Chapter 6: Gunpowder
"Your Majesty, even if there is cement now, the Tang Dynasty still does not know who will win and who will lose in the Turkic war." Mo Shuyu looked at Li Shimin, who was lying in the bath and squinting and drinking Sanle pulp. "Although cement can build fortifications, the Turks are 200,000 cavalry, and they are not good at attacking cities."
", is it to lend him a hundred guts, and he dares to seek Chang'an?" Li Shimin said angrily when he heard this.
"What Your Majesty said is very true, but it is the Jieli Khan who does not dare to attack Chang'an that is what we need to worry about, the Turkic cavalry, if we hold Chang'an for a long time, the Turks will not be able to attack the city, I am afraid that we will loot the surroundings of Chang'an."
"The strategy that the minister said before has three steps, which are divided into introduction, ambush, and destruction."
"Now there are only 100,000 soldiers and horses around Chang'an, do you still want to annihilate them?" Li Shimin heard what Mo Shuyu said, put on his clothes, waved his hand, and signaled the soldiers by the door to move the seats, with the four treasures of the study, recording what Mo Shuyu said.
Mo Shuyu looked at this posture, this is the orthodox monarch and minister playing the right mode, turned around and looked at Li Shimin, sitting by the bath.
"Boy, say it, what are you doing in a daze? Itchy skin again? Seeing that Mo Shuyu was stunned, Li Shimin raised his fist and said that he should hurry up and say that he would not say anything about pumping you. I don't need to remember that. Then he turned to the living man who was writing a book.
When the living room heard this, he crossed out a few more sentences with a pen. It seems that he can't record every word that the great Second Majesty Li Er said is a little dissatisfied.
"One is to lead the Turks to one place, this plan is to prevent the Turks from plundering our Tang people, and also to be able to annihilate them in one fell swoop." Mo Shuyu touched his chin and thought about it, "The Turks' southward movement is nothing more than looting materials, and the cavalry has always been insufficient, Your Majesty might as well clear the wilderness and force the Turks to fight a decisive battle with us." ”
"The second is to ambush, and when the Turkic soldiers come to Chang'an, then the Turks will be short of food and grass, and they will fight a decisive battle with Your Majesty, and Your Majesty only needs to set up a position with them to confront them, and it only takes an hour for the ministers to make the Turkic army of 200,000 have no bones." Mo Shuyu touched the sweat on the tip of his nose, grabbed the iced Sanle pulp on the side and took a big sip. Even though it's comfortable to soak in the bath, you can't stand it after a long dog day.
"Could it be that you want to use the immortal method? Otherwise, how can you annihilate an army of 200,000 in one hour? Li Shimin listened to Mo Shuyu's words, his eyes widened and he expressed disbelief.
"Hehe, the immortal law is not, and I won't either, but this thing is not much different from the immortal law, and it is very domineering." Mo Shuyu thought about the gunpowder that he spent a night configuring in the backyard, and it was indeed similar to the immortal method in the Tang Dynasty, and the gunpowder thing in the Tang Dynasty was that those alchemists who pursued immortality could occasionally blow up the furnace, but they didn't know the specific formula.
"Oh? Let me see what kind of object it is, it can make the bones of 200,000 troops disappear in an hour, if what you say is true, why should the Tang soldiers be afraid of the Turks, and the king will not dare to disobey. "Li Shimin, the largest landlord in the Tang Dynasty, thought that he would be able to have such a domineering weapon immediately, and his first reaction was to make a bigger landlord with bigger land." If this statement is true, let alone 10,000 yuan, why not give you all the treasury, haha. ”
"Your Majesty, please move to the backyard, the grass people rushed to make dozens of catties of gunpowder overnight yesterday, you can try it now."
"With these cans, you dare to say that you wiped out the Turkic army of 200,000 in one hour?" Li Shimin looked at several clay pots piled up in the corner. "Are you going to crush them to death in a clay pot?"
