I am the king of the dead

Yu Qian can understand His Majesty's decision, and can even explain one or two things. It just means that he does not object, but it does not mean that he supports this decision. He is a loyal minister. This kind of traitor is punishable by everyone, and Yang Hanying will be left alone for a day. The world is an insult to the word loyalty.

Yang Hanying is not important, and Yu Qian is not guilty of creating a rift with His Majesty for such an unimportant person. If His Majesty wants to kill or keep him, naturally His Majesty has the final say.

In particular, Yang Hanying's life is more useful than death, and Yang Hanying's life is beneficial to Daming, so Yu Qian has no objection to this decision.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was clear and cloudless, but it was not too hot in Helin. Yu Qian was still wrapped in a big cloak when he went out, and the grassland was windy, so the doctor who accompanied Yu Qian still hung a big cloak for Yu Qian, wrapped it tightly Strictly speaking, the doctor was sent by His Majesty the Emperor, and this is just His Majesty's task.

Yu Qian was wrapped in a cloak, the military flag was fluttering in the strong wind of the grassland, and the artillery camp of Daming was pulled outside the Katumata mountain pass. The long artillery line was endless, and the number of tens of thousands was immeasurable. The artillery of the Shenji Battalion, and the commanding officer riding around passing military orders around, the entire barracks was busy for a while.

"The weakest part of the Shenji Battalion is the flanks. Once the flanks are lost, the artillery and firecrackers are meat on the chopping block, so there must be light cavalry on both sides to support them, and chariots to prevent the enemy's cavalry from rushing into the formation. "Shi Heng explained the layout of the army formation to Qian. For the artillery and firecrackers, the front is purgatory, but the two wings are the breakthrough. How to defend the two wings has become what Shi Heng has been studying.

At the outermost edge is the defense line of light cavalry, followed by the defense line of chariots and hook gunmen. If these two lines of defense are breached and the camp of gunfire soldiers has not even changed direction, then the defeat is over.

Yu Qian and Shi Heng discussed the military deployment of the Daming Artillery, and they discussed a lot. Yu Qian also has military talent.

"General, all the battalions are ready." Several commanders came to Shi Heng and reported the preparations of each battalion.

Shi Heng took two steps forward, turned the tooth flag, and signaled the commander who carried the flag to wave it forward and backward twice. The sign language is two words: fire.

On weekdays, Shi Heng seldom commanded through the tooth flag, but this time the bombardment of Katongta Mountain Pass was for deterrence, so it must be uniform to be more deterrent. Frightening people is a must for military strategists.

After waving the dental flag, the sergeants started to move, and the ten black cannons with dragon patterns in the middle were the black dragon cannons.

This is the artillery with the largest caliber in the Ming Dynasty. During the Northern Expedition, Daming only brought ten of them. A artillery of this size can be used on a ship to give full play to its power. On land, there is only one role of this artillery. That is deterrence.

The Black Dragon Pao was in the Beijing camp, representing His Majesty's will, and the submissive Shi Heng fired the Black Dragon Pao first.

Yu Qian is talented in military affairs. When he commanded the battle for the first time, he said that out of the many firearms invented and created by the Military Weapons Supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, only the mother-child cannon is the most useful. In one sentence, he can see the general trend of artillery. If your Majesty thinks it is a waste, then waste it. During the Jingtai years, the military development of Daming was at the forefront of the world. Everything ahead is unknown. Only a lot of trial and error can we find the result.

Yu Qian deeply agrees with this statement. This is how the Black Dragon Cannon was born. At the beginning, the Black Dragon Cannon could not be fired at all. It was a typical salute. It was pulled out to scare barbarian envoys during the Spring and Autumn Parade. After all, Daming was still weak at that time and needed to scare people. Now the Black Dragon Cannon has become a symbol of His Majesty, a concrete manifestation of His Majesty's will.

"What's that?" Ara Zhiyuan stood on the city gate and looked at the black cannon, feeling something bad in his heart, and asked Yang Hanying beside him.

