When a group of centaurs appeared in the valley, they quickly noticed a hot air balloon in the sky.

Arutai was a little surprised.

But at this moment, the strings of ammunition on the ball were directly dropped.

Hundreds of iron horsemen, under the leadership of Arutai, were supposed to pass through the woods here.

Immediately after that, a roar began to sound in all directions.

The bombing of the hot air balloon was not accurate, but this kind of bombardment was enough to surprise hundreds of iron riders.

At this time, everyone was shocked, and the war horse was frightened.

But obviously, this is just the beginning.

The first round of bombing is just a test firing, and according to the landing point of the bomb, the error is judged, and finally the new posture is adjusted.

It's just this second round, but it's all big guys.

WhewW......

There was a whistling sound, but it was a huge mound of pine bullets that began to fall from his head.

Arutai was originally full of confidence, but now, he is panicking.

He seemed to be wrestling with the air, facing this untouchable enemy, wielding his weapon in vain, but the air ...... But it has real lethality.

Thundered...... Thundered......

This time, the drop was much closer, and the power of the explosives was amazing...... After countless gunpowder smoke filled the air, the ground was full of devastation.

Seeing the people around him, Arutai instantly lost nearly half, and his eardrums were pierced by this roar, only the sound of a buzzing sound, and he subconsciously let out a loud roar: "Spread out, spread out ......"

The best way to deal with such a firepower firearm is to directly break it into pieces and scatter hundreds of cavalry in a vast valley within a radius of several miles.

But obviously, it was too late, because no one heard his roar, and almost all of them lost their ears, and the smoke of gunpowder blinded their eyes, and they fled and trampled on each other in this fog.

Fortunately, Har Wu noticed the situation on Arutai's side, and when he saw this, he was also surprised, he had fought a battle all his life, but he had never seen such an enemy.

However, as a veteran, he was still able to stay calm at this time, and he made the same decision as Arutai: "Spread out, spread out ......"

More than a thousand cavalry, in groups of three or five, quickly began to disperse, they were already well-trained, and in the face of such a situation, they could still do not be arrogant or impatient, although the roar in the distance made them frightened.

And once the team disperses, it means that the damage of the hot air balloon to them is minimized.

Of course, the balloons were clearly not interested in bombing them, but continued to drift towards their camp, apparently for their rear camp and where their food and grass were stored.

In fact, at this time, if it is an ordinary war, facing this enemy that cannot be solved at all, especially if the other party can easily attack his own camp and grain and grass. Harvultures already knew that they had lost.

But clearly, this is not the end of the story.

There was a look of grief and indignation in the eyes of the Ha'er Wu, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Blow the horn and kill with me." ”

The cavalry, scattered like scattered sand, still galloped, trying to attack.

Soon after, there was an earth-shattering roar from the camp behind them, and the flames burst up, as if all of a sudden, the sky burned red.

The rest of the cavalry, continuing to attack stubbornly.

And at this time...... Zhang Anshi, who was watching the battle on the hill, couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and sure enough, ...... The appearance of new weapons on the battlefield not only changed the means of war on his side, but also began to change his enemies.

In the original era of cold weapons, the way of intensive charging has become impossible, because the power of gunpowder has become more and more powerful, and if you dare to attack in a group, it means that you will be served at any time.

Zhang Anshi said to Gu Xingzu: "What do you think of these people? ”

Gu Xingzu thought for a while and said, "Vulnerable." ”

Zhang Anshi shook his head: "I don't think it's right, they are in such a disadvantaged situation, they can still quickly make changes, scatter the army, and still keep the scattered cavalry to attack." Based on this alone, they should not be underestimated, and they can indeed be regarded as elite. The only pity is that they met enemies that they shouldn't have encountered, such as me. ”

Gu Xingzu pondered for a moment, felt justified, and nodded: "What the teacher said is right, they do ......"

Zhang Anshi suddenly smiled and said, "Xingzu, how are you in the model camp?" ”

"Okay."

"Do you want to do more?"

Gu Xingzu was puzzled: "I don't know what the teacher has to say?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "The boy is ambitious in all directions, he should go to the desert, to the Western Regions, to the ends of the earth, are you interested in going to Nanzhou?" Annanwei, who was there, happened to need a command. ”

Gu Xingzu: "......"

Gu Xingzu is a general, but he was also admitted to the Jinshi, not to mention that he has also been trained by the model camp, if he is stupid, he is afraid that everyone in the world is stupid.

