Great Tang Southern Emperor

However, after hearing this, Lin Nan only responded with a contemptuous look...

Lin Nan looked at him contemptuously: "General Ling, you are also a veteran of the battlefield. When did the outcome of the war depend on the number of people? If you really want to say this, then the battle of Chibi and Feishui back then won the battle. It will not be the loss of Liu Lianjun and the Jin Dynasty, but Cao Cao and Fu Jian, right?

What's more... who told you that King Jin has an army of one million, while the crown prince has only 30. His Royal Highness the crown prince also has an army of one million in Nanyang?

And don't forget, as long as we surrender to the prince, the prince's army will immediately reach 60, and King Jin will only have 70 left, and the number of slaves on both sides will be close to balance.Not to mention that among the prince's 60 people, there are [-] to one to ten young soldiers... Even if you don't talk about strategy, if you just rely on fighting power, His Royal Highness is even better?

Besides, with our 30 people, it can be said that the morale of His Royal Highness who was not many people was raised immediately. If you can’t get it, it can only be regarded as icing on the cake... Generals, which one is better, the icing on the cake or the timely delivery of charcoal, don’t you still see clearly? "

"This..." To be honest, everyone was moved at this moment. Lin Nan was right. From their point of view, Li Zhen's chances of winning are not great, but if he and others bring the 30 people to vote , Li Zhen's number will be equal to Li Zhi's immediately, and if the [-] young army is counted, Li Zhen's chances of winning are even greater.On the other hand, these people are big and rough, and they have been staying in Li Zhi's camp. Unless they are on the battlefield, it is very difficult for them to climb up. As for the fiefdom, there is no need to think about it, there must be no them for the sake.

But if he joins Li Zhen's camp, once Li Zhen wins, he will be a dragon. He will be rewarded afterwards.Moreover, Li Zhen is weak now, and their contribution immediately leveled the strength of Li Zhen and Li Zhi. This contribution alone is already huge enough. Even if they do nothing in the next war, Li Zhen After winning, he will also think about his contribution this time, and rewards are also indispensable.

As for loyalty to Li Zhi?This point is nonsense, they have no relationship with Li Zhi, let alone any interest-in fact, they are not Li Zhi's direct descendants, nor are they inserted by the aristocratic family or Confucianism, but they themselves are in the The generals serving in the sixteen guards were all in their current positions during Li Shimin's period, and Li Zhi didn't move them after he took power.

It is said that after Li Zhi usurped the throne, he did cleanse the sixteen guards and replaced almost all the generals, but the middle-level generals in their army were not replaced. There are many reasons.

On the one hand, it was because Li Zhi did not have enough talents in his hands. There were too many of these people in the army.

On the other hand, Li Zhi did not want to make his appearance too ugly. He replaced all the generals, which already damaged his image. The people criticized him a lot. If all the middle and high-level officials were replaced, No need to think about it, you know that there must be a lot of scolding among the people, and there will be even more uproar in the army. Maybe the sixteen guards will rebel without waiting for Li Zhen to arrive.

The third is also from the perspective of combat effectiveness. Li Zhi is not an idiot, on the contrary, his ability is very good. He naturally knows what kind of goods he puts in. Yes, in fact, what he has installed are some second-rate goods, and it would be good to keep the combat effectiveness of the army not to drop after they are placed in the army - and even this is very difficult to do, since he has placed his confidants in charge of After the general, the combat effectiveness of the sixteen guards has more or less declined.

Just changing a leader has caused such serious consequences. If he changes all these middle and high-level officers, the consequences will be unthinkable at all-it is estimated that once Li Zhen's army arrives, the battle will not be fought. It's fine for Li Zhi to bind himself and surrender, so that a whole body may be left behind.

It is also based on the above three reasons that the positions of these middle and high-level generals can be guaranteed, but it is conceivable that after Li Zhen is solved, Li Zhi will definitely cultivate his own talents, and then kill them all one by one. replaced.

Lin Nan obviously also realized this, thought for a while and said: "And I think you are very clear about everyone's situation. Although our position is very stable now, it is conceivable whether you are the confidants of King Jin after all. Yes, once King Jin has completely stabilized his power, he will definitely clear everyone out slowly. By then, how will we people who know nothing but war live? How will we support our parents? Wife and children?"

