239. Prepare to study black powder
"I don't know what way to open the water gate of Qiantang County?"
Yu Tuo is also a resourceful person, but he can't think of any way to open the water gate of Qiantang County, speaking of which, in terms of the siege method of this year, attacking the land gate of a city can also climb the city wall by climbing, but if it is to attack the water gate, there is no good way. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
First of all, there must be a boat to get close to the water gate of the city, and then it is not easy to set up a ladder on the boat to climb the city wall, and if you want to find someone to dive into the water gate of Qiantang County from underwater, it is also unlikely, even if a few people dive in, it is useless.
"Mr. Yu rest assured, the lord has already thought of a strategy, you can easily open the water gate of Qiantang County, and then you can go straight to the Qiantang Yasi by boat into the lake in the county, and the soldiers of the Huiji can respond with crossbows on the water!"
Wang Yuyan glanced at Zhu Wei, the method of opening the water gate in Qiantang County this time was proposed by Zhu Wei, but it had not been tested yet, but Wang Yuyan believed that Zhu Wei's method was feasible.
Zhu Wei also looked at Yu Fu and Zhou Xin from the main seat, and the method he thought of was to blow up the door with black powder.
It's a pity that Zhu Wei's original world is very harmonious, so Zhu Wei can only know the basic black powder formula of "one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal".
Well, as a codeword otaku on paper, Zhu Wei doesn't know if this recipe can be made, Zhu Wei only roughly knows that it is one catty (sixteen taels) of nitrate, plus two taels of sulfur, three taels of charcoal, mixed together, it is black powder.
Of course, I don't know how to configure it.
But Zhu Wei doesn't know how to get it, but he can experiment.
When Zhu Wei and Wang Yuyan discussed before, they asked whether the saltpeter and sulfur raw materials needed for gunpowder could be purchased, but Wang Yuyan thought that Zhu Wei wanted alchemy.
In fact, during the Han Dynasty, the art of Taoist Huang Lao was originally relatively prosperous, the Yellow Turban Taiping Dao, and the Hanzhong Yidou Rice Dao were all Taoist sects, so it was also very common for Taoist Fangshi to make alchemy or something.
Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty, used alchemy to make tofu, which shows that alchemy was common in the Han Dynasty, even in the home of the scholar family.
Saltpeter and sulfur, the raw materials for the manufacture of black powder, can be easily purchased in the market, and Zhu Wei does not need to see the method of digging the wall to dig the wall to refine saltpeter in the novel, and the raw materials are regarded as medicinal materials in the market, which can fully meet Zhu Wei's needs.
So next, the main problem is a proportion of manufacturing.
Wang Yuyan suggested that Zhu Wei could find a priest and a Taoist priest to help refine the so-called black powder, and these priests and Taoist priests could still be found in the local area, and Wang Yuyan heard that there was a Taoist named Yu Ji who was very famous in Wu County and Huiji.
Zhu Wei was really stunned when he heard Yu Ji's name, no matter what Zhu Wei once thought about whether a so-called immortal Taoist like Tai Ji was a liar or not, but at least he was indeed a famous Taoist who appeared in the history of the Three Kingdoms, and he was really active in Huiji.
Therefore, Zhu Wei basically decided on the strategy of making black powder to blow up the water gate of Qiantang County, and then enter Qiantang County.
Anyway, Zhu Wei now has enough time to develop black powder, on the one hand, he can find a craftsman to try it according to the recipe of "one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal", and on the other hand, he can find a so-called Taoist like Yu Ji to help prepare it.
During this period, by the way, he could also train the soldiers of Huiji to improve their combat effectiveness a little, and Zhu Wei was not in a hurry to attack Qiantang County.
Of course, such a thing as black powder still needs to be kept secret, Zhu Wei will only secretly research and develop it in his own military camp, if the craftsmen he is looking for are successful, then bring these craftsmen back to the Yuzhang craftsman camp, if it is a Taoist priest like Yu Ji who gets it out, Zhu Wei will not let them leave casually.
At least now Zhu Wei still has some confidence in the research and development of black powder, but Yu Fu and Zhou Xin still have some doubts when they look at Zhu Wei.
"That being the case, then it is according to the child's plan, so how to use soldiers and when to use them?"
Zhou Xin thought about it and finally didn't care about it, since Zhu Wei said that he could open the water gate of Qiantang County, then let Zhu Wei get it, he just led the troops to fight.
"Well, Wei Zhi's plan, it will take some time to prepare some things, and the soldiers of Huiji will also have to be honed again, in this way, Zhou Duwei, Wei intends to use a month to train the troops and run in, and Wei will let Mu Lan and Sima Lingcao in the Wei army help you train the soldiers of Huiji, just to practice the cooperation of the two armies in the siege of the city! For other things, just wait for the guard to prepare a sharp weapon to break the city, that is, when you attack Qiantang! ”
Zhu Wei was going to spend a month studying black powder, and it happened that this month could also make some preparations for attacking Qiantang County.
Of course, fighting a war in these years does not mean that it can be fought, unless the war is prepared earlier, otherwise it will take time to arrange the preparation of grain, grass, logistics and materials, the requisition and transfer of people, and so on.
"No!"
Zhou Xin was more relieved when he heard Zhu Wei arrange this, obviously Zhu Wei had no intention of acting recklessly.
Zhu Wei then looked at Yu and said, "Mr. Yu, the army must also prepare grain and grass materials and auxiliary services for the people, Wei needs to transfer a number of craftsmen from Huiji, and the people are at least 3,000, I don't know if Mr. Yu can do it!" ”
"Don't worry, I should work with the prince to prepare for the prince!"
Yu Fu also nodded and agreed, as a civilian official at the military division level, it was not a problem for him to do these logistics things.
"Okay, that's the case for today's military discussion, Captain Zhou, Mr. Yu, now that the army strategy for attacking Qiantang County has been decided, it will be a matter of pre-war preparations! Today, Wei will move the 3,000 Shanyue soldiers into the Huiji military camp, and Ling Cao and Mu Lan will also gather troops together with Zhou Duwei to prepare for the training of the coalition forces in the future. From then on, everything in the army will only be judged by military law, and there can be no mistakes! ”
Zhu Wei came to Wang Lang's military camp this time to meet with Zhou Xin and talk about the union of the two armies, but now that Zhou Xin seems to be very cooperative, Zhu Wei naturally has no need to say anything.
However, his current arrangement actually has the meaning of seizing Zhou Xin's military power in the Huiji Army, and then in the selection and training of the Huiji soldiers, Ling Cao and Mu Lan will definitely take away a lot of Zhou Xin's military power.
But since Zhu Wei is in charge of the Huiji's troops and horses to fight, this is also inevitable, otherwise if the Huiji's military power is still completely controlled by Zhou Xin, Zhu Wei's command will not be obedient.
Zhu Wei is also talking ugly in front now, if Zhou Xin just promised verbally, but did something behind his back, dragging his feet or something, Zhu Wei would not give face.
That will only be a pig teammate, and there will be no peace inside, let alone going out to fight.
"That's how it should be!"
Zhou Xin didn't get angry or anything because Zhu Wei suddenly spoke like this with a solemn face, but he also agreed with a solemn face, and then solemnly saluted Zhu Wei.
And Zhu Wei also solemnly returned the salute, it seems that this person is really not selfish, and he doesn't care about Zhu Wei's military power arrangements for the guards......