Of course, the main purpose of Xu Xingxia's large number of four-corner nails was to prevent the Tartar infantry from attacking the city. Tartar's leather boots must not be able to stop the sharp four-cornered nails. Tartars who want to siege the city must dismount and walk to get close to the city walls. Moreover, with the bravery of the Tartars, the speed of the impact will definitely be fast. Imagine what the consequences would be if you stepped on the four-corner nails at a speed similar to Liu Xiang.

What Xu Xingxia likes even more is that these four-corner nails are basically made of various scrap iron materials, among which rusty iron accounts for the majority. Hey, rusty quadrangular nails, pierced into the soles of the tartars...... As long as Xu Xingxia thought about it, he felt a little scary. In the days when there was no penicillin, enough for a tartar to drink a pot. Even if you pull it out, so what? Rust remained in the wound. Want to attack Fort Willin? Think about how much it will cost you? If you don't have to die, you will come!

"Okay, adjourn!"

Xu Xingxia immediately announced.

After the meeting, Xu Xingxia specially left Liu Guangliang behind to explain the method of building four-corner nails. These crude weapons can be clearly explained in a few words. It doesn't require any quality or craftsmanship, it's purely an apprentice craftsman. The key is that there should be enough of it to basically spread all the area within five zhang outside the fort wall. Near the fort gate, it is even more necessary to sprinkle repeatedly.

"The matter of gunpowder must be grasped." Xu Xingxia advised cautiously.

"I'll arrange it as soon as possible." Liu Guangliang nodded and said.

After a moment of hesitation, Liu Guangliang said with a little doubt: "Xia Zi, the firearms in Weizhen Fort are basically not good, five hundred catties of gunpowder are enough, what do you want so much gunpowder for?" ”

Xu Xingxia said: "Of course there are other uses. ”

Liu Guangliang said tentatively: "Colorful big spider mines? ”

Xu Xingxia shook his head and said, "No." It's too difficult to make, and it's not easy to use. ”

Liu Guangliang saw that Xu Xingxia was unwilling to explain, so he stopped asking and hurriedly arranged for people to go. In fact, it is not very difficult to excavate saltpeter and sulfur, there are ready-made saltpeter mines and sulfur mines in Helan Mountain, the content is quite rich, and the pits and mines are also ready-made, as long as you send people to dig them. The reason why I didn't do it in the past was mainly because I didn't pay attention to it. Now that we pay attention to it, the problem will be solved.

What does Xu Xingxia want so much gunpowder for? Of course, there is a lot of use. He's going to use it to make explosives packets in bulk. Landmines and the like are only useful if they are stepped on accurately by the Tartars, and there is no power at all in the earthen explosive packs. Imagine what would happen if the Tartars swarmed up the ladder and a bag of explosives went down with a loud bang. It's definitely much more powerful than any bow and arrow, firebolt, tiger squat cannon, and Franc machine artillery. The key is that the earthen explosives bag has no technical content, and he, an otaku, will do it.

Now Xu Xingxia has only two worries. The first is whether Liu Guangliang can get enough gunpowder and whether he can make enough explosives bags. The second is that the number of tartars is too small. If the number of Tartars is too small, the power of the explosives pack cannot be revealed. Of course, he has a third worry, that is, the superiors will not exchange their war merits completely. No matter how many Tartars are killed, they will not benefit themselves financially.

...... "What? Got a tartar coming? ”

"What? There's a lot of Tartar coming? ”

"What? We've been abandoned by the Mighty Castle? ”

After the meeting of the steward's pavilion ended, all kinds of rumors spread in Weizhen Fort, and the reaction of the military households was really all kinds of people. There are people who have a wide range of connections, and they pack up their things without thinking, and the whole family goes to Pingyu City to take refuge first. In particular, Lei Hongguo, the general banner, also left Weizhen Fort, which caused a lot of stirring, and there were more than a dozen military households he took away. If the relationship is not very wide, the children in the family will be sent away. The rest, naturally, stayed obediently in Fort Weizhen.

Later statistics showed that after learning the news of the arrival of the Tartars, the number of military families who fled from Fort Weizhen was only thirty-thirty-four, about two or three hundred. Compared to the base of a few hundred, it is basically not worth mentioning. Obviously, the news of the arrival of the Tartars shocked the military families indeed, but it was not so big as to completely frighten them. The impact is relatively bad, mainly because of the typical Lei Hongguo.

In order to eliminate the bad influence brought by Lei Hongguo, Xu Xingxia quickly appointed Gao Zhengcheng as the general banner to replace Lei Hongguo. Gao Zhengcheng is Gao Meng's father, and he also has a relatively high prestige in Weizhen Fort. The main reason for the slightly less votes last time was that he had a short temper, and when he was drunk, he would fight with people, which led to some negative effects. However, when it comes to killing Tartars, he is absolutely unambiguous.

