Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 368 The whole army's firearms swept across the countries

"I don't want the shops controlled by any of you to stop accepting banknotes!"

Although Li Shimin said to change places.

But when he left the scene, he dropped a word and returned to the palace.

He didn't change places, but directly flirted with Changsun Wuji and the others.

From the verification of Changsun Wu's shop, it can be seen that the ministers in the court are not very concerned about the promotion of banknotes.

Paper money or copper coins are almost the same for them. If there is a choice, copper coins are more popular and popular.

So Li Shimin was very angry, even a little disappointed.

Changsun Wuji and the others froze in place, their expressions a little uneasy.

Looking at the direction in which Li Shimin boarded the chariot and left, they finally greeted each other and said goodbye.

Changsun Wuji and the others were also very savvy, and after they left, they went back to their own departments to hold a meeting.

The content of the meeting was: Any store actually controlled by officials must receive the Tang Dynasty's treasure notes.

This behavior will be included in the performance appraisal of officials, and linked to the promotion and year-end bonus.

At the same time, Fang Yuan had a tacit understanding and went back to the household department to hold a plenary meeting.

"From today, starting from Gyeonggi-do, the information of all shops registered by officials will be calculated."

"After the accounting is completed, one to three shops under each official's banner will be randomly checked to check whether they have received Datang Banknotes."

"Whether a store accepts Tang treasure banknotes is included in the assessment criteria for official promotion. Anyone who refuses to accept treasure banknotes for various reasons will be registered and sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Fang Yuan glanced at the officials present with warning eyes.

Undoubtedly, the officials present were equally pissed, and there are also many controlled shops that do not accept banknotes.

It is said that what follows from good to good works, people in the imperial court do not accept precious banknotes, no wonder the people below dare not use precious banknotes.

When the words fell, the audience was in an uproar, whispering and talking, and it was difficult to calm down.

"This is an opportunity for our household department!"

"While you take care of your waistbands, please do your job well!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

The shops actually controlled by the accounting officials of the Ministry of Households have the right to raise or lower officials.

For the household department, it is another means to increase power, and it is a means to increase the voice of the household department.

"Subordinates take orders!"

All the officials of the household department were taken aback for a moment, and then they responded excitedly.

Among the six ministries, only the Ministry of Officials has the right to appoint and dismiss, so it became the head of the six ministries.

Now the Ministry of Households also has this authority, and its power is infinitely close to that of the Ministry of Officials.

In the next few days, the situation of the Tang treasure notes improved a lot, and fewer people came to exchange them.

As long as the money can be used, it is money and will not cause more exchanges.

After all, not everyone is free to queue for such a long time every day in exchange for that little money.

But now is an eventful time, when the world is about to be in turmoil.

After the news spread that the Four Kingdoms wanted to attack Tang, another public opinion slowly fermented.

Datang will perish!

"God's will, God's will, Great Tang will perish!"

"It turns out that there have been many natural disasters in the past few years, which is a sign of Tang's death!"

"The Four Kingdoms conquered the Tang Dynasty, which has never happened in ancient and modern times. Our Tang Dynasty is doomed to perish!"

"The emperor is not filial, the treacherous ministers are in power, there are endless thoughts, the green hills are standing, and Tang II is dead!"

I don't know where the news came from, but when the court heard the news, there were discussions everywhere.

After the public opinion that the Tang Dynasty was about to die appeared, people were panicked, and it was the first time that someone left Chang'an City with big bags.

After Li Shimin learned about it, he was so angry that he almost vomited, and immediately ordered someone to investigate where it came from.

However, there is generally no way to find out the source of the news in the market, so we have to let it go.

So Li Shimin called Fang Yuan and other court ministers to discuss again.

"Have you heard the news, what do you think?"

Li Shimin said solemnly.

"Your Majesty, let's fight!"

"Use your strength to shut up all Xiaoxiao, and let all the people feel at ease!"

Hou Junji said in a deep voice.

His fists were clenched tightly, his eyes full of fighting intent.

The borders of the four countries are oppressed, and it is too aggrieved not to fight at this time.

"Your Majesty, if there is no firecracker, I suggest you bear with it first."

"But the power of firecrackers is well known, equip the army with firecrackers, let's fight!"

Fang Xuanling also suggested going to war directly.

The current situation is that one negative news today and one negative news tomorrow will affect the mentality of the people every day.

In the long run, even if Datang's defenses were not broken outside, the people inside would become frightened and lose confidence in the imperial court.

"Fang Yuan, what do you think?"

Li Shimin nodded in agreement, looked at Fang Yuan and said.

The firecrackers are in Fang Yuan's hands, how many firecrackers there are needs to be confirmed by Fang Yuan here.

