MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 944 armor ceremony
Chapter 944 Armor Ritual
Winter goes to spring, and in a blink of an eye it will be February of the third year of Jianyan.
Cao Yun and Zhao Fujin's belly became more and more obvious, their bodies became more and more tired, and it was not convenient for them to walk. The mansion specially invited four midwives to accompany them every day.
"Dongmei, go and urge the master, tell him that the time is coming, tell him to hurry up, forget it, I'll go by myself! Come and help me."
The little maid hurried up to support Cao Yun. Cao Yun supported his back with one hand and the maid with the other, and walked slowly towards the inner hall.
In the inner hall, Li Yanqing was still drinking porridge unhurriedly. He was a little distracted. He had been preparing for the battle nervously for the past few months. It was almost the day of the Northern Expedition, but there were discordant voices from the court, Some ministers publicly stated their position and demanded that the officials return power to the Supreme Emperor. Although this voice was very weak, it was definitely not a good sign.
Just after the new year last month, the old commander Zong Ze unfortunately died of illness. He had 80,000 Chuzhou Army under his command. Who will be in charge of this army has become the focus of the struggle between the officials and the Supreme Emperor. Once the Supreme Emperor wins, the official throne It's dangerous.
Judging from the current situation, Liu Guangshi's voice for controlling Liu Guangshi is the highest. Liu Guangshi's father, Liu Yanqing, was a confidant of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji. The general's false official, but the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji insisted that Liu Yanqing was innocent, forcibly rehabilitated Liu Yanqing, and posthumously named him King Yan, posthumously titled Shanzhong.
This undoubtedly won Liu Guangshi's heart, which made Liu Guangshi grateful and more determined to be loyal to the Supreme Emperor. At present, the Supreme Emperor has attracted nearly 40% of his courtiers. Neutrality has increased the power of the Supreme Emperor. Last month, the Zhizheng Hall passed the signature bill with three votes in favor, two against and one abstention. Official orders must be printed by the Supreme Emperor before they can be issued.
This means that in terms of imperial power, the Supreme Emperor is already on an equal footing with the officials. At present, the Supreme Emperor is only relatively weak in the military. If Liu Guangshi succeeds in taking over the military power of 80,000 Chuzhou troops this time, the situation will be extremely unfavorable to the officials.
Li Yanqing was a little worried that when he launched the Xia campaign, the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji would take the opportunity to launch a palace coup, abolishing the emperor Zhao Gou and re-electing the throne.
"Husband!"
Cao Yun walked into the lobby and saw that her husband was still in a daze, and the bowl of porridge and a plate of steamed buns on the table had barely moved, so she urged: "Husband, didn't you say you have something important to do today? Why are you still in a daze?"
Li Yanqing just woke up, smiled apologetically, and quickly stepped forward to support his wife, "You are inconvenient, just ask Dongmei to come over and remind you, you don't need to come here by yourself."
"The doctor told me to walk more when I have the chance, husband, hurry up and eat!"
Li Yanqing quickly drank the porridge and ate a few more steamed buns, then smiled and said, "I'm full, it's time to go."
Cao Yun tidied his clothes, and smiled sweetly: "Didn't you say last year that you would return to the capital in spring? Why is there no movement?"
Zheng Xia's news was blocked extremely tightly. Li Yanqing didn't even tell his wife. No one in Jingzhao Mansion thought that a big battle was about to happen.
"The situation in the court is a bit weird. The old man wants me not to go back for now, just wait and see!"
Cao Yun nodded, "Your husband can decide for himself, let's go!"
"I'm leaving."
Li Yanqing kissed his wife on the cheek, the maids and female guards at the side hurriedly turned their heads away, suppressing smiles on their faces, Cao Yun shyly pushed her husband away, Li Yanqing laughed loudly, and walked away quickly.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Yanqing arrived at Jinglue Mansion under the **** of hundreds of cavalry. As soon as he got off his horse, Cao Ye greeted him, "Jinglue, there is news from the court."
"How to say?" Li Yanqing asked quickly, the news at this time must be related to military power.
Cao Ye was about to speak, but Li Yanqing stopped him, "Let's go in and talk!"
Li Yanqing came to his court room and sat down, and then said to Cao Ye: "How is the situation in the court?"
Cao Ye bowed and said: "The military power has been decided, the Chuzhou army is divided into two, Liu Guangshi succeeded the Chuzhou defense envoy, the capital commander, and led 40,000 troops, and the other 40,000 troops were handed over to the capital commander Yue Fei to strengthen Jingxiang. front-line strength."
