Chapter 163: Artillery fire, the first battle is a great victory
Black Dragon Village.
"Great boss, the Imperial Guards are coming to our side!"
"Hmph—I can't help myself!"
"Don't move Qingshan Village, but do it to our Black Dragon Village, do you think our Black Dragon Village is a soft persimmon?"
The second leader of the Black Dragon Village, with a face full of horizontal flesh and a murderous appearance on his face.
In his tone, he was not much flustered about the arrival of the Royal Forest Army, but with a faint disdain and contempt.
Officers and soldiers encircled and suppressed, they have experienced this kind of thing a lot, and they have long been accustomed to it.
The officers and soldiers of the imperial court, they were not afraid.
Now that the Imperial Forest Army is heading south, it is nothing more than a change of officers and soldiers.
Could it be that if we change a group of officers and men, we will be able to make a qualitative leap forward in the combat strength of officers and men?
In the eyes of the second master, the Imperial Forest Army is nothing more than the same set of local officers and soldiers in the past, and there is nothing to fear.
In the past, when officers and soldiers came to encircle and suppress, they used their understanding of the terrain of Taihu Lake to play hide and seek with officers and soldiers, and from time to time they attacked officers and soldiers.
Once the officers and men chased after them, they immediately fled, and with the help of the terrain, they escaped from the pursuit of the officers and men.
If the officers and men do not chase after them, they will continue to harass them until they can no longer stand it.
After many days of harassment and sneak attacks, it will not be long before the officers and men will become exhausted.
When the time comes, we will go all out to deal a fatal blow to the officers and men and completely crush the offensive of the officers and men.
In the past ten years, Heilongzhai has encountered three encirclement and suppression, all of which have repelled officers and soldiers in this way.
As for how to deal with officers and soldiers, the second boss already has a lot of experience.
On the contrary, it was Zhu Kui, the big boss of the Black Dragon Village, whose face was slightly solemn, and he attached great importance to the arrival of the Royal Forest Army.
"Second brother, don't be arrogant!"
"The Imperial Forest Army, after all, is also a strong army of the Wu State, and it should not be underestimated."
"When you do it, you have to be more careful, you can't capsize in the gutter."
"Big boss, you're too worried, it's not worth worrying about!" The second master didn't take Zhu Kui's words too seriously.
"Big brother, it's not that you don't know the news of other villages."
"Half a month ago, the Imperial Forest Army made a move."
"As a result, in the past half a month, there has not been much progress."
"In my opinion, the Royal Guards are just famous, but in fact there is nothing to be afraid of!"
Second, the master has the confidence to be arrogant from nature.
When the Imperial Forest Army first came to Taihu Lake, the eighteen villages of Taihu Lake were indeed rumored and panicked for a while.
But as the battle began, they found that there was nothing to fear from the Imperial Guards.
With the help of the understanding of the terrain, the Imperial Forest Army of several other departments has basically not gained much in the past half a month.
Most of the Royal Forest Army led by the Five Princes is the same.
"Big boss, I'll take my brothers first and give the Imperial Forest Army some color."
The second master took the initiative to ask for help, and Zhu Kui did not stop him, but kindly mentioned it.
"Be careful!"
"Don't worry, big brother, wait for me to triumph!"
Looking at the back of the second master leaving with high spirits, Zhu Kui couldn't help but feel a touch of uneasiness in his heart.
He always felt that the encirclement and suppression of the Imperial Forest Army this time was not the same as the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers in the past.
The second boss took fifty henchmen, boarded ten small boats, and headed for the warship of the Imperial Forest Army.
Half an hour later.
The second master and the others saw the figure of the Royal Forest Army fleet from a distance.
The warships of the Imperial Forest Army, thirty zhang long, are like ancient beasts, just looking at them, giving people a great sense of oppression.
It's just that after seeing the warship of the Imperial Forest Army, the second boss was full of disdain.
"It's another big, stupid warship."
"What a bunch of fools the officers and soldiers!"
"This kind of big and stupid warship is not easy to use in Taihu Lake."
Of course, the second master understands that the warship of the Imperial Forest Army is large in size and powerful.
However, the Taihu water bandits did not clash head-on with officers and men at all, but fought more guerrilla attacks and sneak attacks.
