Da Wei Chun

Chapter 649

The old saying "To be old and not to die is to be a thief" still has some truth.But in a flash, Gao Zhao made a wild guess about the origin of the kerosene.

At that time, Li Chengzhi won a big victory in Chencang, and he returned to Beijing to go home.Headed by Yuanying, he wanted to force him to give up the secret recipe of Tianlei, so Li Chengzhi used steam bombs to fool him.

Later, Gao Ying sent Cui Guang to look for him and ask him where the oil was produced. Li Chengzhi said: Although kerosene is buried deep underground, it is like an underground river. If there is a main vein, there must be a tributary. The counties are not limited to the few oil lakes in Gaonu County.

At that time, the imperial court was dubious, until Xi Kangsheng insisted on capturing Jinming regardless of casualties, followed Li Chengzhi's instructions at the time to find out the best places, and he really found two places.

It's a pity that the burial is deep and the reserves are small. Xi Kangsheng didn't dare to take his life to dig it hard like Gao Meng, so he could only use a stupid method: first fill with water, take out the oil after it floats to the surface, and then steam it in a pot.

Yield can be imagined.

It took half a year, but Xi Kangsheng had only refined a few thousand catties, and it was clear and thick.Don't even think about using it to make kerosene bombs, just use it to set fire, and use it sparingly.

Otherwise, Xi Kangsheng would have taken it out to attack the city.

Seeing that Xiazhou built the city with ice, he wanted to resist stubbornly, and he was afraid that Gao Zhao would go mad and hurt Yuan Cheng, so Xi Kangsheng had no choice but to give Gao Zhao a blow.

Just like this: the oil poured on the city wall, and a fire with a radius of several feet would immediately ignite.The bowmen wrapped their arrows in sackcloth and shot at the burning place.

In just a few breaths, the scope of the fire will expand several times.After a while, a shallow pit will be burned on the ice wall.

And because most of the places where the fire started were half the wall, and it was freezing cold, the dripping water turned into ice. When the water poured down the wall, it would freeze solid after flowing three to five feet at most, so there was nothing to do.

That's why Xi Kangsheng chose to launch an attack at sunset...

Gao Zhao still ordered the soldiers to pour water down non-stop, as if he would not stop until the fire was extinguished.

Yuan Cheng and Yuan Yi looked at each other, not knowing why Gao Zhao made such an unnecessary move.Yuan Huan was also puzzled, suspiciously said: "Taiwei, what if Xi Kangsheng is allowed to burn the wall? Fire can melt ice, but can it also boil bricks, stones and rammed earth?"

Do you know a bird feather?
Gao Zhao snorted coldly, cursing Yuan Huan secretly in his heart.

It is true that Xi Kangsheng cannot boil the wall, but he can explode it.

Thinking back to two years ago, Gao Zhao immediately ordered Gao Meng to develop it when he learned that Li's Tianlei was actually made of gunpowder.

Things were made, but half of the courtyard was completely destroyed, and more than a hundred confidants were lost.

Gao Zhao shuddered when he remembered that several catties of green brick and tile houses were blown into ruins with only a few catties of light oil.

If Xi Kangsheng did the same thing, he would first boil the ice wall with kerosene, then send soldiers to attack the city, and then use thick wood as a shield to block falling rocks and rolling logs on the city.Then let the dead man hide under the car and blow up the wall.

That is, the foundation of Tongwan City Wall is three feet thick, but how many times can it survive?
No wonder Yuan Cheng was so brash, he dared to say things like "It's better to be a broken jade than a whole tile".And it's no wonder that Xi Kangsheng dared to order soldiers to attack the city like he was insane?

Gao Zhao was startled, and hurriedly ordered his cronies to bring a large number of rockets, as well as inflammable things like hemp sticks and hay.

But as he expected, if Xi Kangsheng sent the dead to blow up the city, he would try his best to exhaust the rockets in Tongwan City, and he would definitely repel them.

The strange thing is that after only one round of throwing, no more oil cans were thrown.Xi Kangsheng just ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows.

