Chapter 8: Destroying the Front
After a year of rest, Li Xian's marksmanship and archery skills are becoming more and more proficient, after all, when it comes to using guns, Zhao Yun is the ancestor, no matter what Luo's gun, Jiang's gun, or Gao's gun, to the root is still Zhao's gun.
However, some people are born to fight, and no matter how skilled you are, you may not have a chance of winning.
During the Lantern Festival, there was a snowfall, and the whole Chengdu was wrapped in silver, and Li Xian, who drank some warm wine, practiced marksmanship in his own yard.
I didn't know that before I practiced half a pillar of incense, I felt a tightness at the back of my neck, and my feet had left the ground, like a chick caught by an eagle.
"Master....Master...."Li Xianqing knew what was going on, so he hurriedly shouted.
"What are you bragging about out there?" Zhao Yun asked sharply.
"Master, I have something to say, I didn't brag....brag." Li Xian hurriedly pleaded.
Zhao Yun put Li Xian down and said slowly: "You know how much trouble you caused me, now in front of my house, I have to come every day to ask for words!" ”
"The master is wronged, I didn't say that you taught me, a gentleman surnamed Zhao who I talked nonsense." Li Xian hurriedly said.
"There are many surnames in the world, do you remember a surname Zhao?" Zhao Yun feigned anger and said.
Where is Li Xian good to say that this is the font of Song Huizong Zhao Ji, which will be clear for a while?
Zhao Yun waved his hand and said, "That's it, the others are okay, this Zheng Xuan wrote a letter to ask for words, you help me reply to him." ”
Li Xian's heart moved slightly, this Zheng Xuan is a Confucian in Yizhou, compiling and revising Shangshu, and he is considered a great sage in the world, but he is the leader of the surrender faction, and he can only be said to be a little worse in temperament.
"Then how should I reply?" Li Xian asked.
"Just write a few bird words and you're done. I'm most annoyed to deal with these local readers in Yizhou. Zhao Yun said impatiently.
"Okay, the master is here today, there should be something else, right?" Li Xian asked with a straight face.
Zhao Yun nodded: "The prime minister has ordered that on the fifth day of May this year, the army will march south, and I will be asked to hurry up and prepare ordnance, and I will come to discuss it with you." ”
As soon as Li Xian heard about the military, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately asked Zhao Yun to go to the house to talk in detail.
"In this southern expedition, the prime minister plans to use me and Wen Chang as the vanguard to conquer Meng Shu, what is Hanxing's opinion?" Zhao Yun asked.
Li Xian slowly poured Zhao Yun a full cup of tea, and said, "Master, the prime minister uses you and General Wei as the vanguard, obviously knowing that the two of you are rare fierce generals in the world, but ....."
At this point, Li Xian paused deliberately.
"But what?" Zhao Yun asked curiously.
"Master think about it, the barbarian land, the small country, if you want to quell the rebellion, you only need to ask the master to bring all the men and horses, it won't take half a year, why bother the prime minister to go out in person?" Li Xian continued.
Zhao Yun listened for a while: "You mean, the prime minister has another deep meaning?" ”
"The last general believes that the prime minister does this for nothing more than two points, first, the barbarian people, who have not learned the education of the Central Plains, are capricious, appeased this year, and rebel next year; Recruit next year, rebel the year after next, the prime minister wants to do it once and for all, attack the city for the bottom, and attack the heart for the top! Li Xian said the point.
Zhao Yun nodded and continued, "What about the second? ”
"Second, if the barbarians are subdued, they will inevitably start a large army to the north, which is the most core place!" Li Xian said.
After hearing this, Zhao Yun suddenly showed joy on his face and muttered: "Northern Expedition!" Northern expedition! Northern expedition! ”
"Hanxing, do you know that since the victory of our army in Hanzhong, there is no day when I don't want to go on the Northern Expedition, and there is no day when I don't want to gallop to the Central Plains with the first emperor again, and drink and talk with the second brother and the third brother, but unfortunately, the old man is sixty years old this year, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to see Chang'an again!" The more Zhao Yun spoke, the more excited he became, "I think about how heroic the old man was back then, going back and forth among the 800,000 Cao troops, and fighting four generals in front of the Hanshui camp, why not come to the Central Plains again, let those Cao Wei children know that this gun in your master's hand was powerful back then!" ”
"The master's arrogance has not diminished back then, and the apprentice will toast you with a cup!" Li Xian immediately raised his glass and drank it all.
