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    Chapter 105 The Dust Has Settled Except for the dozens of artillerymen who came from Oceania, only Wang Hua knew what was going on.  He has read the data, which makes him feel that it is not very ideal. First of all, it is loading. Except for the odd cannon and the sub-cannon, they are all front-loaded and the speed is very slow.  Then there is the range. It may be because of the use of black powder or other factors. The range is not ideal. The maximum range is the Shenwei Invincible General, which can reach two and a half miles, and the effective range is about 500 meters.  The ranges of General Shenwei, Nine-section Hundred Thousand Cannon, and General Weiyuan have been updated. The maximum range is nearly two miles, and the effective range is only 400 meters.  The range of the strange cannon and the sub-cannon is even weaker, with a maximum range of only one and a half miles and an effective range of only three hundred meters, which is slightly better than the longbow.  Then there is the issue of cooling. Now we have to use water for cooling, and we don¡¯t need coolant.  It's possible that you won't even think about it in this lifetime.  However, due to smelting technology problems, although blast furnaces and converters are now used to make steel, and the technology is further developed, the quality of the steel is still not very hard.  After repeated tests, the safe number is thirty shells in a row. After forty shells, it is a dangerous stage. After fifty shells, the accident rate of chamber explosion can reach 30%.  So there is only one way to do it, change the barrel, or wait for it to cool down before using it. ?????????????? The small odd cannon and the multi-part cannon perform well. Not only are they late-firing, they are fast. At the same time, the safe range can reach up to fifty shells in a row, and the dangerous range can reach up to seventy shells.  This made Wang Hua sigh with emotion. After all, the craftsmanship was so good. No wonder the handmade cars and watches of later generations were sold at sky-high prices.  But the cost is better.  But its flexibility, safety, and efficiency made Wang Hua make a decision. At this stage, it is better to let Oceania produce these two types of artillery, especially the exotic cannon, which has advanced firing and faster loading.  At the same time, it is very light, although it is a little less powerful. No matter where you go, you can pull a few of them with a war horse.  At the same time, the gun mount is also very small. It is a foldable gun mount made of wood with wheels on its four legs. A soldier can easily push it around, and it can even be used for fighting in mountainous areas.  This made Wang Hua couldn't help but think about it. If a thousand such artillery were brought to the Salun River or Luoshu City, what would be the effect and reaction?  "However, he has to wait slowly. It can be tempered into steel. Is it so easy to forge?  For the sake of quality, it is really steel that has been tempered hundreds of times. A piece of pig iron that weighs hundreds of kilograms is forged and weighs less than ten kilograms.  Unless Wang Hua summoned thousands of blacksmiths, he would not be able to obtain a thousand strange cannons within a few years.  In general, the population base of Oceania is still small. If the Tang Dynasty starts to move, it will be very impressive.  Wang Hua was thinking randomly. The soldier used the simple aiming device to adjust the firing angle. Of course, the accuracy was not very satisfactory either.  More than two dozen artillery pieces, large and small, opened fire.  The huge sound made everyone look shocked. Even the faces of Guo Zhiyun and other brave generals who followed him turned white, and then sparks spurted out.  This is what Wang Hua is most satisfied with. There were originally many shapes of cannonballs, but Wang Hua only chose the rocket-shaped oval shape. As for the chisel shells for attacking the city, he did not provide them.  Because history has proven that even when the Manchu Dynasty entered the Pass, artillery technology was very advanced, and the city wall was still functioning.  Like the city wall of Chang'an City, what kind of cannonballs can damage it?  So I only chose the rocket type, which is more in line with mechanical principles.  It is also the most common shell shape later except for unconventional uses.  And it carries flowering bombs of caltrops.  The city gate that was bombarded was the Golden Gate, not far away was the main gate of the imperial city.  At this time, there were many soldiers standing on the top of the city. This was arranged by Zhang because he was afraid that the negotiation would not go well.  