Chapter 186: The Storm Is Coming
That night, Li Zhao secretly mobilized 2,000 elites to Xianyang and secretly set up defenses.
After a period of manufacturing, the machine guns were made to have one hand per person, and the ammunition was quite sufficient.
A few days later, the emperor sent news that hundreds of unknown people had been exterminated and unknown objects had been seized, but they had all been destroyed and could no longer be used.
To his regret, there was no news of Jia Xiong's capture.
Li Zhao was sorry for a while.
Is it Jia Xiong's cunning or is His Majesty worried? How can you let Jia Xiong go at this moment, he is a dangerous element.
Also, these people are really cautious! Destroy such a good thing, I think it's because I'm afraid that Yingzheng will get it, so I can use it against them.
However, he is not obsessed, in fact, with the system and the secret forging base that has been built, it is possible to make cannons, but he is afraid that Ying Zheng is too suspicious and difficult to manufacture, even if it is the same as a machine gun, he does not dare to make it on a large scale.
But.
Now it's different, since the target of the unknown person is targeting Xianyang, there must be some attempt.
Using the cannon, trying to say that it is impossible to be small, he vaguely felt that there must be a big storm to rise, and he must be prepared.
If Jia Xiong really has a connection with the thieves and his henchmen, they must come to an internal and external cooperation, which is passive for Daqin, for these, Li Zhao is not worried, what he is worried about is the safety of Chang'an Township.
Judging from Jia Xiong's killer against himself, they must feel that they are a scourge, and when they have an attempt on Xianyang, they must get rid of themselves first, and Chang'an Township is the first dangerous place.
If you want to keep Chang'an Township, you can't rely on Your Majesty, after all, Xianyang is too busy to take care of now, and you can only rely on yourself.
However, Chang'an Township only has more than 300 guards, plus 600 slaves and peasants, and it is still the kind that has no combat experience, and it is very difficult to deal with them, so he must get some weapons with relatively high lethality.
As for whether His Majesty will be suspicious of these things, he can't care about it, and it is important to protect Chang'an Township.
He locked himself in his house for a day, and no one knew what he was doing.
Only Ah Chao knew that the young master was drawing drawings, one was a round thing with a convex layer, and the other was a strange-looking shelf, with a cylinder on the shelf, and there was something like a bullet next to it, but this thing was much larger than a bullet, and another one was also very strange, with a handle, and a lead.
However, Ah Chao, who is in charge of machine gun manufacturing, is not surprised to see the contents of the drawings, after all, he has been exposed to machine guns a lot, and he also has immunity to these things.
Soon, Li Zhao finished the drawing, handed it to Ah Chao, and instructed: "Immediately make these things according to the method of these three drawings, you must be fast, try to complete it within ten days, and make more and more of it." ”
The contents of these three drawings were purchased by him from the system.
Seeing Li Zhao's solemnity, Ah Chao also became solemn, and his eyes fell on the drawings, the first one said 'mines', the second 'anti-aircraft guns', and the third 'grenades'.
He had never heard of any name.
"At the same time, six hundred machine guns were secretly sent from the forge, and the bullets should be sufficient."
Hearing this, Ah Chao hesitated, he didn't ask if the young master wanted to make the things in the three drawings, because he knew that it must be for the imperial court, but it was not good to send the machine gun, His Majesty was suspicious, he really wanted to send it over, didn't he want to touch His Majesty's tiger whiskers?
"Young master, don't you need to think about this? As you said, you can't take the machine gun out of the base without special circumstances, otherwise it will lead to death. ”
Li Zhao's face became more and more solemn, and he didn't explain too much, and said solemnly: "I can't care about it so much." ”
There is another sentence he didn't say, that is, Chang'an Township is the only way to Xianyang City.
Ah Chao didn't ask again, he took the drawings and quickly disappeared.
The forging tools in the secret base are already quite perfect, and more than 100 craftsmen have been recruited, and if the speed is accelerated, thousands can still be made in ten days, but he doesn't understand why the young master is in such a hurry, as if a catastrophe is coming.
A day later, Ah Chao ordered people to secretly bring back 600 machine guns and dozens of boxes of ammunition, Li Zhao immediately asked the housekeeper to stop all the workshops, gather everyone, and announced that from now on he would train secretly and organize the training task without fists.
He also taught the training methods of the 2,000 Elite to Wuquan.
At the same time, he was informed of the use of mines, grenades and machine guns, and spent a lot of money to buy 600 sets of bulletproof suits from the system.
