Zhao Xuanqi returned to Chang'an City, walked inside the city wall, and continued his daily patrol operations.

The cronies beside him looked through the city wall around him and looked towards the rebel camp below, and the darkness was overwhelming, and even the sky seemed to be suppressed.

He shuddered, and couldn't help but ask, "General, can we really defeat them?" ”

With these words, the other personal guards beside him also looked at Zhao Xuanqi one after another, their eyes were full of hope, eager to get Zhao Xuanqi's answer.

They weren't afraid of death.

As the Ziyun Army, when they came to King Qin of Chang'an City, they were ready to sacrifice.

But being ready to sacrifice doesn't mean you have to die 100% of the time, and they still have a glimmer of desire for victory after all.

Who wouldn't want to return home alive?

They really want to know how to win.

How to win this war!

The people in the city thought that there were 100,000 Qin King's army, but only they knew that there were only 30,000 from beginning to end.

30,000 vs. 500,000.

There is no hope of winning at all.

The hope is extremely slim, even if the ants have a better chance of defeating the elephant than the ones themselves and others, the chance of defeating the rebels is higher!

From start to finish, this is a war that everyone is not optimistic about.

Zhao Xuanqi looked at the green faces of these soldiers, and replied categorically: "We can naturally win, and we will win!" ”

Confidence and calmness infect everyone.

The voice is sonorous and powerful.

The soldiers of his cronies suddenly perked up: "The general said that if we can win, then we will definitely be able to win!" ”

Sweep away the previous decadent state and regain your strength.

Although they didn't know how Zhao Xuanqi would win the war and what kind of methods he would use to defeat the enemy.

But they knew that this person was Zhao Xuanqi, and that was enough.

For Zhao Xuanqi, they have unconditional trust.

As long as Zhao Xuanqi says to win, then he will definitely win, Zhao Xuanqi has been famous and famous over the years, as if he is already a god in their hearts.

Zhao Xuanqi did not lie to them.

He really felt like he could win.

He had thought about it for a long time.

30,000 against 500,000.

How exactly can a small army defeat a large number of armies?

He thought about the Fire Bull Formation.

In China, this formation is famous, Tiandan used the fire ox formation, won more with less, and defeated tens of thousands of troops of Qi State.

It is rumored that Wang Xuance also used the Fire Ox Array, and by surprise, he defeated tens of thousands of Indian troops in one battle.

The principle is simple, with two sharp knives tied to the horns of the ox and a flame lit on the tail, the mad cow can go on a rampage, rushing forward desperately and killing countless enemies.

The dead men rushed up after the oxen to defeat the enemy, and it was a huge advantage to use this trick by surprise when defending the city.

But Zhao Xuanqi eventually gave up on this strategy.

Why is the Fire Bull Formation called the Fire Bull Formation?

Fire Cow, you have to have a cow too!

There aren't that many cattle in the city.

Chang'an City is a prosperous city, and there are countless resources and grain piled up in the treasury, but the number of cattle is very small.

After all, there is no arable land in the city, where do so many cattle come from? There weren't enough cows, and the fire bull formation was just a joke.

So Zhao Xuanqi thought of a more reliable method.

Musket gunpowder!

In this age of cold weapons, what could be more lethal than musket gunpowder?

In the era of cold weapon fighting, everyone went up to fight with knives and guns, and put cold arrows in the back with bows and arrows, which was bloody and cruel, and often needed to test the willpower of soldiers, as well as physical fitness, as well as combat experience, including armor and other factors, and the requirements for people were particularly high.

The more elite your soldiers, the more victories you can win in the era of cold weapon combat, and the greater your hopes of victory.

If you want to cultivate this kind of elite soldiers, you must go through the baptism of the battlefield, as well as eat and drink well and exercise, which often takes a long time, at least several years.

This kind of soldier is extremely rare, and if one dies, then one less!

If you damage a lot of elite soldiers, it will be difficult to organize the next war.

However, the thermal weapon of musket gunpowder is not so demanding on people.

