Chapter 646: Scarlet Emperor (8)
The Ministry of Industry of the Empire has always been the most heavily guarded place in the Empire, and the garrison army in this place has always been garrisoned by the Jinwuwei or Dragoons, a direct army of the Royal. Since the fall of the Empire, the garrison has been handed over to the Praetorian Guard, and later it has changed several times, and now the soldiers of the Five Cities Terracotta Division are on guard. Within the Ministry of Industry of the Empire is a War Machinery Division, from which all the Empire's sophisticated war machines are sent out and handed over to the craftsmen of the Weapons Manufacturing Division to produce and equip the entire army of the Empire. But few people know that this War Machinery Division within the Ministry of Industry is just an empty shell, and the real Jishu development is hidden inside the Tianlong Academy.
The War Machinery Division was formed by the Momen, and their existence is so secretive that few people even know of the existence of such a sect. To become a child of Momen, you need to go through a strict assessment, and only those who are the best and most thoughtful can become children of Momen. The Mo family has been hidden in the Tianlong Academy for all these years, and the empire can single-handedly resist the four surrounding enemy countries, and it also occupies an absolute advantage, and the credit of the Mo Sect can be said to be indispensable. The weapons they developed are the best war machines in the entire continent, and they are synonymous with war during the millennium of the empire's existence, and the design of the war machine is so subtle that it is difficult for them to imitate it even if it is captured by the enemy, or the lion empire, which is very similar to the culture of the Tianlong Empire, can only sigh at the empire's exquisite war machine, they simply don't have such talents and jishu to imitate the empire's war machine. It can be said that there would be no empire without Momen, especially in the process of fighting against the Sea Clan and the Demon Clan, without Momen, there would be no empire's navy.
Tenryu Academy. This was originally a fortress built by the empire for the imperial family. Since Zhang Rang usurped power, he has been vigorously wooing the classmates in Tianlong Academy. Whether it is the Academy of Literature or the Military Academy, all the students can receive a gift from Zhang Rang, which also makes many civilian-born children and the children of honors who generally have no way out to take refuge in Zhang Rang. Huo Zhengying still serves as the principal, but all the affairs of the college have been handed over to Zhang Rang's henchmen. In one of the most remote corners of the Academy, the Academy's Waste Recycling Plant, hides the Empire's most powerful and mysterious department, the War Mechanics Division.
The news of the turmoil in the imperial capital has reached the academy, and since the turmoil in the empire, the students in the academy have their own thoughts. Especially after Liu Fan became a prince, many students began to think about their own way out. Some of the younger brothers and sisters who made friends with Zhu Mingyu have already served in the Shenwu Army, and many of them have been recalled to the family waiting for an opportunity. But the students of Tianlong Academy have not seen fewer at all, but have more. The Tianlong Academy has increased its efforts to absorb the children of the commoners, and all the children of the commoners have seized this opportunity, they all know that as long as they can successfully graduate from the academy, they will be able to get a good official position no matter which Shili is under their command.
After Liu Fan waited for Dian Wei, Xu Chu and Pei Yuanqing, he hurriedly took a team of elite men and horses out of the imperial capital, and Zhang Wuji even sent four of the eight great swordsmen under his command to Liu Fan's side. For the sake of Momen, Liu Fan summoned 3,000 people with the strongest combat power under his command, and each of them was a cultivator at the upper level of the Earth Breaking Mirror. The Ruthless Four were also brought along. Liu Fan didn't want to know that the people of the Eight Great Emperor Merchants would know that the War Machinery Division was in the Tianlong Academy, and what worried Liu Fan was the people sent by the Eight Great Emperor Merchants to the Tianlong Academy this time.
"My lord. There are still a large number of students in the Tianlong Academy, and at the critical moment, they can use their sacrifice to find a way to save the people of Momen, as long as the people of Momen can be safe, it is worth our sacrifice. This is what Zhao Gao said to Liu Fan before Liu Fan left. Liu Fan naturally knew what Zhao Gao meant by this, now the strength in Liu Fan's hands was insufficient, and the Eight Great Emperor Merchants were vaguely related to the three major bloodlines, and the strength of the manpower sent to loot Momen must be good.
"Chase your life, take three hundred people first, and immediately find the people of Momen and take them to the spiritual cave. "Liu Fan has looked for his life, Liu Fan has been to the place of the War Machinery Division once, to be honest, Liu Fan did not expect that that place actually hides the most hidden War Machinery Division in the empire. The terrain was flat and unsuitable for defense, so I could only want to defend without knowing the strength of the enemy, and then counterattack according to the actual situation.
Chasing the order immediately ordered three hundred soldiers who had cultivated the leg method to rush towards the Tianlong Academy, and everyone knew the importance of Momen to the Shenwu Army. If the Shenwu Army can get the full support of Momen, its combat effectiveness will rise by several levels, and it will no longer have to restrict people. The biggest shortcoming of the Shenwu Army now is in terms of arrows, especially the special arrows of the empire, in addition, all kinds of large-scale siege and defense equipment are also very lacking, there is not enough weapon support, the Shenwu Army is a toothless tiger, no matter what, Liu Fan can't accept it.
