"How's the situation?" Mei asked after taking a deep breath as he glanced at the Daozang mages who were setting up the magic equipment. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The scout has already fed back some news, what came out of Pengcheng was Shi Yu's four armies of 10,000 people, and Shang Yunxi was obviously going to work hard this time, and actually poured out the garrison of Xiao County, six armies of 15,000 people, which also means that Xiao County did not leave a single soldier, which is a not very good sign.

It's not just that there are a lot of enemy troops, Shang Yunxi actually didn't leave a single soldier in Xiao County, which is incredible, in Mei's opinion, this means that Shang Yunxi may have some kind of tacit understanding with Songzhou, or reached an agreement, otherwise Shang Yunxi would not be like this.

"It's okay, Qin Han and Luo Chenggan's fleet is expected to arrive tomorrow morning, and they can still catch up. Tian Chunlai exhaled a breath of turbid air and stroked a Mo knife leaning against the wall, "Otherwise, this battle will really be impossible to fight." ”

The enemy's 25,000 troops, almost all of them are the elite of the probation army, and this is also the opponent's desperate bet, it can be expected that this battle probation army will be desperate, and their own side is still only 4,000 people, if the right army and the right army can arrive, they can barely get together 9,000 people, but in order to prevent accidents, they have to withdraw two battalions of the navy to camp on the front line of Tongqiao.

That is to say, the Huaiyou army guarding the talisman leaving the city is also around 8,000 people, and the 25,000 probation army that is trapped by the beast is still fighting.

It can be said that this battle can almost determine the direction of the future battle in Xuzhou, and at this time, even the battle of Qixian is insignificant.

The afterglow of the setting sun is reflected on the city wall, there is still a bit of hot breath, the bluestone pheasant moat is a little hot from the sun, and all kinds of city defense materials are constantly being transported up from the city.

The magicians and the masters who assisted were sweating and assembling all kinds of magic equipment, stopping from time to time to make adjustments.

If you want to defend Fu Licheng, you can't do without these magic weapons, three times as many soldiers as your own, and the other party seems to have to fight.

This battle has to be played to death, this is the common view of Mei Guo and Tian Chunlai.

The three dragon cannons were placed in the middle of the north gate, and the huge barrels were extremely heavy, and they were lifted by several strong men and masters, and carefully placed on the rotating gun carriage.

This rotating gun carriage is also made of cast iron, but the lower part uses a sliding axle, which can easily push the gun carriage in the direction of movement, and once determined, it is fixed with a tenon to prevent movement during operation.

The adjustment of the gun position up and down needs to be achieved with a winch, which is also achieved by occlusion of multiple cast iron gears, which is very precise, even Jiang Feng is very surprised by this casting and forging ability in the current era, although it is made of wrought iron and is relatively easy to wear, but it is quite rare to be able to reach this level, especially like this device can also be widely used in other productions.

The six simplified towers will hit the sides of the Gatehouse and the halfway point between the Gatehouse and the Wall, which is the most suitable area for the Towers to exert their power.

It should be said that the Falling Wood Tower is the first product of the Huzhou Daozang, and it is also the most thought taken by the Huzhou Daozang, because of the great power of this thing in defending the city, so the Huzhou Daozang has been optimizing and improving the Luomu Tower, and in order to be able to move quickly, it has also carried out weight reduction design and modular production of parts, which is also the main reason why the Luomu Tower can be quickly built on the Fuli City.

As you can imagine, the probation army will definitely bring a large number of magic siege equipment.

However, Mei Guo and Tian Chunlai are still a little sure in their hearts, in terms of magic equipment, the Huaiyou Army has obviously come to the forefront of the feudal domains, and may be slightly inferior in magic weapons, but this kind of magic equipment that specializes in defending the city, even if it is Daliang or Yueguo, is already outdated.

A few magicians were carefully surveying along the thirty paces of the moat, escorted by the army, occasionally circled their positions with white powder, no doubt in preparation for setting an earth-based spell trap.

There were also two magicians who also fished down from the city wall to the foot of the city wall by ropes, and set up something at every other place, and then used magic to induce it, and soon, some dark green vines climbed up along the city wall, and in a stick of incense, it grew more than a foot, and the soldiers on the city wall were dumbfounded.

"Deng Guinian's methods are really powerful, and it is not in vain that the monarch has invested so much money in the Daozang. Tian Chunlai observed the magicians who were engrossed with envy, "After this war, it is estimated that the Daozang Institute may be greatly expanded, and Deng Guinian won the jackpot, and he should be proud." ”

"There is a reward for paying, and the king has always attached great importance to the magic technique, especially in the defense system, and the magic technique is indeed very advantageous. Mei said lightly.

"I heard that Jun Shang is also very creative in the design of magic equipment, Deng Guinian and Gan Quan both called Jun Shang a design genius, but unfortunately Jun Shang is ignorant of the origin of magic together. Tian Chunlai shook his head with some regret.

