In the imperial palace of the Kingdom of Jinyang, the emperor roared and threw the exquisite teapot on the imperial desk. The surface of the teapot was wrapped with a layer of spiritual light, and it slammed through the door of the meeting hall and flew another hundred meters.
It fell on the Yunlong relief in front of the palace and finally broke into pieces.
The broken teapot fragments flew several meters away, and some fragments even hit the guard's face.
This sudden change made the guards on both sides become nervous instantly.
The low roar coming from the hall was like an angry dragon, with a deep voice filled with majestic power and anger.
At this moment, the entire palace of Jinyang Kingdom was shrouded in anger. The guards could only continue to watch their eyes, nose, nose and heart, and remained quiet.
In the main hall, the Emperor of Jinyang Kingdom looked at the officials with a livid face, especially at the scarred He Dongjun standing in the center of the main hall.
He Dongjiu and four other generals who had narrowly escaped death stood together under the palace, looking at the emperor above them with trepidation.
There was silence in the entire hall, and all the officials were silent.
After a while, the emperor finally spoke: "He Dongjun, you went to battle twice, but were defeated both times. I understand that this is not entirely your fault. But... Cultivation really pays attention to luck."
He Dongjiu lowered his head. The emperor had already said this, so what else could he say?
People are so unlucky that even when they drink cold water, their teeth get stuck! This seems to be the only explanation for my situation.
Although the theory of luck is illusory, it is recognized by every cultivator. And what happened to me, it seems that this is the only way to explain it - at least it seems like this now.
The emperor then announced the punishment for He Dongjun-defeat. No matter what the reason for defeat, it needs to be punished.
Deprive He Dongjun of his position as General Zuo of the Guards, demote him to an ordinary guard, and stand in front of the hall. Considering that He Dongjun is now seriously injured, He Dongjun is given three days to recuperate. Starting in three days -
Penalty standing.
Thank you, He Dongjun.
Then the emperor scanned everyone, and finally looked at Prime Minister Pang Chong. "Pang Chong, what do you think?"
Pang Chong carefully stepped out: "Your Majesty, I think that the war with the Qixia Kingdom may be suspended for a while. At least, it will not be too late to start the war again after we figure out the artillery and other matters.
Moreover, the princess of Qixia Kingdom is now the regent. If we temporarily cease the war with Qixia Kingdom and there is no external pressure, I think interesting things will happen in Qixia Kingdom.
In addition, don’t we have the second prince of the Qixia Kingdom on our hands, which we might be able to use.”
The emperor's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he nodded slowly. The prime minister's mind finally did not let him down.
In fact, Pang Chong spoke very carefully, and he never mentioned "heavy losses" from beginning to end. After a pause, Pang Chong continued: "Also, I believe that the current Kingdom of Jinyang is actually fighting on four fronts.
We are attacking the country of Qixia and the country of Danyang.
In addition, they are also defending the country of Canglan and besieging the country of Zhongshan.
Perhaps we can suspend the war with the Qixia Kingdom and put all our military power on the Danyang Kingdom.
If we can solve the Danyang Kingdom in the shortest time, then the million-strong army that attacked the Danyang Kingdom can be transferred to the Qixia Kingdom; and Danyang Kingdom can also organize a million-strong army there.
At that time, we will be able to launch a general attack on the Kingdom of Qixia from the north and south. At that time, even if the Kingdom of Qixia has artillery, it will not be able to prevent the fate of destruction!"
As soon as Pang Chong finished speaking, an official immediately stood up and pointed out the problem: What if the Kingdom of Qixia intervenes in the war with the Kingdom of Danyang? Or what if the Kingdom of Qixia is unwilling to cease the war, or turns around and tears up the armistice agreement?
Pang Chong smiled: "Didn't we have a second prince from the Qixia Kingdom? Didn't we also occupy a lot of land in the Qixia Kingdom? Even the Jiuyang Sect also joined us.
Just in time, let Jiuyang Sect come forward to support the second prince to ascend the throne and divide the country of Qixia into two!
I think it will be fun!"
The emperor immediately smiled with satisfaction, "Pang Chong, I will leave matters related to the Kingdom of Qixia to you."
