Lou Gao gathered all his cronies and prepared to plan a big thing.

As soon as the blacksmith heard about this kind of thing, several loyal apprentices immediately decided to follow.

The preparations to be made by Lou Gao are divided into three steps, the first step is to intercept the armament, which requires the disposal of a group of craftsmen, on the grounds of defective products, to reasonably intercept the armament built in the last two weeks and return it to the factory for maintenance, in fact, it is hidden by itself, if there is no news for too long, then return this batch of armament to the empire.

The second step is to gather about two hundred craftsmen who are absolutely loyal and start to make these street fighting weapons, professional anti-soul master hand cannons, fortunately, the production process is not complicated, if you can make a few hundred, then the blacksmith association will have a greater certainty to expel the Xingluo official army and let Gengxin City stand on its own.

The third step is to stabilize Governor Dai and let him relax his vigilance, which requires more hard work and specific measures, that is, two more working hours per day. However, this will not last long, and if nothing really happens, there is a way for Lou Gao to return to its current state.

The deployment of the tall buildings is proceeding very steadily, and within a week, the Blacksmiths Guild has mastered about 80% of the armaments of the entire city of Gengxin.

Now Gengxin City has become a powder keg under extreme high pressure, if no one ignites Xingluo, then the blacksmiths of Gengxin City are afraid that someone will spontaneously steal weapons to plan a riot.

This is undoubtedly a huge hidden danger, and before the time comes, such behavior will undoubtedly cause a high degree of vigilance in the Xingluo Army, so Lou Gao also uncharacteristically conducts a strict search of the Blacksmiths Association.

Fortunately, this did not last a few days.

Dai Mubai publicly denounced the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire for sending people to steal the core engine of the earldom, and immediately mobilized an army of 100,000 troops, divided into three routes, and launched a sneak attack.

There are two provinces around the county, both of which are major members of the trade with Dai Mubai, and they have a lot of profits, so there is not much garrison in the border area.

Dai Mubai's army has already achieved mechanization, the number of self-propelled guns and tanks is a lot, these 100,000 people are the elite of the elite, specially used to fight rapid attacks, but in fact, Dai Mubai can mobilize more than that, in recent years, Dai Mubai's main exchange is population and food, in the earldom, there are at least 300,000 people to fight.

In other words, all people can be warriors, and once they invade the county, they will fall into the abyss of guerrilla warfare.

The Xingluo royal family has about 200,000 people in the border area of the earldom, and the establishment is mixed, including the new army of serfs and the cavalry corps, and Dai Mubai led the army to cover it as soon as possible.

This is an unprepared battle, originally the Xingluo army had a generation difference in equipment, this time the fight, the main soul division and cavalry quickly began to retreat, leaving the serf new army behind the palace.

This new army is not high in combat effectiveness, and now that the nobles and lords have run away, where will they resist, even if they surrender directly.

In this battle, Dai Mubai directly captured 20,000 prisoners and sent them back to the county for reform, and most of the remaining people had already fled in all directions.

The main army of Xingluo ran away, and the two surrounding provinces also chose to surrender, hoping to retain their position, Dai Mubai arrested all these old nobles, and began to execute them after a public trial, basically 90% of the nobles reached the point where Dai Mubai's heart was unforgivable.

Their relatives were also sent to the county and began to be reformed through labor.

In one day, Dai Mubai occupied two provinces like lightning through a sneak attack, although the public trial was very smooth, but this also means that no one will choose to surrender in the future.

When the news reached the Xingluo royal family, Dai Yun was furious, and immediately ordered 1.2 million troops, preparing to fight to the death with Dai Mubai.

This 1.2 million is not comparable to those line-filling legions, they are all the elite of the elite, including the Royal Knights and the Ten Thousand Beasts Legion, which is the proudest of Xingluo, as well as the Xingluo New Army composed of absolutely loyal ordinary people, although there is also a generation difference between this new army and Dai Mubai's legion, it is not far away, and it can still be fought with its numerical advantage.

When Dai Yun gathered his forces, Xue Qinghe also issued a statement, severely condemning Xingluo's sneak attacks on Tiandou, looting caravans, and massacring civilians in recent years, and then decided to send 300,000 troops to support Dai Mubai and recognize him as the only legitimate regime of Xingluo.

