Huang Zide did withdraw all the soldiers and horses under Kaifeng City, and indeed retreated to Zhongmu as the imperial court's good news said, and recalled the troops assigned to other places to the vicinity of Zhongmu. But the reason he did it wasn't because he was shot while he was breaking the lockdown. The main reason is that he wants to gather the team and then start to comprehensively implement the reform of the military supervision system. By the way, you can also try to use this contraction to try again to see if you can deceive the court.

We set the time back to ten days ago, when Liu Jiexuan had already come up with a set of drill manuals that Xuanyi Daoist called the No. 1 trial version, and was ready to start implementing it throughout the army. It's just that many of the troops are now on combat missions, and there will be a lot of trouble in implementing this new set of things. So Liu Jiexuan simply proposed to Huang Zide: Temporarily stop military operations, spend a few days, gather everyone, and carry out this set of methods.

"Anyway, we don't really want to knock Kaifeng down. We have just killed Fu Yuanxian, and in a while, there will be no rescuers from the imperial court. Let's just gather the people and spend a few days to put this set of trial drills together for a few days to see how effective it is. ”

"Lao Liu, does the Taoist support this idea?" Huang Zide asked.

"I discussed it with the Taoist chief, and the Taoist chief said that concentration has the advantage of centralization, and decentralization also has the benefit of decentralization; Fast has the benefit of being fast, and slow has the benefit of being slow. Anyway, Dao Chief, he thinks it's not a big deal, whatever. ”

"What about Mr. Niu?" Huang Zide asked again.

"Mr. Niu, he thinks it's better to hurry up." Liu Jiexuan said, "Mr. Niu, he is willing to learn, willing to work, has a good foundation, and will be a good material for managing things in the future." However, his understanding of things in the army is still limited. So what he said, just listen to it for the time being. ”

Huang Zide listened, but before he could answer, Huang Guo next to him interjected: "Second uncle, I think Uncle Liu's idea is good, and it takes a short time like this." And we can just plan and see if we can deceive the officers and soldiers over there in Huguang. ”

When Liu Jiexuan heard this, he said, "Little tiger, you have the most tricks." Tell me, what can you do? ”

Huang Guo said: "Let's continue to attack Kaifeng first, and make a posture of attacking Kaifeng in one fell swoop." Well, we have already killed Fu Yuanxian, and now we are going all out to attack Kaifeng, isn't it? Then when it was critical, I put on the clothes of the second uncle, put on the felt hat of the second uncle, rode the horse of the second uncle, dressed up as the second uncle, and went to the front to supervise the battle in person, and then I hid an arrow in the saddle, and when I had an opportunity, I held the arrow and covered my chest, pretended to be hit by the arrow, and then flipped off the horse. Then they lifted me up and pulled me back. Then let's retreat to Zhongmu, gather all the nearby troops to have a meeting to study, and try out that set of drills. When the officers and soldiers saw that we suddenly tightened our troops, they would definitely feel that the second uncle was really injured, and he was seriously injured. The court will definitely think, we just fought two battles in a row, and now the second uncle is seriously injured again, and his life and death are unknown, so it's strange if they don't take the opportunity to come over and take advantage of it, the easiest to come over must be Zuo Liangyu over there in Huguang. Zuo Liangyu, this guy, has always run fast when he has a cheap advantage. As long as he believes it, most of the time he will come running around, and then we will give him a good-looking ......"

Liu Jiexuan listened, stared at Huang Guo with squinted eyes for a long time, and then said, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it!" I thought that only a little white face like Daoist Xuan Yi shaking a feather fan could come up with such an idea of pitting people to die without losing their lives, but I didn't expect that a guy like your little tiger could come up with such a black-hearted idea! Well, in the future, your uncle and you will have to pay more attention, otherwise, I don't know when you will be sold! Hahaha! ”

Huang Guo looked at Liu Jiexuan, and he didn't know what to say. Shang Xiuying, who was on the side, interjected: "Lao Liu, if you say so, then Daoist Xuanyi will be your deputy, aren't you going to be unable to sleep?" ”

Liu Jiexuan smiled: "What's the matter? How is that possible? Sister-in-law, do you think, the Taoist is so cunning, he really wants to calculate me, I can prevent it if I don't sleep? Since we can't prevent it, we should naturally eat and eat, and sleep and sleep, right? But the little tiger is different. I used to think that Little Tiger was similar to me, and they both lived by being able to cut their lives. Unexpectedly, now it seems that he is going to shake the fan. Well, the little tiger is good, and he has made great progress after reading some books! Sister-in-law, I think this is a good solution. ”

Shang Xiuying looked Huang Guo up and down again, and then said to Huang Zide: "If you want to say that Ah Guo's figure is really not much similar to you, wearing your outfit, looking at it from a distance, it is estimated that it can really deceive many people." Boss, what do you think of this idea? ”

Huang Zide thought for a while and said: "I also think I am capable, but let's still invite the Taoist chief and Mr. Niu to come over and discuss it together. ”

This idea was also supported by the Xuanyi Daoists. Liu Jiexuan put forward a new suggestion, that is, to use gunpowder to blast. In his previous life, Liu Jiexuan also played this trick, but he didn't know the principle of the explosion, he just dug a few holes under the city wall, poured gunpowder into it, and then used a little fire...... Well, the result, fire. Medicine is not fried. Medicine, can only deflagrate, not explode. If it is not sealed, it will burn quickly and will not explode. So the hole was just smoking and blazing, and in the end it had no effect except for the hole being blackened.

