Chapter 194: Dare to touch my cheese and seek death

Under the city of Xiangzhou, a large group of Tang soldiers stepped onto the shore from the ferry, lined up in neat formations and headed towards the city of Xiangzhou. Teams of Tang soldiers were full of fighting spirit.

Whether in the original history or now, Li Jiancheng has never been a general who cannot lead troops, but an extremely difficult opponent. Li Jiancheng seems to have no dazzling record, but Li Jiancheng is like a candy. He can't get rid of it if he sticks it, and he will never give up until his opponent is fuzzy.

In the official history after the "Xuanwumen Incident", no matter the new and old Tang books, there were almost no mention of Li Jiancheng's achievements. In "Zizhi Tongjian", he simply said two sentences, "Building into a plan, and conquering Chang'an" and "Wei Zheng made a statement and pacifying Hebei". This is almost all the achievements of Li Jiancheng that can be found in official history: conquering Chang'an and pacifying Hebei. However, I looked at the "Nister of the Entrepreneurship of the Tang Dynasty" written by Cheng's book before the "Xuanwumen Incident" (the historical books that recorded that Li Yuan raised an army to rebel against the Sui Dynasty until he conquered Chang'an, abolished the Emperor of Sui, and officially called Emperor Tang, which was divided into 3 volumes. Written by Wen Daya, Tang Dynasty. Wen Daya joined the army as the Record Office of General Li Yuan, and he wrote the book with the army.) (This book will not be evaluated)

History is a history, an extremely controversial history. At least in the history of the War in the Tang Dynasty, it was recorded that from the first year of Wude to the demise of the Eastern Turks in the fourth year of Zhenguan, almost every year the Eastern Turks attacked the border. Only after Li Jiancheng's death, the Eastern Turks successfully attacked the city of Chang'an and forced Li Shimin to sign the city alliance.

Li Jiancheng led the four Eastern Palace leaders, the left and right Wuwei, and the left and right Xiaowei led a total of four four guards and forty prefectures, with a total of more than 60,000 people, with a total of more than 50,000 civilians driving down the Yellow River and entering Xiangzhou.

After the Tang army soldiers arrived at the city, they began to set up camp in an orderly manner. Wei Zheng looked up at Li Jiancheng, who was covered in armor under Da Yan, and walked quickly towards Li Jiancheng.

Wei Zheng walked to Li Jiancheng, leaned forward slightly, and said to Li Jiancheng in front: "Your Highness, there is something strange about the rebellion in Hebei."

Li Jiancheng frowned, turned his head slightly to look at Wei Zheng and said, "What's wrong."

Wei Zheng said: "Have your highness carefully thought about what is Liu Shishan's strongest? What is the weakest?"

Li Jiancheng thought for a while and said, "Liu Shishan's greatest reliance was not the Turks, but the support of the Hebei aristocratic tribes. For example, today, the Tang Dynasty has taken seven of the seven, and the remaining two are Hebei, Shandong, and Jianghuai. Among these three, Shandong and Jianghuai are not worth worrying about. What really threatens the Tang Dynasty is Hebei and Jianghuai. The problem of Hebei is actually the same as the problem of Jianghuai, that is, the court, where does the local aristocratic tribes and powerful people have been placed? Is it an enemy? Or a friend?"

Wei Zheng took out a letter and handed it to Li Jiancheng and said, "This is a secret letter intercepted by the scout. Liu Shishan wrote to Du Fuwei. Now, the Hebei clans regard Du Fuwei as their savior, just like the Luoyang clans regarded Dou Jiande as their savior. The current situation is different from the battle in Luoyang last year. Du Fuwei has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, but Liu Shishan wrote such a letter!"

Li Jiancheng thoughtfully said, "I'm so sick that I'm so angry that I'm going to seek medical treatment?"

"This is not the most strange thing, the most strange thing is!" Wei Zheng continued to say in a voice without ups and downs: "Ling Jing said that the Hebei clan had intercepted secret orders, and the secret orders were to destroy all the Hebei clans."

Li Jiancheng turned his face suddenly and stared at Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng nodded gently and said, "Ling Jing has no reason to lie to me."

Li Jiancheng said anxiously: "Have your Majesty ever issued such a secret decree?"

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Li Jiancheng said: "Never?"

Wei Zheng nodded and said, "So, there is another hidden truth in the Hebei Rebellion."

At this time, Li Jiancheng suddenly realized. Liu Shishan was just a vulgar martial artist, with no sign of a man, and no possibility of seizing the world. However, like Liu Heita in history, he restored Hebei and the 39 states of Shandong during the Dou Jiande period in just three months. It is absolutely unreasonable to say that the Hebei clans and the Shandong clans did not surrender to Liu Shishan.

It can be said without hesitation that the Hebei clans and clans had made a fool of themselves. This is a problem that Li Jiancheng thought about but couldn't solve. Now that he heard this secret decree, Li Jiancheng instantly understood.

