After giving Li Rong the order to "give death" to Mu Gehua, and discussing with Mo Li, Wang Pu, Du Qianshu, Wei Dao, Tao Yaoyao and others on how to deal with the situation in Liaodong, Lu Long returned to calm again. This is terrible because Lu Long is brewing a bigger storm.

On this day, Li Congjing came to the Yanwu Academy to routinely inspect the teaching and research work of the Yanwu Academy. Since the establishment of the General Staff Office, the time spent stationed in the Martial Arts Institute has been quite long, and all the people in the General Staff Office have gathered at the Martial Arts Institute these days to complete the tasks assigned to him by Li Congjing to study the enemy army, study the enemy's situation, improve themselves, and formulate combat plans.

For this reason, Li Congjing naturally had to pay special attention to the progress of the General Staff Office's tasks and the phased results. Not only that, in terms of direction, Li Congjing is still the only person at the helm, and he has to control the task process of the General Staff Office at all times.

During this period, the focus of the General Staff Office's research was on the eight Khitan generals. This includes the personal style, combat habits, troop situation, tactical advantages and weaknesses of the eight Khitan generals, etc., and the analysis of these factors is inseparable from absolute intelligence support. After Tao Yaoyao returned from the Bohai Sea, she re-sat in the command of the military intelligence center, and under her personal operation, the sharp soldiers of the military intelligence department in the Khitan territory pulled out the life history of the eight Khitan generals, and even the eight generations of ancestors, and studied and analyzed them one by one, and finally, they will form a combat guide, which will be issued to the main generals of the two armies of Baizhan and Lulong, and even the guards of the important military towns on each side, as their guiding principles for dealing with the eight generals, and in terms of tactical arrangement, troop allocation, and battle array layout, Give them a stable standard arrangement, and pursue to improve the results of the battle without making mistakes and not being taken advantage of by the opponent.

After all, the war in the future will be a full-scale war, Li Congjing, as the supreme commander, commands the overall situation, but on each battlefield, it is still the chief generals of each department who take the idea, and Li Congjing is far from enough to win the eight generals, and it is necessary to ensure that the main generals of the two armies of Baizhan and Lulong, and the main generals of the border army can not be defeated by the other party when they face against them.

"Today's researcher, is the Khitan South Courtyard Yili Jin Yelu want to hide, this person's life can be called legendary, it is said that when he was young, a hunt with his father, surrounded by wolves, almost buried in the wolf's belly, it is Yelu want to hide with a knife, stirrup hit, with torches, and lit a horsetail, which allowed them to stand out from the encirclement." Mo Li introduced the research results of the General Staff Office to Li Congjing, "Yelu wants to hide his stable temperament, but because he was young, the tribe was in trouble, and he experienced a lot of humiliation, and finally made him do everything to compare, in the Khitan country, everyone knows that Yelu wants to hide may not be the most powerful general, but it is definitely the most inoffensive general, but anyone who is hated by him and does not like his eyes will be retaliated by him in the end." ”

After speaking, he raised his eyebrows at Li Congjing and said: "In the first year of Tongguang, when you first went north, you killed his son in Yingzhou, and he must hate you to the core. ”

Li Congjing smiled indifferently and didn't care, "Even if there is no 'personal grudge', I will not be able to show mercy to each other when I meet him on the battlefield, you live or die, it will inevitably be a game." "I am very satisfied with the fact that the Military Intelligence Department can find out the information about Yelu Wanting to hide it from his childhood, and only in this way can the General Staff Office really study the eight generals thoroughly.

Li Congjing and Mo Lizheng talked about Yelu Xiangyin's battle style, accustomed to tactical routines, Du Qianshu ran over eagerly, sweating profusely, panting and said to Li Congjing: "Military marshal, it's done, it's done!" ”

Du Qianshu has always been serious, and this kind of misdemeanor rarely occurs, Li Congjing saw him dancing and talking incoherently, he knew that there must be something big, and heard him say "It's done", his heart moved, and asked: "Is it gun-powder?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Du Qianshu stabilized his breathing and emotions, calmed himself down, and his eyes flashed with ecstasy, "According to the commander's intentions, the master craftsmen of the Yanwu Academy have been improving the gunpowder formula for months, and after countless attempts, they have finally achieved results. The power of gunpowder has increased by more than 30%! ”

Hearing this, Li Congjing couldn't help but be overjoyed. The improvement of gunpowder, the increase of power, and the function, he couldn't be clearer, that is the basis for the transformation of weapons, he hurriedly asked Du Qianshu to lead the way, and hurried to the craftsman workshop of the Yanwu Academy.

After the establishment of the Yanwu Academy, Li Congjing, in order to enrich his "scientific research" strength, invited a large number of craftsmen from various academies and the people to improve armaments and weapons on the one hand, and to develop and improve gunpowder on the other.

Now that recent years have passed, it has finally achieved results, and Li Congjing is also greatly encouraged in his heart.

When Li Congjing felt the craftsman's workshop, a group of craftsmen were gathered together, pointing at a pile of scattered mounds in the open space in the courtyard, and when Li Congjing came in, they didn't notice it.

