Heaven's Formula

The official position is obtained by him through examination, and Baisha City is the place where he lives and lives. How could he easily hand him over to others?

At this time, a few scattered black shadows appeared on the gray-white skyline.

Obviously something is approaching the direction of the county.

"They're coming!" Tang Yingzhi whispered.

"The thief really dares?" Qian Zhixian clenched his fists—to be honest, there was always a trace of doubt in his heart.Direct action against a court official without going through the Ministry of Officials, no matter what the reason is, is already blatant treason.It would be fine if he was a villager in the mountains. He couldn't imagine that someone knew this and deliberately put himself in danger.

"There don't seem to be many people on the other side?" Tang Yingzhi squinted his eyes suspiciously. The black shadows did not gradually connect together, but remained isolated in the number of four or five. At the same time, they were far apart from each other. distance.

The question is, just relying on a handful of people to break into Baisha City?Are they dreaming?

"That's not right..." Fei Zhuang noticed something unusual, the outlines of those black shadows were too big, even a strong general in the army couldn't be born so burly, right? "...Are you sure it's a human?"

"Not human?" Qian Zhixian frowned, "What could it be?"

However, no one can answer this question.

……

On the other side, Ning Wanjun could already see the slender city wall in the distance.

She drove her exclusive mechanism beast "Suzaku" steadily forward in the snow, and behind her were two long rows of soldiers.

The same goes for other teams.

The other four jet-black mass-produced Guanmon "Xuanwu Jia" each led a team. Together with the princess's car, they divided the first batch of vanguard troops into ten long and thin columns.

3 Chapter Thirty

Although Xia Fan used the prototype machine to participate in the battle when the Dongsheng Kingdom invaded, the mechanism beast at that time was essentially a carrier that could only move slowly, which was completely different from the current Xuanwu A-type.

The official production of the mechanism beast is the product of the combination of the astronomical instrument, the tree spirit's seed and the mechanism technology.The astronomical instrument endows it with surging power, while the golden vines cultivated by elves make this power delicate and controllable.The two together constitute the most critical part of the mechanism beast - the kinematic joints, which is also the biggest improvement of the mass-produced machine over the prototype.

In addition, the main parts of the Xuanwu Model A are wrapped with cast iron plates, and the driver's seat has a huge movable baffle to protect the operator.It's just that Ning Wanjun doesn't quite understand why Xia Fan must make this baffle into a cone shape, so that when it is put down, it looks like a half fish head.

As for the Suzaku specially made for her, it is even more exaggerated. There is a long piece of iron on the top of the fish head, which looks like a sharp horn from a distance.He can't expect to hit the enemy with this thing, can he?

But putting aside the practicality, Ning Wanjun unexpectedly felt that the fish head with long horns was quite... attractive.

Of course, Suzaku's features are far more than that. For example, it has twice as many astronomical instruments as the Xuanwu A-type, and is equipped with hand-shaped forelimbs and golden vine soft armor that the A-type does not have... and this one The entire body of the organ beast was painted bright red, which reflected Ning Wanjun's Lihuo affiliation.

It has to be said that when she first saw Suzaku, she fell in love with this war machine deeply.

"Your Highness, they have noticed us."

The maid on her right reminded loudly that after more than half a month of training, Qiuyue now also has the ability to smoothly control the mechanism beast.

In fact, the key to restricting the large-scale use of mechanism beasts is not Mo Yun's new mechanism, but the lack of enough Qi sensers in the army.Apart from her and Qiuyue, the five organ beasts that were put into actual combat this time had to be transferred from the Privy Council. One of them was a new alchemist, and the other two were elves.

"The enemy has crossbows in their hands—they are winding them!" On the other side, the sharp-eyed Airi also issued a warning.This was her first time fighting side by side with humans, and her hands were already sweating a little.

"Don't panic, keep the formation and move on." Ning Wanjun ordered calmly.

