Chapter 230 The Battle of the Nation

After getting permission, Pang Chong came outside the palace with a little excitement, and asked someone to send the artillery model outside the palace.

The emperor, including all the officials, stretched their heads and observed with endless curiosity. When they saw this 'cannon', many people booed at once—too disappointed, so small!

This cannon is very simple. There is only an iron pipe tied to a wooden frame with a straw rope. The barrel is an iron pipe shaped by magic. The barrel is about one meter long and the surface is relatively smooth. It is obvious that special cosmetic treatment has been done. :

The color is dark and shiny, like porcelain, although it is small, it can be regarded as a small work of art. The wooden frame is also very beautiful, and it is also carved with patterns-although it is a bit redundant.

A small hole was cut in the rear end of the barrel for the fuse; black powder and solid shells were loaded from the front. The caliber of the muzzle is about the size of an egg, about an inch.

This thing is a cannon, it is better to say it is a firecracker. Well, at this time, people in the Kingdom of Jinyang don't have the concept of 'fire gun'. The only information they received was artillery; it was just that the artillery they imitated...had shrunk severely.

The Emperor of Jinyang Kingdom frowned slightly, but said nothing.

Pang Chong first loaded the fuze, and then loaded gunpowder and projectiles into the 'cannon' from the front end of the barrel. Then adjust the direction of the artillery and aim at a bluestone slab fifty meters ahead. After adjusting, invite the emperor to light the fire.

The emperor was also polite, a little candle appeared on his fingertips and ignited the fuze.

Sparks flew, and the flame of the fuze sank into the barrel. Suddenly the crude artillery exploded with a roar, the dark red flame rushed out a foot, and a solid projectile the size of an egg rushed out like lightning, crushing the two-inch-thick stone slab in front of it.

Gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the pungent smell spread rapidly.

Many people are still curious - it is impossible to be shocked, this artillery is too weak, and it is estimated that it cannot be seriously injured even for a period of Qi refining. As for the sound of the explosion, it was not too loud.

The emperor frowned slightly: "This is different from the records in the jade slips! I remember that the records in the jade slips are: the artillery can shoot more than 20 miles across, and each explosion can clear more than ten feet; Nascent Soul stage is difficult to contend with.

Your cannon... can catch it during the Qi refining period! "

Pang Chong explained carefully and slowly: "Your Majesty, there are some difficulties in the artillery technology of the Qixia Kingdom, and we are still figuring it out. It is estimated that it will take one to two months to produce such artillery.

But the war is tense at this time, we can't wait for two months, so we can only get something like this first, at least to give the soldiers courage. Tell everyone that we also have this thing is enough. "

The emperor thought for a while, and nodded slowly: "You are more correct. But such 'artillery' is probably not enough!"

"Your Majesty, this is just a model. The real cannon is expected to be seven feet long, one to two feet thick, and the projectiles fired can be seven to fifteen inches in diameter."

"Oh... yes, let's give birth as soon as possible." After the emperor said, he turned his head to look at Sima Zhen, the general of the hussars, and called He Dongkui who was "punishing" in the distance: "You two, here you are!" It is an opportunity to make amends. Starting today, 1.5 million troops will be mobilized from all over the country to attack the Qixia Kingdom.

I hope that you can destroy the Qixia Kingdom with a state of destruction, and not give the Qixia Kingdom a chance to breathe. "

Prime Minister Pang Chong said again: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister has another suggestion. Don't we have the second prince of the Qixia Kingdom in our hands, and now the Qixia Kingdom is actually the princess regent and the rooster in charge of the morning. We can play a banner:

Kuang Fu orthodoxy!

We want to tell the people of the country of Qixia that we are not invading, but we want to correct the mistakes of the country of Qixia. By the way, support the second prince as a puppet.

By doing so, it should be able to reduce the resistance of the army's advance, and even win over some of the Qixia Kingdom's strength, and also make those vacillating families, sects, etc. in the Qixia Kingdom hesitate, or even turn against each other!

Let's first recognize the rule of the second prince of the Qixia Kingdom; after the Qixia Kingdom is completely under our control, it is not a matter of saying what to do. "

All the officials suddenly became active, and various opinions popped up.

In the midst of the discussion, there was a servant walking quickly beside the emperor, and quietly sent the information——Nine Suns Sect was taken away, and now the elder of Nine Suns Sect has come outside the palace to ask for help, and it seems that there is only one breath left.

