For those families who did not come, Chen Qiuming and Li Cunmiao had a disagreement.

Li Cunmiao said to Chen Qiuming with a playful expression: "Didn't you say that there is no need for the family that has not come to exist in the world? Aren't you, the 'evil king', Chen Qiuming, true to his word and true to his word? Why can't you bear this? ”

Chen Qiuming said angrily: "Lao Tzu is just a dog-headed military advisor, it's not up to you to decide what to do in the end?" But the rumor of Lao Tzu has been released, saying that you Li Cunqiao can't bear to kill them all, regardless of the opposition of the military advisor, he decided to only confiscate the family property, and the men, women and children were driven out of the house and left to fend for themselves, you can see how to do it! ”

Li Cunmiao smiled bitterly when he heard this, and then said sarcastically: "You are still a descendant of the Holy Gate, you are afraid that you have worshiped the wrong master, and a bodhisattva like you should not become a monk and then purify all sentient beings?" ”

Chen Qiuming said disdainfully: "Become a monk? Do you let Lao Tzu go to the nunnery in the middle of the night every day to chat with the nun? ”

Li Cunmiao laughed heartily, and after laughing, he asked: "Some of the wolf riders sent out have returned, and according to their reports, the surrounding states and counties are all on the verge of a great enemy, and they are on guard!" ”

Chen Qiuming asked: "What is the trend in the direction of Bianzhou and Luoyang?" ”

Li Cunmiao shook his head and said: "There is no movement, today I also received a letter from Luoyang, the Kuang Guo army stationed in Xuzhou arrived in Luoyang the day before yesterday to garrison, the Tianxiong Army and the Tianping Army were stationed in Bianzhou, it seems that Zhu Wen's old thief is also afraid, and he did not send reinforcements to the Acropolis, but strengthened the defense of the eastern capital Bianzhou and the western capital Luoyang." ”

Chen Qiuming asked again: "What is the specific situation in Bianzhou City?" Are the Tianping Army and the Tianxiong Army stationed outside the city, or are they all cowering inside the city? ”

Li Cunxuan said: "The person in charge of Bianzhou is Zhu Wen's son Zhu Youzhen, this guy is a straw bag, and he actually transferred all the Tianping Army and Tianxiong Army into the city. ”

It seems that the previous plan to encircle the point and send reinforcements will not work, and Zhu Wen's old boy is afraid and does not send reinforcements. Chen Qiuming pondered for a moment and said: "In order to deter the Liang Dynasty, I suggest that after three days, I should go to Bianzhou as originally planned, this time no longer besiege the city on all sides, just block the north gate of Bianzhou, and Lao Tzu will come out to scare them to death by moving on the hour." ”

"Then quickly went north, all the way to attack Huazhou, Lanzhou, Weizhou, Weizhou, Xingzhou, Zhaozhou, Zhenzhou and other places, shaking the foundation of Zhu Wen's rule in the north, laying the foundation for the future recovery of these places, and finally turning back to Luzhou to solve Yang Shihou's 60,000 army."

Li Cunmiao was already very convinced of Chen Qiuming, not to mention that this arrangement was quite in line with his wishes, so he agreed: "Just act according to the plan of the military advisor!" ”

In just three days, Li Cunmiao harvested hundreds of children of the Shi clan, and he didn't know how to arrange these people, so Li Cunmiao handed them all over to Chen Qiuming and asked him to dispose of them.

Chen Qiuming assessed everyone, not Bagu Wen, not poetry, only policy theory, came up with three policy questions, and then personally corrected them to distinguish the talents of these people.

The best few people, Chen Qiuming was incorporated into his staff and personally cultivated.

Secondly, excellent people are stationed in various military brigades to serve as military counselors or clerks, and the most inferior people are all incorporated into the Dajin Academy. This academy has just been established, and Chen Qiuming himself serves as the dean, as a future "people's teacher" to cultivate.

As soon as the three days passed, the Jin army assembled outside the city and suddenly went south, rushing to the eastern capital of Bianzhou.

Bianzhou, also known as Bianliang and Kaifeng, as the eastern capital of the Liang Dynasty, is very prominent in terms of political influence and military status, and compared with Weizhou City, Bianzhou is much stronger.

Not only is the city several times larger, the city walls are higher, and there is a moat two or three zhang wide around the periphery, and tens of thousands of troops have recently entered the city, so although they saw the sudden Jin army outside the city gate, the people of Bianzhou still didn't feel how panicked.

But the number of names, set up a shadow! Li Cunxuan recently annihilated Li Si'an's 100,000 army, and effortlessly broke through Zhang Cunjing's garrison of Weizhou, and instantly became one of the most famous generals of contemporary times, so Zhu Youzhen did not dare to slack off at all, and hurriedly ordered to prepare for the city defense, and invited Liu Xun, the envoy of the Tianping Army, and Wang Chongshi, the envoy of the Tianxiong Army, to his side, and asked everyone about the strategy of retreating from the enemy.

