"It's not a big problem." Zhu Cijiong said unexpectedly.
"Hey, it's not a big problem?" Chongzhen looked at Zhu Cijiong with some surprise.
Zheng Sen, Xia Yunyi, Wang Fuzi and other scholars also cast suspicious looks at Zhu Cijiong.
"It's really not a big problem." Zhu Cijiong chuckled and said, "You will understand after you calculate the time."
"Calculate the time?" As soon as Zhu Cijiong said, Zheng Sen reacted and said with his fingers, "It took Jiannu nearly four hours, most of a day, to clean the outermost slope protection."
"The next step is to use the Hongyi cannon to directly bombard the guard wall of the cannon platform."
"After the improvement, the top width of the parapet in front of the gun platform has reached six feet, and it has an inclination, which can greatly reduce the impact of the shells. In addition, the rammed earth of the parapet is made of glutinous rice juice bonded with straw.
, it is extremely strong, and there is wood reinforcement in the middle of the wall. In view of this, it will take at least a day to blast open."
"But even if the front protective wall is damaged, it does not mean that the gun platform will be lost immediately."
"With the remaining protective walls and facilities, each gun tower can hold on for at least two days. Coupled with the night counterattacks supported by the surrounding gun towers, each gun tower will definitely compete for and change hands repeatedly."
"In other words, it will take at least five days for Jiannu to completely penetrate the first-level gun platform!"
"This is still the first stage of the blunderbuss. The further you go, the more difficult it becomes and the longer it takes."
Speaking of this meal, Zheng Sen came to the conclusion: "This means that within three months, Jiannu will not be able to break through the twelve-layer gun platform and advance to Xuzhou City, and the Yellow River should have thawed by then, right?
"So, the only problem is Yunlong Mountain." Chongzhen said.
"Because Yunlong Mountain runs vertically from the first to the tenth level of the gun platform."
After saying that, he touched Zhu Cijiong's little head again. This kid's calculation ability has improved greatly.
In order to become an excellent military commander, extraordinary computing ability is a necessary quality.
Whenever there is a war, the enemy's strength, supplies, equipment, training, individual combat effectiveness, terrain, climate and other factors must be calculated to the extreme, so that we can have a clear idea.
To put it bluntly, this is like playing chess.
The stronger the calculation ability of the chess player, the greater the chance of winning.
The most calculating chess players are said to be able to calculate the next fifty moves.
At this time, if the opponent's calculation ability is only forty or even thirty moves, he can basically crush the opponent, and the opponent will not even have the slightest chance.
"Yes, in the end we still have to decide the outcome at Yunlong Mountain."
Zheng Sen nodded and said: "Your Majesty, I can't wait to see Jian Nu come to die."
"Hey, don't be so arrogant." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "In any battle, it is right to have a firm belief that you will win, but at the same time, you must also estimate the difficulties as high as possible."
"Then the battle of Yunlong Mountain in front of us,"
"We must consider this when estimating the battle situation."
"What should we do if we use fishing nets, pepper powder and flour, boiling water and gold juice, etc., but still cannot stop the slaves?"
Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen continued: "Today I will teach you a new concept: saturation defense!"
[Note: After readers’ feedback, the details of Chapter 204 have been slightly modified]
"Saturation defense?" Zheng Sen, Xia Yunyi and other scholars looked at each other. Feng Dunhou, who was slightly older, took out the brush he carried with him and a small notebook, ready to record at any time.
"Hey, there's no need to remember this, it's just a few words." Chongzhen waved his hand.
"The so-called saturated defense means that the intensity of the defense far exceeds the intensity of the enemy's attack."
"Even if you are very sure that the defenses deployed are enough to withstand the enemy's attack, you still need to add more defensive measures on this basis."
"For example, the Yunlong Mountain defense line at our feet."
"With boiling water, fishing nets and other defensive measures, do you think they are enough?"
Speaking of this, Chongzhen said again: "But even if these defensive methods are enough, we still have to find ways to add more methods to ensure that everything is foolproof."
Zheng Sen frowned and said, "But the question is, are there more defense methods?"
Chongzhen said solemnly: "Whether there is or not, you have to think hard. What if you really think of it? Then wouldn't the chance of holding the Yunlong Mountain defense line be greater?"
"Your Majesty, maybe there really is." Li Xiangjun said.
"Uh?" Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Zhang Huangyan and other scholars all looked at Li Xiangjun in astonishment.
I wonder how this little lady’s brain grows? It’s extremely difficult for others to think of just one idea, but it’s good for her. She just thought of several ideas yesterday, and today she has another idea?
Chongzhen also smiled and asked: "Haha, what good idea did Li Qing think of again?"
"It's not a good method, it's just some shameful and dirty methods." Li Xiangjun was a little embarrassed, "Your Majesty and all of my colleagues are of noble status and rarely come into contact with these low-level things, so I wouldn't think of it. But since I was a child, I have been working on Goulanwa.
I grew up in a house and had a lot of contact with all kinds of low-life businesses, so I know this."
"Li Qing is too humble." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "You haven't said anything yet?"
