Chen Ben treacherous

Jia She hugged the blue-faced Gu Pengfei tightly, and said joyfully, "It's a success! It's powerful!!"

With a dark face, Gu Pengfei moved Jia She away with a slight movement.Jia She didn't realize it at all, but Gu Pengfei frowned and asked, "What is Master Jia doing here?!"

Jia She pointed to the deep bomb crater in the distance, and said, "Come and help! As I said, I have a new type of weapon, and I can fight with a sharp dagger that will kill you!" When he said this, Jia She suddenly remembered that this is the first time to retreat from the enemy. One merit must be obtained, so he triumphantly claimed the credit: "This new weapon was created by me, it's amazing!"

Gu Pengfei looked at the bomb crater in the distance, and then looked at Jia She. Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to nod and said: "Improve it, it will definitely be able to effectively kill the enemy! But..." Gu Pengfei pointed to the place near the city wall, He said angrily: "Your Excellency also blew up this place into potholes, but it saved the enemy a lot of effort in digging tunnels!!"

The smile on Jia She's face froze immediately. Sure enough, there were many small holes under the city wall, which were all blasted out by those less powerful cannons.What's worse, Jia She has already seen the fenwen carts and cowhide carts specially used by the Tatar army to dig tunnels, under the cover of arrows and artillery stones, driving to the bomb crater, and the soldiers hid In it, start digging the tunnel! !

Gu Pengfei said: "My lord, go back to sleep! Don't make trouble here, please!!"

Jia She's enthusiasm was splashed with cold water, and he went down the tower in a huff. Tu Wan and other craftsmen immediately surrounded him and asked, "My lord, how powerful is this artillery?"

Jia She said: "It's huge! But... there are too few cannons, we need to produce more!!"

Tu Wan immediately said: "My lord, don't worry, leave it to me! Now that I know the formula, I can have as many cannons as I want!!"

As soon as Tu Wan said this, a craftsman said with a sad face: "My lord, it's not good!!"

Jia She's heart skipped a beat, he looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "This is not a place to talk, there are too many people talking, change to another place!!"

Several craftsmen nodded together, Jia She returned to the government office and asked the craftsman, "What's wrong?"

The craftsman said: "The formula ratio of the last cannon just now is the same as that of the first cannon." Jia She was taken aback for a moment, but he remembered clearly that the first cannon released just emitted a burst of white smoke. Yes!The craftsman continued to say: "These two cannons used eight parts of saltpeter, one part of sulfur, and one part of charcoal. The difference is that the saltpeter and sulfur used in the last cannon were purified!"

Jia She nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, the higher the purity, the greater the power!!"

The craftsman's face became even more distressed: "But it takes time and effort to purify saltpeter! It took me two or three days to extract less than two catties of pure saltpeter from ten catties of saltpeter. Not to mention sulfur Now, in winter, no matter how the furnaces in the city are burning, the temperature is not enough. The sulfur in this cannon stone was produced by you in the summer to make ecstasy, my lord..."

Jia She began to have a headache. He should have thought long ago that the ancients were not idiots. Of course, they had tried various formulas when making gunpowder, but why the ratio of the gunpowder they chose in the end was different from that used by later generations? Naturally, it was because of the conditions at that time. Next, this ratio is the best! !

Jia She thought for a while and said, "How much saltpeter is there in the city? How much sulfur?"

Tu Wandao: "There is a firearms workshop in the city, and there is a lot of sulfur, but you, my lord, used most of it to make ecstasy a few days ago..."

Jia She was angry: "Ecstasy, ecstasy! Why is I so obsessed with making ecstasy!!!"

Tu Wan and the rest of the craftsmen were silent. Tu Wan's eyes fell on Gu Pengfei in the distance, and he thought to himself: My lord, the reason why you are so keen on making ecstasy is because you want to seduce General Gu..., However, it is enough to think about these words in your heart, and you must never say them out of your mouth.

Jia She waved his hand: "Forget it, don't mention the past, let's just talk about the present, how many cannons can be produced by purifying the formula according to this ratio?!"

The craftsmen made some calculations in their minds and replied, "I'm afraid we can only make more than ten more cannons like the one just now..."

Jia She wailed in his heart. This feeling was like getting a check worth hundreds of millions and going to the bank to withdraw money, only to be told: Sorry, the bank has declared bankruptcy...

Jia She thought for a while and asked, "Is there not enough sulfur?"

The craftsmen shook their heads: "Sulphur is enough, the main reason is that there is not enough saltpeter..."

Jia She wondered: "Saltpeter? Shouldn't it be a lot? I remember that this thing is worthless at all! How could it be insufficient?"

