Chapter 45 The Firearm Invented by Yuan Xi
Yuan Xi's side recovered Liaodong too quickly, and obtained a large amount of Gongsun Du's family wealth, so he didn't need to worry about the withering of all industries after the war.
Therefore, soon there was a voice, attacking Goguryeo.
At this time, Goguryeo's power was actually very small, which was completely different from the Sui and Tang dynasties, which had already occupied most of Liaodong and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.
However, Goguryeo at the end of the Han Dynasty was only a force of the Xuansu County, and after becoming stronger, it occupied the northern part of the Xuansu County and some areas in Russia further north.
There is also a Buyeo country in the west, and the original Gongsun Kang territory in the south, and the generals of Liaodong naturally want to make meritorious contributions after Yuan Xi, plus Su Fuyan was appointed as the Taishou of Xuansu County, and he also wants to recover all Xuansu County.
After some discussion, everyone agreed that it was feasible, but it was also necessary to pay attention to Cao Cao's reaction, so Wei Yan led the Youzhou army to retreat and handed over the task of attacking Goguryeo to Han Heng.
As the earliest minister by Yuan Xi's side, Han Heng's ability may be insufficient, but he is a very sober person and understands his strengths and weaknesses.
He is not good at marching and fighting, but he is a good hand at managing military and political affairs, otherwise Yuan Shao would not appoint him as a special driver in Youzhou to assist Yuan Xi.
Han Heng then reused Su Fuyan and Liu Yi, and asked him to lead the infantry and cavalry to fight together.
Su Fuyan has always been close to the Yuan family, although he was forced to surrender this time, he only complained for a while, and immediately adjusted his mentality.
It is not for nothing that Yuan Xi dared to directly appoint him as the Taishou of a county, and it was he who accompanied Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang brothers in history, and defected to Gongsun Kang after the defeat.
The history books only record that the Yuan Xi brothers were beheaded by Gongsun Kang, but in fact, Su Muyan died, but Gongsun Kang did not give his head to Cao Cao.
And Liu Yi was a general in the Gongsun Du era, who was sent to the Denglai area of Qingzhou to preside over the military and government, and after being defeated by Zhang Liao, he fled back to Liaodong by boat, only to find that Liaodong had been replaced by Yuan Xi's banner.
He is loyal to Gongsun Du, but he does not necessarily have to be loyal to Gongsun Kang, plus he was driven back to Liaodong by Zhang Liao, and he felt that he had no face, and only Yuan Xi could help him avenge in the future.
After struggling at home for a few days, he resolutely surrendered to Yuan Xi, and this time Han Heng handed over the Liaodong infantry army to him for command, and he was even more determined to show his value.
Therefore, when Cao Cao was about to send people to Bingzhou to make trouble, Liaodong had already begun a campaign to attack Goguryeo.
Yuan Xi returned to Jicheng, Wei Yan had already gone south to Julu, and Youzhou Xizuo also sent Cao Jun's movements.
Although I don't know the specific arrangement, Cao Jun retreated from Jingzhou and began to increase troops to Wei County, and it was already clear that Cao Cao's mind was to deal with Hebei.
"If you have any suggestions, please speak freely."
As soon as Yuan Xi's words fell, Xun Chen looked at Xu Shu and motioned for him to speak first.
Xu Shu is also not polite, he understands that his strength is military strategy, and Xun Chen's talent is to focus on the overall situation and internal affairs.
Immediately stood up, pointed to the sand table and said: "Guangping County has a trick to be safe, let Wen Chang withdraw from Julu and transfer to Anping County, if the Cao army attacks from Qinghe, he can block it, and he can also reinforce the eldest prince to the east." ”
As he spoke, he pointed to the southernmost tip of Anping County and said: "Guangzong City must be defended, otherwise if Cao Cao breaks through from here, he can attack behind Guangping County, and he has to defend it, but who should be sent there will be a headache." ”
Yuan Xi waved his big hand and said: "Leave this matter to me, let Hao Zhao go, Guangzong is a big city, as long as you don't make mistakes, you can keep it." ”
"Hao Zhao?"