They were all driving small boats, and when they retreated, they drilled into the reeds, and the officers and soldiers used big and stupid warships, so they couldn't do anything.
It's not that the imperial court doesn't know about this situation, but if you learn from the Taihu Lake bandits to use a small boat, wouldn't it be self-defeating martial arts, wasting their greatest advantage, and attacking the enemy's strengths with their own shortcomings?
"Second master, when are we going to do it?" The henchman of the second boss asked.
The water bandits on the ten boats are all gearing up and eager to try.
The second master waved his hand, so that everyone could calm down.
"Wait until late in the evening!"
The eyes of the second master flashed with murderous intent.
Although he looked down on the Imperial Guards, he was not arrogant.
Evening is an excellent time to attack.
After a fight, the sun went down when retreating.
With the cover of night and the terrain, getting rid of the Royal Forest Army is not as easy as eating and drinking?
Time is slipping away.
The scorching sun is quietly setting in the west.
Seeing that the time was ripe, the second master said to the bandits behind him.
"Little ones, do it!"
With that, ten small boats, like arrows from the string, rushed out.
When they rushed out of the reeds, they were only less than three thousand zhang away from the fleet of the Royal Forest Army.
At such a close distance, the moment the second master and others appeared, they were discovered by the Imperial Forest Army.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The shouts of killing soared into the sky.
Ji Tianci naturally heard the killing shouts, looked into the distance, and saw ten small boats, killing them.
Combined, it's only fifty people.
"Only fifty people!"
"The handiwork of Black Dragon Village is too small!"
Ji Tianci pursed his lips and complained dissatisfied.
An Lao explained with a chuckle on the side.
"Your Highness, the water bandits are this mode of fighting, and the number of people who make each move is not much, but all of them are elite."
"They never go head-to-head with the officers and soldiers!"
After listening to An Lao's explanation, Ji Tianci shook his head in disappointment.
"Fifty people, it's not enough to even stuff your teeth!"
Ji Tianci sighed.
If someone else had said this, An Lao would have scolded the other party for being arrogant.
An Lao knew very well that it was easy to repel fifty water bandits, but it was difficult to annihilate them.
It's just that Ji Tianci said this, and he can't refute Ji Tianci's face to face.
The other squires in Gusu County also flashed with vague disappointment in their eyes.
They felt that the five princes were recruited in person, and it seemed that they were also surrounded and suppressed by ordinary officers and soldiers, and there was no difference.
"It seems that the silver is in vain!" The head of the Tian family sighed.
His daughter Tian Yuxiu whispered something in her ear.
"Father, as long as the daughter climbs into the bed of the Fifth Highness, this silver will not be in vain."
"Even if the Fifth Highness fails to suppress the bandits, it's nothing!"
The head of the Tian family reacted instantly after his daughter mentioned this.
"You're still smart!"
"Whether the bandits are successful or not will not affect our foundation."
"No matter how arrogant the water bandits in Taihu Lake are, they are rampant in Taihu Lake, and they dare not go to the land to make waves."
"As long as my daughter can marry into the heavenly family, our Tian family will be able to soar!"
"Daughter, you have to be careful of those sassy foxes of the Feng family, the Qian family, and the Lin family, don't be preempted by them!"
"Daddy, don't worry, there are several of them, in terms of appearance, they are not as good as me!"
Tian Yuxiu laughed lightly, and looked at the Feng family and the other women, full of hostility.
The Feng family and the other women seemed to sense Tian Yuxiu's gaze and glanced back.
In the flagship where Ji Tianci is located, the fragrance is curling, and the fragrance is like a daughter country.
As for why Tian Yuxiu and others wanted to fight with the army, their thoughts, Ji Tianci was clear.
However, Ji Tianci did not stop him.
He doesn't stop it, he looks at the silver from the squires, and he doesn't want to see eye-catching beauties.
The reactions in the minds of the other gentry heads were very similar to those of the Tian family, and they were basically not optimistic about Ji Tianci's crackdown.
Only Ji Tianci, Wei Yanfeng and others were full of confidence.
This time, they went south to Taihu Lake to suppress bandits, but they brought a big killing weapon.