Zhao Yun drank the tea, and said: "It's rare to have a Shangyuan Festival today, and today our master and apprentice will practice guns together in this courtyard!" ”
"Good!" Li Xianying said.
The two of them stopped dancing with the Zhao family gun in the courtyard, looked at each other and smiled, took some wine, and drank drunk, but Zhao Yun drank a little better, but Li Xian was already drunk.
Li Xian began to talk nonsense: "Master, do you know ..... I have a tune, which I feel is particularly suitable for you and the prime minister." ”
Zhao Yun was drunk, but he was also conscious: "Then you hum!" ”
"Hmph, it's boring, I also filled in the words, you listen, along the ups and downs of the gentle curve of the rivers and mountains, the north and south of the country are ....... of love."
The first half of the song is melodious and undulating, like a picturesque country, and then it becomes impassioned, "I really want to live another 500 years!" ”
As the drunken Li Xian sang, Zhao Yun was already drunk: "People say that you Li Hanxing is a Wenmo captain, so it seems to me that your words are too unlevel, but the music is good, catchy, and it is very good to sing with those big and rough people in the army." ”
The two masters and apprentices slept here for a night, but Li Xian completely let go of himself at night, what hybrid rice, what Newton's three laws and the like, Zhao Yun only thought that he was talking nonsense, but there was only one thing that caught Zhao Yun's attention, that is, Li Xian said something about the equation of steelmaking at night, he didn't understand anything, but the method of saying it was quietly written down.
Early the next morning, Zhao Yun got up and found that there was no servant in Li Xian's house, basically his mother was cleaning alone, and the housekeeper was eating, so he asked someone to send two maids to serve Li Xian's mother, just in time for Li Jun who came back from sending the book, so he also chatted a few words, it turned out that this Li Jun since the last time he saw Li Xian's calligraphy, he loved it at that time, but he couldn't find the source, so he had to copy his son's words, it doesn't matter if he doesn't practice, so he let him practice his own font. That is written with much more charm than what Li Xian wrote himself.
After leaving the Li Mansion, Zhao Yun immediately rushed to the workshop, and according to the language that Li Xian said in his sleep last night, he ordered a small steel-making room to be set up for the experiment.
In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Yun looked at the super mini pocket-shaped short sword in his hand and was puzzled: "Is it really steel?" ”
The craftsman asked happily: "Where did General Zhao come from this method, it is indeed steel, which saves nearly twice the time compared to before." ”
Zhao Yun waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, take me to the prime minister and then make a decision." ”
The craftsmen had no choice but to retreat.......
Yizhou Taixuantang.
"General Zhao, what do these bird words mean?" Zheng Xuan slowly raised his hand and replied. But when I saw that there were a few big bird characters written on it, I was puzzled for a while. The students were also talking about it for a while.
"The students thought that General Zhao had mastered the essence of calligraphy, and almost every bird character was written differently, and you see, the first bird and the second bird were different."
"Aren't you talking nonsense, can you find the same two words in the world? People are telling the teacher that our teacher is Yizhou Daxian, but the Kunpeng in the sky, so many birds, it is us, the students protected by the teacher. ”
"How else can it be explained? So why don't you write about Yan and not about eagles? The students thought that General Zhao was fierce by nature, and we Yizhou scholars quickly looked down on us, so they sarcastically sang and fell every day, chirping like birds. ”
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Chengdu Prime Minister's Mansion.
"What General Zhao said is true? If there really is such a method of steelmaking, wouldn't God bless me? Zhuge Liang had a look of surprise in his eyes, but he was playing with the pocket short sword in his hand, which was clearly made of iron, but it was brighter than all the swords around him, which was obviously the reason for the reduction in carbon content.
"If this method is used to make armor and weapons, it will definitely greatly improve the combat effectiveness of our army." Ma Jian looked at these weapons and couldn't help but be surprised.
"This iron is so bright, do you have a good name?" Zhuge Liang was also on a whim.
"Prime Minister, how about you call it Mingguang?" Ma Jian arched his hand.
"Mingguang armor, Mingguang gun, Mingguang sword, good name, quickly order the sergeant to hurry up to make 3,000 armor." Zhuge Liang said to Ma Yan.
"Order!" Ma Tan said goodbye and went straight out of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Zilong, these three thousand armors will be allocated to the Destroying Blade Battalion first, providing this method is really a great achievement, so let's use it for himself first."
"Yes!" Zhao Yun arched his hand.