Unparalleled Concubine

The most notable feature of thermal weapons is that the threshold for using them is relatively low. Even a three-year-old child can easily kill a strong man with a pistol in hand. On the contrary, a three-year-old child must practice hard for at least several years or even ten years. Only when you have enough time can you cultivate yourself into a qualified archer. As for the kind of arrow god who pierces Yang with a hundred steps, it is something that can be met but not sought after.

Xie Jing knelt on the ground, trembling all over: "Your Majesty, in the hands of Southwest, this thing is like a god."

"Hundreds of them entered Xiangyang City, and after only two or three rounds with this thing, our troops suffered heavy casualties."

"I sacrificed tens of thousands of people to get this gun from the Southwest Army."

He knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, there are countless skilled craftsmen in the capital. I implore Your Majesty to get this thing out as soon as possible. If there is no such thing, Southwest will be able to enter the capital soon!"

Chapter 1053 Said he died

The Son of Heaven didn't pay too much attention to this ordinary iron pipe. First, he had never seen what it looked like on the battlefield. Second, the news of Xiangyang City's disastrous defeat made it difficult for him for a while. accept.

10,000+ people are stationed in Xiangyang City. Every month, the imperial court dispatches countless supplies to Xiangyang City to feed them. In the past few months, Emperor Yuanzhao has even begun to use the grain left by the late emperor. Under the circumstances, Xiangyang City is lost if it is lost?

How ridiculous!

More than [-] people, even if they stand still and let those rebels kill them, they will be killed for four or five days. How can they lose a great city in three days?

The Son of Heaven absolutely cannot accept Xie Jing's explanation, even if Xie Jing is his own uncle and his mother's only younger brother.

To be honest, if the person kneeling in front of him was not his own uncle, Xie Jing's head would have fallen to the ground by now.

Emperor Yuanzhao's eyes were bloodshot, he growled at Xie Jing: "You 10,000+ people, you didn't even hold on for five days!"

"It won't be long before the Battle of Xiangyang City will spread throughout the world. At that time, people all over the world will know how vulnerable our court's army is, and how fierce the southwest army is!"

Emperor Yuanzhao was furious, he stepped forward, grabbed Xie Jing's front, and said angrily: "Even if you 10,000+ people all died in Xiangyang City, you can't lose Xiangyang within three days!"

The Son of Heaven has no reason not to be angry. Before Shanyin City, his younger brother disappeared mysteriously and was taken out of Shanyin City. He felt a little uneasy in his heart. Now the 10,000+ imperial army in Xiangyang City was touched by the rebels from the southwest Just broken, how can he not panic?

His emperor is different from Emperor Taikang and Emperor Chengde. He was brought up by Li Xin, and he was a little afraid of Li Xin in his bones. He had the advantage before and could have the courage to fight against Li Xin. Now see the Southwest Army It was so powerful that he was already a little panicked.

If the imperial court's 10,000+ troops cannot stop the Southwest Army for three days, then it will only be a matter of time before the Southwest Army enters the capital.

Xie Jing knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, when defending Xiangyang, Pei Jin's Ankang army withdrew immediately, leaving only our Hanzhong army to defend the city, and the southwest rebels made some new ones. Firearms, Xiangyang City will be defeated..."

"I don't dare to shirk my responsibility, and I am willing to bear all the responsibilities, but the things I risked my life to bring back, please take care of your majesty."

Xie Jing kowtowed and said: "This thing is very useful on the battlefield!"

In the Battle of Xiangyang City, Xie Jing, as the "victim", was very afraid of firecrackers, subconsciously amplified the power of firecrackers, and he was the defeated side, so he would exaggerate the power of firecrackers with the emperor to some extent , in order to lighten up some of the guilt.

"I will let people imitate this thing."

Emperor Yuanzhao still had a dark face, he looked at his uncle coldly, and said angrily: "At the same time, I will ask the ministers of the court to discuss your crimes in Xiangyang City. All the descendants of the Shanyin Xie Clan in the imperial court must return to Shanyin, and none of them are allowed to enter the capital without my order."

Speaking of this, the emperor thought of Xie Dai who lost his brother again, and his heart became even more angry. He said in a muffled voice: "Then there is Xie Dai, who is not good at taking care of my emperor's brother. He was escorted to Beijing to await trial!"

