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    Wu Sangui and Hauge, both coaches who were heartbroken and trembling with heartache, saw that their side had suffered heavy losses and no longer had the determination to continue the fight. They ordered the troops to retreat in the middle of the night. At dawn, Wu Sangui  We have broken away from the Qing soldiers.

    On the way to retreat, Wu Yong still said with some reluctance: "Sir, as long as we wait until today's Youshi hour, our more than 10,000 infantry will arrive, and then we can catch all the Tatars. This will be a huge battle."  Thanks, why did you retreat?"

    Wu Sangui snorted coldly and said: "Hmph, you also said that they are infantry. Do you think the Tatars will wait obediently for them to surround him? If they want to escape, how can they pursue infantry with only two legs?  ? Do we really want to use up all the elite cavalry we have finally trained?"

    Wu Yong fell silent. These elite knights are the lifeblood of the Wu family. Without them, the strength of the Wu family would be weakened by at least half. Yesterday's fierce battle had already made Wu Sangui's heart tremble. If they were all lost, Wu Sangui would not vomit blood.  That's weird.

    Wu Sangui and his party reached the halfway point and met up with the infantry coming towards them. Wu Sangui immediately ordered all the people to return to Jinzhou immediately without thinking.

    When Wu Sangui and his party returned to Jinzhou, they were warmly welcomed by Li Yan. When Li Yan led Zu Dashou and other generals to greet Wu Sangui and his party, what they saw was a somewhat embarrassed team of Wu Sangui and his party.

    Wu Sangui, who failed to complete the task, originally thought that he would be scolded by Li Yan, but Li Yan did not mention it at all. Instead, he jumped Wu Sangui in front of everyone, and finally announced on the spot that he would play the song immediately.  The emperor immediately gave priority to giving Wu Sangui three thousand fine cavalry to make up for his losses, and also reported their military exploits to the Ministry of War to try to allocate 800 Mini rifles to Wu Sangui first.

    This good thing that fell from the sky knocked Wu Sangui and others dizzy. Wu Sangui, who originally thought that even if Li Yan would not blame him for not completing the task, he would not be rewarded so heavily, was suddenly stunned by this good thing that fell from the sky.  He only stood there with a silly grin on his face, but did not notice the jealous looks of the generals, including Zu Dachou.

    Mini Rifle, who in Dahua doesn¡¯t know that Pang Gang relied on this rifle to make everyone scared when they heard the sound of gunshots. Who doesn¡¯t know that Pang Gang¡¯s army relied on this rifle to sweep across all directions.

    Many local forces are secretly imitating this rifle, but countless skilled craftsmen are stumped by the sophisticated and complex rifling of this rifle and the raw materials used to make the rifle. They can only watch helplessly as Pang Gang's subordinates  There is a legion; using this sharp weapon to continuously kill everyone, but he can only watch and drool.

    After the Liaodong generals surrendered to Dahua, they also asked the court to provide them with this rifle, but without exception they were all beaten back.  The reason is simple, "insufficient production".

    Although Wu Sangui suffered a lot of losses today, the imperial court immediately added 3,000 cavalry and 1,000 Mini rifles for them. Wu Sangui's strength not only did not weaken, but actually increased a lot. This made Jinzhou's  The generals were so jealous that their eyes were red.

    That night, after Li Yan hosted a banquet in honor of Wu Sangui and other generals, Li Yan returned to the study room in the mansion and saw Li Nian sitting on a stool nearby.  At this time, Li Nian had taken off his armor and put on casual clothes. The green Confucian shirt on him made him look elegant.

    At this time, Li Nian had long lost the fierceness he had on the battlefield. When he saw Li Yan coming back, he turned his head and smiled slightly: "Brother, how are the reactions of those Liaodong generals?"

    Li Yan nodded, walked to the desk and sat down. After a long stretch, he said: "Everything was as expected. Zu Dashou and the others couldn't sit still, and kept asking me what was going on.  Only then will we have extra firearms available to them, so we need to be tight!"

    Li Nian sneered and said: "Hmph, those people have good calculations. They are jealous when they see others making contributions, but they want to get something for nothing. How can there be such a good thing in the world!"

    Li Yan chuckled and shook his head: "Otherwise, it's not necessarily a bad thing to make them jealous. This is also a kind of appropriate competition. But you can't spoil them, otherwise it's okay to give them a few hundred.  "

    Li Nian said anxiously: "Brother, no, the Mini rifle is my Dahua's sharp weapon. How can I give it to others lightly?"

    As a front-line officer, Li Nian is very aware of the power of the Mini rifle. These days, the one hundred cavalry he led relied on this rifle to eliminate no less than five or six hundred Qing soldiers. For such a sharp weapon.  He was very opposed to handing it over to the Liaodong generals who had their own evil intentions.

    Li Yan smiled: "Haha, second brother, you filtered it out, it's just a firearm, why do you take it so seriously?  Your Majesty has even sold thousands of them to the foreign vassals of Korea. Why can't our Dahua army be equipped with them?  "

    When Li Yan saw Li Nian about to open his mouth, he couldn't help but waved his hand and said, "Don't be impatient. Let me finish what I have to say."

