The Jagged Empire of Daqin

"And you also have to be respectful of the court's training, try to hit every shell on the enemy, try to teach your subordinates how to master artillery, and don't waste the court's money, do you understand?"

"Understood!" [-] artillerymen shouted in unison!

Yang Ze took out a passport from his sleeve, unfolded it with both hands, and said solemnly to the contents: "Where is Zhang Zhen!"

"In!" An artilleryman in the crowd raised his hand in response!

"Zhang Zhen, who performed well during the training period, was specially appointed as the captain of the First Artillery Battalion of Hulao Camp. After he was disbanded, he immediately went to the Jingshi Camp to select [-] candidate artillerymen, and then went to the Ministry of War to apply for twenty Ugly Bull Cannons. , [-] rounds of shells, and then take the artillery, shells, and people to the Hulao camp to report to the general of the town army!"

"As ordered!"

"Liu He, during training..."

For a long period of time that followed, Yang Ze told everyone where they were going. Among the 120 artillerymen, 240 became captains of each artillery battalion, [-] became lieutenants of each artillery battalion, and the rest All serve as military candidates for each artillery battalion!

Since the Qin Army of the Yanshui Camp has gone south to expedition to the Southern Wei Dynasty, the ten artillery battalions belonging to the Yanshui Camp will temporarily stay in Xianyang and be responsible for training a group of artillery for the Jingshi Camp!

After distributing everything, all [-] artillerymen returned to the capital camp and began to select their own troops. Then, according to Yang Ze's instructions, they went to the Ministry of War to declare and receive the ugly cow-style artillery and shells, and then brought the ugly cow-style artillery, Cannonballs and people went to various camps to report.

But Yang Ze and Fang Zi went to the palace, ready to report the matter to Ying Chang.

An hour later!

noon!

Imperial Palace, Royal Study Room!

It was noon at this time, and Ying Chang was sitting on the dragon chair having a meal. While eating, he asked Pei Ji to open the memorial for him to read. He really didn't dare to waste a little time, even while eating. Memorial.

tread... tread...

In vain at this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and I saw Xu Shui, the chief of military guards in Xianyang Palace, walking into the hall with light steps. Your Majesty, Marquis and Minister of the Ministry of War Yang Daren asked to see His Majesty, and he is waiting fifty steps outside the hall!"

"Xuan!" Ying Chang replied without raising his head.

"Abiding by the order!" Xu Shui replied, turning around and leaving slowly. After about a while, Fang Zi, the military officer, and Yang Ze, the Minister of the Ministry of War, walked into the imperial study room, and the two faced Ying Chang together. Bending down to make a salute, he said: "My minister Yang Ze Fangzi pays homage to His Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Ying Chang put down the bowls and chopsticks, reached out and picked up a gold cloth to wipe the corners of his mouth, then poured down a cup of fragrant tea for gargling, swirled the fragrant tea in his mouth, then spit it back into the teacup, and let the people in the imperial dining room take it back After finishing all this, Ying Chang just looked up at the two of them and asked, "Is everything done?"

"[-] artillerymen have been appointed and allocated!" Yang Ze replied respectfully.

"En!" Ying Chang nodded in satisfaction, and then said: "Except for the Yanshui battalion, how long will it take for the artillery assigned to the other battalions to arrive? Especially the artillery responsible for the coastline and ports, Yin Haishu The last time I played to the court, it was said that Yin Li's four major naval forces did not indirectly provoke our Daqin coast, and because of Yin Li's provocation, Yin Hai was unable to build warships, and urgently needed to deploy artillery on the coastline and ports to attack the provocateurs!"

Yin Li's provocations have been very frequent. Almost every day, every moment, Yin Li's navy can be seen coming forward to provoke. It is precisely because of this that Ying Chang is eager to return the artillery to attack Yin Li's arrogance as soon as possible. Arrogance, so that Yin Hai's warship can go into the sea.

"Your Majesty, there are a total of 45 artillerymen in charge of the coastline, including 900 artillery battalions. They have already carried [-] million artillery pieces and [-] shells to the coast of Wuyang and Haozhou. I speculate that it will take half a year for them to arrive! "Yang Ze replied with a solemn expression.

"Half a year?" Ying Chang was slightly taken aback, and said in astonishment, "Aren't you joking with me? Half a year? Half a year, the day lily is cold!"

"Your Majesty, even though the nine hundred cannons are broken into parts, they are not easy to transport, especially the one hundred thousand cannonballs. The cannonballs are huge and can only hold one in a box. If 5000 people want to transport so many things Half a year is the shortest time to reach the coastline!" Yang Ze quickly explained.

Ying Chang raised his eyebrows, and asked with a rather puzzled look: "In this case, why don't you recruit civilian husbands to escort?"

