bookcurios Chapter 184 Here we go again
Chapter 184 Here we go again
The sixth year of Daoming, early October.
The weather in Weizhou has become extremely cold. When we wake up in the morning, the trees are already covered with a layer of white frost.
Zhao Long heard that Luancheng would send a batch of weapons today, so he got up quite early.
"Have the people from Luancheng come?"
This is the fifth time this question has been asked this morning.
"General, you're here so early! If you had stayed in Guangchang County last night, you wouldn't have come so early."
Gu Yizhou was a captain of Zhao Long's personal guard, and the young man he met when he recaptured Weizhou. When they were building the city wall, he had done the work of two people just to get more food.
Later, Zhao Long learned that Gu Yizhou was his mother, and felt that this person had a good heart, so he took him in to do odd jobs.
He also practiced martial arts and became an expert in iron stick wielding in two years.
As the saying goes, strength can defeat skill. Gu Yizhou's iron rod weighs more than 70 kilograms. When he swings it, it is difficult for more than a dozen ordinary people to get close to him.
His original name was Gu Yi, and because he wanted to drink more porridge, he got the name Gu Yi Zhou.
Zhao Long said that he wanted to take care of Weizhou, so he changed the word "zhou" to "zhou".
"Okay, Tianhan, go and show off your martial arts skills, and then come with me to have dinner. Oh, you were on duty last night, did I go to see you?"
Seeing Zhao Long asking, Gu Yizhou looked up and smiled, "My mother came to the mansion at dawn and made you some chicken soup to nourish your body."
Zhao Long then remembered that as the commander-in-chief, he was entitled to a chicken once a month for nourishment. He gave the chicken to Gu Yizhou and asked him to return it.
"Didn't you tell your mother the truth?"
"No, it hurts!" Gu Yizhou yelled as Zhao Long grabbed his ear. "General, I'm telling the truth. If you let go, my ear will fall off."
Zhao Long let go.
Gu Yizhou rubbed his ears, which had just turned purple from the cold and were now burning with pain.
"When I took it back yesterday, my mother knew I didn't buy the chicken, so I couldn't continue to lie."
"As a captain of the personal guards, how can you buy a chicken in the city? You don't even have the ability to do this?"
Zhao Long said unhappily.
Unexpectedly, Gu Yizhou smiled maliciously and said, "My great general, are you stupid? My mother lives in the side courtyard of the mansion. She eats and drinks here, even though she lives with the servants. Every time she stews chicken, everyone knows about it. If you haven't eaten chicken this month, how could my mother not be suspicious?"
"I just saw your mother's old illness coming back. I thought we'd eat something good so we don't waste money on medicine. Okay, give me a bowl of soup. I'll take a sip, and remember to take the rest back."
Gu Yizhou knew that Zhao Long was a good person and was genuinely nice to him. Sometimes he even had hallucinations and thought that Zhao Long was his long-lost brother.
Zhao Long finished his soup when he saw Gu Yizhou returning. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Gu Yizhou say, "General, people from Luancheng have entered the city. It seems that the prince consort has arrived."
When Zhao Long heard that Zhao Sheng was coming, he didn't care about his manners, jumped off the kang and ran out of the room.
"Sir, it's freezing cold, why did you want to come to Weizhou?"
"It's because the weather is cold and the Xianbei haven't retreated yet. I don't know what evil things that old dog of the Lu family is up to. When I came here, the military town was in trouble again. I came to take a look and I have to hurry back."
As they talked, they entered the general's mansion.
"Sure, are you planning to settle down in Weizhou?"
Mr. Zhao joked.
"Sir, I actually want to go back and serve as your personal guard."
"Isn't that enough for the General?"
"It's enjoyable, but a little tiring. It's not as relaxing as being a centurion in the past."
Zhao Long took the tea from Gu Yizhou and brought it to Zhao Sheng.
Zhao Sheng looked at the young man in front of him. He was seven feet tall, with dark skin that looked very strong, and slightly naturally curly hair, like a young South American.