Fortunately, starting from Gwanghwamun in the north where the blood camp was besieged to Myeongdemun in the south, because Zhang said he knew the power of the trebuchet in Wang Hua's hand, the residents under the city wall temporarily evacuated to other places.  The huge noise not only deafened the hundreds of people standing nearby, but also the guards on the top of the city. Even the entire city of Chang'an heard the sound.  ¡°Then each soldier was blown up by the explosion of the shell, rolling in the sky, and then fell down again, falling on the top of the city or outside the city, and the iron caltrops caused a second killing.  A few more cannonballs were deliberately directed by Wang Hua, and they were aimed at the gate tower of Jinguang Gate. When the third wave of cannonballs was fired, only half of the gate tower was left with broken bricks and tiles, and it stood pitifully on the top of the city.  , as if it was about to collapse at any moment.  Even many strong walls were badly damaged by three shells.  It was just three waves of artillery, with a total of more than seventy rounds, and half of them landed in and outside the city. The soldiers on the top of the city immediately fled completely.  Zhang Jiazhen immediately shouted: "Stop." This scene was like hell.?He had his head covered, and although he shouted, he was either frightened or angry, and could not say a word.  Fortunately, Wang Hua also immediately asked the soldiers to stop.  Zhang Jiazhen didn't speak, but Wang Hua looked at Wei Juyuan and said, "This is the power of explosives." "Yes, yes," Wei Juyuan was also frightened and swallowed his saliva before replying.  Wang Hua stroked the hot barrel and said, "I don't want to talk about it now." Zhang Jiazhen's eyes almost turned black after hearing this. It was heartbreaking. This sentence was purely heartbreaking.  But Wang Hua knew in his heart that the time had not yet come for the first large-scale equipment of artillery.  Secondly, this kind of artillery adds value to itself and has an important bargaining chip for victory in the war, but it is not a mature artillery yet, and at the same time it is not as effective as a gun. After all, it is faster and more flexible.  But no one in the court knew how many such weapons Wang Hua had on hand.  Even if the ban is imposed, heavy artillery may be able to be traced, such as the mother-of-pearl cannon and the strange artillery. Unless the Tang Dynasty uses 700,000 to 800,000 troops as yamen guards to line up from Yunzhou to Liangzhou, they can still be transported back to Lingzhou.  Wu.  Under the influence of this killer weapon, we will negotiate again.  This time the artillery arrived in time. Zhang Jiazhen took the risk of going back and being scolded by the court, and finally made the decision. Four 10 million, all of which were sent to Wang Hua, but now only half can be released, and the other half will be paid in two years from next year to the year after.  , otherwise the imperial government's finances would be overwhelmed.  No matter how hard you press, if you kill me and you can¡¯t get the money, it¡¯s not Zhang Jiazhen who wants to get it, it¡¯s the court that can¡¯t get that much money.  The Three Prefectures were given to Wang Hua to "manage" Danzhou and Wuzhou. Zhang Jiazhen of Chengzhou refused to agree to it. If you wanted, just bomb it. Even if Chang'an City was captured, he would not agree.  With Danzhou and Wuzhou cut off, it was inconvenient to go from Longyou to Bashu, but the route from Guanzhong to Bashu was the Hanzhong road.  If Chengzhou is cut off, you can sit down and watch Hanzhong, join forces to watch Bashu, and go up to Sanguan again from Fengzhou to intimidate Chencang and Changan.  And once this artillery comes out, the level function becomes even weaker.  Wang Hua thought for a while and finally agreed.  At this time, Zhang said he was late. It was not that he was afraid of death. He was in the city and it would be some time before he arrived. When he saw the soldiers on the top of the city running away together, he came to the tower that was about to fall. Where was he standing?  , staring at those gun barrels, motionless, as if saying: "Come on, fire at me." No one paid attention to him at all.  Su Jue was telling Wang Hua a lot about benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom, trust, loyalty, filial piety, integrity, shame and courage. He hoped that Wang Hua would repent and turn around.  Wang Hua didn't say anything for a long time, and suddenly asked: "What is benevolence? Compassion, love for others, is benevolence. So what is love for others? Is loving treacherous ministers a small thing called loving others? Loving the cowardly king and queen is for loving others?"  