my causal simulator

Chapter 89 Black Gunpowder

A total of five days of prep time...

On the first day and the second day, some people in the army heard the words of children on the street, "Aid Yang must be beautiful, and a dead king must be liu".

Remembering that Liu Xiu was able to walk through the enemy's camp so swaggeringly in the daytime before, and did something that Commander Wang and others could not do anyway, it made many sergeants in the army discuss it.

I feel that the nursery rhyme is a prophecy that is about to be fulfilled, as if Liu Xiu suddenly became the hope of Kunyang and the savior of the Green Forest Army overnight.

Wang Ba was originally worried that bragging about Liu Xiu would attract jealousy from the top of the Green Forest Army, which would be detrimental to internal unity and lead to counterproductive effects, but in fact Wang Fengwang Chang did not feel disgusted after hearing the nursery rhyme, and even contributed to the flames to a certain extent behind the scenes .

The reason is that Wang Feng Wang Chang has not yet thought about surrendering, and the Green Forest Army really needs morale, and the second is that the leader of the Green Forest Army is also surnamed Liu, who is the future Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan.

It will be Liu Xiu who will save Kunyang, which will become a turning point in the battle, so Wang Mang is afraid of him, but there is no doubt that Liu Xuan will sit on the throne.

He, Liu Xiu, what virtue can he give him the extraordinary achievement of saving Kunyang through the ages, his ancestors have burned incense for eight lifetimes, the emperor?What does it have to do with him?
No one would think that way. Didn’t the nursery rhyme say: The dead king must be Liu, otherwise why don’t they say that the dead king must show off?
Liu Xiu rescued Kunyang, Liu Xuan took the place of Wang Mang, nothing wrong!
Enthusiasm in the army was high for a while, and the calls and expectations for Liu Xiu to move in reinforcements and smash the new army increased day by day, to the point of being far more exaggerated than before.

But this kind of chicken blood can obviously only keep its value for a day or two, and taking advantage of this wave of enthusiasm, Wang Ba took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the Chongling Army to help defend the South Gate, and Wang Fengwangchang agreed smoothly.

Worrying about the lack of manpower, he just wanted to let the former Chongling Army be Liu Xiu's hostage. Since the hostages are willing to take the initiative to work, it is of course the best.

On the third day, the 8 legions reinforced by Yan You and Chen Mao arrived at the foot of Kunyang City, and reinforced the besieging army on the east and south sides, completely encircling Kunyang City.

At this time, the enthusiasm for praising Liu Xiu had faded, and there were more and more new troops in the outskirts of the city, but Liu Xiu's reinforcements were delayed, and the morale of the new troops finally began to gradually drop.

But with the previous nursery rhymes creating momentum, the fall was not too fast. At least on the top of the city, you can still see the spirit in the eyes of the soldiers, but there are inevitably some worried words in private.

So when it was late at night, a red-robed general of the new army outside the city flew an arrow to pass a letter, shot the flagpole at the top of the city, pierced it with force, and flaunted his might.

According to the letter, according to the order of Da Sikong, on the day the city is broken, the Green Forest Army and all the people in Kunyang will be slaughtered, so as to rectify the Wuwei of the new dynasty.

Frankly speaking, the senior officials of the Green Forest Army are very skeptical about the authenticity of this letter.

How can there be any reason to come to the afternoon to provoke in the middle of the night?

But the book of arrows is right in front of you. It doesn't mean the new army, but the Green Forest Army's own people did it. Is it some extremists who want to make the soldiers in the city resist to the death?

Wang Fengwang Chang didn't want to... In the past three days, the new dynasty has received a steady stream of reinforcements, and now there are more than 20 reinforcements, and the reinforcements are still continuing. The disparity in strength is too great.

They have also made up nursery rhymes and so on. They know the truth and purpose of them. Whether it is true or not depends on the results. There is nothing wrong with you spreading rumors to boost morale, but if you say that spreading rumors will block everyone's retreat, it is sinister. up.

So Wang Ba offered a plan to let Wang Fengwang often send secret envoys out of the city to seek peace, which can not only test the attitude of the new army, but also find a retreat for the top of the Green Forest Army. As a result...

