Guan Zhengqing finally set foot on his way home, but with a clear expression of helplessness and dissatisfaction on his face.
Guan Zhengqing was not happy with the conditions from the country of Canglan, but he had to accept them.
The Country of Canglan actually did not allow Guan Zhengqing to continue to contact the Kingdom of Taihua, and said that if you continue to contact the Kingdom of Taihua, you will not be able to get the support of our Country of Canglan.
In short, your country of Qixia can only have one ally, choose it yourself!
Attention, there has been a lot of war recently, so please be careful on this road...
After some struggle, Guan Zhengqing had to rationally choose the Country of Canglan compared to the Kingdom of Taihua, which had an uncertain future. The Kingdom of Canglan provided a total of 200 Nascent Soul masters and five flying boats this time.
Also, enough elixirs for 100,000 troops for three months - this standard is calculated according to the standards of the Canglan Kingdom. According to the standards of the Qixia Kingdom, it can be used for half a year.
The leader of the team is Zhao Donghe, a master in the late Nascent Soul stage and General Zhenxi of the Canglan Kingdom.
In general, although it was much different from what was expected, it was still considerable. Guan Zhengqing could only endure it silently. But he was thinking in his heart, after these people arrived in the country of Qixia, when these people were involved,
After the war, it is difficult to escape, will you go to the country of Taihua again?
Xu Jie, Yan Qing, and Zheng You finally headed to the West together under Guan Zhengqing's arrangement.
The five-seater airship carries more than two hundred people, which is a bit crowded. However, the airship is expensive to build, flashy and has little use. It is more of a status symbol, so the number is very small.
In order to assemble the five flying boats, I finally had to borrow the vehicle of the prince of the Kingdom of Canglan. However, the signs about the prince on the flying boats should be removed if they can be removed, and those that cannot be removed must be covered up.
The flying boat is very luxurious and can be regarded as high-tech in the world of cultivation. But above the white clouds, it still looks so small.
Guan Zhengqing looked at the Qiufeng Ridge with vast white clouds below, and at the faintly revealed ocean to his left, and felt the vastness of the world. When he thought about this war, he felt even more insignificant about himself.
Maybe the Nascent Soul stage is already very powerful, but in the whole world, it doesn't matter.
Turning his head again to look at the white clouds in the distance and the majestic ocean where the white clouds were looming, Guan Zhengqing suddenly sighed.
In front of them, General Zhao Donghe of the Kingdom of Canglan was wary of all directions. In order to reach the Kingdom of Qixia and avoid the Kingdom of Jinyang, they walked from the southern seaside this time. After crossing Qiufeng Ridge, they entered Danyang.
The boundaries of the country.
Hope you have a smooth journey!
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At this time, Zhang Hao had already led everyone to Luanci Mountain. Luanci Mountain was surrounded by vast and deserted areas, and it was easy to designate a safe area for testing artillery and military exercises.
Under Zhang Hao's instigation, everyone at the shareholders' meeting actually came. Not only that, the more than 20,000 troops that had just been summoned also came together.
In Dugu Junjie's words, there is a military exercise right here in Luanci Mountain. By the way, everyone can see the Zhang family's new weapons. Don't miss them on the battlefield.
So more than 20,000 people flocked to the direction of Luanci Mountain.
It wasn't until more than 20,000 people had completely left that Liu Jingming on the top of the city breathed a sigh of relief. Although he believed that the newly emerged Dayang Group would not rebel, he was still a little worried.
But it was said that Zhang Hao arrived at Luanci Mountain with more than 20,000 people. During the advance, some smart generals had already begun to train his 1,000 soldiers.
Even before arriving at Luanci Mountain, there are already a few teams and people who can walk out of neat queues. These generals hold their heads high and their chests high. They have already got a good start in this competition; the competition has not yet begun.
Just win one game first.
Among them, the team led by Dugu Junjie is the most special. Everyone shouts slogans, which are simply one, two, one, one, two, three, four, etc. In this slogan, the soldiers can already try to quickly form a simple, defensive formation.
