Chapter 29: Pre-battle preparations
Cheng Chumo had returned with intelligence that Mayor Chen had colluded with bandits to rob the food supplies.
Of course, Cheng Chumo was the one who came up with the conclusion that Mayor Chen was colluding with the bandits. He had never found any evidence of Mayor Chen colluding with the bandits.
It was only because he realized that the bandits who had stolen the relief food were not hiding at all. They were eating and drinking openly on the mountain.
In this way, Chief Chen only needed to send someone to investigate, but Chief Chen said that there was no clue, so Cheng Chumo felt that Chief Chen had already colluded with those bandits.
After hearing Cheng Chumo's words, Lin Fei smiled and shook his head," Chief Chen didn't collude with the bandits. Otherwise, the bandits wouldn't have robbed the relief food. The relief food is Chief Chen's life. If he robbed the food with the bandits, it would be his life. So he wouldn't do this."”
"Those bandits are eating and drinking on the mountain. Why didn't Governor Chen report it?”Cheng Chumo didn't understand what Lin Fei meant.
"Because Governor Chen really doesn't know.”
"How is that possible?"
"How is it impossible? Governor Chen has no one to use in Shandong. Who will go and find out information for him?”
As he spoke, Lin Fei felt sad for Governor Chen. Tang Tang was a governor, but he was actually raised as a puppet by the Shandong aristocrats.
Seeing that Cheng Chumo still didn't understand, Lin Fei didn't want to explain anymore. With Cheng Chumo's brain, no matter how much he explained, he wouldn't understand.
"Go and rest. I'll prepare myself. We'll start attacking the mountain in two days and snatch back the food.”
After Cheng Chumo left, Lin Fei asked someone to find Qin Yuhuai.
"General, why are you looking for me?" Qin Yuhuai cupped his fists and said to Lin Fei.
Lin Fei picked up a piece of paper and handed it to Qin Yuhuai."You should have heard of gunpowder, right? This is the formula for gunpowder and some of the things I need. Go find the craftsmen in the army and make what I need according to the map.”
"What is it? I don't dare?" When Qin Yuhuai heard the gunpowder formula, he was so scared that he quickly knelt down on one knee. He did not dare to look at it anymore and quickly handed it back to Lin Fei.
Seeing Qin Yuhuai's expression, how could Lin Fei not know what he was thinking? Hence, he said unhappily,"Don't worry, before I came, I already told the emperor that the gunpowder formula can be used.”
"Really?"
"Really, hurry up and get up. Creating the things I drew is the right way. With these things, the casualties of our brothers will at least be halved.”
When he heard Lin Fei say that the emperor had agreed to let them use these things, he immediately jumped up happily. He did not even care if Lin Fei kicked him.
Qin Yuhuai went out. Lin Fei stood alone in the military tent and looked at the armored soldiers who were still training with their lives on the line. He was filled with emotion for a moment.
"I didn't expect that I, Lin Fei, would lead troops to war one day. I just don't know how many of these 3,000 people will be left after this battle.”
According to the information that Cheng Chumo brought back, there were quite a number of bandits this time. There were more than a thousand of them, and they were all on the mountain. The terrain was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
If they attacked forcefully, it would be very difficult to attack without piling up the corpses in front of the mountain.
Therefore, in order to reduce casualties, he had asked Qin Yuhuai to prepare the gunpowder. As for Li Shiming agreeing to their use of gunpowder, that was just a lie to Qin Yuhuai.
It was a pity that the power of gunpowder was still not enough. If only there was gunpowder like the one in the future. Without too much, it could flatten the entire mountain.
But while he had the formula for the gunpowder, the Great Tang did not have the technical support to produce it.
Now, Lin Fei could only hope that the bandits would be scared out of their wits by the gunpowder and take the initiative to surrender.
As for his private use of gunpowder, he did not care at all. As long as he could snatch back the food for disaster relief, so what if he used gunpowder privately?
Besides, he was the one who took it out, so Li Shiming was already mentally prepared for him to use it.
However, Qin Yuhuai was pitiful. After this incident, he probably couldn't stay in the army anymore. The general camp was the best place for him.
Li Shi Min would not let anyone else who had the gunpowder formula wander around other than Lin Fei.
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