Just when Xiao Shizhu was arguing with the ministers in the court hall, King Kong quietly left the palace gate and hurried to the Sophora Tree Bar.
He just arrived at the door of the store and happened to see Lu Wu slowly walking out of the store with wisps of dirt on his face. He quickly stopped him and said, "Lord Lu Wu, can you take a moment to speak?".
Lu Wu thought for a moment and then nodded, motioning for Tulu to leave first, and then followed King Kong to the locust tree next to the shop.
"This is what Mr. Xiao asked me to hand over to you this morning." King Kong looked around for a moment. After seeing that no one was paying attention to his side, he carefully took out a stack of banknotes and several drawings from his arms.
, handed it to Lu Wu.
Lu Wu stood up, put his back feet on the ground, took the drawing with his front paws, unfolded it, and asked, "What is this?"
"I don't know." King Kong shook his head slightly and said, "I only know that it was drawn by Mr. Xiao. Let me convey to you that fifty copies of each object on the drawing will be made." After saying that, King Kong went to Lu Wu'er again.
Bian whispered: "Mr. Xiao specially told me that each item must be made by a different craftsman to prevent it from flowing into the hands of the enemy. All the remaining money will be used to buy cannonballs and lead. But the caliber must be the same as the tube in the picture.
The caliber of the items is exactly the same."
"These objects look like a cannon." After Lu Wu carefully looked at the specifications on the drawing, he asked with a slightly suspicious tone: "Look, this is the barrel and the frame. It looks a bit like a crouching tiger."
Cannon. But I can’t figure out what this crystal-like round object at the end is?”
"I don't understand either. Sir, his ideas are always different from ours, and they can always bring surprises to you. Just keep the drawings and don't spread them around. Don't tell other souls besides you, including Ying.
Move. This is what Mr. Xiao means." King Kong patiently warned him, and after thinking about it for a while, he said: "Ten days later, these things must appear in front of Mr. Xiao."
"Don't worry, I'll go find the craftsman soon." Lu Wu nodded and agreed. At the same time, after putting the drawings in his arms, he looked embarrassed and said, "Everything else is easy to handle. I can't do fifty in ten days."
Question; but cannonballs are not something you can buy easily!”.
"Master Xiao has already expected this. He said that if you ask, he will tell you to find smugglers on the black market." King Kong whispered and then said: "Let's go first, Master Lu Wu."
After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands to Lu Wu, then turned around and headed towards the Ghost Mother Palace.
Ghost Mother Palace, Tiande Hall.
"Xiao Shizhu." The ghost mother who was sitting high on the throne wanted to laugh when she saw that the minister who was ruining the country with his empty talk was speechless and was ridiculed severely.
I had to maintain my dignity, and I couldn't indulge this arrogant brat like Xiao Shizhu too much, lest he raise his tail to the sky, so I had to cough twice and pretend to be slightly angry at Xiao Shizhu: "Above the court, if you have anything to say, please speak it out. Everyone present is welcome.
He is your senior, so don’t be rude!”.
"Okay, I listen to you." Xiao Shizhu took a step back after hearing this, quickly recalled in his mind the memorials on the surrounding situation that the Ghost Mother had sent to him in recent days, and then slowly analyzed:
"According to the intelligence, there are five to six thousand pirates under Wu Zhiqi and thirty warships. But most of them are sea falcon ships, which are characterized by "no heeling despite the high winds and waves." In other words, this ship is
However, an attack ship that can fight in bad weather is naturally very practical in the unpredictable and changeable sea; but it cannot be equipped with large artillery. I have specially studied this kind of warship. It is not large in size, with a low head and a high tail.
The body is wide in front and narrow in back, and is designed and built after the appearance of a sea falcon. The left and right sides of the cabin are surrounded by rawhide to form a city wall to prevent huge waves from breaking the wooden hull and to prevent fire attacks. The cowhide walls are also
A parapet with a height of half a man was built, and there were holes for crossbows in the wall for attack. A warship without artillery, relying only on crossbows and muskets, was too low in attack. If Wu Zhiqi hadn't been good at water warfare, he would have
The scumbag fighting power he has has been wiped out long ago."
