my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 266 Vulnerable

When a group of people appeared in the valley, they quickly noticed the hot air balloon in the sky.

Alutai was a little surprised.

But at this moment, a string of ammunition on the ball was dropped directly.

Hundreds of cavalry, under the leadership of Alutai, were going to pass through the forest here.

Immediately afterwards, roars began to resound in all directions.

The hot air balloon's bombing was not accurate, but this bombardment was enough to surprise hundreds of cavalry.

At this time, everyone was in shock, and the horses were frightened.

But obviously, this is just the beginning.

The first round of bombing was nothing more than a test shot. According to the impact point of the bomb, the error was judged, and finally the new posture was adjusted.

It's just that this second round is full of big guys.

woohoo hoo...

There was a whistling sound, but one after another, huge Qiusong bombs began to fall from the head.

Alutai was full of confidence at first, but now, he was panicked.

He seemed to be wrestling with the air. Facing this intangible enemy, he waved his weapon in vain, but this air... had real lethality.

Boom... boom... boom...

This time, the location of the bomb fell a lot closer, and the power of the explosives was astonishing... After countless gunpowder smoke filled the air, the ground was full of devastation.

Seeing the people around him, Alutai lost almost half of them in an instant, and his eardrums seemed to be pierced by the roar. There was only a buzzing sound. He subconsciously yelled: "Scatter, scatter..."

The best way to deal with such a powerful firearm is to break it up into pieces and scatter hundreds of cavalry in a vast valley with a radius of several miles.

But obviously, it was too late, because no one heard his roar at all, everyone almost lost their hearing, and the gunpowder smoke blinded their eyes, they fled indiscriminately in this fog, trampling each other.

Fortunately, Ha'er was aware of the situation on Alutai's side, and Ha'er was shocked when he saw this. He had fought all his life, but he had never seen such an enemy.

However, as a veteran, he was still able to remain calm at this time, and he made the same decision as Alutai: "Scatter, scatter..."

More than 1000 cavalry, in groups of three or five, began to disperse at a rapid pace. They were already well-trained. Faced with such a situation, they could still be neither arrogant nor impetuous, although the roar in the distance made them terrified.

And once the team dispersed, it meant that the damage caused by the hot air balloon to them was minimized.

Of course, the hot air balloon was obviously not interested in bombing them, but continued to drift towards their camp, the purpose was obviously their rear camp and where their food and grass were stored.

In fact, at this time, if it is an ordinary war, facing this enemy that cannot be solved at all, especially when the other party can easily attack your camp and food.Ha'er Wubai already knew that he had already lost.

But obviously, all this is not over.

There was grief and indignation in Ha'er Wubai's eyes, he gritted his teeth and said, "Blow the horn and follow me to kill."

The cavalry scattered like loose sand, still galloping, trying to launch an impact.

Not long after, there was a thunderous roar from the big camp behind them, and flames shot up, as if all of a sudden, the sky was burning red.

The rest of the cavalry continued to attack stubbornly.

But at this time... Zhang Anshi, who was watching the battle on the hill, couldn't help expressing emotion. Sure enough... new weapons appeared on the battlefield. Not only did his own side change the means of war, even his enemies also began to make changes.

In the era of cold weapons, the method of intensive charging has become impossible, because the power of gunpowder has become more and more powerful. If you dare to attack together, it means that you will be caught at any time.

Zhang Anshi said to Gu Xingzu: "What do you think of these people?"

Gu Xingzu thought for a while and said, "It's vulnerable."

Zhang Anshi shook his head: "I don't see it right. Under such a disadvantaged situation, they can quickly make changes, disperse the army, and still maintain the scattered cavalry to attack. Based on this alone, they have It should not be underestimated, it is indeed an elite. The only pity is that they encountered enemies that should not have been encountered, such as me."

Gu Xingzu pondered for a moment, felt reasonable, nodded and said: "The teacher is right, they really..."

Zhang Anshi suddenly smiled and said: "Xingzu, how are you doing in the model camp?"

"It's okay."

"Do you want to do something bigger?"

Gu Xingzu was puzzled and said, "I don't know what my mentor has taught me?"

Zhang Anshi said: "The man's ambition is everywhere. He should go to the desert, the Western Regions, and the ends of the earth. Are you interested in going to Nanzhou? I'm in Annanwei there, and I just need a commander."

Gu Xingzu: "..."

