At the beginning of September, Kansai Qinglong City.

There is a row of pergolas on a hill outside the south gate, Li Yuntian sits in the pergola in the middle, the pergola on the left is the generals of the Xiaowu Army and the Western Expeditionary Army, and the pergola on the right is the generals of the Kansai Seven Guards.

In the open space in front of them, the soldiers of the Xiaowu Army Musket Battalion were methodically rehearsing their formations, and the sound of killing was shocking.

In addition to the soldiers of the musket battalion, there was also a row of artillery neatly placed in the open space on the side, and Li Yuntian was going to conduct a firearms battalion drill here today, although he was waving the banner of letting the generals of the Kansai Qiwei see the firearms of the Ming army's firearms battalion, in fact, everyone knew that this was putting pressure on the Kansai Qiwei.

Originally, Li Yuntian only transferred a batch of artillery to supply the artillery battalion that had lost its equipment in Blue Leaf City, and did not transfer the musket battalion and the remaining half of the artillery battalion, after all, the safety of the capital was very important, and the musket battalion and artillery battalion were needed to guard it.

In addition, the terrain of the Western Regions was not conducive to the operation of the musket battalions, and when faced with the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty, which had a large number of cavalry, the musketeers became a burden on the battlefield, and at most they were used to defend the city.

However, because the First Battle of the Western Regions was very important to the Ming Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Zhang ordered the musket battalion stationed in the capital and the remaining half of the artillery battalion to be transferred to Li Yuntian.

Since the Empress Dowager Zhang has good intentions, Li Yuntian naturally wants to make good use of the musket battalion and the artillery battalion, and first use it to beat the seven guards of Kansai.

In fact, the Kansai Seven Guards had seen the power of the musket battalion when they were in Beizhili, and the Kansai Seven Guards cavalry, who rushed to the musket camp on standby, were killed by a dense rain of bullets before they could get close, and they still have a deep impression in the hearts of the Kansai generals.

As for the power of the Ming army's artillery, the Kansai Seven Guards had never had a chance to see it, so Li Yuntian opened their eyes this time.

According to the information in Li Yuntian's hands, there were some people in the Seven Guards of Guanxi who colluded with the Northern Yuan and prepared to defect to the Northern Yuan when the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army entered the Guanxi.

After returning from Beshu Bali City, Li Yuntian had been busy preparing for war, and he knew that the army of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty would soon launch an attack on Guanxi, and capture Qinglong City and Jiayu Pass before the heavy snow in winter, otherwise he would be trapped in Guanxi.

Therefore, Li Yuntian had to settle the Guanxi Qiwei before the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army arrived, and the Guanxi Qiwei was the only reinforcement of the Ming army in Guanxi, and he had to win this force to help him fight.

Therefore, taking advantage of the arrival of the artillery battalion and the musket battalion in Qinglong City, Li Yuntian sent an official letter to the generals of the Seven Guards of Guanxi, "inviting" them to come to Qinglong City to watch the drill of the Daming firearms.

Although the generals of the Guanxi Seven Guards knew that this was Li Yuntian's Hongmen Banquet, no one dared not to come to Qinglong City, after all, now the Guanxi Seven Guards are under the banner of the Daming Guard, if they don't come, they will disobey the order and will be killed, they are really afraid of being cut off by Li Yuntian, since the last time they were placed by Li Yuntian in Beizhili, now the generals of the Guanxi Seven Guards are still apprehensive.

Besides, Li Yuntian miraculously rescued the Great Khan of Monte from Beshbali City, and also cleaned up the famous general Wendu of the Timurid Empire, which became famous in the Western Regions, which made the generals of the Seven Guards of Guanxi even more jealous of him, so they rushed to Qinglong City one after another, and came to see Li Yuntian with anxiety, some people had ghosts in their hearts, and the rest were worried that Li Yuntian would use them as cannon fodder to fight with the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Army.

Since the generals of the Kansai Seven Guards had seen the power of musket fire and were deeply impressed, the people of the musket battalion were just practicing the queue this time, and the real finale was the artillery, and no one in Kansai had ever witnessed the power of artillery.

