Zhu Hongsan was eating and talking here, and he was a little restrained at first, but then he drank too much rice wine, and when he tasted these authentic hometown dishes, the conversation began to open and he talked endlessly with Wang Wan'er. Now I will tell Zhu Hongsan about the past 20 years and Wang Wan'er thoroughly, when I was a child, the family environment was difficult, and I was reluctant to eat it as a fish lady, so I had to keep it to myself; and Zhu Hongyi's stepmother treated him badly, and his wife looked angry and came to the door to fight with his uncle; and Zhu Hongsan praised how sensible he was when he was a child, and he knew how to earn money for his family at a young age; and how to make fun of Ma Xiaofang when he is older, until he and Ma Xiaofang get married, Zhu Hongsan is drunk, and he falls asleep on the table!

Looking at Zhu Hongsan, Wang Wan'er sighed in her heart, it turned out that big heroes were the same as ordinary people. In the past, Wang Wan'er felt that these people were pretending to be the world and subjects in their hearts, and there would be no such thing as a love affair between children and daughters, but I didn't think that today I heard Zhu Hongsan spit out the truth after drinking, and it turned out that the emperor was also a human being, and he also had seven emotions and six desires like ordinary people, and he also had joys, sorrows, and sorrows.

Li Chengen saw that Zhu Hongsan was drunk, and asked in a low voice: "Mrs. Wang, the old slave serves you to sleep with Your Majesty!" ”

Wang Wan'er has just been admitted to the harem for less than a month, and he is not used to being in the house watching himself undress and sleep, even if it is a eunuch, now when he heard Li Chengen say this, he hurriedly said: "Gonggong Li doesn't have to work hard for you, I will serve Your Majesty!" Grandpa Li went out to rest! ”

Li Chengen knew that Wang Wan'er was shy, so he didn't break it, so he ordered the little eunuch outside the house to go into the house to clean up the wine and food, and then retreated.

Wang Wan'er helped Zhu Hongsan to the bed, then dragged off his clothes to serve him to sleep, and lay down next to Zhu Hongsan in his clothes.

Wang Wan'er was lying on the bed, listening to the sound of raindrops outside hitting the cowhide tent, and couldn't help but think of her dead ghost father-in-law, how good it would be if she didn't get married, I believe that if she met Zhu Hongsan first, she would definitely fall in love with him! At this time, Wang Wan'er began to change in her heart towards Zhu Hongsan, from her original resistance to liking.

Of course, one is a big man who spans half of China, and the other is a literati who hides at home all year round to study, and Zhu Hongsan's personality charm is comparable to that dead ghost nerd.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, now it is almost November, I did not expect such a heavy rain around Nanjing, the climate of the Xiaoice River has gradually warmed up in recent years, Nanzhili here only has a few days of snow in December every year, the others are above zero, but such a heavy rain in the winter month is also very rare.

Wang Wan'er listened to the rhythmic sound of the rain and slowly fell asleep, and at one o'clock in the middle of the night, she suddenly felt someone calling softly at the door: "Your Majesty!" Your Majesty! There is an important military situation! ”

Although Zhu Hongsan drank a lot of alcohol, his perennial military career made him very alert, and Wang Wan'er hadn't reacted before Zhu Hongsan jumped up.

When he came to the door and opened the curtain, a cold air entered the tent, and Zhu Hongsan's spirits were lifted. He glanced at a group of people standing outside the tent, led by Zhao Guodong.

"What's going on? What is the important military information? ”

"Your Majesty, the scout we left by the river just now came with the news that there was the sound of a large group of people crossing the river, but it was raining and dark, and he didn't see the number of people!"

It seems that the Manchu Qing are ready to make a move.

"What's going on around the barracks?"

"There is no news around now, but now the rain is too heavy, the visibility is less than 100 meters, and the minister is not sure of his idea, so I came to ask for instructions!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said: "Very good, Zhao Guodong, you order the 123rd Regiment of the 2nd Division to all get up and prepare for battle, and you have to do it quietly, don't make any noise!" ”

At this time, Li Chengen also entered the tent and helped Zhu Hongsan get dressed neatly. Wang Wan'er had woken up now, saw Zhu Hongsan put on his armor, stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, is the Qing army coming?" ”

Zhu Hong said while dressing under Li Chengen's service: "The military situation is unknown now, but I estimate that the Qing army is around!" You go to sleep first, you won't be able to sleep after a while, I don't know when this battle will last! ”

Seeing that Zhu Hongsan got dressed up and walked out of the camp, he and Zhu Hongyi, who had been waiting for a long time, rode on their horses and roared away. Wang Wan'er was very scared in her heart, he had seen the Qing army's skilled archers and horses in Hangzhou, and heard that the Manchurians were invincible, and there were tens of thousands of Qing troops on the other side, so he didn't know if he could win this time!

The new army in Guangzhou has a total of 50,000 people, which is more than the number of people in a county town, and the natural camp covers a large area, from Zhu Hongsan's big tent to the south gate is a full three miles.

Zhu Hongsan ordered the three regiments to be mobilized first, and at this time, there were already officers calling out the soldiers, and some people were lining up in the heavy rain.

Looking at these soldiers who were drenched in the rain, Zhu Hongsan scolded in his heart: The Qing army is really good at picking the time, now that the rain is so heavy, the power of his firearms can't be exerted by thirty percent, and it is estimated that he will suffer a loss!

