Steel Chang'an

Chapter 122

an hour ago.

Xuenv stood on the top of Beishan, looking down at Yongjiang City below.

Behind her, standing there as quietly as the petite girl was the armored West Wind with the Bright Sword on his back.

Although it was a clear day, with sunlight pouring down on the hillside, the air was filled with dull rumbles of thunder.

The sound of firefights coming from all directions was getting closer and closer to Yongjiang City.

Blue lightning flashed in the sky from time to time, it was the air defense array of Yongjiang City that was automatically intercepting incoming enemy planes.

The shells poured down near the top of the mountain, raising bursts of dust and black smoke, like black rain falling on the top of the mountain.

The girl on the top of the mountain was motionless.

Because her master told her, "Look out for Xifeng, wait for me here", so no matter what happens, she will not leave the battle armor Xifeng for half a step.

But the girl's red pupils suddenly tightened.

Because she saw that on the hillside where neither shells fell nor wind blew, large bushes were shaking and falling down.

The birds sang chaotically, tightened their wings and rushed into the sky, the earth trembled, and the gravel rolled down, as if an invisible giant was walking towards the top of the mountain step by step.

Xue Nu didn't move, but the chill on her body was rising, and a barrier of ice and snow appeared in front of the armor Xifeng.

The girl stood in front of the ice and snow barrier, the soil in front of her eyes began to sag, and a deformed ferret lying on the rock quickly burrowed into the gap.The invisible giant had already climbed to the top of the mountain. Judging from its huge footprints in the mud, it was a humanoid heavy mech of nearly thirty tons.

The behemoth is approaching step by step.

The tremors in the surrounding air became more and more intense. The girl stood still and raised her frost-covered hands forward.

What was torn out of the air was a pink King Kong battle armor with two bright red roses painted on its chest.

The girl folded her hands. "You're early." She said blankly.

"Why do I think my old Zhang arrived just right?" The Vajra Armor scratched his head, "That kid Mu Yun hasn't arrived yet!"

Old Zhang was a little worried.

According to the agreement between him and Mu Yun, after the Rose Knights successfully robbed the hangars of the branches of Tengjia Bank and armed the people, they should come to Yongjiang City to join Mu Yun. What kind of stuff is called fire, so that civilians who do not have the blood of knights can also have the power to control armor like noble knights.After using fire to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Rose Knights, they should try to capture Yongjiang City, negotiate with King Teng, and exchange Yongjiang City for the King's Seal.

It's just that Lao Zhang didn't expect that the operation of robbing the hangars of the branches of Tengjia Bank would go so smoothly this time. He even went to Feijia Eagle Fort to get Xiao Yezi out. When they rushed to Yongjiang City, That kid Mu Yun hadn't come out of the Yin Ruins at all.

"There is still an hour." Xue Nu said.What she was talking about was the last time limit for Mu Yun and others to leave Yinxu.In the case that the armor cannot enter the Yin Ruins, the oxygen equipment that the knights can carry is limited. In order to ensure the speed of advancing in the Yin Ruins, they did not carry any drinking water and food, and the magnetic field in the Yin Ruins has a strong impact on them. The impact on the human body is huge, even if the knights stay in such a strong magnetic field for 24 hours, they will lose their ability to move. Therefore, they speculate that the battle of the Yin Ruins will end within 24 hours. Mu Yun should arrive at the agreed place in an hour at the latest.

It's just that no matter how you calculate it, Mu Yun should have left Yinxu by now, and the communication disturbed by the magnetic field should have been restored, but they didn't receive any news.This can only show that Mu Yun and others are still in the Yin Ruins, the battle of the Yin Ruins is not as simple as they thought, and it is unknown whether Mu Yun got the fire.

Lao Zhang has [-] Heavenly Soldiers in his hands, but it doesn't matter if Mu Yun can get that kind of fire.Although the members of the Knights of the Rose cannot control the normal standard [-]-ton battle armor like the noble knights, the driving of the heavenly soldiers can be controlled by ordinary people who have mastered basic skills.In addition, most of the newly recruited members are free citizens from the East China Sea. They know very well that if they cannot prevent the Skull Knights from landing, these monsters will directly crush them from the gathering places of the sea people. When receiving special training, they all performed extremely desperately. The basic skills of driving sky soldiers are not difficult for them. Their special training was originally prepared for driving a real [-]-ton battle armor that is more difficult than this .

