Chapter Seventy-Eight: Fully Arranged

Said had heard of Lu Bing's prestige in the rivers and lakes, and just now he only thought that Lu Bing was a high-ranking general of the Ming Dynasty and forgot about it, and felt that there was an element of boasting. Now I can't help but secretly hate myself for showing my cowardice, but now Lu Bing showed his hand, indicating that in fact, if he wanted to assassinate Said, he didn't need others at all, he was enough alone. Said swallowed and foamed, then raised his hand, pretending to be calm and pretending to be free, and said: "Let his soldiers come in, and allow all weapons to be brought." ”

When a tall soldier entered the house, took off his cloak, and stood in front of Saeed Khan in full armor, Saeed Khan was shocked. He has seen firearms, Yarkand is located in the west, and it is the only way to trade with Yarkand from east to west, so whether it is the West or the East, the firearms Said have been seen, but this kind of continuous fire gun Said is the first time he has seen it, and he can't help but admire the exquisite workmanship and superb design. Lu Bing, who said words like ingenious craftsmanship, was a little embarrassed, so he gave this continuous fire gun to Said.

Raising his hand not to hit the smiling person, angrily scolding how to welcome the gift-giver, as soon as Lu Bing's gift was given, the atmosphere between the two sides was not as tense and gloomy as it was in an instant. The Hu people had a rule for exchanging gifts, and Said also gave Lu Bing a bow.

Said played with the firebolt, and continued to look at the equipment on the soldier's body, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, but he refused to admit defeat and said: "Brother Lu, I heard that you are rich and rival the country, and I think you can afford the price of individual soldier configuration, but no matter how good the weapon is, it needs good soldiers to operate." You, a soldier, don't need to look at it to know that you should be proficient in horseback archery, but it's hard to say what the rest will be, and it is inevitable that you will not deliberately demonstrate and bring elites to deceive me. ”

Lu Bing wanted to say something, but Said waved his hand to stop Lu Bing's words. "Ben Khan does not argue with you about the truth of this matter. There is no basis for your words, so I won't discuss them for the time being, but are you just here to demonstrate to me and achieve the purpose of getting me to withdraw my troops? If that's the case, then you look down on my Yarkand heroes too much, not to mention that your soldiers may not be so strong. Even if it is so strong, we Yarkand will not be afraid. If you want to fight, then fight! Said scolded Fang Xuan, and for a time he was full of pride, and he had the vicissitudes of a desert hero.

"Of course, of course, all the men in Yarkand are good men." Lu Bing clapped his hands and smiled: "First of all, let me answer you, you said that my private army may not be so strong, I can tell you that you are wrong." And it did. But the Great Khan said, don't discuss it for the time being, then I don't dare to disobey the order, but you also said that I am rich and rival the country, if I make these firearms in large quantities. All the equipment on the Ming soldiers? Even if their physical strength and skills are not up to the mark, with advanced weapons, what will happen to the battle. It goes without saying. ”

Although Lu Bing said in his mouth, this is not an era of playing with words, and everyone's intelligence is not bad, not to mention that there is no basis for words. Yan Zi made Chu Yang good at deceiving Wara, which was no longer practical, but since ancient times, soldiers have not been tired of cheating, and seeing that Said Khan was slowly taking the bait, Lu Bing began to run the train with his mouth full. Not to mention that the cost of this kind of continuous fire is extremely high, and the total rations and salaries of more than ten people on the top, even the Shen family is not capable of equipping all the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to train in the Xiangyong regiment, even if it is an army of tens of thousands of people. It's also very difficult to get all the equipment.

Moreover, the process of manufacturing repeating fire guns is complicated, and in this era, there is no production line. Purely by furnace and handmade, the skills of the craftsmen are different. Lu Bing also gathered the best blacksmiths and carpenters in the north, which created such a batch of revolvers. A total of 5,000 firecrackers were started non-stop, but it took more than a year. If it is produced in tens of thousands, then the time and financial resources are not affordable, and the gunpowder may not be enough, when the total number is enough to equip the entire army of the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that Lu Bing will have to be a grandfather, so wouldn't it be that the daylily is cold.

Even if all the conditions were met, Lu Bing would not do it. The Han nation has never lacked the existence of traitors, let alone corrupt officials. Once these equipment were put on ordinary soldiers, they seized and resold them to Ming merchants and flowed into the people, and the merchants were then sold at home and abroad, causing internal and external turmoil, and in the worst cases, they would directly sell them to foreign enemies. The foreign enemy has mastered the technology, and even directly uses the purchased firearms, and the muzzle of the gun will be aimed at the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty, and the consequences will be unimaginable, with countless casualties and rivers of blood, and the slaughter of the Central Plains is unknown. Therefore, as long as the officialdom is still unstable and the system is not perfect, Lu Bing will never do this, otherwise he will just make a wedding dress for others.