As a general, she clearly knows the lethality of various weapons on the battlefield. At present, only the giant bed crossbow can threaten the team at this distance.

As soon as the enemy saw their figures, they began to shoot arrows, which essentially exposed the weakness of lack of battle experience.

After about a quarter of an hour, the distance between the two sides has been reduced to within [-] steps.For siege warfare, this seems to be a dangerous distance. Bows and arrows still cannot reach them, but large machine crossbows, wooden catapults and some alchemy techniques that rely on tools to string them can already play a role.

"All stop! The Xuanwu A-type is deployed on the spot to cover the long-range attack!" Ning Wanjun issued the second order.

At this moment, the enemy's machine crossbow let go of its bowstring.

The iron-headed crossbow, which was nearly arm's length, came out of the arrow slot with a buzz, and shot towards the troops with a whistling sound.

At the same time, the enemies on the wall couldn't help but join in the attack, and there were many hair-like "black lines" in the gray sky for a while.

Ai Li and others have rehearsed this scene many times.

She didn't care to look at the trajectory of the enemy's crossbow, and leaned over to control the organ beast and sat down fiercely.The behemoth, which was nearly two people tall, spread its legs back and forth, and its body sank into the snow with a bang.

Then she controlled Xuanwu to open the shields on both wings, which was equivalent to erecting a square shield on her left and right.The soldiers in the rear quickly approached and gathered behind Xuanwu.

After executing this command, the enemy's iron arrows also flew into the team. Most of the more than 20 crossbow arrows were shot in the air, and only two or three were stuck on the mechanism beast.

Airi heard a muffled bang from above her head!

But nothing strange happened after that, and she couldn't even see any deformation of the upper guard.

As for the arrows shot from the hand crossbow, they were already deflected by the cold wind on the way.

Ai Li put her hand on another astronomical instrument, and the shelf behind Xuanwu fell to the ground.

Inside was the artillery seized from the warship of the Dongsheng Kingdom.And a Xuanwu A-type can carry two artillery pieces and corresponding ammunition for action at the same time.

——This is not only the first time that the mechanism beast has appeared on the stage of war, but also the first actual combat of the Jinxia Artillery Regiment.

The soldiers who had been prepared a long time ago immediately got busy.They pushed the cannon into the snow, adjusted the firing angle, loaded gunpowder and hammer balls, and every operation was orderly.

At this time, the enemy fired the second wave of crossbows first.

But except that the accuracy has improved a little compared to the previous round, the defenders still have nothing to do with the mechanism beast.In the past, when the iron arrow that pierced into a blood hole and could not even be defended by armor fell on the basalt armor, it could only erase a string of sparks at most, and it was difficult to leave a dent.

"Second group, loading is complete!"

Ai Li heard someone shouting behind her.

She used her feet to control the shield to retract, while bending her long pointed ears.

When the muzzle was fully exposed, the gunner lit the gunpowder!

Only a loud bang was heard, and the snow in front of the elf suddenly turned into a large snow fog. In the flash of fire, two metal balls locked together by iron chains came out and spun Slamming towards the north gate of Baisha City——

……

After discovering that the two rounds of shooting had no effect, Mr. Zhang was already very disturbed.

It's so weird, what the other party showed is really weird!He had never seen such a thing before, and he didn't know what Jinxia people were thinking.

At this moment, the five giant beasts, four black and one red, stood still in place, like reefs exposed in a sea of ​​white snow.The iron-tipped arrows shot by the machine crossbow seemed to sink into the sea in front of them, and it was difficult to splash even a splash of water.

—or rather, they are harder than rocks.

Through the gloomy reflections on their bodies, Master Zhang realized that these things also had "armor", and the thickness of protection was far greater than that of ordinary armor.

Fortunately, they seem to be used only as shields, and the real main attackers should still be the soldiers hiding behind the black monster.

The number of these people does not exceed one hundred. Even if there is a mobile bunker to provide protection, they will still show their flaws when they get close to the city wall.

