Chen Mu heard the "natural school" again, and thought that he would have to ask clearly when he had the opportunity.

At this time, the king shouted again: "Now, we all know the strength of Great Xia. What we should do now is to think about how to cooperate with Great Xia to defeat the Western Kingdom. ”

The king's words were settled, and it was not convenient for the ministers to refute them. So they discussed the matter of fighting.

After the court discussion, Long Xueyao sent Chen Mu back to the barracks.

Long Xueyao: "You're about to go to the battlefield, you must be careful." ”

Chen Mu smiled: "Don't worry, I've been on the battlefield countless times, and I'm still alive and well?" ”

"By the way, I don't know yet, why did the West attack Huaguo."

Long Xueyao: "That's because the scientific and technological development of our country has surpassed that of the western country, and they are afraid that we will develop treasures first." ”

Chen Mu: "What do they mean by naturalism?" ”

Long Xueyao: "Actually, the Chinese and Xia people were originally one family, and they were both descendants of Yan and Huang. ”

"Until one day, our ancestors developed the steam engine, and since then they have been divided into two factions.

"Some people think that the steam engine is right and that if you continue to develop it, you can change the world. Some people think that the steam engine is a mistake, that it went astray and that it should be started over. ”

"So, some people took their equipment, went into the snow-capped mountains, concentrated on research, and then established Huaguo, also known as the R&D school."

"Others have given up all their scientific records in the hope of starting from scratch and evolving the right invention that is more efficient than the steam engine, that is, naturalism."

"It's been more than 500 years now, and Huaguo is about to succeed in research and development, so Xiguo wants to grab the results."

Chen Mu nodded, no wonder Great Xia's technology was very backward, it turned out that he destroyed it himself.

"Then why do some people say that the naturalists are going to win? What are they comparing? ”

Long Xueyao: "The comparison is which faction developed an epoch-making invention that is stronger than the steam engine first." At that time, the two factions agreed that whoever could win would gain dominance. ”

Chen Mu: "Oh, no wonder some people are very hostile to Great Xia. ”

Long Xueyao smiled, "It was all five hundred years ago, and now Great Xia has developed so strongly, and Huaguo has fallen too far behind in other aspects except for science and technology." ”

Chen Mu: "What about the Western Kingdom?" Why did they want to leave China? ”

Long Xueyao's face darkened, "It's because they feel that Great Xia is getting stronger and stronger, and they want to take advantage of the backwardness of Great Xia's technology to go out and occupy the land of Great Xia." ”

"But Huaguo believes that it should be left to its own devices, and that whoever develops an epoch-making invention is beneficial to everyone."

"Then the western kingdom was divided, and because the leaders of the western kingdom at that time were of different races, they took advantage of the situation to draw all the foreign races over."

Chen Mu: "Were there still two races back then?" ”

Long Xueyao: "Yes, before the separation of the Huaxia family, the two clans lived together in harmony, but now, the thinking of the Western people has changed too much. ”

"They believe that if the Great Xia people develop it first, it will pose a deadly threat to the snow-capped mountains. It's better to go out and grab the land first and grab the technology of Great Xia. ”

Chen Mu: "Hegemonism, they are hegemonism. ”

Long Xueyao nodded, "Well, Huaguo is naturalism. Isn't it great now? Huaguo's research and development is almost successful, and Daxia has also developed advanced technology under natural conditions. ”

"Whoever develops it first, the two countries can come back together."

Chen Mu smiled, "Hmm." ”

It's good that they don't know that they are traversers, otherwise it would be difficult to say that they are unnatural.

The two chatted, and then came to the Daxia military camp, and Long Xueyao said goodbye and left.

Chen Mu sorted out military affairs, and the next day, he went to the front line.

The population of Huaguo is only 5,000, the territory is not large, and there are not many wide places in the snow-capped mountains, so a pattern of many checkpoints has been formed.

Now, Xiguo has broken through the West China Pass, which is the westernmost checkpoint of Huaguo.

All the soldiers of Huaguo have been concentrated in Hongshan Pass, and unlike Huaxi Pass, there are residents in this pass, and once it is lost, it will lose part of the cultivated land.

After Chen Mu came to the checkpoint, he did not go to the city wall to defend, but ambushed him in the pass. Because the Western Kingdom didn't know that Great Xia had come to reinforcements, it could take it by surprise, and this was the advantage of the Huaxia Alliance.

In the past few days, the Western Army has not launched an offensive, and it should be allocating ammunition, fuel, grain and grass, and so on.

On the second day of Chen Mu's arrival, the Western Army began to attack.

The Chinese soldiers stood at the head of the city with muskets to defend, and the artillerymen also loaded their ammunition and waited with firearms.

And Chen Mu led the troops to line up behind the pass, and a hundred light artillery pieces were fan-shaped, facing the city gate, and two thousand musketeers were guarding beside them.

It was followed by 200 supply vehicles, ready to attack with the army at any time.

The Western Army first bombarded the wall with artillery, and the Chinese artillery also began to return fire. Both sides used solid iron bullets, and the casualties were not very large.

After a while, the musketeers of the western kingdom also began to climb the mountains on both sides and shoot at the Chinese soldiers on the wall.

Although it is said that the position of the cannons of Huaguo is relatively high, the people on the wall are relatively dense, and the cannons and muskets of the Western Kingdom are easier to aim.

On the contrary, the soldiers of the western country were relatively scattered, and the casualties were relatively small.

Huang Tianhua, the general of Huaguo at the head of the city, saw that the time was almost up, so he ordered the soldiers to withdraw from the city.

The Western Army thought that the Chinese Army could not withstand it, and began to bombard the city gate, preparing to rush into the gate.

However, before they could fire a few shots, the gate opened by itself, and then the Chinese soldiers rushed out and fired face-to-face with the Western army.

Casualties on both sides were heavy.

Soon, the Chinese soldiers began to retreat, little by little back into the city gates, and the Western soldiers also chased in.

The general of the western kingdom outside the city was very happy and ordered the whole army to assault.

At this time, the Chinese soldiers suddenly turned around and ran to the head of the city, while some of the Western soldiers chased after the Chinese soldiers and shot, and some continued to rush forward.

The Chinese soldiers resisted at the head of the city, while the soldiers from the western country continued to pour into the pass, and soon, a thousand people all came in.

At this time, Chen Mu gave an order, and the tent used for camouflage in front of the Great Xia Army was pulled aside, revealing a black cannon muzzle.

The soldiers of the Western Kingdom were dumbfounded, where did Huaguo get so many cannons? So many muskets? And so many more!

The next moment, they saw a lot of shells again.

A hundred shells whistled and exploded again, killing and wounding the soldiers of the Western Kingdom.

The general of the Western Kingdom hurriedly ordered to retreat, and Chen Mu also let the steam tracked car slowly advance and pursue.

Now the soldiers of the Western Kingdom can no longer take care of the muskets of the Chinese soldiers at the head of the city, and they are left to flee with their heads bored.