The celebration banquet that night was very lively, and there was a large banquet in the "Feilong Village", and the banquet was placed from the "Juyi Hall" to the training ground outside. Not only did all the soldiers who participated in the suppression of the "Baihua Village" participate, but also all the traversers who participated in the enlarged meeting of the committee were also present, and even the few traversers in the "Liangyuan" who did not participate in the enlarged meeting also came to join in the fun, and the atmosphere at the scene was very warm.

Several locals who served as middle-level officers in the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion" were arranged in the "Gathering Hall", and such a lively scene was naturally indispensable to toast each other. Needless to say, the people who walked through the crowd shuttled back and forth between the tables in the "Hall of Justice", pushing cups and changing lamps. And middle-level officers like Liu Xiaoliu and Wang Baoshan are easy to have such an opportunity to have close contact with their direct superiors and the highest commander, and they will not let it go, and the wine glass in their hands has basically never been put down.

After several rounds of "mutual respect" activities, the object of everyone's toast gradually focused on a few people. Among them, the most respected are naturally Qian Yuanshan, Zeng Zhilin and others who led the army to the battle, and Wang Kunjun, as the nominal supreme commander of the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion", was also poured a lot of wine by the brothers and their subordinates.

Although Qian Yuanshan, Zeng Zhilin and others are the focus of the brothers' drinking, these four people are the "massive" of the "alcohol test" whether they are before or after the crossing, and they don't care about the wine that the brothers salute, and they are basically drunk to the bottom. Especially Muter, a Mongolian boy from the grassland, is even more bold. Not only did he toast to the toaster very simply, but he also felt that the small cup was not enjoyable after drinking, and asked someone to replace it with a large cup. Moreover, this guy muttered while drinking, saying that the current wine is too talkative, and he can't drink any wine at all, so he must discuss with Brother Jiu when he has the opportunity, let him make a set of distillation equipment, and process some highly distilled liquor to drink.

Compared with these "wine vats" and "wine urns", especially "wine cellars" like Muttle, Wang Kunjun's "wine pot" level is too much worse. Therefore, Rao is alcohol content in this era is low, and Zhang Xiaofei is on the side to help push it, our Wang Da Leader still couldn't resist it, and after a few rounds of wine saluting, he was poured down, and the guards carried him back to his residence in the village.

The next day, near noon, Wang Kunjun woke up from a hangover in a dazed state. Seeing this, Zhang Xiaofei ordered someone to prepare toiletries for Wang Kunjun, and complained angrily about the brothers who poured her husband's wine.

Wang Kunjun waved his hand when he heard this, and said, "Everyone is just trying to be happy, and they don't want to embarrass me." Now that the strength of the team is getting stronger and stronger, the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and the brothers need to do more and more, it is rare to have this opportunity to get together and relax completely. ”

Zhang Xiaofei didn't think so about Wang Kunjun's remarks, she rubbed her temples for her husband in distress, and continued to count the brothers' drunken behavior.

Wang Kunjun knew that his wife was just complaining because she felt sorry for herself, and she didn't really have any dissatisfaction with her brothers. Therefore, there was no further argument, but a laugh.

After freshening up, Wang Kunjun came to the outer room to eat the late breakfast. It was only then that he realized that it was raining outside. Although the rain was not heavy, considering that the mountain road was not very easy to walk, Wang Kunjun's desire to return to "Qingyuan" after breakfast was naturally in vain.

After breakfast, Wang Kunjun sent someone to inform Zhang Weixin and others, who had gone down the mountain with him, to postpone their departure and wait for the rain to stop. While taking advantage of this rare leisure time, he and his beloved wife leaned side by side on the two-seater sofa in the bedroom, and enjoyed the dripping rain outside the window through the glass window, as well as the soldiers who did not stop training due to the light rain on the training ground in the distance - the sofa and glass windows were built by the brothers of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and were only used for the residences of the brothers in the "Cool Garden" and "Feilong Village", but not in other houses.

