After the experiment was completed, Li Liangzuo said to Jin Bohang: "I have another suggestion for you, make all the gunpowder into small particles, and then wrap it in a small bag with oiled paper, so that when the soldiers use gunpowder, they will use one package at a time, and it will not cause explosions due to pouring too much, and the same can be true for artillery."
"Your Majesty, Weichen will do it later," Jin Bohang said with great joy.
After watching the test firing of firearms, Li Liangzuo called Li Xiaoren and Li Bingchang to his side and asked, "How do you two feel about the power of the artillery and the birds?"
"Father, the artillery is so powerful, if it is put on the battlefield, it must be invincible, and the range of the gun is much higher than that of the bow and crossbow, the gunpowder and projectiles are easy to carry, and can maintain a long period of continuous combat, if these two new weapons can be equipped with our Xia army, our army will be invincible."
Li Bingchang said excitedly.
"Your Majesty, although firearms are powerful, they are also not small; The logistical dependence of firearms on firearms is so important that it is impossible to use firearms on a large scale without adequate logistical support.
Li Xiaoren saw the drawbacks at a glance.
"It's still the royal brother's eyes that are poisonous, and you can see the disadvantages of firearms at a glance; Nowadays, the production of firearms is not high, and it is impossible to equip all the armies, so only a small number of elite troops can be equipped.
Li Liangzuo said: "Chang'er, didn't you always want to know why I left you in the imperial capital, which is why I left you in the imperial capital." ” Immediately afterwards, Li Liangzuoyou continued: "I have received accurate information, the Great Song Dynasty has colluded with the Seljuk Empire, although we are negotiating with the Great Song Dynasty, but the Song army is already beginning to prepare for war, and the Seljuk Empire in the west is also hoarding a large number of troops in the border area, and there is a great tendency to go on another northern expedition." ” "What does Father mean," Li Bingchang asked tentatively.
"In the Central Plains, Wu'er will preside over dealing with the Great Song Dynasty, and I won't worry about it."
Li Liangzuo glanced at Li Bingchang and said: "I plan to send you to the Western Regions, I will give you 100,000 troops of the Western Expedition, and 3,000 guns and 20 artillery pieces to go to Sama, I will order that the capital of Anxi will protect Li Chahan to cooperate with you, and I will give you half of the 200,000 Song army prisoners captured in the Central Plains, and you can take them with you, I believe that you have a way to make them work for you." ” "The retainers take the order."
Li Bingchang immediately knelt on the ground and answered.
"The army will leave in a month, you will stay here to supervise the construction of firecrackers and artillery, and when the time comes, I will let Hao'er lead the army to join you in Xiliang Mansion."
Li Liangzuo said.
"Father, my son has a proposal, I don't know if my father can approve it."
Li Bingchang said.
"Say whatever you want."
"Father, once the gunpowder needed for the front line of the war is huge, the son asks if he can bring a group of craftsmen over, so that the gunpowder can be deployed on the spot in the Western Regions, and it can also make all kinds of projectiles, which can also reduce the supply of the rear of our army."
After Li Bingchang finished speaking, he glanced at Li Liangzuo.
After careful consideration, Li Liangzuo said: "There is no need for craftsmen, within one or two years, the Seljuk army will not attack, you can use this year to stock up on ammunition, grain, grass and weapons in the land of the war, and when the war starts, I will send people according to the situation." ” "Yes, my son obeys" The reason why Li Liangzuo did not allow Li Bingchang to bring the gunpowder formula to the Western Regions was mainly due to two considerations, the first was to prevent the leakage of gunpowder to the west, and the second was to prevent Li Bingchang from becoming bigger in the Western Regions.
After everyone left, Li Liangzuo said to Li Bingchang: "Chang'er, I have given you the opportunity, now the territory of the Great Xia Empire is large enough, if the territory is expanding to the west, the imperial court will be a little beyond the reach of the whip, so for the empire's rule in the west, you need to have a prince in charge, that is to say, how much territory you can take from the Seljuk Empire, or the hands of other small countries, will be the territory of your feudal country, in addition to obeying the jurisdiction of the imperial court, you have sufficient military, administrative and financial powers, but there is one point that vassal states are not allowed to make decrees without authorization, and the imperial court will send people to supervise them."
The meaning of Li Liangzuo's words is that after telling Li Bingchang, you will fight the world for yourself, and Li Liangzuo's family foundation to Li Bingchang is 100,000 Western Expeditionary Army, 100,000 Song Army prisoners of war, 20 artillery pieces and 3,000 firearms, etc., of course, the grain and grass of these 200,000 people will be temporarily supplied by the imperial court, and once Li Bingchang lays down his own territory, the supply of the imperial court will be reduced accordingly; Although Li Liangzuo is just empty words, his attraction to Li Bingchang is too great.
And the emperor of the Western Regions is far away, Li Bingchang can no longer be bound by any constraints, this is a major opportunity for Li Bingchang, Li Liangzuoda's words also reminded Li Bingchang that with the expansion of the territory of the Great Xia Empire, many local courts can not rule directly, the advantage is in the border areas, and the local protectorates have considerable power, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the local emperor.
A month later, after everything was ready, Li Bingchang set off, and Liang Luoyao made a big fuss on the night Li Bingchang left, and he finally came back not long after, and now he left again; But with Li Bingchang's departure, the court of the entire Great Xia Empire has also restored calm here, and the final ownership of the crown prince has basically been revealed to the world, but Li Liangzuo is not in a hurry to canonize the crown prince.
With the more and more firearms manufactured by the Firearms Research and Technology Agency, Li Liangzuo began to work on the refitting of the Xia army, the first batch of refitting was stationed in Kaifeng, commanded by Li Wu, the king of Qin, the Praetorian Guard Corps, which was already very familiar with firearms, and soon got started after getting the new firearms, and gradually formed combat effectiveness; There are also firearms equipped with the Shenji Battalion stationed in the imperial capital, the Shenji Battalion is subordinate to the Imperial Forest Legion, with 50,000 people, commanded by Qin Hu himself, and is the main armed force to defend the imperial capital.
Of course, some firearms were sent to the Western Regions and handed over to Li Bingchang, the king of Qin, but all the firearms handed over to Li Bingchang had 50 guns at the most, and 10,000 guns at the most, and a new batch would be added every time they were scrapped.
Of course, that's all for later.
Not long after Li Bingchang's westward expedition, the Jiangning Agreement was reached between the Song and Xia, which stipulated that the Great Song Dynasty would be a vassal to the Great Xia Empire, and the Great Xia Empire would be regarded as the Zhengshuo, and the Great Xia Empire would pay an annual tribute of 1 million taels of gold, 10 million taels of silver, 30 million copper coins, 80 million stone grains and grass, 50,000 catties of tea, silk, cloth, and so on.
In addition, there is a baggage worth 10,000 taels of silver to compensate the military expenses of the Great Xia Empire, and the price is calculated according to the lowest price in the market; In addition, the compensation for the unfinished implementation of the Tongguan Agreement must continue to be enforced.
The signing of the Jiangning Agreement firmly put a shackle on the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Xia Empire was like a bloodsucking worm constantly absorbing the bone marrow of the Great Song Dynasty.
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