Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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Zhou Laoliu jumped off his horse and walked to the side of a 152mm cannon howitzer.

He patted the barrel of the cannon howitzer, and said to Hong Chengchou with a smile on his face.

Hong Chengchou jumped off his horse and walked to the cannon howitzer.

"Could this be the artillery the general used to bombard Wu Sangui's army?" Hong Chengchou looked at Zhou Laoliu suspiciously.

In Hong Chengchou's eyes, the appearance of these cannons is a bit strange. Generally speaking, the cannons of this era are basically cannons with a somewhat thick barrel, an astonishing length and thickness, and an astonishing weight.

This is the first time Hong Chengchou has seen such a strange-looking artillery with a small barrel.

"I think the barrels of these cannons are a bit small. Such a small barrel is really so powerful?" Hong Chengchou looked at Zhou Laoliu in disbelief.

Although he had seen the power of artillery before, Hong Chengchou still couldn't believe it now. The horrible explosion was caused by these ugly artillery in front of him.

In Hong Chengchou's view, to create such a terrifying explosion, the artillery must weigh at least tens of thousands of catties, but he did not expect it to be so small.

To be honest, the barrel of the 152mm cannon howitzer is indeed smaller than the red cannon.

Zhou Lao Liu chuckled, "Hehe, don't look at the small barrels of these guns, they are quite powerful.

With one shot down, no living things will be left within a radius of more than ten feet.I heard that when the Chief Soldier attacked Yanmen Pass, he used artillery to blow up the walls of Yanmen Pass.

The city wall of Yanmen Pass, I think I don’t need to say that you know that the city wall of Yanmen Pass can’t stop it, let alone you mobs? "

Zhou Lao Liu's face was full of pride. Although Zhou Lao Liu spoke very calmly, the threat in his tone was very obvious.

Hong Chengchou was not a fool, of course he could hear these threats from Zhou Laoliu's tone.

"I will definitely not betray the commander-in-chief in the future, and I will definitely follow the leader of the commander-in-chief in the future!" Hong Chengchou hurriedly cupped his fists at Zhou Laoliu, and promised in a low voice.

Hong Chengchou felt extremely bitter in his heart, and with Zhou Laoliu's current status in the imperial court, it was just a defense.

But he is the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, even if the chief soldier meets him, he has to salute him.

But now, not only did he have to be respectful, but he even had to keep his voice low.

But this is something that can’t be helped. Now the situation is stronger than people, and people have to bow their heads under the eaves.

"Okay, you don't have to be loyal to me, you have to be loyal to the commander-in-chief. How about this, I will send you to Xuanzhen in a few days. It is useless for you to stay in Chang'an. After you go to Xuanzhen , See what arrangements Mr. Liu Wenzhong Liu has for you.

Mr. General Soldier is not in Xuanzhen now, and Mr. Liu left an order before he left. Everything is subject to Mr. Liu Wenzhong. " Zhou Laoliu said.

"Liu Wenzhong? Who is he? Such a high status in Xuan Town? How can he be valued so much by the Chief Soldier?"

Who the hell is this Liu Wenzhong, who is so valued by Zhao Wen? After he left Xuanzhen, he actually handed over all the affairs of Xuanzhen to this Liu Wenzhong.

This kind of thing is not something anyone can do.

Now that Zhao Wen has surrendered, there are some things that need to be clarified first to avoid unnecessary troubles in the future.

Zhou Laoliu explained: "Let's put it this way, this Mr. Liu was the first literati who took refuge in Mr. Zongbing, and he was only a little later than me in the time of refuge.

Furthermore, Lord Zong Bing's official wife, also our mistress, is Liu Wenzhong's adopted daughter.

And the mistress also gave birth to a son for Mr. Zongbing, who is estimated to be seven or eight months old now.Do you think Mr. Liu can't be valued by Mr. Zongbing?

In fact, the reason why Mr. Liu is valued by Mr. Zongbing is not only because of this matter, Mr. Liu's ability is not small.Every time the commander-in-chief goes out on business, he can always manage the entire Xuan Town in an orderly manner, which is not acceptable at all! "

Hong Chengchou was surprised when he heard Zhou Laoliu's explanation, "I didn't expect that Liu Wenzhong's background was so deep, he turned out to be the adoptive father of Zhao Wenzheng's wife, and his adoptive daughter even gave birth to a son for Zhao Wen.

No wonder Zhao Wenneng entrusted him with the affairs of Xuanzhen. It seems that this Liu Wenzhong is Zhao Wen's hard-core confidant. It seems that if he wants to gain a foothold in Xuanzhen in the future, he must first establish a good relationship with this Liu Wenzhong. "

Hong Chengchou made up his mind that as soon as he arrived in Xuanzhen, he must first establish a good relationship with this Liu Wenzhong, otherwise, there would be no good fruit to eat.

"Then does this Liu Wenzhong have any hobbies? Or what does he like to do?" Hong Chengchou asked nonchalantly.

