"No, it's more chaotic outside, it's not as safe as here."

Facing Liu Xigua's surprised gaze, Ning Yi shook his head firmly.

A few days ago, he would definitely try his best to send Su Tan'er and Xiaochan away, so that he could let go of his worries and use his fists and kicks without any worries.

But now it's different after all, with Zuo Yu, Li Yun and Ye Zixun, the three humanoid tanks, there is no safer place in the world.

Only a fool would send his wife and family away......

Ning Yi thought so in his heart.

Liu Xigua naturally didn't know Ning Yi's true thoughts, and when she heard Ning Yi's decisive answer, she thought that the military advisor had finally made up her mind to help the Badao Battalion achieve great things.

"Oh...... Then I'll tell them. ”

Liu Xigua blinked his eyes, and while looking at the case, the corners of his mouth were slightly curled.

In her heart, the ideas of democracy and freedom that Ning Yi revealed to her these days were the true ideas in Ning Yi's heart.

But in fact, most of these ideas were weapons that Ning Yi used to fool Liu Xigua, at most, he wanted to use the Badao Battalion and the rebel army to do a thought experiment.

When it really came time to part ways with the Badao Battalion, Ning Yi would not be merciful.

At noon that day, Liu Watermelon originally planned to work with the generals of the Badao Battalion to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Ning Yi's wife.

But before the mighty group walked out of Xiliu Street, the messenger of the Holy Father Fangla came with a bombshell news-

Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huainan Xuanfu envoy Tong Guan, led an army of 150,000, advanced by land and water, defeated the righteous army in Jiaxing, and now came to Hangzhou.

“…… How can it be so fast? Zuo Yu's face was surprised.

Ning Yi thought that Zuo Yu was talking about the original history, so he said indifferently: "Tong Guan is not a mediocre person, and the 150,000 forbidden army in the south is the elite of the Wu Dynasty, and its combat effectiveness is far superior to that of Fang La's rebel army, so it is not unexpected that such a result can be achieved." ”

"As for the historical question, this is the Wu Dynasty, not the Song Dynasty, and some deviations are normal, right?"

It is normal to have deviations from the history of the Song Dynasty, but it is not normal to deviate from the plot of the son-in-law!

Zuo Yu and the three of them glanced at each other, groaned slightly, and began to inquire if there were any strange people in the imperial court's army.

It's a pity that the front-line Fangla army was defeated too quickly, resulting in limited intelligence in Hangzhou.

Staying in the city, it is estimated that it is difficult to get effective information from the Tong Guan Army......

With the arrival of 150,000 troops, the situation of Fang La's army took a sharp turn for the worse.

The city of Hangzhou, which had gradually begun to regain its vitality in the hands of Fang La, was once again transformed into a wartime state.

Fang La's occupation of Hangzhou coincided with the autumn harvest, so he amassed a large amount of food and military resources, and after Tong Guan led a large army to besiege the city, the two sides launched a five-day fierce battle in Hangzhou.

Although Tong Guan's ability to command the army is not top-notch, it is still much stronger than the group of mud-legged people of Fang Lajun.

In five days, Tong Guan's army launched attacks from three directions in Hangzhou, and the offensive was as continuous as an angry wave, and each wave of offensive was intermittently strong and weak, sometimes virtual and sometimes real.

If it weren't for the fact that Fang La's army was also an elite gathering at this moment, with sufficient manpower, coupled with the ever-colder weather, I am afraid that Tong Guan would have found an opportunity to tear a gap in the city wall and break through Hangzhou.

But even if Fang La's army successfully resisted the waves of attacks of Tong Guan's army, the atmosphere inside Hangzhou was gloomy.

Fang Qifo, Wang Yin, Si Xingfang, Deng Yuanjue, Shi Bao, these army members all retreated to Hangzhou with the remnants of the army, and the elite of the Badao Battalion, which was originally left in the hands of Liu Xigua's father, Fang Qifo, was also returned to her by Fang Qifo.

It's just that compared with before, the losses of the elite of the Badao Battalion are really heavy.

As the most loyal supporter within Fang La's army, the Badao Battalion has always been the core force of Fang La's subordinates.

When he went to Jiaxing with Fang Qifo to block the imperial army, there were more than 3,000 people in the main force of the Badao Battalion, and later Liu Xigua returned to Hangzhou, and there were still more than 2,000 people left in Fang Qifo's hands.

But now, the elite of the sword battalion returned by Fang Qifo to Liu Watermelon is less than nine hundred.

The battle loss rate is as high as 60%, which is not tragic.

This caused the atmosphere of the Badao Battalion to become solemn.

Under the suggestion of Ning Yi, Liu Xigua gathered the whole camp and held a mourning meeting for an hour, and then hurriedly put into the maintenance of the city fortifications.

“…… Have you made a decision? ”

Ye Zixun's voice came from the beam overhead.

Although this is the important place of the sword camp, the other party is a mysterious traverser after all, Ning Yi has long been accustomed to his elusiveness, and immediately replied without raising his head: "What do you say? ”

“……”

Ye Zixun glanced at him, turned over and landed, walked to the opposite side of the desk and sat down cross-legged.

"Didn't my brother say you, you are giving news to the spies of the imperial court on the one hand, and on the other hand, you are concentrating on handling government affairs for the Badao Battalion, so you are not afraid of schizophrenia?"