Got into battle.
A vague barrier appeared above the soldiers. This barrier was very weak, but at least it could block ordinary bow and arrow attacks.
Dugu Junjie's almost unique excellence attracted a lot of attention and also aroused many imitations. For a time, the slogan "1211" was heard everywhere.
Due to troop training along the way, it took the team more than two hours to reach the target location.
On a small mound in front, masters from the Zhang family, including Feng Zhiling, were already personally guarding it. Five dark cannons were neatly placed.
After the test firing five days ago, the new artillery was adjusted again. Huang Mingshan and others worked tirelessly to build five new artillery pieces.
The biggest change of the new cannon is the addition of a spring and a sliding rod behind the barrel. The spring is still a little rough, but the effect is already very good. It already looks like a rudimentary barrel retreat.
In addition, the base of the gun mount was enlarged to make the gun base more stable; columns were also added, which can be inserted into the ground to stabilize the gun.
There is also a sleeve added to the root of the barrel to prevent the barrel from exploding.
The rest of the changes are not big; the excitation device still adopts the structure of the crossbow arm, and the spring technology is not mature enough.
The five artillery pieces look a bit weird. They don't have the ferociousness of the crossbow bed, nor the domineering power of the war weapon, nor even the aura of a powerful formation, but they exude an indescribable murderous aura.
Behind each cannon were three soldiers in civilian clothes, with a box at their feet.
Zhou Jue was also a little confused: "Not explosives?"
"It's explosives!" Zhang Hao smiled happily, "But we have changed the application method of explosives. Today, not only is the Zhang family's new technology displayed, but it also allows everyone to become familiar with this brand-new weapon.
Are you all ready?"
What are you preparing for? Everyone is confused.
Dugu Junjie commanded his soldiers with a smile and guided everyone to the safe area behind the artillery. Then Dugu Junjie walked to the artillery and prepared to direct the artillery attack.
Feng Zhiling left a little reluctantly. Five days ago, he only tested a total of twelve cannonballs, which was not enough.
Today, a total of 50 shells were prepared.
Dugu Junjie picked up the order and held it high: "Get ready, target the mountain 10 kilometers away."
Everyone looked and saw that the mountains in the distance were covered with flags. Cultivators had keen eyesight and could easily identify human-sized objects ten kilometers away. Not only were there flags, but there were also many wooden stakes, rocks, etc. erected there.
Even more, there are some thick iron pillars, iron plates, etc.
The soldiers skillfully adjusted the elevation angle of the artillery. In the past few days, these fifteen carefully selected soldiers have practiced by firing live ammunition. These soldiers were also the core of the Zhang family who had witnessed the power of the artillery five days ago.
bodyguard.
They were calm and skillful, and soon the gunner raised his fist to indicate that the adjustment was complete.
"Load!" Dugu Junjie ordered again.
In fact, you should load it first and then adjust it. But today is to show this brand-new weapon, so it is inevitable to 'act', not just 'drill'.
The gunner quickly unscrewed the gun breech. One of the other two soldiers opened the box, took out the fuse, and the other took out the shell. The two worked together to quickly install the fuse, and then skillfully inserted it into the gun breech. The gunner immediately tightened the gun breech and inserted the bolt.
After doing everything, he raised his fist again to show that everything was ready.
When the five of them were completely ready, Dugu Junjie suddenly waved his flag: "Let go!"
next moment……
'boom!'
The earth trembled and the mountains shook.
The five gunshots were almost superimposed, and five flames were sprayed out from the muzzle almost two meters away. The barrel of the gun retreated, and the spring was compressed; the frame trembled, and the column inserted into the ground was almost pulled out halfway.
More than 20,000 people were stunned by the sudden loud noise. Especially those who were close, many were so frightened that their calves became weak. Even Zhou Jue jumped up in fright.
Dugu Junjie did not give another order. He held the flag with his right hand and put it down. He pointed at the distant mountain with his left hand: "Everyone, pay attention! In about ten breaths, you can see the attack situation."
