Everyone's eyes were turned to Liu Chen at this time, especially the King of Qin Liu Tan who was looking forward to it the most, because he had already seen the power of this rocket gun in the test firing just now.
Liu Chen smiled, then saluted Liu Chan and said, "Go back to my father.
After four months of production, I now have more than 8,000 of these rocket guns."
"How much?" Liu Tan was a little surprised.
"Brother Imperial, more than eight thousand branches!" Liu Chen replied affirmatively.
Liu Chan also did not expect that Liu Chen actually made more than 8,000 rocket guns in just four months. Although the manufacturing process of this kind of rocket guns is much simpler than the shells of the Hanwang Cannon,
Because the shells of the Hanwang Cannon must first be made of refined iron.
Then there are the tedious processes of loading gunpowder.
The process of the rocket gun is simpler. The gun shaft is made of wood. A few dozen miles south of Chang'an is the Qinling Mountains that stretches for thousands of miles. There are many trees. It is easy to obtain the wood to make the gun shaft.
The second is the bamboo tube. In fact, the material is also made in Qinling Mountains.
Even so, Liu Chan still felt that it was a bit surprising to make more than 8,000 rocket guns in four months. After all, it took nine years to make more than 30,000 Hanwang Cannon shells.
After Liu Chen answered the emperor's brother's doubts, he reported to Liu Chan: "After several months of continuous exploration, the current production speed has been strengthened. On average, three thousand rocket guns can be produced in one month."
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"Good!" Liu Chan was very satisfied: "Chen'er has done a good job in making the rocket gun.
Reward five hundred catties of gold."
"Thank you, Father!" Liu Chen declined: "I don't need gold. I am the prince of the Han Dynasty. I should do my best for the Han Dynasty. I don't want rewards."
Of course he doesn't need rewards, he is the crown prince, and this big man will be his from now on, so why do he need these gold and silver?
But just as Liu Chen finished speaking, King Qin Liu Tan suddenly bowed his hand to Liu Chan and saluted: "Father, please lead your army south to assist the Prime Minister in the attack on Wu."
In the recent several court meetings, the court has been talking about the Southern Expedition. The four-pronged army attacking Wu has now been blocked, and it is temporarily in a stalemate with Soochow.
Liu Tan followed Liu Chan and fought many battles in the Western Regions. He could naturally guess what his father was thinking. In this war against Wu, the big man wanted a quick victory, rather than a slow and slow struggle with Soochow.
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Moreover, today his father called him and the prince together, and now he saw the test firing of the rocket gun, and his father also asked about the production quantity.
"Okay!" Liu Chan nodded and said, "King Qin Liu Tan obeys his orders."
"My son is here!" Liu Tan responded happily.
"My father will give you thirty thousand cavalry,
Lead the army south immediately!" Liu Chan said, looked at Liu Tan, then pointed at the rocket gun and said: "Take all the eight thousand rocket guns and rush to Jiangling to reinforce Li Feng."
"Jiangling?" Liu Tan was stunned for a moment, thinking that the prime minister was the main force, and wasn't Li Feng just a support player?
"Yes, it's Jiangling!" Liu Chan was sure, and he added: "Soochow is famous for its navy. This time the main force of Soochow's navy is led by the veteran Quan Cong. As long as you can defeat Quan Cong, you can directly attack Wuchang with Li Feng."
"My son, take your orders!" Liu Tan promised.
The situation on the battlefield is actually very clear now. The main force of the Soochow Army is going to stop Ma Dai, Guan Suo, and Zhuge Liang.
The navy is responsible for blocking Li Feng.
However, Liu Chan had actually expected that Soochow soldiers would be able to explode into their current combat effectiveness. This is the advantage of a regime supported by aristocratic families.
Soochow's soldiers and horses are mainly the strength of these aristocratic families. Let them attack cities and seize other countries' territories. They will not be too desperate, they need to conserve their strength.
However, when their homeland is attacked, they will fight to the death with all their strength.
Because the land obtained by attacking the city belongs to the country, but a large part of Soochow's territory belongs to the aristocratic families like them.
To protect your homeland, you will fight to the death.
The explosive packs brought by the four armies before have been basically used up, and the Wu army fought desperately, so the Han army was somewhat stagnant.
Liu Rui can still give these 8,000 rocket guns to the four armies, but the effect is definitely not as good as giving it to one of them, such as the navy Li Feng.
Compared with the other three routes, they are all marching on land. If you want to continue to advance, you need to attack city by city. Now it is not like the war just started. Even if Soochow was prepared at that time, it was not as prepared as it is now.
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For example, when the three armies marched north, many of the defenders in Soochow counties and counties in front were county soldiers. Facing the powerful attack power of the Han army, they would soon abandon their weapons and surrender.
It's different now. In front of the three armies are the main forces of the Soochow Army, and in the counties and counties behind, Sun Quan must have been prepared. If we go on like this one city after another, if we want to reach Wuchang, it will take a long time.
less time.
