Chapter 418: Laying the Ground
Xuanyuan Tianzong retreated, and the soldiers at the head of the city suddenly burst into earth-shattering cheers, they all thought that the other party would immediately attack the city and prepare for a desperate decisive battle.
The emperor, the head of the Hua family, and a few people who worshiped were also spit out with a mouthful of turbidity, and the heart hanging in his throat was put back. They don't have grenades now, they can only fight each other, and victory or defeat is unknown. Unexpectedly, Xuanyuan Tianzong actually retreated.
"Come on, follow me from a distance, keep an eye on them!" The emperor immediately ordered and sent spies to follow them. In case this is the other party's plan, pretend to retreat, and when they relax a little, they will come back again, it will be miserable.
After sending out the spies, the emperor and the head of the Hua family went straight to the Kingdom Academy, and they couldn't move before staring at the war. Now that the other party has retreated, the first thing they did was to go to see Jiang Xingchen. This battle can be fought like this, it is completely the credit of the grenade designed by Jiang Xingchen, although it costs a lot to make that grenade, but the power is also huge, and the final result is quite good.
And these days, they all know what Jiang Xingchen has become tired. The design craftsmen of the grenade know it, but the production of the core components can only be done by Jiang Xingchen alone, and no one else can do it, which is too exquisite.
Therefore, in the past three days, Jiang Xingchen had very little time to sleep, and almost all of his time was spent on the trigger device and the delay device. If it weren't for Mei'er to take care of him, he wouldn't even have time to eat.
The news of Xuanyuan Tianzong's withdrawal spread quickly, and the entire Moon Shadow Capital City was boiling, and the residents walked out of their homes and cheered loudly, and the people who knew each other congratulated and celebrated each other. There was a hint of happiness on his smiling face for the rest of his life.
"My prayer has finally worked, we have defeated Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect, great......"
"What your prayers do. It was a thousand of our soldiers who repelled the opposing army!"
"If I hadn't prayed, do you think a thousand people would be able to defeat the Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect?"
"That's because the emperor invited Jiang Xingchen and designed a new weapon......"
"What new weapon can allow a thousand people to repel an army of hundreds of thousands?"
"I don't know, I heard that it will explode, and if it explodes, the Heavy Armored Knights can't stop it......"
"If I hadn't prayed. Do you think Jiang Xingchen can design ......?"
"you~" A group of people laughed and stretched out their feet and kicked out.
The entire capital was in such an uproar, while the Kingdom Academy remained quiet, and the emperor and the head of the Hua family were originally going to personally thank Jiang Xingchen for the good news. But Jiang Xingchen's words made them nervous again, and he didn't want to let Xuanyuan Tianzong go smoothly.......
Jiang Xingchen talked with them for half a month before getting up and leaving, and re-engaged in the manufacture of grenades. Xuanyuan Tianzong's methods are too ruthless, and this time he wants to slaughter the Star Leader. And what about next time. Who knows what tricks they'll come up with.
Therefore, Jiang Xingchen made up his mind this time that he must hit Xuanyuan Tianzong hard, and it was difficult for him to turn over, although he didn't say that he would completely solve this trouble, but he also had to be greatly injured, and he had no time to take care of...
Early the next morning, Jiang Xingchen finally stopped what he was doing and shook his somewhat dizzy head. Then call the old man.
"Boy, what are you looking for me?" the old man had a dark face. Obviously, I still remember the revenge that was teased yesterday.
"Hehe......" Jiang Xing asked with a smile, "Do you still want to play with grenades?"
"You still want to trick me, little soul, the ancestor won't be fooled by you!" the old man gritted his teeth and said, if it weren't for the fact that you were so tired, he would have tickled you for a long time.
"It's true this time, didn't I say it yesterday, I'll give it to you this morning!" Jiang Xingchen's smile retracted, revealing a stern expression.
"What's the matter?" As soon as he saw Jiang Xingchen like this, the old man knew that it was a serious matter, not a joke, and he became solemn.
"Yesterday day, another five hundred grenades were made, and you took them to the rear and handed them over to the Praetorian Guards, so that they could do their best to solve the blocking Fifth Heavy Armor Knights. Then ......"
"You want to pursue Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect?" the old man asked in surprise.
"Hmm!" Jiang Xingchen nodded and said in a deep voice: "The speed of the Praetorian Guards is fast, and they should be able to catch up with them...... In the past few days, it is enough to make a large number of grenades, and this time we must cripple them!"
"This kid is really ruthless!" the old man said secretly in his heart, and immediately nodded: "Okay! I'll go!"
"Don't forget to give them how to use it, I taught you carefully yesterday, that's the purpose!" Jiang Xingchen instructed.
When the old man heard this, his face turned dark again, and he scolded: "I still need you to remind me, hurry up and go to sleep!"
The old man quickly left with a grenade, and Jiang Xingchen was finally able to sleep soundly.
However, not long after he fell asleep, the emperor and the head of the Hua family came over again.
"There is a fight on the periphery of the Moon Shadow Kingdom, and the army of the Qiankun Empire is attacking the towns occupied by Xuanyuan Tianzong, and the leader is the Marquis of Dingbei!" In this case, he had already understood Emperor Qiankun's thoughts, which was to use himself as a bait to encircle and annihilate Xuanyuan Tianzong.
Although he knew that people were not rescued, they were too late. Taking advantage of the other party's march to the periphery of the capital detour is also a good guide, but he is just uncomfortable, and he always feels that he is competing with Xuanyuan Tianzong and the snipe mussels, and the fishermen of the Qiankun Empire benefit.
