If Kaiyuan can't defend Tieling and Shenyang, Liu will have a lot of time to recruit Sun. If the Hongyi cannon can be built, the next story will be interesting.
Anyway, the Hongyi Cannon will have to be summoned to Jiannu sooner or later. Why not use it sooner?
Before Yuan Chonghuan came to Liaodong, he used it himself to give Nurhaci a surprise.
Liu Zhaosun decided to use the dead horse as a living horse doctor and asked them to go to the Buddhist system to build a cannon. As for whether it would explode or not, and whether it could be used, it all depended on Mao Yuanyi and the others.
But don't let Hou Jin snatch the Hongyi Cannon away, otherwise you will be a joke in the world.
The iron smelting industry in the Liaohe Plain has been very developed since ancient times.
In addition to silk tea, the main trade items between the Liao people and Jurchen Mongolia were various iron farming tools.
Although some goods were prohibited by the imperial court, in Liaodong under the restraint policy, merchants and military leaders always found various ways to sell contraband. The Jurchens and Koreans made cheap ginseng and mink medicinal materials, and then sold them to various parts of the Yangtze River at high prices, earning high profits. All parties benefited, and only the court suffered. This is also one of the important reasons for Nurhachi's rise.
Just do what you say. When leaving the city, Liu Zhaosun gave Mao Yuanyi the abstract-style sketch of the Hongyi cannon he drew last night and asked him to persuade Yang Hao to start building the cannon as soon as possible.
Mao Yuanyi tilted her neck and looked at the sketch for a long time, curing the bone hyperplasia caused by sitting at her desk for many years.
On the same day, Yang Hao sent his servants to deliver fifteen carts of food to the East Route Army Camp in the south of the city. At the same time, he told Liu Zhaosun that he had allocated 10,000 taels of silver for Mao Yuanyi to build Hongyi cannon. Liu Zhaosun saw that Mao Yuanyi was obsessed with firearms, like a science madman often seen in later science fiction movies. He was not afraid that he would not do anything, but he was afraid that the ten thousand taels of silver would be embezzled by the people below.
Although Liu Zhaosun couldn't remember what happened to Yang Qing'er last night, and he was not ready to transition to the dungeon of his son-in-law, Master Jinglue spared no effort to support his would-be son-in-law, making all the Liao Town army generals jealous.
How can we defend Kaiyuan without the Hongyi cannon? Liu Zhaosun has been thinking about this problem for several days.
To answer this question, you need to think about another question first.
Who is our enemy? Who are our friends?
The question raised by the teacher hundreds of years later has now become a problem for Liu Zhaosun.
The next day, the planned prisoner presentation ceremony into the city could not be finalized. Yang Hao tried his best, but several generals and soldiers refused to allow the southern soldiers to enter the city. In the end, they only asked Liu Zhaosun to lead up to 500 people into the city, but Liu Zhaosun decisively refused.
More than a thousand Jiannu heads were salted with lime and guarded by servants. It is estimated that in a few days, people from the Ministry of War and the Supervisor of Ceremonies will come to Liaodong to verify the merits. As long as the imperial court knows that the military merits are genuine, Liaodong will not care about them. What to do?
Liu Zhaosun decided to start selecting soldiers from Liao people according to Qi Jiguang's method of selecting soldiers.
The south gate of Shenyang is now like a vegetable market in later generations, with an endless line of refugees stretching from Hupiyi, 60 miles away.
Thanks to Liu Zhaosun's defeat of Xianglan Banner and Kuandian's summoning of souls, his name has spread to central Liaocheng and even further, with people defecting to Shenyang every day.
March 21st was less than three months before the historic Battle of Kaiyuan.
Liu Zhaosun stood on the hillside near the south gate of Shenyang, using Qi Jiguang's selection criteria to select the refugees in front of him.
Three thousand soldiers and five hundred horse soldiers, each equipped with armor and weapons, stood at the south gate of Shenyang.
The East Route Army had captured a lot of money in the Battle of Hunjiang.
A total of more than 1,320 pieces of blue-flag cotton armor, more than 530 pieces of chain mail, more than 520 miscellaneous war horses, and 2,300 long and short weapons of all kinds were seized, plus those who defected along the road. Many Liao people brought their own weapons, which was enough to equip the new soldiers in front of them.
How to make these Liao people form combat effectiveness in a short period of time, Liu Zhaosun could only think of the New Book of Ji Xiao and the Little Red Book.
Liu Zhaosun and Kang Yingqian Qiao Yiqi discussed that they should go to Kaiyuan to visit the commander-in-chief Ma Lin in person.
Kang Yingqian's current thoughts are not on the Eastern Route Army. He wants to leave Liaodong as soon as possible. Even if he can't go to Jiangxi, which he misses so much, as long as he can seek external employment, he can go to Guangdong and Guangxi and become a county magistrate. It is better than following this lunatic Liu Zhaosun.
Hearing that Liu Zhaosun was going to find Ma Lin, the supervisor was confused and worried that he would lead him into a ditch again.
"Ma Lin used his father's influence to serve as a general in Datong. Later, he took refuge with Li Chengliang and reached the position of commander-in-chief of a town. However, he did not know strategy, regarded himself as a scholar, and was arty. Such a defeated general, Liu Shoubei, you should find him as your commander. very?"
