On the same day, Chuigong Palace issued another edict.
First, the Yanling Army was transferred to Dangshan and took over the former Dangshan Army’s garrison.
Second, he summoned 20,000 Shang navy troops and rushed to Daliang to join the Dangshan army in the expedition to Sanchuan. "Note: The Shang navy army totaled 30,000 people."
Third, Su Wang Hongrun was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the expedition to Sanchuan, and at the same time, General Sima An was officially appointed as deputy general.
When these three edicts were issued, the government and the public were immediately shocked.
Among the people in Daliang, the people in the city are naturally very supportive. After all, "Su Wang Hongrun" was once vigorously promoted by the court as "the hero who saved the Wei State" and "a wizard among the contemporary princes of the royal family." Therefore, Zhao Hongrun's reputation in Daliang City
At the height of the sun, almost the vast majority of the people supported the young eighth prince. Some people even secretly lamented and regretted: Why does such an outstanding eighth prince not want to inherit the throne?
In addition, the imperial court was preparing for the upcoming war, and gradually released public opinions that deliberately vilified the Jie people, portraying them as ferocious and arrogant buffoons who provoked the Wei State for no reason, and led the Wei people in Daliang to have a negative evaluation of the Jie people.
, which made the people in Daliang City hope that His Royal Highness Zhao Hongrun, King Su, could "teach those Yin Rong a lesson", "let those Yin Rong know how powerful I am" and "see if they dare to provoke me".
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But within the imperial court, the officials could not understand the edict of "King Su as Commander". After all, there were rumors a few days ago that the person in charge of Chui Gongdian should be inclined to appoint General Sima An as commander.
Yes, how come after two days, the candidate for the head coach became King Su?
But if you don’t understand, you don’t understand, and none of the courtiers raised objections. After all, Zhao Hongrun fought well in the last battle. The weak defeated the strong, and his own losses were negligible. Not to mention, he also stole countless people from the Chu State.
Wealth, and even kidnapped 50,000 surrendered Chu troops and nearly 400,000 Chu people, greatly increasing the population base of Wei.
If it had been any other prince, I am afraid that some courtiers would have written against this matter.
——Prince Yong’s Mansion——
"Strange, why did Hongrun take on such a job again?"
After hearing about this, Yong Wang Hongyu couldn't understand.
After all, according to what he knew about Zhao Hongrun's character, Zhao Hongrun did not take care of everything.
What's more, Zhao Hongrun went to Chu State last time. After returning to Daliang in triumph, he often complained to Yong Wang Hongyu about the hardships of life in the military camp. He said, "Drinking water in the military camp is tight, and it is rare to take a bath for half a month." Another example is "In the army,
The food was simply overwhelming, and it was just pickled meat and wild vegetable soup from beginning to end. Therefore, Yong Wang Hongyu was very puzzled that this eighth brother actually took on the hard work of going on an expedition again.
"Is it because of General Sima An?"
Yong Wang Hongyu guessed thoughtfully. After thinking deeply for several times, he gradually guessed the hidden meaning behind this matter.
It's no wonder, after all, when Zhao Hongrun was hunting with the people of Sanchuan a while ago, the people who were traveling with him at the time knew that Zhao Hongrun stayed in the Qingyang Tribe's camp. Furthermore, General Sima An could not tolerate the "bad habits" of foreigners.
, it is not a secret in the DPRK.
Therefore, after Yong Wang Hongyu pondered for a while, he guessed the reason.
"It seems that my father is training Hongrun. If nothing happens, Hongrun will guard the border in the future and become a guard with heavy troops..."
Yong Wang Hongyu murmured to himself clearly.
After all, there are only a few people in Wei who can take charge of their own affairs at present, which can be said to be very stretched. However, with the talent Zhao Hongrun showed in the last war, with a little thought, it will be more than enough to guard one side in the future.
"It's just... when Hongrun grows up, I don't know who will be replaced... Well, it will probably be Suiyang's Nangong."
