Fang Xie ordered the people from Xiaoqi School to send the two types of shells back to the Suzaku Mountain Firearms Workshop as soon as possible, and then asked someone to bring Andrew. Only now did Fang Jie understand how far he was from the goal he had set. Andrew is just an apprentice in a firearms manufacturing factory in the Principality of Ross. Although he is very smart, his vision and knowledge have certain limitations after all. Moreover, it now appears that the level of firearms manufacturing of the Principality of Ross is not at the same level as that of the Opru Empire.
In other words, the weapons that Fang Jie made in Suzaku Mountain... are backward.
If you think this way, you will inevitably be a little disappointed. With such painstaking and thorough preparations, such strict secrecy, the firearms have been successfully manufactured, but at this time, it is found that the manufactured things are still behind the powerful empire on the other side of the ocean. After all, I will feel a little dissatisfied Comfortable. The trump card that was supposed to be used at the most critical moment is very likely to lose its meaning now.
After watching the test firing of the artillery, Fang Xie became more and more worried. But now all he can do is to remind, after sending out the third batch of people, Fang Xie can't feel at ease at all. This is the third batch of messengers rushing to the Eastern Frontier. They visited Mu Mansion and Yang Shunhui. Most of the eastern frontier troops were under the control of Mu Mansion, and the two soldiers of Yang Shunhui were the most important forces that could be freely mobilized. The defense of Eastern Border lies in these two.
It has been several years since the Opru Empire destroyed the Aegean Empire. If this empire has a talented monarch, then the greed of this empire is far from being satisfied, and it will only expand more and more. It's like Yang Jian and his descendants have been constantly expanding the territory after the founding of the Sui Dynasty.
After sending out three groups of people in a row, Fang Jie hoped that his reminder would be taken seriously by Mu Fu and Yang Shunhui.
"Kirin!"
After Fang Jie dispatched his men, he turned around and told Qilin, "All the people who lead the barracks and the frontier soldiers, go tie scarecrows and put on uniforms."
"ah?"
Qilin didn't understand Fang Jie's order for a moment, he hesitated and asked, "General, how much is the scarecrow?"
"The more the better!"
Fang Jie thought for a while and said, "Also, mobilize the people in the surrounding villages and towns, and ask the people to help, and then find a carpenter. I want to build a pontoon bridge."
Qilin and Chen Xiaoru agreed, seeing Fang Jie's expression was serious, so they didn't dare to delay and hurried out to make preparations.
After Fang Jie gave his orders, he climbed up the wall of Dingyuan City again, raised his clairvoyance and looked in the direction of Qingyuan City opposite: "I observed it specially after crossing the river..."
Fang Jie pointed to a place about three miles south of the Jinshui River. It was a high slope with lush weeds and many dried reeds.
"That place can be used."
San Jinhou took a look and said, "I'm not good at military matters. If the general has any logistical matters, I can directly order them."
"It's not difficult to fight Qingyuan City now."
Fang Jie breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm most worried about the eastern border. No matter what difficulties there are in the southern border, I will face them directly, so I am not too worried. We are in the southwest, and the worries are in the east. Xinjiang, thousands of miles away, there is nothing to do."
"The general already has a way to take down Qingyuan City?"
Ask about loose gold.
Fang Jie hummed and said, "Although we have captured a cannon, we can completely blast the gate of Qingyuan City open by it, but there is only one cannon, which cannot suppress the defenders on the city wall. The attack losses will still not be too small. There are 20,000 Nanyan troops in the city, and there are still many civilian warriors who have been practicing. The attacking team we can mobilize is only 30,000 to 40,000 excluding cavalry. The advantage can be said, so if you want to break the city, you must first find a way to consume as much of the enemy's troops as possible."
"Where is our brigade, and how long will it take?"
Fang Jiewen
The people from the Xiao Riding School quickly replied: "We have already crossed the Wild Boar River, and it is estimated that we will arrive in five days at the latest. If the cavalry is separated from the brigade, they can arrive two days earlier. I only sleep for two hours, and spend the rest of the time on my way."