Everyone didn't know why the young master made such a decision, but when they saw the young master's solemnity, they all complied.
The next day, Li Jinong came back and said happily that he was very lucky, and someone actually sold a large number of fields, and there was a large area in Shanglin Yuan, which was still close to the newly built palace, and he bought them all.
Li Zhao smiled when he heard this, and the secret in his heart that had been hidden for eighteen years and only he knew came to mind.
Eighteen years ago, when he fell to the ground, what appeared in his mind was the land of Shanglin Yuan, as well as the Afang Palace, and endless thunder. Statue of Terracotta Warriors.
When the specified time came, Li Zhao asked the housekeeper and uncle to release 500,000 stone rice to sell in Xianyang according to the instructions of a few days ago.
Scolding Chang'an Township for seeing money and scolding the rich businessmen for being unkind and unjust, but what can be done? If you have money, you can be willful.
Li Jinong recognized this rich businessman, surnamed Jiang, and the housekeeper thanked this person well and gave him a big gift that had been prepared for a long time.
The next day, Li Zhao was about to sell another 500,000 stone rice to kill the rich businessman in one fell swoop, but Shang Xin came to the door, told him some news, and told him not to sell rice in large quantities, but to take his time.
Taking his time is a bit intriguing, being able to bring down the rich businessman in one fell swoop is what the emperor wants to see, but why does he want to give the rich businessman a chance to breathe?
Shang Xin didn't understand, he only faintly revealed one piece of information: Jia Xiong rebelled and took away 50,000 soldiers from the foreign military camp.
This does not bode well.
But Jia Xiong rebelled like this, Chang'an Township was even more dangerous, Jia Xiong had murderous intentions towards him, and Chang'an Township was not in Xianyang City, and there was no army to protect it, Jia Xiong could make Chang'an Township suffer if he sent some soldiers.
Slowly, he figured out His Majesty's intentions, and slowly sold grain, presumably because he didn't want the rich businessman to collapse, he should want to hold off something, and it is very likely that His Majesty already knew something before making such a decision.
"Hopefully it's still time."
Li Zhao was anxious.
He can also think that he is afraid that the collapse of the rich businessmen will probably be the time of the storm.
But he can't put Chang'an Township in a dangerous situation, he wants to ask His Majesty for help, hoping that His Majesty will send troops to guard Chang'an Township.
Entered the palace to meet His Majesty, but got a very bad news, Tu'an Guodong is difficult, has occupied Langya, Donghai, Jibei and other places, where there is no county soldiers to stop, at this moment is attacking Hanoi.
Li Zhao hadn't seen Yingzheng yet, but he frowned alone, Hanoi County was close to Xianyang, and there was only one break, and Xianyang was in danger.
Daqin claims to have a million troops, most of which are stationed in the north and south, leaving only 200,000 to stay in Xianyang, while Jia Xiong took 50,000 mutinies, and only 150,000 were left in Xianyang.
Li Zhao had a bad feeling, why did the two appear at the same time? Did they negotiate it?
If his guess is correct, under such news, His Majesty will definitely send troops to Hanoi, but Xianyang only has 150,000 troops, and if he sends troops, Xianyang will also be in danger, and if he does not send troops, Tu'an Guo will break Hanoi, and it will also be in danger.
And asking for reinforcements, it is too late in time, the north and south are far away from the water can not save the near fire, I am afraid that if they fail to help, Xianyang will be destroyed.
As recorded in history, when the world was in turmoil, only Zhang Han resisted the rebel army, and he was still a prisoner in Lishan, which shows the lack of troops in Xianyang.
It seems that he ran away in vain this time, Xianyang is too busy to take care of himself, how can he give him troops to protect Chang'an Township.
At this time, Shang Xin came over and brought him very bad news, His Majesty sent 100,000 troops to reinforce Hanoi, while Xianyang only left 50,000 troops, and asked him to take over as the chief general immediately.
At the same time, there is also terrible news that after Jia Xiong's rebellion, he has joined forces with 100,000 thieves and may attack Xianyang at any time.
Li Zhao was shocked when he heard this, his previous guess came true, Xiang Gong really had evil intentions, not only plotted against Jia Xiong, but also recruited so many people, his purpose was obvious.
One hundred thousand troops, which is already a considerable lineup, is even more dangerous if you add their firearms.
"Fortunately, I surrendered their cannons, otherwise Xianyang wouldn't have lasted a round."
Li Zhao thought secretly, so he immediately went to take over the army.
