After instructing Zhao Zhen, Zhao Yingluo sent a message to Wang Shan, ordering him to send a large army to Luzhou, on the one hand, beware of Yan Lou Room leading the army south from Taiyuan, and on the other hand, they can respond to Zhao Yingluo's main army and support each other.

After arranging all this, Zhao Yingluo came to the foundry again.

Feng Jing stood in front of a newly made cannon and said with a smile, "Your Highness is overjoyed, after a month of continuous improvement, the cannon can finally be put into use. ”

Zhao Yingluo touched this somewhat small artillery, and asked with a smile, "It's done well, how many times can one barrel be used?" ”

"Ten times is fine, but more than ten times it is possible to blow up the chamber, and more than twenty times it will definitely blow up the chamber."

Ten times is enough! After all, the craftsmanship of this era is too different from that of later generations, and the barrels of later generations can be used hundreds of times, but it is impossible to do it in this era.

"How many cannons have been made?"

"Fifty doors!"

"Excellent! Give these fifty cannons to General Yue along with the controller. ”

……

On the bank of the Yellow River, Yue Fei, who was arranging to cross the river to the north, saw Zhao Yingluo commanding a thousand people to push dozens of strange-shaped big guys onto the boat, and asked with some confusion, "Your Highness, what is this?" ”

"Artillery!"

"Artillery? What is it for? ”

"Feng Jing, demonstrate it to General Yue."

After Feng Jing got the order, he immediately organized three people to push a cannon next to Yue Fei, and after setting up the artillery, he asked, "Your Highness, what is the target?" ”

Zhao Yingluo glanced at it, and happened to see a small tree a hundred zhang away, so she said, "Blow up that tree." ”

Feng Jing then began to instruct the operator to adjust the gun body, install the fuse, the shell, and ignite.

"Bang!"

An earth-shattering loud bang startled Yue Fei!

Then there was another loud bang, and the cannonball exploded before it hit the ground, destroying the tree directly, leaving it less than six feet tall.

Seeing such a result, Yue Fei asked in surprise, "Is this ...... This...... This is, this is an absolute killer! If there are these artillery, even if the Jin State has hundreds of thousands of troops, our army will definitely be able to win the battle. ”

Seeing Yue Fei so high-spirited, Feng Jing said with some embarrassment, "These cannons can be fired five hundred times together, if you kill and injure ten people at a time, you can kill and injure about 10,000 people in total, if the Jin Kingdom has hundreds of thousands of troops going south, it can't win with artillery alone." ”

Yue Fei's face turned red, and he suddenly felt a little abrupt.

Zhao Yingluo patted Yue Fei on the shoulder and said, "Artillery is used to deter the enemy, and fighting still depends on the combat power of the army!" ”

"The last general has been taught."

……

【True Determination】

After being appointed as the commander of the three armies, Wanyan Zonghan was full of spirit again, in addition to the total strength of the three armies exceeding 200,000 this time, and his momentum was growing, he also got the coveted killing weapon - firecracker!

Wanyan Zongyi took advantage of Zhao Yingluo's south to Lin'an, and sent more than a dozen craftsmen led by him to apply for employment in the foundry, although he did not arrange to learn artillery production, but learned how to make firecrackers, and also successfully stole more than 100 guns and brought them back to Yanjing, and worked overtime in Yanjing to make a hundred, and new firecrackers are still being sent to the army.

With these firecrackers, Wanyan Zonghan ordered the two firecrackers who were lured by the high price to step up the training of his soldiers.

It is now the end of July, and according to the news from the Song court, there is still a month to prepare for the war.

There is no need to rush into the middle road, when the east and west roads have broken through, and the two wings have been connected, the middle road army can capture Xingzhou and Cizhou, and then cross the Yellow River to attack Kaifeng.

【Lin'an】

Since he had made up his mind to eradicate Zhao Yingluo's threat to himself, Zhao Gou decided to also send three troops and horses to attack Kaifeng, the east road through Xuzhou to attack Lanzhou, the middle road through Chenzhou to Kaifeng, and the west road from Jingzhao to attack Luoyang in the west through Tongguan.

After the plan was suspended, Zhao Gou sent an envoy to Jin Guo, set the time for the attack on August 20, and ordered Han Shizhong to lead the men and horses of the east road, Liu Guangshi to lead the men and horses of the middle road, and Guo Yan to lead the men and horses of the west road.

The reason why he chose to crusade against Zhao Yingluo on August 20 was because the autumn harvest was over around August 20, and the grain and grass were collected.

Zhu Shengfei, who repeatedly advised Zhao Gou not to provoke trouble, was disheartened when he saw that the advice was ineffective, and he intended to resign and return to his hometown, but when he thought that he was still useful to Zhao Yingluo in the court, he endured it.

After Han Shizhong was appointed as the coach of the East Road, he was very depressed.

If he is allowed to fight with Jinren, he will be as excited as a chicken, but if he is allowed to fight with Zhao Yingluo, he is extremely reluctant, and before leaving, he asked his friend Zhu Shengfei to come to a newly opened restaurant in Lin'an to welcome guests.

After the restaurant was officially taken down, Zhao Yingluo demolished all the furnishings in the house and changed the structure inside to a very similar style to Kaifeng Drunken Hibiscus.

"Master Zhu thinks I should do it? Logically speaking, as a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, I should share my worries with the country, but now the official family is confused, and instead of dealing with the Jin people, I am ruthless to my own imperial sister. ”

Zhu Shengfei sighed, and after drinking the rice wine in his hand, his face was full of sorrow, "The position of the emperor, everyone is excited, Her Royal Highness the princess, I know a little bit, although she has a lot of wealth and heavy troops, but she has no intention of rebelling, but the husband is not guilty, and he is guilty, and the official family does not want to see a powerful force out of his control continue to strengthen." ”

"I don't want to fight with Her Royal Highness the Princess's army, how to do it on the battlefield, I hope Mr. will teach me."

Zhu Shengfei thought about it for a while, and then had an idea, "This matter is simple, the general can reorganize the army after arriving in Xuzhou, and he has been using this as an excuse to delay, if he really can't delay, he can send troops, or even troops under the city of Lanzhou." ”

"Sir, I still need to fight with His Highness's army?"

Zhu Shengfei shook his head, "If the two armies meet outside the city, the general should not order the army to attack, I expect that Her Royal Highness the princess can also control Wang Zaixing, Wen Boyuan and other main generals, the two armies meet without fighting, the Great Song and His Royal Highness have preserved their strength, you can also take it back and hand it over." ”

"What if His Highness's army attacks first?"

Zhu Shengfei smiled, "Her Royal Highness the princess can tell which is more important and which is more important, how can she take the initiative to provoke trouble?" The general can do as I say, and I expect that this battle will be won by Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

"How so?"

"Because Her Royal Highness the princess has recently researched a new type of weapon, I heard him talk about it when I was drinking with Jiang Laosi, the steward of this restaurant, and compared with the firecracker, this weapon can kill and injure dozens of people in a single shot."

Han Shizhong gasped when he heard this, "No wonder His Highness still has nothing to fear about this situation." ”