Wuhun Hall and the Kyushu Empire also issued a joint statement to keep all parties restrained, but there was no clear behavior, and the words were also meant to pull the shelf, to the effect that Xingluo would officially cede half of the territory and divide it along the Tianyun Mountain Range, which was almost completely divided in the center of the empire, and the east and west would become two countries.

This reconciliation plan is also in vain, how could Dai Yun allow Xingluo to divide and rule?

Civil war was inevitable, and now, the eyes of all parties fell on the city of Gengxin.

This blacksmith capital, in today's situation where the military strength of the two sides is almost evenly matched, has become a battleground for soldiers, Xingluo needs to withdraw a large number of workers to return to the core of the empire to continue to produce armaments, and Dai Mubai also needs to attract these blacksmiths, and there is also a need to attract these blacksmiths to build high-precision equipment, and at the same time, it can also cut off Xingluo's supply in this regard.

But there is a world of difference between the two sides in the treatment of craftsmen, and if the blacksmith guild seizes this opportunity, then it is needless to say that it will fall to anyone.

Realizing this, the Xingluo people began to forcibly help the blacksmiths move, and many blacksmiths were unwilling to leave, so the Xingluo people took their families captive, burned their homes, and bloodshed and conflicts were everywhere.

And three thousand of the best blacksmiths have been assembled in the Blacksmiths' Guild.

"What the president is doing, it's all at this time, if you don't have any more soldiers, you won't have a chance." A senior blacksmith couldn't help but say anxiously.

The people of the Star Luo Empire were wantonly arresting in the city, but fortunately, the armaments intercepted a few days ago and the people with lofty ideals selected in advance had been hidden, and with these people, the war of independence in Gengxin City was not an impossible thing.

But the real difficulty is that there are more than 1,000 Star Luo Soul Masters in Gengxin City, and tens of thousands of people with armor are stationed around, once they start to resist and can't quickly clean up the Soul Master Legion in the city, then once these tens of thousands of people are pressed up, it will be completely impossible to be independent with existing weapons.

Even though this battle is extremely difficult, if you resist, you can still survive, and if you don't resist, you will really be coerced inland by the empire, and in this situation, I am afraid that it is worse than a slave!

At this critical moment, the height of the building is nowhere to be seen.

"No matter, brothers, for the future of the Blacksmith Association, for the future of all blacksmiths, we must do the opposite!" A burly man stood up, raised his arms, and began to mobilize everyone's emotions.

"Defend the Blacksmiths' Guild!" Everyone in the hall raised their weapons and prepared for war.

Just when everyone was about to start a battle, one of them stood up and shouted, "Enough, have you forgotten the soul master on the other side?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly calmed down a lot.

Although there are many soul masters among the blacksmiths, they all understand the level, and basically the soul skills are all for the service of striking iron, how can there be any talents in combat?

With the existing firearms, it is impossible to crush at all, and this can really be described as a desperate fight.

Seeing that everyone's expressions were sluggish, the man said: "In my opinion, the teacher is now building a weapon that can turn the situation around, and he has been having an epiphany during this time, rather than acting rashly, it is better to take advantage of the fact that Xingluo still has a period of time, and you should go and collect more manpower to ensure that the logistics are good." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone agreed, and immediately arranged the task and scattered.

When the blacksmiths began to move, so did the Star Luo army, and after breaking through most of the empty doors, they finally realized where most of the blacksmiths were.

The Star Luo army slowly surrounded the direction of the Blacksmith Guild, and the blacksmiths also laid out the defensive equipment they had already prepared, completely no longer hiding their intentions for confrontation.

At this moment, the height of the building finally appeared.

He looked much haggard than he had been a few days ago, and walked out accompanied by several apprentices.

"It's going to grow!"

As soon as these words came out, the blacksmiths suddenly became excited.

"President! Give the order! ”

"The Star Luo Empire is too deceitful, fight with them!"

All the blacksmiths looked at Lou Gao, who just waved his hand, and then several apprentices walked out from behind them with two brilliant cannons and set them up on the terrace on the second floor.

"My comrades and friends, I already know what situation we are facing, and I know that we cannot retreat, in order to achieve the greatest advantage in this war, I have modified several weapons, including these two giant cannons, which can help us deal with the threat of hostile soul masters as much as possible."

"But it's still a bitter battle with a lot of sacrifices, and I hope you can understand that." As he spoke, Lou Gao saluted everyone.

There was nothing to say, the people who came here were all people who had already decided to defend the only organization of the Blacksmiths Guild to the death, and no amount of words at this time would be of much help, so everyone began to continue to set up defenses.

The residence of the Blacksmiths' Guild is a manor-like building with a large area of land, which is also open every month on weekdays to exhibit its advanced products, and is also a high-rise residence.

Therefore, a force of several thousand men could be deployed here, and two huge cannons made by the tall building were also placed on each side of the manor's attic to ensure that most of the enemy could be hit.

Lou Gao was ruthless this time, without any idea of negotiation, and when Governor Dai and his Xingluo army appeared on the avenue, everyone launched an attack together.

The cannon is a modern weapon that incorporates his understanding of craftsmanship, and when the cannonball explodes on the ground, it sputters out hundreds of small marbles in diameter similar to the cap of a bottle.

These marbles were also filled with high-purity gunpowder, and he accurately calculated the ability of the marbles metal to withstand explosions, so that after the shells exploded, the marbles would fly outward unaffected for a distance of ten to twenty meters, and then explode directly in the air.

After exploding, these marbles will also burst out of metal fragments due to kinetic energy, and these high-grade metals will easily pierce into the bodies of soul masters of the Soul Sect and below.

This shell is a three-stage attack, and if it is blown up in a crowded place, it is enough to kill thousands of people.

At the time of the explosion, even the metal fragments carried the blood light that infected after the damage, and the whole had a fireworks-like beauty.

This time is undoubtedly a typical example of the use of examples, one shot, most of the hundreds of people transferred by the Governor's Mansion to encircle and suppress were killed and injured, and Governor Dai bore the brunt of the attack, directly eating all the three stages of damage, and directly seriously injured, but with the strength of Contra, he was not dead.

Standing up with difficulty, Governor Dai was about to retreat, but saw a group of blacksmiths rushing out with pistols, and he couldn't help but say that it was a mess of guns, and he directly broke them apart.

In this regard, the generation. The royal agent, who was not counted as a hero, died violently.

As soon as the governor died, this can be said to be a group of dragons without a leader, the Xingluo army immediately scattered and fled, ready to withdraw from Gengxin City and then make plans, Lou Gao also seized this opportunity, and directly asked everyone to transfer the two giant cannons to the city wall, and then the army left the association and began to pursue the remnants, and at the same time mobilized the relatives of the blacksmiths to start scattering propaganda, mobilizing more blacksmiths and ordinary people to participate in this Gengxin City independence war.

The cardinal of the Wuhun Hall in Gengxin City saw the battle, and he did not dissuade him, but began to gather people and horses to start pacifying the people, which was actually undoubtedly helping Lou Gao stabilize the people's hearts and appease those soul masters who did not necessarily obey the discipline.

Lou Gao already had a high reputation in the local area, and he soon stabilized the people's hearts, and after doing his reconnaissance work, he was ready for an attack.

The Xingluo army did not fight back immediately, but instead set up a camp in a place outside the city that could not be covered by artillery fire, and went to ask for reinforcements from the empire.

The Xingluo royal family really attaches great importance to Gengxin City, so it has dispatched 50,000 elites to support the entire front against the rebels, and the difference between the elites and ordinary soldiers is that the armor on their bodies is immune to bullets.

This is the result of Xingluo's achievements in the past few years before being assimilated by thermal weapons, the existing metal strength can completely achieve immunity to bullets, and can also avoid the killing of cannonball fragments, these elite knights who are covered in black armor and even war horses are completely covered, ten years ago, it will also become a nightmare for the Heaven Dou Empire.

It can only be said that the war has indeed promoted the development of science, but without a phased breakthrough, we can only think of making thicker armor and forging sharper swords.

The remaining 50,000 people are the original garrison legions around Gengxin City, all of which are new troops composed of hot weapons, with guns and cannons, and there is not much gap between them and the rebels of Gengxin City, even if the blacksmiths' proficiency in thermal weapons makes their combat power exceed these levies, but the difference in numbers is also desperate.

Therefore, after the Xingluo army was assembled, it did not surround the city, but placed all the troops in the east of the city, hoping to annihilate the rebels in one fell swoop and achieve a hearty victory. (End of chapter)