Chapter 279: Comeback
The rebels were defeated and countless people trampled on each other.
Fortunately, after panic, I finally stabilized my position, but this first day of siege returned in vain and made no achievements except for leaving behind a corpse and countless disabilities.
Unfortunately, the rebels were powerful and there were too few defenders in the city, so it was impossible to expand the results of the battle, so they missed the best opportunity to annihilate the enemy.
The rebels who gradually gained a foothold gradually calmed down and still set up camps and set up formations under the pass.
The city tower was filled with a rainbow of momentum, and countless people cheered, but they did not dare to slack off. The musketeers and grenadiers were garrisoning and guarding the city gate.
Zhu Di breathed a long sigh of relief. He arrived at Zhiguanlou and ordered people to take tea. After a few sips of tea, he calmed down and said excitedly: "Compared with the cannon and musket, your thing is ten times more powerful. Such a sharp weapon is really rare. With such a sharp weapon, the guards of this pass are indeed twice the result with half the effort. With such a sharp weapon, our Ming Dynasty will surely be together from now on, and no one can defeat you."
Zhu Di has begun to have a tendency to be a weapon-only polite.
However, this is actually not a bad thing for Hao Fenglou. Although Zhu Di's current thinking is a bit biased, even the emperor has become a weapon-only polite person. In the future, the Shenwu Art Circle will not be supported. The so-called "upward action" is the emperor. In order to meet his preferences, the people under the lower body will inevitably put some effort into it. The King of Chu is so thin that he starved to death in the palace. This is the reason.
Hao Fenglou said: "Father, I call this thing a flowering bullet. This flowering bullet is different from other gun bullets. It is hollow inside and filled with gunpowder. It is naturally more than several times stronger than ordinary solid gun bullets. However, this kind of thing can only be thrown out by hand. If it is thrown too close, it will inevitably hurt yourself by mistake. However, human power has its limits, and no matter how strong the arm strength is, it may not be able to be thrown far. Therefore, if the two armies face off and set up a formation in the wilderness and fight together, this thing may not be able to be used, but it is useless to defend the city. Father, any firearm has its own characteristics. I never believe that a firearm can be defeated. However, I know that if it is used reasonably according to its characteristics, the power it emits is terrifying. This flowering bullet is actually very shallow, and many places need to be improved, but time is in a hurry. At present, I have to drive the ducks on the shelves."
Zhu Dihe nodded, Hao Fenglou's words were quite pertinent. He did not boast. He smiled and said, "It's so powerful to drive ducks on the shelves. If you go on time, wouldn't it be even more powerful? Let the craftsmen be very good at thinking." He sighed and continued, "In the past, although I also loved magical weapons and powerful weapons. However, I don't think so often about this craftsman who made weapons. Now I know that if these craftsmen are used well, they can still be worth 100,000 heavenly soldiers."
Hao Fenglou immediately said, "The father is so bad."
"oh?"
Hao Fenglou said: "Although craftsmen can certainly win over 100,000 heavenly soldiers. However, whether they can give craftsmen a room for their performance, they still need someone like me who can gather ideas. So I actually think... I am also worth 100,000 heavenly soldiers."
Zhu Di couldn't help but smile. Of course he knew that Hao Fenglou was just a joke. Zhu Di immediately sighed and said, "Although they scared away the rebels now, they were not hurt, but they didn't know where Sui'er was now. I guess he had already set off at this time. It will take at least three days. Don't be proud now. If you completely annihilate this group of rebels, the big stone in my heart will only land."
Hao Fenglou nodded.
At this time, Zhu Di stood up and said, "Let's go."
Hao Fenglou couldn't help but say, "Where is Father?"
Zhu Di said: "Of course I'm going to the craftsman's workshop to take a look."
It is a strange thing that the emperor is visiting the workshop. It has to be said that Hao Fenglou's several actions of transcending the rules have indeed aroused Zhu Di's curiosity.
Hao Fenglou smiled and led Zhu Di out of the pass, all the way to the workshop near the Hou Mansion.
Here at the workshop, dozens of chimneys were emitting black smoke, and the layout was not messy. The wooden house, iron house and stone house were clearly winding. Zhu Di naturally looked down on the carpenter and went straight to the blacksmith's blast furnaces.
The blast furnace is steaming here, and countless thick smoke comes out. A pot of iron is flowing out and flows directly into the clean water that has been prepared. The melted iron is poured directly into the mold made of clay. After cooling, the molded iron is taken out from the mold and sent to another workshop.
In another workshop, the craftsmen began to polish the iron tool with files, and then polish it with whetstone. After a few times, the other craftsmen began to measure the scale of the iron tool.
