The city of Jinan was full of smoke, and the 130,000 troops of the Yan army launched an attack on the north gate of Jinan.

The dense Yan soldiers continued to climb the city wall like ants, and were pushed down or slashed by the defenders, and only countless black dots were seen climbing and falling on the side of the towering city wall, accompanied by shouts of killing, screams, and lives were lost forever between breaths.

The sound of Hongwu cannons roared, and the solid iron bullets slammed into the city wall, stirring up a burst of stone mist with the smell of gunpowder, and on an open ground outside the city, a large area of dense Yan army rushed to the city wall like a tide, and rushed to the city wall without fear of death, going forward and successively, endlessly, and the sound of killing was terrible, which was terrifying.

In the moat under the city wall, the corpses of Gu Yanjun are piled up, the blood dyes the clear river red, and the slowly flowing blood water reflects the residual blood of the sunset, and the battlefield is full of cruel and bloody poetry.

On the horse paths inside the city walls, the wounded soldiers of the city were covered in blood, rolling on the ground and crying, and some of them disappeared silently and silently.

Xiao Fan was surrounded by dozens of personal guards holding shields in the middle, standing at the head of the city and looking out from afar, his handsome face had been blackened by the gunsmoke, his clear eyes stared at the handsome flag of the Yan Army in the distance, the flag fluttered in the wind, and the four words "Fengtian Jingdifficult" were fought on it, and the other narrow flag with white edges on a black background, the flag was embroidered with a line of eye-catching big characters, "Emperor Taizu Gao of the Ming Dynasty Hongwu Fourth Son Yan Wang Di", the battlefield was full of smoke, and the two flags loomed in the smoke of gunpowder.

Xiao Fan sneered, the rebels are all named in the name of justice, Zhu Di's two flags are undoubtedly very instigatory, the court has annihilated the ministers, the first emperor's son and son have raised troops for the Ming Society, the side of the Qing monarch, the people along the way will naturally not say anything when they see it, the people lack the vision to distinguish loyalty and annihilation, they can only follow the clouds, if Zhu Di is allowed to fight from north to south, I don't know how many scholars and civilians are deceived by these two banners along the way.

The people's heart, if you talk about fighting, it is difficult to say, and it may not be recognized by everyone to do things for the people for a lifetime, but it is easy to say, maybe you don't have to do anything, the identity of a prince of the royal family, a high-sounding reason, it is enough to play with the people's hearts in the palm of your hand.

Xiao Fan stared coldly at the two flags, how dazzling he looked.

Two flags support one man's ambition, and how many people have been killed, this is evil!

Rumble!

An iron bullet whistled, and Chen Ning, a personal soldier next to him, was quick and dragged Xiao Fan's body, and the iron bullet swept past Xiao Fan's ears, and the strong wind stabbed Xiao Fan's face painfully.

Chen Ning's face turned white with fright, and he shouted: "Shield! Stop the adults! ”

Xiao Fan himself was so frightened that his legs were weak, but thinking of his identity, if the boss showed cowardice at this time, it would definitely be a big blow to the morale of the soldiers defending the city, Xiao Fan was afraid of death, but he wanted to save face.

Jun's face turned white for a while, and soon regained his blood color, Xiao Fan pushed away the shield in front of him, and shouted in a trembling voice: "What are you panicking about!" When defending the city, the soldiers were bleeding desperately, everyone was flesh and blood, what was the difference between the noble and the low? I don't need these special protections, you all give me some strength, this official is standing behind you, never take half a step back, and swear to live and die with Jinan City and all the soldiers! ”

When the soldiers guarding the city around heard this, they immediately burst into tears.

In the eyes of these simple and blood-surnamed soldiers, a high-ranking and powerful court official stood at the head of the city to personally supervise the battle regardless of his safety, and vowed to live and die with them.

Seeing that the eyes of the soldiers were red with emotion, Xiao Fan lost no time in adding: "If Jinan is not lost, the official promises to personally ask the Son of Heaven for you to be awarded the official title, and when the Yan rebels retreat, the official will give you silver, silver with white flowers!" ”

This sentence made the soldiers boil, if it was just moved by Xiao Fan's bravery and righteousness just now, now this official position and silver are smashed down, but everyone is really planning to give up their lives for Xiao Fan and the court, and it is nonsense for the soldiers to die for their confidants, and it will be beneficial to work hard, and they can also seal their wives and sons, forever get rid of the fate of generations of military households, and have a good future for future generations, and it is worth fighting for their lives today!