The emperor's eyes suddenly sharpened: "This may be a good opportunity. The Nine Suns Sect should still have a lot of roots in the Qixia Kingdom. It may be a good choice for the Nine Suns Sect to support the second prince of the Qixia Kingdom!"

The emperor saw the elder of Jiuyangzong. At this time, Qing Hongzi had white hair, withered body, and his life was almost at the end. Seeing Qing Hongzi like this, the emperor gritted his teeth and told the people around him: "Bring the Du'er Golden Pill!"

The Fermenting Golden Pill, the life-saving elixir of the royal family of the Jinyang Kingdom, is purchased from the east and is extremely rare and expensive. The jade box was slowly opened, and a elixir with flowing precious light and complex and exquisite cloud patterns appeared in front of Qing Hongzi.

Danxiang floats, and the surrounding aura is faintly visible. The elixir actually triggered a little vision. As the aura gathered, the pill actually floated by itself.

"Is this... panacea?" Qing Hongzi asked with difficulty.

Panacea, or it can be called: a top-grade pill at the stage of transforming gods! The elixir of this realm already has a little spirituality.

The emperor blamed himself: "It's my suddenness that made fellow daoists suffer. I didn't expect the Qixia country to be so crazy. This golden pill of crossing calamity should be able to restore the foundation of fellow daoists; supplemented with other medicines , Maybe it won’t take a few months for Daoist friends to recover half of their cultivation. After resting for a few more years, they should be able to fully recover.”

Qing Hongzi... moved!

Yes, he was already an old fox, but it was precisely this that moved Qing Hongzi even more. He is very clear about his current state and the value of a panacea. To be clearer, the current Nine Suns Sect...is not worth much anymore. At least Qing Hongzi thinks so.

Qing Hongzi is not an idiot, but he is only a practitioner after all, not a politician. He struggled to sit up, and bowed to the emperor: "From now on, but according to the emperor's order!"

"Okay!" The emperor agreed without hesitation, and put the Golden Elixir of Du'er on Qing Hongzi's bedside, "You should rest first, I will seek justice for you about the matter of the Nine Suns Sect.

Tomorrow there will be an army of three million attacking, guaranteeing to rescue the remaining disciples of Nine Yang Sect! "

Three million troops... is impossible, only one and a half million. But this is not a small number. That night, some legions began to mobilize, and some elites took the seals of the Nine Suns Sect to recruit and rescue the fleeing disciples of the Nine Suns Sect.

In any case, Nine Yang Sect still has tens of thousands of disciples, and with a little training, these disciples are truly elite soldiers. The Kingdom of Jinyang will not let it go.

From now on, Nine Suns Sect will be the sword in the hands of the Kingdom of Jinyang until...it breaks!

From today, Nine Yang Sect will completely lose the ability to control its own destiny.

The Great Emperor of the Kingdom of Jinyang exchanged a golden elixir for crossing hardships in exchange for the accumulation of the Nine Suns Sect for thousands of years - at least 30% to 40%.

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As the night darkened, more than 300,000 legions had already attacked from the west of the Kingdom of Jinyang. Most of these legions were drawn from the Kingdom of Danyang, and their attack direction was Huaishan Pass.

What is the concept of more than 300,000 legions? Like a boundless wave rolling forward, the mountains and plains are endless. Mountains were covered and rivers filled.

The commander-in-chief is Zhou Chengde, General Zhenxi of the Kingdom of Jinyang. Originally, Zhou Chengde should be in charge of the western strategy, but the emperor of the Jinyang Kingdom directly appointed Sima Zhen, the Generalissimo and Hussar General of the whole country, to take charge of the Qixia Kingdom in one fell swoop. And Zhou Chengde is responsible for suppressing the country of Danyang.

I don't want things to be full of twists and turns, so I have to be transferred to Zhou Chengde again.

As Zhou Chengde advanced, he analyzed: "If the information is correct, there should be no artillery at Huaishan Pass now. But it's better to be careful."

Looking at the map, Zhou Chengde quickly determined the battle plan: the army was divided into three, the masters and elites crossed the mountains from the north and south sides of Huaishan Pass, and surrounded the Qixia Kingdom defenders of Huaishan Pass from the rear; the rest of the army advanced forward. Take advantage of the number of people to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop!