Without saying a word, Mo Shuyu picked up a clay pot and lit the fuse with a fire breaker, and threw it out of the wall with all his might. "Your Majesty, cover your ears."
"Boy, it's Qujiang Pond outside! You... Li Shimin watched Mo Shuyu throw the clay pot out, and just wanted to scold.
"Bang!" A column of water rushed up to the sky, and along with it, even the courtyard wall of several feet collapsed, and the water column drenched everyone in the backyard. Mo Shuyu turned around and looked at the guards, some people hurriedly protected Li Shimin, some people knelt on the ground and muttered to themselves, Li Shimin was no better at this time, and the whole person was swinging.
"This, is this caused by that can?" Li Shimin's lips were trembling.
"Protect Your Majesty, and quickly find out what caused this matter." Hundreds of guards guarding the periphery of the Taoist temple suddenly rushed in and surrounded Li Shimin, and the leader quickly ordered. "The minister's rescue is late, Your Majesty is frightened, please move back to the palace, it is a thunderbolt on a sunny day here, I am afraid that there will be a disaster."
“。。。 Roll the calves, there is a calamity, but I'm afraid it's a calamity for the Turks, hahaha! With this domineering thing, why can't I rule the four seas! Li Shimin kicked the guard and looked up to the sky and laughed. How much does this cost? ”
"Back to Your Majesty, the cost of gunpowder is not more than a few pennies, but... If you use a clay pot, you can only throw it into the water and fry the fish. ”
Li Shimin was just fantasizing about his unification of the four seas and his immortal achievements, but he was suddenly splashed with cold water by Mo Shuyu, "You mean, such a domineering object can only be fried fish?" Li Shimin stared at the bull's eye and looked at Mo Shuyu tremblingly.
"That's not it, Your Majesty, if the gunpowder is used in a clay pot and ignited and thrown out, the clay pot will not be able to withstand the force, and the gunpowder will not explode if it is broken." Mo Shuyu looked at Li Shimin's appearance, for fear that if he said a wrong word, Li Shimin would cut off his head. "However, if you use an iron can, I am afraid that people and animals will die within a radius of three zhang, and if you add iron nails, iron beads, iron pieces or something to it, you will lose your combat effectiveness within five zhang!"
"With a tin can? It is also possible to use iron cans, and the cost of using iron cans is only more than ten cents. Just how much gunpowder can be made in a day? Too little, I'm afraid it won't play much role in a campaign, and you have to work hard Sanfeng, the Turks will come to Chang'an in only half a month, so you should be tired and make more gunpowder. ”
"Huh? Your Majesty, anyone can make gunpowder, why do you want me to make it alone, I am tired and tired by myself, and I can't make much in half a month. "As soon as Mo Shuyu heard that he wanted an artificial gunpowder, his legs were weak, so he didn't say anything about being tired, the gunpowder was all saltpeter charcoal, and he had to grind it into powder, and he made this all day long, so he didn't have to go crazy." As long as there is a formula, according to the proportion, a woman can make hundreds of catties of gunpowder in a day. ”
Li Shimin looked at Mo Shuyu, touched his chin and didn't speak for a long time.
"Come on, go and surround the court, and all the maids and eunuchs in the palace will be sent to the Xi Palace Bureau (the place where the Tang Dynasty trained palace maids and eunuchs. In addition, loyal and righteous men were selected from the army, promoted to the third rank, rewarded with 10,000 gold, and sent to the court to make gunpowder, and were allowed to enter but not to leave! ”
When Mo Shuyu heard these orders, his heart was secretly refreshed, Li Shimin still didn't let me make gunpowder after all, but the sergeant who went to make gunpowder was afraid that he would not be able to come out in this life.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to make gunpowder in the palace, gunpowder is flammable, and you can't see a little spark, if there is a fire, I'm just afraid..."
"Find a vacant land around Chang'an City, build a gunpowder bureau, and transfer all the people in the court when it is built. Send Qianniuwei and Jinwuwei to guard, sentry for ten miles, and those who trespass will be killed! ”