When he came to the south gate, Zhao Guodong was carefully listening to the sound outside. It's the middle of the night, it's still in the wilderness, and it's raining, so you can't see anything at all a hundred meters outside the camp.

Zhu Hongsan came to the front and also learned from Zhao Guodong, picking up the wicker walled and listening carefully. Zhu Hongsan's camp is not made of wood, which is labor-intensive and costly, not to mention the main reason for delaying time. Zhu Hongsan purchased a large number of wicker baskets in Guangdong, this kind of thing is light and does not occupy space, a big cart can pull hundreds, to each large basket loaded with soil, and then built up layer by layer, it is an artificial earth city, in this era to resist bows and arrows and small power muskets and artillery is no problem.

But this kind of thing is afraid of rain, and now this kind of heavy rain has reduced the soil in the basket by one-third, and it has to be reinforced by human hands.

Zhu Hongsan listened to the sound outside, except for the sound of rain, there was no sound, it shouldn't be like someone outside.

"Dog, what do you hear?"

"Your Majesty, the minister didn't hear any sound! Didn't the Qing army meet us and go back to Nanjing? Zhao Guodong looked back at the camp, and it was impossible, although there were not many lights in the camp, the rainproof lanterns at several gates were still bright, and this thing could be seen no matter how far away.

"Your Majesty, is it that the Qing army is not going to attack from the south gate, but is going to take a detour through other gates?"

Zhu Hongsan nodded, this possibility is not impossible. "Pass the order down, let the gates strengthen their vigilance! Report something immediately! ”

As soon as Zhu Hongsan finished speaking, he saw a knight galloping over on a horse. "Report! Your Majesty, the North Gate has found movement! ”

As soon as Zhu Hongsan and the others heard the news, they got on their horses and headed towards the north gate.

There was a battalion guarding the north gate, and the battalion commander saw that the emperor himself was coming, and hurried a military salute.

"Tell me quickly, what's the military situation!"

"Your Majesty, sir, I just heard movement outside, but I couldn't hear it when I listened closely, so I had someone dig a hole and put a large vat inside! Your Majesty, listen to you, sir! ”

Zhu Hongsan came to the front of the vat, lay down and listened, there was really a sound in the vat, there was a rhythmic knocking sound, very similar to the sound of people walking on the ground.

It should be the footsteps of the Qing army, after all, it is impossible for tens of thousands of people to not move at all.

Zhu Hongsan stood up and looked outside at the battlement, but still found nothing, there was a sound of rain outside, and he couldn't see anything.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the army cannon on the side and said, "Rush outside and try a shot!" ”

When the camp was built, there was a fire port for the artillery by the wall, and a grass hut was built to protect it from the rain. The battalion commander, having received the order, opened the plug of the artillery, loaded it into a powder bag, and asked: "Your Majesty, is it a shotgun or a solid one?" ”

The distance of the shotgun is close, the solid bullet is too far away to have no effect, if there is a Qing army on the opposite side, Zhu Hongsan estimates that the approximate location is within a mile, and this distance is just to try with a shrapnel.

"No, change the shrapnel!"

As soon as the battalion commander heard that he was using this, he hurriedly went back and brought a box of ammunition and put the shrapnel with the butt into the breech.

"Your Majesty, sir, this new type of cannonball is not stable yet, should you dodge it first!" The battalion commander is also kind, if he wants to blow up, it will be a bag of stew.

Zhu Hongsan scolded: "What's the matter, launch quickly!" ”

The battalion commander swallowed and spitted, he knew that his family would not have to live in case of a bombing, but the emperor's order was here, and he did not dare not listen to it, so he only prayed in his heart for the blessing of the gods of all directions, and then ignited the artillery.

It was the middle of the night, and the loud sound of the artillery was far away, and the other soldiers in the camp got up one after another to ask what was going on, knowing that in ancient times, the roar of the marching camp was the most terrifying, and everyone did not know what was going on, and it was easy to rout. However, Zhu Hongsan's grassroots officers once again played a role, suppressing their own soldiers one after another, and there was no major chaos.

The shrapnel is equipped with a stock, made of cork, because the gunpowder and projectile in the shrapnel are placed separately, so the role of the butt is to keep the shrapnel stable in flight, if the ammunition rolls and explodes, it cannot explode directionally, and the projectile cannot attack downward.

At the same time, because of the existence of the butt, it also plays a certain sealing role, because the butt is made of cork, which expands after the tail is stressed, and is tightly closed with the gun chamber, which fully exerts the force of gunpowder, so the range of the shrapnel is farther than that of the solid bullet.

At the same time, the gun has ignited the slow-burning gunpowder in the cork of the shell when it is discharged, and after two seconds of flight, the gunpowder ignites the detonating charge in the shell, and then pushes the partition under the gunpowder to shoot out the five submunitions on one side of the partition.

The perfect state of the shrapnel is that two seconds after it is fired, the shell explodes exactly 20 meters above the head of the enemy army, and at the same time kills and injures the enemy with the ejected submunitions. Because the processing technology is not up to standard, this new type of ammunition either explodes in advance or explodes on the ground, and only one-third of every 100 rounds can be fired into a perfect form, so Zhu Hongsan ordered not to use this new type of ammunition until the critical time.