No wonder all the Hebei aristocratic tribes and clans stood in opposition to Li Tang, because Li Yuan issued a "secret order". As the saying goes, the rabbit died and the fox was sad. The Hebei aristocratic tribes and clans were forced into a dead end. It would be strange if they did not rebel.

Li Jiancheng thought coldly, took off the jade pendant on his waist, and handed it to Wei Zheng, saying, "With this jade pendant, you can mobilize personnel and materials from inside and outside the Eastern Palace at any time, and find out the truth as soon as possible... If anyone can offer a secret decree, Xuancheng can decide on the conditions for the kindness and reward."

Wei Zheng took the jade pendant, slammed it in his hand, smiled and laughed at Li Jiancheng, and then left.

Wei Ting in the distance saw the scene of Li Jiancheng talking with Wei Zheng, thinking about something.

...

In the lobby of the Bingzhou General Administration of Taiyuan, Li Shimin sat on the Hu bed with drunken eyes, surrounded by empty wine jars. Li Shimin felt very uncomfortable, and worked hard and arranged everything, but never thought that it would be cheaper to Li Jiancheng.

Li Shimin was unwilling to accept it and was unwilling to accept it, but the overall situation was settled and he had no choice but to do anything.

Li Shimin wanted to get drunk, but he became more and more awake as he drank.

At this moment, Cheng Zhijie's voice came from outside the door: "Old Lei, get out of the way, I want to see His Highness the King of Qin!"

Lei Yongji smiled bitterly and said, "General Cheng, don't make me embarrassed!"

Cheng Zhijie shouted with a cold face: "Old Lei, get out of here!"

Lei Yongji naturally refused to give in. Now Li Shimin has already ordered that if he dared to let Cheng Zhijie in, Li Shimin would definitely not be able to spare him afterwards.

Cheng Zhijie stepped forward and picked up Lei Yongji and said, "Get out of the way, otherwise you will be the one who suffers!"

Lei Yongji was smart. He was so angry when he saw Cheng Zhijie getting angry and hurriedly dodged.

Cheng Zhijie rushed into the lobby and looked at the drunken Li Shimin and said, "Is it a man? Don't drink it anymore!"

Cheng Zhijie tried to seize the wine jar from Li Shimin's hand.

Li Shimin cursed in a vague way: "Get out!"

Cheng Zhijie was kicked out of the lobby by Li Shimin.

Watching Cheng Zhijie get out

A group of generals surrounded outside the lobby, at a loss.

Changsun Wuji gritted his teeth and said, "You all go away."

Changsun Wuji walked into the tent with a shield.

Everyone heard the fierce fighting sounds outside the lobby.

Crackly... After a while, Changsun Wuji walked out of the tent with his deformed shield.

Li Shimin staggered and came out.

Changsun Wuji pointed at the soldiers around him. Changsun Wuji shouted at Li Shimin at the top of his lungs: "Li Shimin, you must remember that your life does not belong to yourself, but to everyone who follows you. Every brother is willing to die in a fierce battle for you. If you can't cheer up, the brothers here will die, Hou Junji, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Duan Zhixuan, and me, Changsun Wuji - have you heard it clearly?"

A hint of cruelty flashed in Li Shimin's eyes.

Changsun Wuji pointed at Li Shimin and said, "What can I calculate the gains and losses for a while? I believe Your Highness also knows Du Fuwei?"

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Of course I know."

Changsun Wuji said: "Du Fuwei was born in poverty and was inferior to everyone here. Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou have been friends since childhood. Local officials levies and levies, and the people were living in poverty. Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou rebelled together. He was only sixteen years old that year..."

Hou Junji nodded repeatedly, his face full of praise.

Li Shimin thought about something.

Changsun Wuji continued: "After Du Fuwei joined the rebel army, he was extremely brave in fighting. Every time he fought, he rushed forward, from a small bar to the position of the leader of the rebel army. Then, the rebel army he led gradually annexed the surrounding rebel army because of his bravery and good combat. Just as Du Fuwei's troops became increasingly powerful, a man named Li Zitong led another rebel army to join him, but Li Zitong suddenly launched a mutiny to annex Du Fuwei's team. The official army of the former Sui court also surrounded Du Fuwei at this time. Du Fuwei was seriously injured, and was finally carried by his general, Ximen Junyi's wife, and escaped from the siege. At that time, Du Fuwei almost became a general with bare pole."

Li Shimin interrupted and asked, "How old was he at that time?"

Changsun Wuji thought for a while and said, "At the age of nineteen, Du Fuwei occupied Liuhe by absorbing refugees and expanding his power. But at this time, Yang Guang ran from Chang'an to Jiangdu, and brought more than 100,000 elite officers and soldiers. Du Fuwei's Liuhe was right under Yang Guang's nose."

