Chapter 241: Attacking Nanjing City, the foundation has been established

Author: This Ganges Beacon

Chapter 241: Attacking Nanjing City, the foundation has been established

Thinking of this, Su Hao was no longer interested. After all, if such a huge mechanism beast was created, it would be impossible to succeed in a few years, and it would take a lot of manpower and material resources.

If you want to capture Nanjing City, as long as you cut off the support of Nanjing City and besiege it for another three or four years, the Nanjing City will be destroyed, so why should you spend such a great price to build a mechanism beast?

But after thinking about it, Su Hao did not pour cold water directly, but asked: "Hou Aiqing, this Mohist mechanical beast is cumbersome in production. I am afraid it will not take a moment to create such a huge mechanical beast, and it will be a lot of money."

When Hou Xun heard Su Hao's words, he was stunned, but he soon came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "It took a long time to create a perfect siege beast and it also cost a lot."

"But if you just want to create a mechanism beast that can attack the city, it is not particularly difficult. As long as Your Majesty transfers many Mohist children from the Research Institute to assist the ministers and then transfers a thousand craftsmen to serve the ministers, you can create a mechanism beast that can attack the city within half a year."

Upon hearing this, Su Hao was stunned. This was something he had never thought about. According to his guess, this giant mechanical beast could not succeed without the painstaking efforts of hundreds or thousands of Mo family members after decades of hard work.

After thinking for a while, Su Hao said half-believingly: "Can you really build a mechanic beast that is enough to attack the city in half a year?"

For him, it was not difficult to transfer the Mo family's children in the research institute, and a thousand craftsmen were also easy to do. What he was worried about was that he had too much expectations, but Hou Xun lost the chain and would be depressed at that time.

"I dare not deceive the king."

Hearing that Su Hao did not believe it, Hou Xun quickly saluted.

"Since you have confidence, then do it boldly. Even if it doesn't work, I won't blame you."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao nodded and said, since Hou Xun was confident, he naturally enjoyed seeing it happen. After all, the manpower and material resources are not needed, so it is naturally the best to succeed, and there will be no big loss if it fails.

"I will not let you down the expectations of Your Majesty."

Hou Xun said quickly.

…

Soon, under Su Hao's order, more than a thousand craftsmen were placed under Hou Xun's command and obeyed the order. At the same time, Su Hao also set up a camp for Hou Xun for his use. Many Mohist children from the scientific research institute far away in Jinan Fucheng were also transferred to Nanjing City.

Hou Xun quickly built dozens of iron-smelting blast furnaces in the military camp and began to smelter steel. At the same time, a large amount of wood was transported into Hou Xun's camp.

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On the other side.

Jingzhou Prefecture City, Yunzhen Martial Arts Hall.

In a monastery, Hu Zhongwu closed his eyes and practiced his internal skills. After a long time, Hu Zhongwu slowly opened his eyes and sensed the internal strength in his body. Hu Zhongwu's face showed joy. The Dragon God did not lie to him. He was really reborn.

In just half a month, he never reached the level of the third-rate realm, and his cultivation speed was getting faster and faster. He was sure that he could be promoted to the second-rate realm in less than two months.

Thinking of this, Hu Zhongwu's face became even more joyful. At this speed, he could reach the first-class level in less than half a year. In addition, the gold given by the Dragon God, he would recruit soldiers and horses in his hometown and could easily occupy the side.

………

As time passed day by day, as the mechanism beasts created by Hou Xun gradually took shape, Wang Jia and others in Nanjing also discovered the giants in the Qi army camp.

"What's that?"

Chen Guangyu frowned. There are nearly twenty red cannons cast in the city now. In two months, they will have about thirty red cannons.

At that time, with the help of the city wall, they can also compete with the Qi army. He would never want to see any changes at this time. After all, changes represent a crisis, and if you are not careful, Nanjing City will be in danger.

"It seems to be a mechanism beast of the Mo family."

