Wang Feng didn't answer immediately, but put on a bitter appearance to show that there was no ready-made method, until Yang Xiuqing and the others became impatient, and then he said uncertainly: "King Dong, there is a method that his subordinates can try, but it is difficult to say whether it can be successful!" ”

"Speak up." Yang Xiuqing waved his hand.

Wang Feng pointed forward: "The city is strong and tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack, with the firepower of our army, the cannonballs hit the city wall is just a futile ammunition, even if the artillery is concentrated and bombarded in one place, due to the factor of the head, the effect is probably minimal, so the subordinates think that if you want to avoid heavy casualties during the siege, you should concentrate explosives to blow up the city gate, as long as the city gate is broken, our army can rush into the city with one blow, and the Qing army will be defeated!" ”

Hong Xuanjiao, who had not made a sound, frowned and asked rhetorically: "Bomb the city gate?" Isn't that digging a tunnel? Our army dug a tunnel for nearly ten days, the original plan was to lay mines last night, blow up the Yifeng Gate city wall, but because you open the city gate had to be abandoned, if you dig again, it will take more than ten days, Xiang Rong and Qi Shan may have led reinforcements to come, our army will fall into the disadvantageous situation of suffering from the enemy, not to mention delaying, if the Qing Demon is aware, what should be done if the city is set up to listen? ”

It turned out that his actions had disrupted the deployment of the Taiping Army, Wang Feng resisted the urge to laugh, and said in a hurry: "Sister Xuanjiao is reasonable, but my late father learned the method of making explosives from English missionaries in his early years. ”

"Okay, you try it first, if it does, you will make a big credit!" Yang Xiuqing slapped Wang Feng fiercely, and then turned his head and called: "Mingjin!" ”

The Taiping army still used the old method of beating the gong to collect its troops, and with the sound of the gong, the tens of thousands of troops participating in the siege retreated like a tide.

Shi Da ran over and said dissatisfiedly: "King Dong, why did you withdraw the army?" Our army and the Qing demon are in the middle of a fierce battle, although the city cannot be broken for a while, but the morale is booming, retreating at this time, the army's morale will be affected, and the nearly 1,000 brothers are not dead in vain? ”

Yang Xiuqing was not annoyed, and said lightly: "Wang Feng claims to be able to make explosives bags, and he can blow up the city gate with explosives bags, let's wait for him to make it and take a look." ”

"Oh?" Shi Dakai looked at Wang Feng, who was alone from afar, tinkering with a pile of gunpowder.

The explosives package is a sharp weapon for the People's Liberation Army to attack the city and break the enemy, in fact, its production method is very simple, but the problem faced by Wang Feng is that first of all, the explosive package is detonated by the thunder ~~ tube, the so-called thunder ~~ tube, that is, the thunder ~~ mercury is loaded into a small tube, at that time, the breech gun with thunder ~~ mercury as a firing ignition device has begun to equip the armies of the great powers, but China's firearms since the end of the Ming Dynasty, almost no improvement, thunder ~ ~ mercury is not known what it is.

Although as an agent of the People's Liberation Army, it is one of the basic skills to make weapons and ammunition from local materials, but there is no material for synthesizing mine~~ mercury in the Taiping Army, so he can only use the most primitive fuse to detonate it.

Another problem is gunpowder, at that time the Western powers have developed nitrocellulose, nitrogenulose ~~ oil and other high explosives, but due to the safety has not been solved, although black gunpowder is still used for the time being, but the black gunpowder of the West is of high purity, strong power, and better safety, in contrast, the stall in front of him, not only the particle size is different, but also mixed with a small amount of iron filings and gravel, Wang Feng can only shake his head, but at present, under this condition, although Wang Feng has a method for making high-explosive high explosives, but is still limited by the lack of raw materials.

It took a lot of effort to remove the impurities, Wang Feng carefully made a standard explosive bag, dragged a long lead, and ordered his subordinates to build a city gate with thick wooden planks, and invited the generals of the Taiping army over.

Wang Feng lit the fuse, ran back a few steps and fell down violently, when he heard a loud bang, a huge fireball rose on the spot, and the thick planks were blown up in all directions!

Suddenly, all the generals of the Taiping Army were full of disbelief, and for a long time, Lin Fengxiang was stunned and said: "Brother Wang, isn't the gunpowder you use just ammunition taken from artillery shells?" How powerful can it be? ”

Wang Feng clenched his fists and replied: "On the one hand, the gunpowder removes impurities, and on the other hand, the gunpowder is tightly wrapped with canvas to form a relatively closed environment, so that the gunpowder will not lose its power due to air leakage at the moment of detonation!" ”

"Good!" Yang Xiuqing screamed: "The explosives bag is simple and easy to carry, and the power is amazing. Wang Feng, this king has made a great contribution to you, and when you look back, you will be rewarded for your merits! ”

"Thank you, King Dong!" Wang Feng thanked him.

Yang Xiuqing frowned, and said: "Wang Feng, I'm afraid you can't do a few with your own strength, and the situation is urgent, so this king wants to call some craftsmen to learn the method from you, don't worry, I won't ask for your method in vain, what do you think?" ”

Wang Feng immediately showed a look of humiliation, and said slightly angrily: "Why did the East King say this? Could it be that his subordinates are not Taiping soldiers? Not to mention a small explosives bag, as long as you can destroy the Qing demon, even if you throw your head and spill blood, what is there to fear? Please recruit someone quickly. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes looked at Wang Feng differently, Yang Xiuqing also nodded with satisfaction, and asked his entourage to recruit craftsmen.

Wang Feng did not hide any secrets, from purifying gunpowder, to how to compact, to bandaging and binding, to the arrangement of the leads, all of them were taught.

Near the end of the evening, a total of ten explosives bags were made, Yang Xiuqing couldn't wait for the next day, and ordered the whole army to press again, rumbling artillery fire and a large number of ladders, covering eight carefully selected death squads, two by two, each carrying an explosives bag, to blast the four city gates, as long as one is successful, the army will rush into the city!

Yang Xiuqing led the generals to supervise the battle in Beicheng, and the remaining three city gates were observed by special personnel and reported every five minutes.

At that time, with the introduction of clocks and watches, Western timekeeping units such as hours and minutes had gradually replaced traditional Chinese timekeeping units such as hours and moments.

Yang Xiuqing stared closely at the two death-chasing team members in front of him, and took out his pocket watch from time to time to check the time.

"Boom~~" Suddenly, a loud bang broke out at the east gate, and the black smoke that rushed into the sky was even seen clearly by the generals of the Taiping army who were supervising the battle at the north gate!

"Could it be that the east gate is broken?" Yang Shuijiao made a bold guess.

"The east gate is attacked by General Lin, and the city will send a signal, let's wait!" Hong Xuanjiao reluctantly suppressed her passionate emotions and persuaded her.

Yang Xiuqing still looked calm and composed, but that gaze couldn't help but glance in the direction of the east gate!

"Report!" With the sound of hurried hooves, a messenger galloped over, dismounted and said: "Report to the king of the east, a daredevils at the east gate were hit by the artillery fire of the Qing army, igniting the explosives package, affecting more than a dozen brothers around. ”

Yang Xiuqing's face was a little ugly, and at this moment, there was a loud bang in front of him, and a large ball of fire rose into the air!