Li Yanqing's complexion was a bit uneasy. The difference between the 80,000 army and the 40,000 army is not big. Liu Guangshi still won. He asked again: "Any other news?"
"Also, Han Shizhong was transferred to Jiangnan to train recruits in Changzhou."
This news made Li Yanqing slightly relieved. This was obviously a remedial measure by Zhao Gou, using Han Shizhong to prevent Liu Guangshi's army from going south.
"what else?"
"Nothing else."
Cao Ye presented a volume of pigeon letters to Li Yanqing, and Li Yanqing opened it and read it. As Cao Ye said, he thought for a while and said, "Draft a pigeon letter for me, saying that the Western Army supports the imperial court's decision. , resolutely defend the will of the emperor."
Cao Ye was taken aback, "Are you going to publicly stand in line?"
Li Yanqing nodded, "It's the time, there's nothing to worry about. Openly standing in line can slightly delay some people's ambitions and buy us time."
"Is Jinglue worried about accidents in the North Korean Central Committee?"
Li Yanqing walked to the window with his hands behind his back, staring at the white clouds in the sky, for a long time, he sighed slightly, "That's exactly what I'm worried about."
"Do you want to cancel it?"
Before Cao Ye could finish speaking, Li Yanqing waved his hands and said, "How can a country's decision-making be changed easily? Everything is implemented according to the plan."
"The capital city" Cao Ye looked at Li Yanqing worriedly.
"Some things are beyond our control, don't think so much for now, and go all out to prepare for the battle."
"The humble job understands!"
In the morning, Li Yanqing came to the Military Weapons Department located in the North City of Chang'an. This has always been the military weapon manufacturing center on Shaanxi Road, covering an area of about 100 mu. There are nearly a thousand craftsmen who can make all the weapons listed in the "Wu Jing Zongyao" of the Song Dynasty. More than half of these craftsmen are good craftsmen from the original Bianliang Military Supervision. After the first defense of Tokyo, they began to evacuate. Most of them were sent to Jingzhao Mansion.
The Ordnance Department began large-scale preparations for war in August last year. It has been nearly seven months since then, and it has basically completed all the military supplies needed for the Northern Expedition.
Li Yanqing first came to Armor Square. The reason why he has something to do today is because a ceremony will be held in Armor Square today to celebrate the completion of the thousandth piece of cold-forged armor. Since four months ago, with the help of two Qingtang Qiang, After successfully creating the first piece of cold-forged armor in the true sense, the three hundred craftsmen in Kaijiafang began to go all out to create this kind of treasure in the armor. In four months, they forged a thousand pairs of cold-forged armor. Forging armor, and three thousand large horse-chopping swords have been forged, Li Yanqing can finally form his own heavy armored infantry.
It was already late when Li Yanqing arrived at Armor Workshop, and the thousandth piece of cold-forged armor had been completed. It is several main craftsmen.
At this time, Li Yanqing walked quickly surrounded by a large group of people, Sun Qigong, the director of the Military Weapons Department, hurriedly went forward and saluted: "Thank you for the importance you attach to the Military Weapons Department!"
Everyone knew that the envoy paid special attention to cold-forging armor. Not only did he come to celebrate the success of the first piece of cold-forging armor, but he also came to celebrate the completion of the thousandth piece of armor.
Under the attention of everyone, Li Yanqing delivered a passionate speech, thanking the Armament Department for its support, thanking the craftsmen for their hard work, and hoping that the craftsmen will continue to work hard and complete the 3,000th piece of cold-forged armor as soon as possible.
Then there was a demonstration of the power of cold-forging armor. This was a performance personally arranged by Li Yanqing, allowing the craftsmen to see with their own eyes the power of the armor they made.
Li Yanqing waved his hand, the drum beat, and a group of 20 crossbowmen rushed forward, each holding a crossbow, the workshop was completely silent, everyone held their breath.
At this time. I saw a soldier appearing a hundred steps away, with a burly figure, wearing black cold-forged armor, holding a zhangma sword that was about ten feet long, majestic and majestic, like a god.
Zhanma Sword is Modao. It absorbs the gold-clad forging method of Xia Guojian, and the blade is five feet long. The middle is extremely strong and thick, and the two sides are extremely sharp. Named after Shenzong's era, the horse-cutting sword, it can cut off a horse's hoof with a light stroke, and with a hard chop, it can be seen that the horse is cut in two, and it is a great weapon against cavalry.
At this time, an **** shouted: "Crossbow arrows ready!"
Twenty soldiers raised their god-arm crossbows, and the twenty crossbow arrows were aimed at the black armored soldiers a hundred steps away.
(end of this chapter)