    Seeing Li Yan speak, Li Nian could only respond in a low voice: "Yes!"

    Seeing Li Nianshang's slightly dissatisfied look, Li Yan said seriously: "Second brother, although you are only a hundred generals, you have also read poetry and books, and have been awarded the honorary title of the previous dynasty. You should think twice when encountering problems. Of course, our firearms  It is a sharp weapon, but don¡¯t think about it. Although this kind of firearm is sharp, the rifling of the barrel will be smoothed out after hundreds of rounds, and it will be scrapped by then. Moreover, the gunpowder lead bullets used in this kind of firearm are also specially made by us.  Yes, what's the problem even if we provide it to them? If they obey the court's orders obediently, that's all. If they don't obey the court's orders, we"

    Hearing this, Li Nian suddenly realized and said loudly: "Okay, then we just need to stop using their gunpowder and lead bullets and stop providing them with firearms, and they use our firearms, and they will be dumbfounded immediately."  Got it!"

    "It's not hopeless after all!" Li Yan nodded slightly, with a trace of relief on his face, but he was thinking in his heart that the emperor's move was so powerful that he controlled all the border generals without knowing it.

    In fact, this trick was learned from the Yankees that Pang Gang sent to later generations. Later generations of Yankees sold his weapons to all over the world, ranging from rifles and bullets to tanks, aircraft, missiles and even warships.

    , while he is selling weapons and provoking wars around the world to make a fortune, on the other hand he is secretly controlling the national defense lifeline of various countries.

    For example, in the later generations of Iran, before the 1970s, Iran had a very close relationship with the United States. In order to obtain Iranian oil and maintain interests in the Middle East, the United States vigorously supported the Pahlavi dynasty. Iran's powerful military power became the policeman of the Persian Gulf region.  .  At that time, the United States even sold its most advanced F14 (Tomcat) fighter jets to Iran.

    But the good times did not last long. The Pahlavi dynasty was soon overthrown by the Islamic religious leader Sayyid Ruhollah Khomeini, and was replaced by a person who did not like the Americans. The attitude of the United States was naturally different.  The same thing happened, so the United States raised the banner of an embargo, banned the delivery of all fighter jet parts to Iran, and provided help to Iran's enemy, Iraq.

    So during the Iran-Iraq war, due to the lack of parts and components, Iran's F14 fighter jets were used less and less, and they suffered a lot. In the end, they had to lie on the ground waiting to be scrapped.

    Pang Gang learned from this historical experience that sometimes appropriately providing some of his advanced weapons to his opponents can be a way to control them.  When he brought this idea up to Li Yan, Li Yan had to be shocked by Pang Gang's forward thinking.

    However, Pang Gang also told Li Yan that although he could provide appropriate firearms to the Liaodong soldiers and horses, they should not let them get them easily. After all, no matter who they are, they would never cherish things that can be easily obtained. This is also  The reason why Li Yan only gave him 800 Mini rifles despite the heavy losses after seeing Wu Sangui and Haoge fight to the death.

    Li Yan was still very concerned about Li Nian. He analyzed the reasons why Li Nian did what he did today and then asked: "Second brother, how do you feel about the Qing soldiers' fighting power when you have been fighting against them these past few days?"

    After hearing Li Yan's question, Li Nian said sternly: "Brother, I have to say that the Tatars are indeed very ferocious. They made no progress during the battle. If it hadn't been for the advantage of firearms, I would not have been able to come back. No wonder  Facing the Tatars in Qing Dynasty, they retreated again and again."

    "Well, your evaluation of the Tatars is quite fair." Li Yan nodded in agreement: "Before my brother came, the emperor personally told me that we must do our best during this northern expedition, and we must beat the Tatars with a stick.  Beat it to death and never let it resurgence. Only by completely pacifying Liaodong can we free up our hands to deal with Qinghai, Mongolia, Nanyang and other places, otherwise the emperor's grand plan will not be realized. "

    Li Nian said in disbelief: "The emperor really has such a grand intention to expand the territory?"

    "Hahaha"

    Li Yan laughed loudly, "Second brother, you underestimate the emperor's ambition. Do you think the emperor is just a conservative king who is content with the status quo? I tell you the truth, the emperor's ambition is so broad that you can't imagine.  , I can guarantee that as long as our brothers follow the footsteps of the emperor, we dare not say that we will be granted the title of marquis or general in the future, but we can definitely achieve it by leaving a name in history."

    Speaking of this, the two Li Yan brothers couldn't help but have a look of expectation flashing in their eyes. As scholars with Confucianism in their bones, leaving a name in history is their biggest expectation.

    Who among these people, Huo Qubing, who made the wolf his son-in-law, Xiao He, who established the country, and Zhang Liang, were not their idols.??

    After a while, Li Yan was the first to come to his senses and couldn't help but smile when he saw Li Nian's yearning expression, "Okay, second brother, the days are still long. Let's discuss how to march to Shengjing next."  Bar".  .  )

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