Since the innate realm, Shen Chengping has been cultivating in meditation most of the time, combining the acquired purple qi with the innate vitality of his own body, and gradually transforming from acquired to congenital, and the acquired purple qi of the first day of the future began to slowly transform into more pure and crystalline, more spiritual vitality, and this process took Shen Chengping more than a year of effort.

At the end of Shen Cheng's parallel work on this day, he slowly spit out a breath of turbid air from his mouth, entering the innate realm, and every time he washes the blood and meridians around his body with his innate true qi, his physique will be slightly improved.

Standing up, Shen Chengping opened the door and walked out, and as soon as he got out of the door, a weak little figure next to him broke in, and he screamed and hit his head on his lap. He didn't seem surprised by this, and instantly unloaded the rebound force of the impact with soft force, so as not to hurt the little one. Pulling away the little guy, but it was a clever little girl of three or four years old, Shen Chengping rubbed her bun and said softly: "Hu'er, why is it frizzy, you must be careful when walking...... This is the daughter he gave birth to with Yuan Zilin more than three years ago, and it is also his first daughter, named Yuhu by Shen Chengping.

"Got it...... Daddy hug! The little girl smiled brightly, very cute.

Shen Chengping smiled slightly, squatted down with his left arm to hold the little girl, and saw Yue Lingshan walking towards him with two boys, one woman and three children, so he beckoned to the girl and called: "Zhi'er come here, ......" This is the second child of Shen Chengping and Yue Lingshan, named 'Yuzhi', and the eldest of the two boys is five years old, it is Shen Chengping's eldest son Shen Yijing, and the other boy is Shen Yiling, the son born to Shen Chengping and Ren Yingying.

Unconsciously, more than five years have passed, and Shen Chengping is nearly thirty years old, and he is the father of four children.

"Daddy......" Yuzhi pounced happily.

"Oops......" Shen Chengping grabbed her with his right hand, then picked her up with Ling Shan, and pecked them on their little faces, causing the two little girls to giggle.

"Senior brother......" Yue Lingshan smiled at Shen Chengping and her daughter's happy appearance, at this time she was getting older, and there was more dignified style between her eyebrows.

"Daddy......" The two boys shouted, looking at their sisters and sisters who were held in Shen Chengping's arms, their eyes were a little envious. But compared to the two girls, the elders taught the boys more strictly, and began to learn etiquette more or less at a young age. Of course, this is to follow the rules in front of Shen Chengping, and once out of the sight of their parents, the little ones are not less naughty.

"These little guys are making a lot of noise, Shan'er, you bother!" Shen Chengping said to Yue Lingshan with a smile.

Yue Lingshan smiled slightly and said, "It's not hard, and there are Sister Yuan and Ying Ying to help." ”

"Huh!" Shen Chengping handed her the two daughters in his arms, turned around and gently touched the heads of several boys, and then said, "Wait a minute, you take Yijing to Zama first, and I still have something to deal with!" After finishing speaking, Shen Chengping gently kissed Ling Shan's eyebrows, and then looked at her and left in a hurry with a somewhat shy look.

Shen Chengping did have something to discuss with Zhao Mingzi, and the two of them quickly met in the side courtyard, as soon as they saw Shen Chengping, Zhao Mingzi immediately said: "Senior brother, I just got the news that Toyotomi Hideyoshi of the Japanese Kingdom crossed the sea to crusade against North Korea, considering that this news was still a few months ago, the forward army of Toyotomi Hideyoshi may have crossed the Imjin River and approached the Korean king's capital!" ”

"Well, although the country is small, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi can calm the chaos, and it is not ordinary, plus the soldiers he brought have been killed on countless battlefields, and the Korean Chengping has been in peace for hundreds of years, and the armament has long been rotten, and it is definitely not the opponent of the soldiers of the Japanese country, and it is inevitable to ask the Ming Dynasty for help when the time comes, and the annexation of Korea, Toyotomi Hideyoshi will then have the ambition to enter China! In the first two years of the Ningxia rebellion, the treasury has been consumed a lot, and after this war is fought, I am afraid that the treasury of the Ming Dynasty will bottom out, and the White Lotus Sect in Xiangxi has not been preparing recently? Inform them, and sell them another batch of weapons, as well as Yang Lao'er from Yungui's side, although he can have armor as a toast, but the number is dangerous, we should also push it. ”

Zhao Mingzi heard Shen Chengping's arrangement, and said in his heart: "In this way, the imperial court will inevitably draw more troops from the border army, and when the time comes, the northwest elite will probably have to be transferred to quell the rebellion of all parties, but it is a good time to launch, just to take Guanzhong Sichuan and Shu by thunderous means, and then integrate and deploy, taking advantage of the imperial court army being involved by all parties, and going east out of Tongguan, the senior brother looks at the usual days to take care of mundane affairs, but this means is not bad at all." ”

Over the years, the local guards in Guanzhong have been corrupted, and the imperial court has long lost its control, the Shen family has secretly controlled most of the Guanzhong guards over the years, and recruited sergeants for training, and has already secretly controlled the 100,000 army, and after the Ningxia rebellion a few years ago, it controlled many important positions in Ningxia, and also secretly developed a cavalry of 20,000 people in the grassland.