It's just that Ara Zhiyuan didn't wait for an answer. He turned his head and saw Yang Hanying hurried down the city wall with Agui.

Ran!

Ara Zhiyuan didn't care what that thing was, and immediately took a few steps to catch up with Yang Hanying. Yang Hanying knew Daming Yang Hanying better than Ala Zhiyuan, so this thing was not easy to mess with at first glance.

As soon as Ara Zhiyuan ran down the city wall, he heard a huge impact and explosion, which made his head buzzing, and when he looked back, the Wufeng Tower on the city gate had already collapsed under artillery fire.

Ara Zhiyuan ran away, because this was only the first artillery piece. Besides the Black Dragon Cannon, the Ming Army also had nearly a thousand pieces of artillery ready to go.

"What am I capable of!" When Ara Zhiyuan caught up with Yang Hanying, he was already exhausted, and he was limp by the wall. At the moment when the shell exploded, his legs were so weak, why did he stand dead? , This fear of being blasted into pieces is simply fatal.

"It's so extravagant." Yang Hanying said viciously. He now agrees with what the dead Bo said. The emperor of Ming Dynasty is really insane. This is artillery, just this round of artillery salvo in the morning , is enough to buy the life of Ara Zhiyuan.

Yang Hanying felt even more remorseful. If he hadn't defected back then, how chic would his life in Daming be?Wherever you want to hit, you only need two words, fire.

With this firepower, where in the world is there a strong city that cannot be conquered?

The Yang family of Bozhou highly agrees with Yang Hanying's idea. At the beginning, Hailongwei was a cliff of nearly a hundred feet, and it was bombarded to pieces by Daming's artillery. There must be so many guns, so much gunpowder, so many artillerymen.

"What are you talking about? I can't hear!" Ara Zhiyuan said loudly, his ears were temporarily deaf from the shock, and he couldn't hear anything but humming.

"It's nothing, it's just that the firepower is too strong." Yang Hanying also replied loudly.

But Ara Zhiyuan still couldn't hear a word, only Yang Hanying was opening his mouth.

Shi Heng inspected the results of the ten black dragon cannons and was very satisfied. The volley of ten black dragon cannons had blown up the city gate to pieces. The purpose of deterrence is achieved.

Nearly a thousand cannons fired in unison, and the city gate at Katongta Pass was covered under artillery fire.

"Collapsed?" Shi Heng put down the binoculars, and looked at it again with uncertainty. Under the smoke and gunpowder smoke, a huge gap had collapsed in the seemingly indestructible city gate, and there was no possibility of repairing it.

Yu Qian also said quite confidently: "It's collapsed."

The city gate at the Katotonta Pass suffered firepower it shouldn't have, and it's reasonable to collapse. After all, at the beginning of the design, there was no plan to be fired by nearly a thousand artillery volleys.

"If it collapses, it will collapse. Let's continue to explode." Shi Heng said dumbfounded: "I thought it could last three days, but it didn't last this round."

"Then continue to bomb until it completely collapses." Yu Qian quite agrees with Shi Heng's decision, although there is a gap in the collapse, the city gate is still there.

It is very difficult to attack a fortified city. When the fortified city is not there, the difficulty will not exist, which is very reasonable.

After another round of artillery salvo in the evening, the city wall of the city gate was completely in ruins, and the gourd shape of Katong Tower Pass became a straight cylinder, taking the shape of Ming Dynasty.

Daming's artillery is really too big, and the Katong Tower Pass can't accommodate this firepower at all.

"Ara Zhiyuan has asked for peace." Shi Heng put a pond newspaper on the table, and the effect of the artillery salvo on the first day was better than he thought.

But Yu Qian shook his head and said: "It's too late. The Great Ming laborer mobilized everyone to come here. Did he ask for peace if he wanted to? Tell the Ara Zhiyuan to send his head in a box. When the head comes, we can make peace again." war."

