The expectations of the imperial court and the clamor of the gentry forced Sun Chuanting to write to the imperial court and request the dispatch of troops.
As soon as this memorial was published, it spread throughout the city of Xi'an instantly, causing great shock.
Even the Prince of Qin's Mansion was busy recruiting Zhu Yixi for questioning.
Qin King Zhu Cunji asked in a panic: "Governor Sun, are you sure you can fight against Li Zicheng?"
Zhu Yixi frowned and looked at the immature King of Qin, his theoretical nephew, and couldn't help but sigh: "Li Zicheng has millions of troops, and his chances of winning are only 50 to 50."
"What should we do?"
Zhu Cunji was quite panicked. He said: "As you said before, if this is defeated, wouldn't the Qin Fan line be the same as the Chu Fan line?"
"Your Highness, it would be better to send some money and food to the Qin army, so that we can be more confident."
Zhang Shijiong, the chief historian on the side, couldn't see it and couldn't help but persuade him softly.
"How did this happen?" As soon as money was mentioned, Zhu Cunji immediately recovered. He rolled his eyes and said sharply: "This is what our ancestors saved with great difficulty. How can we give it up so easily?"
"Besides, if I, a vassal king, associate with a feudal official, wouldn't I have broken the rules?"
Zhu Yixi and Zhang Shijiong were speechless.
This King of Qin is really a miser!
At this critical moment, you are still reluctant to part with money. How can you finish the eggs when the nest is overturned?
Finally, King Zhu Cunji of Qin babbled a few words: "Just after the plague was controlled, there was another war. When will the world be at peace?"
Zhu Yixi was speechless and left immediately.
Zhang Shijiong sighed and left together.
"Governor Sun's decision to send troops has been decided. Isn't there a lot of confidence in this battle?"
Zhang Shijiong said with expectation.
Zhu Yixi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Today is different from the past. After more than ten years of intruders and thieves in several provinces, things are no longer what they used to be."
Looking at his confused face, Zhu Yixi thought of his cooperation in the past few months and couldn't help but remind him: "Chang Shi, Hanzhong Mansion is pretty good."
After saying that, Zhu Yixi turned around and left, leaving a stunned Zhang Shijiong behind.
"Hanzhong Mansion, Hanzhong Mansion..."
Zhang Shijiong murmured a few words and his eyes lit up: "Of all the Shaanxi provinces, only Hanzhong is relatively peaceful."
"It's just that I am also the chief historian of the palace, so how can I leave the palace so easily?"
When it comes to the vassal king, even if he resigns, the day lily will be cold when the news comes from the capital.
"That's all!" He waved his hand, with helplessness on his face: "Let your wife go."
After leaving the Prince of Qin's Mansion, the streets of Xi'an City were full of pedestrians and hawkers, which was quite prosperous.
But Zhu Yixi knew that this was a large-scale purchase before the war, also known as the war economy, which could create a kind of abnormal prosperity in a short period of time.
"It's so prosperous, it seems like it's been a long time ago in my memory."
Zhu Yixi murmured, and then took a serious look at it, which seemed to be deeply imprinted in his mind.
After leaving the city, we came to the craftsman camp.
In order to prepare supplies, the craftsman camp with thousands of people was already very busy, and they were quite neglectful of him, the leader of the craftsmen.
But he didn't take it seriously, and while patrolling, he came to the Firearms Department a few miles away.
Wang Xi stayed here for many days and kept making firearms. It can be said that in the past two months, he had provided a lot of support to the Qin army.
A large number of French cannons and squatting tiger cannons were manufactured and delivered to various military camps.
A conservative estimate is that there are at least three hundred pieces.
Before, Zhu Yixi thought, wasn't this sending supplies to Li Zicheng?
Then he thought, if Li Zicheng had more firearms, would he do more harm to the Manchus?
Could a piece of stone change something?
Of course, he was most concerned about the red cannon.
Now, with the emergence of iron fans, the effectiveness of cast cannons has become several times faster.
However, Wang Wei still discovered the flaws of the iron mold: "It is different inside and outside, the cooling time of the molten iron is different, and the muzzle is mostly made of white iron, which is easy to explode."
Hearing this, Zhu Yixi was shocked and said hurriedly: "What can we do?"
"Its life can only be extended by its thickness."
Wang Xi sighed and said: "The original two thousand kilograms of bronze cannons need three thousand kilograms of iron to cast, making them even more cumbersome."
"Understood!" Zhu Yixi breathed a sigh of relief: "It doesn't matter. We originally planned to defend the city. The red artillery is not suitable for field battles."
"How many doors have been built?"
"There is not enough pig iron, so we can only have eight doors." Wang Xi said regretfully.
"Eight gates?" Zhu Yixi murmured. It was almost enough. He nodded and said, "Eight gates are enough. Keep the rest of the pig iron to make flintlock guns!"
"Flintlock gun?" Wang Xi was stunned: "That will take a lot of time."
"It doesn't matter." Zhu Yixi waved his hand and said, "For now, the flintlock gun is more important."
Wang Xi was a little confused, but finally nodded.
"By the way, is the flintlock rifle rifled?"
"They're all drawn." Thinking of this, Wang Xi showed a smile: "The rifling has also been drawn on the musket. As expected, it is much more powerful and the distance is also farther."
"That's good!" Zhu Yixi said excitedly.
Immediately, Zhu Yixi asked people to leave with the artillery.
"Six gates are sent to Tongguan, and the other two gates are installed in Xi'an City."
"As you command!"
Zhu Yixi nodded, sighing in her heart.
Originally, he wanted to keep a few of them and go to Hanzhong Mansion, but when he thought about the plank road and the difficulties of carrying several thousand kilograms of cannon, how could he hide it?
Moreover, Hanzhong is rich in mineral resources, and as long as there are enough craftsmen, artillery can be produced.
With someone there, everything can go on.
While he was thinking about it, he had already arrived at the plague camp.
It's been almost two months, and the plague camp has seen more people leaving and less people coming in. The 50,000 people at its peak have now been reduced to 5,000.
Of course, there are still miracles in this world. There are only a dozen or so patients who have recovered, but they have moved away from each other for fear of infecting others.
"How many more people are there?"
Looking at the empty camp, Zhu Yixi couldn't help but ask.
"Today another thousand people were buried, and there are less than three thousand left."
"What about the end of the month? How much is left?"
Zhu Yixi continued to ask.
"There shouldn't be many left." The young man estimated and said, "The last batch was sent in three or four days ago, and the disease will occur in ten days."
"That's fine."
Zhu Yixi breathed a sigh of relief. The war was about to begin. He needed to mobilize manpower. If the plague really escaped, it would be the end of the world.
All dead.
However, the advantages of this plague camp are really good. There are basically no pedestrians within a radius of thirty miles. It can be said to be the best to cover the training of the epidemic prevention camp.
The plague camp played a big role for Zhu Yixi, otherwise he would have no way to train troops under Sun Chuanting's eyes.
Also because of the plague camp, the epidemic prevention soldiers were not even allowed to go home, so it was difficult for the news to be leaked.
Back in the city, Zhu Yixi was summoned by the Governor's Mansion. Sun Chuanting said with a serious face: "I have decided that in half a month, on the first day of August, we will send troops. Please make more preparations!"
The generals had expected this and were not surprised.
Zhu Yixi sighed. After preparing so much, it was time to see the real chapter.
