Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 376

[Chapter 376 Humiliation]

hall was completely silent, except for Zhao Heng’s heavy breathing.

“Immediately send envoys to Xiliang. If his conditions are not too high, then he is willing to return the third prince. Otherwise, we will send troops to attack Xiliang and take back Qinzhou and Yongzhou together!” Zhao Heng roared.

Although extremely angry, Zhao Mu is his son anyway, the prince of Da Song.

If he does nothing, the royal face will be gone.

After deciding on this matter, he glared at Dou Wei fiercely and left.

Dou Wei was still out of his mind, and after a long while he slowly left the Golden Luan Hall.

…

Xiliang, Wuwei.

Shan Yufu.

The Xiliang generals and staff made loud mocking noises at the moment Zhao Mu knelt down.

Zhao Mu closed his eyes, trembling, wishing he could find a crack in the ground and slip in.

Now, he is very embarrassed.

The armor on his body was stripped off, his hair was messed up, and his robe was full of dust and holes.

Two Xiliang soldiers stood behind him, drew half their long knives in their hands, and threatened him to kneel down.

After being captured, he knew that he would definitely be humiliated by the Xiliang people.

He had thought about dying, after all, being captured this time, even if he could go back, he would no longer be able to compete for the throne, and would even be left out in the cold by Zhao Heng.

But he was pampered since childhood, so he didn’t have the courage to face death.

“Shan Yu, Da Song is really exhausted. Ma Jin defected and now became the King of Qin in Xiliang, and now Prince Da Song is also captured by me in Xiliang. All this indicates that Xiliang will win the world.” Li Xin cupped his hands, He glanced at the pale Zhao Mu.

Murong Hao nodded slightly, if not for Jinzhou’s defeat, Xiliang’s vitality would be seriously injured.

These two incidents in succession will definitely make Xiliang flourish.

“Chan Yu, after capturing the son of Prince Da Song, the dog emperor will definitely come to redeem him, and this time he will extort a large sum of money from Da Song.” A general laughed.

Murong Hao looked at the person who spoke, it was Gu Le, one of the four leaders of Xiliang.

Murong Hao shook his head, “Wouldn’t it be too cheap to ask for money? At least I have to return to Jinzhou, otherwise it’s better to keep this Prince Da Song by my side and lead the horse.”

“Hahaha, it’s still Shan Yu Thoughtful, I don’t lack money in Xiliang, what I lack is people and land, wouldn’t it be better to keep this prince humiliated and praised.” Another general said.

When Zhao Mu heard this, the cold sweat that broke out on his body quickly soaked his body.

He said anxiously: “Shanyu, it’s better to have silver. With silver, you can buy anything you want. My father will redeem me with at least five million taels, not 12 million taels.”

“What do you want to buy?” What to buy? Can you buy cannons too?” Murong Hao sneered.

A few days ago, Mu Lehong really ordered him to hand over all the copper in Xiliang to Beidi.

He has ordered the collection to be sent, which shows that Beidi is currently building a large number of artillery pieces.

In this way, Dasong, Beidi, Xiliang, Xiliang has no artillery.

“Not necessarily.” Zhao Mu lowered his body even lower.

Murong Hao and the ministers and generals looked at each other.

Then there was another loud laugh.

“Really? Then let us see what kind of price your father is willing to offer.” Murong Hao said, “But before that, you should give me a horse!” After

finishing speaking, he sneered.

…

Yancheng.

Zhao Xu just arrived at the palace after returning from Pingcheng.

Tsui Hark hurried over and told him a rather shocking news.

“The third prince was captured and taken to Wuwei?”

“Yes, the lower officials got the news three days ago, and asked them to go to Wuguan to verify that the news is true.” Xu Ke said.

Chang Wei followed Zhao Xu to the palace to discuss the defense of the four northern counties.

Hearing this, he sneered and said: “This is called stealing chickens without losing money. The third prince must have gone to Wuguan to make some military exploits, so that he can add some merits to himself, but it is obviously too young.”

Zhao Xu frowned, He has no friendship with the third prince.

Although the third prince did not bully him like the sixth prince.

But he knew that the third prince disdained him at that time, but he didn’t really regard him as a brother.

So he was caught and he didn’t feel anything.

What made him depressed was that this matter was obviously extremely beneficial to Xiliang.

Ma Jin sent two states to Xiliang, and this Zhao Mu caused another disaster.

“Is this the legendary weather of the end of the dynasty?” Zhao Xu muttered.

Historically, at the end of the dynasty, there are always many moths, either the generals betrayed, or the internal strange things continued.

“You knew about it three days ago. It is estimated that the news has already reached the imperial city. Let’s wait and see what happens.” Zhao Xu looked calm.

It’s not his turn to worry about it.

Zhao Mu is the third prince of Dasong, Zhao Heng will have a choice, and he is Dou Wei’s nephew, so the Dou family will not just sit idly by.

Thinking about the pirates, he said to Xu Ke: “During this period, you sent some people to Zhejiang Province to monitor the Liang family, mainly to monitor their sea trade, and Wufeng Island. It’s just that this is more difficult to break into, but try to check it out. Let’s do it.”

Hearing this, Chang Wei said: “Your Highness, the annihilation of pirates in Pingcheng all depends on the confession of one pirate. Now that the pirate is imprisoned in Pingcheng’s prison, it may be possible. Moreover, he is still a member of Yanzhou. People.”

Tsui Hark’s eyes lit up when he heard the words, “You can try it, if it works, it’s just an eyeliner, if it doesn’t work, it’s just a pirate, so let’s treat him as an escape.”

Zhao Xu nodded.

Having said this, Tsui Hark turned and left.

Zhao Xu talked to Chang Wei about the defense, and Chang Wei also went back.

At this time, he picked up a pen and began to draw on the drawings.

After a while, a short, thick thing with a tray-like base, resembling a cannon, appeared on the paper.

This was originally something that the Bing Zhansi had to develop in the past few days, but it was delayed by the pirate incident.

“Mortar!” Picking up the blueprint, Zhao Xu read.

In the battle of Jinzhou, smoothbore guns had an obvious shortcoming, that is, they could not attack enemies hiding behind obstacles.

After all, smoothbore guns hit straight lines.

But this caused a big problem for the siege.

So, he thought of the mortar at that moment.

Simply put, the mortar is the original mortar and howitzer.

The shells fall in a parabola and can attack enemies hiding behind the walls.

In the sixteenth century, this kind of mortar was equipped in the armies of various countries.

Although the firing range is short, the power of the mortar cannot be underestimated due to the explosive ammunition.

Now there are only smoothbore guns in the Wangfu army. In order to expand the types of artillery and gain an advantage in battle, he felt that it was necessary to manufacture this kind of artillery.

At the same time, the most primitive flowering bombs should also be developed.

In the contemporary Ming Dynasty, there were basic flower bombs.

Compared with solid bullets, this kind of shells cause surface damage, and they are also killing weapons.

Furthermore, soldiers should never be allowed to throw lighted lime firecrackers with their hands.

There is no doubt that the portable mortar is an excellent substitute for throwing. With him, in future battles, he will be able to easily hit the enemy hiding behind the building and reduce the casualties of his soldiers.

(end of this chapter)