Song Dynasty

Chapter 138 The Poisoner ([-])

"It's a mess!" Wang Shen didn't even bother to reprimand them when he saw the soldiers who had withdrawn in embarrassment.

In fact, the responsibility for the defeat in this game lies with myself, and I can't blame others.

In the era of cold weapons without cannons, it has never been an easy task to attack a strong city.There is a saying in the art of war: Therefore, the method of using troops is to encircle them if they are ten, attack them if they are five, fight them if they are two times larger, divide them up if they are few, escape from them if they are few, and avoid them if they are weaker.Therefore, the strength of a small enemy is the capture of a big enemy.

In other words, if we want to completely wipe out the enemy's army, our army's strength should be more than ten times that of the enemy's.

Attacking cities, this number should be even greater.

In addition, adequate preparations should also be made in siege tactics and equipment.

Attacking the city in caves is one of the best means, in the later period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.Many soldiers in the Taiping Army in the early years were miners, and they made this tactic perfect, and took Jinling based on it.

The method is very simple, first send soldiers to dig a tunnel under the city wall.Then put the gunpowder into the coffin, seal it, send it into the tunnel, ignite it and blow up the city wall.

In the early Southern Song Dynasty, gunpowder had begun to appear on the battlefield.Therefore, Wang Shen decided to imitate the example and use it for doctrine.

Therefore, he first asked someone to find all the Taoists in Qichun, and ordered them to rush out a batch of gunpowder and bury it in the tunnel dug in advance.

A little fire and it works great.At that scene, the sound was like a thunderbolt, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and the smoke filled the air.Therefore, Gu Lie, who was already preparing to be on the side, immediately rushed forward with more than 200 Ruishi, preparing to rush into the city through the gap blown in the city wall in advance.

But when the soldiers rushed under the city wall, what greeted them was a continuous stream of Yu Jin and stones that fell down like raindrops.Looking forward, the city wall remains as it used to be.

Suffering this blow suddenly, Gu Lie and others were a little confused.

At this moment, amidst the thick smoke, a soldier from the Kong family army suddenly opened the water gate and rushed out again.

After these few days of city offensive and defensive battles, Kong Yanzhou's remnant army lost all fear.After all, he is an old soldier, and Yu knows how to fight the battle.

The battle was short and intense. As a result, both sides retreated with dozens of casualties and resumed their confrontation.

At this time, Wang Shen felt as if he had made a mistake.I checked the gunpowder made by Taoist priests and found that the quality was worrying.First of all, the combustion is not complete, and finally a large amount of residue remains.The so-called explosion is the process of violent combustion.That being the case, the power will naturally not be too great.

Moreover, there seems to be something wrong with the ratio of the gunpowder. When it is lit, the smoke is very heavy, but there is no fire.

Poor Wang Shen is a standard liberal arts student even though he is a time traveler. When he realized that the ingredients of the gunpowder were mononitrate, disulfide and three charcoal, and how much each material should be put in, he was blinded.

As for those Taoist priests, they were all robbed by the army during the previous period of military chaos, and they were not very cooperative.

In desperation, Wang Shen had no choice but to send them off.

Since Qichun couldn't be captured in the shortest possible time, he could only make a long-term siege and plan slowly.

Next, he ordered the soldiers to set up a long wall, set up a stronghold, and build siege equipment.Anyway, I have time, and I am not in a hurry.It is no longer possible to attack blindly and cause unnecessary casualties to the soldiers.

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At the moment, Lu Benzhong is enjoying his book addiction in Kong Yanzhou's room.

The owner of this house does not know who he is, and there are many lonely and rare books hidden in the study.Among them, the most wonderful one is an ancient version of "Shangshu" found in the former residence of Confucius in the Han Dynasty, which contains [-] more chapters than the modern version dictated by Qi Fusheng.It is really interesting to compare the two books.

He was locked up in the basement for a few days, and he was bored to death.Reading a book now is like a gourmet seeing delicious food.

Holding tea in one hand and a book in the other, he was reading into the alley when he suddenly heard loud footsteps behind him.

Looking back, it was Kong Yanzhou in a suit.

For this martial artist, Lu Benzhong disdainful, did not get up, just rolled his eyes: "Kong Yanzhou, you are back... ah!"

He saw Kong Yanzhou raised his right foot and kicked him like lightning, hitting his left hand.

There was no time to react, and the naked eye could see that his left hand was bent to the side at a strange angle.

Then came the heart-pounding pain.

Lu Benzhong is a person who is used to enjoyment. When was he beaten like this?Suddenly limp on the ground: "You, you, what are you doing...ah!"

"Eat, eat, eat, I tell you to eat!" Kong Yanzhou poured hot tea over his head.Then he came over again, stepped on his head, and rubbed Lu Benzhong's head on the ground a few times: "My surname is Lu, can't you guess what I want to do? I think you are still a person, and you are also an imperial court after all." Official, I have given you some face. But I don’t want to, you old man enjoys Lao Tzu’s beauties and eats my offerings, but colludes with Wang Shen’s bastard. I wanted to use your false information to make the king’s thief retreat. Now, Hehe, it looks like he doesn't want to leave. Tell me, what's the use of me taking you? I hate secret work the most in my life, and once it falls into my hands, I will naturally kill him."

Feeling that his skull was creaking, maybe he was going to be trampled to death in the next moment, Lu Benzhong yelled: "Kong Yanzhou, what do you want to do, do you want to kill this old man? Be a human being and save a thread so that we can meet each other in the future. If you kill me, This is because you don't want to leave a way out for yourself, who will dare to recruit you in the future?"

"Are you threatening me?" Kong Yanzhou grinned loudly: "There is no one here, but there is a place for him to stay. The Song Dynasty did not leave anyone, and he went to vote for the Jurchen. You, an old man, can see clearly the situation in the city. You can't rush out, and you can't keep it. The one surnamed Wang is going to make grandpa a mortal enemy! Anyway, everyone is going to die. Before I die, I will kill you first. Have a good time."

Feeling that the foot above his head was getting stronger and stronger, Lu Benzhong, who had always been arrogant, was finally afraid.He also knew that Kong Yanzhou had murderous intentions, so he said anxiously: "Kong Yanzhou, Kong Juji, you still have a chance to turn defeat into victory until the end of the matter. Just listen to the old man's words, and call Wang Shen's son dead without a place to die." Ah, can you loosen your feet?" His head swelled up badly, his eyes turned black, and the pain in his hands made him speechless.

Kong Yanzhou was taken aback by these words, and he was not in a hurry to kill Lu Benzhong.

Immediately lifted Lu Benzhong from the ground like a chicken, threw it on the chair, and shouted: "I'm not in a hurry to kill you, let's hear it."

Lu Benzhong sat on the chair, panted for a long time, and coughed a few more times.After recovering his eyesight, he asked, "Juji, I don't know how your personal relationship with Zhang Yong, Cao Cheng, Li Hong, and Shang Yuan was when you led the troops in the left-behind division in Tokyo?"

(End of this chapter)