Gu Xingzu is a descendant of the general family, but he has passed the Jinshi examination, not to mention he has been trained in the model camp. If he is stupid, then everyone in the world is probably a fool.

Upon hearing this, the expression on Gu Xingzu's face was dull, and he didn't know how to respond for a while.

Zhang Anshi encouraged him: "Don't be restrained, you can say whatever you think, you know me, I'm very easy-going."

Gu Xingzu thought for a while, then said hesitantly, "Go...for a few years..."

"How about ten or eight years?"

Zhang Anshi had planned it long ago. In ten or eight years, with Gu Xingzu's level, it was enough to establish a new model camp in Nanzhou and select some talents who could be independent.

Gu Xingzu thought about it again, and finally said: "If the teacher does not give up... the student is willing to go."

"Are you really willing to go?" In fact, Zhang Anshi was a little surprised.

He is actually casting a net all over the sky now, except for his three brothers, he wants to touch anyone he catches.

As for not asking the three brothers to go, it is really the three brothers who are the devil kings of the world, and Zhang Anshi is really worried about letting them go alone.

Gu Xingzu said calmly: "My master said, when grandpa is around, listen to grandpa, and when grandpa is not around, listen to teacher."

Zhang Anshi was overjoyed immediately: "Okay, your grandfather is a man who understands righteousness."

This matter has to be done quickly, and when his grandfather is still in Guizhou and it is too late to object, he will pack it up and send it away.

At that time, Nanzhou has Yang Shiqi for culture and Gu Xingzu for martial arts. Such a luxurious lineup will deal a blow to Nanzhou.

Right at this moment...

The earth-shattering roar began to come out again.

But at this time, the artillery began to bombard.

The Tatars and Wuliangha people all over the mountains and plains launched an attack, and the artillery began to bombard indiscriminately.

After the appearance of fine steel, smelting technology has been greatly improved, which also led to the emergence of new artillery.

They are more sophisticated, thinner and lighter, with a huge charge, and their accuracy and rate of fire far exceed those of contemporary artillery.

Although it is still a front-loading gun, the prototype of the rifling has already appeared, and the assembled flower bomb also has the ability of secondary explosion.

So... in this valley, the flames of explosions began to appear everywhere.

Even if it was a scattered queue, the queue of Tatars and Ulianghas had already become a mess in the face of such a rain of guns.

They couldn't carry out an organized attack at all, they could only act like lone wolves, launching an attack similar to stragglers.

Finally rushed to the front.

Here, the infantry formed the original formation, all shoulder to shoulder, and then, the firecrackers began to shoot collectively.

This style of play is almost crushing, using artillery and hot air balloons to directly break up the opponent's dense formation, but one's own side still adopts a dense formation.

Using a dense array to deal with these so-called cavalry in groups of three or five is like cutting melons and vegetables, forming a copper wall and iron wall. All those who approach the copper wall and iron wall will be shot before rushing to the front of the formation.

The entire model camp is like a meticulous machine, each person has become a part, and they start to run quickly to harvest.

The Tatars and Ulianghas became ridiculous, losing the ability to charge intensively, and their personal bravery was not worth mentioning in front of firearms.

Iron carts began to appear one after another. The iron carts were full of barbs, and the bottom was equipped with wheel rails, which could rotate 360 ​​degrees at any time, and then stood in front of the infantry. Even if there were lucky cavalrymen, it would be futile The ground collided with the iron cart, and his whole body was pierced by barbs.

The artillery was still roaring continuously, and the sound of the firecrackers was like fried beans.

Corpses were strewn all over the ground, but the Tatars and Uryanhas finally lost their nerve and rushed to retreat, trampling each other.

Alutai got up from the pile of dead people, only to find that the warriors around him were already dead.

Ha'er's luck was limited. Although he managed to disperse the people early, the continuous bombardment of the artillery and the harvesting of the firecrackers caused more than half of the casualties in an instant.

And this is not the scariest thing, the scariest thing is that their big camp has already been taken away in one pot, and it was directly burned to ashes.

Seeing the terrified soldiers running away one by one, Ha'er felt sad, these... are the elite of the tribe, he seems to have witnessed the coming of a new era.

And in this era, he and his tribe belong to the group that has been completely abandoned into the garbage dump of history.

Even the personal guards around him began to be in chaos. The personal guards seemed to want to stop the defeated army, but the defeated army was more afraid of the Ming army than they were of military law.So a defeated army chose to attack the guards directly in order to choose a way to escape.