On the fourth day, Ju Wuba, who was famous in the new dynasty, led the army of ferocious beasts to the south of the city. Standing on the top of the city, you can see the huge beast fence rising from the ground in the southern camp. There are hundreds of tigers, lions, and eight giant elephants. Hundreds of them howled day and night, shocking people's hearts.

At the same time, the secret envoy sent was also beheaded, and the new army shot the envoy's head back on the city with an arrow, and attached a letter of war. The attack will begin on May 5, the day after tomorrow. It is necessary to slaughter all Kunyang up and down, so as to set the sight and hear the truth.

That tone was exactly the same as the gauntlet that was shot on the top of the wall last night.

When the news came back, Wang Fengwang was often shocked. Could it be that the new army really did what happened that night?
Wang Ba was secretly happy in his heart, he already regarded Lin Shuhang as a heavenly being.

The strategy of seeking peace was offered by him, saying that Wang Yi Wang Xun regards Kunyang as a meal on his plate, in his mouth, in order to seek military merit, but also to show his means, and in order to give the green forest army a prestige, he will definitely not allow surrender.

The small thoughts of Da Sikong and Situ... Lin Yinu really manipulated them to death, what they said and did was exactly the same!

Now that the matter has come to this, Wang Feng and Wang Chang can only order to stick to it,

At this time, the morale in the city was about to drop to the bottom, the roar of the ferocious beast day and night made people palpitate, and the rumors of the massacre of the city made the army panic even more.

There are not many people who are still willing to believe in the nursery rhyme prophecy, and most people are skeptical about it. The only thing that is stronger than Lin Shuhang's last simulation is that the morale of the army has not collapsed, but it is also Already only between the line.

Wang Ba was a little worried, but Lin Shuhang was not in a hurry, and he could let the Green Forest Army's impending collapse ferment for a while.

To give people confidence, to put it bluntly, it is necessary to constantly destroy and rebuild their confidence. Miracles born in desperate times are definitely more impressive and fresh in memory than miracles born in ordinary times.

The spread of rumors in the past few days does not require him. Apart from cultivating alone, there is only one thing Lin Shuhang needs to do, and that is to prepare the props for the night attack on the fifth night - black powder.

basic material.

Not to mention charcoal, the easiest thing to find, sulfur is not difficult.

Prevention and treatment of pests, scabies, eczema, and itchy skin are commonly used by the ancients. There are many pharmacies in Kunyang City, and of course they were recruited by Wang Ba with a wave of his hand.

Hard to find is saltpeter.

As early as the Warring States period, saltpeter had actually been invented, and it was called septic stone at that time, and it was mostly used for medicinal purposes.

Since then, alchemists in the Qin Dynasty used saltpeter for alchemy, and produced a lot of it. Unfortunately, there were no alchemists in Kunyang City. After searching all the pharmacies in the city, there were not many saltpetres collected.

Fortunately, Lin Shuhang has a production method.

The raw material for boiling nitrate is mostly nitrate soil, that is, "ground frost", which is mostly found in the corners of various pigsty, stables, and toilets.

Relying on Wang Ba's favor in Wang Fengwang's residence these two days, the Chongling army almost cut all the corners of the city, and collected a lot of nitrate.

There were hundreds of people in the Chongling Army, and about 50 people were arranged by Wang Ba to do this job. A dozen large pots were boiled overtime, and then

What Lin Shuhang has to do is to precisely mix them into gunpowder, to be precise, black powder!

The so-called black gunpowder is far better than the ordinary gunpowder that just appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

Considering the impact on the course of history, Lin Shuhang did not dare to lie to others about this matter. The formula of black powder must never be made public, otherwise if it has a serious impact on history, the consequences will be unpredictable.

Even Wang Ba didn't know what he was going to use these things for. He only knew that Lin Shuhang's plan was to attack the beast camp at night, so he thought that Lin Shuhang was making poison to paralyze wild animals. It is those mysterious alchemists who do the most.

As for the exclusive formula, it's normal to be mysterious, but Wang Ba doesn't mind about it. The previous nursery rhyme prophecy and the countermeasure to seek peace are enough to prove that this person has a strategy in his chest and a pedantic heaven and man.

Now Wang Ba completely trusts Lin Shuhang, it doesn't matter if he makes poison or other medicine, as long as it works!
(End of this chapter)