It was late at night, and the gunfire in the city gradually subsided.

Li Zhen explained the arrangements for the aftermath and went straight to the backyard. After a night of fighting and noise, Zhilan, Huang Qi and others still had some shadows in their hearts, Li Zhen calmed the restless hearts of the women, and soon left the courtyard and returned to the study. Now is an eventful season, Li Zhen has no spare time to go to the wind and snow, and must solve the Anglo-French forces outside the city as soon as possible.

Fifteen minutes later, there was a rush of footsteps outside the study.

The door was not closed, and Liu Taiping could be seen directly coming.

Moreover, Dai Yuanhua followed closely behind Liu Taiping, as well as two old men with gray hair and slightly hunched backs and four middle-aged people. The seven people headed by Dai Yuanhua are the elite of the craftsmen and are responsible for discussing things with Li Zhen.

"I've seen my lord!"

After Liu Taiping entered the study, he bowed and saluted, and several craftsmen also saluted immediately.

Li Zhen waved his hand and said: "Sit down, no formality!" ”

Everyone thanked and sat down in a proper manner.

Dai Yuanhua put his hands on his knees, looked serious, and asked meticulously: "My lord, the mines are still hurrying up." Do you have anything important to do with us? ”

Li Zhen said in a deep voice: "The mines have played a role and successfully blocked the attack of the British and French forces. It was not difficult to defeat the Anglo-French forces, the most troublesome battleship moored on the shore. Even if we defeat the foreigners, they can still retreat to the ship and flee by boat. We are not strong enough at sea to destroy the foreigners, and we are here to think about taking out the foreigners' warships. ”

Dai Yuanhua said: "My lord, it is not difficult to destroy the opponent's warship. ”

Li Zhen smiled: "What do you pay attention to?" ”

Dai Yuanhua replied: "As early as the reign of Emperor Wannian of the Ming Dynasty, there was already an underwater mine, and he used this underwater mine to sink the large warships of the Japanese Invaders. In the last years of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, mines made great progress, and craftsmen at that time had already made a kind of mine called 'Mixed River Dragon', which made contact with the warship through the mine, resulting in an explosion. ”

When it came to the manufacture of weapons, Dai Yuanhua's eyebrows fluttered, and he was right. In particular, the bright eyes are shining with wisdom and have a kind of self-confidence that is difficult to achieve.

Li Zhen's eyes lit up, and his heart was overjoyed. He found Dai Yuanhua and other craftsmen to discuss the use of mines to attack the British and French warships, but he didn't expect Dai Yuanhua to say it directly.

Li Zhen smiled and said with emotion: "With the help of Yuanhua and you, you can get twice the result with half the effort!" ”

"Your Excellency has won a prize!"

Dai Yuanhua and the other six craftsmen stood up and humbled themselves again and again.

Li Zhen also has a certain understanding of the manufacture of mines and knows some of the principles. Li Zhen told what he knew, and mentioned the torpedo to inspire Dai Yuanhua.

After listening to this, Dai Yuanhua nodded again and again and said: "With the cooperation of foreigners' machines and experts, it is not difficult to make mines. Coupled with the current means, the mines created must be even more powerful. ”

Li Zhen asked, "How many days can it be made?" ”

"Two days!"

Dai Yuanhua was silent for a moment and said affirmatively.

Li Zhen said: "Okay, just two days." In the past two days, I will try my best to suppress the fighting, hold back the British and French forces outside the city, prevent them from advancing, and do not let them retreat, I hope you will complete it as soon as possible. ”

Dai Yuanhua got up and arched his hand and said, "If it's okay, I'll leave later." ”

The six craftsmen also stood up and said goodbye together.

