When Wu Xing heard the word Zhang Gong, he was already angry.

It's just that he is a Sven after all, so it's inconvenient to have a seizure.

He pursed his lips, holding back the anger in his stomach.

Speaking of great truth, he is in good hands.

can be entangled in nonsense, and a hundred Wu Xing are not Zhang Anshi's opponents.

In a day and night, punish the thieves in the Zhuangzi?

Zhu Di and the others didn't have the heart to worry about Wu Xing at this time, but now they are all thinking about suppressing thieves.

Zhu Di has a deep fear of attacking the city.

What he is good at is field warfare, and in the midst of the Jingjing, his most painful defeat was the attack on Jinan City.

The Battle of Jinan can be said to be one of the biggest fiascos in Zhu Di's life, in order to deal with this Jinan city, he resorted to flooding, shelling, and even forcibly attacking the city.

After fighting for three months, in three months, the loss of troops and the morale fell to the bottom, so Zhu Di had no choice but to withdraw the troops and run away with a bucket.

Zhu Di's failure, on the one hand, comes from the fact that Jinan is a strong city; On the other hand, it also comes from the proper command of Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong, the commanders of Jinan at that time.

But after all, the scale of Jinan City is very large, and it is easier for the army to unfold, and it is already even more difficult to attack the city.

And Ji Gang's Zhuangzi is obviously the result of his painstaking management. It is to ensure that once something happens, it can be held out for at least a year and a half to delay the response.

In addition, Ji Gang has silver, and there is a group of outlaws to work for him, and this place is close to Nanjing City, once the imperial court transfers a large army, it will inevitably cause a lot of discussion in Nanjing City.

It can be said that this is all an adverse effect on the imperial court.

At this time, Zhu Di couldn't help but suspect that he didn't trust Zhang Anshi, but that this completely subverted Zhu Di's usual perception of military affairs.

"You're trying to dig tunnels?" Zhu Di asked.

Zhang Anshi shook his head directly and said: "In the mountains and mountains, and the ground is mostly granite, it is impossible to dig tunnels." ”

Zhu Di frowned and said: "However, if you use artillery, it is bombarded from the bottom up, and in that Zhuangzi, there are also artillery, but they can be condescending, their range is much farther than ours, I am afraid that it will be difficult to do anything." ”

Zhu Di held his chin and pondered, all his thoughts now were on this fortress.

After fighting for so many years, the only thing I am most afraid of is gnawing such hard bones.

At this time, Zhu Di hated Ji Gang again, and this Ji Gang obviously made a stone in a pit for him even before he died.

The so-called pit has many stones, even if it is smelly and hard, if you ignore him, he will disgust you all day long, but once you want to move it, the cost will be too great.

Yishaha stood aside gloomily, looking a little sad, he was mourning in silence for the more than 500 dead and wounded warrior battalion athletes.

This is the warrior battalion, the elite of the elite, the most elite force in the Gongwei Palace!

We are eunuchs, it's too real, and the thousands of households in the house are fooled and said that they are really on it, and they don't want to think that the model camp is near the left, why don't they go up?

The loss of bleeding is coming.

Xie Jin and others, look at this, look at that, although they don't understand military affairs, they are good at observing words and feelings.

Just from the faces of His Majesty and several princes, it can be seen that it is almost impossible to complete the task in a day and night.

This Xie Jin's heart only felt funny, but there was a little expectation in his heart, if Zhang Anshi couldn't do it, then ...... can just take advantage of the situation, try your best to create an atmosphere, and ask Your Majesty to close down the official academy.

Take 10,000 steps back, even if you don't shut down, there will be thousands of students in a crowd of people, and the reputation of this official school is intimidating, which is good.

So Xie Jin smiled and said, "Marquis Annan, it's noon......

That means, I'm pinching my time.

If it can't be solved tomorrow at noon, then ...... An Nanhou was afraid that he would break his promise.

Zhang Anshi didn't bother to understand, he only looked at Zhu Di and said, "Oh, Your Majesty, the minister has retired, so I'm going to make preparations." ”

Zhu Di said: "Go, go, tomorrow I will personally go to Zhongshan to supervise the battle." ”

With that, he lowered his head again, and his mind was set on the map again.

Zhu Neng suddenly asserted at this time: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, Your Majesty...... Why does the minister think Zhang Anshi is bragging? ”

Seeing Zhang Anshi leaving in a hurry, Zhu Nengcai said, "Yichen looks...... This thing will definitely not be done, and there is no way for Da Luo Jinxian to come. He Zhang Anshi can do it, and the minister pees on the crotch of his pants on the spot. ”

People are different, Wu Xing said that he couldn't do it, he was deliberately satirizing Zhang Anshi.