"..." Everyone was silent. This sentence can be said to have hit everyone's pain point. They are also very aware of their current situation. They are the subjects of Li Shimin's period. After Li Zhi came to power, he ignored them in order to stabilize the army. , but they themselves are very clear that once Li Zhi is relieved, they may be the first to perform surgery.Even if they choose to rely on Li Zhi at this time, it won't work, because Li Zhi is already in power at this time, and he is no longer the prince in name only.At this time, it would be icing on the cake for them to seek refuge in the past. Even if Li Zhi accepted them, he would not completely trust them. Once he had the opportunity, he would definitely replace them.

If it's just losing their future, they don't really care about it, but the problem is just like what Lin Nan said, they are not alone, who can achieve the position of general, who doesn't have wives and concubines full of children and grandchildren?Originally, with their salary, it was very difficult to support the family, and sometimes they had to go out to work part-time to earn extra money to support the family. If they lost their current positions, how could they support everyone without other survival skills? son?

"Who the hell are you?" Someone asked his own question: "It stands to reason that King Jin treats you well, and even promises you a high position. Why do you still betray him?"

"Prince Jin is really nice to me, but the problem is that I already have my own master." Lin Nan took out a jade tablet engraved with a spider web pattern from his arms: "Re-introduce myself, my name is Lin Nan, and I am the master A member of the Skynet organization under His Royal Highness Tang, code-named Black Spider... Five years ago, he was ordered by His Royal Highness to lurk beside King Jin to collect information... Now it is time to go back."

"It turns out that you belong to the prince, and it's hard for you to hide it from us." A person next to him suddenly showed resentment, and scolded angrily: "Lin Nan, I really didn't expect you to hide it so deeply, I am really blind , actually called you brothers and sisters..."

"It turned out to be Brother Wang..." Lin Nan glanced at the person who spoke, and immediately understood that this person was named Wang Se, and he was a loyal loyalist of King Jin, the most important confidant of Li Zhishang, and also the concubine of Jin Wang. His distant cousin is also very capable, so he has won the trust of Li Zhi, and almost all the dirty work under Li Zhi is done by him.When Lin Nan first entered Li Zhi's side, in order to climb up, he could make friends with this person. As a result, the two became good friends who talked about everything. At this time, being reprimanded by the other party, Lin Nan felt a little guilty.

However, thinking of his own identity, after all, he was different from each other, and forcibly suppressing the guilt in his heart, Lin Nan said lightly: "Brother Wang, you have misunderstood me, I have never hidden my identity, Lin Nan Nan, isn't it Lingnan? I already showed my identity on the first day I entered the Jin Palace."

"You..." Wang Se almost vomited blood, what the hell is Lin Nan Lingnan?If you don't say it, who will associate your name with Lingnan?Just because of the two homonyms, can you be said to be aboveboard?Then it's too easy for you to be aboveboard, right?

"Okay, everyone, let's make your decision, His Royal Highness has been waiting for a long time." After talking to the surnamed Wang, Lin Nan stopped talking nonsense: "And what I want to tell you is that His Royal Highness has long been I have noticed our plan, and have already set up an ambush around. If you don’t choose to take effect, His Highness will not show mercy after a while... Now, please make your choice, and those who agree with us will stand with me Come here."

Naturally, Wang Se would not let him do this, and immediately said: "Fart, Li Zhen's men are all infantry, don't try to confuse people, how can he be an opponent of cavalry? Even if he really has an ambush, how can he be able to stop it?" The charge of our cavalry? Ladies and gentlemen, His Majesty is kind-hearted, he will never do anything like kill a donkey, you don't have to worry about him being liquidated afterwards..."

However, it was fine if he didn't say this. As soon as he said this, almost [-]% of all the officers above the captain at the scene immediately came to Lin Nan's side and stared at him unkindly.

Wang Se was directly confused: "Everyone, what's the situation with you?"

"Idiot, my ninth younger brother has done things to usurp the palace and usurp the throne. How dare you say that he is kind-hearted? Is there such a kindness in this world? So your words not only did not have the effect of comforting, but also reminded Let them think of how cruel my ninth brother is... Once you let him know that these people have thought of betraying him, do you think they can save their lives? Or do you think Li Zhi will forgive them? "Li Zhen's voice came from the opposite side. It turned out that Cheng Chuliang noticed what happened here, and realized that the situation had changed, and immediately ran back to report to Li Zhen.After Li Zhen got the news, she also came out quickly, just in time to see this scene, and immediately answered on her behalf without waiting for others to speak.

