"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Song Xiance got off his horse and walked towards Li Zicheng as fast as he could fly.
This is a school ground outside Xiangjing City, and it is also a school ground dedicated to the Dashun Army's artillery battalion for target practice. A row of newly cast general cannons and muskets were firing. Li Zicheng's ears were buzzing and he almost didn't hear Song Xiance's greeting.
Li Zicheng is making rapid progress now! Not only did he learn how to enclose land and equalize land, but he also discovered the wonderful use of general cannons from the information he learned about the "Battle of Bloody Creek" - it turned out that if enough general cannons were gathered, even the Tatars could defeat them. Can knock him down!
Therefore, Li Zicheng ordered the Industrial Government (Ministry of Industry) of the Dashun Dynasty to build a hundred general cannons of 800 kilograms and refine 50,000 kilograms of high-quality gunpowder.
In addition, Li Zicheng also ordered the Workers' Government to cast a thousand single-eyed blunderbuss - this kind of firearm was invented by the Dashun Army guarding Xi'an. It turned the three-eyed blunderbuss, which was insufficient in power and effective range, into a single-eyed blunderbuss. In fact, It's a large fire portal gun. Because the casting process was poor, the barrel of the fire blunderbuss could only be cast thick and heavy. Although the projectiles used only weigh one or two (the projectiles used by the turtle dove's foot gun weigh one, two or five qian), the single-eyed gun is much heavier than the turtle's foot gun. It cannot be used by a single soldier and requires the combined efforts of two fire gun soldiers. . When firing, one person is responsible for aiming and igniting the gun, and the other serves as the gun holder and lifts the gun barrel with his shoulders, so it is called a gun lifter.
When Song Xiance arrived, a row of large muskets had just been fired, ridding a shield car that was a target thirty steps away with riddled with holes.
Li Zicheng squinted one eye and showed a satisfied smile - this kind of big gun is enough to restrain a shield car, so naturally no armor can hold it.
The previous test firing performance of the general's cannon was also good. The fired stone bullets could penetrate the wooden shield at a distance of a hundred steps... It's really good!
With these hundreds of general cannons and thousands of big guns. This time, I am much more confident about heading south to Huguang.
Li Zicheng looked back at Song Xiance and said with a smile: "Great Military Advisor, what gust of wind blew you outside Xiangjing City?"
"Your Majesty, I'm so happy!" Song Xiance handed Li Zicheng a newspaper from the Ming Dynasty that he got from nowhere.
Li Zicheng took the newspaper from his residence, unfolded it, and was stunned: "Grand Military Advisor, did you get the wrong one?"
"That's right..."
Li Zicheng said: "It seems to say that the foolish emperor Chongzhen wants to meditate...probably to give way to that bastard Zhu Cixang, right?"
"Yeah, yeah..." Song Xiance smiled and nodded.
"Is this a happy event?" Li Zicheng looked at his military advisor with some suspicion - how could this be a happy event? Even if it is a happy event, it is also a happy event for Zhu Cixiang! What does it have to do with yourself?
"Yes!" Song Xiance nodded, "Chongzhen Hunjun picked a good time... He didn't mention it sooner or later, but he mentioned it just when Zhu Cihong was about to send troops. In fact, he didn't have any good intentions!"
Li Zicheng was a little confused, "Really? How do you say this?"
Song Xiance said: "Chongzhen Hunjun wants to force all the rebellious officials and traitors in the Ming Dynasty to come and make trouble for Zhu Cixiang...Zhu Cixiang is fighting with us in Huguang, and there are a lot of people behind him making trouble. This situation is not a happy event for us. Son?"
"Oh..." Li Zicheng still didn't understand, "Who would cause trouble for him?"
"Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Zuo Maodi... these people are all rebellious officials and traitors, and they will all cause trouble for Zhu Cixiang!"
"Are they rebels and traitors?" Li Zicheng said seriously: Forget about Huang Degong and Gao Jie, how come Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Zuo Maodi have learned to be traitors and traitors now? Who did you learn this from?
"Your Majesty, they all have soldiers and territory, and they are divided into one side. It is like the town of Jifang in the Tang Dynasty. How can the princes in the late Han Dynasty not be rebellious ministers and traitors?" Song Xiance said, "Zhu Cixi is a heroic and wise king. Even the rebellious ministers and traitors will not like him."
"So what?" Li Zicheng shook his head, "Zhu Cixiang didn't rely on people like them to like to be emperor... What can they do? Rebellion?"
