allendalepharm Chapter 239 Preparing to Study Black Powder
Chapter 239 Preparing to Study Black Powder
Chapter 239 Preparing to Study Black Powder
“I don’t know how to open the water gate of Qiantang County?”
Yu Fan can be regarded as a resourceful person, but he can't think of any way to open the water gate of Qiantang County. Speaking of the siege methods of this year, the land gate of a city can still be climbed by climbing. The city wall, but if you attack the water gate, there is no good way.
First of all, you need 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. It is also impossible to find people to sneak into the water gate of Qiantang County from underwater, even if a few people dive in. Yes, it has no effect.
"Mr. Yu, don't worry, my lord has already thought of a plan. You can easily open the water gate of Qiantang County. Then you can enter the lake in the county with a boat and you can go straight to Qiantang Ya Temple. The soldiers of Kuaiji can respond with crossbows on the water!"
Wang Yuyan glanced at Zhu Wei, the method of opening the water gate in Qiantang County was proposed by Zhu Wei this time, but it has not been tested yet, but Wang Yuyan believes that Zhu Wei's method is feasible.
Zhu Wei also looked at Yu Fan and Zhou Xin from the main seat and smiled. The way 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 code word nerd on paper, Zhu Wei doesn't know whether this formula can be made. Zhu Wei only roughly knows that it is a catty (16 taels) of nitrate, plus two taels of sulfur, three taels of charcoal, mixed configuration Together, it is black powder.
Of course, I don't know how to configure it specifically.
But Zhu Wei doesn't know how to do it, but he can experiment.
Earlier, when Zhu Wei and Wang Yuyan were discussing, they asked whether the saltpeter and sulfur raw materials needed for gunpowder could be purchased, but Wang Yuyan thought that Zhu Wei was going to make alchemy.
In fact, during the Han Dynasty, Taoism Huang Lao's art was relatively prosperous. The Yellow Turban Taiping Dao and the Hanzhong Dou of Rice Dao are all Taoist sects. It is also very common for Taoists and alchemists to make alchemy.
Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty, used the method of alchemy to make tofu. It can be seen that the art of alchemy was common in the Han Dynasty, even in the families of noble families.
The raw materials for making black gunpowder, saltpeter and sulfur, can be easily purchased in the market, and there is no need for it. need.
So next, it is mainly a matter of proportioning and manufacturing.
Wang Yuyan suggested that Zhu Wei can find alchemists and Taoists to help refine the so-called black powder. These alchemists and Taoists can still be found in the local area. Wang Yuyan heard that there is a Taoist named Yu Ji in Wujun and Kuaiji. Very famous.
Zhu Wei was really stunned when he heard Yu Ji's name. No matter how Zhu Wei thought that the so-called immortal Taoist like Yu Ji was a liar or not, at least he was indeed a famous Taoist who appeared in the history of the Three Kingdoms, and he was really there. There are activities in Kuaiji.
So Zhu Wei basically made a strategy of making black powder to blow open the water gate of Qiantang County, and then enter Qiantang County.
Anyway, Zhu Wei now has enough time to research and develop black gunpowder. On the one hand, he can find craftsmen to try according to the formula of "one nitrate, two sulphur, and three charcoals", and on the other hand, he can find a so-called Taoist like Yu Ji to help make it.
During this period, by the way, we can also train the soldiers in Kuaiji to improve their combat effectiveness. Zhu Wei is not in a hurry to attack Qiantang County.
Of course, things like black powder still need to be kept secret. Zhu Wei will only develop it secretly in his own military camp. If the craftsmen he found succeed in making it, then he will bring these craftsmen back to the Yuzhang craftsman camp. If it is Yu Ji The Taoists and alchemists got out, and Zhu Wei would not let them leave casually.
At least for now, Zhu Wei still has some confidence in the research and development of black powder, but Yu Fan and Zhou Xin looked at Zhu Wei, but they were still a little puzzled.
"Since that's the case, then follow your son's plan. How and when should you use your troops?"
Zhou Xin thought about it for a while and finally didn't care too much. Since Zhu Wei said that the water gate of Qiantang County could be opened, let Zhu Wei do it, and he just led the troops to fight.
"Well, Wei Zhi's plan still needs some time to prepare some things, and the soldiers in Kuaiji have to hone again. In this way, Zhou Duwei, Wei Yi wants to spend one month training and grinding, and Wei will let Mulan and Wei Sima Lingcao in the army will help you train the soldiers of Kuaiji together, and this is just a good time to rehearse how the two armies will cooperate to attack the city! For other things, wait for the guards to prepare the weapon to break the city, and it is time to attack Qiantang!"
Zhu Wei planned to spend a month studying black gunpowder, which happened to be the month he could also make some preparations for attacking Qiantang County.
Of course, wars in these years do not mean that they can be fought, unless they have made preparations for war earlier, otherwise it will take time to arrange the preparation of food, logistics and materials, the recruitment of civilian husbands, etc.
"promise!"
Zhou Xin felt more at ease when he heard Zhu Wei's arrangement. It was obvious that Zhu Wei had no intention of acting recklessly.
Zhu Wei then looked at Yu Fan and said, "Mr. Yu, when the army starts, it is necessary to prepare food, grass, materials and civilian assistants. Wei needs to transfer a number of craftsmen from Kuaiji, and at least [-] civilian servants. I wonder if Mr. Yu can do it! "
"Young master, don't worry, I will work with the prince to prepare for this matter!"
Yu Fan also nodded in agreement. As a civil servant at the military division level, it is not a problem for him to do these logistical tasks.
"Okay, today's military meeting is like this, Zhou Duwei, Mr. Yu, now the military strategy for attacking Qiantang County has been decided, and after that it will be a matter of pre-war preparations! Today the guard will move [-] Shanyue soldiers into Kuaiji In the barracks, Ling Cao and Mu Lan will gather troops together with Captain Zhou to count the troops, and prepare for the future training of the coalition forces. If there are many troubles, please forgive me by Captain Zhou! From now on, everything in the army can only be judged by military law. There is a mistake!"
Zhu Wei came to Wang Lang's barracks this time to meet Zhou Xin and talk about the alliance between the two armies. Now that Zhou Xin seemed to be very cooperative, Zhu Wei naturally didn't need to say anything more.
However, his current arrangement also meant to seize Zhou Xin's military power in the Kuaiji army. Later, in the selection and training of Kuaiji soldiers, Ling Cao and Mu Lan would definitely take away a lot of Zhou Xin's military power.
But since Zhu Wei is in charge of Kuaiji soldiers and horses to send troops to fight, this is also inevitable, otherwise if the military power in Kuaiji is still completely controlled by Zhou Xin, Zhu Wei will not be able to call the command smoothly.
Zhu Wei is also ugly now. If Zhou Xin just agreed with his mouth, but did some tricks behind his back, Zhu Wei would not give face.
In that case, you will only meet pig teammates, and there will be no peace inside, let alone go out to fight.
"As it should be!"
Zhou Xin didn't get angry because Zhu Wei suddenly said that with a solemn expression, but she also agreed with a solemn expression, and then bowed solemnly to Zhu Wei.
And Zhu Wei also solemnly returned the salute. It seems that this person really has no selfish intentions, and doesn't care about Zhu Wei's military power arrangement for Kuaiji soldiers...
(End of this chapter)