Chapter 58 Landmines

Xiao Jin's expression of collapse caused the rest of the courtyard to wonder, why did the good imperial court send reinforcements here.

Xiao Jin couldn't say it clearly, so he could only speak, "I'm worried that Wang Fuchen will have a heart of disobedience after coming to Guizhou, and this place is pervasive, except for the imperial army, no one can believe it." ”

Master Xue couldn't interject, but Zheng Banqiao was puzzled, "Do you know Wang Fuchen?" ”

"That's right, this person was originally a general under Wu Sangui's southern expedition, although he is now under the orders of the imperial court, but as the war continues, it is difficult to guarantee that this person will not have different intentions."

"If the Governor knows this, why doesn't the Governor know the truth?"

Master Xue interrupted, "Virtuous nephew, I shouldn't have intervened in the military affairs of the imperial court, but according to what you say, it's not safe for us to retreat anywhere, don't just leave this place and fall into the hands of that king and auxiliary minister." ”

Xiao Jin shook his head and said, "At least Guiyang is still in the hands of Governor Mo Ke, he is an old man of the Shunzhi Dynasty, and he is a Manchu nobleman, anyone can rebel against him, he can't, he rebels and waits for his own rebellion." ”

Zheng Banqiao also nodded and said, "Now that the beacons are all over the south, the main force led by Wu Sangui in Hunan and other places is about to occupy the entire territory. ”

Xiao Jin asked, "Is it also said in the official letter?" ”

Zheng Banqiao nodded and did not make a sound.

Master Xue was left with no master, "Virtuous nephew, then where do you say I should go, this, this, even if I go to Guiyang, if I want to go north to Jiangnan, I still have to pass through Hunan!" “

"It's not safe to go anywhere, if there is nothing to do in my uncle's mansion, stay with me, Wang Fuchen will definitely come with a large army when he goes south to Guizhou, I am sure that before Wu Sangui and the court decide the winner, he may not listen to Wu Sangui's words."

Zheng Banqiao didn't believe it, "What do you mean that even if you come to Guizhou, you won't touch us for the time being?" ”

"These are unfounded, they are just our speculations, one is to depend on the war situation in Hunan and Liangguang, and the other is the treatment given to him by the imperial court and Wu Sangui." When Xiao Jin spoke, his eyes looked at the two of them with blazing eyes.

Seeing that they understood whether they understood or not, he instructed, "Don't say this to outsiders except our own people." ”

In fact, just before he lamented Mo Ke's mediocrity, he thought carefully about Wang Fuchen, his traces in history, he listened to the conversation between Master Xue and Zheng Banqiao, and suddenly became enlightened, he Xiao Jin is not Mo Ke, and several of his subordinates are sincere and have the court in their hearts.

Wang Fuchen's arrival may not be a bad thing, at least Wu Sangui had an advantage in the early stage, especially in Hunan, Guizhou and other places, Wang Fuchen's traces in history told Xiao Jin that what he did and what he did before were the same purpose, all in order to maintain the balance between the two sides, and secretly develop between the two.

This is why Wang Fuchen didn't listen to Wu Sangui's words in the later period, and it was also the most critical, because the balance had completely tilted in favor of Wu Sangui, but it was also because he delayed the fighter plane, and Wu Sangui's advantage at the beginning was delayed with time, resulting in the later advantage being gone.

The Qing Dynasty held rich places such as Jiangnan Zhili and fought a protracted war, Wu Sangui only held Yungui and other places, how was the opponent of the imperial court, and he was consumed to death.

Of course, Xiao Jin himself also knows that he is gambling, betting that Wang Fuchen and the situation in history have not changed much, but on the contrary, he is a little unconfident, after all, history has advanced a lot, in Xiao Jin's current eyes, Wu Sangui's current situation does not have much advantage compared with history.

After Wang Fuchen entered Guizhou, no one knew what his attitude would be.

The more Xiao Jin thought about it, the more his brain hurt, looked at Master Xue, and comforted, "Come and think about it, uncle should stay in Shun'an, with me, if we want to escape, it will not be a problem." ”

After hearing this, Master Xue also knew that there was no other choice, so he nodded helplessly, "Listen to the virtuous nephew, what does the virtuous nephew need from his uncle, despite the orders, I still have a lot of gold and silver in my hands." ”

Master Xue thought that if he wanted to take all these things outside his body, it was estimated that it was unlikely, and he would cause death on the road.

Not to mention the military disaster, even this bandit full of mountains and fields can also take his life, without the escort of the horse team, he wants to reach the south of the Yangtze River thousands of miles away safely, in this chaotic environment, it is tantamount to a fool's dream.

It's better to sponsor his virtuous nephew, sponsoring his virtuous nephew is equivalent to sponsoring the imperial court, and secondly, his virtuous nephew has enough self-protection power, how can he save his net worth.

If you want to talk about this businessman, saying that he sees profits, that is the ability to have, and turning the rudder when he sees the situation, that is a compulsory course.

Xiao Jin didn't say anything after hearing this, and nodded, "I won't go to my uncle's mansion at night, my nephew still has official business to do, and when the enemy army is defeated, I will reminisce about the old days." ”

Master Xue also knew that he was burning his eyebrows now, so he took his leave and left.

Looking at Master Xue who was far away, he turned his head to Zheng Banqiao and said, "It's useless to think about it now, you go and call Mr. Lin, and you two will go to the workshop with me." ”

Zheng Banqiao didn't ask anything, and went to the front yard to call Mr. Lin, as for Butcher Zhu, Xiao Jin still asked him to train archers and young men for the time being.

Why did Xiao Jin go back to the workshop, but he had already made up his mind to defeat this cavalry-based vanguard first, and in the conversation he had with Master Xue just now, he figured out a lot, instead of thinking about things and speculating about others, it was better to improve his own strength.

At present, Xiao Jin knows two points, Wu Sangui and the court on both sides, it must be the court that won the victory in the end, there is no doubt that the court is holding the thigh at present, Wu Sangui's broken boat, how can he not get on, Kangxi hates the wall grass and the people with three knives on both sides, so how can he Xiao Jin behave in Shun'an, even if the final battle situation is unfavorable, it is not his fault.

Since Mo Ke asked him to stick to Shun'an Mansion and wait for Wang Fuchen's reinforcements to arrive, the cavalry forward in front of him was a big trouble.

He thought of a thing, maybe it can change the current passive situation, that is, mines, the correct point, is an earthen mine, through the information of the mobile phone, this thing is very simple, the difficulty is the difficulty in the soil law of the mine, how to detonate it, to deal with this invincible cavalry vanguard, it must be the safest passive detonation, which is also the reason why the mine effectively kills a large area of the enemy.

If you want to passively detonate mines, considering the current process and production level, there is one thing that can play a good role in passive ignition, that is, saltpeter, it just so happens that saltpeter can be said to be a specialty of Guizhou and Sichuan, and it is easy to collect this thing in a short time.

But this thing has a drawback, it is not easy to preserve, a large amount of saltpeter is piled up, once it is squeezed or shaken by an external force, it will explode without saying a word.

With the help of mobile phones, the mines of the Eighth Route Army in World War II were combined with the soil mines, and the core of the explosion was replaced by saltpeter with black powder, and saltpeter was only used to cover the explosives package to play the role of detonation.