Fenghou

Chapter 123 Battle Curtain
On the fourth day of November, Dasanguan brought a batch of extremely important strategic materials to Chen Qingda's operation, including [-] bed crossbows, [-] jackdaw arrows, [-] barrels of gunpowder and [-] barrels of kerosene.

Chen Qing ordered the camp gate to be opened, and he personally went outside the camp gate to welcome the arrival of this batch of important supplies.

No matter in Erlang Village or Linyou County, he has experienced the powerful advantages of the bed crossbow. This is a sharp arrow much stronger than the god arm crossbow. It can shoot through the bodies of three people within dozens of steps. The army's cavalry formations and dense enemy formations have powerful lethality.

As for the gunpowder barrel, that was Chen Qing's unique move at Jiandao Pass. He had tasted the sweetness, but unfortunately the quantity was too small.

This time, he specifically asked Wu Jie for these three weapons. Wu Jie was also very aware of the importance of his army, so he gave him [-]% of the [-] bed crossbows, and [-]% each for gunpowder and kerosene.

Chen Qing's last line of defense is the key to preventing the enemy from rushing out of the West Valley and cutting off the retreat of the Monk Yuan Song Army.

Watching barrels of kerosene and gunpowder being moved into the big tent, Chen Qing ordered a soldier, "Go and find Zheng Ping!"

Among all his subordinates, the person Chen Qing trusts the most is Zheng Ping. Although Zhao Xiaoyi is also loyal and reliable, Zhao Xiaoyi lacks experience, has not experienced too many hardships, and his outlook on life is not yet fully mature. Once he is exposed to temptation, can he be loyal to him? It's hard to say by myself.

Yang Yuanqing is smooth, his personality is too tough, not rigid enough, and his loyalty is still a little bit weak.

Yang Zaixing's time with him was too short, and Chen Qing still didn't understand him well. The Huyan brothers were loyal to the Huyan family, so there's no need to mention it. As for the other generals, they were more loyal to Wang Yan, there is no doubt about it.

Only Zheng Ping, who has been in the army for many years, has gone through ups and downs, has followed him since he was a scout, and even the sudden acquisition of the status of a foreign relative did not make him change the principles of life. , no one is as good as him.

Not long after, Zheng Ping ran over, "Commander, are you looking for me?"

A few days after Zheng Ping came back, he married Yang Liu in Hanzhong, and he was a bit reluctant to go back. He returned to the camp two days after the deadline. Due to the tense battle preparation, Chen Qing didn't bother to punish him.

"How many of your most trusted subordinates are there?" Chen Qing asked.

Zheng Ping scratched his head, "There are about a dozen of them!"

"You call them together, and I will teach your men the technique of making matchlocks."

Matchlock, a delayed detonation tool, is extremely important in the use of firearms. Chen Qing made a batch of matchlocks at Jiandaoguan, but he did not hand over this technology to the Song Army.

The reason is also very simple. This technology is a double-edged sword. The Song army can use it to deal with the Jin soldiers. In turn, the Jin soldiers can also use firearms to attack the Song Dynasty.

Once the fire rope is widely promoted in the Song army, it will soon spread to the Jin country, which is inevitable.

Zheng Ping quickly found a dozen of his confidant soldiers, and in the big tent, Chen Qing said to everyone: "From now on, I will give you a technique for making matchlocks.

What is a matchlock?Maybe you haven’t seen it before. Simply put, it’s a thing that detonates gunpowder. It replaces the oil paper we used before. The oil paper is too affected by the wind and is easy to extinguish. It is unreliable at critical moments. it's here.

And the matchlock is not affected by the wind. When we light the matchlock, we must run at least fifty steps before the gunpowder will explode, and we will make one or two mistakes at most in a hundred times.

This is a unique skill. I will teach it to you today. I hope everyone will keep it strictly confidential and never leak it. Otherwise, once Jin Bing obtains this skill, the Great Song Dynasty will perish. "

Chen Qing demonstrated by himself, cutting strips with fine linen paper, brushing a layer of egg white, then evenly sprinkled with gunpowder, and finally carefully rolled up.

Egg white is a good thing. It can condense the fine gunpowder particles into gunpowder blocks, and there are gaps between them, so that the gunpowder can burn rapidly and fully, thus forming an explosive power.

Later, artisans discovered that using syrup can achieve the same effect, and the detonation effect is better, but the cost of syrup is too high, and artisans still generally use egg whites to make gunpowder weapons.

Chen Qing said with a smile to everyone: "It's very simple, right! After it dries, it will be a matching match, and then we need to measure its burning speed to determine how long it should be cut."

