Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

Ning Fan determined the problem after just one glance, so the main problem now is still the insufficient grade of steel.

In fact, as long as steel is made hard enough, Ning Fan can use the hard steel to make machine tools. With the processing machine tools, it will be too simple to process things in the future, and many things can be realized.

Naturally, the craftsmen didn't know what Ning Fan was thinking about. Seeing Ning Fan's solemn expression, they thought the emperor was going to be angry, and they all trembled in fear.

"You guys, please get up and do things for me. I won't blame you casually. There will be successes and failures in everything you do. The more you fail, the fewer the successes will be. But if you fail a hundred times, you only need to succeed once. Then it means that this matter has been completed.”

Seeing the craftsmen's faces turning pale with fear, Ning Fan felt that he still needed to stand up and say a few words to express his attitude.

Sure enough, after Ning Fan said these words, the expressions of the several craftsmen were completely relaxed, and their eyes when they came down to look at Ning Fan were full of gratitude and admiration.

"Let the firearms battalion hurry up and train. They will be put to use soon. And those leather disciples must make a lot of them. Let the arsenal work in three shifts to make them for me day and night."

Ning Fan issued several orders one after another. Currently, there are about 10,000 thunderbolts in stock, but in Ning Fan's opinion, this is far from enough.

Once the war starts, the cost of the war is still very huge, and there is no guarantee that every thunderbolt can effectively kill the enemy.

When Ning Fan walked out of this secret musketeer camp, he was intercepted by Chen Qiao halfway.

"Your Majesty, the general's strategy is wrong, and it is likely that Pingnan Pass will be breached by the enemy. Your Majesty, please rush to Pingnan Pass with your ministers."

Chen Qiao was so anxious that tears came down. If it wasn't an urgent matter, he would never dare to block Ning Fan's way.

When Ning Fan heard what Chen Qiao said, his expression became extremely solemn.

"Just tell me what happened."

Ning Fan asked Chen Qiao loudly.

Those northwest rebels captured thousands of people from nowhere. They drove the people to the city walls and were using the people as cover to climb up the city wall. All the generals suggested an all-out counterattack, but General Huang only ordered passive Resist.

Hearing what Chen Qiao said, Ning Fan's heart skipped a beat. This was the most vicious conspiracy. It was simply shameless to use the common people as a shield.

When Zhenren was attacking Jianghaiguan, he also used this move, but it was resolved by Ning Fan. But now, the situation encountered in Pingnan Pass is indeed very complicated, making it difficult for Ning Fan to make a decision.

If these people were sacrificed, Ning Fan would know this without even thinking about what the people of the world would say in the future and what the historians would say.

But if these rebels are allowed to continue to attack the city, Ning Fan hardly needs to think about the risks that will be caused to Pingnanguan.

"Your Majesty, I advise you not to close the door. You can quickly return to the palace. All you need is a written order to let the general defend with all his strength."

"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot have both. To protect the country, one must sacrifice part of it. Those people are indeed pitiful people, but we cannot let the rebels attack the city wall just because of them."

Chen Qiao's mind is undoubtedly very flexible. He has already thought of a way for Ning Fan, which is to let Ning Fan, the emperor, find someone to take the blame without knowing it.

Hearing what the other party said, Ning Fan had a very gloomy look on his face. After a while, Ning Fan shook his head and said: "These people are all my subjects of Dakang, and they should never be sacrificed casually unless absolutely necessary. Each one of them is a living being, and behind each one is a family. They have their own family, their own clan, and their own relatives and friends. If the lives of these ordinary people are destroyed at will, the negative consequences will be The impact is simply immeasurable, even worse than losing the war."

As the country's top decision-maker, Ning Fan understands the importance of people's hearts all too well. If the war is won but the people's hearts are lost, then the war will be in vain, and the impact will be far worse than that of others. Losing the war is even more terrible.

Chen Qiao is indeed an excellent general, but he is not an excellent politician. Compared with Huang Chao, Chen Qiao is not even a bit worse.

Hearing what Ning Fan said, Chen Qiao stopped talking. He seemed to understand something, and seemed to have thought of something.

"Let the city wall support it with all its strength first, and I will think of a way."

Ning Fan thought for a while and then said to Chen Qiao.

Ning Fan ordered Huang Chao to return to the city wall immediately, and ordered everyone to guard the city wall with all their strength and resolutely prevent the rebels from entering the city by surprise.

The rebels have an advantage in numbers. Once the rebels open the city gate, the consequences will be disastrous. What Ning Fan is doing now is to wait for change.

What's more, he had already planted a large amount of gunpowder where the enemy troops were stationed, and it seemed that it would come in handy now.

On the city wall, Dakang's soldiers were resisting the rebel soldiers who rushed up the city wall. They held long red-tasseled guns in their hands. Once they saw the enemy rushing up the city wall, they would immediately charge with their guns.

But this time the rebels were obviously well prepared. Their siege equipment was very sophisticated. Not only did they carry a large number of wire hooks, but they also wore thick armor.

Often it would take three or two well-off soldiers to resist an enemy force charging up the city wall. The casualties on the city wall gradually increased, and even the generals became jealous.

When Ning Fan saw the scene on the city wall from a distance, he was heartbroken. He never thought that such a situation would occur when the defense line that he thought was impregnable was attacked by the rebels on the first day.

However, if you think about it, the enemy used such despicable means to force the people to stand under the city wall, so many of the means of preparing preventive projects in the city could not be used, such as pouring kerosene on them, using wood and cannons, all these means All invalidated.

While the two sides were fighting to the death, a column of white smoke suddenly rushed into the sky, followed by a huge sound exploding in the sky.

No one has ever seen such a method, because when gunpowder was invented, fireworks had not yet been invented, and Ning Fan made these fireworks mainly for use as signal bombs. The reason why Ning Fan sent this signal was to tell the people lurking outside the city. The Jin Yiwei immediately lit the medicine thread.

At this time, the enemy troops have not yet completed their garrison. At this time, the gunpowder buried underground was detonated rashly. The lethality to the enemy troops was not as strong as expected, but Ning Fan could no longer care about it. He had to inflict a heavy blow on the enemy troops. Strike, only in this way will the enemy army be in chaos and the crisis be temporarily overcome.