Zhou Lao Liu chuckled, and instantly understood Hong Chengchou's thoughts.

It's nothing more than trying to please Liu Wenzhong by doing what he likes.

"I really don't know what you're talking about. Although I followed Lord Zongbing very early, I didn't stay with him for long. I was sent to Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi a long time ago. I don't know many things." Zhou Laoliu said slowly, slapping the barrel of the cannon howitzer in front of him.

Hong Chengchou was taken aback, "Shanxi Pingyang Mansion? What's going on here?"

Hong Chengchou didn't know that Zhao Wen also sent people to occupy Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, so he was a little confused when he heard Zhou Laoliu mentioning Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi.

Seeing Hong Chengchou with a bewildered expression, Zhou Laoliu was not hiding anything. "Forget it, you have surrendered to us now, and there are some things that should be known to you. Anyway, this matter is well known in Xuan Town.

A long time ago, the Chief Soldier was just guarding Longmen Fort. At that time, the Chief Soldier sent me and a group of brothers to Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi.

I have led the people to run Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi for several years. I dare not say that I have managed Pingyang Mansion as a monolith, but it can be said that I have firmly held Pingyang Mansion in my hands. "

Hong Chengchou looked at Zhou Laoliu as if he didn't seem to be lying. Although he was calm on the surface, there was a huge wave in his heart.

Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi has been in operation since the time when Longmenbao was guarding. At that time, it was the second year of Chongzhen, that is to say, Zhao Wen had already turned his back five or six years ago.It's too scary to have planned a rebellion since then.

Hong Chengchou was agitated, and the hairs on his body were counted down. If it was true as he said, then this Zhao Wen was really terrifying.

"Okay, I'll just say so much first, let's go back first, there will be something for you to do later."

Zhou Laoliu clapped his palms, took the reins of the horse from the hand of the guard behind him, then got on the horse and headed towards the city of Chang'an.

Hong Chengchou also hurriedly stepped on his horse and chased after Zhou Laoliu.

At the same time, more than a dozen fast horses galloped across the ground, and behind these people was a group of Chang'an cavalry with live ammunition, which kept chasing them.

"Stop now, or we'll shoot!"

A chasing Chang'an cavalry kept shouting towards the front.

However, the cavalry running for their lives in a panic in front showed no sign of stopping, and still buried their heads in running for their lives.

Among the fleeing cavalry, there was a young general in silver-white armor with a panicked face. He turned his head from time to time and looked behind.

The armor on this man is not someone else's, it is the armor on Wu Sangui.

Although the armor belonged to Wu Sangui, this man's appearance has nothing to do with Wu Sangui.

This person is wearing Wu Sangui's armor, the servant who led away the pursuers for Wu Sangui.

In addition to wearing Wu Sangui's armor, there is also a servant wearing Wu Xiang's armor.

In the previous time, Wu Sangui and Wu Xiang had no choice but to exchange their own armor with those of their servants in order to avoid being chased by the cavalry in Chang'an, while they wore the armor of ordinary soldiers and pretended to distract the pursuers. Fleeing in another direction with five or six servants.

The main targets of the Changan cavalry chasing after Wu Sangui were Wu Sangui and Wu Xiang, and these cavalry had never seen Wu Sangui and Wu Xiang, so when Wu Sangui and Wu Xiang were wearing ordinary soldier armor to distract them, they didn't even look at them , let Wu Sangui go.

At this time, Wu Sangui was wearing the armor of an ordinary soldier, riding on a war horse, and galloped towards the capital.

Beside him is his father Wu Xiang.

Now there are only less than five or six of them left. Originally, they had gathered three or four hundred cavalrymen of the Guanning Army.

However, under the constant pursuit and killing of the cavalry in Chang'an, these cavalry gathered wave after wave to lure the pursuers away, and in the end there were only a few around them.

"Gui'er, have you seen Lord Hong before?" Wu Xiang followed closely beside Wu Sangui, and he shouted at Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui replied: "According to what the cavalrymen gathered before, Master Hong seems to have been captured by the rebels. Now it is estimated that there is more danger than good luck, and he may have died for his country!"

When Zhou Laoliu captured Hong Chengchou, some of the defeated Guan Ning army saw it, and some of these defeated Guan Ning troops escaped, and were finally gathered by Wu Sangui.

The Guan Ning army gathered by Wu Sangui told Wu Sangui the news.

Wu Xiang sighed, "Ah, according to the character of the rebels, I'm afraid Mr. Hong will be more dangerous than good."

"Father, now is not the time to talk about this, let's hurry up and run now!" Wu Sangui flicked the whip in his hand, once again speeding up the horse a lot.

……

At noon the next day, seven or eight war horses appeared on the outskirts of the capital.

The moment they appeared, the defenders in the capital noticed them.

"Someone came from the west on a war horse, and the number is about seven or eight!"

Soldiers standing on the watchtower of the city wall were the first to spot them.

Following the shouts of the soldiers on the watchtower, the soldiers guarding the city suddenly became tense.