"Everyone in the second room of the Shanyin Xie family is at home and is not allowed to go out for half a step, waiting for the court to interrogate at any time!"

In fact, for Xie Jing's status, the court can't discuss the crime. After all, he is the emperor's uncle. The ministers don't give the emperor face, but also the empress dowager, so the crime is just a formality. Xie Jing's final verdict has already been said lightly by the Son of Heaven.

That is to rush back to Shanyin and confine your feet.

This result means that, at least in a short period of time, Xie Jing will no longer have the chance to return to the court, and at the same time, the entire Shanyin Xie Clan will also be implicated, losing almost all their status in the court.

At the same time, the second wife of the Shanyin Xie family, that is, Xie Dai's line, has to come out to take responsibility for the crime.

The matter has come to this point, Xie Jing has nothing to say, after all there is no Empress Dowager Xie, and now his ten lives have been lost, this uncle of the country knelt on the ground, kowtowed: "My lord, thank you for your kindness..."

The emperor waved his hand impatiently.

"You go to the harem, bid farewell to the queen mother, and go back to Shanyin."

Xie Jing got up from the ground, and bowed deeply to the emperor again, his face was full of bitterness.

"Your Majesty, the guilty minister's crime is unforgivable, but the firearm brought back by the criminal minister, His Majesty must..."

"I know."

The emperor was expressionless.

"I'll let the people from the Military Weapons Supervision imitate it, and then try it myself."

"Go down."

"Criminal...retire..."

Xie Jing left Weiyang Palace with a complicated expression on his face. When he walked out of the gate of Weiyang Palace, he looked back at the tall palace with a complicated look on his face.

In the early years, he was just an ordinary son-in-law in Shaoxing Mansion, at most he had a brother-in-law of a prince. Then one day, his silent brother-in-law suddenly ascended to the throne, so Shanyin Xie ascended to heaven with chickens and dogs, and he was also able to enter. In the capital, climb rapidly in the court hall.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, and this time he might see Weiyang Palace for the last time...

After Xie Jing left, the emperor quickly asked Xiao Zheng to invite an old man with white beard and hair.

The old man is Gongyang Shu, the prime minister of the Three Dynasties.

Gongyang Shu was in Shen Yanzhi's change. He was invited back to the capital by Li Xin and continued to be his prime minister. Yang Shu simply stepped down from the position of prime minister, but this time he did not go back to his hometown, but lived in Yonglefang. Emperor Yuanzhao respected him very much, even after he became an official, he would still The capital invites him to enter the palace to participate in political affairs.

After the old sheep entered the Weiyang Palace, he bowed his hands to the emperor, and the emperor quickly stepped forward, supported the old man, and said with a wry smile: "You don't need to be too polite, please sit down."

With that said, the emperor personally moved a chair and asked Shu, the ram, to sit down.

After the old Prime Minister sat down, he looked up at the emperor, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty called the old man into the palace so urgently, I don't know why..."

"Old man, something happened in Southwest."

Emperor Yuanzhao handed an urgently sent military report to Gongyang Shu, and then said with a wry smile: "My Great Jin has stationed tens of thousands of troops in Xiangyang. Blocking the Southwest Army for a year and a half, or even longer, but I didn't expect it to be only three days!"

"In just three days, the Southwest Army took Xiangyang City abruptly!"

Having said this, Emperor Yuanzhao swallowed, his voice trembling slightly.

"Most of the Hanzhong Army in Xiangyang City was dispatched by me from the Forbidden Army. If the Hanzhong Army is so useless, then the Forbidden Army..."

Speaking of this, the emperor looked up at Gongyang Shu, smiled wryly and said, "I really don't have any ideas, so I ask the old man to think of a way..."

"An old civil servant really doesn't understand martial arts..."

Gongyang Shu frowned and remained silent for a while, then said: "But this old man can give His Majesty a suggestion."

After a pause, he said slowly: "A few days ago, your majesty and the old minister mentioned that the sixth prince of Shanyin disappeared, and he was probably taken captive by Li Chang'an in the southwest. Now that the southwest has captured Xiangyang, the heart of tigers and wolves has become clear. Ruojie, the most unfavorable thing to my court at this time is not Bingfeng from the southwest, but His Majesty's younger brother."

The emperor frowned and said: "There is nothing to do about it. At this moment, the imperial court can't do anything..."

Ram Shu stroked his beard with a low voice.