The artillery battalion, as the name suggests, is a strong offensive unit based on artillery operations, and many of the armies of Daqi are equipped. The artillery is so powerful that it is like a thunderbolt, and since it first came out, it has been regarded as a national protection artifact in China by major foreign races.

China has had artillery technology since the beginning of the Wu Dynasty, and the large-scale annexation and invasion wars in the middle of the Wu Dynasty, coupled with the rapid rise of major foreign races, have given the artillery technology the impetus for rapid development. However, the artillery at that time was relatively simple, and it was very different from the artillery of later generations in terms of appearance and power.

The first to be intimidated by the power of the first generation of artillery of the Han people was the Yunlong Silver Fox King. At that time, as soon as artillery technology came out, it was immediately put into battle. The first battle coincided with the Silver Fox King leading 300,000 troops to besiege the northern town of the Wu Dynasty "Jade Dragon City", and the general Wei Lin who defended the city held on for 15 days, and finally waited for the support of the artillery battalion. As a result, after three days of bombardment, the 300,000 horses of the Silver Fox King were defeated, and they did not dare to invade the Central Plains again in the next ten years.

This is still the first generation of artillery. It's a pity that in the last years of the Wu Dynasty, I don't know for what reason, the emperor suddenly ordered, "Attacking cities and conquering land should focus on talents, such shocking weapons have hurt people and violate humanity, and they are only used to destroy grain and grass, and do not need to be studied deeply."

This edict allowed artillery technology to stagnate for several years. Fortunately, after the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, the two emperors attached great importance to artillery and continued to study. In the sixth year of the Great Qi Dynasty, Emperor Qi Yao set up the "Imperial Capital Gongzai" in the palace capital, which was subordinate to the Ministry of Industry and was responsible for manufacturing all kinds of military weapons. Among them, there is a "Shenji Workshop" that specializes in the development and improvement of artillery, which makes artillery technology completely become the necessary armament of the Daqi army.

There are three types of artillery in Daqi, one is the more powerful catapult artillery, which is called "Divine Arm Thunder". This kind of artillery throws shells with catapults, the projectile is an iron ball, and the whole body is covered with gunpowder, ignited before throwing, the impact force of the landing is huge, and the range is enough to be 350 steps away, the projectile can also burn homeopathically after landing, and the lethality is extremely strong.

However, the "Divine Arm Thunder" has a fatal flaw, that is, it is too cumbersome, and the body of the car needs eight people to push and change the direction together, and another four people need to operate. Not only is it difficult to move, but the waste of manpower is also too high. Therefore, it is usually used as a border garrison to defend the city, or to destroy the enemy's grain and grass baggage, attack the city and break the door, etc.

The second class of artillery in Daqi belongs to the tubular medium artillery, called "Thunderbolt Fire". This kind of artillery is tubular-shaped, the gun body is tall and long, the caliber is about one foot, and the whole body is black, and two people can pick it up and move, and three people can operate it. The projectile of this type of artillery is not solid, but a hollow iron ball, which is filled with gunpowder, which explodes cis-like after landing, and is extremely lethal to people and horses.

Although the "Thunderbolt" is dexterous and easy to carry equipment, its range is only 200 paces, and it is inferior to the "Divine Arm Thunder" in this regard. In addition, "thunderbolts" tend to kill people more often, and have less destructive power to fortifications such as city walls.

At present, all the ace armies of Daqi are equipped with these two types of artillery, which complement each other from far and near, and attack and defend well. In addition, it is rumored that there is a third type of artillery in Daqi, which is very powerful. Although it has never appeared, according to rumors, this kind of artillery can really be called a national protection artifact.

Although the former Wu Dynasty believed that artillery technology was inhumane and abandoned it, the Great Qi, which was bent on recovering all ethnic groups and dominating the world, regarded it as the foundation of protecting the country and constantly improved and strengthened. However, although the Qingcheng army was also equipped in the past, the Duan family's father and son had the same idea as the Wu Dynasty. Firearms are only used for siege and defense, the destruction of grain and grass, for marching and fighting, men and horses fighting, the Duan family father and son rely more on the arrangement of troops.

