Chapter 320: Resolute Counterattack
After the stars cut their feathers and returned, not only did they fail to deter Xiaoxiao, but they took the lives of dozens of brothers, which was a lot of regret, but there was nothing to be done about it.
Da Lang bandaged himself, and he didn't dare to say anything more in frustration, the matter was originally caused by himself, if he hadn't been in a hurry to behave and instigated the commander to fight, where would there be the consequences of losing the army? What else do you have to say now? Sullenly walking back with the stars, on the way he met Chen San's sergeant who rushed to inform King Chuang that he had something important to discuss, Da Lang became even more nervous, afraid that his uncle would arrest him and spend his own expenses.
Guo Tianxing saw that Da Lang was cowering and didn't dare to move forward, he knew his thoughts at the moment, patted his chest and said, this matter is borne by himself, and Da Lang should not worry too much.
After entering Huluyu and settling down with Dalang, treating the wounded, he went straight to Zhao Xing's office. Da Lang couldn't wait to take the opportunity to slip away, and hurriedly agreed to hide away.
Guo Tianxing thought that the ugly daughter-in-law would inevitably see her in-laws, and she was ready to accept Lu Shi's punishment.
But he told the whole process again, and waited for the next with anxiety, but saw that Lu Shi just frowned and said nothing, stood up, and began to pace slowly in the middle of the ground with his hands behind his back, and did not punish or complain to himself, and his heart was even more uneasy, knowing that since Lu Shi went up the mountain, he often had compassion for others, not to mention that his brother was killed or injured, and even in the face of the enemy, he kept telling everyone to kill as little as possible, this time he sent troops privately, and more than 30 people were killed and injured, Lu Shi must have been distressed, how could he be indifferent.
But seeing that Lu Shi was just pacing without saying a word, he suddenly thought that it was King Chuang who was not good at punishing himself.
For the future development of the base, Guo Tianxing gritted his teeth and gave up his old face, Huo stood up with a bang, walked to Lu Shi and knelt down on one knee and arched his hand; "It's because I don't listen to King Chuang's command and act recklessly, resulting in today's defeat, King Chuang wants to fight or kill, please don't hesitate, I'll bear it here, just don't be angry."
This time it frightened Lu Shi, who was pondering, he was worried about one thing, and he was too involved in it, and suddenly saw Tianxing kneeling on one leg in front of him, how not to be startled, hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said with a smile; "Commander, why do you say that? Hurry up, please, there are some things we will sit down and talk about. ”
Everyone also followed the persuasion, and Guo Tianxing stood up with a face of shame to find a seat and sat like a little daughter-in-law.
Lu Shi said with a smile; "Just now I remembered that I was too involved in one thing, but it caused a misunderstanding among the Grand Commander, which really shouldn't be. In fact, this time the commander was reckless, and he should not have sent troops without consulting everyone. ”
Guo Tianxing hurriedly stood up again, and said to Lu Shi ashamedly: "It's all mine, please-"
Lu Shi hurriedly shook his hand, pulled Tianxing to sit down, and then comforted: "But it is not wrong to send troops, if we don't dare to disobey our landlord Haoqiang, then let other landlords Haoqiang and poles think that we can be bullied, this knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger is still necessary, but the commander made the mistake of blindly sending troops with poor planning, so there is today's defeat, the commander and you should write down today's lesson." ”
Everyone hurriedly bowed their hands again and spoke to be taught.
Lu Shi continued: "Don't blame yourself, the commander is not here, after all, I have been too busy with the construction of the base area in the past few days and neglected the cottage military, if it wasn't for Brother Chen looking for me to have something important, I wouldn't know that there was a big event outside the mountain base area." ”
Wu Tao said with a smile to change the topic; "Don't push around, I, the military advisor, am at fault first, King Chuang is busy with the construction of the base, I should have sat in the cottage to share the worries of King Chuang and the commander, but I was derelict in my duty, and I should be punished."
Geng Kui was also about to stand up and speak, Lu Shizhan smiled and said; "Yes, let's not have a review meeting, let's let this matter go first, this battle is also a lesson and an experience."
"That's what King Chuang said, but why did things make you think so fascinated just now that you forgot about the things around you?" Wu Tao asked.
"This is really a big deal, this Zhaojiabao we must fight down, one is to knock the mountain and shake the tiger, and the other is that Zhaojiabao and that Zhang Yuan are in unison, and particularly arrogant, we laid down Zhaojiabao in advance, but also to other landlords who are colluding with Zhang Yuan Haoqiang a warning and deterrence, but also cut off one of Zhang Yuan's arms, this is considered to be a break, two things in one, so this battle is not to fight, and to fight quickly, can not be delayed."
Wu Tao said: "What the military advisor considers is that this is indeed a top priority. Then he frowned; But it is not easy to attack Zhaojiabao such a fortress with a large number of village warriors and Zhuang Ding guarding, not to mention that our spearmen are not good at attacking the city, not to mention listening to the explanation of the commander, this Zhaojiabao still has a lot of elm spray, so the battle is to attack the city day and night, and we will also be killed and wounded when we defeat Zhaojiabao, which is not in line with the original intention of King Chuang and us at the beginning of the establishment of the army. ”
"But is there any other way for my brother?" Chen San also intersected; "Isn't it like this in ancient times? Even if it takes advantage of the right time and place, it is just a flooding and siege, but no matter which one of them, there will be heavy casualties and implicate time. ”
"However, in order to survive and survive, our brothers in the cottage will not be afraid of death." Cao Meng's big hand was heroic for a while. Everyone nodded in agreement, their faces full of determination.