Xu Shu was stunned, looked at the young and expressionless face behind Yuan Xi, and hesitated.
Hao Zhao is now the leader of Yuan Xi's personal guards, meticulous in his work, and has won Yuan Xi's trust, but he has never shown excellent generals.
Seeing him look over, Hao Zhao clenched his fists and said solemnly: "The last general is willing to make a military order!" ”
Yuan Xi immediately turned around and scolded: "What kind of military order is established, do it with all your heart, and don't retreat!" ”
When everyone looked at it, they understood that Yuan Xi was worried that something really happened to Hao Zhao and Hao Zhao would not survive, and they were even more worried.
Hua Mulan looked at it, got up and said: "Let him go, Bo Dao is steady, he has read military books and war strategies over the years, and Mrs. Zhen's Tianleizi has already made some, just take it to the experiment." ”
"What! Did Tian Leizi succeed? ”
The ministers were pleasantly surprised, and they all looked unstable.
It's no wonder that these are Yuan Xi's henchmen and ministers, who have seen the explosion of Tianleizi's semi-finished products, but their heads were blank when they were shocked by Yuan Xi's whimsy.
The so-called Tianleizi is naturally a firearm, and the industrial foundation of this era is not at all, and Yuan Xi, as a traverser, cannot get those firearms in later generations.
But the simplest explosives were still made, and even Mulan had never seen them.
Yuan Xi didn't understand the powerful gunpowder formula, but the black powder could still be made, and the formula was handed over to Zhen Mi for safekeeping, and the manufacturing and experiments were also mastered by Zhen Mi.
Tian Lei Zi is a fire-throwing weapon, and it is impossible to say that it is powerful, but a weapon that has never appeared in the world, and the sound of the explosion alone is enough to make people fearful.
Without the fuse of a grenade, it can only be thrown by ignition, so the bombardier must be trained, otherwise it will be really terrifying to blow up himself.
These bombardiers are also under Zhen Mi, a total of 100 people, all of whom are selected from among the sons of the Yuan family, and loyalty is the first principle.
With the addition of this weapon, Xu Shu and the others also happily agreed: "In this case, then Bodao will guard it, and let's take a look at the side of Bingzhou." ”
"Merge states?"
Yuan Xihu looked at the sand table suspiciously, and asked puzzledly: "Not long after the battle of Hedong stopped, Yuan Zhi thinks that Lao Cao will attack from there?" ”
Xu Shu nodded solemnly and said: "When we lost Wei County, we left a big gap in Bingzhou, plus Hedong was returned to Cao Sikong, if I would definitely make a fuss here." ”
Yuan Xi was shocked and said: "Zhang Junyi, he was the one who led the troops to encircle and suppress Montenegro back then, and he is very familiar with the terrain in that area, and the Southern Huns are afraid of him, so they have to be careful." ”
Xun Chen sighed and said: "Back then, the generals of Hebei, Chen was the most optimistic about him, but he made people worse, and the two parties fought against him and ruined him. ”
Others dare not accept this, Xun Chen, as the representative of the Yingchuan family, Yuan Shao's subordinates were originally the Yingchuan Group and the Jizhou Group competing for power.
Zhang He is from Hejian, even if he doesn't participate, people will classify him into the Jizhou faction, so Xu You is a little confused, and Guo Tu will immediately roll up his sleeves and calculate him.
Xu Shu pondered and asked, "Is Zhang He's family still there?" ”
After Feng Ji looked at Xun Chen and Xin Bi, he quickly replied: "The old lord is not in a thousand ways, but this is indeed much stronger than Cao Mengde, Zhang He and Gao Ran's family members did not move, but they were not allowed to leave and handed over to their people to take care of." ”
Xu Shu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good, send Xizuo to contact the two of them, tell them the truth, if they still don't appreciate it, then send their family members to Xu Du with great fanfare." ”