Chapter 2039 Do It Again

With the lessons learned from the past, the girl will naturally not choose to assassinate directly this time. However, this does not mean that she gave up, that's right, the assassination methods throughout the ages, in addition to direct assassination, there is also poisoning!

Just observe carefully, determine the time of Fangzheng's three meals, and then look for opportunities to poison him!

Of course, this is not something that can be done overnight, it will take a long time to observe. But fortunately, in the next two days, perhaps in order to find countermeasures, Xiang Yu did not launch an offensive against Hangu Pass again, which was convenient for the girl. She observed back and forth several times, and found that Fang Zheng was no different from other soldiers in terms of diet and daily life.

Generally speaking, based on the girl's experience, all these generals should have someone responsible for food and daily life. On the one hand, they are generals after all; on the other hand, it is also to prevent people from being poisoned.

But Fangzheng obviously didn't pay that much attention. He ate the same food as other soldiers, except that he would add some meat and wine and bring them to his room alone.

In this way, the best way is to poison the food on the way to Fangzheng's room, but although the girl in charge of delivering the food looks weak and seems to be about the same age as herself, the girl can feel the other party's food. His strength is not inferior to his own, and his reckless actions might instead scare the snake away.

But she can be regarded as a "professional killer" no matter what, so she naturally knows that the opportunity is waiting, so every day the girl will come here and wait until night falls and Fangzheng goes to bed before leaving. The purpose is to find an opportunity to poison him, but now it seems that this opportunity is really not so easy to find.

During this period of time, Xiang Yu was not idle either, he had been thinking about how to crack Fangzheng's weird weapons, and I have to say that he really thought of some methods. After discussing with Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu decided to move the existing catapult back again, no longer trying to bomb the city wall, but first use the catapult to launch stones to "bomb" the ground outside Hangu Pass. According to the results obtained from the fragments, these so-called "earth fires" should have some kind of delicate mechanism, which will explode as soon as people step on it.

That being the case, then simply detonate it in advance, wouldn't it be fine?

In addition, Xiang Yu also found a way to deal with those weird launchers on the city wall. He ordered someone to modify the car, and added a thick rolling wooden wall in front of the car. It looks like a forklift. And Xiang Yu's idea is also very simple and straightforward. The opponent mainly relies on the weird black cylinder and the ground fire, so as long as the ground fire is broken, and then stares at the explosion, he rushes to the bottom of the city as fast as possible. , Those black cylinders will not be able to play a role, and at that time, if I press on with my army, I will definitely win!

After confirming the plan, Xiang Yu didn't attack immediately, but ordered people to rush to make equipment first. After all, he also knew that the army was full of strength, then declined, and then exhausted. For the first time, it can be said that the opponent was caught by surprise, and it was not a crime of war. But the second time had obviously lowered the morale of the army. If the third time failed, then Xiang Yu felt that there was really no hope.

It took half a month to prepare this time, and then Xiang Yu assembled the army again and launched an offensive against Hangu Pass again.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"

The flying stones hit the ground, triggering round after round of explosions, but Fangzheng stood on the city wall watching this scene without the slightest surprise.

"Well, Xiang Yu is indeed Xiang Yu, I knew he still has some skills."

For Fangzheng, the landmines are not difficult to break. After all, the greatest effect of landmines is not to kill but to deter. It is precisely because he does not know how many dangers lie ahead that he will naturally retreat timidly. But the current crude and direct method is only effective now. After all, when landmines were really popularized in history, things like catapults had already withdrawn from the stage of history.

But now...Fangzheng had to admit that this catapult was really useful as a deminer.

Most of the stones projected by the catapult are large in size, which can easily stimulate the explosion of landmines. At the same time, these large stones are thrown forward and can also be used as walls to resist the attack of artillery.

"Kill ah ah ah!!!"

Amidst the sound of artillery fire and mine explosions, the soldiers also shouted and rushed over. They bent down, carried the ladders used to climb the city wall, rushed past the cracked minefield at the fastest speed, and headed straight towards the city wall. rushed over.