Su and Zhang were almost angry to death. Wei Juyuan was making gestures, meaning princess, if you still want to marry the princess, don't mention the queen's affairs anymore.  But it's no wonder that now that the princess is not married, Wang Hua still doesn't believe it.  "What is righteousness? Helping others in times of crisis with a shameful heart is righteousness. But to help whom? Could it be that I was asked to help Zong Chu and Ji Chu Na? Tell me, how many people have I helped? Is this righteousness? What is meant by righteousness?  Wisdom, the heart of right and wrong, if I don¡¯t have the heart of right and wrong, do I really think I can¡¯t take over Chang¡¯an City? What is etiquette and respect?  , or congratulations to the people who use their hard-earned money to support you? Besides, did I do enough before escaping from Luoyang? Why did the emperor follow the imperial edict?  , sent a large army to pursue them. Thousands of troops marched from the palace to the outside. It was so majestic. I ask you again, what did you do when the imperial court sent troops to attack the Eight Prefectures? What did you do this time when the imperial court sent troops again? "  The question left Su Ju speechless.  Zhang Jiazhen said depressedly: "Let's not talk about this. Now that we have negotiated, you have to withdraw the troops." "Withdrawing the troops, relying on this?" Wang Hua raised his hand and signed the agreement with the names of Wei, Su and Zhang, and said:  "Is it more effective than the two gold medals for immunity from death that the Emperor and the Queen Mother gave me?" Then what are you talking about?  Zhang Jiazhen wanted to slap Wang Hua in the mouth, but she didn't dare.  This is Wang Hua's failure to see the hare and the hawk. He has to see the real thing.  The three of them looked at each other, and rushed to Luoyang immediately without even eating dinner. The first thing was to report that the peace agreement signed this time was beyond the scope of the imperial court. The second thing was to immediately send the supplies to Wang Hua.  Send his army away.  Being trapped in Chang'an City like this, the city gate did not dare to be opened wide. At most, there was a small door on the side for a few important people to enter and exit. Prices in the city skyrocketed, and the price of rice rose to 300 Wen per bucket of rice.  Moreover, Chang'an was the capital of the Tang Dynasty, so the ministers led the army to do it.Even though he was sitting there, he didn't look very good on his face.  Back to Luoyang, Li Xian reported the matter. In fact, Li Xian also received a report from Kuai Ma at the same time, mainly about the dozens of artillery pieces.  He gritted his teeth and agreed to the agreement, but he felt angry and regretful in his heart.  Then an order was immediately issued to recruit all small river boats. Large river boats cannot enter the Wei River. Fortunately, the summer water is now flooded, allowing ships with deeper drafts to enter. They can carry grain and cloth into the Wei River until they are unloaded in Chencang, and then from  Transported to Lanzhou by land.  At the same time, the grain seized in Bianzhou was reloaded on ships and transported to Chencang.  The only thing left was to find vegetable oil. When word got out that vegetable oil had tripled in price, Li Xian angrily decreed that anyone who raised the price would be questioned.  Seeing that the treasury was gradually emptying, his heart ached.  Afterwards, Song Jing heard about this and wrote a letter to ask questions.  I have a good impression of King Jing of the Song Dynasty. His ability to be tactful and adaptable may be slightly inferior to that of Yao Chongzhi, but he is upright and upright, which is a model of a true minister in the Tang Dynasty. Zhang said that even if he fires at me, he will not be able to fire ten times, and it will not be as good as his "  "You have the spring breeze on your feet (you bring the spring breeze wherever you go)."  Therefore, he wrote back that if this were not the case, the civil war would continue if the court did not regret it.  "You can't stop until you make the imperial court feel sore."  Maybe we will continue to pursue the idea of ??eight states in the future.  There is one more thing that needs to be done immediately. Ma Zheng is not a big problem. Wang Hua, who is the imperial court, will not take it back if he lets it go. Even if the imperial court is not the imperial court, he will not come back.  Wang Hua agreed to the official business tax and would not regret it.  But for Wang Hua to pursue the responsibility, the matter in Bianzhou is easy to handle. It doesn't matter if a few relevant personnel are executed or even scapegoats are used.  Mainly the person responsible for the two dispatches of troops by North Korea and China.  