But unfortunately, the ice wall is too thick, and the fire ignited by the lint and rags on the arrows cannot match the speed of the ice turning into water and extinguishing it.

As a result, there were fewer and fewer places where the fire started, and within half an hour, there was no open flame on the wall.

Could it be that Xi Kang didn't have much fuel for cooking, so he couldn't afford such consumption?
But it is hard to guarantee that it is not a small-scale sledgehammer, so it is so...

Gao Zhao was secretly suspicious, and heard Yuan Cheng yell: "Gao Shouwen, now that he has seen Xi Shangshu's method, you should know that he has a way to break the city, why are you still stubborn? The so-called returning from the wrong way is too late. Night……"

Gao Zhao became irritable for a while, and shouted in a cold voice: "Press it down!"

I wanted these two people to take a good look at how Xi Kangsheng looked at the city and sighed, and withdrew his troops in disgrace.But he didn't want to slap him hard, but slapped himself in the face first?

But it's hard to get rid of it, since he and Yuan Cheng have ruined their crowns and clothes, and they have a bad reputation of breaking their promises and going back on their promises, so they can only bite the bullet first and beat them down.

As long as you can persist until Li Chengzhi raises his troops, you will be able to change hands and turn passive into active.

Take another step back: Even if you want to surrender, you can't force it according to the imperial decree.

Otherwise, the gate of the city has not been opened, and Xi Kangsheng has not entered the city, and the generals with foreign surnames such as Yuan Huan and Changsun Dao, who he promised to be kings, will turn back first.

Let's fight and see...

Thinking secretly, Gao Zhao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the officers and soldiers in the city gradually died down, as if they were about to withdraw their troops...

If Gao Zhao could think of frying the city with fire, Xi Kangsheng could also think of it.But when I think about it, I don't know how many times it is difficult to implement.

The most important thing is that Xi Kangsheng has too little fire oil in his hands.Not to mention blasting the walls, it would be nice to be able to burn a few holes in the solid ice outside the city.

Good steel is used on the blade, so Xi Kangsheng turned to the next best thing. He only needs to aim at a few places like this every day and burn it for a round, and Gao Zhao will be able to make Gao Zhao feel as if he is facing a big enemy.Whenever there is a fire, it will be desperately watered to extinguish it.

Over time, when the spring warms up, how thick will the ice be in these places?

You must know that the walls of Tongwan City are all made of steamed earth, and there are not masonry walls everywhere. Although they are not afraid of fire or stones, what if it is water?
Xi Kangsheng could already imagine that after the beginning of spring, the rammed-earth city wall would be soaked to pieces, and pieces of mud would peel off and fall to the ground.

At that time, let's see if Gao Zhao can still laugh...

Seeing the last ray of sunlight falling on the western mountain, and it was already dark, Xi Kangsheng shouted in a deep voice, "Retreat!"

The camp tents are stationed five miles away, mostly cotton tents, and the outer periphery is made of carts.Moreover, there are a lot of firewood and charcoal collected from Bogulu and Guanzhong this time, so there is no need to worry that the soldiers will not be able to keep out the cold.

His subordinates took orders and went to send orders to Cui Yanbo, the coach of the former army.Xi Kangsheng also went down from the watchtower, ready to drive back to the camp.

At the same time, he was still thinking about whether to let Cui Yanbo take charge of this place, and then he would go to Lizi Garden or Lishi Town to see if he could catch a glimpse of a chance to break the situation...

But before boarding the carriage, a close friend came to report: "Shang Shu, when the mighty general (sixth rank) Yuan Shun led his army to patrol the west, he encountered a group of rebels, most of them were captured on the spot, and a few were beheaded...

Two of them claimed to be Li Shixian, the father of the late Li Guogong, and Li Chenghong, the concubine brother, because General Yuanshun didn't know these two people, so he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to be sent outside the formation, and handed over to the Shangshu for disposal..."