"Retreat, retreat..."

Crash across the board.

And in the process of their retreat, the artillery still didn't stop. The hot air balloon on the head seemed to be still unrepentant after blowing up the camp. thrown down.

Alutai was covered in blood, finally reunited with Ha'er Wubai, and roared sadly: "We lost, we lost, we can't fight any more, if we continue to fight, we're all finished."

"But they didn't say how to end it."

Alutai said without hesitation: "Please surrender, please surrender immediately, let everyone dismount, throw down their weapons, and send people there quickly to beg for surrender."

For no reason, both of them felt fear rising.

They think that they are also men in the desert, and that they have the breath of a brave man in their blood, but now... it seems that everything is gone.

This kind of unreasonable fear made them finally realize that today's Daming is no longer the opponent who can fight back and forth back then, the opponent in front of them is so terrifying that it has reached the point of being invincible.

Finally... After a stick of incense, the artillery fire stopped.

Standing on the high platform, Zhu Di saw everything in front of him through the binoculars, and at this moment, he understood that his era had also passed away.

Only by witnessing with his own eyes, Zhu Di felt the pain of being left behind by the tide of the times, was this completely contrary to the way of war in the past.

But... fortunately, this new method is still in my hands, enough to become the cornerstone of the Great Ming Dynasty.

He never spoke, and his brothers were by his side, and he ignored them. The success of a successful commander lies in the fact that they have enough insight and will form their own military strategy based on observation.

He used binoculars to observe every detail on the battlefield, afraid of missing something.

The function of the hot air balloon attack, the new artillery, how to attack the enemy like loose sand, and why the infantry lined up in such an array to shoot.

And whether the Tatars responded wisely, although they were defeated, what measures did they take, and why these measures did not produce such an effect in the end, if I were a Tatar, would there be any way to fight.

Countless thoughts flashed through Zhu Di's mind, his face was cloudy and uncertain.

……

And behind Zhu Di, all the kings were also speechless.

Almost everyone can feel the power of the model battalion. This kind of tactics is completely beyond common sense, directly attacking more than ten times the number of cavalry, which only makes people feel creepy.

Zhu Zhen pursed his lips even more. He is an expert and has a lot of experience in suppressing thieves. At this moment, especially when his eyes turned to Zhu Di, he felt a sense of awe for no reason.

The rest of the kings felt fear even more. For this era, this is actually a power that destroys the world. In the face of this terrible power, people only have an indescribable sense of powerlessness.

At this time, Zhang Anshi came in a hurry wearing a suit of armor.

Arriving in front of Zhu Di, Zhang Anshi immediately said: "Your Majesty... the battle report came out, and there were no casualties in the model battalion. Tatars and Wuliangha people, 730 people were killed and 920 people were injured. Your Majesty, this exercise has been a great success." success."

Immediately afterwards, Alutai and Ha'er Wuai were brought over with miserable expressions.

Trembling and trembling, they fell at Zhu Di's feet. At this time, they were already too frightened to say a word.

Zhu Di looked down at the two of them with complicated eyes.

Zhu Di said: "Masters, what about the Tatars and Wuliangha people?"

Before anyone else could answer, Ha'er Wu's face was ashen, and he only said: "Very vulnerable..."

Zhu Di smiled, but made the same judgment as Zhang Anshi: "No, danger is not chaotic, and he can respond quickly. Even in the face of adversity, there are still people who attack without orders. And I Seeing that these soldiers are very vigorous, when I was in Jingnan, Wu Lianghabu followed me in Jingnan, and it was the same, braving arrows and rocks, brave and fearless, definitely worthy of the word "elite."

From Zhu Di's mouth, it may be a compliment, but when Ha'er heard it in his ears, he felt it was irony.

Ha'er Wubai just knocked his head on the ground, wishing he could bury it in the sand and never pull it out, daring not to have any response.

Zhu Di looked sideways, but at Zhang Anshi, and said: "The model camps should be promoted, starting with the warrior camp, the Shenji camp and the three thousand camps. Within three years, these three camps must be effective. All the backbones should start from the model camps. Battalion transfer, the hundred households of the model battalion will directly serve as commanders in each battalion. The general banner will directly serve as the commander of the thousand households... Of course, there is no need to rush...let the model battalion expand first, and then expand it. Let this model battalion, then Recruit 700 men."

Zhang Anshi said: "Yes."

