Traveling to Xianwu

Chapter 893 Conspiracy
Since the innate realm, Shen Chengping has spent most of his time practicing in meditation, combining his postnatal purple qi with his innate vitality, and gradually transforming from acquired to innate, and his postnatal limit of condensed purple qi began to gradually become more refined. Pure crystal, more spiritual vitality, this process took Shen Chengping more than a year of effort.

This day, when Shen Chengping's work was over, he slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air from his mouth and entered the innate realm. Every time he used the innate zhenqi to wash the blood vessels and meridians in his body, his physical fitness would be slightly improved. This is what Taoism calls hair washing and marrow cutting , but this process is not accomplished overnight, but a long-term effort.

Standing up after recuperating, Shen Chengping opened the door and walked out. As soon as he got out of the door, a weak figure beside him broke in and bumped his head on his leg with an exclamation.He didn't seem surprised by this, and instantly released the rebound force of the impact with gentle force, so as not to hurt the little guy.He pulled the little guy away, but it turned out to be a clever little girl of three or four years old. Shen Chengping rubbed her hair bun, and said in a warm voice: "Hu'er, why are you so frizzy, you must be careful when you walk..." This is The daughter he and Yuan Zilin gave birth to more than three years ago, and also his first daughter, was named Yuhu by Shen Chengping. .

"I know...Daddy hug me!" The little girl smiled brightly, she was extremely cute.

Shen Chengping smiled slightly, knelt down and hugged the little girl with his left arm, and when he saw Yue Lingshan walking towards her with three children, two boys and one girl, he waved to the girl and called: "Zhi'er, come here..." This is The second child of Shen Chengping and Yue Lingshan is named 'Yuzhi', and the eldest of the two boys is five years old, Shen Yijing, the eldest son of Shen Chengping, and the other boy is the son of Shen Chengping and Ren Yingying Shen Yiling's son.

Unknowingly, more than five years have passed, and Shen Chengping is nearly 30 years old, and he is the father of four children.

"Daddy..." Yuzhi rushed over happily.

"Oh..." Shen Chengping embraced her with his right hand, then hugged her and Lingshan together, and pecked their little faces respectively, which made the two little girls giggle.

"Eldest brother..." Yue Lingshan looked at Shen Chengping and his daughter happily with a smile. At this time, she was getting older, and there was a bit more dignified style between her brows.

"Daddy..." the two boys shouted, looking at their sisters held in Shen Chengping's arms with envy in their eyes.But compared to the two girls, the elders taught the boys more severely, and they began to learn etiquette more or less at a young age.Of course, this is to follow the rules in front of Shen Chengping, but once out of the sight of their parents, the little ones will be mischievous.

"These little guys are making a lot of noise, Shan'er, don't worry!" Shen Chengping said to Yue Lingshan with a smile.

Yue Lingshan smiled slightly, and said, "It's hard work, and I also have Sister Yuan and Yingying to help."

"Hehe!" Shen Chengping handed her the two daughters in his arms, turned around and gently touched the heads of the boys, and then said: "You take Yijing to Zha Ma first, and I have more Things need to be dealt with!" After speaking, Shen Chengping gently kissed Lingshan's eyebrows, and then watched her leave in a hurry with a shy expression.

Shen Chengping indeed had something to discuss with Zhao Mingzi, and the two met soon in the side courtyard. As soon as he saw Shen Chengping, Zhao Mingzi immediately said: "Senior brother, I just got the news that Toyotomi Hideyoshi of the Japanese kingdom crossed the sea to attack North Korea, considering that this news was only a few months ago, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's forward army may have already crossed the Imjin River and approached the capital of North Korea!"

"Well, although the country of Wa is small, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was able to quell the chaos, and his talents are by no means ordinary. In addition, the soldiers he brought have been fought on countless battlefields, and North Korea has been peaceful for hundreds of years, and its military equipment has long been decayed. , is definitely not the opponent of the Japanese army, and it is inevitable to ask Daming for help at that time, and after annexing North Korea, Toyotomi Hideyoshi will also have the ambition to enter China! The Ningxia rebellion in the past two years has already consumed a lot of treasury. After the war, I am afraid that the treasury of Ming Dynasty will be bottomed out. Isn’t the White Lotus Sect in western Hunan preparing for it recently? Notify them and sell them a batch of weapons. There is also Yang Laoer from Yunnan and Guizhou. Although he is a chieftain You can have armor, but the number is limited, we should also promote it."

Hearing Shen Chengping's arrangement, Zhao Mingzi thought to himself: "In this way, the imperial court will inevitably draw more troops from the frontier army. At that time, the elite from the Northwest will probably be transferred to quell the rebellions of all parties, but it happens to be a good time to launch it. You can take down Guanzhong, Sichuan and Shu with thunderous means, and then integrate the deployment, take advantage of the imperial army being involved by all parties, and go east out of Tongguan, and the senior brother will look at the ordinary affairs with less care, but this method is not bad at all."