"General Liu's idea is very interesting, but this gunpowder is going to explode, but it is also particular." Xuan Yi said.

"What's so important?" Liu Jiexuan asked.

"If gunpowder is going to explode, it must be sealed." Xuan Yi replied, "General Liu has played with firecrackers, right?" ”

"Played."

"If the firecracker is not tightly lit, will it explode if it is lit?" Xuan Yi asked again with a smile.

Liu Jiexuan said: "That's right, I sprinkled gunpowder on the ground and lit it, but it was just a flame, and it really didn't explode." So how do you blow it up? Fill all the holes dug with gunpowder? And then press it tightly? It's not easy to get it, and it's not easy to press it down on the battlefield. ”

"And if there is moisture in the hole, it will be even more difficult to use." Shang Xiuying also said.

"There's still a way." Xuan Yi said, "We used a wooden container in advance, filled it with gunpowder, pressed it firmly, sealed the mouth, and left only the fuse. Like, like an elm cannon without an opening. If the elm cannon is filled with too much gunpowder, it will explode. If we make a bigger barrel, stuff it with gunpowder, and seal the mouth of the barrel, it will be more powerful. ”

"What's so troublesome?" Liu Jiexuan said, "Make a good coffin, brush the barrel of oil, you can cut off the moisture, and then stuff it with gunpowder, press it, and then nail it up, leave a hole, and drag a fire rope outside." When the hole is dug, just stuff it inside, and it's all right. Well, I want to say that we also happened to try this method, if this method works, it will be much easier for us to attack the city in the future. ”

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Two days later, the revolutionary army launched another attack on Kaifeng. To say that the "thief army" is attacking the city, it is not a new thing for the officers and soldiers defending the city. Some soldiers were even looking forward to the thieves coming to attack the city, because it meant that they would have more silver in their hands.

But Gao Gao Ping and Chen Yongshou are still quite nervous. Because they are worried that the "thief army" is going to come for real this time. Because they had just defeated the imperial court's reinforcements and killed the governor of the imperial court, their morale was high, and in a short period of time, the imperial court could not send new reinforcements, so they could attack the city wholeheartedly.

Today's siege of the "thief army" is really not the same as before. Although it is still aimed at a section of the city wall that is not too important, the "thief army" has sent a lot of personnel. There are more than 10,000 people. However, most of these people lined up and waited far away, and there were still only a few people rushing over, and they didn't bring ladders or anything, and many of them were holding pickaxes and the like.

"What are they going to do?" Gao Gao Ping looked at these thieves and asked the chief soldier Chen Yongshou.

Chen Yongshou said with a calm face: "The thief army is planning to come. They were going to dig up the walls. ”

"Dig up the walls?" "How did you dig the city wall?" Is it to dig a hole to come in? ”

"How many people can come in by digging a hole?" Chen Yongshou said, "They first hollowed out the bottom of the city wall, and at the same time supported it with wood, so that the city wall would not fall down for the time being." When enough digging is done to make the wall fall, it is estimated that the wall will fall, so the wood supported by the torch is burned to make the wall collapse. If the wall collapses, it becomes a slope, and it is easy for a large group of people to come up. Although it is not as convenient as directly controlling the city gate and tower, it is also much more convenient than climbing over the city wall. The thieves have an advantage in numbers, and if they really let them collapse a section of the wall, the city will be a little difficult to defend. ”

"How long will it take for the thieves to dig down the walls?" High school level did not panic.

"The rammed earth inside the Kaifeng city wall is added with glutinous rice juice and lime, where is it so easy to dig?" Chen Yongshou said, "It's not a month, don't even think about it." ”

"So what are they doing with so many people today? Are they all here to dig? Gao Gao Ping pointed to the more than 10,000 "thief soldiers" in the distance and asked.

"Where are so many people used? They were fighting back against us from going out of the city. Chen Yongshou explained.

"The general soldier is so familiar with the enemy's approach, he must have a countermeasure." Gao Gaoping asked again.

"Of course." Chen Yongshou said, "It will take at least a month to two months for the thief army to dig up the city wall. During this time, on the one hand, we can also counterattack from the city, although such a counterattack cannot stop the thief army from digging the city wall, but it can also kill and injure them, making them dig the city wall more slowly. On the other hand, during this time, we can also get ready behind the walls they have dug, such as digging trenches and building new walls. In short, where is there anything easy to siege? Well, these things will have to be organized by adults. ”

While the two were talking, the "thief army" had already rushed up.