Li Zhao asked Gongzi Gao and Jianglu to build telegraph relay base stations, but also did not forget to secretly let people build base stations in the land of the Six Kingdoms, especially the base stations in Hangu Guanwai Xiting, Caoyang, Dingtao and other places.

According to the history known in the previous life, when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's rebel army sent Zhou Wen to approach Hangu Pass, Qin II was horrified, so he ordered Zhang Han to lead an army of 700,000 prisoners to meet Zhou Wen, and finally Zhou Wen was defeated in the Xiting, and since then Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's rebel army has been stunned.

Although Chen Sheng and Wu Guang did not revolt at this moment, it did not prevent Zhou Wen from joining Liu Ji or Xiang Yu's rebel army.

Although Zhang Han has been idle, it doesn't mean that they won't.

Therefore, he must build base stations in these places, so that he can know the information as soon as possible, and there will be no defeat of the prisoner army.

There is also Xiang Liang, who was defeated by Zhang Han's prisoner army in Dingtao in history and was finally killed.

Xiang Liang is his man, and he can't watch being killed, so it is especially crucial to know first-hand information.

"Ah Chao, how much did the artillery make? Is it possible to produce a thousand cannons in a few days. ”

At this moment, there is not much time left, Hu Hai may launch an attack on Shanglin Yuan at any time, if there is no artillery, it is difficult to win with only two thousand elites.

"Young master, Ah Chao will try to make a thousand cannons within three days."

Ah Chao was called over by Li Zhao to inquire about the situation, and when he saw the young master asking, he gritted his teeth and responded.

It was too reluctant to make a thousand cannons in a short period of time, but seeing that the young master's face was very bad, he had to agree, in fact, as long as he stayed up all night to catch up with production, it was possible to do it, but it was a hardship for these craftsmen.

"Color, shells and gunpowder should be prepared."

After Li Zhao finished his order, he hurriedly asked the housekeeper to come and see him.

Not for anything else, just for the butler to recruit some men to act as gunners.

The manpower of Shanglin Yuan is too small, so far there are only two thousand elites and less than a thousand guards, and most of the guards have been sent out to collect intelligence, so there are too few people who can use them.

At present, the only way to do this is to ask the housekeeper to secretly recruit some people to act as gunners temporarily.

For this, I believe that the housekeeper can do it. At present, it is planned to recruit thousands of gunners to deal with this thousand guns first, but this is only a preliminary plan, and more gunners will need to be in the future.

Not to mention that Shanglin Yuan needs gunners to guard, Liu Ji and Zhang Han's rebel army needs a lot, otherwise it will be difficult to fight against the Qin army with artillery with their primitive weapons alone.

The housekeeper's movements were fast, and in just one day he brought in a thousand people, who must have been carefully selected, but they were also strong, and they were good candidates to be gunners.

"Young master, we also want to contribute to Shanglin Yuan."

I don't know who secretly sent the news, but when thousands of gunners entered the secret training, the Wang family and the Meng family's sons came to the door.

After the two sons are generals, although they have been studying deeply in the school, they can't change the belligerence in their bones.

Since Wang Jian of the Wang family, the only generals who can be used are Wang Ben's father and son, the Wang family's war style is still there, and the Meng family is similar, Meng Tian is guarding in the north outside, and Meng Yi is inside, but unfortunately Meng Yi lost his authority after being captured, and now he is just an idler.

"Meng Yi?" Li Zhao slapped his head violently, and he almost forgot about this athlete.

Although Meng Yi is a civilian official, he has inherited the fighting style of the Meng family in his bones, and he is a good general.

Li Zhao observed the two of them, they were born quite strong, but they lacked a little bit of killing energy, of course, this can be tempered.

"That's it! Since you two have such a fist heart, follow General Meng Yi! ”

Seeing Li Zhao's response, the two were very happy and hurriedly thanked them, and Li Zhao arranged for them to report to the gunner's battalion.

Li Zhao went to see Meng Yi in person, Meng Yi was refreshed, and immediately agreed, so the artillery battalion had a mastermind, and Li Zhao was a lot more relieved.

Three days later, Ah Chao really made a thousand cannons, and Li Zhao immediately asked Meng Yi to lead the artillery battalion to gather, and he wanted to let the artillery battalion know the power of the red-coated cannon in person.

This time, ten shots were pulled out as a demonstration.

