Zhang San also didn't expect that these bumpkins would be scared away by a few of his own detonators, and he was speechless. Of course, he felt more joyful about surviving the disaster.
Cheng Yaojin gathered the soldiers. At this time, less than a thousand soldiers were able to move freely. The final statistics found that 2,580 people were killed, 630 were slightly injured, and 320 were seriously injured.
Once all the defense equipment is used up, the most terrible thing is that there is no food supplies.
Fortunately, Yimu Ben had withdrawn his troops and abandoned the siege. Now it would be good to urgently transport grain and grass supplies from Yingzhou, but the equipment for defending the city would not be able to be replaced for a while.
"Good boy, you are the most responsible for this battle. Soon I will write a letter to ask for credit for you. But what you just used was really thunder punishment?" Cheng Yaojin came to Zhang San, first encouraged Zhang San with a few words, and then He expressed his doubts.
"Uncle has given me a reward. There is no thunder punishment. Those are just..." Before Zhang San could finish, he was interrupted by Cheng Yaojin.
"Sure enough, it's a thunder punishment. Good guy, you really opened my eyes this time!" Cheng Yaojin winked at Zhang San, indicating that he should stop talking.
Zhang San was heartbroken. This time, most of the soldiers in the border town were wiped out by the enemy, and their morale was low. At this time, having a "god" to protect them would naturally revive their morale.
"Xiao San, you guy scared me to death. Those thunders you just threw out were so shocking!" Cheng Chumo dragged his tired body from a distance to Zhang San.
"I'm here, you don't even have hair, how dare you call yourself me?" Cheng Yaojin stared at Cheng Chumo's words and said angrily.
Cheng Chu and Mo Qian laughed twice but did not dare to answer.
"Mistress, I'll have a chat with you in the evening." After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, he left first. The war had just ended, and Cheng Yaojin had many things to be busy with.
Zhang Kun and his medical soldiers are doing their best to rescue the wounded.
"Let's go back. The enemy just retreated hastily because they didn't react for a while. Thinking about it afterwards, they will definitely come back. I need to prepare more weapons."
Zhang San said to Genzi and others.
"Okay, sir."
"Mistress, what are you going to do?" Cheng Chumo asked.
"Be a thunder!" Zhang San smiled proudly.
"Also, when I went back to get something, I vaguely heard a guy yelling, 'I'm ashamed to treat you as a brother.' Is that you?"
"It's impossible. You must have heard wrong. I didn't say it."
Cheng Chumo objected seriously.
"That's good. Let's go first. You tell Uncle Cheng and we'll go back first."
Zhang San knew that he wouldn't be able to save many people if he stayed. The most important thing right now was to store more detonators and make more detonators, otherwise the enemy would come back next time and it would be troublesome.
"Wait a minute, don't follow me. Stay and help treat the wounded." Zhang San walked a few steps and suddenly thought that this thing should not be known to outsiders. It was not that he was worried about Genzi and a few people leaking the news, but he didn't want them to be involved. Come on from this incident.
After this battle, the "Sky Thunder" created by Zhang San will inevitably spread back to Li Shimin's ears. With Li Shimin's temperament, this thing will definitely be used for his own use. If some "little people" participate in it, they will definitely be punished. Cleansing, or surveillance, restricting freedom.
Zhang San didn't want to have just a few people accompanying him through life and death, only to be ruthlessly killed or imprisoned by Li Shimin, and have no freedom for the rest of his life.
As for himself, with Fang Xuanling and Cheng Yaojin protecting him, Li Shimin would not go too far. Zhang San was also planning to write a letter dedicating the formula of the gunpowder in detail. When the time comes, he would wash his hands in a golden basin and express his loyalty to Li Shimin.
, I will never touch this thing in my life.
Of course, Cheng Yaojin had to entrust this letter to Li Shimin.
Cheng Yaojin was worried that the enemy would return and repaired the city wall overnight. At the same time, he mobilized grain, grass and ordnance from Yingzhou to support the border town.
That night, Cheng Yaojin went to Zhang San and asked in detail about the "sky thunder".
"Is this what Lei was made of today?" Cheng Yaojin asked curiously, playing with a bamboo tube in his hand.
"Yes, uncle, that's not what the original explosive pack was made like. These are simple detonators, and the gunpowder used is also ordinary gunpowder. The explosive pack is the black powder I carefully prepared, which is more powerful." Zhang San explained.
road.
"I don't understand this either. Just tell me what you need. I will send people to find it and try to make more of these sky mines before the enemy reacts. Otherwise, when the enemy comes back, our army will be in danger.
That's it." Cheng Yaojin put down the bamboo tube and said to Zhang San.
"Okay uncle, I have prepared all the things I need, but most of them are left in Yingzhou. Just ask someone to transport them to me," Zhang San said.
"I will immediately send someone to Yingzhou to bring back what you need. The rest of the war will be up to you." Cheng Yaojin patted Zhang San on the shoulder and said.
"I will try my best." Zhang San replied solemnly.
Cheng Yaojin left Zhang San's residence and ordered the place to be cordoned off, and no one else was allowed to approach.
Before the raw materials were shipped, Zhang San began to mix the remaining gunpowder that he had made by himself to make a detonator, which could then be used as a grenade.
These homemade detonators are very similar to the firecrackers that were set off during the New Year when I was a kid, except that they are more powerful, and Zhang San added broken iron pieces to them to increase the lethality of the scattering.
Xue Yantuo's withdrawal this time gave the border city precious breathing time. Cheng Yaojin ordered people to repair the city wall and allocate supplies from other places.
The team transporting supplies from Yingzhou came back and brought a letter to Zhang San. It was written by his younger sister. After Zhang Li went back, he transported another batch of supplies, but they were trapped in Yingzhou and could not be delivered.
To the border town.
This batch of supplies are urgently needed in border towns, especially medical supplies such as gauze, spirits, hemostatic medicine, and catgut.
There were many wounded soldiers in this war. Due to the lack of medical supplies, dozens of seriously injured soldiers failed to survive.
Zhang San asked Genzi to leave five jars of strong liquor for his own use and give the rest to Zhang Kun.
In the next two days, Zhang San forgot about food and sleep, constantly preparing explosives, while Genzi and Black Bear polished the raw materials into the form Zhang San needed in the tent next door for Zhang San's convenience.
"General, the enemy is back again and is moving towards the border town. According to the scouts, they have a total of 30,000 troops this time." Captain Liu said in a deep voice.
"Why are there so many people again?" Cheng Yaojin was shocked when he heard this. The enemy suffered heavy casualties in the last siege, so why had so many troops gathered again?
"It should be that the soldiers who were originally separated were summoned back by Yimu Ben." Liu Duwei replied.
After several days of recuperation, some lightly injured soldiers were barely able to join the battle, and their total strength was less than 2,000. Cheng Yaojin was worried for a while.
"Send an order to Yingzhou and Yunzhong and ask them to be prepared to strengthen the walls and clear the country. Once the border city is breached, they will re-establish a defense line there." Cheng Yaojin ordered.
"The enemy is here again? And he has brought 30,000 people with him?" Zhang San said in shock after hearing Genzi's report.
"Yes, General Cheng has made preparations to break the city. Let Yingzhou and Yunzhong be clear of the wilderness and prepare." Genzi said while standing outside the tent.
"Okay, I understand." Zhang San replied in a deep voice.