Zhu Neng is different, his bastard son is still following Zhang Anshi's eldest brother and eldest brother, nine times out of ten, Zhang Anshi wants to instigate Zhu Yong to do it, but if the current affairs are not done, the loss of troops will be lost, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

Now, of course, I am putting the difficulties out, so that His Majesty knows in his heart, and it will really not be possible by then, but it is good to have a voice, it is not that my son does not work hard, but the fortress of the thieves is too strong.

Qiu Fu, who was standing on the side, seemed to be shocked all of a sudden, and hurriedly said: "What Cheng Guogong said is very true, Your Majesty, the minister looks...... Zhang Anshi's words can be heard......"

In fact, Qiu Fu is even more worried than Zhu Neng, Zhu Neng is worried about whether his son will lose face, but what virtue his Qiu Fu's son has, Qiu Fu knows, that stupid son, can throw his life into it.

Zhu Di finally raised his head again, but frowned and said, "What if it happens?" ”

Then he looked at Xu Huizu and said: "Xu Qing's family, you are also a veteran, in your opinion, how much grain, grass, soldiers and horses do you need to take this fortress?" ”

As his own son-in-law, theoretically, Xu Huizu should also worry about Zhang Anshi's safety.

But he was not worried that Zhang Anshi would lose his life, according to his careful observation over the years, even if the Ming military horse died, Zhang Anshi could still leave his life.

To save his life, he Zhang Anshi is professional.

Xu Huizu was therefore the most calm and relaxed, and said calmly at this time: "Your Majesty, 30,000 elite soldiers, a month and a half of men and horses, first ordered 20,000 horses to attack in turn, so that the thieves could not rest day and night, and take the strategy of exhausting the enemy, and after more than a month, then use 10,000 soldiers and horses to launch a strong attack. ”

Zhu Di smiled and said, "I'm better than you, after I thought about it." I think that 20,000 elite soldiers can break through the city within a month. But...... This method has a lot of losses, but I am afraid that the casualties will be more than 5,000. ”

Five thousand casualties is not a small number, don't look at the Ming Dynasty shouting that he has a million troops at every turn, but in fact, the real elite soldiers may not even have 200,000, and dying is a huge loss.

After the Battle of Jingyan, Zhu Di was able to succeed, and the most important reason was that Zhu Di wiped out the elite of the Southern Army through field battles, and since then, he has grasped the initiative of the entire battlefield and can fight wherever he wants.

And the so-called millions of military horses of the imperial court can only shrink in various cities, and they can no longer mobilize elite forces to compete with Zhu Di.

Zhu Di has a few, gossiping.

On the other hand, Xie Jin and others retired one after another.

This Wu Xing suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention.

Many people look at him differently.

So after leaving the Chongwen Palace, there were many colleagues who were familiar with each other and those who were not familiar with him: "Wu Gong's words are very happy. ”

"In all dynasties, there are always manpower like Wu Gong to turn the tide, which is the backbone of Confucianism."

In the face of the boasting and admiration of many.

Wu Xing was greatly used, and he knew very well in his heart that in a few days, his reputation would spread all over the world and become a model for scholars in the world.

Even, some people will compare him with Wei Zheng, and his name will go down in history and be admired by all generations.

At this time, Wu Xing couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, so he couldn't help but say: "I expect that Zhang An Shi to ...... frivolous, this time he took the initiative to ask for help, and he will not succeed. Ladies and gentlemen, now...... The arrow is on the string, and it has to be sent, and the government school and the saints such as us are incompatible, and they are not together. ”

"After this battle, when Zhang Shigong was defeated, it was the time when we were waiting to strike while the iron was hot, and I also asked the princes to be the same as Wu, regardless of personal life and death, and to think of the common people and the community, and show the style of a scholar. If we don't get rid of the official academy, what will we look like, see the saints? ”

Everyone said yes and was encouraged.

Several scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion returned to Wenyuan Pavilion, their eyebrows fluttered, and they constantly praised Wu Xing's demeanor.

"Wu Xing is this person...... It's really admirable......"

Many times it is like this, maybe Xie Jin doesn't have the courage to go to hard steel, but he is a scholar.

The most powerful thing about a reader is to praise those tough warriors to express their opinions.

In this way, something really happened to send Wu Xing to death, but if this thing is done, he can also enjoy the honor and show his unique vision.

Hu Guang also wanted to say something, but it can be seen that as soon as Yang Rong returned to Wenyuan Pavilion and went directly to his public house, he was also silent.