As long as you are a healthy person, even if you are not very healthy, you can take a musket, load it with gunpowder, and after a simple practice, shoot directly when the enemy army rushes at you.

The musket will tell you the answer.

No matter how hard the opponent is wearing armor and how burly his body is, he can't resist the shot of bullets.

No matter how brave the other party is, hand-to-hand combat is particularly terrifying, Mo Dao can be broken, sorry, seven steps away, the gun is fast, within seven steps, the gun is fast and accurate, as long as there are enough muskets, you will not be given a chance to get close at all.

The enemy is often shot before they even rush in front of them.

The low requirements for people are also a great advantage of the musket.

This group of soldiers died, and as long as the muskets were still there, the next group of men could pick up the muskets again and continue shooting.

Even if there are heavy casualties, as long as there are enough muskets, just pull some young and strong, and with a little proficiency, the muskets will immediately exert their powerful combat power, and they can quickly organize the next war!

The gun is in the hands of women, and the guns are in the hands of children, and they can also exert a power that is not weaker than that of a man in the prime of life!

And the biggest advantage of the musket is the length of the hand.

Able to shoot enemies from a distance!

In the Cold Weapon Age, there were also bows and arrows that attacked the enemy from a distance.

If the two sides make a comparison.

The power of muskets is stronger than that of bows and arrows, and there is not much requirement for the physical fitness of soldiers.

The requirements for bows and arrows are too high, and if you want to cultivate an archer, it will take at least a few years or even more than ten years, and you must have strong requirements for the physical fitness of the soldiers.

Therefore, the musket is more cost-effective and stronger.

In Chinese history, when the musket appeared, the era of cold weapons came to an end, hot weapons began to become the mainstream, and the battlefield changed to shoot at each other.

The torrent of history determines the status of the musket!

"I've got to go see how it goes!"

Zhao Xuanqi was still a little nervous in his heart and muttered to himself.

He shifted his steps and walked slowly towards the arsenal shop.

As early as a few months ago, when he entered Chang'an, he was already thinking about how to defeat the enemy army and trying to make muskets.

At that time, with the memory in his mind, he chose two muskets.

Fusiliers.

Harquebus.

The flintlock pistol reloads faster, fires bullets faster, and can be used even on rainy days, making it a very compact machine with high accuracy, making it a very good musket.

As for the arquebus, you need to light the arquebus to start the musket, the speed of shooting is relatively slow, the top people can only shoot three or four rounds a minute, and there is a danger of exploding, and the requirements for the weather are also very high, and it is difficult to use in rainy and windy weather.

An arquebus: A musketeer often needs to have two deputies to help load the bullets and gunpowder in order to maximize the effect.

That is, a three-person configuration.

When he was in Japan, a certain daimyo used the three-person arquebus system to show his might, and easily inflicted heavy damage on thousands of elite heavy cavalry of the enemy while his own almost zero casualties, making the heavy cavalry withdraw from the stage of history.

If you had to choose, of course, a flintlock pistol would be better.

But Zhao Xuanqi chose an arquebus.

Because flintlock pistols are more difficult to make, the machines are extremely delicate, and each part is ingenious, it takes a long time to make it, even the most skilled craftsmen have to spend a lot of time to make one.

Zhao Xuanqi is now in a hurry for time, so he naturally doesn't consider flintlock pistols.

The production of arquebuses is relatively simple, a craftsman can make several pieces a month, although there are various risks, including power limitations, weather restrictions, but the difficulty of production is low, the parts are relatively simple, and mass manufacturing is very convenient!

So Zhao Xuanqi also chose an arquebus.

As long as you have a large number of arquebuses in hand, shooting from cover in a battle to defend a city can definitely make a huge difference!

A few months ago, he handed over the drawings to the craftsmen of the arsenal shop, sent someone to supervise them, and made sure that the musket information would not be leaked, and then ordered the craftsmen to make arquebuses in large quantities.

You can make the slightly more complex accessories first, make the accessories in large quantities, and then assemble them when the time comes.

