Huang Qilin died on death row, and after Xiao Feng buried him, he left Kyoto with Cao Wan, preparing to go out to have a look, and enjoy the scenery and warmth of life that he ignored, as well as the suffering of the people. His children stayed, and they would be carefully taught by Xiao Rui.

From now on, Xiao Feng has become a passing cloud, and he is not worthy of Xiao Rui's attention.

Although the Tokugawa shogunate urgently sent a mission to sue for peace and was willing to be vassal, the decision of Emperor Xia and Xiao Rui would not change, and it was better to completely occupy the small island country.

On the other side, the champion Hou sat in the rear and ordered the army to advance north in three directions.

Although Emperor Qi urgently transferred back 200,000 troops from the north and recruited some rebel troops, they were all rabble, and they were not the opponents of the champion Hou

Especially Li Cunxiao on the East Road, who led an army of 200,000 like a tiger and a wolf, fought and retreated, and the generals of Qi were afraid of Li Cunxiao's fierce reputation, and even did not dare to fight in front of the army, so they could only rely on the defense of the city.

The battle strategy of the Qi State is defense, using all the natural factors that can be used, such as cities, rivers, mountains, terrain, etc., focusing on defense, and never thought of attacking.

Since ancient times, the siege of the city has been the bottom, so this has also caused the speed of the Great Xia soldiers and horses to advance to the north slowly, and it cannot reach the level of overwhelming, after all, it is necessary to demolish the stubborn defenses on the front road one by one.

In addition, a forcible siege would also result in heavy casualties among the Bactrian soldiers, which required the use of siege equipment

Therefore, the champion Hou immediately ordered to use the latest siege equipment in Great Xia, which is a siege weapon jointly developed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Song Yingxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and now it can finally be unveiled in the world, as for the power, wait and see

This period of time has come, and the champion Hou was not stationed in vain when he was stationed in Mukden City, he swept away the traitors in the occupied area, and on the other hand, he ordered the soldiers to work with the craftsmen sent by the Ministry of Industry to make large-scale siege equipment.

Don't forget, in the past year and a half, Xiao Rui has completed three items of arrival, folding ladders, improved stone throwers, these are all large equipment for conquering the city, and do you remember the Zhuge Repeater The Zhuge Repeater is magnified, what is the power of the large Zhuge Repeater equipped with a crossbow bed It is simply the ancient Dongfeng series

The crossbow arrows that were almost a foot long were fired in unison, which was even more terrifying than an ordinary rain of arrows, just like shooting a spear with a handle, and its lethality was amazing. The enemy on the city shrank and could only hide behind the wall, even if he couldn't stop it with a shield, he was directly shot through by the crossbow arrow, and the whole person was fixed on the ground

The crossbow bed required four or five people to operate and used hinge technology to ensure range and power.

Of course, even more terrifying gunpowder

Yes, the thickness of the city is several zhang thick, and the gunpowder can't explode at all, at most leaving a big pit in the wall, but the city gate is weak, and in the past, the siege of the city was all by hitting the wood, even if it was burned with fire, it had to burn him for a day or two, but with gunpowder, it was different. It takes much less gunpowder to blow open a door than to blow up a city.

Of course, in order to defend, Qi directly filled the door with earth and stone to avoid being blown open by gunpowder. But the Bactrian army had other means of attack

In the past, the trebuchet threw stones, but this time it threw gunpowder packets.

The gunpowder pack was a huge round shape, with gunpowder on the inside, and gravel and thistle terrestris on the outside, and such things were thrown into the inside of the city and exploded, and that power

Tsk, that sour can't believe it

Therefore, the Great Xia soldiers did not rely on hand-to-hand combat to attack the city at all.

First test the water with a bow and crossbow, and then come to Zhuge Repeater to deter, and then a stone thrower to kill the enemy, under a few rounds of attacks, do you still dare to stand on the city of Qi to kill people without temper at all.

