The Daming Armory at this moment.

Chen Zilong, the commander of the sacrificial wine and teaching battalion of the Daming Army Military Academy, Xia Yunyi, the commander of the infantry battalion directly under the Second Army of the Guards, and the person in charge of the Daming Ordnance Institute have all gathered in the Mingde Hall of the Daming Industrial School at this time.

"There are a total of eight exits in the entire Daming Ordnance Institute, considering that most of the experimental equipment and important equipment and materials must be guaranteed not to be destroyed by the rebels, so we divide into eight ways to intercept the enemy outside the exit, at present, we have a total of two battalions plus the demobilized guards of the test group, a total of 20,000 people can be gathered, leaving 4,000 points to guard each exit, and the rest are divided into eight teams, each team of 2,000 people go out to block the enemy outside."

After Chen Zilong said this, he asked Xia Yunyi: "Brother Yi Zhong, have the bunkers and fortifications been constructed?" ”

"All of them have been purchased and built, the 300,000 academicians, students, and craftsmen of the Ordnance Institute have been properly placed, and the important materials and technical equipment have also been hidden, and a total of 32 16-kilogram infantry heavy field guns, 74 infantry 6-kilogram light field guns, and 100 infantry 3-kilogram light field guns have all been transported to the main roads outside the various exits of the Ordnance Institute."

"Wait, in fact, Xia Guan has an idea, I don't know if you colleagues can give Xia Guan a chance, Xia Guan wants to make a nitroglycerin experiment when those rebels come, just do it on the way to the rebels, I will bring the equipment and materials myself."

Sun Heding stood up.

As soon as Song Yingxing heard his words, he directly objected: "No, Your Majesty said that your experiment is extremely dangerous, what if you blow yourself up?" ”

"Don't worry, I can already master this experiment, and I have taught all my operating techniques and procedures to my students, I just want to experiment now to see how effective it can be for war, and it can be regarded as a little contribution to the defense of the ordnance, I will go alone, even if there is an accident, I will be the only one."

After Sun Heding made one proposal after another, Song Yingxing finally had to agree to Sun Heding: "Well, since you insist on doing so, and in order to further experiment with the effect of the explosion, this official will no longer obstruct it, lest you sue this official in front of the emperor at that time, saying that this official is obstructing your research, but you can only go alone, don't involve others." ”

"Don't worry, I need a carriage, three futons, a Chongzhen 19-style flintlock pistol, a box of bullets, and an alloy steel shield," Sun Heding said.

"The carriage and Chongzhen's nineteen-style flintlock pistol, this official can give it to you, but what do you want a futon for, why do you need an alloy steel shield?"

Bi Maokang asked.

"The futon is spread on the carriage to further reduce the vibration, and the alloy steel shield is to avoid splashing the glass slag on the face of the lower official when it explodes, and the lower official doesn't want the girl from Qinhuai River to not let me get on the boat", Sun Heding said this, and everyone present couldn't help laughing.

"Teacher, the rebel Jiang Yuntai Department has sent 30,000 troops to my Daming Ordnance Institute, led by 2,000 cavalry, and has now passed the Moling", at this time, an officer student from the Ming Army Military Academy ran in and said to Chen Zilong.

After Sun Heding heard this, he hurriedly said: "It's almost too late, the lower officials will leave first." ”

……

It was a cloudy day, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves in front of him, Sun Heding just finished adding glycerin, and then after confirming the formation of nitroglycerin, he immediately escaped into the forest with a flintlock pistol, and ambushed him, holding the Chongzhen 19-style flintlock pistol in his hand, and aiming closely at the glass box.

At this time, Jiang Yuntai personally led 2,000 cavalry to ride over, and when he saw a glass jar on the futon in front of him, he couldn't help but stop his horse.

"What is this?" asked Jiang Yuntai.

"It's supposed to be a glass jar, but it's weird to be in the middle of nowhere, maybe it's a bar." An adjutant general under Jiang Yuntai said.

"Whatever he is, it's important to hurry," Jiang Yuntai said and was about to whip away.

At this time, Sun Heding suddenly shot over, and the lead bullet hit the glass tank heavily, only to hear a bang, and suddenly the liquid in the glass tank exploded violently, Jiang Yuntai was blown into pieces on the spot, and the two thousand cavalry were blown up on the spot.

In this way, the general soldier Jiang Yuntai was directly killed, 2,000 cavalry were killed and wounded more than 500 people, and the rest of the cavalry thought that they had encountered some demons and monsters, and fled here in a hurry.

A lieutenant general under Jiang Yuntai's command who came with infantry did not dare to advance any further after seeing Jiang Yuntai's bombed face, and hurriedly ordered all the men to retreat to Moling.

……

The carefully prepared defenses of Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi of the Daming Ordnance Institute have never been used.

It wasn't until the scout in charge of the detective news came back to report that the rebels had withdrawn to Moling, and everyone knew that the rebels had already given up attacking the Ming Ordnance Station, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief for a while, but they were also surprised, and they were all waiting for Sun Heding to come back and tell them the answer.

"The group of rebels was really timid, not long after the explosion, they all ran as fast as they could on the way back, even throwing their knives and guns on the road, and the general soldier was also stoned to death."

Sun Heding told Chen Zilong, Song Yingxing and others what he saw vividly, and the excitement on his face couldn't be stopped.

And Chen Zilong and the others also laughed.

Xia Yunyi patted Sun Heding's shoulder even more curiously: "If you get a few more of these things, you don't have to use so many people to guard here, and put a few nitroglycerin made by Sun Langzhong at each of the eight exits, I'm afraid that you will be able to defend against the rebels." ”

"How can it be as easy as Commander Xia said, this nitroglycerin is not so easy to get, how to stir, what is the ratio, how to purify, it is difficult, and the lower official doesn't know when he will suddenly come to a gust of wind during operation or accidentally touch it and it will blow up, it is impossible to get a few, and there is not so much glycerin and nitric acid."

Sun Heding chattered a long list, Xia Yunyi had long run out of patience, so he avoided Sun Heding, and at this time, another officer ran over: "Another 50,000 rebel infantry has just set off from Moling and is coming this way." ”

"Why are there 50,000 rebels again, aren't they scared away?" Song Yingxing couldn't help asking.

"Don't worry, Elder Ge, at first there were 30,000, and there were 2,000 cavalry, this time it was 50,000 infantry, if Xia Guan guessed correctly, it must be the group of infantry who were frightened by Sun Langzhong just now This time, they met the rebel support troops, and then came together."

After Chen Zilong finished speaking, he asked Ke Chong, an officer who came to report the news: "What is the speed of the march of this rebel army, what is its morale, and how is its equipment?" ”

"It's just some birds, some knives and guns, no artillery, and the speed of the march is very slow, no different from ordinary people rushing to the market", after the officer student Ke Chong said this, Chen Zilong laughed: "Why are these rebels like such birds, if it weren't for the above's requirement for us to strictly guard the armory, I really want to teach them a lesson!" ”

(End of chapter)