Jiang Xingchen stayed to help himself, that was for personal reasons, not the instructions of the Qiankun Empire, at the beginning, people wanted to take Mei'er and leave, if it weren't for the head of the Hua family and the world's commercial houses, people might not help.
Jiang Xingchen didn't think about it so much, and his originally confused consciousness immediately sobered up. He really didn't expect that the Marquis of Dingbei led the Eighth Army around the periphery.
Almost without hesitation, Jiang Xingchen immediately threw himself into the production of grenades. There are Janissaries in the rear and Dingbei Hou in front, such an opportunity is very rare.
Mei'er watched Jiang Xingchen work with her tired body, and her distressed eyes turned red, but she knew that she couldn't stop her brother......
At the same time, in the center of the Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect's army, the sect master was sitting in the carriage with a calm face.
From his heart. He really didn't want to withdraw from the army, whether it was himself or Xuanyuan Tianzong, he had paid too much for this plan.
But. Ever since the appearance of that explosive iron bump, he had a sudden foreboding that if he stayed here any longer, the Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect would probably suffer a catastrophe.
This sense of crisis grew stronger and stronger, forcing him to make the decision to withdraw from the army.
"Sect Master, do you want to withdraw the Fifth Heavy Armor Knights?" the Great Elder asked suddenly.
"You can't withdraw! The Praetorian Guard has only 30,000 men, which is much faster than ours. Once they pursue ...... from behind," the sect master shook his head and said, "Inform the Fifth Knights to hold out for another three days!"
The Great Elder frowned and said, "Clan, does the Praetorian Guard still dare to confront our hundreds of thousands of troops?"
"Don't forget. They have that kind of weapon in their hands!" As soon as the sect master said a word, the Great Elder immediately lost his voice, and a thousand knights with inner qi cultivation could blow them up, not to mention the 30,000 Praetorian Guards.
"Sue them. When at war with the other side. If there is an iron lump that can explode, spread it out as much as possible to reduce casualties...... Don't bump into each other, just harass!" the sect master instructed.
"Then let's retreat, what about the Fifth Knights?" the Grand Elder asked again.
"Let them stay here as rogues, hmph! Stir them up for a while, and then disperse and return to Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect... Also, inform the army at the front. Throw away some weight and speed up!"
"Okay, I'll go!" the Grand Elder nodded. He got up and got out of the carriage......
Just when Xuanyuan Tianzong retreated at full speed, Dingbei Hou, who was on the periphery, was depressed. According to the judgment of the Great Emperor and the Marshal, Xuanyuan Tianzong was in a hurry to capture the Moon Shadow Capital, and he would definitely not care too much about the other occupied areas, and he would not have a time arrangement.
However, when they rushed to the periphery and began to attack, they found that they had not only made arrangements, but also arranged them quite tightly. The people did not passively defend the city at all, but attacked it directly, and the huge monster that was eight meters tall spewed out a hundred catties of boulders, which could hit four hundred meters away. If you fall into the crowd, you can kill a large area. Their ballistas, chariots, were smashed as soon as they came out.
Their heavy weapons were destroyed, and people's chariots and crossbows came into play. They were defeated in a single shot, and they retreated for twenty miles in a row before they stabilized their position.
They were preparing to insert the Xuanyuan Tianzong back road from the periphery, and of course they would not gather troops in one place, but would attack in four directions...... Coincidentally, all four people encountered the same situation. On the first day of the battle, Dingbeihou's 300,000 army lost nearly 40,000.
The purpose of their coming here was to cut off the back road of the Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect and surround them in the Moon Shadow Kingdom. But the current situation has made their previous plan a joke, it would be good if people didn't destroy you, and they still want to surround them.
Dingbei Hou couldn't find a way to solve the catapult after thinking about it, if that thing was not destroyed, his own ballista would not be effective, and he would not be able to kill the opponent's chariot crossbow in close combat.
The next day, Xuanyuan Tianzong continued to attack, and the Marquis of Dingbei had to order another retreat.
On the third day, just when the Marquis of Dingbei was at a loss, his own soldiers suddenly ran in and reported with a frightened face that a wolf the size of a bison had come from outside the barracks and was confronting the army.
"Huh?" Dingbei Hou was also stunned, a wolf as big as a bison, and the wind wolf led by the stars was not so big.
Something went wrong, and the Marquis of Dingbei also temporarily put down his thoughts, got up and followed his soldiers out of the barracks.
Seeing this huge giant wolf at a glance, Dingbei Hou was immediately stunned, looking at this guy's grinning appearance, why is he so like a crab.
As soon as his heart moved, Dingbei Hou tried to shout.
"Whew~" The crab howled and nodded again and again.
"It's really a crab, why are you so big...... By the way, isn't Jiang Xingchen here!" Dingbeihou's eyes lit up suddenly, and the current situation was exactly when this kid was needed.
Immediately, Dingbei Hou waved his hand, asked a group of stunned soldiers to retreat, walked to the crab himself, and saw a huge bag hanging from the crab's neck.
"What is this?" Dingbei Hou looked at the crab and asked, "Is it for me?"
"Woo~" the crab nodded.
Dingbei Hou took off the big bag, and felt that it was very heavy, at least two thousand catties.
"What is this?" Dingbei Hou opened the bag with doubts, only to see that it was full of pitch-black iron bumps, and there was a folded white silk on the surface.
Dingbei Hou was even more puzzled when he saw it, and took out the white silk and opened it to watch. In an instant, his face changed.
After a while, Dingbei Hou's smile bloomed, and he exhaled a depressed breath, and said excitedly: "With this thing, it is enough to lay the foundation for victory!" (to be continued......)