Chapter 63: Sitting in the palace and not ascending the throne

The gun, which mainly relies on black powder as an explosive, cannot be fired in the air, which will cause sparks and smoke, and it is easy for soldiers to lose high-precision visibility for a short time, which is a very dangerous thing in the air. Therefore, they also have a small repeating crossbow on their body, which can be pulled by hand, and the pulley is used to reduce the force of pulling the string, and the armor is also full of arrows inserted, which can be easily pressed into the small crossbow groove.

In addition, the small short blades of these air cavalry in the cuffs, the sharp blades hidden in the boots, and the cinches at the waist are all made of good steel, which is enough to make a quick decision. The most powerful thing is the small explosives made of iron sheets that they are equipped with, although they are quite small, but they are very powerful, and the gunpowder triggers an explosion to eject the iron pieces hidden in them and wrapped in them, so as to achieve the effect of killing. Whether it is thrown from a high altitude or on the ground, it can kill enemies in a large area. However, it is said that in order to improve the safety factor, this kind of thing needs to be randomly inspected, and it is also very troublesome to do, and in order to avoid large-scale explosions, the production sites are all small workshops. Even the small workshop is under the unified management of the Lu family, and the requirements are very strict, but it still caused an explosion, killing several people, and the cost is very expensive, every time one is thrown out, it is enough for ordinary soldiers in the court to eat rations for half a month.

These are already very expensive, not to mention the texture of the clothes worn by the soldiers, they are all good materials, very hardy, and they are not cold at high altitudes, which is suitable for flying. In addition, they were given leather gloves to grip the glider more securely, with corresponding leather buckles to lock the arms and connect with the support rod of the glider. The soldiers also had glass-textured blindfolds on their eyes. Prevent your eyes from being blown away by the wind during high-altitude flights. These are already very heavy, the lighter the higher the altitude, the easier to handle, and now it is so heavy that it is not conducive to high-altitude operation and flight load.

Therefore, the armor of these air cavalry is different. Iron armor and steel armor are too heavy, although the cardboard armor is light, it is resistant to sight and not cut, it is not too defensive, and it is afraid of fire. Therefore, they chose cowhide armor, and the tanned cowhide armor was made of seven or eight layers of cowhide, and the repeated tanning was extremely hard, and the general sword cut it through two layers at most. Just left a mark, and when they came back, they replaced these injured armors, and the Lu family never slammed the soldiers. There is money. In addition, within the armor, there is also a special vine armor in southern Yunnan, which can block deeper external injuries, even if the cowhide armor is all broken. The rattan armor will also be extremely tenacious to block. Even if there will be internal injuries, at least there will be no fatal external injuries.

Internal injuries can be recuperated, and they will not affect the battle for a short period of time, although they may leave sequelae, but external injuries can also be used, and the loss of function and large-scale blood loss caused by external injuries can immediately lose combat effectiveness. Not to mention such an elite unit, every air soldier is difficult to train, and it is more expensive than gold. Even ordinary soldiers can't be abandoned, and a wounded soldier needs at least one person to take care of it. This is more restrained than killing the enemy, so the Lu family has the military training of killing but not killing.

Wei He saw the arrival of these elite troops that were more precious than gold, and knew that there must be important people to arrive, otherwise who would send so many good soldiers with eyes above the top to escort them. At the same time, he also knew that the arrival of important people meant that important orders were conveyed. Is it a blessing or a curse? Wei He didn't know, he was a little expectant and a little nervous, and suddenly fidgeted.

But fortunately, the visitor did not make him wait long, and after a while, a tall man in a red robe walked in, the door of the prison opened, and Wei He walked out. I looked left and right and saw that the doors of several captured subordinates were also opened, and at this time they all dragged out with their disabled bodies, only Tang Kekuan was still sleepy in the room, and only came out after a while. The light in the prison was not very good, looking at the tall man through the dim light, Wei He trembled, it was Lu Bing, Lu Bing actually came in person.