"This..." Yang Ze hesitated to speak, a little hard to say!

Fang Zi took a deep breath, bent down to salute and replied: "Your Majesty, the budgets of the Ordnance Department and the Ministry of War have been used up, and there is no money left to recruit civilian husbands!"

"Used up?" Ying Chang couldn't help exclaiming!

What did he hear?

The Ministry of War budget is exhausted!

How long has it been? Less than half a year, you told me that the one-year budget has been used up?

Ying Chang can clearly remember that this year's imperial court's budget for the Ordnance Department has reached 7000 million taels of silver!

Yang Ze smiled sheepishly, "Your Majesty, you don't know. The training of 500 artillerymen alone burned 500 million taels of silver from the Ordnance Department, and the [-] ugly guns produced by the Ordnance Department within six months." The cow-style cannon burned [-] million taels of silver!"

"Of the other 2000 million taels of silver budget of the Ministry of Ordnance, 500 million were burned in various departments of the Ministry of Ordnance, and the remaining 500 million were burned in the production of shells. Originally, before the artillery was allocated, the Ministry of War still had 15 shells in stock. "

"But after the distribution of artillery, the 45 artillery battalions in charge of the coastline and ports alone took away [-] shells, and the remaining [-] shells were also taken away by other artillery battalions!"

"There are 120 artillery battalions in the whole country. Currently, only [-] artillery battalions have received shells. There are still [-] artillery battalions waiting for the Ministry of Ordnance to produce shells, and then lead the shells to their respective battalions. But the Ministry of Ordnance has run out of space. Yin, I don’t have the ability to continue to produce shells, and I came here today to report this matter!”

PS: "Today the author has something to do, just the third shift, and tomorrow we will resume the fifth shift depending on the situation!"

Chapter 791 Gold-swallowing monster!

Oh my God!

Ying Chang never imagined that the Ordnance Department's ability to burn money would be so perverted. The budget of 7000 million taels of silver was used up in half a year, and it was enough to be used up. It was not enough, and there were still fifty artillery battalions waiting. The Ordnance Department produces shells.

Really greatly underestimated the ability of the Ordnance Department to burn money!

"Is the artillery missing?" Ying Chang frowned and asked.

"The artillery is sufficient, mainly because the shells are not enough!" Yang Ze raised his hand and replied.

Ying Chang breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that there would not be enough artillery!

Ying Chang relaxed his frowning brows, looked at Fang Zi and Yang Ze and asked, "How many shells can the Ordnance Department produce a day?"

"Five thousand shots!" Fang Zi replied quickly.

"Pei Ji!" Ying Chang shouted lightly!

"The minister is here!" Pei Ji shouted with a solemn expression, sonorously and forcefully!

"According to my order, immediately lead people to stop all the artillerymen leaving the city, tell them to go back the same way, and still stand by in the capital camp!" Ying Chang ordered decisively!

"According to the order!"

Pei Ji raised his hand in response, and then turned to leave. After Pei Ji left, Yang Ze couldn't help frowning, and asked in a puzzled tone, "Your Majesty, why are you doing this?"

"Artillery is a newly established arm in Daqin. There are only 100 skilled people, and the rest are strangers who have never even touched artillery. After they return to their respective camps with artillery, they must undergo training. Yang Aiqing thinks , How long will the shells they bring now be enough for training?" Ying Chang first explained, and then asked Yang Ze back.

"This...."

Ying Chang's words were so reasonable that Yang Ze was speechless.

"No matter the artillery battalion of the big battalion, each artillery battalion carries [-] shells. The Ministry of War gives priority to providing the port artillery battalion, followed by the coastline artillery battalion, and finally the artillery battalions of the major battalions. If there are not enough shells, build them. The imperial court allocates funds!"

"120 artillery battalions, each artillery battalion has 120 shells, that is 2000 million shells, a total of 2000 million taels of silver, isn't it just [-] million taels of silver? Daqin can give it, pass on my will, The Ministry of Finance allocated [-] million taels of silver to the Ministry of Ordnance!"

"Three hundred million taels of silver, you can see and use it yourself. Those who transform cannonballs make cannonballs. They should mobilize civilian husbands to escort them. Don't worry about money. As long as Daqin still has one tael of silver, I will spare no effort to support it!" Ying Chang looked solemn. , said in a moderate tone.

For the construction of the artillery battalion, Yingchang will definitely spare no expense. The price paid now will definitely be very worthwhile in the future.

"I will definitely live up to your majesty's expectations. As long as I have money, I can guarantee that the port artillery battalion and coastline artillery battalion will arrive at their destination within three months!" Yang Ze bowed down and replied solemnly and respectfully.

If you have money, you can recruit civilian husbands to escort some military resources such as artillery and shells, which can greatly increase the marching speed of the artillery battalion.