Speaking of which, Li Yuntian was a little grateful to Song Hai, the Duke of Wuguo, Song Hai and other generals of the Western Expeditionary Army were in a hurry to fight with the army of the Timurid Empire, and they didn't stay in Guanxi for too long, and they didn't put the Guanxi Qiwei in their eyes.

When the musketeers and pikemen of the musket battalion finished the drill, the seven guards of the Kansai Guards present were in high spirits, and their eyes fell on the artillery that had been arranged, and they all wanted to see the power of the artillery that had beaten the Northern Yuan cavalry in Liaodong back then.

"Lord Wang, the artillery has been prepared, please show it to the prince." Under the gaze of the people, the artillerymen quickly pushed the artillery to the predetermined position, and then a military attache of the artillery battalion walked to the pergola and bowed to Li Yuntian and said.

"Let's get started." Li Yuntian nodded to the artillery battalion attache quietly and said in a deep voice.

"Obedience!" The military attache of the artillery battalion bowed his hand to Li Yuntian when he heard this, and then waved the two flags in his hand to the artillerymen in the distance.

Seeing this, the artillerymen moved quickly, methodically loaded the shells, and then stood behind the guns and waited, leaving only one artilleryman to maneuver the fire next to the gun.

The muzzle of the artillery had already been calibrated, aiming at a small hill directly in front of him, which was a target specially selected by Li Yuntian, and he used this small hill to give the generals of the Kansai Seven Guards a dismount.

In fact, there are also the generals of the Guanxi battalion of the Xiaowu Army and most of the generals of the Western Expeditionary Army who are interested in artillery, and now the Western Expeditionary Army in Qinglong City is dominated by the troops of the Liaodong Guard, so the generals who command the army have not seen the power of artillery, and they have long been full of expectations and yearning for this legendary big killing weapon.

When a small red flag raised in the hand of the artillery battalion attaché fell, a group of artillery in the distance invariably erupted into a dull sound, shaking the ground around it.

Li Yuntian looked up and saw a row of small black dots in the air in the distance, drawing a graceful parabola towards the small hill that was the target.

Under Li Yuntian's gaze, small black dots fell on the small hill one after another, and a huge fire immediately rose on the small hill, raising up the dust in the sky.

Accompanied by those huge fire balls, there was a thunderous sound, rumbling, so that the people of the entire Qinglong City heard it, and thought that there was a thunder on a dry day.

The generals of the pergolas on both sides stood up with surprised expressions, and the small hill in the distance was now shrouded in a huge amount of dust raised in a series of fires, and many people were stunned because it was the first time they had seen such a powerful explosion.

Li Yuntian quietly picked up the herbal tea on the table next to him and drank it, very satisfied with the effect of the shelling, although the dust had not yet cleared, but because he was very clear about the performance of the artillery, he already knew that the small hill had been destroyed in the shelling.

Sure enough, when the dust cleared, the small hill disappeared from sight, and was replaced by a somewhat potholed flat land, which made the generals in the pergolas on both sides agitated, and they all pointed to the hill after the shelling and talked in surprise.

"Lord Wang, the target has been successfully destroyed, please instruct." The military attache of the artillery battalion walked quickly in front of Li Yuntian under the gaze of everyone and shouted to Li Yuntian.

"Pack up and go back to camp." Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, put down the teacup in his hand and gave an order.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this king has received information that the army of the Timurid Empire has arrived in Turpan City at the end of last month, and after joining up with the Northern Yuan army in the city, they will march to Guanxi, according to the itinerary, they will arrive in Guanxi in the middle of this month, and the enemy troops on the border of Guanxi will be as high as 600,000 at that time."

After waiting for the military attache of the artillery battalion to leave, Li Yuntian stood up, glanced at the people in the pergolas on both sides, and said in a deep voice, "The battle of Kansai is about to begin, and the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan are menacing this time, so the war in Kansai will be extremely dangerous, but this king believes that the victory ultimately belongs to the Ming Dynasty, and the logistics supply of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Empire this labor expedition is difficult to maintain for a long time. ”

"This king hopes that all of you here can work together to resist the strong enemy, and when the enemy army is driven out of Kansai, this king will definitely set up a celebration banquet to celebrate your hatred."