Li Xian looked at Si Wei, you can hand it over yourself.  There is no doubt that the candidate can only choose one from Zong Chuke and Xue Sijian.  Xianggong Sanwei is the best, but Li Xian knows that this is a bit delusional.  If one of them is killed, there will be chaos.  Of course Liu Jingren also sent troops, but Liu Jingren was just a flatterer and had nothing to do with the mastermind. Li Xian was unwilling to execute Liu Jingren. After all, he had made contributions when Li Chongjun rebelled, and Wang Hua would not be satisfied either.  Mr. Sanwei didn't say anything, but after the court dispersed, he summoned a group of party members.  To be honest, Wang Hua's request was not excessive. At least it was far from asking for four to ten million and forcing the court to cut off the two states of Danwu. From a reasonable point of view, Wei Dang was spared.  But it was not easy to choose between these two people. It was reasonable to choose Zong Chuke, which disappointed Wei Shi successively. However, Zong Chuke was an important minister in the court, and his prestige was far better than that of Xue Sijian. Besides, he also had a brother who was now serving as a minister again.  Webster relied on him as his confidant.  But Xue Sijian was not easy to handle either. He and Zuotunwei General Zhao Chengen were Wei's two most trusted servants. If it hadn't been for this crime, even the four Wei Xianggong would have to give way when they met.  At this moment, Zong Jinqing intervened and said what Xue Sijian said when he was in Lingzhou.  Of course, in order to survive, Xue Sijian expressed his loyalty to Wang Hua and scolded Wei Shi to death.  In comparison, Zong Chuke was better off. He thought he was going to die and Wang Hua would not let him go even if he begged for mercy, so he kept silent.  After hearing the news, he immediately informed the third child, and Zong Jinqing naturally took it out to save the second child¡¯s life.  Being able to rise and fall in the officialdom for so many years, Zong Chuke's mind is not that simple. Maybe his military ability is not good, but it does not mean that he is not good at strategizing.  On the contrary, his tactics are better than Wang Hua's.  He also has a good memory.  When he heard that Wang Hua asked the court to hand over someone to take charge, he thought that it was either him or Xue Sijian, so he wrote down everything Xue Sijian said from memory.  Xue Sijian said a lot, some scolded Wei Quan, some scolded Wei for how he framed the ministers, and even how Wei had messed up with Wu Yanxiu, Wu Sansi, and even Ma Qinke and others who had just died inexplicably.  Yes, I said it all.  "Why, he is just a chamberlain and has little grievances with Wang Hua.  Even when Wang Hua left Luoyang, his name was not on the list secretly posted by his staff.  Therefore, I hope that the harder he scolds, Wang Hua will like it and maybe spare his life.  Now that Zong Chuke had sorted them out, everyone¡¯s expressions suddenly changed.  Zong Jinqing saw that he had it, otherwise Zong Chuke would be really in danger this time. After all, Xue Sijian was a close confidant of Webster, and he would hang around in front of Webster all day long as soon as he came back. This was an incomparable advantage.  But the balance may not have tipped in favor of Zong Chuke. Some people wanted to flatter him immediately and inform Xue Sijian of the matter.  Xue Sijian was frightened when he heard that, but he had been in the palace all year round and was secretly aware of all kinds of fights. He had an idea and sent people to spread the rumor. Wang Hua hated Zong Chuke so much that he hated him to death. Why did Wang Hua release Zong Chuke and why did Wang Hua release Zong Chuke?  Sending a lot of real money??  Don't listen to what Zong Chuke said. Wang Hua had other intentions. What intentions could he have? He expected Zong Chuke to come back and say good things for him. Did Zong Chuke say anything good?  To curry favor with Zong Chuke, with Wang Hua's strength, who does he need to curry favor with?  This makes sense. Wang Hua doesn't even look down on the entire court now. Why is he fawning over Zong Chuke?  It's not like framing Zong Chuke. But if he chops off his head with a knife, nothing will happen.  Seriously, that cart of jade and coral is not money, and those flying coins are not money?  There is a problem here.  It was only then that Zong Chuke guessed Wang Hua's true intention. The release was not only for peace and respite, but the real follow-up was only used now.  Because he was such an important person, the balance was originally in his favor, but because of this money, he couldn't clean it up.  Not only is it unclear, no matter who is handed over in the end, there are rifts in this camp.  