Then the ladders and ladders began to attack the city, and the Great Xia side relied on advanced equipment and gunpowder to play the offensive method with a high mortality rate such as siege as a home game, and the appearance of gunpowder was a bug, and the Qi army did not have the courage to resist.

Sometimes the Qi army was blown up and deaf in both ears, buzzing, and the sense of hearing had not yet recovered, and when I looked back, I was, and the soldiers of Nima Daxia had already climbed up the city.

If you don't fight at one level, even if you have a city defense, you will lose very rhythmically.

When the results of the battle reached the champion Hou, the champion Hou was also stunned.

What does it mean to take a heavily defended city in half a day, and the three armies are so fast

This shows that Great Xia's attack is already an absolute force, and Qi State can't stop it at all, and Qi State thought that it was relying on defense to stop Great Xia, but in fact, it became a live target, and it was ravaged by Great Xia's means, so it could only squat there and wail.

Although I knew in advance that the effect was amazing, I didn't expect it to be so awesome and not only the speed of the siege increased, but the mortality rate dropped by one-tenth, or even more

Champion Hou immediately sent an 800-mile expedited express to bring the good news back to Kyoto.

At the same time, the news of the capture of several cities in Qi State reached the imperial capital of Qi State, and the whole State of Qi was terrified.

Emperor Qi was furious, and roared angrily: "I don't believe it, I don't believe that the soldiers and horses of Great Xia can defeat the three cities in one day, are my soldiers all wine bags and rice bags, why don't they fight back, if they don't resist, it will be difficult to abandon the city."

Zuo Xiangyun Haitian reminded: "Your Majesty, the Great Xia soldiers and horses are divided into three routes, and each road only took half a day to capture Qingyuan City, Kaiyuan City, and Kangping City, not a day. Our soldiers also launched a desperate counterattack, but the enemy army is too strong."

Qi Huang:

"Even if the enemy country is too strong, it will not be a god, 80,000 soldiers and horses per city, plus the temporarily recruited people in the city to assist, and the army is slowly and continuously replenished, how can it be defeated so quickly, although the champion Hou is fierce, he does not have such a record, not to mention that he is still sitting in the rear, not personally leading the troops" Emperor Qi roared.

Yun Haitian replied: "Your Majesty, the strength of the enemy army is not the strength of the troops, but the equipment and gunpowder The enemy army throws the gunpowder on the city wall, and after the explosion, the gravel, thistle, and broken iron inside splash and attack, the power is terrifying, even if you are wearing armor, you may be shot through, let alone a soldier without armor." Moreover, the explosion of gunpowder was like thunder in the sky, which frightened the soldiers and greatly frustrated the morale of the soldiers, and as for the people, they fled in the wilderness."

"Gunpowder" Emperor Qi muttered to himself, and was suddenly speechless.

Emperor Qin was afraid of the gunpowder of Great Xia, and Emperor Qi also ordered the alchemist to study gunpowder, and there were results, but the power was not good at all, and it was impossible to research gunpowder with power comparable to Great Xia gunpowder in a short period of time

Emperor Qi, who was extremely angry in his heart, looked at Wei Nanzheng, the right minister, and tasted: "Where is Prince He?"

Wei Nanzheng said: "Back to Your Majesty, Prince He is gathering troops in Liaoyuan City"

Liaoyuan City is three hundred miles north of Kaiyuan City, and with the speed of Great Xia, it will soon be attacked there.

Emperor Qi roared: "Order Prince He to do everything he can to stop the hope of the Great Xia Soldiers and Horses Qi Kingdom is on him."

That's really right.

Now the soldiers and horses that Qi can use are basically used to resist the Great Xia army, and only 100,000 soldiers and horses are left in the north to guard the main passage to prevent the Yuan army from continuing to attack south, and the northern part of Qi completely abandoned. All that remains is a part of the soldiers and horses to guard against a few rebel armies that have not yet been recruited. The rest is tens of thousands of soldiers and horses outside the imperial capital, this is to protect the imperial city, and it must not be moved.

