Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 163 The Power of the Demon Spirit Paper Armor

Jinan Prefecture, Jinyiwei Yamen.

"You took Dongchang Mansion City?"

Looking at Liang Ping, Su Hao's expression was extremely strange. He had never thought of this. It was a prefectural city, and there were 6000 people from Dongchang Wei and Pingshan Weiwu stationed there. They wanted to capture Dongchang prefecture, not to mention what Liang Ping and the others brought. There are more than 6 people, even if [-] to [-] people besieged for a year, it is impossible to win Dongchangfu City.

This is not a joke. The price you have to pay to take down a prefectural city is extremely high. The main reason is that the city walls of the prefectural city are extremely high. Ten thousand people could not break Guiyang Mansion even after besieging it for ten months.

The height of the city wall of Dongchang Fucheng is more than 11 meters, which is one meter higher than that of Jinan Fucheng. It is difficult for ordinary siege equipment to reach this height of the city wall, and it is also difficult to fight the situation when it goes up. People's strength can be improved, but in the face of thousands of defenders and masters in the city, if they go up, they will only give away their heads.

To capture this heavy city, there are only three possibilities. The first is to besiege the city without food and defense equipment; the second is to have insufficient guards in the city. After all, the walls of a prefectural city are basically several kilometers long. Above, such a long city wall requires at least tens of thousands of people to take turns to defend the city;

Except for these three methods, it is basically impossible to attack by force. At a height of 11 meters, a small stone can kill a person. Shooting two 300 meters with one arrow is the same as playing, and the power is extremely powerful, let alone other defenders. equipment.

"Jiang Renxi, the governor of Dongchang Prefecture, led his troops out of the city to fight us."

Liang Ping said with a smile, they didn't expect this result either. After all, Jiang Renxi and the others had fewer troops than them, and they had to give up the city walls and fight them in the open field.

Hearing this, Su Hao was also a little speechless, he had to drink a lot of fake wine to come up with a solution, but now that Jiang Renxi, Shao Kun, and Pan Ding were all killed in battle, he couldn't find anyone even if he wanted to ask.

After thinking for a while, Su Hao got to the point: "Then do you think Dongchang Mansion should be guarded?"

Although Dongchang Mansion has a high wall to defend, but now their troops are not enough, and it is too risky to divide their troops to defend Dongchang Mansion.

Now Jinan Prefecture has recruited only over ten thousand soldiers except for those sent out. It will take at least four or five months to recruit enough soldiers to guard the two cities, while the imperial court can do so in at most three months. Gather enough soldiers and horses to counter the rebellion.

More importantly, they are simply unable to fight outside the city with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. It will take at least a year to train the recruits to the extent that they can go out to fight. I don't want to use it.

This is not because of his kindness. Over the past few years, more than three hundred people have died at his hands. Not to mention that his blood is colder than ice now, but kindness has nothing to do with him.

The main reason is that his current territory is not big enough, and the source of troops is not enough. The imperial court can continuously recruit recruits from various provinces, and the imperial court can use recruits as cannon fodder.

But he can't, he's not like Li Zicheng and the others. Li Zicheng and the others follow the route of rogues. They never fight the court head-on. They flee when they can. Coercing people all over the place.

But he doesn't want to take this route. Since ancient times, rogues have no future, they have a bad reputation, and the soldiers and horses under him have no rules, and it is difficult to have any loyalty. This is also the reason why Li Zicheng will fail. After all, he has no foundation. Wherever they go to grab it, there is no loyalty for a group of robbers.

What he wants to follow is the route of local warlords, with Jinan Prefecture as the foundation, slowly occupy other prefectures and counties, separate one side, and eventually swallow the world. This requires a strong army, not a large group of refugees.

"Xiaguan and others believe that Dongchang Mansion cannot give up."

Liang Ping clasped his hands and said, "It's very easy to be completely trapped to death simply by defending Jinan. It's better to occupy Dongchang Mansion. Dongchang Mansion and Jinan Mansion are the horns of each other, echoing each other. There are Daqing River and Canal, and the connection between the two cities It will not be easily cut off."

This is the conclusion they came to after discussing for a long time. Simply defending the Jinan Mansion, even if there is no shortage of food and water, it is very likely that they will be completely trapped in the Jinan Mansion. It is better to occupy one more mansion. One more foundation.

Each other's horns?

After listening to Liang Ping's words, Su Hao lightly tapped on the handrail. This suggestion is not bad. If his memory is correct, in the next few years, there will be a large-scale uprising in Shaanxi, and the Jurchens will also enter the north. Zhili.

