Chapter 11: The Fall of Southgun

Two months later, the Daqin Ordnance Institute was finally built in the Beihan Palace District, and a total of 3,000 people passed the assessment of the Ordnance Institute. Those eliminated craftsmen wandered at the gate of the armory, although they knew that they had been eliminated, but they still wanted to take another look at this place where they had stayed for more than ten days, although it was only a short ten days, but they found dignity here, and let them feel the joy of being valued.

When Fusu's car came to the gate of the Daqin Ordnance Academy, Fusu saw the craftsmen with disappointed faces at a glance. Fusu stopped the guards who were about to disperse the craftsmen, got up and stepped out of the cart. At this time, Xiao He had already come out of the Ordnance Academy to greet Fusu.

Fusu pointed to the craftsmen at the door and asked Xiao He. Xiao He reported the details to Fusu. The Great Qin Ordnance Academy recruited 3,000 craftsmen, which means that more than 10,000 people have been eliminated. Although Xiao He really wanted to keep some more people, the Great Qin Armory Academy really couldn't accommodate more people, and three thousand people was already the limit of the Armory.

After understanding the situation, Fusu frowned and lowered his head into thought.

"You go and invite these craftsmen here," Fusu said to the guards beside him after a moment of silence.

After receiving the order, the guards went to gather the craftsmen who were watching. In a few moments, hundreds of craftsmen gathered in front of Fusu, and because there were too many people, Fusu had to stand on the eaves of the chariot.

"Craftsmen, I am Gongzi Fusu, thank you for your great support to my Daqin Ordnance Institute. I know that you are reluctant to leave here, but the new armory institute has a limited capacity to accommodate it, so I can only grieve you, and Fusu is here to apologize to you" Fusu bowed to the craftsmen present after speaking.

"Childe, no, we can't afford it"

"Childe, we don't blame you"

"The government treats us very well, but I can't wait"

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The craftsmen surrounding Fusu opened their mouths to express their relief at the defeat and their gratitude to Fusu, and the one in front of them was the son of the Great Qin Prison State! Being able to treat them with such condescension flattered these craftsmen who were still in a state of loss just now. Many people already have tears in the corners of their eyes.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although the Great Qin Ordnance Academy has been built right now, please don't give up on yourself, because in the near future, I will have many official academies in Daqin, such as the Great Qin Agricultural Weapons Academy, the Great Qin Gewu Academy, and the Great Qin Medical Hall, and I am afraid that you will not have enough of these officials at that time." Fusu looked at the craftsmen in front of him and said firmly.

The craftsmen cheered after hearing what Fusu said.

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After a period of time, Fusu would go to the Daqin Ordnance Institute every few days to guide, under the guidance of Fusu, the craftsmen of the Daqin Ordnance Institute actually made a blast furnace for steelmaking, but the volume was a little smaller, as for the subsequent steelmaking process, it could only be explored by these craftsmen.

A month later, the Daqin Ordnance Institute successfully refined the first furnace of molten steel in Daqin. The craftsmen immediately began to build the first batch of weapons and equipment such as Daqin scimitars, short-handled hook sickles, and saddles according to the drawings provided to them by Fusu.

Just when Fusu was preparing for the army to attack the Xiongnu, he didn't want Jiangdong Xiang Yu to give up attacking Jiujiang County in Huhai, but joined forces with Liu Ji of Dangjun and turned around and killed Nanjun under Fusu's rule. In this battle, Liu Ji intended to avenge Fan Xu, while Xiang Yu's purpose was to annex Nanjun. Xiang and Liu originally thought that Nanjun would surrender under the might of their 200,000 allied troops, but they didn't want them to encounter the most stubborn resistance since the start of the army, and they lost their troops all the way, and when they arrived at Jiangling City, the seat of Nanjun, they had lost 40,000 soldiers and horses. However, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the fighting under Gangneung City was even worse than before, and the 160,000 troops fought for two days and two nights before they could break through Gangneung City. In this battle, 30,000 soldiers and horses of Xiang and Liu's allied troops were lost. Xiang Yu, who was carried away by anger, ignored Liu Bang's dissuasion, and insisted on killing 20,000 Nanjun soldiers, most of whom were wounded soldiers and remnants.

When the news of Nanjun reached Xianyang, it instantly detonated Fusu's anger.

In the Qilin Hall of Xianyang Palace, Fu Su overturned the case in front of him in a fit of anger, and looked at the silent ministers angrily.

"Xiang Yu Pifu, if you take my Nanjun, I will endure it, but you shouldn't have killed my 20,000 soldiers, and besides, you are still an injured person, I will let you gain more than you lose" Fusu roared angrily.

Fusu originally didn't plan to clean up Xiang Yu and Liu Bang too early, and counted on Xiang and Liu to find out the bad luck of Hu Hai and Zhao Tuo of Nanyue. After he takes down the Hexi Corridor, he will let Ziying practice with these two people. I never thought that these two people would swell so much.

