Qian Xun, the chief of the Han Palace, talked about firearms. The Central Plains have been frequently used since the Song Dynasty, and firearms must be used almost every battle during the Yuan Dynasty.Later, Annan, Dashi and other countries all practiced it.
Within two days, Zhu Gaoxu met Chen Xu again.
Chen Xu's family said that there is a seaport in Yuntun, Annan State, where sea merchants from various countries go to trade all year round. Many Han merchants also go here, and when they see many big cannibals there.
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was a little worried that Annan might have learned more advanced firearms from Arabia or somewhere. After all, China, which invented the musket, may not develop the fastest.
Zhu Gaoxu was very concerned about this matter. When Huang Zhong's defeated army came to Kunming City, he came to Huang Zhong's army to inquire.
Huang Zhong frowned and recalled that the enemy soldiers suddenly launched, and the last general heard only the sound of firearms, as dense as fried beans, and there were countless people.Later, when he saw the rockets running around in the air, the soldiers screamed and ordered them to retreat to the city gate...
Zhu Gaoxu asked the chief secretary Qian Xun to record what he said, and then came to the barracks where the wounded soldiers were placed.
The words of some soldiers were similar to those of Huang Zhong. Arrows flew around, and bricks and stone bullets were paved on the roads within the pass and rocks were flying on the ground.
When looking at the injured soldiers brought back, in addition to being injured by swords, most of them were injured by stones, and some were injured by rockets.
Zhu Gaoxu took a look at the soldiers who claimed to have been hit by the Rockets and found that they were all top-down scars.
He thought for a while, and the rockets were shot from the air, so that they would be such a wound.The dense rockets and accidental injuries to soldiers in the dense army do not need to be accurate at all.
Those soldiers who were injured by stones must be large-caliber artillery that fired stone bullets, and it is not difficult to shoot the cannon fifty steps away.
So Zhu Gaoxu initially judged that Annan's firearms seemed to have no essential difference compared to Ming munitions... In his impression, the more powerful muskets did not seem to be like this.
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The news of the drastic changes in Qin Station has been spread to the capital by Kuaima Yishi.
The ministers who were discussing politics in the Imperial Gate heard the news and were talking for a while.At this moment, the emperor suddenly tore the memorial, kneaded it into a ball, and threw it into the hall.
In an instant, everyone shut up.The hall became silent, and people all bowed and stood back to their original place.
Jumping clown!A slut!The emperor's voice was a little trembling, and his face was even more ferocious.
He raised his arm, exposed his hand from the dragon robe, pointed to the imperial gate in the south, as if pointing at Hu's nose, and killed my envoy in front of the soldiers.If I don’t sway my country, how can I keep my face?
Some words were spoken from the emperor, making a loud noise, echoing in the hall, allowing people to taste the words for a long time.
All the civil officials were worried, and the eyebrows of Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Revenue, almost twisted together.
The emperor is so determined, who dares to advise again?
The civil servants seemed to see countless silver, copper, coins, grain and grass floating away from the water...
The military officials who were wild animals were full of anger and looked like they shared the same hatred of the emperor.Everyone gradually started to shout, and the hall was filled with sounds of beating and killing.
It was originally the center of the Ming Empire, which was very polite and elegant, but at this time it seemed to have become a military camp. Those warriors even cursed swear words, which was simply a polite one.
Immediately... The emperor walked out of the throne, said a while and stopped again, and he seemed to be confused.
He paced back and forth on the steps for two steps before saying, "I'm called Hanlin Academy, and write a manifesto first."Such villains who kill the master and usurp the throne, are unfaithful and unfilial, are unkind and unrighteous, and violently kill innocent people.If I don’t kill him, is there any kingly law in this world?
Zhu Di then said: Ministry of Revenue, Xia Yuanji?
Xia Yuanji moved two steps and bowed and said, "I am here."
Zhu Di's anger disappeared in an instant. He immediately wanted to attack the Annan traitors this year. You have to make up for it and count this matter.
Xia Yuanji hesitated for a moment and immediately said: I will receive the order!
Zhu Di turned his head to look at the other side, his eyes swept across the faces of Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and other generals. Everyone raised their heads with anticipation, regardless of etiquette, and even the young Zhang Fu looked up at the top.
These martial officials don’t care about that many, so they must be the main thing to fight quickly.What money, food, and troops have to be given to them before they can fight.
Zhu Di was furious just now, but suddenly he stopped talking and his face darkened.The shouting in the hall completely subsided again, and the king and his ministers fell into silence.
This matter must be done!You and others went down to perform their duties and prepared them properly.Zhu Di waved his sleeves and left first.
The ministers shouted behind them long live long.
The court has decided to launch a battle to destroy the country against Annan. The commander has not been appointed yet, and the dispatch of troops has begun soon.
