The next day, the sky was clear and cloudless, and it was the best time.

Wearing heavy armor, Duan Ling straddled the war horse, his eyes fell on the slowly opening of the city gate, although the city gate was wrapped in a layer of iron sheet, but after so many days of fierce battle, the iron sheet was also beaten everywhere There are holes everywhere, and the scene on the other side can be seen through the hole entrance, only relying on the wooden strips nailed to it, it barely remains the same.

However, Duan Ling had no doubt that as long as he exerted a little force, the city gate would "bang" and collapse directly.

"Is everyone ready?" Looking sideways at Zheng Qiao, Duan Ling asked.

Zheng Qiao closed his head and replied: "General Qiyu, everyone is ready, just waiting to go." Then, as if he was a little puzzled, his eyes swept over the three carriages that were densely wrapped in straw mats in the distance, and he felt a little curious, and asked, "It's just Duan Ling, what are those three carriages?"

"Hmph! You'll know that then. Duan Ling pretended to be relaxed, and he was not in a hurry to reveal the secret.

The existence of this kind of big killing weapon, he doesn't plan to take it out at this time, but is ready to wait until the most important time to take it out.

Otherwise, there would be no use in shocking the other party.

"Okay. Hopefully, that thing will be as you want it to be. Zheng Qiao was a little apprehensive, and his eyes were still on the carriage.

Duan Ling's performance was unusual, which made Zheng Qiao a little worried.

Duan Ling didn't care, and shouted directly: "Everyone, come with me on the expedition." As soon as the words fell, Duan Ling urged the war horse under his crotch and prepared to walk out of the city gate.

"Duan Ling!"

Just as he was about to walk out of the city gate, a voice from behind made Duan Ling stop.

Duan Ling turned around, looking at Zhou Yu with mockery on the corner of his mouth, although he knew that the other party was just worried, but he suddenly had the idea of teasing the other party, so he said: "What's the matter?

"It's-"

The corners of Zhou Yu's mouth twitched, and he felt that the atmosphere was awkward.

He didn't promise to say this, nor did he refuse, so he had to pretend that he didn't hear it.

Following behind Duan Ling, Zheng Qiao lamented in his heart: "Alas. It seems that even though Mr. Wang and others are mediating in it, there are still contradictions between the two. Thinking in his heart, Zhou Yu in the distance couldn't bear it, and asked with a worried face.

"You have to be careful along the way. ”

"Don't worry. I'll come back alive, after all, I haven't done anything yet. I'm not interested in the Horse Leather Shroud so soon. ”

Duan Ling was obviously stunned, and there was a little warmth in his heart inexplicably.

"I didn't expect this guy to give in, but that won't change my plans. ”

Abandoning the thoughts in his heart, Duan Ling waved the horsewhip in his hand, and the war horse under his crotch was as fast as the wind, and he jumped out of the city gate in an instant, and immediately behind Duan Ling, more than a thousand soldiers also walked out of the city gate with neat steps.

In order to succeed this time, Zhou Yu has gathered all the combatants under his command, hoping to completely smash the opponent's plan in this battle.

Seeing that Duan Ling was in the distance, Zheng Qiao hurriedly urged the war horse under his crotch to follow, but warned in a low voice: "Brother Duan." I know you have a grudge against Zhou Yu, but now is not the time for conflicts, otherwise if the other party seizes this opportunity, we will really be finished. ”

"Don't worry, I'm still aware of that. ”

Duan Ling snorted lightly, reined in his war horse suddenly, and his eyes landed on a tall building in the distance.

That thing is the fort built by Zhang Jue!

Zheng Qiao looked at it together, his heart tightened, but he said: "I didn't expect the other party to be so heavily guarded? In this case, if you want to break through the defense line and destroy the opponent's artillery, it will be a troublesome matter." ”

"It's trouble, but it doesn't mean there is no chance!"

Duan Ling took a deep breath, looked at the rocket car with a somewhat wandering gaze, and felt apprehensive.

For this rocket car, he still doesn't know the range and accuracy, even if the power is basically just a calculation, whether it can play a role on the battlefield, he still doesn't know.

Now that he rushed to the battlefield, Duan Ling still felt nervous.

While they were thinking, "bang", "bang", "bang", and the repeated sounds also meant that the distant battery had spotted them and began to attack their appearance.

It was about three miles from the fort, and it was within the range of the enemy's cannons.

So now the other party is also relying on the giant cannon, and continues to shoot at Duan Ling and the others.

