In the canvas tent, Li Deming deeply crushed the wine glass in his hand, the broken porcelain pieces were scattered all over the ground, and the blood flowed down to make the attendants around him very nervous.

Intelligence shows that after the destruction of Hongzhou, Yanzhou was broken one after another, but the only thing that made Li Deming feel relieved was that the Wuzang Pang stationed in Yanzhou City did not lead Dang Xiang Erlang to capture Hongzhou City, but collected grain and grass to aid 100,000 troops after learning of the military situation.

is worthy of being a child who has no collector, he has a delicate heart, and casually handed over the secret letter to the great elder who was missing a hand, and turned his head to Li Yuanhao and said: "Yeli is still reliable when he meets a beggar brother, his vision and mind are not bad, and he has time to get closer, after all, he has no collector in the party, and it is also a big account." ”

Li Yuanhao nodded slightly, he understood what his father meant, as the king of the party, the most important thing is the loyalty of the big tent to the king, which is why the 100,000 army is generally from the big tent.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanhao suddenly realized, no wonder his father transferred so many people from the top two big tents, whether he won or lost this battle, it would change the political pattern of the party, especially the big tent in the clan.

This is similar to Emperor Taizu's cup of wine in the Song Dynasty to release military power, and my father also wants to take back the military power!

Seeing the sudden brightness in his son's eyes, Li Deming smiled: "I finally know this, right?" Everything is false, do we need the title of Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty to divide it? The name of the Dingyan Army is not honor, but shackles! As long as you have enough land, enough people, and enough troops in your hands, then you are the son of heaven of the party! The edict of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty? Joke! ”

Li Yuanhao looked at his talented father and trembled slightly with excitement: "Then why not attack the city now, the people of the major clan tents can't help it, this has nothing to do with us, it is they who are looking for death by themselves, and the clan tent without elite soldiers is not at the mercy of my Tuoba clan?" ”

"Wu'er is impatient again, and now it is not enough to make a desperate move, the food in the major tents is enough for three days, and it is not too late to attack the city tomorrow, and it is not too late to attack the city tomorrow, and you will take people to cut down wood and make weapons, and make a siege look like a city, stabilize the army's heart, and let people see the flaws, and there are no longer a few wise men in the accounts!"

"The child is commanded!" Li Yuanhao got the answer, and the depressed position in his heart disappeared, his father really had a plan, and his suspicions were wrong.

When Li Yuanhao began to cut wood and make siege equipment with the labor in the army, the various accounts in the party and the army were relieved, and even some wise men were confused and began to consciously feel at ease for the clansmen.

Compared with the preparation of the party, the city of Yanzhou is even more hot, the passion of the army and the people are mobilized, and they are full of confidence to prepare for the battle of defending the city, only Rat San and Fan Yong know that the imperial court does not have the so-called 100,000 troops at all, and the 60,000 defenders in the city plus less than 30,000 young men are all the combat power.

And the combat power of the defenders is also uneven, 50,000 Tibetan troops, more than 10,000 border troops, can only rely on the risk of the city wall and fight with the party people, so Yanzhou City must not be broken, once the party people invade the city, the mixed army of 60,000 people is by no means the opponent of the party people.

The city wall has become the last straw in Yanzhou City, fortunately, the black hand brought gunpowder bullets, this kind of unparalleled weapon to defend the city has become the hole card of the rat three, Yanzhou City is located in the northwest, charcoal and sulfur saltpeter are not lacking, several of the black hand members brought by the rat three are craftsmen drawn from the armaments department, they are different from other craftsmen, they are the most secret people in the armaments department, specializing in the production and manufacture of gunpowder bullets.

Since they arrived in Yanzhou City, they have not been idle, day and night to make gunpowder bombs, the materials in the city have almost been exhausted by them, even so they are constantly improving the city defense equipment on the city wall, the fire oil is distilled into fierce fire oil, the winch on the eight-ox crossbow is replaced by a ratchet winch, and even the rolling stone wood is installed with iron nails and soaked in dung.

These methods are so frightened that the small iron nails have become murderous weapons in the hands of craftsmen, and I really can't imagine what kind of wounds will fester.