Fang Jie shook his head: "It's useless for the cavalry to come early. Send someone to remind them. When they arrive in Dingyuan City, there is still time for them to rest. The journey will be more difficult."
"Here!"
The people from Xiaoqi School responded and left quickly.
He turned back and asked the other generals of the frontier army: "Where the water slows down downstream, can the cavalry wade through?"
"Should be able to!"
The other general of the frontier army said: "The downstream river has been widened several times, and the water is not too deep, only reaching about the waist of a person. But I don't know if the bottom of the water is too soft, and my subordinates are worried about being trapped."
"Then check it out!"
Fang Jie said: "Within two days, we must find a place where we can cross the river."
"Here!"
Don't lead the frontier generals to leave.
"General, why are you so anxious?"
Wu Yidao asked with some surprise.
"Musan has another message."
Fang Jie frowned slightly and said, "Yang Jian has already led his troops out of Chang'an, and now he is estimated to have arrived in Jiangbei Province. He should soon fight Luo Tu's rebels. If the Iron Armored Army is really something similar to the Buddha Sect's three thousand golden monk soldiers ... How can Luo Tu be undefeated? The Buddhist sect has three thousand cautious monks and soldiers and claims that no one can be defeated, and Yang Jian has a full 20,000 people! If Luo Tu is defeated, he will lose his use value. Those in Jiangnan Tonggu Academy Seeing that he is useless, people naturally won't take him in anymore, Luo Tu's remnant soldiers can only retreat to the southwest..."
Fang Jie said worriedly: "So, we must take down Nan Yan as soon as possible, and then I have to rush back to Huangyang Road. Those people in Tonggu Academy are the most adaptable to wind and rain. If Luo Tu is defeated, they may not dare to confront Yang Jian. Fight to the death, and once they are willing to surrender, Yang Jian will never kill in Jiangnan. He needs to stabilize the Sui as soon as possible, so if those people in Jiangnan are willing to submit again, he will liquidate them in the future, but absolutely not now. meeting."
Wu Yiyi's face changed: "So... if the people in Jiangnan surrendered, Yang Jian's goal is our southwest..."
Fang Jie nodded and didn't speak any more.
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East Road
Xingyang City
As a buffer zone between the Northwest and the Central Plains, although Hedong Road was not affected by too much war, the damage was not small. When the imperial army marched westward to suppress the rebellion, Hedong Road was the rear base, and a large amount of grain, grass and supplies were transported from Hedong Road, and the granaries were almost empty. Later, the God Bless Emperor Yang Yi led his troops back to Chang'an, and fought fiercely with the rebels of King Gao Kaitai's Yiqu in Hedong Road.
Hundreds of thousands of imperial troops died in Yishui, while Emperor Tianyou quietly crossed the river under the protection of Su Buwei and Wudang Zhenren Zhang. After the hundreds of thousands of court troops were gone, Gao Kaitai and Wang Yiqu had no enemies in Hedong Road. Although Jin Shixiong in the Northwest is still there, he can't take care of himself.
Pang Ba, who was promoted by various families in the south of the Yangtze River, was destroyed by Luo Yao, and Luo Yao was defeated by Yang Jian. Luo Tu led the remnant soldiers to the south, and the imperial army took advantage of the situation to pursue them.
On the contrary, Gao Kaitai and Wang Yiqu's rebels have not been stopped by the regular imperial army.
Xingyang City is the seat of Taoism in Hedong Road. It has not been destroyed after being occupied by the rebels in the past few years. The governor of Hedong Road, Yang Shanchen, was very strong and tried to prevent the people from rebelling against the rebels. As a result, he was defeated by Wang Yiqu's navy. Yang Shanchen was killed and his body was chopped up to feed the fish. Later, because of the great public grievances, Wang Yiqu pretended to kill several so-called murderers, and then carved a corpse for Yang Shanchen with golden nanmu.