What worries Lao Zhang is that he finds that he is not the only one who wants to get the King's Seal from Prince Teng.On the way to Yongjiang City, he had already encountered at least six knights from different families exchanging fire. He ordered all members of the Rose Knights to turn on the stealth mode. After many complicated detours, they Only then arrived at Yongjiang City while avoiding the exchange of fire.

"That old Wei guy still can't unlock the weapon system of the Heavenly Soldiers..." Lao Zhang scratched his messy blond hair again.In his original plan, even if the weapon system of the Celestial Soldiers could not be unlocked, he could repeat the same trick and place [-] Celestial Soldiers as bombs in Yongjiang City to threaten King Teng to negotiate. Nobles competing for the king's seal will not work.If he really blows up Yongjiang City, they will be grateful to kill King Teng first, and then kill him. The order may be reversed, but the result will not change.

"Gran, how is the situation over there?" Lao Zhang switched the communication channel and asked Haitouren's son.

"They're coming...I can see them already." Gran's voice trembled.This young man, who had always been mature and stable for his age, was forcing himself to remain calm.From the hillside where he stood, one could clearly see the black shadows slowly rising from the sea.The sea water was surging restlessly. The giant warriors of the former king's legion were approaching the land step by step with heavy and stiff steps. Their huge bodies slowly rose from the sea water. White foam gushed out of his eye sockets, and the sea breeze began to be filled with a rancid smell that had been soaked in the seabed for thousands of years. "Master," Gran swallowed a weak moan, he had never seen such monsters, they looked like messengers of death, or they were death itself, "they still have half an hour to pass This hillside."

"Your second uncle's..." Lao Zhang cursed.Time was running out, and he had to make a decision as soon as possible—of course he couldn't let the King's Seal fall into the hands of those other guys, they would never let the Skull Knights stop, they would still walk through the sea people's gathering place, It's just changing the direction of attack, and it's even worse: he believes that if Teng Wengong got the seal of the king, he would never let this army of death stop in Donglin. A nightmare that makes me cry when I think about it.

It seems that he has only one choice right now, Lao Zhang sighed and switched to another communication channel:

"My lord, I'm here to discuss a business with you."

At this moment, the news that Teng Jia's major branches in Donglin were robbed should also reach the ears of little Teng Wang.No matter how good Xiao Teng's self-cultivation is, no matter how big his stomach is, no matter how much money he has nowhere to spend, his mech shop was robbed three times by the same person in just a few months, and the loss reached billions, it is probably unbearable Yes, Lao Zhang was already prepared for King Teng to be furious when he heard his voice, but King Teng was not angry at all, and said quite calmly, "Okay, let's talk about your conditions."

"Let the Skull Knights stop advancing, and unlock the weapon system of the Heavenly Soldiers. In exchange—" Lao Zhang gritted his teeth, "I, Lao Zhang, asked my brothers to guard Yongjiang City for you, little prince."

"Okay." Xiao Teng Wang's answer is still quite calm, "With my three thousand Tengjia, you don't need to worry about my elder brother's three thousand Yulin. What you have to solve is the Xiao family, the Qi family and the Fei family's elders. The three-way coalition army under Yongjiang City. I heard that the Knights of the Eagle Fort are already dealing with the knights of the Fei Family Presbyterian Church. Under your command, my [-] heavenly soldiers will deal with the hundreds of Xiao and Qi families. A knight, should be fine, right?"

"How do you know that Xiao Yezi took the knights of the Eagle Castle to find the bad luck of those traitors from the Fei family..." You must know that the [-] Knights of the Eagle Castle in Fei Ye did not act with the Knights of the Rose, but hid themselves. Mode took a detour to the other side of Yongjiang City, preparing to intercept the three hundred traitors who had just broken through the defense line of the Jing family who were loyal to the Fei Patriarchal Association.At this moment, the two sides have not yet exchanged fire, and even the knights of the Fei Family Presbyterian Association have not noticed Xiao Yezi's actions, but King Xiao Teng has no predictions. Could it be that——

With Lao Zhang’s usual shrewdness, the information revealed in Xiao Teng Wang’s words, and then thinking about the unbelievably smooth process of robbing the major branches of Teng Jia Bank, the almost useless automatic defense system in the hangar, and the specially kept In the hangar, it seems to be the [-] heavenly soldiers specially built for the Knights of the Rose, as well as the operating system that can be accessed with a little manipulation and the weapon system that cannot be unlocked...

