I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

Is it because the salaries I gave you two are too low, or do you two feel that you don't have to live?

The two of them also knew that something serious happened today, otherwise His Majesty wouldn't be so angry, so they quickly raised their heads and raised their chests and buttocks, standing there one by one like a small iron tower.

Li Shimin doesn't have time to talk to them right now, what the hell is this serious business, just talking to them is useless.

So he waved his hands, and the two reckless men leaned over, skillfully bent over, stooped their backs and shrank their necks, with dog-legged looks on their faces,

"You two come this time, you must start from the process, learn how to receive, transport, keep, and use this gunpowder artifact. If you can't learn it, you don't need to lead the army. When you learn how to lead the army!"

Seeing that the two were about to argue, Li Shimin interrupted him with a wave of his hand.

"Don't make noise, study hard, you only have one chance!"

It was not the first day for Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde to follow Li Shimin. Knowing what Li Shimin said, they were really serious. This proved that if they didn't learn these things, they really didn't need to lead the army.

This is a bit uncomfortable for a general!

If you don’t lead the army, how can you make military achievements? If you don’t make military achievements, how can your family inherit it? The eldest son can inherit his title, but the other sons haven’t?

Not to mention a duke of the state, even if you get a county man for your youngest son, it's better than a commoner!

Therefore, at this moment, the two melons came over obediently and tried their best to open their bewildered bull eyes wide, and stared hard at Zhang Nuo, as if they could figure it out by widening their eyes. like.

Zhang Nuo didn't bother to talk to these two bastards, they were both smug bastards, as long as they had a good attitude, they would immediately hit them with a stick, which is fine as it is now.

But Zhang Nuo couldn't help laughing seeing the two of them staring at each other drunk.

In the past, how could there be such a situation where the generals were drunk. Everyone gathered together for a drink, at most it was just moistening the throat, and it would not delay the matter at all.

But it is no longer possible, the best wine available on the market is sold at Zhang Nuo's house, and the Zhuangzi has slowly spread the high-alcohol wine with higher alcohol content than before.

This resulted in a very bad consequence, that is, the generals who used to drink a thousand cups of wine, now basically have to lie down at least one of them as long as they fight wine, and the remaining one may be half-disabled.

I heard that in the past two months, the imperial court has been worried about officials getting drunk and making all kinds of fools. This is not just once or twice, but almost every day.

But this thing can't be banned. Anyone who proposes that officials prohibit alcohol will be beaten to death in a sack on the same day.

After all, it was not only because this was the property that the emperor had a part in, but also because there was no one in the entire court who did not drink.

If you propose a ban on alcohol, not to mention those who like to have a sip on weekdays, just those military generals who like to drink like their lives will have to come and smash the door of your house.

It is precisely because of such a mess inside and out that the court has not been able to solve the problem of officials drinking at noon and delaying work.

Looking at the appearance of these two bastards now, I am afraid that they have already fought a battle today!

But Zhang Nuo didn't bother to talk about them anymore. In the past, their restaurant relied on these good wines to gradually improve their business. People have to be a little grateful, right?

Moreover, when Zhang Nuo was a child, many people drove to deliver goods after drinking half a catty of wine, but it was not as strict as later. After all, there were not so many people and cars on the road at that time.

This is even more okay in this era, as long as you are willing, you can drink whatever you like.

Extracting gunpowder from the warehouse is a hassle, especially if it has to be transported thousands of miles away to Youzhou, which cannot be solved in a short while.

However, with the emperor Li Shimin around, at least in terms of government orders, there is absolutely no problem.

A team of 5000 soldiers was quickly mobilized, and they existed to protect this pile of gunpowder.

At the same time, it is also to reinforce Qin Qiong, and strive to use this artifact to make a one-time meritorious service and wipe out the incoming enemy.

The mobilization of 5000 people is not a big deal, and the transfer of armor, food and grass is not a trivial matter.

Not to mention that this time because it was the first time to transport and use gunpowder, it seemed that Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde were both in the army, but in fact it was Zhang Nuo who actually went to the commander's tent.

After all, no one but him knows how to transport, store and use this thing.

After only one night's delay, the entire team was arranged and set off directly from Zhuangzi, taking away 3000 people from Zhuangzi, plus other troops were transferred.

This is also Li Shimin's meaning. Zhang Nuo Zhuangzi's sergeants will also be released as wolf cubs outside in the future. Although they have been trained well, they still have to go to battle to see their blood.

Zhang Nuo also agreed. In fact, these people are his personal soldiers, but he also knows that it is a good thing to see blood, especially in this kind of serious battlefield. The private army is not a level.

Cheng Yaojin was nominally leading the team for this thousand-mile support. After all, Zhang Nuo was only a fifth-rank Dingyuan General in the imperial court, and he was a military official who had no right to lead troops at all.

Zhang Nuo felt a bit pained when he thought about the distance from Chang'an to Youzhou. Nima, this is not the time when airplanes and high-speed rails are flying all the way in the later generations. Let alone cars, there is not even a green leather train, and they can only ride horses.

After all, you are a gentleman, so you can't get into the carriage compartment!