"And I have also carefully read every battle report on the previous siege and suppression of Wu Zhiqi, and found that the previous long-term siege and suppression was not because of how powerful his naval warships were, but because his strongholds were easy to defend and difficult to attack, which made our warships daunted.
They are three small islands on the sea, arranged in a triangle. The vast sea on all sides is a natural barrier, and the three islands are at an angle to each other and can support each other. Wu Zhiqi also placed artillery on the commanding heights of these three islands.
", guarding his base camp." He looked around with confidence and said loudly: "But as long as he loses his boat, he will be trapped and die on these three small islands surrounded by sea water."
"In addition, there is a lot of vegetation on the island, and trees and shrubs cover almost every corner of the island. And Wu Zhiqi has not built any secret tunnel bunkers on the island. At that time, our army only needs to start a fire attack on the island, and the island will be destroyed.
Everything on the surface of his island is burned down, and he will definitely lose." At this point, he looked up at the ghost mother, quietly blinked his left eye at her, rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "The key Wu Zhiqi
He is rich. He has been robbing nearby waters for more than a thousand years and hoarding countless gold and silver treasures. If he is destroyed, he can use these properties to strengthen our country's economy."
"This is indeed a way to destroy his warships first, and then besiege the island." The ghost mother nodded thoughtfully and asked: "But if the ghost king raises his troops to attack Wu Zhiqi, how should we deal with it?
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"The advantage of wiping out Wu Zhiqi first is that it doesn't take many soldiers, horses and warships to defeat him until he doesn't even recognize his own mother." Xiao Shizhu said to the ghost mother without hesitation: "According to my calculations, it only takes
With six thousand troops and ten warships, we can defeat the traitor Wu Zhiqi. Even if the Ghost King attacks by then, the main force of our country will still be in the country and we will not be afraid of the Ghost King."
"The little puppy prisoner dares to talk nonsense; who can't tell lies?" After he finished speaking, the ghost mother had not spoken, Qiu Shuang glared at Xiao Shizhu and said loudly again: "Due to geographical factors in our country, there are sea stone forests all around the islands.
, rock pillars are dotted to form a barrier; because of this, the sea route into and out of our country is not wide, and it is impossible to build large ships. The navy also only has small boats like the Sea Falcon, and it cannot be equipped with large artillery. What capital do you have to destroy it with ten warships?
Wu Zhiqi's thirty warships?" Today, this brat made it impossible for her to get off the stage in front of everyone. She couldn't get rid of the bad breath in her heart without ridiculing him fiercely.
"Big cannons cannot be equipped, but small cannons can." Xiao Shizhu said calmly without fear or panic: "I have studied the firearms of the underworld and learned that the technical level of firearms in the underworld today is similar to that of the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty in the human world.
In the underworld, there is already a firearm such as the Crouching Tiger Cannon. It is a curved fire cannon and is light. The shells fired are in a parabola." As he spoke, he raised his hand to draw a parabola in front of him and said: "That's it.
As a result, the defenses on Wu Zhiqi's warship that hindered direct fire weapons - the parapets - were useless. After the cannonballs drew an arc in the air, they could hit his deck directly. And on his ship, only direct fire was possible.
Firearms, our warships have parapets to block his attack. He can’t hit me but I can hit him. Let alone thirty warships, even fifty. It’s only a matter of time before we can destroy Ya.”
As soon as he said this, the ministers who were still whispering and scolding him that Xiao Shizhu could only speak big words suddenly fell silent.
They originally wanted to see Xiao Shizhu's joke, but they didn't want the other party to make every statement reasonable and analyze it clearly. In just one sentence, the advantages and disadvantages of both the enemy and ourselves were clearly analyzed, making it impossible for anyone to refute.