Fan Yong, who was originally polite, was very interested in these, and even experimented with a live chicken, and when he saw the wound of the live chicken festering and falling to the ground, he was even more excited, and constantly asked the craftsman for his methods, and recorded it, in his words: "These are the valuable experience of defending the city, even if you die, you must pass it on as a knowledge!" ”

Rat San rolled his eyes depressedly, people like Fan Yong can definitely be valued by the officials, and the civil and military officials in the court are afraid to avoid craftsmen, only he is eager to follow, no, there are two weirdos named Zeng Gongliang and Ding Du......

The huge wooden mill was carried up the city wall, and ropes were also put on both ends of the wooden mill, and the wooden mill was full of iron nails, and the ropes were fixed to the wooden pulleys, as long as you let go of the hand, the huge wooden mill would bring and iron nails to deal a fatal blow to the party members who climbed the city wall.

The most important thing is that this thing can also be reused and recycled, which reduces the consumption of rolling stone wood.

Fan Yong was very proud of his invention, and the craftsman ruthlessly poured cold water on it: "Fan Zhizhou's wood mill is very different from the rolling stone sasswood, the rope will be cut twice by others, if the organic spirit person sees it, maybe it only takes a breath of kung fu to get this thing back." ”

Fan Yong was embarrassed for a while, but fortunately, Rat San relieved him and said, "It would be nice if it was replaced with an iron cable." ”

"Ironclad? The iron rope several feet long is heavier than this wooden mill! What is the use of a single pulley, it takes a lot more to save effort, but increasing the number of pulleys will inevitably make the rising speed a lot, and by the time the time is afraid that the wood mill will have been cut off......"

These craftsmen were all treated and cultivated by Zhao Zhen as scientists, and were given very high treatment, because of love, they had the attitude of some scientific madmen, and they still had some respect for literati like Fan Yong.

Instead of being angry, Rat San also defended with a smile: "You are all masters, I just said that the two Yelang are arrogant, don't make it difficult for me!" ”

The slightly older master nodded and said: "Fan Zhizhou is busy with business, and he is just a literati since he was born, you are in the dark until now, and you are a henchman of the official family, even if you don't study, you can't even understand the truth!" ”

His words made Fan Yong's eyes light up, he had long heard that the official family regarded Gewu as a knowledge, how could Fan Yong, as a literati, let it go.

"I don't know what the master is called the study of things?"

Fan Yong's bending down made Rat San open his mouth wide in surprise, and the slightly older master smiled and returned the salute: "This is the knowledge of the official family, the official family once said that Gewu is a branch of Confucianism, and the so-called work wants to do a good job must first sharpen its tools, and Gewu can sharpen its tools."

The official family has the personality of the cloud sage, and the people are rejuvenated by the grid thing, and the ancient Suiren clan drilled wood to make fire, which is the grid thing, and there is Zhou Cang to make words, which is also the evolution of the grid thing, Han Changli's original way has been discussed, and the sage church Li Min uses the utensils, which is the grid thing, so the study of the official family is also the study of the sage. ”

At this time, not only Rat San was shocked, but even Fan Yong was speechless by the master's words, and after thinking slightly, he nodded again and again: "This is the Hengyan of the awakening world, and the official family has indeed entered the realm of learning." The master craftsman is also a master of the study of things! ”

The master craftsman smiled slightly, stroked his beard and said: "One of the reasons for coming this time is to help you defend the city by the holy decree of the official family, and the second is to study the usefulness of the study of Gewu, which is not like other learning, and it is the easiest and most difficult method to measure whether it is correct or not by practice."

Once the war started, we craftsmen not only could not leave, but also recorded the operation of the equipment, and after the war was over, we could not rest, and maybe we would have to go out of the city to check it out! ”

Fan Yongwei was puzzled: "The two armies are fighting, even if the battle is over, it is not safe outside the city......"

The craftsman waved his hand and interrupted: "Fan Zhizhou thinks badly, the end of the war that the old man said is the withdrawal of the party members, even if we are eager to learn, we can't gamble with the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the city." ”

Fan Yong respectfully saluted and said, "Mr. Gaoyi! ”

Rat San looked at all this dumbfounded, was it a conversation between a craftsman and a literati in front of him?

It's just two old scholars discussing knowledge, even Fan Yong himself feels that there is something wrong, but feels that the conversation between the two is a matter of course, he subconsciously puts the craftsman on an equal footing, this is the gentleman's attitude towards learning!