Great Tang Southern Emperor

In addition, there are cannons. I have to say that this old man is indeed a bit capable. Although he did not get the cannon steel formula from Datang, he improved it with an alloy formula passed down from his ancestors, and then mass-produced it. The cast cannons actually Also barely reached a qualified level.

It's just that cannons can't be made with only materials. Although he also understands the structure of cannons, he doesn't have precise processing tools, which leads to a serious lack of accuracy in the produced cannons. It can't be controlled, and the accuracy is so accurate that it makes people vomit blood.

In addition, his smelter still needs to be concealed, and the production process of the new type of gun steel is also very complicated, which has caused the production of cannons to keep falling, and the direct consequence is that the combat effectiveness of the battleship has dropped sharply.This indirectly led to the almost single-digit hit rate of those naval guns during the siege of Li Zhen and the Yegang naval battle. Otherwise, if all these problems were solved, the losses of Li Zhen and Yegang would be as high as Not just a little bit.

The goal of Ma Rufei's action this time is to destroy Gong Shucheng—of course, it would be best if he could be captured alive. After all, this old man is a high-end talent. Although Li Zhen has many top craftsmen under his command, There are still very few people like Gong Shucheng who are comparable to an eighth-level fitter, especially since he has many family-passed design drawings, which are even more precious.But even Li Zhen himself thinks that this possibility should not be too great, because this Gong Shucheng is different from the injustice Taoist, this old boy has a deep hatred with Datang, and it is said that his only son was the one who unified the world in Datang At that time, he made weapons for Dou Jiande, and finally died in the hands of the Tang army in a war, and died in the hands of Li Shimin's Xuanjia army. In order to destroy Datang, he paid almost all the price for it.

Because of the blood feud between the two parties, Li Zhen didn't expect to subdue him, but just reported a little hope, but if he really didn't know the current affairs, then Li Zhen wouldn't be relentless—so I gave Qin Huaiyu and Ma Rufei an order There are special instructions in the book, if you can recruit, you can recruit, if you can't recruit, then kill on the spot, don't need to be too distressed.

Gong Shucheng is a great craftsman, so his residence is naturally not simple, and even the third army has encountered serious troubles before they can break in. No one thought that the door that looked like it was made of wood was actually The meeting was made of steel, weighing tens of thousands of catties, and there was a mechanism lock inside. Ma Rufei sent dozens of people to it, but they didn't push it away. Even Ma Rufei used the grenade specially equipped for this operation. The camouflage layer of wooden boards on the surface was blown away, and there was not even a mark on the steel-cast gate, only a blackened place.

It seems that it is impossible to enter through the gate, so what about climbing over the wall?

It still doesn't work, and the wall is even more vicious. I saw that the person just got close to the base of the wall and even before he touched the wall, he saw sharp spikes piercing out of the hole on the wall that he thought was just for decoration. This time the temptation Not only did he fail to make meritorious deeds, but he lost two people, which made Ma Rufei very angry.

"My lord, at present, there should be only one way." Li He, Ma Rufei's assistant and also his staff officer, said, "I suggest that we should pile up the soil and destroy the city?"

The allusion of the pile of soil comes from the Chen Tang who "offends a strong man, he will be punished even if he is far away". In the first battle against Zhizhi Shanyu (which was also the only battle he fought in his life), the last battle At that time, Zhizhi Shanyu hid in the city of Shanyu. In the end, the Han army raised their shields and piled up soil and broke into the city. More than a thousand people even frightened off the 1518 Kangju cavalry who came for reinforcements, playing the majesty of a big man and shaking the Western Regions.

Later, this trick became a fixed tactic, whether it was the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty or the 300 years of melee in the future, this trick has never been outdated, but it is too much effort to pile up soil and break the city, unless it is a particularly difficult one. city, otherwise this trick would not be used under normal circumstances.

"It's just a small manor, and we have to pile up soil? Isn't it too embarrassing to say it?" Ma Rufei naturally knew the allusion of piling up soil to destroy a city, but he was unwilling to use this trick.

