The family has a throne to inherit

The current changes in Dali can be described as changing with each passing day. The government strongly encourages the combination of Han people and other ethnic groups. Originally, the nobles or headmen of the Bai nationality used to give their families a Chinese name. Now, more and more Han people have entered Dali. Afterwards, for the sake of preferential policies, some young Han men shamelessly went to court women of all ethnic groups, even widows.

Among the people who immigrated, there are naturally many women, even quite a few. After all, the Central Plains has been in war for many years, and too many young and strong people have died because of the war. As women, even in the relatively open era of Datang, many times they are very impotent.If there is a male in the family, even the clan will show a sinister face and directly eat the wealth of the family.As for the orphans and widows, it is nothing more than forcing the widows to remarry, asking any clansman to adopt their daughters, not to mention that they can work at home, and after a few years of marriage, they can receive another dowry.

Therefore, this time when Dali launched immigration, many such families were moved. Instead of staying in the clan and being exploited, it is better to go to Dali to start a new life.Women in Dali can set up their own households and have independent property rights. Many ethnic groups still maintain the habit of walking marriages. For them, men are the objects of borrowing.

After arriving in Dali, many women found that even women can support a family alone, and they immediately relaxed. They can choose a good husband and have children instead of just looking for someone When a man gets married, everything is left to chance.

Therefore, among these women, quite a few of them chose men from other ethnicities to marry, and now many of the first batch of people who received preferential policies have started to give birth to the next generation.

But Duan Siping looked at the population data sent from various places, and then found that, according to the current population growth rate in Dali, after 20 years, the land resources may not be enough!No matter how high the yield per mu is, there is not much arable area!

Duan Siping gained benefits by annexing Dongchuan. On the other hand, he also began to face up to his own ability. The feudal towns of Liangchuan were already considered relatively strong, but the results seemed to be vulnerable. Therefore, Duan Siping inevitably gave birth to some Thoughts, but he was still worried about gains and losses, he wanted to ask Duan Sijin's opinion, in fact, he was just looking for peace of mind.

Duan Sijin said directly: "If you think you are strong enough, then why don't you do it?"

Duan Siping breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "The strength is actually not enough, I think, I need at least five or six years to breed the population, recuperate, and accumulate more strength!"

In fact, before it took five or six years, Duan Siping waited for a good opportunity.

Meng Zhixiang died. At that time, he was already the envoy of Liangchuan Jiedu, and he was named the king of Shu. He was a prince of one side, but he was no match for time. Unable to hold on anymore, he simply proclaimed himself emperor, and his country name was Shu.

After Meng Zhixiang became emperor, he appointed his third son, Meng Chang, as the crown prince.Meng Chang's biological mother, Li Shi, was originally Li Cunxu's concubine, and was later given to Meng Zhixiang, who gave birth to Meng Chang.But Meng Zhixiang's first wife, Princess Fuqing, has passed away, and her two sons both died young. Meng Chang was later raised by Princess Fuqing's side, and the Li family also followed Princess Fuqing's lead. appearance.This also led to the fact that even though Meng Chang had an adult elder brother, the position of heir still fell on him.

When Duan Siping heard the news, he immediately sensed an opportunity and issued a call for action.

In the call-to-action, Duan Siping severely criticized Meng Zhixiang's act of establishing himself as emperor. He was favored by the emperor many times. The royal family married all the princesses to him and made him the king of Shu. Well, it is really treasonous to establish yourself as an emperor.

As a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, Duan Siping said that Meng Zhixiang's behavior would be attacked by the whole world. Therefore, Dali directly stated that it has declared war on Shu!

When Meng Zhixiang heard the news, he almost spit out a mouthful of blood!What's the matter with you, Datang hasn't said anything yet!You are a vassal state, but you are blah blah blah.Meng Zhixiang knew that Duan Siping wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to annex the land of Shu, therefore, regardless of old age and frailty, he began to prepare the army for war.

The disparity in strength is too great, and even Meng Zhixiang's personal conquest by the royal family will be difficult to restore the decline.

The army here in Dali is well equipped, the logistics are good, and the ordnance is also very powerful. No matter how tall and thick your city wall is, if a few return guns are aimed at the past, let alone the flesh and blood, even the city towers will collapse immediately The end of the collapse.Some martial arts masters recruited by Meng Zhixiang wanted to use the mantis' arms as carts, but the heavy stone eggs bombarded them with huge kinetic energy, no matter how high the martial arts were, it was useless.

Even a congenital master like Duan Siping can only avoid the edge when encountering such unreasonable weapons. Duan Siping once said in private that if the development of weapons is faster, then the future of martial arts will be improved. It is useless!

