On this day, Wang Zhi met with Chai Yi's wife, with Liu Zhi as the interpreter, and there was no obstacle to communication.

It is reasonable for the patriarch's wife to appear, otherwise it is really difficult for such women and children to be without a leader.

Mrs. first thanked Jixiang for taking him in, and said that she would fully cooperate with the management and not add chaos or blockage.

Then he stopped talking, and cautiously just lowered his head and drank tea.

People are under the eaves.

Wang Zhi sighed and asked him the question he was most concerned about.

"You millions of people, you shouldn't just send such a few people, the rest ......"

After hearing this, the lady was a little stunned, and said a little cautiously: "There are many remnants, but they are used to the life of the clan and are reluctant to move north. The clan thinks that our arrival has caused you a lot of trouble, and if they don't come, they won't come. ”

Hearing this, Wang Zhi somewhat understood.

It's not that the people don't want to come, it's that most of them are not qualified to come.

It's okay, so that he can have less burden, I just hope that Chai Rong can persuade Chai Yi to accept his suggestion and leave more seeds for the peasants.

Subsequently, the two sides discussed some details of their future lives, which can be summed up as farmers governing agriculture, with the patriarch's wife fully responsible for daily management, and Jixiang only responsible for providing resource support, nothing more.

This made Mrs. Chai Yi breathe a sigh of relief, at least the mascot's attitude was not as arrogant as she thought, and her future life would be more down-to-earth.

Halfway up the mountain, watching the busy clansmen take care of the new home, she suddenly felt that this place was also good.

Just after Wang Zhi finished meeting Mrs. Chaiyi, the invaders also arrived at the site of the base camp in the south.

The mascot withdrew to Shenlong Island, the city gates were closed, and it entered a state of combat readiness.

Hu Yu's fleet also arrived in the waters west of Shenlong Island, ready to intercept enemy warships and provide artillery support on the ground.

Liu Liu's speculation came true, and the invaders' camp was not located on the site of the old Jixiang camp, but on its west side.

The site of the base camp was used as a munitions storehouse, storing food and ordnance.

"They are really cautious, this time the Air Force has made another contribution, and I don't know how Han Zhigang will show off in the future. ”

"Hey, my daughter-in-law has become a mother-in-law for many years, and she is not allowed to be beautiful. Wang Zhi replied, even he knew that Lao Han had not been easy in the past few years.

"When he's beautiful, and it won't be long. ”

Wang Zhi immediately understood Liu Liu's words, "Yes, it won't be too long." ”

On November 5, the second year of Zhongzhou, the invaders arrived at the site of the old base camp of Jixiang and launched a tentative attack on Jixiang.

The first wave threw five hundred people, three hundred heavy infantry, two hundred light infantry.

The heavy infantry were dressed in iron armor and armed with shields and scimitars.

The light infantry was behind, and in addition to their spears, each was armed with five spears with wooden handles, which they could throw at the wounded.

These five hundred people walked towards Shenlong Island like this, and they stunned Liu Liu on the city wall.

Even Wang Zhi on the side couldn't understand this wave of operations, "Commander Liu, is the enemy planning to break open ......the city gate?

Liu Liu can't understand the enemy's intentions, unless it's cannon fodder, which is used to test the auspicious firepower.

"Isn't it cannon fodder?" Wang Zhi also thought of it, the more he analyzed, the more likely this became, otherwise who would give people heads without brains.

"It should be. This was also affirmed by Liu Liu.

Seeing that the big war was imminent, Wang Zhi left the city wall and returned to the command room, he wanted to vacate the space for Liu Liu.

To the west, Hu Yu's fleet had turned its guns to the enemy, waiting for the signal to open fire.

"What do you think?" Liu Liu asked the staff officers.

The distance of several kilometers, when the enemy arrives close, it is estimated that there is not much physical strength, and the mascot has enough time to wait for work.

"Without siege equipment, these hundreds of people will not be able to fly up the city wall, and they can all be killed with stones. ”

"Yes, three hundred sets of armor, although the quality is unknown, there are enough for civilian use. ”

Several people spoke one after another, and they all agreed to destroy the enemy with minimal attrition and try their best to hide their strength.

Firearms can be disused if they can't be used, and no one knows when support will come.

The Five Hundred Pioneers stopped and walked until they reached the middle of the trail.

"Is it regaining strength?" someone analyzed.

Then, the enemy's central army moved, and the enemy's artillery began to line up, dragging down the trail to the north.

