my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 226 The Big Killer

Wu Xing was so angry when he heard the word Zhang Gong.

It's just that he is a gentleman after all, so it's inconvenient for him to have a seizure.

He pursed his lips tightly, holding back the anger in his stomach.

He is good at speaking the truth.

But when it comes to nonsense, a hundred Wu Xings are not Zhang Anshi's opponent.

To punish all the thieves in Zhuangzi in one day and night?
Zhu Di and the others were not in the mood to care about Wu Xing at this time, but now they are all focused on suppressing the thieves.

Zhu Di had a deep fear of attacking cities and pulling out villages.

He is good at field battles, and his most painful defeat in Jingnan was attacking Jinan City.

The Battle of Jinan can be said to be one of the biggest fiascos in Zhu Di's life. In order to deal with this city of Jinan, he resorted to flooding, shelling, and even forcibly besieging the city.

After fighting for three full months, during the three months, soldiers were lost and generals were lost, and morale fell to the bottom, so Zhu Di had no choice but to withdraw his troops and run away with buckets.

Zhu Di's failure, on the one hand, stems from the fact that Jinan is a strong city; on the other hand, it also stems from the proper command of Jinan's commanders Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong.

However, Jinan City is large in scale after all, and it is easier for an army to deploy, and it is even more difficult to attack the city.

And Ji Gang's Zhuangzi is obviously the result of his painstaking efforts.It is to ensure that, once something happens, it can persist for at least a year and a half, so as to wait for the response.

In addition, Ji Gang has a lot of money, and a group of desperadoes are working for him, and this place is close to Nanjing City. Once the imperial court dispatches a large army, it will inevitably cause a lot of discussions in Nanjing City.

It can be said that these are all detrimental effects on the court.

At this time, Zhu Di couldn't help being suspicious. It wasn't that he didn't trust Zhang Anshi, but that this completely overturned Zhu Di's usual understanding of the military.

"You want to dig a tunnel?" Zhu Di asked.

Zhang Anshi directly shook his head and said: "Among the lofty mountains and the ground is mostly granite, it is absolutely impossible to dig a tunnel."

Zhu Di frowned and said, "However, if you use artillery, you will bombard it from the bottom up, and there are artillery in the village, but they can be condescending. Their range is much farther than ours, so I'm afraid it's hard to do anything."

Zhu Di rested his chin in thought. All his thoughts are now on this fortress.

After fighting so many battles for so many years, the only thing I am most afraid of is gnawing on such a hard bone.

At this time, Zhu Di once again hated Ji Gang to the core, and this Ji Gang obviously made him a stone in a latrine even before he died.

The so-called many stones in the latrine are smelly and hard. If you ignore him, he will disgust you all day long, but once you want to move it, the price will be too high.

Yishiha stood aside dejectedly, looking a little sad. He was mourning for more than 500 dead and injured warrior camp athletes.

This is the warrior battalion, the elite of the elite, the most elite force in the guard palace!

We are eunuchs, it's too real, Uchisenhu is fooled to say that it's true, and don't think that the model camp is nearby, why don't they go?
Here comes the bleeding.

Xie Jin and others, look at this, look at that, although they don't understand military affairs, they are good at observing words and expressions.

Just from the faces of His Majesty and the princes, it can be seen that it is almost impossible to complete the task in one day and night.

Xie Jin only thought it was funny, but he had some expectations in his heart. If Zhang Anshi couldn't do it, then... he could just take advantage of the situation, try his best to create an atmosphere, and ask His Majesty to close the official school.

Ten thousand steps back, even if it is not shut down, thousands of scholars will be furious at that time, and the reputation of this official school is not good, but it is good.

So Xie Jin smiled and said, "Marquis Annan, it's noon now..."

That means, I'm pinching my time.

If it cannot be resolved at noon tomorrow, then... Marquis Annan is afraid that he will break his promise.

Zhang Anshi was too lazy to understand Jin, so he just looked at Zhu Di and said, "Oh, Your Majesty, the minister is retiring, so I'm going to make preparations."

Zhu Di said: "Go, go, tomorrow I will personally go to Zhongshan to supervise the battle."

After finishing speaking, he lowered his head again and put his mind on the map again.

Zhu Neng suddenly asserted at this time: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, Your Majesty...why do you think Zhang Anshi is bragging?"

Seeing Zhang Anshi leaving in a hurry, Zhu Nengcai said: "Yichen sees... this matter must not be done, even if Da Luo Jinxian comes. He Zhang Anshi can do it, and I pissed on the crotch on the spot."

