Chapter 13 The Many Uses of Gunpowder
There is no doubt that Gao Huaide has an opinion about Wen. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In his opinion, Wen is a minister, for personal interests, he disregards the interests of the country and the dynasty, and such a thing as divine thunder can not be owned by an individual. If it weren't for the fact that he was too selfish, but had handed over Shenlei to the imperial court earlier, the situation in Zezhou would have been a different story, and the lives of more than 50,000 soldiers who died in battle might have been saved.
With this mentality, Gao Huaide doesn't have a good face for Wen Nature. Five hundred and eighty miles away, Gao Huaide's words for Wen only have two words: hurry.
Under the persecution of Gao Huaide, Wen, whose whole body was about to fall apart, finally rushed to the Zezhou camp.
The usual military camps are solemn and rigorous, but at this moment, the Zezhou camp is full of a kind of sadness, from the ordinary soldiers on duty to the middle-level generals, everyone's expressions exude a kind of death atmosphere.
This is a psychological disorder formed after the drastic reduction of the number of troops in the army.
Such an army is only a thin line away from collapse.
At such a time, the slightest disturbance could lead to a tragic outbreak.
Had it not been for the encouragement of the Emperor's personal expedition, this army might have collapsed long ago.
The situation of the rebels must have been even more miserable, but they were able to hold on without the slightest intention of giving up resistance.
This made Wen very puzzled.
When he first arrived at the barracks, he didn't have time to rest, but he was led by Zhao Lao Er to stand in front of the camp, and the generals looked at the fortified Zezhou City silently without saying a word.
Wen Ze, who was standing at the back of the team, listened to Shi Shouxin's whispered explanation of the combat situation in the past few days, and when he heard that more than 50,000 soldiers had been lost in battle, the look on his face was shocked.
"General Shi, the rebel soldiers led by Li Yun are so strong?" Surprised.
"The resistance of the rebels was beyond our expectations, and it was difficult for the elite of the imperial forbidden army to defeat them, which shows that there must be a master among the enemy army." Shi Shouxin said in a deep voice.
"General Shi, the court summoned Wen to come, it won't be for me to deal with some high-ranking person, right?" Sniff inquired.
Shi Shouxin glanced at Wen lightly and said, "What do you say?" ”
"General Shi, you look down on me!" Wen said a little unconvinced.
As soon as Shi Shouxin wanted to answer, Zhao Lao'er's voice sounded from the front.
"Where is Wen Qing?"
Hearing Zhao Laoer's voice, Wen immediately took a few steps forward and saluted: "Weichen Wen, please see Your Majesty." "When he heard that he was saying goodbye, he didn't bow down for a long time, but he just bowed his hand there.
"Wen Qing's family, excuse me." Zhao Lao Er's figure did not move, and said casually. His eyes kept looking at the solid Zezhou City, and he continued after a while: "Wen Qing's family, now that the military situation is urgent, I announce that you have come to Zezhou for an urgent visit, just for the siege of Zezhou. I hope that the Wen Qing family will follow the example of Yan Shen and collapse the city wall of Zezhou with divine thunder, which will not be a miracle in the world, and can save the lives of many soldiers. ”
Looking at the swarthy city wall of Zezhou in the distance, towering above the earth like an ancient beast, he was silent for a while.
Does this damn Zhao Lao Er think that gunpowder is an almighty plug-in?!
The Yanshen city wall is a product of the Tang Dynasty three hundred years ago, built of earth and gravel, after hundreds of years of wind and rain, it has long been decayed, and gunpowder can completely destroy it.
The city wall of Zezhou is a huge stone foundation, with stone tracks, brick and stone paving, clay glutinous rice caulking, such a city wall is difficult to blow up with nitroglycerin explosives in later generations. Counting on the now immature black powder to blow up the rock-solid city wall of Zezhou is simply whimsical.
"Your Majesty, the power of such a thing as gunpowder is actually very limited, and it is very difficult to blow up the city wall of Zezhou." Wen said helplessly.
"Wen Qing's family, there is no need to be thin, I am talking about divine thunder, not gunpowder." Zhao Lao Er said with a somewhat unhappy expression. As an emperor who wants to ask his courtiers for help, his face is already a little unbearable, and he is still shirking this news, which is simply not what to do.
"Your Majesty, what Weichen inherited from his ancestors and saints is gunpowder, not the divine thunder developed by Zhou Qingshan, the first disciple of Taoist Dragon and Tiger Mountain. Therefore, Weichen's gunpowder can only blow up the adobe city wall like Yanshen County, and there is nothing to do about the Zezhou city wall built of boulders. Wen said truthfully. Military affairs must not be sloppy, and it is better to be blamed by Zhao Lao Er now than to boast about Haikou. Now the power of black powder is 100% useless against the city wall of Zezhou, and if the city wall is not blown up at that time, he will be punished for the crime of bullying the king, and death without a place to bury is the only end.
Hearing Wen's answer, Zhao Lao Er turned around, looked at Wen, and said solemnly: "Wenjue, but you don't want to do your best for the country?" ”
Isn't that wronged? As a descendant of Huaxia Miao, he naturally hopes that Huaxia will prosper for thousands of years, so he directly showed his hole cards and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Wechen will dedicate the secret recipe of gunpowder to the court without reservation, and Your Majesty will naturally know that what Wechen said is true." ”
Zhao Lao Er pondered for a moment and said, "Compared with gunpowder and divine thunder, who is better?" ”
"Your Majesty, please allow Weichen to speak boldly, gunpowder and divine thunder are actually a kind of thing, and Weichen believes that the gunpowder he has mastered is the most powerful existence." Wen directly dispelled Zhao Laoer's luck, when was this time, and he was still thinking of using foreign objects to open the current stalemate.
"Oh, has the Wen Qing family seen the divine thunder developed by Zhou Qingshan?" Zhao Lao Er asked.
Divine thunder, divine thunder, there is no end!
Wen was a little angry and said: "Your Majesty, gunpowder and divine thunder are just different names for the same thing, and Weichen doesn't believe that Zhou Qingshan will develop a more powerful type of gunpowder." "With the current chemical conditions, black powder is the limit, and it is impossible to upgrade to nitroglycerin explosives.
"Wen Qing's family, so determined?" Zhao Lao Er continued to ask.
Hearing this, he could see that Zhao Laoer, the commander of a hundred battles, had pinned all his hopes on gunpowder, but when he heard that gunpowder could not take Zezhou City, his confident and invincible imperial heart had been loosened.
Zezhou City must be captured, otherwise the Great Song Dynasty that has just been established will be full of smoke, but the gunpowder with high hopes cannot make a contribution, and there is no hope of capturing Zezhou City, Zhao Lao Er now has a trace of despair in his heart.
"Your Majesty, there are thousands of means to attack the city, why should we love a flower." Wen said in a reassuring tone.
“........ Unrequited love for a flower? What good advice does Wen Qing's family have? "Zhao Lao Er doesn't understand what unrequited love is, but he can understand that Wen seems to have some good idea to attack the city.
Unrequited love for a flower, this is purely a smooth mouth, Wen diverted the topic and said: "Your Majesty, gunpowder has many uses, and blowing up the city wall is just one of them." ”
"If we don't blow up the walls, how can we storm the city?" Zhao Lao Er wondered.
"Your Majesty, we don't need to storm the city, we just need to invite the rebels out." Unfathomable and profound.