The first order was the King of Shu, who asked the King of Shu to select 5,000 horses and stances from the guards and sent them to Yunnan for training; the Sichuan Dusi ordered the Sichuan Dusi to select 70,000 troops and transferred them to Yunnan.
He also ordered King Min of Huguang and King Ning of Jiangxi to select 5,000 horses and stairs; Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi and Huguang to select 80,000 soldiers and transfer them to Guangxi together.
Gradually, some people began to quietly discuss in private that the emperor wanted to take advantage of the conquest of Annan to take the opportunity to weaken the guard power of the southern kings.
Then the imperial court mobilized Zheng He's naval fleet to go to the Chameng waters first, negotiated alliances with Chameng, and blocked the Hu family's way to escape south.
Later, the navy from Fujian and Guangdong gathered, and planned to advance along the land and land with the army to conquer Annan in one fell swoop.
The Ming Dynasty court mobilized the army many times, with a total of 200,000 troops on the water and land, and a large army of one million, officially circulating an edict to the Hu family of Annan.
The manifesto cursed the ancestors of the Hu family for 18 generations, and claimed that the Ming army was to help the people of Annan, and to eradicate tyranny and benefit the people.
So, in the spring of the fourth year of Yongle, Zhu Di summoned Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu in the East Warehouse of the harem and expressed his plan to make them the second generals of the chief and deputy generals.
It was also decided to let King Zhu Gaoxu of Han lead the troops in Yunnan, and the two groups advance from Yunnan and Guangxi at the same time, echoing each other and fighting in concert.
During the Jingnan Campaign, Zhu Neng had jointly attacked Zhu Gaoxu at night and cooperated with tacit understanding.Zhu Neng heard that it was Zhu Gaoxu who cooperated with him and was very satisfied and did not give any comments.
Zhang Fu asked, who will be the commander of the two armies in the future?
Zhu Di had no choice but to say, discuss and cooperate in everything, if you have different opinions, you may submit me or listen to what Gao Xu saw.
As for Mu Sheng from Yunnan, I wonder if the emperor has considered it.But the emperor did not mention him, and the generals were very tactful and did not mention Mu Sheng at all.
...Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu left the palace, and Zhu Neng couldn't help but say: The King of Han is the prince, of course he is the biggest. What do you want to ask for this?
Zhang Fu said: There must be one person on the battlefield, and this power must not be vague.The emperor is also a wise ruler who can fight well and will definitely understand this matter.
Within two days, Zhu Gaoxu met Chen Xu again.
Chen Xu's family said that there is a seaport in Yuntun, Annan State, where sea merchants from various countries go to trade all year round. Many Han merchants also go here, and when they see many big cannibals there.
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was a little worried that Annan might have learned more advanced firearms from Arabia or somewhere. After all, China, which invented the musket, may not develop the fastest.
Zhu Gaoxu was very concerned about this matter. When Huang Zhong's defeated army came to Kunming City, he came to Huang Zhong's army to inquire.
Huang Zhong frowned and recalled that the enemy soldiers suddenly launched, and the last general heard only the sound of firearms, as dense as fried beans, and there were countless people.Later, when he saw the rockets running around in the air, the soldiers screamed and ordered them to retreat to the city gate...
Zhu Gaoxu asked the chief secretary Qian Xun to record what he said, and then came to the barracks where the wounded soldiers were placed.
The words of some soldiers were similar to those of Huang Zhong. Arrows flew around, and bricks and stone bullets were paved on the roads within the pass and rocks were flying on the ground.
When looking at the injured soldiers brought back, in addition to being injured by swords, most of them were injured by stones, and some were injured by rockets.
Zhu Gaoxu took a look at the soldiers who claimed to have been hit by the Rockets and found that they were all top-down scars.
He thought for a while, and the rockets were shot from the air, so that they would be such a wound.The dense rockets and accidental injuries to soldiers in the dense army do not need to be accurate at all.
Those soldiers who were injured by stones must be large-caliber artillery that fired stone bullets, and it is not difficult to shoot the cannon fifty steps away.
So Zhu Gaoxu initially judged that Annan's firearms seemed to have no essential difference compared to Ming munitions... In his impression, the more powerful muskets did not seem to be like this.
……
The news of the drastic changes in Qin Station has been spread to the capital by Kuaima Yishi.
The ministers who were discussing politics in the Imperial Gate heard the news and were talking for a while.At this moment, the emperor suddenly tore the memorial, kneaded it into a ball, and threw it into the hall.
In an instant, everyone shut up.The hall became silent, and people all bowed and stood back to their original place.
Jumping clown!A slut!The emperor's voice was a little trembling, and his face was even more ferocious.