Wei He took three steps and made two steps and rushed forward to kneel and bow, but Lu Bing took one step ahead, his true luck was in the palm of his hand, he held Wei He up from top to bottom, walked straight to Wei He and Tang Kekuan and everyone, knelt down on one knee and saluted with fists and said: "Lu is ashamed of you, and all the heroes please accept Lu Mou's worship." ”

As soon as these words came out, the men present who did not make a sound in the face of severe torture and sweated like blood, sweat and tears all cried, all the grievances and pain are worth it, and those who are confidants die, Lu Bing understands that they treat them well and now respect and treat them so much, and they can repay their kindness only if they are smeared with liver and brain. Everyone knelt on their knees and knelt with Lu Bingzhi, only Tang Kekuan knelt down on one knee and hugged Lu Bing's fist, because Tang Kekuan was not Lu Bing's subordinate at this time, and the two were only for brotherhood. Although Wei He has been working in vertical and horizontal intelligence for many years, Taishan, who has been practicing for a long time, has collapsed and does not change color, and he has a heart of stone, but he was also moved at this time, and said with a slight trill: "The lord please, the lord please, I can't afford to wait." ”

Lu Bing shook his head and said, "You can stand it, come, let's get up together." ”

Everyone got up after hearing Lu Bing's words, and Lu Bing held Tang Kekuan with one hand and Wei He with the other to lead everyone out of the Forbidden City prison. Other felons who are not part of the Lu family are still locked up in the prison, stunned, most of them have been prominent, and naturally they have seen Lu Bing, but they didn't expect Lu Bing to be such a master, no wonder the Lu family can enter the capital and cause chaos in the world. Some of them offended Zhu Houxi, were sentenced to a crime of disobedience and sent to prison, but these are all a small number of people, and most of them are corrupt officials and corrupt officials arrested by Chen Hong. Of course, being imprisoned in the heavenly prison is naturally qualified for those who are of enough grade.

One of them muttered: "If you follow such a master, I should also swear allegiance to the death." ”

Walking at the end of the team, an intelligence officer whose legs were tormented and broken, did not want to be supported, but let people walk slowly, and fell to the back, hearing the man's words, he laughed and said: "I remember that you were brought in by Chen Hong because you bought and sold officials and disdained people's lives, you know the rules of the Lu family, corrupt officials kill without forgiveness, and Ling Chi is a tragedy in the world." You're glad you didn't follow the Lu family, hahahaha. ”

The team walked away, leaving the prisoners in the prison looking at each other.

Lu Bing personally helped everyone onto a cart pulled by twelve horses, and got into the cart with Wei He and Tang Kekuan. Stand at the front and go straight to the Fengtian Temple.

Entering the Fengtian Palace, Lu Bing walked into the main hall and sat on the dragon chair. Wen Dongwu and Xi were temporarily lined up on both sides, and there were six chairs on the left and right under the dragon steps, Lu Bing invited the two of them to sit on the chairs, and then Lu Bing got on the dragon chairs, and Jin Ge Iron Horse sat down. What a glory this is, to be able to sit on top of the Golden Palace, this is the mark of a supreme minister. In the past, no matter how old you were and how high your position was, you had to behave in a good way when you got to the top of the Golden Palace, even if you made great contributions, you would be given an embroidered dragon pier at most. Now it's a serious chair.

Lu Bing said: "Tang Kekuan and Wei He are two brothers, you two are not greedy for vanity, so I will not seal them for the time being, and I will reward them again when the world is decided." Now. Wei He, can you continue to shoulder the heavy responsibility? ”

"Enlighten the Holy One. Ministers can, and they will die to repay the emperor's favor. Wei He naturally could, he was not mistreated, and less than a day after he was arrested, Lu Bing captured the capital through an air raid, and he was picked up in less than a day.