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"It's... spectacular!" Standing next to the old site of Yunhai Pass, Sima Zhen finally said this after holding back his words for a long time. He really didn't know how to describe his mood.
Shocked? Or scared?
When he first received the information, Sima Zhen refused to admit it - or he couldn't believe it. So, he only brought a few people and galloped over. Then he saw the big hole in front of him and was speechless for a long time.
A large crater with a diameter of more than one kilometer and a depth of almost two hundred meters - don't forget, this time the explosives were buried underground instead of on the surface.
The scope of the disaster caused by the surrounding shock waves was ten kilometers away; the impact of the explosion could be seen more than twenty kilometers away.
The impact of fifty tons of super explosives is beyond imagination. The energy erupted in these explosives not only comes from the chemical energy of gunpowder, but also a wonderful "power of spiritual energy" that is still there.
For the time being, Zhang Hao doesn't know much about the energy unique to this world of cultivation, but it is indeed powerful enough. Think about it, this kind of spiritual energy can make people fly into the sky and escape from the earth, and its energy level is definitely not low!
But now, the power of spiritual energy is revealed in front of the world in an explosive way, bringing unimaginable destructive power.
Sima Zhen walked forward somewhat numbly, and then he saw corpses on the ground. The more than 20,000 soldiers who were far away from the explosion and escaped were not able to escape the massacre by Dugu Junjie and others.
For a long time, Sima Zhen stood on the top of a mountain with broken trees, looking quietly to the south - there was Huaishan Pass, which was now in the hands of the Kingdom of Qixia.
Sima Zhen roared. He couldn't describe his current mood. It was too complicated. But one thing was certain - he couldn't say he was defeated, but it couldn't be called a victory either.
All in all, the war went smoothly at the beginning. On the first day, the emperor of the Qixia Kingdom was shot down. A few days later, the border defenses of the Qixia Kingdom were breached and the Jianwu County of the Qixia Kingdom was captured.
Then, things began to branch out: after occupying Jianwu County, Sima Zhen had three attack directions:
To the north is Wuyang County in the Kingdom of Qixia;
To the south is Xingchang County in the Kingdom of Qixia, and Xinglin Hall is located here;
To the west is the core area of Qixia Kingdom.
After comprehensive consideration, Sima Zhen made a "rational" decision. Attacking to the north has little strategic significance. Attacking to the west will hardly achieve big results in a short period of time. Only attacking to the south seems to be the best.
In the south, the defense is relatively weak, and Xinglintang, one of the three pillars of the Qixia Kingdom, is here. If Xinglintang can be taken away, it will be almost equivalent to destroying one-third of the strength of the Qixia Kingdom.
So Sima Zhen finally chose to attack to the south. But as soon as he prepared his army and conducted several tentative attacks, disaster struck.
Artillery appears!
An unprecedented force has appeared: Dayang Group!
What happened after that became even more unexpected.
Sima Zhen later took relatively correct measures; but Sima Zhen did not expect that Xingchang County, Xinglintang, and the Dayang Group would not act according to common sense: they actually ignored the fact that the country of Qixia had been attacked, and instead
Attacked Huaishan Pass.
After that, everything got out of hand!
Until now, the Kingdom of Qixia has miraculously captured and wiped out more than 400,000 legions of the Kingdom of Jinyang, and even occupied Huaishan Pass and wiped Yunhai Pass off the map.
What's more, the Yunhai County behind Yunhai Customs was severely affected by the disaster. Not only was it fortified and cleared of wilderness, it also left millions of refugees behind.
Sima Zhen knew very well that the war, the war between the Kingdom of Jinyang and the Kingdom of Qixia, could not continue for the time being.
In fact, the Kingdom of Jinyang previously lured wolves into the house and took the opportunity to clean up the large families, sects, aristocratic families, etc. in the country. Although the empire gained great strength in a short period of time, it also consumed a lot of foundation. And the subsequent launch of
, the war to unify the West has strained the national power of the Kingdom of Jinyang to the extreme.
Nowadays, the loss of more than 400,000 legions, coupled with millions of refugees, and the impact of the defeat, have shaken the plans of the Kingdom of Jinyang and even affected the foundation of the Kingdom of Jinyang.