The Great Wall is the capital of the country, the Northern Wei Dynasty is a vast country, and the capital is the Kyoto of a country, including countless resources in the world.

Zhao Xuanqi was very satisfied with the fact that there were all kinds of materials in the treasury, and these resources and materials were enough to make a large number of muskets.

Arsenal shop.

It looked like a relatively large camp, and it was full of fire, with the sound of ping-pong and a large number of blacksmiths.

"General!"

Several guards saluted Zhao Xuanqi.

Zhao Xuanqi nodded: "I'll go in and take a look." ”

He took a step past the front door and went straight to the camp, where he saw a number of tents along the way, and finally came to the largest room, where he soon found the master craftsman who was in charge of making the arquebus.

This master craftsman was about forty years old, with high bulging muscles, his hair coiled together for iron, and he wore a short shirt, which outsiders called the Gongyi Master.

"Lord Zhao..."

"Needless to say, how is the task I gave you?"

"Report to Lord Zhao, in the past two months, I and the guys in the arsenal shop have successfully made arquebuses, and they have made about a thousand in batches."

"So much?"

"It's already slow, there are about hundreds of masters in the arsenal shop, there are hundreds of people counting apprentices, and there are many deputies, almost the entire blacksmith in Chang'an City has already come here, and there are two months of buffer manufacturing time to make thousands of handles, I'm afraid that the adults will blame it too slowly."

"Show it to me."

"Yes!"

Then someone immediately took out the arquebus for Zhao Xuanqi to see.

It looks like a wooden stick, and it is relatively primitive in every way.

Zhao Xuanqi kept stroking it in his hand, looked at it carefully, and found that it was relatively rough.

There's no way, that's what I made in a hurry, but fortunately, there are no big problems, except for the ugly appearance, the role that can be played is not missing at all.

"With this batch of arquebuses, the winning rate has increased by at least thirty percent!"

Zhao Xuanqi had a smile on his face.

The pressure in my heart is also much easier.

Fortunately, Chang'an City has enough resources, and there are enough blacksmiths to make so many arquebuses, but if they are placed elsewhere, they will definitely lack all kinds of resources and be difficult to make.

What's more, it's hard to find such top craftsmen.

As a traverser, he is a modern man himself, why should he fight a cold weapon war with these natives?

Isn't it a fool to have muskets and not to use?

He had begun to silently pray for the enemy troops.

Of course

Even if the arquebus doesn't exert as much power as expected, it's fine.

Because Zhao Xuanqi didn't put all his hopes on the musket, he also had an even more terrifying lethal weapon!

Since the musket can be crafted, there is definitely another thing that can be crafted as well!

He looked at the master in front of him with excited eyes, and asked slowly, "Have you made those things that I ordered you to make in batches?" ”

There was a hint of fear in the eyes of the public loser: "Tell your lord, it has been made!" ”

There was some tremor in his voice.

Not because of anything else, but because the things made were so horrific that they almost shattered his worldview.

Zhao Xuanqi knew why he was so frightened, because the things he made would be shocked by anything human.

More powerful than a musket, and more brutal.

It can be called the source of killing.

That's dynamite!

Compared to explosives, the power of muskets was nothing at all.

There is also gunpowder in this world, but gunpowder is used in fireworks, and the power is so small that it is as small as a joke, and it is useless.

No one uses gunpowder for war, but instead uses it as fireworks to celebrate festive occasions.

There is a long-lasting fireworks festival in Chang'an City, every time this festival, the dignitaries and nobles in the city will set off fireworks, and the brilliant fireworks will cut through the moonlight, illuminating the whole Chang'an City bright and transparent, just like heaven and earth.

Many poets and lyricists have sung the praises of fireworks festivals.

Therefore, the amount of gunpowder in the Great Wall is actually very large, there is a lot of stock, there is a lot of gunpowder piled up in the treasury, and there are many fireworks.

There are many materials used to make gunpowder, such as sulfur and nitrate, which are too many to count.

When he first learned the news, Zhao Xuanqi jumped to his feet excitedly.