Fan Jingwen, who was standing beside him, frowned and said, "But this is too big. How can such a huge mechanism beast act?"

As the Minister of War in Nanzhili, he is also a knowledgeable person, and naturally he has seen the Mo family's mechanical beasts. However, such a huge mechanical beast is unheard of, because such a huge mechanical beast cannot be driven by human magic power.

"The Qi army will definitely not waste so much effort to create a fake thing to scare us. Maybe the other party can really drive this mechanism beast to attack the city."

Xu Hongji, Duke of Wei, was worried that the only reliance on Nanjing City was the city wall. The height of the mechanical beast created by the Qi army was no lower than that of the city wall. If it could really move, Nanjing City would undoubtedly be broken.

"Why would you like to ask Mr. Kong San to come and see?"

At this time, Tang Dazhang, the Minister of Rites, spoke.

Mr. Kong San?

Hearing Tang Dazhang's words, Wang Jia's face suddenly became gloomy and he said coldly: "It's fine if the Kong family has trained two martial arts masters privately, but he has also secretly trained a powerful in the innate realm. When our family returns to Beijing, we will definitely sue the Kong family!"

Hearing Wang Jia's words, Tang Dazhang couldn't help but smile bitterly. No outsiders knew about the Kong family's secret cultivation of an innate realm powerhouse, but before, the pseudo-Emperor Su Hao had personally taken action and summoned thousands of paper people to attack the city, and the city wall was almost lost. It was the Kong family's innate realm powerhouse who worked with two other martial arts masters to kill all the paper people.

Although the Kong family took action this time to save Nanjing City, the Kong family's behavior is unacceptable to the royal family. There were many families in the entire Ming Dynasty that were trained in the martial arts master realm. The families of several major states in the Ming Dynasty had strong men in the martial arts master realm guarding the house.

However, the innate realm powerhouse is a taboo. Except for the royal family who worships the innate realm powerhouse, other families will take the initiative to avoid suspicion. Although this taboo is not explicitly stipulated, it is agreed by everyone. Now the Kong family has broken this taboo.

"Eunuch Wang, it's not too late to talk about this matter in the future. The most important thing now is to defend Nanjing City."

After a moment of silence, Tang Dazhang smiled bitterly: "Besides, the Kong family did not hesitate to expose this innate powerhouse in order to protect Nanjing City, which means that the Kong family is still loyal to the court."

"snort!"

Wang Jia snorted coldly and didn't say anything more. If it weren't for this, he would have been angry long ago. The innate realm strongman is strong, but as the southern capital, Nanjing City now has twelve martial arts master realm in the city, and it can kill everyone in the Kong family.

Not long after, a middle-aged man wearing a navy Confucian robe came to the city wall.

"Kong San has met Mr. Wang, Mr. Xu, and Mr. Chen."

Seeing Wang Jia smelling a stinking face, Kong San had to take the initiative to salute.

Wang Jia ignored Kong San. This time Zhu Youjian would definitely not show the Kong family a good look. If he was too close to the Kong family, his fate would definitely not be much better.

"Mr. Kong San doesn't have to be too polite."

Seeing that Wang Jia had no intention of speaking, Chen Guangyu quickly spoke out and broke the awkward atmosphere. Kong San was a powerful in the innate realm. If he wanted to defend Nanjing City, Kong San would have to do his part.

Seeing this, Kong San could only smile helplessly. As a member of the Kong family, he also knew that his existence had violated the taboos of the royal family. He had previously advised Kong Yinzhi to escape to other places before the Qi army surrounded Nanjing City, but unfortunately Kong Yinzhi rejected his proposal and chose to stay in Nanjing City.

Because Jiangnan is the richest area in the entire Ming Dynasty, once Jiangnan falls into the hands of Daqi, the Ming Dynasty will be weak, and there is no Confucian foothold in Daqi, so in the end, Kong Yinzhi decided to take the Kong family's strong men to defend Nanjing City.