At the beginning, Ara Zhiyuan communicated with Honglu Temple, and said that he wanted to kill him, Yu Qian, so that he could discuss such wild words. Now when it comes to him, Yu Qian speaks wild words, but Yu Qian is standing on the basis of strength. Zhiyuan talked about the head.

In fact, Yu Qian somewhat didn't understand the thinking of Ara Zhiyuan, what's the use of killing him?The backbone of Daming is His Majesty, if not for this, Yu Qian, as the head of all officials, would not be able to come out to supervise military affairs, and went to Hara and Lin Yaowu to show off his power.

The condition of Ara Zhiyuan can be said to have pushed Daming into a corner. There are some unwritten rules in the Ming Dynasty. For example, when talking about the two Songs, especially the Southern Song Dynasty, it is based on historical lessons. With this condition, Daming has no way to retreat. retreat.

The Ara Zhiyuan had to kill Yu Qian to negotiate a peace. This is a fool's dream, but Yu Qian said that he wanted the Ara Zhiyuan to die, so Yu Qian was not the only one who wanted the Arazhiyuan to die.

Chapter 900 Since Daming wants this head, let's take it

Yu Qian's expression was slightly puzzled, this expression was rarely seen on Yu Qian's face.

Shi Heng knew Yu Qian very well. Whether he was a life-and-death opponent at the beginning or a comrade-in-arms who resisted and killed the enemy today, Yu Qian's appearance aroused Shi Heng's curiosity. He asked suspiciously, "What is Yu Shaobao wondering about?"

Yu Qian shook his head and said with a smile: "In my imagination, this battle should look like this."

"The roar of artillery hindered the enemy's charge, disintegrated the old and weak's belief in charging first, arrows and firecrackers shot and killed the enemy in large numbers, cavalry on both wings blocked the harassment of the opponent's cavalry, and then the Ming army changed formation many times, cavalry, firecrackers The close cooperation of the hand, the chariot, the hook and sickle spear formation, etc., demonstrated the results of our army's ten-year training. After fighting hard, the enemy's cavalry approached our formation, and all the sergeants began to fight to the death."

"When we were in Hetao, we fought like this. In Dongshengwei, Changping Marquis Yang Jun was even forced to lead the charge himself, and won the victory of Dongshengwei."

"But the current battle is all bombing, bombing, and then the gunners will shoot three salvos at most, and the opponent will be defeated. The role of the cavalry has instead become a pursuit. It is really different from what I expected. The temple in the Dudu's Mansion in the Jiangwu Hall is completely different."

Yang Jun's embarrassment in Dongshengwei was completely managed by several generations of Qu's family in Hetao, which caused Dongshengwei's gunpowder magazine to be ignited.

But even so, the Ming army won that battle. The enemy's will to fight completely collapsed after the battle of Dongshengwei, and then the Ming army took down the entire Hetao Plain like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.

Chaotang's calculations are the same as Yu Qian's. They think that the battle is a precise coordination, but when they actually fight, it is more like what His Majesty said, queuing up and shooting.

Shi Heng frowned slightly, he thought for a moment and said: "This is very good, I think there is no problem, what does Yu Shaobao think?"

"There is no problem at all. The chief inspector is the general who conquered the prisoners. He is the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp of my Ming Dynasty. When commanding the battle, because of the difference in combat preparations, there is no problem with the chief inspector's combat skills. I am not here. Accusation, I just think it is a little different, and I think this kind of tactics, which is called queuing and shooting for the time being, is very reasonable." Yu Qian waved his hand hastily, he did not mean to criticize Shi Heng at all, specific military operations, Yu Qian follows Don't intervene, Shi Heng played very beautifully, and handled it properly, he is already a handsome talent.

"It's reasonable, but my mouth is so stupid that I can't understand how I feel." Shi Heng is like a pot, full of dumplings in his stomach, but he can't pour it out no matter what.

Military talent is what God rewards food for food, but those who can fully express their inner feelings, write books and biographies, and leave military books, the entire Central Plains dynasty has been a rare existence for thousands of years.

Shi Heng couldn't tell, but Yu Qian could. Yu Qian was a scholar, and he was better at reasoning than leading soldiers to fight.

