Crossing the Ming Dynasty to be the magistrate

Chapter 66

After thinking for a long time, Wen Yu still planned to tell the people of Mengyang the news. First, Xu Jing proposed to train some of the people to resist the rebels. Shake the hearts of the people.But how to say it is also a science.

Wen Yu decided to give the people in the yamen a clean slate first, explaining that the rebels would come over in ten days.Looking at the frightened or surprised faces below, Wen Yu said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the matter is probably like this. I hope everyone knows that the common people are okay. Ten days is enough for their families to move. But we, as Ming Officials of the court, we have no way to retreat, we can only meet the enemy with all our strength."

The Mengyang official was taken aback, yes, at this time, if he escaped, it would be a death penalty according to the law of the Ming Dynasty.Even if they escaped by chance, Mengyang's situation is very good now, and asking them to give up all this is like cutting flesh.

Mei Hongzhi took the lead in expressing his opinion: "Lord Wen, a low-ranking official who is not talented, has also worked in Mengyang for more than a year. During this time, I have seen things grow from nothing in Mengyang with my own eyes. This place is already the second hometown in my heart. , Xiaguan is willing to live and die with Mengyang!"

The people behind him were infected by him, and bowed to Wen Yu together: "I will obey your lord's orders! May I live and die with Mengyang!"

Wen Yu nodded in satisfaction, thinking so, this Mengyang yamen has been sorted out by him long ago, except for Deng Wu, who is an outlier, who is willing to let a good life go to oppose the court.

After dealing with the officials, it is finally the turn of the common people. This is the most important thing.To Wen Yu's surprise, the progress of the mobilization was even smoother than that of the yamen.

After receiving the news, although the common people were terrified, they were quickly replaced by anger, especially the natives of Mengyang.It is also understandable, for the common people in Mengyang, they have suffered from bandits, famines, corrupt officials all the year round, and have seen all kinds of storms and waves.After a few months of good life, the gang of traitors came to destroy it again. The people of Shu itself are tough, and this is a disaster from heaven, except for a few very timid or those who come to Mengyang to do business and travel Most of them intend to stay in their homeland and fight.

Now every family has surplus food, people are full of wine and food every day and have a good mood, and the newly built city wall has given these people confidence, so everyone is naturally not afraid.

Wen Yu struck while the iron was hot, and asked people to spread the news about how the White Lotus Sect harmed people and how shameful it was, which aroused even more excitement.Xu Jing's conscription was also going well.

The training here is in full swing, and Wen Yu is preparing weapons over there, which is the most important thing.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty, especially the late Ming Dynasty was in the transitional period from the cold weapon era to the revolutionary era, and possessed a large number of firearms, many of which were high-quality goods.The prototypes of many modern weapons can be found in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, in this short period of ten days, those frightening red barbarian cannons and fierce fire oil tanks in the Ming Dynasty must not be built, or Wen Yu is not very good at it.In addition, strategic artifacts such as city defense cannons and small places like Mengyang will definitely not exist.What Wen Yu was going to make was another very famous thing-Shenhuo Flying Crow.

This kind of thing is the firearm equipped by the army in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.Propelled forward by the reaction force of the rocket, two rockets are tied at the bottom, and the top is similar to an airplane.

The reason why it is called "Shenhuo Flying Crow" is because it looks like a crow. When fighting, the crow is shot 100 feet away with the thrust of fire. When the crow lands, the gun inside is ignited and explodes.The flying crow at the time of the explosion was like today's bomb.

The technology content of this kind of weapon is not very high, it only needs to be woven with thin bamboo or reed, filled with gunpowder inside, two "fire" on each side of the crow body, the bottom of the "fire" cartridge and the gunpowder inside the crow body line connected.The most important thing is that at this time, it is estimated that there is already a prototype of Shenhuo Flying Crow. It should not be very conspicuous that Wen Yu is going to produce this kind of thing.

□□In fact, it is easy to handle, not to mention that there should be some in Xu Jing's patrol department, there are several Taoist temples around Mengyang, it should not be difficult to get some from them.

There are also many skilled craftsmen in the city, Wen Yu selected a few trustworthy ones, and explained the principle of Shenhuo Flying Crow clearly, and soon the first batch of weapons were made.

Wen Yu called Xu Jing and other military officers to the practice field and showed them the results.I saw a few craftsmen ignite the rocket under the airtight protection of the whole body, and the fire crow flew forward in an instant.When it gradually landed and reached the target, the gun in the crow's body exploded, blasting the grass on the ground into shallow pits, and the surrounding area also ignited a fire.

Wen Yu frowned, and signaled the servants to put out the fire, and said to everyone, "It seems to be different from what I thought, and it's not ideal." Zong Yi, a well-informed Jinyi guard, shouldn't be frightened, but He was still very surprised.He never thought that Wen Yu could make a gun in such a short period of time. He heard him say that there was a newly developed weapon, and he thought it was a scholar's imagination. At most, he could make a catapult or something. , now he really wants to completely admire it.

Zong Yiyi was like this, and the others were even more stunned. Although the firearms of the Ming Dynasty were advanced, their popularity was not enough. The small town Zhima official here has never seen such a thing.Zhou Wan stammered: "Master, sir, you are not satisfied, are you?"