He raised his arm, exposed his hand from the dragon robe, pointed to the imperial gate in the south, as if pointing at Hu's nose, and killed my envoy in front of the soldiers.If I don’t sway my country, how can I keep my face?
Some words were spoken from the emperor, making a loud noise, echoing in the hall, allowing people to taste the words for a long time.
All the civil officials were worried, and the eyebrows of Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Revenue, almost twisted together.
The emperor is so determined, who dares to advise again?
The civil servants seemed to see countless silver, copper, coins, grain and grass floating away from the water...
The military officials who were wild animals were full of anger and looked like they shared the same hatred of the emperor.Everyone gradually started to shout, and the hall was filled with sounds of beating and killing.
It was originally the center of the Ming Empire, which was very polite and elegant, but at this time it seemed to have become a military camp. Those warriors even cursed swear words, which was simply a polite one.
Immediately... The emperor walked out of the throne, said a while and stopped again, and he seemed to be confused.
He paced back and forth on the steps for two steps before saying, "I'm called Hanlin Academy, and write a manifesto first."Such villains who kill the master and usurp the throne, are unfaithful and unfilial, are unkind and unrighteous, and violently kill innocent people.If I don’t kill him, is there any kingly law in this world?
Zhu Di then said: Ministry of Revenue, Xia Yuanji?
Xia Yuanji moved two steps and bowed and said, "I am here."
Zhu Di's anger disappeared in an instant. He immediately wanted to attack the Annan traitors this year. You have to make up for it and count this matter.
Xia Yuanji hesitated for a moment and immediately said: I will receive the order!
Zhu Di turned his head to look at the other side, his eyes swept across the faces of Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and other generals. Everyone raised their heads with anticipation, regardless of etiquette, and even the young Zhang Fu looked up at the top.
These martial officials don’t care about that many, so they must be the main thing to fight quickly.What money, food, and troops have to be given to them before they can fight.
Zhu Di was furious just now, but suddenly he stopped talking and his face darkened.The shouting in the hall completely subsided again, and the king and his ministers fell into silence.
This matter must be done!You and others went down to perform their duties and prepared them properly.Zhu Di waved his sleeves and left first.
The ministers shouted behind them long live long.
The court has decided to launch a battle to destroy the country against Annan. The commander has not been appointed yet, and the dispatch of troops has begun soon.
The first order was the King of Shu, who asked the King of Shu to select 5,000 horses and stances from the guards and sent them to Yunnan for training; the Sichuan Dusi ordered the Sichuan Dusi to select 70,000 troops and transferred them to Yunnan.
He also ordered King Min of Huguang and King Ning of Jiangxi to select 5,000 horses and stairs; Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi and Huguang to select 80,000 soldiers and transfer them to Guangxi together.
Gradually, some people began to quietly discuss in private that the emperor wanted to take advantage of the conquest of Annan to take the opportunity to weaken the guard power of the southern kings.
Then the imperial court mobilized Zheng He's naval fleet to go to the Chameng waters first, negotiated alliances with Chameng, and blocked the Hu family's way to escape south.
Later, the navy from Fujian and Guangdong gathered, and planned to advance along the land and land with the army to conquer Annan in one fell swoop.
The Ming Dynasty court mobilized the army many times, with a total of 200,000 troops on the water and land, and a large army of one million, officially circulating an edict to the Hu family of Annan.
The manifesto cursed the ancestors of the Hu family for 18 generations, and claimed that the Ming army was to help the people of Annan, and to eradicate tyranny and benefit the people.
So, in the spring of the fourth year of Yongle, Zhu Di summoned Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu in the East Warehouse of the harem and expressed his plan to make them the second generals of the chief and deputy generals.
It was also decided to let King Zhu Gaoxu of Han lead the troops in Yunnan, and the two groups advance from Yunnan and Guangxi at the same time, echoing each other and fighting in concert.
During the Jingnan Campaign, Zhu Neng had jointly attacked Zhu Gaoxu at night and cooperated with tacit understanding.Zhu Neng heard that it was Zhu Gaoxu who cooperated with him and was very satisfied and did not give any comments.
Zhang Fu asked, who will be the commander of the two armies in the future?
Zhu Di had no choice but to say, discuss and cooperate in everything, if you have different opinions, you may submit me or listen to what Gao Xu saw.
As for Mu Sheng from Yunnan, I wonder if the emperor has considered it.But the emperor did not mention him, and the generals were very tactful and did not mention Mu Sheng at all.
...Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu left the palace, and Zhu Neng couldn't help but say: The King of Han is the prince, of course he is the biggest. What do you want to ask for this?
Zhang Fu said: There must be one person on the battlefield, and this power must not be vague.The emperor is also a wise ruler who can fight well and will definitely understand this matter.