As one of the four great inventions of ancient China, gunpowder was originally the most precious gift given by God to the Chinese people, but in the long history, the Chinese people have always used gunpowder as fireworks for fun, and it is a pity to abandon the real use of gunpowder. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that there was a musket team, and the gun-making process was once at the forefront of the world. At that time, Huaxia had the opportunity to use guns as a sharp weapon.

But firstly, because the military system of the Ming Dynasty was indeed not very good, lacked that vitality, and secondly, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty pursued the so-called "cavalry-based" strategy, despising gun-gunpowder, although some cannons, earthen guns and other things were used, but in the production process, it has long lagged behind the world trend.

Now, seeing that gunpowder has the opportunity to shine in his own hands to lead this epochal arms revolution, how can Li Congjing not be excited.

Anyway, they separated the crowd and let the craftsmen know that Li Congjing was coming, so the craftsmen who ate and drank well in the Yanwu Academy, were treated extremely well, and were respected by people who had not dared to imagine before, immediately bowed down and saluted Li Congjing.

Li Congjing helped them up and asked with concern: "How, the power of the gunpowder explosion has really increased by three percent?" ”

Xu Banxian twisted his beard and said: "That's true, I have already done it once, and this is the result." Pointing to the messy mound of soil in the courtyard, he was quite proud, and arched his hand towards Li Congjing, "The military marshal is really a great talent, if it weren't for the military marshal's reminder, I would never have imagined that after the gunpowder formula was improved, its explosive power could reach such a point." ”

Li Congjing was a little impatient, and he said to Xu Banxian: "Old Xu, can you try again and let Ben Shuai see it with his own eyes?" ”

"Absolutely!" Xu Banxian said with a smile, beckoned, and asked the craftsmen to configure a batch of gunpowder according to Fang Cai's recipe.

After being busy for a long time, Li Congjing has been watching from the sidelines and has not made a sound to disturb. He came from a later life, and he clearly knew the power of gunpowder, and it was all a matter of effort, but as a non-professional, he didn't know the specific cultivation of gunpowder, otherwise, he wouldn't have had Xu Banxian and them tried for so long, but could only increase the explosive power of gunpowder by three percent, and he directly threw out the gunpowder formula, which was enough to mass-produce explosive packs.

The gunpowder was finally prepared again, and Xu Banxian personally buried the bag of gunpowder under the mound of soil in the courtyard, and then spilled some of the gunpowder, practiced it into a thin line, and extended to three zhang away, which blew the fire fold and ignited the gunpowder.

In order to avoid being splashed by the sand and soil from the explosion, Li Congjing and the others retreated to the courtyard gate early, and seeing Xu Banxian ignite the fuse, Li Congjing's heart also rose to his throat. In the burning sound of the lead, Li Congjing involuntarily held his breath, staring intently at the burning lead, watching the spark finally burrow into the mound.

Because a big hole was dug in the middle of the mound, after Mars drilled into the mound, Li Congjing could still see that the light in the hole flashed, and it instantly turned red into a large patch.

Rao is accustomed to seeing the tragic scenes on the battlefield, and at this time, Li Congjing's pupils still shrank.

The gun-powder burst into flames, making a loud noise.

However, although the mound of earth was indeed shaken by the explosion of gunpowder, the scene of the sand being blown into the sky did not appear. Explosions roared, and mounds of earth collapsed like collapsed houses.

But that's about it.

Obviously, the power of the gunpowder explosion in front of him could not form the scene that Li Congjing saw when he entered the courtyard before, with sand and soil all over the courtyard.

This attempt at explosion failed.

Xu Banxian's face, which was originally full of joy, suddenly collapsed, and he was stunned for a while, he looked at Li Congjing uneasily, apologized again and again, and begged Li Congjing to give him another chance, next time, he would definitely make the mound burst open.

Li Congjing was a little disappointed in his heart and agreed to Xu Banxian's request.

This time, Xu Banxian personally went into battle to configure gunpowder.

Finally, the gunpowder is filled in a bamboo tube and sealed tightly. Xu Banxian put the bamboo tube under the mound of soil that had been erected again, and according to the previous method, he lit the fuse again.

When the fire-powder-explosion this time, the power was indeed greater, but to say that there was a three-percent increase in power, it was far from being reached.

At this point, Du Qianshu's face was a little unpleasant.

Li Congjing stopped the guilt-ridden, he was over half a hundred years old, but he was so anxious that Xu Banxian almost cried out The urge to try again, and said to him sincerely: "To improve the gunpowder formula and increase the power of gunpowder, it is not something that can be achieved overnight, you have worked hard for so long, although it has not greatly increased the power of gunpowder, but at least it has touched the threshold." This matter is in a hurry, you have to take your time, and explore every minute, Ben Shuai believes that in the end, you will be able to talk about the success of gun-powder improvement! ”

Xu Banxian was grateful. The other craftsmen were ashamed.

Haosheng comforted them and told Du Qianshu to take care of their food and clothing, and Li Congjing did not complain about them at all because of this defeat. Just because he knew that scientific research was indeed not a day's work, and he also knew how far the power of gunpowder could reach, so he was not in a hurry to see how much improvement it could be for a while, and as long as it could be done in the end, he would no longer have high hopes.