Pingyang could not be captured for a long time because the city walls of Pingyang were high and the food was abundant. As long as the Huns could not get out, it would be difficult for them to break in.
Chen Wu said: "Your Majesty, let's attack by force and bring us the ladder."
Zhao Hanzhang glanced at the moat under Pingyang City, then at the height of the city wall, shook his head and said: "No, many people will die in such a forceful attack."
Ji Yuan said: "Then we can only besiege the city, forcing them to run out of food and grass and have to leave the city."
Ming Yu said: "You can also force them to ask for help from the army outside, which can slow down their attack on Yuzhou. If you want to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, you must have them return to help to be successful."
Zhao Hanzhang did not object to this, nodded and said: "Then let's make a strong attack and force them to ask for help."
Seeing that she was still frowning, Fu Tinghan asked, "When their reinforcements come back, can you still break into Pingyang City?"
Zhao Hanzhang shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Fu Tinghan: "You really want to fight in?"
Zhao Hanzhang said: "I want to capture their emperor and use him."
Fu Tinghan understood after a moment of thought, "You want to trade their emperor for our emperor?"
Zhao Hanzhang: "I'm afraid they won't agree to changing the emperor, but it shouldn't be difficult for the emperor to change his uncle."
Ji Yuan on the side heard this and shook his head: "I'm afraid it's wrong. They want to threaten you with Zhao Shangshu. The Huns are different from us. If the emperor is captured, just replace him. They are not as good as us in this regard."
Tangled.”
Zhao Hanzhang said: "If I redeem my uncle, I can also promise them that I will not establish a new emperor until the emperor dies."
Ji Yuan's brows jumped. He had wanted to discuss this matter with Zhao Hanzhang for a long time, but she had been busy since she came back and was never free. Now that the conversation was over, he asked: "The prince is in trouble.
Who does the girl want to make the crown prince?"
Zhao Hanzhang excused himself: "The clan's bead has not been found yet."
"Someone saw King Qin in Xiuwu County," Ji Yuan said: "I have sent people to look for him, and Governor Zhao should also have received the news. There is no news yet about King Yuzhang and King Xindu. What we mean is that those two people do not know whether they are alive or dead.
He is still young, so it is better to make King Qin the crown prince."
Zhao Hanzhang: "Isn't the King of Qin young? He is only ten years old, can he be in power?"
Ji Yuan: "He doesn't have to worry about it, isn't there a girl?"
Zhao Hanzhang asked: "Sir, do you suggest that I dominate and become the second Gou Xi?"
"No, I suggest you become Cao Mengde."
Is Gou Xi a good example?
Ji Yuan glanced at her, he was not stupid, how could he suggest that she become Gou Xi?
Ji Yuan said: "Only in this way can you order the world to work for you."
Zhao Hanzhang frowned, "But to re-establish the emperor, we have to absorb the old ministers. The aristocratic families have their own affairs. The Jin Dynasty... It's not that I think highly of them, but that they are too good at fighting and killing. The reason why I let Gou Xi lead the emperor to move the capital
I left because I didn’t want to fall into this vicious circle.”
"This moment and that moment," Ji Yuan said: "Now the world is in chaos and the emperor is captured. Who else can turn the tide except you?"
He said: "In the battle of Yuncheng, most of the officials in the court were captured, but only twenty-three out of ten escaped. Their official positions are humble, and they dare not disobey you."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hanzhang began to think seriously.
Ji Yuan continued to say: "Your Majesty, the world has become such a mess. Even a distant relative of the clan like King Langya dares to call himself the leader of the great alliance. Who knows who will appear in the future?"
"Why don't you establish an orthodoxy? With the emperor in your hands, you can command the world. You can choose all the ministers in the court. You can do whatever you want as before." Ji Yuan lowered his voice and said: "In the future, you can calm down.
In the world, everything can fall into place just like Emperor Wen, who dares to say anything about you?"
Zhao Hanzhang is a good child who listens to advice. She touched her chin and thought seriously, "Sir, what you said makes sense, but I promised my fifth uncle that I would never destroy Jin."
Ji Yuan whispered: "Young lady is overthinking. When the time comes that the new emperor will sincerely abdicate, how can he talk about destroying the Jin Dynasty?"
Ming Yu on the side also said: "Girl, don't worry about this, just let nature take its course."
During the Han Dynasty, Cao Pi wanted to be the emperor and there were people loyal to the Han Dynasty who advised him. Now, who cares about becoming a minister of the Jin Dynasty?
Anyway, Ji Yuan and Ming Yu always looked down upon Jin.
Chen Wu hesitated to speak. He was loyal to Jin, but he was not loyal to Jin. He was loyal to the Han people. Well, Zhao Hanzhang was also a Han people. It was okay for her to have such ambitions. Who should be the emperor? As long as the people are allowed to do so.
Just live a stable life.
Zhao Hanzhang waved his hand and said: "Let's find someone first. His Majesty is still here. Even if a prince is established, he will only be a prince."
Zhao Hanzhang looked at Pingyang City in the distance and asked worriedly: "How are we going to defeat this city?"
Everyone is also worried about Pingyang City. In fact, if they have time and surround him for three to five months, they will almost run out of food in the city and there will definitely be chaos.
But the problem is, time doesn’t allow it.
Fu Tinghan lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then stretched out his hand to pull her aside and said, "What should I do with gunpowder?"
Zhao Hanzhang frowned, "Didn't you say that gunpowder cannot be used in war?"
Fu Tinghan took out a letter from his sleeve pocket and showed it to her, "Some things, once made, are no longer under the control of others. This is just like Pandora. We took it for granted at the beginning."
Zhao Hanzhang opened the letter and found it was a letter from Qiu Wu.
He was responsible for preparing food, grass and weapons for each army. Among them, the Zhao army in Luoyang needed several trebuchets and crossbows for siege.
While preparing, Qiu Wu had a sudden idea. He felt that the trebuchet throwing stones was not enough of a deterrent, so it was better to use the explosives they used to mine ore.
Since gunpowder can explode stones, it can certainly explode city walls.
The more Qiu Wu thought about it, the more he realized that he was right. He even led people to use explosives to blow up the wall of a house. After confirming that it had really collapsed, he excitedly told Fu Tinghan about it and wrote an 800-word essay eloquently.
, thinking they can make new weapons from this.
So when he sent trebuchets and crossbows to Luoyang, he had someone make a cartload of gunpowder and bring them with him, and escorted them two miles behind.
Despite such a long distance, they were safely sent to Luoyang, and then sent here from Luoyang.
Fu Tinghan said: "I have been suppressing this matter and did not tell the third person. I just wanted to wait for you to come back and make up your mind whether to use this explosive or not?"
Zhao Hanzhang looked down at the letter and tightened her hands. When she raised her head, her face was calm. She smiled and said: "Yes, it can reduce the casualties of soldiers, why not use it?"
"Now that the box has been opened, we can no longer escape," Zhao Hanzhang said, suppressing his heart that was beating too fast: "We face it squarely. If we want to use it, then use it well."