Chapter 92 Artillery General

Before Ruizong could speak, Princess Taiping came up with a smile and said, "Fifth Brother, my little sister's business has been completed. Fifth Brother, it's rare to be so happy today. I'll bother you with a glass of water and wine."

This ability to lie is so clever, Chen Wanrong has to convince her ambition.

Ruizong smiled and said, "Fifth Brother is about to celebrate well. I originally planned to send someone to see you. Have you finished your business? Just do it, so that the fifth brother won't worry."

This is also a person who doesn't blush when lying! The two siblings, one lying, and the other is not willing to let it go, Chen Wanrong couldn't help but feel a little funny.

Princess Taiping smiled and said, "My little sister, thank you brother Wu." Yingying was blessed, Ruizong smiled happily, waved his hand, and everyone went straight into the palace.

When I arrived in front of Hanyuan Palace, I saw two graceful beauties standing, either, but Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen. The two sisters came forward together: "I have met my father!"

Ruizong loved these two daughters very much. He jumped off the imperial chariot and pointed at his two daughters. He couldn't even close his mouth: "Jinxian, Yuzhen, you finally remembered your father, are you back to see him?"

Princess Yuzhen was a little naughty and twisted her neck: "Father, if you are unhappy, your daughter will leave."

Ruizong's face sank, his right hand raised, gently hit Princess Yuzhen's pretty face, and he became angry: "If you leave, your father will be really unhappy."

Princess Yuzhen touched her smooth face and pretended to be painful: "Father, are you always hitting me? You're not here!"

"You little girl, don't do this! My father won't mess with you, that's what you love!" Ruizong knew that Princess Yuzhen liked to make trouble, so he wanted to ask the truth from her mouth. It was unlikely that she asked Princess Jinxian, and asked Princess Jinxian, "Jinxian, what do you think you are going to do when you come back?"

Princess Jinxian teased and replied: "Father, my daughter heard that you have found the treasure today, so she will come back with her sister to congratulate her father!"

"Nonsense, where did the father find the treasure?" Ruizong was stunned and did not understand what she meant.

Princess Yuzhen acted coquettishly and said, "Father, don't listen to your sister's nonsense. My daughter heard that she was trying out the cannon today. When the father was happy, she would come back to see her father."

Ruizong then realized that he was so happy that he kept saying: "It's still my daughter who loves his father! Let's go, Jinxian, Yuzhen, and the father will hold a banquet later. You have to have a few drinks with him!"

The artillery was successful and his achievements were expected. Ruizong was very happy. When Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen came back, he was happy and wanted to drink it well.

Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen met Princess Taiping and Li Longji. Chen Wanrong then stepped forward to meet: "I've seen the princess."

Princess Yuzhen teased Chen Wanrong: "Father, is this your great hero?"

Ruizong was stunned and nodded, "You girl, you know how to make trouble. That's right, Wanrong is a hero of the Tang Dynasty."

Princess Jinxian also came to make fun of it: "Great hero, what has your father rewarded you? Show it to me."

Chen Wanrong had a headache with these two cute princesses and always liked to go against me. His eyes rolled and he replied, "The emperor has not yet rewarded the two princesses. However, I can ask the emperor for the same reward."

Ruizong was very interested: "Wanrong, what do you want? Let's talk about it?"

Chen Wanrong said seriously: "The emperor doesn't know that the two princesses mix perfume on my house, which is considered to be a bit of a fate with me. I see that the two princesses have the potential to do chemical engineering. If the emperor agrees, I will let me teach them."

If Chen Wanrong teaches the two princesses, then Chen Wanrong will be the teacher of the two princesses. Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen will not be able to oppose him again in the future. Princess Jinxian, Princess Yuzhen's eyes widened and stared at Chen Wanrong hatred. Chen Wanrong seemed to have not seen it.

Ruizong laughed and said, "Let's talk about it later." These are all interesting words, so Ruizong won't take it seriously.

After this incident, Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen became more cautious about Chen Wanrong. If Chen Wanrong really wanted to ask for this reward, Ruizong might not have to give it to him. In that case, he would not be able to go against Chen Wanrong and said together: "It's boring!"

Ruizong suggested: "Go to drink! Go to drink!" Surrounded by Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen, he entered Luanxiang Pavilion.

"Sit all, sit all!" Ruizong was in a good mood and was much more kind.

