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Chapter 694: The Verge

This is the first appearance of the hot weapon on the continent to which Da Chu belongs, with a loud bang, representing the arrival of a new era, although it is still just beginning, but once Pandora's box is opened, the wheel of history will take him rolling forward and embarking on a road of no return.

Yuan Fang rushed out of the carriage with Shang Haibo, and looked up at the night sky a little blankly, the moon was still so round, so bright, the loud noise just now was like a huge thunder, so that he still didn't come back to his senses, just stood still, a severed limb fell from the air, just in front of him and far away, by the firelight, looking at the bloody thigh, Yuan Fang woke up in shock.

Not far away, several figures rushed out, holding torches high, and their delicate figures swept through the trees, and they were extremely smart behind them.

"Protect Shousuke!" Yuan Fang's tongue bloomed with spring thunder, and he shouted violently, the first to come back to his senses was the secret agents of the staff around the carriage, the first round of explosions, causing them heavy losses, the people who were slightly close to the carriage were either dead or injured, and some even lost their bodies, although they were frightened, but Yuan Fang's long-term prestige still made the survivors still immediately subconsciously surround them, and the soldiers on the periphery also woke up in the shouts of the assassins, these people were the elite of the Qinzhou soldiers sent by Zhou Tong, although the explosion just now made them frightened and devastated, But it still reacted in a very short time, quickly regrouped the formation, and a dense forest of iron armor was formed immediately.

Qiu Ping lit the fuse in her hand, listening to the sound of burning, her figure immediately fell, and she hid behind the tree, "Buyangu, come here!" ”

She shouted.

The iron gadgets she threw out flew into the sky above the ironclad dense forest, and exploded again with a loud bang, bang, splitting apart, the iron sheets outside were scattered and splashed, and the sharp shrapnel ruthlessly broke through the iron armor on the warriors' bodies, piercing into their bodies, and the dense formation was suddenly blown out of the air, and some of them covered their faces with their hands, wailing and screaming on the ground, and blood gurgling down their faces.

"What is this?" Yuan Fang was shocked, with his eyesight, he could only see the black thing flying out of the air exploding, and then there was an endless sound of snorting.

Xia Hou roared and threw out the bomb in his hand, and after another loud bang, the ironclad dense forest had been broken, Buyangu was extremely excited, looking at the flesh alley, roared, ignited the bomb in his hand, and threw it towards Yuan Fang who was standing by the dumped carriage in the distance.

If it was before, Yuan Fang who saw the hidden weapon flying would definitely be disdainful, how could this thing be in his eyes, but he witnessed the huge power of the previous explosion, and now he saw the thing flying towards him, Yuan Fang still dared to be careless, his body was half squatting, he grabbed the carriage that fell to the ground with one hand, shouted wildly, and actually lifted it up, and suddenly exerted force, and the huge carriage flew out with a spin, intercepting the bomb in mid-air.

There was a loud bang, a scream sounded around the explosion, and another group of people fell, with a whoosh, among the splashed shrapnel, a few of them actually flew towards Yuan Fang, its speed was so fast that Yuan Fang did not have time to react, only had time to turn sideways, and felt a sharp pain on his shoulder and leg at the same time, and Shang Haibo who was holding it was also a scream, this time Yuan Fang was soulless, holding Shang Haibo, flying to the side, he walked, and the staff next to him immediately retreated with him. And the Qinzhou soldiers who were guarding also turned around and ran.

But the crooked blow was right, everyone ran back, but instead filled the gap that had just been blown up, and Qiu Ping, who was chasing closely, was shocked and angry, and shouted: "Give the bomb to General Buyangu!" ”

Among their group, Buyangu had the strongest arm, and the last bomb was immediately handed to Buyangu, lighting the fuse, and Buyangu threw it forward with all his strength.

But Yuan Fang retreated too quickly, when this bomb fell, there were already rolling routs below him, and in the loud bang, a large number of people fell, screaming, but Yuan Fang in the distance was still retreating.

Qiu Ping grabbed Buyangu on top of Xing's head, "No, Buyangu, let's run quickly and let the other party react, we are not enough for them to stuff their teeth."

