Hearing the four words cluster bomb, Zhu Qizhen's chrysanthemum tightened for no reason.

The Academy of Sciences has quite a deep attainment in stealing homes, and has quite a wealth of practical experience.

During the first air raid on Constantinople, a super bomb called Fat Man was detonated, only to find that although this thing was bigger and more powerful, when the amount of explosives reached a certain scale, it was difficult to further the damage caused by the explosion.

In layman's terms, ten pounds of explosives should produce ten times more explosive energy than one pound of explosives, but this is not the case.

Because the destructive power of the bomb depends on the shrapnel to shatter, directly or indirectly causing damage to the enemy.

At the level of the fat man, the killing of shrapnel alone cannot be proportional to the amount of ammunition.

At this time, the greatest damage was the shock wave generated by the explosion, and the buildings within a radius of 100 steps on the surface were completely destroyed, and the flesh and blood could not stop it at all.

Through data analysis, the Academy of Sciences concluded that the fat man had reached a bottleneck, and continuing to expand the scale of the bomb was not only difficult to throw, but also cost-effective.

Under these circumstances, the Academy of Sciences had to abandon its purpose of being bigger and stronger and seek a new bomb configuration.

After several days of discussion, the students finally confirmed a new direction, which was cluster bombs.

The idea of such a bomb is to abandon the big and change to more.

The specific idea is that large bombs cover small bombs, in a large bomb, fill several, or even dozens of small bombs, and throw them by unmanned Kong Ming lanterns, and this kind of bomb-carrying Kong Ming lanterns can fly higher, making the enemy more defenseless.

In the past, Kong Ming Lantern only dropped one bomb, and the accuracy must be controlled as much as possible, which led to the flight altitude not being too high, and it was easy to be detected, although there was no weapon to counter at the moment, but if it could be prevented in advance and find cover to hide, it could still effectively reduce casualties.

Cluster bombs are mainly aimed at a large amount of fullness, thrown from a high altitude, scattered flowers, rain and dew, weapons to this stage of development, it no longer matters whether it is accurate or not, and even the greater the deviation, the wider the coverage.

At the same time, bullet-carrying lanterns can fly higher and be more stealthy when attacking.

Zhu Qizhen listened carefully to Belin's narration, only to feel a chill in his back.

Even if this thing is placed in the future generations, it will be a terrifying weapon.

Heck, isn't the Academy of Sciences' skill tree a little off track......

When the new city was planned, a workshop area was opened up, and today simple processes such as steel smelting, wood processing, and lime firing can be carried out.

Zhu Qizhen gave an order, and the workshop area was immediately controlled, and the entire Academy of Sciences was stationed and began to make cluster bombs.

During this period, whether it is materials or personnel, as long as the Academy of Sciences needs it, it must be fully cooperated, and there is no room for negotiation.

On the main road west of Tehran, a group of brocade guards arrived in Constantinople day and night.

"The holy decree has arrived, please accept the decree of His Royal Highness King Yu!"

Zhu Qiyu bowed, welcomed back the holy decree, and immediately ordered: "The emperor has decreed that the Timurid Khanate forcibly occupies the territory of my Ming Dynasty, and his heart can be punished, so he should raise troops to attack it!" ”

Zhang Mao was a little puzzled, stepped forward, and asked, "Your Highness, where does the Timurid Khanate occupy my territory?" ”

Zhu Qiyu said lightly: "Western Regions! ”

"Western Regions...... This, this ......"

Zhang Mao hesitated for a long time and asked, "Where is the Western Regions?" ”

"The entire Western Regions!"

While the two were talking, Alessandro also came over and asked in the Chinese dialect he had just learned and was not yet proficient: "The Western Regions are very large, and most of the capital of the Timurid Khanate is in the Western Regions!" ”

Zhang Mao glared at him and said dissatisfiedly: "You know a hammer!" ”

Alessandro had no choice but to shut up and laugh.

Zhang Mao asked again: "Your Highness, where is this Timurid Khanate?" ”

Zhu Qiyu had to order someone to take out the map, circle a piece on it, and said: "This is the Timurid Khanate, including the entire Western Regions, of course, the Western Regions have been the territory of our dynasty since ancient times, and it has been stolen by the Timurid Khanate for a long time, and it is time to return it." ”

Alessandro couldn't help but say: "If the Western Regions are divided, the Timurid Khanate will lose nearly half of its territory, they will definitely not agree, it is simply too much to do!" ”

Zhang Mao glared at him again and said, "Is it too much?" ”

Alessandro had to shake his head and said, "Not too much, not too much......"