Duan Ling didn't care, just stood on top of the wilderness with such a big thorn. The accuracy of firearms in this era was not high, and if you want to hit the enemy at such a distance, it is no better than winning the welfare lottery.

Scattered shells fell on the side, splashing dust and sand in the sky, but they did not cause more damage.

"According to the plan, I will command the first round of attacks. ”

Zheng Qiao took a deep breath, then jumped off the war horse and landed on the ground.

Horseback riding, although it is a necessary skill for military academy students, but because of firearms, the Red Phoenix Army has also abandoned the tactic of cavalry charge.

"All staff, follow me!"

At the sound of an order, Zheng Qiao led his men and horses to line up, and hundreds of people scattered and rushed towards the fort in the distance.

The fort was a little anxious, and the artillery on it kept firing, but the scattered artillery could not stop the footsteps of the Chifeng army, allowing the other party to rush directly to the front of the trench.

In the midst of this trench, the two armies also engaged in the most brutal fighting.

"General, should we charge?"

Zhang Wu peeked at the trench in the distance and asked in a low voice.

The miserable howl came, making him feel that his body was starting to chill, and his bones were still beating, if it weren't for the people next to him staring, he was afraid that he would slip away in a blink of an eye.

Duan Ling snorted lightly, but said: "The first trench has not been breached, so you are in a hurry to attack?" Continue to keep an eye on me, if the first trench is breached, it will not be too late for us to get closer." ”

That Zhang Jue also understood that it was difficult to inflict fatal damage on the skirmish line of the Chifeng Army with only the artillery in his hand, so he dug three trenches around the fort early, each of which was dozens of zhang apart, so as to delay the Chifeng Army and buy them enough time to react.

At this moment, under Zheng Qiao's all-out attack, the first front quickly collapsed completely, and he also began to attack the second line instead. However, the other party also took advantage of this time to concentrate a large number of troops on the second front, and finally barely resisted the attack of the Red Phoenix Army.

Seeing this scene, Duan Ling showed a smug smile.

"This Zheng Qiao did not disappoint me, and broke through the first line of battle so quickly. ”

"But in the current situation, the second front is really difficult to break through, I wonder if we should support now?" Zhang Wu urged.

Until now, Zheng Qiao has been trapped on the second front for half an hour.

If you continue to fight, as your physical strength is exhausted, I am afraid that you will be wiped out.

Duan Ling also noticed this situation, and naturally closed his head and replied: "Of course!" Waving his hand to the man behind him, he commanded, "Untie the three wagons I brought, I'm going to use it!"

"I understand it below!"

Zhang Wu felt strange, after all, he wanted to ask last night, but he was directly reprimanded back.

What is hidden in there, it makes Duan Ling guard it so strictly. Several people worked together, and soon the straw mat was peeled open, revealing the contents of the mat.

When everyone saw it, they were not surprised, but they asked.

"What is this? Why is there no chamber?"

The boxy wooden box, of course, they didn't understand what was inside.

"It's a rocket car, I invented it. If it can be played, it only needs such a vehicle to destroy all the forts. Duan Ling looked proud, and then lined up in front of the rocket car.

Zhang Wu was puzzled: "With just one vehicle, can destroy the entire fort? This thing, no wonder it is so tightly defended!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Duan Ling also took out the fire fold he was carrying, and looked at the distant fort with an annoyed expression, he felt a faint pain in his chest, it was the injury caused by the first battle, and it has not healed until now.

"Hmph. This time, see that I don't destroy you. ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, a little green smoke immediately came out of the fire fold, and the reddened cigarette butt quickly lit the lead.

Everyone also gathered around, concentrating on how powerful this mausoleum boasted was.

"Boom!"

There was a thunder on the ground, and everyone felt a shock to their brains, and their ears were also very uncomfortable, so they quickly covered their ears.

In the distance, I immediately saw a stream of crimson flames erupting from behind the wooden box, and as the flames came out, the remaining rockets in the wooden box were also pushed out, shooting straight towards the distant fort.

"Damn, why is this thing so unreliable?"

Duan Ling was surprised for a moment, and quickly jumped to avoid the extremely hot flames.

As soon as he left, the entire rocket car immediately lost its accuracy, and was rushed by the intense flames, and the car directly lost control, spinning in place like a spinning top, and the flames behind it were not controlled, and burned directly around.

Seeing this, everyone quickly fled in fright, where did they dare to stand still?

And the remaining rockets in the rocket car were all shot out, except for the first one, the rest did not know where they flew, let alone caused damage to the enemy.

