Chapter 53: Bad News

When they returned to the command post and listened to Chen Ce tell him about their experiences in the past few days, everyone was surprised. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

It turned out that Chen Ce originally intended to go to Tieling and Kaiyuan to see the defense situation of the two places, but he was never able to get permission. Taking Fushun lightly gave Chen Ce great confidence, and he believed that according to the current tactic, it should not be a problem to take Tieling and Kaiyuan.

Chen Ce has always kept his thoughts in his heart and has never talked to anyone. After Yang Lian, Xiong Tingbi and Yuan Yingtai arrived in Fushun that day, Chen Ce inadvertently took out his ideas and discussed them with the three. Yang Lian is also familiar with military affairs, and Xiong Tingbi is even more so, while Yuan Yingtai is encouraged by the current wave of victories and supports Chen Ce's ideas.

However, support is support, Xiong Tingbi still pointed out that if you want to take the Tieling Kaiyuan, you need to have a specific understanding of the topography, garrison and defense situation of the two places, so that you can make a final decision.

So Chen Ce came up with the idea of reconnoitring himself. Chen Ce's identity is extremely important, and if he says it, he will inevitably be trapped by the law. In desperation, Chen Ce had no choice but to quietly disguise himself as a merchant and take a group of pro-soldiers to Tieling to reconnoitre.

Chen Ce was obviously impatient, he didn't care about his safety at all, and secretly went behind Yang Lian, Xiong Tingbi and Yuan Yingtai, leaving only a letter when he left.

Chen Ce knew that he had left the barracks without permission, and when he came back, he would inevitably be reprimanded. Therefore, Chen Ce deliberately lingered outside the city for a period of time, took the opportunity to check several military forts near Fushun, and calculated the day when Yuan Yingtai left, pinched his fingers and rushed back.

Shen Jia admired the old fox's courage and threw himself to the ground, and he was still a little tender in his heart, and he was a little slack after winning Fushun. It's really embarrassing that this stinky skin is only about fifteen years old and thinks about pleasure every day, while this sixty-nine-year-old fox is desperately tossing and turning.

The old fox should be careful when he speaks in front of him, but he can't be wronged like last time. This time, Shen Jia decided to quietly pretend to be dumb.

"This time, I went around the vicinity of Tieling and found that the Tartars were very active."

Chen Ce took a sip of the teapot, and said slowly and forcefully: "The Tartars sent a small force to keep searching for food and labor around Tieling, and the old man caught a few spies for interrogation, and heard that Tieling was reorganizing the army, and the war horses began to rest and recuperate. “

"Fushun was originally a place for the grain and grass of Tieling Kaiyuan and Hetuala, before the Tartars were mourned, there was no time to withdraw the food in the city, and even the supplies originally allocated to Tieling and Kaiyuan were also in Fushun, I estimate that the Tartar army is not enough food, or it won't be long before they come out to rob, whether they want to or not, food is a must, judging from the current situation, Fushun will become the most likely direction of attack, I estimate that in another month, the Tartar strikers will be harassed everywhere."

"Master Chen, come here, we have an army of 30,000 in Fushun, taking advantage of the city, I don't believe that the Tartars will have three heads and six arms, and dare to compete with grandpa."

It was He Shixian who spoke, he had always been bold, and in the battle of Shenyang, he had a plan to lure the enemy by the Tartars, and in his frustration, he always wanted to find the Tartars to fight head-on.

Xiong Tingbi was obviously dissatisfied with this reckless behavior, and he said angrily: "He Shixian, as long as you have the ability and ability, you go to the Tartar nest, what's the use of saying this." ”

He Shixian's face was as red as a monkey's buttocks, if others ridiculed him like this, He Shixian would have gone up and worked hard. But now he is a bear man, the former master of Jinglu, He Shixian is not presumptuous, so he has to admit his mistake with a dry smile.

Except for Xiong Tingbi and Yang Lian, everyone else was a martial artist, and when they heard that He Shixian was rarely deflated, they all laughed.

Yang Lian said: "Lord Chen, what do you think is the difficulty of guarding Fushun now?" ”

"My lord, Fushun is a small city, there are too many troops to let go, too few troops to defend, at present, the city wall repair plan must be stepped up, Shen boy, do you have a problem?" Chen Ce suddenly turned his head and looked at Shen Jia who was fuguing on the side.

