The Jagged Empire of Daqin

"The Kama tribe has become unprecedentedly powerful, making the two overlords of the western and northern grasslands afraid of it. The two overlords of the western and northern regions have formed an alliance to jointly resist the Kama tribe. Even with one enemy and two, the Kama tribe still has the upper hand. According to Yichen's calculation, it only takes two years for the Kama tribe to wipe out the western and northern overlords and complete the great cause of the unification of the Qiang people!"

After hearing these words, Ying Chang and Chang Zifei fell silent, and their expressions were involuntarily dignified.

"When the Qiang people are united, they must establish a country and covet Kyushu. At that time, the Qiang people will take Qin and Qi as their swords. Whether the Qiang people attack Qin or Qi, it will be greatly detrimental to our great Qin. First, Qin and Qi signed an alliance. If you ask for support, Qin will definitely come to your aid unconditionally, although our Great Qin can tear up the covenant, but with our current strength, it is not enough to support us to break the covenant!"

"Second, the Qiang people hold our handle. If they attack Qi, they will definitely use this to blackmail us Daqin and force us not to send troops. Whether it is one or two, our Daqin will fall into a passive position. At that time, we will have a good situation and will It disappears like a bubble!" Ying Chang said with a dignified expression.

"Your Majesty's words are very true, so we must suppress the development speed of the Kama tribe and never allow the Qiang tribe to be unified!" Chang Zifei frowned, with a look of worry on his face.

"But how do we suppress the Kama tribe? Stop exporting ironware? Or secretly transport ironware to the two grassland overlords in the northwest?" Jarrow said in a rather helpless tone.

Whether it is to choose the former or the latter, it is not feasible. If you choose the former, the Qiang people will inevitably release the news that the Great Qin Empire has colluded with the Kama tribe, and lead the soldiers of Kyushu to attack Qin. Choosing the latter is even more impossible. Great Qin It only bordered the Kama tribe, so it couldn't be transported at all, and the Kama tribe was not blind. Seeing the enemy on the opposite side also wearing armor, they guessed it all at once.

"Does Jia Aiqing know about the population and military strength of the Kama tribe?" Ying Chang looked at Jia Luo solemnly and asked.

Jarrow fell into a short silence, and after thinking about it, he replied: "Two years ago, the population of the Kama tribe was about 13 to [-] people, and the population of the tribes on the Murphy Prairie was about [-]. Qiang men are all soldiers, and the Kama tribe should have [-] to [-] cavalry."

"The Kama tribe has been fighting for two consecutive years and annexed the White Wolf tribe. The population and military strength have not decreased but increased, but the Kama tribe has not risen much. The population should be around 18, and the army strength should be between [-] or [-]!"

After hearing these words, Yingchang couldn't help but fell silent. After a period of silence, he asked in a deep voice, "If I, Daqin, send troops to destroy the Qiang, is there any chance of winning?"

Chang Zifei and Jia Luo looked at each other, and they could see the frightened look in each other's eyes.

Send troops to destroy the Qiang, what a big tone!

The Qiang nationality has existed for more than 300 years. During the [-] years, many Kyushu empires sent troops to attack Qiang, but all ended in failure. As a result, for nearly [-] years, no country dared to send troops to attack Qiang. It is passive defense.

Without him, the Qiang people's swimming skills are really superb. When dealing with the Kyushu army, the Qiang people never attack directly. They always choose to pull a kite. What is a kite? When you release the arrow, you chase and hit the arrow, and there are two final results: you have no choice but to withdraw the army or the entire army is wiped out.

The only way to deal with the Qiang people is to train more elite cavalry than the Qiang people's cavalry, and see who has the best shooting skills, but all the countries in Kyushu are farming countries, no matter how hard they train, they can't compare with the Qiang people who grew up on horseback .

No solution!

"Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers underestimate themselves, nor is it that the ministers and other people's arrogance destroys their prestige. With the current national strength of our Great Qin, there is no chance of defeating the Qiang. Let alone our Great Qin, even if the Great Wei Empire sends troops to attack the Qiang, [-]% of them will be defeated. Maybe, it's not that the Qiang is too strong, but that my Great Qin doesn't have the people and the right place!" Chang Zifei replied helplessly.

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Chapter 231 Visiting the Ordnance Department in person!

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No one wants to destroy the Qiang, but there is no way to destroy it.

If it can be destroyed, how can the Qiang people be allowed to be presumptuous for 800 years.

After hearing these words, Jia Luo fell silent. Although he was silent, Ying Chang knew that Jia Luo also meant the same thing.