"Not bad, not bad, really good."

Looking at the soldiers below, Fangzheng nodded in satisfaction. Sure enough, the creativity of the working people is boundless. Frankly speaking, if he really only made mines and artillery, he would probably have a tough battle right now. , but fortunately, Fangzheng has long been prepared for this.

"Send the signal."

Thinking of this, Fangzheng gave an order to the general beside him, and the latter immediately took the order and left. After a while, he saw a firework suddenly flying into the sky, and then exploded with a "bang".

"what is that?"

Seeing the fireworks flying into the sky, Xiang Yu also frowned slightly. Of course he could guess that it was some kind of signal, but... what kind of signal could it be?

Could it be that Mr. Fang would choose to attack? Or is there an ambush? But an ambush? Xiang Yu is also a famous general, he must send scouts to keep an eye on the surrounding area when he goes to Hangu Pass, if someone really goes around and gives him a wave of chrysanthemums, that would be a joke. He can be sure that the spies have reported it before, and there are no ambushes around at all!

It can't possibly come from the sky......

"boom!!!"

However, this time, Xiang Yu hadn't finished feeling in his heart, suddenly, there was a burst of explosions, and then he saw his army blooming and exploding everywhere!

That's right, before the army in the front was bombarded, this feather was acceptable, but now the army in the rear is also being attacked at the same time, what's the situation? Xiang Yu had made a special investigation before, and knew that those "equipment" had a long range, so he deliberately moved the army far away, but how could they still be bombed?

It can't be from the sky...huh?

Thinking of this, Xiang Yu shuddered all over, then he hurriedly raised his head to look at the sky, and then Xiang Yu's eyes widened in surprise.

In the blue sky, Xiang Yu could see a few dark shadows floating around. Due to the bright sunlight, Xiang Yu couldn't see what they were, but he was sure that they were definitely not clouds or birds!

"Then, what is that!?"

This time, not only Xiang Yu, but also the other soldiers saw the strange black shadows in the sky, and they immediately became nervous, but what made them more nervous was still behind. I saw small black dots falling from those black shadows, these small black dots whizzed down, directly smashed into the army formation, and then...

"boom!!!"

A wave of explosions was triggered again.

"It's a fairy! It's a fairy!"

"This is a fairy technique, run away!!"

This time, the soldiers finally couldn't keep calm anymore. People in this era are still more superstitious after all. They don't know what the thing flying in the sky is, but they know that it is definitely not an ordinary thing!

That's right, this is Fangzheng's third hidden trump card --- hot air balloon!

With the technology of this era, it is of course impossible to manufacture that kind of particularly superb hot air balloon. In fact, it took Fang Zheng a long time to complete these few hot air balloons. After all, the only material available for hot air balloons in this era is animal skins, and it takes time and effort to sew such a large hot air balloon with animal skins!

The next step is very simple. Since there is no anti-air equipment in this era, Fangzheng directly sends people to take a hot air balloon to the sky, and then throw a bunch of landmines in their arms. It doesn't need any precision... Mature gravity will solve the problem by itself.

"Retreat, retreat immediately!!"

At this moment, Xiang Yu finally couldn't calm down anymore. Although Fang Zheng's hot air balloon actually has certain restrictions, he can't see it so clearly in the sky. Now that the other party is in the sky, he naturally knows that it is Fang Zheng's handwriting. , in this case, there is definitely no way to continue fighting!

There is no other way but to retreat!

However, what Xiang Yu didn't expect was that the signal Fangzheng gave this time was not just for the hot air balloon.

Air bombing and ground armored forces coordinate operations is the last word!

"General!!"

Just when Xiang Yu was trying to withdraw his troops, the scouts in the rear suddenly brought news.

"We are attacked by enemy troops!"

Was there really an ambush? !

Hearing this, Xiang Yu's face darkened.

"How many people are there?"

"This, this villain doesn't know, but the opponent has a thousand chariots!"

"Chariot?"