"Wei Yanfeng, the whole army is shelling, give them a sound." Ji Tianci gave an order and instructed Wei Yanfeng.
"The last general obeys!"
After that, Wei Yanfeng commanded the imperial forest and fired the cannon.
The warships piloted by the Imperial Forest Army have been modified by Shaofu Temple, and cannons are installed on each warship.
Click, click!
The porthole opens!
Revealing a swarthy barrel.
The dark barrel, under the illumination of the setting sun, looks particularly hideous and steaming!
A huge cannon, the barrel of the cannon turned, aimed at the Black Dragon Village and the others who were charging.
At this time, the people of Black Dragon Village also discovered the changes on the battleship of the Royal Forest Army.
"Second master, what is that black pipe?"
The second master looked for the sound, and naturally saw the giant cannon, and there was a faint doubt in his eyes.
Immediately afterwards, this faint doubt disappeared, replaced by a thick disdain.
The long-range ordnance of the army of the State of Wu, he knows very well.
Except for the God Destroying Crossbow, which is a bit of a threat, the other ordnance is just a toy to bluff children.
"It's not a god-destroying crossbow!"
"Little ones, rush me!"
"There's nothing to be afraid of!"
The second leader is very brave and takes the lead.
There are two masters charging ahead, and the other water bandits in Black Dragon Village are naturally no longer worried and afraid, and rush forward as if they have been beaten with chicken blood.
Followed by.
Cannons rang out!
Clusters of white light erupted from the thick and dark barrel.
The roar continues!
There was a huge roar, like thunder above the nine heavens.
Even if they are thousands of feet apart, Heilongzhai and others feel that their eardrums hurt.
White light cluster!
At breakneck speed, streak across the sky.
It was like a long rainbow crossing the sun, landing on the water where the ten boats were.
There was a flash of white light in front of him.
The second master only felt that the speed of these light clusters was too fast!
Much faster than the God Slayer Crossbow!
"What the hell is this?"
hasn't waited for the second master to come back to his senses.
The real gas cannonball exploded on the surface of the water.
The true qi that was compressed to the extreme exploded in an instant.
The terrifying shockwave of True Qi spread out in all directions.
Boom –
Boom –
Boom –
For a while, the entire lake was boiling.
It seems that there is an invisible giant hand, stirring the water, as if it wants to turn the entire Taihu Lake over.
Huge waves, soaring into the sky.
Then it was suspected that it was the momentum of the Milky Way falling for nine days, and it fell heavily.
Heavy spray crashed heavily on the boat.
The huge impact force burst out in an instant.
The second master ran the true qi of his whole body, like a lump of dark iron, and he was on top of the boat, and he controlled the boat with difficulty, and did not let the boat capsize.
Others, however, were not so lucky.
The other nine boats are not in the hands of a master of his level.
Under the stormy waves, it was directly overturned.
The most unfortunate thing was the three boats, which were pierced head-on by the True Qi cannonball.
The boat was shattered, and the water bandits on it died without a place to be buried.
Just one round of shelling.
The second boss lost ninety percent of his manpower, leaving only a small boat he was in, floating alone on the water.
Grunt!
Grunt!
Grunt!
The sound of swallowing saliva comes and goes.
The few surviving water bandits behind the second boss kept rolling their Adam's apples.
Their eyes were full of fear and horror!
The round of shelling just now, in their eyes, was simply a heavenly might, a divine punishment, not a force that people could control.
"Devil!"
"Devil!"
"I don't want to die—woo-"
……
Under the shroud of death, the water bandits in Black Dragon Village are no different from ordinary people.
If it weren't for the presence of the second master, I'm afraid it would have turned into birds and beasts and scattered a long time ago.
"Second, we ...... We...... Let's retreat......"
A confidant whispered.
His legs trembled, and the tip of his heart fluttered.
The round of shelling just now really frightened him.
The second master also swallowed his saliva, feeling that this Royal Forest Army was unusual.
In his heart, a hint of retreat appeared.
It's just that before they even rushed up, they coaxed to escape.
Where does this make him, the face of the second master, go?
For a while, I couldn't go up or down, and it was very uncomfortable.
The henchman seemed to see the concerns in the heart of the second master, and hurriedly said.
