Chapter 854

Since the rapid rise of the Chinese army and its occupation of Sichuan, their comprehensive strength has been stronger than that of the Ming Dynasty, although the place they manage is not as vast as that of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the places they control and their control over the places are far above the Ming Dynasty.

For example, several provinces in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty are nominally under the control of the Ming Dynasty, but they are already enclaves. They have long refused to obey the king's orders and do not send taxes to the imperial court.

Only a few provinces in the north can be controlled by Daming, and the Chinese army is far ahead of Daming in terms of local mobilization ability.

In the expected battle of Shandong, the Ming army will send an unprecedented 700000 troops to win Shandong.

But they also know that the Chinese army will fight hard to resist and fight back. It's really hard to say whether the Ming army can seize Shandong under the desperate counterattack of the Chinese young army.

Because war is not an era when many people can win. It can only be said that they have an advantage in quantity, but the Ming army is far inferior to the elite of the Chinese army. Therefore, even Xu Jianqiang believes that the war in Shandong is evenly matched and the winner is hard to say.

So Xu Jianqiang thought, do everything possible to help the Ming army win. If the Ming army fails in this war, they will be completely finished. Daming no longer exists. The Liu family he hates most will rule the world.

If you are a minister of another court, you may not be able to do this villa. Xu Jianqiang once served as the housekeeper of the Liu family and contacted several leaders of the Cao Gang on behalf of Liu Yuanqiao. Both sides know each other and are familiar with these operation processes. This is the only reason why Xu Jianqiang contacted the Cao Gang and immediately completed this cooperation.

Of course, Xu Jianqiang, who facilitated this cooperation, also lured several leaders of the Cao Gang to benefit. Although the other party was used by him, he also despised these mercenaries. Even if these people are those who forget their interests and have no monarch and father, the Liu family gave them money, and they rebelled with the Liu family.

Now I see that I didn't get any benefits from following the Liu family and turned to the imperial court. Such a family slave with three surnames is really not worth relying on.

And Xu Jianqiang knows that once the other party revolts and strikes, it will be violently suppressed by the Chinese army. The Chinese army will kill all these people and kill one head.

But what does all this have to do with Xu Jianqiang? He doesn't care how many people died in Cao Gang. He just cares that they can cause great chaos.

After Xu Jianqiang got the emperor's permission, he immediately began to plan. Several leaders of the Cao Gang secretly appeared in the capital. They were also worried that they would be put together by Xu Jianqiang, so they asked the emperor to write down the will first. With the will, they were not afraid of the Emperor's repentance, so they dared to work hard.

Now Daming is like a drowning man. He won't let go as long as there is a straw. Since a will can get millions of people to help, why not? The Emperor himself wrote down the will and covered it with the emperor's treasure. When the other party saw the imperial edict, they were very happy. When the imperial edict was in hand, they worked at ease.

It is clearly stated in the imperial edict that as long as they respond to the king's call and resist Liu thieves, after the imperial court recaptures Shandong and calms the world, the five of them are respectively named earls, in charge of water transport, passed down from generation to generation and rest with the country.

In fact, this is only a central purpose, because without the signature of the cabinet, the emperor knew that the success of this matter depends on its confidentiality.

If it is sent to the cabinet, this group of people will make a lot of noise. Before the decree leaves the capital, it has been detected by the Chinese army and made targeted deployment. This perfect plan will even fail.

Moreover, the emperor was also worried that with the dead brains of the cabinet, he might not agree with the emperor. In that case, the emperor decided to do it alone.

These reckless people on the other side certainly don't know the detours in the imperial court. When they see the imperial edict, they will only be very happy. They think this is the imperial edict and go to work immediately.

Xu Jianqiang sighed, "after tossing for so long, it's finally done?"

Emperor Chongzhen said, "don't worry. If the news is leaked, let the Chinese thieves know in advance and fall short."

Xu Jianqiang said, "so what? If you know, let them kill all the Cao Gang. With millions of heads, it's estimated that the Chinese thieves will have to blunt their knives and shoot all their guns. The killing is tired and can't be killed. That's when division Wang came out."

Emperor Chongzhen said, "in this way, Shandong will be ruined."

Xu Jianqiang said, "this is the foundation of peace and prosperity and the great rule of the world."

