Xiao Ye, wearing dark gold armor, rode wildly on horseback, leading the four guards to pursue the fleeing Zhou army.
The thunderous thunder these days has frightened them out of their courage.
Although they knew that it was just an object similar to a large firework, and the imperial court was already trying to find out its secrets, these soldiers still did not dare to fight against it.
Because anyone who fights against it will really die miserably...
It's one thing to know what it is; it's another thing to be able to prevent it.
But now, they can't prevent it...
Xiao Ye was slightly startled when he saw the outline of the city wall appearing not far away.
The commander of the Four Guards, who was also riding on a horse and followed Xiao Ye all the way, said: "Your Highness, the frontier is the city on the border of Zhou Kingdom."
Xiao Ye was slightly startled: "Have we chased this far?"
The commanders of the four guards looked through the layers of shadows of the armored soldiers and found that the camp could no longer be seen.
These days, under the cover of Zhentian Lei, Chu State has been advancing all the time, and its camp has been relocated several times. The battle that was originally fought in the buffer zone between the two countries has retreated to the border city while fighting the enemy.
Xiao Ye waved his hand and said: "Retreat for the time being and mobilize the siege equipment."
Speaking of this, Xiao Ye suddenly asked: "I am in the army and the war is constantly going on. What day is it now?"
The commander of the four guards raised his hands and said: "Back to Your Highness, today is August 16th, and the Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed."
"August 16." Xiao Ye murmured: "Today is Xue'er's birthday, I almost forgot."
"When is the princess's birthday?" the commander of the four guards said, "It's a pity that both your highness and the prince are at the border now, and I'm afraid they won't be able to go back."
Xiao Ye said: "You can't go back, but you still have to celebrate. When the Queen was born, Xue'er was very interested in the fireworks set off by the GuoShang Academy. By the way, these thunders are also from the GuoShang Academy.
She gave birth, right?"
The commander of the four guards said: "Reporting to Your Highness, Zhentian Lei is produced by the Firearms Department under the GuoShang Yuan. It can indeed be regarded as a creation of the GuoShang Yuan."
When Xiao Ye heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "That's great. Pull up the bombing truck, aim it at the border city of Zhou State, and leave it for half an hour to celebrate Xue'er's birthday."
When the commander of the four guards heard Xiao Ye's words, he cupped his fists and said, "Yes!"
After that, the commander of the four guards pulled the reins and rushed back to the Chu army's camp.
The bombardment truck moved very slowly. If it hadn't taken too long to transport the bombardment truck along the way, the speed at which they could attack Zhou Guocheng might have been doubled.
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Chu army's tent
At this time, the Chu army's central tent had just finished setting up camp. There was nothing we could do, the fighting was going too fast these days.
With the help of Zhentian Lei, they have now broken through the war buffer zone between Chu and Zhou. The border city of Zhou is located more than ten miles ahead.
The Xian King sat in the commander's camp that had just been set up and said to himself: "Today is Xue'er's birthday. Alas, that's it. With the princess and Wan'er at home, there must be no big deal.
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With this thought in mind, the wise king still walked out of the commander's camp, wanting to relax. At this moment, the wise king saw the commander of the four guards who had just dismounted in the camp and asked: "What's the battle situation ahead?"
The commander of the four guards knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and said: "Reporting to your lord, the remnants of the Zhou army have retreated into the border city of Zhou State and are unwilling to come out. Your Highness thought that today is the birthday of Princess Yongle and ordered the general to rush back to urge the bombing vehicle.
Arrive at the frontline battlefield as soon as possible and blast the sky-shaking thunder for half an hour to celebrate the birthday of Princess Yongle."
After thinking for a while, the wise king said: "Now our army has enough thunderbolts, and the supply battalions are constantly transporting them to the border. Let's take some more thunderbolts and let the bombing trucks wait for an hour.
Leave it for another hour in the evening to celebrate Xueer’s birthday. By the way, remember to prepare some kerosene and throw it in at night, it will look good.”
The commanders of the four guards immediately raised their hands and said: "I obey my orders!"
Tonight is destined to be another night of thunder and fire.
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At this moment, the soldiers of the Zhou Kingdom guarding the border city were heartbroken. What illness did the Chu Kingdom suffer today?
They have all retreated to the city and why don’t you let them go?!
At this time, no one could stand on the city wall, because many of the soldiers who had just stood on the city wall holding strong crossbows were injured and faked to death by the thunder and fire that fell that day...
At night, these thunder and fire came again...
Is it over yet?!
If the explosion continues like this, won't the city wall collapse?
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Liuzhou City
Taoyuan Inn
Inside Xu Qing's room
Xiao Ruxue was lying on Xu Qing's bed, rubbing her round belly, with a look of satisfaction on her face.
Long Bing'er was leaning against the window, and her belly was a little bulging. It was obvious that she had not eaten less today.
But it's not her fault. If it's the fault, it's because the dishes made by Xu Qing are so delicious.
From breakfast to dinner, everything was specially and thoughtfully arranged by Xu Qing.
Naturally, Long Bing'er fell in Xiao Ruxue's favor and ate a lot of delicious food.
Xu Qing stood by the window, looked at Long Bing'er who was leaning against the window and asked, "How is it? Are you satisfied with the food?"
Long Bing'er nodded with satisfaction: "It's delicious. It's the most delicious banquet I've ever had."
Xu Qing smiled and said: "Thank you very much. Do you still want to go to King Ming's side?"
Long Bing'er pondered for a moment and shook her head: "I don't know, they should have stepped up their vigilance. I'm not sure whether it's still possible..."
Xu Qing rolled his eyes at her and said: "You couldn't do it when people didn't step up their guard. Now that they have stepped up their guard, what can you do to steal?"
Long Bing'er puffed up her mouth and said: "I...I heard people come and tried their best to make it look like they were stealing..."
Xu Qing shook his head and said, "Don't be ridiculous. If a petty thief can escape from the hands of Ming Xun, the head of the Ming family, then why would he be a thief?"
Long Bing'er stamped her feet angrily: "What should we do?"
Xu Qing said: "As I said before, professional work should be left to professionals."
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. After learning the lesson from the last chair, the shopkeeper no longer dared to come in. He just stood at the door and said through the door: "Reporting to the dean, today, as you said, all the customers in Liuzhou
The inn will waive the rent for one day, and General Liu has already returned the money and will not collect any more money from now on."
Xu Qing nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Come on down."
The shopkeeper outside the door said: "This is just a subordinate's job. I don't dare to say that it is hard. I will resign..."
After the shopkeeper left, Xu Qing walked over and pushed Xiao Ruxue up on the bed: "Okay, get up quickly."
Xiao Ruxue was lying on the bed and hooked Xu Qing's quilt with one little foot, tugging it on her body: "I can't afford it..."
Xu Qing said: "There is something beautiful outside the window, you will definitely like it."
When Xiao Ruxue heard this, she immediately became interested. She jumped off the bed, put on her shoes, ran to the window and took a closer look: "Where is there anything good to see?"
As soon as Xiao Ruxue finished speaking, fireworks suddenly rose outside the window. The flames shot up, soared up, bloomed for nine days, and illuminated the entire Liuzhou.
At the same time, a city on the border of a certain country was also illuminated by the fire...