Become a feudal king from today

"Soldiers are deceitful. The Beidi people colluded with Zhang Kang and soaked bows and arrows in excrement water. This is all a conspiracy. Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself." Zhao Xu grabbed a handful of quicklime and sprinkled it, "This time We will use it to surprise the Beidi army."

Chang Wei nodded heavily, he agreed with Zhao Xu's words.

He once fought with the Xiliang people and witnessed the horror of the war with his own eyes.

In order to win, Xiliang will use all means, but Beidi will only be more barbaric than Xiliang.

In his view, there is no such thing as a gentleman in war.

"Your Highness, this thing is indeed powerful, but how to use it?" Looking at the white dust, Chang Wei felt that he couldn't just let the soldiers sprinkle it on the Beidi people.

Zhao Xu smiled and gave Wang Ying a look.

Wang Ying nodded and asked the craftsman to take a bamboo tube.

"Firecrackers?" Chang Wei suddenly understood, and then laughed, "Now the people of Beidi are going to cry for father and mother."

Zhao Xu and Wang Ying laughed.

Gunpowder is not a rare thing in Dasong.

In the dynasties before Dasong, gunpowder had been used in warfare, such as putting gunpowder in porcelain jars, lighting fuses, and throwing them at the enemy.

Or tie a bamboo tube to the arrow, ignite the bamboo tube, and let the arrow fly towards the enemy.

Later, it gradually evolved and fire guns appeared again.

This is the predecessor of artillery and muskets. It is a metal tube with holes filled with gunpowder and stone bullets. It has lethality within a hundred meters.

After the founding of the country, Dasong inherited these gunpowder application techniques.

However, these things still intimidate more than kill. After all, they are not very powerful and the launch speed is slow.

However, for the Bingzhansi, it is still no problem to build it.

Firecrackers are no problem.

"Let you see the power and have an idea in your mind so as not to hurt one of your own." Zhao Xu said.

After hearing this, the king should ask the craftsman to bring the fire folding piece.

Lit the fuse of the firecracker, Wang Ying picks it up and throws it away.

With a "bang" sound, the firecrackers exploded, and a white mist with a diameter of five or six meters appeared in the air.

When making this kind of firecracker, Wang Ying wrapped quicklime in paper and placed it at the bottom of the firecracker, stuffing it with gunpowder.

In this way, when the firecrackers explode, quicklime will spread.

Chang Wei smiled brightly and was very satisfied with the power of firecrackers.

If these firecrackers were thrown at the Beidi people, the Beidi soldiers shrouded in dust would basically lose their combat effectiveness.

Originally, he was a little worried about whether Yan County's 15,000 troops could successfully resist Beidi's attack.

Now it seems that his worries are unnecessary. King Yan has already set up traps one after another for the Beidi people.

The Beidi people will have to shed their skin even if they don't die this autumn hunting.

"Your Highness, how many firecrackers like this are there?" Chang Wei's enthusiasm suddenly increased.

The king pointed to the warehouse and said, "There are six thousand, enough for you."

Chang Wei was relieved now and said to Zhao Xu, "Your Highness, the general will send someone to take the things back and distribute them to the soldiers."

Zhao Xu nodded.

After Chang Wei left, Wang Ying regretted not using his talent: "If you give me enough time, I can make more powerful firecrackers."

"Firecrackers are nothing like gadgets. After this battle, I will let you build something even more powerful than firecrackers." Zhao Xu said.

"Something more powerful?" Wang Ying's face turned red with excitement.

Now, the refining of steel, armor and the forging of weapons are on track, and he only needs to supervise the work.

Bingzhangsi's life has become relaxed and boring again, which is very uncomfortable for him who can't take any time off.

Therefore, King Yan's words filled his heart with expectations.

But when King Yan mentioned something even more powerful than firecrackers, he couldn't help but think about it.

"Xiaguan heard that there was a merchant ship from the west at sea. There was a kind of firearm on board that could make a huge roar and shoot heavy iron pellets far away."

"I also heard that the Liang family donated a batch of iron pipes to the emperor two years ago. These iron pipes can use gunpowder to launch small iron projectiles. The emperor was very happy and specially built a magic machine camp..."

Wang Ying kept talking, "How do your highness's things compare to these?"

When Zhao Xu heard this, he was stunned for a long time.

In ancient times, there was little information, and the Ninth Prince had lived in the palace for a long time and did not know much about the outside world.

He had heard rumors about Western merchant ships spitting fire at sea, but he didn't know about Shenji Camp.

Wang Ying said this, which confirmed some situations and brought him a new perspective.

"Is the news true?" He looked serious.

"This is what Xianguan heard from a close friend when he was traveling in the capital. He was the secretary-general of the Shenji Camp, but he said that the Shenji Camp was just the emperor's guard of honor." Wang Yingdao.

Zhao Xu rolled his eyes.

The contempt for firearms in this world is similar to that of contemporary dynasties.

"This information is very important." Zhao Xu murmured to himself.

This means that there was a precursor to the mixed use of cold weapons to hot and cold weapons in the Dasong Dynasty.

But at the same time, some situations that Wang Yingyin confirmed aroused his worries.

First came the merchant ships from the west.

Because the history of this world is almost completely different from contemporary times.

Therefore, he has been unable to deduce what period Dasong was in.

But now that Western merchant ships have arrived here, they are at least in the Age of Discovery.

The only difference lies in whether the West is still in the exploration period at the beginning of the Age of Discovery, or in the colonial period of great powers at the end of the Age of Discovery.

In addition to this, Wang Ying also mentioned the Liang family.

The Liang family is one of the eight powerful families in Dasong.

Minzhou and Yuezhou on the southeast coast of Dasong are all within its sphere of influence.

The most important thing is that the Dasong Sea Ban does not completely prohibit entering the sea, but adopts monopoly measures. Only with the approval of the court can sea trade be carried out.

The Liang family was the only force recognized by the imperial court.

Before the Dasong Sea Ban, the Liang family had a large fleet of merchant ships.

After monopolizing maritime trade, the Liang family is now extremely wealthy.

However, every generation of Liang family heads is very shrewd.

He often tried his best to collect rare treasures from overseas and presented them to the emperor, which was favored by emperors of every generation.

Now, the Liang family presented firearms to Zhao Heng.

To an outsider, it looks like nothing more than a curiosity.

But in his opinion, the meaning is different.

The channels for the dynasty's foreign exchanges are monopolized by powerful clans, which is too dangerous.

Its level of danger is by no means inferior to that of the Yuan family that dominates Yanzhou.

I thought about it for a while.

Zhao Xu shook his head and suppressed these thoughts in his heart for the time being.

It seemed a little early for him to worry about this.

After all, he is just a small vassal king struggling to survive in Yan County.

At the moment, what he should be most concerned about is how to survive, manage his own territory, and protect himself from Beidi's intrusion.

As for the rest, the distorted historical process of this world may have caused the Central Plains Dynasty to lag further behind than the same period in the contemporary era. No one can change this fact. This is the torrent of history.

Once he gets through this crisis, he just needs to move forward.