"According to Aiqing, I have no solution to the Qin Dynasty?" Ying Chang asked blankly.

"That's right!" Chang Zifei nodded.

The corners of Ying Chang's mouth curled up, and he said with a smile: "I think that nothing is difficult in this world if you put your heart into it. Although the Qiang people are strong, there is always a way to break them. Now I have a way to break the Qiang people's roaming tactics!"

After the words fell, Jia Luo and Chang Zifei's eyes lit up, and Qi Qi looked at Ying Chang expectantly, only to hear Ying Chang continue saying: "The advantage of the Qiang people is to shoot, and if I am a Daqin iron cavalry You can also shoot, isn’t it the solution to the Qiang’s shooting tactics?”

"Your Majesty..."

"Listen to me first, I know what the two of you are going to say, don't you just want to say that the Qiang people are a nation on horseback, have innate advantages, and I am far behind the Great Qin? You are right to say this, I I can understand, but have you two heard that if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your weapon?"

"Of course I've heard that, but this is a battle between the two armies, not civil engineering!" Chang Zifei immediately replied.

"Haha!" Ying Chang laughed softly, "As the saying goes, if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his weapon. I said, if he wants to attack his army well, he must first sharpen his weapon. The Daqin cavalry cannot draw their bows and let go like the Qiang cavalry. Arrowing horses galloping, and if my Daqin had a powerful crossbow that can be operated with one hand, wouldn’t it be possible to shoot arrows with one hand? In this way, would it still break the loose shooting tactics of the Qiang cavalry? "

"A powerful crossbow that can be manipulated with one hand?"

Chang Zifei and Jia Luo couldn't help feeling puzzled, and then Jia Luo couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, I have never heard of a powerful crossbow that can be wielded with one hand!"

Chang Zifei also nodded, with the same meaning as Jarrow.

Throughout most of their lives, the two have never heard of a crossbow that can be operated with one hand. The most powerful single-handed crossbow they have heard is the eight-stone crossbow, which can shoot six hundred steps, but the eight-stone crossbow requires two hands to operate, and it is also It's so heavy that the cavalry can't hold a crossbow and shoot arrows at the same time.

"Can't you make it if you don't have it?" Ying Chang was quite speechless.

These two have no sense of innovation at all...

"make?"

Chang Zifei and Jia Luo once again looked at each other in blank dismay, suddenly enlightened.

Yes, can it be made without it?

"Your Majesty is holy!" Chang Zifei and Jia Luo suddenly bowed down and shouted in admiration. The admiration for Ying Chang in their hearts was like a torrential flood, out of control.

"Yang Ze, Minister of the Ministry of War, ordered the Ordnance Department to develop a one-handed crossbow as soon as possible. Forget it, I'd better go to the Ordnance Department in person!"

It was about the great plan of destroying Qiang, and Ying Chang was very anxious. After speaking, he got up from the black carved dragon throne, and walked out of the imperial study with big strides. Chang Zifei, Jia Luo, and Tang Hua hurriedly followed. After a while, Ying Chang rides on Long Huan, Chang Zifei and Jia Luo ride on a sedan chair, and they leave the palace together for the military office.

Yang Ze, who received the news that Ying Chang was leaving the palace, immediately waited at the door of the household department's yamen with the military officials.

As soon as Ying Chang got off the dragon, he waved at Yang Ze and other officials of the Ministry of War and shouted: "I am here this time for the Ordnance Department. The rest of the officials are going to deal with the political affairs at hand. Don't waste time on welcoming me!"

After hearing these words, all the military officials quickly dispersed, leaving only Yang Ze and Ordnance Commander Kong Lu.

At this time, Chang Zifei and Jia Luo got out of the carriage one after another, and Ying Chang didn't write any ink, and let Yang Ze lead the way.

The yamen of the Ministry of War is very large. Walking in is like walking into a city within a city. There are officials of the Ministry of War, large and small, walking around in it. Chang and his party finally came to the Ordnance Department.

Across dozens of steps from the Ordnance Department, Yingchang could clearly feel the temperature difference, which shows how hot the Ordnance Department is inside.

A group of people quickly walked towards the Ordnance Department. When ten guards including Ying Chang, Chang Zifei, Jia Luo, Yang Ze, Kong Lu, and Tang Hua walked into the Ordnance Department, everyone immediately sweated and wanted to put their clothes on. Strip off.

A group of people walked into the Ordnance Department, and did not cause a sensation, because the blacksmiths in the Ordnance Department were very focused on their work, and did not know that His Majesty, the current Prime Minister, and the two ministers came to the fiery Ordnance Department in person, and they did not expect that the Great Qin Empire The most powerful people have come here.

