The four of them burst out laughing, quite generously looking forward to death.
"Commander, can you give me another glass of wine? We have been brothers for so many years. No matter what, Commander has to have a drink with the junior brothers!"
"That's right, the commander-in-chief also said just now that it is too hasty to drink on the expedition. Since there is no banquet, why not let the brothers drink two more drinks? And Deputy Commander Song said that you will never get drunk after a thousand cups. The general has never seen you. How much of a drinker do you have? Why don't you join the brothers and have a drink!"
"The general is a mouthful and a greedy drinker. He is not allowed to drink when he is on an expedition. Commander, you might as well let the general drink to his heart's content today!"
Han Zhong rubbed his hands and laughed. He didn't say anything, but his meaning was quite clear. He also wanted to drink two more drinks.
Liu Mingzhi looked at the four of them quietly. He knew that the four of them were afraid of not having a chance to drink the celebration wine and wanted to drink a farewell drink with him. He nodded with sour eyes, and Liu Mingzhi waved his hand to Zhang Kuang on the side.
"General Zhang, lend me a jar of fine wine to practice for my brothers!"
Zhang Kuang nodded with red eyes and pointed at Song Qing: "Qing'er, go to my wine cellar to get the wine, the jar of wine that has been treasured for fifty-seven years."
Song Qing didn't say anything, wiped the corners of his eyes without leaving a trace, turned around and walked out of the hall.
The wine Zhang Kuang was talking about was an old wine that his adoptive father, General Jin Yi, had given to Zhang Kuang when he made his first meritorious service. It finally came in use today.
Zhang Kuang was also a good drinker when he was young, but since Jin Yi was given the poisonous drink consciousness, Zhang Kuang vowed not to drink until he unified the world.
This jar of wine has also been collected by Zhang Kuang for fifty-seven years.
People dare not even count ten years in their lifetime, let alone fifty-seven years.
"Han Zhong!"
"The general is here!"
"Do you have anyone under your command who is better at using flintlock guns and serial muskets, and whose leader is more powerful?"
Han Zhong thought for a while and nodded: "There is a young man named Chang Qing. The general values him very much. When we were in the east, he was the one who led the people when testing guns and artillery. He is very capable."
Liu Mingzhi nodded silently: "You put Changqing under the command of Shinobi, lead a thousand brothers, five thousand thunderbolts, a thousand flintlock rifles, and sufficient ammunition to assist Shinobu's pagoda army!"
"You lead a thousand brothers under Baoyu's command, and the troops you lead are the same as Changqing."
"The general will get the order!"
"Jiang Lei!"
"The general is here!"
"You have seen the use of rockets when I attacked the capital. Your role this time is to lead a number of Lei Zhenzi to enter Yunzhou with rockets and artillery to assist General Yunchong in defending the city."
"I can't guarantee how much I can grant you. It depends on what Deputy Commander Song and Quartermaster Tang Ru want!"
"I will finally understand!"
Zhang Kuang couldn't help but help him: "You can't make the decision to give more batches to Jiang Lei. The situation here is much better than that in Yunzhou. If you can let him bring more igniters, just bring him more igniters!"
Liu Mingzhi sighed and shook his head: "General Zhang, I want them to bring more firearms more than anyone else, but I have to have so many. If there are enough firearms, I don't have to rack my brains here to think of countermeasures. ”
"I can return to work with one hundred thousand soldiers and horses by myself, and the Jin Kingdom and the Turks will be two countries."
"How can I not understand the power of firearms? After all, don't I still have no money? The national treasury is already very limited in supplying grain and grass. How can I have any extra silver to make firearms? I have already spent all I can on my own!"
"No matter how rich the national treasury is before, you can't stop the continuous consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops!"
Looking at Liu Mingzhi's expression of resentment, Zhang Kuang didn't say anything, but kept sighing.
Liu Mingzhi made it very clear that he had no money to make trouble.
The consumption of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses is not a small amount.
"Commander, uncle, the wine is here!"
