On the barren land in Guanzhong outside Chang'an City, a fast horse came from the dust. The postman on the horse's back waved his whip and galloped forward along the official road.

He galloped outside a stable at the post station, and suddenly tightened the reins. The horse neighed and raised its front hooves high, jumped off the horse's back and shouted: "The border is urgently reported! Change the horse!"

The postmaster quickly ordered people to pull the tired horse into the stable, put a newly washed horse in the saddle, and then brought a bowl of warm water to the postmaster to drink.

"Where can you ask where the inn comes from?"

"Dongshoujiang City! I won't say much, the military situation is urgent, get on the road!"

The postman stepped on the stirrup and turned his horse on his back, waving his whip: "Hold!"

Chang'an was already far away. The horses rushed through the Longshouqu Bridge. People were shuttled to and from the door holes on both sides of Chunming Gate opposite. The postman shouted loudly on the horse's back: "Urgent report from the border! Let the road pass!"

The Jinwu Guards guarding the middle gate quickly made the way open, and the Yima horses walked straight into the door hole, and then galloped for another period to outside the Mingyi Gate of Xingqing Palace. The Yimao jumped off his horse and stood unsteadily and fell to the ground, saying in a hoarse voice: "An urgent report from the border!"

The Longwu Army leader at the door lowered his head and asked, "Since it is an urgent report from the border, why not send it to the official residence of the Secretariat of the Imperial City!"

The postman took out the document from his arms and said weakly: "Go and report to Your Majesty, An Lushan's rebellion!"

"Help him down and rest!" The halberd leader hurriedly grabbed the document and ran into the palace gate. Two martial artists supported the Ningbo room on the side of the city gate of the postman, pulled out the plug of the yellow wine bag and slowly fed the wine into his mouth.

...

The veteran general Chen Xuanli stood outside the Dan Hall of Jiaotai Hall, his face full of anxiety. Li Longji walked out slowly with his hands on his back and asked hesitantly: "This urgent report was heard from Dongshoujiang City. It should be done by those who dislike An Lushan, so shouldn't it be worthy of trust?"

"Your Majesty," Chen Xuanli stepped forward eagerly, suddenly realized his recklessness, and quickly took a step back and said with his hands: "If your Majesty has doubts, I will send someone to visit north along various post stations. If An Lushan really rebelled, he will definitely report more than one place. Please wait."

The emperor half-lowed his head and looked at the ground with his eyelids hanging down, and raised his hand and gently waved it.

Chen Xuanli didn't dare to say more, and crossed his hands and said "Look" slowly backed back.

Gao Lishi stood aside worriedly and gently waved the whisk. The palace people quickly quit the hall. He and the emperor were the only ones left in the dark hall. Li Longji reached out and rubbed his forehead and staggered to look for Hu bed on the steps. Gao Lishi hurriedly went up to support him, and sat down softly with his hands supporting the handrail. His face seemed to have grown several years old all of a sudden.

Gao Lishi raised his sleeve and wiped the corners of his eyes twice? He held the whisk and bent over and said, "Your Majesty..."

"You go down too, I want to be alone and calm down."

Gao Lishi made a tremolo from his throat: "Here." He slowly retreated with the whisk in his hand? When he walked to the threshold, he turned around and looked back at it. He sighed quietly and left.

Li Longji rested his head on the back of Hu's bed? His eyes were empty and looked at the distance from the palace gate. This was the distance within his sight, but the place he could not see was the source of crisis and storm.

...

Li Siye had sent someone to pretend to be a merchant to Hedong and Hebei to spy on the news? After they received the news, they quickly returned to Liangzhou? Report to him about the news of An Lushan's rebellion.

He sat cross-legged in the hall. After hearing the report from the people below, he breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had been preparing for this moment for a long time. Now that the news suddenly came, all the questions were relieved, and he felt relieved?

He did not spread the news into the army, and the emperor's decree would come soon? But he should also prepare in advance and immediately order Cen Shen to be called by his side and let him write a military order at his desk.