King Guhong's Wan Li army is also one of the ace armies of Great Qi, and it is naturally equipped with artillery. It's just that he didn't expect that in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong and the battle will be won, King Guhong actually mobilized an artillery battalion to shell the pirates.

At this moment, Qingcheng had just retreated to the outside of the mine, and was about to wait for news from the wind. As early as before the battle between Qingcheng and Shangquan Xinyi, the former had arranged a follow-up move, lest the pirates would rebel after their victory, Qingcheng brought 3,000 people to break the formation, leaving 3,000 soldiers and all the horses, just to let Zhenhaihou and Hurricane surround the surrounding area of this mine after the pirates were defeated, lay an ambush, and wait for the enemy to come out.

As early as the first time he saw this mine, Qingcheng thought that since the pirates could know the time of their attack today, they must also know about the arrival of the Wanli army.

But in this case, they actually stuck to this mine and did not escape, on the one hand, there must be something to delay and cover up the movement of the large army; On the other hand, there is a way out of the way for the pirates to retreat.

Therefore, before the battle began, Qingcheng left half of the men and horses, just to prevent the Shangquan Xinyi Golden Cicada from coming out of its shell. And now in response to Qingcheng's words, Shangquan Xinyi realized that it was Qingcheng who really grasped the overall situation.

According to Qingcheng's thoughts, the pirates are in order to save their lives, as long as they are not forced, they will not threaten the safety of the hostages, after all, it is their bargaining chip. So Qingcheng just surrounded the surroundings to ensure that the pirates would not escape, and the rest was trapped beast fighting.

With such a strategy, Qingcheng is confident that within five days, the pirates will definitely take the initiative to ask for negotiations, and there will definitely be a chance to persuade them to surrender at that time. However, it backfired, Qingcheng never expected that King Guhong would do it in advance.

At this moment, the wind had finished reporting on the artillery battalion and urged Qingcheng to evacuate quickly. However, after hearing this, Qingcheng didn't seem to have any intention of withdrawing his troops, but instead pushed away the wind and ran towards the location of King Guhong. But he didn't want to, just a few steps away, he was stopped by Zhenhaihou.

"Qingcheng, I know your thoughts, to be honest, Ben Hou is in the same mood as you, but if you listen to my advice, he Mu Wang Ye will do what he says, and you can't stop it."

As the commander of Linhai City, Zhenhai Hou also has feelings for the people here, and Qingcheng naturally believes in him. However, what he said, although Qingcheng knew that it was also true, but the situation in front of him made Qingcheng forget to think, and almost subconsciously wanted to stop it.

"That's dozens of innocent people! I can't leave them alone! Master Hou, please atone for your sins. ”

Saying that, Qingcheng clenched his fists and arched his hands, ignoring the obstruction of Zhenhaihou, and made a gesture to find the theory of King Guhong. And looking at his appearance, Zhenhaihou pondered for a moment, smiled helplessly and bitterly, and thought in his heart: Hey, he really deserves to be a member of the Duan family. It's a pity that you are really incompatible with this Great Qi and this Great Qi under the rule of the Han family.

Zhenhaihou shook his head, although he was helpless, he also followed Qingcheng.

Gu Hongwang and Xu Lin and other generals, taking advantage of the battle between Qingcheng and Shangquan Xinyi, quietly occupied the high ground around the mine and hid it.

It wasn't until Qingcheng won that King Guhong was worried that Shangquan Xinyi would turn back, or that he had never believed in these pirates, so he secretly ordered Xu Lin to transfer the artillery battalion and seven "Divine Arm Thunder" and five "Thunderbolts", and arrange them all around, so that they could immediately launch a crazy artillery bombardment after an order.

There is no doubt that once this kind of offensive starts, it will not take half an hour, not to mention pirates, and even the entire mine can be razed to the ground. Although it will be won, it is tantamount to slaughter.

