Chapter 186 The storm is coming

Author: big bell

Chapter 186 The storm is coming

That night, Li Zhao secretly mobilized two thousand elites to Xianyang and secretly set up defenses.

After a period of manufacturing, the machine gun can be fired by each person, and the bullets are quite sufficient.

A few days later, the emperor sent news from Shang Xin that hundreds of unknown people had been eliminated and unknown objects had been seized, but they had all been destroyed and could no longer be used.

To his regret, there was no news of the capture of Jia Xiong.

Li Zhao felt regretful for a while.

Is it Jia Xiong who is cunning or His Majesty is worried? How can we let Jia Xiong go at this moment, he is a dangerous person.

Also, these people are really cautious! They destroyed such a good thing, probably because they were afraid that Ying Zheng would get it and use it against them.

However, he is not persistent. In fact, with the system and the secret forging base that has been built, it is possible to produce cannons, but he is afraid that Ying Zheng is too suspicious and cannot easily produce them. Even if it is the same as machine guns, he does not dare to produce them on a large scale.

but.

It's different now. Since the unknown person has his sights set on Xianyang, he must have an agenda.

Using cannons, he tried to say that it was impossible to be small. He vaguely felt that a big storm was coming, and he had to be prepared.

If Jia Xiong really has contact with the bandits and gangsters, they will definitely cooperate with each other inside and outside. This is passive for Da Qin. Li Zhao is not worried about this. He is worried about the safety of Chang'an Township.

Judging from Jia Xiong's killing of himself, they must have felt that he was a scourge, and when they had plans to attack Xianyang, they would definitely get rid of themselves first, and Chang'an Township was the most dangerous place.

If you want to save Chang'an Township, you can't rely on Your Majesty. After all, Xianyang is too busy to take care of now, so you can only rely on yourself.

Chang'an Township only has more than 300 guards, plus 600 slaves and farmers. They are still the kind with no combat experience. It is difficult to deal with them, so he must get some more lethal weapons. .

As for whether his majesty would be suspicious of these things, he couldn't care less. Protecting Chang'an Township was more important.

He locked himself in the house for a day and no one knew what he was doing.

Only Ah Chao knew that the young master was drawing drawings. One was a round thing with convex layers, and the other was a strange-looking shelf. There was a cylinder on the shelf and something similar to a bullet next to it, but this The thing was much bigger than a bullet, and there was another one that was very strange, with a handle and a lead.

However, Ah Chao, who was in charge of machine gun manufacturing, was not surprised to see the content in the drawings. After all, he had been exposed to machine guns a lot and had become immune to these things.

Soon, Li Zhao finished the drawing, handed it to Ah Chao, and ordered: "Immediately make these things according to the method of these three drawings. It must be done quickly. Try to complete it within ten days. The more you can make, more."

The content in these three drawings was purchased from the system.

Seeing Li Zhao's seriousness, Ah Chao also became serious, and his eyes fell on the drawings. The first one said 'mines', the second one 'anti-aircraft gun', and the third one 'grenade'.

He had never heard of any of the names.

"At the same time, six hundred machine guns will be sent secretly from the forge, and there must be enough bullets."

Hearing this, Ah Chao hesitated. He didn't ask if the young master wanted to make the things in the three drawings, because he knew they would be used by the court, but it would be bad if he sent the machine gun. His Majesty was suspicious, and he really wanted to send it. Isn't this trying to touch His Majesty's tiger's beard?

"Master, don't you need to think about this? As you said, unless there are special circumstances, you cannot take the machine gun out of the base without permission, otherwise it will cause death."

Li Zhao's face became more solemn, and without explaining too much, he solemnly said: "I can't care about that much anymore."

There is another thing he did not say, that is, Chang'an Township is the only way to Xianyang City.

Ah Chao didn't ask any more questions. He quickly disappeared with the drawings in hand.

The forging equipment in the secret base is already quite complete, and more than a hundred craftsmen have been recruited. If the speed is accelerated, thousands of them can still be made within ten days, but he doesn't understand why the young master is so anxious, as if

It seems like a disaster is coming.

One day later, Ah Chao ordered people to secretly bring back six hundred machine guns and dozens of boxes of bullets. Li Zhao immediately asked the housekeeper to stop all workshops, gather everyone together, and announced that secret training would begin from now on. Wu Quan organized the training mission.

He also taught Wu Quan the training methods of Two Thousand Elites.

At the same time, he was told how to lay mines, throw grenades and use machine guns. He also spent a lot of money to buy 600 sets of bulletproof suits from the system.

Everyone didn't know why the young master made such a decision, but seeing the seriousness of the young master, they all followed it.

The next day, Li Jinong came back and happily said that he was very lucky. Someone actually sold a large amount of land. There was a large area in Shanglin Garden, which was close to the newly constructed palace. He bought all of it.

Li Zhao smiled when he heard this, and the secret that had been hidden for eighteen years and only he knew came to mind.

Eighteen years ago, when he was born, what came to his mind was the land of Shanglin Garden, the Epang Palace, and the endless lightning and the terracotta warriors and horses.

When the stipulated time came, Li Zhao asked the housekeeper and his uncle to release 500,000 stone rice for sale in Xianyang according to the instructions given a few days ago. This news was known to everyone. Naturally, there was a sea of ​​people in the market that day, and the streets were crowded.

But a wealthy businessman appeared out of thin air and spent huge sums of money to buy all the rice, causing the nobles who had been waiting all day to curse for an hour.

I scold the people in Chang'an Township for being greedy for money, and scold the rich businessmen for being unkind and unjust, but what can I do? If you have money, you can be willful.

Li Jinong recognized this wealthy businessman, whose surname was Jiang. The housekeeper thanked the man profusely and gave him the gift he had prepared.