I have to admit that Yong Wang Hongyu is also a far-sighted and talented person.
——Yushuiying——
“Prince Su will be the commander of the ‘first march’, with Sima An as the deputy general?”
In the military camp, when Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, who was training new soldiers, learned the news from his nephew, the fifth son of the emperor, "King Qing" Hongxin, he was a little surprised.
The "first march" in his mouth refers to the army of the Jie tribe that went to Sanchuan this time. After all, the main purpose of this army's expedition to Sanchuan was precisely to prepare for the "Western Expedition" that Zhao Yuanzuo is currently training.
The army opened the way and helped the latter break through the obstacles of the people of Sanchuan.
To put it bluntly, the mission of the "First March Army" is to use their fists to knock down the Jie people in the Sanchuan Land, so that the latter will not interfere with the "Western Expedition Army" to support the Ji Wei family in Longxi.
"It's absolutely true, Third Uncle." Seeing the suspicion in Zhao Yuanzuo's eyes, Qing Wang Hongxin quickly added: "That is the edict issued by Chui Gong Palace, there can be no mistake."
"This is strange... Although King Su is a rare talent in the royal family, when it comes to military use, Sima An is..."
Recalling that a Zongwei who was as close to him as a brother died under Sima An's gun, Zhao Yuanzuo felt a dull pain in his heart.
"Do you want to take this opportunity to hone the eighth son of the emperor? However, using Sima An as a whetstone, the fourth prince really has high hopes for his eighth son... That's all, what does this have to do with me?"
Shaking his head slightly, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo quickly put the incident behind him and continued to concentrate on training the new army under his command.
After all, the battlefield of the "First March Army" has nothing to do with him and the "Western Expedition Army" under his command.
…
A few days later, the news of "Sumpering the King as Commander" gradually disappeared in Daliang, and was replaced by a high pre-war atmosphere.
Not only officials and people throughout Daliang are privately discussing the upcoming "Battle of Sanchuan", but ministries and departments such as the Ministry of War, Ministry of Industry, Smelting Bureau, Ordnance Casting Bureau, and Yu Zao Department are all making intensive preparations.
Carrying war supplies.
For example, the Bingzhu Bureau.
Now, the open space facing the entrance of the Weapon Casting Bureau is filled with countless weapons and armors, like a hill.
From the side, the clerks affiliated with the Military Casting Bureau were sweating profusely counting the equipment.
"Hey, hey, hey, here is the place where the Dangshan Army's new uniforms are piled... What? Cheng Gao Army's new uniforms? I don't know about that kind of thing."
"Four thousand nine hundred and ninety-one, four thousand nine hundred and ninety-two... Put it down, what are you doing? Damn it, this department (Ministry of War) has an order to prepare new uniforms for the Dangshan Army first... Damn it! I just
Where are you counting?"
In an open field filled with people, baskets of equipment were counted, and in units of "one set", they were loaded onto hauling carriages and transported to the warehouse of the Ministry of War, waiting for the Dangshan Army to arrive in Daliang for delivery.
Li Jin, the chief minister of the Bingzhu Bureau, was also busy and sweating not far away.
"How much is left?" he shouted to the clerk who was counting the quantity.
I saw a few civil servants in charge of coordinating the number of weapons flipping through the account books in their hands and saying with sweating profusely: "Twelve thousand and five hundred swords are sufficient. Five thousand spears are sufficient... There is still less.
Six thousand sets of armor, five thousand shields, five hundred bows, three hundred crossbows..."
"Damn it." Li Jin looked anxious when he heard this. He looked around and asked, "Speaking of which, where is the iron mold for casting the shield from the Smelting Bureau? It hasn't arrived yet?"
Beside him, his nephew Zheng Jin wiped the sweat from his forehead, shook his head and said, "It hasn't arrived yet."
Li Jin became anxious when he heard this: "Those guys...didn't they tell them that there is an urgent situation here? Ah Jin, go and urge them."