Everyone thanked and took their seats. The servants came with tea. Ruizong drank and said, "Today, I am really happy. Let's drink and talk about things."

After giving orders, the eunuch sent him to the imperial banquet. Ruizong sat in the middle, Princess Taiping, the left hand was Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen. Li Longji, the right hand was Duan Hui, and Chen Wanrong sat in the last time, next to Duan Hui.

Duan Hui and Ruizong have an extraordinary relationship. They are both kings and friends, and are also the savior of Ruizong. In Ruizong's mind, their weight is naturally much larger than Chen Wanrong, so Chen Wanrong can only sit in the last seat.

Ruizong raised his glass in his hand: "Today, the artillery was successful, I am very happy! Come on, I have picked up the glass, we have done it!"

Everyone raised their glasses and drank them together.

Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen sifted the wine and raised it up and said, "Father, my daughter wishes you a glass! My daughter wishes my father a long life, his achievements will last forever, and his reputation will be recorded in history!"

It is impossible for a person to live ten thousand years. It is just a matter of saying that Ruizong does not care about it at all.

"The achievements will last forever and the names will be recorded in history" is real, it is the emperor's pursuit, and the people Ruizong is planning to do this now. Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen's words were just in his heart. Ruizong was so happy that he raised his glass and said, "Okay! Father will do it!" He drank it all, and the wine glass was radiating happily.

Ruizong was easy-going and friendly, but he didn't expect that he would have such a playful side in front of his daughter. Chen Wanrong felt very friendly.

Ruling the corners of his mouth, Ruizong was very comfortable: "Wanrong, let's talk about artillery. Especially the power and usage of artillery, we should talk more about it."

Chen Wanrong responded and said, "Master, you must be clear about the power of the cannon. One cannon is so powerful. If there are more cannons, hundreds, thousands, and concentrated to bomb, what will it be? The soil will overturn a layer!"

Artillery is known as the "God of War God". Since its invention, it has been widely used on the battlefield and plays an important role. Especially in the Second World War, the use of this artillery was even more surprising. It can often be bombed in thousands of artillery pieces, and thousands of artillery pieces are concentrated. Not to mention soil, even cement bunkers cannot withstand it.

During the Battle of Shangganling, the soil was loose several feet. During the Battle of Lang Son, artillery fire was flying, and Chinese artillery plowed the entire mountain. More than 20 years have passed, but even grass has not grown.

Of course, the artillery fire of the Tang Dynasty did not meet this requirement. However, as long as the number of artillery is sufficient, it is concentrated and used, plowed and loosened, Chen Wanrong is still confident.

"Really?" Ruizong was a little unbelievable.

Before Chen Wanrong answered, Li Longji replied: "Father, this should be true. When the father saw it, he fired dozens of cannons with one cannon, and the soil in that area became soft. If there were more cannons and a while, it would be no problem to overturn the soil. It would be difficult to survive under such dense cannon bombardment!"

After his explanation, Ruizong suddenly realized and slapped, "It's great! There are many enemies in the Tang Dynasty! Tubo, Turks, and Dashi all gave the Tang Dynasty a headache. With cannons, the Tang Dynasty can deal with them. At that time, it's up to them, or the Tang Dynasty?"

Tubo, Dashi and Hou Turks were the old enemies of the Tang Dynasty, which gave the Tang Dynasty a headache. Now that they have a sharp weapon to deal with them, Ruizong is so energetic that he has a sharp mind, his eyes shine, and his face is shining, and he wishes he could command thousands of troops and kill him.

In fact, the Tang army's equipment is more advanced than these old enemies, and there is no need for artillery to defeat these countries. However, these countries have their own characteristics, and the existing equipment of the Tang army cannot overcome these problems.

Tubo is a plateau country with a dangerous terrain and a particularly complex terrain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Once the Tubo people are in danger, the Tang army is really helpless, and Shibao City is the most typical example.

The best place to use artillery is to fight against Tubo. The Guanshan Mountains of Tubo are quite dangerous. As long as the Tang army set up the cannon and bomb it, it would be impossible to defend it. Even if the Tubo did not destroy its country, it would be nowhere near.

As for the Later Turks, there was no need for artillery at all, and the Tang army could easily defeat them. The Turks were located in the desert, with vast grasslands and boundless, which was conducive to large corps combat, especially cavalry fighting, which was even more beneficial.