"Rebellion will not..." Song Xiance said, "but it will cause trouble for Zhu Cixiang!"
"How to find it?" Li Zicheng shook his head, "I can't find it either! Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Zuo Maoji, a total of five rebellious officials and thieves... He will not obey anyone! And Zhu Cixiang also Not Dong Zhuo, nor Cao Cao, he is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. If you want to rebel against him, you must have a title!"
After all, Li Zicheng was a professional in rebellion, and he knew all about rebellion. Five rebellious ministers and traitors can't get together...if they get together, they will start fighting among themselves! Moreover, they were not part of the peasant uprising. They were all ministers of the Ming Dynasty. How could they rebel against Zhu Cixiang? This is the following crime!
Song Xiance shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, they have a good reputation!"
"What title?"
Song Xiance said: "Fifth Prince Zhu Cihuan!"
Li Zicheng thought for a while and laughed: "Okay, okay! The military advisor finally came up with a clever trick this time... I'll leave it to you to do it. You must find the right time to meet Zhu Cixun in equal amounts." When Huguang is at a stalemate, let’s use Zhu Cihuan’s big card!”
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"Major General, Nanjing Di Bao!"
Huang Shu hurriedly knocked on the door of Zuo Liangyu's cabin. When he heard no movement, he hurriedly knocked a few more times.
In the official cabin, Zuo Mengeng's tired voice finally came: "Commander, come in."
Now Zuo Mengeng had saved Zuo Liangyu, who was in a deep coma, and boarded the official ship bound for Jingzhou. Nearly 200,000 officers, soldiers, and family members of Zuo's army also boarded the ship.
There were so many ships that almost blocked the Yangtze River between Wuchang and Hankou. Now they were just waiting for Zuo Menggeng's order to send everyone westward together.
These days, in order to gather enough ships that can carry so many people and materials, Zuo Jiajun's navy has been busy for a while, recruiting all the merchant ships coming and going on the Yangtze River and Han River.
This year, the amount of rice shipped to the southeast may be reduced by 70% to 80%...
When Huang Shu walked into Zuo Liangyu's official cabin, he smelled the smell of traditional Chinese medicine. In fact, Zuo Liangyu had run out of medicine. He was so exhausted that he was reduced to a skeleton. He lay motionless on the bed. Only his slight breathing showed that he still had some breath.
Zuo Mengeng, a dutiful son, looked very ugly, his eye sockets were blue, and his eyebrows were drooped. He was sitting there slowly drinking strong tea, still holding on.
His father's tone stopped at some point. Will he still be the leader of the three armies by then?
If I can't become a pawn...will my head be chopped off, put in a beautiful box, and sent to Nanjing? He has been having nightmares these days, so much so that he trembles when he sees the box that holds his head!
"Major General, the prince is forcing the palace!"
Huang Shu handed the newspaper to Zuo Mengeng.
"Forcing him to concubine..." Zuo Mengeng quickly took the newspaper and unfolded it. His voice trembled, "Really forcing him to convict! He was too impatient. Wouldn't it be better to wait until Li Zicheng is defeated before forcing him to conceive?"
Of course, the newspaper will not write about forcing the palace. However, in the eyes of Zuo Menggeng and Huang Shu, Chongzhen's inner meditation was equivalent to Zhu Cixiang forcing his way into the palace.
Otherwise, why would Emperor Chongzhen do such a good job?
"Young General, the most important thing now is to hold His Royal Highness the King of Chu in your hands!" Huang Shu said hurriedly, "With the King of Chu in your hands, you can command the heroes and become the leader of the princes!"
Zuo Mengeng frowned: "Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Zuo Maodi...will they listen to me?"
How can it be? Huang Shu thought to himself: They don't even listen to Zhu Cixiang, so they will listen to you?
"Young General," Huang Shu said, "They will definitely make trouble. If they want to make trouble, they must have a status... The King of Chu has a status!"
The Zhu Cihuan in the hands of Li Zicheng was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and the king of Chu Zhu Cizhao was also the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and even bigger!
"Yes, yes, yes..." Zuo Mengeng nodded and took a breath, "If you do any injustice, you will be killed. Zhu Cixiang has made too many enemies this time... We finally have a way to survive. Yes!" He paused, "Let's leave tomorrow and go to Jingzhou Mansion. While we sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, we will contact the princes and prepare to raise troops to serve the king!"