Hearing Emperor Qi's roar, Wei Nanzheng's eyes narrowed, and then he said: "Your Majesty, in order to stimulate Prince He's battle upsurge, Weichen suggested that Prince He's family be strictly protected to avoid assassination by assassins in the Xia Kingdom."

Emperor Qi raised his eyebrows, and immediately understood what Wei Nanzheng meant. Only by being imprisoned can Prince He be forced to attack hard, and it will also prevent him from colluding with Great Xia to defect

"Aiqing is reasonable, leave this matter to you, be sure to take good care of Prince He's family and protect it strictly," Emperor Qi commanded.

Wei Nanzheng smiled and said, "Weichen commands"

Hai Yuntian on the side sighed secretly, this time he did not object, what he should have done has been done, and it can be regarded as dutiful.

After the discussion, Wei Nanzheng hurriedly left the palace, and it didn't take long for the soldiers and horses to surround Prince He's Mansion and Ye Wendao's County Palace.

My father led the army to the war, and his house was surrounded by soldiers and horses, nominally for protection, but in fact what is the difference between captivity

Ye Wendao did not resist, and quietly watched Emperor Qi play this good trick of sticking a knife in the back, his face was expressionless, and he sneered in his heart.

"You're ruthless, don't blame me for being unintentional"

Immediately, Ye Wendao sent his henchmen to contact the Nanshan Army, the largest rebel army in the current Qi State

The Nanshan Army was a rebel army secretly funded by Prince He and Ye Wendao, and without the one million stone grain of Great Xia, it would not have developed into the current scale of nearly 200,000 and occupied the land of Sanzhou. The Nanshan Army did not participate in the drama of recruiting peace in the imperial court last time, and now that the situation in Qi is tense, it is time for the Nanshan Army to attack.

The north and south are under attack, and the rebels are coming, and it will be seen how long the Qi country can hold out

Under the broken mountains and rivers, only by unifying and changing the world is the right way to continue to let the Qi country survive, and how many people will be displaced and their families ruined

Only after destruction can we stand up

When Xiao Rui received the urgent report, it was already two days later.

Xiao Rui was not surprised by the results of the siege. Using hot weapons to fight cold weapons, although it is not a dimensionality reduction strike, it is also a battalion of bullying novices.

Equipped with the powerful equipment of the Mo family, are you still worried that you can't take the city of Qi Kingdom?

I believe that it won't be long before the achievements of Xia Guo will spread all over the world and shock the world

Xiao Rui's eyes looked at the west, the Qin State was the existence that he regarded as an enemy, and he didn't know what the current combat effectiveness of the Qin army was, and which was stronger or weaker than the Great Xia soldiers and horses

"Someone came to pass the decree, summoned Changsheng Hou Tian Boyuan, and Zhang Liang returned to Beijing to report on his work in the fourteen states of Anxi"

Xiao Rui had already communicated with His Majesty, so he immediately gave an order. The Qin State in the West cannot ignore it, and now Great Xia and the Qin State cannot fight, the main reason is that the Qin State did not manage the occupied Zhao Land well.

A few days ago, Zhang Liang sent a spear falcon, saying that the Qin Emperor had a big move, and he handed over the sixteen counties that occupied the Zhao State to his son Qin Zheng, the winning king, and this winning king was much more powerful than the war king who rebelled at the beginning.

Emperor Qin has fewer heirs, and now he has four sons, one prince and three princes.

The crown prince sits in the East Palace, and the three princes divide the lands. Now let the prince personally govern the territory of the old Zhao, it seems that he is ruthless, and he wants to deal with it as soon as possible, so that he can send troops to Great Xia.

And this winning king is also a good means, he directly went to the Qin State, moved three million Qin people from Qin to the old land of Zhao State, and forced the adult Qin people to marry the old people of Zhao State to form a bond by marriage.

At the same time, the army was mobilized to encircle and suppress the old Zhao rebels in the sixteen counties, and promulgated a serious criminal law.

This winning king is ruthless enough, isn't it chaotic

Then the king will slaughter all directions, and he will kill you in fear, and see if there is chaos