Zhang Mao turned his head and said, "Your Highness, send troops!" ”

Zhu Qiyu said: "The territory of the Timurid Khanate is very wide, in the words of the imperial brother, this is called strategic depth, therefore, it is impossible to achieve it overnight, and before sending troops, a feasible plan needs to be formulated." ”

"Your Highness said yes!"

Zhang Mao nodded and said, "It's just ...... The emperor's side is not abundant, and after a long time, I am afraid that there will be danger, so it is better for His Royal Highness to give his ministers a soldier and horse as a vanguard, and first go to explore the reality of the other party. ”

Zhu Qiyu thought for a moment and said: "Okay, you take five hundred cavalry to fight the vanguard, Alessandro is the adjutant, this king gathers soldiers and horses, prepares grain and grass, and then arrives." ”

Zhang Mao glanced at Alessandro and said, "Your Highness, the minister himself is enough." ”

Zhu Qiyu said: "Let Alejandro come with you, he is a local and knows the customs here better than you." ”

Zhang Mao had no choice but to receive the order, and then went to select men, all of whom were Ming troops brought from Nanhaiwei.

Zhu Qiyu's consideration is correct, there will be various situations encountered at any time on the way to this trip, and with Alejandro going together, at least it is more secure to deal with things.

Otherwise, the language barrier will be extremely troublesome.

The team prepared for two days, and on the third day set off early in the morning, heading east from Constantinople.

Central Asia was flat, and the cavalry was very fast, traveling 500 miles a day.

"General, the front is about to enter the territory of the Aries Nation."

Zhang Mao looked at Alejandro and asked, "How far is this place from Tehran?" ”

Alessandro said: "If the outer circle passes, it will be there in five days," Alessandro said.

"What if it goes straight?"

"Back to the general, if you go straight through the territory of the Aries Country, it may cause unnecessary trouble."

"In that case, avoid the main towns of the Aries Kingdom and continue walking."

"However, the route is still within the territory of the Aries Nation......"

"No matter, we're fast, and by the time they react, we'll have already gone far."

Zhang Mao just wanted to get to Tehran as soon as possible, and in order to avoid complications, he just avoided the other town's town and chose to travel through relatively sparsely populated areas.

Seeing this, Alejandro did not insist anymore, but only proposed to explore the way in front of the team himself.

Because he knows Zhang Mao's temper, this person is a good hand at fighting, but he is a bit arbitrary, and it is difficult to listen to other people's advice.

Considering that you may encounter danger at any time, it is safer to explore the path yourself.

The team turned south and traveled for another two days, when Alessandro hurriedly came to report that the enemy had been spotted in front.

Zhang Mao immediately became nervous and asked, "It's still far from Timur, where did the enemy come from?" ”

Alessandro said: "General Bao, it is the soldiers of the Aries Country, about two thousand people, and they are rapidly approaching us. ”

Zhang Mao scolded: "Damn, what's the situation in this Aries country? ”

Alessandro said: "My subordinates have captured an Aries soldier, who said that the Aries Kingdom has just signed an alliance with the Timurid Khanate, and they will advance and retreat together!" ”

Zhang Mao's eyes were a little complicated, and at this time, it reflected the vision of King Yu.

If you only bring the Ming army, even if you find out about the situation, you won't be able to bring back any useful news.

If you catch it alive, you can't understand it, and the chicken and duck will talk about it.

Alessandro at least understands the other party's language, and it is convenient to ask,

It's just that this Aries country turned out to be an ally of the Timurid Khanate, and things are a little difficult to do.

In order to shorten the distance, his marching route has entered the territory of the Aries country, but he didn't expect that it was the enemy army!

He looked at the soldiers who were five hundred meters away from him, and he was afraid that the other side would have more soldiers and horses, and besides, he was in the territory of others, whether it was supply or support, he did not have an advantage.

However, at this time, I am afraid that it is too late to return the same way, in case the other party sets up an ambush and catches turtles in an urn, a hasty breakthrough will cause more casualties.

Alessandro looked anxious and said, "General, are you going to fight?" ”

Zhang Mao frowned, looked around, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

Not far away, there is a favorable terrain, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is only one gap.

"Do you see the col over there? Everyone obeyed the order and immediately retreated to the mountain pass! ”

The order was given, and the team quickly rushed to the col, and then moved stones to build a fortification.

The smoke and dust ahead, and the sound of horses' hooves became clearer and clearer.

