Han She and Yu Qian were both shocked by Li Lin's words. How could it be possible to defeat a hundred thousand troops in two days?
"General Han, go and take all the remaining flints and flints from other places in the city to Ningcheng."
"All flints? Our army doesn't have that much silver?"
"Grab! It's a matter of life and death. We can only take it first and then make compensation. Remember not to hurt anyone's name, only take flint."
Li Lin felt that Han She was too smart again, so he reminded him angrily.
"The general will obey the order."
Han She quickly accepted the order and went to do it immediately.
"Master Yu, you go and take over the city defense now, replace Gu Simonan, and let him join his troops to go to Ningcheng."
"I obey the order."
After receiving the order, Yu Qian also retreated.
"Go and contact all the secret guards of Xia Zhi and ask them to contact merchants in the city. Each family will ask if they have seen two men in cloaks and give me a rough route of action."
"Follow the order!" A guard stepped back after receiving the order.
Li Lin didn't expect to catch these two people, but the issue of military rations was the priority right now. However, these two people couldn't be let go, so they could be given enough pressure first to prevent them from acting rashly.
Li Lin knew clearly what he should prioritize now, and then he and other personal guards marched towards the place where Ning Cheng was stationed.
"I will finally pay my respects to the prince."
"No courtesy, let's go to the big tent."
Li Lin walked straight to the Chinese army's tent and said casually to Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng heard the movement at the city gate before and knew that Ning Guogong and others were attacking the city now, but he could not move. At this time, there were already various speculations about the content of the border troops. As the general, he could still suppress it.
But once I leave, I don't know what will happen.
At this time, Ning Cheng came in a hurry. He thought there was a problem with the battle on the front line and wanted to mobilize his Northern troops to go to the city.
"If this is the case, it will be a bit difficult..." Ning Cheng was worried.
The two of them walked into the handsome tent one after another. Li Lin asked everyone else to go out. He and Ning Cheng were the only two people inside.
"General Ning, don't worry. I told you not to use suspects, so I will never let the border troops go to the city."
Ning Cheng couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, but immediately asked, if it wasn't this reason, then why?
"Our army's food and grass were burned."
"What?"
Ning Cheng, who had just sat down, stood up in pain, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Li Lin pressed his hand and motioned for Ning Cheng to sit down.
"We don't have time to talk about it now. After the problem is solved, you can ask Yu Qian or Han She. Now we have to solve the problem first."
Ning Cheng also slowly finished it. Although he was more confused, he couldn't ask any more questions after Li Lin said so.
"General Ning, I have two things I need you to do now."
"First, this is a recipe. General Han will send you the ingredients later. After you get it, press this recipe and let the more careful soldiers grind it into powder and mix it. I emphasize that you must not see open flames.
, and it should be in a ventilated and cool place.”
Ning Cheng took the prescription, looked at the materials on it and nodded carefully.
"Second, the person who set the fire is still hiding somewhere in the city, and there is no way to catch him. So you need your Northern Army to search everywhere in the city."
When Li Lin saw Ning Cheng who wanted to speak, he pressed his hand, indicating that he should be quiet and listen to him.
"I know what you are worried about. You can tell the soldiers on the border like this. This matter was all framed by Jin State to frame General Ning Yun. General Ning Yun had no way to prove his innocence, so the regent could not release General Ning Yun. Ning Guogong's beloved son
Such problems arise only if you are eager, and now that these two people are injured, there is something that may prove Ning Yun's innocence."
Ning Cheng thought about it and realized that it was feasible. This way, he would not have to meet the soldiers of the Northern Army, and he would not become a traitor. It was a way to get the best of both worlds, but... this was deceiving his own army.
"General Ning, now is a time of life and death. Soldiers never tire of deceit, and kindness never leads an army. Do you still need me to teach you?"
Li Ming's face darkened and he looked at Ning Cheng, who was still worried.
Ning Cheng suddenly woke up at this reminder. Yes, in this situation, he couldn't help but think about these low-level issues.
"The general will obey the order!"
"General Ning, I'll do it all night, I'll give you two days at most."
"Report! General Han is asking for an audience outside the door!"
"You go out first, and talk to Han She yourself, and then let Han She meet at the city gate to supervise the battle situation."
"Follow the order!" Ning Cheng clasped his fists and retreated.
"Report! General Gu wants to see you!"
"Come in!"
"General Gu Sinan pays homage to the prince!"
"Get up, King Sinan has an important task for you this time!"
"Please tell me, Your Majesty!"
"Arson."
"Burn the camp?"
Gu Siman had thought about this before, but the tent outside was a temporary one, so it was not important in itself. Moreover, the airship was so big that it looked like the tent was flying away, so the people in the tent would naturally leave.
"No, Fenjun!"
"Burn the army? The general doesn't understand what the prince means."
"You don't need to understand, you just need to know that if you can succeed this time, then this war will definitely end. Now tell me, are you willing to do it?"
Gu Sinan still didn't understand what Li Lin meant, but when his boss asked him, of course he agreed. And he was a passionate young man. With such an opportunity to make a difference, he had no reason to refuse.
"At the end of the day, generals will definitely go through fire and water without hesitation."
"Okay! Simon, this time I need you to take people to make some new explosive bags. This time the explosive bags are more dangerous. You must pay attention to dryness and ventilation."
Then Li Lin handed Gu Simonan another drawing.
Gu Simon looked at it and saw that the difference was not that big. It was just a circle of white powder filled around the explosive part.
"My lord, what else is this?"
"For now, we can call him white phosphorus bomb."
"White phosphorus bomb?"
"You just need to remember what I said. You can go to General Ning Cheng to get the materials."
"One more thing. It's not a big problem to build 20 in two days. You can supervise the manufacturing and act with your airship pair."
Gu Simonan received the new drawings handed over by Li Lin and looked at a small pocket on the top and a frame below that could only accommodate two people.
"Is this a blimp?"
"A hot air balloon is more suitable. This one does not have the ability of an airship to move forward and backward freely."
This was also part of Li Lin's plan to improve military ordnance in the future. The airships and hot air balloons above could drop parachute soldiers or parachute soldiers above the stratosphere. This was the early air force of Daxia.
This is only part of Li Lin's improvements. Now this is the first time that people in this world can see how invincible his system is in actual war.