"I now have [-] firecrackers in my hands, and it is impossible to equip all soldiers with firecrackers."

Fang Yuan roughly calculated, said in a deep voice.

Since Li Shimin's last request, he has been vigorously producing firecrackers.

Now [-] firecrackers are already a very large number, consuming a lot of manpower and material resources.

To be honest, if Fang Yuan didn't control the bank at the same time, he wouldn't be able to produce such a large quantity.

"Eighty thousand. Eighty thousand is a lot."

"I don't need to equip all the soldiers with firecrackers, [-] for each of the four armies is enough!"

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly.

Eighty thousand firecrackers definitely have a combat power of 24, or even greater.

Let the [-] firecrackers be allocated to the four-party battlefield, plus the original team, they will be equally fearless in the face of the four countries.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that you deploy firecrackers immediately, and let the soldiers go to the battlefield immediately to start the war!"

Fang Xuanling also became excited after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, let's go to war!"

The remaining ministers threatened to go to war.

The confidence in the fire gun is extraordinary, and they all have great confidence.

So what if the four countries attack Tang together, my country has firecrackers!

The power of the firecrackers will change the battlefield of the barbarians, and the barbarians will be powerless to resist!

"Fang Yuan, I order you to sort out the firecrackers immediately and provide them to the four battlefields!"

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

Since everyone wants to fight, let's fight hard.

The four-sided battlefield starts wars with four countries at the same time.

With the support of firecrackers, Li Shimin believes that Datang can survive this crisis.

Once this crisis is over, Datang will definitely not adopt a soft policy like East Turkistan.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

Next, everyone discussed the details.

Among them, the problem of counting food is the biggest problem.

Datang has never had too much food, and now it is even more difficult.

But now that the war is imminent, we have to fight. Food can only be said to end the war quickly.

Soon, Li Shimin issued an imperial decree that armies from all over the country marched to the battlefield and wanted to fight with the four countries at the same time.

Xue Yantuo and Western Turks were originally just cities on the border of the Tang Dynasty, but they were shocked when they learned that the Tang Dynasty wanted to start a war.

You know, the four countries are at war at the same time. When did Datang have this strength?
Members of the Eastern Turkic royal family, such as Jieli Khan, who were originally in Chang'an City, were about to make a move. After learning the news, they immediately hid in ambush, and decided whether to do it when the time was a little ripe.

Soon, under Li Shimin's deliberate propaganda, the news quickly spread throughout the Tang Dynasty.

The imperial court wants to go to war with the four countries, shocking the world.

When people did not receive the news, they were panicked, worried that the ministers of the four countries would attack, and the people would be in dire straits.

Now after learning that the imperial court is going to fight four countries together, although I don't know what confidence the imperial court has, my mood has completely changed, and I even feel a little excited and passionate.

This is Datang!
This is our country!

Our country is heroic!
People's panic has subsided a lot, and they are all eagerly looking forward to the result.

Under the discussion of the court ministers, the firecrackers were divided into four parts, two of which were brought by the marching army themselves.

The other two were personally brought by the Imperial Army to Li Jing's army who were fighting against Tuyuhun and Tubo.

On the front line, Li Jing's camp.

As the god of war, Li Jing shoulders a lot.

If it weren't for him, Tuyuhun and Tubo suddenly joined forces, and the army would have collapsed.

Under his prudent leadership, although the army was at a disadvantage, there was no possibility of defeat.

It's just that if this continues, it will be a very big blow to morale, and I'm afraid it won't last long.

"Marshal, the imperial court is here to report!"

A scout came in and brought a secret security.

Li Jing's eyes lit up, and he quickly took it and opened it.

"Pass down the commander-in-chief's order, the court's support has arrived, eat and drink for a day today, and win the battle tomorrow!"

Li Jing ordered excitedly.

According to the letter, the [-] guns will arrive around midnight tonight.

Now the army is only 15, with [-] equipped with firecrackers, there will be no problem facing Tuyuhun and Tubo's [-] troops.

In order to improve morale, Li Jing decided to reward the three armies tonight to improve the morale of the soldiers, and start a war against the two countries tomorrow, killing them all.

Sure enough, the mood of the soldiers changed that night. They guessed in their hearts what kind of support the court had brought, and they gained a lot of confidence.

That night, an escort army appeared in the barracks of Li Jing's army, and [-] firecrackers were delivered to Li Jing's hands intact.

"General Li Jing, this is the firecracker method explained by Fang Shangshu!"

"He said that if you start a war with this method, the enemy army is basically invincible!"

Lai Yingzhe was responsible for the escort.

Respectfully handed Fang Yuan's letter to Li Jing.

"Okay, hard work!"