What happened to Chen Tang?That hit was Shan Yucheng.What is the situation now?It's just a small Japanese manor, how dare it be compared with Shan Yucheng?

Ma Rufei has reason to believe that once he really uses this trick, once the news gets out, then what will greet him will definitely not be admiration and admiration, but ridicule and sarcasm, or even doubt—you Boy, it takes so much effort to fight a small manor, it shows that your ability is just like that...Once you leave this impression on people...it's fine if others think so, in case Li Zhen thinks the same way , then his Ma Rufei might be ruined in this life.

Although he would not be dismissed from office, after all, his level of training is still acceptable, but it is definitely impossible to even think about commanding the army on the battlefield.And Datang has always put the most emphasis on military merits. No matter how well Ma Rufei trains soldiers in the rear, he is definitely not as good as a general who came down from the front line.

Chapter 1211 The door opened...

Chapter 158 The Door Opens...

"Then there is no other way for this subordinate..." Seeing that Ma Rufei rejected his suggestion without hesitation, Li He couldn't help but smile helplessly, and spread his hands to indicate that he had no other tricks.

"Let me think about it again..." Ma Rufei is obviously not that kind of intelligent general. It would be embarrassing for him to ask him to think up his mind, but he really couldn't bear that face if he asked him to destroy the city with piles of soil, not to mention the people inside the manor. He didn't understand the situation yet. If the enemy was waiting inside, even if he entered, he would definitely suffer heavy losses-this was what he was most worried about.

"How about? Let's use a hot air balloon to see what's going on inside first?" Ma Rufei was thinking hard, and Li He next to him came up with another idea, not to go in, but to see what's inside and what's going on first.

"Alright, even if you don't go in, you have to see what's going on inside." Ma Rufei nodded again and again, he thought the same way, as long as he understands the situation inside, as long as the inside is safe enough, even if he really used piles of soil to break the city Also admitted.

"Raise the hot air balloon immediately... wait a minute, there seems to be a sound somewhere?" Ma Rufei gave the order halfway, and suddenly his face changed, as if he heard something.

"Quack quack!"

There was no need for Ma Rufei to remind, because the gate that dozens of people could not push at first suddenly heard a harsh sound of 'quack quack quack', making everyone quiet.

"Be careful, the gate has moved." Ma Rufei suddenly shouted, because the gate, which was not moved by dozens of people, was now slowly opened by an unknown force.

Everyone was on guard immediately, those with knives gripped the hilts tightly, those with guns pointed their guns forward, and those with bows and arrows also stretched their bows and arrows into a full moon, and the atmosphere became extremely tense for a while.

But soon...

"what's the situation?"

When the gate was opened, the expected army did not appear. Only one person came out. This person was wearing a butterfly mask. The expression on his face could not be seen clearly, and he did not show any timidity in the face of many soldiers. , but just looked at Ma Rufei quietly, without saying a word...

"Who are you?" Ma Rufei was a little scared by his gaze, and he didn't feel courageous until he grasped the handle of the knife, and asked sharply.

"The enemy has been dealt with. I've been waiting for you for a long time. Come in." The masked man looked at them for a while before saying calmly.

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Ma Rufei to answer, he went straight into the manor, without any intention of paying attention to so many people.

Ma Rufei didn't feel the shame of being ignored, he was completely overwhelmed by what the masked man said: "The enemy has been dealt with? What do you mean by that?"

"Could it be that this is another wave of people sent by His Royal Highness? They have already killed all the enemies inside?" Li He gave a guess, and at present, this guess is likely to be true, because Ma Rufei also knows, In addition to the Prince's third army, there are also countless people fighting on the underground front. For example, the information they have obtained since their operations was all discovered by the intelligence organization under Li Zhen's command. Less responsible for assassination, poisoning, infiltration, etc., resulting in those battles on the underground front that are no less tragic than the battles on the surface, and may even be three points more tragic-at least everyone knows who the enemy is on the surface, and Those who fight underground do not know who the enemies are. Maybe your closest friend is the enemy, and they will stab you at a critical moment. These are not impossible.