However, as soon as this idea came up, the master saw eight black gun barrels protruding from behind the giant beast.

Then came the roar that resounded through the countryside!

That's—cannon?

Mr. Zhang, who had seen this weapon in the Shenzhou garrison, had not had time to bow his head before shouting, a few shells roared over the city wall and landed in Baisha City!

One of them happened to hit within ten steps of the master - the flying altitude was too low so that it was stopped by the top of the city wall, but it had even more serious consequences.The thin brick wall shattered in an instant, blurring the faces of the private soldiers looking around.The two iron balls were like guillotines, pulling each other and sweeping across the wall. Anyone who came into contact with them was knocked down by the iron chain before they even had time to scream.

When Master Zhang came back to his senses, half of his cheek was already splashed with the blood of the dead and injured.

Chapter 331 Incomprehensible Power

Why is an arresting force equipped with this kind of weapon?

The master wiped the blood off his face tremblingly—most of the firearms in his impression were dead, and they might be effective for defending the city, but almost no one in the wild would fight with them, at least not the Shenzhou garrison.The firearms they received were only used when Shangguan visited, and they were basically locked in the warehouse for storage.

What's more, this is the middle of winter when marching is extremely inconvenient!

No, a thought suddenly appeared in his mind, these heavy firearms were not transported from Jinxia City by manpower, they were probably hung on the black giant from the very beginning.

After more than ten breaths, the sound of cannons came from afar again.

This time no one dared to show their heads again, and everyone lowered their bodies, lest the thing fall on them.Some timid people even quietly climbed off the wooden frame, and found a thick place at the bottom of the city wall to curl up.

But the goal of the artillery is not the guards on the wall.

It wasn't until the sound of wood being shredded behind him that Master Zhang realized that the first thing the other party wanted to remove was the sentry towers and watchtowers around the north gate.

When he turned his head, he saw that most of the pillars of a wooden sentry tower had been cut off, and the broken pieces of wood were scattered all over the ground.However, this does not mean that the sentry tower escaped unharmed. Under the condition of unbalanced self-weight, it slowly tilted to the side where it was shot, and finally fell to the ground with a series of crackling sounds like a series of firecrackers.During the whole process, people jumped out of the tower one after another, and the height of ten feet would not kill people, but the machine crossbow in the sentry tower obviously couldn't keep it.

It can't go on like this!

Director Zhang knew in his heart that the battle had just begun, and Baisha City had already fallen into a passive situation where they could only be beaten. This was definitely a heavy blow to morale.

In other words, these private soldiers didn't take this battle seriously at first—in their minds, the advantage of numbers is everything. Whether it is a dispute between the rivers and lakes or a gang fight, a large number of people means victory.But this is absolutely not the case on the battlefield. The most important thing in a confrontation between the two armies is morale. Once the morale collapses, tens of thousands of troops may be chased and killed by thousands of people like pigs.

Now there is this trend on the city wall. After being attacked head-on by Jinxia's arresting troops, most people were obviously beaten, and they leaned against the wall in a daze. , the entire city wall was only left with the sound of the wind and the rhythmic roar in the distance.

They didn't realize at all that what they lost was only a few people and a sentry tower!

Continuing to defend the city is absolutely waiting to die, Baisha City must take the initiative to attack!

Director Zhang placed his hopes on the teams of Fei and Tang.

He shouted at the north gate guard at the top of his voice, "Open the city gate, everyone is ready to go out of the city to kill the enemy!"

"Leave the city now? Are you sure, my lord?"

"Without the city wall, aren't everyone a target?"

"Why doesn't he go by himself?"

For a while, all kinds of controversies emerged.

"This is an order! You listen to me—" Master Zhang had expected that it would not be so smooth, "The rebels only have a hundred people, and you have ten times that, as long as you rush in front of them, this battle We will win! Whoever gets the head will be rewarded heavily by the county magistrate. One head, ten taels of silver!"

