Chapter 508 Ending
After the first battle, the city of Mida was full of wounded soldiers, with people walking around with arms hanging and heads bandaged.
There were also many captives tied up in many tribes.
According to the customs of the Di people, these slaves captured from the battlefield were originally the property of each family and did not need to be handed over.
But now they have to listen to the arrangements of Mida City before they dare to make the distribution.
Because, it was not their credit that they were able to capture these royal court troops.
It was the thunder-bomb-like weapons of Mida City that damaged the morale and foundation of the royal court army, allowing the herdsmen of the tribe to chase after them.
How to divide slaves?
How are rewards distributed?
How to care for so many wounded people?
And after the two spy leaders were executed, what should be done with the two remaining tribes?
Will it be divided up by other tribes, or will the city lord's wife take it as her private property?
The city lord's wife has long been a god-like existence in the eyes of the tribe.
However, if it was really taken away by Song Liyun, the other tribes would definitely not accept it.
The city lord's wife's personal slave is more noble than them.
He should have been the lowest slave, but now he has risen to the top.
There were also burned haystacks and shops, which were the property of the merchants and required compensation and liquidation.
There were so many miscellaneous matters that they piled up like a mountain. Fortunately, with Madam Wu Ya, Fang Zheng and others around, Song Liyun didn't have to worry about anything. She just showed up and discussed the firearms camp with Old Yu and Wan Youyou.
With the miraculous success of hand grenades and landmines, forming a firearms battalion became Song Liyun's first priority.
Wan Youyou responded positively.
During the siege, she did not go up to the city wall to watch the battle, but stayed in the research institute, loading grenades and landmines with several craftsmen.
She just thought that the walls of Mida City were high and thick, and she could hold out for a night at least. She could make a few more grenades and carry them with her to prevent being humiliated when the city was breached.
But unexpectedly, in less than half an hour, after a few loud bangs, Yiming was seen running back, shouting that Wang Ting’s army was defeated!
The powerful Wang Ting army... was defeated just like that?
Song Liyun formed a firearms battalion, not only to reinforce Zhao Tingduo and Abu as soon as possible, but also for the safety of Mida City.
The Di Lu royal court suffered a setback here. A thousand elite soldiers came here with full confidence, but in the end less than two hundred of them escaped, which was a considerable loss to the Di Lu royal court.
Next time, it won't be this easy.
However, with this experience, Song Liyun also had the idea of expanding the city again.
To build a city, you need money.
In addition to various businesses, Mida City now has a specialty, which is crystal glassware made from stone.
Now, just like cashmere carpets, it has become a luxury item that is popular in Wu State, and each piece is worth a lot of money.
Build cities and manufacture firearms.
The raw materials for gunpowder are saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal.
After investigation, Song Liyun learned that sulfur was produced in the south of Wu Dynasty, and saltpeter mines could be mined in large quantities in Yunzhou.
She can apply to Zhao Tinglei to purchase raw materials and even hire craftsmen.
As long as everything is sufficient, in addition to the easy-to-carry grenades and landmines, Song Liyun decided to add the most common weapon for defending the city, the red cannon!
With cement and iron ore, plus income from various businesses, the budget is sufficient.
The news of the battle in Mida City soon spread to the capital. A month later, the Wu Dynasty issued a letter to the world.
The Dilu royal court was arrogant and conceited. Not only did they despise the Wu Dynasty, they also drove the princess who was married off to the imperial court out of the grassland.
They also invaded the borders of the Wu Dynasty, sent troops to intercept and kill merchant caravans traveling between the Wu Dynasty and friendly countries, causing casualties and doing things that undermine peace. They must be punished to avenge our country!
As a result, the Zhenbei Army's entry into the Xuyang Grassland became a public matter, which immediately caused quite a stir among the people of the Wu Dynasty.
Just as Mr. Yu heard for the first time, the Wu Dynasty actually broke with its usual practice and took the initiative to send troops to the grassland, which caused some people to worry and some to be happy.
The impression of the Di people's brutality made ordinary people shudder at the mention of them, fearing that they would be retaliated.
Especially in the imperial palace in the capital, people would kneel on the golden brick floor in front of the little emperor's desk every day to meet him and dissuade him from sending troops.
As a great country, the Wu Dynasty should behave like a great country and should not send troops into other countries' territories.
These words were rejected by the young and ambitious new emperor.
After escaping from the Qi family in Hecheng, the Imperial Concubine and the Princess Royal were imprisoned in the deep palace, but they actually ignored the ban and wanted to meet the emperor.
