Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 143

[Chapter 143 Threat]

In the afterglow of the setting sun.

The scouts finished their patrol and returned to Yanguan as usual.

Gently patting the sitting horses, they looked at the boundless grasslands that were dyed yellow by the sun’s rays, and the woods swayed red in the breeze, everything was so quiet and beautiful.

“Whoosh!” The

sound of an arrow piercing through the air broke everything.

Piercing the air, it hit a scout soldier in the neck.

The soldier clutched his neck, made a difficult rumbling sound in his throat, and fell heavily from the horse.

“Enemy attack!” The

other scouts were shocked, and in the woods on their left, hundreds of Beidi cavalry rushed towards them.

The arrows fell like locusts, and the scouts were hit by arrows one after another and fell off their horses.

The Beidi cavalry quickly arrived in front of them, and cut off the scout soldier’s head with a machete.

In the only remaining vision, the scouts saw a black line moving slowly in the north.

…

Yanguan.

Intense alarm bells sounded in the evening.

Mo Di climbed onto the city wall and looked at the Beidi army rushing towards him like a tide, with a heavy heart.

“Father.” Mo Yu stood beside Mo Di, he had already removed his armor and put on a normal suit.

The order of the Ministry of War has reached Yanguan, and he will be dismissed on the spot.

He was about to pack up and salute, and leave Yanguan, but he didn’t expect Beidi’s army to arrive suddenly.

“You go to Yan County immediately, you don’t need to stay here.” Mo Di looked at the Beidi army below the city.

Beidi soldiers under the city numbered hundreds of thousands at a glance.

After the battle of Ningjindusi, he had never seen Beidi people launch such a big battle.

“The people from Beidi are calling, and they blame King Yan for causing such a disaster. It’s over, it’s over.” Standing on the right side of Mo Di is a middle-aged general, Xiao Yuanshan, deputy general of Yanguan.

At this time, his face was pale, and his forehead was covered with drops of sweat.

“What does this have to do with King Yan?” Mo Yu asked angrily.

He has always hated Xiao Yuanshan, he was always domineering in Yanguan, drinking alcohol and whipping soldiers at every turn, but when he saw Beidi people, he was as frightened as his grandson, contemptible.

Such a waste can be in Yanguan because he is one of the eight powerful families, a member of the Xiao family.

“The people of Beidi must avenge their grudges, King Yan has captured Kutu, how can they let it go.” Xiao Yuanshan said angrily.

Thinking that Mo Yu had been dismissed, he said angrily: “You have been dismissed, Yanguan military affairs have no place for you to speak, why don’t you leave here quickly.”

“Deputy General Xiao!” Mo Di shouted.

Glaring at Mo Yu, he sternly said: “Hurry up and leave, what are you doing here!”

“My child is not leaving.” Mo Yu looked at the Beidi army under the city, “If they attack the city, the child will fight to the death to protect his father. ”

His voice fell.

At this time, a Beidi cavalry suddenly stepped out and shot an arrow into the city wall.

At the end of the arrow, parchment is tied.

The soldier picked up the arrow and immediately sent it to Mo Di.

“Beidi Khan Mule Hongzhen is here to tell Emperor Dasong to return Kutu, the Nine Kings of Beidi, within ten days, otherwise we will break through Yan Pass and conquer Yanzhou, and we will never break our promise.” Mo Di read.

After hearing this, Xiao Yuanshan wiped the sweat from his brow: “Immediately rush to Jinling for 800 miles, it must be fast!”

Mo Di chose to remain silent, he did not stop Xiao Yuanshan, he had to report such an important matter to the court.

Mo Yu glanced at his father, from his father’s eyes he saw humiliation, unwillingness, and helplessness.

He once remembered that his father wanted to expel Beidi and take back Ningjindusi.

But as the years passed, he gradually stopped mentioning the matter.

Because he knows that it is impossible to do it with the current military strength.

This is why he was so happy when he learned that King Yan had defeated the Beidi people.

Because he felt he had found someone who could realize his ambitions.

For this reason, he even set a trap for his son, using this incident to dismiss him and order him to go to Yan County to assist King Yan.

“Father, the child is gone.” He said at this time.

Beidi’s purpose is obvious, and he knows that it is useless for him to stay here.

Mo Di nodded, and patted his shoulder heavily, these were silent words.

…

“Hey, be careful, don’t bump into His Highness.”

North of the city, Chengde Square.

Zhao Xu looked at the busy craftsmen, and an official stood beside him, introducing something.

During the last war with the Beidi people, he chose a folk house and burned it to create a false impression.

After the war, many buildings in this folk square were burned to ashes.

The palace paid a lot of money to the people here.

Later, he felt that there were not many intact buildings left in the folk square, so he simply bought the whole folk square with money.

After explaining the matter of casting iron molds and cannons, he thought of this, so he called Gongcao from the government office and asked him to clean up Chengdefang and re-plan it.

“Build here two avenues, north, south, east and west, and divide the whole folk square into four parts. People live in the east, and the houses in the west are all built with blue bricks…” Zhao Xu scratched on the ground.

Now the palace needs to make allicin and wine, and now a perfume is added, which is not enough at all.

And the land around the palace was wasted for making workshops.

So he decided to renovate the whole Chengdefang and move all the workshops here.

In this way, it is also convenient to manage.

“Hmm…” When Zhao Xu said, the official nodded frequently.

His name is Zou Rong, he was a classmate with Liu Fu, and was assigned by Liu Fu as a worker, responsible for irrigation ditches and city wall repairs in Yan County.

“The house in the workshop should be bigger and longer, and the roof above should be a traditional tile roof.” Zhao Xu said again.

Zou Rong memorized all the things Zhao Xu scratched on the ground.

It was the first time King Yan gave him a task alone, and he didn’t dare to slack off.

“Your Highness, the green bricks are fine, but the mud between the blue bricks has been washed away by the rain for a long time, and the walls tend to become weak.” Zou Rong reminded King Yan.

After taking this position, he spent a lot of time studying construction knowledge.

“What kind of mud to use, no need…” Zhao Xu almost blurted out the cement.

But he immediately realized that there was no cement here.

He patted his head, “Oh, why did you forget this.”

So he said to Zou Rong: “Go, go to the Military Division with me, I’ll show you something good.”

Zou Rong nodded, King Yan has always had a lot of whimsical ideas.

This is something that government officials know.

Hearing what King Yan said, he was slightly looking forward to it, not knowing what King Yan would show him.

The two arrived at the Military Division.

Zhao Xu found Wang Ying who was making clay cannons with the potter in the yard.

At this time, Wang Ying’s body was covered with mud, and he was flattening the body of the mud cannon with wooden boards.

“It’s not bad, after more than a day’s work, it looks a bit better.” Zhao Xu laughed.

The clay cannon in front of Wang Ying was about the same size as the drawing he gave.

The gun body is 1.8 meters long, and the muzzle is about 110 mm. This is a typical city defense gun.

But now the clay cannon is still a little rough and needs to be polished.

Around Wang Ying, some craftsmen were making artillery with a smaller caliber. This is a field cannon with a caliber of 75mm.

Now that the artillery has been manufactured, he naturally wants to manufacture artillery suitable for different combat situations.

There is no need to go through the route of artillery development rigidly.

(end of this chapter)