The guards haven't figured out the whole plot yet, and Zhuang Siyan has already successfully met with Ye Yuanpei.

Without further ado, the two immediately had a strong hug.

Then Ye Yuanpei looked at her in disbelief and asked, "You won't escape by yourself again, will you?" ”

Zhuang Siyan smiled "haha": "No, I still take the inner guards, go, go inside and say, there is good news to report to you." ”

This good news, Ye Yuanpei didn't think it was a little funny, but he felt a little like crying.

"Big sister, do you know how miserable we have been lately? was bombarded by other people's small artillery, and even my parents forgot who it was.

I wondered when they would run out of gunpowder, and we'd get into the city.

It's okay now, the fight here is not finished, and it has been shipped over there. ”

Zhuang Siyan pinched his arm: "Ye Yuanpei, I said are you getting married and stupid, you have been here for so long, you can't prevent their artillery, and you can't figure out where their artillery fire came from?" Anyway, you can rob a little bit and let them beat you less, and you will have a chance to fight back. ”

Ye Yuanpei didn't stand up and quarrel with her as before, but collapsed into the chair: "Grandma, do you think we don't want to rob?" Those fishing boats are mixed with our people, just to see where they got their gunpowder, but so far there is no eyebrow? ”

"Not by water? Could that be somewhere else? ”

Ye Yuanpei spread his hands: "There is such a big place around Jincheng, most of the waterways are stationed, if you don't take the waterway, the rest of the north is our territory, where will he transport it?" ”

Zhuang Siyan also wondered: "But judging from their news, these things are indeed not made by themselves, but from outside, so how did they come from?" ”

Ye Yuanpei shook his head, he has been thinking about this question since he got here, and he hasn't figured it out until now.

After a short silence, Zhuang Siyan spoke first: "The previous ones don't care, now they have got the gunpowder in place, and on August 1st, they are going to start a war here, what are you going to do?" ”

Ye Yuanpei's head was as big as a fight: "What can I do, all I can think of at present is to sing the empty city plan, and I can't compensate all the people in a city here and wait for death." ”

Zhuang Siyan glared at him: "Out of breath." ”

Ye Yuanpei glanced back at her: "You have a chance, can you think of a way?" ”

Zhuang Siyan asked him, "How many are today?" ”

"July 25."

"Yes, there are five days until the first of August, why do you have to wait until he has everything ready to fight us? Let's go to Jincheng tonight, and the first strike is strong. ”

Ye Yuanpei looked at her and sneered: "My eldest lady, you really came from the deep palace, and you don't know the suffering of the frontier."

Do you know how many small cannons they have on the towers?

These days, we don't know how many times we have besieged the city, and each time we have been bombarded with corpses flying sideways.

I'm telling you, it's a miracle of miracles that you can see me now. ”

Zhuang Siyan listened carefully to his words, but this time she didn't answer immediately, but she got up and walked to the map.

Ye Yuanpei also followed.

The two stood side by side in front of the map, looking at the surroundings of Jincheng above, as well as the distance from Jincheng to Qinghongzhou.

After a long time, Zhuang Siyan asked, "What time do you go every time?" ”

Ye Yuanpei: "I've been there day and night, it's useless, it's estimated that there are two shifts over there, and they guard against us every day." ”

Zhuang Siyan said: "Jincheng is different from other cities, there are only two city gates here, if we can't take the city gates, can we take the waterway?" ”

Ye Yuanpei thought for a moment before saying: "It's hard to say if there is artillery on the waterway, but according to our observation, there should be one."

If you are on the ground, you can still dodge, then you really have nowhere to hide when you take the waterway, and if you come over, you will wait to die. ”

There was another long silence.

Zhuang Siyan suddenly grabbed his hair vigorously and said, "Ye Yuanpei, Ye Yuanpei, you said that the two of us modern people came over, what kind of high-tech haven't you seen?" Now that I am being suppressed by these ancient people with artillery, I really feel disgusted when I think about it, and I am embarrassed to mention that I have traveled through time. ”

Ye Yuanpei: "......"

Seriously, he was also very depressed, if only he could wear it back like before, but unfortunately his piece of jade was lost.

The two talked about stopping, until Li Hua came over to call for dinner, and none of them paid attention.

If you really can't think of a way, then Zhuang Siyan got the news and sent it all the way, which is equivalent to playing in vain, giving Ye Yuanpei and them a chance to escape, which almost has no effect.

Li Hua didn't know these yet, why did she see Zhuang Siyan appear here, her face suddenly smiled, and she called her sister-in-law when she opened her mouth, which made Zhuang Siyan stunned.

Ye Yuanpei also stared at her: "Sister-in-law......"

Li Hua nodded: "Yes, doesn't the emperor recognize me as a righteous sister?" Then his concubine is not my sister-in-law? ”

Zhuang Siyan: "...... Yes, yes, yes, you are so right, Ye Yuanpei, come on, call sister-in-law. ”

Ye Yuanpei: "......"