Not only that, some ministers have even cast admiring glances at him. Even the Ghost Mother is the same. She can't help but secretly say in her heart: "If this little devil had come earlier, the relationship between our country and the Ghost Kingdom six hundred years ago would have been different."
Why is the war just a tragic victory?".
"It is not impossible to equip the squatting tiger cannon, but the range of this kind of artillery is too short. Don't you know?" But immediately, many ministers cursed: "The water monkeys under Wu Zhiqi have excellent water properties.
Once he asks his men to dig through the bottom of our ship, how will you respond?"
After finishing speaking, some ministers laughed and said: "This kid who has never led an army is also a paper general who can only blow his beard.".
"The Tiger Crouching Cannon also has a range of 150 feet. It is used to destroy enemy ships in naval battles. This range is enough. And I only use ten warships to make Wu Zhiqi underestimate the enemy and make him not think that I have a secret weapon, and
The warships are full of muskets and crossbows, so they can only fight at close range with our army. The shooting range of 150 feet is enough. Besides, although his men are good at chiseling ships and wrapping iron sheets on the hulls, he can't do anything to me.
He." After saying these words in an understatement, Xiao Shizhu dressed up the ghost mother, bent his knees and knelt on the ground, with a rare serious look on his face, and said seriously: "On the battlefield.
Things are changing rapidly, and even if we discuss a plan here, it may not be used by then. Xiao Shizhu is not talented, but he is best at adapting to changes. He is willing to lead 6,000 soldiers to annihilate Wu Zhiqi within a month.
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"More importantly, by capturing Wu Zhiqi, we can use his stronghold as a base to expand the navy, build large warships, and prepare for the Western Expedition to the Ghost Kingdom. Why not kill two birds with one stone?" He finished.
, he still knelt on the ground and did not get up; quietly waiting for the ghost mother to make a decision.
The ghost mother sitting on top of her lowered her head slightly in thought. Although Xiao Shizhu's words were reasonable and her analysis was sound, after all, the other party had no experience in leading troops in combat, so she was still a little hesitant for a while.
At this moment, Chun Yun, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly came out of the queue to salute the ghost mother and said: "My lord, I agree with Xiao Shizhu's suggestion."
As soon as these words came out, the entire court was stunned for a moment, and then there was an uproar.
Chun Yun is not only one of the four female officials of the Ghost Mother Kingdom, but also has a very strategic vision. The most important thing is that to this day, she has been leading troops for the Ghost Mother for thousands of years, and has experienced hundreds of large and small battles.
This time, she had more than a little experience in the battlefield. She agreed to Xiao Shizhu's plan, which shows that this kid is not just a person to take lightly.
After a while, some of the ministers who were still laughing at Xiao Shizhu said one after another: "Since Master Chun Yun has no objections, I think this kid's plan is good and we can give it a try."
"But please my lord, please send a supervisory army to supervise the battle, so that I can assist Xiao Shizhu in commanding the army." Amid everyone's agreement, Chun Yun bowed his head and said to the ghost mother: "Secondly, once Xiao Shizhu loses on the battlefield,
The supervisor can kill him and take over the position of commander, and continue to direct the evacuation of the troops to reduce the losses of our army!".
When the ministers heard this, they all applauded and agreed; many ministers who were gloating about misfortune also echoed: "Yes, there must be a supervisory army to supervise the war. Master Chun Yun's strategy is brilliant."
"Ah?" Xiao Shizhu exclaimed, looked around at the smiles on the faces of the ministers around him, and said quickly: "You don't have to be so big, right?".
"Okay, that's it. I've decided to make Xiao Shizhu the general of the rebellion for the time being, and Qiu Shuang, the Minister of Household Affairs, as the supervisor of the army, to conquer Wu Zhiqi in the east." The ghost mother clapped her hands and smiled, and said loudly before Xiao Shizhu could refute: "Xiao Shizhu will stay here.
Come down and retreat from the court."
"Long live my lord, long live, long live my lord." Seeing that the king's decision had been made, the ministers had no objections. They hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed to the ghost mother, and then stood up and exited the palace.