Both men deserve to die, finally ask Webster.  Webster didn't answer, but asked Wei Juyuan. Wei Juyuan told what he saw and heard, and heard Wang Hua say, I don't want to talk about it now.  Webster smiled and said, "That's a good thing. I'm afraid Wang Hua doesn't have ambitions. It's easier to handle if he has ambitions."  Finally, he said: "Send someone to ask Wang Hua and ask him who he wants to calm the anger in his heart." Wei Juyuan immediately fell down and said, "The queen is still wise." So he sent someone to ask Wang Hua, and Wang Hua listened.  , immediately replied: "It doesn't matter. If I really want to pursue the case, not one or two should be killed. You only need to hand over one and the matter is over. But just don't fool me." Kicked the ball over again.  Webster's party had no choice but to discuss it again.  But the county magistrate is not as good as the county manager. Xue Sijian cried all day long, saying that I was just afraid of death, so he said some damn words, but he was loyal to the queen, but Zong Chuke, if he hadn't colluded with Zadayan, there would be something behind it  What happened?  This sentence hit Webster's heart for another reason. Now Li Xian wants to take back power, but the most important thing is the Yulin Army and the palace.  If Xue Sijian is killed, many people will feel cold.  But Zong Chuke is different. There are many lackeys who want them.  But Zong Chuke also knew many of her secrets, so he sent people to hang Zong Chuke at home. Not only Zong Chuke, but also Zong Jinqing was killed again in order to prevent Zong Jinqing from being dissatisfied.  There is another reason for this. Because of Li Xian's "awakening", many ministers made a fuss about Zong Jinqing's lack of emperor's decree to mobilize flying cavalry.  This killing also eliminated these ministers¡¯ excuse for impeachment.  The head was given to Wang Hua.  Wang Hua had an accident. Kill one and give another away?  But he thought about it and said to the visitor: "Be kind to their families." This made Wei Dang even more happy to hear it. As expected, there are no absolute friends and no absolute enemies.  Now that the blood camp is getting stronger and stronger, they are also afraid.  In fact, it has nothing to do with this matter. Wang Hua is afraid that the tree will fall and the hozens will scatter. It is for the sake of being alone in the future. Li Bai's last wife, the granddaughter of Zong Chuke, was also the only wife who brought love to Li Bai.  It's a pity that he finally became a monk.  At this time, food gradually arrived.  But it¡¯s not just a day or two. Even now that the water is so strong, the Weishui ships can only carry an average of nearly a thousand stones of grain. Of course, the maximum can pass a hundred tons and a carrying capacity of nearly two thousand stones. However, there is a danger of running aground at any time.  Coupled with some temporarily summoned boats, it might be less than a thousand dan.  The imperial court's food, plus the food prepared from Jiangnan, totaled 13 million shi of food, as well as other supplies.  After unloading the goods at Chencang, they switched to land, which required more carriages. For the sake of speed, Wang Hua even mobilized all the large livestock from the eight states.  At this time, Guo Yuanzhen wrote a letter saying that the Tibetans had begun to attack Dafeichuan and hoped that Wang Hua would send reinforcements.  The court could not count on it. After Wang Hua's blackmail, the court was empty. It had soldiers, food, but no military expenditure, and had no way to send troops.  But Wang Hua remained unmoved.  Having dealt with Guo Yuanzhen many times, he is a master who refuses to suffer losses.  Spring sold a favor, how much supplies did Wang Hua subsidize?  Even thousands of soldiers were sacrificed.  Now Guo Yuanzhen still has many sharp weapons provided by himself, and he has won all the checkpoints on each road.  Another thing is that since Tuyuhun surrendered, he could also recruit troops.  This is because Guo Yuanzhen wants to use the sacrifices of the Blood Camp soldiers to preserve his own strength.  Of course, I don't want to accept favors from Tuyuhun. After all, it is difficult to control this place because of the new rule.  But this time the soldiers of the Blood Camp suffered equally heavy sacrifices.  Regardless of the use of prisoners of war, the number of casualties and serious injuries once again reached nearly 10,000.  Too many people have died. Wang Hua will not send out troops to make sacrifices just to worry about Guo Yuanzhen¡¯s future management.    Moreover, all the troops are now outside Chang'an City, and he is uneasy if he cannot get food for a day, so he does not dare to mobilize troops from other places.  