Zhu Di said again: "Can the production of these firearms keep up?"

Zhang Anshi said: "As long as His Majesty orders, I can find a way to expand production."

Zhu Di nodded.

At this time, he turned his head to look at the kings, and said with a smile: "What do you think?"

King Zhou is the head of all kings, even though his mind is on his medical science now, he can't help nodding and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, I have built a great Ming foundation for tens of thousands of years."

Zhu Di smiled, then turned his gaze back to Zhang Anshi, and said, "What does King Zhou say, what does Zhang Qing think?"

Zhang Anshi and Zhu Di had a tacit understanding for a long time, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, I think that it will be difficult for tens of thousands of years..."

This is a taboo, and only Zhang Anshi dares to say it.

Zhu Di smiled, and said encouragingly, "Huh? What's the reason?"

Zhang Anshi said without any scruples: "If it takes tens of thousands of years, it is not impossible, but it may not be possible with my Da Ming clan. In my humble opinion, it is only possible for the clans of Da Ming to work together. "

"Let's talk about His Royal Highness King Ning. He was in Luzon. At first, he was just a small port. More than [-] soldiers opened up borders everywhere. Now, in just two years, he has built seventeen cities, occupying the largest city in Luzon. The fertile land has a radius of [-] miles, and a large number of refugees have been migrated, hundreds of thousands of acres of wasteland have been reclaimed, and three ports have been built, and now they are raising troops in Luzon. In my opinion, this is the real vassal king, for me Daming Fanping, if my Ming Dynasty had more clan members like His Highness Ning Wang, why would the country not be stable?"

If this had been said in the past, everyone would only think that it was fooling everyone again.

But now that he really saw the scene in front of him, his thoughts were obviously completely different.

Especially the king of Chu, the king of Chu knows best in his heart that the natives in the south do not have high combat effectiveness, at least much lower than the Tatars. If there is the support of the imperial court and the feudal clan is moved away, it may be difficult for a few years in the early stage , but it is expected that the situation will change soon, and it may be true that he will be like King Ning by then.

Zhang Anshi continued with a smile at this time; "If you have other concerns, you can actually let the clan relatives take the army and horses first, and then move the family members after they settle down. I heard that when Emperor Gaozu was around, he was reluctant to part with his children and grandchildren. They endure hardships, but they are afraid that their descendants will lose their aspirations because they are pampered. Therefore, before the kings took over as feudal vassals, they were asked to go to Fengyang, the central capital, to work in agriculture, so that the kings knew the sufferings of the people, and they were sealed everywhere. Bianzhen, as my Ming screen."

"Nowadays, the situation in the world has changed. The Tatars may not be my confidantes in the future, and the enemies of Ming will be at sea in the future. That's why your majesty has worked so hard to inherit the legacy of Emperor Taizu Gao and give it to me." The kings have a heavy responsibility, let the kings guard the sea towns all over the world, in case of accidents."

After Zhu Di heard this, he was secretly happy.

This guy... Even Emperor Taizu Gao moved out, and this reason makes sense.

That's right, I listen to Taizu's words the most, so I naturally want to continue the ancestor's law. If anyone doesn't obey, then I will sacrifice the ancestor's law to severely punish.

Zhu Di smiled all the time, only listening attentively.

The kings saw Alutai and Ha'er Wuai knelt on the ground in embarrassment, their faces ashen ashes.

Goodbye Your Majesty's high spirits, and the devastation under the high platform.

The good words are exhausted, and the threats are also full.

And the prospect has also been shown. When everyone goes out, they are going to abuse the food, and there is almost no danger.

But Zhang Anshi said again: "For all the vassal kings who are willing to go out of the town, His Majesty has repeatedly asked for the sake of brotherhood, to let the merchants provide enough weapons and gunpowder for the guards of the kings. Um... it is the model camp. weapons!"

The eyes of all the kings are invisible.

At this time, Zhang Anshi continued his efforts and said: "Your Majesty also said that when the commercial firm produces products, it must first supply the kings first, and then supply the officers and soldiers. The kings...the overseas vassal lands...are actually not many. If it is too late, But you won’t be able to occupy a good place, so it’s not too late.”

After the kings heard this, their hearts suddenly tightened. Everyone was not stupid, and they immediately realized an important problem.

That's right, with so many brothers and so many vassal kings, there are probably only a few good places on the western side. If you are lucky, it would be great to occupy a fertile place or a place closer to Daming, but if you let other people People get ahead first, and by then they will be in feudal vassals, and if they are driven overseas, there will be no good place for them.

