"Ning Gongzi rest assured, everything is in the calculation of the prince."

Ning Ji paused, was it all in Yan Yunzhou's plan? Although he and Yan Yunzhou were both in the Protector's Mansion in the past few days, and even slept in the same room at night, whoever came back was tired and fell asleep, and he couldn't even say a word, and he didn't ask Yan Yunzhou how the current battle situation was.

Ning Qi felt the weight of the armor on this body when he walked up, and couldn't help but think of Yan Yunzhou, that person was also so heavy?

He could even feel the ladder shaking as his feet stepped on the ladder leading to the tower, and a deafening shout of slaughter and the sound of horses' hooves on the ground came from afar.

The earth was shaking, and he quickened his pace and climbed the tower, and looked into the distance, and the city tower was no longer white.

With the fierce drum beat on the drum tower, the lower part has been fighting into a ball, the swords are staggered, the sharp sword passes through the city wall from time to time, and is stuck on the city tower behind him, the roar is shaking the sky, and the sound of killing is everywhere.

With the neighing of horses, the bottom of this city has almost become a pool of blood, and the snow that used to be white and even a little dazzling in the past has now become a bloody field, and the flesh and blood are flying everywhere in the eye, and the blood is red.

Ning Qi's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he didn't know what it was like to feel at this moment, for him, born under the red flag and growing up in the spring breeze, the war was already decades ago for him.

Even though there are many historical records, even if countless people are saying that history cannot be forgotten, but looking at historical materials and watching adapted film and television dramas, it is impossible to realize what a real war is.

He looked at Yan Yunzhou, the person's gaze hardly changed in the slightest from beginning to end, there was no joy or sorrow, but he was very focused, he had been observing the battle situation below, Ning Ji saw Yan Yunzhou holding up a black flag in his hand, and the rhythm of the drum beat changed significantly the moment the chess pieces fell.

Then he looked down on the city, where the northern army began to retreat rapidly, and then he heard the sound of cannonball, the aftermath of which shook his ears so loudly that he could not hear it for a while.

The earth seemed to shake, and the sky was filled with snowflakes, followed by the neighing of horses and the cries of men.

Ning Qi guessed something in his heart, and when he looked down, he saw the Qian soldiers who were still fighting bravely on the opposite side, and fell down, just now it was the sound of cannons, he guessed that Yan Yunzhou had gunpowder in his hand, but he didn't expect that he had such a powerful cannon in his hand, in this era of cold weapons, there is such a thing that can basically go sideways, right?

But since there is such a thing, why not use it at the beginning, but wait until the northern army has already suffered casualties?

With Yan Yunzhou's order, the Northern Border Army began to counterattack, and the result this time was obvious, no matter how brave the Qi clan was, they were flesh and blood after all, and they couldn't resist the artillery, although it was impossible for that artillery to kill everyone.

But it is enough to form a deterrent in their hearts, and morale is like this, one side is the other, and the charge of the northern army completely disrupts the opponent's position, and the other party does not fall in love with the battle again, but retreats quickly.

So they won this battle? He looked at Yan Yunzhou, but saw that his face was pale, and he suddenly realized that this big battle had been fought for a day, and it was already dark at this moment.

Yan Yunzhou's chest was painful, his knees were swollen and he could barely stand, only lightly hooked the corners of his lips in the cheering voice of the soldiers below, Ning Zhi noticed that his state was wrong, walked to his side and quietly supported his body, his ears were very noisy, he lay on Yan Yunzhou's ear and shouted:

"Win?"

Yan Yunzhou's eyes darkened for a while, but he chuckled lightly when he heard this, turned his head sideways, and Ning's face gradually blurred in his vision:

"I'm not deaf, I guess I won, but that's just the beginning."

This battle is just the beginning, the Qian clan is not a cannon that can be repulsed, Ning Ji subconsciously looked at the world under the city that has been completely soaked in blood, is it just the beginning?

Yan Yunzhou choked and coughed, barely holding his mind, he noticed Ning Yao's expression, this person should not be used to such a scene, right? He reluctantly raised his hand, his cold big hand covered Ning Yao's eyes, and his voice was weak and hoarse:

"Don't come out next time."

Ning Qi could even feel the thick cocoon in the palm of the man's hand, and when he thought about it, he knew that this person was actually more transparent than he thought, and he raised his hand and pulled down Yan Yunzhou's hand:

"Only Jingzhong can serve the country, and there is no happy land to call home. I know the tyranny of the Qiang tribe, the people of that county can't die in vain, Jin Chu, I'm not the kind of indecisive person. ”

Chapter 44: Prince Flame's Rebellion

After a big battle, it was not all the so-called joy of victory, Yan Yunzhou did not go back to rest, but went to the wounded barracks with Ning Qi.