If you don’t have an intuitive understanding of Jiangdu’s distance from Liuhe, then Jiangdu is roughly equivalent to Jiangdu District in Yangzhou, and Liuhe County is the current Liuhe District in Nanjing. The two are about one hundred kilometers apart.

Li Shimin asked in surprise: "Yang Guang did not destroy him, but instead let him grow bigger step by step?"

Changsun Wuji nodded and said, "This is the magical thing about Du Fuwei. Du Fuwei treats his soldiers like brothers, treats scholars very well. With the hearts and morale of the people, Du Fuwei is forced to sit under Yang Guang's nose, attacking the west and the west, destroying Shen Faxing and Li Zitong, and finally unifying the Jianghuai."

Li Shimin said: "This Du Fuwei is really a young hero. Ask a support machine, I will go and meet this Du Fuwei in person for a while."

...

Chen Ying's Anxi Protectorate welcomed an uninvited guest, a Byzantine priest named Roben Tulius Cicero. What surprised Chen Ying was that this priest named Roben put a pack of strange things in front of Chen Ying with a broken Tang Yan, and introduced to Chen Ying in a nagging manner like Xianglin's wife: "Dear Duke, I know that you are rich and beautiful, and you don't like ordinary gold, silver and treasures, so I sent some things, you must be interested!"

Li Xiuning secretly looked at Father Robben. Father Robben has ancient Roman and Greek ancestry and is a top-notch middle-aged handsome guy. But in Li Xiuning's eyes, this Father Robben is really ugly and scary.

At this time, Chen Ying was as crazy as a demon, with green eyes, saliva flowing, and his eyes were straight, like a pervert who had been holding back for ten years and suddenly met a beautiful woman, looking at the pile of strange things in front of him.

The pile of things that made him look straight and swallowed were not pleasing to the eye at all. They were nothing but a pile of monsters pieced together with wood and steel, a bunch of ghosts that were not fun at first glance.

When Li Xiuning looked at this small model made of rotten wood and steel, he really didn't know how he liked these ghost things!

Father Robben pointed to a model as big as a palm and said, "Hisser Duke, this is a boring machine, specially used to polish the inner chamber... Dear Chen, don't doubt its power. As long as there is sufficient hydraulic power, it only takes two hours to grind the inner chamber of any crystal cup to you. A fly will fall down if it falls!"

The moment Chen Ying saw the boring machine model, he subconsciously thought of something.

God of War - Artillery!

In the early days of the invention of the original artillery, copper was usually used as a gun barrel. That was because cast iron and cast steel technology were not up to standard. Chen Ying did not make a leap forward in technology. Chen Ying subconsciously defined the label of prodigal Father Robben. The boring machine was actually used to polish crystal cups.

Chen Ying reached out and touched the sharp and exquisitely made knife model, nodded repeatedly, "What a good thing!"

Father Robben pointed to another: "This is a drilling machine, specially used for drilling holes. Lord Duke, you are now building a roadway. In order to connect the tracks, the method you are using is the method of melt casting. This is not only inefficient, but also insecure!"

In an era when electric welding was not invented, there was no choice but to molten steel connection. However, looking at this drill press, Chen Ying's head flashed: "Yes, you can use the drill press to punch the hole and then connect it with bolts!"

Father Robben continued to introduce: "This is a planer. Have you seen this extremely sharp planer? Yes, it is used to cut metal! With it, Lord Duke, your steel surface will be smoother than the ice surface!"

Chen Ying nodded with satisfaction.

Father Robben continued to introduce: "This is a thread processing machine tool. Just turn it on and put the parts in. In the blink of an eye, circles of threads will appear on extremely hard steel. Whether it is an internal thread or an external thread, it can be easily handled!"

Although these machine tools are hand-made, they are very simple and they are probably not much more reliable, but... they are also machine tools after all. With it, they can produce machinery. No matter how overestimated this meaning is, it is not too much! Chen Xuanli shot the boring machine and said, "It's all good things! But why are there no grinders and milling machines?"

Father Robben was obviously stunned: "Grinder and milling machine? What?"

Chen used his hand to gesture and said, "The milling machine uses a milling cutter to mill the workpiece. In addition to milling planes, grooves, gear teeth, threads and spline shafts, the milling machine can also process relatively complex forms. The grinder is a machine tool for grinding metal. Simply put, it is used to grind milling cutters! These two types of machine tools are very important... By the way, Father Robben, why are they just models and no physical objects?"

Father Roben said with a embarrassed look: "Actually, this time I was carrying physical machinery, but when I passed through the Groling Valley, I was snatched by the Turks! All eight machines have become the trophy of the Turks. It is estimated that the steel on those machines should be removed by them and cast swords!"

"What?" Chen Ying jumped and furiously said, "When is this happening, why no one told me?"
Chapter completed!