Chapter 238: The Divine Machine Cannon Battalion, Heading Out to South Vietnam

This temporary court meeting in the Imperial Study Room laid the foundation for the basic national policy for the future development of the new dynasty.

After the court session, the three adults from the six ministries met together and inevitably talked about their views on the new emperor Chen Huaian's implementation of new policies and national policies.

Jiang Xiao, the Minister of Revenue, said with admiration: "My two adults, I have opened my eyes today. I am still confused by the new words the emperor said. I don't understand what they mean at all."

"But--"

Jiang Xiao changed the subject and said sincerely: "The emperor actually waved his hand and used all the property of the former traitor Qin Ruhui to fill the treasury of the new dynasty. This is something I never dared to think about;"

"Based on this alone, the emperor deserves the title of the founding emperor!"

"Yes!"

Hu Zhi, the Minister of Works Jun also echoed: "Mr. Jiang is right. I have heard about the emperor's confiscation of the treasure ship that Qin Ruhui, the treacherous minister of the previous dynasty, transported to Chengdu Prefecture;"

"At first, I thought that the stolen silver would go into the emperor's inner treasury and be used for the expenses of the emperor and the harem."

"Who would have thought that the emperor did not keep a single silver ingot for himself, but took it all out to fill the treasury of the new dynasty. With this move alone, the emperor deserves to be called a founding monarch!"

The two ministers of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works did not hide their admiration for the new emperor Chen Huaian in their words.

As a result, Li Jingyu, the Minister of War who recommended the two to come out of retirement to reorganize the six ministries, felt even more glorious.

Back then, when Li Jingyu had invited Hu Zhijun and Jiang Xiao, who were both capable and experienced enough to take charge of the six ministries, to come out of retirement;

the two of them repeatedly feigned illness and refused to serve the new dynasty, fearing that Chen Huaian, a traitor who started his career as a rebel, would be like Zhao Gan, the second emperor of the Xin Dynasty, who was moody, licentious and tyrannical!

However, after only one contact with Chen Huaian, the two were impressed by the demeanor shown by the young emperor and praised him highly.

Seeing this, Li Jingyu immediately said: "How about it, my two lords, I didn't lie to you, our emperor will definitely be the emperor of the ages who can be compared with the Qin Emperor and Han Wudi in the future;"

"We can finally choose a wise monarch to be loyal to and strive to be a wise minister who will be remembered forever!"

"Yes, choose a wise monarch to be loyal to and be a wise minister who will be remembered forever!"

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Nanyue Kingdom, Yongzhou front line.

The Longcheng army has fought several large-scale battles with the Nanyue garrison stationed in Yongzhou under the Nanyue city of Yongzhou.

In general, both sides have won and lost.

It's not that the wolf soldiers of Nanyue are so strong in combat and well-equipped, but the hot climate in the south has become the culprit that drags down the combat effectiveness of the Longcheng army.

Facing the scorching sun for days, the soldiers of the Longcheng army who are marching south are miserable.

Fortunately, after the emperor received the military report from the front line and learned about the actual situation and hardships faced by the southern expedition army, he had already issued an edict to stop the attack to the tent of the brave general Pang Xianchu.

Therefore, during this period, the Longcheng southern expedition army set up camp outside the city of Yongzhou, defended the camp gate and refused to fight, confronting the Nanyue defenders in the city.

Li Shiyu, the crown prince of Nanyue, personally led the elite cavalry to prepare for a night attack on the camp of the Longcheng army several times, but was eventually defeated by the Longcheng army who was waiting for the opportunity.

After the two sides fought for more than half a month, the war fell into a relatively peaceful stalemate.

The Longcheng southern expedition army did not attack, and the Nanyue wolf soldiers defending the city were also happy to defend the city. Everyone did not invade each other and lived in peace.

However, everyone knew that the peaceful confrontation was only a superficial appearance, and both the attackers and defenders were brewing a more fierce attack.

On this day, in the camp of the Longcheng southern expedition army, in the central army tent.

The brave general Pang Xianchu was staring at the letters and military reports on the table, and suddenly heard the deputy general Fan Wuji's report outside the tent:

"Report--"

"Report to the general, the emperor sent reinforcements to our Longcheng army to the south, and they are less than 60 miles away from Yongzhou City!"

Swish!

As soon as these words came out, Pang Xianchu suddenly came back to his senses, stood up, and walked out of the tent in two steps.

Just then, he ran into the deputy general Fan Wuji who was walking towards him.

Pang Xianchu said anxiously: "General Fan, how many reinforcements did the emperor send to us, and who led them?"

Fan Wuji replied breathlessly: "General, according to the reinforcement messenger, the reinforcements to Yongzhou City are from the Longcheng Navy, and the commander is naturally the Navy Admiral Qi Jiguang;"

"As for the troops, it seems that there are only two thousand people!"

"What?"

After hearing Fan Wuji's words, Pang Xianchu almost jumped up in shock.

Is the emperor joking with me?

Two thousand reinforcements, or the navy?

It turned out that in the correspondence between Chen Huaian and Pang Xianchu, after ordering Pang Xianchu to "stop the attack and wait for reinforcements", there was no further news.

So, Pang Xianchu did not know which army the emperor sent to reinforce him, and who led it.

Pang Xianchu had guessed that the emperor might transfer General Wang Jian and his Qin Ruishi to the front line of Yongzhou to attack the city.

After all, the strong bows and crossbows equipped by the Qin Ruishi, as well as the powerful crossbow carts, are all excellent siege weapons.

Who knew that the reinforcements sent by the emperor to the front line of Yongzhou were actually officers and soldiers of the Longcheng Navy, and the number was only 2,000?

This, isn't this a joke?

Pang Xianchu couldn't help but mutter, "There's not even a canal outside the city of Yongzhou, why did the emperor transfer the brothers from the Longcheng Navy?"

Uh--

At this time, Fan Wuji suddenly slapped his head, as if he remembered something, and hurriedly said: "General, look at my memory;"

"By the way, the messenger of the reinforcements also said that this reinforcement to Yongzhou seems to be a new type of army based on the navy officers and soldiers, called, called the Shenji Cannon Battalion!"

"Yes, it's the Shenji Cannon Battalion!"

Pang Xianchu was still not very interested. He really couldn't get too interested in the Shenji Cannon Battalion or the Cannon Battalion.

Formed on the basis of navy officers and soldiers, isn't it still navy officers and soldiers?

Navy land battle, can it work?

Pang Xianchu was so disappointed, but he just accepted it and ordered: "General Fan, get ready, follow me to welcome the reinforcements!"

"I obey your orders!"

Fan Wuji immediately bowed and clasped his fists to accept the order.

An hour later, the brave general Pang Xianchu led a team of elite cavalry and finally found the traces of reinforcements on the march.

When he saw them in person, Pang Xianchu was even more puzzled!

Why do we need carts in this war? What is the big black iron pipe on the cart for?