Zhu Youcheng opened the door and called all the thousands of households outside in.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our Jinyiwei has been bullied to the house now, and the goods transported have been robbed by a group of bandits."

Zhu Youcheng's words were like a drop of cold water falling into a hot oil pot, which caused an uproar at the scene, some were incredulous, some were indignant, and some shouted and scolded, only Wu Huping and Chen Guoqi looked as usual and were silent.

Zhu Youcheng was slightly surprised and asked, "Wu Qianhu, Chen Qianhu, why don't you two speak?" ”

Wu Huping stood up, gave a military salute to Zhu Youcheng, and said: "My lord, anger and scolding can't solve the problem, why are we training hard, isn't it just to suppress bandits and calm the people?" Since there are bandits, if you destroy them, why be ruthless here? With this strength, it is better to go to the battlefield and cut down a few more bandits. ”

Chen Guoqi also said: "I think we should use weapons now and beat him." ”

Zhu Youcheng nodded approvingly and said, "This official thinks the same way." Now, let's talk about the bandits. ”

"The number of bandits is unknown, but I once snuck into their quarters, and according to the amount of food they consumed per meal, there were about three thousand of them. The bandit number is not muddy, Chinese New Year's Eve, a native of Shaanxi. They occupied a landlord's watchtower on the border between Cangzhou and Texas, and used it as a base to solicit scoundrels from all over the country, and it seemed that they had plans to rebel. This watchtower resembles the Hakka tulou in Fujian, very solid, with a total of five floors, ring-shaped, and the diameter of the open space in the middle is fifteen zhang. The outer wall of the watchtower is made of stone, and it is five zhang high. There are two gates, one on the southeast and one on the northwest, and there is no moat. The door is made of stainless steel and has a gate structure. Because the door is too heavy, the bandits are lazy. Rarely closes. However, there are shooting holes inside and outside the carved tower, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

When all the thousands of households heard that the bandit's nest was actually of this structure, they all gasped. This kind of castle is well defended, like a turtle shell, which makes people unable to swallow and is quite difficult to fight. Unless siege engines are used. However, the fortress is covered with a roof, which is much more difficult to attack than the city wall, and cannot be conquered without paying a heavy price. The best thing to do is to surround the fort gate and trap the enemy. However, the bunker was full of rooms, and it was summer at this time, and I don't know how much food was stored in it. If it is so protracted, the military rations alone will also eat up the Xizhen Fusi.

There was silence in the room, and everyone was thinking about how to take down the enemy's lair at the least cost.

After a moment, Chen Guoqi's eyes lit up. Said: "Now the bandits are recruiting troops, the inventory is definitely not strict, we can send people to mix in, take advantage of their unpreparedness, suddenly difficult, the bunker is at your fingertips." ”

Wu Huping said: "Of course, there is hope for success in this method, but if the bandits are smarter, check the calluses on their hands." The calluses on the hands of our soldiers are clearly caused by weapons, and are very different from the calluses formed by farmers using agricultural tools. So that our soldiers are in danger. I built yì to attack. ”

Chen Guoqi shook his head and said, "Attack, the sacrifice of the soldiers is too great, I oppose it." ”

"If our weapons were bows and crossbows and swords and spears, I would not have proposed a strong attack. But what do we have in our hands now? Rear-loading rifled firecracker! It has twice the range of the Strongbow and is extremely accurate. We can shoot outside the bunker. Snipe the bandits through the shooting holes and clear the way to safety. Then send people to bury it under the bunker and blow it up. ”

"The hole is so small, how many bullets must be wasted. Nishijin Fuji's bullets are specially made, but they are not biased. Moreover, the bunker was made of strip stone. How much does it take to blow it up? Chen Guoqi argued with self-reliance.

"Let's go on the attack. In the eyes of the officer, no amount of silver can compare to the life of a soldier. Remember when you were training the firecrackers? Rows of bullets are sent to you, are they bullets? No, it's silver dollars. But in order to reduce your bloodshed on the battlefield, the officer didn't even blink an eye, and gave you the bullet for training. ”

After listening to Zhu Youcheng's words, the hearts of thousands of households were warm. As the saying goes, a general's success is ten thousand bones, and for the sake of victory, many generals regard the lives of soldiers as a mustard, deduct military salaries in peacetime, and exchange human lives for victory in wartime.

"The officer has decided to take a thousand elite soldiers into battle. However, the soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first. Beijing is 5oo miles away from Cangzhou, and the cavalry's march progress in one day is 1oo miles, and it can be reached in about five or six days. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare at least ten days of concentrate feed, and the soldiers' rations must also be brought for ten days. Don't tell me about supplies on the road, what if you don't buy them, you can't let our soldiers go hungry and fight. So in addition to a thousand elite soldiers, I had to bring a thousand heavy soldiers. In order to rescue the soldiers who were wounded on the battlefield, I am also going to take the medical soldiers with medics, so I will prepare a hundred medical soldiers first. Fortunately, there are hundreds of four-wheeled carriages in Xizhen Fusi, and the transportation of military rations is not a problem. Attacking a strong fortress, artillery is the most effective, but unfortunately Sun Yuanhua only began to cast cannons. Gao Di, the secretary of the military department, has an old relationship with me, and has a very good personal relationship with Wei Gonggong, so it should not be a problem to ask him to borrow a gun. Because this battle was to test the role of firearms, the elite soldiers and baggage soldiers I selected were all pure firearms troops. ”

Hearing this, all the thousands of households looked at the two Zhu Youcheng's favorite generals - Wu Huping and Chen Guoqi. Wu Huping and Chen Guoqi were suddenly a little proud, but the next thing Zhu Youcheng said was that some people were happy and some were worried.

"These thousand elite soldiers are from Chen Guoqi's thousand households, and a thousand heavy soldiers are from Wu Huping's thousand households."