Song Qing walked in with a jar of wine, which relieved the dull atmosphere in the hall.
Song Qing didn't mind the dust on the wine jar, so he picked up his sleeves and wiped it, then patted the mud seal off the wine jar. A mellow aroma of wine suddenly emitted from the hall, which was refreshing.
Zhang Kuang has not drank for more than 20 years, and he couldn't help but swallow twice when he smelled the aroma of wine.
Thinking of the vows he made in front of his adoptive father's grave, Zhang Kuang pursed his lips, picked up the teapot, poured a cup, and started drinking.
Liu Mingzhi took the wine jar and coarse porcelain tea bowl from Song Qing's hand, looked at the huge wine jar with less than one-third of the wine in it, and drank the wine bowl directly.
"General Keyan, General Xiong... Everyone, how about drinking a glass of wine with Baoyu and the others on the expedition?"
"my pleasure!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the people holding the wine bowls. He held the wine jar and carefully poured a bowl of fifty-seven-year-old wine for them. He also poured a bowl for himself.
What a coincidence, one jar of wine was divided into eleven bowls, which is not a lot.
"Brothers, I respect you by doing the first thing."
"Honor your lord, be mighty, be mighty!"
A bowl of wine was drained in one go, and the sound of breaking ceramic bowls echoed in the pavilion.
Zhou Baoyu threw away the scarlet cloak behind him and knelt on one knee in front of Young Master Liu with his fists clasped: "We brothers live and die together, go and return together. I hope the sky has eyes and let my brother return in triumph, accompanying him Commander, let’s have another glass of wine to celebrate!”
"Brother General, please retire!"
"The dragon is victorious!"
"The handsome man is mighty!"
Liu Mingzhi took the flag from Song Qing and put it in the hands of the four people. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes and waved gently.
"Go to war!"
"I'll say goodbye!"
"General, go and distribute military supplies to them!"
When the footsteps could no longer be heard in the pavilion, Liu Mingzhi's eyes narrowed crimson and he resisted the flow of horse urine.
"Brothers are mighty!"
Liu Mingzhi had no idea that Zhou Baoyu and the others could return safely. Their opponent was not an ordinary figure, but Huyan Yunyao, the Great Khan of Taichang, who was known as a natural handsome man.
Relying on all kinds of knowledge from his previous life, he could only get a 50-50 result in a duel with her using military tactics.
In the last national war, the experienced commander-in-chief Jingguo Gong Yunyang almost suffered a big loss even though his troops were equal. If Duan Buhan could not bear them to rush to Jeju from the Jin Kingdom, the army on the left would have been killed or wounded. The results were also extremely disastrous.
The two of them were like this, not to mention Zhou Baoyu and the other slightly inferior generals!
Recalling what the old man Wen Renzheng said about Hu Yanjunyao around him in the past, Liu Mingzhi's pressure became even heavier.
"Zi Yi, Zi Le may not be as good as you in political affairs or as a person, but when it comes to military use, she has a talent that ordinary people cannot match."
"This is the ability given to her by God, and no one can change it!"
God, bless Baoyu and the others for persisting for thirty-five days, otherwise Liu Mingzhi will owe so much blood debt!
There were more than 70,000 people to conquer the Western Regions, and more than 90,000 people were involved in the last national war. If Zhou Baoyu and the others were unsuccessful this time, the blood debt they would bear would be less than 200,000 people.
Two hundred thousand!
After letting out a gentle breath, Liu Mingzhi walked towards the sand table again.
"General Zhang, this time we may have to use some of our ancestors' gadgets!"
Zhang Kuang was stunned and looked at Liu Mingzhi blankly.
"Ancestor's stuff?"
"Yes, it's the stuff of our ancestors. Are you anxious for the skilled craftsmen in the city to wait in the middle of the army? I want them to modify something?"
"Can I take the liberty to ask what you are building? I will recruit craftsmen who specialize in their crafts. Blacksmith? Carpenter? Utensil maker?"
"Chariot!"
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