"Ordered Wang Li to be the rebellious general, Fan Zeng to be the strategist, set up the Qin army in the Lishan camp, and led the defenders of the four counties of Shangdang, Hedong, Sanchuan, and Beidi, and be sure to trap the 150,000 troops of Xiang and Liu to death in Shangjun. All military information is reported once a day, one is sent to Xianyang, and one is sent to Qiancheng."

"No, the minister Wang Li received the order" Wang Li took the talisman in Fusu's hand.

The edict ordered Baili Yue to be the rebellious general, Yingbu to be the deputy general, and Shusun Tong to be the strategist, leading the Lantian battalion Qin army, and the Taiyuan garrison to enter Hanoi County, strictly prevent Zhang Hanbei from committing crimes, and take the opportunity to recapture the three counties of Yingchuan, Dang, and Chen, which Liu Ji had encroached upon. All military information will be reported every three days, one will be sent to Xianyang and one will be sent to Qiancheng."

The ministers looked puzzled, it was normal for the military newspaper to be sent to Xianyang, but it was a bit unbelievable to send it to Qiancheng. Qiancheng is where the county seat of Qianzhong is located, and the officials can't think of a reason even after racking their brains.

"Xiao Tingwei, I don't know how the scimitar and other ordnance are built?" Fusu looked at Xiao He and asked.

"Yu Gongzi, more than 7,000 scimitars, more than 2,000 hook and sickle guns, more than 200 stumbling horse chains, and more than 7,000 saddles" have been built."

"Xiao Tingwei, you go and pass on my edict, the Great Qin Ordnance Institute will work overtime, and within 20 days, 20,000 scimitars and 10,000 saddles will be built, and they will be sent to the Lantian camp after completion. You tell those craftsmen that if the construction is completed on schedule, all the craftsmen's salaries will be doubled this month, "In order to improve the efficiency of the Great Qin Armory, Fusu used all the incentives of later generations."

"Zhisu Neishi, I don't know what happened to Zhang Liang's military horses?"

"Yu Gongzi, I have purchased more than 20,000 good horses and fed them in the Lantian camp," Zhisu Neishi replied in fear.

"You go and transfer 8,000 stone soybeans (soybeans, one of the main crops of the Qin Dynasty), 7,000 stone wheat, fry them, mix them evenly, and divide them into 10,000 bags. Three days later, it will be sent to Qiancheng," Fusu arranged for the internal history of Su Zhi.

Li Si looked at Fusu with a puzzled face, and couldn't figure out why Fusu sent so much grain to Qianzhong County, and it was mainly fried soybeans.

After the court meeting, Prime Minister Li Si made arrangements one by one in accordance with the edict of Fusu. When Li Si was about to leave the palace after dealing with these things, he was invited to Shanglin Yuan by Fusu's maid Mi Fu.

"Prime Minister, there is one thing I want to tell you. I have secretly ordered Han Xin to lead 10,000 elite horsemen to the Lantian camp, and only you and I know about this matter. Fusu said mysteriously to Li Si.

"Childe, I don't know what arrangements you want to make with this ten thousand fine horses, is it related to the grain sent to Qianzhong County" Li Si asked.

"Raid on the camp of the Xiang clan in Jiangdong"

"Raid on the river...... East...... "Big camp," Li Si said in surprise.

In Li Si's view, a surprise attack on Xiang's well-defended Jiangdong camp with 10,000 troops was tantamount to looking for death.

"Childe, by all means, this matter must not be done, once it fails, these 10,000 people will have no return!"

"It's okay, I'll take these 10,000 people personally." Fusu said calmly.

This is going to kill Li Si, how could he meet such a lifeless master. Thousands of miles to attack the Xiang family's Jiangdong camp, and he had to personally lead the troops. Once there is any mistake, then Daqin is really finished.

"Childe, this matter must not be done, you are the son of the prison of Great Qin, how can you go to danger." Li Si asked angrily.

"Prime Minister, listen to me, Jiangdong Xiao generals are all on a expedition with Xiang Yu. At this time, Jiangdong must be empty, and I am a surprise attack, so I will definitely be able to catch them off guard. Besides, this time I will bypass Xiang and Liu and sneak into Jiangdong from Qianzhong County. I have sent someone to pass on the letter to the Taishou Ganyu of Qianzhong County, and asked him to send someone to secretly investigate the secret path that infiltrated Jiangdong, and cut down bamboo to make 10,000 marching kettles. ”

After arguing with Fusu, Prime Minister Li Si could only reluctantly agree to Fusu's raid plan. After all, no one can persuade a cow to go its own way, let alone a male lion.

The next day, Fusu told the ministers of his decision to go to the front, which unexpectedly attracted opposition from the ministers, but Fusu insisted on going his own way, and the ministers had to reluctantly agree to Fusu's decision after some persuasion. Taking advantage of the court discussion, Fusu made detailed arrangements for the court situation after he left: "Order the little prince to supervise the country, promote Li Si as the right prime minister, and Meng Yi as the left prime minister." Co-ordinating state affairs. ”