Shen Jia didn't expect Chen Ce to call his name, and hurriedly said: "Boss, as long as you give me some more silver taels and food, I will expand my labor force and strive to complete the repair of the city wall by the end of the month, including the eight fortresses." ”

Chen Ce snorted, and continued: "This is not enough, we need to continue to arrange manpower to fill the moat with water, and in addition, bows, firearms, and rolling wood and thunder stones must be prepared." ”

When Shen Jia heard that there was still oil in the oil, he hurriedly asked, "Is there more oil in the oil, if there is more, maybe I can change some tricks." ”

Yang Lian's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "If you have any ideas, you might as well talk about it." ”

Shen Jia said: "Our people call this viscous, dark brown liquid stone paint petroleum, oil is heated and distilled in the early stage, volatile oil and gas will be produced, we call this gasoline, this is a good thing, you can make a simple incendiary bomb, stick to the body and burn into a piece, it is very useful when defending the city, but there are a lot of raw materials to refine this thing, I don't know how much Fushun has?" ”

Chen Ce's expression darkened, and he waited for a long time before saying, "We don't think this thing is very useful, so we only prepared a dozen large vats." ”

Shen Jia was a little disappointed, and said in his heart that even if this bit of gasoline was made, the cost and benefit were too low.

Seeing this, Xiong Tingbi said loudly: "You can make distillation utensils first, and we will quickly inform Lord Yuan and ask him to collect some more oil from all over Liaoshen and the western Liaoxi region. Besides, there is not enough outside the gate, so let's go to the gate to find it, don't give up yet. ”

Shen Jia nodded and thanked him.

Yang Lian then asked, "Does Mr. Chen have any other questions?" ”

Chen Ce said: "There are too few auxiliaries who arrived in Fushun with the army last time, we are now going to expand the auxiliaries, and the soldiers will also be expanded. In addition, Liaoshen and Shenyang should also strengthen military affairs, so as not to be exploited by the Tartars. ”

Yang Lian carefully wrote these down on paper, and then said to everyone: "Everyone, Fushun must not fall into the hands of the Tartars again, otherwise our good situation will be gone forever, I, Yang Wenru, hereby assure you, that I will continue to transport military materials such as grain and grass, ordnance and other military materials to Fushun in the name of the imperial court, as for the rest, it depends on you, if you don't do well, then don't blame me for ignoring human feelings." ”

Everyone obeyed the order awe-inspiringly, and expressed their willingness to fight to the end in unison, and even Shen Jia, who had always been slippery, was moved by the solemn atmosphere and vowed to "live and die with Fushun".

Leaving the command post, Shen Jia first went to Xicheng, found Wang Erxiao, who was in charge of repairing the city wall, and instructed him to continue to expand the scale of labor.

Then when he returned home, he couldn't care about anything else, and Shen Jia hurriedly asked Wei Liangyu to find Wang Erhu. Not long after, Wang Erhu, who was sweating profusely, came over, and he smiled at Shen Jiahan and said, "Young Master Shen, what are you looking for me?" ”

"Wang Erhu, if I want to get a distillation room, I will use ready-made cement to make it, the main chamber can be fed with coal, and the side wall should have inclined vents, and the gas will be transmitted to the condensing chamber along the vents, and the gas produced by the condensation chamber will condense into a liquid like water, which is what we want. It is required that the room must be able to prevent fire and isolate fire, you can help me find a way. By the way, one of the most important issues is to control the temperature and never let it exceed a certain threshold. ”

"Young master, what does this distillation room look like, do you have any drawings?"

Shen Jia thought about it, and still drew what he imagined, mainly feeding the fire for heating and condensation, as for how to isolate the flames and control the temperature, Shen Jia really didn't know what to do. But since there are so many diligent and intelligent working people, it is a pity that they are not needed.

Shen Jia said to Wang Erhu: "Go and let the two of you think about it, get a few more experimental items to try, and get a reward of two stones of grain, and the participants will be divided according to the size of the merit." ”

As soon as he heard that there was extra food, Wang Erhu immediately seemed to be a different person, and asked excitedly: "Young master, is there really a reward?" ”

"Damn Wang Erhu, when I speak doesn't count, hurry up."

Wang Erhu trotted all the way out of sight. Scolding is really cool, and it seems to be contagious, since following He Shixian, Shen Jia feels that he also likes to scold a few words at every turn to vent.