Li Zhen sent Dai Yuanhua and the six craftsmen away before returning to the study and sitting down. Liu Taiping asked: "My lord, if you want to use mines to deal with foreigners, have you thought of a specific way?" ”

Li Zhen asked, "What kind of subtle advice does the gentleman have?" ”

Liu Taiping did not hide his selfishness, and said directly: "To deal with the battleship of foreigners, the first thing is to lay mines, and we must put mines under the battleship, and use the battleship to contact the mine to blow up the opponent's battleship." It is not feasible to throw mines in the water at will, or to let soldiers carry them to the location of foreign warships. ”

"To deal with battleships, you can take advantage of the characteristics of the ebb and flow of the tide."

"When the tide is low, let the soldiers lay mines on the seashore. As the tide recedes, the mines float out. The warships of the foreigners are docked, and at this time they will meet the tide again. In this way, the mines floating in the sea meet the foreign warships, and they make contact and collide, thus blowing up the opponent's warships. ”

After Liu Taiping finished speaking, he smiled faintly.

Li Zhen said: "Mr. is full of strategy, Li Zhen admires. After a pause, Li Zhen said: "The plan for dealing with foreign warships will be done according to what Mr. said." This time, foreigners can't come and go. ”

Liu Taiping changed the topic and asked again: "My lord, when the foreigners attacked Daotai Mansion, they said that someone prevented you from bringing troops back to help, why did you rush back in such a short time." ”

Li Zhen said with a smile: "The foreigners sent a rabble, and they were all wiped out. ”

Liu Taiping nodded and said, "It's late at night, there are still things to do tomorrow, so let's rest early." ”

Let's say, Liu Taiping also got up and said goodbye.

Li Zhen got up to see him off, and as soon as he walked to the door of the study, Huang Shihai hurriedly ran back, as if something big had happened. Li Zhen stopped and asked, "Shihai, is something happening?" ”

Huang Shihai said: "Back to the marshal, an army of foreigners has appeared outside the East Gate, and the troops have come to the city. ”

"What?"

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows and hurriedly said: "Yang Banhou stayed to stop the foreigners, didn't he stop him?" ”

Huang Shihai said: "It wasn't the foreigners who broke through Yang Banhou's defense, it was they who chose to copy the path and killed outside the city overnight." Speaking of this, Huang Shihai said in a deep voice: "Dashuai, a foreigner is a dead fish when he comes ashore." I think we should kill them immediately and take down the foreigners outside the city, and I can also coerce the foreigners at sea. ”

"Report!"

Suddenly, another soldier hurried over.

Li Zhen looked at the soldier and asked, "What happened again?" ”

The soldier said quickly: "Battalion Commander Qi asked the small one to report that not only foreigners appeared outside the city, but also bandits. Both sides are outside the city and are facing off. Battalion Commander Qi led his troops to guard the city tower to prevent people outside the city from attacking the city. ”

"Shhh Hiss! ”

Li Zhen gasped, unexpectedly the Taiping Army also mixed in.

Liu Taiping immediately said: "My lord, the old man is responsible for supervising the bandits. Now the bandits are suddenly killed, but the old decay is unaware, resulting in a passive situation, please surrender the adult. ”

Li Zhen said in a deep voice: "You are also disturbed by the affairs of foreigners, and it is reasonable that you didn't find out." However, since it is a dereliction of duty, it is not unpunished, and a fine of three months is given as a punishment. ”

"Thank you, sir!" Liu Taiping said gratefully.

Li Zhen rolled his eyes and said, "Although there are bandits who have killed, maybe this is still a good thing." The bandits and foreigners swore that they would not be at odds, and now that the two sides met outside the city, there might be a firefight. If both sides lose, we can benefit from it. Let's go, immediately go to the upper floor of Dongcheng City to see the situation outside the city. ”

"Yes!"

Everyone agreed, and they all followed Li Zhen out of the house and ran towards Dongcheng.

ps: two of the three watches; Problems involving professionalism, headaches. Xiaodong opened a post in the book review area, everyone thinks it is a good military war book, please recommend it, let's make up for the brain.