Liu Xun's personality tends to be conservative and steady, but Wang Chongshi belongs to the kind of fierce general who is like fire, he didn't wait for Liu Xun to open his mouth and said: "When Li Cunqiao went south, there were only 20,000 cavalry, even if the loss in the Acropolis was not heavy, it could not support more than 10,000 people, Your Highness don't worry, when I take the Tianxiong army out of the city, I will definitely be able to kill Li Cunxuan's cavalry and turn it on his back." ”

Liu Xun immediately retorted: "Li Cunqiao's subordinates are all cavalry, and they are already good at field warfare, and most of your and I are infantry, why should we attack the strengths of the other with our own shortcomings?" As long as he takes strict precautions and does not give Li Cunqiao a chance to exploit loopholes, after a few days, when the grain and grass are exhausted, he will naturally retreat. ”

Wang Chongshi said disdainfully: "With more than 10,000 people, I am so scared that tens of thousands of people can't shrink back, and if it spreads, it won't become a laughing stock for others?" You are afraid of Li Cunqing, but I am not afraid, wait for me to go down and fight him for 300 rounds! ”

Liu Xun was just about to continue talking, but Zhu Youzhen stopped it in time, his personality was biased towards Liu Xun, not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, he decided: "Okay, don't fight anymore, what General Liu said is always to seek the country, and he will act according to General Liu's plan." Each of you guards your own defense area, if you repel the Li thief, I will definitely report to my father and the emperor for you and others, if anyone dares to neglect their duties, then don't blame the lonely king for not being merciful! ”

Chen Qiuming was the first time to Bianzhou, and when Li Cunmiao followed his father to conquer Huangchao, he came once, and the two looked at the majestic and sturdy Bianzhou city wall, and were silent for a while.

Li Cunmiao smiled bitterly: "A fortified city like this, without tens of thousands of elite troops, and without powerful siege equipment, it is difficult to attack it. ”

Chen Qiuming smiled and said: "We didn't plan to break through Bianzhou, just at the moment, we don't know how many lives will be needed to fill this moat, but I have prepared a secret weapon, and it only takes half a day for Brother Li to see the powerful power of this secret weapon." ”

Li Cunmiao knew that when Chen Qiuming was still in the Acropolis, he tinkered with things like catapults and gunpowder all day long, and when he came over this time, he also disassembled and assembled the catapults, but with such a high city wall, what is the use of a dozen catapults?

Fortunately, Chen Qiuming didn't let Li Cunmiao wait too long, and in the afternoon, more than a dozen catapults had all been assembled and pushed to the edge of the moat and lined up.

Seeing this, the Liang army on the city wall was not only not afraid, but some people laughed and laughed at the Jin army's buns for not being able to do anything. So far, so high, what catapult can hit? At most, it can be smashed on the city wall below, but Bianzhou City is all made of bluestone, thick and strong, and the stone will leave a little mark at most.

Chen Qiuming is full of confidence, because he has tried and tested it himself.

These dozen catapults are based on the top engineering principles of later generations, and the range is actually several miles. But Chen Qiuming's trump card is not a catapult, but an explosives bag.

Although the explosion power of the newly developed explosive package is not satisfactory, the sound is particularly loud, and Chen Qiuming also made a large number of iron pieces, iron bars, iron nails and other things fill it, as long as it hits the city wall, the lethality is absolutely amazing.

Many of his craftsmen were trained by Chen Qiuming to become qualified "artillerymen", and there were people holding torches next to each catapult, waiting for Chen Qiuming's order.

Seeing that he was ready, Chen Qiuming glanced at the curious Li Cunmiao, and shouted: "Ten consecutive rounds are ready, let's go!" ”

After hearing the order, the "artilleryman" lit the fuse, and then turned the firing mechanism, and the smoking explosive bag instantly smashed in the direction of the city wall like an arrow from Lixuan.

In the stunned eyes of Li Cunqiao and others, these square things can really hit such a distance, and the most terrifying thing is that this thing can actually burst out with an earth-shattering sound.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! ......

The city walls shook and fires struck! Even the screams were endless, as long as the explosives package exploded around them, a radius of several zhang and the like, all of them turned into a purgatory.

Of course, not every explosive bag can be accurately dropped on the city wall, some only hit the city wall below, and some even hit it and fell into the city.

Also, the length of the fuse is not so suitable, it is a little longer, some explosives packets have not exploded when they fall on the city wall, and some witty Liang soldiers actually know how to pick them up and throw them out.

But this thing can already be regarded as an epoch-making super killer, just look at Li Cunmiao's expression, his mouth is open enough to stuff a fist.

Many of the officers and soldiers who survived the city walls and inside the city were scurrying like crazy, muttering "Heavenly punishment!" "This is heaven's punishment!" "Lei Gong is angry!" Such words, even Wang Chongshi, who had just threatened to go out of the city to teach Li Cunmiao a lesson, was so frightened that he was stunned, and then he was embarrassed.

Even if he has a good iron armor to protect himself, he has several wounds on his body, and if it weren't for the personal soldiers around him to protect him, it is estimated that he would not be able to escape death.

No matter how high the martial arts are, in the face of this epoch-making killing weapon, it is useless, can you still King Kong not be bad?

Ten consecutive rounds were soon launched, someone came to ask for instructions, Chen Qiuming raised his hand and said: "Continue ten consecutive rounds after half an hour, and then another wave in the evening, today, all the 'thundering thunder' will be used up." ”

Li Cunmiao, who was on the side, answered: "'Thunder'? Good name! That's what you made with gunpowder? ”

Then he said worriedly: "Such a sharp weapon, will it be learned by Liang Jun?" After all, they have all seen the power of the 'thunder in the sky' today. ”

Chen Qiuming said with a smile: "Whether it is a trebuchet or a 'thunderbolt', it is not so easy to develop, especially the key gunpowder formula, which only me and the other two people can master." In addition, in order to prevent the leakage of secrets, I have also promulgated and used a strict "Secrecy Ordinance", and it is very difficult for outsiders to steal our military's secrets. ”

Li Cunmiao breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and smiled at Chen Qiuming affectionately: "Brother Chen, I can get your help, it's really merciful." ”