The days had just been quiet for a few days, and the Tartars did not let themselves have a good time. If you don't make me feel better, I won't make you feel better, Shen Jiasi thought about it and felt that it was better to put the production of explosives on the agenda.

There is a large amount of coal and iron ore in Fushun area, and the most common iron ore in mainland China is pyrite, which is what we often call pyrite, and the extraction of sulfuric acid should not be a big problem. The process of making nitric acid from sulfuric acid and then nitroglycerin is not difficult.

In fact, the people of the Ming Dynasty have long used soap alum to extract sulfuric acid, and even the Ming Dynasty people have made aqua regia, but they don't know what these things are for.

The most troublesome thing is how to eliminate the danger. The production process of nitroglycerin is too dangerous, and if you don't pay attention to it, you may die, which makes Shen Jia hesitate.

The two explosion-proof suits in Shenyang may be able to be used for demining and bomb disposal for border guards, and they should be used to make nitroglycerin. It seems that he needs to go back to Shenyang, but how to face Wu Shihan? Now that the Tartars are attacking, Shenyang is relatively safer. In any case, Wu Shihan cannot be put in a dangerous place.

Thinking of Wu Shihan, Shen Jia immediately felt a warmth in her heart, and she didn't know how this strong little girl was doing in Shenyang.

Shen Jia was extremely conflicted in his heart, he lowered his head and went to the back house, but saw that the courtyard was lively, and a group of women were skipping rope.

When Shen Jia went out in the morning, Wen Qing said that she had gained weight recently, and complained that she had grown flesh on her thighs and face. She complained that this was because she couldn't go out freely, so she didn't have enough exercise, so she was fat.

Shen Jia was dismissive of this explanation, he thought that Wen Qing was purely looking for trouble. There are not many scales used to weigh people in this era, so why do you say that you have gained three pounds, and you have a lot of trouble.

The disdainful concern for this is that Shen Jia was twisted by Wen Qing and asked for an apology, what kind of person is Shen Jia, how can he lose the self-esteem of the old man, and then decisively came up with an idea, saying that skipping rope can slim down.

Wen Qing felt that it was very reasonable, and when she was happy, she threw a wink at Shen Jia, which scared Shen Jia for a while, thinking that she was dreaming.

I didn't expect Wen Qing to organize so quickly, Ruyi and Jixiang were picking ropes on the side, Wen Qing, Xiong Xueru, and Qu Xiaoyi lined up and jumped and laughed.

Qu Xiaoyi has been hunting for a long time, his body is soft and flexible, and he jumps lightly and dexterously, which is very good-looking. Although Xiong Xueru is younger, her movements are very smart, and she keeps making movements up and down, showing off her skills.

As for Wen Qing, this one is a bit miserable. Seeing Wen Qing fall to the ground like a cement pier, Shen Jia's stomach hurt when she covered her mouth and smiled.

Shen Jia's laughter attracted Qu Xiaoyi's attention, she looked back, and then smiled sweetly at Shen Jia and said, "Shen Jia, are you back, have you eaten lunch?" ”

Shen Jia didn't care to speak, and pointed at Wen Qing with a wild laugh.

Xiong Xueru and Wen Qing also saw Shen Jia at this time. Xiong Xueru looked at the dirt bun in front of her with an arrogant face, and said, "Why do you wear a short outfit like a farmer." ”

Shen Jia understood that this bear child was underbeaten again, and tilted his head and said, "Uncle, I'm willing, what's the matter, is it possible that your father can legislate to prohibit it?" ”

Xiong Xueru's apricot eyes widened, gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, flashing to the side.

Shen Jia found that Wen Qing behind Xiong Xueru was already rolling up her sleeves, she was shocked and hurriedly ran away, but unexpectedly, Wen Qing's light posture floated in front of her like the wind and punched her in the stomach.

It really hurts, this girl has become fifteen years old after crossing over, why is her strength still so great. Shen Jia immediately felt a little overwhelmed, and his body fell to the side.

Wen Qing smiled disdainfully: "Just like you, you still laugh at me, you have the ability to do two tricks." ”

Shen Jia was furious, pointed to Xiong Xueru next to her and said, "Her surname is Xiong, you can see what she looks like when she pouts and sulks." ”

Shen Jia's words made everyone laugh, but Xiong Xueru was the only one who was angry and unrelenting, and asked Wen Qing to help her continue to smash Shen Jia with her fists.