Lee Si Hyun, Lee Seung Hong?
Xi Kangsheng's face was full of weirdness: Gao Zhao took great pains to lure Li Shixian to Xiazhou, and even regarded it as a treasure, probably more than Yuan Yi.But why not be trapped in the city, but brought outside the city?
Guessing in his heart, Xi Kangsheng yelled again in a cold voice: "Bring it here... Well, go and inform Cui Xianzi (Cui Yanbo) as soon as possible, and suspend the withdrawal for now..."

Xi Kangsheng guessed whether something happened in the city...

In just a moment, the cronies escorted a carriage into the center.After the two people in the car were helped down, Xi Kangsheng took a closer look with the torch, and his eyes lit up immediately.

Is it really Lee Si Hyun?
Thanks to Li Chengzhi, when Xi Kang was born in Jingzhou and served as governor, he took care of Li Shixian a lot.In addition, he and Zhang Jingzhi are relatives, and Zhang Jingzhi is Xi Kangsheng's right-hand man, so naturally he should look up at him even more.

Therefore, if two people are familiar with each other, they cannot be more familiar.

Seeing that Li Shixian was so tied up, Xi Kangsheng pretended to be angry and said: "It's impossible to be blind, why don't you untie Li Canjun?"

Seeing Xi Kangsheng, Li Shixian finally realized what he was born with, and the wound on his chest suddenly started to hurt.In addition, he lost a lot of blood, was startled and tired, his legs were involuntarily weak, and one knee involuntarily knelt down.

Xi Kangsheng looked curious: "Why did Huaide make such a big gift?"

Grandpa give you a feather gift?

Li Shixian was so annoyed: "Shangshu, if Li wants to say that his legs are weak, do you believe it or not?"

"Believe it, why don't you believe it?"

Xi Kangsheng urged, "Get up quickly, and tell me about it, why did Gao Shouwen release you from the city?"

"How can that dog thief be so kind?"

As soon as he got up, Li Shixian gritted his teeth and said, "He wanted to use a knife to kill people and bring trouble to the east, and wanted to plant his spoils on Shangshu...It's a pity that Li Mouyu saw it through..."

Borrowing a knife to kill people, causing trouble to the east?

Xi Kangsheng's heart trembled: "Quickly give me the way..."

Li Shixian was very eloquent, and in a few words, he gave a general idea of ​​what happened.

Xi Kangsheng sometimes frowned, sometimes cursed, and felt a faint fear in his heart: This plan can be described as poisonous and poisonous!

If it wasn't for Li Shixian's vigilance to spy on the traces of the pearls, Gao Zhao would have almost succeeded: the revenge of killing his father is irreconcilable, with Li Chengzhi's temperament, how could he not avenge him?

But in the end, Gao Zhaoqi missed a move and fell short?
After scolding for a while, Xi Kangsheng was a little surprised: this time it seems to be all due to Li Shixian's not forgetting danger and his unique insight.But in fact it is a matter of luck.

In the final analysis, Li Chengzhi's luck is stronger than Gao Zhao's, so Li Shixian can turn bad luck into good luck, and then avoid both Xihai and the court.

Looking at it the other way around, when Gao Zhao learned that the trick was exposed, and Li Chengzhi hated him even more, how would he choose?
This plan was to take a chestnut out of the fire, and it was already a failure, so Gao Zhao could only reap the consequences for himself: either he would fight to the end, and he would suffer both losses from the court, completely taking advantage of Li Chengzhi and killing him.Either cut off the tail to survive, and take shelter under the wings of the imperial court...

Looking at it this way, it seems that the imperial court still benefits, but Xi Kangsheng knows that for Li Chengzhi today, as long as he can avoid premature war with the imperial court, it will be a huge advantage.

In just one year, more likely in less than a year, he will be able to subdue nearly [-] town troops of Yuan Zhi and Luo Jian, and arrange all the hundreds of thousands of troops in Bei Town.

At that time, how should the imperial court deal with such a powerful enemy?

