Now the situation in the world has become very strange. The imperial court that has conquered Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Jizhou and Qingzhou seems to be full and lies there lazily. The princes from all walks of life do not dare to do anything for the time being because of fear.
Moves. Oh, there are still moves. After the imperial army used the epoch-making weapon of artillery, all the princes were trying to get their hands on it.
Sending spies, buying heavily, building relationships, using back doors... "Chen Xue" has therefore become a prominent scholar, and has been favored by all princes and scholars. At this time, those who were determined and capable of action were
The pastors of the Truth Church started to cause trouble again.
In places under the direct jurisdiction of the general, the Truth Sect has been banned from public gatherings, and they are not allowed to collect "tithes". The leaders of various circles have also been exiled to the Western Regions. Only after they went to the Western Regions did this group of people discover that they were undercover.
Damn, it’s much more comfortable to roam outside than in Guanzhong. They can preach as much as they want, and no one will care about them. The governor of the Western Regions and the powerful people in Liangzhou will also support them openly and covertly.
They built churches, founded colleges, and formed protective armies in the Western Regions, and their momentum became more and more powerful. The business travelers, the garrisons in the Western Regions, and the various slave-catching teams were basically brainwashed into believers of the Truth Cult. These people in the Western Regions
I also absorbed some local primitive religions and learned a lot of messy things.
The battle priests have codified various scientific books, formulated many rules for life, and will lead their believers to recite text from "Theory of Probability" or "Physics" every ten days. Many believers have just
At first, I read the words in it as a scripture, but as I continued to read it, I suddenly discovered in my life that the truth in it was actually true!
Every time they encountered such a situation, the believers would burst into tears, thinking that God had heard their prayers and sent the gospel. The combat priests also took the opportunity to spread the word and turn more people into believers of the Truth. Because
Because they were forced to memorize various books, many strange talents appeared in the Western Regions.
They can build windmills, but they regard the rotating blades as a revelation from God. They can recite the second law of thermodynamics fluently, but they worship a clay puppet.
Battle priests often select some barbarian children from among the captives and teach them to embark on the path of pursuing the truth. They have been so successful in developing in the Western Regions that some people even made simple bronze weapons based on just a few words.
Here comes the artillery.
There is no way. The principle of combustion has been clearly explained in "Chemistry". As long as you study it carefully, you will be able to make big artillery sooner or later. Of course, the power of those bronze artillery produced in the Western Regions is not as powerful as the Napoleonic cannon, but it is enough.
, ravaged the barbarians in that land of Central Asia over and over again.
The only problem is that these patriarchs of the Truth Religion are not monolithic. They also have various conflicts among themselves, and they often quarrel over doctrinal (scientific) issues. If it weren't for the fact that there are barbarians outside who can fight,
They will start fighting among themselves first.
This time I heard that the general had pacified the Central Plains, and princes from all over the country were vying to hire talents who knew "Chen Xue". The priests who helped Zhang Lu fight in Hanzhong immediately spread the news back to the Western Regions. Then the Western Regions quickly did it
In response, the patriarchs of each faction dispatched their elites from Liangzhou and Hanzhong to the entire world.
They are indeed knowledgeable. Even if some principles are not very clear, they can memorize various scientific books compiled by Chen Cheng, which has intimidated a large number of people. They can read the entire "Advanced Mathematics" without missing a word.
Memorize it, what is this if not talent?
The general didn't want such a talented person and threw him to the distant Western Regions. The general was really out of his mind!
But it's better to be stupid. If not, it's time to raise troops to conquer these rebellious people.
With a large number of "talented people" returning from the Western Regions, Chen Xue spread quickly throughout the world, and they did have the means to quickly help the princes come up with cannons. Although it was a monkey version, they could produce it themselves. , this is a huge progress! The princes have relatively old-fashioned ideas. No matter what, they feel confident that they have the ability. Unlike some people later, who have the advanced concept of "building is worse than buying, buying is worse than renting".
What? Others refuse to sell it to you? Then it must be your fault, it must be that you have done something outrageous!
At the field test site, a combat priest holding "Linear Algebra" said to Liu Bei: "Liu Shijun, the loading has been completed and you can test fire!"
Liu Bei nodded, retreated some distance, and hid behind the built earth wall. His men had made cannons before, but they overturned during the demonstration. After the cannon exploded, not only did the sides
The seven or eight gunners on board were torn to pieces, and the official in charge of manufacturing the artillery was killed.
The broken bronze fragments sputtered in all directions, almost killing Liu Bei.
Now that we have hired talents who have returned from the Western Regions, there should be no problems. However, the overturn last time was too tragic, which caused Liu Bei to have a psychological shadow. He, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others hid behind the earthen barrier.
Watching nervously as the gunner leaned the torch onto the match rope.