"It's not..." Wen Yu was a little confused. To be honest, the two wings of the Shenhuo Crow can be used to improve the stability of the flight and increase the gliding ability, which is really useful.But this weapon has always relied on wind power to increase flight altitude and distance.If there is no wind at that time, it will be very difficult to throw.

Wen Yu said what he was worried about, and everyone was speechless. My lord, your request is too high. It is already amazing to have such a thing, but you still want to accurately locate it without external force.

Xu Jing said at this time: "In fact, even if there is no wind, this thing is still very effective?"

"Oh? How do you say it?" Wen Yu became interested.

"Poison" Xu Jing spit out a word slowly.

Wen Yu suddenly realized, yes!Equip the arrow with poison, and thick smoke will be everywhere after landing. Under the condition of no wind, if our defense is in place, the impact will be very small, and the lethality caused by this is enough to make the opponent frightened!

Now that this problem was solved, Wen Yu immediately ordered the craftsmen to start large-scale production. Fortunately, the craftsmen in Mengyang were already familiar with this kind of large-scale division of labor and cooperation projects, so the progress was relatively smooth.

The whole of Mengyang entered into a tense atmosphere of preparations for the war. At this moment, the spies sent news that two more counties had fallen.The officials in those two counties were even more useless, they directly surrendered to the enemy, and passed on information to inform the rebels that Meng Yang had received the news in advance that he was training soldiers.

At present, Zhang Pingyuan's uprising team has nearly 30 people. No matter how much Mengyang develops, it will only have 3 people.Fortunately, they also want to leave some soldiers and horses to consolidate the rear, but the pressure on Mengyang is also very high.

According to the spies, there were about 10 people who came to fight Mengyang this time, led by E Min, the deputy head of the White Lotus Sect under Zhang Pingyuan's command, and they were bound to win the city within a day.However, due to the large number of people and the difficulty of mobilization, they marched slowly, leaving Mengyang with a few more days.

Wen Yu had a headache, even if it was like this, it was very difficult to deal with it.Mengyang is really too small, they can defend the city for ten days at most.In the end, I am afraid that even the pile on the opposite side can pile up people.

"Is there any news from the capital?" Wen Yu couldn't help pinning her hopes on the court.Zong Yiyi was silent for a while, and said: "After the emperor received the news, he immediately called the ministers to discuss, and finally decided to mobilize troops from Jiangxi to come here for support."

Wen Yu remained silent. The army from Jiangxi would probably take 20 days to arrive at the earliest. By the time they arrived, Mengyang might have already fallen into the enemy's hands.I believe that the soldiers and horses of Chengdu Mansion will definitely be able to resist for a while, but these small places are probably going to be temporarily abandoned by the court.

Zong Yiyi looked at the pensive Wen Yu and couldn't help but feel a little guilty. These days, he spends all his basic necessities in Mengyang, and he has long been attached to this land.But he can't do anything about the court's decision.

Wen Yu in turn comforted him, maybe Mengyang could withstand the pressure, or Chengdu Prefecture could send troops to reinforce, although both of them knew that this was unlikely.

Xu Jingzai said suddenly: "Actually, there is another way."

"What is it?" Wen Yu's eyes lit up and asked.

"Many of the rebels this time are old subordinates of Zhang Pingyuan's father. Zhang Pingyuan is the absolute leader of this team. If he is assassinated, then the Yunnan Chieftain and the White Lotus Sect will naturally refuse to accept the other, and the rebel army will naturally fall apart... ..."

"Impossible!" Wen Yu interrupted before he finished speaking, "Don't even think about such a thing! Meng Yang can survive for a while no matter what, and then we will find a way."

Zong Yiyi retorted: "No! What Master Xu said is very reasonable. If Mengyang cannot be defeated, the rear will continue to increase troops. Even if you can stop 10 people, what about 15? 20? In the imperial court Assassinating Zhang Pingyuan is the only way if he doesn't come."

Wen Yu sneered: "It's easy for you to say. Zhang Pingyuan sits in the Changjian base camp. He basically doesn't show up except for dealing with affairs. He proclaims himself emperor. I believe there will be many guards around him. Is he so easy to assassinate?"

Xu Jing continued: "Because of this, Zhang Pingyuan has been hiding in the rear and has never been assassinated, so it is easier to succeed. It is up to me and Master Zong to do this."

Wen Yu still wanted to object, but Xu Jing suddenly grabbed his hand: "Believe me, I still don't want to die, I still have something to tell you when I come back."

Even in such a critical moment, Wen Yu couldn't help but cry, brother, can you say less about your flag-like words, this is simply a classic line in film and television dramas hundreds of years later.

Zong Yiyi couldn't stand the boring atmosphere between the two of them, so he interjected: "You two can talk about these things alone. Now that it's been decided, let's quickly discuss what to do. Master Xu, what do you think?"

Wen Yu let go of Xu Jing's hand with some embarrassment. Xu Jing smiled slightly and replied: "For the rebels, now is definitely a good time to recruit troops. It shouldn't be difficult to get close to Zhang Pingyuan. During this period of time, I I collected some medicines, which were used in Zhengqing's case handling, as long as I break through the first layer of guards, then the next step will be much easier."

The two asked for advice on how to gain Zhang Pingyuan's trust. As a Jin Yiwei, Zong Yi naturally has many identities, so it's not a problem to just use a few to fool people, so there is nothing to worry about.

Wen Yu listened carefully to their plans, whether to help with their plans, and prayed in his heart that there would be no mistakes.