Faced with this unexpected answer, Xiang Yu was really stunned. Since Zhao Wuling Wang Hufu rode and shot, the chariot has gradually withdrawn from the stage of history. But now, there is another chariot?

But what puzzled Xiang Yu even more.

"A mere thousand chariots, can't they be wiped out?"

That's right, Xiang Yu also brought thousands of chariots and tens of thousands of cavalry when he marched into Hangu Pass this time. Could it be that he couldn't win against a mere thousand chariots?

"That chariot is different, my lord!!"

"I'll see it myself!"

Hearing the other party's crying answer, Xiang Yu also knew that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly rode his horse and swung his whip, and moved towards the rear. After arriving at the rear battlefield, Xiang Yu immediately understood why the opponent's mere chariots made his men so nervous.

In the previous chariots, four horses pulled a carriage, and three soldiers stood on it, one of whom was responsible for driving the flatterer, and the other two armed with swords, long guns, bows and arrows to attack. However, the chariots that appear in front of everyone are completely different. They are completely a huge, closed wooden carriage, and there are eight horses in the front divided into two rows of carts. These chariots have four wheels and are huge. , and some kind of crossbow is also installed on it.

These bows and crossbows themselves are also anomalies, they can shoot thirty arrows at a time, and firing arrows together in such a thousand times battlefield is almost enough to knock any enemy to the ground. Although Xiang Yu also counterattacked, those arrows shot on the car board, and there was no way to cause effective damage to the enemies inside.

This is also designed by Fangzheng. Of course, according to the idea, it is best to be able to manufacture tanks. But this is really too difficult to achieve. There are no engines in this era, and it is completely dependent on horses. Let alone whether the horse can pull the heavy artillery, the sound of the explosion of the artillery alone is enough to make the horse run away in fright. So Fang Zheng had no choice but to design the most famous continuous crossbow in ancient times—anyway, it can be used as an armored vehicle.

Although there is no rubber, the wooden wheels are naturally bumpy on the plains, and there is no riding experience, but Fangzheng sits on this thing by himself... The riding experience does not matter.

There was an air strike above, and there was this strange chariot with huge lethality in the rear. This time Xiang Yu's army completely collapsed. Although Xiang Yu also commanded cavalry and chariots to carry out counter-charges again and again. But the opponent's arrow crossbow was designed ingeniously. Although the firing speed could not be compared with that of a machine gun, it was enough to deal with the galloping cavalry.

What's more, there were still eight horses pulling on the opposite side. In terms of "horse power", it was a little stronger than this side. Seeing Xiang Yu's side attacking, he turned around and ran away, and then fired another round. Xiang Yu was so angry that he was about to vomit blood!

Could it be that his 400,000 army was really buried here by the opponent's 40,000 army?

This scene was naturally noticed by Xiao Ying, she gritted her teeth, wishing she could rush out from her hiding place immediately and kill Fang Zheng, but the girl knew that she had to wait for the right time. It doesn't matter if the elder brother loses this time, as long as he can kill the murderer, then the elder brother can definitely deal with them easily!

At this moment, the girl saw several maids hurriedly coming out from behind, holding a plate of food in their hands.

"How is the front? Does Master Fangzheng want to eat?"

"Master Fangzheng said to put it on the stove in his room first, the battle will be over immediately, and he will go back to eat after the battle is over."

"Okay, I know."

Hearing what the messenger said, the maid nodded, and then took the plate into Fang Zheng's room to put it away, but just as she was about to finish preparing, she heard a call from behind.

"Sister Xiaohuan, there is something wrong here..."

"What's the problem? Let me see."

As she spoke, the maid turned around and left Fangzheng's room, not forgetting to lock the door carefully, and seeing this scene, the girl's eyes lit up.

Chance!

Taking advantage of the time when the maid was leaving, Xiaoying hurriedly turned over from the eaves, and then jumped into the room through the open window. Then she hurriedly took out the poison in her bosom, opened the lid of the jug and sprinkled it in, and then stirred it for a few minutes. Down.

Hehehe, you are dead this time!

And just when Xiaoying was about to leave, suddenly at this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside.