The production method of briquettes is very simple, "coal is crushed like powder, and mud is pasted into cakes", but the honeycomb coal that Zhang Zhaohua wants to make is processed with a honeycomb mold after the proportion of pulverized coal and loess is even. Because of the high-quality coal this time, I grabbed the mold by hand and pressed it vigorously on top of the coal, and at most six or seven strokes I could make a honeycomb coal smaller than a palm.

After drying, Zhang Zhaohua tried it and found that it was very easy to use, easy to ignite, easy to carry, and the fire could burn for a long time. Zhang Zhaohua immediately organized people to go to Kaiping to carry out a large amount of mining, because now that there was a war, it was impossible to build a coal yard near Kaiping, so he could only send it back to Beiping by car for processing in Beiping.

Zhang Zhaohua specially purchased a small charcoal stove in Beiping, she can't do one in the Yan army, but at least she can ensure that there is one for every ten people, wrap the honeycomb coal with a rain cloth one by one to prevent the rain and snow from getting wet, and the soldiers each carry ten days of fried rice with sheep intestines, when you want to eat, just take off the small charcoal stove you carry, add a piece of honeycomb coal, and use the fire to bring it on, and you can eat a bowl of fragrant fried rice by boiling hot water.

On November 7, Beiping received a battle report from the king of Yan, this time out of Cangzhou, the wind and snow did not stop, and the southern army did not know the movement of the Yan army. When the twenty-seventh king of Yan arrived in Cangzhou in October, the enemy defender Xu Kaizheng took people to Kaiping, Cangzhou city was still in the construction of defense, there was no defense at all, the army of the king of Yan captured Cangzhou city in hand-to-hand combat, beheaded more than 10,000 levels, obtained more than 90 horses, and captured Yu Qi, Zhao Hu, Hu Yuan, Li Ying, Zhang Jie and commanded more than 100 people.

In the battle report, Zhang Zhaohua was also specifically mentioned, praising her for winning more with less in Kaiping, killing Xu Kai and Tao Ming, and making great contributions to the Yan army, and she must be rewarded well when she comes back.

Zhang Zhaohua took the battle report to see Wang Du, Wang Du glanced lazily a few times, suddenly shook slightly, grabbed the battle report and read it word by word.

Zhang Zhaohua said, "What do you see?"

Wang Du's eyes were half-closed, and the beads of his eyes turned rapidly, so that after a long while, a smile appeared: "I think this time, your Yan King, I'm afraid it will be a fiasco!"

Zhang Zhaohua knew that he was conceited and talented, and he would not deceive people on this, so he asked quietly: "Why did you fail miserably?"

"You see that Linqing is mentioned above," Wang Du said: "Linqing is one of the goals of King Yan, because Linqing to the Daimyo line, is the grain route of the official army, the canal can send grain boats up, only need to send light cavalry to the Daimyo, burn its grain ships, and cut off the supply." ”

"King Yan's main goal," Wang Du said, "it should be in Dezhou, in Shengyong." Dezhou was originally captured by King Yan and transported back millions of stones, grain and grass, but he could not divide his troops to defend it, because Dezhou was surrounded on all sides between the horns of Dingzhou, Jinan and Cangzhou, and it was very difficult to defend. ”

"But Dezhou is within the strategy of King Yan," Wang Du said: "Because as long as you hold Dezhou, it is equivalent to wedge a nail in Shandong, and Shandong's defense line is no longer unbreakable, but this time, it is not Li Jinglong, a fool who only knows defeat, who is guarding Dezhou, but Hou Shengyong." ”

"Sheng Yong can hold Texas, just like Tie Xuan can hold Jinan," Wang Du immediately brushed off the books on the table, and actually revealed a map of Shandong, he pointed to Dezhou: "King Yan can't capture Texas, he will find a way to lure Sheng Yong out of Texas, what will he do?"