The soldiers' eyes suddenly glowed with crazy blood red, and they all responded with a bang, and then countless large stones, boiling oil, and locust-like arrows rained towards the Yan army like crazy.

The Yan army, which was attacking the city like a rainbow, was beaten by the sudden ruthlessness of the defenders, and countless Yan soldiers screamed and fell down the city wall, and the casualties of the Yan army increased rapidly in an instant.

Xiao Fan still stood at the head of the city, as immobile as a green pine, but the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile.

In addition to the combat strength of the soldiers on both sides, what is more important is to compete with the perseverance of the commanders of both sides.

Brother-in-law Chen Ning stepped forward and said with a smile: "It's still brother-in-law...... Ahem, adults have courage, two sentences make everyone willing to give up their lives, but, my lord, the city is very dangerous, don't you really want a shield to help you block it? ”

Xiao Fan glanced at him and said, "Do you think I'm really not afraid of death?" The Hongwu cannon shot a solid iron bullet, and the copper wall could smash a pit, and a few thin shields blocked a fart! Damn it, it's better to die than a single person who has no shelter......"

Chen Ning suddenly realized and looked at his brother-in-law with admiration.

Co-authored the impassioned scene just now, all of which had to be explained as a last resort? No wonder my brother-in-law became such a big official at a young age, and this cheek is definitely worthy of the Hongwu cannon...... Outside the north gate of Jinan, under the command of the commander of the Yan army.

Seeing the casualties of the soldiers besieging the city in the distance getting heavier and heavier, countless soldiers screamed and fell off the city wall, the morale of the army gradually weakened, and Zhu Di's face gradually turned blue.

There are millions of troops in the imperial court, and it is not distressing to die a lot, a holy decree will go down, and the entire Ming Dynasty has so many guards and thousands of households, and hundreds of thousands of troops can be mobilized at any time, but he Zhu Di can't afford to be injured, these Yan army soldiers are all following him in the past to conquer the Tartar Hundred Battles Border Army, and if you die, there will be one less, although there are more than 100,000 soldiers under his command, but the future of the rebellion is uncertain at the moment, and it is absolutely impossible to lose too many troops under a mere Jinan city, which is too cost-effective.

After weighing the pros and cons, Zhu Di, who was decisive in killing, gritted his teeth and gave a military order.

"Mingjin, collect the troops!"

The Yan army's siege stopped, but more than 100,000 rebels still surrounded the city of Jinan, as if they were accumulating strength, waiting for the next attack to become more and more fierce.

Inside the yamen of the prefect of Jinan.

Xiao Fan's face was heavy, he stood up and knocked on the table lightly, and said: "It's not okay to go on like this, we are too passive, I like to be passive in sexual affairs, but I still like to take the initiative in war!" ”

Cao Yi licked his dry mouth and said: "You have issued an order to Dongchang, Shunde, and the Daimyo Sanfu to go to reinforcements, as long as we hold on for a few more days, the reinforcements of the Sanfu will inevitably arrive, and then our 70,000 defenders will suddenly kill from the city, and under the attack from both sides, I don't believe that Yan is undefeated." ”

Xiao Fan shook his head and said: "Zhu Di is not so stupid, Baba is waiting for our reinforcements to kill, he has fought all his life, can this little trick be hidden from him?" It is estimated that before the arrival of our reinforcements, they will attack frantically regardless of everything, if they do not defeat Jinan within three days, they will definitely withdraw their troops and flee far away, and they will not be stupid to wait for us to attack him, in other words, we will defend Jinan in the past three days will be very hard, whether we can hold it, I am really not sure......"

Cao Yi was once a hundred generals under Zhu Di, and he naturally had a deeper understanding of the old lord in the past, and knew that Xiao Fan was right, these three were the critical period of defending the city, Zhu Di would inevitably attack the city frantically regardless of the cost of casualties, for him, killing Xiao Fan at present is more important than him usurping the throne, Xiao Fan does not die, Zhu Di's ambition will never be realized.