Lu Bing's purpose had actually been achieved, and Syed Khan saw the repeating fire guns, improvised explosive packs, hard armor, small repeaters, flint boxes, fist irons, plus two hand stabs designed by Lu Bing, and two sabers. The boots are wrapped in iron sheets, and even the soles of the feet are hidden mysteries, which can kick out sharp blades, and there are two small repeating crossbows at the cuffs. This kind of equipment, not to mention that it is effective for ordinary soldiers, even if they encounter ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, they will not refuse, and it is not a problem to fight with one enemy and ten in a single soldier.

Lu Bing looked at the stunned Said and smiled: "This time I came to visit the Great Khan, so the equipment is still a little less, and I usually have to carry a detachable ladder." Once there is a situation, the parts of several people are assembled into a ladder, and ropes and oil ropes are also used, ropes can be pulled for rock climbing to deal with emergencies, and oil ropes are used for long-distance blasting. By the way, if you go into battle, you have to carry cannonballs and a small cannon per person. Each soldier has two horses, sharing the weight of his body, and people can not stop the horses, and they can run long distances, and they are absolutely noble and fast. Although the quality of the small artillery has decreased in order to reduce the weight, and the power is also a little smaller, and each bottle can only be fired twice, but you think, if it is 3,000 people, it is equivalent to 6,000 rounds of iron bullets fired, even the capital of the Ming Dynasty cannot withstand such a dense attack. ”

Said stopped talking, looked at Lu Bing, and the atmosphere in the room fell silent. Said is worthy of a generation of monarchs, and he can't play hard at this time, and playing hard will definitely collapse. Let's not talk about whether Lu Bing will kill himself in a fit of anger, and his guards can't stop him at all, even if he really sends troops to fight him, he can't stand it. Once he started a war with the Ming Dynasty, then it was inevitable that Tulupan and Yili would take advantage of the situation, and then the land would not be protected, men would be killed, and women would be reduced to slaves.

But if he plays soft and apologizes to Lu Bing, Saeed can't do it, so there is only silence, if he doesn't speak first at this time, whoever speaks first loses, just use silence to dry Lu Bing, no matter whether Lu Bing is angry or soft, Saeed has time to think and then deal with it calmly.

In fact, the border between Chen Bing and Daming is not a wrong decision, it is a joint operation. Said naturally knew the threat of the Uzbeks and the fierce eye of Yili and Turpan, but this time it was the three families who jointly found him, and the large number of troops on the border was not the army of the Yarkand family, but the four coalition forces. If the situation is not good, it can be shirked as a military inspection and training, if the situation is very good, and the Ming Dynasty is in civil strife, then it will be possible to take advantage of the weakness.

What bothered Said the most was that under the influence of the organization that didn't know what it was about, in short, it was called Mi 13, the other three khans were very resolute, and there were no small frictions between the four countries in peacetime, but there had been no major wars in the past seven or eight years. It is not easy to maintain this state, Said's reign has been nineteen years, not long nor short, and now he looks very healthy, but his old illness is only known to him, but he is afraid that as soon as he dies, the country will be in chaos, and the family business will not be favored by the gods. Therefore, in the face of strong enemies on all sides, it is not easy to defend the country.

Said was the founding monarch of the Yarkand Khanate, and although he had repeatedly failed in his life, he had many defeats and few victories, but each defeat was a blessing in disguise, and he got a large area of borderless land. It is not easy to fight for the foundation of Yeerqiang, and the cub is naturally not distressed by selling Yetian, but this country is brought down by Said, and as he gets older, Said's more cautious he becomes, for fear that the territory will be lost an inch. The three families didn't know what ** soup was poured into the white feather of the Thirteenth Secret, and they had the posture of attacking Yarkand without Saeed's cooperation.

However, Said is not stupid, he will not be used as a gun in vain, and one advantage is that the soldiers here are only feints and demonstrations, and Yili and Turpan will attack first, and the losses will be minimal. As for whether to fight or not, it was all up to Saeed to decide, and in this way, Saeed agreed to arrange troops on the border.

Said waited for Lu Bing to speak first, Lu Bing was also silent, and after a while he stood up and left, the silence was broken in an instant, and Said wanted to dry Lu Bing, and the desire to regain the right to speak was gone. Said suddenly didn't know what to do, and hurriedly grabbed Lu Bing's arm and asked, "Brother, where are you going?" ”

"I don't have to talk about it, so I have to leave." Lu Bing shrugged his shoulders and said, Said said with a smile: "If you see where this is, didn't Ben Khan think about it just now." Let's not talk about these unhappy military affairs, brothers come from afar, you and I might as well drink first, and then it's not too late to talk. ”

"That's not a good word." Although Lu Bing said this, he sat down, because Said spoke first, and he couldn't hold his breath: "We Han people have a saying, wine is less than a thousand cups for a confidant, and words are not speculative for more than half a sentence. Guess what, Great Khan, why did I follow the caravan to Yarkand this time? ”

"Came to talk to me?" Said replied.

Lu Bing nodded: "Yes, but it's not all, I want to talk to the Khan, and I can completely pass on the letter of state, or directly send an envoy to pass the word." It was important to talk to the Great Khan in person, but the main thing was that I wanted to hide my whereabouts. ”

"Oh? Why did Brother Lu do this? Said said with a smile.