Yes, is it possible that now that life is better, the fighting spirit has been exhausted?
Lu Shi was overjoyed when he saw everyone's fighting spirit, but it was what he should do if he didn't die or die less, so he stood up and began to circle again, and said with a confident smile while spinning in circles; "Actually, you don't have to worry, I have a way to get down to the city quickly and reduce the casualties of my brothers."
Everyone's eyes lit up, King Chuang has always been resourceful, since there is a way to be unpredictable, everyone looks at Lu Shi with eager eyes.
"We can think about bombing the city." Lu Shi smiled and said lightly.
"That's right. Bombing the city is indeed a solution. Everyone immediately began to talk excitedly, but after a moment of joy, they all fell silent.
Lu Shi asked suspiciously; "Do the brothers have any objections to this method?"
Wu Tao coughed before covering his mouth; "It's not impossible to break into the king, but the method of bombing the city has existed since ancient times, but there are also several drawbacks."
"Tell me about it."
"The first thing to bomb the city is to dig a tunnel under the city, this is a big project, the tunnel is not close, you must not let the enemy know, once the enemy knows, the enemy will dig in the general direction of our tunnel, or use a big stone to smash, then our tunnel will collapse, all the previous efforts are lost, so to be far away, the enemy from far can not see. This is a huge project, this is not advisable, the second is undesirable, now we all know that there is a method of bombing the city, so each city wall in the construction of this factor is also considered, the city wall is used to lay a deep foundation with boulders, and when you dig under the city, it is often blocked by boulders, can not be blasted. Third, it is not advisable to have a deep moat outside the city wall, and when we dig the tunnel to this point, we must deepen it and prevent water penetration, which is even more difficult. Fourth, it is not advisable to have too much explosives, generally a section of the city wall wants to collapse without hundreds of catties or thousands of catties of explosives can not be obtained, so how many people have used the city bombing method in the past few hundred years? ’
Lu Shi didn't expect that he would get Wu Tao in a way, and he was really frustrated, and he also recalled that China had gunpowder for 5,000 years, and countless cities were broken during the thousands of years, and indeed few of them were broken by explosives.
But when I thought about it, I thought of the crux of the problem, and I was full of confidence at that time; "That was at the beginning, I wasn't there at the beginning, but now I'm here, I have three ** treasures, and it's not a problem to blow up the city, hahahaha."
Seeing that Lu Shi was confident, everyone was interested again and hurriedly asked.
"My first treasure is my mountain explosives, which can be worth hundreds of pounds of gunpowder power in a few dozen catties, so that we don't have to worry about the amount of explosives, and at the same time, we don't need such a large medicine room. So that we can reduce a lot of effort. ”
Everyone's eyes lit up, yes, the yam invented by King Chuang is indeed powerful, and half of the mountain wall will be blown down by dozens of catties, regardless of the city wall. But how can you transport it if you don't want it?
"My second treasure is the watering quilt." Everyone's eyes lit up again, yes, several battles, Geng Kui and the stars have seen the power of watering quilts, and the two layers of quilts are the lead emitted by the elm wood, but this thing is too heavy, a person with dozens of pounds of explosives and a hundred and ten pounds of quilts on top, can not move at all, such a strong man can only be done by Geng Kui, who has a celestial star, and everyone will look at the celestial star together. Geng Kui, the star of the sky, understood what everyone meant, stood up and said; "I'll do this job, and I'll make sure I don't make mistakes."
At that time, Lu Shi stopped with a smile; "Is it difficult for the Grand Commander to take risks in person? What if there's a mistake, I'm not a copycat sinner? "Don't wait for the stars to speak, wave your hand;" The mountain people have their own methods, and the commander only commands. ”
"What else can the military advisor do?"
Lu Shi knocked on the table with a smile. Everyone didn't know why Lu Shi just knocked on the table and didn't speak, but when he was wondering, Wu Tao and Chen San suddenly shouted together; "I see, the military advisor is really a good way."
The rest of the people saw that their brother understood, and hurriedly stepped forward to inquire.
"It's very simple, put a few quilts on the table and carry them by four people, and then put them down at the edge of the city, and everyone will dig the soil together." It dawned on everyone. They all applauded the military division for this law. But Zhao Xing found that this method was not enough. That is, although it can resist the bow and arrow, it cannot resist the repeated smashing of the boulder. As long as the people in the city aim at the table and smash it continuously, the people under the table will not be lucky, but the excavation chamber cannot be done at once, and it is not possible to do it in a moment just by breaking the masonry on the city wall.
Lu Shi loudly encouraged Zhao Xing's insight, but the conversation changed; "This is my magic weapon---- explosives pack." Everyone was busy asking what the explosives package was, but Lu Shi smiled and didn't answer, just arrived; "It's getting late, everyone go back and rest, and I'll show you tomorrow. Laughing and leaving, leaving a room full of confused people.