Liu Fan has always believed in the theory of sea power, and only when a monarch truly masters the sea can he truly master the entire shijie. The current shortcoming of the Shenwu Army is the navy, although Yangzhou is building a large number of warships, but the wooden warships can not achieve a decisive advantage in the confrontation with the Sea Clan, and even the navy of the Shenwu Army in the depths of the sea does not dare to set foot in it, although the wood used in their warships is millennium wood, but against the wind and waves set off by the Sea Clan, there is no slightest advantage, but it is easy to be overturned.
The wealth on the sea has always been very desired by Liu Fan, and the reason why the wealth of the Eight Imperial Merchants can be gathered so quickly is not unrelated to the ocean trade. Liu Fan has also been trying to open up an ocean route of his own, but the current warships can't withstand the winds and waves at sea, let alone trade with the sea tribe in the deep sea, and even cross the ocean to trade on other continents. If they can get those shipbuilders in Momen, the navy of the Shenwu Army will be qualitatively changed, and they can even go deep into the interior of the Sea Clan to train the navy, and the navy guarding the border will always be just a navy, and the navy is born to attack.
Celestial Dragon Academy, the Empire's largest fortress. On this day, the academy finally ushered in its unrest, and all the academies were curious to watch the thousands of men in strong clothes who suddenly appeared in the academy rushing towards the academy's waste recycling site. The soldiers guarding the academy had all been knocked to the ground by these men, and no one knew why. But all the trainees know it. The academy is finally no longer a peaceful land of the empire.
"Surround me around. Immediately go to all sides and keep watch. Anyone who dares to approach here will be killed. The man in the lead looked at the mountains of garbage in front of him with a dark face, and if it wasn't for the confirmed information, he would never believe that the most hidden department of the empire was hiding here. The samurai in the strong clothes brought with them immediately dispersed, and thousands of people were still looking around vigilantly, as the most mysterious department of the empire, no one despised this place.
"It's Li Yuanxing. After the guards dispersed, a young man approached with several of them. Immediately, the students of the academy recognized him. Li Yuanxing looked at the classmates around him and snorted coldly, although Tianlong Academy is known as the strongest academy in the empire. However, the talents cultivated by the Eight Great Emperor Merchants are not less than them, and the talents cultivated are far more powerful than them. The original Li Yuanxing thought that these students were worth wooing, but now they are not worth mentioning.
"Young Master, the surroundings are already surrounded by our people, and there are already 200,000 troops around Tianlong Mountain to surround this group, even if they put on their wings, they don't want to escape from here. The man who came first immediately walked to Li Yuanxing's side and invited Li Yuanxing to take credit.
"Okay, let the people around me be vigilant, after all, they have been dormant here for a thousand years, we don't know how many mechanisms are in them, and they have always been born as well-designed war machines. They want to kill you in a thousand or even ten thousand ways, and they are the most mysterious department of the Empire. The Empire's protection of them can be said to be the tightest, and we don't know how many mechanisms and guards are hidden inside. Li Yuanxing's brows furrowed, he really didn't expect Momen to hide in the academy.
"Someone, let the army in the rear come up, and immediately put a heavy shield on top of it, and find me the mechanism to open the door. Li Yuanxing waved his hand, and there was immediately a sound of iron armor rubbing behind him, and a general with thousands of soldiers wearing iron armor and lifting heavy shields rumbled over. Under the cover of heavy shields, thousands more soldiers immediately began to clear the garbage piled up in front of them. Soon they cleared a clearing, but there was nothing but a black piece of land.
"Young master, the entrance is inside. A man dressed in a scribe's uniform walked up to Li Yuanxing's side, pointed to a cave in the mountain hidden behind the garbage heap, and said to Li Yuanxing. Li Yuanxing's brows furrowed, it was obvious that the smell around him was not very good, which made Li Yuanxing, a person who had always been pampered, a little difficult to accept. Li Yuanxing waved his hand, and the soldiers in front of him immediately raised the big shield in their hands to meet him.
This mountain is in a remote corner of the academy, it can be said to be a small hill of Tianlong Mountain, and it is obvious that this mountain is different from other mountains, that is, this mountain is full of murderous aura. The closer they got to the mountain, the more nervous the soldiers' hearts became. Although they had never seen Momen, every weapon they used and every piece of armor they wore came from the hands of these Momen disciples. The war machinery of the empire was developed by the children of these Momen, and if this is really the hiding place of Momen, there will definitely be no shortage of mechanisms.
"The secret of the empire is important, stop coming, otherwise you will be killed!" The soldiers had just stepped into the range of the mountain, when a majestic voice suddenly came from the inside of the mountain, and the hollow cave kept echoing. The faces of all the people around suddenly changed, especially the masters who came with Li Yuanxing, and they all heard an unusual taste from this voice. Li Yuanxing looked at the soldiers under his command coldly, obviously he was not frightened by this voice.