Sima Zhen looked into the distance quietly until a figure came from the east, it was Prime Minister Pang Chong.
After the two met, they looked at each other speechlessly. After a while, Pang Chong finally sighed and spoke: "According to the emperor's order, I came to negotiate an armistice with the Kingdom of Qixia. However, I still want to ask for your opinion on how to armistice.
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Sima Zhen sighed leisurely, pointed to the big pit in the distance and said: "My opinion is that as long as the war can be ceased and the conditions of Qixia Kingdom can be barely accepted, then just accept it.
After we have also developed the artillery, it will not be too late to attack. According to the current situation, it is expected that we will be able to develop the artillery in one month, no more than two months."
Pang Chong's eyes flashed: "In other words, as long as it can be delayed for two months, it doesn't matter even if there is no formal ceasefire?"
"Yes!" Sima Zhen said with certainty.
"I understand! I will try for two months!"
Sima Zhen thought for a while and continued: "I have a vague idea. I will continue to oppress the Kingdom of Qixia, and at the same time let the Jiuyang Sect put pressure on the Kingdom of Qixia and force the Kingdom of Qixia to take the initiative to propose peace talks.
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Now that the country of Qixia is in charge of a female child, it may not be too difficult! Maybe we can influence the politics of the country of Qixia."
Pang Chong nodded thoughtfully, and the two immediately set off to fly to Sima Zhen's legion, which was located in the east of Guangling County in the Kingdom of Qixia.
However, both Pang Chong, Sima Zhen and the Emperor of Jinyang underestimated Liu Xinyu. This new regent acted vigorously and resolutely.
When Pang Chong and Sima Zhen arrived at the military camp, they saw the envoy from the Kingdom of Qixia: Prime Minister Ouyang Si!
Ouyang Si adhered to Liu Xinyu's decisiveness. After a brief introduction, he spoke directly: "Sima Zhen, on behalf of the Kingdom of Qixia, I have come to propose armistice negotiations and an exchange of prisoners."
Your straightforward approach makes me panic! Sima Zhen is really a little confused. We have just met, and we haven't even talked about the "long-standing friendship between the two countries" yet, you directly mentioned negotiations, your diplomatic negotiations
The opening method is wrong.
Isn't it a bit hasty?
But, okay, now that this has been mentioned, let’s talk about it.
Without any preparation, the three of them sat down directly in an ordinary pavilion. Including the negotiators brought by both parties, there were only twenty people in total.
As soon as he sat down, Ouyang Si said directly: "Two of you, I won't say much more. On behalf of the Kingdom of Qixia, I am here to negotiate the armistice agreement, exchange of prisoners, and some conditions of the Kingdom of Qixia.
Conditions include:
First, you withdraw from Guangling County; as for Jianwu County that we have already occupied, we will not ask for it. But similarly, we will not withdraw from Huaishan Pass.
Second, we will conduct a prisoner exchange at the border of Guangling County in ten days.
The exchange method is one-to-one. The so-called one-to-one means: a person in the Qi Refining Period is exchanged for a person in the Qi Refining Period, a noble is exchanged for a noble, an injured person is exchanged for an injured person, and a dead person is exchanged for a dead person.
Three, return it to the second prince."
After that, Ouyang Si paused for a moment and continued: "Today, we will preliminary negotiate the armistice agreement, and then formalize it on the day of prisoner exchange."
Sima Zhen and Pang Chong frowned slightly, but after a moment, everyone nodded. In fact, the so-called armistice agreement and prisoner exchange were basically carried out on the basis of maintaining the current situation, and neither side suffered a loss.
The army of the Kingdom of Jinyang is under tremendous pressure in Guangling County, so it is better to withdraw. Moreover, the Kingdom of Jinyang also needs time to research artillery, gunpowder, etc.
Because there is a basis of mutual recognition (both have plans), and both parties understand clearly that everyone needs the same time to cultivate, there are not many problems in the negotiation.
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At this time, here at Huaishan Pass, Zhang Hao, Feng Zhiling, Huang Mingshan and a few others were preparing to retreat.
Zhongshu Ling Guan Zhengqing, Xingchang County Sheriff Gu Xingdong, and Xinglintang's Zhou Shuhai all expressed their gratitude to Zhang Hao. At the same time, they also said that everyone still needs more artillery and shells.