"The Ordnance Department will not disappoint His Majesty, and will make every effort to build artillery, and will also find ways to save money!" Fang Zi also bowed and saluted respectfully.

Ying Chang nodded in satisfaction, and then lightly waved his arms to signal Fang Zi and Yang Ze to step back. Seeing this, Fang Zi and Yang Ze hurriedly said goodbye respectfully, and quickly left the imperial study room. , Ying Chang wrote a note and asked someone to pass it to Jia Luo, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and say hello to Jia Luo first, otherwise Jia Luo would not transfer the money.

It is estimated that Jia Luo must be so distressed to death when he saw this excerpt, [-] million, let alone Jia Luo, Ying Chang, who has always been rich and powerful, felt a little distressed.

Remove the 13 million taels of silver, and the treasury will be left with 190 billion taels of silver and 500 million shi of grain!

In just half a year, the Qin court burned nearly [-] million taels of silver. This cannon is really a monster that swallows gold!

Time passed slowly, and the days passed. With the passage of time, the Ordnance Department started to produce artillery again after receiving the money allocated by the Ministry of Households. Nearly 30 soldiers of the reserve battalion, 50 people went all out to escort artillery and shells. For a while, the state roads leading from Xianyang City to various places were full of teams escorting artillery and shells, which can be described as a steady stream!

To mobilize 80 people for escort, this scale is unprecedented for all countries, and it is no different from all over the country. Even a third-rate dynasty like the Moon Dynasty can't produce 80 young people, but the Qin Dynasty is easy The loose mobilization of 80 young and strong men shows how perverted the population background of the Great Qin Dynasty is.

The 26th year of Shengqin, July [-]st!

Chen Shi!

The border between the Southern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, Peach Blossom Valley!

Peach Blossom Valley, as the name suggests, the entire valley is covered with peach blossom trees. It is a very beautiful and famous scenic spot. There have been countless heroes and heroines drinking wine, enjoying flowers and reciting poems here, leaving a sentence of eternal masterpiece!

It's a pity that it's already July, and the peach blossoms fall to the ground and turn into autumn mud, and the beauty of the past is gone!

What's more regrettable is that due to the dangerous terrain, Peach Blossom Valley has become one of the main battlefields of the Northern and Southern Wei Dynasties. Since June, the Southern Wei army has stormed the Northern Wei army in Peach Blossom Valley several times, although each time they left a lot of corpses The defeat retreated, but the Northern Wei army suffered heavy losses and became more and more unable to withstand the attack of the Southern Wei army.

Because of the war and killings, the Peach Blossom Valley was lifeless, and the air was filled with a disgusting rancid smell. If those heroes and heroes who had had a good time in Peach Blossom Valley saw this scene, they would definitely sigh.

Located on the flat ground of high hills in the back valley of Peach Blossom Valley, there are white tents standing here. This is a military camp. Looking at the military flag with the word "Gong" fluttering in the wind, you can know that this military camp is the Northern Wei military camp!

There are [-] tents in the Northern Wei army camp, but [-] tents are empty. The owners of these empty tents are lying in a pile of corpses, reduced to ghosts in the Peach Blossom Valley. Sadly, every day here, there are thousands of tragic events happening here!

The Northern Wei military camp was very quiet. Because of the silence, the entire army showed a decadent air. Many soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty lay on the ground and looked up at the sky, as if they were asking God when the war would end. heart!

In the commander's tent located in the center of the Northern Wei military camp, many generals of the Northern Wei Dynasty stood on both sides of the tent, and on the commander's seat sat a powerful middle-aged general, wearing a thick dark blue armor. Wearing a purple tasseled helmet, it was Zuo Zhen, the great general of Zhengerpin Town in the Northern Wei Dynasty!

PS: "I'm asking for a recommendation ticket, asking for a monthly ticket, asking for a reward, asking for a full order, and asking for four daily requests. I hope you will support the little ones a lot. The little ones are very grateful, thank you!"

Chapter 792 Peach Blossom Valley!

At this time, Zuo Zhen and the generals standing on both sides of the big tent were all frowning and worried. The big tent was very quiet and no one spoke. Except for Zuo Zhen, the rest of the generals bowed their heads in silence. , from time to time issued a slight lament!

The reason why the generals of the Northern Wei Dynasty did this was because the [-] soldiers of the Southern Wei Dynasty who came around from the mouth of the wind bell were about to reach the rear of Peach Blossom Valley. Facing front and rear attack!

After the big tent was silent for a while, Zuo Zhen took a deep breath, looked at the generals solemnly and said: "At this critical moment, everyone should not be silent. If you have any good suggestions, just say them directly, even if they are not good. It's okay, it's better than being dumb now!"

