"The king worries about the ministers, and the king humiliates the ministers to death. The dignified Son of Heaven actually wants to discuss his relationship with the Beiyu, if it is in the time of Zhenzong, the country is inferior to the Liao State, and it is a last resort, and it is reasonable. But after that, he didn't lie down and tasted the courage, but from then on, he thought that the world was peaceful, and finally Yuan Hao's rebellion. How can Jingde and the Heavenly Sage Princes be blamed? One day, there is Liaokou, and I will never be able to sleep peacefully in the city of Tokyo. ”

Cai Qu shook his head, his words were impassioned, but at this time, he was not in the Daqing Palace, why did he say these words to fool the emperor?

"It's for the sake of eternal peace."

Who can not have a heart of fame? The Four Sentences of Hengqu Sect has already spread all over the world, what is Han Gang's goal, is there anyone who doesn't know the Dao?

Han Gang just said it smoothly, Cai is indeed an understanding person, and he doesn't ramble around, and makes his words clear: "Yelu Yixin is old, and his descendants will suffer, and he is bound to usurp the throne within ten years." ”

"Do you want to abolish the Yuanyuan Alliance and the Yuanfeng New Covenant?"

"The alliance of the Yuanyuan, Emperor Zhenzong and Liao Shengzong are about brothers, with Empress Liao Chengtian as their uncle. The covenant of brothers continues to this day, but it is not a contract with the son of Poor Diera. ”

Diera Zaicha is also a well-known high-ranking official in the Khitan tribe, but he has a much better family background than irrigating the garden. Cai Qu raised his eyebrows slightly, "In other words, from now on, we must be ready to attack the Liao Kingdom in the north and recover the clouds?" ”

"Anyone will have a chance, but only those who are ready can seize it." Han Gang chuckled slightly, the one in front of him was the best at speculation, and he had been speculating in Dongfu and becoming the prime minister, "Be ready at all times." ”

"Yukun. These words have spread out in the air, but the world will be in chaos. Cai Qu's tone became solemn.

Han Gang wished that the conversation between him and Cai Qu would be publicized, and the strategic threat must be understood by the other party himself.

"Could it be that Yelu Yixin will count on Emperor Song to raise him for many years?"

"If he is willing to submit to obedience, the court will not mind building a mansion for him in the capital for the king of Liaodong."

Cai Qu said with a smile. At this time, he suddenly found that after Fang Xing commanded the men to clean up the mess, he began to prepare to fire the artillery again. The rope was re-tied, and another goat was bouncing around, only this time it was much closer to the muzzle, and it was only a little more than ten paces.

He asked Han Gang in surprise, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Experiments in the preparation of another kind of shell." Han Gang explained, and then asked Cai Qu, "Does the Xianggong know how the Khitan cavalry will fight after the official army fights?" ”

"I don't know." Cai Qu shook his head, even if he knew a little bit, he would not show off in front of Han Gang, the Fang family, "Please teach Yukun." ”

"When the Khitan cavalry and our official army face each other, they will not directly launch the whole army to collide with the official army, but will impact wave after wave. Basically, they began to assemble at a distance of one hundred and fifty paces - the impact of the horses was also at such a long distance, and if it was longer, the horses would not be able to recover - they began to charge into formation, and if the officers and soldiers did not disperse in formation, they would slow down at a position of thirty paces, turn between twenty and ten paces, and shoot at the formation while crossing in front of the formation. In this way, they came round by round, until the military formation of the official army could no longer support it. ”

Cai did nodded, he could understand the tactics of the Khitan cavalry so well, among the courtiers, Han Gang should be regarded as the number one.

He listened to Han Gang continue: "So the most vulnerable time for the Khitan cavalry is the period of time when it crosses from the front of the formation, but it is only a few blinks of an eye. Moreover, in order to slow down the impact of the Khitan cavalry, most of the bows and crossbows would shoot out at the time of fifty to seventy steps. ”

"It's too late to shoot the second round."

"That's true. So to solve this problem, there are archers who stand in three rows, one row. Shooting, a row of waiting, a row of winding arrows, taking turns to shoot, called a three-stage shot. Later, there was a winder that allowed the crossbow to be fired a second time. These are all aimed at shortening the winding time and striking the Liao army to a greater extent. ”

"Hmm." Cai Qu nodded again. This is a tactical command on the battlefield, and there is basically no contact, but Han Gang's intention is not difficult to understand, "Can artillery replace crossbows and shoot at close range?" ”

"Just change the shell."

Han Gang asked Fang Xing to bring a thumb-sized projectile, which was much smaller than the previous iron cannonball. Cai did take it in his hand and tossed it, a little heavy, it was metallic, but the color was not like iron or copper.

"Is it lead?" Cai asked.

"Good eyesight." Han Gang complimented.

"Lead and mercury are toxic. Yukun, since your article came out, no one wants the lead powder on the market. Cai Qu said and handed the lead bullet to the entourage behind him, "Now it is cheaper to use lead than iron." ”

"Lead bullets are more powerful than iron ones, but they are too heavy, and you still need to rely on iron bullets at long distances, but you can use lead bullets for close shooting."

"But it's too small. Or do you have to shoot a lot at once? ”

It is easy to talk to smart people, Han Gang nodded: "It is a shot that fires a lot of lead at once, so it is called a shotgun." ”

"Graupel?" Cai Qu frowned and thought for a while, and asked: "'If it rains and snows, gather Wei Hail first'?" ”

"Exactly." Han Gang nodded, identifying the words that appeared in the Book of Poetry was just a basic skill for Confucians, "In fact, it is often said that Jixue." ”

"It's called Michelle in Fujian." Cai Qu looked at the lead that was about to be filled into the muzzle, and the second unlucky goat: "Shotgun...... It's very apt. I don't know how powerful it is. ”

After returning to the straw bag, there was still a fire and a loud noise, which had been experienced once before, but Cai did feel very unaccustomed, and his ears were a little buzzing.