“…… In his position, seeking his government, I can do things well, so that it can be beneficial to both sides. ”

"Play Infernal Affairs with me, right?" Ye Zixun pursed his lips, and then said, "Even if it's Infernal Affairs, you have to make a choice, have you decided which side you want to stand on in the end?" ”

Ning Yi laughed when he heard this, put down the case in his hand, and looked at Ye Zixun.

"Third brother, I know what you're worried about, but don't worry, I didn't choose ...... from the beginning"

"Elder Qin and I are old friends, he trusts me, and hands over all the members of the Secret Investigation Department in Hangzhou City to me, and there are many relatives and friends of me and Tan'er in Jiangning......"

"With so much trust and so much concern, what else do you think I can do?"

Ye Zixun nodded: "Yes...... What about Liu Watermelon and Badao Battalion? ”

The movement of Ning Yi's hand paused slightly.

Fang La and the rebel army under his command, Ning Yi couldn't look down on it, but the watermelon and the sword battalion were an exception.

People are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless, Liu Watermelon's trust in him, and the affection of the brothers of the Badao Battalion towards him, these are all in Ning Yi's eyes, not to mention that he also sowed seeds in the Badao Battalion.

All of the above cannot be ignored by him.

But in his current position, he had to take action against the army of Fang La to help the imperial army take Hangzhou......

Ning Yi sighed and said softly, "No matter what, I will try my best to protect them." ”

Ye Zixun understood what he meant, immediately sighed, put his hands behind his head, and lay down backwards.

"The army outside the city is considered a king's division, and the rebel army in the city is a temporary colleague, I can't look down on either side, but it's not easy to make a move...... Alas, this battle is also a little boring! ”

Ning Yi smiled: "Things in the world are not black and white, third brother, you are not young, how can you be as naïve as Chen Fan." ”

"You're as naïve as that kid!"

Ye Zixun rolled his eyes, then blinked, straightened his upper body as if he remembered something, and looked at Ning Yi with blazing eyes.

"But fourth brother, I have a good idea."

“…… What's the idea? ”

As soon as Ning Yi asked, he immediately regretted it.

Sure enough, Ye Zixun said with a smile: "If you come to be white, then the world will be dark!" ”

Ning Yi smiled bitterly and said, "You're asking me to rebel!" ”

Ye Zixun didn't care and said: "What about rebellion...... I know that you still have concerns in Jiangning, and when you take it out, the seeds you sowed in the Badao Camp have also begun to take root and sprout these days, coupled with the prestige of your Ning military division, and Liu Xigua's trust in you, isn't this the best basic plate for rebellion? ”

“……”

Ning Yi's face was helpless, and just as he wanted to speak, he heard chaotic and hurried footsteps outside the hall.

"Strategist, Strategist!"

"Oh no, North City Gate...... It's broken! ”

…… The city is broken?

Ning Yi Huo Ran got up, glanced at Ye Zixun, who also got up, and then turned his head to look at the members of the Badao Battalion who ran into the hall.

"What's the matter, it's only been five days, how did it break so quickly?"

"We didn't expect that!" The man's face was frightened, and he said with a slight trace of fear in his tone, "That Tong Guan actually knows how to use demon magic, he built a high platform outside the north city gate, and pulled out a lot of barrel-shaped magic weapons, and listened to those brothers who escaped from the city wall, they saw with their own eyes that the magic weapon spewed out a large number of flames, let out a thunderous roar, and then ...... Then the walls cracked......"

…… Artillery!

Ning Yi and Ye Zixun glanced at each other, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes.

After all, the Wu Dynasty of this world is the Song Dynasty in a different time and space, and it is not uncommon to have artillery.

But with such powerful artillery, it is very problematic!

What's more, this is the world of sons-in-law, if Ye Zixun remembers correctly, the artillery in this world was still invented by Ning Yi, and at the beginning, because of the material problem, he could only make elm artillery.

"Ha, there are really masters in the imperial army?"

Ye Zixun showed an interested look on his face.

Ning Yi didn't think too much, and immediately said: "Let's go, gather people, let's evacuate from the south gate!" ”

The man shook his head, and said with a firm face: "No, military advisor, you and your sister-in-law will withdraw first, we have received an order from the queen of the palace to hold back the pursuers of the imperial court for you......"

“……”

Ning Yi was silent, but he knew that now was not the time to be hypocritical.

He reached out and patted the man on the shoulder, and then stepped out of the hall.

……

……

In March of the eighth year of Jinghan of the Wu Dynasty, King Zhou of Qin came to offer a new method of steel smelting.

In September, King Zhou of Qin took the fire gun as the prototype to develop the cast iron cannon called 'Earthquake Thunder', the first test launch, its sound was as loud as a thunderbolt, smelled hundreds of miles away, within half an acre of the test target, the livestock were all dead, and the armor and iron were all penetrated.

When I heard it, I was shocked, so I cited it as an artifact and kept it secret.

At the end of August of the ninth year of Jinghan, Tong Guan led the army to quell the rebellion in the southeast, and assembled eighty cast iron cannons with the army.

After besieging the city for five days, seeing that the enemy army was tired, Tong Guan thought that the time had come, so he launched the artillery, which burned, the sound was like thunder, the earthquake of the city and the earth collapsed, the smoke rose to the sky, and many soldiers frightened the dead.

In a moment, the city of Hangzhou was broken, the army entered, and the trouble in the southeast was decided......

(End of chapter)