When he saw the emperor disapprove, he said: "The great rule of Liu Han at the end of Qin Dynasty, the great rule of Li Tang at the end of Sui Dynasty and the great rule of Zhao song at the end of Tang Dynasty all have a remarkable feature, which is that the former dynasty had a large population and scarce land. After the occurrence of large-scale war, there were fewer people and more land, and the world would be peaceful. This is estimated to be the main reason why the imperial dynasty has only lasted for 300 years. Only when enough people died, made room and let the land empty, can it be It can give the people a way to live. Only in this way can there be the so-called peace and prosperity. "

This argument, even emperor Suzhen, was heard for the first time. It was too cruel and violent. What was true was that heaven and earth were inhumane and took all things as ruminant dogs.

But today's Chongzhen emperor, his choice is much more pragmatic. He even has no choice. He is willing to make any sacrifice in order to keep his empire.

During his ten years in office, he has been thinking about how to make the world peaceful and how to make the world rule. He has tried all the methods and exhausted all his efforts, but he can't. this makes him think that if the world is peaceful, it's not possible for human beings at all. It depends on whether God will reward food or not.

This requires God to reward the people all over the world with a mouthful of food, so that the weather is good and the grain is bumper. Then the officials are kind to the people and the government is smooth and harmonious. Only in this way can the world be peaceful, but everything that needs to be prayed to God will make everything difficult and uncertain.

Emperor Chongzhen said, "if the Cao Gang asked for so many weapons, it won't cause the tail to remain large?"

Xu Jianqiang said, "there are not many knives and guns. Do they dare to rebel? As for the fire guns and red cannon they want, I really think too much. If there were fire guns and cannon, we would have armed Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang's Army long ago. They are a big deal. They are just our meat shield."

Chongzhen was silent.

At this time, Xu Jianqiang continued: "During the battle of Yiling, Duke Zhu defeated the Chinese thief Qingzhou division and captured a large number of weapons. He also obtained the manufacturing technology and some talents of fire guns and artillery. However, it takes time. Recently, what I'm interested in is that he obtained a large number of brawn crossbows. These crossbows are a good thing. The archers of Chinese thieves in the past can easily suppress our Ming army. That's why It is because their archers use a lot of brawn crossbows, which have far suppressed our army in terms of firing speed and range. Now, our army also has Brawn crossbows. We Daming also have a lot of imitation ability, such as the red cannon. Even if someone has technology, we don't have so many resources to build them. "

Emperor Chongzhen is also a person who knows the goods, because if it was before, he would not know the difference. However, since he practiced martial arts in the forbidden period, he also insisted on practicing archery every day. He knows how difficult and dangerous it is to be an archer.

When Xu Jianqiang took down the Brawn crossbow, Emperor Chongzhen almost saw the advantages of this crossbow. Other archers pull the bow string with both hands, but they can pull the string and lead the arrow through the strength of their feet, which greatly reduces the pressure of both hands and improves the speed of archery. This is the real sharp weapon.

Since the Chinese army launched the Brawn crossbow, it has been used as their big killing weapon. Each item has been numbered and registered. It is not allowed to be lost on the battlefield. Before retreating on the battlefield or dying in battle, it must be ensured that the Brawn crossbow is damaged and cannot fall into the hands of the enemy. They have fought for so long, and such things have not fallen into the hands of the Ming army. They are still one It's strange that the archers of the Chinese army are so powerful and can fight.

In this battle of Yiling, the Ming army of the imperial court wiped out a division of the Chinese army for the first time in history. They were basically wiped out, and a large number of equipment, weapons and ammunition fell into the hands of the Ming army.

Not to mention destroying the Brawn crossbow, even their red cannon and fire gun fell into the hands of the Ming army. Zhu Xieyuan was not very interested in fire guns and guns, because he knew that it was difficult to produce these things with the production capacity under his rule.

Therefore, he first installed these Brawn crossbows. After he installed these Brawn crossbows, his archer's combat ability was greatly improved.

Of course, Zhu Xieyuan also knows that this is only an auxiliary weapon of the Chinese army. The Chinese army still uses fire guns and artillery.

Zhu Xieyuan knows that it is difficult for him to produce these cannons. Only some top craftsmen can imitate them. How can they produce them in large quantities? But he has begun to recruit enough people and workshops to prepare his own cannons.

Zhu Xieyuan was a loyal minister. Without hesitation, he drew drawings of all the things he seized and reported them to the imperial court.

In the past, most of the ministers of the imperial court would throw aside and say that there was no reason to rely on their strange skills. However, when they fell into the hands of Xu Jianqiang, he regarded them as a treasure and immediately ordered the military bureau to make them with all its strength, and gave them to the emperor.

After using it, Emperor Chongzhen knew that it was a big killing weapon. Such a crossbow could greatly enhance the strength of the archers of the Ming army.

Emperor Chongzhen held a crossbow in his hand. He said, "with the crossbow in his hand, our imperial army will be even stronger."