Zhu Di laughed at the right time and said: "Don't mention these things for now, don't mention these things, today is just watching the battle, and these things will be mentioned later. The whole model battalion has made great contributions, and the people who come here will each give a hundred taels of silver to teach others. Take the wine and meat, and reward the model camp well, this wine... must be made of high-quality palace brewing."

After setting up his posture, after finishing speaking, Zhu Di drove back to the palace happily without saying anything.

He did leave, but he left behind the kings, as well as Nahar Wubai and Alutai, all at a loss.

The kings were just thinking about it at this time, and they were probably thinking, Your Majesty, didn’t you just talk about the transfer of the feudal domain, but you continue to talk, let’s see if we can talk about it again.

However, Ha'er Wu'ai and Alutai are completely hopeless, and they don't know how they will be dealt with by the Ming court in the future.

The emperor seemed to have no interest in any of them.

At this time, King Zhou and King Chu wanted to get in front of Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi said happily: "Your Highness, I still have some things to do. Goodbye, goodbye."

As he said that, he moved his feet and ran away in a hurry.

talk?
The more you talk to them at this time, the more they will think about it.

But once you don't plan to talk to them, they will panic instead.

Sure enough, soon Zhang Anshi's mansion was full of people.

First came the king of Zhou.

King Zhou and Zhang Anshi had a heart-to-heart talk about medicine, and suddenly the subject changed: "Mr. Wei, I know that you know the most about overseas countries. In your opinion, where is the best place to go overseas?"

Zhang Anshi was calm and composed on the surface, but he was secretly laughing inwardly. Obviously... King Zhou wanted to find a good place for himself.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Anshi said: "It would be best to go to Tianzhu, where the land is the most fertile, but...that place is a bit far away, go now... I'm afraid the supply will not be able to keep up, if I..."

Zhang Anshi did not perfunctory him, as he spoke, Zhang Anshi asked someone to fetch the map, and began to point out in a serious manner, telling him the benefits of various places in detail.

King Zhu of Zhou listened very carefully, but in the end he took a fancy to the location of Sumatra, nodded with satisfaction and said, "This place is very good... um... Thank you, thank you."

After a pause, King Zhou seemed to have thought of something, and then said, "I heard that Duke Wei also has a feudal land in Nanzhou, right?"

Zhang Anshi immediately said: "Hey, to tell you the truth, His Highness King Zhou, that place is a barren land, it's really tasteless, can you see Eunuch Zheng's report?"

King Zhu of Zhou looked at Zhang Anshi sympathetically and said, "This king also heard that Duke Wei asked for it himself. Duke Wei, you are such a loyal minister! This king is not as good as you."

He spoke very sincerely, and he himself was not so polite. If you don’t give me a good place, the emperor, will you still be a brother?
But take a look at Zhang Anshi's realm...

Zhang Anshi just smiled: "In the future, your Highness will go overseas. If you gain a firm foothold in Sumatra, we should contact you more. At that time, I will open a route from Nanzhou to Sumatra. Your Highness will help me more. My place...is poor... "

King Zhou didn't even think about it, and immediately said proudly: "It's easy to say, easy to say, I want food, I want wood, it's a matter of a word."

King Zhu of Zhou responded very happily at the beginning, but then he asked: "It's just that the king's guards this week..."

Zhang Anshi is also very good at it, and said: "Don't worry about the firearms, they have already been prepared."

"Okay, okay, that's good."

King Zhou was satisfied.

After King Zhou, other feudal lords came to visit one after another, and Zhang Anshi was able to deal with each of them with ease.

Soon, Zhang Anshi personally reported what happened in his house to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di burst into laughter at this time, and laughed: "This battle was fought so well, it really taught me to exhale and raise my eyebrows! Don't I know what my brothers are thinking now? Zhang Qing's family... You have helped me a lot this time, and I have made up my mind to give you something."

This was really a surprise, Zhang Anshi said in surprise: "I don't know what your majesty wants to bestow?"

Zhu Di smiled mysteriously and said, "You might as well take a guess. Come on, tell me, what do you want now?"

Zhang Anshi thought about it seriously and said, "This... what I lack the most, should be... people?"

"Woman?" Zhu Di was startled and stared at him with wide eyes.

"No, man!" Zhang Anshi quickly replied.

(End of this chapter)