Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 286 This time, please Guo Qing as the main general!
After returning from Korea.

Guo An started the long history work of three points and one line.

Guo Mansion, Yan Palace, and major workshops outside the city.

Especially the gunpowder workshop, he would go there every few days.

And Tao Yiping and Yang Ting finally improved the general gun that Guo An wanted.

Not only has the size and weight of the general cannon been reduced by nearly half, but the power of the shells has also doubled.

The most important thing is that the maximum range of the general cannon can reach three miles.

If the two armies are facing each other, there is no need to charge at all. You only need to wait until the opponent's enemy army is in formation and bombard it once with the general, and you can directly defeat the enemy army!
After seeing the power of the improved general gun, Zhu Di was overjoyed.

"Tao Qing and Yang Qing are no less talented than Tao Wanhu!"

"Your Highness is absurd, my humble minister is not as talented as my father (master)!"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting hurriedly saluted Zhu Di with embarrassment.

Zhu Di laughed out loud, and then looked at Guo An, "Guo Qing, what about Tao Qing and Yang Qing?"

"Have the ability of a master craftsman!"

Guo An nodded heavily, affirming.

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were even more happy.

Guo An said again: "It's just that these two boys have talents, but they don't know how to use them. If it weren't for the humble officials who have been pushing them, they don't know when they will be able to complete the improvement of this general's cannon!"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting couldn't help laughing.

"Humph!"

Guo An couldn't help it, and glared at him angrily, "You two are embarrassed to laugh. It took so long to improve the simple general cannon. Are the two of you going to spend ten years developing the steam engine?"

"Also, if you don't know how to diverge your thinking to think wildly when something happens, and think about how to solve it, you will know to find us!"

"You have to know that as a craftsman, you need to have a powerful and unconstrained mind and learn to think boldly.

In particular, you can all think about how to create a flying artifact that will carry you to the sky to travel above the white clouds, descend to the sea for nine days, and even go to the moon..."

Zhu Di was dumbfounded while listening, "Guo Qing, isn't this something that only gods can do?"

"Your Highness, as long as you dare to think and do it, you will definitely be able to do it."

Guo An replied respectfully, "As a master craftsman, you have to think. Only by thinking can you make better objects.

for example……"

As he said that, Guo An saw a fire system beside him, picked it up and fiddled with it.

"Your Highness, this fire system can only be used to shoot gunpowder. However, if an enemy army rushes up, and the soldier only has a bare fire system in his hand, it is like a fire stick, which can only be used to smash people. Wouldn't it be a big defeat? ?”

"Tao Yiping, Yang Ting, do you two have a way to improve this fire system? Our requirements are not high, we only require soldiers with fire systems. After the enemy rushes up, the soldiers can use this fire system to kill at close quarters. enemy!"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting subconsciously glanced at Guo An, then stared at Huo Tong, frowning and thinking hard.

On the side, Zhu Di also frowned and thought hard. After a while, he still didn't come up with a good solution.

However, before Zhu Di could open his mouth, Guo An hated iron for being weak and said: "You two are so stupid, if you want to use Huo Tong to fight the enemy, then just transform Huo Tong into a long spear or a long knife. "

"Reform into a long gun or a long knife?"

Zhu Di and Tao Yiping are still full of confusion, how can Huo Tong be transformed into a long knife or a spear?

"stupid!"

Guo An glared at Tao Yiping and Yang Ting again, and said, "You can weld a card slot in front of this fire system.

Then, a one-foot-long steel knife is forged, and the tail of the steel knife can be connected and fixed with the card slot.

On weekdays, the card slot can be used for aiming.

However, when fighting, if there is an enemy rushing up, just press the one-foot steel knife directly on the slot.

In this way, wouldn't Huo Tong become a long knife and spear? "

Hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "How can it be like this?"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting looked at Guo An with admiration, "I didn't expect Master to come up with such an ingenious steel knife!"

"You two are stupid, you can't think of such a simple thing!"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting smiled apologetically.

As for Zhu Di, as he listened, he felt something was wrong, and the smile on his face subconsciously subconsciously subsided.

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting couldn't figure it out, they were too stupid, so what is he, the majestic King of Yan?
However, Guo An and Tao Yiping didn't pay attention to Zhu Di this time.

Guo An continued to instruct the two of them: "In the past two years, the gunpowder workshop's grenades, incendiary bombs, landmines, and general guns must be forged with all our strength. We will be of great use."

"Yes, Master!"

"Also, the gunpowder workshop is too important. If you notice that there are craftsmen who are wrong, or if there are strangers sneaking in, just kill them and inform His Royal Highness Yan Wang."

"Yes, Master!"

"You guys are grown up now, and it's time to start a family. If there is a girl you like, just tell me, and we will match you both."

"Thank you, Master!"

"If not, let's look for it ourselves, or His Royal Highness King Yan will give you a marriage..."

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting: "..."

……

In the hall of heart.

As the cold winter gets closer, Zhu Di likes to call Guo An over more and more, and accompany him to watch the Japanese map.

"Your Highness, I don't know which general you plan to lead in this battle?"

"Ok?"

Following Guo An's question, Zhu Di frowned instantly.

"What does Guo Qing mean? We can't fight the general for this?"

Guo An saluted slightly, "Your Highness, this attack on the Wa Kingdom must be a protracted war.

Although the country of Wa is weak, there are many aristocrats in the country, even if our army raids the capital of the country of Wa and captures the king and princes of the country of Wa, the country of Wa will not surrender to our Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, I believe that the most suitable method is for our army to capture several large cities in the Wa Kingdom.

