Cannon is a military weapon.
The entire Yansui Town combined does not have hundreds of cannons. This includes the cannons of the Jiajing Dynasty. If it was only the Tianqi Dynasty, Yansui Town did not add a new cannon, only two were added during the Taichang period. General cannon.
"The Tiger Character Banner has a cannon field on the grassland. They can make cannons themselves. As long as they have iron, copper, and silver, they can make as many cannons as they want." Li Kaiyang said.
In every battle, Tiger Character Banner always brought out a large number of cannons. It was impossible to get so many cannons just by capturing the cannons from the two border towns of Datong in Xuanfu.
Interested people naturally want to find out how the Tiger Flag can equip the army with a large number of cannons, and the Tiger Flag's artillery range on the grassland is completely exposed.
However, although the Ming court knew it, there was nothing they could do.
The imperial court was simply unable to send a large army to destroy the Tiger Flag's artillery field on the grassland. It could only watch as the number of cannons in the Tiger Flag army increased and was helpless.
"How long do you think Yinzhou Pass can be defended?" Knowing that the Tiger Character Banner Army was equipped with a large number of artillery, Wu Zimian was no longer optimistic about Yinzhou Pass.
Li Kaiyang thought for a while and said: "If Wei Weicheng can arrive at Yinzhou Pass in time and close the original garrison, he should be able to hold on for about half a month."
"Half a month is almost enough." Wu Zimian said, "I have sent someone to deliver a message to You Shichang, ordering him to rush back to Yulin City immediately. Even if Yinzhou Pass cannot be defended next, Yulin City can still stop the tigers. This bandit army of Ziqi."
"Why did you call You Shichang back? Isn't this nonsense? What should I do about the traitor Wang Er? We are about to completely wipe out Wang Er, the traitor bandits. Bring You Shichang back at this time. Isn't this to Wang Er? This traitor has a chance to survive." Li Kaiyang frowned.
Hearing this, Wu Zimian smiled and explained: "Don't worry, with Wang Guerba here, it's enough to deal with Wang Er and his gang. You Shichang should come back to guard Yulin City."
"Didn't Wang Youyi go to deal with the rebels Wang Jiayin? Is it possible that he should be asked to divide his troops to deal with Wang Er?" Li Kaiyang's frown deepened.
Wu Zimian laughed and said: "We have received news that the rebels like Wang Jiayin are rushing to the Luochuan area, and the traitors like Wang Er also went to the Yichuan area of Luochuan after leaving Chengcheng. It is obvious that this The two groups of rebels want to join together, which also gives me the opportunity to take back You Shichang's troops."
After hearing this, Li Kaiyang's face became a little ugly.
He didn't receive any news about such a big matter. It can be seen that the trip he led his troops to Shanxi caused the Li family to lose many generals in the Yansui Army, and even the channels for obtaining news were reduced.
He looked at Wu Zimian and said: "The two groups of rebels will increase in strength a lot if they join together. Wouldn't it be too dangerous to have only Wang Guerji's troops?"
"Deputy General Li doesn't have to worry about this." Wu Zimian said in a relaxed tone, "You Shichang has been chasing the troops in Xi'an for so long. The rebels like Wang Er can only run for their lives, and their strength is no longer as good as before. When he was in Chengcheng, even if he joined forces with Wang Jiayin, he wouldn't be able to increase his strength much. The troops and horses brought by Wang Gueryi would be enough."
"Isn't Mr. Wu afraid that these two kings will join the bandits of the Tiger Flag? Don't forget, they are all rebels and enemies of the imperial court." Li Kaiyang reminded.
Wu Zimian waved his hand gently and said: "That is even more impossible. Not long ago, Wang Jiayin killed the envoy of the Tiger Flag in Fugu County. Do you think they still have a chance to join forces? Haha!"
"Is this really happening?" Li Kaiyang opened his eyes wide.
In his heart, he cursed that Wang Jiayin was short-sighted and started fighting among himself before anything could be done. Such a person is not enough to achieve anything.
Wu Zimian smiled and said: "Of course this is absolutely true. After Wang Guerrout recaptured Fugu County, he saw with his own eyes the corpse of the messenger of the Tiger Flag."
"It's not unusual for a group of poor people who can't stand up to the stage to do something like this." Li Kaiyang cursed with contempt.
Wu Zimian smiled and said: "If they were as difficult to deal with as the Tiger Character Banner, Yan'an Prefecture would have fallen into the hands of these rebels long ago. The most urgent task now is that the Tiger Character Banner's bandit army is the most threatening."
"The soldiers and horses of the Tiger Character Banner came to Yan'an Mansion, maybe to retaliate against Wang Jiayin for killing their people. Maybe they will help us get rid of Wang Jiayin's rebel bandits." Li Kaiyang said pretending to be relaxed.
Wu Zimian shook his head and said: "How can the mobilization of the army be such a child's play? Moreover, after the bandit army of Tiger Character Banner captured Mizhi, they rushed directly to Yinzhou Pass. If they really want to deal with Wang Jiayin, they should go south to Yanzhou." Sichuan is right."
"Mizhi is less than ninety miles away from Yinzhou Pass. I hope Wei Weicheng can arrive in time." Li Kaiyang looked worried.
Wu Zimian said: "It is closer from Yulin City to Yinzhou Pass than from Mizhi to Yinzhou Pass. You and I have to trust Wei Weicheng, and you and I have no other choice. We can only hope that Wei Weicheng dares to arrive before the rebel army." .”
Li Kaiyang sighed after hearing this.
In a camp in Yansui Town.
After Wei Weicheng received the order, he immediately left the camp with his army and rushed to Yinzhou Pass. After knowing that he was about to face the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag, he deliberately brought five heavy general cannons with him. and more than a dozen tiger cannons.
Due to the drag of cannons along the way, the marching speed was not very fast, and they stopped and stopped from time to time to wait for the cannons behind to catch up.
It has been more than half a day since the army left the camp and hit the road, but the army has only traveled less than fifteen miles.
"General, if we rush like this, we may not be able to reach Yinzhou Pass." The soldiers following Wei Weicheng said worriedly.
If the army marches at this speed, it can cover more than twenty miles a day at most, and it will be difficult to reach Yinzhou Pass in less than three or four days.
Wei Weicheng, who was riding on horseback, glanced at the soldiers beside him and said, "Why are you walking so fast? Are you in a hurry to reincarnate? Tell the army to walk slowly, don't be in a hurry."
The soldiers were confused when they heard this.
However, since the general ordered us to go slower, we should go slower.
tread! tread! tread!
The sound of horse hooves came from behind.
Soon, several cavalrymen caught up from behind the team. One of them rode up to Wei Weicheng and said to him: "General Wei, the commander-in-chief ordered you to throw away your heavy baggage and march faster. You must reach Yincheng before noon tomorrow. State Pass.”
"An empty title is not enough to make me give up the whole of Shanxi." Liu Heng picked up the tea jar on the table and took a sip of the tea inside.
Eunuch Li's face did not change at all after hearing this.
It was nothing more than asking for a huge amount of money and paying it back on the spot. He had seen this kind of thing too many times.
Therefore, he said directly: "Uncle, if you have any other conditions, feel free to ask for them. As long as they are not too excessive, I think the court will not disagree."
"I said, I won't let go of Shanxi." Liu Heng said it word by word.
