Chapter 188: New Concept (For Shen Liping Alliance Leader
The Mu Niu Liuma is a high-end product of Junshan Heavy Industry, and the Mu Niu self-propelled Talisman Artillery is a branch series with the highest Taoist content. It has developed to the second generation. It not only moves quickly and is easy to control, but also shoots fast, accurately and accurately.
Dejiu, with its powerful firepower, can be called the God of War in the Ming Dynasty's arsenal.
The price of a Wooden Ox self-propelled cannon is 300 taels of silver, and a base of 24 rounds of shells costs 400 taels, which is very expensive. If Xixia wants to buy a hundred Wooden Ox cannons, it must be equipped with at least five
The total price of the base shells is 80,000 taels, which does not include the spirit-gathering talisman, the array activation talisman and necessary replacement accessories. Therefore, the actual purchase price will exceed 100,000 taels.
It's a bit expensive, but if you can buy it with money, Tianlongyuan will definitely burn high incense. The question now is, why should Taoism sell you such a national treasure?
In order to solve this problem, the senior monks of Tianlongyuan carefully studied the institutional obstacles mentioned by Zhao Ran, especially the several questions he raised, and tried to come up with several conditions.
Hongdao urgently invited Zhao Ran to return to Xingqing and formally submitted a letter of credence to him.
The letter of credence states that Xixia has always believed that it is a member of China and inherited from the Tang Dynasty. From now on, the Dangxiang script will be abolished (in fact, it has never been successfully circulated), and it will have the same text and voice as the Ming Dynasty Book.
This is a positive response to Zhao Ran Loulan's speech, indicating that Xixia people and Ming people have the same identity and position. With this position, there is an institutional basis for purchasing self-propelled talisman artillery as Zhao Ran said.
Of course, the purchase of self-propelled talisman artillery is only the beginning. If the Ming Dynasty agrees to this arms purchase, it will be possible to directly send troops to support it. The second half of the credential is to clear the obstacles in this regard.
The letter of credence stipulates that the leader of the Xixia Kingdom will profess his vassalage to the Emperor of Tomorrow. The Emperor of Xixia will be his elder brother and the leader of the Xixia Kingdom will be his younger brother. From now on, when the leader of the Xixia Kingdom changes, he must be canonized by the Emperor of Tomorrow and take the title of Prince, acting on behalf of the Emperor of Tomorrow.
Zimu guarded the Xia land. Starting from the first month of next year, Xixia abolished the Zhenguan reign name and replaced it with the next year title, which was the 29th year of Longqing.
This article is the answer to Zhao Ran's Five Questions of Dayuan, mainly answering the question of "why to fight" after the Ming army arrived.
The certificate of credence states that since the Tang Dynasty, Xixia has not fulfilled its responsibility to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. It will resume from next year to show the sincerity of the Xixia people to the Ming Dynasty.
This article answers the question of "who the Ming army is fighting for."
The letter of credence also appealed to the Ming Dynasty. In view of the demonic sect's brazen invasion of the territory, the Ming Dynasty requested the Ming Dynasty to immediately send troops to save the people from fire and water and protect the Western Regions. To protect the Western Regions is to protect the territory, which is the responsibility of the Ming army.
This answer is "where to fight".
After reading it, Zhao Ran asked: "Does the king agree? Does your court agree?"
Hongdao replied: "Of course the king of the country will agree, and the court will definitely agree. At this time of national crisis, no one can stay out of the matter. Everyone must do their best. When sacrifices are needed, they must be ready to sacrifice."
Zhao Ran asked again: "Where are Tubo and Beiyuan?"
Hongdao replied: "As long as the Great Master of Propaganda thinks it is feasible, Jialingzhen Living Buddha will persuade Bili Khan to write to the Emperor of Heaven and respect the Emperor as the Khan of Heaven. As for Tubo Zanpu, we will persuade him to accept the canonization of the Emperor of Heaven."