Bai Ye, Zhang Xinhan and other members of Dayang Group said that they would not embarrass Dayang Group. President, just go back and develop the group. We will create glory here. Victory has already allowed these guys to bloom.
However, Zhao Donghe from the Country of Canglan said nervously: Don't forget our artillery shells. Also, after the armistice agreement comes into effect, we will visit Dayang Group. President Zhang Hao, please don't give up.
Zhang Hao said goodbye to everyone with a smile, and Feng Zhiling coquettishly controlled the flying boat, soaring high into the sky and disappearing like lightning.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch..." Standing in front of the flying boat, Feng Zhiling suddenly howled.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Hao was confused. What kind of nerve did this senior brother have?
Feng Zhiling turned to Zhang Hao and smiled stupidly: "Junior brother, I have an idea. What do you think, I can install two cannons on the flying boat?"
Zhang Hao was immediately startled: "Brother, are you sure? The recoil of the artillery is very strong. Although your flying boat is good, I'm afraid it will fall apart after just a few shots."
Feng Zhiling shook his head very coolly and pointed around the flying boat: "Look, look carefully, I have strengthened it with black iron. Most of the ultra-high purity black iron you gave me was used by me to strengthen it.
Flying boat!"
"Um..." Zhang Hao looked carefully, and sure enough, the surface of the flying boat was covered with a layer of "fine nets". These nets were very fine, but they were not industrial ones, but more like the natural growth of plants.
Zhang Hao carefully poked it, and it turned out to be very hard.
"Haha, I'm envious! This is one of the secret techniques of Xuanzhen Sect. With the blessing of Xuantie, the strength of Feizhou has now reached the level of a real magic weapon, not counting the blessing of the formation. If the formation is included, its strength
It has reached the level of a top-grade magic weapon."
Zhang Hao gently touched these lines and was really surprised. These seemingly small fine lines vaguely revealed traces of biotechnology. Could it be...
Zhang Hao was still guessing, but Feng Zhiling explained: "The Xuanzhen Sect has a peculiar 'Dendrobium', a kind of dendrobium that grows on the Xuantie Mine. Its seeds, after being refined, can induce the Xuantie to imitate
Changes in plant root systems.
But both the dendrobium seeds and the techniques are the secrets of the Xuanzhen Sect."
Zhang Hao sighed: When you said this, you lost all sense of aesthetics. Hey, I originally thought it was some kind of biotechnology, but now I understand, it's not that mysterious.
Feng Zhiling was still blowing loudly, but Zhang Hao had already started to yawn. These past few days... were so exciting! So much so that Zhang Hao had not rested or practiced for several days.
After all, cultivators are still human beings and will still get tired.
Feng Zhiling talked for a while and found that there was no response. He turned around and saw that Zhang Hao was asleep, and immediately gritted his teeth. "It's so boring."
When Zhang Hao opened his eyes again, what he saw was...the main door of the Zhang family, but a funeral was being held at the door.
Zhang Hao's head was buzzing and he was confused. Such a grand funeral would obviously not involve family craftsmen and others. The only people with this qualification were his father, second uncle, mother and a few others.
Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment, standing on the flying boat at a loss.
Feng Zhiling, Huang Mingshan and a few others were not much better. Everyone stared blankly at everything in front of them.
Could it be that the family has been attacked in the past few days?
This possibility... is huge!
After a while, Zhang Hao finally came to his senses. He took a deep breath, stepped out of the flying boat with some trembling, and walked towards the door.
As soon as I entered the gate, I saw my mother, Dai Xiao, kneeling next to me. A coffin stood out in the courtyard.
But then Zhang Hao saw his father and second uncle, both of whom stood aside with simple scarves on their arms.
Next to the coffin, there was a strange man in his twenties kneeling there, silently burning paper.
Zhang Hao breathed a sigh of relief, then became even more confused.
Zhang Shengde saw Zhang Hao and waved to Zhang Hao with an emotional expression. Then he pulled Zhang Hao and said to the coffin: "This is your uncle. Please say goodbye. I'll wait for you to come back."
uncle?