When the ten cannonballs were fired two miles away, Meng Yi and the others were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths, and swore that with this cannon, they would definitely stop Hu Hai Qin's soldiers from five miles away.

Li Zhao didn't answer, he had his plans.

A few days later, Liu Ji and Xiang Yu had contact, and threatened that whoever arrived at Guanzhong first would be able to own Guanzhong.

"It's pretty fast."

Li Zhao muttered, and immediately called Ah Chao again, asking them to hurry up the time to make red-clothed cannons.

According to historical records, the rebel army will have thousands of cars and hundreds of thousands of soldiers to arrive at Hangu Pass, and Qin II asked Zhang Han to lead the prisoner army to meet the battle, and finally defeated the rebel army.

If this is the case, the rebel army will suffer heavy losses, and it will be much more difficult for him to use the rebel army to subvert Huhai's Qin, but how can he watch such a thing happen? He had to be ready for the rebels.

So, he asked Meng Yi to secretly transfer 500 artillery to the theater pavilion.

For another half a month, everyone thought that Hu Hai would make it difficult to go to Lin Yuan again, but the strange thing was that there was no news, and the detectives sent out found that there was no movement in Xianyang, as if they had forgotten Shanglin Yuan, but Li Zhao knew that Hu Hai would never forget Shang Lin Yuan.

They must have other calculations, what could it be?

Li Zhao's brows furrowed, and the next moment he thought of the key, grain and grass.

The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first.

At this moment, Xianyang lacks grain and grass, they naturally have to prepare sufficient grain and grass, the land of Bashu is a granary, if you want to have enough grain and grass, you can only transfer it from the land of Bashu, this coming and going will definitely go through some time, and naturally you can't withdraw to attack Shanglinyuan.

"That's fine, let me recruit more artillery and make more red-coated cannons, so that we can be more confident in dealing with the Huhai Qin army."

Meng Yi said on the side. He did not go to Hangu Pass with 500 artillerymen, but ordered the second son of the Wang family to lead the troops.

"Are you more sure to deal with the Huhai Qin army?"

Li Zhao repeated this, but did not pick up Meng Yi's words head-on.

Shanglin Yuan had more time to prepare to deal with the Huhai Qin army, but what about the Huhai Qin army? No, there is more time to prepare.

Get ready? Li Zhao's forehead wrinkled into several lines.

The rebel army is attacking the city and pulling out the village, Xianyang does not know that it is impossible, if it really threatens the Guanzhong area, even if Hu Haiduo does not ask about the affairs of the court, he will definitely know, then the focus will not be Shanglinyuan, but the rebel army.

The rebel army is the hope of subverting the Qin of Huhai, if it is hit, it will be collapsed, this is by no means empty words, if according to the development of history, the Great Qin will be destroyed, that is based on the absence of thermal weapons, but with Xiang Gong's artillery is not necessarily.

Xiang Gong definitely has a lot of artillery, if they focus on the rebel army, even if they send 500 artillery to support, I am afraid it will not have much effect.

"We have to get them to focus on Shanglin Yuan to paralyze them."

Li Zhao thought of the key point and suddenly shot the case, which made Meng Yi very inexplicable.

"What paralyzes them?"

"Take the initiative to attack, cut off its grain and grass, and let it shift its focus to Shanglin Yuan."

This is the best way to deal with it right now.

If the Huhai Qin army wants to go to Baili to attack the rebel army, it needs enough grain and grass, and if it is cut off, it can only be forced to focus on Shanglin Yuan, after all, Shanglin Yuan is not far from Xianyang City, and there is no need for much grain and grass.

This is not the main thing, the main thing is that Shanglin Yuan has enough food, and if you take Shanglin Yuan, you will have a continuous supply of food, which is beneficial for the war.

The main thing is that they will focus on Shanglin Yuan, then the rebel army will have the opportunity to easily break through Xianyang and subvert Huhai's Qin just around the corner.

And Hu Hai focused on whether Shanglin Yuan would capture Shanglin Yuan, which Li Zhao was not worried about for the time being, with two thousand elites, coupled with a steady stream of red-clothed cannons, Hu Hai Qin Army had three heads and six arms, and it was impossible to take Shanglin Yuan in a short time.

And as long as there is enough time, the rebels can take Xianyang.

It's a good strategy.

(End of chapter)