Wanli 1592

Chapter 29

When Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng in the 15th year of Chongzhen, he thought of and used a tactic, that is, dug a large hole in the city wall of Kaifeng, buried a considerable amount of gunpowder, and then detonated it. As a result, all the gunpowder gas rushed out of the dug hole. Came out like a Hawaiian volcano popped out of the wall, but the funny thing was the wall was still pretty much intact.

It turns out that Li Zicheng's peasant army did not master the method of using gunpowder to blast. Hey gunpowder is not a mature explosive in terms of modern industry. The explosion caused by a large amount of gas, but the peasant army did not fill and compact the dug holes, and the city wall could not be filled. The "directed blasting" outside the city wall killed a group of peasant troops instead.

During the period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Taiping Army became much more shrewd when they used gunpowder to blow up the city. The Taiping Army formed a camp of silver miners from Guixian County and coal miners from Moyang, and dug tunnels in the empty houses outside the city to the bottom of the city, and buried them. Gunpowder, the Taiping Army called mines, each mine was wrapped in a quilt, poured with tung oil or packed in a coffin to prevent moisture from entering, then evacuated the tunnel and filled it with soil, and then detonated.

"Ze Ke Lu" said: "Overturning a giant city is like peeling off a piece of paper."

The gunpowder used by the Ming Dynasty is no different from the gunpowder made by the Taiping Army in the late Qing Dynasty, and may be more refined. Therefore, there is no reason why the Ming Army could not do what the Taiping Army could do, but it was just unexpected.

At this moment, Wei Xuezeng was berating his generals for losing more than 1000 soldiers and horses in the siege for three consecutive days. The generals were trained one by one like quails, and they were more or less dissatisfied with Wei Xuezeng in their hearts— ——I built that city so firmly, and now let us attack it, what do you mean?It's not like you don't know how strong that city is, so if you give us thousands of people, you will think that we are all supermen?

Wei Xuezeng was also furious. Both Ma Gui and Xiao Ruxun turned the tide of battle to such an extent that the rebels had only one city left. It was a failure to break through the city as soon as possible to open up the situation and end the rebellion!It's simply my own dereliction of duty!Wei Xuezeng also knows the character of his own emperor, if he can't handle the errands well, he may be imprisoned!
The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. Although Wei Xuezeng himself knew that the city was formidable and formidable, he still had to attack it!

The emperor only looked at the result, not the process.

So Wei Xuezeng was quite irritable, and his mood was even worse when he saw those crooked generals. He was about to open his mouth to scold again, when suddenly a soldier came to report that Ningxia General Xiao Ruxun begged to see him.

Hearing this name, Wei Xuezeng's mood improved for some reason, and the rest of the generals seemed to be relieved, and transferred all their energy to Xiao Ruxun. That little boy like an animal finally came?

Speaking of which, everyone has complicated feelings about this kid.

The great victory in Pinglu City, the great victory that Wei Xue once defined for the officials, is indeed a military commander's face. It has been so many years, and it is rare to win a big victory. Beheading [-] levels, it is estimated that only Chengzu's Northern Expedition had such a big victory It's really a good thing to win, the nine generals are connected with each other, one person goes to the sky, and the others can follow suit, but you boy won such a big victory, beheaded six thousand, don't you want to be so vigorous? ?Doesn't it make us so incompetent that you are so vigorous?

In the past few days, Wei Xue has mentioned Xiao Ruxun a lot, saying that if everyone wants Xiao Ruxun to save him worry, that would be great!It is indeed good!Everyone is in a bad mood, looking at Xiao Ruxun just like looking at other people's children, marrying Bai Fumei is not enough, but she still wants to be rich and handsome and create a career, the beginning is so loud, you give us all a breath Is it good time to be angry?

Wei Xuezeng would not care about the small thoughts of a few mediocre and incompetent generals. He only cares about real talents, not literary or martial arts. The number one hero, the general who has just made great contributions, Wei Xuezeng wants to meet him personally.

So Wei Xuezeng tidied up his clothes, tidied his hair and clothes, stabilized his momentum, and then slowly stepped out of the battalion commander. When he saw a tall general walking like a dragon walking like a tiger from a distance, he knew it was Xiao Ruxun .