"I ordered Zang Xiye to hand over all the affairs of Hunya Peak to Deputy General Li Xiaogan? I came to Liangzhou to take over as the right guard of the Chishui Army Cavalry. I ordered Cangcao and the Health Army to transport food and military supplies to Shicheng Castle. The stockpiling should be enough for the soldiers in the fort to be enough for a year? I ordered the outside world to give 60 gold to the Shicheng Castle Guard? This money is out of my personal private warehouse? I reward him with duty and not to be careless. I ordered the army to strengthen defense, increase patrol efforts, and then ordered Jiaocheng Guard and Baiting Guard to send people to the beacon towers along the border, and the guards must not be relaxed day and night. That's it."

Cen Shen put down his pen holder and rubbed his hands, and asked him, "Doctor, what happened?"

Li Siye turned his head and looked at him and smiled: "No matter what happens, send the military orders out and follow me to Qingliang Temple and the artillery battalion formed outside the east gate to see it."

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The casting workshop on one side of Qingliang Temple was in full swing. The shirtless men poured the melted copper and iron juice into the clay mold through a pottery funnel. Several craftsmen on the other side rode on the cast cannon with frosted stones in their hands and polished them carefully. Another man held a long pole in his hand and put the sharpening rod into the cannon barrel, rubbing it back and forth.

Priest Zhao Zhengyi was wearing a leather apron and followed Li Siye and explained: "Now the craftsmen are much more familiar with the skills. On average, a Xuanwu cannon can be completed in five days..."

Li Siye suddenly turned around and asked him: "How many artillery pieces are there in the artillery battalion through the test equipment now?"

"This," Taoist Master Zhao rubbed his hands and said embarrassedly: "There are only thirty-two gates."

"It's too slow! Didn't you cast it separately according to my instructions and the process?"

"I have done it as the doctor told me, but there are very few craftsmen who know technology, not many casting workshops, and the residual rate of casting gun barrels is too high, so we are still struggling now."

Li Siye turned around and raised his finger and said, "I have recruited civil servants to build a casting workshop in Liangzhou City, and issued another official document to recruit blacksmiths throughout Hexi to join the army. I have to cast eighteen more doors for me within one month. Can I do it?"

Zhao Zheng bowed and asked in confusion: "It's just that we cast artillery just to do it in secret. If we issue official documents, wouldn't it be a big fanfare?"

"It's time, who can still take care of so much?"

The Taoist priest did not dare to ask what the situation was, and immediately crossed his hands and said, "As long as there are enough staff, I will definitely be able to complete the doctor's order!"

He nodded affirmatively, walked to the stable with big strides, took the reins of the mount from Yan Xiaosi and handed it to Zhao Zhengyi: "Let's go, go with me to the shooting range of the cannon camp."

The four of them turned over and ran out of the east gate of Liangzhou, and arrived at the flat shooting range of the artillery camp.

The artillery battalion is temporarily under the command of Yan Xiaosi, and 5,000 people serve 32 Xuanwu heavy artillery. The cannon body is supported on the three-foot-high wheel base, with brackets in front and back to maintain balance and angle. The cannon has a decorated wooden turtle shell on the back and snake eyes cast on the top of the muzzle. Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhengyizhen casts the cannon into a turtle.

Li Siye turned over and dismounted and ordered Yan Xiaosi: "Call one person to test the shot."

Yan Xiaosi crossed his hands casually and said, "Doctor, please take the shots by Rong Xiaosi himself."

Five or six gunners pushed the cannons into the gun position, and a digging of earth slopes behind them were used to buffer recoil. One person put a twister and sealed mud, two people filled the gunpowder, and the last person filled the projectile. One end of the fuse should be inward, and finally punched it with a wooden pestle.

Yan Aiya personally stepped forward with a torch in hand, lit the twist of the cannon tail, and the gunmen covered their ears and closed their eyes to wait.

"Rong!" The muzzle sprayed flames and thick smoke, and shot shells and fell under the wooden sign in the distance. After waiting for nearly a breath, it exploded and broke the wooden sign in pieces.

Li Siye set up a pergola with his hands and looked away. The range should be about 800 steps. Although he exceeded Fuyuan Crossbow, he hoped to reach one thousand steps or more.

He turned around and praised Zhao Zhengyi: "It's very good, although the fuze delay still needs improvement."

Zhao Zhengyi and Yan Xiaosi bowed together and crossed their hands: "I will do my best to do my best."
Chapter completed!