It has been 20 years since the Shen family recruited orphans to cultivate, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger, as these orphans are sent to Huashan in addition to those who are suitable for martial arts, and the others are arranged by the Shen family to various places after they become talents, Guanzhong has been completely controlled by the Shen family quietly, and even Hanzhong was completely controlled last year, and nails have also been laid in the Sichuan and Shu regions, and the grain and grass armor soldiers that the Shen family has hoarded for this purpose over the years are enough for the needs of 300,000 troops for a year.

It's just that Shen Chengping knows that although the Ming Court is inevitably declining now, there are still many elite border troops, and the treasury also has a lot of savings, so he is naturally unwilling to fight hard, so he can only secretly wait for the opportunity, and at the same time support the restless forces in various places to rebel, which involves a lot of the energy of the Ming Court and consumes the elite and treasury of the Ming Court.

"Now it's almost time to launch, the Ming court will soon send troops into North Korea, Yang Lao'er of Yungui and the White Lotus Sect in Xiangxi have a growing demand for military equipment, I can't wait, I will inevitably take the opportunity to launch it when the time comes, I just need to wait until the Ming court fights fiercely with them, and then sweep the world with a thunderous blow." After Zhao Mingzi left, Shen Chengping thought secretly, and finally sighed again, and said to himself: "Hey, there is no turning back when you open the bow!" ”

At this time, Ren Yingying walked into the room, and when she heard Shen Chengping say this, she couldn't help asking, "What didn't you turn back?" Brother Ping, what are you discussing with Senior Brother Zhao just now? ”

"A big deal!" Shen Chengping shook his head and said, "There are many soldiers in the domain, and troubled times are inevitable!" ”

Different from Yue Lingshan and Yuan Zilin, who are slightly less sensitive, Ren Yingying has been witty since she was a child, and she has been in contact with the three sects and nine streams, and her ability to observe words and colors is also extraordinary, as Shen Chengping's pillow person, he faintly noticed what Shen Chengping was doing, but she didn't open her mouth to stop it, because she knew that this kind of thing was indeed like what Shen Chengping just said, there was no turning back arrow to start work, to such a point, even if Shen Chengping wanted to stop, the people below would force him to continue, and if he succeeded, he soared into the sky, and if he failed, he would die. Even if Shen Chengping was able to escape with his superb martial arts, he was only gasping for a long time after that.

Chapter 129: Siege

Under the instigation of Shen Chengping's butterfly wings, the rebellion of the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period was particularly tragic, the Ming court mobilized the border army to crusade against Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and only then did it gain the upper hand, the southwest Tusi and the Xiangxi White Lotus Sect immediately rebelled, and the Wanli Emperor had to mobilize the border troops in Guanzhong and the north again to pacify, and at the same time, because of the sharp increase in consumption of the war, he could only increase taxes, making the people miserable, and the people's livelihood was turbulent.

On this day, Shen Chengping came to the west peak of Huashan. This is also the place where the Shen family secretly develops firearms, of course, the masters here are only designing and finalizing the forging method, but the real place for mass production of firearms and armor is not here.

The reason for this is that in addition to the fact that there are many disciples in Huashan, people come and go, and there are many miscellaneous words, which is not conducive to the large-scale testing of firearms, there are also reasons why research and manufacturing are separated, and they do not know each other, which is more conducive to secrecy.

Now that the incident is imminent, Shen Chengping will also secretly concentrate the huge amount of firearms that are scattered and stored, and hide them in Huashan, Zhongnan Mountain, Shangluo and other places, and at this time there are 10,000 flint fire systems hidden in Huashan.

As for the artillery, although it was also cast and stored, before the official start of the army, the heavy target of the artillery was obvious, and it was difficult to hide from the sight of the Ming court and transport it.

Over the years, the Shen family has successively trained three thousand fire commanders, one thousand are now secretly stationed in the nearby Shaohua Mountain, and the other two thousand have been concentrated near Zhongnan Mountain.

Of course, this is still not counting the fire commanders trained in the garrisons of the various guard posts in Guanzhong, otherwise the number of firearms troops would have doubled several times.

Now the thousand fire commanders in Shaohua Mountain are all elite, but Shen Chengping did not plan to use them in the first battle of the army, but acted as a coach or low-level officer after the army, and could urgently train 20,000 fire commanders to prepare for the capture of the Central Plains of Shanxi after going south to Shuzhong or Tongguan in the east.

Being able to have so many firearms, thanks to the decay of the Ming Court, as long as they can afford the price, those masters who can build excellent firearms cannons can get their hands on them, otherwise let the craftsmen of the Shen family study them themselves, even if it takes more than ten years, it will be difficult to develop sophisticated flintlock pistols and cannons and manufacture them on a large scale.

