Great Zhou Tianzi

"Cao Qiudao!" Xiong Ben exclaimed, "How is that possible? Last time I saw his body buried in the ground with my own eyes. How could this old boy come back to life?"

Ji Jie shrugged and said: "I didn't have time to ask, it's not important anymore, I don't believe that his head was cut off, and he will come back to life again!"

"That's not necessarily true, it's too evil!" Xiong Ben stood up, pointed to the headless corpse not far away and asked, "That's the old boy's body, right?"

"Yes!" Ji Jie nodded.

Xiong Ben turned his head and waved his hands, and said to the enemy soldiers who brought him, "Go ahead, chop up that guy's body into meat paste, put firewood on it, burn it to ashes, divide it into ten parts and throw them in different places. Go, what are you doing in a daze, hurry up!"

Ji Jie stared at Xiong Ben with wide eyes, he never thought that this kid would be so ruthless!

"Your Majesty, don't look at me like that!" Xiong Ben rubbed his head and said with a naive smile, "I'm also doing this for safety's sake, in case this guy really has the ability to bring the dead back to life, hehe!"

Ji Jie pouted towards the head on the ground, and said: "Without a head, how can you bring the dead back to life! Forget it, do whatever you like, it's getting late, and you have to get up early tomorrow, I'll go back first, you Keep playing here!"

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Early the next morning, Ji Jie continued to think about the siege strategy. At this time, a convoy entered the camp, led by a man in his 30s, who dismounted and walked directly towards the main tent of the Chinese army.

"Your Majesty, Ou Yan asks to see you!"

"Ou Yan, come in!" Ji Jie warmly greeted the visitor.

Ou Yan, the eldest son of Ou Ming, the former supervisor of the blacksmith, has learned the true biography of his father. After Ou Mingbu died, Ji Jie appointed him as the new supervisor, responsible for everything about the blacksmith.

Ou Yan is more creative than his father Ou Ming, and this man's thinking is more jumpy. Once Ji Jie briefly mentioned the principle of modern artillery to him, he immediately put it into action for development and experimentation.

Of course, Ji Jie didn't take it too seriously, he knew that with the current smelting technology and manufacturing level, it was impossible to manufacture modern weapons.After Jia came to fight all day, he had almost forgotten about it.

"Why are you here?" Ji Jie asked.

Ou Yan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the villain has successfully built a cannon, and I specially pulled it here to show you!"

"Really, hurry up and take me to see it!" Ji Jie was very excited.

Ou Yan smiled wryly, he had traveled all the way, and he didn't even drink his saliva, but if Ji Jie wanted to see it, of course he had to agree.

In the camp, under the command of Ou Yan, a quaint bronze cannon was quickly assembled. The long bronze barrel has patterns, the cannon bolt can be opened and closed, and the base is also cast in bronze.

"Your Majesty, this cannon is made of bronze with a lower melting point. The barrel has been polished in a special way and is very smooth!" Ou Yan said: "The barrel diameter is two-fifths of a foot, and the length of the barrel is 35mm of the caliber. times, the maximum range is ten miles, and the spread range of thirty shells is within fifteen feet!"

"Great, the accuracy is very high!" Ji Jie patted Ou Yan's shoulder and said, "You are very capable. I really didn't expect to make a cannon in such a short time! I am worrying about what to do. Attacking Xianyang City, with the sharp weapon you sent, why not take down the capital of Qin State!"

"Your Majesty, there are not one, but three!" Ou Ming pointed to the carriage that had not yet been unloaded, and said with a smile: "Three cannons of the same caliber, the shells are divided into two types: armor-piercing shells and steel ball shells. A single armor-piercing shell can blow up an ordinary city gate..."

"Great, great!" Ji Jie jumped up happily, hugged Ou Yan and said, "If you can successfully win the city in this battle, Ou Yan will be your first success!"

"It's the subordinate's duty to share the worries of the emperor!" Ou Ming said modestly.

Then, Ou Yan pointed out several shortcomings of the artillery, saying that as long as he is given enough time, he can overcome them one by one, and this batch of artillery has the possibility of continuing to upgrade, such as gradually replacing the bronze material with steel, Rifling the inside of the barrel to increase the range and accuracy of the projectile, etc.

"Give me the order to install the three cannons six miles outside the east gate of Xianyang!" Ji Jie gave the order to attack without hesitation: "The whole army set off, set up an attack formation, and prepare to launch an attack on Xianyang! "

"Yes!"

At noon, Zhou Jun completed the attack formation and waited for Ji Jie's order.

"Xiong Ben, throw Cao Qiudao's head and the ultimatum into the city with a catapult!" Ji Jie said with a smile, "First, put some psychological pressure on the Qin army in the city, and I will send you an hour after the ultimatum is written." The army launches a general attack, and those who don't want to die can open the city and surrender!"

"Your Majesty, why bother, let me tell you that we'll start the fight!" Xiong Ben said with his lips curled up.

"You know what a fart, the offensive in your heart is often more violent with swords and guns!" Ji Jie said: "Besides, it's meal time and everyone is hungry. How can you charge if you don't fill your stomach? Go, order the firehead army to serve the meal , eat and drink enough to rest for half an hour, and then start fighting!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The brat Xiong Ben hurriedly ran to deliver the order.

After a while, a round cloth bag was thrown into the city. Qin Jun opened it carefully after picking it up. In addition to a human head and an ultimatum, there was also a special introduction to the human head, including how much Lu Buwei spent. Ask Cao Qiudao to assassinate Ji Jie.

Most of the Qin soldiers didn't know why, and they didn't dare to delay, and they were quickly sent to the palace hall of Qin, which was currently undergoing court discussions.

Lu Buwei's face was livid, because after those things were delivered, some ministers complained about him spending so much money to hire assassins. It was 80 taels of gold.

Especially Wang Jian and his generals all looked at Lu Buwei with contempt, as if they were watching his joke.

"Okay, it's not about money now!" Ying Zheng said angrily, "An attack will be launched in an hour from the New Year's Eve. General Wang, are you ready?"

Wang Jian nodded, clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, my lord, the general will lead the soldiers to defend the city to the death! My lord, the general has a request!"

"Please speak!" Ying Zheng said in his heart that no matter what kind of request you ask, the widow will satisfy it. Now that things are up to now, whether Qin can keep it, and whether it can defeat Da Zhou in the future depends entirely on Wang Jian.

"Please give me the right to attack!" Wang Jianlang said: "When I feel that the Zhou army is exhausted, I have the right to send elite troops out of the city to attack them!"

"I don't agree!" Lu Buwei rushed ahead of Ying Zheng and rejected Wang Jian's proposal.

Wang Jian gritted his teeth and said: "Lu Xiangguo, it's because you are not kind. At the beginning you proposed to surround us with assassination, although the general dismissed it, he didn't reject your proposal! Why don't you agree now?"

"Because it's too dangerous!" Lu Buwei said.

"What is danger? Fighting is inherently dangerous!"

"Okay!" Ying Zheng cut off the two people in the quarrel, and said: "I agree with General Wang's request, and he has the final say in military affairs!"