Li Xiangjun then said: "After seeing the paprika powder ground by Eunuch Gao, I suddenly remembered that there is another thing that is not only available in large quantities, but is as powerful as paprika powder, and that is lime!"
"Lime?!" Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this. How could he forget this?
Throwing lime on someone is indeed a dirty trick, but this thing is also really overbearing.
At that moment, Chongzhen ordered Gao Qiqian: "Gao Banban, take people to collect lime right now!"
"Old slave, take the decree!" Gao Qiqian bowed for a long time, then turned around and went down the mountain happily. What a good sign, the Holy One sent him errands one after another. This was a sign that he would be reused.
…
The subsequent progress is similar to what Zheng Sen calculated.
It took Jiannu five days to break through the first stage of the gun platform.
It took nine days to break through the second level of gun platform!
Because there were many tug-of-wars, the Ming army repeatedly launched counterattacks at night.
However, there is ultimately a strength gap between the Ming army and Jiannu, so they can only delay but cannot defeat them.
On February 22, the 18th year of Chongzhen, it took nearly half a month for Jiannu to finally break through two artillery platforms in a row and clear a gap of more than 800 steps just south of Xuzhou's defense line.
More than ten gun towers in this gap were completely destroyed.
Not only that, the Jiannu soldiers also dug a large vertical trench more than three feet deep in the middle of the gap. The Jiannu army could move through this trench and effectively avoid the attacks of squatting tiger artillery on both sides.
At this point, Yunlong Mountain was completely exposed to Jiannu's soldiers.
"Master." He Luohui knelt down and said excitedly.
"Those dog slaves have dug the trench to the foot of Yunlong Mountain!"
"Dig it through? That's great!" Duduo, who was drinking in the big tent, immediately stood up and shouted, "beat the drum and gather the troops, I must take Yunlong Mountain today!"
…
At the same time, Chongzhen, Zhu Cijiong, Li Xiangjun and a group of scholars stood solemnly on the No. 1 gun platform at the top of the ninth peak, and heard the sound of drums coming from the Jiannu tent in the distance.
"It's begun." Chongzhen said, "The real decisive battle will follow."
"It's begun." Zhu Cijiong, Li Xiangjun and the other scholars also nodded silently.
Although I have made sufficient preparations and am convinced that this battle will be won,
But when the war really comes, you will still inevitably feel nervous.
…
Chongzhen and the others would feel nervous, and Jin Shenghuan, who was on the gun platform right in front of the foot of the mountain, was even more nervous.
Because he had already taken the lead in escaping during the last Jiannu attack. If he escaped again this time, it would be absolutely impossible for the Holy One to let him go, not to mention that the Holy One was watching them from the gun platform on the top of the mountain.
"Quick, add more firewood, don't let the fires on each stove go out!"
"What are you doing, you little bastard? Can't you see that the golden juice in the pot is almost dry? Add more to it quickly!"
"Ma Laosan, you guys hide in the bunker and don't show your head easily. I ask you to come out before you can come out. I ask you to throw out the fishing net before you can throw it out. Do you remember?"
"Remember!" dozens of fishing net warriors responded loudly.
"I have everything. Check your supplies and equipment again."
Jin Shenghuan patrolled back and forth on the gun platform while shouting: "Look at whether the pepper bread and lime bags are damaged? If they are damaged, replace them quickly. If we start fighting later, if you sprinkle pepper noodles and lime on your head, don't do it."
General, I'm so rude, did you hear me? Check, check again!"
Along with Jin Shenghuan's continuous roar,
The Ming army on the gun platform instantly became nervous.
The air is already filled with the smell of killing.
But as soon as he saw Xu Yingwei, Jin Shenghuan's expression softened.
"Xu Xiucai, why are you here?" Jin Shenghuan had nothing but admiration for Xu Yingwei.
Scholars like Xu Yingwei are not only knowledgeable, but also courageous and capable. Their future achievements are limitless, so it is only beneficial to have a good relationship with Xu Yingwei.
Xu Yingwei did not look down on Jin Shenghuan at all, and said: "I came to support you by decree."
"That's great." Jin Shenghuan was overjoyed when he heard this, "How many scholars have been promoted by the Holy Spirit?"
Xu Yingwei smiled and said, "It's just me."
"Gah?" Jin Shenghuan's face fell.
"How can I be the only one joking with you?"
Xu Yingwei laughed, and when he turned back, a group of soldiers had already entered the gun platform.
I saw more than a hundred soldiers entering the gun platform, and the bird guns in their hands were obviously longer.
Jin Shenghuan recognized at a glance that the more than a hundred soldiers were holding Rumi guns. The Rumi guns were imitated from the Turkish Rumi country's fire guns. They had a longer range and stronger penetrating power than the beak gun.
Xu Yingwei said: "We have already tried it, but the Lumi gun still cannot penetrate the triple armor of chain armor, cotton armor and iron armor. But it can penetrate cotton armor or iron armor alone, and chain armor is not a problem at all." , so unless Jiannu uses the so-called white-armored soldiers again, these more than a hundred Lumi guns will be enough for them, and they will not be in a hurry to use other means."