"Li Zhen?" Wang Se didn't even need to look to know who was speaking - Li Zhen was the only one who was qualified to call Li Zhi's ninth brother among all the people present on both sides.

Thinking of this, Wang Se put his hands on his waist almost without thinking, and was about to pull out the gun and fight Li Zhen desperately, but the people around Li Zhen would not give him this chance, just listened to a 'bang' There was a crisp sound, and Wang Se covered his wrist and screamed. There was a splash of blood mixed with bone fragments. It seemed that the bone was probably injured. Even if the injury was cured, the hand would not To be scrapped.

"For someone like you, you want to assassinate the prince. You take yourself too seriously. Is it true that I am a grandfather because of my reputation as a sharpshooter?" Cheng Chuliang gently blew on the gunpowder smoke, He played a handgun in a handsome manner and put the pistol back to his waist.

"Hei Spider, a member of Skynet, has met His Royal Highness." After seeing Li Zhen, Lin Nan immediately knelt down excitedly. Although he was loyal to Li Zhen, he had never seen Li Zhen's face. He had always heard about Li Zhen's impressions, and now that he finally saw him alive, it was as if he had met a fan of his idol, and he couldn't contain his excitement.

"Very well, I already know about you. It is commendable that you can still stick to your heart in the face of Li Zhi's high-ranking official Houlu... I am not the kind of person with a cold nature, and I will never let you What you have done has become worthless... As for your reward, after this matter is over, I will naturally give you an explanation." Regarding Lin Nan, Li Zhen was also very emotional, such a loyal person However, if she doesn't treat him well, Li Zhen herself will not be able to pass the test in her heart.

"Serving for His Highness, I dare not ask for rewards. I just want to be with His Highness all the time." Lin Nan has never met Li Zhen, but as an intelligence officer, when he was training at the base, the first lesson It is to recite Li Zhen's deeds, and then be brainwashed by the instructor in various aspects, washing him into an absolute fan of Li Zhen, and when the intelligence personnel graduate, the most important test subject is not professional skills, but the knowledge of Li Zhen. Zhen's loyalty, as long as the loyalty is up to the standard, even if the professional skill score is not enough, you can still apply for graduation - of course, most people will choose to go back and continue to review if the professional skill score is not enough, after all, this is related to their own lives Things should not be sloppy.

As a leader among intelligence personnel, Lin Nan graduated with nearly full marks at the beginning, and his loyalty to Li Zhen was also full marks. It is precisely because of this that even if he has never met Li Zhen, and is a senior official beside Li Zhi He has been generously paid for so long, but he is still loyal to Li Zhen without betraying him at all.

Chapter 1246 Machine Gun...

Chapter 2 Machine Guns...

"...How can I do that? You have great talent and are of great use to me, so it would be too wasteful to be by my side." Li Zhen almost said that eunuchs are the only ones who always accompany her, but after thinking about it He still didn't say it, otherwise, if Lin Nan took it seriously, he might do something like cut the bird on the spot.

Li Zhen is too aware of how loyal these intelligence personnel are to her, almost reaching the level of perversion. Even Fang Yiai and others are far inferior. Even if he said a joke, he There is also a great possibility to take it seriously-you can joke about it, but you must not joke about them.

"Yes, my subordinates must cherish my own life." Lin Nan didn't know Li Zhen's thoughts, he only knew that he had been praised by the prince, and that his hard work for so many years had been recognized, and he couldn't help but burst into tears full face.

After comforting Lin Nan, Li Zhen turned her attention to the other generals who surrendered: "There are also generals who can abandon the dark and turn to the bright. I am very relieved. Don't worry, I will definitely reward you when the ninth brother is solved... "

"Thank you, Your Highness, the ministers will definitely serve you to death." These generals looked at each other and immediately thanked each other happily. With Li Zhen's guarantee, it can be said that even if they don't do anything for the rest of their lives, they can be safe and sound. up.

Wang Se, who was next to him, saw that Li Zhen ignored him so much, and was immediately upset: "Li Zhen, don't be complacent, so what if you have 60 people? The city of Chang'an is strong and deep, and there are cannons guarding it. Your Majesty has already emptied it." The entire Chang’an Armory, so what if you arrive in Chang’an? Your Majesty doesn’t even need to go out of the city to fight you, just relying on those cannons can easily beat you.”