"Please rest in the tent!"

Li Jing solemnly accepted Fang Yuan's letter.

He knew that the firecracker was invented by Fang Yuan.

Then Fang Yuan must be the most authoritative in terms of the method used.

Although I am a military god, it doesn't mean I know everything.

In particular, he didn't know much about firecrackers, that is, he had fired a few shots.

"Thank you General Li for your kindness, but Fang Shangshu told you to go back immediately after the handover."

"The troops in Chang'an City are now unprecedentedly empty, so we can't leave for too long, just in case something happens!"

Lai Yingzhe declined Li Jing's invitation.

They still have tasks to do, and they need to go back quickly.

"Fang Shangshu is thoughtful!"

"After you go back, thank Fang Shangshu for me!"

Li Jing nodded in agreement and said with a light smile.

He already knew about the appearance of the Tsing Yi Army in Chang'an City, and was greatly shocked.

No one knows whether things like the Tsing Yi Army will appear again in Chang'an City.

Therefore, it is better to rush back to Chang'an City as soon as possible, so as not to be attacked again.

"I will take my leave!"

Lai Yingzhe took people away.

Time passed quickly, and the sky soon dawned.

Li Jing held a mobilization meeting to select soldiers who had previously trained firearms.

His army was mobilized early, almost all of them were mobilized near Chang'an City, and almost all of them used firecrackers.

Therefore, there are many people who can use firecrackers, and there is no need to worry that no one will use them if there are firecrackers.

"It's a firecracker!"

"My God, it turned out to be firecrackers, and there are so many!"

"Great, with so many firecrackers, we will definitely win this battle!"

After learning that it was a firecracker, the soldiers were overjoyed.

Those who have trained the firecrackers all know how powerful the firecrackers are.

With the support of so many firecrackers, this battle will be won in one battle as Li Jing said last night.

"Quiet!"

Li Jing stood on the podium and said loudly.

The commotion soon stopped, and the [-] troops were silent.

"Looking at you, Huo Gun doesn't need my explanation anymore!"

"Today's battle, our Great Tang will surely win!"

Li Jing said slowly.

"Definitely!"

"Definitely!"

"Definitely!"

The sound waves sounded again and again.

The entire border city is the voice of Tang Jun.

The sound even spread outside and was heard by the troops of Tuyuhun and Tubo.

"Such a terrible morale?"

"They don't have any support, do they?"

The generals of the Tuyuhun and Tubo armies frowned and discussed.

"Now Datang is surrounded by enemies, what support can we have?"

"I think they're just getting ready to go out and fight, just to boost morale."

The two sides discussed a lot, and finally felt that it was impossible for Datang to have support.

As for the information about the fire gun, Datang's side sealed it tightly, and Wu Xing Qiwang didn't disclose it to them.

Therefore, the generals of the two sides and others did not expect that Datang provided the firecrackers.

Three poles in the sun.

The gate of the border city opened slowly.

One army after another came out of the city with high morale.

In front is the endless grassland, and on the grassland are the two armies of Tuyuhun and Tubo.

The two armies have been stationed and attacked the city for many days, waiting for the Tang army to come out to fight.

"woo"

The trumpets sounded, and the war began.

The cavalry of the Tuyuhun and Tubo armies dispatched.

The mighty cavalry trampled on the ground, shaking the ground, and the scene was horrific.

Behind the cavalry, there are infantry following closely behind, as the cavalry sprints and harvests the wounded soldiers on the battlefield.

"Infantry go ahead?"

"Is Li Jing stupid?"

"Or do you want to shoot arrows?"

The generals of the two armies observing the battlefield from a distance were amazed again and again.

Cavalry is the king on the battlefield!
Facing the cavalry attack, Tang Jun actually dispatched infantry?
With such a response, is it possible that the general will become stupid?

"listen!"

"Shoot the horses first, and then the cavalry!"

The [-] firearms are in front, divided into four columns.

The original strategy is to divide into three columns, but Fang Yuan changed it to four columns.

This is to take into account that the soldiers change the guns too slowly, which serves as an insurance policy.

The speed of the cavalry was very fast, and the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, entering the range of the firecrackers.

"shot!"

The commander of the firearms army saw the timing and gave orders loudly.

In an instant, the soldiers in the first row pulled the switch and shot straight ahead.

A huge gunshot sounded, followed by the cavalry rushing forward one by one.

Almost all those who were shot were horses, but if a person fell off the horse, six out of ten would be injured, and the rest might be trampled by the cavalry behind.

At this moment, the generals of the two countries who were observing the battlefield from a distance were dumbfounded.

I couldn't believe that after the sound sounded, the cavalry fell to the ground one after another.

(End of this chapter)