Until it was time to get off duty, he took the excuse to go to Yang Rong's duty room to drink tea and sit idly.

After holding back his words for a long time, he couldn't help but say to Yang Rong: "Yang Gong, the matter of the official school is indeed very ridiculous, but why didn't Yang Gong say anything about it?" Although the most important thing for us as courtiers is to assist Your Majesty in governing the world, if we encounter injustice, don't we speak? ”

Yang Rong sighed and said, "The rise and fall of the country, you and I have a huge stake. But let me ask you, the official school recruits his students, and the scholars naturally take their imperial examinations, and everyone is a well water instead of river water, why is everyone indignant now? ”

As soon as these words came out, Hu Guang frowned and said, "This ...... After all...... After all...... They are protégés of the Son of Heaven...... I want to come to ...... Some people are afraid that some children will go astray. ”

Yang Rong smiled and said: "There are millions of scholars in the world, how many people may be famous?" How many people can be promoted and jinshi, and can be officials? How many people who read have studied hard all their lives and have not gained anything, why should they worry that someone has gone astray? Whether the official school is useful or not, whether the ability to learn is right or wrong, I don't understand, and I don't care, but those who fail to read the list, they still hold poetry and books all their lives, and they have been trapped for a lifetime, is it really beneficial to people? ”

Hu Guang subconsciously said: "This is different, this is the learning of a sage, and it is always useful to learn it." ”

Yang Rong shook his head slightly and said: "Whether it is useful or not depends on whether there is a chance for them to display their talents." How many talented people have been able to show their talents in ancient times? If everyone can show their ambitions, then how many poems are complaining about their own situation? The people in the official academy and school, after studying, go to his pro-army or go to Jinyiwei, after all, it still has nothing to do with us. As for whether His Majesty loves it or not, this is also His Majesty's business. As long as we don't violate the discipline and don't teach the people to suffer, don't we make irresponsible remarks? ”

Hu Guang was still frowning, he still felt that something was wrong, as for what was wrong, but he couldn't say it for a while, so he said: "The saint's disciple should always be ......."

Without waiting for him to continue, Yang Rong waved his hand and said: "In my opinion, the fact that it has become like this is that someone wants to invite a name." Under the pretext of creating panic among readers, and taking advantage of readers' disgust, he stepped forward and showed his own character. Ay...... You and I are both stupid people, there is a limit to the life span of people, how far can a person see, where do you know, where will this eternal river end up? Why do we need to judge for the present and future generations? ”

Yang Rong immediately bowed his head, sorted out his votes, and said: "In my opinion, many problems in the past dynasties are due to the fact that there are too many people who want to be smart, and too few people who are willing to work diligently. ”

"But many people who talk like this can't even do the things at hand, some people can't even wear clothes, they have to be fed by others, and they have two legs, but they are traveling in a carriage and a soft sedan car, hey...... The world rises and falls, and the bad is bad here. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Rong raised his head and continued: "Let's do what is in front of you first, whether the official school is good or bad, it doesn't take a thousand years and a hundred years, it only takes three or five years, you can see it, and it's not too late to discuss it, you guys...... It's too urgent. ”

Hu Guang muttered: "Isn't this the so-called good fighter without great merit? When a problem is discovered, it is too late to solve it. ”

Yang Rong said: "The method must always be tried, if you don't do anything, it will be bad." I look at Zhang Anshi...... Although there are many criticisms, they are not without strengths, so why bother to pour cold water with others at this time? ”

Hu Guang thought for a while, and then said: "Okay, let's not quarrel, let's see what the use of this official school is." ”

…………

Zhang Anshi came out of the palace and returned to the official school non-stop.

The first thing he thought of was Qiu Song.

So Qiu Song was soon called in front of Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi looked at him and said, "Our things are useful." ”

Qiu Song picked his nose: "What?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Lift out a few hot air balloons for me in our experiment, prepare them for me tonight, and give me a good overhaul to see if there are any problems." And also...... The gunpowder bullet is also out of the warehouse, you have to check it again, but don't make a mistake. ”

When Qiu Song heard this, his eyes lit up visibly, and the whole person looked excited.

The mud ball he picked out of his nose was reluctant to bounce away, and he looked at Zhang Anshi with bright eyes and said, "Big brother won't lie to me, right?" ”

Zhang Anshi glared at him impatiently and said, "Don't be verbose, go and prepare." ”

"Oh, oh." After saying that, Qiu Song immediately turned around and left.

The last time Zhu Zhanji came to Qixia, he had seen a huge explosion of gunpowder.