Then, based on those cities, he steadily captured the Wa Kingdom.

It's just that my Yanshan Guard has only [-] soldiers, even if it is even [-] soldiers in Koryo, it is only [-].

I am afraid that it will be difficult to capture the entire Wa Kingdom..."

Zhu Di said: "In this case, I should be the main general!"

Guo An asked: "Your Highness, if you are the main general, what about the Beiping Mansion?"

"It's a long way to go to the country of Wa, and attacking the country of Wa will not happen overnight. What if His Majesty has something important to call you into the court? Or, if there are Mongols from the Northern Yuan Dynasty invading our Ming border, Your Majesty orders you to command the army Northern Expedition..."

"That's it!"

Zhu Di sighed slightly, "It's fine if we don't go to this battle!"

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An's expression eased slightly.

"However, Tang Yun can't leave Beiping mansion at will, and we are afraid that some thousand households will violate the military orders of Chen Shou, Chen Zhi, and Zhang Xing."

Zhu Di looked at Guo An and said in a low voice, "Therefore, we want Guo Qing to be our general in this battle!"

"The humble minister is the main general?"

Guo An was shocked, "Absolutely not! Your Highness, this humble minister is just a civil servant, with no knowledge of military affairs and no military power. How can he be the chief general?"

Zhu Di had an expression of trusting Guo An, "Guo Qing only needs to know about this battle, and my army is here to attack the Japanese country!"

"Your Highness, my humble minister..."

Guo An still wanted to push and push.

Zhu Di said again: "Guo Qing, whether it is Chen Shou, Chen Zhi, or Zhang Xing, they are powerful generals in war, but if we let them govern the Wa Kingdom, we are worried that they will slaughter the entire Wa Kingdom."

Guo An's eyes widened, "His Royal Highness, in the entire Prince Yan's mansion, the humble minister hates the Japanese country the most, are you not worried?

If the humble official is the main general, will he take the lead in ordering to slaughter the entire Wa country? "

Zhu Di smiled faintly and shook his head slowly, "I am not worried."

Guo An's eyes turned hard, "Your Highness, I really have a plan to slaughter all the Japanese."

Zhu Di still had a confident face, "Guo Qing has served as the head of Yan Wangfu for several years. We can see that Guo Qing is a kind-hearted person, and Guo Qing will not kill innocent people indiscriminately."

Guo An: "..."

Zhu Di continued: "We remember that Guo Qing seems to have told us that there are more than 500 million Japanese in the Wa country... and our army only has 6 people.

If there is a massacre and arouses the rejection of all the nobles of the Japanese country, our army will definitely be like a light boat, and will be directly overwhelmed by the Japanese army.

Even if there are enough bombs, my army will retreat..."

"Attacking the Wa country is easy, but governance is difficult. Although my army is mainly for the silver mountain, the mining of the silver mountain cannot be completed overnight.

We must not only make the Japanese nobles fear our Ming army, but also let some Japanese nobles support our army, just like Goryeo..."

Guo An instantly understood what Zhu Di meant, that he wanted to turn Wa into another Goryeo for his use.

However, the country of Wa will not be Goryeo, Zhu Di thinks a little better...

Guo An hurriedly shook his head, "Your Highness, Goryeo has long been sinicized by my Ming Dynasty, while the barbarians of Japan are despicable..."

"If that's the case, defeat them!"

Zhu Di said coldly, "Waguo is so far away from our Ming Dynasty, we will give enough materials to the gunpowder workshop to make enough gunpowder bombs for Guo Qing.

If the Wa Kingdom does not allow our Daming to mine silver with peace of mind, Guo Qing does not need to be merciful, all the Wa people can be killed! "

"Your Highness, don't worry, I understand!"

Guo An didn't refuse either.

He originally wanted to join the army to conquer the Wa Kingdom, since Zhu Di wanted him to be the general, then he should be the general.

Anyway, if you go to the Wa country, you won't charge into battle, but the Ming version of gunpowder warfare!
……

half a month later.

One thousand Yanshan guards and one thousand Mongolian soldiers went to Korea with the fleet.

Basically, every time the fleet traveled to and from Beiping Prefecture in Korea, some Yanshan guards and officials would be exchanged.

Therefore, although there were more soldiers this time, it did not attract the attention of interested people.

Another month later.

The fleet came again, and there were obviously more ships.

There are also a lot more goods transported from King Yan's Mansion to the fleet.

It took three days just to ship.

At the same time, there were strong winds on some seas, and even some southern state capitals were hit by strong winds, causing heavy losses, and there were reports of Beiping Prefecture.

Therefore, this time Zhu Di sent a thousand Yanshan guards to guard the ship.

Another month.

The weather is starting to get colder.

Guo An, Chen Shou, Zhu Liang, Qiu Fu, Tan Tong, Wang You and other generals gathered in Yan Wangfu.

"For this expedition to Japan, Guo Qing will be the main general, Chen Shou will be the deputy general, Zhu Liang, Qiu Fu, Tan Tong, Wang You, Wu Libu...you must obey Guo Qing's orders and do not disobey them!"

"The end will obey orders!"

Chen Shou, Zhu Liang and the others quickly responded with respectful faces.

For Guo An, they really did not resist from the bottom of their hearts.

"Very good!"

Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction, and then said again: "The fleet has arrived at the pier. In three days, you will set off!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

……

(End of this chapter)