"The combat technique of queuing up and shooting is very reasonable, because we are in the barracks." Yu Qian began to talk about his feelings.

The army is the most sophisticated and cruel killing machine born in human history. Since their birth, they have been closely integrated with the word violence. How to destroy the enemy's vital forces as quickly as possible, and how to disintegrate the enemy's battle as quickly as possible Will is the bounden duty of the army.

And this sophisticated machine, when it is running, the simpler the instructions, the higher the efficiency, and queuing up to shoot is the method that Yu Qian can see at present, or in the future he can imagine, the instructions are the simplest and the most efficient. The closely cooperating Jingying is certainly an elite, but the Jingying who is good at queuing up and shooting is also an elite.

Yu Qian told Shi Heng what he was thinking in his heart, and Shi Heng suddenly realized: "As expected of Huiyuan, it really is."

As a general, Shi Heng knows very well that in military operations, any risky behavior is actually forced to be helpless, so in these years, Shi Heng's combat style has become more stable. His style, this method of warfare certainly seems procrastinated, but it is responsible for the lives of the soldiers.

However, if Shi Heng wants to realize such a combat style, he needs logistical support. Without logistics, he will be trapped in a cocoon, and he will be ignorant of the end if he fights dully. Iron horse, only His Majesty is the one who swallows thousands of miles like a tiger.

"I want to write down what Yu Shaobao said. On the day we can't move, we will also write a book of Shi Gong's wars, which will last forever." Shi Heng did as he said, and when he picked up the pen, he said: "When At that time, give Yu Shaobao a name, I will be the first, and you will be the second."

"Xie Wu Qinghou." Yu Qian was amused by Shi Heng's words. He was a member of the imperial court, a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, and the head of a hundred officials. If you say it out and cooperate, it can be regarded as a joint name with a long history.

"This time, the black dragon cannon has not had any smoothbore, let alone exploded, after several volleys. After so many years, it has finally become a reliable armament." Yu Qian and Shi Heng talked about the black dragon cannon.

The firing of the black dragon guns this time is a verification of the reliability of the armaments. Your Majesty has extremely strict requirements on the armaments. Even if there are accidents such as injuries caused by improper operation, your majesty will also discuss and reform the armaments and the ten calendar bureaus. It has become another synonym for the Ming Dynasty's armaments besides abundance.

And this long-distance trek, after experiencing the test of complex terrain and climate, after such a long-distance transportation, finally roared at the Katongta Mountain Pass, and the Black Dragon Cannon can be officially listed.

"It's indeed very reliable, but you still have to get on the boat, and you can only hear it on land." Shi Heng said calmly, but there was a smile inside and outside the words.

Whether the black dragon cannon is reliable, whether it can be fired or not, it is actually a salute, representing His Majesty's will.

Looking around the world, apart from Daming, where is there any city that needs to be attacked by the Black Dragon Cannon?Only when the Black Dragon Cannon reaches the sea and becomes the main cannon of battleships and treasure ships can it demonstrate its power.

"Marquis Wuqing, this time Yang Hanying has made merit." Yu Qian said with a serious face that Yang Hanying was meritorious.

"If the enemy's will to fight is divided into [-] points, the Eastern Route Army and the Central Route Army have knocked out [-]% of their courage, while the internal strife has consumed at least [-]% of their courage, and the remaining [-]% ​​will be dissipated in the artillery fire. Yang Hanying deserves credit for being timid." Yu Qian explained his words again.

The purpose of military operations is to eliminate the enemy's sense of resistance and force the opponent to submit to our will.

From Yu Qian's point of view, if it wasn't for Yang Hanying poking out in the middle, the internal strife in Longting would definitely not be so fast, and it would definitely not be so intense. The will to fight, no matter how great a military genius, cannot lead an infighting army to victory.