In other words, in order to defeat this group of people, the county government must pay at least a thousand taels of silver.Although there is some heartache, in order to improve morale, this is the only way to do it at critical times.

"My lord is right!" Someone in the Fei family's private soldiers responded loudly, "Don't look at the opponent's thunder, but the rain is actually very light! It takes only a blink of an eye to kill them from the city, and they can How many rounds? Wu is not talented, and he is willing to fight for the adults, and if you want to receive rewards, come with me!"

The sonorous voice of this person is obviously not ordinary.

He is probably one of the people who are touched by Master Fei - "Swallow" Wu Shuang.Knowing that this opportunity must not be missed, the chief secretary hastily ordered, "Beat the drums and blow the horns! Stand up for this brave man!"

"Kill the traitor and get the reward!"

With the sound of the trumpets, the city gate slowly opened, and Wu Shuang took the lead, leading more than [-] people to rush out of Baisha City first.

This move greatly encouraged other private soldiers.

Indeed, there are only so many enemies, if they are all killed, wouldn't it be possible for him to lose all the oil and water?Now that someone is rushing forward to attract firepower, it is impossible for the iron ball to fall on his head impartially, right?

The idea quickly became consensus.

"Kill the traitor and get the reward!"

"Kill the traitor and get the reward!"

More and more people followed, swarming towards Jinxia's troops to kill—this flow of people quickly gathered into a raging wave of 800 people!

……

"Oh? You still have the courage to go out of the city and take the initiative to break the situation. It seems that this group of people is not useless." Ning Wanjun noticed the change of the situation immediately through the observation window in front of the guard.

"Your Highness, do you want to go?" Qiuyue asked with her head turned.

"No, let's leave it to the infantry to meet it." Although the princess really wanted to control the car to take a big stride and enter the enemy's formation from the front, she finally resisted the urge.

She did not forget the purpose of this trip - to use actual combat to practice the coordinated operations of mechanism beasts and ordinary soldiers.

There was no need for her to give special instructions. The carefully selected soldiers behind were already ready for the battle. Except for the five artillerymen, the other 15 had already taken off their air rifles and installed the air tanks in front of the trigger.

The square guards on both sides of the machine beast are natural shelters, and the infantry team can aim and shoot in a standing position, and shoot all the bullets in the magazine in one go.When the artillery needs to fire, they will retreat behind the machine beast, and take the opportunity to reload ammunition or replace the gas tank.

The artillery also replaced hammer shells with shotgun shells.

From the moment the enemy rushed out of the city gate, they were already included in the attack range of the artillery.

The snow slowed down the speed of the opponent's charge. When they finally stepped on the deep and shallow snow pits to reach a distance of a hundred steps, the infantry team pulled the trigger of the air rifle.

In an instant, countless tiny snow pillars splashed on the ground—unlike flintlock guns that are fired once and reloaded once, air rifles can shoot continuously before the gas tank is empty, which makes the firepower density of more than 70 guns more than three The musket formation of 400 people was much higher, and the enemies rushing in front fell down in an instant!

Due to the extremely low firing sound of the air rifle, the attackers have no idea what kind of attack they are facing. They can only see the people around them fall down one by one, with blood dripping from their bodies, while the opponent is just hiding behind the square shield. From time to time, I just "take a look" here.

The morale that was finally raised began to flow away quickly again—because they had never seen it before, they didn’t even know how to deal with it. Everyone stood up straight, hoping to speed up and approach the Jinxia people, but the closer they were The more black monsters are respected, the more people fall.

It was so close that even the opponent's expression could be seen clearly, but the last distance could not be crossed no matter what, as if there was an invisible barrier between the two sides, and anyone who stepped into it would suffer inexplicable death.

What destroyed their last bit of courage was the raised guard.This time, the muzzle almost spewed out scorching flames in front of them!

The private soldiers dropped their weapons, turned and fled in horror.

Ning Wanjun immediately issued the last order——

"Infantry, follow me into the city!"