The betrayal of Pingliang Fort and the attack on Mida City were caused by the involvement of several criminal officials who surrendered to Di, as well as people from the Qi family who had already escaped and were in hiding.
The Qi family has a relationship with the Wu Dynasty's harem.
Previously, because the Imperial Concubine and the Crown Princess were the elders of the late emperor, it was inconvenient for the new emperor to deal with them. Now was the perfect time to eradicate them completely.
The new emperor did not give any more chances to the harem's cliques and directly demoted the Empress Dowager to a commoner and expelled her from the capital.
The eldest princess also shaved her head and became a nun, and was imprisoned in the royal temple.
With the support of Emperor Wu, the Xuyang grassland once again fell into war.
Zhao Tingduo led a thousand cavalrymen and escorted the Wu Dynasty army like a meat grinder, crushing the grassland bit by bit.
Time flies, and five years have passed in a flash.
Mida City has grown in size.
The size of the inner city has not changed, but the shops are no longer densely packed, with only a few large shops. There are also fewer people coming and going, and people are dressed neatly and cleanly.
The city not only added a city center garden with green trees and colorful flowers, but also built corridors and sheltered paths for people to rest and sit.
The city lord's mansion was also renovated and became magnificent with golden and golden phoenix paintings. The maids and servants working there were carefully selected.
Mida Outer City is also a newly added shopping mall, which is three times larger than the Inner City.
The streets in the city are wide, shops are lined up, and the crowds are crowded.
The outer city wall is four zhang high and more than ten zhang wide, majestic and magnificent.
At the pass of the city wall, in addition to the arrow tower, there is also a black cannon barrel extending out of the wall.
Everyone who passes through the city gate will involuntarily look up.
Looking back two years ago, when the royal court of Xuyang Grassland was finally destroyed, a bandit army of hundreds of people sneaked into the outside of Mida City at night, intending to capture the wife of the city lord and the young master inside as hostages.
At that time, the outer city wall had just been completed, and migrant workers and merchants were all stationed in temporary houses outside the city.
The gun barrels on the wall were also wrapped in oilcloth.
The bandits tried to rush into the migrant workers' camp first, but were discovered by the patrol battalion and blew them out with a few thunder bombs.
Then the gathered bandits rushed to attack the city gate.
The migrant workers and merchants saw huge artillery shells spitting out tongues of fire, and the bandits were like dry grass in a whirlwind, falling down in large numbers as the earth trembled.
The earth-shaking explosion was heard for miles away, and some people later said that they heard thunder at the Zab River, three days away.
This was the only battle of the Thunderbolt Lightning Cannon, and it became the mascot of Mida City after just firing this one shot!
In the eighth year of Jingtai, the Zhenbei Army recovered a large area of grassland north of Yunzhou.
In the tenth year of Jingtai, the tribes of the Dilu grassland were unified and the country was established as "Da Di".
The Wuda tribe, which possessed firearms, was the first tribe, with Ashiledo as king and Song Liyun as queen, and their capital was Mida City.
In the same year, Ashileduo submitted a letter to the Wu Dynasty, declaring himself a vassal and paying tribute.
In the study, Zhao Tingduo, who was already thirty years old, had a short beard and wore casual clothes, dressed like a man of the Wu Dynasty.
He held his youngest son, who was only half a year old, in one arm, and then took his eldest son, who was already six years old, in his arms. He then took a moment out of his busy schedule to say to Song Liyun, who was reading a letter, "Ayun, the emperor's cousin wants you and mother to come to the capital to meet him. Big brother will send someone to escort you, and father will also go out of the capital to pick you up."
Song Liyun put away the letter, raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Mother and father-in-law have been separated for ten years. If she goes to Beijing, I'm afraid she will express her feelings of separation. It would be inappropriate for me, a daughter-in-law, to follow her around!"
Zhao Tingduo glanced at her, shook his head and sighed, "Some time ago, my mother said: Father is already over 60 years old, and she doesn't want to argue too much with him. She just wants to live in the capital for a few years."
At this point, Zhao Tingduo lowered his voice, a smile in his eyes as he said, "Ayun, the capital of the Wu Dynasty is prosperous. You should accompany your mother to the capital to meet His Majesty and then come back. Don't be greedy for the bright lights and wine and forget to return."
My eldest brother sent a letter saying that my father fainted during the grand court meeting last winter, and that night my mother kept the lamp on all night long.
Although A'niang went to Beijing this time to accept the title of Princess Pingyuan from the Emperor Wu of the Dynasty, she also wanted to reunite with her father.
I just hope Ayun can come back as soon as possible and not be blinded by the prosperity.
(End of the book)
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