Of course...... That gunpowder explosion was only experimental in nature.

At that time, Zhu Yong and Zhang Xuan complained that this thing was ...... There is no possibility of real combat at all.

In fact, it's no wonder that they have gunpowder shells with big wheels, and what artillery can blast out, which is hundreds of pounds of stuff.

So in addition to detonating it in place and listening to a sound, it is a waste of silver.

But Qiu Song is different, Qiu Song is happy to listen to such a sound. He even ...... On this basis, the amount of gunpowder was increased, and at the same time, on the basis of this powder shell, it was increased by a few points.

Today, the largest gunpowder bullet has weighed 350 catties, and the outside is sealed with a bronze sphere, which is known as the Qiu Song bullet.

As for the detonation......

Zhang Anshi stopped him.

Because this thing...... It's too terrifying, the power is too great, and if it detonates on the spot, it can only be fun, not to mention that Zhang Anshi himself can't predict the consequences of this thing exploding.

Three hundred and fifty catties of gunpowder, this is a powerful version of gunpowder, even if it is one kilogram, it is enough to open the mountain and blow up stones, as for three hundred and fifty catties, and it is sealed, this thing......

At least Zhang Anshi couldn't have predicted its power.

Of course, in order to solve the problem of putting this thing, Zhang Anshi was heartbroken.

Artillery must not think about it, catapults...... That's impossible.

As for being used as landmines......

Apparently not very useful.

After thinking about it, Zhang Anshi thought of the bomber.

Of course, in this day and age, bombers must be a dream.

But...... Hot air balloons, but yes.

Taking advantage of the heat to get away, flying, and then dropping the bomb is obviously the only possibility.

Hot air balloons are actually very easy to make.

As long as you understand the basic principles of it, and at the same time are willing to spend money, and have enough manpower, all this is easy to catch.

The difficulty is to build a hot air balloon suitable for this era.

So...... There is a group of craftsmen who have been building them almost behind closed doors for several months, and after experimenting again and again, they can barely make a few of these hot air balloons.

Qiu Song is the overall leader of this project.

He was very concerned about explosives and throwing explosives, so the project of this flying ball was almost tested by him very harshly.

So much so that the craftsmen complained that they couldn't do this work, and every once in a while, they would have to be picked out and reworked.

Fortunately, Zhang Anshi added money.

Now...... Three flying balls, three huge hill pine bombs, are ready.

Of course...... Qiu Song also had to take some people with him to make final preparations.

All the processes have to be gone through, and several bomb throwers in charge of flying balls must also memorize the outline of the plan.

They had tried a few times before, but they had thrown boulders, but now they were really going to fight.

Not only that, but the cables, the refined alcohol fuel, and the canvas all need to be tested again to be foolproof.

Immediately afterward, someone pushed a bronze sealed gunpowder depot nearly half a person high.

This thing is extremely dangerous, so in the process of pushing, a wooden plank with pulleys is attached to the bottom, and then it is pushed onto the carriage.

Zhang Anshi was not idle, he gathered all the students and let them rest for a day, planning to let them come to see a performance.

There are many things involved in the manufacture of this thing, including alchemy, engineering, and even mathematics.

Without these basic knowledge, there is no way to explain these phenomena and ultimately produce a finished product.

These students originally applied for the official academy with the intention of changing their fate, but whether what they learned was useful or not, in fact, the vast majority of people had no confidence.

But when they saw the behemoths, they began to talk about them.

At this time, the teachers took out the syllabus prepared by Zhang Anshi and began to explain the principle of heat in front of everyone.

At this time, many people just look at the freshness, and they only seem to understand the outline of these teachings.

However, in this world, you may not be interested in learning, or disgusted with boring teaching, but everyone is born with fun, and many people have been unable to take a step forward and look at it one by one.

Zhang Anshi scolded beside him: "If you enter the fuck, you will have fun and be energetic, and you will die if you read." ”

Next......

At dawn, the sun is rising.

Zhu Di had already gotten up early and personally led hundreds of officials to Zhongshan.

Here, Yu Linwei has already blocked the main roads.

Zhu Di took the military generals of Wenchen and stationed here.

From the bottom of this mountain, looking at the Zhuangzi hidden in the mountain, Zhu Di couldn't help but speak.

This is a moat, there is only one sheep intestine trail to go up the mountain, it is a real one-man pass, ten thousand people do not open.

The appearance of Zhuangzi seemed to be a mockery of Zhu Di, which made Zhu Di think of the Battle of Jinan again.