Without this kind of magic weapon, once the other party finds out that they don't have this kind of thing, they will fight back, and their small team of more than a dozen people will not be left.

"It's so exciting, it's so exciting!" Buyangu laughed, "More than a dozen people can chase thousands of people and flee in embarrassment, this scenery is unique!" ”

"Let's go, don't you see that the other party's retreat has slowed down, if you drag it out for a while, you will be happy and sad!" Qiu Ping pulled Buyangu, turned around and left, and his body immediately disappeared into darkness.

The sun was rising in the east, and the bright sunlight was shining down, sweeping away the morning mist, and the frightened team did not stabilize until this time, but the survivors were still talking to each other, and everyone was disillusioned when they saw the big hole that had been blown out of the road earlier.

Yuan Fang's face was gloomy, Shang Haibo's head was covered with blood, which almost scared him half to death, fortunately, he checked the injury, but his face was scratched by a piece of iron, and a piece of skin and flesh was peeled off, looking terrifying, but there was no danger to his life, but he was hit once on his shoulder and leg, tearing open his clothes, looking at the iron piece that was almost embedded in the bone, the muscles on Yuan Fang's face twitched.

"Lord Yuan, please sit down, my subordinates will heal your wounds!" A medical officer walked over and said in horror that he was lucky to be unharmed. After dealing with Shang Haibo's injuries, he turned to Yuan Fang.

While letting the medical officer heal his injuries, Yuan Fang turned his head to look at Shang Haibo, "Lord Shang, what kind of thing is this, it has never appeared before, you have been in Dingzhou for a long time, you must know, right?" ”

The disgraced Shang Haibo was stunned for a while, tilted his head and thought hard for a while, and said: "I don't know very well, but Li Qing has occasionally mentioned to me before that the craftsman battalion is researching a big killing weapon, if it succeeds, it will fundamentally change the battlefield mode in front of him, and Dingding Central Plains will be effortless, I don't know if it's this kind of thing?" ”

Yuan Fang sneered, "This thing is indeed very powerful, but when it comes to changing the battlefield mode, Li Qing's tone is too big, right?" ”

"I don't know!" Shang Haibo muttered: "When Li Qing said this to me, it was a few years ago, it seems that after several years of research, they have finally made progress, but this is definitely not the huge killing weapon that Li Qing said, Li Qing once said that if the big killing weapon is successful, it will kill the enemy in the distance. Hand-to-hand combat is going to be a rarity, and it seems that they are not entirely successful. Qingfeng was in charge of security before, and as you know, I have always been at odds with Qingfeng, and I don't know much about this matter."

Yuan Fang was secretly shocked in his heart, if the two armies faced each other, and thousands of pieces of this thing would be thrown, and there would be no need to fight this battle, and his side would be defeated first.

"It seems that we have to strike first, otherwise we will really have some trouble when Li Qing researches this thing!" Yuan Fangdao.

Shang Haibo nodded, "So the alliance with King Ning is even more important."

At this time, the two of them did not know that because the saltpeter mine could not be found in the area controlled by Li Qing, it was impossible to manufacture bombs on a large scale, and they could only be produced on a small scale, and the quantity was extremely limited, and now, Li Qing had no intention of using it in land warfare at all, and now the army and Dingzhou still had the absolute upper hand.

Li Qing's Craftsman Battalion is now working on what Li Qing called the Shenwei General Cannon, and if successful, it will also be distributed to the navy in the first batch.

And what they see today is nothing more than the simplest way to use explosives developed by the Craftsman's Battalion.

Dingzhou sacrificed their secret weapon, the purpose is just to take Shang Haibo's life, obviously, for the existence of Shang Haibo, they are quite jealous, the more so, the more Yuan Fang wants to protect Shang Haibo's safety, although the next journey is very short, but Yuan Fang is even more cautious ten thousand times, only to see Zhou Tong sent to meet the army, he was relieved.

"Xingzhou, the autumn offensive must be launched immediately!" Shang Haibo said to Zhou Tong.