Zhang Mao held the binoculars and stared straight ahead, but the smoke was too big to see anything clearly.

Soon, the figures of cavalry appeared in the field of vision, galloping on horseback.

Alejandro said anxiously: "General, the enemy is in range!" ”

"Don't rush yet!"

Zhang Mao raised his hand and motioned for everyone not to attack for the time being, because there was something strange in his heart.

The other party was obviously coming for his five hundred people, but the distance was already so close, but no one drew his sword.

It stands to reason that it should be holding a long knife in his hand, screaming in his mouth, and a fierce and vicious face, so as to match the momentum of war.

It's strange, no one drew their swords, it doesn't seem that they are here to fight?

When the two sides were about fifty paces apart, the Aries cavalry suddenly stopped charging, and then, a small group of people broke away from the large group and rode to the front of the formation.

"Excuse me...... Isn't it ...... Akito?"

Zhang Mao was suddenly surprised, the other party's appearance didn't look like he was here to fight, but this second-hand Chinese dialect that he didn't know where to steal was very puzzling.

It roughly means to ask if he is a Han or a Ming army, and finally he becomes a Ming person.

"We are friends, we are friends......"

"Come out, let's talk!"

The other party was still shouting in front of the formation, and Zhang Mao beckoned Alejandro to step forward and ordered: "You go and ask, what's going on!" ”

"General, the identity of the other party is still unclear......

"What are you afraid of?"

Zhang Mao glared at him and said dissatisfiedly: "If you die, Lao Tzu will kill them all and avenge you!" ”

Alessandro was helpless in his heart, he was dead, what was the use of revenge......

However, he was the only one in the team who knew Persian, and in desperation, he had to step on his horse and come to the front of the battle.

Fortunately, the other party did not cut people.

After a moment of conversation, Alessandro turned his horse's head and returned to his position.

"General, they're here to surrender!"

Zhang Mao was puzzled and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Alejandro explained: "Fang Sheng claimed to be a subordinate of General Emir, but because General Emir had different political views with the upper echelons of the Aries State, he was ostracized and put under house arrest......"

"Wait a minute!"

Zhang Mao interrupted him and asked, "Who is that emir you are talking about?" ”

Alessandro hurriedly said: "This person holds the military power of the Aries Country, which is equivalent to the military secretary of the Ming Dynasty, or the generalissimo who went out on the expedition. ”

Since the military generals of the Ming Dynasty did not hold military power for a long time, and the military department Shangshu did not have the right to control the army privately, it is difficult to find a prototype for a figure like General Emir.

Zhang Mao seemed to understand what he heard, and said, "You continue!" ”

"Yes!"

Alessandro thought for a while and said: "The general emir advocates an alliance with our dynasty, while the other upper echelons of the Aries country advocate an alliance with Timur, and in the end, the king is on Timur's side, and other high-level magnates naturally follow the king's side, and the emir general has become a prisoner." ”

Zhang Mao frowned and said: "These are all their Aries country's own affairs, what does it have to do with me?" ”

Alejandro said: "General Emir was convicted of treason because he had delivered a message to the outside world. ”

"What's the news?"

"It is the news of the alliance between the Aries State and the Timurid Khanate, which is said to have been sent by his cronies."

"Where?"

"Tehran!"

Zhang Mao suddenly realized and said, "In this way, this emir is his own person. ”

Alessandro nodded, "Yes, my own people!" ”

"Since it's your own people, how can you sit idly by? You go and call their leader, and Lao Tzu will talk to him himself! ”

Alejandro returned to the front of the battle again, and after a while, led a man back.

"General, this is Colonel Ankru, the descendant of General Emir."

After finishing speaking, he introduced the situation on his side to Ankru.

As soon as Ankru heard that the other party was the prince of the county, he hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Zhang Mao nodded slowly and asked, "What is the current situation of your emir general, and is there any danger to his life?" ”

Ancrue said a lot, and Alejandro translated: "He is currently imprisoned, convicted of treason, and will probably be beheaded in the near future." ”

Zhang Mao frowned and said, "So serious? ”

Ankr said: "The Aries State is already reorganizing its army and preparing to fight Tehran with the Timurid Khanate, and the day the army starts will be the death of General Emir. ”

Zhang Mao said: "I understand this, sacrifice the flag before the battle, and we will do the same." ”

Ankru suddenly knelt down on one knee and said, "General Emir intends to make friends with your country, and now that he is in danger, he also asks His Royal Highness the Prince to save his life!" ”