"This is my guard leader, his name is Gu Yizhou. He is young, but he has great strength."
Seeing Zhao Sheng staring at Gu Yizhou, Zhao Long introduced him.
"Hmm, a good seedling. If you cultivate it well, I bet he'll be able to throw it quite far."
After Zhao Sheng praised him, he mentioned throwing, which made Zhao Long a little confused.
"My Lord, you are talking about my strong arms, right? I can indeed throw objects very far."
When Gu Yizhou heard Zhao Sheng say this, he also acknowledged his throwing ability.
"Yes, I wonder how far you can throw twenty taels of silver?"
There were twenty taels of silver in the official warehouse of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which were not circulated in the market. Zhao Sheng said this simply to give the weight to test Gu Yizhou's arm strength.
"I've thrown objects of similar weight about 200 feet."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhao almost spit out the tea in his mouth.
"General Long, has he received grenade training?"
When asked this, Zhao Long hurriedly said, "Sir, I asked him to practice with a stick at home. It was a 70-jin iron stick. He never practiced with guns or grenades."
"You're such a wasteful guy! You've wasted such a good seedling."
Zhao Sheng pointed at Zhao Long and joked with a look of disappointment.
Just as he finished speaking, a messenger outside the gate came in, saying, "General, twenty miles outside Shuiquan Pass, we've spotted a 50,000-man force coming from Yangcheng. Intelligence reports say they're from the Xianbei Yuwen clan."
"Finally, I'm here again. I've deployed a division to Shuiquan Fortress, and Cheng Jicheng is the commander-in-chief. You know this kid, young master."
After hearing what Zhao Long said, Zhao Sheng recalled the battle outside Guangchang County. At that time, there were two people who left the deepest impression on him.
One is Cheng Jicheng and the other is Sun Youliang.
"What is Sun Yongliang's current position?"
Zhao Sheng suddenly remembered and asked.
"This guy is in the inner city. He's probably patrolling the city defenses this morning. I'll send someone to call him."
"No need. Let me introduce the new weapons. One is a hand-cranked Gatling gun, and the other is a sixty mortar. But I think you have a mobile cannon next to you."
After Zhao Sheng finished speaking, he chuckled at Gu Yizhou.
Zhao Long finally understood what was going on, but Gu Yizhou was confused.
He really doesn't understand what a mobile cannon is!
"I'll go to the Water Spring Fortress later. I'll let you have some fun throwing grenades today."
"Grenade? I've heard of it before. Isn't it expensive?"
Gu Yizhou had naturally heard of grenades, but he had never conducted live-fire training.
In fact, supplies in Luancheng were quite scarce.
Considering the parameters required for actual combat of the Gatling gun and the many bullets that need to be installed on the soft chain, Zhao Sheng also took his personal guards to Shuiquan Pass.
When Shuiquan Fortress learned of the enemy situation, it quickly closed the import and export checkpoints.
"Commander Cheng, the enemy is obviously well prepared this time. They have long-range siege equipment." Regimental commander Wang Gang ran up to Cheng Jicheng and muttered.
"Captain Wang, your weapons are more than enough to fight the enemy. You also have a crossbow that big, which can reach a distance of a thousand steps."
After Wu Youfa withdrew from Huaian Town, he always wanted to check out the more than a thousand landmines buried there.
"Don't be sarcastic. The Second and Third Regiments are equipped with long-range weapons. We are cooperating with you in the ambush. We have allocated our rifles to you."
Wang Gang was so angry. At that time, they planned to set up an ambush in Huaian Town, and all the mines and rifles were allocated to their regiment. However, the regiment ended up using bows and crossbows, longbows, and crossbows on the city walls.
Now that the ambush has failed and after the withdrawal, Cheng Jicheng has issued an order that the weapons that were deployed previously will not be replaced and will most likely continue to be used in subsequent operations.
In a regiment, except for the guards, rifles basically became a luxury.