As long as he can survive the first two years, the imperial court will not be able to concentrate all its energy on him, and this time he has seized the million stone grain and occupied Dongchang Mansion, and the entire water transport will be cut off by him. Problems and food problems in the capital will arise, and the imperial court may not be able to mobilize many troops to encircle and suppress him.

After all, the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass go first. It is not a small number for a dozen or 20 troops to eat horses. The suspension of water transportation means that the court needs to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to transport food to supply the army.

According to normal standards, the number of servants is directly proportional to the number of troops. If the imperial court recruits 15 troops to encircle and suppress them, then a similar number of servants will be needed to deliver food and other supplies. These are huge losses, and the court may not Can hold out.

"Are you sure you can cut off the water transportation?"

After pondering for a while, Su Hao said: "If the water transportation can be cut off, then the imperial court must not have much spare power to deal with us in order to meet the food needs of the border army and the capital's side."

"We can completely block the canal before the imperial army arrives, divert the river water into the Tuhai River, and destroy all the gates."

Liang Ping said in a deep voice: "Although it's hard to stop this for a long time, half a year should be enough time. But if we do this, we will lose the convenience of the canal."

Filling the river is easy, but it will be much more difficult for the court to dig it up again. In addition, the gates are damaged, and they sneak attacks from time to time, and the delay will definitely be longer.

"Then do it."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao nodded and said: "You guys first recruit recruits in Dongchang Mansion, then I will send some more troops to Dongchang Mansion, but as for the imperial court's masters, I can only rely on you .”

He is still somewhat sure of guarding Jinan Mansion by himself, but he can no longer guard Dongchang Mansion separately.

"The subordinate understands!"

Liang Ping's expression was solemn. They had thought about this before. As long as there were [-] to [-] soldiers defending the city, plus ten of them, it was not impossible to defend Dongchang Mansion.

.........

Beijing.

Qianqing Palace.

Clang!Boom!boom!Boom!
"Trash! Stupid!"

Various sounds of smashing plates and stools resounded throughout the Qianqing Palace, accompanied by Zhu Youjian's roar.

"The imperial court supports you, and this is how you repay me!"

"Trash! Stupid!"

Clang!Clang!
A few more pieces of gold were smashed on the ground, making small holes in the floor tiles.

Qian Longxi and others knelt on the ground and did not dare to move, nor did they dare to speak out to dissuade them. Millions of shi grains were robbed, and Dongchang Mansion was captured. Compared with this incident, King De's family was slaughtered, and Jinan Prefecture was occupied. It's kind of insignificant.

After all, King De's killing just lost the emperor's face, and the occupation of Jinan Mansion was only one place. Although the impact was great, it was limited. The impact is not great.

But Caoliang is different from Dongchang Mansion. The million stone grain is the food for the 10,000+ frontier troops in the north for several months. Without these grains, it means that the 10,000+ frontier troops will be hungry in the future. The food would starve to death. Once there was a mutiny, the entire capital would be in danger.

More importantly, Dongchang Mansion was occupied, and the water transportation was always in danger of being cut off. Moreover, Dongchang Mansion was surrounded by water on several sides, and the city was high and deep. It was difficult to deploy an army, and it was easy to defend and difficult to attack. I want to take back Dongchangfu City.

"Yan Aiqing, what do you think about this matter?"

After the anger subsided a little, Zhu Youjian looked down at Yan Mingtai and said coldly.

"The minister believes that the most important thing now is to solve the food problem of the frontier army, and then to attack the rebels."

Hearing Zhu Youjian's question, Yan Mingtai hurriedly said: "Now the Jurchens are in full swing. If there is a mutiny, the Jurchens will drive straight in and repeat the tragedy of the Gengxu Incident."

"Could it be a big deal to just sit back and watch rebellion!"

Hearing Yan Mingtai's words, Zhu Youjian was so angry that his back molars were almost shattered. Since he took the throne, he has never been happy.

"Your Majesty, although the rebel army has occupied Dongchang Mansion and Jinan Mansion, their strength is still insufficient, and there is nothing to worry about in a short time."

Yan Mingtai said again: "You can order Wang Congyi to speed up the mobilization of troops, open the canal as soon as possible, and resume water transportation to solve the problem of food shortage."

At this moment, Yan Mingtai only felt that the position of Minister of Military Affairs under his buttocks was like a hot iron, and he completely lost the vigor he had just taken office before.

"Transfer Tianjin Sanwei to Wang Congyi's subordinates to listen to orders and order him to open the canal as soon as possible and resume water transportation."

Zhu Youjian gritted his teeth and said, "Additionally, additional grain is levied from Shanxi, Henan, and Huguang, and shipped to the capital."

