When Yan Yan was secretly shuttling, Li Cong leaned forward and spit out two words, "Artillery." ”

When Yan Yan heard the word "artillery", she was relieved, she really didn't know much about it, so even if she rejected the other party, it was not a broken word.

"Back to the emperor, I really don't know much about gunpowder and artillery, and I specialize in the art industry, this kind of thing is not something that a layman can help me, I tell the truth, the original proposal to build artillery does have a little relationship with me, I am also inspired by my grandson to make toys for the little girl, thinking that if you can spray out the hidden weapon or gunpowder through the bamboo tube, can't you fight farther? I can't get involved in the rest of the story, because I really don't understand. Yan Yan replied very sincerely.

After speaking, Yan Yan seemed to think of something, didn't wait for the other party to ask, and said: "But if the emperor is short of gunpowder, my firecracker factory still has two experts, these days they are studying a kind of grenade, which is a bit similar to firecrackers, but it is more powerful than firecrackers, it is gunpowder that explodes after the lead is thrown out, I think the arm strength of an adult man, if it is used well, should be able to throw the grenade on the city wall." ”

Of course, this hand Lei Yanyan only came up with an idea, and the specific research was on the master who made gunpowder, and she was a complete layman about it.

Li Cong was naturally interested when he heard this, and hurriedly asked how it was going, Yan Yan shook his head, "Back to the emperor, I haven't gone out these days, and I haven't asked about this matter, if the emperor is in a hurry, I will send someone to ask when I go back." ”

"Go now, I can't wait." Li Cong said.

Yan Yan had no choice but to call Qing Glaze in and ask her to go to the palace gate to find Da Jiang, and let Da Jiang go to the firecracker factory outside the city.

Li Cong originally wanted a eunuch to follow, but Yan Yan refused, this matter is very secret, if the eunuch follows, it is inevitable that he will not be seen by someone with a heart, who knows how many Zhou Lu's eyes and ears are still in the capital, how many Khitan and Jurchen eyes and ears are there.

"Yan'er, tell me, if the Jurchens, Khitans and Western Xia join forces, how should we deal with them?" While waiting, Li Cong asked.

He remembered that Yan Yan had analyzed the characteristics and advantages of these countries with him, but unfortunately he didn't take it to heart at that time.

Yan Yan pondered for a while, and then said: "Back to the emperor, the emperor also ignored a Mongolia, Mongolia has also risen in recent years, and it has faintly become a hegemon of the grassland, and the ambition seems to be not small, it was said that they had conflicts with the Western Xia, Khitan, and Uighurs, I personally believe that Mongolia has the ambition to replace the Khitan as the new overlord of the grassland, in this case, Mongolia must use force against the three of them, I heard that they have fought for grabbing pastures before." Among the three, the Western Xia was weak, and the Western Xia and the Khitan were in-laws and allies, so it was very likely that Mongolia would take the Western Xia first. Of course, this is only one possibility, and there is also a possibility that we and the Khitan are both defeated, and the Jurchens pick up a big bargain, destroy the Khitan or run away, and then come to deal with us, so that in the end, it will become Mongolia who will reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

Next, Yan Yan elaborated on the results between the Northern Song Dynasty, Khitan, Jurchen, Western Xia, and Mongolia in a hypothetical way, but unfortunately, Yan Yan couldn't remember when Mongolia took Western Xia, but she remembered that the Jurchens destroyed the Liao State, drove the Khitans away and established a Western Liao regime, and was finally destroyed by the Mongols, in short, Mongolia is the final big winner.

However, time and space are different, and Yan Yan is not sure that history will not repeat itself in this life, after all, there is no Genghis Khan in Mongolia in this life, and the Great Zhou in this life is not the Northern Song Dynasty.

After Yan Yan finished speaking, seeing that Li Cong was still pondering, he thought about it for a while, and said: "I personally think that we can't pin our hopes on others, just like this alliance with Jurchen." However, due to the shortage of war horses, we will definitely not be able to defeat these three alliances in hard fighting, so we can only take advantage of it, so we must step up research on new weapons such as artillery, gunpowder, grenades, etc., only in this way can we be invincible. ”

Don't blame her for being so worried, the current situation is really not good for Da Zhou.

"That grenade or something can have such a great power, can it really withstand the opponent's thousands of troops?" Li Cong asked.

Yan Yan's words reached his heart, over the years, the Great Zhou Committee had enough of the hardships of not having war horses, and he had worked hard to study various countermeasures, and for this reason, what long swords, spears, long knives, long-handled axes, as well as protective iron armor, chain mail and various crossbow arrows came into being.

By the way, there are also large weapons such as trebuchets and bed bows and crossbows, and it is precisely because these large-scale weapons also have greater lethality that they forced back the pace of the Khitan invasion and the armistice agreement signed between the two countries.

But the sixteen states of Yanyun have always been a thorn in the hearts of the successive emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and every new emperor has a pride and ambition, and they all want to try their wisdom, and Li Cong is no exception.

Unfortunately, the results were no exception.

And the current situation seems to be even more tricky than the previous emperors, because he faced more than one Khitan, but also Western Xia and Jurchen.

Therefore, Li Cong, who was hit, had no confidence in himself, but he couldn't pin his hopes on Yan Yan, a boudoir woman, so he asked this question.

"There may not be one artillery, but if dozens of cannons are fired together, even the mountains and rocks can be blown apart, and they can't deal with a group of war horses? Another point, although the horse runs fast, it has a fatal shortcoming, once frightened, it is easy to run around, and it is powerless to control it, Uncle Emperor has not forgotten the time when I was frightened in the carriage I was in that year, right? I think if a group of horses are together, let alone gunpowder or artillery, a firecracker can make them mess with themselves. Yan Yan said.

These words finally aroused Li Cong's fighting spirit, yes, although Da Zhou does not have war horses, but Da Zhou has gunpowder, and Da Zhou still has so many capable people, they can even develop such a complex bed bow and crossbow and trebuchet, can they still make a single artillery?

No matter how bad it is, as Yan Yan said, first research the gunpowder and grenades, and then use the trebuchet to throw the gunpowder, you can also throw it into the opponent's camp.

"Okay, that's it, kid, you've done so much for me, is there anything you want me to do for you?" Li Cong changed his tone.

He wanted to make some promises to Yan Yan in the name of the emperor, and the purpose was naturally to win her over.

To be honest, he was very glad that Yan Yan was his relative, and he was a woman who was related by blood, otherwise, he would have to spend time and energy to defend her.