"Ding dong!"

"when!"

All the blacksmiths wielded hammers and beat the objects in their hands continuously, making a burst of knocking sound, causing sparks to fly around. They were all naked from the top to the bottom, wearing shorts on the bottom, with sweat all over their bodies, and beans dripping from their foreheads from time to time. Big beads of sweat.

Hot and tired.

"Stop, stop, stop, Your Majesty is coming!" Ordnance Commander Kong Lu raised his hand and shouted repeatedly to the extremely busy blacksmith.

"Your Majesty is down?"

All the blacksmiths were taken aback, put down their hammers involuntarily, and turned their heads to look. When all the blacksmiths saw a young man in a black dragon robe standing at the door, they were suddenly excited. Just as the craftsmen were about to kneel down and salute At that time, Ying Chang hurriedly raised his hand to interrupt:

"You don't need to salute, and you don't need to worry about me. You guys do your own thing, and I just take a look!"

Even so, all the blacksmiths still knelt down on the ground and shouted in unison with great excitement: "Cao Min pays homage to His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Never expected that His Majesty the Emperor of Ninth Five-Year will also come here.

"Get up, get up!" Ying Chang raised his hand dumbfoundingly, and subconsciously wiped the hot sweat from his forehead.

All the blacksmiths got up one after another, and everyone looked at Yingchang, and they refused to look away.

This is His Majesty the Emperor. It is definitely a great honor for His Majesty the Emperor who is alive to see Long Yan.

Seeing this scene, Ying Chang knew that he had to talk to the blacksmith of the Ordnance Department, and at this moment, Chang Zifei wiped his sweat and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you call the blacksmith outside to talk?" , it's too hot here!"

Coming to such a hot place all of a sudden, and wearing thick clothes, it was so hot that his head was dizzy. Except for him, the ten imperial guards including Jia Luo, Yang Ze, and Tang Hua all looked the same. Same thing.

Ying Chang shook his head, and said with a solemn expression: "Hundreds of national craftsmen stay here every day, and there has never been a national craftsman who said that he would go out to make objects, and I came here for less than a few hours. Is there any reason to speak outside? ?”

After the words fell, Chang Zifei took a step back in shame, and all the blacksmiths were moved.

National craftsman!

What a lofty title, and it came from His Majesty's mouth.

Chapter 232 Fang Zi!

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Just for the word "national craftsman", all the blacksmiths thought to themselves, desperately wanting to create the best and most perfect armor weapon.

Ying Chang didn't know it was because he casually called the craftsmen of the Great Qin Empire into ranks. In order to obtain the title of national craftsman, countless craftsmen studied artifacts day after day and year after year. talk.

Sometimes, a great era is born, many of which are casual words of those in power.

"Craftsmen of Great Qin, if we want to be strong, we must be self-reliant, self-reliant, and defend our country with a strong army, and a strong army cannot do without excellent equipment. Where does the excellent equipment come from? Of course, it comes from the hands of all the national craftsmen. Come!"

"Soldiers have sharp blades, which can split the enemy's armor. Soldiers have sharp spears, which can pierce the enemy's chest. Soldiers have strong bows and crossbows, which can kill the enemy at a hundred paces. The military can conquer the world with a destructive force!"

"If the generals of the Great Qin are the sharpest swords in my hands, then you are the hilt of the sword. Without a blade, you cannot make a sword, and without a handle, you cannot make a sword. The national craftsmen of the Great Qin, whether my Master of the Great Qin can sweep the world is up to you all." !"

After finishing speaking, Ying Chang bowed down to compose with a solemn face, and made a big gift!

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will definitely create the sharpest weapons to help my Daqin man break through the armor and kill the enemy!"

"Long live Great Qin! Long live Great Qin!"

"Long live Your Majesty! Long live Great Qin!"

Yingchang's few words ignited the passion of serving the country with weapons in the hearts of blacksmiths, making the eyes of hundreds of blacksmiths moist, and they raised their powerful fists and shouted long live.

Ying Chang straightened his back, took a deep breath, and said to hundreds of blacksmiths: "The national craftsmen of Daqin, we not only want to create the sharpest weapons, but also constantly innovate and create new weapons. Come, just for the new weapons!"

"New weapons?"

Hundreds of blacksmiths heard the words, but the Erzhang monks couldn't figure it out, and they didn't understand Yingchang's meaning.

The concept of new weapons is very vague to them, and they don't know what new weapons are.

