After chasing down the Qing army, Lu Xiangsheng summoned all the troops to check their military exploits. It was finally determined that Yang Guozhu was captured and killed at level 272, Hu Dawei was captured and killed at level 231, and Wang Pu was captured and killed at level 323.
, Lu Xiangsheng captured and killed 307 levels of the Biao camp. However, these four families together did not gain as much as Li Zhi, who captured and killed 2,191 levels.
Now that Li Zhi has a strong army, no one can share his military exploits. Li Zhi did not divide his military exploits for defeating Hanjiazhuang, and Li Zhi did not divide his military exploits for capturing more than 2,000 levels this time with others. But this time the three families
Both the General Soldier and Lu Xiangsheng's Superintendent Biao Battalion gained something, and it was only because of Li Zhi's defeat of the Qing army's east wing that everyone achieved such gains. No one was jealous of Li Zhi for a while.
Lu Xiangsheng and the generals happily gathered around the sergeants who were using lime salt, discussing this great victory.
"I never thought that I, Wang Pu, could chase down more than 10,000 Tatars! It's really fun!"
Yang Guozhu laughed loudly and said: "It's all thanks to General Longhu that he defeated the Tatars' east wing with one blow! We only had such a chance to pursue the Tatars! General Longhu's soldiers and horses are so brave that they actually defeated the Tatars in one round of artillery fire."
The child collapsed."
Hu Dawei smiled and said: "One hundred and forty cannons, really a hundred cannons fired in volley. How can a flesh and blood body stop this cannon fire?"
Yang Guozhu asked curiously: "What kind of bullets does the general use? Can one round of artillery fire kill a thousand Tatars?"
Li Zhi said: "I used shotgun!"
"What is shotgun?"
"It's just a cannon!"
Yang Guozhu suddenly realized this and kept saying that was the case.
Wang Pu said: "Let's go! Let's take a look at General Longhu's cannon?"
Everyone was very interested and went to Li Zhi's army to observe Li Zhi's cannon. Everyone had limited knowledge about artillery. They only knew about the types of artillery, such as the Tiger Crouching Cannon, the Fran Machine Cannon and the Hongyi Cannon. As for Li Zhi's iron core, copper body technology, iron billet
They don't understand the cannon-casting technology at all.
After looking around, these generals didn't see anything special, they were just cheering.
Lu Xiangsheng stroked his beard and said: "General Longhu's cannons are indeed powerful. I wonder how much one costs?"
Li Zhi gave a tally and replied: "One door costs six hundred taels of silver!"
Lu Xiangsheng figured it out and said: "Six hundred taels is a good deal. After this battle, I, the superintendent of the Biao Battalion, also want to equip some of these Hongyi cannons. When the time comes, I will give the general 12,000 taels, and the general will cast it for me."
Twenty cannons?”
Li Zhi's cost of casting a six-pound cannon was only one hundred taels. If he sold each six-pound cannon to Lu Xiangsheng, he would make a profit of five hundred taels. Li Zhi thought that this business would not work, so he finally agreed.
"Okay, then I will cast twenty cannons for the Governor!"
Lu Xiangsheng's brows were filled with joy when he heard this, he stroked his long beard with satisfaction and nodded.
Hearing that Li Zhi was willing to cast cannons for Lu Xiangsheng, several generals gathered around him and said, "General Longhu, I also want fifteen cannons!"
"General Longhu, also build twenty gates for me!"
Seeing that the three generals wanted to buy his own cannon, Li Zhi felt that he was selling it too cheaply, and he didn't want to sell it anymore. He lied and said, "It takes a month to cast a cannon. It's not enough for all three of my workshops to go into battle."
We can only cast three doors a month. When I finish casting twenty doors for the governor next year, I will cast them for you again!"
The three generals were stunned when they heard this, but they thought it was reasonable. It usually takes dozens of days and a month to make cannons. Li Zhi's cannons are cheaper, but they can't be cast faster than others. It's just this month.