So more than twenty cannons were transported there, not only for Guo Yuanzhen, but also some were separated from Jishishan to prevent Tubo from sending troops from Bailan tribe to Jishishan despite the difficult road.  Then he sent an envoy and wrote two letters to Tibet and the Turks.  There were many Tubo prisoners of war in the Blood Camp, but after deducting the Tuyuhun and Dangxiang people, there were less than 40,000 people left.  But for Tubo, this is also valuable fighting power.  Therefore, Wang Hua made a request. The prisoners could be released, but the 100,000 Tang Dynasty people and Princess Jincheng who had been captured in the past must be returned.  The latter is impossible, then we can ask Tubo to get back some more Tang Dynasty people.  This is also a helpless move. Although it is known that it has strengthened the strength of Tubo, the life of the Tang Dynasty people in Tubo is too miserable. This is a benevolent statement.  The actual statement is that Wang Hua needs the people now.  There are the Yellow River and Shuihe River to the south of Jishi Mountain. It was an uninhabited place in the past, but now it is a resort with rich water and grass. In addition, Wang Hua promoted farming and lacked a large number of people.  Similarly, Bei Loop also has a serious shortage of people.  This time, nearly 10,000 people were sacrificed in the blood camp, but less than 20,000 people were recovered, half of whom were forcibly pulled over from wealthy families who ransacked their homes.  With the people, there will be sources of troops and production.  Otherwise, the foundation of the eight states will be unstable, and the return of these Han people will also play a role in diluting the nomadic groups.  In fact, sometimes I think it is very pitiful. As Zhang Jiazhen said, the area is almost as large as the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Later Qin Dynasty, but the population is only similar to the population of one city in Chang'an.  If Chang'an County is added together, there will even be one million more people than him.  For the sake of population, he almost fell out with Guo Yuanzhen.  In order to win over the hearts and minds of Tuyuhun, Guo Yuanzhen also asked Wang Hua for prisoners of war, but Wang Hua refused to give them. These were young men, and they were given to various ethnic groups as slaves, which was the best labor force and favor.  Of course, in order to reduce conflicts, a group of prisoners of war who had served with meritorious service were released.  If you want it again, it will be gone.  Then there are the Turks. There are not many Turkic prisoners of war. They are mainly the group when they attacked the two surrendered cities of Fengzhou and Zhongxi, then the group when Mochu attacked, and the group of Moju, a total of 10,000  Someone comes.  Mo Ju asked him to kill him.  This man cannot be released and is a brave general of the Turks.  Then he talked with Mochu, and Mochu captured more people in Turkic territory.  But it was difficult to get them, so they were all distributed to various tribes as rewards.  But these prisoners of war also come from various tribes, let's see how Mo Chui talks to them.  Wang Hua asked his lobbyist Zhang Fuzhi to go and offer a one-to-ten replacement. After all, he was a soldier and was different from the common people.  And the people who came back were definitely women, old and young.  The lower limit is one to six, and the lowest limit cannot be lower than one to five.  This lasted until early July. At Zhang Shuo's begging, Wang Huaxian led the army to leave Chang'an and return to Chencang.  He stationed here again to supervise the court's food supply.  It was not until mid-July that half of the grain was shipped to the eight states before returning.  At this time, the imperial court once again sent an imperial envoy to ask for prisoners of war.  No, now transporting food, especially the land route from Chencang, requires the most labor.  How to give it, besides the food has not been shipped out yet.  The imperial envoy had no choice but to go back.  In fact, six to seven million stones of grain had arrived in the eight states at this time and were scattered in the major grain cellars of Lanhe Shanling Salt. The biggest problem of the blood camp had been easily resolved.  This dispute where I don¡¯t know who is right or who is wrong has officially been settled.  PS: I didn¡¯t find the artillery on Baidu. I guess I can¡¯t find it all. I found it in professional books. I wrote it to explain the rationality of how it can be built.  Some people said that the word count was too long, less than 2,000 words, and they gave three big tails to make up for it. This is the second one.  []
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