In recent years, the local guards in various parts of Guanzhong have been corrupted, and the imperial court has long lost control. The Shen family has secretly controlled most of the guards in Guanzhong these years, and recruiting soldiers for training has already secretly controlled a hundred thousand troops. After Ningxia suppressed the rebellion a few years ago, it even controlled many important positions in Ningxia, and secretly developed a cavalry force of 2 people in the grassland. It is extremely difficult for the imperial court to deal with it.

The Shen family has been recruiting orphans for 20 years, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger. As these orphans are sent to Huashan Mountain except for those who are suitable for martial arts, and the rest are arranged by the Shen family to various places after they become talents, Guanzhong has been quietly controlled by the Shen family. Complete control, even Hanzhong was completely controlled last year, and nails were laid in the Sichuan and Shu areas. The grain, grass and armored soldiers hoarded by the Shen family over the years are enough for a 30 army for a year.

It's just that Shen Chengping knows that although the Ming court is inevitably declining, there are still many elite frontier troops, and there are still a lot of savings in the treasury. Naturally, he is unwilling to fight recklessly, so he can only secretly wait for the opportunity and support The rebellion of restless forces in various places involved a lot of the Ming court's energy and consumed the Ming court's elite and treasury.

"Now it's almost time to launch. The Ming court will soon send troops into North Korea. Old Yang in Yunnan and Guizhou and the White Lotus Sect in Xiangxi have recently been increasingly demanding military equipment. I can't wait any longer. When the time comes I will definitely take advantage of the opportunity, and I just need to wait until Ming Ting fights fiercely with them, and then sweep the world with a thunderous blow." After Zhao Mingzi left, Shen Chengping thought secretly, and finally sighed again, Said to himself: "Hey, there is no turning back when you shoot the bow!"

At this moment, Ren Yingying walked into the room, and upon hearing what Shen Chengping said, she couldn't help asking: "Why didn't you turn back? Brother Ping, what were you discussing with Junior Brother Zhao just now?"

"It's a big event!" Shen Chengping shook his head, and said: "There are wars in the region, chaos is inevitable!"

Different from Yue Lingshan and Yuan Zilin who are less sensitive, Ren Yingying has been very witty since she was a child, and she has been in contact with three religions and nine streams, and her ability to perceive words and emotions is also extraordinary. As Shen Chengping's pillow person, he faintly sensed that Shen Chengping was doing something What, it's just that she didn't stop it, because she knew that these things were indeed what Shen Chengfang said, and there was no turning back when the work started. At this point, even if Shen Chengping wanted to stop, the people below would force him to He continued, if he succeeded, he would soar into the sky, if he failed, he would die and his family would be wiped out. Even if Shen Chengping was able to escape the catastrophe with his superb martial arts, he would just linger on his last breath afterwards.

Chapter 120 IX Siege

Under the instigation of Shen Chengping, the butterfly wing, the Ming Rebellion in the Wanli period was extremely tragic. The Ming court mobilized frontier troops to attack Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and just gained the upper hand. The few frontier troops in Guanzhong and the north were mobilized to pacify them. At the same time, because of the sharp increase in consumption during the war, they could only increase taxation, making the people's livelihood difficult and the people's livelihood turbulent.

On this day, Shen Chengping came to Huashan West Peak.This is also the place where the Shen family secretly develops firearms. Of course, all the master craftsmen here are only designing and researching forging methods, but the real mass-manufacturing of firearms and armor is not here.

The reason for this is that besides the fact that Huashan has many disciples, people come and go, and talk a lot, which is not conducive to wanton testing of firearms, there is also a reason why research and manufacturing are separated, and they don't know each other, which is more conducive to keeping secrets.

Now that the incident is imminent, Shen Chengping will also disperse and store a huge amount of firearms secretly, and hide them in Huashan, Zhongnanshan, Shangluo and other places. At this time, there are [-] flintlock firearms hidden in Huashan.

As for the cannons, although they had cast and stored a lot, before the troops were formally raised, the heavy targets of the cannons were obvious, and it was difficult to transport them without the Ming court's sight.

Over the years, the Shen family has successively trained three thousand fire commanders, one thousand is now secretly stationed in the nearby Shaohua Mountain, and the other two thousand have been concentrated near Zhongnan Mountain.

Of course, this does not count the fire commanders trained in the garrisons of the various guards in Guanzhong, otherwise the number of firearms troops would have to be doubled several times.

Now the thousand fire commanders in Shaohua Mountain are all elites, but Shen Chengping didn't intend to use them in the first battle of the army, but acted as a coach or a low-level officer after the army was raised, and could train [-] fire commanders in an emergency , In preparation for going south to central Shu or east to Tongguan to capture the Central Plains of Shanxi.

There are so many firearms thanks to Ming Ting’s decay. As long as they can afford the price, those master craftsmen who can make excellent firearms can get them. Otherwise, let the craftsmen of the Shen family do their own research. In a few years, it is difficult to develop sophisticated flintlock guns and cannons and manufacture them on a large scale.

After the inspection, Shen Chengping ordered the various forces of the Shen family to speed up their preparations over the years, and at the same time ordered to speed up the frequency of news transmission. The news from all over the country was changed from the original five-day transmission to one daily transmission, so as not to miss the best opportunity .

