Chapter 235 Who Takes the Throne

Kong Yingzhi, as a junior, respectfully but not obsequiously, welcomed Jin and his party into the City Lord's Mansion, and made them guests of honor.

After a few pleasantries, the two sides got straight to the point.

Faced with the "good intentions" of Sima Xuan, Prime Minister of the Jin Kingdom, Kong Yingzhi was straightforward: "We are willing to become brothers with the Jin Kingdom and not invade each other. If we can jointly capture Anyang, we will share all of Anyang's technologies."

"Okay, refreshing!" Sima Xuan was overjoyed, "Our Jin country has millions of elite soldiers who can be mobilized at any time. Our Jin country will always be Nanyang County's most solid backing."

"Thank you so much." Kong Yingzhi was grateful on the surface, but felt a little nervous inside. Millions of elite soldiers, this is an implicit threat - if your Kong family is obedient, these million elite soldiers will be a solid backing; if you are not obedient, these million elite soldiers will be an indestructible millstone.

Whether you want our Jin country to be a backing or a millstone, you, the Kong family, have to think carefully.

Because Kong Donglai was in charge of the war ahead and had not yet returned, Kong Yingzhi dared not sign the oath in full for the time being; but the two parties had also reached a verbal agreement, and only waited for Kong Donglai to come back.

The matter is important, Kong Yingzhi asked his younger brother Kong Yingcai to go to the front to find his father Kong Donglai, and take over his father's military deployment by the way. The envoys of the Jin Kingdom did not leave either, and stayed here to learn about the current situation of the Great Xia Kingdom by the way—to put it bluntly, they were spies who were upright.

At night, in the dead of night, Sima Xuan, Prime Minister of the Jin Kingdom, and Li Lisong, the commander of the Chinese Army, exchanged in whispers:

Sima Xuan dipped his tea, and drew a simple outline on the table, which was clearly the form of the current local separatism of the Great Xia Kingdom. "Now there are many countries in the east of Yingzhou, and they have been confronting each other for hundreds of years without major changes. The sudden change of the Great Xia Kingdom is an opportunity to break the dullness of the millennium.

And we happen to be close to the Great Xia Kingdom. Only by taking the opportunity to swallow a part of the Great Xia Kingdom and strengthen ourselves can the Jin Kingdom win the opportunity in the troubled times in the future. It's an old idea.

But now there is a variable in Anyang, and this unprecedented industrial and commercial development model caught us off guard. The extensive application of artillery can greatly offset the role of ordinary soldiers.

So I think it is more important to acquire Anyang's technology and Anyang's talents than to acquire land. "

Li Lisong nodded: "I have seen the power of artillery with my own eyes. Generally, the power of a small artillery explosion is equivalent to the general attack power of Jindan stage; but artillery attacks are in all directions. The explosion power of large artillery is almost comparable to that of Jindan stage." The masters of the early stage blew themselves up. Especially the artillery attack was earth-shattering and had a great impact on the soldiers' minds.

In addition, there are airplanes, ironclad ships, and trains, all of which must be acquired.

Especially the train technology, which can send millions of soldiers thousands of miles away in just half a day, this kind of technology must be obtained. "

Sima Xuan was puzzled: "Isn't train technology just an internal combustion engine? Anyang has also released the design drawings of the internal combustion engine, so what's the problem?"

"It's much more difficult. Before I set off, I went to see the internal combustion engine produced by the royal craftsman. It was horrible and couldn't work at all."

Sima Xuan was thoughtful: "It seems that Anyang really saved a hand, saying that Li Xian is not such a generous person."

It's a good thing that Li Xian is not here, otherwise he would definitely jump his feet: "Master, if I am not generous, you don't even know that industrial production still uses blueprints." The drawings are released for free, what more do you want! Still want to continue to get something for nothing!

Early the next morning, Kong Donglai flew over with his sword. After a brief discussion and a little bit of bargaining, the two parties signed an agreement and swore to heaven. After watching the Jin people leave, the smile on Kong Donglai's face disappeared immediately, and there was a cold light in his slightly narrowed eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

But here in Wuyang City, the defenders are gradually unable to stop the attack. The artillery attack is over, but there are still homemade earthen artillery guns. After seeing the benefits of gunpowder, everyone also brainstormed to make the technology advance by leaps and bounds. As long as a small pack of gunpowder is needed, the gunpowder can emit the power of the third layer of the Qi refining stage; a large pack of gunpowder can exert the power of the sixth and seventh layers of the Qi refining stage; as long as three packs of gunpowder are put into the original earth cannon, It will be able to exert the attack power of the foundation building period!

