Tang Niu was defeated, but fortunately, even if Mei Xu came to the rescue, he escaped from the city with the remnants of the defeated generals, and retreated to the other side of the Mijiang River to count the soldiers, leaving less than 40,000.

Many of the generals were trapped in the city, either killed in the siege or captured by the Chinese state.

The army of 80,000 came here with high spirits, and most of it was lost in a short period of time, and the disgraced Tang Niu was difficult to accept.

"Your Majesty!" Mei Xu sighed, if Tang Niu listened to his own advice at that time, how could this be? Now this big defeat has caused the morale of the Zhou army to plummet, and even His Majesty, who is invincible in the world in everyone's minds, has almost collapsed, and the mentality of the Zhou soldiers has collapsed. Therefore, he persuaded, "This battle has been lost, and the situation is settled! If we do not retreat early, reinforcements from the surrounding counties will arrive, and it will be difficult to fly." Although I don't know why the news leaked, it is better to make a decision as soon as possible!"

When Tang Niu heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Although I have been defeated in the plan, I still have an army of 40,000. The gate of Huajun has been broken, and the materials for defending the city have been exhausted, how can they stop me?

Mei Xu knew that once Tang Niu came up, it would be difficult to listen to persuasion, and he had such a character. But as the prime minister, he can't help but persuade: "There must be wise and resourceful people in Huajun City, and they will definitely set a trap." ”

"I have made up my mind!" Tang Niu was completely deflated repeatedly, and he couldn't listen to persuasion at all, "If you can't win this time, it's not too late to leave." ”

Mei Xu persuaded him several times but failed to persuade him, so he said: "In this case, after resting, please be the vanguard and take the lead in attacking the city." Your Majesty will lead the troops to respond, and if the minister succeeds, Your Majesty will then enter the city; if the minister is ambushed, Your Majesty will save if he can save it, and if he can't save it, he will immediately evacuate and turn back the way he came!"

"This ......" Tang Niu frowned slightly.

Miao Ji next to him persuaded softly, "What the prime minister said is very true, how can Your Majesty's golden body take risks repeatedly? In this way, what is the use of asking the public? With Your Majesty's ability, once the vanguard is in danger, it will be able to save it!"

Tang Niu hesitated for a while, nodded after thinking carefully, and said, "Just follow the words of the prime minister!"

Inside the castle of Hwasa.

Although it was a big victory, Tang Niu was almost left, but the city gate was destroyed, and the materials for defending the city were basically used here, and there was not much left.

The city gate is temporarily blocked with a large number of horizontal logs, and the horse rejection wooden spurs are added, but it is difficult to block the enemy's strong attack, and the inner gate is also very dangerous because the traps are exhausted.

Liang Teng ordered the guards to be strengthened and collected supplies from the people instead of rolling stones.

The civil and military officials discussed in the palace, and Chu Mei said: "Although this battle is won, it should not be ignored." If Tang Niu leads his troops to attack again, it will be very difficult to block out of the city!"

"How should this be?" asked Liu Yuanxiang anxiously.

Once the Zhou army invaded Huajun, the situation became very bad.

After thinking carefully, Chu Meiren said to her: "If Tang Niu retreats, the crisis will be solved." If his commander comes again, His Majesty should mobilize the people of the whole city and make a last stand!"

While he was talking, the scout came in: "Report ——!! there's a hot air balloon coming from the east!"

The hot air balloon came from the east? The Chinese military officer of the hall looked confused, you look at me, I look at you, I can't figure out the situation.

Hot air balloons were "invented" by Ning Ze and only have them in Huaguo. The hot air balloon team movement in Hwasa County, everyone will know, where did these come from?

Only a handful of people know about the secret institute.

Liu Yuanxiang looked at Chu Meiren, meaning that there was a response from the research institute?

Chu Meiren secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said that he would send a batch of weapons over there to help defend the city, and it was estimated that it had arrived.

Therefore, he turned to Liu Yuanxiang: "Your Majesty, the weapons you secretly hoarded in advance have been delivered, and our chances of victory will be increased by one percent!"

Hearing this, the civil and military officials suddenly realized that the empress had been prepared for a long time, and it was indeed prescient!

It was impossible for the matter of the secret research institute to be made public, so Liu Yuanxiang admitted the matter: "Since the weapon has been delivered, Zhongqing will go with me to accept it!"

"Wow!!"

Leave the palace with the civil and military officials and come to the hot air balloon landing place together.

The people who drove the hot air balloon were all soldiers who were responsible for guarding the secret research institute and had been ordered by Ning Ze.

Of course, there are also researchers who explain how to use new weapons.

The hot air balloons were loaded with a large number of mines, as well as objects that looked like firecrackers, but were extremely different and well protected.

Needless to say, mines have actually been tested by the main army, although they have not yet spread to all states and counties across the country, everyone is familiar with them.

Another weapon that resembles a firecracker is by no means an unusual thing to see from the degree of caution with which scientific researchers can escort soldiers.

In order to prevent the other party from saying the wrong thing and leaking the affairs of the secret research institute, Chu Meiren took the initiative to step forward: "All the weapons that Your Majesty has hoarded have arrived?"

The scientific research personnel quickly understood from Chu Meiren's eyes, so they replied respectfully: "Yu Taichang, they have all arrived!"

"Very good, introduce to Liang Yushi and General Wei. ”

"Wow!" the scientific researcher turned to Liang Teng and Mi Yan, saluted respectfully, and then said, "There is no need to introduce the mines, this thing has already come out." There's a particularly dangerous new weapon called the grenade. ”

"Grenades?" the generals looked at each other in confusion.

