"General, let's get out of here quickly, now our army is a little chaotic, and there is an ambush for the thieves." Niu Fu persuaded.

"These thieves will use these demon methods, I will kill them." Dong Zhuo was very annoyed, but the scene just now did cause him a lot of fright, he didn't know what it was that would form such a terrible scene.

"Fangcai, what is it?" Dong Zhuo asked after calming down.

"This. I don't know, I just felt a sudden light in front of my eyes, and then there was a violent storm, and many people around were knocked to the ground at once. Niu Fu carefully wiped some cloth balls, but fortunately, Dong Zhuo was not injured.

"General, it's better for our army to stand back for the time being and choose another way." Niu Fu persuaded. This is just the beginning of encountering such a scene, which makes them feel very worried, whether there will be such a situation in the future.

"Hmph. The law of thieves and shemales is just to intimidate you and so on. Wait, don't be afraid, and move on. Dong Zhuo issued a new combat order. Fortunately, the Red Turban Army retreated in time, and they did not attack the other side further, because they knew that their military strength was not enough to eat the other side. They could only choose to retreat temporarily, after all, Shang Wu had taught them to save themselves and kill and wound the enemy, and they had already inflicted great losses on the enemy.

"Damn, it's fun. If it weren't for Lao Tzu's ** not enough, Lao Tzu would send him to heaven. Chen Xiaoming said helplessly. He made preliminary calculations and killed and injured at least 80 people on the other side, and many others were seriously injured. Such people could not survive at all, and the officers and soldiers were also greatly frightened, and their morale was much lowered.

"Sir, we're all right. If we attack as we did before, the losses will be great. Fortunately, they didn't attack, so it was worthy of our offensive operation. Zhang Xiaonian said.

"Well, forget it. Go back, report the situation, maybe there will be a bigger war waiting for us, sir. Chen Xiaoming left here with Zhang Xiaonian. And Dong Zhuo's army continued to advance.

Inside the arsenal in Lijiazhuang.

Shangwu is strictly grasping production. A lot of things have come into formality, but iron has become scarce, and the problem of fuel has been solved. But iron, however, has become less abundant, and copper. With the hand ** can try to open a production line. There will be a lot of copper needed in the future, and copper coins are copper, but this is the currency in circulation, and it seems that it is still difficult to ban copper coins from circulation. But fortunately, there is a certain amount of copper used.

"How's your wooden cannon?" Shang Wu asked Zhang Qing, at present, he is focusing on production on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is conducting research, Zhang Qing thinks that wooden cannons are easy to produce and should be able to be produced on a large scale, and he wants to make such weapons popularized on a large scale, but Shang Wu did not agree, but only produced some on a small scale.

"The range is still not far enough, in the street fighting, his power is relatively large, and he can cause a great impact at a certain distance, but the number of uses is limited, more than five times, there is a danger of exploding, and some are only three times, although we have reinforced them, according to the method said by the commander, the position of the rear *** is thickened, but this method still cannot solve the fundamental problem, we really have no choice" Zhang Qing said helplessly.

"Actually, you may still be right. I thought about it, your artillery, there may be such a problem, that is, the pressure is too much. Shang Wu said.

"But how do we adopt another way of thinking, if we release such pressure, such as rockets, we can make them bigger, make ***, and then make the whole into a wooden tube shape, use the principle of thrust reversing, push *** out, and then after reaching a certain stage, it will explode, in this way, we also have a weapon of mass destruction." Shang Wu said. The advancement of artillery research encountered obstacles, Shang Wu Ming knew that the best material for casting artillery was bronze, and copper was also possible, but in that case, he needed a large amount of copper, which was quite terrifying, and with the current financial resources, he could not meet such a demand, so he encouraged Zhang Qing to study wooden cannons.

In fact, the earliest artillery may be a wooden cannon, after all, for the ancients, wood has been considered a very strong existence, but the problem is that the pressure generated instantaneously is not something that wood can withstand, although they use iron bars to fix and compress, but it will still produce a lot of destructive power, and some will be completely destroyed after firing once, and they can't withstand the second launch at all, in this situation. Wood is not the best choice, but Shang Wu is to promote such a kind of research. to turn the situation in their favor. Because through such research, a large number of results can be accumulated, and with this accumulation, many of their things can be carried out relatively smoothly, which is a process that provides a kind of knowledge growth.

"Oh. That's what the chief said, that, the action of force is relative. Rockets, for example, are like that, and heck, I should have thought of that a long time ago. Zhang Qing suddenly realized.

"Hehe, look at this, I designed this." Shang Wu said and took out his notebook, Shang Wu made a new notebook, and his notebook was already used up. Because there is too much information to record, as well as detailed battle plans and so on, all of this causes him to need a lot of paper. However, at this time, the paper made by Shangwu is still very soft, without a certain hardness, there is a certain hardness, but the processing procedure requires a lot, the kind of paper is still relatively rough, and it is the best paper used to make fireworks, and Shangwu will not use that kind of paper luxuriously.

"What is this?" Zhang Qing asked curiously.

"This is called ***, that's the one I just said, but his size has been enlarged a lot, more than two inches, maybe we need two and a half inches to solve the problem, but this *** is powerful enough." Shang Wu said.

"But we haven't experimented yet, and if it succeeds, it could be even more powerful." Shang Wu said. There is another important factor why Shangwu is reluctant to come up with ***, because the manufacturing of *** needs to consume a lot of ***, and the output of Shangwu's **factory production ** is extremely limited. There are less than three hundred catties per month, and the daily consumption of the army far exceeds this number, and their ** demand is very large. But their ** production has not been able to increase for a long time, an important reason is that the raw materials are insufficient, and the fire and nitrate are good, but the sulfur is difficult to collect, and they must find it from the mountains. The lack of raw materials is an important factor that leads to the inability to improve the production of Shangwu, and the lack of such factors will lead to their very bad situation.

