Chapter 777: The Situation Changes
"Brother Lian, this time the situation in Yunnan Province is serious, and special things must be done, and the dragons must have a leader, otherwise a plate of scattered sand will make the great cause of Yunnan Province fail, I am afraid that this envoy will also have to eat the lord and hang up! Therefore, please also ask Brother Lian to share some of the burden for the envoy, and the envoy will have a retribution! The envoy's face was solemn, and he bowed.
"Isn't this an envoy, you? Lian is ashamed that he can't take on this big responsibility! The leader surnamed Lian had a smile in his eyes, but his mouth was full of prevarication.
"Brother Lian, don't you want to help the envoy?" The envoy's face changed and he frowned.
"Where, where!" Seeing the envoy's face change, the leader of the surname was shocked and hurriedly changed his words.
"That's good, please don't shirk Brother Lian, when the Lord orders it, the envoy will convey it to the brothers as soon as possible!"
"Lian Mou is relying on the envoy to carry him!" The leader of the surname Lian sneered again and again.
"Okay, next, please go back and appease the brothers, as long as you hold the current territory, the envoy will definitely give you an explanation, no, it is to give you a bright future!" The envoy said solemnly.
"That's, that's!" The leader of the surname nodded again and again, like a kowtow worm.
"Brother Lian, is there anything else? I still have some things to arrange! The envoy looked at the leader surnamed Lian and said with a smile.
"No, no! Your Excellency, you're busy! Lian said goodbye! How could the leader of the surname not know that this was a send-off, so he hurriedly said goodbye and left.
Looking at the back of the leader surnamed Lian, the envoy sneered again and again, "Stupid, mallet, it's so stupid to be so concerned by someone with a gun!" Do you still want to force the palace? If it weren't for the fact that the envoy had to arrange it, he would have made you splash blood in five steps today! ”
"He's a fool and a mallet, but you're no better!" Suddenly, a voice came out.
The envoy was not surprised, not angry, and did not look back, and asked in a deep voice, "What did Mr. Li say about this?" ”
"Why do you bother to make a false deal with them, just crucify them! Isn't it a waste of time to ask for credit for him and alarm the lord? Mr. Li said indifferently.
"Mr. Li is wrong! Although I can suppress them with thunderous means, where can I make them take the initiative to help! The envoy chuckled, "What's more, I alarmed the Lord?" Says who? ”
"And you just now?" Mr. Li was stunned.
"Hmph, what did I just say in the last sentence?" The envoy asked.
Mr. Li frowned and recalled, by the way, what he just said was to send this letter out, 100,000 urgent!
Could it be that there is some mystery in this sentence?
"Not bad! 100,000 urgent! The mystery is inside! The envoy nodded and explained, "Since it is 100,000 urgent, where is it so simple, how can there be no my seal on the bamboo tube, so when the sergeant sees it, he naturally understands that my order to him is an emergency word, and he will not issue it, so it is not enough to alarm the lord!" ”
A hint of surprise flashed in Mr. Li's eyes, there is such a mystery in this, I really can't imagine it!
"As for his promise to let him lead the altars of Yunnan Province, this is really true, after all, although this guy is a little simple-minded, but fortunately, he is good at fooling around, and he is also easy to control! In contrast, the guys who encouraged him to come were too thoughtful, and they were prone to stubble. ”
"Well, these are all small paths, I don't know how the envoy will act in Yunnan next?" Mr. Li nodded and changed the subject.
"Mr. Li, I don't know what happened when you went and returned?" The envoy asked rhetorically, without answering.
"Oh!" Mr. Li was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "Originally, I wanted to go back to Nanjing, but I didn't think about it, and I received a letter from the prince halfway, which contained some things, and I wanted to come back and discuss it with the envoy." ”
"Ahh Rajah? The envoy's eyes lit up, "I don't know what the prince said in his letter?" ”
"The prince said, our major event has been launched, I don't know how sure the envoy is? How long will it take for this Yunnan province to be won? Moreover, let me send someone to follow the envoy and report back on the progress of Yunnan Province at any time! ”
The envoy frowned and glanced at Mr. Li, "Now, the situation in Yunnan Province is complicated, although the prince of the Houli Dynasty has been designed by me to leave, and the reinforcements from the local government are about to retreat, but Wang Shouren and Mu Kun seem to have beaten chicken blood, fierce and abnormal, and beat us back step by step, so there are those leaders who encourage that fool to come to force the palace, and want me to make a decision, whether to fight or retreat!" ”
"I want to ask you about this, what exactly are you going to do?" Hearing this, Mr. Li frowned and asked, "Also, I have already sent people to you, and now, the government's reinforcements are gone, and the time is ripe, but why are you not all involved in the battle, what do you want to do?" ”
"Alas, Mr. Li, you don't know!" The envoy sighed lightly, "I'm sending a message back to Beijing to inquire, when did Da Ming have such a powerful weapon?" Is there any, why did you let Wang Shouren bring it out this time? I have to figure these out, and after knowing this, I can formulate a plan for the future, otherwise, I will have something in my heart after all, and I can't grasp the movements of Da Ming, and my heart will be a little drumming after all. ”
"What weapon?" Mr. Li was confused and looked at the envoy suspiciously.