"This thing is related to the prince. Chu Meiren explained, the matter of the secret research institute should not be announced, Ning Ze and these things do not have to be hidden, anyway, any novelty, everyone knows that it is related to Ning Ze, the king of Danyang.

Sure enough, as soon as they heard that it was related to King Danyang, the generals immediately showed their expressions. As long as it is related to that person, no matter how strange things are, it seems to become normal.

Hot air balloons, dragon kites, binoculars, pendulum clocks, mines, explosive crossbows...... For him, who is proficient in "spells", all this seems to make sense. It's okay to know that Ning Ze is doing all kinds of strange things in private, the existence of the secret research institute can't be known by too many people, and it must be ensured to be hidden.

The scientist continues: "Grenades are dangerous, not only for the enemy. It can play a considerable role on the battlefield, causing horrific casualties. It will also cause losses to us. ”

"What do you mean?" Liang Teng hurriedly asked.

"In fact, the grenade was not perfected. At present, it is not stable, sometimes there will be a sudden detonation before the throw, and there is also a phenomenon of collision caused by explosion during transportation, if it is not an emergency, it should not be used!"

"Is there a high probability of this happening?" Chu Xun asked hurriedly.

"Prime Minister, the probability is not very large, but once there is a problem, the consequences are unimaginable!"

"The situation is urgent right now, so I can't care about it so much!" Chu Xun pondered for a moment, "Even if there is a probability of injuring yourself, as long as it can deter the Zhou army, you still need to use it." ”

"All the mines and bombs that can be used so far have been delivered!"

"Quickly unload your weapons and send them to the city gates. Chu Xun ordered, "You go over together and teach our soldiers how to use it." ”

"Whew!" the scientific researchers and fellow soldiers agreed in unison.

Liang Teng and Mi Yan hurried over and planted mines under their guidance to understand how to use grenades.

After resting, the soldiers and horses of the Zhou State finally recovered their spirits.

As the sun sets, night falls.

Mei Xu suggested to Tang Niu: "Your Majesty, our army has been repaired, if you want to attack, don't delay." Rush to decide the winner in the near night, and if you win, you will take away Emperor Yuanxi and the ministers of Hua, and if you lose, you will retreat the same way, and you must rush before the arrival of enemy reinforcements. to be able to advance and retreat with evidence!"

Tang Niu nodded and said, "In this case, please lead the prime minister to lead a large army to attack Huajun, and I will answer in the rear." ”

"Wow!" Mei Xu is also in a rut, if he doesn't fight this battle, Tang Niu is unwilling to evacuate.

That night, the soldiers and horses of the Zhou State were divided into two teams. Mei Xu led the troops, led the generals to be the vanguard and took the lead, and Tang Niu and Miao Ji led the troops in the rear to respond and send troops to Huajun.

Mei Xu led the troops to Huajun City, and there were only horizontal logs, horseback horses and wooden thorns at the city gate, which were very easy to destroy.

Liang Teng and Mi Yan respectively led troops to guard the city.

Mei Xu knew that the other party would not be unprepared, but he could not retreat, so he took the lead and led his troops to kill the city gate.

rushed to a place hundreds of meters away from the city gate, and suddenly there were explosions under his feet, and the flames were everywhere in the dark night.

It turned out that a large number of mines had been planted outside the city, and they were waiting for them to come.

The power of the mine is very strong, and many war horses were directly blown off the horse's legs, some broke their stomachs, and some were even more unlucky because of the explosion next to them, which blew up the horse's head.

The first wave of war horses passed, and the infantry behind them came in line, and countless soldiers also fell down in the sound of the explosion, or simply blew up, the scene was quite tragic.

Mei Xu was lucky, there were constantly generals or cavalry around him who stepped on mines and were killed, but he rushed all the way to the city gate and successfully reached the city gate.

"Hoo hoo!!" Ten thousand arrows were fired in unison in the city, blocking the approach of the Zhou army.

The sound of mines continued, but the Zhou army was not afraid of death, although it was tragic, they still killed the city gate, and prepared to dismantle the horizontal logs, reject the horses and wooden thorns.

Liang Teng immediately ordered the use of grenades.

The Chinese soldiers on the city wall took out their grenades one after another, lit them and threw them vigorously, smashing them into the enemy troops below.

The "Boom ——!Boom ——!" grenade is no less powerful than a mine, and it can be aimed and thrown into a crowded position.

In an instant, the losses of the Zhou army were even heavier.

This way of fighting was far unexpected, and the soldiers of the Zhou State, who were accustomed to fighting with cold weapons, were directly defeated.

Mei Xu was not simple, even this situation was able to boost morale, so that the army did not rout, and made concerted efforts to break through the rejection of the horses, regardless of casualties, and rushed through the crosswood, and finally entered the city.

The inner city gate was closed, and the defenders used the stones and beams obtained from demolishing the people's houses as rolling stone and sasswood to block the Zhou army.

The two sides fought fiercely for a long time, and Mei Xu fought bloodily, and finally broke through the inner city gate after losing thousands of warriors.

This greatly boosted the morale of the Zhou soldiers, and as long as they attacked the city, the basic victory was decided.

It's just that when the inner city gate was breached, and the soldiers of the Zhou State followed Mei Xu to prepare to kill in, they suddenly heard the cries of mountains and seas in the city.

At the same time, the crowd of Chinese people blocked the city, or holding torches, or holding hoes and forks, standing with the defenders in the city.

Mei Xu led his troops to rush in a few times, and was immediately counterattacked like a tsunami.

There are too many people in China, and there is no end in sight at a glance.

Several strong attacks have caused huge losses, and they have been unable to advance or retreat, and they have completely fallen into a predicament.