"The third brother is serious." Wang Kefan smiled and waved his hand.

Wang Sheng saw the power of gunpowder for the first time, and under the agitation of his mood, it is understandable that he praised a little too much, but he must remain calm......

The Chinese invented gunpowder, but it has not been fully utilized, so the city wall has always been the most reliable fortification, in ancient wars, the offensive and defensive battles around the city wall have developed almost to the extreme, a variety of offensive and defensive equipment and offensive and defensive tactics are dazzling, but in general, the defending side occupies an absolute advantage.

For example, when Li Zicheng's million-strong army besieged Kaifeng, he attacked many times before and after, but was repeatedly frustrated under the city wall...... If it weren't for the fact that the Yellow River is full of sediment and has caused a special hanging river topography caused by years of sedimentation, I don't know when Kaifeng will be conquered.

Another example is that the people of Jiangyin resisted the Qing Dynasty, only relying on the crude weapons of the people, in the face of the Qing army's tens of thousands of horses and horses for more than 80 days, the Zuihou Qing army transferred red-coated cannons to blast open the city wall and break the city.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Beijing, Nanjing, Datong, Xi'an ...... They all surrendered to the Qing army on their own initiative, and the Manchu soldiers occupied these important fortified cities without blood, so that they could quickly occupy most of China. If Li Zicheng could hold on to Beijing, Datong and Xi'an, or if the Ming army could hold on to Nanjing and Wuchang, it would take at least two years for the Manchus to reach south of the Yangtze River.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, if you want to break through the fortified cities of Beijing and Nanjing, there is only one way to besiege them for a long time, and the siege is a few months or even a year or two.

(By the way, the Battle of Yangzhou was a special case...... Shi Kefa insisted on Yangzhou, just met Kong Youde's Tianyou soldiers, the two sides launched a fierce artillery battle, Kong Youde's cannon is several times that of the Ming army, and the firepower is fierce, powerful, Yangzhou's city wall is still not strong enough, Zuihou city is broken to death. But if it is changed to Nanjing, Kong Youde's red-clothed cannon is also staring. ）

More than 200 years later, in the Taiping Rebellion, Hong Xiuquan's Taiping army swept south of the Yangtze River and was invincible for a while, which was of course because the Qing army at that time was rotten, but there was another important reason - the Taiping army mastered the jishu that used coffins to blow up the city wall, and it was almost invincible from Guangxi all the way to Nanjing!

However, Wang Kefan's level of science knowledge is limited, and he can only point out a general direction, and the blasting jishu of the Gongyi battalion needs to be improved.

Black powder is not a powerful TNT after all, with the current blasting jishu of the Gongyi battalion, there is no problem in blowing up the city wall of the county seat, and it may not be effective for the strong city of Fucheng, like the city wall of Wuchang Mansion is high and thick, and a coffin of black powder will blow up a corner of the city wall at most, and if it encounters the super city wall of Beijing and Nanjing, it is almost the same as tickling.

But in any case, it's a great feat!

In the future battle of the Gongyi Battalion, all the county seats, including some of the prefectures, are no longer strong fortresses, and there is no need to build siege equipment for a long time, and there is no need to pay a lot of sacrifices to attack the city, just like equipping the Eighth Route Army with howitzers, and no longer afraid of the devil's turret stronghold.

"This technique must not be easily leaked, otherwise there will be endless troubles!" Wang Sheng's tone was unusually solemn.

Wang Kefan couldn't help but be stunned.

Blowing up the city wall with a coffin, although it uses a lot of modern science knowledge, if someone has a heart to draw a scoop than a gourd, it is very easy to imitate if you puncture that layer of window paper, and if it is not controlled, it is easy to leak out.

According to Wang Kefan's original jihua, he was going to use Puqi as the first shiyan product and use black powder in siege warfare...... But in this way, the friendly forces will definitely find out the secret, and once it spreads, the other troops will definitely come to them for help, to help, or not to help?

If you don't help, you can't say it reasonably, you will definitely offend people, and it will greatly offend people, for example, Li Guo asked for their own heads, Wang Kefan really didn't know how to refuse.

If you help, sooner or later the secret will be revealed, and sooner or later the Qing army will master this kind of blasting jishu...... Now that the Qing army is on the offensive, it is undoubtedly a tiger with wings for them, and for the Ming army on the defensive, it is simply worse.

What's more, once this kind of blasting jishu is exposed, there will inevitably be a corresponding defense method, and the Gongyi battalion will lose its unique skill of housekeeping!

"What the third brother said is right, you must be cautious!"

Wang Kefan frowned tightly and fell into deep thought. This matter is very tricky, like a thief who steals a bunch of treasures, but he does not dare to reveal his wealth.

On the way back to the city, Wang Kefan had been thinking hard, and suddenly, his eyes lit up......

When he returned to the city, he immediately instructed Jingliang: "Go, go and find the flower doctor." ”

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In the autumn of the first year of Longwu, the Ming army launched a full-scale counteroffensive in Huguang.