People are different, Wu Xing said it couldn't be done, he was deliberately satirizing Zhang Anshi.

Zhu Neng is different, his bastard son is still growing up with his elder brother Zhang Anshi. Nine times out of ten, Zhang Anshi wants to encourage Zhu Yong to do it.

Now, of course, we should lay out the difficulties, so that His Majesty can see clearly, if we really can’t make it by then, it’s better to have an excuse, it’s not that my son doesn’t work hard, it’s because the fortress of the thieves is too strong.

Qiu Fu, who was standing by the side, also seemed to be alarmed all of a sudden, and quickly said: "What Cheng Guogong said is very true. Your Majesty, I see... Zhang Anshi's words, you can listen..."

In fact, Qiu Fu was even more worried than Zhu Neng. What Zhu Neng was worried about was whether his son would lose face, but Qiu Fu knew the virtues of his son Qiu Fu. That stupid son could throw his life into it.

Zhu Di finally raised his head again, but frowned and said, "What if it happens?"

Then he looked at Xu Huizu and said: "Xu Qing's family, you are considered a veteran. In your opinion, how much food, grass and soldiers do you need to take down this fortress?"

As his own son-in-law, in theory, Xu Huizu should also worry about Zhang Anshi's safety.

But he was not worried about Zhang Anshi losing his life. According to his careful observation these days, even if the army horses of Ming Dynasty were all dead, Zhang Anshi would still be able to save his own life.

Save your life, Zhang Anshi is a professional.

Therefore, Xu Huizu was the most calm and relaxed, and said calmly at this time: "Your Majesty, 2 elite soldiers, one and a half months of troops, first order [-] horses to attack in turn, so that the bandits can't rest day and night, take the strategy of exhausting the enemy, and wait for more than a month. , and then mobilize the [-] soldiers and horses that have been recharged to launch a strong attack, if the bandits are negligent, the village will be destroyed."

Zhu Di smiled and said: "I'm stronger than you. I just thought about it. I think that [-] elite soldiers can break into the city within a month. But... this method will take a lot of damage. I'm afraid it will cause casualties." , more than five thousand."

Five thousand casualties is not a small number. Don't look at Daming's frequent shouting that he has an army of one million, but in fact, there may not even be 20 real elite soldiers, and the death of one is a huge loss.

After the Battle of Jingnan, the most important reason for Zhu Di's success was that Zhu Di wiped out the elite of the Southern Army through field battles. Since then, he has mastered the initiative of the entire battlefield, and he can fight wherever he wants.

However, the so-called millions of soldiers and horses of the imperial court could only hide in various cities, and could no longer mobilize elite forces to compete with Zhu Di.

Zhu Di and the others were chattering all over the place.

On the other side, Xie Jin and others resigned one after another.

Wu Xing immediately became the focus of everyone's attention.

Many people looked at him differently.

So after leaving the Chongwen Palace, many colleagues, both acquainted and unfamiliar, greeted him: "Wu Gong's words are very happy."

"In all dynasties, there have always been people like Wu Gong who turned the tide. This is the strength of Confucianism."

Faced with the boasting and admiration of many.

Wu Xing was very useful, he knew very well that within a few days, his reputation would spread all over the world, and he would become a model for scholars all over the world.

Some people even compare him with Wei Zheng, his name will go down in history, and he will be admired by all generations.

At this time, Wu Xing couldn't help but feel a little proud, and couldn't help but said: "I expected that Zhang An Shi...frivolous, and this time he took the initiative to invite Ying, and he must not succeed. Now, gentlemen...the arrow is on the string, so I have to do it. The school of the official school and the disciples of the saints like us are incompatible and irreconcilable."

"After this battle, when Zhang An Shigong is on the verge of defeat, it is time for me to strike while the iron is hot. Please, like Wu, don't care about personal gains and losses, and take the common people and the community into consideration, and show your character as a scholar. Official school, what is our face, seeing a saint?"

Everyone said yes and was encouraged.

Several Wenyuan Pavilion scholars returned to Wenyuan Pavilion, Xie Jin was beaming, and kept praising Wu Xing's character.

"Wu Xing is... really admirable..."

This is often the case. Maybe Xie Jin doesn't have the courage to go hard, but he is a scholar.

The most powerful thing about scholars is to praise those tough warriors to express their opinions.

In this way, if something really happened, Wu Xing would be sent to die, but if this happened, he could also enjoy the honor and show his unique insight.