Ning Ji looked at his face, thought about his position at the moment, didn't say anything, just asked Yang Sheng to bring him the prepared medicine, and watched him take allicin.

When he arrived at the wounded barracks, Ning Yi had already done a good job of turning into an emotionless suturing machine like yesterday, but when he went in, he found that today's wounded soldiers were much lighter than those he saw yesterday.

Even if there are wounds on their bodies, they are not deep, and these wounded soldiers are different from yesterday, they all have a smile of victory on their faces, and when they saw Yan Yunzhou coming over, they got up one after another, Yan Yunzhou raised his hand and nodded:

"Sit down, the armor is heavy, isn't it?"

Yan Yunzhou had always had no shelves in the barracks, so he picked up an empty bed and sat down, and said as if it was a gossip:

"The prince's heavy armor is heavy, but it can really block the knife of the Qiang clan, and the wound on this body is not very deep."

"That's it, I thought this arm was going to be scrapped when I slashed at the arm just now."

A room full of wounded soldiers were discussing the situation on the battlefield, and Ning Qi noticed that the armor they had just taken off was jet black, which indeed seemed to be different from the soldiers who were guarding the door a few days ago.

He checked the wounds of several wounded soldiers again, they were indeed all shallow, and some of them didn't even need to be stitched, he looked back at Yan Yunzhou:

"So this armor can really block the sword? Why didn't you wear this armor before that? ”

There is such a powerful thing, if it had been used earlier, so many people would not have died before.

Yan Yunzhou raised his chin slightly, smiled and spoke:

"You go and carry it."

Ning Ji really walked over and carried it, one hand didn't move at all, he just looked at this armor and it was not particularly thick, I didn't expect it to be so heavy? This armor can be worn on the body and can swing the broadsword on the battlefield, which is really a skill.

Yan Yunzhou looked at him and spoke:

"The number of this heavy armor is not much, only 500 sets, it was built a long time ago when my father was still there, and there was no opportunity to use it for so many years, but I didn't expect to use it this time, the heavy armor is too heavy, and people will have to replace it for at most an hour, so it will not be used in daily use."

Today's wounds of the wounded soldiers are relatively easy to deal with, because the injuries are not deep, Ning Zhi stitched up a few more serious ones and followed Yan Yunzhou back to his residence, and he could see that the person was holding on.

On the way back, Ning Ji saw that there was a river connected to the outside of this mansion, and in such a cold winter, this river did not freeze:

"Why isn't this river frozen?"

Yan Yunzhou saw his surprise and explained:

"This river never freezes in winter, and the water flows down from the Black Mountain over there, and even the water is still warm."

Ning Ji looked in the direction of his finger, Montenegro? The water flowing down from it is not frozen, but it is still warm, so why does it sound so volcanic?

Before he could speak, Yan Yunzhou coughed, and when he coughed, he couldn't hold it down, and Ning blamed him for coming back to his senses:

"Let's go back first."

Yan Yunzhou's fever always can't go down, which is not a good phenomenon, which shows that the inflammation in his lungs has not been alleviated, and the effect of allicin is smaller than Ning Ji imagined.

Ning Qi had just changed the medicine to the wound on Yan Yunzhou's chest, when someone outside came in to report that Li Han and several deputy generals had come over, Yan Yunzhou got dressed and got up, not noticing that Ning Qi's expression was a little wrong.

"I'll go out first."

After all, what Yan Yunzhou and the deputy general said involved specific operations, and Ning Zhi also knew how to avoid suspicion, but he was pulled and sat down before he could get up:

"Sit down, there's nothing you can't hear."

Ning Ji looked at Yan Yunzhou, and he didn't shirk it, because he was indeed a little curious about how Yan Yunzhou retreated from the enemy.

Li Han and the others entered the house, and the armor stained with snow on their bodies had not been changed:

"Lord Wang."

Yan Yunzhou sat on the couch and didn't get up, he didn't hold on in front of a few henchmen and generals, he nodded the position at hand:

"Today, the Yizhan clan will definitely retreat, and the villagers of Baihua Village haven't all been buried yet, right?"

Li Han nodded:

"Yes, a part of it was settled, I defended the city a while ago, the location of Baihua Village was too far away, so I didn't rush to let the soldiers go over again, and last time I only had time to put all the bones together, build a shed, and cover the mat."