And if you make ***, this will lead to a rapid decline in their ** reserves, which will greatly threaten their survival safety. Faced with such a situation, Shangwu was naturally anxious. So, *** can't be taken out too early.

"Sir, leave this task to me, maybe, I can figure it out." Zhang Qing said after reading it.

"Hmm. Okay, gather more people, study and study, and be careful when experimenting. Shang Wu said. Zhang Qing nodded and left the study excitedly. Shang Wu thought about it, maybe he should find another way to solve the problem of nitric acid, and then he could make a lot of new **.

The Arsenal also produces other weapons, but most of them are spears, arrowheads, and of course they also produce other civilian items, such as nails and needles. through a wire drawing machine. They can produce iron nails on a large scale, which is much faster than they used to make iron nails, and the needles are the same, they can beat the iron into steel, and then draw wires, form long, long thin wires, and then cut them, grind them, and punch them. With the establishment of textile factories, the demand for needles has become great, in order to meet such a demand, Shang Wu invented such a thing, you know, in ancient times, it took a long time to produce a needle, and Shang Wu's method can greatly improve production efficiency, which is for them. It's a big shock.

"Sir. Shouldn't we be asking for food? Or do you want to collect a part of the tax in advance? Ergou came to the arsenal with a notebook to find Shangwu and said.

"Sir, during this period of time, we have been living on this robbery of the officers and soldiers, and their food consumption is also very bad, plus there are so many factories, this food has been in a state of reluctance balance, if I hadn't borrowed some food from other places, I'm afraid our food would have been finished long ago." Ergou said in embarrassment. He had long wanted to alleviate the needs of the war by collecting food.

"Why?" Shangwu asked.

"Sir, our situation is really not good, and besides, the summer grain has already fallen. In this way, we can quickly solve such problems. Ergou said.

"No, I can't. Our grain cannot be expropriated yet, this is our commitment. Shang Wu said.

"Ahh Ergou almost jumped up excitedly. This means that their crisis is still very large, and if they do not solve this problem in time, it will be difficult to completely solve their situation.

"I know that you are under a lot of pressure, and in this case, I am also under pressure, but we can borrow, issue bonds, it is a necessary channel, and now the people have some food, we can borrow food, and give more, so that things can have a greater turnaround." Shang Wu said.

"This." Ergou nodded helplessly in agreement with such a plan.

But the question is how much food they can borrow, and how many people lend them food.

"Da-da-da-da. Da-da-da. Sir, sir. There's big news. Little Beans rode a horse and came galloping. Horseback riding is already a skill that must be learned. Although Little Bean's equestrian skills are really not good? But after running for a while, there is no problem.

"Sir, report from the front." Little Beanzi said breathlessly. Shang Wu quickly opened the report and looked.

"Quick. Gather immediately, all the weapons produced by the arsenal are put into battle, and Lao Tzu can't do it this time. Shang Wu said.

"Sir, is this going to be the rhythm of a big war?" Little Beanzi asked excitedly.

"Yes, there are not many people of 2,000, and there are no less, this is the period when we love Buddha in the sports war, order all the nearby villages to enter a state of alert, distribute weapons, strengthen vigilance, order the nearby troops, comprehensively block the official road, and bury more ** bags, to be dense. No matter how much, the logistics are all enough. Shang Wu gave the order. He had already made up his mind to eat more than two thousand people. Although it is not a lot, it is enough to give the martial army the confidence to win the sports war.

The headquarters of the Seven Regiments, they are located in the middle of the official road. The first regiments to ambush have already gone to form their own guerrilla zones. The Seventh Regiment accepted such an area and began their path of ambush guerrillas.

"Two thousand? Lao Tzu is determined. Zhou Dayan, the commander of the Seventh Regiment, looked at the simple map and said. Zhou Dayan turned out to be the Yellow Turban Army. Because of his big eyes and gods, he is called Zhou Dayan by others.

"Sir, there are less than six hundred people in our group, I'm afraid we can't eat so many people, right?" Chief of Staff Li Mou is a middle-aged man, he had some books in his early years, and then his family road was defeated and could not be carried out, and then he was coerced into the Yellow Turban Army, and then joined the Red Turban Army. Because he studied quickly, he was promoted to officer, and with some of his own plans, he became the chief of staff of the Seventh Regiment.

"What's wrong with six hundred? When there were only one or two hundred people, the chief dared to kill us, and we were still afraid of them, so we fought this battle. Command all the companies and get into combat mode. All the **s are buried. Wait for the arrival of the enemy. We will make it impossible for the enemy to enter and get out, and to suffocate on the official road. At the same time, let the nearby villages all enter the tunnels, the food is hidden, and the personnel enter the combat state. "The commander of the Seventh Regiment, Zhou Dayan, ordered.

"Yes, sir." The signal soldier received the order and hurriedly conveyed the mission. The only two horses in the regiment were from the communications squad.

"Sir." Li Mou also planned to let his chief think about it, but the other party had already waved his arm to make the other party stop.

"That's it. We must have a fighting spirit, and if we dare to think, we will definitely be able to eat this force of officers and soldiers. Zhou Dayan said resolutely.

"Let's do a good job and see if we can eat each other." Zhou Dayan said. The two of them then began to plan.

Dong Zhuojun Zhong. The infantry was in front, the cavalry was behind, the infantry spread out as much as possible, while maintaining a certain combat distance, and they moved forward cautiously, this was the only way they could think of to deal with it. After all, all at once it was blown up. There is simply no way to live.

"Boom." An explosion was heard.