"I'm afraid it's true?" Ma Rufei also agreed with this guess.

"But what if this is the enemy's plan? In order to bring us in, what should we do if we close the door and beat the dog?" Yi Bufan, the commander of the first division next to him, raised an objection. He is also the person who is second only to Ma Rufei in status here, and has more than 1000 subordinates. The soldiers of the First Division are all his people - after all, this place is different from the laboratory. The laboratory is such a big place, and it is located underground. In the deep mountains, there are many traps in the manor. Once people escape into the deep mountains... If there are not enough people, they will definitely not be able to catch the enemy.

This is also the main reason why he is unwilling to believe the masked man's words: We [-] or [-] people ran here with great fanfare, and we haven't even entered the gate of the manor yet, but now you tell me that this manor You have already taken it down, and we made a trip for nothing... After the news got out, Yi Bufan had reason to believe that he would definitely be laughed at by the other two bastards to death.

"But judging from the appearance of that person just now, it doesn't seem like he is lying? And if you want to lure the enemy deep, will you send such a person over? Are you sure that a person like him is suitable for the job of luring the enemy?" Li He couldn't help objecting, if that masked man was really an enemy, wouldn't he be too aloof?If you want to attract people, shouldn't you send a kinder person over?At least the mask should be taken off, right?A masked man shouldn't be suitable for this kind of work, right?

"Eh..." Ma Rufei was dizzy from the two people's arguments, and finally clapped his hands fiercely: "Stop arguing, let's send some people into the search first, if it is true, it is naturally the best, if it is If it is false, then we will attack directly."

"That's the only way to do it."

A company was sent in. Of course, they were not attacked. They successfully found the masked man, and then saw a very horrifying scene—except for a few people who were dressed the same as the masked man, everyone else They fell to the ground, moaning feebly, accompanied by a stench, and some people who still had strength lay on the ground and yelled words like 'shameless', 'bastard', 'actually taking laxatives' and so on.

"Stop watching, drag these people out quickly." A man with a spider mask who looked like a leader, saw the company's people coming, he ordered, and looked at the number again, dissatisfied: " Why are there just a few of you? There are thousands of people in this manor, are you going to finish it by yourself?"

"Uh, no, let's call for the big troops." The company commander suddenly woke up. All this has already explained the problem. Combining the tragic situation and words of these people lying on the ground, it is not difficult to guess that it must be the The man in the mask drugged the water source of the manor, and it should be a laxative, which caused the people in the whole manor to have diarrhea, and they were so desperate that they had no strength to resist.

Chapter 1212

Chapter 159 I'm Not Here

Regarding the use of laxatives to make the enemy lose their combat effectiveness, no one thought how despicable this tactic was. On the contrary, Datang had used this tactic to kill many enemies over the years.The most famous example is the battle when Li Zhen used croton powder to destroy Jieli Khan. Although Jieli Khan was defeated by Li Jing's army at that time, there were actually tens of thousands of people under his command at the beginning of his escape. If they are eliminated, it will not only take time and effort, but also cause a lot of damage to themselves. This is not what Li Zhen wants to see.

So after predicting the form of the war, they sent people to buy a large amount of crotons in Shu in advance, almost buying up all the crotons in Shu, which caused the price of crotons to soar that year, and almost became the Tang version of "you play with beans".Although it almost caused an economic crisis, the effect was remarkable. After buying all the crotons, they ground them into powder, calculated the route of Xieli's escape and the rest time in advance, then blocked the river, and sprinkled the croton powder into the river... …

In the end, all Jieli headquarters were captured in this battle, Xue Rengui's army hardly suffered any losses, and the Tang army won a complete victory. He got a nickname——General Croton. At the beginning, this nickname was praised for a long time. It was not until later that Xue Rengui's talent was fully displayed, and he won more and more victories, and his reputation gradually spread. But this nickname.