In the north, sometimes the bones of the soldiers who died in battle did not have time to be gathered, so they would put everyone in one place, cover them with mats, and then build sheds, so that the bones would not really be exposed to the wilderness, and they would be buried one by one when they turned back.

Ning Yi sat on the side and listened to this, and there was some indescribable feeling in his heart, a whole village died under the butcher's knife of the Qian tribe, full of old and young women and children, there is such a cruel race in this world, there is no injustice and no hatred, but it can be cruel to the point of inhumanity.

Yan Yunzhou's eyes were frosty:

"Tomorrow, I will personally go to Baihua Village to pay respects."

Li Han knelt on one knee:

"Lord Wang, the slaughter of Baihua Village is the fault of the last general, I will go to Baihua Village tomorrow to kneel and worship, you still don't want to go back and forth, and the Qiang clan has just retreated, in case..."

Li Han was picked up by Yan Yunzhou, no one knew Yan Yunzhou's injuries better than him, this time he could see the physical condition of the prince, and he really couldn't bear him to run around again.

Before he finished speaking, Yan Yunzhou raised his hand slightly, his palm turned outward, and stopped his words:

"This king is the boss, and the fault is also in this king, don't have such a big head and admit everything, this matter is so decided, the Qiang tribe is not a race that easily retreats, today's artillery only temporarily repelled them, Suizhou is related to the gateway of the Central Plains, they have made up their minds to pass from this Suizhou."

Today's small victory can indeed boost morale, but after all, Suizhou only has 20,000 troops, and there is no advantage over the opposing coalition army.

Ning Ji couldn't help but speak:

"Today's earth cannon is very powerful, no matter how strong the Qi clan is, it will be flesh and blood after all, and the next time I come back, I will use the earth cannon to greet you."

In Ning Qi's view, the hot weapon of the earth cannon can almost go sideways in this piece of land, what is there to worry about with the cannon?

When his words fell, a room of people looked over, and Yan Yunzhou knew that he would have this question:

"The earthen cannon is indeed powerful, but there are only three earthen cannons in Suizhou."

Ning Ji was stunned for a moment:

"Then why don't you hurry up?"

Yan Yunzhou sighed:

"The preparation of this earthen cannon is different from that of a flow rocket, it will explode if you are not careful, it has been blown up twice in the past, and many soldiers have been killed and injured, so now this earthen cannon is no longer prepared, and there are only these three left in Suizhou, in case of emergency."

Although Ning Qi knew the equation for the preparation of black powder, he also understood that this equation and the specific preparation were two different things, in which the order of operation and the purity of the raw materials would affect the preparation.

Therefore, although Yan Yunzhou had mastered a certain method of preparing black powder, it was obviously not mature enough to completely move the gunpowder to the battlefield.

"That's why the soldiers are put on heavy armor during the day, and then use earthen cannons at the end?"

Yan Yunzhou nodded in affirmation of Ning Qi's inference, and Ning Qi sighed, too, if the earth cannon in Yan Yunzhou's hand was enough, how could he watch his soldiers fight hard?

Yan Yunzhou looked at Li Han:

"In the past few days, you have picked out the young and strong ones in the army, trained them to fight in heavy armor, the heavy armor stored in Youzhou, I have sent it to the king of Xiushu Jingjun, presumably it will arrive in three days, and the remaining two earthen cannons can no longer be used, and they will be transported to the places I marked before."

As soon as Yan Yunzhou's words fell, Li Han and the two guards knelt on one knee in unison:

"Lord, I am willing to swear to protect Suizhou, Lord, many soldiers have lived in Suizhou for a lifetime, we really don't want to watch..."

Li Han's emotions were a little excited, his eyes were a little red, Ning Qi hadn't figured out the situation yet, and Yan Yunzhou didn't say anything? Why are these people so excited?

Yan Yunzhou sat on the head of the bed, his face was a little abnormally red, not only did he look better, but he was more sickly, he closed his eyes slightly, the swelling in his chest made his breathing a little difficult, and he barely took a breath and spoke:

"There are more than 50,000 people in the Lian and Beimu coalition forces, and now there are less than 20,000 guards in Suizhou City.

The rest of the states can be transferred out of the army is only 10,000, facing the Shangqian tribe is not without a chance of winning, but such a disparity in the strength of the victory is also a tragic victory, this king understands your feelings for Suizhou, but the city is gone, it can be rebuilt, and people are really dead when they die. ”

Ning Yi didn't understand Yan Yunzhou's words:

"This, this is to give up Suizhou?"