The two were silent for a long time, Cao Yi thought hard for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said happily: "By the way, don't we still have the secret chess move of Duoyan Sanwei?" It's time to use them......"

Xiao Fan quickly shook his head and vetoed: "No, this is Jinan, thousands of miles away from the customs, far away from the water can't quench the thirst of the near, besides, this person is too snobbish, it will only add to the cake, and will never send charcoal in the snow, the current war is not good for the imperial court, with his surname, most of them will stand on the wall according to the soldiers, which side will have the upper hand in the future, he is willing to come out and help beat the water dogs, now we can't count on him......"

Cao Yi said angrily: "This dog said that he received so much gold from us, and he was so snobbish, he knew it was so, why did we spend this unjust money in the first place!" ”

Xiao Fan shook his head and said: "This money must be spent, no matter what, the cavalry combat power of Duoyan Sanwei is the strongest, if we don't spend money to stabilize them, now they will definitely help Yan Yi to fight us, the Yan army was like a tiger at that time, and it was our side that was unlucky." ”

Cao Yi sighed in silence.

"Now in addition to gritting our teeth and sticking to Jinan, what else can we do?" Cao Yi said with a somewhat bitter face.

Xiao Fan unconsciously tapped the table with the fingers of his right hand, and said thoughtfully: "All fighters win with the right and the odd, that is to say, this kind of thing requires not only the great wisdom of the frontal battlefield, but also some small actions that cannot be put on the table......"

"Why do I think that from being an official to now, all of you are small actions that can't be put on the stage......

As the two were talking, they suddenly heard a loud bang in the third hall in the backyard of the yamen, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, which frightened Xiao Fan and Cao Yi's faces to change.

The two glanced at each other in horror, Xiao Fan lifted the hem of his official robe and hurriedly ran towards the backyard.

"What's wrong? Did Yan counterattack sneak attack? So despicable! Xiao Fan gritted his teeth and said angrily.

Cao Yi was also angry and said: "If you can't do it, you will come to Yin, it's too despicable!" ”

The two rushed to the backyard angrily, but saw a group of pro-soldiers staring at the left wing of the backyard with strange faces, not knowing what they were looking at.

Soon, the door of the wing room opened, and Taixu stumbled out of the door with a dark face, his white hair was messy, and his original sloppy robe was burned with holes everywhere, and his whole body hissed and smoked, looking like a freshly baked roast chicken.

Xiao Fan paused, and then exclaimed, "Master, what's wrong with you?" ”

Tai Xu's eyes looked at him blankly, and then he grinned, and his mouth opened, and another puff of black smoke came out of his mouth, curling up.

With a hand on his ear, he said in a loud voice, "What did you say?" Be louder! Don't hum like a mosquito. ”

Xiao Fan sighed heavily, and at a casual glance, he knew that the loud bang just now must have been made by this unobtrusive master, no need to ask, the old immortal's scientific experiment of alchemy to ascend to immortal has failed again.

Helped Taixu to sit down at the door, relieved for a while, Taixu gradually regained his hearing, and the sound just now tossed his ears so much that he was almost deaf.

The relieved Taixu slapped his thigh hard, and two lines of old tears flowed down.

"Failed again! Ascending to Immortal failed again...... I am all based on the medicine of the "Taishang Holy Ancestor Jindan Secret", and it is not bad at all, why is it always wrong? What went wrong? ”

The old birthday star looked sad, and the tears of despair washed the blackened old face, black and white, looking particularly desperate.

Xiao Fan understands his mood very well, for an old birthday star who is over 130 years old and has been living impatiently, what other pursuits can he pursue besides becoming an immortal?

Xiao Fan patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Master's condolences, it must be that there is something wrong in your alchemy, the details determine success or failure, maybe you should increase the weight of dispensing a little more......"

Tai Xuan was too empty, and said thoughtfully: "You mean to say that the amount of medicine I dispensed is not enough, but ...... the "Jindan Secret" is clearly this amount......

"No, no, Master, you misunderstood, it's not that the amount of medicine is not enough, but that the amount of gunpowder you are dispensing is not enough......"

"What do you mean?"

"It's very simple, if you add several times the amount of gunpowder, and then you shake your hands, bang! A mushroom cloud......"

Taixu looked straight and said, "Yet...... And then what? ”

"Then you'll be in the immortal class, and you'll be blown up to the point where you don't have any bones left......"