Zhao Ran expressed satisfaction with this, but two of his "Five Questions of Dayuan" have not yet been answered. This is not the time to be humble. You must take advantage of others' dangers when you should. The basic framework for the future must be well constructed, otherwise there will be future troubles.
There will be endless disasters.
"How will the Ming army be commanded after it moves in?"
This question is very acute, and it is also the reason why Buddhism has not given a clear answer. To put it bluntly, it involves military power, and no one is willing to hand it over.
Hongdao considered it and said: "We hope that both parties will cooperate closely by then."
This is a trick, and Zhao Ran will never allow him to get away with it: "Without negotiating the command and coordination issues, the Ming army could not enter the battlefield. Although the Buddhist and Taoist parties have cooperated more in recent years and established a certain degree of mutual trust, in the past
Many deep-rooted concepts formed over thousands of years have not yet been fundamentally reversed. War is the most severe, and almost all hidden dangers and problems will be reflected in the war. If they cannot be hidden, a small mistake will very likely
The amplification was exposed and led to our defeat. I think the issue of command coordination must be discussed clearly."
One day later, Hongdao and Zhizhi came together. They came up with a clear reply from Tianlongyuan. Since the Ming army was fighting in a different place after arriving for reinforcements and the situation was unfamiliar, they hoped that the Ming army would accept the command of Tianlongyuan and cooperate with the Buddhist operations.
Zhao Ran was not satisfied with this: "Do you understand the Ming army's combat methods? Do you know the tactics of the self-propelled talisman artillery? Do you know how to use the flying lightning strike weapon?"
Hongdao was puzzled: "Flying lightning strike magic weapon?"
Zhizhi had some idea and asked: "Is the Xinzhou flying magic weapon attacking from the air?"
Zhao Ran continued: "Do you know the latest Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse cluster assault tactics?"
Hongdao and Zhizhi blinked, having no idea.
"Do you know what infantry-artillery coordination is?"
The two monks were confused for a while.
“What about carpet strikes?”
Hongdao: "..."
intelligent:"……"
"Where's the airdrop behind enemy lines?"
"..."
"Do you know what artillery coverage and infantry occupation are?"
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Zhao Ran spread his hands: "How can I give instructions if I don't know anything?"
Zhizhi said: "Can you explain in detail these tactics mentioned by Master Hongfa?"
Zhao Ran said: "We happen to be holding a military exercise in the northwest direction of Heishui City. We can invite eminent monks from Tianlong Academy to come and communicate."
Zhi Zhi was displeased: "I remember, according to the Double Eleven Agreement, troops cannot be stationed within a hundred miles of the border between the two sides. Why are you conducting military exercises at this time?"
Zhao Ran said: "Master, don't worry, the location of the Ming army's military exercise must be a hundred miles away."
Zhi Zhi shook his head: "This is not a question of whether there is a hundred miles or not. During this sensitive period, we are deeply disturbed by the concentration of troops in sensitive places, which is not conducive to sincere cooperation."
Zhao Ran sighed: "There is no way. According to our judgment, your coalition forces cannot defend Loulan. The Ming Dynasty must prepare in advance. The direction of Blackwater City is the shortest route for the Demon Sect's invasion."
Zhi Zhi and Hongdao were silent for a moment and asked: "How big is the scale of your military exercise?"
Zhao Ran said: "Thirty thousand people."
Zhizhi added: "According to the principle of mutual trust, we should be notified of the military exercise. Apart from the direction of Heishui City, where else can the military exercise take place?"
Zhao Ran said: "No more, just this place."
Zhi Zhi and Hong Dao frowned. For them, Zhao Ran's explanation was unjustifiable. He said that he wanted to deal with the Demon Sect's army, but only 30,000 people were concentrated. How could they fight? It was too contradictory.
Zhao Ran knew that they did not believe it, so he explained: "Leixiao Pavilion will launch a joint military exercise in three days. Following the instructions of Zhenshitang, I formally invite all the eminent monks of Tianlong Academy to come and communicate. This is a written invitation."