More than twenty seconds later, an explosion suddenly occurred on the top of the mountain in the distance. Countless broken rocks flew hundreds of meters, and smoke billowed up. The rocks on the surface of the mountain fell off one after another, and the entire hillside collapsed.
Originally, Luanci Mountain was just a bare hill. The surface of the mountain had been weathered for countless years and was very loose. However, this also made the power of the explosion even more domineering.
Everyone was shocked again.
Although they saw artillery for the first time, the first attack of the artillery left an unforgettable impression on them.
Within an attack distance of ten kilometers, half of the hillside collapsed.
Dugu Junjie waved the flag again, and the soldiers skillfully took out the shell casings from the barrel and threw them on the ground.
Everyone looked at the empty shell, and then at the complete shell next to it, and vaguely understood. It seemed that the first half of the thing had been shot out.
After the soldiers ejected the shells, the barrel began to droop.
Dugu Junjie smiled: "Let's go over and have a look!"
With that said, he took the lead and flew forward. Everyone hesitated for a moment and followed in droves.
When they came to the location of the explosion, everyone was even more amazed. Half of the hillside slid down, and the back of the hillside was also seriously affected. At the location of the explosion, some wooden piles, boulders, and iron pillars that had been placed before were horrific.
Zhou Jue found an iron pillar half a meter thick. The iron pillar was bent at a ninety-degree angle. A one-inch-sized fragment (shrapnel) was inserted in the center. The fragment was inserted almost twenty centimeters behind the iron pillar.
The location even bulges out quite a bit.
I also saw an iron plate, which was one meter in size and ten centimeters thick. It had become a sieve, with many broken shrapnel and even gravel inlaid on it. The steel plate was twisted and seemed to tell a story of pain.
And a cruel story.
At this time, someone used magic to completely clear away the loose rocks, revealing five huge craters.
This time, because the shell hit the hillside at a relatively considerable speed, and the shell was optimized, the depth of the secondary crater exceeded four meters and the diameter exceeded 15 meters.
Seeing such a crater, Zhou Jue gasped, "Within a radius of fifteen meters, people in the Golden Core stage may not survive. Even those in the Nascent Soul stage will be seriously injured if they are not prepared.
As for ordinary armies, they will suffer devastating blows within a radius of 100 meters.
What a terrifying weapon!
And it also has a range of ten kilometers.
In the Golden Core stage, the magic weapons bows and arrows can reach ten kilometers, but that doesn’t have much power anymore! The flying swords in the Nascent Soul stage can also reach ten kilometers or even further, but they also don’t have this level of lethality.”
Someone nearby immediately agreed. Everyone looked at the five craters around them and marveled. The sudden appearance of this "weapon" made everyone feel a kind of power, a kind of power of the times!
Dugu Junjie smiled faintly beside him. This result was completely expected. After a while, Dugu Junjie spoke: "Everyone, it's almost time. Let's go back. There will be a wave of artillery attacks next."
"Artillery? This thing is called artillery?" Zhou Jue asked immediately.
"That's right. This weapon is called a cannon, and the things it fires are called shells. The shells are filled with explosives. Everyone, everyone, we are going back. According to the plan, after we go back, we will demonstrate the various attack modes of the artillery."
Everyone left the hilltop in amazement, but Dugu Junjie ordered his soldiers to tidy up the hilltop and look for stones, wooden piles, iron pillars, etc. that could still be used as targets. And this time, not only the front of the mountain, but also the back of the mountain were arranged.
target.
"Is it also arranged behind the mountain?" Zhou Jue wondered.
"We'll know later!" Dugu Junjie was quite confident.
Everyone returned and gathered behind the artillery again, this time very consciously.
Dugu Junjie picked up the command flag again and shouted: "Attention, this time load the shells, aim and fire in the correct way.
Next shooting plan: straddle fire! Attack out of sight!"
(Key reminder in this chapter: The foundation of cultivation, skills, etc. are very important. At the same level, the combat effectiveness may be very different. In the same late Nascent Soul stage, masters in the Holy Land are completely different from ordinary masters.)