Wu Huping was furious when he heard this, and shouted loudly: "My Qianhu soldiers are the most skilled in riding, why do you let my troops be baggage soldiers?" ”

Zhu Youcheng glared at Wu Huping, Wu Huping remembered the strict discipline of the Jinyi Guard, and remembered that Zhu Youcheng once said that soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, so they retreated in disgrace.

"Originally, there was no need to explain the military order issued by the Shangguan, but since you asked today, I will sue you, because Chen Guoqi's troops were the first to be equipped with firearms and were the most familiar with firearms, so they were the vanguard. But the baggage soldiers I brought with me will also participate in the war. In this battle, whoever has the strongest army will be the vanguard in the next battle. ”

As soon as Zhu Youcheng's words came out, Wu Huping and Chen Guoqi secretly competed. After the meeting ended, the two of them conveyed Master Zhu's words to the soldiers. Both units were screaming, and morale was at an all-time high.

After the meeting, Zhu Youcheng was about to ask someone to prepare a carriage and prepare a trip to the capital. At this time, King Shin came.

As soon as he came in, he grabbed Zhu Youcheng's hand and pulled him outside. He pulled. On the other hand, he said: "Mr. Song is here, and he really has a great talent, and he asked me all about it." ”

It turned out that Wei Liangqing had already taken Song Yingxing to Jingxi Huangzhuang, and was looking for Zhu Youcheng to give orders, but was bumped into by King Xin. Since listening to Zhu Youcheng's introduction, King Xin thought that "Heavenly Creation" was a great novel of gods and demons, and he was full of admiration for the author Song Yingxing, so he took Song Yingxing to the living room. Chatted with him.

After talking about it for a while, I realized that Song Yingxing hadn't started writing "Heavenly Creations" yet, but King Xin was not disappointed, because Song Yingxing was a very funny person, and he told some scientific truths in simple terms and humorously. King Xin was not to be outdone, and the scientific knowledge he learned from Zhu Youcheng also trembled wildly, but unfortunately Song Yingxing was a person who liked to get to the bottom of it, and soon asked King Xin speechless. I had to come back and move the rescuers.

Zhu Youcheng was overjoyed and hurried out to greet Song Yingxing.

Meet Song Yingxing. As soon as Zhu Youcheng finished introducing himself, Song Yingxing bowed to him twice.

Zhu Youcheng secretly wiped the cold sweat on his head in his heart, fortunately, he didn't bow three times, otherwise he would have said goodbye to the body.

"This first bow is to thank Master Zhu for giving the name of the book of the grass people, 'Heavenly Creation', 'Heavenly Creation'. The name is really good. ”

Zhu Youcheng was about to laugh in his heart, he had never seen such a stinky fart, and he boasted that he had chosen a good title. Although it seems that the name of the book was given by Zhu Youcheng now, even if no one reminds it, it will be another two or three years. Song Yingxing will come up with the name of the book by himself.

This second bow is to admire the knowledge of adults. I didn't expect that Master Zhu was actually a scholar of heaven and man, and the knowledge he taught to King Xin was unheard of, but it made me stunned. ”

After hearing this, Zhu Youcheng understood the reason why Song Yingxing, a scientific madman, bowed to him. Fortunately, he came out early and didn't let Song Yingxing show his strengths elsewhere, if he really bowed three times and made a memorial service, it would be really unlucky.

Zhu Youcheng smiled and welcomed Song Yingxing into the study.

Everyone sat down separately, and after greeting for a while, they got to the point.

Zhu Youcheng said anxiously: "I have admired Mr. Song for a long time, and I heard that you have invited you from afar in order to prevent the science and technology of the Ming Dynasty from being lost for various reasons, and to collect the skills of craftsmen from all over the place. I wonder if Mr. knows about steelmaking? ”

"My lord is the pacification envoy of the Jinyi Weixi Zhenfu Division, and he is in a high position, but he doesn't care about the Weapons Division, why do you want to make steel."

Zhu Youcheng stood up and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, thinking about whether to tell him the truth. Shin stood beside him and learned his movements to the fullest.

Suddenly, Zhu Youcheng stood still and said: "Mr. Song, this matter is related to the fortune of the Ming Dynasty, can you guarantee that you will not leak half a word to outsiders?" Of course, it can't be recorded in your book. ”

Song Yingxing stood up and said sternly: "Song is also a Ming person, since this matter is so urgent, I will naturally keep my mouth shut." ”

So Zhu Youcheng truthfully told him the reasons for making the fire gun and the troubles he encountered, and asked people to bring the flower of the fire gun and the fire gun that was as heavy as a small cannon.

Song Yingxing smiled and said, "Song has three steelmaking methods. ”

Zhu Youcheng was overjoyed and said, "Then Mr. Song will try all three methods to find the most economical and efficient method." However, I have heard from the Xiyi people that mixing two metals together makes them stronger. For example, pure copper is very soft, and pure tin is also very soft, but when copper and tin are mixed, it becomes extremely hard bronze. ”

Zhu Youcheng euphemistically told Song Yingxing of the advantages of the alloy researched in later generations.

Song Yingxing was overjoyed, he finally understood why the ancients used bronze to cast tripods during the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

He bowed to Zhu Youcheng again. Zhu Youcheng sweated profusely, this third bow, he still couldn't dodge. However, fortunately, Song Yingxing promised that after instructing the blacksmiths to make steel, he would carefully study alloy steel and strive to develop an alloy that is harder and more wear-resistant than steel.

Zhu You said sincerely: "If you are unlucky, you will be unlucky, as long as Da Ming is not unlucky." ”

It's a pity that he didn't know that Da Ming had encountered an extremely unfortunate thing, which was caused by him. (To be continued!)

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