"Hehe..." Li Zhen never paid any attention to such diehard loyalists, because just like Lin Nan, Wang Se had also been brainwashed by Li Zhi, and in the hearts of such people, Li Zhi would always be That's right, all his words are sophistry in his ears, they are the last moans, and only Li Zhi can win in the end.

"Let's go back, that's right..." Li Zhen suddenly remembered something, turned her head and said to Li Zhi's loyalists: "Lin Nan didn't lie to you, I really set traps around, you are destined to come There is no return, if you surrender now, I can spare your lives at my discretion."

"Don't even think about it..." Wang Se refused without hesitation: "You are too good at bragging. No one in this world knows that cavalry is a weapon of war. Unless heavy artillery is used for carpet bombing, no one in this world can stop cavalry Charge... not even a gun."

"You're right. Ordinary firearms really can't stop the cavalry's charge... The problem is that the firearms in this Palace are not ordinary firearms." Li Zhen took Wang Se's words for granted—all of them were about firearms The era of cavalry came to an end, but in fact, this statement is not completely accurate. Although it is said that firearms can indeed block the charge of cavalry in long-distance shooting, once they are close, facing cavalry on horseback, firearms It's not working anymore.

Especially for a bolt-action rifle that fires a shot and pulls the bolt, its rate of fire is only more than 1 rounds per minute at best, and only five or six rounds of bullets can be loaded in the magazine. When a group charges, it doesn't actually have much effect, and once the cavalry rushes into the position, the rifle in their hands is not even as good as a big blade.

What really ended the era of cavalry was actually the emergence of automatic weapons represented by machine guns and submachine guns. The super high rate of fire and the feeding method of ammunition belt or drum type caused the cavalry to be killed before they even rushed to the position. The dense rain of bullets shot them all to death.It was also the emergence of machine guns, from which the glory of the cavalry ceased, and it was quickly reduced from a mainstream unit to an auxiliary unit that could only transmit messages and transport materials.And when the mechanized troops mainly tanks and armored vehicles appeared, the horses were completely withdrawn from the army, and they were never seen charging on the battlefield since then.

"What could be different?"

"Of course it's different." Li Zhen took something covered by a red cloth from his subordinates: "This is the thing, Yiai, let the generals open their eyes."

"Yes." Fang Yiai smiled ferociously, and lifted the red cloth...

"Hiss!" Without Fang Yiai's demonstration, everyone already understood what Li Zhen was relying on. It turned out to be a light machine gun...the reason why they recognized the machine gun was because they also had it in the army. What they have seen is that machine guns are difficult to manufacture and there is not much equipment in the army, so they didn't think about it for a while. Now think about it, isn't the machine gun here the nemesis of cavalry?

"It turned out to be it...Your Highness, could it be that this big killer is ready for mass production?" Lin Nan asked excitedly, and everyone else looked at Li Zhen expectantly, hoping to get an accurate answer from him. ——The reason why they are so excited is because they are well aware of the power of this killer weapon. Once this weapon is mass-produced, it can be said that Li Zhen has already won half of this war.

Li Zhen didn't hide anything, nodded and said: "That's right, this machine gun has already been produced by the Shuzhong Armory Factory, and a batch has been hoarded. Although the quantity is not large, it is enough to kill you a hundred times."

Tanks and armored vehicles, Li Zhen definitely can't make them. If there are such things, why would he need such trouble?Just drive the tank directly under Li Zhi's nose.However, although there is no tank, he has actually produced the machine gun a long time ago. It can even be said that the machine gun actually appeared together with the rifle. After coming out of the arsenal, the difference between the two will not exceed one year - machine guns may have appeared many years later than rifles in history, but for Li Zhen, there is actually no big difference between machine guns and rifles. can be designed.

It's just that the structure of machine guns is much more troublesome than that of rifles. Although the arsenal has produced some samples, the output has not been able to increase, and it has never been on the battlefield-and this is why everyone ignores this weapon. Compared with rifles, machine guns and submachine guns have not proven themselves on the battlefield, and the output is appallingly low. Naturally, no one will pay attention to it.

It can be seen that they have seen the power of machine guns, and they also know how terrible machine guns are. It can be said that once this thing can be mass-produced and deployed on a large scale, then machine guns will immediately become as important as rifles, or even more important than rifles. More important heavy equipment is needed to become a battlefield killer that is not inferior to cannons on the battlefield.

And now, this weapon has finally achieved mass production...

All the surrendered generals looked at Li Zhen with inexplicable expressions...