After Zhongli Changyi returned, he told his elder brother Zhongli Changxin about what happened today and asked him to withdraw his troops immediately.
With their current capabilities, they have no way to resist Xizhou's bizarre artillery fire.
"Damn it, this bastard took a quote out of context and betrayed his promise. He deserves to be killed." Zhongli Changxin is a straight-tempered person and can't stand such clever people.
"How can we Zhongli be so angry? We have an army of 100,000, and we are attacking the city directly, and we are afraid that we will not be able to capture it!" Zhongli Changxin slapped the table and roared, he will not tolerate such cowardly anger.
"Brother, even if we have 100,000 soldiers, we can't let them die in vain. You saw it today. The explosives falling from the sky are really terrifying. You withdraw your troops first. I will go back and inform my father about this. We will then
Think about it in the long term." Zhongli Changyi still retained some sense.
But we can't let Xizhou develop like this, the consequences will be dire.
Zhongli Changxin did not listen to Zhongli Changyi. He had been holding back a fire in his heart. His subordinates and ten thousand soldiers died in such an unexplained way. How could he be able to swallow this breath.
He must avenge this!
But not now, he wants to find an opportunity to take revenge.
Zhongli Changyi couldn't stay here any longer, so he gave his eldest brother numerous instructions, asking him to return to the pass and wait for news.
"Zhongli Zixi is still waiting outside the city. Keep an eye on her." She is protected by the Holy Order. She cannot die, but she must be careful about being caught.
After all, her current status as the Holy Envoy is a trump card for the Zhongli family.
Zhongli Changyi finished explaining the matter and left.
Zhongli Changxin did not listen to Zhongli Changyi's words and retreated. He wanted to besiege the city for a year and a half, trapping all the people in the city.
When the food reserves in the city are used up, it depends on what they eat. At that time, without him attacking the city, Xizhou will be destroyed by itself.
In the evening, the scouts on the city wall raised their binoculars and saw that the army was still there thousands of meters away and had set up camp there. They were quite determined to besiege Xizhou City to death.
The soldier told Helian Jingce what he saw.
When Uncle Da heard the news, he knew what the other party was thinking, which was to trap them in the city and wait for them to internally consume themselves.
"How long will the food stored in the city be enough to feed the people and soldiers in the city now?" Uncle Da asked.
"One month is enough." Helian Jingce said.
A month later, his reinforcements arrived, and he was not worried about being besieged.
"One month is enough. How are your arrangements in Xidi?" Uncle Da asked.
He knew Helian Jingce's plan in Xidi. Now that the imperial court of Xidi was undercurrent, Xidi would soon be in civil strife. At the right time, he could take advantage of the situation and capture Xidi in one fell swoop.
Fu Manman listened to the discussion between the two, and she also heard about the feud between the brothers in the Xidi Imperial Court.
Thinking about seizing Xidi at this time is a bit courting death.
It's like trying to deal with the jackal in the backyard when there's a vicious dog at the door of your house that you haven't driven away yet.
Maybe, if he is attacked from the front and back, he will die.
"You should think about how to get rid of the vicious dog at the door first! There will be plenty of opportunities to deal with the jackal in the future," Fu Manman said to the old man and the young man.
"Girl Man, we are just trying to think of a solution." Uncle Da said with a smile.
Fu Manman also came forward and asked curiously: "What are your plans?"
Uncle Da gave a deep smile, "Let's go east and attack the west, invite you to enter the urn, let the vicious dogs and jackals fight, and we will reap the benefits."
Fu Manman smelled a conspiracy.
After listening to Uncle Da's next words, Fu Manman couldn't help but clapped his hands and applauded. It turns out that ginger is really hot.
After we finished chatting, it became dark.
Outside the city gate, soldiers from the Zhongli Zixi faction were still gathered around, waiting to wait.
Fu Manman and Helian Jingce went up to the tower and decided to chase the dogs away!
The night is dark and windy, which is a good time for artillery drills. You can accurately see whether the target is accurate.
The two men took the temporarily established artillery regiment and began emergency training.
Artillery does not just load ammunition, light it up, and fire, but it is a physical problem that pays attention to distance and angle.
Fu Manman went back to refresh his knowledge and now comes to train the new artillery captain.
There are generally two types of artillery shooting. One is direct aiming, using a scope to aim at the target and striking directly. This type is for targets that are closer.
Fu Manman pointed to the pavilion under the city wall where negotiations were held during the day and said: "Just use that pavilion as your target and you can practice."
Of course, during the exercise, she was still very humanitarian. She took out the loudspeaker and shouted to the soldiers outside the city. The content was, "Xizhou Military Exercise, everyone waiting to evacuate as soon as possible!"
Zhongli Zixi saw Helian Jingce and a woman standing side by side on the tower. She was so angry that she almost vomited blood.
She waited below for a whole day, and they were already in the city.
How long have they been watching her joke!
Who is that woman? Is she Fu Manman? Is she so lucky that she is not dead?
Before Zhongli Zixi could finish being angry, a cannonball flew from the tower.
It exploded near the camp where they were stationed. The flying rocks immediately seriously injured several soldiers.
Bombs fell from the sky one after another. The Nanling soldiers in front of the city gate screamed in fright. They had no time to dismantle their tents and retreated back to escape.
After launching five bombs, the pavilion was finally blown to pieces.
"For this close range, a sight is used, but the artillery shell can hit targets as far as more than ten kilometers away. At this time, the scouts need to observe and then use observation instruments and calibration tools to determine the angle and direction of the artillery."
Fu Manman said, and she took out the measuring rod. This was more complicated, and the Pythagorean theorem was also used.
The explanation was like a book from heaven. A group of soldiers were dumbfounded and couldn't understand it, but they thought it was awesome.
Helian Jingce understood it. He used a telescope to observe the Nanling army stationed in the woods in the distance, and then calculated the distance and location based on what Fu Manman said.
He asked the soldiers to adjust the position of the artillery as he requested, then load and fire.
A bolide flew towards the Nanling army station a thousand meters away.
With a roar, Zhongli Changxin, who was in the big tent and discussing with his subordinates how to conquer Xizhou, was frightened.
"Report!"
"What happened!" Zhongli Changxin asked the soldiers who rushed in.
"General, it was Xizhou who was conducting military exercises and blew up our granary!" the soldier shouted hurriedly with a look of horror on his face.
"What! Impossible!" Zhongli Changxin shouted, their camp was so far away from the city gate, several kilometers away, how could it be possible to fight so far.
Just when he was shouting that it was impossible, another cannon shot into the camp.
There was a bang, sparks flew everywhere, and screams continued.
"General, let's retreat quickly!" the deputy general shouted loudly.
Zhongli Changxin was so angry, he had never been so embarrassed.