What's more, it's uncomfortable to stay in the carriage. After all, the entire team consists of a dozen carriages, all of which are packed gunpowder.

These things were too precious, and those who couldn't see fire or touch water were arranged by Zhang Nuo in a dozen or so carriages.

After walking for a day, Zhang Nuo was only thankful that he didn't listen to the old goblin Cheng to fool him into wearing some old armor and riding a horse. Seeing that the two guys were so cold that their noses came out, he knew what it meant to wear that thing to blow the cold wind .

Zhang Nuo was fine, he used all the cotton trousers and furs, and he was wrapped up like a ball.

There is no way, as soon as a small wind blows, the whole body will be made of wood, and it must be windproof and warm, so don't pursue any image!

Chapter 362 Arrogant Luo Yi

Even if they are in a hurry to support, in fact, every day when the army arrives, they will find a place to camp.

Don't look at Cheng Yaojin's seeming carelessness, but in fact the camps arranged by the people are extremely disciplined, with clear whistles, dark whistles, camp gates, tents, and trenches all arranged in an orderly manner.

Zhang Nuo followed suit while arranging the storage of gunpowder.

Ordinary people really don't know how to keep this thing. If they are just guarded like ordinary ordnance, they don't know what's wrong.

Therefore, Zhang Nuo had to make adjustments step by step. From entering the camp to keeping it, arranging patrols, and how to get out of the camp tomorrow, all had to be coordinated with the arrangements of the entire camp.

On the one hand, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde served as Zhang Nuo's teachers in the matter of arranging the camp, and at the same time served as Zhang Nuo's students in the matter of arranging the gunpowder.

It's not the first day that both parties have dealt with each other, and they have cooperated a lot in Zhuangzi, and they both know the basics, so they didn't make any troubles because of the dominance here.

After five days of continuous marching, Zhang Nuo and others finally reached the boundary of Youzhou and saw Qin Qiong's camp from a distance.

Although Qin Qiong said that he could not attack the city for the time being, he was rewarded by the court and already knew that Zhang Nuo was coming.

At the same time, he also knew that Zhang Nuo not only brought troops, but also brought the big killer called gunpowder that he had seen before.

After receiving the urgent report from the imperial court, Qin Qiong immediately adjusted the camp, from the initial offensive state to the defensive state, and at the same time sent additional manpower to patrol the surrounding area, making the entire county completely isolated.

Anyway, Qin Qiong has already figured it out, the grandson opposite him is his meritorious service, so he can't let him run away, if one person is missing, he will lack a meritorious service, wouldn't that be a big loss?

Others don't know, but he knows it very well, not to mention the shocking power of gunpowder, just Zhang Nuo's elusive strategy and invincible force are enough to surprise Qin Qiong!

Naturally, you need to settle down when you enter the camp, but it is all arranged by the lieutenant below, and you just need to follow the requirements of the regulations. Zhang Nuo and the three came to the commander first.

At this time, Qin Qiong was sitting in the center of the handsome tent with a full set of armor on his body, and a pair of wrought copper double maces were placed there in an orderly manner on the shelf next to him.

Both parties are old acquaintances, and they don't play tricks like greetings. First hand over military affairs and supplies, and then Qin Qiong introduces the situation as the coach.

As a result, Qin Qiong's first sentence confuses everyone,

"Then Luo Yi happened to be urging us to attack the city. He said that he was considerate of our ineffectiveness in fighting. Let us try to attack a few times. If it fails, we should leave quickly. He has no time to play with us!"

Zhang Nuo blinked, looked at Lao Cheng and Yuchi beside him, and asked blankly,

"You didn't hear me wrong, did you? Are you still so arrogant when you're surrounded by people? Could it be that some reinforcements are here?"

Lao Cheng and Yu Chi also reacted in the same way, and at the same time, a thought arose in their hearts, did Luo Yi lose his mind and go crazy.

But Qin Qiong curled her lips and didn't answer, but took out a white cloth and placed it in front of everyone.

"This is the gauntlet sent by Luo Yi. I actually told you the content just now. To be honest, if I hadn't seen this thing, I wouldn't believe that Luo Yi would have said such a thing!"

Sure enough, Zhang Nuo took it and laughed when he saw it. That's really the case. It can even be said that what is written on this white cloth is much more arrogant than what Qin Qiong relayed.

Zhang Nuo handed the things to Lao Cheng and Yu Chi beside him, then walked out of the handsome tent and looked at the county town in the distance.

This is the small county town that often appears in movies and TV shows. There is no way to compare it with a big city like Chang'an. The city wall of Chang'an is the kind that can really run several horses at the same time, and this small city wall can barely stand people. .

Not to mention that the height and thickness are much worse than those of big cities. I don't know what Luo Yi thinks. He thinks that his 1 troops can kill Qin Qiong?

He didn't even think about it, even if he stepped back ten thousand steps and said, Qin Qiong was really defeated, but there were still people behind.

Before, they just didn't want to delay the spring plowing and people's livelihood, so they only mobilized some troops, intending to directly defeat these rebels in the battle, and then capture the thieves first and kill Luo Yi.