Whether it was the Battle of Guanzhong, the Battle of Dawan, the Battle of Jinzhong, or the later War of the Western Regions, it is not difficult to find that Liu Chan had a special hobby, that is, he liked to bloom in the center and resolve the battle quickly.
Now Li Feng has arrived at Jiangling. After passing Jiangling, he will reach Jingzhou. The next step in Jingzhou is Jiangxia. After passing Jiangxia, he will directly face Wuchang.
The Han army went down the river. Although Soochow would definitely send troops to block it along the way, marching on water was much more convenient than marching on land.
Three days later, King Liu Tan of Qin led 30,000 cavalry, which was also the last cavalry team in Chang'an, and more than 8,000 rocket guns all the way south to Jiangling.
Also leaving Chang'an at the same time as Liu Tan was Sun Hong, the envoy of Soochow.
It's just that this time Sun Hong left very depressed, because he failed to negotiate this time. He wanted to pretend to surrender like the Han Dynasty and Sun Quan demoted himself as king, but Liu Chan simply refused to accept it and asked Sun Quan to go to Yizhou to become a vassal.<
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Haha——
This is definitely not allowed.
Not to mention that Sun Hong didn't dare to agree, even Sun Quan wouldn't agree.
Of course, although Sun Hong's negotiation failed, he also knew that the Han army had sent more troops to Soochow, and that it was personally led by Liu Chan's eldest son, Liu Tan.
Therefore, Sun Hong did not dare to delay. He rushed towards Soochow day and night.
Compared with Liu Tan who led 30,000 cavalry and carried more than 8,000 rocket guns, the marching speed was naturally not as fast as Sun Hong. Sun Hong and his party were lightly armed and simple, but their journey was farther than Liu Tan.<
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Half a month later, on the morning of the first day Liu Tan arrived in Jiangling, Sun Hong returned to Wuchang.
Inside the Imperial Study Room of Wuchang Palace.
Sun Hong informed Sun Quan of the negotiations in Chang'an in detail. Sun Quan's face was livid. Because the negotiations failed, the Han army increased its troops, which made his already worried mood even more depressed.
"Didn't you say that as long as I surrender as king, Liu Adou will agree to retreat?" Sun Quan glared at Sun Hong angrily and asked, "Now that I have agreed to surrender as king, the Han army has not retreated.
One soldier and one pawn, but more troops and horses were sent."
"Ah!" Sun Quan was very angry.
In fact, Sun Quan's life was very bad for more than a month, and he could hardly sleep peacefully.
Half a month ago, Hefei was captured by Sima Zhao.
Similar to what Sun Hong said at the beginning, after Sima Zhao captured Hefei, he soon prepared to send troops south to invade Jiangnan.
I don’t know if God has opened his eyes, or if my father and brother have spirits in heaven.
Just when Sun Quan didn't know what to do and was facing the Han army and the Wei army on both sides, just ten days ago, when the Wei army had deployed its troops to the north of the Yangtze River and was preparing to cross the river to the south, Sima Zhao withdrew his army and led the main force in retreat.
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Even in Hefei, he only left 10,000 people to guard it, and he took the rest of the main force straight to Luoyang.
Why?
It was about to cross the river to attack the hinterland of Soochow, and the main force of Soochow was all in the south at the moment. When there were no more troops to stop the Wei army, Sima Zhao withdrew all the main force of 100,000 Wei soldiers.
Is he crazy?
In fact, when he learned that Hefei had been lost and the Wei army was preparing to move south, Sun Quan was already thinking about moving the capital, or escaping for his life.
Because he knew very well that once the Wei army crossed the Yangtze River, Soochow would be destroyed.
Although there are still tens of thousands of troops in Wuchang, the Wei army is one hundred thousand elite. How can the tens of thousands of troops in Wuchang City stop Cao Wei's army of one hundred thousand tigers and wolves?
There is no need to think about it. As long as the Wei army approaches Wuchang, there are only two ways left for Sun Quan. Either surrender the city or flee for his life. Otherwise, he will inevitably die for his country and then declare the destruction of Soochow.
But at this juncture, Sima Zhao retreated.
It wasn't until the third day after Sima Zhao retreated that Sun Quan knew the reason.
Sima Yi is dead.
Sima Yi is dead.
Sima Yi is dead.
That's right, Sun Quan got the news that on the eve of Sima Zhao's attack on Hefei, Cao Wei's prime minister Sima Yi and his eldest son Cao Wei's censor Sima Shi were killed by Cao Wei's emperor Cao Fang.
Because he learned that his father and brother were killed by Cao Fang, Sima Zhao was furious and gave up going south to attack Wu. Instead, he led an army of 100,000 people and went straight to Luoyang to kill him.
The old and cunning Sima Yi was actually killed by the unknown Cao Fang. At first, Sun Quan didn't believe it was true.
Cao Fang has only been on the throne for a few years, how did he do it?
How could he kill the great Sima Yi and his son?
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This chapter has been completed!