Perhaps affected by the weather, Zhang Xiaofei's mood gradually became sad, looking at the light rain outside the window, she couldn't help but think of Lin Xiaoyu in Huainan. Therefore, tired of being in Wang Kunjun's arms, after talking privately for a while, she turned the topic of the two to Sister Lin and expressed her worries about Lin Xiaoyu to Wang Kunjun. ,

In this regard, Wang Kunjun is very open. He comforted: "My wife, don't worry, although the eighteenth sister went to Huainan, she only accompanied Queen Fu in the rear and did not go to the front line." Except that Queen Fu is really seriously ill as written in the book, and she has to work hard to find a way to heal it, there will be no other trouble, let alone worry about her life. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Kunjun paused and continued: "I'm very worried about the eighth sister now, after all, he is not the same as the eighteenth sister. As one of the commanders of the gods, he went to the front line. As the saying goes, 'the sword has no eyes', and everyone on the battlefield is the same. Whether it is a son of heaven or a pawn, if he is slashed or shot with an arrow, the result will not make much difference. At most, the armor on the head is thicker, and it can last more time after being hit by swords and arrows. ”

"Didn't you say that Lao Ba went to Huainan this time just to help Chai Rong blow up the city wall? I think with Chai Rong's emphasis on firearms, he will definitely not let Lao Ba, an expert-level figure, go into battle in person and pile up explosive bags under the city walls. Lao Ba went there as a rear commander at most, instructing his soldiers how to place explosives bags with the highest efficiency, and there would be no danger. Zhang Xiaofei began to comfort Wang Kunjun at this time

"I hope it's as my wife said," Wang Kunjun sighed and said, "It's a pity that it's inconvenient for the eighth child to go to Huainan to carry a radio station, otherwise we wouldn't have to worry so much." ”

"Listen to Lao Qi, Huainan is thousands of kilometers away from us, can the radio signal travel so far?" Zhang Xiaofei asked.

"It should be about the same," Wang Kunjun replied, "According to the old thirty and thirty-four, with the power of these radio stations in our hands, if they are combined with long enough antennas, communication within a range of 1,000 kilometers can still be achieved." However, this is basically the limit. If we want to achieve long-distance communication, we can only wait for the old 30 to find a way to increase the power of the radio. ”

Although Zhang Xiaofei has a limited understanding of these science and engineering knowledge, after listening to her husband's explanation, she still nodded very cooperatively. At the same time, she also prayed silently in her heart, hoping that both Lin Xiaoyu and Xu Shaoan would go smoothly on this trip, and finally return to Kaifeng safely.

Zhang Xiaofei prayed silently for Lin Xiaoyu and Xu Shaoan in the "Flying Dragon Village", but she didn't expect that Lin and Xu were standing happily outside Chai Rong's temporary palace in Shouzhou City at this time, exchanging their respective experiences since they parted from Kaifeng.

Lin Xiaoyu said happily: "When the fifth brother and the seventh brother persuaded me not to stay in Kaifeng, they once said that from the moment we came to this time and space, the history of this time and space has changed, and some events recorded in the history books of the previous life may not happen in this time and space. Now it seems that what they said is still very reasonable.

Let's talk about Queen Fu, who I have been worried about, although she has been in a bad mood since she set out with the car, and she has also suffered from some minor illnesses, but she quickly recovered. Now that Shouzhou City has been conquered, Chai Rong is ready to return to the court on the same day, her mood is much better, and the smile that she hasn't seen for many days has begun to appear on her face. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Xiaoyu suddenly paused, glanced at Xu Shao'an, learned the movements of women in this era, and blessed him: "Speaking of which, there is also a credit to you in this, little sister, you are." ”

Seeing Lin Xiaoyu thanking him, Xu Shaoan hurriedly avoided it, waved his hand again and again, and said, "I can't help it, I can't help it." Lao Xu, how can I be virtuous, how dare I accept this gift from you. Although I had some ideas for the destruction of Shouzhou City, it was the most ordinary, but also the bravest sergeants who really sacrificed their lives to bomb the city. Besides, Queen Fu has not had any serious illnesses and is the result of your careful care during this period of time, how can you take credit for me. ”

"Starling doesn't have to be modest," Lin Xiaoyu said, "I heard those eunuchs who came to report to Empress Fu say that you have made great contributions to the capture of Shouzhou City this time, and even Chai Rong said that you are the first hero to conquer Shouzhou." It's a pity that the eunuch who came to report the news also heard from others, so many plots are vague. Anyway, it's okay now, you can tell your little sister how you helped Chai Rong conquer Shouzhou City. ”

Xu Shaoan saw that Lin Xiaoyu was in high spirits, so he naturally wouldn't sweep away the other party's interest in listening to the story, organized his language slightly, and began to tell her in detail about his experience during this time. ,

It turned out that Xu Shaoan was ordered to leave Kaifeng City with the divine machine on April 16 and went to the Huainan battlefield, but he did not go fast along the way. This is not that Liu Guangyi, the direct deputy of the god machine who led the team, deliberately delayed time, the reason why the team moved slowly was completely dragged down by the dozens of heavy-duty carts behind the team.