As he spoke, Li Yuntian's voice became a little cold, "This battle in Kansai is related to the safety of the Ming Dynasty and the people of Kansai, this king's ugly words are ahead, if someone secretly colludes with the enemy, then this king will definitely bring him to justice and make him pay the due price!" ”

Hearing Li Yuntian's murderous remarks, the generals of the Seven Guards of Guanxi couldn't help but look at each other, everyone knew that Li Yuntian's words were actually said to them, because the chances of the generals of the Western Expeditionary Army and the Xiaowu Army secretly colluding with the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty were very small, and even those generals wanted to surrender to the enemy under Li Yuntian's command, and the soldiers would not agree.

Li Yuntian glanced at the embarrassed Kansai Seven Guards generals, and walked out of the pergola, his move to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger has already received the expected effect, in the face of the sharp firearms of the Ming army, the city defense that the Kansai Seven Guards relied on will be vulnerable, and they have lost the cover of the city defense, so how can they compete with the Ming army.

Before the establishment of the Xiaowu Army's Guanxi Qinglong Battalion, the Guanxi Seven Guards were out of reach of the Ming Dynasty due to their location on the border, so the Ming Dynasty's influence on the Guanxi Seven Guards was limited, and the Guanxi Seven Guards were equal to seven independent kingdoms.

Moreover, the Seven Guards of Kansai are not afraid of the expedition of the Ming Labor Division, it is a big deal that they will retreat elsewhere when the Ming army comes, anyway, it is impossible for the Ming army to stay in Kansai for a long time, and they will come back after the Ming army leaves.

It was precisely because of the weak power of the Ming Dynasty in Kansai that the imperial court adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards the Kansai Qiwei, only asking for nominal rule over the Kansai, and the actual power was in the Kansai Qiwei.

But since the establishment of the Xiaowu Army's Guanxi Qinglong Battalion, the situation in Guanxi has undergone subtle changes, Li Yuntian has made the Ming Dynasty have a foothold in Guanxi through the Guanxi Qinglong Battalion, and has become the eighth force in Kansai in addition to the Guanxi Qi Qiwei, and it is also the strongest force, which makes the Guanxi Qiwei's murderous warning to Li Yuntian have to be taken seriously.

Obviously, Li Yuntian is different from other generals of the Ming Dynasty, not only has the military strength to capture the Kansai region, but also has the ability to govern the Kansai region.

Therefore, Li Yuntian's warning was not just a bluff and scary, in the eyes of the generals of the Kansai Seven Guards, once Li Yuntian was given a chance, Li Yuntian would definitely take the opportunity to annex Kansai.

They now regret that they coveted the benefits brought to them by the Xiaowu Army's Guanxi Qinglong Battalion and did not work together to block it, which made the Xiaowu Army's Guanxi Qinglong Battalion gradually grow and become their biggest opponent in Guanxi, which made the influence of the Ming Dynasty in Guanxi increase dramatically.

Nowadays, the Kansai Qiwei have close business contacts with the Qinglong Battalion of the Xiaowu Army, and they will make huge profits from the commercial trade with the Kansai Qiwei every year.

Therefore, the Seven Guards of the Guanxi Dynasty love and hate the Qinglong Battalion of the Xiaowu Army, and they do not want it to exist in the Guanxi region, and at the same time they are reluctant to bring them huge benefits from the Qinglong Battalion of the Xiaowu Army, and their mentality can be described as very contradictory.

To be honest, when the construction of Qinglong City began, Kansai Qiwei had the mentality of watching the excitement, after all, there had never been such a huge project in the Kansai region.

After the majestic Qinglong City was built, the generals of the Guanxi Seven Guards were amazed and realized that the crisis was coming, and the Qinglong City would undoubtedly become the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in Guanxi, which made the Guanxi Seven Guards secretly begin to suppress the Xiaowu Army's Guanxi Qinglong Battalion, and limited the power of the Qinglong Battalion to the existing area, so as not to infiltrate the Qinglong Battalion into other regions, and the secret competition between the two sides was very fierce.

Generally speaking, the Xiaowu Army's Kansai Qinglong Battalion gradually gained the upper hand in the open and secret struggle of this relationship with its strong economic strength, and tried its best to win over the local forces in the Kansai region, while the Kansai Qiwei seemed helpless against this, and could not compete with the Xiaowu Army's Kansai Qinglong Battalion economically.