Cheng Zuo sent two hot air balloons early in the morning only to explore the situation in Ning Guofu City, not to fight. As a result, the two hot air balloons did not fly to the limit of altitude, and when the two hot air balloons slowly approached the sky above Ningguofu City, an accident occurred.

"Shoot!"

Li Dingguo roared loudly.

"Boom ......"

The sound of two giant crossbows rang out almost simultaneously, and then two huge crossbow arrows were seen flying into the air with a burst of hot air balloons.

The sudden attack is undoubtedly fatal for the already slow air balloon. I saw that the two crossbow arrows shot directly through the balloon without any suspense, and after the hot air balloon that broke the big hole and exposed the air shook for a while, it fell directly and smashed into the open space outside the city of Ningguofu.

With a loud rumble, the two hot air balloons made a loud noise, and then ignited the fierce fire oil inside, and quickly burned. In the fierce flames, there was no sign of life, and it was obvious that the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army riding inside had died.

Li Dingguo's blow worked, a rare smile appeared on his handsome face, and Wu Chengen beside him was even more excited and trembled slightly. Since the appearance of the hot air balloon of the Dongjiang Army, it has been almost invincible on the battlefield, and Wu Chengen is obviously the first time to witness the hot air balloon being shot down.

"General Li, this giant crossbow is really effective, hahaha......" Wu Chengen was so excited that he was a little incoherent.

"Gonggong Wu, this is just the beginning, we are just taking advantage of the Dongjiang Army, and the real test is still to come." Compared with Wu Chengen's excitement, Li Dingguo is very calm.

Shooting down two hot air balloons from the Dongjiang Army was nothing more than a surprise, so Li Dingguo asserted that the real challenge was next.

Although he felt that Li Dingguo's words were a little disappointing, Wu Chengen also had to admit that this was the truth, so he gradually calmed down and no longer showed it on his face.

Li Dingguo's side had more confidence, but Chengzuo's side was so surprised that he couldn't come back to his senses. The shooting down of a hot air balloon has not happened in Daming. Only in the battle with Huang Taiji on the grassland, then a dozen or so were lost.

Cheng Zuo looked at the two hot air balloons that were still burning, his heart was full of regret, and at the same time he began to be vigilant: "It seems that this Li Dingguo is indeed not an ordinary person, he actually has a giant crossbow that can shoot down hot air balloons, and he obviously knows something about our hot air balloons." ”

After being surprised, even if Cheng Zuo made up his mind, he began to pay attention to Li Dingguo.

Chen Qiyu was shocked, and Li Dingguo's actions shocked him again. In the face of such an enemy, his previous self-confidence was once again struck and he became hesitant in his heart.

"General Cheng, from this point of view, Li Dingguo obviously has more than a giant crossbow." Chen Qiyu didn't dare to underestimate Li Dingguo at this time, but lifted him as high as possible.

Cheng Zuo did not refute Chen Qiyu's point of view at this time, he nodded and said: "Indeed, he even has a giant crossbow to deal with hot air balloons, naturally he will not only have this thing, it seems that we have really met our opponent this time." ”

Chen Qiyu opened his mouth to say something, hesitated for a while, and finally kept silent. Suddenly, he felt that he couldn't help Chengzuo with anything in this matter at all.

lost two hot air balloons, but Cheng Zuo also learned that Li Dingguo had weapons that threatened the hot air balloons, so he didn't dare to send hot air balloons again. After some deep thought, Cheng Zuo said to Chen Qiyu: "General Chen, the hot air balloon can no longer be used easily, why don't we put on the artillery first and test Li Dingguo's reaction?" ”

Chen Qiyu nodded in agreement with Cheng Zuo's proposal, and at this moment he was already in a state of confusion and couldn't think about the problem calmly. Naturally, I can only obey Chengzuo's arrangement.

Seeing that Chen Qiyu had no opinion, Cheng Zuo was no longer polite, although he came to help this time, he only came as an assistant, and Chen Qiyu had to come to get the idea. But at this moment, Chen Qiyu is obviously unable to command the army normally.

"The order goes down, the artillery battalion is dispatched, and it is aimed at the city gate to bombard General Ben to death!" Cheng Zuo shouted.

"Yes!" The two guards gave up their orders, and then hurriedly retreated.

Soon after, in the position of the Dongjiang Army, a team of shield bearers slowly appeared, and a shield bearer battalion of nearly 1,000 people erected huge shields to protect the front and slowly advanced. Behind them, nearly a thousand officers and men of the Dongjiang Army followed closely with fifteen artillery pieces.

The artillery battalion stopped when it was a mile away from the city of Ningguofu, and the soldiers of the artillery battalion quickly set up the artillery under the escort of the shield bearer. All the actions of the Dongjiang Army were obviously watched by Li Dingguo.

Wu Chengen and Li Dingguo stood together, and at this moment he also saw that the Dongjiang Army had dispatched artillery, and it seemed that it was going to bombard Ningguofu City. His face changed drastically, and he asked in a panic: "It's not good, General Li, what should we do?" ”

Seeing that Wu Chengen was already panicked, Li Dingguo smiled and comforted: "Father-in-law Wu, please rest assured, there is no need to panic yet. ”

After Li Dingguo finished speaking, he no longer explained to Wu Chengen, he beckoned the guards behind him to come to his side, and then bowed his head and muttered in his ear for a while. The two guards nodded their heads again and again, and then hurriedly retreated.

Wu Chengen didn't know what Li Dingguo was doing, and he wanted to ask but was afraid of disturbing Li Dingguo's battle, so he had to keep silent in his heart.

At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise on the East City Gate, and Wu Chengen immediately looked back. I saw that ten red-clothed artillery pieces were slowly pushed to the muzzle by the sturdy soldiers, and the ten artillery pieces were larger than the artillery Wu Chengen had seen before, and it can be seen from the appearance alone that the power of these cannons must be extraordinary.

Wu Chengen turned from nervous to surprised, and asked Li Dingguo: "General Li, ...... this artillery?"

Li Dingguo replied indifferently: "These are all created by the craftsmen of the Shenji Battalion, and they are said to be the most powerful artillery pieces at present. It has been tested before, and the effective range is nearly a kilometer. ”

"Nearly a thousand meters ......," Wu Chengen immediately exclaimed.

According to Wu Chengen's knowledge, the most powerful of this artillery is also at a range of about 500 meters, and this is the first time he has heard of a range of nearly 1,000 meters.

Li Dingguo was startled when he saw Wu Chengen, and he didn't explain anymore, but came directly to the artillery, staring at the artillery loading shells. It was only when the artillery aimed at the artillery of the Dongjiang Army that Li Dingguo spoke: "When can the artillery be fired?" ”

Artillery Bai was always a short man, and when he saw Li Dingguo asking, he immediately bowed his hand and said, "General, you have already made preparations, and you can fire the cannon at any time." ”

Li Dingguo's face showed a hint of hideousness, and he coldly ordered: "Then what are you waiting for?" ”

"Yes, General!" The artillery commander responded and immediately turned around and gave the order.