A hundred craftsmen divided their labor, steelmaking, machine making, and processing. Finally, these iron tools were grouped and stored by a group of workers.
Zhu Di was wearing a regular dress, while Hao Fenglou was wearing a fish suit. However, when Hao Fenglou came, the craftsmen were casual. Everyone did not know Zhu Di's identity, so they all looked calm. In half an hour, someone pushed a cart and loaded a large number of iron tools into the car.
These iron tools are all axes, and the car needs to transport them all away and go to the carpenter's workshop to install the handles.
Zhu Di looked fresh, especially when he saw the hot molten iron, his eyes were a little shiny.
Finally, he walked out of the workshop and couldn't help but say, "Do you know? When I was in Peking, I arranged many blacksmiths to make weapons in the palace. At that time, Jianwen had already begun to reduce the vassal states. I was at that time. In order to prepare for the future, I followed your master's advice and decided to start a matter. The uprising requires weapons, but it cannot be made. Therefore, the craftsmen were arranged to forge them in the palace every day. It was ridiculous at that time. In order to prevent the secret detectives of the court from knowing the sound of the hammering in the palace, I had to order people to raise many geese and borrow these geese to cover up the movement."
Zhu Di seemed to have a conversation and said, "So the craftsmen forged weapons, and I also worked as a supervisor, haha... That happened a few years ago. In fact, it was very interesting at that time. I was nothing, I just pity those female relatives and couldn't live a peaceful life day and night. Your mother suffered a lot, and that time was the same. The craftsmen worked day and night and couldn't live a peaceful life. Your mother had not slept in peace for several months at that time, but she still had no regrets and never said anything."
"Hey... When I was in Peking, everyone in the palace was in the same heart as me. Now I want to come and really teach people how to miss it."
"But when it comes to forging, your forging here is quite interesting. It is different from what I saw in Peking that craftsmen forged weapons. How can I say that, you blacksmiths have a faint sense of military aura. Everyone has their own duties, is sharp and focused, and is like a soldier who is going to the battlefield. Moreover, this forging weapons is a bit like porcelain making, no wonder the things made are so sharp."
Zhu Di sighed a lot, as if he had recalled many things that had been gone, and the corner of his mouth was involuntarily smiling: "Use military tactics forging, um... interesting. Your words just now are not wrong. Craftsmen may not be useful, because craftsmen, like officers and soldiers, are just tools. Whether the tools are used well or not, care about the commander and the people who use swords. I use the same sword as you, even ten Hao Fenglou is not my opponent. This is the reason. No matter how many craftsmen are entrusted to others, they are not as good as your Shenwu creation plan. I came here today and I have some ideas, um, I think about it again."
These days, Hao Fenglou has been with Zhu Di, knowing that this father is actually quite easy to think about. When he often sees him as if nothing is wrong, he may have begun to brew many shocking things in his mind at this time.
The two returned to Guanzhai, and the rebels obviously had no intention of continuing to attack for the time being. They naturally killed chickens and sheep in Guanzhai, and rewarded the soldiers.
Zhu Di also ate a bowl of yam soup, and inevitably had to talk about some old things. It was nothing more than the yam soup from Peking. Hao Fenglou suddenly felt that when he got along with this old guy, sometimes he could feel the turtle-like aura on his body, but many times, Hao Fenglou couldn't help but feel like an ordinary old man, always chatting, mentioning all kinds of old things, and unconsciously falling into his memories.
Once this idea emerged, Hao Fenglou couldn't help but reflect on himself. The person in front of him must not be treated as an ordinary old man. He is Zhu Di, the unusual Zhu Di.
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After a relaxing day, the city finally took action.
The rebels came out in full swing, obviously planning to attack the city again.
But this time, they came prepared, and simple arrow towers several meters high were pushed in front of them. The rebels, whose emotions gradually stabilized, did not dare to rush in densely, but tried to disperse as much as possible. They probably wanted to use this to offset the lethality of the flowering bullets.
The wisdom of the rebels is naturally not that simple. When they realize that the flowering bullet is just a firearm, they immediately think of ways to deal with it. Although they cannot fully respond, they can at least minimize the huge damage caused by the flowering bullet.
Chen Qinrang had never had a good sleep all night. He walked back and forth in the camp last night with his personal soldiers, ordered people to rush to build an arrow tower, and visited the disabled officers and soldiers at the same time, comforted and motivated, the rebels gradually regained some courage.
For Chen Qinrang, the longer the time delays, the more unfavorable it is for him. If you don’t take down Lang Shan Pass early, changes may occur at any time. Therefore, after a little stabilizing your position, he decided to attack again.
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Chapter completed!