"Who is this nobleman? It's so white! ”

"This is a fairy in the sky, right?"

"Walking with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what a talented woman!"

Long Xueyao listened to the discussion of the surrounding residents and felt very embarrassed.

Chen Mu noticed, "Miss Xue Yao, have you ever eaten barbecue?" ”

Long Xueyao: "Well, I've eaten roasted eagles and roasted ferrets, and they all taste good." ”

Chen Mu smiled: "Today I invite you to eat kebabs, it must be better than the barbecue you ate before." ”

Long Xueyao was curious, "Really?" ”

Chen Mu: "Well, you'll know if you taste it." ”

With that, Chen Mu led Long Xueyao into a barbecue restaurant on the side of the road.

When the shopkeeper saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arriving, he hurriedly greeted them and led them to a large private room.

It's already the height of summer, and there is an ice book in the center of the private room, and there are bursts of cold air, and the whole room is very cool.

Long Xueyao looked at Bing Jian in surprise, "Brother Chen, what is this?" How can there be the smell of snowy mountains? ”

Chen Mu walked over and opened the lid of Bingjian, "This is called Bingjian, it is filled with ice cubes, it can release cold air in summer, and it can also store ingredients. ”

As he spoke, Chen Mu handed over a rock sugar gourd, "This is a rock sugar gourd, you can taste it." ”

Long Xueyao's eyes widened, and she took a bite of it, "It's delicious!" ”

"But now that it's so hot outside, where did you get the ice? It has long been melted from the snow-capped mountains here. ”

Chen Mu smiled slightly, "This is the ice-making technique of Great Xia. ”

Chen Mu explained the principle to Long Xueyao, and Long Xueyao was so impressed that she threw herself to the ground.

"Brother Chen, you are so smart! In this way, we can also eat the food of the snow-capped mountains here. ”

They were chatting here, and on the other side, Chen Mu's maid had already gone to the kitchen to supervise, and soon, the dishes came up.

First, a plate of cucumbers. Cucumbers are seeds brought back from Fanbang and then planted in Great Xia, and they are all freshly picked. There is also garlic in it, which was also introduced from Fanbang.

Immediately afterwards, the store came up with grilled steamed bread slices, grilled chicken wings, and lamb skewers. There are also cumin and chili flakes that can be sprinkled to your taste.

There are also chilled juices, which are freshly squeezed, chilled in an ice book, and served after they have cooled.

Now that Great Xia's vassal kingdoms are almost all over the entire continent, almost all the ingredients that Chen Mu liked in his previous life have been collected.

Long Xueyao ate a bunch of them, and she couldn't stop, she didn't care about talking to Chen Mu anymore, she ate one string after another, and she didn't stop until she couldn't eat anymore.

"Brother Chen, the food in Daxia is so delicious! Hiccup—"

Long Xueyao burped, then blushed again, and covered her mouth shyly.

Chen Mu smiled and said: "This is all the convenience brought by exchanging specialties with neighboring countries, the food in Daxia used to be terrible, you don't even know it." ”

Chen Mu began to tell Long Xueyao the story of forcibly swallowing boiled vegetables in white water when he first came to Daxia, which made Long Xueyao giggle.

After eating, the two walked around Tongtian County for a long time, Chen Mu bought a cart of gifts for Long Xueyao, and finally sent her back to the new territory of Huaguo.

Then, Chen Mu stayed in Tongtian County temporarily, while accompanying Long Xueyao to play, while waiting for the transfer of troops from the national capital.

Ten days later, the expeditionary force rushed from the national capital to Tongtian County.

This time, Chen Xingtian sent two thousand invincible flying musketeers and six hundred artillery men who had rested in the national capital before, carrying fifty heavy artillery pieces and one hundred light artillery pieces.

In addition, there was a newly formed musket battalion of 1,000 men, plus 200 supply vehicles.

All of them are well-rested new forces.

Chen Mu convened a pledge meeting, and then set out for the fortress halfway under the cheering farewell of the people of Great Xia and Huaguo.

After replenishing the fortress on the way, the army followed the path and advanced in the direction of the Black Earth Fortress.

On this day, the army was very close to the exit, Chen Mu ordered to stop the advance, and summoned the generals and colonels to the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that we're almost at the Black Earth Fortress, how are you thinking about the tactics of attacking?"

Zhang Zhong: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, I think our weapon advantage now is heavy artillery. Judging by the previous intelligence, although the enemy's artillery is farther than our light artillery, it should not be as good as the heavy artillery. ”

"The last time the Black Earth Fortress was lost, it was because there was no heavy artillery. And this time we put heavy artillery outside the fortress, so we can carry out unilateral bombardment. ”

At this time, Captain Liu said: "General Zhang, I think this is very dangerous. Because the enemy army also has several thousand musketeers, it is completely possible to go out of the city to fight. Then we will be entangled in heavy artillery. ”

"If you retreat, the heavy artillery will fall into the hands of the enemy, which is absolutely unacceptable. If you stop and fight, you will only lose both. ”

"Then our forces will be very small, and we will not be able to retake the Black Earth Fortress."

Zhang Zhong shook his head, "I don't think it will hurt both." ”

"The enemy does not have the technology to put cannons on the tank, at most they only send musketeers, but we still have a hundred light guns, which can inflict a lot of damage on the enemy. We don't sacrifice too many people. ”

Chen Muyi waved his hand, "I think I can give it a try." ”

"Let's bombard with heavy artillery first, and if the enemy comes out, we'll put it away, and if it doesn't work, it's not too late to retreat."

"Although the enemy has improved their metal smelting technology, the speed of their steam locomotives has not increased, and they will not be able to catch up if we are bent on escaping."

The generals thought about it for a while, and there was nothing that could refute Chen Mu's plan, so they all approved of this plan.

This time, the weapons of the Great Xia Army were not without any technical improvements.

The steam-tracked vehicle for heavy artillery has been retrofitted and no longer needs a hinged crane with ratchets, but instead relies on two rails on the vehicle for loading and unloading.

The steam tracked vehicle pulls the heavy cannon into range, then unloads the cannon to the ground along the rails, and then inserts the bracket into the ground, and the cannon can be fired.

Because the weight of the heavy cannon did not increase much compared to the light cannon, but the recoil made the steam tracked car unbearable. Shipping is not affected.

Moreover, the muzzle of the cannon is facing the rear of the car, so it can be quickly evacuated after being put away.

After the agreement, Chen Mu ordered the whole army to rest for a day and prepare according to the battle plan. The next day, the Great Xia army came to the outside of the Black Earth Fortress and prepared to attack.

The enemy troops in the Black Earth Fortress did not fight, but watched as the Great Xia army set up heavy artillery.

Chen Mu set up the formation, and after the artillery adjusted the angle, he ordered the artillery to fire.

Fifty heavy artillery pieces opened fire at once, and fifty heavy explosive shells flew towards the city.