Several large-scale counterattacks against nomadic peoples in Chinese history were all dominated by cavalry. During the Warring States Period, King Wuling of Zhao first defeated Hu people such as Loufan Aries in the Yinshan area, and then lured the Huns to go south. King Wuling set up a battlefield on the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, and defeated the 300,000 Huns with less than 200,000 Zhao troops.

Later, Meng Tian launched the Hetao Battle under the order of Qin Shihuang. 300,000 Qin troops defeated the main force of the Huns in one fell swoop and forced the Huns to escape north. By the time of Emperor Wu of Han, the Western Han Dynasty fought back against the Huns. Emperor Wu of Han changed the military strategy of the Western Han Dynasty and formed a large-scale cavalry, which led to the later "Dead War in the North of the Mo". Wei Qing and Huo Qubing led 100,000 elite cavalry to cross the desert and completely defeated the Huns. From then on, the Huns never recovered and eventually perished.

These major battles have one common feature, that is, our army enjoys the equipment advantage. Of course, this is inseparable from China's advanced technology. King Wuling defeated the Hu people not only by relying on "Hu Clothing and Cavalry", but also by Zhao's advanced crossbows. At that time, the Huns' Chanyu did not understand how threats the bows and crossbows were to them, and he relied on the Huns' skillful cavalry to launch a charge at the Zhao army. When the Zhao army's arrow rain was overwhelming, the Huns were still far away from the Zhao army. At this time, the Huns suddenly realized that their bows and arrows could not reach the Zhao army at all.

Not to mention Meng Tian’s battle to defeat the Huns, Qin Shihuang invested more than 10,000 large crossbows. The Qin Dynasty’s crossbows were the most powerful crossbows in Chinese history. More than two thousand years have passed, and no dynasty can create crossbow arrows that are larger than the Qin Dynasty’s Liannu. The Qin Dynasty’s crossbows were extremely expensive, and of course they were extremely powerful. One arrow shaft was as thick as a child’s arm, nearly one meter long. By firing through Liannu, the Xiongnu cavalry in leather armor could be skewed into meat skewers.

After the fight started, more than 10,000 large crossbows carried out a big killing against the Hun cavalry. It was ten times more violent than King Wuling of Zhao's attack, and the Huns could not be defeated.

Similarly, the Tang Dynasty had much better weapons than the Turks, such as horse lances, mob knives, horizontal knives, and crossbows. These equipment could well restrain Turkic cavalry. It was precisely because of such advanced equipment that the famous general Cheng Wuting could defeat the Turkic cavalry with 30,000 Tang troops.

Of course, the Turks also have their advantages, that is, the grassland is too vast and they can't escape if they can't be defeated. Therefore, the Tang army defeated the Later Turks countless times, but they cannot destroy the Later Turks.

With artillery, the Tang army's advantages are more obvious, and the hope of destroying the Turks is greater. It is just around the corner to recreate the glory of Emperor Taizong of Tang. Can Ruizong not be excited?

Princess Taiping asked a very realistic question: "Brother, how many cannons are built?"

Ruizong blurted out: "Make a thousand doors."

Chen Wanrong was shocked and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it takes a long time for a thousand gates to be built. It is unlikely to be built in less than three or two years."

Ruizong was happy to say it for a moment. Jun Wu joked. He said it but couldn't change his words, so he was stunned.

It was Li Longji who came to rescue the siege and said, "In my opinion, building a thousand cannons is not enough, so we should build more. However, according to our current situation, this can only be a long-term plan. Father and sons think that we should build twenty first and knock down the stone castle city."

Chen Wanrong secretly praised Li Longji for his cleverness. This not only solved the mistakes of Ruizong's absurd words, but also planned the long-term development of the Tang army.

Ruizong did not agree immediately, but solicited Chen Wanrong's opinion: "Wanrong, do you think, can twenty cannons be used to capture Shibao City?" Chen Wanrong's words were the most authoritative, and he had to ask for some questions.

Twenty cannons were enough to capture Shibao City, and Chen Wanrong was full of confidence: "Go back to the emperor, I think it's enough!" Not to mention the twenty cannons, even if they capture Shibao City, there is no problem even if they capture all the passes of Tubo.

After receiving Chen Wanrong's recognition, Ruizong happily made a decision: "That's good, just build twenty first! Wanrong, when you build artillery, you should teach more craftsmen, so that in the future, you can build a large number of artillery."

This is inevitable. Even if he doesn't say it, Chen Wanrong will do it: "Your Majesty, I understand! It's just that there is one thing. I'm worried that this manpower is not enough."