The loyal battalion that had just returned to Shun took the lead in launching a campaign with nine battalions, including Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, and Liu Tichun, to attack Jingzhou, fill trenches and build ladders, set up sheds and dig kilns, and attack by all means.

The deputy commander-in-chief of the Qing army guarding Jingzhou was named Zheng Siwei, who was originally a member of the Dashun army, who killed Shangguan and surrendered to the Qing army during the Battle of Wuchang, and there was a life-and-death feud between the loyal battalion, so he defended the city to the death, resisted desperately, and repeatedly asked for help from Tong Yanghe, the governor of Huguang.

Tong Yanghe had no troops to send, and the situation in Wuchang Mansion was becoming more and more critical, so he had to ask the Qing court for help, and six urgent documents were issued in January......

At the same time, He Tengjiao swore to attack the Qing Dynasty in Changsha, and then went north to Xiangyin, spread the official troops from all over Hunan to assemble in Yuezhou, and ordered Lu Ding, Wang Jincai, Ma Jiaolin and other troops to be the front army, together with Ma Jinzhong and Wang Kefan, went straight out of Yuezhou and attacked Linxiang, Puqi, Xianning and other counties, clearing the obstacles for the army to move north.

Among the generals of the former army, Lu Ding was the leader, he was originally the deputy chief of supervision and discipline under Zuo Liangyu, and he was very loyal to the Ming court, Zuo Liangyu did not participate in the rebellion when he was "Qing Jun's side", but took the initiative to break away from the left and go south to Changsha ......, because of the root is Miao Hong, the position is firm, and he is deeply trusted by He Tengjiao.

After Lu Ding arrived in Yuezhou, he left Ma Jiaolin to guard the city of Balingfu, and led Ma Jinzhong, Wang Jincai, and the sailor Hei Yunchang to attack Linxiang, and the water bandit Song Jiang entrenched in Linxiang fled without a fight, and the Ming army won easily.

Song Jiang's naval army was defeated by Hei Yunchang, and in desperation, he had to flee to Puqi to join the Qing army.

After Lu Ding rested in Linxiang, he immediately led his troops into Puqi, and met Wang Kefan who came to support him on the way.

Lu Ding's subordinates are official soldiers, Wang Kefan is a local army, Ma Jinzhong is a typical defective general, and Wang Jincai is a peasant army who has just recruited An.

Fortunately, the Qing army in Puqi was only two or three thousand people, counting the young and strong people in the city, and the water bandit Song Jiang who had just defected...... At most, six or seven thousand people, no matter what, they were no match for the officers and troops, and all the generals were sure that they would win easily, and they had the idea of competing with each other.

"The four of us will attack Puqi together, and I want to gamble with you to see who has the strongest soldiers and horses!" Ma Jinzhong took the lead in provoking, and he had already looked at Lu Ding unpleasantly.

"Okay, each of the four soldiers and horses will fight a door, and whoever breaks the city first will be the first to do it!" Wang Jincai did not show weakness, his subordinates are all soldiers of the Dashun Army, with strong combat effectiveness and many troops, and he wants to make a contribution to He Tengjiao.

"This, since you have this Yaxing, you might as well add another one." Lu Ding didn't want to lose face in front of these two thieves, not only took the challenge, but also continued to raise: "I have a horse in the Western Regions, I dare not say that I travel thousands of miles a day, and it is also a rare good horse, whoever can break through Puqi first, this BMW will be given to him!" ”

"I have a pair of gold lacquer mountain armor, which is made by famous craftsmen in Tianfu, worth five hundred gold, to help you!" Wang Jincai's mountain armor was worth five hundred taels of silver, and everyone couldn't help but be speechless, this armor was even more precious than Lu Ding's BMW.

With a "snap", Ma Jinzhong slapped the saber on the big case.

"This is my Uzi treasure knife, and I bet with you!" The Uzibao sword, that is, the Damascus sword, was an extremely precious weapon in this era.

These three people pushed each other up, and no one was weak in terms of momentum, only Wang Kefan was left without speaking, and everyone's eyes were focused on him.

"Wang Garrison, you have the least number of soldiers, so you don't have to gamble." Ma Jinzhong was kind and persuaded him not to gamble.

"Hey, it's rare that you're so interested, so I'll have some fun." Wang Kefan took out a short-handled firearm from his arms and put it on the big case.

At the beginning of the year, Wang Kefan purchased 150 Western firecrackers from Guangdong, and by the way, he bought a short-handled firecracker. Although he has been working hard, compared with the generals and heroes of this era, his martial arts are still too far behind, and he brought this firearm for self-defense.

The price of this short-handled firearm was lower, but it was also a rare thing, and its appearance was very delicate, and several generals nodded, which was considered to approve his bet. Wang Jincai and the others were still secretly proud in their hearts, this surnamed Wang was obviously lost, and they also took out a beautiful Western firecracker, which was eighty percent cheaper for themselves.

Wang Kefan is also secretly calculating, a good horse, a suit of armor, and a good knife are simply tailor-made for himself, these brothers are really caring......