I’m The King

Chapter 1498 : Hanqi World One Hundred Eighty-Eight D

The spring wind blew Lu Chao on the terrace of the Black Ice Terrace Hall. Although the sky was shining brightly, Lu Chao still felt that the wind was very cold, from outside his body to his body.

The city of Xianyang in the sun is at Lu Chao’s feet, but in his eyes, it is full of haze. He squinted, but what he saw was not the trees growing new leaves in Xianyang city, but the city walls and houses. Withered weeds.

The bad news came one after another. Two cavalry troops of the Han State penetrated into the interior of the Qin State at a very high speed. Their purpose was not to attack the city and plunder the land, but to disperse the militiamen who were concentrating in Xianyang City. Within a short period of ten days, dozens of troops had been dispersed by them, and the Qin army who had escorted these militiamen was killed.

Although the cavalry of the Han army came at a fast speed, they were still in Lu Chao’s expectation. The north and south roads had been penetrated. Qin, who had lost a large number of elite troops, was unable to intercept these coming and going like wind, and was accustomed to guerrilla warfare. Chinese cavalry.

As expected, Lu Chao was not angry because of it, but today, a major event happened in Xianyang, which made Lu Chaoli’s angry. Since receiving the report in the morning, he has stood on this terrace. not moving at all.

Mingtai disappeared. Mingtai and the Heibingtai troops under his command disappeared without a trace overnight.

Mingtai is Lu Chao’s most trusted partner. It was the close cooperation of the two that successfully overturned the Qin Dynasty’s rule of the Ying clan. The one sitting on the throne now has a surname named Ying, but everyone knows that. It’s just a puppet. Lu Chao believed in Mingtai, and never thought that Mingtai would abandon him like this and leave.

It is precisely because of the incomparable belief that after it happened, Lu Chao was even more angry. The location of Mingtai was too special, and Lu Chao had no defense against it. This made Mingtai disappear silently.

The entire Xianyang was shaken by the disappearance of Mingtai. The city of Xianyang, which was already panicked, became more commotion, and even Mingtai ran away. It can be seen how far the situation has deteriorated. Politically, this was a fatal blow to Lu Chao.

There was footsteps behind him. Lu Chao didn’t need to look back to know that Gouyi was back. He smelled a faint **** breath, and frowned involuntarily.

“How many people were killed?” he asked lightly.

“General, the general arrested the rest of the black ice platform, but nothing was tried.” Gou Yi lowered his head and said in shame: “It was all the fault of the general, some time ago. The general has discovered the black There are signs of instability in the ice platform, but the final general did not expect that the thief actually planned to escape.”

“It’s not your fault, because I didn’t expect it.” Lu Chao shook his head. “Those who stayed on the Black Ice Platform, who are not dead, let them go. Ming Tai gave up on them. Because they are not Mingtai’s confidantes at all, they can’t be judged even if they are tried. Let them go. Let them be incorporated into the army to fight.”

“Yes, General.” Gou Yi hesitated, “I’m afraid our city defense deployment will be re-arranged. Mingtai knows these things well. If he defected, the Han army would know all of our arrangements. ”

“It’s not necessary and it’s too late.” Lu Chao shook his head and said: “This time fighting the Han army, the key is not to defend the city, but in the field, if the decisive battle outside the city fails, no matter how strong the defense is, it will be broken. Artillery will appear. Any traditional garrison deployment will be useless.”

“Yes.” Gou Yi sighed. This is not an era where more combatants will be able to win, the advent of gunpowder weapons. Makes the war fundamentally changed.

“How many artillery did we make?” Lu Chao turned around.

“General, all Xianyang artisans are now used to forge artillery. Dozens of artillery can be cast every day, but the amount of steel that we obtained specifically for artillery in the Han country is too small, and the quality of the artillery is large. Explosions often occur during experiments. Out of every ten guns, at most only one or two are barely qualified. The craftsman said that if he wants to extend his service life, he can only reduce the charge, but reduce With the amount of charge, the range and power of the shells will be greatly reduced. In addition, the blooming shells of the Han people can never be made.”

“You don’t need to experiment, you can build as many as you can, as long as they can shoot a shell and not a bomb.” Lu Chao said coldly. “As long as it can be hit, it can cause damage.”

“By the way, the quality of copper cannons made by the craftsmen in the workshop is better. There are about a hundred such cannons, but we no longer have any copper.” Gou Yi continued.

“There is no reason why copper cannot be found in the huge city of Xianyang. If I pass on my order, everyone in Xianyang, etc., must turn in all the bronzes at home, including the copper coins, for use in making guns. Those who have been handed in will be treated as collaborating with the enemy.”

“Understood, I will do it right away.”

“You’re not busy walking.” Lu Chao walked to his big case in the hall, sat down, and looked at Gou Yi. Gouyi strode to the front of Lu Chao.

“General, what else do you have to order?” Gou Yi asked.