"However, at present, Xingzhou's military strength has not been fully integrated, and I can't catch it!" Zhou Tong's face was embarrassed, Guan Xinglong broke through the Xiaoai River, his general Zhou Zuxun was forced to surrender, and the Qinling defense line was poked into a big hole, in this case, so that Zhou Tong, who had nearly 200,000 troops in Xingzhou who was not completely in his hands, was indeed worried about the attack.

"Shang Shoufu and I are not in a hurry to return to Luoyang, but to suspend in Xingzhou, just to help you integrate the army, if there is anyone who is not convinced, immediately killed, no mercy!" Yuan Fang's eyes showed murderous aura, and the injuries on his body were not light, which made his anger even more intense, for decades, he Yuan Fang had not even scratched the oily skin a little, he had never been the only one who calculated others, how could anyone have calculated him?

"Your Majesty wants to use thunder means?" Zhou Tong was taken aback.

"Time is running out!" Shang Haibo said awe-inspiringly.

Dengzhou, the base camp of the Pang Army's naval division, the sand table that spread from the Dingzhou army has now become a must-have thing for the major generals on the mainland, and the difference is only the fineness of the sand table.

And now, in front of Pang Jun is actually not a sand table, in the huge command room, a pool was built, and the small islands in the pool were built very realistically, which was a part of a black water ocean, on the continuous coastline, Dengzhou, Bozhou, Linzhou, Lianshan Island, Volcanic Island and other important places were clearly marked, and a yellow belt fixed on the water surface showed the necessary route for the return of the Dingzhou sailors.

"Generals, our target will be to return to Fuzhou along this route, and we will be responsible for intercepting them!" Pang Jun's white hair fluttered, looking at his generals, "The scale of the Dingzhou naval commander is very large, even if the other party Zheng Zhiyuan took away some of the naval divisions, but his existing ships, compared to us, its combat power is not too much, although our naval divisions now have more ships than the other party, but most of them are 3,000 material warships, and 5,000 material battleships have only begun to be replenished in a few or two years, and the Dingzhou naval division has an obvious upper hand over us on large ships, but we are not without advantages!" Pang Jun glanced at everyone, "The boat is small, so it is flexible, you can fight if you want, and you can leave if you want to."

"Does the old general mean that this time is not a decisive battle, but only a tentative attack?" Zhong Xiang asked in a loud voice. Zhong Xiang's son Zhong Li was killed in the hands of the Dingzhou Sailor in the battle of Lianshan Island, and the 20,000 Sailors under his command were almost wiped out.

"Wrong!" Pang Jun said: "Of course, we must really fight, if the form is beneficial to our side, it is better to eliminate it, but if the battle is stalemate, or even unfavorable to our side, why should we fight with it?" The opponent's ships are larger than ours, and above the sea surface, the advantage will be even more obvious, and if this situation develops, of course we will go."

Looking at Pang Jun's confident gaze, Zhong Xiang's heart moved, "Old general, could it be that you don't mean to be drunk?" ”

Pang Jun laughed: "The actions of our sailors can't hide from the other party, this time our sailors poured out of the nest, boarded the whole army of the three water divisions, and sought the main force of the other party for a decisive battle at sea. I believe that Deng Peng will inevitably come out of the nest as well."

"And after my division went to sea, my real goal was these islands!" The command pole in Pang Jun's hand pointed heavily at several models above the water, "These islands constitute a complete chain, so that we can only be trapped in the offshore sea, and cannot form a strategic advantage, compared to taking risks for Luoyang, intercepting the so-called King of Zhou, and doing a big duel with Deng Peng, I want to take these island chains in advance, especially Lianshan Island!" ”

"The existence of Lianshan Island is not only a sting stuck in our throats, but also the transit hub of the Dingzhou Navy Division, and the material gathering place, so this time my goal is to defeat him, the chains on the outer islands will be broken, and the other party's chains will be broken in two, and they will no longer pose a threat to us, this time Deng Peng poured out of the nest, but it is a good opportunity for us!" Pang Jun's eyes were blazing.