His eyes turned red instantly, and he couldn't wait to shout: "Whoever breaks the village first, Fenghou!" ”

The military generals of Wenchen looked up one by one, and people talked about it.

At the foot of the mountain, there are the elite and model officers and soldiers of the warrior battalion who have been assembled, and in the camp of the warrior battalion, the wounded soldiers are wailing, and the rest of the people are not much better, one by one.

The model camp is obviously completely different, and it is still in good spirits.

Yizha took the opportunity to go to the warrior camp to comfort the soldiers, and when he saw the two or three hundred soldiers in this camp who were missing arms and legs, he couldn't help but scolded in distress: "Listen to it, the model camp will not be able to do it in the future, and you are not allowed to die rashly, oops...... Oops......"

He also wiped away his tears.

The admiral eunuch, as well as several other eunuchs and official schools, followed suit, and they did not dare to come out.

Everyone said: "They all say that we are traitors to eunuchs, and when it comes to adultery, there is no more treacherous than those people in the model camp." ”

"Grand Duke, soldiers...... It's so miserable that the bones of the corpse that have been collected overnight...... Hey......"

After Yisha was distressed, it was the turn of the angry Qiqi to smoke, he wiped away his tears, and said with a stiff face: "Don't say it, all in all, don't joke about the soldiers of our warrior camp anymore, this is what we said, Chen Li and Zhu Yong's guys, if they still want to lie to you, teach them to come to us." ”

After that, Yizha hurried back to Zhu Di's camp.

But at this time, Zhang Anshi had arrived.

Zhu Di was riding on a horse at this time, still looking at the Zhuangzi, and said: "Zhang Anshi, there is still an hour and a half, the time is coming, your soldiers and horses...... Don't go up to the mountains to attack? ”

Zhang Anshi didn't seem to be in a hurry, and even said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, it's already started." ”

Zhu Di looked at the camp of the model battalion in the distance, but saw that there was no sign of attack.

Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qi Guo, was behind, looking around nervously, looking for his son's figure.

Zhu Neng breathed a sigh of relief and said ostentatiously: "My son is in the model camp, oops, it's alive, I look at it...... He's not in any danger. ”

Qiu Fu couldn't help but said anxiously: "Have you seen Qiu Song?" ”

Zhu Neng shook his head like a rattle and said, "I don't know...... However, listening to the model battalion, Qiu Song was the main attacker, and he took the lead. ”

When Qiu Fu, the prince of Qi Guo, heard this, his blood was cold, and he stood in place, with a sallow face, without saying a word.

Zhu Neng patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Oh, the tiger father has no dogs, I see that Qiu Song is a blessed person, and Ji people have their own natural appearance." Don't worry, I won't die, I dare to bet five taels of silver that our Qiu Shinephew can come back safely. ”

Qiu Fu: "......"

See, a long time has passed.

But the model camp has not moved.

Zhu Di frowned, couldn't help but stare at Zhang Anshi and said, "Zhang Anshi, there is still an hour." ”

Later, the civil ministers and generals also talked about it, especially Wu Xing, whose eyebrows fluttered, and said to others: "Although the old man doesn't know soldiers, he also knows...... This Haikou boasted by Anshi will not be successful. Some people are best at rhetoric......"

His voice is getting lower and lower, and in general, the lower his voice is, the more difficult it is to speak.

See, noon is approaching.

Many people are becoming more and more impatient.

But at this time......

From the main peak of Zhongshan Mountain, several black dots suddenly appeared, and they seemed to begin to move slowly towards this side.

The black dot was very slow, fluttering in the direction of Zhuangzi.

The vast majority of people have not yet noticed anything unusual.

Even Zhu Di only thought it was a bird, he was slightly disappointed, and sighed: "It seems that I can only use my method, the rebels and thieves, so bold, I will teach them to have no bones within a month at any cost." ”

As he spoke, Zhu Di's face couldn't help but pass a trace of ruthlessness.

At all costs, these fluttering words represent everything that countless families will have to pay.

Zhang Anshi kept raising his head and looking into the distance, and then said, "Your Majesty, you see...... Here it comes. ”

Zhu Di was surprised, and looked up with Zhang Anshi's gaze.

The black dot started to get bigger, apparently ...... It wasn't a bird anymore, it was like a huge ball, with something hanging from its head, that appeared in his eyes.

"That's ......" Zhu Di looked at it with wide eyes, surprised and inexplicable.

Wait until it's closer.

Suddenly, someone said in surprise: "Look, look, there are people up there...... Someone...... It's flying. ”

As soon as these words came out, almost everyone was shocked like thunder on the ground.

(End of chapter)