Lu Chao picked up a newspaper on the table and threw it to Gou Yi. The newspaper appeared to be a bit broken, and the corners had been damaged. Gou Yi glanced at the Dahan Daily, and when he glanced at the date on it, he couldn’t help but feel shocked. It was published by Dahan Daily a few months ago. A piece of news, Gao Yuan ascended the throne to become the emperor, and the Great Han Kingdom is even more clearly the Han Empire.

The three emperors of Dejian, the five emperors of Gonggai, the huge emperor with thick black characters, constantly irritating Gou Yi’s eyes.

This newspaper has been in Lu Chao’s hands for a long time. Obviously, I have read it many times, otherwise it won’t be so broken. Look at the newspaper and then look at the eyes Lu Chao stared at him.

“The general, that fart doll, it is time to give way. Now Daqin is in danger, we need a wise emperor, no, an emperor will lead us out of the predicament, take us to defend Xianyang, and repel Han people, rebuild my great Qin glory.”

Lu Chao finally showed a smile on his gloomy face, stood up, walked out, and Gou Yi hurriedly followed. Walking out of the Black Ice Terrace Hall, the dazzling sunlight gave Lu Chao a slight tingling in his eyes. After a short pause, he strode towards the steps.

Behind him, Gouyi followed closely with the soldiers from the Eagle Ministry.

With a bang, the main hall door was pushed open. Two rows of soldiers rushed into the hall, standing on the left and right, each with a murderous face, standing by the handle of the knife, Lu Chao walked into the hall, looking at the hall sitting at the table. The puppet King Qin drinking the porridge. Little King Qin is only eight years old. Next to him, sits his nominal mother, the woman who used to be a maid in the Grand Prince’s Mansion.

Seeing Lu Chao coming in with murderous aura, the luxuriously dressed woman trembled, and she collapsed to the ground. As a woman who had stayed in the prince’s mansion, her knowledge was naturally much stronger than that of ordinary women. Finding such a role, she knows her future fate, but as a weak woman, she knows that any resistance is meaningless.

The eight-year-old King Qin was holding a spoon in his hand and staring at Lu Chao blankly.

Gou Yi strode forward, stretched out his hand, rudely snatched the spoon from King Qin’s hand, coldly said: “My lord, now Qin is in danger, and hundreds of thousands of tyrants are coming to attack. The civil and military, the people of the United States, felt that the mighty virtue of the king is really not suitable to lead the Qin Dynasty against the violent men. At this time of peril, we need a powerful king who can make the whole country willing to do it. The people who fight for it will take on this task.”

The eight-year-old King Qin didn’t know what Gouyi meant, but the palace maid who was paralyzed on the ground immediately understood. She stretched out a hand and dragged the dazed King Qin to the ground and raised her head. Yelled: “The king is willing to be in the position of the general. He only asks the general to take it for the sake of my orphan and widow. For all these years, the command of the general is only for the sake of leaving my mother and son a way out. ”

Lu Chao smiled, walked over, and sat down, “You are very sensible, so you will survive. Don’t worry, I won’t kill you.”

The next day, when the sky was bright, the bells in the palace that gathered the ministers to discuss matters sounded melodiously. The Xianyang dignitaries who entered the palace tremblingly entered the palace under the watchful eyes of the soldiers, habitually walking in the direction of the black ice platform. Go, although everyone knows that King Little Qin is in the Zhengyang Temple, now, the person who is really in charge lives in the Black Ice Terrace, and the Black Ice Terrace has been the highest ruling center of the Qin State for decades.

Now the rumbling of the wind in the city of Xianyang Mingtai’s departure has brought this panic to the culmination. The Eagle Tribe under the command of Gouyi in the city of Xianyang arbitrarily hunts and kills the noble ministers, ransacks the family and exterminates the clan, killing people and blood. Everyone does not know whether he can live to see the sun tomorrow. Even the core figure of Li’s academics does not have any sense of security now. In order to raise military expenses and raise food and grass, Lu Chao has already killed his eyes. Whose family? A lot of wealth will be the target. The backbone of the Li school of thought has been at the highest level of Qin’s rule for decades, holding real power. It is precisely this group of people. In the past, there have been three core figures of Li’s school. Falling under Lu Chao’s butcher’s knife, the name is Tonghan, but in fact, everyone knows what it is for.

A general came over with a sullen face, clasped his fist and said to the frowning courtier: “Please go to the Zhengyang Hall to discuss matters, everyone.

In front of Zhengyang Hall, the soldiers were densely packed, stepping into the hall, and it made everyone even more stunned, because in the hall, there were also fully armed soldiers, and they were all the eagles who killed their names in the city of Xianyang.

Little Qin Wang’s face was white, sitting in the middle, and beside him, standing beside him was the actual controlling person of Qin, General Lu Chao.

“See the king, see the general!” Many courtiers threw themselves to the ground, bowing under the steps. (To be continued.)