"By the way, Mr. Li is the imperial history of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, I don't know if I have heard that the Ming Dynasty has these weapons?" The envoy looked at Mr. Li and suddenly his eyes lit up and asked.
"What kind of weapon is it?" Mr. Li was even more confused.
"Oh!" As soon as he saw Mr. Li's expression, the envoy instantly knew that this Mr. Li really didn't know, and couldn't help but sigh lightly and frown.
"It's those short guns that can fire in bursts, and they can throw explosive weapons!" But he still had the idea of what to do, and described it to Mr. Li.
"Isn't that the Fire Gun and the Thunderbolt?" When Mr. Li heard this, his eyes suddenly changed.
When the envoy heard this, his eyes lit up, "You know? ”
"Yes, I know!" Mr. Li nodded and said, "There are two main categories of Daming firearms from the perspective of their classification: the first type is the firearm and bird gun that are set by hand, which are small in shape and caliber, and are generally filled with lead bullets and iron bullets, etc., and their range is only tens of steps to 200 steps; The second type is the artillery that is mounted on the pedestal and fired with a large caliber and shape, most of the barrels are filled with stones, lead, iron and other materials, commonly known as "solid bullets", and a few are loaded with explosive balls, the firing range is generally hundreds of steps to two or three miles away, mainly used for defending the fortress and attacking the city, and also used for field warfare, water warfare and naval warfare. ”
"Hmm!" The envoy nodded, he knew it.
"Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty used rockets to fight with Emperor Jianwen when he was competing for the throne. During the Yongle period (1403-1424), the Ming Dynasty also set up a special Shenji battalion. However, these firearms have not been able to be used in conventional warfare, just because these weapons have many shortcomings and do not play a big role on the battlefield. Mr. Li looked at the envoy suspiciously, "Now that the weapons you are talking about, have all the shortcomings been overcome?" ”
"Yes, now the army of Naqin Cha Wang Shouren is using several improved versions of thunder and improved firearms, which have huge lethality, so they are like a bamboo, and the cities we occupy are captured one by one, so now I am caught in this kind of entanglement, I must figure out whether the Ming Dynasty has indeed successfully developed these firearms, and then we have to change our strategy and start anew in order to achieve great things, in contrast, even if this Yunnan province is lost, we have to get those methods!" The envoy's eyes lit up and he described to Mr. Lee.
"Really?" Mr. Li's eyes were also full of horror when he heard this, and he asked urgently.
"Not bad! I'm skeptical that this is the case, but judging by what the sergeant scouts have reported, it's a bit like that! Therefore, our planning and tactics must be changed, and we must also figure out these, otherwise, if the Ming army is equipped with a large number of these weapons, even if we seek to obtain this Yunnan Province, or even the entire southern Xinjiang, I am afraid that we will not be able to hold it! The envoy sighed.
"No, this matter must be reported to the prince immediately!" Mr. Li restrained his horror and said in a deep voice.
"Yes, let's report first, let the prince inquire about it, we must use many forces to find out these situations as soon as possible, and it has to be a detailed situation, and then we can formulate corresponding measures!" The envoy nodded, "That's why I appeased that foolish mallet and let the altars test the quality of the weapons in the army of the king of Qincha!" Even if we lose Yunnan Province, if we get information about those weapons, it will be worth it! ”
"Okay, I'll go back to the prince, you test it here, and then let the Jingshi inquire about it, and take a multi-pronged approach, be sure to figure out this matter!" Mr. Li nodded violently.
The two of them agreed, whispered, worked out the details, and one after another orders came out of the big tent, and one by one the carrier pigeons rose into the sky.
At this time, in the Mu family's barracks tent, Mu Kun laughed.