After Meng Zhixiang's imperial conquest, he heard bad news every day, either this city was breached, or that city surrendered directly.Dali ran over to attack the Kingdom of Shu, no matter what the purpose was, but he was a righteous teacher in name, which also caused a lot of people's hearts to fluctuate. , Dali is on behalf of the emperor to fight against non-officials, and his family was originally a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, so even if he surrendered, it would be abandoning the dark and turning to the bright!

Under such thinking, even before Dali's army officially started to attack, the county magistrate killed the county magistrate and went out of the city to surrender.

Meng Zhixiang's health was already very bad, otherwise, he would not risk the disgrace of the world and want to have an emperor's addiction. You must know that before this, he has always advertised himself as a loyal minister. The Tang court was quite respectful.

At Meng Zhixiang's age, the most important thing to do is to enjoy the wealth and honor, care for his grandchildren, cherish his blessings and take care of himself, so that he can live for a few more months.In the end, he made a big news out of nowhere and told Duan Siping to seize the opportunity.

Shuzhong is a good place. Compared with Dali, it is easier to defend and harder to attack, and the land is fertile and the climate is good. Duan Siping already felt that Dali's arable land is not enough. Then, Shuzhong will become a very important part of Dali. important logistics base.Therefore, for Shuzhong, Duan Siping is determined to win.

Under Duan Siyu's hard work, he also got a chance to lead the army. With his mathematical literacy, Duan Siping asked him to lead the artillery battalion. Some other siege machines have been calculated and adjusted so that they can hit the target more accurately.

The Artillery Battalion belongs to the kind of troops that will be closely protected and have great lethality, but it is impossible to go to the battlefield head-on. Duan Siyu feels that Duan Siping underestimates himself, but Duan Siping sees that Duan Siyu is not as good as his chin. He directly dismissed his request because he was willing to let you go to the battlefield, and he wanted to rush to the front line, because he thinks his life is too long!

In this kind of matter, even Duan Sijin, who has always been more indulgent to him, would not be able to agree. Who knows if someone will attack him.Duan Siyu is almost the lowest in terms of force in the family.Duan Sijin is already busy refining some elixirs to improve his skills. After refining them, he will directly open up his meridians, put a few elixirs down, and easily give him about sixty years of internal strength.Of course, this will make it much more difficult for him to break through his innate talent, but, judging by Duan Siyu's appearance, does he seem to be able to concentrate on martial arts?Therefore, it is almost enough to let him have first-class martial power. If he regrets it in the future and wants to practice martial arts well, then it will not be a big problem to practice a method of cleansing his tendons and cutting his marrow to purify his internal strength!

However, Duan Siyu soon discovered that because of the power of the return cannon, the artillery battalion has repeatedly made outstanding achievements. If the terrain of Shu is not so flat, even if the return cannon is disassembled, it will be very large and difficult to transport. Convenience, therefore, today's artillery battalion adds up to ten return artillery, so you have to take it easy to use it.

After all, in this era, even if Duan Sijin improves the smelting technology, the quality of the smelted steel is good, but the wear resistance and toughness are still somewhat lacking. After each use, some parts will wear out and have to be replaced. Otherwise, there will be a big deviation in the next use, not to mention, it must be disassembled frequently for transportation.Under such circumstances, under normal circumstances, in ordinary small towns, it is enough to get two or three return cannons to scare them, and the rest must be spared, lest there are not enough parts to replace them later, and they are no longer needed, then just Embarrassed.

Duan Siyu now has thousands of people under his command, and there is nothing he can do about it. At least a return cannon requires more than 100 people to operate.Duan Sijin had already made up his mind. When Duan Siping captured Shuzhong, he began to develop thermal weapons. The requirements for soldiers were much lower. He only needed to pull the trigger. He had no ability to fight head-on. So important.

Duan Sijin's plan is currently only in his own mind, and he hasn't told Duan Siping or others at all.In this era, there are already so-called firearms, but they are made of heavy kerosene, which is expensive to use and has great limitations. Therefore, they can only be used by the side defending the city in battles.

And Shuzhong obviously doesn't have this technology, and Duan Siping has never seen it before. Therefore, for now, he is very satisfied with the artillery battalion where the return cannon is the mainstream.

Dali's side advanced quickly, but Meng Zhixiang's side was very upset.Without any good news all day long, Meng Zhixiang would have been angry at first, but now he is almost numb. When Dongchuan fell, Meng Zhixiang couldn't help but vomited blood, and passed out.

Meng Zhixiang was a person who lived his life from day to day. He spurted out a mouthful of blood, and he, who was originally just dying, almost let out the last bit of vitality.After he woke up, he immediately summoned Meng Chang to come forward, preparing to pass the throne to Meng Chang, so as not to have long nights and dreams.