So after seeing the benefits of gunpowder, everyone worked hard to produce it. It takes more than ten years to cultivate a master in the foundation-building stage, and it depends on luck; but to produce three packs of gunpowder, it only takes a meal. If it is mass-produced, the time can be shortened by more than ten times. Moreover, the cost of gunpowder is more than a hundred times lower than that of talismans.

With these two advantages, Gunpowder has begun to change the traditional war situation in Immortal Territory, and everyone has started to advance along the route planned by Li Xian without knowing it. At least here in the Great Xia Kingdom, changes have begun to take place.

In fact, this is also Li Xian's plan: when everyone gets used to airplanes and cannons, it will be the moment when Li Xian will become the king of business! At that time, Li Xian could control the war through business and seek benefits for himself.

Gunpowder and spells collided, and the new mechanized ballista and the old-fashioned ballista made of monster bones and so on shot at each other. The result is——Gunpowder may have shortcomings, but it is superior in that it is available in large quantities and can be used by everyone, which forcibly suppresses the talisman spell. The same is true for crossbow beds. Although magical weapon-level crossbow beds made of monster bones and other materials are powerful, they are too few and simple in structure; they are far inferior to mechanical crossbow beds with many and ingenious structures.

This war that took place in Wuyang City was not only a war for power and profit, but also a brand new war. Those who participated in the battle may not realize that the war situation has begun to change and irreversible changes from now on.

In the past, everyone's wars were all based on cultivation. Whether it was magic weapons, spells or talismans, they all needed sufficient cultivation to be refined and cast.

But now, gunpowder and mechanized ballistas have made it possible for ordinary people to fight. Maybe these ordinary people are just behind-the-scenes ordnance production workers, but they indirectly participated in the war.

And the brutality of the war has also risen to a higher level. In a few days of war, blood has been shed, and the casualties are almost three to five times that of previous wars. This is the inevitable result of mechanized warfare, even the Immortal Domain is no exception!

Of course, there is another important change, and that is consumption. After a war, everyone really understands a truth: once the cannon is fired, ten thousand taels of gold. In just three to five days of war, two to three hundred thousand taels of gold were consumed; whether it was shells, gunpowder or crossbows, they were all money.

But this kind of firepower is also very powerful. The city wall of Anyang, which is known as indestructible, has been torn apart and stained red with blood; broken limbs are everywhere. This is the city wall of the imperial capital!

The war broke out too fast and too fiercely. Five days after the war broke out, the defenders couldn't hold on. Wang Jia and Shangguan Guang led the defeated army and fled with the puppet Emperor in a hurry. They retreated into the control area of ​​Guangling County and continued to prepare to threaten The emperor ordered the princes—although this is a false emperor, he has at least one title.

But after the coalition forces broke through the city, something interesting happened—an interesting thing Xu Ren said. That is: supporting the emperor.

Although the Great Xia Kingdom has perished, none of the feudal lords dared to be the first to proclaim themselves emperor; everyone knows the reason why the wind destroys the beautiful forests and the rain beats the rafters.

In the dilapidated Wuyang City, on the blood-stained road, when the people were in panic and panic all day long, the coalition forces marched into the imperial capital Wuyang City in mighty force, and finally gathered outside the imperial palace.

The eldest prince took the lead in the northwest, Gao Bin in the south, Kong Yingcai in the southeast, the second prince and the crown prince in the east, no one in the northeast and north, and the Li family stood still.

Among the four gangs, Gao Bin represents Songzhou County, Kong Yingcai represents Nanyang County, and they all belong to the separatist regime.

However, Xia Xu, the first prince in the northwest, and Xia Shu, the second prince in the east, are of royal blood and are qualified to ascend the throne and proclaim themselves emperor. Especially the second prince, who was officially conferred the crown prince, was supposed to inherit the throne as a matter of course. But these days, there are many things that should be done, but in the final analysis, it is still talking with fists.

After the four parties gathered, everyone stared - who will be the emperor?

Flags were fluttering around, and representatives from the Quartet came forward.

The eldest prince Xia Xu was arrogant, so he brought three or five personal soldiers, walked to the center without fear, and stared in all directions.

When Gao Bin and Kong Yingcai saw this, they only brought a few personal soldiers and walked to the center with their heads held high, less than three feet away from the First Prince.

In the end, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the second prince and prince Xia Shu finally hesitated. Under Yuan Zhao's persuasion, he walked to the center rather unwillingly, and the four parties started a four-corner meeting.

At the heart of the meeting was: Who gets the throne?