Prosperous Tang Soul

Chapter 315 The Dance of Tianzhu

Li Jing's department is very difficult, this is a situation that everyone knows.

"I have decided to bring 2000 troops and gunpowder ammunition with Xue Wanren to help the chief!" Niu Jinda seemed to have made a difficult decision, looked at Zhang Yi and Tang Peng and said, "Since the remnants of Temuhe have gone north, Shuofang City is Safe, at least temporarily!
We now have a strong city for defense, and 36 chains of fortresses for coordinated defense. As long as Tang Peng can continuously produce gunpowder and ammunition, Shuofang City will be able to hold on until the chief executive and I return to the city. "

Obviously, Niu Jinda had already considered the defense of Shuofang City, but Zhang Yi and Tang Peng were too young and had no experience in the battlefield at all, so they hesitated to make a decision.

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If there is no emergency reinforcement now, Li Jing's army is in danger of being wiped out. An army that has no supplies and goes deep into the grassland alone, especially in this season of winter, it is difficult for them to survive until the spring. .

After all, at this time, Datang no longer has the ability to raise an armed force of tens of thousands of people.

Zhang Yi nodded, agreeing with Niu Jinda's decision very much, he even thought Niu Jinda's decision was very wise.

But when he let the important matter of defending the city fall on his head, this kind of approval immediately turned into depression.

Tang Peng now needs to supervise the production of gunpowder bombs. Due to the principle of confidentiality of gunpowder bombs, Tang Peng must have to hide in the basement for inspection and acceptance. Then he has the highest official position among the remaining people, so it is only natural that he is required to take on the role of guardian. The great responsibility of the city.

"If we add some more people, we can now produce [-] gunpowder bombs every day!" Tang Peng pondered for a while, and said: "But the material is a problem, the consumption of sulfur and saltpeter is really too large, and we can't do it here. Buy or requisition!"

First, he reported the maximum output that could be produced every day, so that Niu Jinda knew what to expect, and then Tang Peng talked about the troubles he was facing.

After all, he is now in charge of supervising the production of gunpowder bombs, so it is impossible for him to leave the basement, so what he is most worried about now is the material of gunpowder bombs.As long as there are materials, gunpowder bombs can be produced continuously, and with gunpowder bombs, Shuofang City is like a piece of iron, and with a solid city wall, even if there are only a thousand people in Shuofang City, he is confident that he can defend it.

But if there is no gunpowder, even if the city is high and the soldiers are strong, it is just an unrealistic hope to defend Shuofang City.

So the current situation is that he needs a lot of raw materials for gunpowder bombs.

"How many gunpowder bombs can you make out of the materials in your hand?" Niu Jinda was expressionless, thought for a while, and asked lightly: "Also, how many gunpowder bombs do we have now!"

"One thousand and five hundred!" Tang Peng immediately reported a number and said: "When the Temuhe tribe attacked the city, a thousand coins were issued, but they were not used up at all, and there were still about four hundred coins left. Stored in teams at all levels, this part of the gunpowder is enough to face the harassment of a small group of Turks in my opinion!"

"That's right! It's about the same number." Zhang Yi also nodded, and affirmed: "To be precise, it is 438 gunpowder bombs. Take someone to handle it yourself. With these more than 400 gunpowder bombs, we should be able to guarantee that Shuofang City will not be lost!"

Keyi8 said that today's logistics material allocation is completely in his hands, especially the management of gunpowder and ammunition is his top priority.

After all, gunpowder bombs are different from knives and arrows. Even if they are not ignited, they will explode directly if there is a slightly violent collision.The defenders of Shuofang obviously didn't have time to train them how to keep and use gunpowder ammunition correctly, so after the successful defense of the city and the remnants of Temuhe left to the north, Zhang Yi ordered the gunpowder ammunition to be taken back to the warehouse.

On the one hand, it is to keep the secret formula of gunpowder bombs strictly confidential, so as to prevent them from being secretly used for development. After all, except for the gunpowder formula, today’s gunpowder bombs have almost no secrets at all. Not only is the structure simple, even the shell is just a suburban earthen kiln. Fired clay pots.

On the other hand, it is also out of safety considerations, in case that curious guy in the military camp makes a bad hand, or accidentally falls, it will be a lot of fun.At that time, it will be a tragedy if the enemy does not bomb, but our own people bloom.

"I estimate that I can make about [-] pieces with the materials there!" Tang Peng said, "It may take three to four days. If the general waits for four days, we can give you a total of [-] pieces." A hundred gunpowder shells!"

"No, we have to set off immediately!" Niu Jinda waved his hands. Now he has no time to wait for Tang Peng to make the remaining gunpowder bombs, and said: "The chief executive can't wait anymore. The tow mine department probably has Contacted him, and the remnants of Temuhe had also gone for three days, and if nothing else happened, a situation of two-sided attack had already been formed.

I only hope that the two of them have some scruples and don't go to war immediately. In that case, as long as we stick to it for two days, our reinforcements will arrive! "

Niu Jinda didn't hesitate any longer, immediately got up and looked at Xue Wanren: "Xue Wanren!"

"The last general is here!" Xue Wanren immediately stepped forward with cupped fists.

"I order you to gather 2000 people immediately, receive [-] gunpowder bombs, and bring some food and grass, and immediately bypass the remnant of Temuhe from the left to reinforce the chief executive!"

"The last general takes the order!" Xue Wanren did not hesitate, and immediately paid the bill after taking the order.

After Niu Jinda finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Yi again, and said, "Zhang Yi, I order you to take over the defense of Shuofang City immediately after Xue Wanren and I leave. People are in the city, but the city is lost."

Niu Jinda didn't continue talking, but Zhang Yi also understood very well that he would have no chance to see him if he lost the city.

Immediately, he also stepped forward, saluted Niu Jinda, and then stood aside.

"Tang Peng!" Niu Jinda finally looked at Tang Peng again.

"The end is here!"

"When the materials in your hands are used up, the gunpowder and ammunition you made will be handed over to Zhang Yi immediately. All craftsmen and others must operate independently and not talk to others. Once found, they will be killed on the spot!" Niu Jinda continued with a gloomy expression: "There is still one more One thing is that you need to go to Xiangcheng yourself. Since Su Dingfangteng does not have any reinforcements, you can go to him and ask him to help gather the materials for gunpowder and ammunition, and some food and fodder will also come over. This slippery boy must have some Lots of stock!"

"The last general takes orders!~"

All of a sudden, the ox horn sounded loudly, and the Jujiang drum also sounded.

Two 2000-man troops marched into battle, guarding a small amount of food and fodder, and slowly left Shuofang City!

(End of this chapter)