But this does not mean that Datang only has so many troops!

The current situation is that of a small warlord who basically doesn't even have a territory, and 1 people are going to fight against the entire empire.

Did this Nima read too many novels, and thought that all of his 1 people were loyal or that the per capita innate system gave troops?

To be honest, Zhang Nuo really didn't understand the purpose of this operation. Could it be that Luo Yi really thought that he could raise his arms, and the heroes would respond, and then become the leader of the world, and finally invaded Chang'an or something?

Forget it, don't think about it, maybe Luo Yi's brain circuit is different from that of ordinary people, and Zhang Nuo doesn't bother to think about Luo Yi's thoughts and ideas, anyway, they are already standing on the battlefield, so a life-and-death battle will be over. Well, just let everyone see how amazing the power of gunpowder is in a formal war.

When Zhang Nuo walked into the handsome tent, Lao Cheng and others had already explained the situation of the court and the situation here. Seeing Zhang Nuo walk in, Qin Shubao asked directly,

"Brother, how do you think we should fight? To be honest, we have all seen the power of gunpowder, but how to use it is still up to you. The few of us can only do it old-fashioned!"

Zhang Nuo was not humble either, he walked up to a simple sand table and said,

"Our army currently has 7000 people, and there are four generals including me. They are all good at beheading generals, capturing flags, and charging and looting!"

"Then we don't need to think about any other tricks. The force is divided into four, and each of the four leads an army. They rush in through the four city gates and kill them all the way!"

Qin Qiong and the others swallowed with difficulty, is this called a trick?This shit is called strategy?

After this plan is completed, the whole word is a capitalized reckless word!

More than 4000 people in each team entered directly from the city gate, kept those who surrendered, and killed those who did not surrender. It was simply outrageously simple.

Looking at the surprised looks of the people on the opposite side, Zhang Nuo said disdainfully,

"He, Luo Yi, is already so arrogant, so what else are we thinking? Could it be that there are four of us in the vanguard, and after the city gates are blown up, we are afraid that we won't be able to deal with some miscellaneous soldiers?"

Everyone shook their heads, they really didn't worry about this, as long as the city gate was opened and the four troops charged at the same time, they would definitely be able to wipe out the inside in one go.

However, is this city gate really that easy to open?

Chapter 363

As the obvious coach, Qin Qiong naturally had to confirm this issue with Zhang Nuo.

After all, if Zhang Nuo can really guarantee to open the city gate, then the big guy will be able to return to the court in a few days this time and wait to receive the credit.

Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde also looked at Zhang Nuo eagerly.

Not only did they see the war in front of them, if everything Zhang Nuo said could come true, then it would not be Luo Yi's business.

This proves that when they lead the army to attack cities and lands in the future, they all have a magic weapon that can open the shell of the enemy's tortoise.

This change is not a little bit!

Throughout the ages, how many wars have been fought because of the tall city walls and fortified cities, which turned the original war into a confrontation, and finally ended with few?

Not to mention other benefits.

If there is no need for a long-term confrontation, it was originally planned that it would take 10 people to capture the city in six months, and it can be taken in ten days with 20 people and gunpowder.

If calculated in this way, the consumption of food, grass and national strength is much smaller than before.

Not to mention, without taking a ladder to attack the city wall, the casualty rate in the entire battle would be reduced by at least [-]%, or even more.

You know, in the siege battle, the previous routine was that the attacker must first be covered by the enemy's arrow rain, and die, and then when the ladder is built under the city wall, it will die again.

And after the ladder is built, when you go up the assault, you will be hand-to-hand, and you will have to die.

But now that gunpowder is available, at least in a short period of time, there is basically no problem. After all, they have just started learning how to use it, and the other party cannot have any countermeasures.

That would be great for them!

Choose a fierce general, lead an assault force, and kill along the city gate. This is equivalent to avoiding the step of building a ladder, and it is directly a hand-to-hand combat. Troops.

It's cool to think about it.

After repeatedly confirming the power of gunpowder, several generals immediately confirmed Zhang Nuo's plan, and then watched Zhang Nuo start training soldiers with great interest.

Even with gunpowder in hand, the city gate is not so easy to blow up.

The main first one is not a special explosive for blasting, but the most primitive gunpowder, which destroys the city gate purely by shock waves.

Furthermore, they can only be piled up under the city gate in a large pile, and they can't do any drilling and directional blasting like later generations, and there is no such technology.

And the most important point is that even if the other party doesn't know what the gunpowder is, the people on the city wall are not fools, right? Seeing a truckload of things coming to the city wall, they will never think that they are sending supplies, Send food and grass.

Even fools know that it is definitely not a good thing, so why don't you rush to cover it with firepower?

In this era, there is indeed no Katyusha covering shooting, let alone the famous sayings such as justice within the range, but there are still things like bows and arrows.

Therefore, how to break through the enemy's rain of arrows and send things to the bottom of the city gate is what Zhang Nuo and others need to consider at present.

Regarding this point, Zhang Nuo didn't hide anything, and asked Qin Qiong and others openly.