The next day, Li Zhao was preparing to sell another 500,000 stone rice to kill the wealthy businessman in one fell swoop. However, Shang Xin came to him and told him some news, telling him not to sell large amounts of rice anymore and to take his time.

The words "take your time" are a bit intriguing. Being able to bring down a wealthy businessman in one fell swoop is what the emperor wants to see, but why should he give the wealthy businessman a chance to breathe?

Shang Xin couldn't explain it either. He only vaguely revealed a piece of information: Jia Xiong rebelled and took away 50,000 soldiers from the foreign military camp.

This is not a good sign.

But with Jia Xiong's rebellion, Chang'an Township is even more dangerous. Jia Xiong has murderous intentions towards him, and Chang'an Township is not within Xianyang City, and there is no army to protect it. Jia Xiong can cause disaster to Chang'an Township by sending just a few soldiers.

Slowly, he figured out His Majesty's intention. He must have sold the grain slowly to prevent the wealthy businessman from collapsing. He probably wanted to delay something. It was very likely that Your Majesty already knew something before making such a decision.

"I hope there's still enough time."

Li Zhao was anxious.

He could also imagine that the collapse of a wealthy businessman would probably be the beginning of a storm.

But he cannot put Chang'an Township in danger. He wants to seek help from His Majesty, hoping that Your Majesty will send troops to guard Chang'an Township.

When I entered the palace to see His Majesty, I received a very bad news. Tu'an was marching eastward to launch an attack. He had already occupied Langya, Donghai, Jibei and other places. There were no soldiers to stop him wherever he passed, and he was now attacking Hanoi.

Li Zhao hadn't seen Ying Zheng yet, but he frowned alone. Hanoi County was close to Xianyang, and there was only one breakthrough. Xianyang was in danger.

Da Qin claimed to have an army of one million, most of which were stationed in the north and south. Only 200,000 were left to guard Xianyang. Jia Xiong took 50,000 to rebel, leaving only 150,000 in Xianyang. At this moment, Xianyang was about to be in trouble, and the outside world was coming again.

Trying to secure the country is a dangerous situation.

Li Zhao had a bad feeling. Why did the two appear at the same time? Did they discuss it?

If his guess is correct, His Majesty will definitely send troops to Hanoi with such news, but Xianyang only has 150,000 troops. If he sends troops, Xianyang will be in danger. If he doesn't send troops, Tu'an will be in danger if he breaks Hanoi.

It was already too late to ask for reinforcements. The water far away in the north and south could not save the fire nearby. I was afraid that they would not be able to help and Xianyang would be destroyed.

As recorded in history, when the world was in chaos, only Zhang Han resisted the rebel army, and he led Lishan prisoners, which shows the lack of military strength in Xianyang.

It seems that his trip was in vain. Xianyang has too much time to take care of itself, so how can he give him troops to protect Chang'an Township.

At this time, Shang Xin came over and brought him a very bad news. His Majesty sent 100,000 troops to reinforce Hanoi, while Xianyang only left 50,000 troops, and asked him to take over as the commander-in-chief immediately.

At the same time, there is also terrible news. After Jia Xiong's rebellion, he has united with a hundred thousand bandits and may attack Xianyang at any time.

Li Zhao was shocked when he heard that his previous guess came true. Duke Xiang really had evil intentions. He not only instigated Jia Xiong's rebellion, but also recruited so many people. His purpose was obvious.

An army of one hundred thousand is already quite a large lineup, and if their firecrackers are added to it, it will be even more dangerous.

"Thankfully we disarmed their cannons, otherwise Xianyang wouldn't have been able to last one round."

Li Zhao thought to himself and immediately went to take over the army.

The takeover ceremony was simple and did not encounter much hindrance, thanks to the prestige he had built during his eastern tour.

After everything was secured, he handed it all over to Zhang Han.

The weapons of the 50,000 soldiers were too backward, and it would be a dead end to use them against the bandit's firecrackers. He had to seize the time to let the secret base produce more machine guns or other weapons.

Before he arrived at the base, Ah Chao hurriedly came to tell him that the master and the housekeeper were obsessed with money and threw all the rice out of the market.

"What? You two bastards, why don't you do what I say? Aren't you going to get yourself burned?" Li Zhao became anxious after hearing this.

This is a recipe for disaster. Putting more than one million stone rice from Chang'an Township into the market will definitely collapse the wealthy merchants. The wealthy merchants are not fools either. They will definitely sell off the grain in their hands. When the grain supply is sufficient, the grain price will definitely rise.

If the price falls sharply, the plans of the wealthy businessman will be ruined.

The consequence of this was that Xiang Guild, who was eyeing the situation with eagerness, made a desperate move to attack Xianyang in advance, and the storm would come early.

"Quickly, transport all the mines that have been manufactured to Chang'an Township and let Wuquan place them on the road leading to Chang'an Township."

"Bring all the anti-aircraft guns and grenades back together, and let everyone in the Wu Fist organization stand ready."

"At the same time, let the craftsmen work overtime and try to make more weapons."

There was no time to check the base, so he hurried back to Chang'an Township and asked the accompanying guards to notify Zhang Han immediately to prepare for battle.

After returning to Chang'an Township, Li Zhao immediately asked everyone to transfer important industries.

One day later, Ah Chao ordered his men to learn about mines, anti-aircraft guns and grenades.

When Li Zhao saw it, the tension in his heart relaxed slightly.

It has to be said that these craftsmen worked hard. In less than ten days, they produced thousands of landmines, hundreds of anti-aircraft guns, thousands of hand grenades, and thousands of anti-aircraft shells.

It's so fast.

But from the most pessimistic perspective, this is not enough.
To be continued...