Wei He couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, after all, Lu Bing became the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and he was the founder of the country. can glorify the ancestors, isn't this exactly what he expected by sacrificing his life to devote himself to intelligence work incognito? Wei He deliberately called Lu Bingsheng. It's just that Lu Bing doesn't want to make any more trouble, and it's difficult to ride a tiger to make him the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, and he can continue to dream, otherwise what he just thought was a daydream. Sure enough, as soon as he said this, everyone hurriedly said that Lu Bing should ascend the throne as soon as possible, announce it to the world, and call him the emperor.

What kind of character is Lu Bing, he naturally saw through Wei He's careful thinking at a glance, smiled and didn't pick up everyone's stubble, and said: "It's better to call my lord now, let's discuss it after unifying the country and driving out the Tartars, when the time comes, I will be my emperor, and you will also be your founding hero." Okay, that's all for later, let's not think too much. Wei and you are not good at leading troops to fight, and now send you to go deep behind enemy lines to reconnoiter intelligence, manpower and material resources are deployed at your disposal, there must be no mistakes, and assassination can be done when appropriate, in short, they will be messed up. You don't have to report what you do, you can make your own decision, and you have the right to cut it first and then play it. In addition, Wei He, if I guessed correctly, Zhu Houxi and Chen Hong have already arrived there, you have to be careful. This is your old rival Chen Hong, this time it's time for you to compete again. ”

Wei He's eyes lit up, clenched his fists and said again: "Lord, your subordinates must do their best." Wei He was naturally very happy, this time God didn't help, and let himself be folded in Chen Hong's hands before the end of the operation, Wei He was naturally not convinced, and he wanted to find a chance to take revenge. Now Lu Bing has given himself this opportunity, the same intelligence battlefield and the same opponent, Wei He wants to compete with one of them, and the shame of the snow is in the present day.

Lu Bing nodded and said, "How are the places under the Shuntian Mansion closed?" ”

A surrendered general came over and hugged his fists and said: "Lord Qi, all parts of Shuntianfu have been returned to the Lord accordingly, and all the soldiers and horses in the capital have surrendered, with a total of more than 14,000 people, please make a decision." ”

"Where is Yan Song?" Lu Bing said, and Yan Song walked out of the Wenchen sequence. For Yan Song, Lu Bing has always wanted to reuse, although this person heard that he had a bad reputation before crossing and was a corrupt official and traitor, but after getting acquainted, he found that this person was a talented person, and he was a leader in people.

Lu Bing thought that the emperor was dark and secret, only if the emperor did not give his strength would he let the traitorous ministers be in charge, as long as the emperor was diligent, even if he was stupid, he would not let the minister manipulate, and the minister did not dare to hide it too much. Besides, history is not credible, not to mention that he has changed history, this is just a new history, and sometimes it is not the power of the ministers who do it arbitrarily, but the emperor wants to do it but the ministers do it for the emperor.

It is not wrong for the minister to do what the emperor wants to do, and to do things for the emperor. But history tends to shift the blame to them, forgetting who is the real mastermind behind the scenes, because the writers of history are often the descendants and grandchildren of the wrong emperor. Therefore, Lu Bing decided to reuse Yan Song, and gave Yan Song a lot of rights as soon as he entered the city, and Yan Song did live up to expectations and gave full play to his strengths.

Yan Song came out of the column and clasped his fists and saluted: "The subordinates are here." ”

Lu Bing nodded and said, "How much grain, grass and ordnance are available in Shuntian Mansion for me to deploy?" ”

"There are a total of 3.6 million stone in the granaries of Shuntianfu, countless ordnance, a total of 1,600 new and old guns, 3,000 gunpowder and projectiles, 16 cannons, and 400 horses." Yan Song has only been in power for a day, these accounts are well checked, and such a huge number can be counted in one day, which not only shows Yan Song's personal leadership ability, but also shows that Yan Song has a vote of politicians with extremely strong administrative ability, who can quickly restore the operation of the capital to its former days. Yan Song was also left in the capital after the Wanshou Festival gift, in just a few years, he can have his own power and party lineage, he is indeed a rare talent, from all aspects are enough to prove his ability. (To be continued......)