"Huh?"

Xiao Fan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Ascending to immortal, it's that simple, a man must be ruthless to himself." ”

It's too empty and old, but he's not stupid, and he finally hears the taste.

With a straight face, Taixu's face was frosty, and he said coldly: "Little bastard, are you laughing at me? ”

The old birthday star who failed to ascend to immortal has a sensitive and fragile heart.

Xiao Fan, who had endured it for a long time, was furious, his smile was in vain, he grabbed the collar of Taixu, and said viciously: "The soldiers have been holding on to Jinan City with blood, so many people have died, and the battle is so tragic, you old guy still have the leisure to play artillery battles?" ”

"It's not playing artillery battles, it's alchemy, alchemy! The elixir of ascending to heaven and becoming an immortal! "Too vain and unconvinced to correct.

"Can alchemy be refined to the point that the house almost exploded? Don't play blindly if you don't understand, so many people fight bravely to kill the enemy, just to survive, you're good, the birthday boy plays with gunpowder, and he thinks his life is long? After living for more than a hundred years, don't you think your life is pale? ”

Taixu also felt that he was at a loss, and suddenly his eyes were wandering around, and he said a little short of breath: "Then you say...... How can I live a meaningful life? ”

"Don't you like to play cannonballs? Have the ability to go out of the city and blow up Yan Yi's handsome tent! ”

Tai Xuan corrected weakly again: "Alchemy...... It's not about playing artillery battles. ”

As soon as Xiao Fan finished speaking, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind.

That's right, why don't you just let Taixu go out of the city and blow Zhu Di to death? Wouldn't it be too wasteful to let such a peerless master not use? The old guy's alchemy skills are a little rougher, but he is a first-class good hand at playing with gunpowder, and his own house has been blown up several times by him, and he definitely has the strength of a terrorist, so let him make the best use of it by harming others...... Talent can't be idle, even a piece of straw paper has its use, not to mention that too virtual is much stronger than straw paper.

However, there is a problem that is more troublesome, it is said that gunpowder was originally invented by the alchemists of the Tang Dynasty in the process of alchemy, but the ratio of saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur in gunpowder has not been right, so the power of gunpowder is very small, until the nineteenth century by the Europeans found the most powerful ratio between the three, that is to say, although gunpowder in the early years of the Ming Dynasty was widely used in combat, but its power is actually not enough, this is too false should be deeply understood,—— old guy was blown up several times and did not die, It can be seen that the power is very average.

What is the most powerful black powder ratio?

Seventy and a half of nitrate, one and a half of charcoal, and one half of sulfur, soaked and ground into granules, and then added to graphite to dry...... Xiao Fan fell into deep thought, but a pair of eyes were like poisonous snakes staring at Taixu, for a long time, the corners of his mouth still showed a little sad smile, looking extremely terrifying.

Taixu was frightened by Xiao Fan's ill-intentioned smile, and trembled and said, "What do you want to do?" ”

Xiao Fan came back to his senses and put his arm around Taixu's shoulder, and Taixu was led by him to stagger towards the inner hall.

"Master, apprentice needs a little favor from you here......"

"Come less! Poor people outside the world, do not ask about the world. ”

"As long as you help with this, the apprentice will give you a prescription, the power is very strong, and you will become an immortal and ascend to Bliss......"

"You're talking about arsenic, right? Criminals! You want to kill me? Murder and ascension to immortality are two different things! ”

"It's definitely not arsenic, it's kind-hearted, how can it harm you with arsenic? It was made too low. Ever heard of black powder? It's very helpful for your alchemy, after the apprentice has developed it, you need to go out of the city and throw a few to try the effect, if the effect is good, I will tell you the formula......"

"Let me help you kill again? Is it stupid to be poor? What should I do if I am delayed to become an immortal? "It's too vain to forget the great cause of ascending to immortals.

"How can you delay Master becoming an immortal? It's very simple, you light the fuse, and then rush into Yan Rebellion's handsome tent with a bomb...... Becoming an immortal is no longer far away. ”

“…………”

The two whispered, walking farther and farther, but Cao Yi, who was following behind the two, was covered in cold sweat...... Is this a fucking master and apprentice or an enemy?

(To be continued)