"Second master, those black pipes just now must be the secret weapon of the Royal Forest Army."
"We have to report this news and pass it on to the big bosses."
"We can't let the Guards' tricks succeed!"
"Second master, we are not afraid of war, but for the sake of the overall situation!"
The second master listened to the words of his henchman, and his face relaxed slightly.
"That's right, I'm not afraid of the Royal Guards!"
"I'm thinking about the overall situation, and I want to tell the big boss!"
"We'll leave now!"
After the second boss gave the order to retreat, the other bandits, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, controlled the ship to turn around.
Even, their motivation at this time was even more exciting than the previous charge.
As the saying goes, the boat is small and good to turn around.
The boat used in Black Dragon Village is very convenient to make a U-turn, and it only took three breaths to complete the U-turn.
Immediately afterwards, the second master really gasified the wind, urged the sails, and flew out like an arrow from the string.
It wasn't until this moment that the second master's flustered mood calmed down a little.
The ferocious firepower of the Royal Guards frightened him.
However, he still had confidence, and when he entered the reeds, the Imperial Guards did not want to catch up with him.
The second master adjusted the voyage to make the route coincide with the wind direction.
The tailwind, coupled with the urging of the true gasification wind, pushed the speed of the boat to the extreme.
On top of the flagship.
The heads of the Feng family, the Tian family, the Lin family and other gentry were dumbfounded.
When had they ever seen such violence?
A salvo.
The terrifying power almost overturned Taihu Lake.
The boat in the Black Dragon Village has really become a small boat in the storm.
In the blink of an eye, they were all wiped out, leaving only the lone one one of the two masters.
At the same time, these squire heads couldn't help muttering in their hearts.
If the muzzles of these cannons are aimed at their mansions.
This round of volleys, can the formation in their mansion be blocked?
Think twice!
They found that they couldn't stop it.
It's too domineering!
The ladies of the gentry from all hometowns were even more surprised to grow red lips, and there were ripples of color in their beautiful eyes.
In that round of salvo just now, they saw the power of the Five Princes.
They are even more eager to be able to fly to the Phoenix of the Branches.
As long as they can lie on the bed of the Fifth Highness, they can also indirectly possess such terrifying power.
Ji Tianci didn't know, because it was only a salvo of giant cannons.
These squires have already begun to think in their hearts that they will wear that sexy and obscene dress at night.
"Daddy, it seems that all of us don't know anything about the strength of His Highness!"
Tian Yuxiu whispered in her father's ear.
The head of the Tian family nodded again and again, as if he had not recovered from the salvo just now.
"His Highness's methods are incredible!"
"Unbelievable!"
"It's not something that we ordinary people can figure it out."
"This time to suppress bandits, maybe there is really hope that they can get rid of the tumor of Taihu Lake bandits!"
The head of the Tian family blushed with excitement, his fists clenched, he seemed to have seen the hope of getting rid of the Taihu Lake bandits.
This scene also appeared on the faces of other squire owners.
"Daughter, Your Highness, you must climb the branches!"
"Don't feel embarrassed, don't be embarrassed, take the initiative."
"Women chase men, compartment yarn."
"As long as you take the initiative, there will definitely be a chance!"
"Even if you drug His Highness, he will not hesitate!"
The main speaker of the Tian family spoke earnestly, and Tian Yuxiu's face was full of blush.
Of course, she also knew that everything her father said was true.
A high-quality companion like the Fifth Highness can't wait, and the only chance is to take the initiative.
Wei Yanfeng trotted over with excitement on his face and said.
"Report to Your Highness, after a few salvo shots, there is only one small boat left in the Black Dragon Village!"
"It's the second master ship of Black Dragon Village."
Ji Tianci looked into the distance and saw the second leader of the Black Dragon Village, and fled in panic, like a defeated dog.
"If Lone remembers correctly, this second master of the Black Dragon Village has the strength of a quasi-grandmaster." Ji Tianci said with a sigh.
"Your Highness is clever!"
There are roughly three of the Grandmaster's logos.
Limit broken six times!
Gang Qi is self-sufficient!
and the manifestation of the soul!
Among them, the self-generation of the qi and the manifestation of the soul are the basis for the six times to break the limit.
If you don't cultivate to the point where Gang Qi is self-generated, even if you are promoted to Grandmaster, your true qi will not be qualitatively transformed into Gang Qi, and the killing methods will be mediocre.
When you fight against a real grandmaster, you have no chance of winning, and you can only bully the weak.
If you don't cultivate to the point where your soul manifests and your soul doesn't change qualitatively, then after you are promoted to Grandmaster, you won't be able to control the huge power that Grandmaster has.
It's like a child dancing a sledgehammer, it will hurt himself.
Therefore, the quasi-grandmaster is that the physique has been able to break the limit six times, but one of the Gang Qi self-generation and soul manifestation has not yet been successfully cultivated.
This kind of martial artist is far stronger than a five-time limit-breaking martial artist, but it is far inferior to the grandmaster.
In Ji Tianci's mind, information about the second master of Black Dragon Village appeared.
Prospective Grandmaster!
Gang Qi is self-sufficient!
But the soul has not yet been revealed!
"Wei Yanfeng, you send two teams of Imperial Forest Army to pursue!"
"Remember, don't live alone, just die!"
"Yes!"
Wei Yanfeng arched his hand and said, his heart was very excited.
Because, the first actual combat of the ground effect aircraft is about to begin.
As a general of the Imperial Forest Army, Wei Yanfeng is full of interest in the cross-era mechanism of ground effect aircraft.
If it weren't for the fact that the second leader was too weak, he would have been eager to lead the team to pursue in person.
The cabin below the flagship deck slowly opened.
The ground-effect aircraft hidden in the cabin of the ship revealed its true face.
An Lao and the others were confused when they saw the strange ship of the ground effect aircraft.
"Your Highness, what is this?"
"This is a killer weapon prepared by Lone for the Taihu Lake bandits!"
Ji Tianci smiled mysteriously.
But this time, no squire dared to say anything to Ji Tianci.
The volley just now gave them a glimpse of the power of the Imperial Foresters.
This is His Royal Highness's secret weapon against the Taihu Lake bandits, and it must be very powerful.
The squires and ladies all showed expectant eyes, looking at the secret weapon in Ji Tianci's mouth, and they were mighty.
Miles away.
The second master saw that the Imperial Forest Army did not catch up immediately, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and let go of his worries.
He looked back at the Guards' movements.
He meant to see what the hell those swarthy tubes were.
However, immediately afterward, he was attracted by the movement of the Imperial Guards.
All he saw was that the Guards warship opened its hold and dragged out some small boats.
It's just that these boats are very strange.
There are no sails, but two large fans are installed in the tail.
"What kind of ship is this?"
"He's so ugly?"
"Not even the sails were raised!"
The second boss complained, he has been a water bandit for decades, and he has never seen such a strange boat.
At the same time, it also mocked the unprofessionalism of the Royal Guards.
Since it is like chasing them, you should raise the sails early and be ready to set off at any time.
How can you temporarily raise the sails like now?
When the sails got angry, they didn't know where they had gone.
"Foresters, but that's it!"
The second master subconsciously said, completely forgetting the scene he was embarrassed in that round of shelling just now.
Abrupt.
The second master suddenly heard a violent whistling sound.
It's like a storm in the crossing!
Whistling to the sky!
Then, when he looked into the distance, he saw the two strange ships and rushed out.
It's as fast as an arrow off the string.
Even, because the speed was too fast, there were two fierce waves on the surface of the lake.
From a distance, it looked like two white snakes, swimming towards him.
"This speed—"
"This speed—"
The second master was dumbfounded, so surprised that he couldn't even finish speaking.
How could the speed of those two strange ships be so fast?
It is completely beyond the common sense and cognition of the two masters.
In front of those two strange ships, he really gassed the wind, blowing the sails, almost as slow as ants crawling.
The water bandits in Black Dragon Village are all bloodless.
"It's over!"
"Catching up!"
On board, there was a commotion.
The second master still wanted to struggle, urging the true qi to the extreme, and the fierce wind blew the boat forward quickly.
In the past, he was considered to be a very fast boat.
At this time, he felt that this small boat was so slow, unbearable.
In less than a dozen breaths, the ground effect aircraft caught up.
The second is in charge, and his eyes are desperate.