Sure enough, after Gaozheng City became the general banner, the morale of the military households in Weizhenbao was boosted. Gao Zhengcheng carried a machete every day, wandering the streets of Weizhen Fort, and he was about to go to the Tartars to fight. Of course, the Tartar did not, his machete could only chop the air. However, his actions still made the military households of Weizhen Fort feel the pace of war getting closer and closer, and no matter what they did, it seemed to be clockwork.

Xu Xingxia, the white-clothed army, the steward's council, 500 stone of grain, repaired the city wall...... These series of information have given the military households of Weizhen Fort a lot more confidence in fighting against the Tartars. Through the previous battles, Xu Xingxia has initially established an invincible myth in the minds of military households. They believe that this time, Xu Xingxia can still lead them through the difficulties safely. There are optimistic military households, and they even think that they will gain some benefits from this battle.

Due to the situation in Weizhen Fort, it suddenly became tense, and it was naturally impossible for Xu Xingxia to send Dongzi to Weixue. I had to put it off for the time being. Fortunately, going to school is a long-term affair after all, and there is no shortage of these days. Fortunately, Zhu Zhizhi's teahouse is still open as usual, and Dongzi and Niuniu, Da Nan, and Xiao Nan go to listen to the book every day, which is also interesting.

Zhu Zhizhi's teahouse, except for Xu Xingxia, it seems that no one has ever entered to drink tea. Of course, Zhang Qiuqing does not count. There are a lot of children who appear in the teahouse. They all went for the free storytelling every morning and afternoon. At these two times every day, Tang Chen Lao Dao pretended to start telling stories, looking dignified.

When there is a story to hear, the children are naturally happy. In the minds of the Weizhenbao military households, Zhu Zhizhi opened not a teahouse, but a place dedicated to telling stories to children. The gentle and beautiful Zhu Zhizhi girl naturally became the embodiment of the lotus virgin in front of Guanyin Niangniang. As for Tang Chen's old way, he has a bit of the appearance of a heavenly master, and some people call him Tang Tianshi.

Xu Xingxia's father, Xu Fuqing, also uses crutches these days and appears in various places in Weizhen Fort to cheer up his son. Fathers in the world, no matter at all times, have to support their sons. At this point, Xu Fuqing did his best, and he died. He has been to more places every day than Xu Xingxia. You must know that he can't walk freely on his legs, and he has to rely on two crutches!

Xu Fuqing was very happy to move around like this, and he didn't feel tired at all. Although he can't do anything concrete, and it's quite difficult to just walk, he can still talk, and he can also cheer up other military households and encourage other military households to do things.

When other military households saw Xu Fuqing appear, they couldn't help but tense up a little, and their motivation to do things should also increase a few points. Someone else, a disabled person, works so hard, you are a guy with intact limbs, and you dare to be lazy?

…… On this day, Xu Xingxia came to the southwest corner of Weizhen Fort. This is the most damaged fort wall, and it is also the most likely area for the Tartars to attack. The first task of repairing the wall was to plug this gap. The craftsmen had to remove the old red bricks and rebuild them with new ones. The red brick and the red brick are connected with lime. After the red bricks are completely laid, the middle is tamped with loess. Such a city wall is still relatively strong.

The military households organized by Lin Manatee are working hard here. To paraphrase a later generation, that is, time is tight, the task is heavy, and you have to work even at night. However, the situation here is not very satisfactory to Xu Xingxia. How so? The military households of Weizhen Fort have not yet come up with desperate strength. Some military households still have a bit of a passable mentality, and they can't do their work.

A tall and sturdy man whose job is to carry bricks, as a result, he only holds a red brick in his hand every time, and sways back and forth, as if he is not working, but strolling leisurely. This made Xu Xingxia feel very annoyed. Damn, the Tartars are about to be killed, Weizhen Fort is about to be in danger, and there are still people who dare to grind foreign workers, which really makes Xu Xingxia hate itchy. Do you really think Lao Tzu is a bodhisattva?

"Lin Hainiu, take a good look at your people!" Xu Xingxia said angrily.

To be honest, Xu Xingxia in his previous life had a relatively good temper and a certain amount of self-cultivation, and he rarely became angry, but now, under the imminent huge pressure of Tartar, his mentality did show a little irritability. When he found out that there were foreign grinders on the construction site, he couldn't help it immediately.

Lin Hainiu found that Xu Xingxia was really angry, and he didn't dare to slack off, and he didn't know where to take out a whip and whip it at the lazy military households. A military household is a military household, and it belongs to the ranks of soldiers. At that time, there were no rules for corporal punishment in the military. The punishment of superiors to subordinates is basically beaten to death. As long as you don't kill people, even if you are crippled, it's not a big deal.

(To be continued)