Feng Jian thought for a while, then slapped the table with his right hand, and looked at several people: "On the day when Kong Youde's rebels captured Dengzhou City, if the water surface of Shuicheng really froze, there was only one way to solve it!" ”

Cheng Yousheng, Zhuang Yingchang, and Zhang Wentai immediately turned their attention to Feng Jian to see if the commander had any way to solve this problem.

Feng Jian said: "Our ship is equipped with sufficient gunpowder, wrap the gunpowder in oil paper into a gunpowder bag in advance, and let the soldiers dig an ice hole in the ice before the fleet leaves, stuff the gunpowder bag sealed with oil paper into the ice hole, and then ignite the gunpowder bag to blow up the ice." ”

Cheng Yousheng, Zhuang Yingchang, and Zhang Wentai's eyes suddenly lit up, and Cheng Yousheng preemptively said: "Seconds!" The commander is so clever that no matter how thick the water surface is, it can't stop the power of gunpowder bombardment! The villain is really admired. ”

Zhuang Yingchang and Zhang Wentai thought about it, this is indeed a good way to break the ice on the water surface of Shuicheng.

But as the leader of the sailor, when they encounter a big problem, they have to find a way to solve it with their boss, and the two of them feel a little ashamed.

Zhuang Yingchang exclaimed: "My subordinates dare to say that no one would have thought that gunpowder could be used like this before, and the commander is a pioneering move!" ”

Zhang Wentai was also amazed, and after a while, he suddenly said, "The commander's idea is brilliant. However, the amount of gunpowder added to this gunpowder bag must be controlled, and if more gunpowder is added, it is easy to damage the ship; If there is less gunpowder, and the effect of breaking the ice cannot be achieved, how much gunpowder should be put in this gunpowder bag. ”

Feng Jian turned his head to Cheng Yousheng and said, "You send someone to the resting place of the bird soldiers, find Ma Shan and Yang Baba, and let's discuss the dosage of the gunpowder pack." They deal with firearms all day long and should have some confidence in gunpowder. ”

Several people were talking. Suddenly, a soldier of the personal guard battalion walked into the cabin, bowed down to Feng Jian and said, "Report to the commander." Shen Xiaoshan and Liu Rongsheng, the enemy hunting division, appeared under the ship and said that there was something to report to you. ”

Feng Jian wondered what happened when Shen Xiaoshan suddenly came back, and said in his mouth: "Let the two of them get on the boat!" ”

"Yes!"

The guards bowed to Feng Jianwei, turned around and walked out of the cabin.

……

On the twenty-ninth day of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the day before Chinese New Year's Eve, the Denglai Governor Yamen was busy but did not affect the good mood of the ordinary people of Dengzhou City to welcome the New Year. The people were not at all aware of the imminent arrival of the Confucian rebels outside the city, and they were about to be ravaged under the iron hooves of the rebels!

The governor's office is close to the medical cross-hospital, and at this time, there are more than a dozen guards with waist knives standing at the entrance of the cross-hospital, and a large sedan chair with a red silk roof is parked at the door.

In the center of the courtyard, Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, stood in front of a Hongyi cannon, stroking the cannon with his hand, and more than 20 red-haired and blue-eyed Westerners surrounded him.

Sun Yuanhua said to a Westerner in his forties: "Lu Ruohan, you twenty-seven Westerners defected to my command, and it only took more than a year to supervise the construction of more than 20 Hongyi cannons. There are more than 300 Western cannons, and the credit is really not small, and the governor has written to the imperial court, asking for a reward for the position. ”

This Westerner, who was called "Lu Ruohan" by Sun Yuanhua, spoke very smoothly. He bowed slightly to Sun Yuanhua and said, "Lord Governor, twenty-seven of us are hired by your Excellency to make front-loading smoothbore cannons for your lord's army. That is, the Hongyi cannon that adults say, which is as it should be. Because we are employed by adults. Moreover, the adults never owed us any employment fees, and even had additional rewards. We were all impressed. ”

Sun Yuanhua waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite, you should be rewarded for your efforts, tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, Benfu is here today mainly to visit you." In addition, I want to remind you that now there are a group of rebels outside my Dengzhou City, and they are preparing to plot against my Dengzhou City, so you should be careful! ”

Most of these Westerners can understand Chinese, after Sun Yuanhua finished speaking, a tall Westerner beside him said: "Lord Governor, if there are really rebels attacking your city, we can form an artillery battalion with twenty-seven of us, and the rebel army that comes to attack is not an opponent at all under our bombardment!" ”

Sun Yuanhua's heavy face showed a hint of a smile in the past few days, and he glanced at this Westerner appreciatively and said, "Xilao of Gongsha, your Chinese language is getting better and better!" If there is really a rebellion to attack Dengzhou City, Benfu will definitely hire you to participate in the battle. ”

The Westerners of Xilao, who had been turned into gongsha by Sun Yuan, hurriedly bowed down and said, "As long as the governor pays enough commission, we can work for the lord."

The smile on Sun Yuanhua's face converged, why are these Westerners always willing to put money on their lips, with silver, they can work hard for you, without silver, they will still abandon you!

……

In the "Tailai" inn in Dengzhou City, in the cross-courtyard hall rented by the Enemy Hunting Division, Shen Xiaoshan, Guo Tai, Niu Er, Liu Rongsheng, and Xie Wu sat around the table, and a simple internal structure diagram of the Denglai Governor's Yamen was placed on the table.