Zhang Hao was confused, but he knelt down next to his mother, kowtowed four times, paid homage to his mother, and then stood up and looked at his father, Zhang Shengde, waiting for an explanation.
Zhang Sheng pulled Zhang Hao and quietly talked about the past. Zhang Hao sighed for a moment:
My mother is from the country of Shaoze, and Dugu Junjie is also from the country of Shaoze; the Zhang family is really wonderful.
And Zhang Hao also had more admiration for his uncle, whom he had never met. It turned out that when his uncle left his mother, it was not because he was irresponsible, but because he did not want to make his mother sad.
Thinking about it, my uncle didn't have long to live at that time. Rather than die in front of his mother, it would be better to leave a memory of him traveling around the world.
The funeral was held in the evening.
After the dinner, Zhang Hao officially met Xu Jie, Yan Qing, and Zheng You. Because they were similar in age, the three quickly became familiar with each other and gradually started chatting and laughing. According to their age, Zhang Hao needed to call Xu Jie 'senior brother'.
The dead are long gone, but the living are still alive. The greatest comfort to the dead is that we should live well and carry forward their last wishes.
When asked about his uncle's last wish, Xu Jie thought for a while and then said leisurely: "Master only has two wishes. One is to see my aunt happy and to see the Zhang family strong. And, I just want to see
To unite and strengthen the country of Shao Ze.
The most important reason why Master finally went to Kunlun Continent was to go to Kunlun Continent to find a way, a way to restore the country of Shaoze."
"did you find it?"
Xu Jie didn't speak, but pointed at himself. Then, he pointed at Yan Qing and Zheng You beside him.
Zhang Hao frowned slightly: "Brother, can we explain it more clearly?"
Xu Jie then said slowly: "The three of us have learned three different methods of governing the country, all of which are highly respected in Kunlun Continent. But we don't know whether these three methods are suitable here."
Zhang Hao suddenly thought for a moment and said: "How about this? I am still a little familiar with the current regent, and the current Qixia Kingdom also needs talents. I will introduce you to him, and you can try to lobby the regent.
In the current Shaoze Kingdom, there is little room for the three senior brothers to display their talents. However, in the current Qixia Kingdom, everything is in dire straits, so maybe this is an opportunity to try."
Xu Jie and the other two looked at each other and nodded gradually. They immediately expressed their gratitude to Zhang Hao.
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In the blink of an eye, it was the next day, but Zhang Hao had already stayed at the research base all night. Needless to say, it was another sleepless night.
One night, Zhang Hao inspected the port, docks, steel production lines, oil refining, especially gunpowder and artillery.
Ever since Diao Deshan received the artillery shell with his bare hands, Zhang Hao had to cheat again. He guided Huang Mingshan and others to start studying the delay fuse.
According to the current technical level, there are two types of delayed fuze fuzes.
One is to fire first and then delay after triggering. This is the standard for armor-piercing projectiles.
One is to ignite at the same time as it is fired, which is the standard for aviation cannons. This requires strict calculation of launch height, distance, speed, etc.
Also, Huang Mingshan has already begun research on 300 mm caliber artillery.
As for the 300mm artillery, there is also the research on locomotives - carriages and the like are not enough. For the time being, Zhang Hao does not expect the emergence of any internal combustion engines, as long as the turbine can activate the spirit stone.
Just apply it.
Huang Mingshan and others also began to consciously recruit and train more apprentices, and the entire Zhang family was slowly getting on the right track.
When Zhang Haoshi returned to his residence with a smile, he thought that Zhou Xueyao should be up, so Zhang Hao was ready to...
Zhang Hao suddenly stopped. The person in front of him turned out to be Hu Yinglan, the princess's bodyguard. Zhang Hao blinked: "Isn't this Sister Hu! Sister Hu is getting more and more beautiful!"
The corner of Hu Yinglan's mouth twitched, and your talk became more and more arrogant. Hu Yinglan snorted and then said: "I have been waiting for you for a long time. Princess... The regent said that the Jiuyang Sect has rebelled, and asked the Zhang family if they have the ability.
Blow up the Jiuyang Sect, just like Yunhaiguan did!"
"What!" Zhang Hao suddenly stared.
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