"Then, it is necessary for us to choose a little farther away from Lianshan Island for the decisive battle with Deng Peng, so that even if he discovers our scheme, he will not be able to withdraw to support in a short time." Zhong Xiang said excitedly.

Pang Jun said with a smile: "This time we gave Deng Peng a dilemma, Dingzhou has determined the auspicious date of King Zhou's accession to the throne, and has announced the world, if Deng Peng can't arrive in Fuzhou on time, then Dingzhou Li Qing will lose a big face and become a laughing stock, Deng Peng either turn back to save Lianshan Island, or ignore Lianshan Island, just escort King Zhou away, dilemma, let Deng Peng do it!" ”

"The old general thinks that Deng Peng will choose which one?" Zhong Xiang asked with interest.

"I hope that Deng Peng will go away regardless of Lianshan Island, so that we can recapture Lianshan Island." Pang Jun smiled, "Compared to Deng Peng's return, we have to have a duel with him, of course I hope he leaves. To us, Lianshan Island is more valuable than the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty! And His Royal Highness also means this, we are not Luoyang's thugs."

"That's right!" Zhong Xiang said with a smile: "General Pang, I hope that this task of attacking Lianshan Island can be completed by the end of the world."

Pang Jun looked at him deeply for a moment, "Okay, General Zhong, I will give you one-third of the fleet, plus the 10,000 foot soldiers attached to His Royal Highness King Ning for this battle, I hope you will succeed and take Lianshan Island for us, so that the Dingzhou Navy Division will lose its foothold in the Black Water Ocean."

"The old general can rest assured, the last general has a deep enmity with the blood sea in Dingzhou, and this time none of these bastards will be able to go back, and they will all be buried in the sea."

In mid-September, Dengzhou Harbor, a thousand sails covered the sun, and the Dengzhou Naval Division was all at sea, and at the same time, the Linzhou and Bozhou Naval Divisions also pulled anchors at the same time, and they will meet at sea and go together to intercept the returning fleet of the Dingzhou Naval Division.

Deng Peng's Dingzhou Naval Division pulled anchor, sailed away from Lianshan Island on the eighth day of September, and began a long return journey, because it can be predicted that this return voyage will inevitably lead to a naval battle, so this time the huge naval division, did not bring tens of thousands of remnants of the Zhou Dynasty, but only brought a group of important people Zhou Wang, Princess Yanran, etc. Today, there are only a number of patrolling small warships left in the chain of Lianshan Island and the outer islands. The 5,000 warships were left with only the Black Hawk's ship, barely able to form a small fleet, and in addition, only the sailors and marines led by Zheng Zhiqiang were left on the island. Zheng Zhiyuan led a fleet expedition to the open sea, which did make Deng Peng's strength stretched, if the Kaitai was still under his command, then this time there was nothing to worry about, and now, as Pang Jun said, between the dilemma, out of political considerations, Deng Peng can only choose to return without hesitation.

At the beginning of September, after Shang Haibo and Yuan Fang returned to Xingzhou, for the local army in Xingzhou, they immediately began large-scale training, several generals from other states were killed on the spot by Shang Yuan and others because they did not accept the transfer, and under the careful arrangement of Shang Haibo, these armies were reorganized one by one, scattered and divided into the Qinzhou Army and the Imperial Forest Army.

The whole training was completed in just half a month, and the army immediately began to move, and the first of course was the Guan Xinglong Department that was now heavily stationed in Yaqueling.

After breaking through the Xiaoai River, Guan Xinglong's first division immediately advanced the battle line here. Guan Xinglong even stationed his own headquarters here, and the infantry of the two battalions has built a relatively complete defense system on the Yaque Ridge after more than a month of repair, and the previous military village has now been replaced by shotguns and artillery, and has become a large fortress with many fortresses and strong military formations.

The Li Fengyi Prefecture Cavalry Battalion was swimming between the Xiaoai River and Yaqueling to ensure the smooth flow of this route, firstly, to ensure that the rear materials could be supplied to the Yaqueling Military Village in a timely manner, and secondly, to defend this passage, so that it could be smoothly withdrawn in the event that the war was not going well.