Next to him, Qiao Yiqi also advised:
"Yesterday Liao Town was slow to treat Shangguan, which shows how arrogant and domineering it is on weekdays. To be fair, the Eastern Route Army is now in great power, so we should take the opportunity to recruit troops. Even if we cannot hold Kaiyuan, we can try to do it slowly in the future!"
Liu Zhaosun knew that the good intentions of the two supervisors were just what he wanted to do. I'm afraid it would be difficult for these two feudal bureaucrats to understand.
"Thank you two Shangguan for your kindness. It's just that your Majesty has been looking forward to it. How can we live up to it? The Lord has humiliated his ministers and died, and Jiannu and I are sworn in. If the two Shangguan are worried, they can take a boat to the sea and go to Dengzhou in Shandong to supervise the army. "
The two looked at each other. They were not the military leaders in Liao Town. They had no soldiers or power and had to rely on the court.
The emperor's decree has not yet been issued. If they abandon the Eastern Route Army and run away like this, the morale of the army will be unstable, which will be a serious crime of beheading.
The old emperor couldn't cure Li Chengliang, couldn't he also cure the two supervisors?
Seeing that the two of them were sullen and silent, Liu Zhaosun laughed secretly and continued:
"As you can see yesterday, this Liao Town is not monolithic. The general's strategy for defending Kaiyuan is very simple. In addition to the Hongyi cannon, all forces that can be united must be united..."
Liu Zhaosun used the ideas acceptable to this era and eloquently recounted the selected works of Mao he had learned in college in front of two classical officials from the 1720s. Of course, those quotations about mobilizing the masses for revolution were also included. , were all filtered out by him. Saying these words is a crime of beheading.
The two supervisors were dumbfounded. Maybe it was because the amount of information was too much. They both stroked their beards and fell into deep thought.
The Liao Zhen army generals are not monolithic. They can be roughly divided into three types according to their close relationship with the Jiannu:
The thief is the father type, the wavering type, the resolute resistance type
Liu Zhaosun planned to take in some, win over some, and attack some.
In Liu Zhaosun's opinion, this General Ma could be a target to win over and become his friend.
Kaiyuan General Soldier's Mansion.
The commander-in-chief, Ma Lin, who was dressed in mourning clothes, felt a little dizzy when he looked at Liu Zhaosun standing in front of him.
Ma Lin had just learned that Liu Zhaosun had been promoted to garrison, and he might soon become a general. For a moment, he didn't know how to greet this young man.
Liu Zhaosun looked up at Ma Lin. This man was short in stature and not as tall and tall as the Liao people. He was not a native of Liaodong and his hometown was in Xuanfa.
Marin was wearing mourning clothes at this time, and he looked more like an old man selling twist candy on the street than the general soldier of the town.
There is no need for any pleasantries between warriors. Liu Zhaosun looked directly at Ma Lin and said with heroic spirit:
"Commander Ma expressed his condolences. The last general heard about it in Shenyang. On that day, the Northern Route Army camped at Shangjian Cliff and dredged trenches. They severely scolded the trenches for self-defense. They dredged the trenches for three weeks and lined up outside the firearms trenches. They placed cavalry outside the firearms and all the horsemen dismounted. , formed a square formation in the trench. It was not the fault of the commander-in-chief that the thieves broke through such a tight defense!"
Liu Zhaosun has been busy these days asking several Liao town generals for food and troops to guard Kaiyuan. As a result, no one paid any attention to this little defense. They all said that he was crazy for wanting to make military exploits. The Tatars were still in Hetuala, and the only ones who appeared in Kaiyuan were a few sentinels. Besides, Kaiyuan City has high trenches and deep trenches, and it is not a small city like Fushun or Qinghe. General Ma can sit back and relax while leading Xuan Dabing to guard it.
Of course, it is still a question whether the military chiefs of Liao Town believe these words. Liu Zhaosun does not believe them anyway. So he temporarily put aside his military training and came to Kaiyuan to discuss cooperation with Marin.
Ma Lin waved his hand, looked at Liu Zhaosun coldly, stood up and pretended to see off the guests.
"You are the adopted son of Liu Wei. As expected, you are a young hero. Forget about the polite words. I am old and can no longer fight. What do you want from Kaiyuan? I don't have soldiers or food. Just ask Master Yang. want!"
Liu Zhaosun chuckled, not feeling embarrassed at all. He had thought of the rejection scene before coming to Kaiyuan.
He gently blocked Marin with his hand and continued:
"Some people in the court are talking now, saying that General Ma has contacts with Jiannu and has harmed General Du. Unfortunately, your young master was killed by Jiannu's white-armored soldiers in Shangjianya. Now Liao Town cannot tolerate the Northern Route Army. Ma The future of the commander-in-chief and these thousands of Xuanda sergeants is worrying!"
Ma Lin stood up with a slap on the table, his eyes were cold, and he turned to his confidant, Liu Zhaosun laughed.
"Commander Ma, wait a minute! General Ma comes to Kaiyuan this time not only to talk about the cooperation between the two armies of the Southern Army and Xuan Army, but also to give a gift to Master Ma. I have the baga that killed your young master!" "