Who said that three women in one play, now that the two women have started the show, he should hurry up.

After lunch, I simply called all the generals in the army to discuss the matter together.

Before everyone thought of a way, they were stunned by the news brought by Zhuang Siyan, and said with a bitter face: "My mother, alas, they still have ......, it's over, so what should we do?" ”

Zhuang Siyan was silent.

Ye Yuanpei said loudly: "This battle must be fought, and Jincheng must also be taken back, you are crying here, maybe they are laughing in Jincheng, so now let's take out the spirit of crying and think of a way to make them cry and we laugh." ”

A great general is a great general, and inspiring morale and motivating people is the most basic essential work.

After everyone stopped, Zhuang Siyan asked, "Have you calculated their range?" Can we dig trenches or something within range? ”

Ye Yuanpei directly vetoed: "No, their cannon is outside the high, we are in the low, and within the range, before we start digging, people will open fire, isn't that looking for death?" ”

There is really no way to say this, but to wait for death.

Dozens of people gathered in a large tent, but they were so quiet that they could even hear the sound of breathing.

No one can think of a good attention, but time is pushing forward little by little, and they have no choice, and they are going to attack over there.

Obviously, there are still a few days, but for everyone, it is a race against time, and if they can come up with a way earlier, they will arrange it earlier.

One afternoon, everyone gathered around the camp, their hair was about to turn gray, but there was nothing to be gained.

At night, you can only put everyone back.

Zhuang Siyan ate something casually, and then went to look around the map again.

She is not familiar with war, that is, she has fought Jincheng with Ye Yuanpei, but compared to this time, it seems to be much simpler.

I don't know if the enemy's forces have been increased, but their weapons are much higher than their own, which is a sad thing.

After Ye Yuanpei ate, he also came over, still two people, still looking around the map.

This time it was Ye Yuan Pei Xing who spoke: "Is their cannon good, but there is a shortcoming?" ”

Zhuang Siyan immediately turned his head to look at him and asked, "What?" ”

"There are no lights, and they suffer the most during the day, they have a good line of sight, they can see where people are at a glance, but at night they are relatively better.

We've done it a few times before, and we've tried all sorts of things.

The range of small earthen cannons is not too far, and they usually light torches on the city wall at night, so that they can only shine not far from the city wall.

Because basically as soon as the cannon is fired, we can no longer take half a step forward. ”

Zhuang Siyan cupped his cheeks and thought for a long time before asking him: "Can we build something that exceeds the range of their earthen cannons, knock out their torches first, and then attack the city." ”

Ye Yuanpei shook his head: "Difficult, although the range of the earth cannon is not far, but compared to the traditional weapon, it is still far, what can we make now?" ”

Zhuang Siyan: "What about that kind of big bow and crossbow, like the one we used to watch on TV?" ”

Ye Yuanpei thought for a while: "It's a little unimaginable, I don't think the range of that thing will be too far?" ”

"Why don't we build it? Also, I remembered, let's build that, we don't have to shoot their torches away, but we can shoot them directly at their walls, and they're busy fighting fires, so no one will fire them? As soon as we enter the city and engage in hand-to-hand combat, we will have the advantage. ”

Ye Yuanpei thought for a while and said: "It's a way, there happens to be a mountain not far from Manchu in the Qing Dynasty, there is bamboo on it, go and cut it early tomorrow morning, let's calculate it now, how to make this thing more powerful than an earth cannon." ”

The two of them gathered around the table, one drawing, the other calculating, using the knowledge they had learned, the TV they watched, the books they read, the legends they had heard, in short, everything they could think of, and fully perfected this thing.

Early the next morning, before the soldiers of the whole army got up, Li Hua had already come in with food and drink.

She is a very sensible girl, although she used to have a little bit of a relationship with Ye Yuanpei and Zhuang Siyan, but now General Ye is her father-in-law.

And Zhuang Siyan came all the way not to talk about love, but for the battle of Jincheng, so although the two of them were together all night, Li Hua did not come to disturb, but got up early, helped them prepare food, and sent it over silently.

Zhuang Siyan rubbed his sour eyes and said, "First of all, we don't have to cut the bamboo back, take people to the mountains, cut it there directly, and try it as soon as it's done." You have the range of a small cannon, as long as we make more than theirs, we can use it right away. ”

Just do it, when the soldiers of the whole army heard that there was a way, their spirits came back all at once, and they followed Ye Yuanpei to the mountain.

It's easier said than done.

But no matter how difficult it is, it is easier than losing one's head, so people are still very patient, and some soldiers even invited nearby mountain farmers to ask them if they had any experience in making crossbows.

After two days of busy work, they finally made two huge crossbow arrows, and there were idle soldiers, and they also cut the rest of the bamboo into short arrows, so that after entering the city, they could not only fight at close range, but also use bamboo arrows to catch the enemy by surprise.