Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 296 Yan Jun
Dong Cheng waited for a while and after a little analysis, it seemed reasonable, so he nodded and said: "Yes, we have to guard against the King of Shaozhou anyway, so we might as well add another Yan Kingdom."

"Brother Zhu, what should we do now? If we want to defend the city, I'm afraid rolling stones, wood, gold juice, ash bottles, trebuchets, bows and arrows, etc. are indispensable." Liu Wencai asked.

Zhu Xiuyuan laughed, and the laughter made everyone's scalp numb: "Besides, there is another thing that should be kept so that the offender will never forget it!"

"I wish Sima don't play charades, what exactly is it?" His Royal Highness asked curiously.

"Fire oil!" Zhu Xiuyuan replied slowly.

Fierce fire oil is actually oil.

In ancient city defense battles, fierce fire oil was a powerful weapon. If it sticks to it for a moment, it will be indestructible. It is a nightmare for the siege soldiers.

In fact, during these days, Zhu Xiuyuan never fell out of the habit of staying up late at night to read.

He is still studying the history books of past dynasties, focusing on the history since Emperor Qin and Han Dynasty.

Because before the history of Qin Emperor and Han Dynasty, there was not much difference from the history Zhu Xiuyuan knew.

The history of this world has already bifurcated after the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and split into several countries. However, so far, a unified empire has not emerged, and the world has been divided for a long time.

Zhu Xiuyuan focused on studying the history of this period and found that there were no records of using fierce fire oil in various battle cases.

On the contrary, it was the last time, when I asked the old beggar to help break into the Lushan bandit den in order to rescue Dong Shuyu. Under the wall of that cottage, I saw fierce fire oil for the first time.

However, the old beggar knew that it was fierce kerosene. From this, it can be seen that using kerosene as a weapon has long existed, but for some reason, Zhu Xiuyuan did not see relevant records in the battle cases of the past dynasties.

Because of this, Zhu Xiuyuan later discovered a pool of fierce fire oil in a valley in Mount Lu.

Presumably the fierce fire oil used by the Lushan bandits came from this.

Now, the pool of fierce fire and oil in the valley will be Zhu Xiuyuan's arsenal, which can be used to defend the city.

However, in addition to rolling stones, oak wood, gold juice, ash bottles, trebuchets, bows and arrows, and fire oil, Zhu Xiuyuan also quietly ordered others to prepare another batch of supplies——

Sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal.

That's right, it is the raw material of black powder.

Zhu Xiuyuan had people prepare it secretly, and not many people knew about it.

Zhu Xiuyuan, the person responsible for collecting these supplies, also found a way to silence them.

The reason why he was so cautious, lest others find out, was that Zhu Xiuyuan still had doubts about whether to release "this beast".

Zhu Xiuyuan thought about it and finally made up his mind to prepare some, but only the raw materials.

If you don't need it in the end, then don't use it and let "this beast" lie dormant for the time being.

If in the end, it really comes to a critical moment and life cannot be saved, then we can't control it so much. Let "this beast" be released, and the future things... must be alive before we can talk about it!

This is what he calls being prepared, and he would rather be prepared than not use it!
……

Jiangzhou City, after the series of natural disasters two months ago, once again faced a moment of life and death.

But this time it is not a natural disaster, but the cloud of war.

As Zhu Xiuyuan raised his arms and shouted, the entire Jiangzhou City moved in response.

Since the series of natural disasters, Zhu Xiuyuan has been highly respected in the local area. He really responds to the people's wishes!
In just one day, Zhu Xiuyuan recruited [-] civilians.

Almost all the young people in Jiangzhou City and surrounding villages and towns, including women and children, wanted to come to help, but Zhu Xiuyuan persuaded them to go back.

1000 people, plus [-] generals from Poyang Palace, [-] state soldiers from the state government, [-] government servants from the state government and county government, [-] generals from Liu Wencai, and [-] people from the East Palace Guard of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.Everyone was full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm, preparing rolling stones, wood, gold juice, ash bottles, trebuchets, bows and arrows, fire oil, etc. Under Dong Cheng's unified scheduling, although they were busy, they were also in good order.

……

Three days later.

Zhu Xiuyuan, Dong Cheng, Li Linzhou, as well as Liu Wencai and His Royal Highness the Prince, etc., all gathered in the back hall of the Yamen to discuss matters as usual.

In the past three days, several people have gathered together to discuss matters.

Because there were too many emergencies, and reports from Poyang King on the front line came one after another, everyone had to gather together whenever something was in doubt.

This morning, everyone gathered together again.

After reading the newspaper sent by King Poyang, I learned that the battle to suppress the rebellion was fierce.

It turns out that after the King of Shaozhou captured some prefectures and counties in Tanzhou, Hengzhou, and Yongzhou, with the arrival of anti-rebellion troops from various places, the King of Shaozhou changed his strategy and began to concentrate his superior forces, crossing Hengzhou like an arrow, and had already hit them. Yuanzhou territory.

The enemy and ourselves are launching a fierce siege and defense battle around Yuanzhou.

"It seems that the situation is not good." Dong Cheng frowned.

"The rebels first traversed the entire Hengzhou, and then went straight to Yuanzhou. Their purpose is already very clear, and they are indeed coming straight to my Jiangzhou!"

"If the rebels capture Yuanzhou, they can directly take Hongzhou, and our Jiangzhou is close to Hongzhou..."

"What my father-in-law said is true. We need to step up our preparations, especially the fire oil. We can prepare more of it. It will be of great use when the time comes!"

After everyone discussed for a while, Dong Cheng suddenly faced His Highness the Crown Prince, cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, judging from the current situation, the traitors will definitely come to Jiangzhou, and Jiangzhou will be filled with blood. If anything goes wrong, Your Highness the Crown Prince, I will wait for you." I can’t bear to wait for you, Your Highness, please set off and return to the capital as soon as possible!”

Seeing this, Zhu Xiuyuan and others also spoke out.

In fact, in the past three days, Dong Cheng had been trying to persuade the prince to leave.

The imperial court also sent a letter, handwritten by Concubine You, asking the prince to return to Beijing.

However, the more the prince was persuaded, the more stubborn he became, and he refused to leave until he died.

Perhaps for the sake of "face", he didn't even listen to his mother and concubine.

Zhu Xiuyuan sometimes thought that if Dong Cheng didn't persuade him to leave every day, the prince might have left long ago.

However, after being persuaded by Dong Cheng every day, the prince would not leave for the so-called "face" and remained stubborn to the end.

Dong Cheng's move was originally intended to persuade the prince to leave, but it failed. Instead, it became a rope that tied the prince here...

The prince bit his mouth, and there was clearly a trace of fear deep in his eyes, but he remained stubborn and unmoved, refusing to listen to advice.

"Urgent report! Urgent report!"

At this time, a clerk rushed into the back hall, stumbling and panting, waving a Tang newspaper in his hand.

When everyone saw the scribe's expression, their hearts sank, and they had a vague premonition.

Dong Cheng immediately abandoned His Highness the Crown Prince and took a look at the newspaper before reprimanding the scribe.

Then his face suddenly changed, his hands trembled, and he said in a dry voice: "The State of Yan... The State of Yan has sent out troops!"

(End of this chapter)