When the smoke cleared, ten steps away, there was another blood red.

The poor goat was riddled with lead bullets, and it was gurgling with blood, which was even more tragic than the scene just now.

Cai did point to the sheep and stammered: "It's a Liao ......."

"And so it will be. And it will be faster! ”

If you are a skilled hand, clean the chamber, load gunpowder, shells, and leads, and then ignite and fire, which is a little faster than giving a crossbow to Baniu. If you do it with several people, it will be a little faster.

Cai was indeed not a fool, of course he could see how artillery should be used on the battlefield against Liao.

One hundred and fifty paces away, directly hit the assembly place of the Liao cavalry. If you rush it close and replace it with shotguns, within ten to twenty paces, one cannon can be worth dozens of crossbowmen.

Han Gang talked about tactics from strategy to tactics, and his strategy for the Liao State also came out. Not only to attack Liao, but also to defend Liao.

He also really wants to completely solve the Liao State, so he will prepare from now on.

As long as the Dengzhou naval division is formed, it can suppress the walled forts and garrisons near the coastline of the Liao State. When the Song army could dispatch warships at any time, transport soldiers and horses, seize Yuguan [Shanhaiguan], and block the narrow passage between Tokyo Road and Nanjing Road between Haishan, then even if the Liao State wanted to attack the Great Song Dynasty, it must be on guard against the danger behind it at any time.

How many people would choose to take the plunge? Victory over the temple. This is the meaning of Zaisuke being in control.

Cai did ponder for a long time, and suddenly said, "Fang Xing is a capable one. ”

Cai is not unfamiliar with Fang Xing, the Zhixian of Qi County is more popular than the Zhizhou on the other road. The magistrates of Kaifeng and Xiangfu Liangchi counties often require the consent of the Son of Heaven to appoint.

"Definitely. With his help, Han Gang's year in Baima County was very easy. ”

"Yukun is too humble." Cai Qu smiled.

Han Gang shook his head, it is not difficult to make a pine cannon, but within a few days, he will command and do things in an orderly manner, and it is indeed difficult to find such an official.

"Yushitai stared at Fang Xing, it was really speechless." Cai did suddenly say again.

"It's inevitable. was also affected by Han Gang. ”

Even now, the situation of the party fighting against each other has never disappeared.

Cai Qu looked at the craftsmen who were disassembling the ropes, and said, "The recent excerpts of the Yushitai are all trivial things. One by one, they lost their sharpness. In the past, this humiliating money would have been punished enough to go to Fanlou to sing every night. ”

Han Gang stopped his movements and waited for Cai Qu's next step.

"Some of the superintendents of the imperial history should not stay in the Taiwan Academy. As for those who serve the imperial history, the imperial history in the palace should also give them a chance to come out of Wutaizhong. ”

There was one thing that Cai did not mention, but some people around him understood, "Who do you recommend?" ”

"You can take your time and wait for the arrangement later."

The recommendation of the imperial history, according to the example, is the recommendation of the imperial historian, the governor of the imperial history and the bachelor of Hanlin, and the two governments are not allowed to interfere - the existence of the imperial history platform, in this dynasty, is to contain Zaifu. But now the situation is different, and the Zaisuke have more ideas. I have changed one stubble before, and now I have to change the second stubble.

Since Cai did not intend to pursue other trivial issues, Han Gang didn't care about anything else. said to Cai Zhen, "Cai Yuanchang has outstanding talents, and he once served as a judge of the Department of Health and Welfare, if he can be in charge of the Department of Health and Welfare, it must be a good result." ”

Cai Jing has already achieved the rank of Imperial Historian in the Palace, but it is extremely difficult for him to ascend to the Imperial History, and it is almost impossible, even if he is the deputy of the Imperial History Stage, there is no chance to serve the Imperial History Governor.

When did Cai Jing follow Han Gang's path? Cai Qu's heart suddenly became vigilant.

"The chief of the Yuan is indeed exempt from relatives, and being able to be in the imperial history of Taizhong is already a special case, or is it approved by the emperor's special decree." Cai Qu sighed heavily, "But he has been in Beijing for so long, and he should also serve in the locality, if he can make contributions to the local area like Yukun and you, he will have more opportunities to progress when he returns to the dynasty in the future." Although Cai is indeed not talented, before entering Beijing, he was also an official outside for more than ten years. ”

Han Gang pondered for a while and asked Cai Qu: "...... I don't know who the minister wants? ”

"How is the mellow person?" Cai asked quelled.

Just as Cai Qufang was surprised, Han Gang was also surprised, and then vetoed, "You Jiefu is straightforward and honest." Suddenly transferred, the naked son is afraid of reluctance. ”

Zhifang is honest, this evaluation is very high, but Han Gang is saying that it is stupid and bold, and if he really gets in, he will definitely cause trouble to the Quartet.

Han Gang didn't have any jinshi at hand. If Huang Sheng was hit by the Jinshi, Han Gang would immediately be able to push him into the Yushi Terrace. If you want to be meritorious, you have to learn and learn, and after the imperial history is in office, you can turn your head and make a fortune in the middle of the court. There is also a Murong Wu, but unfortunately his official reputation is not so good, and Han Gang has no intention of recommending him.

"There's no rush in this matter." Seeing Han Gang frowning and thinking, Cai Qu smiled and emphasized, "Yukun, don't worry!" ”