"Chi chi chi," the match rope burned rapidly, igniting the powder bag in the barrel. The granular gunpowder reacted instantly, changing from solid to gas, and its volume suddenly expanded thousands of times. The violent energy pushed the projectile.
, blasting the target in front to pieces.
"good!"
Zhang Fei shouted suddenly and said in surprise: "It's done this time!"
Liu Bei and Guan Yu also had smiles on their faces. They walked out from behind the earthen fortress and inspected the cannons after firing and the smashed targets, with happy smiles on their faces.
"Well done!" Liu Bei said to the battle priest: "Next step we can try to create that kind of..."
Zhang Fei said from the side: "Napoleon Cannon!"
"Yes, it's that kind of Napoleon cannon. When can it be made?"
Every time he mentioned the name of this Napoleon cannon, Liu Bei always felt very awkward. What's wrong with it, it has to be a broken wheel?
The battle priest had a big beard and said seriously: "This will take a long time."
"Why?"
"I am a priest who specializes in linear algebra. I am not good at chemistry and physics. Being able to imitate the Crouching Tiger Cannon is my limit. If I want to imitate the Napoleon Cannon in a short time, I must find someone from the mechanical school."
Liu Bei was confused and asked: "The Mechanical Sect... aren't you from the Truth Cult?"
"No, I am a mathematician. My main duties are preaching and fighting. Making cannons is just something I do casually. If you let me continue to develop cannons, then I can do it, but the efficiency will not be so high."
"..." Liu Bei was stunned and asked: "Where can I find people from the Mechanical Sect?"
The battle priest thought for a while and said: "There should be one in Hanzhong. I can write a letter and ask a few people to come over. Liu Shijun, mathematics is the foundation of all laws, and machinery is just a trail. If you want to be really powerful, you still have to
You have to lay a solid foundation!”
Liu Bei: ".........."
Liu Bei spent a high price to buy four squatting tiger cannons and two Napoleon cannons from Guanzhong. This was only possible because of Chen Cheng's relationship. Other princes could only buy some squatting tiger cannons at most. After the cannons arrived, those who delivered them
The military cadets demonstrated how to operate it, and the power of one shot was amazing. Liu Bei fell in love with it at that time.
It's just a pity that both the Crouching Tiger Cannon and the Napoleon Cannon are the biggest secrets of the imperial court. They are closely guarded and they don't know how these cannons are produced. The Crouching Tiger Cannon imitated by the Shinrikyo priests invited is also a monkey.
The version is much heavier, not to mention less powerful.
Even so, Liu Bei was very satisfied. Apart from him, no prince in the world could make cannons by himself. Although Sun Ce, Liu Biao and others also bought a few cannons, they were unable to start, even if they wanted to
I don’t know which direction to spend money on.
After Sun Ce sent his sister Sun Shangxiang to Luoyang, he felt aggrieved. He was a dignified "little overlord"! Not the one who learned the machine, but he was as brave as Xiang Yu, and he also raised troops in Jiangdong.
The earth created a piece of heaven and earth, so he was called "Little Overlord!"
However, Chen Cheng was once called the "Overlord of Xiliang", and he suppressed the "little overlord". The imperial army defeated the two great princes Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in half a year, which really shocked him.
. He asked himself, if he had replaced himself and the soldiers and horses under his command, could he have wiped out Cao Cao and Yuan Shao like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves?
It’s definitely not possible!
It took a lot of effort to defeat Huang Zu, but he has not yet defeated him. There are not many cavalrymen in Jiangdong, so if you go to the Central Plains, isn’t it a good idea to get rid of you? In other words, there is still some hope because of the strength of the navy. But Jiangdong’s navy is more powerful than the others.
It is true that the imperial court is strong, but compared with the Jingzhou navy next door, it has no advantage.
When he attacked Jiangxia last year, the Little Overlord fought on land so that Huang Zu did not dare to leave the city. But because of the existence of Jingzhou's navy, the tens of thousands of troops were still unable to move. Sun Ce felt very depressed. With Chen Cheng on land, he could not fight a water battle.
To win against the people of Jingzhou, the little bully can only carry the word "little" with him.
Sending his sister to Luoyang was a huge shame in Sun Ce's eyes, and he had found it for himself. But there was nothing he could do, the cannons were so powerful. He bought two and came back to try them out, but Sun Ce felt bad all over. He was
With the appearance of a famous general, it can be seen at a glance that artillery will be more powerful when placed on a warship.
Fortunately, the girl is said to be very favored by the general and is often called into the palace. Probably for this reason, someone in Luoyang introduced the connections and contacted some magicians from the Western Regions to come to Jiangdong, saying they were here to help.
Sun Ce forged cannons.
Yes, Sun Ce has no good impression of all religious people. In his opinion, those fighting priests with short hair, holding hammers in one hand and books in the other all day long are magic sticks. If they don't still need their help
By casting cannons, Sun Ce would have killed them long ago.
