Chapter 476

"What's going on..." Su Dongpo looked at the front, back and left and right with a confused look on his face, and the members of the Shu Party around him were also confused.

And on the other side, Liu Zhi was talking. "... So it is really admirable for Mr. Su to stand up on his own initiative. If the old minister could be twenty years younger, he would definitely not be willing to be the last person and asked for his orders."

Zhao Xu sat blankly behind his imperial case. Looking at the court where the situation was not much different from yesterday, everyone agreed that Xixia's move to Suide City was simply a decisive provocation of the authority of the Song Dynasty and could no longer bear it, so we must teach Xixia a lesson.

Just now, Su Dongpo jumped out and gave a speech enthusiastically. Finally, he asked for his order, hoping to follow the example of the ancestors of the Song Dynasty and lead troops to attack the unrighteous troops of the Western Xia with civil officials.

Then... countless important officials of the old party jumped out enthusiastically and expressed their respect and praise for Su Xueshi's behavior. At the same time, they also believed that in the Song Dynasty, there is really no one who can take on this important task except for Su Xueshi, who has been known for his tens of years and is known to everyone in the world.

Su Dongpo was really confused at the moment. He just let go of himself, just as he used to let go of his mouth, and then stayed in his own position.

After all, he knew very well that those old party members would definitely not be willing to show off any more, and they would definitely jump out to oppose them, or volunteer.

But today's old party members are still the same as yesterday, as if they were turned on the switch by someone wrongly. No one jumped out and had any dissatisfaction with Su's request to lead troops to attack Xixia. Instead, they agreed one-sidedly.

"Is there a fraud here?" Lu Tao was muttering in a low voice to another Shu Party official.

"But this is definitely a good thing for the teacher. With his great talent, if he goes to attack the small Western Xia country, there should be no problem."

"Don't underestimate the little girl in Xixia. When I was the late emperor, my Song Dynasty's army was attacked by 500,000 troops, but in the end, I was defeated by Yongle City, and the loss of soldiers and generals was a hundred thousand..."

"It would be better if the sir stayed in Bianliang. If the war was slightly set, they would be attacked by those people. At that time, the reputation of Mr.... "

Listening to the lowly comments behind him, Su Dongpo couldn't help but feel a little confused. To be honest, he really wanted to follow the precedent of Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and other literati leading troops and deal with those disobedient people like the Western Xia and Northern Liao.

But at the same time, although Su Dongpo was familiar with military tactics, the problem was that those were all things that were talked about on paper, and he had never been exposed to military affairs at all.

Even after being exiled to Huangzhou and having worked as a regiment training envoy, the problem is that it is just a training soldier and there is no need to marches or fight.

Just when Su Dongpo didn't know what to do, the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao rubbed his eyebrows that had been frowning for too long and had already sore, and asked Su Dongpo gently. "Su Qing family, what do you think about it yourself?"

People live a face and trees live a skin. If you say something, you can't swallow it all again. What's more, whether it's Fan Xiang or Han Xiang, who is born to command warfare?

Thinking of this, Su Dongpo made a big move and stepped forward. "I would like to ask the Empress to fulfill my sincere heart to serve the country."

Gao Taotao looked at Su Dongpo who was passionately standing in the hall, and was quite moved and appreciated. But the problem is that Su Dongpo had never experienced any war after all, so would he be able to delegate him to this way?

Just when Gao Taotao was hesitating, a eunuch suddenly walked into the hall and rushed to Gao Taotao for a whisper.

Gao Taotao stood up suddenly in disbelief. "What are you saying true?!"

"Empress, how dare I joke with Empress on such a big thing?" The eunuch was startled by the sudden turn of Gao Taotao and said quickly.

The court, which was originally full of whispers, became deserted in an instant. Many people were curious about what was wrong with the Empress Dowager? Could it be that there was another bad news coming from the northern border that shocked the Empress Dowager?

Just as everyone shut up and listened to the news, they heard Gao Taotao's voice that seemed a little excited. "Let them come in, hurry!"

This sentence made everyone confused and subconsciously turned their eyes out of the court. Soon, the military weapon supervisor Lord Lu, the military weapon supervisor Wang Yang, and two unknown green robe officials all appeared in everyone's sight.

Damn, that kid must have done something again, right? In an instant, everyone subconsciously lay a big trough. Zhao Xu stretched his neck curiously, and then noticed that in addition to the four people in this group, two imperial guards were accompanied by. Importantly, the two imperial guards were each holding a divine arm crossbow that seemed to be slightly different from what they saw.

"Respect the Empress, respect Your Majesty. Our army's weapon chief Xiao Wang developed it overnight and made two Yuanyou crossbows, which were specially presented to the imperial court..."

"Yuanyou Crossbow, what the hell is this?"

"Yuanyou, it's Yuanyou again. Is this bastard named Wang doing something again?"

Just as the ministers were talking and talking, Gao Taotao's voice sounded again. "Lu Qing's family, let's talk to all the ministers about this Yuanyou crossbow."

"It's better to go back to the Queen Mother, Wang Wushan, the inventor of Yuanyou Crossbow." Lord Lu thought for a while and decided that it would be better to let Wuyang jump out and excel.

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When Wang Yang stood up, he picked up one of the crossbow arms with silver-light Yuanyou crossbows and told the ministers present that the crossbow arms of this thing were made of mild steel and were extremely simple to make. What is important is that its course is no less than that of the divine arm crossbow, and there is a great possibility of improvement.

In the court, there was a riot again. Zhao Xu, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, couldn't help but leave the imperial case and came to Wang Yang, picked up a Yuanyou crossbow and looked at it.

"...You all must be very clear that the system of this crossbow arm is extremely difficult. You need to choose six materials and six glues, and it must be suitable for four seasons, one to two years before it is made."

"Now, only the crossbow arms made of this mild steel can obtain the range and lethality like a divine arm crossbow. What's important is that a divine arm crossbow's crossbow takes nearly two years, and the cost is even more than five kilns."

"The steel crossbow arms of Yuanyou crossbow took less than three hours from smelting, pouring, and then drilling to forming, and the cost was even only three hundred yuan..."
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