With so many ready-made materials, wouldn't it be a pity not to make explosives?

So, Zhao Xuanqi frantically bought these resources a few days ago, and if the resources were not enough, he sent someone to extract them chemically, and then used the knowledge he had learned to successfully reproduce the black powder.

One sulfur, two nitrates, and three charcoals.

This is a rough mantra.

The configuration ratio is very important, and it will have a significant impact on the explosives produced, and Zhao Xuanqi remembers the correct configuration ratio very well to ensure that the powerful explosives can be made.

This is largely due to a militia training manual that I read as a child, which clearly describes how gunpowder is made.

Therefore, in Chang'an City, the beautiful fireworks and gunpowder that could only be enjoyed as a landscape, and the non-lethal fireworks successfully changed into powerful black powder explosives after Zhao Xuanqi's production and deployment.

This is the gap between the times.

If the times are a rolling torrent, and the further back it goes, the stronger it becomes, then Zhao Xuanqi is the guy standing downstream of this torrent and riding on a group of giants against the current.

Afraid that the deterrent power of explosives is limited, Zhao Xuanqi even debugged some explosives with amazing power, such as flowering bombs.

First, the prepared gunpowder was put into a tin can, and then a large number of blades or sharp nails were placed inside, and it was tightly sealed.

As long as you ignite the fuse and throw the flowering bullet out, the explosion will produce a violent force, and the blades and nails inside will scatter in all directions, and the speed is very fast, causing severe damage to everything around it, which is very terrifying.

At the same time, Zhao Xuanqi also made a large amount of white phosphorus.

He was able to know how to make white phosphorus, and it was also a coincidence, a little story he had seen in his previous life.

[In 1669, in order to refine gold, a German man spent all his savings to buy 5,000 liters of urine to "boil", never expecting to accidentally obtain new substances for the benefit of the world, which were later made into weapons of terror.

The man's name was Hennig Brand, and there was a gold rush in that era, and many people fell into the obsession of "turning stones into gold", and he was no exception.

But he couldn't afford to buy ore, so he set his sights on urine, which seemed to him to be golden yellow, and could it also contain gold.

Since then, Brand has been looking for a different way, boiling urine in the hope of making gold.

But the family's property was about to be lost by him, and he still didn't succeed, so he finally decided to break the boat, pawned all the furniture, and ran to the barracks to buy 5,000 liters of urine, wanting to try one last time.

However, instead of getting the gold he wanted, it was a pile of dimly glowing solids, which he touched lightly with tweezers, and soon spontaneously combusted, which was difficult to extinguish, and this was white phosphorus. 】

Because this story is funny, Zhao Xuanqi recorded this information, and understands that as long as urine is used, a large amount of white phosphorus can be boiled.

So during these times, he sent people to collect a large amount of urine and carried out a large number of boiling attempts, and after some time of experiments, he successfully boiled out the white phosphorus.

And the amount of white phosphorus is very considerable, almost filling the warehouse, which can support at least several wars.

The purpose of collecting white phosphorus is simple, and it goes without saying much, that is, to make an incomparably horrific and cruel explosive.

White phosphorus bomb!

During these times, craftsmen have added a lot of materials, and the white phosphorus bomb has been successfully developed, and there are many of them!

"Take me to see how many there are."

"Yes."

Without hesitation, the master took Zhao Xuanqi to the treasury.

In the treasury, Zhao Xuanqi successfully saw a large number of bombs accumulated and batches of muskets.

If the musket increases the chance of victory by 30%.

Then these explosives have doubled this odds, multiplied several times!

The tide of the times has made hot weapons crush the era of cold weapons.

Now, with the help of these things, victory is not easy?

When Zhao Xuanqi saw the ammunition full of warehouses, the breath in his heart finally relaxed.

What he feared the most these days was that the physics of this world were different, and he couldn't make bombs and muskets.

It turns out that all this is a waste of worry, everything is just unfounded, and it can be made!

It's not afraid to learn physics well and go all over the world, but fortunately, mathematics, physics and chemistry are useful in this world!

(End of chapter)