After the inspection, Shen Chengping ordered the various forces of the Shen family to speed up preparations over the years, and at the same time ordered to speed up the frequency of news transmission, and the news in various places was changed from the original five days to one day every day, so as not to miss the best opportunity.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The deafening artillery roared endlessly, and one after another, the crimson solid iron balls weighing more than ten catties dragged the looming Martian tail flame, drew a beautiful arc, crossed the moat, and smashed into the west gate of Xi'an......

More than 100 huge cannons of thousands of catties of one color were lined up in a row, firing in turns, and in a short time, a thick white mist rose above the artillery array, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke spread.

On each side of the artillery array, 3,000 cavalrymen armed with sabers were waiting in strict formation, clearly guarding against the city and sending cavalry out to attack the artillery array.

In the Chinese army camp that stretched for several miles in the rear, a huge hot air balloon slowly rose, and finally hovered at a height of more than 30 zhang under the traction of a thick hemp rope.

Shen Chengping, Zhao Mingzi, and two Huashan disciples who had achieved great results stood in the tough hanging basket under the hot air balloon, holding binoculars in unison, looking at the situation of Xi'an City.

Although Xi'an City is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, it flourished in the Sui and Tang dynasties for a while, it was the first city in the world, but it was a pity that it was destroyed in the war of the Anshi Rebellion, and now the Xi'an City is the early Ming Dynasty to repair the good, and the scale is only one-tenth of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

More than 100 cannons bombarded indiscriminately, and within a few rounds, the surface of the city wall near the west gate was covered with spider web-like cracks, and the double-storey city tower above was also dilapidated and crumbling, but there was no half of the guards.

Zhao Mingzi turned the camera and looked at his own artillery array, watching groups of topless gunners, restoring their gun positions, or carrying ammunition, or cleaning the gun chamber, or loading ammunition, or inserting fuses, and they were busy sweating...... While estimating: "With the power of our army's hundreds of 'Thor' artillery, half an hour is enough to collapse the city tower, but the city wall is too thick, even if you use cannonballs to peel off the bricks outside." It is also difficult to collapse the rammed earth wall that is several feet wide inside...... The guard was wise, and knew how to withdraw his soldiers, so as not to be bombarded in vain! ”

Shen Chengping thought for a while and said: "The guards rely on this outer gate to be the urn city, and they are not afraid that we will break through the outer city gate, it seems that we still have to contact the various families in the city as soon as possible, and the strategy of attacking and seizing the city at night is indeed the best choice." Otherwise, in a dignified siege battle, our 60,000 troops here will suffer at least 30% casualties! ”

Zhao Mingzi sighed: "Rely on standard equipment of muskets and artillery. Bombing across the moat, this has greatly reduced the casualties compared to the previous siege, and thanks to Xi'an Chengping for a long time, there is no heavy artillery placed in the city, if it is changed to a nine-sided town, the city has a large number of artillery, and the Ming army will not just be beaten and not fight back. According to the report of the spies, the Ming court is now dispatching artillery from Jiubian and buying Hongyi cannons from Westerners in Liangguang and Guangzhou......

Shen Chengping smiled and said: "A few thousand catties of heavy artillery is not a three-to-five pound firefight, you can just leave, now we have taken all of Guanzhong and most of Sichuan and Shu, Tongguan has been broken a month ago, and now only this lonely Xi'an is left, and so the Ming army will do its best, and transport the heavy artillery to Tongguan for thousands of miles, we are afraid that we have occupied Shanxi to threaten the Beijing Division, and since half a month ago, the weapons workshops in Guanzhong have been incorporated and rectified by our firearms workshops, and under the full supply, all types of artillery, large and small, as long as the transportation can keep up, there are as many as you want, and I'm afraid of the eliminated goods in the Ming Court! ”

Zhao Mingzi said with emotion: "In ancient times, the ants were attached to the siege of the city, and the battle of swords and guns was certainly killed into a mountain of blood and rivers, and in the future, thousands of cannons will be fired in succession, and the sound of thousands of unifications will destroy the mountains and mountains, and this war is not something that a single person can resist!" ”

Shen Chengping said with a smile: "It is inevitable that firearms will flourish in the world...... It's time to arrange the night attack, let's go! ”

Shen Chengping and Zhao Mingzi are both masters, they don't need to lift the hot air balloon, they only turn over and jump out of the hanging basket, lift their breath and light their bodies, and borrow strength on the rope three or five times, they can fall more than 30 zhang and land safely. The remaining two Huashan disciples still stayed in the hanging basket to observe the enemy's situation, just in case.

The tip of his nose moved slightly, smelling the smell of gunpowder and gunpowder smoke wafting from the wind, looking at the thick cloud-like smoke above the artillery array, Shen Chengping inexplicably felt a familiar feeling, China itself is not lacking in technology at this time, and even firearms technology is still ahead of the world, and now under his influence, the Chinese world is rapidly entering the era of thermal weapons, even if he has long been accustomed to the cold weapons of this world, and has practiced swordsmanship to the peak, but deep in his heart, it is still deeply engraved with the imprint of the era of thermal weapons, There is an extraordinary feeling for firearms.