Zhang Zhaohua also leaned over and stared at the map with him, Wang Du didn't speak, Zhang Zhaohua speculated, and said: "King Yan will cross the river from Guantao to the south, arrive at Dong'e and Dongping, and threaten the south, because Tie Xuan is not in Jinan at this time, but is rewarded in Beijing - so Jinan does not dare to send troops to rescue Dong'e, and only Sheng Yong can be rescued." ”

Because Zhang Zhaohua was also bent over, he didn't see the glint of appreciation in Wang Du's eyes. Immediately, Wang Du said: "King Yan wants to force Sheng Yong to fight because he doesn't know Sheng Yong's ability yet. This person doesn't want Ping Bao'er and Geng Bingwen, one has fought with King Yan, and the other is a veteran who only knows defense, Sheng Yong's art of war is very good!"

"So what do you mean," Zhang Zhaohua said, "King Yan wants to lure Sheng Yong south, but Sheng Yong actually wants to meet King Yan more - maybe when King Yan was wandering around Dong'e and Jining, Sheng Yong had already chosen a place, set up a large array, and just waited for King Yan to come." ”

"Where do you think it will be?" Wang Du asked with interest, wiping his eyebrows.

Zhang Zhaohua's eyes stared at the names of places on the map, and his mind was spinning rapidly: "Guantao County, Qiu County - Dongchang, Dongchang!"

Wang Du laughed and said, "Sheng Yong will arrive at Dongchang in advance and block the Yan army's way back to the north." King Yan will feel that Sheng Yong has no choice but to fight, thinking that Sheng Yong's southward journey from Jinan this time is due to the fact that the grain road has been cut off and he has to rescue Dong'e, and Dongchang, where he is stationed, has no savings, he feels that Sheng Yong wants to fight quickly. Actually—"

Zhang Zhaohua said: "In fact, Sheng Yong wants to wait for work, control the situation, and be serious and not want to fight. Set up the formation, and King Yan is entering the middle of the battle!"

Wang Du clapped his hands and laughed and said: "King Yan will not be able to plan this battle! If I plan this battle, I will also put a large number of muskets and poisonous crossbows in the formation to greet your Royal Highness King Yan!"

Zhang Zhaohua shuddered fiercely and glared angrily: "Why are you so vicious!"

She didn't know that in the Battle of Dongchang in history, the elite of the Yan army lost a few times. In the three years since Zhu Di raised his army, there has never been such a miserable defeat. And Dongchang Zhijie was really planned by the king in front of her, and later, Li Jinglong returned to the court, and Emperor Jianwen pardoned his sins instead of punishing them, but reused them. Li Jinglong actually slandered the prosperity of the world for the sake of jealousy, and Wang Du was also negligent, and finally he couldn't do anything.

And now because history has changed, Wang Du was placed under house arrest by her in Beiping, and did not come to Sheng Yong's side according to the trend of history to give him advice, so in this battle, King Yan did lose his troops and generals, but he still retained quite strong strength, because there was no firearm in advance, and Sheng Yong did not rush to Shenzhou from Zhending to Shenzhou, so King Yan's return was not intercepted, and the 70,000 elite cavalry only lost about 15,000 people, and finally returned to Beiping safely.

It's just that the general trend of history is still strong, and Zhang Yu, the first general under King Yan, didn't know that King Yan had broken through, so he rushed into the enemy formation to rescue King Yan, killing dozens of people in succession, and finally died of wounds.

The Yan army was defeated and returned to Beiping, and in the carrying hall, there was an atmosphere of solemnity and sadness. The generals were in vain, and they were exempted from the crime.

Facing the large and small generals who were prostrate on the ground, King Yan was deeply impressed by their loyalty. He asked everyone to put on their hats and sit up, saying, "The fault is mine, not your fault. ”

He analyzed the gains and losses in commanding the battle of Dongchang, blamed himself, and finally said: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, I have been in the army for more than two years, and the victory and defeat are also equal, this time Dongchang is not a big defeat." The one who hates, loses Zhang Yu'er. Now that everything is in difficulty, I have lost my right-hand man, and I still can't sleep or eat! I am here, not only can I not face the father of Beiping, but I also cannot face Zhang Yu's wife!"

When King Yan said this, he couldn't help but be moved by his true feelings, and he couldn't stop crying, and all the generals were also crying, bowing their heads and not daring to look up.