The succession ceremony was simple and not too hindered, thanks to the prestige he had built during his Eastern Tour.
After everything was arranged, he handed it all over to Zhang Han.
The weapons of the 50,000 soldiers are too backward, and it is a dead end to use them against the thieves, and he must rush to make more machine guns or other weapons in the secret base.
Before he came to the base, Ah Chao hurriedly came to him, saying that the master and the housekeeper were obsessed with money for a while, and threw all the rice out of the market.
"What? Two bastards, why don't you do what I say, isn't this setting yourself on fire? Li Zhao was anxious when he heard this.
This is to set themselves on fire, and the more than one million stone rice in Chang'an Township will be put into the market, which will definitely cause the collapse of the rich merchants, and the rich merchants are not fools, and they will definitely sell the grain in their hands, and when the grain supply is sufficient, the price of grain will definitely drop sharply, and the plan of the rich merchants will come to naught.
The consequence of this is that the Xiang Guild, which is eyeing it, is desperate to attack Xianyang in advance, and the storm will come in advance.
"Quick, transport all the mines that have been made to Chang'an Township, and let Wufist be arranged on the road to Chang'an Township."
"Bring back all the anti-aircraft guns and grenades, and let everyone in the Wufist organization be ready for battle."
"At the same time, let the craftsmen work overtime to make as many weapons as possible."
There was no time to check the base, so he hurried back to Chang'an Township immediately, and asked the accompanying guards to immediately notify Zhang Han and prepare for battle.
After returning to Chang'an Township, Li Zhao immediately asked everyone to transfer important industries.
A day later, he was able to pick up mines, anti-aircraft guns and grenades.
Li Zhao saw it, and the tension in his heart relaxed slightly.
It has to be said that these craftsmen worked hard, and in less than ten days, they produced thousands of mines, hundreds of anti-aircraft guns, thousands of grenades, and thousands of anti-aircraft shells.
It's really fast.
But in the most pessimistic terms, this is not enough.
The thief Kou Jia Jiaxiong has 150,000 troops, and Chang'an Township is the only way to Xianyang.
With these weapons, it is difficult to deal with 150,000 troops.
Chang'an Township is his foundation, he can't just watch being trampled flat, he wants to fight for it, see if he can stop the enemy outside Chang'an Township, even if he can't stop it, let them take a detour.
Wuquan arranged for 600 people to take action, 100 people planted mines, 100 people looked for anti-aircraft artillery attack points, and the others were busy with fortifications, and various preparations were in progress, but Li Zhao felt that it was not enough.
He has to make multiple preparations, but what should he prepare?
Pacing, pacing, pacing, outside the manor, there was his figure.
"Is there any black liquid around here that can burn?" Li Zhao asked without a fist.
Since no fist is a soldier of Xianyang, you should understand the situation in Xianyang.
What he says is oil, and he thinks of oil when there is nothing to be done. Oil is the best thing to fight, and if there is, it will be much more convenient to stop the thieves from entering Chang'an Township.
Wuquan thought for a while and shook his head: "I haven't seen this kind of thing that the young master said." ”
This was expected by Li Zhao, if there really was, he should know in his previous life, and the next moment he asked, "Is there a place where smoke is emitted all year round?" ”
What he wanted to ask about was coal, and as far as he knew in his previous life, there was a coal mine not far from Xianyang, but it was buried deep underground.
He now asks with a fluke mentality to see if there are any shallow coal mines, and if so, obtaining coal is also a good way to defend against the enemy.
Unprocessed coal emits thick smoke when burned, which is poisonous, and can also deter thieves.
But the next moment, he shook his head again without a fist.
Li Zhao was even more disappointed.
If you don't have any of these two defensive things you can think of, it's going to be difficult.
He can't just sit back and wait, he has to come up with an effective defense strategy as much as possible in the only time he has, otherwise he can only lead the people of Chang'an Township to leave, and the foundation will be ruined.
This is the last plan.
"System, go through everything in the department store and see if there's anything to buy."
Li Zhao's mind sank and shouted out to the system.
Immediately, there were commodities in front of Li Zhao's eyes that only he could see, and they were really dazzling, with all kinds of commodities, most of which were daily necessities, and he didn't see them that could be used to fight.
Soon, he saw something, sulfuric acid.
Sulfuric acid is very corrosive, but it is not very useful in combat, after all, it cannot attack, and it has no blasting ability.
But, the next moment, the eyes lit up.
(End of chapter)