Hu Guang also wanted to say something, it can be seen that as soon as Yang Rong returned to Wenyuan Pavilion, he went straight back to his private room, and then he also kept silent.

Until it was time to go on duty, he went to Yang Rong's duty room to drink tea and sit around with an excuse.

After holding back his words for a long time, he couldn't help but said to Yang Rong: "Mr. Yang, the matter of the official school is indeed absurd, but why didn't Mr. Yang say a word about it? Although the most important thing for me to be a courtier is To assist His Majesty in governing the world, but if you encounter injustice, don't you just say nothing?"

Yang Rong sighed and said, "You and I are both responsible for the rise and fall of the country. But let me ask you, the official school recruits its students, and the scholars naturally take their imperial examinations. Everyone is like a well, why are you now Outraged?"

As soon as this remark came out, Hu Guang frowned, and said: "This...after all...after all...they are using the signboard of the emperor's disciples...presumably...someone is afraid that some of their children will go astray."

Yang Rong smiled and said: "There are more than a million scholars in the world. How many people may have fame? How many people are able to be promoted, Jinshi, and become officials? How many scholars have studied hard all their lives without getting anything , why worry about someone going astray? I don’t know if the official school is useful, whether the skills you learn are right or wrong, and I don’t care. Is it really beneficial to people?"

Hu Guang subconsciously said: "This is different, this is the learning of sages, and it will always be useful to learn."

Yang Rong shook his head slightly and said: "Whether it is useful or not depends on whether there are opportunities for them to display their talents and learning. There are so many capable people in ancient times, and how many people can show their talents? If everyone can show their ambitions, then why are there so many poems?" Are they all complaining about their own circumstances? People in government schools, after studying, go to his pro-army or go to Jinyiwei, it has nothing to do with us after all. As for whether your majesty loves you or not, this is also your majesty's business .As long as we don’t offend the rules and regulations, don’t teach the people to burn, don’t we make irresponsible remarks, isn’t it ridiculous?”

Hu Guang was still frowning, he still felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong for a while, so he said: "Sages, I should..."

Without waiting for him to continue, Yang Rong waved his hands and said, "In my opinion, the reason for the trouble now is that some people want to use this to invite fame. It is an excuse to create panic among scholars, and to take advantage of the disgust of scholars. Then stand up and show your strength of character. Hey...you and I are all stupid people. Human life span has a limit. How far can a person see? How do you know where this eternal river ends up? Today's people and future people make judgments?"

Yang Rong immediately lowered his head, sorted out his draft, and said: "In my opinion, many problems in the past dynasties are caused by too many people who want to be smart and too few people who are willing to work diligently. Scholars are here. On the one hand, the problem is particularly serious, everyone only thinks about the so-called long-term peace and stability when they open their mouths, thinks about things after a thousand years, thinks about eternal peace, everyone is vainly trying to achieve these by pointing fingers."

"However, many people who talk like this can't even do what they are doing right now. Some people don't even know how to wear clothes, and they have to be fed by others. They have two legs, but they travel by carriages, horses and soft sedan chairs. Hey... the world rises and falls, and the bad is here."

Speaking of this, Yang Rong raised his head, and continued: "Let's do what is in front of us first. Whether a government school is good or bad, it doesn't take thousands of years or a hundred years. It only takes three to five years to see the difference. It won't be too late to discuss it at that time. You... are in too much of a hurry."

Hu Guang muttered: "Isn't this the so-called good fighters without great achievements? It's too late to solve the problem after discovering it."

Yang Rong said: "There is always a way to try. If you don't do anything, it will be bad. From my point of view, Zhang Anshi...although there are many criticisms, he is not without strengths. Why should he pour cold water with others at this time?" ?”

Hu Guang thought for a while, then said: "Forget it, let's not quarrel, let's see what is the use of this official school."

…………

Zhang Anshi came out of the palace and returned to the official school without stopping.

The first thing he thought of was Qiu Song.

So Qiu Song was quickly called in front of Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi looked at him and said, "Our things are useful."

Qiu Song picked his nose: "What?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Bring me out the few hot air balloons we experimented with, and prepare them for me tonight. Give me a good overhaul to see if there is any problem. And... the gunpowder bombs, also give me Ku, you have to check again and again, but don't make mistakes."

When Qiu Song heard it, his eyes lit up visibly, and he seemed excited.

The mud ball he picked out from his nose was reluctant to bounce away, and he looked at Zhang Anshi with bright eyes and said, "Brother won't lie to me, will he?"

Zhang Anshi glared at him impatiently and said, "Stop rambling, go get ready."