"Boom boom boom..."

The deafening muffled gunfire continued, and one after another, the red solid iron balls weighing more than ten catties dragged the faint flames of sparks, drew a beautiful arc, crossed the moat, and smashed hard at the west gate of Xi'an City... …

More than a hundred cannons of thousands of kilograms were lined up, firing in turn, and after a while, thick white mist rose above the cannon array, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke permeated the air.

On both sides of the artillery formation, there were [-] cavalrymen holding sharp sabers waiting in formation. It was clear that cavalry were sent out to attack the artillery formation in the defense city.

A huge hot air balloon rose slowly from the Chinese army camp that stretched several miles behind, and finally hovered at a height of more than [-] feet under the traction of a thick hemp rope.

Shen Chengping, Zhao Mingzi, and two Huashan disciples who had achieved internal strength stood in the tough gondola under the hot air balloon, holding binoculars together, watching the situation of Xi'an city.

Although Xi’an City was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, it flourished during the Sui and Tang dynasties and was the number one city in the world. It was a pity that it was destroyed by the Anshi Rebellion. Today’s Xi’an City was built in the early Ming Dynasty, and its scale is only one-tenth of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

More than a hundred cannons bombarded indiscriminately, and within a few rounds, the surface of the city wall near the west gate was covered with cracks like spider webs, and the double-storey tower above was also dilapidated and crumbling, but there was no sign of a guard.

Zhao Mingzi turned the camera and looked at his own gunnery, looking at groups of naked gunners who were busy restoring the gun positions, carrying ammunition, cleaning the gun chamber, loading ammunition, or inserting the fuze in a smooth manner. Sweating profusely... while predicting: "With the power of our army's hundreds of 'Thor' artillery, half an hour is enough to knock down the city tower, but the city wall is too thick, even if the shells are used to peel off the outer bricks. The rammed earth wall inside the cave is several feet wide... the guard is so smart that he knows to withdraw his soldiers so as not to be bombarded in vain!"

Shen Chengping thought for a while and said: "The guards rely on this outer gate to be inside the Urn City, so they are not afraid of us blasting the outer city gate. It seems that we should contact the families in the city as soon as possible to cooperate with each other. The strategy of night attack and seizure is indeed true. It is the best choice. Otherwise, our [-] army here will suffer at least [-]% casualties in the siege battle!"

Zhao Mingzi sighed: "Rely on the standard equipment of guns and artillery. The bombing across the moat has greatly reduced the casualties compared to the previous siege. Thanks to Xi'an's peace for a long time, there are no heavy artillery on the city. After entering the important town of Jiubian, there will be a large number of artillery in the city. At that time, the Ming army will not just be beaten and not fight back. According to the report of the spies, the Ming court is currently dispatching artillery from Jiubian, and at the same time buying Hongyi cannons from Westerners in Guangdong and Guangxi. ...

Shen Chengping smiled, and said: "A heavy artillery of several thousand catties is not a fire system of three or five catties. You can pick it up and leave. Now we have captured all of Guanzhong and most of Sichuan and Sichuan. Tongguan was broken a month ago. Now there is only this lonely Xi'an left. When the Ming army tried its best to transport the heavy artillery to Tongguan, we may have already occupied Shanxi to threaten the capital, and since half a month ago, the weapon workshops in various places in Guanzhong have been taken by ours. The firearms shop has been reorganized and reorganized, and under the full supply, there are all types of artillery, large and small, as long as the transportation can keep up, there are as many as you want, and you are afraid of those obsolete goods from the Ming court!"

Zhao Mingzi said with emotion: "In ancient times, ants attached to attack the city and confronted with swords and guns killed corpses piled up in mountains and blood flowed into rivers. In the future, thousands of cannons fired in unison and tens of thousands of systems fired together will destroy mountains and crack mountains. This battle cannot be resisted by individual bravery. It's over!"

Shen Chengping smiled and said: "It is inevitable that firearms will prosper in the world... It's time to arrange the night raid, let's go!"

Both Shen Chengping and Zhao Mingzi are masters, they don't need a hot air balloon to go up and down, they just turn over and jump out of the gondola, lift their breath and lighten their bodies, borrow the force on the rope three or five times, they can fall more than [-] feet and land safely.The remaining two Huashan disciples still stayed in the hanging basket to observe the enemy's situation, just in case.

The tip of his nose moved slightly, smelling the smell of gunpowder smoke blowing downwind, and looking at the thick cloud-like smoke above the artillery formation, Shen Chengping inexplicably felt a familiar feeling. China itself does not lack technology at this time, even firearms technology He is still ahead of the world, and now under his influence, the Chinese world is rapidly entering the era of hot weapons. Even though he has long been accustomed to the cold weapons of this world, and has practiced swordsmanship to the pinnacle, deep in his heart, there is still a deep Deeply engraved with the imprint of the era of thermal weapons, it has an extraordinary feeling for firearms.

(End of this chapter)