"Your Majesty, what is a new type of weapon?" An older blacksmith stepped forward cautiously and asked.

"May I ask the old man's last name?" Ying Chang asked.

The old blacksmith hurriedly raised his hand and wrote back: "Your Majesty, Caomin's surname is Fang. You can call him Caomin Fang old man. All the colleagues here are called Caomin!"

"I'll call you Fang Lao, Fang Lao, you've asked a very good question. It's hard for me to explain the concept of new weapons clearly for a while. For example, the most powerful individual crossbow in the world today is the eight-stone crossbow. Shooting six hundred steps, both in terms of power and range, belong to the top!"

"But if you can build a cavalry with one-handed crossbow, it will be a new type of weapon. I came here for this cavalry with one-handed crossbow. Everyone knows, whether it's Qiang or Xiongnu, They are all peoples who grew up on horseback!"

"They are powerful in shooting and shooting, which is far inferior to other countries in the Kyushu. It is precisely because of this that the Xiongnu and Qiang people often invade our Qin territory. I don't know how many soldiers of the Great Qin and the people of the Great Qin died tragically under the swords of the Xiongnu and Qiang people. I am determined to wipe out the barbarians and return From now on, I need this kind of cavalry that can wield a powerful crossbow with one hand to help our soldiers to conquer the Northwest Desert!" Ying Chang explained the purpose of his visit this time, and also told everyone about the new weapons he needed.

After the words fell, a young man in the crowd showed excitement. Fang Lao seemed to have thought of something, and hurried to the side. Seeing this scene, Ying Chang and the others were suddenly at a loss, looking at each other, not knowing what Fang Lao meant.

"This is?" Yang Ze turned his head to look at Ordnance Commander Kong Lu with a puzzled expression on his face, Kong Lu shrugged his shoulders, expressing that he didn't understand what Fang Lao wanted to do.

"Old man Fang, what are you doing here?"

"Shut up, don't call me Old Man Fang, His Majesty always calls Old Man Fang, Old Man Fang, and you still call Old Man Fang, do you have any discernment!"

"Uh...."

"Old Fang seems to be looking for something!"

"Didn't Mr. Fang's son make some weird blueprints a few days ago? I seem to have seen one of the blueprints. The blueprints are just crossbow arrows. Could it be that Fang Zi has already developed what His Majesty wants?"

"How is it possible? It was not reported before that His Majesty needs new weapons. The powerful crossbow drawn by Fang Zi should not be what His Majesty said that cavalry can handle with one hand."

There was also a commotion among the many blacksmiths, all discussing and guessing softly, and Ying, who had amazing ears, often heard the discussions of the blacksmiths, and a wave of anticipation rose in his heart.

"Your Majesty, I found it, I found it!"

There was a sound of excitement, and I saw Mr. Fang rushing over with a piece of parchment. When he came to Yingchang, he handed the parchment to Yingchang. Yingchang couldn't wait to take it and take a look. I know, I'm so excited to see it!

Ying Chang was so excited that he couldn't speak, which caused the crowd to commotion again, and also made Fang Lao even more excited. Chang Zifei, Yang Ze, and Jia Luo also hurried over to watch. When they saw the parchment drawing The three of them were also quite excited about the images and text descriptions.

The drawing on the parchment was a crossbow, and there were two large characters on it: short crossbow. The image drawn was similar to Ying Chang's idea that a cavalry could handle a crossbow with one hand.

Yingchang raised his head, looked at Mr. Fang excitedly and asked, "Has this short crossbow ever been made?"

Hearing this, Mr. Fang hurriedly looked left and right, as if he was looking for something. When he saw a young man in the crowd behind him, he immediately waved to the young man and shouted: "Gua Wazi, come quickly, come here!" !"

The young man named Gua Wazi immediately passed through the crowd and walked to Elder Fang. At this moment, everyone looked at this young man with doubts in their eyes.

This boy has messy long hair, wearing a short coat on his upper body and shorts on his lower body. He has a thin body and looks weak, not like a blacksmith at all.

"Could it be this young man who drew the drawings?" Ying Chang couldn't help asking curiously.

"Yes, it's him. He's my fifth son, Fang Zi!" Old Fang's face was flushed with excitement.

He felt that his family was going to be prosperous and glorious.

"Fang Zi? Okay, hahaha!" Ying Chang couldn't help laughing out loud, looking at Fang Zi as if looking at a treasure.

Talent, definitely talent!

"I congratulate Your Majesty, I am very happy to have the talent of Qilin!"

"I congratulate Your Majesty, all blessings, Your Majesty!"