"Fortunately, I avoided it in time, otherwise it would have been affected?"

"I thought it was something good that could turn the tide of the war? I didn't expect it to be just a cannon battle!"

"Alas. It seems that this attack was also a failure. ”

“......”

Although everyone was afraid of Duan Ling's reprimand, they only felt a whispered debate, but Duan Ling was very skillful, so he naturally listened to all of this.

His face was red, and even though he wanted to refute it, he felt that this appearance was too ugly, and he was powerless to refute it, so he had to ask Zhang Wu to convey the order.

"Retreat!"

The fireworks that rose made Zheng Qiao give up the fierce battle and withdraw from the enemy's trenches.

The fort was heavily fortified, and of course they did not expect to win or lose a battle, and it was just a test at the moment.

"Is this your secret weapon?"

Withdrawing, Zheng Qiao glanced at the rocket car in the distance, the car was only made of wood, where it could withstand the destruction of gunpowder, it had already turned into a pile of burnt wood.

Of course, there are two rocket cars left.

But the precedent is in the front, and they don't have much expectation for the remaining two rocket cars.

Duan Ling couldn't help but feel red when he heard the ridicule, and defended: "This is just an experimental model, of course it can't be perfect." ”

"Okay. Then I hope you can improve it and use it again. ”

Zheng Qiao shrugged his shoulders and pretended to respond easily, knowing that at that time, he was almost affected by the scurrying rocket, of course, he had lingering fears about this rocket car.

In terms of power, this thing is really good.

It's a pity that its accuracy is too poor, and it is simply delusional to destroy the opponent's battery with this basis.

Duan Ling argued: "Of course! This is my design, and it will definitely work." But in his heart, he was thinking that when he returned to the city, he would find Juan, and then the two of them would study together how to improve the rocket car so that it could have the desired effect.

Zheng Qiao tugged at the corners of his mouth, although he wanted to persuade the other party, but seeing that the other party ignored him, he also extinguished the idea of persuasion.

In the distance, there was a sound of horses' hooves, but the other party saw that the rebel army had retreated, so he planned to take advantage of this time to completely defeat the rebel army.

Duan Ling already knew the other party's thoughts, so he naturally led his men to battle. After a fight, the two sides also understood that it was difficult to distinguish the winner, so they had to go back to their camps and wait for the next round of battles to decide the winner.

Back in Dao City, as Duan Ling expected, Zhou Yu really came to the door.

"Failed again?"

The slightly frowning eyebrows showed Zhou Yu's worry.

Duan Ling replied angrily: "It's just a temporary retreat, are you planning to attack at the cost of your life?"

"Maybe. But you should also understand that in the current situation, we can no longer accept failure, let alone allow failure. You know what?" Zhou Yu warned, and Fu remembered the depleted gunpowder again, and felt even more distressed: "There is." I temporarily sealed those two things you gave. And you don't want to keep looking for Juan, you know?" There was a clear reproach in the words.

Every day of stalemate lasts, the city's resources and morale will be reduced by one point.

After the limit of the cut, the enemy will officially launch a general attack, which is also to be expected.

In order to prevent the worst outcome, they must completely destroy the opponent's forts and prevent them from continuing to destroy everything in the city.

"You think I don't understand?"

Duan Ling raised his head suddenly, feeling that the person in front of him was completely aimed at himself: "But if I don't come up with this method, what should I do? At that time, the lord also knew that only by letting the soldiers have enough to eat could people be willing to follow her. Why is it your turn that you will only blame me and not give me the corresponding authority?"

The most difficult things were entrusted to him, but he was not given corresponding support, and even the rocket cars that he had made in all directions were confiscated.

What a thing!

Zhou Yu thought about it carefully, and felt that he had gone too far before, so he complained: "That's good." As long as you can destroy the fort, of course I can promise you anything. But what if it fails?"

"All the gunpowder, and all the craftsmen in the city. Duan Ling raised his head and opened his mouth to reply.

Zhou Yu's heart tightened, and he raised his doubts: "All the gunpowder, do you really plan to continue to make that thing?" After listening to Zheng Qiao's story, Zhou Yu really didn't expect anything about the rocket car.

Duan Ling closed his head and replied: "That's natural! Otherwise, you have to use your life." But with our current strength, is it possible?"

"Okay. I promise you. It's just that you have to promise me that this time it will be successful. Got it?" Zhou Yu's expression became serious, for fear that Duan Ling would fail this time.

Duan Ling solemnly replied: "That's natural! If I can't succeed, I will spare my life and destroy the fort." ”