Chapter 190: Surge
"Your Highness, there are more than a hundred Yanwei sneaking into Fanyang. If there is any movement in the Yuan family, they will immediately report back.��
The study room of the palace.
Xu Ke stood beside Zhao Xu.
After the Yuan family failed to assassinate Mo Di, the King of Yan immediately ordered the Yanwei to strengthen the surveillance of the Yuan family.
For this purpose, he specially selected the backbone of the Yanwei from Yan County and Shanggu County to enter Fanyang.
Zhao Xu nodded, "This matter is of great importance and cannot be sloppy at all. "
Yuan Li had contacted the Beidi people before, and then he tried to assassinate Mo Di.
Anyone would have to be vigilant about this.
Especially since he was the King of Yan, all his wealth was in Yanzhou.
If Yuan Li really colluded with the Beidi to break the Yanguan Pass, he would be finished.
After all, he knew that he was no match for the Beidi people at the moment.
Not to mention that encountering the powerful Beidi cavalry in the wild was a disaster in itself, the number of Beidi soldiers made it difficult for him to cope.
As the saying goes, ants can kill elephants.
So, for him, Yanguan Pass must not be lost at the moment.
It was precisely because of this that he was worried that he would be on guard after hearing the news.
At the same time, he also mentioned this matter in the memorial he handed to Zhao Heng, asking Zhao Heng to send troops to Yanzhou to investigate the matter thoroughly.
After giving a few more instructions, he asked Xu Ke to go back and got up to go to the Armory.
When he arrived at the Armory, Zhao Xu handed a picture to Wang Ying.
"Other matters in the Armory can be delayed, and now the main thing is to make this thing. "Zhao Xu said to Wang Ying.
The current situation in Yanzhou is complicated, and the snow on the road has blocked the trade route. During this period, the trade in Yan County has been sluggish like a silted river.
So things like making glass can be slowed down.
Wang Ying looked at the drawing and quickly realized what the King of Yan was drawing, because he had been thinking about this matter during this period and was about to report to the King of Yan.
"Is your highness drawing a two-wheeled cart carrying artillery? "Wang Ying said.
Zhao Xu nodded. He drew a two-wheeled artillery carriage.
The wheels of this kind of artillery carriage are very large and are all made of cast steel.
There is also a thick steel plate between the two wheels to fix the artillery.
As long as the artillery is placed on it, it can be pulled by horses for flexible mobility.
At present, the Yuan family's affairs need to be prevented before they happen.
If the Yuan family really surrenders to the Northern Di, I am afraid that a war that burns all over Yanzhou will begin.
At that time, his 30,000 troops will certainly be stretched to the limit.
In this case, he can only use artillery to achieve a tactical effect of winning by surprise.
"This thing is not difficult. From today on, you will lead the craftsmen to cast and make one for each artillery." Zhao Xu said.
This sports car is actually equivalent to the two wheels of a carriage, but it only requires sturdiness, which is not difficult.
"Yes, Your Highness. "Wang Ying agreed immediately.
In his opinion, it would be no problem for him to make this thing independently.
At this time, Zhao Xu pulled Wang Chong aside and said to him: "We must also rush to make a batch of artillery ammunition in case of emergency. Also, if you want to make this kind of bullet..."
Wang Chong became excited while listening. He nodded heavily, "This is easy, please rest assured, Your Highness."
Zhao Xu patted his shoulder with satisfaction.
After leaving the Armory, he went to the North Camp.
Today, the soldiers did not have training, but arranged their armors and polished their swords in their respective barracks.
After Chang Wei prepared that day, everyone in the military camp started to move.
"Your Highness, I have ordered 20,000 new soldiers to be dispatched from Shanggu County. If a war breaks out, all the old soldiers will go out. I am afraid that Yancheng will be empty and taken advantage of. At that time, leaving a small number of old soldiers to lead these new soldiers will at least be of some use. "Chang Wei said.
He was preparing for the worst case scenario.
If Yanguan is in trouble, they can only go all out.
The cities of Yanjun and Shanggujun must have no troops to defend.
Zhao Xu's face was solemn, but he nodded.
At the moment, no one could predict what would happen next.
If he defended Yanguan, his fiefdom would survive.
If he defended his fiefdom but lost Yanguan, his fiefdom would eventually perish.
In this choice, he could only choose to defend Yanguan.
Of course, the best case scenario is that this incident is just a court struggle in Dasong and does not involve Beidi.
Otherwise, after destroying the Zhang family, his fiefdom will face another life-and-death test.
"It can only be like this. "Zhao Xu sighed slightly.
These new soldiers are untrained, and their fighting spirit is far from that of the veterans.
But now they can only be dragged to the top of the city.
After inspecting the camp, Zhao Xu finally went to the government office.
In the last autumn hunting of the Northern Di, the rural soldiers played an important role.
For Zhao Xu, these rural soldiers are also part of the military force in his fiefdom.
It is necessary to mobilize them like last time.
After arriving at the government office.
He asked Liu Fuling officials to go to the countryside and let the village head and the head of the village prepare.
Arrangement After these things, Zhao Xu returned to the palace and went straight into the study.
He had to make a few premonitions, so that he would not be in a panic after the unchangeable things happened.
And then, he just had to wait quietly for the development of the situation.
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Shangjing.
This is the location of the Beidi Royal Court, located 3,000 miles northwest of Yanzhou.
After ten days of trekking, Enke arrived at the Royal Court.
On this day, the wind and snow on the grassland stopped, and the sky was clear without a trace of clouds.
The golden sunlight made the white snow shine like gold.
In Yingbai's world, a golden sweat tent stands out particularly conspicuously, that is Khan Mulhongzhen's tent.
After passing through the layers of sentries, Enke walked into the camp under the leadership of the guards of the sweat tent.
Kissing Mulehonzhen's boots, Enke said: "Khan, the fish has been baited, now we can take Yanguan."
Mullerhonzhen sat up straight in his chair.
"Mo Zhai is dead?" he asked.
"No, he failed, but he promised to attack Yanguan." Enke said.
Mullahon was really disappointed.
After Guo Tu went to the Black Iron King's tent, Enke told him the trap he had set for the Yuan family.
To him, the plan was alluring.
It was worth the risk.
But what he looks forward to most is Mo Zhai's death, and then forcing the Yuan family to cooperate with them in attacking Yanguan.
"It's really disappointing." Muller Hongzhen sighed, "But if we don't take advantage of the Yuan family now, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future."
After pondering for a while, he continued: "After you return to the Black Iron King's tent, immediately lead the troops to Ningjin Dusi to join the three king's tents of Yelang, Scimitar, and Tongniu, and send troops to Yan Pass."
There are ten royal tents in Beidi.
But at the moment he was unable to mobilize all his forces.
In the far west of Beidi, the Ottomans there have been competing with Beidi for land.
Two royal accounts are responding to the crisis there.
And the soft lower abdomen of Beidi is Xiliang, with two royal tents on guard.
In the far north, there is still a royal tent still fighting an unknown enemy.
The last royal tent was stationed in Shangjing to protect the Khan Court.
But even so, in his opinion, four royal tents are enough.
It only took four royal tents to capture Ningjin Dusi back then.
What's more, there is still the Yuan family as an internal response.