"The platform, the city wall is of course used to guard against capture, but now the city wall is in the hands of the rebels, it has become the biggest obstacle to our army's march, if you can't break the city in time, variables are rampant, it will be very unfavorable to me, and if you forcibly attack the city, its urn city is outside, the inner city is inside, the three city walls are blocked, our army has no advantage in strength, and will pay huge losses!

At this moment, we should not worry about whether the city wall will be destroyed, but whether the rebels are peaceful, and the city wall can be rebuilt if it is destroyed, if these tens of thousands of soldiers are gone, it will really be gone, if we want to storm the city, how can we not have tens of thousands of lives? If you use tactics such as discord and persuasion, not only do you not know whether you can succeed, but you also waste time in vain, a wall and tens of thousands of lives, which is more important? ”

Wei Xuezeng looked at Xiao Ruxun's face, walked back to his chair and sat down, thought for a while, and said, "If I let you preside over this matter, how sure are you, and how much time and manpower will it take?" ”

Xiao Ruxun said: "Digging tunnels to the city is not a small risk, in order to avoid being identified by the enemy, several tunnels need to be excavated at the same time, starting from the most secret place of my large military camp tent, digging all the way to the bottom of the city wall, it is estimated that it takes a thousand people, as long as there is a tunnel successful, the prerequisites will be met, and then gunpowder, the end will be roughly estimated, about 20,000 catties of gunpowder will be needed, wrapped in a quilt, poured with tung oil to support combustion, with the fire rope as the lead, it will be ignited and detonated, grasp eighty, the time will take about one month. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Ridiculous!"

Before Wei Xuezeng could speak, a military general stood up, pointed at Xiao Ruxun and said dissatisfiedly: "This kind of thing is unprecedented, how can it be done by blowing up the city wall with gunpowder?!" Not to mention five tunnels, 1,000 people and 20,000 catties of gunpowder, do you think these are your own? ”

Xiao Ruxun stood up and glared angrily: "Since ancient times, which general would tell his emperor before he went out on a campaign that he would definitely be victorious?" Anything can happen on the battlefield, and who can guarantee that my strategy will not work? At present, the rebels occupy the fortified city, and it is not advantageous for us to attack the city, the longer the time, the greater the variables, and the soldiers will lose 1,000 men in three days of siege, how many 1,000 men do we have to lose? ”

Wei Xuezeng patted his armrest and said angrily: "Sit down!" ”

Xiao Ruxun and the general had no choice but to sit down together.

But sit down, Wei Xuezeng still hasn't made up his mind, when everyone is waiting for Wei Xuezeng's final decision, someone came to spread the word: "Gansu Governor Ye Mengxiong led the army to arrive, please see the platform!" ”

Wei Xuezeng stood up, nodded and said, "Please!" ”

Ye Mengxiong? That firearms expert, Ye Mengxiong, the maker of Ye Gong Shen's gun?

Xiao Ruxun had a little more expectation, looked outside the tent, and after a while, a solemn old man wearing leather armor and a helmet opened the military tent and stepped into it, and the generals stood up together.

"Gansu Governor Ye Mengxiong has seen the Taiwan!"

Ye Mengxiong bowed towards Wei Xuezeng.

"Hahaha! Male! I've been waiting for you for a long time! ”

Wei Xuezeng laughed and helped Ye Mengxiong up, and at this time, the generals behind Wei Xuezeng also saluted Ye Mengxiong together: "The last general will see Futai!" ”

Ye Mengxiong also returned the salute, and then was pulled by Wei Xuezeng to sit down beside him, and said: "Male Zhao, you came just in time, the old man has a big problem here to ask you for advice, you know firearms, know gunpowder, the old man knows a little about firearms and gunpowder, and he doesn't dare to say anything." ”

Ye Mengxiong said with a smile: "It's okay to make Taiwan. ”

Wei Xuezeng looked at Xiao Ruxun and motioned for Xiao Ruxun to speak, Xiao Ruxun stood up and stepped forward, and saluted Ye Mengxiong: "The last general, Ningxia Counselor, will guard Xiao Ruxun in Pingyu City, and meet Futai!" ”

Ye Mengxiong let out an "oh", stood up and stepped forward to help Xiao Ruxun: "You are Xiao Ruxun?" ”

"The last general is exactly!"

Xiao Ruxun replied.

"Sure enough, it's extraordinary, the old man has already heard about your bloody battle against the city and the attack on Ningxia Town, and I heard that you are particularly good at using firearms? Defeated the 3,000 captives found by Bibai with firearms? ”

Looking at Ye Mengxiong's rather curious look, Xiao Ruxun nodded: "Back to Futai, the last general designed to lure the Biyun rebel thief and the Rabbit to the inner city and the outer city, and set up firearms on all sides to shoot them, so that the enemy army was in chaos, scrambling to flee outward, and there were not a few people who trampled on each other. ”

Ye Mengxiong nodded, with a look of appreciation: "It seems that you are a rare general who is good at using firearms among the generals of the Nine Sides, and you have set up a bird team and an artillery team, right?" As far as the old man knows, in the Ming army, there is only the army of Zhejiang. ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded: "The last general knows a little about how to use firearms, and trains the bird gun team with Mu Wangying's three-stage rotation shooting method in the past, and makes the gunners proficient in the method of replacing the gun, forming a continuous firepower strike, shortening the time required to replace ammunition, which can enhance the power of firearms, so that firearms are not as flashy as the army thinks." ”

Ye Mengxiong then asked, "You only use bird guns and artillery?" ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded again: "The last general thinks that the most practical firearm for individual weapons is the bird gun, which is more suitable for individual combat use than the five-thunder god machine three-eyed gun, and the most practical heavy firearms are the Furlong machine gun and the Ye Gong God gun!" ”

"Oh? Will you also use the gun used by the old man in the past? Ye Mengxiong suddenly felt that he had met a peer, a rare peer, and then asked with interest: "What are you talking about the old man's guns?" ”

Xiao Ruxun replied like a stream: "The key point of the gun made by Futai is that it is convenient to move, and it can even be pushed up the hill to condescendingly cannon, and my Ming cannon is so cumbersome and difficult to walk, it can only be used to defend the city and cannot be used in the field, which greatly limits the field combat ability of my Ming army."

But Ye Gong's gun can be convenient with the army, at any time to fire artillery, attack the enemy in the field, it is really a good artillery, the last general before the expedition ordered to transform all the Franc machine guns in the city into car artillery, all the way to the expedition, relying on the car artillery invincible and disadvantaged, before the war at will to send artillery bombardment to the enemy formation, wait for the enemy army to be in chaos, and then with the horse team sword and shield hand impact, a drum down! ”

The generals whispered underneath, and Wei Xuezeng seemed to have some understanding, and lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking.

Ye Mengxiong stroked his palms and smiled: "Today I finally saw the general who really understands the cannon made by the old man, General Xiao, the general of the nine sides does not like firearms, and discards them because they are difficult to operate, but it is rare to meet a general like you who is good at using firearms, the car cannon you transformed, and your bird gun team, the old man is lucky to see it?" ”

Xiao Ruxun said with a smile: "If you want to see Futai, you have nothing to do." ”

Ye Mengxiong laughed again, and then seemed to think of something, and hurriedly said: "I've been talking about firearms, and I forgot what the old man asked the old man to ask for the table, General Xiao, is that the question you raised?" ”