Although his existence violated the taboo of the royal family, as long as he could help defend Nanjing City, he believed that Zhu Youjian would not pursue this matter too much.

"Mr. Kong San, I invited you here this time mainly to ask you for advice. Now the pseudo-Qi military camp is creating a huge Mohist organ beast. I wonder if this organ beast is true or false, can it be taken?"

At this time, Fan Jingwen pointed to the huge mechanism beast in the Qi army camp in the distance and asked.

Mohist organ beast?

When Kong San heard Fan Jingwen's words, he was stunned. He naturally saw the huge thing in the distance, but if Fan Jingwen didn't say anything, he wouldn't have guessed that it was a mechanical beast.

"Shangshu Fan, have you read it wrong? That thing should not be a Mohist beast."

After thinking for a while, Kong San shook his head and said.

"How could that thing not be a Mo family's mechanism beast?"

Upon hearing this, Fan Jingwen frowned and said, "I have also seen some of the Mo family's mechanism beasts before. Except for the larger things, they are exactly the same as those of the Mo family's mechanism beasts."

Hearing this, Kong San shook his head and said, "Shangshu Fan only knows one thing but not the other. This thing seems to be very similar to the Mohist beast, but in fact it is very different. The Mohist beast manufacturing is quite harsh."

"If the Mohist beast wants to act, it must inscribe magic patterns so that the magic power can be operated. However, inscribe magic patterns is an extremely consuming mana and material. In order not to be easily destroyed, the Mohist people will choose hard-textured monsters as materials when creating mechanical beasts."

"Now the things in the Qi army camp are made of ordinary tree materials and cannot withstand the attacks of experts. Once the magic pattern is destroyed, the entire mechanical beast will not be able to move. Moreover, this thing is too big. If you want to rely on magic power to drive this thing, it is impossible for hundreds or thousands of left-minded sorcerers to succeed."

When he heard Kong San's words, not only Fan Jingwen, but also Wang Jia and others were stunned.

"What did Pseudo-Qi want to do this?"

Wang Jia couldn't help but wonder, it took at least thousands of craftsmen to build this thing. If it weren't for a mechanical beast, would it be a joke?

"Maybe it was the pseudo-Qi's plan to attack the heart?"

After thinking for a while, Chen Guangyu spoke.

"Maybe."

Fan Jingwen frowned. He did not agree with Chen Guangyu's statement, because Daqi now has an advantage and there is no need to do so.

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As time passed day by day, in the Qi army camp, the mechanical beasts created by Hou Xun gradually came to an end.

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Qi army camp.

Su Hao was lowering his head and reviewing the memorial. At this time, at the entrance of the camp, Liao Qing's voice sounded: "Your Majesty, the organ beast on Academician Hou's side has been successfully created."

Success?

Hearing this, Su Hao, who was originally practicing with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes. For him, taking down Nanjing City was the most important thing at the moment. It has been almost eight months since he set out from Shandong. If he continues to delay, the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty will probably be gathered soon.

"Go and have a look."

Su Hao walked out of the camp and walked towards the camp where Hou Xun was. After a while, Su Hao and his group came to the side of the organ beast.

The mechanical beast foot made by Hou Xun is four or seven meters high, fourteen meters long and ten meters wide, like a huge crab, with eight huge wooden legs on both sides. Below the wooden legs are huge wheels, and circles of iron bars are covered with iron bars outside the wheel. The center of the wheel is a large iron disc, and the disc is engraved with various magic patterns.

In addition to both sides, there are more than a dozen wooden legs on the abdomen of the mechanic beast, and the wooden legs are also wheels, which look quite weird. Moreover, the entire mechanic beast is made of wood.

"See Your Majesty!"

At this time, Hou Xun's voice sounded, and the next moment, Hou Xun jumped off the abdomen of the mechanical beast.

"Is this mechanic beast finished?"
To be continued...