Forget it, in Li Chengzhi's words, the sky is falling because there is a tall man holding it up, so why should I bother?
He sighed inwardly, and ordered again and again: "Here's an order to order Cui Xianzi to light up the lights immediately, hang up the battle flag, and then throw arrows on the city, saying that the old man has a big gift to give to Gao Shouwen.

Then ordered Yuanshun to take all the rebels he had captured to the city, and let Gao Shouwen debate the truth first..."

After a short pause, he looked at Li Shixian again: "It's hard work Huaide, go down the city with the old man, so that that bastard Gao Zhao will give up..."

"Gusuoyuan also!"

Responding casually, Li Shixian looked at Xi Kangsheng's face again, "Now that Li has escaped from birth, Gao Shouwen must be in mourning, panicking all day long, and he must be able to predict that there will be a disaster of extermination in the future, so it is very likely Bajiu also threw himself into the city...but why didn't Shangshu see any joy, but instead looked sad and depressed?"

Xi Kangsheng paused when he heard the words, and stared at Li Shixian sideways: "Huai De, are you mocking the old man?"

"Why did Shangshu say that?"

"Hmph... You know perfectly well that once Gao Zhao falls, the imperial court will inevitably reorganize the army. You will rest for at least a year, and you will definitely send your troops to the west. At that time, the old man will still be the commander in all likelihood. Let me ask you, why am I happy? up?"

Xi Kangsheng sneered again and again, "If that happens, the old man will tie you to the flagpole of the former army. Let's see if Li Chengzhi chooses to save you, or would he rather bear the name of unfilial piety?"

Li Sixian's face suddenly turned pale.

Xi Kangsheng is not as despicable and shameless as Gao Zhao, who has no scruples.He dared to say it, but he definitely couldn't do it.

What Li Shixian was afraid of was a joke that Li Chengzhi once chatted with him: I also hope that my father will be careful in everything and be careful in everything, and never fall into the hands of the enemy.Otherwise, like Xiang Yu and Liu Bang at the end of the Qin Dynasty, if the enemy bandit tied his father to the front of the battle, would the son surrender or fight?
That rebellious son is as close as his words are, and his mouth is not ordinary. I am afraid that he has expected this day to come, so he reminded him to be his father under the guise of a joke?

Thinking about it, Xi Kangsheng, who had just escaped from the wolf's den and fell into the tiger's den, thought he was a famous general, and in order to protect his feathers, he would never do such a poisonous trick that caused people to criticize.But there are many shameless people in the huge imperial court who are not as good as pigs and dogs. Isn't it easy to find someone who is responsible?
I'm afraid that if it's not a hit, there will be some catastrophe?
Well, not right!

That Nizi said that the old man will at least live to be an octogenarian...

Confused, Li Shixian followed Xi Kangsheng to the city like a puppet.

I only thought that Xi Kangsheng would withdraw his troops, Gao Zhaodu had already gone down the city wall, and suddenly heard that the city was brightly lit, it seemed that they were going to fight at night with the lights on.Hearing that Xi Kangsheng had shot an arrow book and wanted to give him a big gift, he turned back in a hurry.

When they reached the top of the city, soldiers were hanging people on the city.Gao Zhao looked carefully for a while, and found that they were all dressed as Xiazhou soldiers.And all of them are tied up, and most of them are injured.

His heart was shocked: there were no soldiers sent out to fight in the city, so how could there be such a rout?

I'm afraid it wasn't the team of armored cavalry that protected Li Shixian and his son to the west?

After thinking about it for a while, Gao Zhao's face suddenly turned pale: If there is a plan, both Li's father and son died at the hands of officers and soldiers, how dare Xi Kangsheng say "a big gift"?
He hurriedly shouted: "But under Gao Mang's command... where is Gao Mang?"

"Lieutenant Bing, General Gao died in the chaos..."

"Where are Li Shi and his son?"

"Has been... captured alive by officers and soldiers..."

Captured alive, actually captured alive?

Gao Zhao's eyes darkened, and he fell back straight...

(End of this chapter)