Only three cannons can be made, and I don’t know when or what month I will be able to make them for myself. The three generals looked at Li Zhi’s artillery bitterly, and were very unwilling to do so.
Wang Pu asked tentatively: "How many used artillery pieces will General sell me? I need them urgently!"
Li Zhi rolled his eyes and said, "That's not for sale!"
Everyone was discussing ordnance there when they heard the sound of firecrackers in the distance. Everyone looked back and saw the gates of Gaoyang City were wide open, and the gentry and common people in the city came out to reward the army, carrying wine and meat on their backs.
There were only a thousand rural soldiers in the city. Those rural soldiers and civilians guarded the city for five days. Seeing that the traps and tunnels under the city were filled up little by little by the Qing army, everyone thought that this time it would be inevitable. Who knew that Master Wang was coming from the north?
The drums beat down and defeated the Dongnu army. The people in the city rejoiced and said that it was Master Wang who saved me, so they naturally came out to reward the officers and soldiers.
The group of people carried pigs, sheep, livestock, wine, rice and food out of the city gate and walked towards Lu Xiangsheng beating gongs and drums. The people in the city crowded into the city gate because the streets were empty. They crowded under the city wall to see the life-saving officer.
The army is like this, but it is a little afraid of the officers and soldiers and dare not go to the front.
Walking at the front of the team was an old man with a cane. The old man was seven or eighty years old. He had a snow-white beard and a long beard, but he still looked strong. Walking next to him was an old man wearing a formal seventh-grade civil servant uniform.
The civil servant was probably the magistrate of Gaoyang County.
The old man looked at the arrangement of the army, looked in front of the formation, grabbed a few soldiers and asked, then led the people to Li Zhi's artillery and found a group of officers and generals who were discussing ordnance.
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Lu Xiangsheng saw the people coming and led Li Zhi and others to greet them.
Walking in front of Lu Xiangsheng, the old man asked: "Which master is this?"
Lu Xiangsheng cupped his hands and said: "Old countryman, I am the Minister of the Ministry of War, the governor of the world, the king of Qin, soldiers and horses, Lu Xiangsheng, these are the soldiers and horses under my command!"
The old man looked at Lu Xiangsheng, raised his hands and said, "It turns out you are the Governor, you are so polite!"
The magistrate hurriedly came up and said, "Master Lu, this is Sun Chengzong, the former Minister of the Ministry of War."
Lu Xiangsheng suddenly realized it, raised his hands and said: "This junior has met Sun Gong!"
The old man waved his hand and said: "I have retired to the official position, and now I have no official status. Your Majesty, Governor, please do not try to offend me without being polite."
Sun Chengzong looked at the generals behind Lu Xiangsheng and asked: "I can see clearly at the city gate that it was an artillery cannon that drove the Dong Nu away. This cannon is really sharp! Which general's artillery is this?"
Lu Xiangsheng let Li Zhi out and said, "This is the artillery of General Longhu Li Zhi!"
Li Zhi walked up to Sun Chengzong, raised his hands and said, "Mr. Sun, I'll be guarding the general on Tianjin West Road, Li Zhi!"
Sun Chengzong looked at Li Zhi and said: "General Shen saved the people of Gaoyang City and saved the lives of Lao Chen's family, young and old. I give you my respect!"
After saying this, he slowly bent down, and finally he arched his waist, put his hands on the crutches, and gave Li Zhi a deep kiss with difficulty.
When the county magistrate saw that Sun Chengzong had bowed down, he also quickly bowed to Li Zhi and said loudly: "General Longhu is bowed down by his subordinates!"
When the gentry and common people behind Sun Chengzong saw this, they all knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said:
"Thank you Master Wang for saving us!"
"Master Wang, help me, we are so grateful!"
"Master Wang is so powerful that he saved a whole city of people!"