"Hehe, in the spring, the king is already a celestial, if he is also a god for magic, then he will really become a god. ”

Mei Kuang had also heard of these situations, whether it was the fire dragon cannon on the naval ship, or the improvement and operation of the sail shape, as well as the emergence of new magic weapons such as the Luomu Tower, all of which had a lot to do with the king, and sometimes he wondered how this character, who had been unknown in Gwangju before, could burst out in a few years and show such omnipotent talent?

In particular, his judgment of the current situation, his grasp of people's hearts, and his analysis and countermeasures of the current disadvantages are not at all the level that he can reach at this age, and he is not much better than those old feudal lords who have been immersed in this way for decades, and even surpasses them.

"This battle will be the famous battle of our Huaiyou Army, as long as we can hold Fuli, we will be half of the victory in the battle of Xuzhou, and if we capture Xuzhou, we Huaiyou can compete with Daliang and Dajin!"

Tian Chunlai's words were full of emotion and sighs.

For more than a year, from the obscure Shouzhou general, he stepped onto this big stage, and now he has the opportunity to participate in the battle of Xuzhou, which is a supreme honor for every general.

Especially when I thought of taking Xuzhou, when the two states of Sihai went down without a fight, the Huaiyou general immediately became a big feudal lord across the Huaishui, sitting on the land of eight states, which was already as good as the Wu State in the Yang Xingmi era, and these people would become the ministers of Conglong.

Now the only thing that worries them is the marriage of the king and the question of the heir, or the most pressing of all, the question of the heir.

According to the current situation of the times, a man in his twenties like Jiang Feng has already had children, but Jiang Feng still has no heirs, which is an extremely serious problem for a feudal lord.

Even if Jiang Feng is already a master of the small heavenly rank, and he still enters the realm very quickly, no one can be sure what will happen in the future battle, there is one or even several male heirs, especially if he can have them earlier, and even if Jiang Feng is still in the prime of life in the future, he will be able to reach adulthood, which is the key to maintaining the stability and continuation of a feudal lord.

It seems that he thought of the same problem, Mei Guo and Tian Chunlai exchanged glances, Tian Chunlai licked his lips: "The gentleman doesn't seem to care much about marriage, except for the second concubine who has been accepted, there has been no movement so far, some time ago, Lord Chen and Lord Cui were also a little anxious, hoping to solve the problem of the monarch's heirs as soon as possible, Lord Cui once told me that if the Mei family or the Tian family has a suitable concubine, they can also consider it." ”

Mei Guo hesitated, this is undoubtedly a relaxation of the civil official system or the Huzhou system.

Prior to this, whether it was the local Huzhou family or the Liang family, they were resolutely not allowed to allow the women with the three surnames of Shouzhou to become concubines of the king, in their opinion, once the women of the three surnames of Shouzhou entered the concubine and gave birth to heirs, it was bound to greatly enhance the influence of the Shouzhou department.

In their opinion, Jiang Feng has already treated the Shouzhou department quite favorably.

Mei Kuang, Tian Chunlai, Zheng Hong, Zheng Ju, Zheng Jian, and the nine Umeda children who are now being trained in the Great Avenue Academy, once the training is completed, four of them may serve as military officers and county commanders in the two states, and five people will also enter the states to serve as first-class officials.

The talent accumulation advantage of the three surnames of Shouzhou as a big surname has begun to show, even the surname Chen where Chen Wei is located cannot be compared with the three surnames of Shouzhou, and this advantage will become more apparent with the expansion of Huaiyou's control territory and the passage of time.

"Master Cui said so, what about Lord Chen?" Mei Guo thought for a moment.

At this point, Cui Shang and Chen Wei are not on the same front.

Chen Wei has the Chen clan of Huzhou behind him, representing the local scholar clan forces in Guanghu Erzhou, and although Cui Shang was born in the Cui family with five surnames and seven hopes, but in fact he is a side branch and has long since declined, in a sense, it is already a Hanmen Shu clan, Cui Shang naturally does not have so many scruples, as long as he can give birth to an heir, it is undoubtedly the most urgent for stabilizing the military heart, as for which family his mother comes from, he is not so particular.

Lord Chen didn't say it explicitly, but it is estimated that he was also under some pressure and it was difficult to resist. Tian Chunlai smiled.

Mei Guo nodded, this is also normal, each represents its own system and interests, how can it be easy to back down and compromise?

"I'm afraid this matter will have to wait until after the war in Xuzhou to find out, spring comes, this is certainly a good thing for our three surnames in Shouzhou, but it is also a risk, once, uh, I said that once our two Umeda women really take the lead in giving birth to an heir, then all the pressure will be concentrated on us, and what will the king's wife think in the future? If the king's wife gives birth to an heir, then what? ”

Mei's words made Tian Chunlai sweat coldly.

He didn't take this question into account, but Mei Guo had already thought of it, Jiang Feng's wife would definitely be a famous family in the future, and it might even be a royal family, if a woman surnamed Umeda gave birth to a male heir, would it be a threat to the male heir?