"Oh, oh." After saying that, Qiu Song turned around and left immediately.

Last time, when Zhu Zhanji came to Qixia, he saw a huge gunpowder explosion.

Of course... that kind of gunpowder explosion is only experimental.

At that time, Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu complained that this thing... has no possibility of actual combat at all.

This is actually no wonder to them. Gunpowder bombs as big as wheels and artillery can blast them out. This is a thing that weighs hundreds of catties.

So apart from putting it on the spot and detonating it, and listening to a sound, it is a waste of money.

But Qiu Song is different, Qiu Song is happy to hear such a sound.He even... On this basis, he increased the amount of gunpowder, and at the same time, on the basis of this gunpowder bullet, he increased it by a few points.

Today, the largest gunpowder bomb already weighs 350 jin, and is sealed with a bronze sphere outside. This bomb is known as the Qiusong bomb.

As for detonating...

Zhang Anshi stopped him.

Because this thing...is too terrifying, too powerful, and it can only be a joke if it is detonated on the spot, not to mention that Zhang Anshi himself can't predict the consequences of this thing's explosion.

350 catties of gunpowder, this is an enhanced version of gunpowder. Even one kilogram is enough to open mountains and explode rocks. As for 350 catties, it is also sealed, this thing...

At least Zhang Anshi couldn't predict its power.

Of course, in order to solve the problem of launching this thing, Zhang Anshi was heartbroken.

Forget about artillery, and catapults... that's absolutely impossible.

As for being a mine...

Obviously not very useful.

After thinking about it, Zhang Anshi thought of the bomber.

Of course, in this era, bombers must be a dream.

But... a hot air balloon is fine.

It is obviously the only possibility to take advantage of the heat away, fly up, and then drop bombs.

Hot air balloons are actually pretty easy to make.

As long as you understand its basic principles, at the same time, you are willing to spend money, and you have enough manpower, all of this will be within your grasp.

The difficulty is to create a hot air balloon suitable for this era.

So...a group of craftsmen worked almost behind closed doors for several months. After repeated experiments, they can barely produce a few hot air balloons like this.

Qiu Song is the overall director of this project.

He is very concerned about explosives and throwing explosives, so this flying ball project has almost been tested extremely harshly by him.

So much so that the craftsmen complained that this job can't be done, and every now and then, they will be picked out for faults and have to rework at any time.

Fortunately, Zhang Anshi added money.

Now... three flying balls, three huge humongous bombs, are ready.

Of course... Qiu Song still needs to take some people with him to make the final preparations.

All the procedures had to be gone through, and several bombers responsible for flying balls had to memorize the outline of the plan.

They had tried a few times in the past, but all they threw were boulders, but now they really wanted to fight.

Not only that, the cables, the refined alcohol fuel, and the canvas all need to be tested again to be foolproof.

Immediately afterwards, someone pushed, and a bronze sealed gunpowder that was nearly half the height of a person was ejected from the warehouse.

This thing is extremely dangerous, so in the process of pushing it, a wooden plank with pulleys is installed underneath, and then it is pushed onto the carriage.

Zhang Anshi was not idle either, he called all the students together, gave them a day off, and planned to let them watch a performance.

The manufacture of this thing involves a lot of knowledge, including alchemy, engineering, and even mathematics.

Without these basic knowledge, there is no way to explain these phenomena and finally produce finished products.

These students originally applied for government schools with the intention of changing their own destiny, but most of them have no confidence in whether what they have learned is useful or not.

But when they saw the behemoths one by one, they started talking about it.

At this time, the instructors took out the syllabus prepared by Zhang Anshi, and began to explain the principle of heat in front of everyone.

At this time, many people just looked at it fresh, and they only half understood the outline of these teachings.

However, in this world, you may not be interested in learning, or you may be disgusted with boring teaching, but everyone is born to be a fun person. With such fun, many people can no longer move their feet, watching each other intently. .

Zhang Anshi cursed at the side and said: "If you are a mother, you will be excited when you have fun, and you will die when you study."

The next day...

At dawn, the sun rises.

Zhu Di got up early and led all the officials to Zhongshan.

Here, Habayashi guards have already blocked the main roads.

Zhu Di stationed here with his civil servants and military generals.

From the foot of the mountain, looking at the Zhuangzi hidden in the mountain, Zhu Di couldn't help talking.

This is a natural moat, and there is only one narrow path to go up the mountain.

The appearance of Zhuangzi seemed to be mocking Zhu Di, which made Zhu Di think of the battle of Jinan again.