Tu Wan glanced at his ignorant adults, and said, "My lord, have you forgotten? Most of the saltpeter is in the territory of Tatar. Originally, we also had it on the two roads of Jinghu, but they were all located in Tianmenyun in the upper reaches of Ezhou. Dream generation, now Huhuangzhou is occupied by Tatars, and the saltpeter from the upper reaches cannot be transported at all..."

The craftsman also took the opportunity to say: "There are also many Sichuan roads, but..."

Needless to say this time, Jia She also knew that from Sichuan to Ezhou, one had to go through the Yangtze River, and Huhuangzhou in the upper reaches was occupied, so let's take a break for transporting supplies! !

Jia She looked up at the sky, and what he saw was still the crumbling ceiling of the government office in Ezhou. He thought to himself: Even the mines have been taken over by others. Really, who knows whose father cheated on him! !

When everyone was at a loss what to do, a small craftsman suddenly stepped forward, cupped his hands to Jia She and said, "My lord, there is another way for me to get saltpeter!!"

Jia She's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Quick! Tell me!!"

The craftsman said: "The villain used to read ancient books. A alchemist named Cui once wrote a book "Waidan Materia Medica", which said that saltpeter is also called Yinshi, and salty brine can also be boiled out. It is easy to obtain in autumn and winter. ..."

Jia She interrupted the craftsman and said, "Just tell me how to get it!"

The craftsman said: "Salty brine is ground frost, it is very easy to get it on the soil of old houses, stables, toilets, pigpens, etc."

With a big wave of his hand, Jia She made a decision: "No need to say anything, quickly send troops to protect the toilets, pig pens and so on in the city! Dig for me!!"

On the same day, a strange scene appeared in the city of Ezhou. Thousands of soldiers were dispatched together to occupy the toilets of the households and start work.

The households in the city are suffering unspeakably: this traitor, he used to spend his days and nights on his own, but now that the enemy is coming, he doesn’t fight the enemy, and he doesn’t allow the people to go to the toilet. What a crime!God, accept this evildoer! !

That night, Jia She first went to the munitions workshop in the city to see how the saltpeter was being refined, and then ordered the craftsmen to make the cannon as small as possible so as to make more.After instructing the craftsman on the operation, he took the guards with him and went to the city wall to check the battle situation.

After a whole day of fierce fighting during the day, at night, the two sides suspended the confrontation, but there were still small groups of troops constantly harassing. The cowhide carts digging tunnels under the city had been destroyed, but the iron carts did not move. It was destroyed, but many soldiers were shot and killed by the Tatar covering troops before they left the city, causing heavy casualties.

Jia She only saw that the soldiers who had been shot on the city wall were like hedgehogs. Some soldiers who were killed in battle were scattered all over the place. Those who were still alive were carried down for medical treatment. Those who were dead could not be buried on the spot. , the blood on the city wall was still wet, and there were many corpses under the city wall. Gu Pengfei, Li Wende and others were also patrolling the tower, ordering soldiers to strengthen their guards from time to time to prevent the enemy from attacking at night. Even Gundam appeared on the tower and personally led the soldiers, The awl rope went out to destroy the enemy's siege equipment.

Jia She's arrival warmed the hearts of the soldiers defending the city. After encouraging the soldiers, Jia She walked towards Gu Pengfei.

I saw that Gu Pengfei's body was covered with blood and dust, and his arms were still tied with bandages. He was obviously injured. His eyes were bloodshot, his lips were chapped and bleeding, and he looked very tired.

Jia She stepped forward and asked, "How's the situation?"

Gu Pengfei and Li Wende shook their heads together, Gu Pengfei said: "This is just the first day the enemy besieged the city, and the fighting was fierce. If it continues for two or three months, the city will probably run out of ammunition and food!"

Li Wende's expression was even worse. He was old and his energy was low, and he was already yawning when he talked to Jia She: "My lord, the enemy is digging a tunnel, listen to the sound, I am afraid that by tomorrow morning, they will be able to dig through the tunnel and arrive here." Inside the city! Something is wrong!!"

Jia She made some calculations in his mind, the artillery built in the city alone could not withstand the siege of Lie Jiantu's 20 troops, he had to concentrate the artillery to show a deterrent force, so that Lie Jiantu was afraid and did not dare to attack by force!

While speaking, Li Wende yawned a few more times, and confessed: "My lord, the last general, the last general has not slept for two days and one night..."

Jia She hurriedly said: "Well, you can go to sleep! It's enough for me and General Gu to watch over here!"