A veteran raised his hand and asked, "Excuse me, Commander, if the spraying is uneven and the amount of medicine is different, wouldn't it be fast and slow?"

Chen Qing said happily: "This question is very good. One is the amount of charge and the other is the uniformity. The two are the key to the success of the matchlock. If we control it well enough, we can ensure that the gunpowder barrel will explode above the enemy's head."

Chen Qing smiled and asked the veteran who asked the question just now, "What's your name, any military position?"

"The humble job is called Xu Nian, and he is an escort!"

Chen Qing nodded, "From now on, you will be the head of the Firearms Department, and you will be in charge of these dozens of people. You have to come up with a good way, how to accurately control the amount and uniformity of the drug release?"

Xu Nian was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee, "I obey the order!"

Xianrenguan is the strategic pass for Qinzhou to enter Hanzhong. It is located in the northernmost mountains of Fengzhou. It is also the junction of Qinzhou and Fengzhou.

Xianren Pass and Yu Pass to the south are currently being guarded by Liu Ziyu's second son Liu Zan with [-] troops. This area is surrounded by wild mountains, narrow roads, and logistics transportation is very difficult. It is very inconvenient for the Jin soldiers who are mainly cavalry. Qinzhou, but there is no plan to enter Hanzhong from Immortals.

That afternoon, hundreds of old and weak women and children suddenly appeared in front of the Immortal Pass, demanding to pass.

This situation immediately alarmed the guard general Liu Zan. Liu Zan was also a very young general, only in his twenties. He joined the army at the age of sixteen. Bu was promoted to commander, and like Chen Qing, he was one of the three young generals of the Western Army trained by Zhang Jun.

In addition to Chen Qing and Liu Zan, another key training target is Liu Kai, the capital commander of the Jingyuan Army in his early thirties. He was the first to be promoted by Zhang Jun.

When Liu Zan rushed to Guancheng, he saw that the outside was mostly old people, women and children, and occasionally there were a few young and strong.

He frowned, Jin Bing didn't prepare troops in Qinzhou on a large scale, how could there be refugees?
"General, do the Jin soldiers want to attack Immortal Pass by surprise?" Wang Wei, the deputy next to him, asked in a low voice.

Liu Zan shook his head, "If you want to sneak attack, there will be no refugees. This is a bit strange. General Wang will go down and ask, what's going on?"

The closed door was not opened, and Wang Wei led a dozen brothers down the city by climbing the ladder.

After questioning some old people, Wang Wei ran back and shouted: "General, they are from nearby villages and towns. They said that there were golden soldiers arresting strong men, and the men ran away in fright. These old people, women and children came to take refuge in Xianrenguan because they were afraid of the revenge of the golden soldiers."

There is a Panjia Town in the north, and there are more than a dozen villages, so it is not a problem, but Liu Zan still feels a little strange, Jin Bing never comes to the vicinity of Xianrenguan to arrest strong men.

He took a closer look at the refugee team, and there were some young faces. His heart moved, and he ordered the left and right: "Old people, women and children can pass through, and all young and strong men are under control. They will be strictly questioned one by one, and if there is any doubt, they will be arrested immediately.

Liu Zan suspected that there were spies from the Jinbing here, who came to find out the details of the Immortal Pass, and used this method to sneak into the pass.

When the gate was closed and opened, a group of elderly women and children walked into the pass, supporting each other. Hundreds of soldiers stood in the pass, vigilantly examining every commoner who passed through the pass. When they saw a younger man pulled out immediately, it immediately caused a commotion in the team. Many elderly women and children They all cried out.

Liu Zan saw it clearly, and ordered: "Let go of the man who is claimed by his family, and detain the man who is not claimed!"

The crying stopped, and the commotion stopped, and everyone entered the city gate one by one.

Deputy General Wang Wei came in from outside the city and found a duck cage at the gate of the city. There seemed to be more than a dozen ducks in it, but the owner was missing. He picked up the duck cage and shouted: "Whose duck cage is forgotten? "

The soldier behind laughed and said, "General, it should be a pigeon cage!"

Wang Wei was startled, and looked into the cage carefully, and there were indeed two pigeons mixed in there, with strong bodies and shiny feathers.

No, there are spies!

He rushed into the city and shouted, "General Liu, there are Jinbing spies in the crowd!"

The expressions of the two young men in the crowd changed, and they ran away. The soldiers next to them rushed up and threw them down.

Liu Zan snorted heavily, "I said how could there be refugees, it is clearly to create opportunities for spies to sneak into the pass!"

(End of this chapter)