Wang Yiqu and Gao Kaitai have a good relationship. They met a long time ago, and later got married. Although it was just Wang Yiqu's son from a concubine who married a daughter from Gao Kaitai's concubine, if it was during the Taiping period of the Sui Dynasty, In order to prevent the emperor from suspecting that they formed a party for personal gain, they did not dare to bring this kind of relationship to the public.
After the two joined forces, there had never been any serious disagreements, and Wang Yiqu seemed to be willing to be the second in command, and on the surface he respected Gao Kaitai quite a lot. After all, the nearly 200,000 elite rebels belonged to Gao Kaitai. No matter how powerful his water army is, it is useless to leave the big river.
The original governor's yamen has been changed to the Grand Marshal's Mansion.
Gao Kaitai was supported by Wang Yiqu as Generalissimo, and he was Deputy Marshal. In fact, according to Wang Yiqu's original intention, he wanted to support Gao Kaitai as king. But who knew he had such an idea, Luo Yao was defeated in Gyeonggi Province, if Gao Kaitai became king at this time, he would be stupid.
As long as he dares to claim the title of king, he will immediately lead the spearhead there.
Even if the imperial court originally planned to pacify Jiangnan first, if he becomes king, the imperial court must mobilize all forces to target him first.
Gao Kaitai is not very old, only about forty years old. Today he wore a black robe embroidered with golden pythons. Although it was somewhat different from the king's robe, it was not very big. Sitting below him on the left hand side is the general of the navy, Wang Yiqu, deputy commander of the rebel army, with a gray beard and wrinkled face.
It seems that one of these two people is tall and powerful, and the other is thin and thin.
The one sitting opposite Wang Yiqu was wearing a royal blue brocade dress, his face was a little dark, obviously he was not in a good mood. This person is actually Jin Shixiong, the great general who sits in the northwest.
"Brother Suyuan..."
Gao Kaitai glanced at Jin Shixiong, was silent for a while and said: "Although this matter is dangerous, but now is the right time... I know that Brother Suyuan still has a hurdle in his heart that he can't get over, but think about it, even if you don't raise the flag Xin, will the imperial court let you go in the future? As far as I know, the status of the Jin family in Jiangnan Tonggu Academy does not seem to be low? Now you and I both know that if the imperial court wins... it will not be good for anyone .”
Jin Shixiong remained silent.
Wang Yiqu smiled and said: "Suyuan, in fact, you see farther than us, why can't you understand the current situation? That person goes south to fight Luo Tu to the death, the people in Jiangnan will definitely put Luo Tu in the front seat Reaping the benefits of being a fisherman. Now is the best time... Gyeonggi Province is short of troops, and there is neither that person nor Wan Xingchen in Chang'an City. What does Chang'an City, which claims to never be breached, rely on? That high road Tall and thick walls?"
"hehe… "
He smiled and said: "The city wall is strong, but the hearts of the people in the city are not strong. That man is killing people in Chang'an City. Which family is not afraid? This time he led the troops to the south, and everyone in the city should breathe a sigh of relief. I I dare to bet, if I send people to contact Chang'an City at this time, I don't know how many people are looking forward to us leading troops to kill them, and those who open the city gate for us will have to line up!"
Gao Kaitai said: "Brother Suyuan... you can't, put all the chips in one place, right? Your elder brother is in the south of the Yangtze River, and you are in the northwest. It seems that your elder brother is in charge of the Jin family all the time. Could it be that... Brother Suyuan doesn't want to Fight for it?"
He persuaded: "Even if the status of the Jin family in Jiangnan is not low in Tonggu Academy, you must know that there are quite a few people who are higher than the Jin family. Besides, you are now holding on to your loyalty, and you will only stand by." Look at the missed opportunity. Let’s not forget that there is a Mu Mansion in the Northeast! If we don’t invade, can you guarantee that they won’t? Then we will be passive when they enter. Now it’s... whoever occupies Chang’an Orthodoxy! Never mind if the members of the Yang family are dead or alive, when the time comes, a puppet will be introduced, and we will be able to issue orders openly!"
Jin Shixiong's face changed for a while, and after a long silence, he sighed and said, "Tell me about your plan."