Everyone looked up and followed the sound to the east.

"Drought thunder?" Grandpa Li muttered.

"No, it's artillery......" Mo Yun muttered, "It's the sound of artillery, I've heard it many times in the Ministry of Engineering!"

"Your Highness, there is a new report coming back from the front. One of the guards walked into the hall and said, "The scout team has seen a huge sea ship on the north city wall, probably more than two hundred feet in head and tail, and a large number of cannon barrels hidden on both sides!"

"Two hundred feet, are you sure?" He Guicai said in surprise, "The entire Great Qi can't find such a big ship." ”

"My lord, that's exactly what the messenger said!"

Xia Fan couldn't help but be a little surprised.

What is the concept of 200 feet? That's about half the length of a football field. He had been in Jinxia for so long, and the largest merchant ship he had ever seen was only fifty or sixty feet.

"Is this the hole card they dare to play the idea of Jinxia City......" Ning Wanjun's expression became solemn, "If the enemy captures the city wall first, I'm afraid we will be in big trouble." ”

......

After a round of shelling, the northern city wall was already in shambles.

It was the first time Wang Qingzhi had seen such a battle.

When the majestic ship fired, the flames seemed to ignite half of the ship's side! sparks and smoke erupted from top to bottom, like a dragon spitting fire.

And the targets it faced, the stone throwers and crossbows on the city walls, were shattered in an instant. The soldiers who were manipulating them were not much better, most of them were broken by these city defense equipment, and even those who survived were cut off their hands and feet, and fell in a pool of blood wailing.

With just one bombardment, the organized defensive line on the northern walls ceased to exist.

The rest of the guards who had narrowly escaped dropped their weapons and ran towards the corridor inside the wall—apparently too frightened to take on the terrible ship.

"Hahahaha-what do you think, Brother Wang? I chose this scenic spot well, right?" The masked man stood on the top of a watchtower in the city, opened his arms and laughed loudly, "That's the Victory, the trump card of my Dongsheng Navy! In order to buy this sea giant, the imperial court shrunk its clothes and dieted, and paid half a year's government income!"

But there was no joy in Wang Qing's heart.

He only felt a chill on his back, and it seemed like a bottomless cliff under his feet.

"It's ...... with us It's not the same to say good. ”

Every word, he said with great difficulty, as if something was holding him by the throat.

The moment the ship appeared, things went completely off the course he expected.

"It's different?" the masked man chuckled, "What's the difference, wasn't it all planned by you and me?"

"I didn't ask you to make such a big battle!" Wang Qingzhi couldn't help but roar, "You are Haikou, the robbers who came to Jinxia to make a windfall, and the culprit who killed the princess in the chaos! But what is this...... Can the pirates have such a ship?"

This is not an overstatement.

He planned very well, the government was the party most responsible for Jin Xia's suffering, and as soon as the chief official died, the matter would find the head of the state pastor and the garrison. His royal family was only one of the hundreds of merchants in the city, who was also a victim of looting, and was also tasked with making salt this year, so it was impossible for him to bear the blame for a pirate attack.

He had even arranged for manpower to set fire to his house as soon as the Donghai Gang arrived. Although there are some heartache and antiques and authentic works in the house, as long as the Wang family is still there, these things outside the body will be able to earn back sooner or later.

But what he was waiting for was a huge attack, and the attacker came from the Dongsheng Navy.

The court is not a fool.

Just ask a random person on the street, and you will know that on that day, a huge gunboat approached the north of Jinxia City along the mouth of the river and smashed the guards on the city wall.

Hearing these testimonies, would anyone still believe that it was just a group of pirates who plundered Jinxia City?

All the excuses he had prepared, all the plans he had planned, had come to naught at this moment.

"Oh, you didn't tell me about scale. The man shrugged, "I remember what you said, no matter what we do, you won't interfere." All you want is the princess dead. I don't think Easun has violated this agreement. ”

"Please use your brains!" Wang Qingzhi said angrily, "You are going to leave after all, what should the Wang family do when you leave?"

The masked man didn't say a word, just moved his fingers—the cold golden tips on his fingertips made Wang Qingzhi come back to his senses suddenly.

At this time, it was not the Wang family who was in charge of the life and death of Jinxia City, but the man in front of him, or the force he represented.

If the other party wants to do it, absolutely no one can protect themselves.

Thinking of this, he instantly calmed down.

"No...... I didn't mean that, but I was just anxious and uneasy in my heart to make this gaffe, and please don't be surprised. ”

"Brother Wang, how could I blame you? Without the support of the Wang family, it would be impossible for the Dongsheng Kingdom to unite many forces in a short period of time to overwhelm the rotten Evil Horse Dynasty. The masked man's voice didn't make a single fluctuation, "I understand your difficulties, but who said we'd go?"

"What?" Wang Qingzhi was stunned.

"My family lived on this land a long time ago, and now it's just a matter of returning to their homeland. The other looked at the vast plain to the west, "There is only a narrow mountain range on the other side of the sea, and there is a shortage of resources, except for silver and copper. It's not so much about living on the island as it is about being trapped on it, and without getting rid of this shackle, there can be no future. In particular, the world is about to usher in great changes, and we must return to the mainland so that we can have the capital to fight the changes. ”

What is he saying...... Wang Qingzhi couldn't understand what this person was talking about at all, but he understood one thing, "The Shenzhou Army is not far from Jinxia City, and the Privy Council can delay it for a day or two, but not for a month or two. That's an army of tens of thousands of people! You don't even need to prepare for the battle in the jurisdiction, you can arrive the next day when you start the day, why do you want to stop them?"

Although the walls of Jinxia City are high and thick, if the disparity in numbers is too great, it is only a matter of time before it is lost.

There's no way he's going to drive the Victory to the walls, is he?

"You don't think I've delayed the Privy Council for an extra day so that I have time to retreat, do you?" the masked man laughed, "On the contrary, that's the time we need to prepare for war. ”

Wang Qingzhi was dumbfounded, did the other party plan to use one or two thousand people to fight against the Shenzhou army that was more than ten times his own?

"You just have to look at it and don't worry about anything. He patted Wang Qingzhi on the shoulder, "When Dongsheng Kingdom enters Shenzhou, we still need you to continue to make salt for us." Not three times as before, but ...... All. ”