Chapter 404: Lack of gunpowder
Concubine Yang's persuasion didn't work, and King Wu still took over the errand of the general of Zhengdong, which also shocked the government and the opposition inside and outside, you must know that Li Shimin is very conservative in the use of soldiers, and generally lets his old brother be the general who leads the army, even if he is the one who drives the expedition, but this time he let his third son be.
This time, the Tang Dynasty's arrangement is still a bit interesting, Wu Wang Li Ke became a general for the first time, as the commander of the Eastern Expedition to Goryeo, Wu Wang Li Ke is also terrified, but Wu Wang thinks this is his own opportunity, if he gives up this opportunity, I am afraid that he will regret it in the future.
Niu Jinda, the deputy general of the left, although this person did not enter the Lingyan Pavilion, he is also one of the fierce generals of the Tang Dynasty, and he can be counted as being able to bite the gold with Qin Qiongcheng, but after returning to the Tang Dynasty, this person has always been idle at home.
This time, the emperor found him, that is also well aware of his ability, and this guy has nothing to do with Li Xiang, since the emperor wants to cultivate King Wu, he must arrange some teams for King Wu, these people must have anything to do with Li Xiang.
The right deputy general, Su Dingfang, this matter has long been decided, Su Dingfang has always been on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition to Goryeo, and this time he has already gone to Liaodong, so it is normal to give him a position of deputy marshal, and the emperor himself promised Li Xiang to be the deputy marshal, but there is no such position at the moment.
On the top of the main hall, when Li Shimin announced all this, many people did not look at King Wu, nor did they look at Niu Jinda who was pulled out, but they wanted to see Li Xiang's face.
Some people's faces are full of worries, you must know that among all the royal children, Li Xiang can be said to be an alternative, whether it is offensive or defensive, he has his own set of rules, if Li Xiang is appointed as the handsome, then these people can sleep peacefully at home.
His Royal Highness King Wu is not impossible, but the problem is that His Royal Highness King Wu has never proven himself on the battlefield, but if he is familiar with military books, then there are more such people on the battlefield.
The other part of the people is gloating, they have either suffered losses under Li Xiang, or they are officials raised by major families, Li Xiang and them have all kinds of dirt these days, so these people are waiting to see Li Xiang's jokes, aren't you the so-called young and promising? Is it okay now?
Li Shimin is actually secretly observing Li Xiang, if Li Xiang is not convinced today, or if something happens in the hall, then it can also bring a lot of trouble to Li Xiang, but unfortunately Li Shimin's wish was disappointed, Li Xiang stood honestly behind Li Chengqian, and the whole person lowered his head as if nothing had happened.
"As the general of this march, is there anything missing?"
Looking at Li Xiang's calm appearance, Li Shimin's heart was a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't have a seizure now, so he could only ask Li Jing here to see how the preparations were, if Li Jing's body was fine, then the commander this time would definitely be his, but even if he had a physical problem, he would have to be the head of the march.
"If you go back to the emperor, the other preparations have come to an end, but the ballista that the emperor wants to bring is still short of projectiles......
General Li Jing is also a good person, and he doesn't want to save face in the court, but this question was said by the emperor, if we don't answer truthfully, we don't have enough shells on the battlefield, who should be blamed at that time?
But if you answer truthfully, then you have to beg Li Xiang at the moment, in fact, Li Xiang has already told the formula, but the court still won't extract some materials, so you can only turn to Li Xiang for help, the Ministry of Industry officials have come to the door several times, and Li Xiang has pushed it with various reasons.
Fortunately, this was said by General Li Jing, if it were said by someone else, it is estimated that Li Shimin would be angry now, and just hung Li Xiang up, you immediately find a step for him to come down.
"How come there are still fewer projectiles at this time? Didn't you already ask you to start preparing? Who's in charge? ”
Li Shimin said very angrily, he knew that there were other officials in the middle, and he had to find someone else's business first, and then touch Li Xiang's body along the vine, so that this kid could do the work.
It's a pity that Li Shimin's abacus was wrong, this matter was the responsibility of Li Tai, the king of Wei, when Li Tai, the king of Wei, went to Tuyuhun, Li Shimin didn't give him time to explain his work at all, but just urged this guy to hurry up and get on the road, but this matter was delayed like this, if there was no war, this matter was actually not important, but suddenly the war in Goguryeo began, so this matter ......
"This ......"
Hearing the answers of his subordinates, Li Shimin didn't know what to say, after all, he was the initiator of this matter, if he hadn't urged Li Tai to go faster, maybe many things would not have been like this.
"Li Xiang, you made this thing, when will you be able to make up five thousand rounds of projectiles."
Li Shimin can't take care of anything else now, he has seen this kind of weapon, if there is no one on the battlefield, then we are afraid that many people will die, but if there is this thing, it is not a problem to conquer the city, he suffered such a big loss in Goguryeo, and he will be ashamed at this time.
"Back to the emperor, when the grandson handed over the formula that day, he once made it clear to all the adults that there are many things that need to be prepared in advance, if you rush to act at this time, the effect may not be the best, if it is a normal drill, of course, it doesn't matter, but it is ...... on the battlefield."
Li Xiang also threw out a soft nail, you hung me up, and now I have something to do, is it that simple? The last time Li Shimin asked Li Xiang to do something, he had to give it to a grandson when he was in the court, but now he hasn't given any benefits, do you really think we are doing volunteer work?
Li Chengqian also nodded beside him, this kid has to be anxious, it turns out that he is waiting for the emperor in this matter, although there are many capable people in the Manchu Dynasty, but when it comes to gunpowder, Li Xiang is definitely the first person, even if the formula is handed over to you, there are only some low-level black powder that can be made, if you want to have Li Xiang's kind of modern gunpowder, there are many secret recipes that are not available, including Li Xiang can't make it, all of them are exchanged from the system......