"You can't give him credit." Shi Heng stopped writing, raised his head and said: "Yu Shaobao, there is no absolute fairness and justice in this world. I can understand the military duties of Governor Yu Shaobao, but Yu Shaobao can't give it to him." Pray for merit, if Yu Shaobao asks for merit from Yang Hanying, what does His Majesty think of Yu Shaobao, what do the courtiers think of Yu Shaobao, how can Your Majesty stop everyone in the world?"

"From my point of view, if Yu Shaobao asks for credit for him, I won't get a seal."

Shi Heng's attitude is quite clear, once it is changed, it is easy to discuss and negotiate, and it is extremely firm. However, Shi Heng will only put it away temporarily and wait until after the war to discuss it.

He expressed his opinion.

Yu Qian thought for a while and said: "The army pays attention to distinguishing rewards and punishments most, but he is not a member of the Ming Dynasty. I am just a little hesitant. Since the governor thinks it is inappropriate, then let it go. I will never mention this matter again in the future."

Yu Qian has always kept his word. He came to Beijing for ten years and said that he would give King Jili a big fight. He could deal with Wang Zhen's demand for bribes with ease, and a big fight hit Wang Zhen in the face. But Yu Qian could still return under such circumstances Having escaped Wang Zhen's poisonous hand, Yu Qian is not a person who does not know how to adapt.

To be able to offend Emperor Wen in the palace examination, then serve in the local government for many years, offend powerful officials, and finally return to Beijing as the Minister of the Ministry of War, Yu Qian is definitely not a person who does not know how to adapt.

This world is unfair and unjust, not to mention that Yang Hanying is not even a member of the Ming Dynasty. He himself is not a member of the Ming Dynasty, so it is no wonder that Yu Qian is unfair.

The artillery array of the Ming Army exploded for three days in a row, and the city gate at Katong Tower Pass was completely razed to the ground.

In the early morning of the fourth day, the Ming Army formally passed through the Katong Tower Pass, and the Wala side had no intention of ambush at all, and handed over the only pass outside the Dragon Court to others.

It's not that Ara Zhiyuan was confused by the bombing. How could he not know the importance of Katong Tower Pass?

That is his fate!

But no matter who was sent to repair the city gates and garrison the Katong Tower Pass, none of the Jijis wanted to go there, but Saiyin, who was regarded as a thorn in the flesh by the Arazhiyuan, did not spend it, but played some role. The letter seeking peace was sent by Sai Yin Buhua.

Sai Yin Buhua is a Ming and Han Chinese, and Shi Heng, the great general of the Ming Dynasty who conquered captives, is Sai Yin Buhua's best friend, but the friendship between Ala Zhiyuan and Sai Yin Buhua is not enough for Sai Yin Buhua to beg Shi Heng released the water, Sai Yin didn't have the self-knowledge, so asking was useless. The best friends back then were all commanders and envoys, and they all made a fortune on the grassland. What is Shi Heng's status now?What is his identity if Saiyin does not spend money?

"Da Ming shamed me too!" After seeing Daming's conditions, Ara Zhiyuan was furious!Daming actually needs his head to negotiate a peace.

Sai Yin replied without saying a word: "This is what Yu Shaobao said."

Ara Zhiyuan looked sullen, holding the letter of war from Daming, whether to let it go, or not to let it go, he was like a rascal who yelled that I would kill Yu Qian, but Yu Qian came to his house with 16 elites door, to kill him.

"The Ming army has already passed the mountain pass, how should we deal with it?" Ara Zhiyuan was full of lawsuits, his ears were still buzzing, and he didn't know if he had ruptured his eardrums or had a heart attack.

Sai Yin didn't spend a long time looking at Kanyu map and said: "I could have sent Bolai and Ma'er Ke'er to death who vowed to oppose the Ming Dynasty, but now they are all killed. What should I do? I said, you commit suicide, since Da Ming wants to, give your head to Da Ming, because Da Ming has a high moral disadvantage, it is not easy to break his promise, and the Wala people can still appreciate your kindness."

"In the current situation, doesn't that mean we have to give whatever Da Ming wants?"