Then Zhou Chengde scanned a town in the distance. This town...was also 'cleaned up', leaving only the screaming people, and all supplies were confiscated by Qixia Kingdom.

"Hateful!" Zhou Chengde snorted angrily, with murderous intent in his eyes.

It's just that Zhou Chengde didn't know that there was a 'Yueyue Tower' in Qixia Country. Bai Ye had already thrown everyone out, and Zhou Chengde's every move was detected.

Qixia Kingdom's army moved overnight, and hundreds of thousands of people quietly withdrew from Huaishan Pass. By the way, a little explosives were planted below Huaishan Pass—rarely this time, just to destroy the pass.

At about dawn, when the army of Qixia Kingdom left for more than an hour, Zhou Chengde finally led his army to arrive and completed the siege, but what he saw was an empty city. The sporadic lights on the top of the city are like will-o'-the-wisps.

"It's an empty city again!" Zhou Chengde sneered, "I won't be fooled by such a trick again! Come, come and investigate the enemy's movements in the direction of the Qixia Kingdom.

The army rested on the spot, and sent a few people into the city to search! "

Ordinary soldiers didn't know about the explosives and the news of Yunguan's "flying up". Under Zhou Chengde's order, they went into the city to search for "everything abnormal", especially the newly dug ground.

The door opened slowly, and many torches fell, igniting the fuel. The next moment, amidst a roar and flames, the entire Huaishan Pass collapsed like a sandcastle.

The explosion made everyone tremble for dozens of miles, and the flames soaring into the sky set off billowing smoke and dust.

This time there were not many explosives, and it just happened to destroy Huaishan Pass, leaving Zhou Chengde's army without a place to stay.

The same technique cannot be used twice. So this time Zhou Shuhai and Gu Xingdong were rational and just blew up Huaishan Pass. But this is enough, the ground-shaking power is enough to bring fear to the army of the Kingdom of Jinyang.

Many soldiers looked at the collapsed checkpoint, their hearts trembling.

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"The Kingdom of Jinyang is preparing for a major counterattack!" In the main hall of the Nine Suns Sect, Zhang Hao received a message from Bai Ye and handed it to Liu Xinyu next to him.

Liu Xinyu looked at it and nodded: "As expected. That's why I took the lead in cleaning up the Nine Suns Sect. Now the situation is completely under control!"

Zhang Hao looked at Liu Xinyu, who was calm and in control of everything, and was very surprised and a little bit admired in his heart: an 18-year-old girl has shouldered the heavy responsibility of a country!

Zhang Hao vaguely recalled Liu Xinyu's donation speech in Ninghe County:

[I like playing the piano. On my eighth birthday, my sister-in-law gave me a piano score, "Green Bamboo in the Wind".

I wipe it every day, but it was not until this year that I opened the piano score for the first time.

In order to learn the piano, I waited for ten years. 】

What kind of mentality is it like to have a favorite piano score by your side but haven't opened a page in ten years? What kind of perseverance?

"What's the matter?" Liu Xinyu was uncomfortable with Zhang Hao's eyes.

Zhang Hao smiled slightly: "I've been thinking, why is Ouyang Qingque so sharp to me? I still can't figure it out!"

"This...cannibalism and thieves, there's nothing wrong with it! Ouyang's family supports the prince!" Liu Xinyu said very lightly.

Zhang Hao suddenly realized: This makes sense, then Ouyang Qingque is isolating the communication between himself and the princess!

"Young master, young master..." Huang Mingshan trotted over excitedly, but after seeing Liu Xinyu, he immediately slowed down and paid his respects to the 'Regent' first.

Liu Xinyu looked at Huang Mingshan with a half-smile: "Hey, isn't this 'Engineer Huang'? What makes you so happy?"

"Ah... this..." Huang Mingshan was at a loss.

Zhang Hao glanced at Liu Xinyu, and said lightly, "Let's talk."

"Ah... yes. Master, we found a box of old books in the library of Jiuyangzong, on which a large number of formations were calculated using mathematical methods.

After inspection, its mathematical methods are rusty and there are many fallacies. Obviously, it has not formed a complete mathematical system, but it still has inestimable value for us. A little tidying up later is expected to save us ten years of development time.

But because this box of books was placed in the utility room, it did not attract everyone's attention for the time being. "

Before Zhang Hao opened his mouth, Liu Xinyu said: "I don't need to participate in the distribution of the items in the utility room. I make the decision and give them all to the Zhang family."

