My diary of transcendence from the heavens

Chapter 85 83. Just wait for the east wind, pretend and surrender

Zhao Xuanqi gave the order to practice like crazy.

All soldiers must be proficient in muskets and bombs.

As long as you practice your musket proficiently, you will basically be sure of victory.

If you are fighting an encounter outside the city, musket gunpowder may not be that effective.

But now using them to defend the city is definitely a nightmare for the enemy. It will be useless even if the enemy attacks the city.

There are buildings and bunkers everywhere in the city. As long as you build a fortress, dig out a shooting window on it, shoot a bullet and hide, the enemy will never be able to leave, but you can kill and wound the enemy at will.

The soldiers defending the city can also hide behind building bunkers and throw bombs. They don't have to worry about anything. As long as they throw the bombs out, they can injure the enemy.

The enemy had no time to see the troops defending the city, and more than half of them had been damaged. For the rebels attacking the city, it was absolutely a nightmare.

In the following time, the soldiers in the military camp practiced muskets crazily, became proficient in musketry, and were familiar with the three-man system. With the cooperation of fast people, one person can basically shoot three or four rounds in a minute.

At the same time, the soldiers also knew how to drop bombs reasonably to ensure that they would not throw bombs on their own side out of panic.

This prevents some smart people from daring to drop bombs because they are too panicked.

Regarding bombs, there are also muskets.

In this regard, Zhao Xuanqi kept strict confidentiality and would not allow any information about muskets and bombs to leak out of the military camp.

Once the enemy learns this information, it will definitely have a huge impact on the battlefield situation.

Even the civil and military officials of the imperial court and even Emperor Jingming did not know the information about muskets and bombs, and all information was tightly blocked.

The military camp has become a closed cell, and information is only allowed in but not allowed out.

The craftsmen who made gunpowder and muskets were recruited by Zhao Xuanqi to become special craftsmen in the army. They would not be able to leave the military camp at will in the future. They would most likely have to stay in the military camp in the future, and it would be impossible to leak the information.

The reason why Zhao Xuanqi guarded the information so closely was because he knew that the rebels definitely had spies in the city.

When he met and communicated with Huang Shouyi yesterday, Huang Shouyi said, "There are only 3 defenders in the city, and it is impossible to defend the city."

Logically speaking, even the people in the city and many civil and military ministers didn't know how many troops there were, but Huang Shouyi knew it so well.

It was obvious that there were more detailed operations in the city than imagined, and they even had a high status. That was why the rebels were so clear about the situation in the city. Zhao Xuanqi must prevent the possibility of information leakage.

that's it.

Half a month passed quietly.

In the past half month, the soldiers have become crazy proficient in muskets, and are basically able to use muskets proficiently.

At the same time, the military forge is also stepping up its production of muskets and bombs, and is constantly increasing its inventory to prepare for the coming war.

The rebels outside the city have been cutting down all the trees outside the city during these days and making many siege equipment.

A large number of siege equipment were produced, countless in number, and they seemed to be ready to attack the city at any time.

At the same time, the rear troops of the rebel army also gradually arrived.

It turned out that the rebel army that Zhao Xuanqi saw for the first time seemed to be very large in number, but in fact it was only 20. They were the vanguard, and more rebels would arrive later.

You stand on the top of the wall and look across. Basically, wherever you look, you see military camps stationed there. The mountains and plains are filled with people on the opposite side, and they are densely packed, like a tidal wave.

The rebels seemed to be moving to attack the city.

It gives people the feeling that they may be attacked at any time.

Everyone is extremely nervous, waiting for the moment when the war breaks out.

But Zhao Xuanqi was calm and at ease.

He didn't panic at all.

After getting along with each other these days, he judged that the rebels would probably not attack hard.

If they had attacked forcefully, the rebels would have attacked the city earlier, instead of waiting until now.

Chang'an City is a tough city.

There are another 30,000 elite soldiers in the city.

If we really want to attack hard, the rebels will lose at least half of their troops, and they will definitely suffer heavy losses.

There are still so many princes in the world who retain their strength. Once Huang Shouyi suffers heavy losses, he will definitely end up being besieged, and the subsequent results will not be much better.

If you want to trap Chang'an City to death.

This is not realistic either.

There is also a large amount of grain accumulated in Chang'an City, so it is not difficult to hold on for a year and a half.

On the other hand, as for the rebels, the 50-strong army eats, drinks, and eats an astonishing amount every day. The food consumption is absolutely terrifying, and the food supply is definitely not as good as in the city.

Zhao Xuanqi can afford it, but Huang Shouyi cannot.

No matter how much the opponent delays Zhao Xuanqi, he doesn't worry. Instead, he can use this time to make more muskets and explosives to consume the enemy's food and grass faster.

Zhao Xuanqi knows.

At this time, it was Huang Shouyi who should be anxious, not himself.

All he has to do is wait for an opportunity.

What's the chance?

Since the rebels don't know how to forcefully attack or drag them away, they still want to pose as if to forcefully attack. It is obvious that they have other actions to put psychological pressure on some people in the city.

Most likely they want to break through Chang'an City from within.

Therefore, everything is ready on our side, all we need is Dongfeng, and we are just waiting for the other party's actions.

I am waiting for this opportunity, and the other party is also waiting for this opportunity. Both parties are waiting for an opportunity.

It was this afternoon, when Zhao Xuanqi was on daily patrol, that the other party finally took action. A court official quietly found Zhao Xuanqi and agreed to meet in the evening.

Zhao Xuanqi didn't know that official, and he was unknown. He was probably just a man sent by the other party. The real big fish would only show up at night.

With this in mind, Zhao Xuanqi returned home and quietly waited until night came.

Sure enough, at night, a man came to Zhao Xuanqi's yard and knocked on the door.

The moment Zhao Xuanqi saw this man, he was extremely surprised.

He never expected that this person would arrive.

This person's identity is very unusual.

The imperial court serves as the prime minister.

The grandson of Master Fang.

A trusted confidant of Emperor Jingming.

In the past, Emperor Fang led officials from poor backgrounds and won the emperor's trust. They fought against officials from aristocratic families in the court, opposed the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, resisted monopoly, and made many achievements that benefited the people.

The reason why Zhao Xuanqi was able to come forward was because Emperor Fang played a big role behind the scenes.

Unexpectedly, after Fang Dishi's death, his grandson secretly joined the wealthy family, disrupted the government, deepened the monopoly, and at the same time secretly joined the rebels, and came to find him tonight.

Prime Minister Fang's purpose is very simple. On behalf of the aristocratic families in the city, in the name of the people, he hopes that Zhao Xuanqi will surrender. This is to persuade him to surrender!

Zhao Xuanqi thought that someone would come, but he really didn't expect that it would be Prime Minister Fang. From this look, I am afraid that the civil and military officials and the wealthy families have no intention of resisting at all. They were ready to surrender from the beginning!