Later, laxatives became the secret weapon of the underground front, and even Li Zhen specially asked people to research the extract of croton—crotonin. The power of this kind of thing is even more terrifying. out of combat.Especially in this kind of annihilation battle, only a small bottle of crotonin was used, which made thousands of people in the entire manor unable to stand up.

Before the war begins, spies often put laxatives in the enemy's water sources in advance. Even if they are discovered, they will only lose a little laxative. The undercover agent mixed crotonin into the water source of the manor, and Ma Rufei only needed to come in to pick up the corpses, which greatly saved time and reduced losses.

"My God..." After Ma Rufei came in, he was shocked by the spectacular scene in front of him. He knew that laxatives were a powerful weapon in the secret war of the Tang Dynasty. I saw it—hundreds of people piled up together, the yellow-brown liquid flowed horizontally, and the stench filled the entire space. Everyone was lying on the ground in a mess. The scene is simply not too eye-catching.

Some people even couldn't bear the smell and equipped the gas mask. At this moment, Ma Rufei was extremely sober. Fortunately, they were equipped with gas masks and chemical protective suits, otherwise this job would not be possible at all. The masks and chemical protective suits were purely to prevent poisonous gas and other area-destructive weapons in the manor's organs, but now it seems that no poisonous gas has been encountered, and the stench has been inhaled.

"What are you still doing and looking at? Hurry up and get to work."

Looking at the soldiers of the First Division with different expressions, the man in the spider mask slowly frowned, and he couldn't help reminding, but he sighed in his heart: the quality of this foreign legion is just not good, and it is nothing compared to the boy army. Than, fortunately, they are just cannon fodder troops, so they can't ask too much.

If Ma Rufei knew about his own performance, and thus made the man in the spider mask despise the soldiers of his third army, he couldn't say what he would think.

However, the man in the spider mask did underestimate the foreign legion, and even misunderstood what Li Zhen meant. Li Zhen never intended to use the foreign legion as a cannon fodder army. In Ye's eyes, the Tang army was the Tang army. They are divided into different military branches according to their functions. In his eyes, there have never been two categories of regular army and cannon fodder. Some of them are all Datang's troops—maybe some troops are indeed not strong in combat effectiveness, but that is only relative to the internal forces of Datang. Speaking of the elite, even these not-so-strong armies are still the elite of the elite abroad, and they are unambiguous in their battles. If they are paired with a brilliant commander, their combat effectiveness may not be as good as that of the elite. How much worse is the elite.

As for the Foreign Legion, Li Zhen trained according to the model of the Boys' Army. Except for the difference in thermal weapons from the training base, the rest are the same as the Boys' Army. In terms of military quality, it is actually the same as the Boys' Army. The army is almost the same, but this time is their first actual combat after all, and they have no combat experience before that, which is why they are ugly now.

In fact, as a group of recruits, the performance of these teenagers is already qualified enough, but the record of the Boys’ Army over the years is really amazing, invincible, which gave the spider masked man the illusion that the Foreign Legion is not as good as the Boys’ Army .

But what the spider mask is difficult to know is that the boy army may not have performed much better than these boys when they were recruits. The [-] boy army in the first phase followed Li Zhen to conquer Nanyang. When Yitiaodangying was fighting, his performance was also very unbearable. Even though Li Zhen had made various preparations before, after the first murder, the young army still vomited, which made Li Zhen panicked.

The same is true for the second period of the Youth Army. When they finished their training, they were taken to Lingnan by Li Zhen. On the way, there was an accident and the ships were not enough. Because of lack of combat experience, the enemy put laxatives in the food, and the combat effectiveness was not one in ten (this can be regarded as retribution). If Li Zhen didn't feel that something was wrong halfway and sent reinforcements, I'm afraid not only the supplies would be lost, but the Qianjia Battalion I'm afraid it will be wiped out too, but even so, the Qianjia Battalion suffered heavy losses.