Hearing this, the expression on Gu Xingzu's face was sluggish, and he didn't know how to respond for a while.

Zhang Anshi encouraged him: "Don't be restrained, you can say anything you want, you know me, I'm very easy-going." ”

Gu Xingzu thought for a while and said hesitantly: "Go...... A few years ......"

"How about ten or eight years?"

Zhang Anshi had planned it a long time ago, and in ten or eight years, with Gu Xingzu's level, it was enough to establish a new model battalion in Nanzhou, and promote some talents who could take charge of themselves.

Gu Xingzu thought about it again, and finally said, "If the teacher doesn't give up...... Students are willing to go. ”

"Do you really want to go?" In fact, Zhang Anshi was a little surprised.

He is actually casting a net all over the sky now, except for his three brothers, he wants to touch porcelain when he catches someone.

As for not asking those three brothers to go, it is really the three brothers who are the demon kings of the mixed world, let them go and take charge alone, Zhang Anshi is really not at ease.

Gu Xingzu said calmly: "My grandfather said, when Grandpa is here, listen to Grandpa, and when Grandpa is away, listen to Grandpa." ”

Zhang Anshi was immediately overjoyed: "Okay, your grandfather is a person who understands righteousness." ”

This matter must be done quickly, and when his grandfather is still in Guizhou and has no time to object, he will pack up and send it away.

At that time, Nanzhou Wen has Yang Shiqi and Wu has Gu Xingzu, such a luxurious lineup will be a dimensionality reduction blow to Nanzhou.

Right now......

The earth-shattering roar began to be heard again.

But at this time, the artillery began to bombard.

The Tatars and Uliangkha scattered over the mountains made an assault, and the artillery began to bombard indiscriminately.

After the advent of steel, smelting technology was greatly improved, which also led to the emergence of new artillery.

They were more sophisticated, thinner, and had a huge charge, far surpassing their contemporaries in terms of accuracy and rate of fire.

Although it is still a breech gun, the rudiments of rifling have appeared, and the assembled flowering shells also have the ability to explode twice.

Thereupon...... In the middle of this valley, the flames of explosions began to appear everywhere.

Even if the queue was scattered, it could brave such a rain of artillery to rush, and the queue of the Tatars and Uliangha had already become a mess.

They have no way to carry out an organized attack, they can only launch an attack like a lone wolf, similar to the stragglers.

finally rushed to the front of the battle.

Here, the infantry formed a formation, all shoulder to shoulder, and then the fire began en masse.

This style of play is almost crushing, using artillery and hot air balloons to directly break up the opponent's dense formation, but its own side still adopts a dense array.

Using a dense array to deal with these so-called cavalry in groups of three or five is like cutting melons and chopping vegetables, forming an iron wall, and all those who are close to this iron wall have been shot before they can rush to the front of the formation.

The whole model battalion was like a meticulous machine, and each person became a part, and they began to move quickly and harvest.

And the Tatars and Uliangkha, on the other hand, became ridiculous, lost the ability to charge intensively, and their personal prowess was not worth mentioning at all in the face of firearms.

Iron carts began to appear, all barbs, with wheels and rails under them, which could be rotated at any time at 360 degrees, and then blocked in front of the infantry, even if there were lucky cavalrymen, they only collided with the iron chariot in vain, and were pierced by barbs.

The cannon was still roaring, and the sound of fire was like fried beans.

The corpses were scattered all over the ground, and the Tatars and the Uliangha were at last frightened, and they scrambled back and trampled each other.

Arutai got up from the pile of dead people, only to find that the warriors around him had already died.

Although he dispersed people early, the continuous bombardment of artillery, coupled with the harvesting of firecrackers, made more than half of the casualties in an instant.

And this is not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that their camp has already been served in a pot and burned directly to ashes.

Looking at the frightened soldiers who fled one by one, Har Erwu felt sad in his heart, these ...... They are all the elite of the tribe, and he seems to have witnessed the advent of a new era.

And in this era, he and his tribe belong to a group that has been completely abandoned to the dustbin of history.

Even the guards around them began to be chaotic, and the guards seemed to want to stop the defeated army, but the defeated army was even more afraid of the Ming army than they were for military law. As a result, some defeated troops fled in order to choose a path, and even chose to attack the guards directly.

"Retreat, retreat......"

Collapse across the board.

And in the process of their retreat, the artillery still did not stop, and the hot air balloon on their heads, as if after blowing up the camp, still did not understand their hatred, like maggots on tarsal bones, appeared in the sky and threw the remaining ammunition down without hesitation.