Hearing this, Zheng Jin smiled bitterly and said: "Uncle, I urged you yesterday. The guys in the Smelting Bureau have been very busy recently. King Su asked them to build a large number of repeating crossbows..."
"Liannu?" Li Jin was stunned when he heard this, and asked in confusion: "Is there a Liannu among the armaments of the Dangshan Army?"
"No...it is said to be prepared for the Shang Shui Army. In addition to repeated crossbows, there seem to be repeating crossbow carts, heavy crossbows, and catapults... After all, there are 20,000 Shang Shui Army. There are more soldiers than the Dangshan Army.
…”
Hearing this, Li Jin was speechless.
It is understandable that the Smelting Bureau gave priority to building war weapons for the Shang Shui Army. Who doesn't know that although the Shang Shui Army was born in the Jiangjun Army, it has already transformed into the direct army of King Su.
"Those people from Chu surrendered their troops, and their loyalty has not been tested. King Su then distributed such sharp weapons. It's really..."
Li Jin muttered unhappily.
At this moment, a shout came from outside the department door.
"The shipment has arrived. The molds from the Smelting Bureau have arrived."
"It's finally here." Li Jin was perked up after hearing this. He ignored Zhao Hongrun's preferential treatment to the merchant navy and immediately ordered nearby officials and craftsmen to move the iron molds into the workshop of the department. Then, he immediately
It was put into use with great haste.
On the other side, the Smelting Bureau is also a busy scene.
Countless handymen carried large bamboo baskets filled with "triangular arrowheads" from the carriage outside the department, and then carried out the second step of processing in the workshop of the Smelting Bureau.
, that is, those three-sided arrowheads are fixed on the already sharpened arrow shaft, and then the arrow feathers are glued on.
After all, these three-sided arrowheads are all cast in batches in the furnace belonging to the Smelting Bureau outside the city. To undergo the second step of processing to turn them into complete arrows, they can only be transported to the Smelting Bureau Department.
The workshop within the department will be processed again.
Not far away, two groups of craftsmen were quarreling over the venue.
It turned out that one of the groups of craftsmen was debugging the catapult. After confirming that there were no manufacturing problems, they dismantled it again, dismantled it into several parts, loaded it on a carriage and transported it to a warehouse outside the city, waiting for the merchant navy to arrive in Daliang with them.
Delivery.
However, because these craftsmen occupied a large area of land, another group of craftsmen who were responsible for assembling scattered parts into a repeating crossbow vehicle were affected, so the two groups quarreled over the space.
"His Royal Highness King Su has an order, catapults have priority!"
"Fart! His Royal Highness Prince Su once said that the Dajie people rely solely on their serial crossbows and serial crossbow carts... After all, we have priority, right?"
"You have obviously occupied such a large piece of land..."
"How much does it take for you?"
Just as the two groups of craftsmen were arguing, a clerk came over with a ledger under his arm and said angrily: "Stop arguing, if you have the energy to argue, go move the equipment! ... Today's manufacturing volume is not high.
If the expectations are met, none of you will be able to go home and rest! His Highness Prince Su gave you three times the subsidy just to let you quarrel and be lazy here?"
"whispering sound!"
"whispering sound!"
The two groups of craftsmen curled their lips and dispersed, minding their own business.
As a result, the people in Daliang City were surprised to find that there were endless carriages carrying war weapons coming and going in the city day and night.
The Ordnance Casting Bureau and the Smelting Bureau, the two largest military manufacturing departments in the Wei Kingdom, are working day and night for the upcoming "Battle of Sanchuan" and are working hard.
As of July 14, 12,500 Dangshan troops finally arrived in Daliang.
Two days later, 20,000 merchant navy troops also rushed to the western suburbs outside Daliang City.
On the same day, Chui Gong Palace issued another edict: ordering the Dangshan Army and the Shangshui Army to rest in place for three days, swearing an oath at noon on July 17, and commanding troops to attack the Sanchuan area.