Zhang Hao was surprised.

Liu Xinyu looked at the bright starry sky outside, and said lightly: "The Zhang family is not bad now, but I want to see what the Zhang family will be like ten years from now!

And since these things are useful, they cannot be left outside! "

Huang Mingshan backed out excitedly, ready to clean up all the items in the utility room. There are often many good things in the clutter, but only those with insight or professional knowledge can discover these good things. Of course, luck is required.

When Huang Mingshan left, Liu Xinyu sighed faintly: "Zhang Hao, how long do you think we can last in the face of the attack of the Jinyang Kingdom's millions of legions? Can we wait for a turning point?

If my second elder brother becomes a puppet of the Kingdom of Jinyang, I'm afraid... we... will have a lot of trouble! "

At this time, Liu Xinyu showed a little confusion. At this moment, she felt an indescribable exhaustion on her body.

Zhang Hao got up slowly and looked at the pure starry sky. Today I failed to catch the sunset at the main peak of Nine Suns Sect and Yuyang Mountain, but watching the stars here is also a special sight.

There was a faint smile on the corner of Zhang Hao's mouth: "Your Highness, the night will always pass. I think that Qixia Kingdom still has a chance of victory! So what we have to consider is not how long we can last, but...how to win!"

"Victory?" Liu Xinyu sat in a chair, her voice murmured, "Right now, Qixia Kingdom can barely gather a million legions. But they are all mobs.

And there are not many medicines in the national treasury.

It is normal for the decisive battle of a million legions to drag on for a year or two. But the Qixia Kingdom's medicinal pill reserves might not last half a year. "

Zhang Hao turned his head to look at Liu Xinyu: "Is it appropriate for Your Highness to tell me this?"

"..." Liu Xinyu suddenly came to his senses, stood up suddenly, and his face gradually became gloomy.

Speaking of it, Liu Xinyu was under a lot of pressure, killing her brother to usurp power, and carrying the mess of the Qixia Kingdom, she was exhausted, but she couldn't rest.

Among the people Liu Xinyu came into contact with, Zhang Hao was one of the rare ones who were of the same age but also had certain ambitions and made important achievements.

Invisibly, Liu Xinyu regarded Zhang Hao as a "fellow man" with "like-mindedness".

In the whole country of Qixia, in the eyes of Liu Xinyu, only Zhang Hao is a "sane person". The rest are just drunk!

The exhausted Liu Xinyu needed to find someone to talk to, but at this moment, after being reminded by Zhang Hao, she suddenly woke up—the identities of the two were completely different!

Looking at Liu Xinyu's expression, Zhang Hao suddenly smiled: "His Royal Highness, do you know what is meant by 'divide the power of the whole country'?"

Liu Xinyu looked at Zhang Hao vigilantly for a long time, the vigilance in his eyes gradually disappeared, but it did not completely disappear. She didn't answer the question, but her tone was filled with indescribable loneliness and confusion: "Are all the rulers lonely?"

Zhang Hao turned around and looked at Liu Xinyu, with a relaxed smile on his face. He 'approached' Liu Xinyu step by step, and finally came to Liu Xinyu, the distance was only...less than one foot.

"What are you doing!" Liu Xinyu's eyes were indescribably flustered, but she pursed her lips slightly, without taking a step back, and stared at Zhang Hao with "stern, majestic, and serious" eyes.

Zhang Hao suddenly stretched out his hand and hugged Liu Xinyu.

"Ah... bang!" Liu Xinyu finally showed the reaction that a girl should have, screamed, and gave Zhang Hao a crisp slap. Then he turned around, sat back in the chair, and stared at Zhang Hao fiercely, with shame and anger, and a little unspeakable murderous intent.

This slap was loud enough to echo, so that Hu Yinglan, who was guarding outside the hall, instantly appeared at the entrance of the hall with a long sword in hand.

"Get out!" Liu Xinyu shouted coldly.

Hu Yinglan glanced at Zhang Hao who was covering his left face, blinked, and exited the hall with a mysterious smile on his lips.

Zhang Hao covered his left face, hissed and gasped, the slap was hard enough, his skin was ripped apart, and his mouth was full of blood. Liu Xinyu was merciless just now. A slap in the Nascent Soul Stage, Zhang Hao in the Foundation Establishment Stage couldn't bear it!

Liu Xinyu looked at Zhang Hao coldly: "You better give me an explanation!"