Although we know that transporting grain by land will cost a lot, there is no way to do it. If the water transport is cut off, if we don’t transport grain by land, then the frontier army and the capital will be short of food. When the capital is in chaos, the world will definitely be in chaos.

"I will obey your orders!"

Hearing this, Qian Longxi and others responded quickly.

.........

Jinan Prefecture, Jinyiwei Yamen.

In the martial arts arena, two figures flickered vertically and horizontally, and between the intersections, the long knife in his hand slashed out, and sparks shot out when the blade passed by.

One of the figures is Su Hao's No. [-] natal paper figurine, and the other figure is Liao Qing who is wearing armor.

clang!
The two long knives chopped together, and then Liao Qing was sent flying!

"Liao Qing, come here."

Su Hao waved to Liao Qing: "How powerful is the armor?"

"Qianhu, this armor is too powerful. Wearing this armor, Xiaguan has increased his strength by at least two thousand catties. With the help of this armor, Xiaguan can defeat Tang Baihu in one go. "

Liao Qing said excitedly, although he managed to break through the first-class realm last year, compared to Tang Xiangjin and the other veteran first-class fighters, his internal strength is not deep enough, and he only has one of the eight extraordinary meridians opened up. His strength has gone up a notch.

The gap between first-class fighters is not so large that it is unacceptable. The only difference is the depth of internal strength. Tang Xiangjin can send out a hundred sword qi with all his strength, and he can only send out thirty. But there is no difference in their strength. too big.

He was at most weaker than Tang Xiangjin, but with the help of this armor, he surpassed Tang Xiangjin in strength. As long as he didn't fall into a protracted battle, his chances of winning were greater.

"That's good."

Hearing Liao Qing's words, Su Hao nodded in satisfaction. He paid such a high price for this demon spirit paper armor, even if he had attained enlightenment, the refining of this demon spirit paper armor is also not easy.

It took him ten days to refine this demon spirit paper armor, and it cost him two hundred catties of demon bark. The thousand catties of demon bark he obtained from the treasury could only refine five demon spirit paper armors. .

The most important thing is that the mana stored in the demon spirit paper armor cannot be stored for a long time. It can only be stored for about a month. Accumulate once.

After withdrawing his thoughts, Su Hao waved his hands and said, "Get used to it, and give it to me after the mana in the armor is exhausted."

After saying that, Su Hao took back No. [-], turned around and left the martial arts arena, leaving only Liao Qing to familiarize himself with the armor in the martial arts arena.

After leaving Jinyiwei's yamen, Su Hao came to a workshop that was billowing with thick smoke. In the workshop, each and every strong man was still shirtless in the cold wind, beating the red iron with hammer after hammer. piece.

"Thousands!"

At this time, an old man saw Su Hao, and rushed to meet him.

"Hou Dushi, how is the casting of the cannon?"

Su Hao looked at the old man. The old man's name was Hou Yuangao. He was originally the commander of the capital, a junior official of the seventh rank, who was mainly responsible for casting firecrackers and artillery.

When the commander of the capital was defeated before, Hou Yuangao chose to rely on him, and finally he sent Hou Yuangao to manage the workshop, specializing in casting artillery.

"Qianhu, now a Hongyi cannon has been cast, and it just needs to be tested."

Hou Yuangao cupped his hands.

"Lead me to have a look."

Su Hao said indifferently, although there are martial arts and spells in this world, the development of science and technology has not stopped. Gunpowder, firecrackers, and cannons already exist, and their power is equally impressive.

It's just that in front of high-level practitioners, these things don't have much effect. A warrior's six senses are sensitive, and even high-power bombs refined by Taoism such as thunderbolt, thunder, and fire bombs can hardly hurt a first-class warrior. Don't mention heavy things like artillery, unless the opponent is standing in front of the cannon and waiting for you to blast.

Although the speed of the firecracker is faster, its power is pitifully small. If the small iron balls fired do not hit the vital point, even ordinary people may not be able to kill them, let alone practitioners.

However, although these firearms are difficult to deal with practitioners, their power on the battlefield cannot be underestimated. After all, most of the battlefields are ordinary people, and practitioners are a minority after all.

The most important thing is that firearms are even more powerful when they are used to defend the city. In this era, in addition to firecrackers and cannons, there are many types of firearms, such as relatively primitive hand grenades, which use ceramics as the shell and contain gunpowder. , Iron flakes, iron sand, if it is more sinister, they are iron flakes soaked in poison. This thing weighs a dozen or twenty kilograms, and when it explodes, it can hurt people within a radius of more than ten meters.

But this thing works well for ordinary people, but for warriors with sharp eyes and ears, if you throw it out, they will run away early, and the only place where it can be effective is the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)