Arutai was covered in blood, and finally joined up with the Har Vultures, and shouted sadly: "Lost, lost, we can't fight anymore, if we continue to fight, we are all finished." ”

"But they didn't say how it would be over."

Arutai said without hesitation: "Please surrender, please surrender immediately, let everyone dismount, throw down their weapons, and quickly send someone there to beg for surrender." ”

The two of them had no reason, and fear rose up.

They think that they are also men in the desert, and they think that they have the breath of a brave man in their blood, but now they ...... It seems that everything is gone.

This unprovoked fear taught them to finally realize that today's Ming is no longer the opponent who can fight back and forth at the beginning, and the opponent in front of them is so terrifying that it has reached the point of being invincible.

Finally...... After a stick of incense, the artillery fire stopped.

Zhu Di stood on the high platform, saw all this in front of him from the telescope, and at this time, he understood that the era that belonged to him was also gone.

Only by witnessing with his own eyes this completely contrary to the previous way of war, Zhu Di felt the pain of being thrown off by the tide of the times.

But...... Fortunately, this new way is still in his own hands, which is enough to become the cornerstone of Daming.

He never spoke, his brothers were by his side, and he ignored them, and the success of a successful commander lies in the fact that they are insightful enough and will form their own military strategy based on observation.

He used a telescope to observe every detail of the battlefield, for fear of missing something.

The role of a hot air balloon attack, the new artillery, how to strike at a scattered enemy, why the infantry fired in such an array.

And whether the Tatars responded wisely, what measures they took despite their defeat, why they did not have such an effect in the end, and if I were the Tatars, whether there was any way to have the strength to fight.

Countless thoughts passed through Zhu Di's mind, and his face was cloudy.

……

And behind Zhu Di, the kings were also speechless.

Almost everyone could feel the power of the model battalion, a tactic that was completely beyond common sense, and it only felt creepy to strike directly at ten times more cavalry.

Zhu Zhen pursed his mouth even more, he is an expert and has a lot of experience in suppressing thieves, at this moment, especially when his eyes are skimmed to Zhu Di, but for no reason, he is in awe.

The rest of the kings felt even more fear, for this era, this is actually the power to destroy the world, in the face of this terrible power, people only have an indescribable sense of powerlessness.

Zhang Anshi hurriedly came at this time, wearing a suit of armor.

When he arrived in front of Zhu Di, Zhang Anshi immediately said, "Your Majesty...... The battle report came out, and there was not a single casualty in the model battalion, the Tatars and Uliangha, 735 dead and 927 wounded. Your Majesty, this exercise was a great success. ”

Immediately afterwards, it was the two Arutai and Ha'er Wu, who were carried with miserable faces.

They trembled and fell at Zhu Di's feet, and they were already so frightened that they couldn't say a word.

Zhu Di looked at the two condescendingly, his eyes were complicated.

Zhu Di said: "Zhuqing, how are these Tatars and Uliangha people? ”

Without waiting for others to answer, Har'er Wu's face was like ashes, and he only said: "Vulnerable ......"

Zhu Di smiled, but made the same judgment as Zhang Anshi: "No, danger is not chaotic, and you can react quickly, even if you encounter adversity, there are still people who attack without receiving orders." And I see that these soldiers are very vigorous, when I was in trouble, Wuliang Habu followed me in Jingjing, and it was also like this, brave the arrows and stones, brave and fearless, and definitely worthy of the word elite. ”

These words came out of Zhu Di's mouth, which may have been a compliment, but when he heard it in the ears of Ha'erwu, he felt that it was sarcasm.

Harvultures just slammed their heads on the ground, just wishing to bury them in the sand, never pulling them out, not daring to have any response.

Zhu Di looked sideways, but he glanced at Zhang Anshi, and said: "The model battalion should be promoted, starting with the warrior battalion, the Shenji battalion and the 3,000 battalion, and within three years, these three battalions should be effective." All the backbone cadres were drawn from the model battalion, and the 100 households of the model battalion were directly commanded by each battalion. General flag, directly serving as a thousand households...... Of course, there is no need to rush...... Let the model battalion be expanded first, and then it will be extended, so that this model battalion will recruit another 700 people. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Yes." ”

Zhu Di said again: "Can the production of these firearms keep up?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "As long as Your Majesty gives an order, the minister can find a way to expand production." ”

Zhu Di bowed.