"Death to the trespassers!" the soldiers with heavy shields stepped into the border of the mountain, and the whole mountain rumbled and shook. The rumbling sound continued to echo through the cave, and it was clear that something was about to burst out of the cave. All the soldiers put down the heavy shield in their hands and pointed at the cave with a bang, and the swords and guns pointed at the cave, and the master standing behind Li Yuanxing was even more like a great enemy, releasing a powerful aura and being on full alert. It was clear that they had heard something unusual in the voice.
"Be careful!" Before the soldiers guarding the entrance of the cave could react, they were suddenly stunned by the countless black holes that rushed out of the cave. Before they could clench the big shield in their hands, they were suddenly directly knocked into the sky by the oncoming powerful Liliang, and these black holes did not stop after hitting these soldiers, and suddenly spun rapidly. Those soldiers who flew into the sky were suddenly directly torn apart by a powerful liliang. There was a rain of blood in the air.
The shadows didn't stop. Instead, he rushed over, and the soldiers on guard in the rear tightly held the giant shield in his hand and thrust it into the ground with a bang, and the weapon in his hand pointed straight ahead. It's a pity that before they could fully prepare, they were directly knocked into the sky by these black shadows, and the screams continued to sound, and the army of thousands of people was completely disrupted by these black shadows. Li Yuanxing looked at all this in front of him with a dark face.
"Young master, they should be the war robots developed by the Mo family, but I didn't expect them to be used here without being applied to the battlefield. The scholar was standing beside Li Yuanxing, looking at the black shadow that rushed out, and said to Li Yuanxing with a heavy face. Li Yuanxing's face instantly became very ugly. He had heard of war robots, but later the Imperial War Department did not know that this guy was stopped because of Weishenme, and they only got a few defective products when they saw an opportunity from it. Several of them had also gathered skilled craftsmen to repair these broken war robots, and it was clear that they had all failed, and they had not been able to see the finished product before they could get to this day.
"In the last few battalions, you must block the attacks of these robots for me, and it is better to capture one of them alive. Li Yuanxing stopped the guards behind him who were about to make a move, and a sneer hung on the corner of his mouth. If a full-fledged war robot can be obtained here, it will play an irreplaceable role for their army. It will greatly enhance their combat strength, and how many of these soldiers die is just a number for him Li Yuanxing, compared to the war robots. Their lives are worth nothing.
The sound of banging bang kept ringing in the crowd, screaming. The sound of bones shattering, the sound of metal crashing echoed in everyone's ears. The horror of the war robot made Li Yuanxing more and more excited, the terrifying impact of the war robot had been stopped, and his army had paid a heavy price. The black metal could not hide the heavy killing intent, and the whole body was full of sharp war knives, and the classified war gears were constantly turning to provide a steady stream of energy for these war robots. The steel wheels on both arms were constantly turning, and they were stained with red blood and minced flesh.
Everyone gasped when they saw the true face of the war robot, fighting against this robot several meters high, no one had the courage to touch his edge, especially when it was a killing machine all over its body, it was even more terrifying. Although Li Yuanxing, who was standing in the back, had seen the wreckage before, he also gasped heavily in his heart when he really saw the true face of the war robot, where is this war robot, this is clearly a killing machine. Now Li Yuanxing somewhat understands that the empire wanted to stop this jishu from being revealed, and if it was told by the local government, it would bring a heavy nightmare to the army of the Tianlong Empire.
"Stop them for me, if you can capture a battle array robot alive, immediately dismiss your status as a slave, reward ten thousand taels of gold, and make you a captain!" Li Yuanxing's eyes flashed a glimmer of essence, since the war robot has appeared, he has no reason to return empty-handed, even if the person who can't catch Momen this time can catch a war robot back, it is enough to make a great contribution to him. As long as they have this war robot, they don't need a lot of food, grass and silver, they only need resources to make a lot of these war robots to defeat the enemy.
There must be brave men under heavy rewards, this is Li Yuanxing's consistent criterion. Sure enough, the soldiers who were originally frightened by these war robots and retreated step by step heard Li Yuanxing's words, and their eyes immediately lit up, and the inside of the heavy armor they all had a very different appearance from the Tianlong people. They were all prisoners of war purchased from all over the country by the Eight Great Emperor Merchant, and they were all slaves in the Eight Great Emperor Merchant, and getting rid of slavery became their only idea now.
The clanging of bells and the sound of metal clash echoed through the crowd, and the soldiers, dressed in heavy armor, brandished their weapons and faced a dozen war robots. However, their efforts were in vain, and the heavy armor could not stop the attacks of these robots, and the heavy armor on their bodies and the shields in their hands were all cut by these war robots like papier-mâché. Flesh and blood flew and screamed, even though the whole war had become a hell on earth, they still had no fear.
The blocking of weapons, the severed limbs thrown into the sky, the rolling of heads on the ground, the wounded soldiers who did not die were holding their bleeding wounds and screaming, the bloody killing made even these fearless slave soldiers afraid. They are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of this meaningless death, this hopeless death.
Li Yuanxing looked at the battle in front of him with a dark face, he didn't expect that the attack of these war robots would be so powerful, and there was no way to kill his heavy armor army. Li Yuanxing waved his hand, and immediately several thousand more people filled the vacancy, and at the same time, signal arrows shot into the sky, summoning more reinforcements to come. (To be continued......)