His eyes turned red in an instant, and he wished he could yell loudly: "Whoever breaks the village first will be named Marquis!"

Civil servants and military generals looked up one by one, and people talked a lot.

At the foot of the mountain, there were assembled elite soldiers from the Warrior Battalion and officers and soldiers from the Model Battalion. In the camp of the Warrior Battalion, the wounded soldiers wailed, and the rest of them were not much better.

The model camp is obviously completely different, and they are still full of energy.

Yi Shiha took the opportunity to go to the Warriors' Camp to condolence to the soldiers. Seeing two or three hundred soldiers with missing arms and legs in the camp, he couldn't help yelling in distress: "Listen up, if you don't make it to the model camp in the future, you guys Don't die rashly, oh... oh..."

I also lost my tears.

The admiral eunuch and several other eunuch officials followed Yi Shiha step by step, not daring to show their air.

Everyone said one after another: "It is said that we eunuchs are treacherous. When it comes to treachery, there is no one more treacherous than those in the model camp."

"Grandpa, the soldiers...it's too miserable, the bones that have been buried all night...hey..."

After Yi Shiha felt distressed, it was his turn to get angry. He wiped away his tears and said sullenly, "Don't talk about it. In short, don't make jokes about the soldiers of our warrior battalion. That's what we said, Chen Li And those guys like Zhu Yong, if they still want to lie to you, tell them to come to us."

After all, Yi Shiha hurried back to Zhu Di's camp.

But at this time, Zhang Anshi had arrived.

Zhu Di was riding on the horse at this time, still looking at the Zhuangzi, and said in his mouth: "Zhang Anshi, there is still an hour and a half, the time is coming, your soldiers...don't go up the mountain to attack?"

But Zhang Anshi seemed unhurried, and even said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, it has already started."

Zhu Di looked at the camp of the Model Camp in the distance, but saw that there was no sign of an attack there.

Qiu Fu, Duke of Qi, was at the back, looking around nervously, looking for his son.

Zhu Neng let out a long sigh of relief, and said flauntingly: "My son is in the model camp, oh, he's alive and kicking, I think... he won't be in any danger."

Qiu Fu couldn't help but said anxiously: "Have you seen Qiu Song?"

Zhu Neng shook his head like a rattle drum and said, "I don't know...but I heard from the Model Camp that Qiu Song is the main attacker, and he will take the lead."

After hearing this, Duke Qi Qiu Fu's blood turned cold, and he stood there with a sallow face, without saying a word.

Zhu Neng patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Oh, the tiger father has no dogs and sons. I think Qiu Song is a blessed man. Auspicious people have their own appearance. Don't worry, I will definitely not die. I dare to bet five taels of silver Our nephew Qiu can come back safely."

Qiu Fu: "..."

Seeing it, a long time passed.

But there was no movement in the model camp.

Zhu Di frowned, couldn't help staring at Zhang Anshi and said, "Zhang Anshi, there is still an hour."

The civil servants and generals in the back also talked a lot, especially Wu Xing, who was beaming and said to others: "Although I don't know about soldiers, I also know... This Haikou boasted by An Shi is guaranteed to fail. Some people, the best It's just rhetoric..."

His voice is getting lower and lower. In general, when the voice is lower, the speech tends to be more unpleasant.

Seeing, noon is approaching.

Many are growing impatient.

But at this time...

From the main peak of Zhongshan Mountain, a few black spots suddenly appeared, which seemed to be moving slowly towards this side.

The speed of the black dot was very slow, drifting slowly towards Zhuangzi.

Most people haven't noticed the difference yet.

Even Zhu Di thought it was just a bird. He was a little disappointed, and sighed: "It seems that I can only use my method. Rebellious officials and thieves are so bold, and I will teach you within a month at any cost. Their bones are gone."

As he said that, Zhu Di couldn't help flashing a trace of ruthlessness on his face.

At all costs, these light words represent that countless families will give everything.

Zhang Anshi kept raising his head and looking into the distance, at this moment he said: "Your Majesty, look... here we come."

Surprised, Zhu Di followed Zhang Anshi's gaze and looked up.

The black spot started to get bigger, obviously...it was no longer a bird, it was like a huge ball with something hanging from its head, appearing in front of his eyes.

"That's..." Zhu Di opened his eyes wide and looked at it, inexplicably surprised.

Wait till it's closer.

Suddenly someone said in surprise: "Look, look, there, someone... someone... is flying up there."

As soon as this remark came out, almost everyone was shocked like a thunderbolt on the ground.

(End of this chapter)