And thinking that there were dozens of innocent Daqi people inside, Qingcheng didn't care if he would collide with King Guhong, and all the soldiers on the road who stopped him and wanted to report first were pushed away by him and rushed all the way to King Guhong.

And looking behind him, many people blocked along the way, and even used weapons, but those who didn't know thought that there were assassins who wanted to assassinate King Guhong.

Looking at the blazing Qingcheng and this scene of "catching assassins", King Guhong frowned and reprimanded: "Qingcheng, this king has mentioned you, Wan Li Army is the most important rule, you can't wait to report anything important?" Hmph, what a system! ”

Listening to King Guhong's words, Qingcheng also knew that he was a little reckless, so he hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said in a respectful tone: "I've seen the prince." Please forgive the prince, it is indeed rude to the general, but the situation is urgent, please ...... the prince"

"That's it", King Gu Hong waved his hand to interrupt Qingcheng's words, his frowning brows eased slightly, and then said with a faint smile: "This king and all the generals are watching here, knowing that you are happy to have made the first contribution, and are anxious to report to this king." This king's strength is not so small, how can he care about you? Get up. ”

After King Guhong finished speaking, Qingcheng didn't get up, not because he was afraid that the former would be guilty, but Qingcheng knew that if he stopped King Guhong's shelling, he would inevitably anger him again, so after thinking about it, it was better to kneel first.

Seeing that Qingcheng didn't react, Xu Lin thought he was scared and hurriedly came out to play the round. He first asked the soldiers who were chasing Qingcheng to retreat, and then stepped forward to help Qingcheng up. At this time, Qingcheng took a deep breath, as if he had made a great determination, and then clasped his hands into fists and spoke.

"Returning to the prince, the soldiers of Linhai City killed the enemy to the death, and the Marquis of Zhenhai commanded well, and the generals who broke the enemy did not dare to claim to be the first. In the end, there is another report: there are still dozens of hostages in the mine! ”

After Qingcheng finished speaking, the atmosphere instantly cooled down. Xu Lin looked at him, sighed in his heart, and did not help him with his outstretched hands, but retreated to his position, and secretly looked at King Guhong's reaction.

At this moment, the Lone Hung King is like a volcano about to erupt, trying to suppress his fire. He didn't respond, but the atmosphere was scary; The face is expressionless, but the eyes can kill. Look at the branch he was holding in his hand, it was already in half. In a word, anyone with a discerning eye can see that King Guhong is very angry!

"And then? What else do you want to say, don't ramble, just say it. ”

Seeing that King Guhong did not reprimand himself, and asked about his intentions, Qingcheng was eager to save people, and said without thinking: "Back to the prince, the last general will receive an order, and the prince intends to shell the mine and annihilate all the pirates." The last general thought that the prince might not know the inside situation, so he hurriedly came to report. I hope that the prince will take back his life, and the last general will try his best to break the enemy! ”

"Presumptuous!"

After Qingcheng finished speaking, King Guhong drew his sword angrily, and the tip of the sword was pointed at the right side of Qingcheng's neck, and scolded: "Who asked you to report this matter!" What qualifications do you have to make this king take back his fate! This king remembers telling you that he is most annoying to others to be disobedient, and he also told you to let you learn to understand the rules, why are you arrogant? Okay, don't say that this king won't give you a chance, this king will ask you again, what are you here to report? Say! ”

King Guhong's momentum was terrifying, and none of the generals present dared to come forward to plead, and even felt that Qingcheng was finished. As for Qingcheng, after listening to King Guhong's words, to be honest, he was also a little frightened in his heart, but his father's teachings for many years were vivid, and the fresh lives below still needed to be rescued, all of which made Qingcheng not have to think about it. I saw that after he pondered for a moment, he took a deep breath, raised his head to look at the face of King Guhong, and opened his mouth again without any fear.

"Back to the prince, there are still dozens of innocent hostages in the mine, all of whom belong to the people of Daqi, and the general will receive the order from the prince to bombard, lest the prince do not know the inside story and hurriedly report it. Please take back your fate, and the final general will definitely break the enemy and win and save the hostages! ”