"Lord Wang, it seems that we have to speed up, otherwise we will be preempted by the Qin Chaping rebel army, and we will lose the face of our Mu family!" General Mu also suggested with a happy face.
"Not bad, not bad! I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it! Lord Mu shook his head and sighed, "Lord Qincha is really powerful, just relying on those manpower, he actually achieved such a large-scale victory, it's incredible!" ”
"It seems that something must have happened in Lord Qincha's army, of course, this change is good!" General Mu nodded.
"Change?" Mu Kun glanced at General Mu strangely, "This word is good, it should be so, but this change is good, there are more such changes, we will be happy!" ”
"Lord Wang, didn't you mention anything in the letter from Lord Qincha?" General Mu asked.
Mu Kun shook his head and said, "Lord Wang didn't mention it in his letter, he just said, let's speed up the progress, go to the division quickly, and quell the rebellion in Yunnan, otherwise, this southern Xinjiang is really going to change!" ”
"What?" When General Mu heard this, his face changed, "Southern Xinjiang is going to change the sky?" ”
"Yes! These bitches actually launched a rebellion in the entire southern Xinjiang, and it was in full swing, attracting the reinforcements from the northern Xinjiang to return to their respective provinces to quell the chaos, which is really a big deal! Mu Kun sighed lightly.
"This must be the envoy's handiwork, but does he really have that much ambition to pocket the entire southern Xinjiang?" General Mu was skeptical.
"Humph! It's just some tricks, and their ultimate goal must be in this Yunnan province! However, the whole rebellion in southern Xinjiang must also have its purpose, but we don't know it now! Otherwise, even if the envoy of the Maitreya Society had a hot brain and went crazy, the Lord of the Maitreya Society would never launch a rebellion so easily, exposing its strength in the southern frontier so thoroughly! Mu Kun asserted coldly.
Well! General Mu nodded in contemplation.
"It's time for Southern Xinjiang to move, so it's okay, it's okay to expose it completely at one time, we can clean up Southern Xinjiang and let those bureaucrats of the Nanjing Imperial Court move, otherwise, they still think they are in the prosperous era of Qing Ping!" Mu Kun's eyes flashed with danger, and a hint of schadenfreude appeared on his face.
General Mu also smiled and nodded in agreement, "I just don't know, whether the Nanjing Imperial Court can withstand it, such a big movement, I'm afraid that the Jingshi Imperial Court will also be alarmed, and those scholars are going to be eaten!" ”
"Alas, our Emperor His Majesty is very soft-hearted, I'm afraid that there won't be too much hanging, at most it's just a reprimand!" Mu Kun sighed lightly.
At this time, General Mu didn't dare to answer, so he bowed his head and said nothing.
"That's it, what are you talking about!" When Mu Kun saw him bow his head, he shook his head gently, "Naturally, there are people who are worried about the affairs of the court, so there is no need for us to be like this!" ”
"Shall we now?" As soon as General Mu heard that the prince had revealed this topic, he no longer lowered his head and looked up at Mu Kun.
"Immediately set aside, go to the next city, and strive to join the Qincha Lord in the shortest possible time to quell the entire Yunnan rebellion." Mu Kun said coldly.
"No!" General Mu replied.
They don't discuss the affairs of the imperial court, but the Nanjing imperial court is very busy at present.
One after another, orders were issued from various departments in Nanjing, and teams of military horses were deployed.
At this time, in the lobby of the military headquarters, Wei Guogong frowned, scanning the map in front of him.
An official from the military department next to him looked at him with blank eyes.
Nanjing Six Divisions are the six departments of officials, households, rituals, soldiers, criminals, and workers still retained in Nanjing after Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, moved the capital to Beijing. There is only one book and two squires in each department.
The Nanjing Military Department was responsible for the garrison of the Nanjing area, and the 49 guards in the Nanjing area were all under the command of Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department. The secretary of the Nanjing Military Department generally holds the title of "Counselor and Aircraft Maintenance", and manages all the affairs of Nanjing together with the eunuchs of the town guard and the lords of the Nanjing garrison.
Although Nanjing is also the capital, and there are also a full set of central teams such as the six ministries of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it is in name only, and it has always been a hiding place for retired officials who have been excluded and retired. However, the military department is an exception, and the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu, also known as the Nanjing garrison, holds military power and is responsible for the defense of the Nanzhisu area, which is an extremely important position.
Ni Yue, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, looked at the back of Xu Li, the Duke of Wei, and asked with a frown, "Duke Xu, I don't know what your opinion is?" ”