Sai Yin Buhua has always told the truth, and this is also his truth. For this reason, the Ara Zhiyuan has already commanded the soldiers. He died sooner and died later. He stretched his head and retracted his head like that. If this is the case, he might as well Choosing a way to die is somewhat respectable.

"Can it be left to the whole body? For example, hang yourself?" Arazhiyuan calmed down instead, and thought about it and said something that made Sai Yin's eyeballs fall to the ground.

"Ah?" Sai Yin Buhua stroked his beard, twitched the corner of his mouth and asked, "Are you really willing to commit suicide? Better to die than live."

"Alas." Ara Zhiyuan said helplessly: "I also thought about running, leaving all of them behind, and running away alone. The world is so big, and I will bring a few confidants by myself. turn back."

"But is it easy to get away? Daming's night does not accept thousands of miles and kills me. Even if I run to Taixi, I will be arrested if the night is not accepted. It would be more decent to die."

"Even if it's possible to get away, my two sons can get away in Samarkand? Daming is very happy to ask the dignitaries of Kang Kingdom, and Kang Guogong dare not refuse to give it. It's better to kill himself and save some dignity."

Sai Yin did not expect at all that the prefect of Ara had the idea of ​​committing suicide, and he did not consider such a result at all.

"Then think carefully about it yourself. If you want to leave, you don't need to say hello. If you want to hang yourself, tell me that I'll give you a ride. I'll ask Daming to give you a whole body. It's up to Daming whether he will give you a whole body or not." It's decided." Sai Yin left the Longting tent without finishing speaking, and let the Ara Zhiyuan figure it out for himself.

Ara Zhiyuan waited for Saiyin Buhua to leave, with a wry smile on his face, he actually wanted to run away, but his body did not support him to run away.

At the gate of Katongta Mountain Pass, he ran a little slower. He was affected by the aftermath of the explosive bomb explosion. These days, his ears are not working properly, his head is buzzing, and his internal organs are also internally injured. Generally speaking It's just frightening, he can't ride a horse now, and he can't stand the bumps. Although the injury can recover after a few days, will Daming give him time to recuperate?

Running is impossible, since the ending has been decided, why not choose a decent way.

At this time in the Daming military camp, there were some small differences between Shi Heng and Yu Qian. The scouts in the army and Ye Bushou caught a group of salt dealers. Leaving across the mountains, Ye Bushou and the scouts caught him right away.

Shi Heng killed, Yu Qian stayed.

"They have sold salt so far, they are enemies, they should be killed." Shi Heng was not angry, his tone was still discussing the disposal of these salt dealers with Yu Qian, and expressing his opinions. In fact, Shi Heng couldn't understand why His Majesty didn't strictly prohibit border crossings. Merchants are still passing through normally.

Yu Qian said very patiently: "There is no salt in this grassland, and even a strong man will turn into a soft-legged shrimp in three to five days, and his body will be weak, but the enemy will not lack salt, even if they can't buy it from Daming. They can also rob the people of mineral salt, so His Majesty refuses to strictly ban the border because it is unnecessary."

Military victory is guaranteed by Shi Heng, political victory is guaranteed by Qian, and this offering of salt is part of political victory.

Yu Qian went on to say: "If there is no law prohibiting it, we can do it. Since Your Majesty can't help it, we took them, so naturally we don't deal with them, and let them be released to Daming."

"What Yu Shaobao said is very reasonable." Shi Heng thought for a while, and it was indeed the truth. The ban on salt really delayed Wang Huatatar's major event. Wouldn't the Ming army's Northern Expedition not be worth the loss?

"Actually, there is another way. Kill them all. Kill them all. There won't be so many things. They'll be dead." Yu Qian put forward another opinion.

Shi Heng shook his head like a rattle drum and said: "No, no, war is a fight to the death, but this burning, killing and looting, do my soldiers in the Beijing camp still take it? The hearts of soldiers are also made of flesh, not iron and stone." Do it, no, no, Yu Shaobao is so ruthless that he wants to kill Yu Shaobao, go ahead and kill him."