At this time, he looked back at the kings and said with a smile: "What do the emperors think? ”

King Zhou is the head of all kings, even if his mind is now focused on his medicine, he can't help but nod his head and say sincerely: "Your Majesty, I have a great foundation, but it has been ten thousand years." ”

Zhu Di smiled, then returned his gaze to Zhang Anshi, and said, "What does King Zhou say, what does Zhang Qing think?" ”

Zhang Anshi and Zhu Di had a tacit understanding, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it will be ten thousand years...... I'm afraid it's not easy. ”

This is taboo, and only Zhang Anshi dares to say it.

Zhu Di smiled, as if encouragingly: "Huh? Why is that? ”

Zhang Anshi said without scruples: "If it is ten thousand years, it is not impossible, but with my great sect of the Ming Dynasty, it may not be possible." In the humble opinion of the ministers, it should be the clansmen of the Ming Dynasty to work together. ”

"Let's just say His Royal Highness King Ning, he was in Luzon, at first it was just a small port, more than 10,000 soldiers, but it was everywhere to open up the territory, now, in just two years of effort, but has built seventeen cities, occupies the most fertile land in Luzon within a radius of 300 miles, migrated a large number of displaced people, reclaimed hundreds of thousands of acres of wasteland, and built three ports, and now in Luzon. In the eyes of the minister, this is the real vassal king, for my Ming Dynasty, if I have more relatives like His Royal Highness King Ning, why can't this country be firm? ”

If this was said before, everyone would only think that this is fooling everyone again.

But now that I really see the scene in front of me, my thoughts are obviously completely different.

Especially the king of Chu, the king of Chu knows best in his heart, the natives in the south, the combat effectiveness is not high, at least much lower than the Tatar combat effectiveness, if there is the support of the imperial court, moving the feudal domain, it may be a few years of hardship in the early stage, but it is conceivable that the situation can be changed soon, and it may be the same as King Ning at that time.

Zhang Anshi continued with a smile at this time; "If you have any other concerns, you can actually let the clan relatives go with the military horses first, and then move the family after settling down. The minister heard that when Emperor Taizu Gao was there, he was reluctant to let his children and grandchildren endure hardships, but he was afraid that his children and grandchildren would lose their ambition because of their pampering. Therefore, before the kings became vassals, they had to let them go to Fengyang, the central capital, to farm, so that the kings could know the sufferings of the people, and the kings were sealed to various border towns as the screen of my Ming Dynasty. ”

"Now, the situation in the world has changed, the Tatars may not be my Ming henchmen in the future, and the enemies of the Ming Dynasty must be at sea in the future, so Your Majesty has good intentions, hoping to inherit the will of Emperor Taizu Gao, give the kings a heavy responsibility, and use the kings to guard the sea towns everywhere in the world, in case of accidents."

Zhu Di listened to it, and was secretly happy in his heart.

This guy ...... Even Emperor Taizu Gao has moved out, and this reason makes sense.

That's right, I am the one who listens to the words of the ancestor the most, and naturally I want to continue the law of the ancestors, if anyone does not obey, then I will have to sacrifice the law of the ancestors to punish severely.

Zhu Di kept smiling slightly, only listening to the side.

When the kings saw the two of them, Arutai and Harvul, they knelt on their knees in disarray, and their faces were as if they were ashes.

Goodbye Your Majesty is in high spirits, and the devastation under the high platform.

The good things are all said, and the threats are full.

And the prospect has also been shown, everyone goes out, it is to abuse the vegetables, there is almost no danger.

But seeing Zhang Anshi, he said: "All the vassal kings who are willing to go out of the town, Your Majesty has repeatedly instructed you to let the merchant house provide sufficient ordnance and gunpowder to the kings' guards. Well...... It's the weapon of the model battalion! ”

The eyes of the kings all brightened up a little invisibly.

At this time, Zhang Anshi made persistent efforts and said: "Your Majesty also said that when the business house is produced, it must first be supplied to the kings, and then to supply the officials and soldiers, and the kings...... Overseas feudal lands...... In fact, it's not much, if it's late, you won't be able to occupy a good place, so don't be too late. ”

When the kings heard this, their hearts tightened, and everyone was not stupid, and they immediately realized an important problem.

Yes, so many brothers, so many vassal kings, this Western side, good places are only limited, if you are lucky, occupy a fertile or close to the Ming Dynasty, it is better, but if you let others take the lead, then everyone will already be a domain, and you will be driven overseas, but there is really no good place.