When Xiao Ruxun got closer, he saw that he had sword eyebrows and star eyes. He had a good appearance and a dignified appearance. He had just walked a long way and knew how to dress himself. Contacting his previous literary name, it seemed that he had a good living habit. Confucian generals, this kind of person is still very attractive. There are two mustaches on the top of the lips and a short beard on the chin. It is different from the young and frizzy 20-somethings in the impression. The whole person feels like a A sense of stability and reliability.

Knowing that these old people in the officialdom often say that they can't do things well without hair on their mouths, they are very worried about letting young people do things, so Xiao Ruxun is particularly concerned about growing a mustache and beard on his chin, and maintaining a Confucian demeanor. It can give people an excellent impression, especially these civil servants who serve in the army, they like such people even more.

Sure enough, looking at Wei Xuezeng's shining eyes, Xiao Ruxun knew that his homework was not in vain. When he came close, Xiao Ruxun knelt on one knee and cupped his fists to salute, and said in a neutral and peaceful voice: "The last general, Xiao Ruxun, pay homage to the platform!"

"Hahahahahaha! Xiao Ruxun! Xiao Jixin! The governor has been waiting for you for a long time!" Wei Xuezeng nodded appreciatively, approached Xiao Ruxun and helped him up with his own hands. Seeing Xiao Ruxun's handsome and extraordinary appearance, he became more and more satisfied: "It's indeed Yang The young man who is valued by the public, played well, played very well, the governor has already asked for credit for you and General Magui, if His Majesty finds out, he will be very happy! Hahahahaha!"

"The last general is only a small achievement. It all depends on the platform and the generals fighting against the main force of the rebel army on the front line. The last general can win this small victory. The general is ashamed to be praised so much by the platform!"

"Hahahaha! It's good for young people to be modest, but don't be too modest. Too much humility is bad! Hahahahaha!" Wei Xuezeng knew it was flattery, but he was also flattered by this lightly The filming was a little cool, and my sense of Xiao Ruxun has improved, and I feel that he is very different from these rough men in the army. Such a educated general should go to the imperial examination and then become a formal one. Confucian generals, but they are generals, alas!

The rest of the generals saw that Xiao Ruxun got Wei Xuezeng's smiling face and appreciation so quickly, and somehow felt sour in their hearts, but Xiao Ruxun also complimented them by the way. Knowing how to be a human being, he is not an arrogant person. Everyone who flattered him felt ashamed to be serious with Xiao Ruxun.

Wei Xuezeng didn't care about these things, he walked into the big tent holding on to Xiao Ruxun's hand, Xiao Ruxun smiled kindly at the generals, and then entered the big tent, the generals looked at me and I looked at you, they didn't know what to do anymore ...

Stepping into the tent, Wei Xuezeng asked Xiao Ruxun to sit at the top seat affectionately. The affectionate appearance made the generals feel sore in their hearts. Shouldn't the gentlemen disdain Qiu Ba like himself?Didn't your actions make me unable to behave in front of these generals?
Xiao Ruxun was also helpless, so he had no choice but to cut straight to the point: "To make the platform, the general will come here to attack the city. I will observe the city walls of Ningxia in the next few days and find that the city walls of Ningxia are very strong. There are not only Wengcheng, but also Sandao City inside. The gate, storming the city wall, the loss is really too great, once the response is too late, the enemy is blocked within the two city walls, everything will stop, it is really not good for me."

"Oh?" Wei Xuezeng's eyes were bright: "What Ji Xin said is true, then, what strategy does Ji Xin have to teach me?"

teach?Dare I?
Xiao Ruxun smiled wryly, and said, "I dare not speak out, but I have an idea in the end. If it succeeds, I can break the city within a month, but..."

Before Xiao Ruxun could finish speaking, Wei Xuezeng grabbed Xiao Ruxun's hand and said excitedly: "No matter what, the military makes decisions, and the speaker is not guilty! Ji Xin said, the old man is all ears!"

The rest of the generals also stretched out their ears one by one, ready to listen to Xiao Ruxun's "exquisite theory".

Xiao Ruxun bit the bullet and said, "The general's idea is to blow up the city wall with gunpowder!"

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(End of this chapter)