Although Lu Yinchang is a military general, he is also familiar with military books and has no shortage of strategies.Hearing that the Shun army was coming to attack Zhangxian, he took the initiative to ask to stay and resist the Shun army with Wang Shuo.He believes that there are many high mountains in the Longnan area, and from Ningyuan to Zhangxian, there is only one main road from the Wei River to the Zhanghe River, and the rest are blocked by high mountains, and the Shun army can only come along the main road.The number of our troops is comparable to that of the enemy, but the enemy can still draw tens of thousands of troops from Longxi and Fuqiang to support at any time.Therefore, it is necessary to quickly defeat the enemy in front of him without giving the enemy a chance to reinforce him.After the enemy has dispatched from Ningyuan, it is not appropriate to harass the enemy troops along the way, so that the enemy will feel that our troops in front are not easy to deal with, and it will undoubtedly be detrimental to our side if he moves to increase his troops.The battlefield should be chosen near the county seat of Zhangxian County, so as to wait for work.When the enemy arrives, they attack quickly and do not give the enemy a chance to breathe.If the attack is unfavorable, they should immediately withdraw to the county seat, defend the city, and seek opportunities to destroy the enemy.Wang Shuo agreed with Lu Yinchangyi's view that it was advisable to fight a quick battle, but although his soldiers also had more than 10,000 soldiers, there were only 8,000 regular troops with weapons, of which 800 cavalry troops had not yet completed the training.Moreover, one-third of the prisoners were taken in the army, and it is difficult to say that in the fierce battle between the two sides, there will be no defection or defection to the enemy under the disadvantage of our army, and it will be difficult to achieve a quick victory.On the contrary, Wang Shuo's current situation, in a decisive battle with Lu Wenbin, there is a possibility that he will be quickly defeated by Lu Wenbin, and he told Lu Yinchang about his concerns.Lu Yinchang thought for a while and said: "Then there is only one way to go if you refuse the city and stick to it."
Resist the city and hold it, the enemy and I don't have to fight face-to-face, and the pawn is easy to control. ”Wang Shuo said: "The enemy army has cannons, and Fuqiang was lost by the enemy's artillery to open the city wall.Besides, once our army is besieged in the city, Lu Wenbin can't fight for a long time, and if reinforcements are transferred, we will become turtles in the urn. ”Lu Yinchang frowned when he heard this, this is indeed a difficult problem.Once the city wall can't be defended, the defeat will be even worse Wang Shuo saw that he was worried, and smiled slightly: "I still have a way." ”Lu Yinchang asked urgently: "Is there any way" Wang Shuo said: "Gunpowder."
I will use gunpowder to blow up their battle formation, and when the time comes, I will take the opportunity to attack, and I will definitely win" It turns out that there are many salt wells in Zhangxian County, and boiling salt with the brine of salt wells is the pillar industry of the people of Zhangxian County.When he first occupied Zhangxian, Wang Shuo, out of curiosity about ancient salt making, went to Yanjing to see salt farmers making salt, and saw that salt farmers sprinkled brine on the prepared salt soil, poured out high concentration of salt water, and put it in a pot to boil.On the edge of the pot where the salt was boiled, there was a layer of white fine powder, and the salt household scraped off the fine powder and threw it away.He knew that it was an impurity produced during the boiling of salt, and because it was at a different crystallization temperature than the salt, it was the table salt at the bottom of the pot.His heart moved, the impurities that had come out of the salt soil should contain something that could be used to make gunpowder.After he returned, he immediately ordered to buy the salt impurities from all the salt wells in Zhangxian County at the price of salt.The things that were thrown away could be sold for money, and the salt farmers would naturally happily send those things to the army.Wang Shuo led several craftsmen to trial and error, and finally used the same method as boiling salt to get what he wanted from these impurities.After repeated experiments, he obtained other materials he needed, and the gunpowder was finally manufactured.After the base in the deep mountains was built, Wang Shuo brought several craftsmen who had mastered the technology of making gunpowder to the base, recruited many helpers, and set up a gunpowder manufacturing workshop, and now, has accumulated a lot of finished gunpowder
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