After nightfall, the camp's torches set up a corridor of lights between the western suburbs of the city and Fengyang Villa.

With both sides lacking siege means, the main task of the soldiers became to guard against a sneak attack led by enemy spirit-sensitives.

The princess also moved the main tent under the city walls to deal with all kinds of emergencies at any time. If you look at Jinxia City as a battlefield, her location is on the front line of the battlefield.

"You said you met Fang Xiandao?" After listening to Li's story, Xia Fan was surprised, "Where is he now?"

To be honest, in the few letters sent by the Toluo family to Gyeonggi, the one he expected the most was Luo Qingqing, and the second was Fei Nian - these two people had at least fought side by side with him in the battle against the demons, as for Fang Xiandao, not only did he not deal with the other party, but he also seemed to have offended the other party because Luo gently blocked the wellhead, so he could be said to be the one with the least hope. As a result, I didn't expect that the first person to come to Jinxia City was this Fang family monk.

"Probably somewhere in the city. Li scratched the crushed ear on the top of his head, "Listening to what he said, it doesn't seem like he plans to see you so soon." ”

"Uh...... So what did he come for? He wouldn't be looking for revenge on me, would he?"

"I don't think so. If he had held a grudge, he wouldn't have asked me to tell you the warning. ”

"That's right,......" Xia Fan touched his chin, "Did he tell you anything else?"

He said that it was the best policy to stay away from Jinxia City. But if you choose to go down—"

"Wait, there's no middle way?"

Li pursed his lips, "In his opinion, unless you stay away, everything else is a bad hexagram." If you don't leave, he'll do everything he can to find a way out of the coming storm. ”

"It's worthy of being a fellow candidate, this heart-"

"Fang Xiandao said not for you, but for himself. Li seemed to have predicted, "If he can solve this situation, he will definitely be able to make great progress in the exercises, and you will become his loyal admirer." ”

"......" Xia Fan didn't know what to take for a while, "Original?"

Li nodded, "Original." Don't believe you, ask the tengu. ”

Shanhui wagged his tail, "Wang." No...... I mean, I can testify. ”

"Well, he's here to help, and if it really works, it doesn't hurt if I thank him a few more times. Xia Fan raised his forehead and said, "But then again, does Fangshu also have the word to break through the barrier?"

"You can't say yes, but you can't say no. ”

"What's the explanation?"

"It's a thing that varies from person to person. The belief that the magic is strengthened by the facts will in turn further enhance the effect of the magic because of what is thought and thought, and it is also in line with the original intention of the magic to be free. Li Kan said, "Sometimes the perception and progress gained by martial artists in fighting to the death are far better than the hard training on weekdays, and it is a similar truth." But this phenomenon has been effective for some people, but not for others. ”

It can only be said that things involving consciousness are not so easy to figure out the rules, Xia Fan sighed in his heart, after all, it is too complicated to quantify a person's thoughts.

"Since Fang Xiandao has made a warning, we can't pretend that we haven't heard it, let's discuss tomorrow's countermeasures with the princess first. ”

......

"This Fang ...... First of all, can his words be trusted?"

Like Xia Fan, Ning Wanjun's first reaction after hearing it was doubt.

Xia Fan wanted to stretch out three fingers, but when he thought of the scene of the other party being smashed by himself impartially in the battle against the demons, he slowly withdrew his two fingers.

"Puff...... Ning Wanjun couldn't help but laugh out loud, "It seems that you don't believe in divination very much." After laughing, she shook her head, "If he can come up with more detailed clues, it will be worth a reference." It's a pity that just because there is a disaster in the city, I will withdraw ten miles according to this, which is too child's play. Nothing I have done is not accompanied by risk, and if I only want to take a stable path, how can I shake the behemoth of this world?"

Hearing this, Xia Fan seemed to see a pride in Princess Guangping that was not commensurate with her age and figure.

But this warning is not meaningless, it at least makes us more cautious. Ning Wanjun stretched out his hand and pressed it on the map in the center of the big tent and instructed Qiu Yuedao, "Notify everyone to come over, it's time to make a battle plan for tomorrow!"

......

Qiu Yue unfolded a charcoal drawing in front of everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the warship used by the Dongsheng Kingdom to bombard the northern city wall. ”

The process of the meeting was as Xia Fan expected, after solving the most critical "lockdown crisis" and "rescue crisis", the focus of the next step of the operation naturally shifted to the invaders of the Dongsheng Kingdom themselves.

The safest way to fight is undoubtedly to fight your opponent street by street and city by district, destroying their living forces until complete victory. However, because of the presence of warships, there is an area around the river wharf and the eastern city wall that has become a forbidden area for your side. Fighting the enemy under artillery fire sounded unwise at first, so finding a way to eliminate the threat of the warship first became a unanimous plan.

However, when he saw the lifelike charcoal drawing, Xia Fan was still taken aback, "This is not ...... Sail battleships?"

"Sail battleship?" Ning Wanjun answered immediately, "Have you seen it?"

"Uh...... Sort of. ”

The princess seemed to believe it at once, "Tell me, do we have a way to deal with it?"

"This kind of ship can sail across the ocean, and it is a large warship that is specially designed to compete for ocean routes. He said, staring at the paper, but in his heart he was amazed at the thing itself—the sail battleship was not only the pinnacle of wooden boat making, but also a sign of the maturity of the cannon casting industry. For example, this three-story giant ship in Dongsheng Kingdom has more than 40 guns on one side, and if there is no industrial support, it is not easy to even make up so many guns.

He originally thought that Dongshengguo just sent a sailboat equipped with artillery, but he didn't expect it to be such a mature thing.

Why did Princess Haruka never mention this?

"It is flanked by the main points of fire, and it would be very dangerous to approach the ship from the river bank. Guns are usually placed in the bow and tail of ships, but they are much smaller and usually account for a fraction of the total number of guns, so attacking from the front and rear is a better option. ”

"We don't have any ships available," Xu Sanzhong said with a solemn expression, "There are only a handful of soldiers who know how to water." ”

"Isn't it okay to trap beasts?" Ning Wanjun asked.

"Unless you can accurately hit the area inside the ship where the ammunition is stacked," Xia Fan shook his head, "the damage will not be enough to capsize it." ”

If he can secretly fire hundreds of rounds, even a solid cannonball the size of a fist can cause fatal damage to a sail battleship. The problem is that the actual life of the guide rail spliced by hand can last about three or four rounds, and the high temperature generated by the arc will quickly weaken the integrity of the track. In addition, even with enough copper rails, he didn't have that much energy to perform hundreds of improved streamers.

"I have an idea. Mo Yun suddenly spoke, "After conquering the granary today, didn't the soldiers find two boxes of undetonated gunpowder from the scene? ”