Zhu Di laughed at this time: "Don't mention these things first, don't mention these, I'm just watching the battle today, and I'll mention these things later." The model camp has made great contributions, and when people come, each person will be given a hundred taels of silver, teach people to take wine and meat, and treat the model camp well, this wine ...... You have to use the best palace wine. ”

The posture was set, and after that, Zhu Di didn't say anything again, and drove back to the palace in a hurry.

He went away, but he left behind the kings, as well as the Nahar vultures and Arutai, who were a little overwhelmed.

The kings had just started to think at this time, and they were probably thinking in their hearts, Your Majesty, didn't you just talk about the transfer of the domain, but you should continue to talk about it, let's see if we can talk about it again.

However, Ha'er Wulu and Arutai are already in despair, and they don't know how to be disposed of by the Ming court in the future.

The emperor didn't seem to be interested in any of them.

At this time, the king of Zhou and the king of Chu already wanted to get in front of Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi said happily: "Your Highnesses, there are still some things to do, goodbye, goodbye." ”

As he spoke, his feet moved, and he ran away with a smoke.

Talk?

The more you talk to them at this time, the more they will think about it.

But once you don't want to pay attention to them, they panic a little.

Sure enough, soon Zhang Anshi's mansion was full of people.

First of all, King Zhou came.

Zhou Wang first talked happily about medicine with Zhang Anshi, and suddenly the conversation changed: "Wei Guogong, this king knows that you know the most about overseas, according to your opinion, where is the best place to go overseas?" ”

Zhang Anshi was calm on his face, but he was snickering in his heart, obviously...... King Zhou is trying to find a good place for himself.

After thinking about it, Zhang Anshi said: "If you go to Tianzhu, the land there is the most fertile, but ...... It's a bit far away, now go ...... I'm afraid that the supplies can't keep up, if I ......"

Zhang Anshi didn't perfunctory him, as he spoke, Zhang Anshi asked people to get a map, and began to point out seriously, giving him a detailed talk about the benefits of various places.

Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, listened very carefully, and finally took a fancy to the location of Sumatra, and nodded with satisfaction: "This place is very good...... Well...... Thank you, thank you. ”

After a pause, King Zhou seemed to have thought of something, and then said: "This king heard that Wei Guogong also has a domain in Nanzhou, right?" ”

Zhang Anshi immediately said: "Hey, don't hide it from His Royal Highness King Zhou, that place is a barren land, it is really a chicken rib, can you see Gonggong Zheng's report?" ”

Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, looked at Zhang Anshi sympathetically and said, "This king also heard that this is what Wei Guogong himself asked. Wei Guogong, you are really a great loyal minister! This king is not as good as you. ”

He said it very sincerely, he himself was not so polite, emperor, if you don't give me a good place, is it still a brother?

can take a look at the realm of Zhang Anshi......

Zhang Anshi just smiled: "In the future, His Highness will go overseas, if he has a firm foothold in Sumatra, we should contact more, and when the time comes, I will open a route from Nanzhou to Sumatra, and His Highness will help me more, and my place will ...... Poverty ......"

King Zhou didn't think about it, and immediately said very arrogantly: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, you want food, you want wood, it's a matter of words." ”

Zhou Wang Zhu Hu should be very happy in front of him, and then he asked: "It's just that this Zhou Wang's guard ......"

Zhang Anshi is naturally very good at it, so he said: "Don't worry, the matter of firearms has been prepared for a long time." ”

"Okay, okay, that's it."

King Zhou was satisfied.

After King Zhou, other vassal kings also came to the door one after another, and Zhang Anshi also coped with them one by one.

Soon, Zhang Anshi personally reported what happened in his house to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di was smiling at this time, and said with a smile: "This battle is so good, it really teaches me to exhale and raise my eyebrows!" Those brothers of mine, what are they thinking now, will I not know? Zhang Qingjia...... You've done me a great favor this time, and I've thought I'm going to give you something. ”

This is really an unexpected joy, Zhang Anshi said in surprise: "I don't know what Your Majesty wants to give?" ”

Zhu Di smiled with a bit of mystery: "You might as well guess too." Come, tell me, what do you want now? ”

Zhang Anshi thought about it very seriously and said, "This ...... What ministers lack the most should be...... Person? ”

"Women?" Zhu Di's body was shocked, and he suddenly looked at him with wide eyes.

"No, man!" Zhang Anshi hurriedly replied.

(End of chapter)