Li Wende didn't look for a place, went down the tower, found an open space, lay down and snored, Jia She looked at Gu Pengfei worriedly: "General Gu, you haven't slept for a long time, go and rest for a while! "

Gu Pengfei shook his head and said, "The battle is urgent, how can we sleep?" After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked at Jia She, with a surprised expression on his face: "Master Jia is not asleep?"

Jia She touched his face and asked, "How do you know?"

Gu Pengfei said: "My lord's eyes are full of bloodshot eyes, it must be hard work!"

Jia She smiled: "No...it's not hard, I can't sleep anyway!"

Gu Pengfei nodded, and didn't say anything more. The two of them walked on the city wall, avoiding the cold arrows from outside the city from time to time. It was the middle of winter, and the wind was bitter, penetrating into the bone marrow, and there were constant groans of wounded soldiers along the way. It was reported that there were broken arms and limbs all over the field outside the city.

Looking at the devastated battlefield, Jia She sighed, "I don't know when the world will be peaceful!"

Gu Pengfei said: "Who doesn't want peace?"

Jia She shook his head and said, "No... I have never experienced this before... I used to live a peaceful life. At that time, I thought all day long that if I could go to the battlefield, kill the enemy and make meritorious service, it would be a great joy in life. Already!"

Gu Pengfei said: "Lin'an is prosperous, and my lord has lived there for a long time. Of course, I don't feel the tension at the border."

Jia She sighed, and said: "Yes, now that we have actually come to the battlefield, we realize that the peace and tranquility of the past are the most precious! If everyone doesn't have to fight, the country will be peaceful, how wonderful it would be!"

Gu Pengfei smiled and said: "For hundreds of years in my Tianshui dynasty, either the border was violated, or some humiliating treaties were signed in exchange for a short period of peace, but I didn't know this, which further fueled the enemy's arrogance! The world is peaceful, really It's too difficult!"

Jia She raised his eyebrows and said, "A hero once said that civil servants don't love money, and military commanders don't spare their lives. The world is peaceful!"

Gu Pengfei said: "It's Yue Wumu's words! It's a pity that he was killed by the traitor Qin Hui later, and he died with regret! Why did Master Jia suddenly mention him?"

Jia She remained silent for a long time, and after a while, he said, "I used to be born in a rich and prosperous place, so I didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Now that I'm in war, I realize the weight of this sentence!"

Gu Pengfei was also silent, and the two walked along the city wall in silence, each thinking about their own concerns.After a long while, Gu Pengfei suddenly laughed and said: "Master Jia is a civil servant, if he has the heart, he might make a big difference. It's hard to know if he really will bring peace to the world!"

Jia She smiled nervously, and said: "There are so many high-ranking officials in the court, and they are all as smart as monkeys, cunning and ruthless, where is my turn to speak?"

Gu Pengfei looked at Jia She and smiled brightly: "Master Jia, don't be overly modest. According to the general's observation, you are the most vicious, shameless and despicable one. Others may not be able to beat you!"

With a weeping face, Jia She looked at Gu Pengfei, "Is that how you see me? I'm obviously kind, upright, cute, and handsome..."

Gu Pengfei couldn't hold back and vomited directly, but because he hadn't eaten for most of the day, he only vomited some sour water.

Jia She made a big fuss: "General Gu, are you okay? Oh, you seem to be sick..."

Gu Pengfei said angrily: "Shut up! No good! Listen to this voice!"

Jia She was at a loss: "Listen to what?"

Gu Pengfei handed the floor listening made of long bamboo poles in his hand to Jia She. Jia She leaned on the top to listen, and there was a muffled sound from inside.

Jia She turned his head: "The enemy is still digging tunnels!! We must find a way!"

Gu Pengfei pondered for a moment: "Listen to this voice, I'm afraid the digging will be completed before dawn! And there are more than one place, here, the east gate, the sky, the entire city wall!!"

Jia She stomped his feet and said, "What should I do?!"

Gu Pengfei said: "There is no way, we can't get out, and we can't go deep underground, so we have to find the exit, summon the soldiers, and beat the enemy when they come out! It's a pity that we have to fight in the city, the casualties are probably more serious, and if one place If it is broken through, I am afraid it will be even more troublesome!!"

While talking, the two had already gone down to the city. Gu Pengfei summoned the soldiers to detect the direction where the enemy was digging, and ordered the soldiers to be fully armed and ready for battle.It's just that the enemy has many entrances, but it's hard to resist.

While commanding the soldiers, Gu Pengfei sighed: "There are not enough troops in the city. If one is not careful, it will fall tomorrow. It would be great if an inner city could be built overnight to block the enemy!"

Jia She looked at the soldiers who were waiting in full battle, and suddenly had an idea, and said, "General Gu, I have a solution! An inner city can be built overnight!!"