used once under normal circumstances, and it would be scrapped after two times at most. It would be great if we could make a cannon that could be used many times and over again.

But he didn't expect that before he had time to mention his idea to Yang Xi, Yang Xi took the initiative to send the plan to the door.

The pattern that Yang Xi showed him was the configuration drawing of gunpowder that could be used repeatedly and repeatedly, and the configuration of this kind of artillery was completely different from the "mighty general cannon", I don't know how many times more complicated, I believe the power is also much greater.

After taking the compositions presented by Yang Xi, Guo Ziyi took these drawings and looked at them over and over for a while, couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, and asked urgently: "Marshal Yang, this is your newly developed artillery?" ”

"Yes!" Yang Xi nodded, "If it can be successfully made, then all the Tang Dynasty troops can be equipped with this kind of firearm that can be used repeatedly and has great power!"

If the artillery painted by Yang Xi was seen by the people who were engaged in military engineering when he lived in later generations, they would definitely scoff at it, because this kind of artillery was only a very primitive bronze cannon, and it must be very bulky and inconvenient to carry, and no one in later generations of soldiers would look at it. But he knew that the new production would certainly be of interest to today's military personnel, especially those who had seen the power of firearms.

The change in Guo Ziyi's expression completely proved that Yang Xi's identification was correct, and the military veteran was holding the picture he had drawn, looking at it over and over, and asking him relevant questions one after another.

Seeing Guo Ziyi's anxious look, Yang Xi snickered in his heart. If you want to have a good relationship with someone, the most important thing is to do what you like, and not let the other party feel that it is intentional.

"Guo Xianggong, you are in charge of the military department, what kind of weapons are most needed by the officers and soldiers in the army, you know best, and you have also stayed in the army, and I think that if you can make this kind of artillery that can be used repeatedly as soon as possible, it will bring us great convenience when attacking the city, especially in the battle against Tubo, and even more so when capturing the castle along Qinghai."

The weight of a bronze cannon is equivalent to the weight of more than a dozen "mighty general cannons", but its service life is dozens of times that of the "mighty generals", and the firing range is much farther than that of the "mighty generals".

Today's artillery is not very useful against the nomadic cavalry, and the lethality is not strong, but if it is used in siege, the power should not be underestimated. Yang Xi knew that the main opponent that the Tang army would face next was Tubo. The Tibetans now occupy the Qinghai area, and have built strong castles in many places, and if these castles are conquered, if the previous method is used, the cost of casualties will be very large, but if there is artillery, the attack effect will definitely be much better. If you can use artillery that can be used repeatedly and has a longer range when attacking the Tibetan army, the probability of victory will be greatly increased.

Before Guo Ziyi returned to Beijing, he was the envoy of Shuofang, and the main opponent of the horses led by the Shuofang military envoy and the Longyou Jiedu envoy was the Tubo people. Even though Guo Ziyi's military talent is very good, he didn't get too much bargain when he fought against the Tubo. The same is true of Guo Ziyi's predecessors, when Ge Shuhan conquered Tubo Shibao City in the eighth year of Tianbao, he paid the price of more than 10,000 people to capture it, and you must know that the Tubo army guarding Shibao City is not a few thousand.

If the Shuofang army was equipped with a large number of artillery, it would be able to take a great advantage when fighting the Tibetans.

Yang Xi's words instantly moved Guo Ziyi, "Marshal Yang, what you said is very good, if you can have the support of artillery when attacking the castle of the Tubo people, then the war will go much smoother." ”

Guo Ziyi smiled at Yang Xi, and then said: "Now that the Tubo people occupy most of Qinghai, this year has taken advantage of the chaos in my Tang Dynasty and the internal movement of the towns and armies in Qinghai to quell the rebellion, and further devoured the territory of my Tang Dynasty. If there was an artillery made by Marshal Yang when attacking the castle of the Tibetans, the battle would be much easier, hehe!"

Hearing Guo Ziyi say this, Yang Xi was calm, but he also smiled, "Guo Xianggong, if you are interested in this, you will definitely support the development of more artillery and other weapons in Xia, and I hope to get more support from Guo Xianggong in the future." Over the past year, I have been in the army for a while, and I feel that many situations in the army need to be changed, and if Guo Xianggong is interested, I will often discuss this matter with Guo Xianggong at the next meeting in the future. Although his father is in the political hall, he doesn't know anything about military affairs, and he can't discuss the reason with him, and he may not be able to get his support, so he also asks Guo Xianggong to support him. ”

"Of course you can, I can't wait to communicate with Marshal Yang about military affairs now," Guo Ziyi has been completely whetted by Yang Xi, how can he still say no? At that moment, Ma smiled generously and said softly: "Marshal Yang, I think that your ability is not comparable to ordinary people, if you reach a certain age, I believe that no one can compare with what you have achieved." ”

"I hope it can be as Guo Xianggong said!" Yang Xi also grinned, and immediately stopped before saying, "Guo Xianggong, I don't want to discuss too many official matters with you today, these things can't be finished in a while, and they can't be done in a short time." Today, I said that I came down to visit the house, but in fact, it was mainly for a private matter!"

Yang Xi's topic turned too fast, so that Guo Ziyi couldn't react at once, and after thinking about it, he understood what Yang Xi meant, and immediately guessed what Yang Xi was going to say, but he still said quietly: "Marshal Yang is polite, I have already said just now, what is the matter with the marshal, please just say it!"

"When I was in Luoyang, I had already told Guo Xianggong about it, and now I came to visit, and I still want to talk about it, that is, I want to marry Guo Xin and Guo Qiniang as my wife, and I ask Guo Xianggong to agree!" (To be continued.) )