Li Longji took over the conversation and said, "You don't have to worry about this. Artillery is the top priority of the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, people need people and money. In a word, you will give you whatever you want."

"Yes!" Ruizong comforted Chen Wanrong and said, "Wanrong, please be relieved."

Li Longji had said this a long time ago, and Chen Wanrong had another idea and said: "Your Majesty, do I have a way to do it, don't you know whether to say it?"

Ruizong was very interested: "Oh! Tell me quickly."

Chen Wanrong replied: "Your Majesty, I think it's not difficult to build artillery in the Tang Dynasty, but this good craftsman is really not enough. The emperor doesn't know that the current military weapon supervisor has made tools for cutting steel and is preparing to make a machine for cutting steel."

"What did you say? They made the knives?" Ruizong, Princess Taiping, Li Longji, Princess Jinxian, Princess Yuzhen, and Duan Hui were all surprised and stared at Chen Wanrong.

It is hard to imagine that being able to cut steel is the eyes of the ancients. The Tang Dynasty owned this machine, although it was not used much, was also a treasure. Ruizong and others knew it was normal.

Chen Wanrong nodded and said, "Yes!"

Ruizong's eyes lit up: "That's great! This is a big deal, why don't you tell me?"

Everyone understands the use of this machine. In time, good workers will inevitably create many things that they have not had in the past and dare not think about. As the king of a country, can Ruizong not be concerned?

Chen Wanrong explained: "Your Majesty, this knife has been made, but it is better than before and can be used. It is not good enough and is still being improved. Therefore, I did not report it to the emperor, and I would like to forgive me!"

Ruizong stood up excitedly and walked. After walking for a while, he stopped and said repeatedly: "It's good to do it! It's good to do it! Wanrong, this news is extraordinary, no worse than building artillery. In my opinion, you must seize both of these things, don't make mistakes!"

Li Longji looked at Chen Wanrong and asked, "Do you want to find someone else to do something wrong and do this tool?"

It was Li Longji who reacted quickly enough that he understood Chen Wanrong’s intention so quickly: “The prince is wise! That’s what I mean.”

Princess Taiping was also interested: "Wanrong, tell me where to find someone?"

Chen Wanrong replied: "Princess, I mean, one is to draw people from the Imperial College, and the other is to recruit outstanding children who are flexible and ambitious in craftsmen from the people. At that time, the military weapon supervisor will be responsible for teaching them the skills of good craftsmen."

There were miscellaneous studies in the Tang Dynasty and simply taught some technical knowledge. There was no such thing as technical education. Chen Wanrong planned to do this now and reserve talents so that chemical and machinery would develop better in the future.

Ruizong thought for a moment and immediately made a decision: "I see, this matter is feasible! Let Saburo do this matter."

Li Longji received the order.

Only then did Princess Taiping bring the topic to the most important artillery issue: "Brother, now that there are artillery, is it time to start creating an army that uses artillery?"

Ruizong nodded and said, "Yes! It's time to start handling this matter. The 100,000 troops ahead are waiting. They can't be delayed anymore. They must be built as soon as possible."

Li Longji was confident: "Father, I thought that a group of smart people could be drawn from the Longwu Army for training. The Longwu Army was an elite army of the Tang Dynasty. As long as I was taught, I could not imagine that I could go to the battlefield within ten days."

Artillery is not modern cannons, it is not that complicated. You only need to teach them how to use it, and you can definitely go to the battlefield. As for avoiding enemy artillery fire and hiding your own requirements, it is not necessary, because only the Tang Dynasty had artillery, and even if it was placed there, the enemy could not do anything. A ten-day period should be enough.

"It's good to draw people from the Longwu Army, and I agree." Princess Taiping immediately expressed her opinion.

Soldiers are not important. No matter where the soldiers are drawn, they are not important. What is important is the general. Princess Taiping does not need to be in conflict with Li Longji in this matter.

"Okay, that's it!" Ruizong stated: "Sanlang will complete it as soon as possible."

Princess Taiping still looked slow: "Brother, it's not enough to have soldiers. If there is no general, even if he is trained well, he will not be able to fight. This is the first army in the Tang Dynasty to use artillery. It must be a general with courage, courage, agility and knowledgeable military strategy to command it. I wonder who the brother of the emperor sent to take this important task?"
Chapter completed!