The seven or eight war horses that appeared were none other than Wu Sangui, Wu Xiang and others.

"We are the Guan Ning Army, and this is our identity token!" About a mile in front of Wu Xiang's city gate, he jumped off his horse and took out his identity token.

At this time, a hundred households rushed to Wu Xiang with their subordinates.

"It turned out to be Liaodong General Soldier Wu Xiang and Wu General Soldier. Didn't you follow Lord Hong to Xuanzhen to attack the rebels? Why did you come back suddenly?"

The hundred households returned Wu Xiang's identity badge to Wu Xiang, and looked at Wu Xiang suspiciously.

Now Wu Xiang is in a state of desperation, his face is full of fatigue, his helmet is lost somewhere, his hair is gray, and the armor on his body is also the armor of ordinary soldiers.

Wu Xiang let out a long breath, "It's hard to explain this matter, please disperse the people at the gate of the city, I have a serious military situation to meet the emperor."

Baihu nodded, "In that case, I will disperse the people at the gate of the city according to the command of the commander-in-chief."

After speaking, Baihu led his men and horses towards the gate of the city, and began to disperse the people coming in and out of the gate.

After the people were dispersed, Wu Xiang got on his horse again and led the rest of the people into the capital.

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Chapter 415 Sun Chuanting Studying Newspaper Contents

"What are you talking about? What are you talking about? The [-] army was defeated? And it was defeated so thoroughly that even Hong Chengchou was arrested?"

Chongzhen stood in the center of the imperial study room. He pointed to Wu Sangui and his son who were kneeling below, with complex expressions ranging from horror, anger, to disbelief.

His voice trembled a little, and his body began to tremble non-stop.

"5 people were defeated in less than a day, that is, [-] pigs. If the rebels in Xuanzhen catch them, it is impossible to catch them all in one day." Chongzhen's chest heaved violently, and he was panting heavily. .

At this moment, he only felt that his chest was tight and his head was heavy.

When he finished speaking, his body began to shake violently, as if he was about to faint.

Gao Qiqian next to him hastily supported him and sat on the chair behind Yuan.

After Chongzhen sat on the chair, he kept panting heavily.

He seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and his whole face collapsed.

The 5 horses were put together by the court with great difficulty, and now they are gone. How should we deal with Zhao Wen in the future?

Could it be that he just watched him take down Daming Jiangshan step by step?

The 5 people have already spent almost all the money from the internal funds, and now there is no money in the internal funds.

The more Chongzhen thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

He slapped the table hard, and roared angrily: "Waste, incompetent, they are all a bunch of trash, a bunch of trash."

Looking at the furious Chongzhen, Wu Sangui and his son knelt on the ground, pressing their heads tightly against the ground, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

Cold sweat dripped from their bodies, soaking their clothes.

"Tell me again, how did you lose!"

Chongzhen pointed at Wu Sangui and Wu Xiang, his expression twisted and his breath short.

Wu Xiang kowtowed several times, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the weapons of the rebel army are really powerful. Their artillery can shoot as far as ten miles. With one shot, there will be no grass within a radius of several tens of feet. If we can’t touch the rebels, we will be killed and injured by the rebels, there is really nothing we can do.”

In fact, when Zhou Laoliu's artillery fired, it didn't fire at a distance of more than ten miles.

The reason why Wu Xiang said this was to expand Zhou Lao Liu's strength, so as to reduce his guilt.

"Ten miles? You fart, do you really think I'm a three-year-old child? What kind of artillery in this world can hit more than ten miles away? Can it go down with one shot, and not a single grass will grow within a few dozen feet? You are farting!"

Chongzhen stood up, and directly cursed Wu Xiang angrily.

As he spoke, Chongzhen picked up the memorial on the table, weighed the paper, and threw the pen container towards Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui.

"Incompetent, incompetent. How could my Ming Dynasty have scum like you? The [-] army disappeared in the blink of an eye. Hong Chengchou was captured, Zu Dashou was captured, and Huguang General Soldier was also captured.

Officers at all levels in the army disappeared, disappeared in battle, died in battle, escaped for their lives, and in the end only you two trash are left?What are you doing back here?Why don't you two fight to the death?Guan Ning cavalry was lost by all of you, do you still have the face to come back? "

In the past, it was absolutely impossible for Chongzhen to insult Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui in such a disregard of face.

After all, these two people are the backbone of the Guan Ning Army, and the Guan Ning Army is the most effective army in the Ming Dynasty.

For generals who hold the power of soldiers and horses in their hands, especially the Guan Ning Army whose army is very privatized, Chongzhen would never insult Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui like this.

When Chongzhen was in Lingchi and Yuan Chonghuan before, Zu Dashou led the Guan Ning army and ran back to Shanhaiguan. At that time, no matter how angry Chongzhen was, he never insulted him like today.

But it's different now, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui have already lost the Guan Ning army, and now they are just naked, how can Chongzhen be like before?