Chapter 145: Battle (1)
"What the King of Chu said is right. The battlefield in the future will definitely be to win the muskets. The Divine Armies will be the prototype of the Tang army in the future." Li Yuan smiled and asked the Jinyiwei beside him to bring a flintlock rifle and hand it to Li Xiaogong.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Xiaogong took the flintlock rifle and looked at it carefully.
This flintlock rifle is well-built, with a cold gun body with a dark barrel and a wooden hand holder. What Li Xiaogong cares about the most is the triangular military spear on the side of the gun, with a blood groove, which looks a bit cunning.
Li Xiaogong took the ammunition and tried to shoot a shot, exclaiming: "This firearm is much more powerful than a bow and arrow. With the three-stage strike, even if there are tens of thousands of people on the enemy, it is not as good as the soldiers of the three teams of Divine Armies."
"This is not over yet." Li Yuan clapped his hands, and the eunuch presented three wooden grenades.
He pulled the lead and threw it hard into the unmanned area of the schoolyard. With a loud bang, a big hole was blown out of the ground of the schoolyard.
You should know that the ground of the school site is rammed earth, and there is a layer of stone slab on it.
"I dare to issue military orders. If these two help me, I will definitely take Champa in a battle tomorrow." Li Xiaogong knelt down and made a military order and said confidently.
"If the King of Chu wins this time, I can divide half of Linyi's territory into the King of Chu's fief, inherit the inheritance and the land is stolen," Li Yuan promised.
Hereditary is generally divided into two types: ordinary hereditary and hereditary. The former will be reduced to one level every time he inherits a title, while the latter will be given this title and will not be replaced in the future.
If King Li Xiaogong of Chu died now, the title would be the prince, and then the Duke of the State is the lowest title for the county male.
Li Yuan had considered the conferment of Linyi's general territory to Li Xiaogong. In ancient times, transportation was not convenient. China's unified territory with the Qin territory as its great power, and it had reached its limit of control. No matter how large the territory was, it was difficult to maintain it forever. The best way was to divide Mongolia into Khanate countries, or set up a colony in the empire as the sun set.
But China is different from Britain. The country has a small land and a small population, and it is difficult to rule so many territory. However, China is different. Its tonnage is enough to digest various countries, but it is difficult to govern in the central government. Therefore, it is very good to use the Zhou emperor's set to enfeoff the barbarian states to the heroes of the royal family.
Thoughts have never fallen behind, and some are just applicable or not.
"I... Thank you for your kindness." Li Xiaogong said excitedly in an instant. Split the land and enfeoff the country is something that countless civil servants and military generals have always dreamed of, and it is also the highest honor.
But unfortunately, since Emperor Gaozu of Han killed Baima and made an alliance, he was not the descendants of the Liu family who were granted the king, and the whole world attacked him.
Although he was a royal family, the court had always been afraid of breaking up the land and becoming kings. He returned to the Zhou emperor's plan, and centralization basically became the mainstream.
The ministers around also looked at Li Xiaogong enviously, but no one had any objections. Li Xiaogong was the emperor's nephew. He made countless military achievements when he founded the country. He also welcomed the emperor again in a crisis. This was the result of the dragon, and his status in the Southern Tang Dynasty was comparable to Li Xiaogong. No one was the one who could compare with Li Xiaogong.
"Don't be excited, as long as you can make military achievements in the fight against the barbarians in this time, it is not impossible to enfeoff the country, but..." Li Yuan swept away the ministers and his voice paused.
The ministers of the court looked at the Supreme Emperor with a gaze, and the desire for land had occupied their hearts.
I'm so good about it, but I'm afraid of one.
"But the territory inherent in the court cannot be separated by an inch of land. Several barbarian states were transformed into Xia countries. The Zhou emperor took Guanzhong as the foundation of the country and guarded the marquis of all directions. I used the land of Qin as the basis and protected the land of foreign countries.
During the 500th year of Xia and Shang dynasties, Zhou had a country of 800 years. Since the Han Dynasty, there has been no national fortune of 300 years. It was either destroyed by foreign races or usurped by powerful ministers...
Why? If Cao Wei had a prince to protect him, how could he fall into the hands of powerful ministers? Some people say that the Western Jin Dynasty destroyed it because of the rebellion of the clan relatives. Could it be that the country would not be established? "Li Yuandao.
History is very strange, it is a cycle of reincarnation.
The Qin Dynasty completely destroyed the feudal system, and then the Western Han Dynasty re-established the feudal system. Although the feudal power was weakened by Emperor Wu of Han, the Han Dynasty still received the feudal system.
Sima Yan usurped Cao Wei because he was worried that he would let the powerful ministers usurp the country because they had no clan protection, and then enfeoffed the royal family...
Therefore, it is a contradictory question to say whether the feudal state exists or not.
He was afraid that the powerful ministers in the court would monopolize the government's affairs, and he was also afraid that the vassal kings would become bigger.
"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers bowed one after another.
Few people, like Li Si, reject the Supreme Emperor's opinion sternly.
Everyone is here to have fun, just to dress well and be rich.
Who would stand and speak without a back pain?
Anyway, the Supreme Emperor has already made it clear that the territory of foreign countries is divided, and these territory still need to be conquered, and then it will be their reward. Otherwise, like the King of Chu, there will be no seal, and there will be only one way to be given death.
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The next day, a trace of white fish appeared in the sky.
Under the thin light of dawn, the outline of Champa City can be vaguely identified. The mottled and worn walls are engraved with the haste of history, but this also means how fragile and vulnerable they are.
As the capital of Linyi Kingdom, Chameng is about 1.5 meters high, and the whole wall is a rammed earth wall. Unlike capitals like Chang'an and Jinling, the walls of Chang'an are rammed earth inside and a layer of blue bricks are wrapped in the outside.
At the four corners of the city wall stand tall horn towers, the wolf poison arrows on the giant crossbow shine with silver light, and are biting cold.
On the right side of the corner tower is a low horse face. This is a convex pier built on the outside of the city wall at a certain distance. The plane is rectangular and semicircular. Because it looks narrow and long like a horse face, it is called a horse face. It is generally width 12~20 meters, protruding from the outer surface of the wall 8~20 meters, and the spacing is 20~250 meters (usually 70 meters). It can effectively make full use of the range of the bow and arrow crossbow machine.
In front of the city wall is a moat that is more than ten steps wider. The suspension bridge that vendors entered in the past has risen and is protected in front of the city gate.
On the eve of the war, Linyi Kingdom stepped up time to build the defense system of Chameng, and finally it was only completed before the Tang army arrived.
All the soldiers of Linyi Kingdom were ready to look ahead, and looked at the front. For the sake of their family and country, this war must be won, and they have lost half of their territory.
The Tang army, five miles northwest of the city, stepped forward in an orderly manner. Linyi State was well prepared, but the Tang army was not inferior to them.
The Tang army's front army was made of giant shields made of carts. Each soldier carried a round shield with him, the central army carried a ladder and a rushing cart slowly advanced with soldiers, and in the rear army, dozens of catapults and cannons.
Boom boom boom boom ~
The catapult and the cannon car took the lead and shot out small clay pots. The clay pots drew a graceful arc in the air. After a moment of contact with the head of Cham City, they exploded. The iron nails, gravels and glass slags contained inside shot out around. In an instant, countless soldiers in Cham City were killed and injured!
Chapter completed!