Shen Xiaoshan pointed to a place in the map and said: "This is where those foreign craftsmen live, and after our brothers' confirmation, there are twenty-seven in total. Foreign craftsmen rarely have contact with the outside world, and their daily needs are served by the governor's yamen, which is very beneficial to our operation. In other words, if we rob these foreign craftsmen, they will not be discovered in a short time. ”

Shen Xiaoshan pointed his finger around the residence of these foreigners and said: "The residence of these foreigners and craftsmen is relatively remote, on the left is the official office medicine, and on the right is the official office express shop, and there are few people passing by in normal times, which is another advantageous aspect." ”

Guo Tai and a few others listened carefully to Shen Xiaoshan's explanation, nodding from time to time.

Shen Xiaoshan finished his explanation: "This is the basic situation of Western craftsmen, and several of them are clear!" ”

Shen Xiaoshan continued: "The commander has agreed that our enemy hunting division will take action to kidnap these Westerners to Huluyan, and there must be no horses left on the way. What do you guys have to say? ”

Seeing that the four people shook their heads together, they said: "Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, in order to avoid a long night's dream, our hunting enemy division will take action in the middle of the night tonight, and after succeeding, hide in a predetermined location, wait until tomorrow the city gate opens, and leave the city in batches." ”

Shen Xiaoshan stared at Guo Tai with a faint gaze: "This matter is related to the commander's development plan, there is no room for any mistakes, what to do if there is a problem in the task, I don't need to bother to speak, you can do it yourself!" ”

Guo Tai and the other four of them looked serious, and Guo Tai said: "There is no need for Shen Tou'er to tell us, we naturally know what to do, and my brothers in the Enemy Hunting Division also know the rules." ”

Shen Xiaoshan no longer dwelled on this matter, and instead asked Xie Wudao: "Are the carriages prepared for the five hiding places?" ”

Xie Wu hurriedly said: "Each place employs two carriages to hunt the enemy brothers and guard. ”

Shen Xiaoshan said: "Wait for the meeting to end later, the five of us will go back to have a meeting with the members of the action team, explain carefully to our respective subordinates, and act on time tonight." ”

Guo Tai said: "Entering the governor's office and hijacking some Western craftsmen is not a difficult thing for our enemy hunting department. I think the danger of this mission comes from two aspects, the first is that our enemy hunting division hijacks the Western craftsmen and leaves the next morning, and in the meantime, if anyone finds out that the Western craftsmen are missing, it will be a big problem. The second is that now Dengzhou City has strengthened the inventory of entering and exiting the city gate, how should we deal with the inspection of the city gate guards. ”

Liu Rongsheng added on the side: "Our brother is investigating, now the army of the two major general soldiers in Dengzhou is arranged outside the city to prepare to meet Kong Youde's rebels, and the secret sentinels and horses will appear exponentially along the way, especially in the direction of the south gate out of the city, so I think it's best for us to avoid the south gate, and the five-way action team will go out of the city from the other three city gates." ”

Shen Xiaoshan said: "The exact point proposed by the two of you, before we left, it was discovered that the foreigner craftsman was missing, this is a lot of luck, we can only do our best to obey the destiny of heaven, the commander told me that if someone finds out, he will decisively abandon this plan, our brothers' lives are more important than these foreigners!" ”

The commander thought that the lives of his people were more important than foreigners, and the four people present were moved!

Shen Xiaoshan continued: "As for entering and exiting the city gate, it is indeed a strict check, but it is mainly for the people who enter the city, and the people who go out of the city will not be intercepted, don't forget that our hunting enemies are all dressed as officers and cavalry, and the general city gate guards are not willing to do much, prepare silver taels in advance, and meet those non-checklist city gate guards, as long as they are stuffed with enough silver taels, they should also go out of the city safely." ”

Shen Xiaoshan turned his gaze to Liu Rongsheng and said: "Lao Liu's suggestion is very correct, our five teams will go from the east, west and north gates respectively, and after leaving the city, they will meet at the foot of the official road of Mishen Mountain. ”

Guo Tai asked: "Boss, my opinion is that since the guards out of the city are not very strict, we might as well divide into one or two teams to go out of the city, and the number of times out of the city in batches will attract the attention of the guards." Going out of town together will reduce the number of mistakes. ”

Shen Xiaoshan pondered for a while, then turned his head and asked Liu Rongsheng and the others: "Guo Tai's proposal is reasonable, what do you think?" ”

Niu Er said: "If no one finds out that the foreign craftsmen are missing after opening the city gate in the morning, we should go out of the city as soon as possible, in case there are too many dreams at night, so it is necessary for all of us to go out of the city." ”

Liu Rongsheng said: "I suggest that we divide into two teams and go out of the city at the east and west gates, so that it will not attract the attention of the city gate guards, and will not attract the attention of the two general soldiers outside the city because the cavalry team is too large, so that we can return to Huluyan smoothly." ”

Shen Xiaoshan thought for a moment and said: "Then divide our enemy hunting division into two teams, one team led by myself, Guo Tai, and Niu Er, from the east gate out of the city, through Kui Mountain, to the south into Pingdu Daze Mountain. Lao Liu has one team left, led by you and Xie Wu, take the West City Gate, the specific route and return route are agreed upon by you and Xie Wu yourself, remember to fight if you encounter a sentry or a small number of ambushes, and if you can't fight the enemy, the key is to protect the foreign craftsmen. ”

Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu glanced at each other, and grinned: "I can't tell now, anyway, Xie Wu and I will send the foreign craftsmen to Huluyan safely, and you should pay attention all the way to the head, I heard that traces of rebellious soldiers have been found near Kuishan." ”！！！ (To be continued......)