These vehicles were all ox carts, and the speed of travel was not fast in the first place, and the vehicles were either loaded with thousands of pounds of black powder, or loaded with bronze artillery that had just been tested by the ordnance superintendent, so you can imagine how slow it was. Therefore, they walked for a whole month from Kaifeng to Shouzhou for more than 700 miles, and it was not until noon on the 18th day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar that they arrived at the Zhou army's camp outside Shouzhou.

However, although he came a little late, Chai Rong, who has always been quick-tempered, did not blame Liu Guangyi, Xu Shaoan and others for this, but quickly summoned them. Moreover, after a short summons, Chai Rong led many generals, including Liu Guangyi and Xu Shaoan, to investigate the enemy situation under Shouzhou City.

After everyone circled around Shouzhou City, they stopped at the north side of the city (which is also the direction where Chai Rong's imperial tent was located), and discussed the siege method against the city wall at a distance of five or six hundred steps from the city wall.

From Xu Shaoan's original intention, the main reason for going south to Huainan this time was to learn more about Lin Xiaoyu's situation, and as for the war here, he didn't care very much. Moreover, although he was a soldier before the crossing, he was familiar with modern warfare, and he basically knew nothing about large-scale warfare in this era. Instead of relying on his own half-understood knowledge to come up with ideas, it is better to honestly do a good job as Liu Guangyi's deputy and do some "soy sauce" work.

However, since Chai Rong had made up his mind to transfer the Shenji, which had only been formed for a few months, to the Huainan front, it was impossible for him not to consult Xu Shao'an, an "expert in firearms warfare." Therefore, after holding a monocular and looking at the Shouzhou City that he had seen countless times for a while, Chai Rong put down the binoculars and asked Xu Shaoan: "What does Xu Aiqing think of this city?" ”

"The city is tall and the walls are strong, so it is an easy place to defend and difficult to attack," Xu Shaoan replied respectfully.

"What Aiqing said is extremely true," Chai Rong said slightly discouraged, "This city is indeed tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, the defender Liu Renzhen was very good at defending the city, and the troop deployment was very orderly, so that our Great Zhou forbidden army attacked for more than two months, but failed to take it. The reason why I summoned the gods until this point was to take advantage of the firearms and take the city before the weather deteriorated further. Xu Aiqing is the only one in my Great Zhou court who is familiar with the application of firearms, so this matter of attacking the city with firearms still requires Aiqing to make more efforts. ”

Seeing that Chai Rong pointed at his head, Xu Shaoan knew that he couldn't dodge, so he could only collect the methods of the application of early firearms in his mind, and then organize the language, and then replied: "Bixia, the minister thinks that the key to conquering Shouzhou City lies in the city wall. Although Liu Renzhen will defend the city, if he lacks a tall and solid city wall, no matter how capable he is, he will not be able to defend this Shouzhou City. Therefore, the courtier's method of siege was to destroy the city walls. As long as a gap can be opened in the city wall, so that our soldiers can kick on the city without the help of any tools, then whether it is Liu Renzhen or other Southern Tang soldiers in the city, they will be vulnerable in front of our Great Zhou forbidden army. ”

Xu Shao'an's original plan was to tell the key points of breaking the city first, and then tell Chai Rong how he destroyed the city wall. However, as soon as he finished talking about the key to breaking the city, before he could talk about the specific method, a general next to him interrupted him and interjected: "I will be the commander of Xu to make this 'capable man' from overseas have any tricks, it turns out that this is nothing more than that." 'Destroy the walls and fight into the city,' even the most ordinary soldier knew it. Not to mention that the defenders of the city will not let us easily tear down the city wall, even if they ignore our demolition of the wall, such a tall and strong city wall can not be demolished overnight, and what our army lacks most now is time. ”

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