One door after another, two doors in a row, a full five rows.

"Is this a test of the range of our artillery?" said a staff officer.

During the whole process, the mascot saw it clearly, but he still didn't move, as if he hadn't noticed the other party's actions at all.

At this time, the five hundred pioneers continued to move forward after a short pause, this time they came to a distance of five hundred meters from the city gate in one breath, and in front of them was a flooded area that was blown up by Liu Liu.

Especially the heavy infantry, once you slip and think about it, I'm afraid it's difficult.

The enemy's artillery units moved with the movement of the infantry, and now they were in the middle of the trail, which was only more than 2,000 meters from the city, and was within the range of the auspicious artillery.

"Order, the enemy artillery can shell at a distance of one kilometer from me, and the distance is controlled by the gun commander. ”

As a result, the city head cannon began to correct the angle of fire against the distance.

At this time, the enemy's 500 infantry began to wade through the water.

Those who walk in the first few rows can still see their feet clearly and find a suitable foothold, but those in the back can only wade through the turbid sea water and grope their way forward.

It's not knee-deep underwater, and it's hard to tell the difference between shallow and deep when it's slightly cloudy.

Sure enough, just a few steps after a few steps, a heavy infantry slipped.

There was an eye-catching person next to him who grabbed his clothes and dragged him up, and if he was unlucky, he slid straight down.

The shallow reef is covered with algae plants, slippery, and the hoplites are so heavy that they can't swim even if they know how to swim.

In this way, they watched as several people around them slid down the not-so-steep reef slope into the sea until they disappeared.

This sudden circumstance disrupted the rhythm of their march, and after some weighing, the heavy infantry retreated, withdrawing from the blockade, with the light infantry taking the lead.

This made the mascot of the city breathe a sigh of relief, and he eliminated several intruders without moving his mouth or hands, and it was a good sign.

This episode did not affect the enemy's artillery units, which continued to advance.

The artillery commander at the head of the auspicious city, through the telescope, can clearly distinguish the distance between the enemy and the enemy.

He was waiting, waiting for the enemy to approach a kilometer away.

"Reload. ”

The order came, and the three-inch artillery guns everywhere got up manually and loaded solid shells into the barrels.

The consumption of four-inch artillery is too large, and the gold ten thousand taels of gold when the cannon sounds is not a joke, and it can be saved.

"Charge. ”

Then, the cylindrical firing charge was stuffed into the barrel, and then the bolt was closed, waiting for the order to ignite.

The enemy's ten artillery pieces were still advancing, and since the mascot had never moved, they were emboldened and advanced directly to within a kilometer.

This is the optimal range of their artillery.

At this point, he stopped, began to clear the chambers, charged, and loaded in preparation for the bombardment of the city gates.

The artillery commander at the head of the city wanted to get closer so that he could shoot more accurately, but when he saw that the enemy was about to bombard, he couldn't care much, so he immediately ordered the cannon to be fired.

'Boom', 'boom', 'boom'......

In just one round, more than 20 five-and-a-half-pound shells fired in a volley at the enemy's artillery array.

The landing point of these shells can be measured in advance, which angle of fire, how much medicine is loaded, even if there is a slight deviation of the projectile impact point, with a sufficient number of compensation, can ensure a very high hit rate.

From this point of view, there is not much difference in the accuracy of shelling at a distance of 1,000 meters and 800 meters.

Before the sound of artillery on this side had dissipated, the enemy artillery array on the opposite side set up puffs of smoke, followed by a miserable scream.

Jixiang didn't fire a second shot, because it was completely unnecessary.

The vanguard of the invaders was also suppressed by the sudden shelling, and looked at the city gate that was close at hand.

After hesitating for a moment, he retreated.

When the smoke cleared, the enemy's 10 artillery pieces were already staggering, some of them had already broken up and were out of shape, and some of them had slipped directly into the sea and disappeared without a trace.

The water on both sides also began to turn red, and the yearning dispersed as the waves crashed.

Look at the enemy gunners, how can there be anyone standing.

The wails that could be faintly heard at first were faintly inaudible as the smoke cleared.

There were few that could move, and there were mutilated corpses everywhere.

After the two hundred light infantry converged with the heavy infantry, they rushed north frantically, and they could barely see the formation, and Liu Liu secretly praised this.

But the good times did not last long, and the loose contingent, which was struggling to maintain the line, immediately collapsed after seeing the misery of the gunners, and scattered in a group, afraid that they would not run fast enough.