A relatively young general of the Northern Wei Dynasty stepped out of the queue, bent over with a dignified expression, and made a report: "General Qi, the final general believes that we have only two choices now, one, withdraw from Peach Blossom Valley, and fight with the remaining General Li Zheng The army joins forces, two, stand firm and wait for help!"

The "aid" mentioned by the young Northern Wei general did not refer to the other Northern Wei army, but the Qin army. It is not a secret that the Qin army is rushing south to help, and the Qin army will arrive soon!

"According to the general's opinion, withdrawing to Peach Blossom Valley is the best policy!"

"Let's wait for the Qin army to come to our aid!"

"We don't have time to wait. Within a day, the [-] Southern Wei troops coming from Fenglingkou will encircle and suppress us. It will take at least three to five days for the Qin army to arrive at Peach Blossom Valley. Wait for the Qin army to arrive. , we have long been lonely ghosts in the mountains!"

"But once we withdraw from Peach Blossom Valley, we will lose two of our three important places. Then what will we use to fight against the Southern Wei Dynasty!"

"Let's withdraw!"

"Can't withdraw!"

The generals of the Northern Wei Dynasty had a heated discussion. Some generals believed that they should withdraw from the Peach Blossom Valley to prevent being attacked by the Southern Wei army.

These two options have their own advantages. Choosing the former can effectively protect the living force and avoid being flanked by front and back. It will be safer; choosing the latter, although the entire army may be wiped out, may also be reborn from desperation and defeat the Southern Wei army. !

Watching the generals blushing and the scene being noisy, Zuo Zhen couldn't help but feel a headache. He really convinced them, when they were silent, they were too silent, and when they discussed, they discussed too much, without any sense of size!

"Silent!" Zuo Zhen shouted lightly!

With a soft shout, all the generals immediately shut their mouths, and looked at Zuo Zhen in unison, wanting to hear what Zuo Zhen meant.

Zuo Zhen pondered for a while, and then said: "I have heard what you said just now, everyone has their own reasons, and no one can say who is wrong. This general's decision is to stick to Peach Blossom Valley and stick to it. Waiting for help!"

"I will be able to make this decision for three reasons. First, Peach Blossom Valley is an important place for me in the Northern Wei Dynasty. If it is lost, the hinterland of the Northern Wei Dynasty will be under the soldiers of the Southern Wei Dynasty, which will make my Northern Wei Dynasty very passive. The general has not received any orders to retreat, if the general had given the order to retreat, he would have retreated without a fight, withdrawing troops privately!"

"Three, the Qin army arrived in a few days. Although it was not that fast, I didn't believe it. My soldiers in the Northern Wei Dynasty couldn't last for five days. If they couldn't last for five days, why would they talk about destroying the Southern Wei Dynasty and rebuilding the Great Wei Dynasty! "

After saying this, Zuo Zhen got up from his commanding position, looked at everyone with a stern voice and shouted: "Our army is about to face a tough battle, I hope that you can do your duty as generals, and you must be good to the general Two words, one soldier will be coaxed, one will be raging, I hope all the generals will keep it in mind!"

"We will follow the general's instruction and swear to be loyal to our duties!" All the generals bowed down and shouted solemnly!

"Report!"

In vain at this moment, an urgent call came from outside the tent!

"Come in!" Zuo Zhen shouted softly!

As soon as the words fell, an unarmored scout opened the curtain and rushed into the tent. The scout hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted and reported: "General, something is not right. Five miles north of Peach Blossom Valley [-] Southern Wei troops were found outside, and this Southern Wei army is all infantry, attacking the rear of our army!"

"what!"

"So fast!"

"Damn!"

As soon as the scout's voice fell, all the generals in the tent panicked and didn't know how to deal with it for a while. This happened too fast, and they were not prepared.

"Shut up all of you, general, and look at your appearance, do you still look like a general!" Zuo Zhen yelled at the generals, hating iron and steel!

Hearing this, the generals couldn't help but bow their heads in shame, ashamed to look directly at Zuo Zhen.

Zuo Zhen's face was gloomy, dripping water, and he said in a low tone: "Obviously, the Southern Wei army already knew the news that the Qin army was rushing south to help, so they did not hesitate to rush all night, trying to seize the Peach Blossom Valley before the Qin army! "

"If as expected, the Southern Wei army in front of Peach Blossom Valley will also launch an offensive, intending to attack back and forth, and annihilate our army in one fell swoop, but our army must not sit idly by. This general order will mobilize [-] troops to guard the northern high hill of Peach Blossom Valley. In all cases, guard the southern valley of Peach Blossom Valley, and block the attacks of the front and rear Southern Wei armies at all costs!"

"Now all of us have only one order, stick to it and wait for help. No matter what, we must support the Qin army to rush to help. Do you understand!"

"I will understand at the end!"

"I will understand at the end!"