"Dog's day is really accurate. ”

Hu Yu, who was on the ship, witnessed the enemy's tragic situation through the binoculars, and called the army gunners a good fight.

Liu Liu looked at the retreating enemy and had no intention of pursuing, but just sent a few groups of people over and dragged the artillery wreckage back, not hesitating to expose the fact that he was short of resources.

In this way, the first confrontation between the two sides ended, and the invader's camp fell silent with no new moves.

On November 6, Liu Liu, who was expecting the enemy to have some new tricks, received the report, and his whole person was not good.

When I came to the city, I saw that the narrow path was densely packed with people, all peasants.

Men, women, and children, including intruders, are slowly making their way here.

"It's a really ruthless move. Wang Zhi put down the binoculars and opened his mouth to scold.

In the past few years, he has rarely sweared, and he can force honest people like this, which shows how desperate the intruder is.

"It's not just ruthless, it's almost going to cut off our roots here. Liu Liuqi was itching.

"Hey, is this what people do? Wang Zhi still looked incredulous.

Even if you know that these people are being coerced, what can you do?

If you don't fight, you may not be able to hold the city gates.

The city gates can't be guarded, and everything has to be done.

Fighting, no matter what the reason, will plant a thorn in the hearts of the peasants, and it is the mascot who kills their people.

On the contrary, it is the initiator of the incident and is rarely criticized.

In this way, the name of the auspicious 'butcher' cannot be shaken off, maybe among these people below, there are relatives of women and children on the mountainside, which is called how the two sides will get along in the future?

It's too vicious.

And, most crucially, there is not much time left for the mascot.

Walking slowly, the person in front of him has already reached the lead.

What to do?

didn't waste much time on making decisions, Liu Liu responded forcefully with actions.

"Be prepared for shelling, no fire is allowed without an order. Inform the fleet and prepare to shell the invaders in the rear of the ranks. ”

After Liu Liu gave the order, he turned around and entered the combat command room.

"Commissioner, when they enter the 500-meter range, I will order an artillery bombardment, which is a decision I made on my own initiative despite your dissuasion. ”

Wang Zhi glanced at Liu Liu deeply and stood up, "You underestimate me Wang Zhi too much, this is our decision, as for how to explain it to the peasant clan, leave it to Your Majesty, at least many people can still be companions in prison." ”

Wang Zhi is rarely free and easy, which is not like his usual style.

Liu Liu stared at Wang Zhi for a while, and when he saw that Wang Zhi did not avoid his eyes, he suddenly laughed.

"I'm afraid I can't be a partner, I live in a military prison, yours is a political prison, we don't live next to each other. ”

With that, the two looked at each other and laughed.

Wang Zhineng helped him take part of the responsibility, Liu Liu was grateful in his heart, this is the respect and trust of others, which has nothing to do with his private identity.

"Report, please see Chai Rong, a farmer. ”

Before the communication soldier could speak, Chai Rong walked in with a tired face.

"Yesterday afternoon they came to the tribe and said that we were in cahoots and were ready to conspire against them.

The patriarch tried his best to defend himself, and finally demanded that they produce evidence, which angered them.

Subsequently, on the pretext of investigating the truth, they arrested nearly 1,000 people and went back.

The patriarch fears for their safety and for your safety, and has asked me to come by water to inform you. ”

Chai Rong came in and gave a general introduction to the matter, then grabbed the teacup on the table and poured it into his mouth.

"It stands to reason that you should have arrived at night, how could you have delayed it until now?" Wang Zhi asked, can you buy some time early if you arrive early.

Chai Rong slowed down and replied: "They watched closely, the ships were all requisitioned, I dived to the stronghold in the middle of the night and used the ships there." ”

Hearing that the peasants had taken their own suggestions and opened up a new base, Wang Zhi felt a little more at ease.

But then, his expression began to become heavy.

"Go to the city and have a look. ”

Chai Rong came to the city in a daze, and with the help of the mascot's telescope, he saw a scene that he couldn't let go of for the rest of his life.

His people, tied to ropes in twos and threes, were whipped like cattle by the invaders, and the target was the gate where he was.

"These brutes!"

Chai Rongqi's eyes were crimson, and the blue tendons on his forehead were uplifted, if it weren't for the quality of the telescope, Liu Liu was worried that he would have already broken into slag.

"We were talking about this before, and it was a dilemma. Liu Liudao.

"Your status in the clan is not low, what do you say?" Wang Zhi kicked the ball to Chai Rong.

What can Liu Liu say?