Lao Zhang quickly came to a conclusion: he was calculated by King Teng.

From the moment my brothers "accidentally" discovered that King Teng was mobilizing Teng Jiabing from various branches to Yongjiang City, I got into the trap of King Teng—Teng Jiabing deliberately did not turn on the stealth mode The purpose of marching is to let myself know that during the period when the Yin Ruins are open, the defenses of the major branches of Tengjia Bank are empty, so as to lure myself to rob. After the program is set, the system recognizes that the person who came to rob is a member of the Knights of the Rose, and automatically lowers the defense level——

So the [-] celestial soldiers left in the hangar are really a big order specially prepared for their brothers.Lao Zhang thought to himself.As for the operating system of the battle frame, it can be entered casually. It is to allow the Knights of the Roses to drive these [-] battle frames to Yongjiang City. It is to force myself not to exchange fire with others along the way, to save all my combat power and rush to Yongjiang City, and to hold the real control of the Heavenly Soldiers in my hands, and to use it as a negotiation condition at this moment——

What a well-planned game of chess!
Not only that, but King Teng also calculated that after he got the [-] heavenly soldiers, he would definitely go to Eagle Fort first to rescue Fei Ye who was under house arrest.And once Fei Ye is out of trouble, he will definitely take back the power of the homeowner, clean up the old things like the Fei Family Presbyterian Association, and indirectly help King Teng cut off an arm in the enemy army in the Donglin Battle...

In this way, King Teng's game of chess should have been in Buzi from the moment he rushed to the East China Sea.Lao Zhang pondered in his heart.He is open-minded by nature, knowing that he was calculated by the little prince Teng, he didn't feel annoyed. Instead, he developed a bit of admiration for the little prince-you know the cost of [-] heavenly soldiers, even for Teng Jiaxing. Quite a considerable expenditure, not to mention that the battle armor of this scale is enough to match all the private soldiers of a noble lord, and King Xiao Teng has secretly built this batch of armor long ago, but did not use it to expand his Teng Jiabing, but waiting for himself to rob, hand over this batch of armor to others, and finally use himself to bring this batch of armor back to Yongjiang City, and become a surprise soldier in the Donglin War-this kind of generous Yang Conspiracy, only people with wealth and status like Xiao Teng Wang can play it.

It seems that the well-known absurd second child of the Teng family is not an idiot in other respects besides being a genius in armor casting...

Little King Teng's layout, one is that Teng Wengong can't get the handle of his rebellion before the Donglin War, and the other is that the opponent can't calculate his real strength in the Donglin War, and the third is... These [-] celestial soldiers are not drones, they still have to be controlled by humans. No matter how simple the operating system is, that person has to go through training to get started. The recruitment and special training work are all Rose Knights. The regiment has worked so hard to manage it all by themselves. After the busy work is over, the next step is to fight hard, defending the city for the little prince...

Thinking of this, Lao Zhang couldn't help but scratched his nose with a wry smile, "Little prince, you're really good at planning!"

"The plan is Ji Yan's business. As a genius, I just provided some ideas and was responsible for paying for it. If you have any dissatisfaction, I will send Ji Yan to give you a good blow to vent your anger?" Xiao Teng Wang It sounded quite humble, and Lao Zhang faintly heard Butler Ji coughing beside him.

"Then there's no need, my old Zhang is a rough man, and I can't afford to pay for it if I break it." Old Zhang said, "Little prince, my old Zhang has a question to ask you. Let me be honest—among the brothers around me, which ones are yours?"

Lao Zhang knew very well that King Teng could count on him this time, and there must be someone around him who was informing King Teng, otherwise King Teng would not be able to grasp every move of the Knights of the Roses so clearly.Lao Zhang didn't want to beat Xiao Teng Wang and Ji Steward, but he really wanted to beat up the scrambling things around him!
But King Xiao Teng laughed and said, "Don't blame your brothers. If you want to control every move of a knight order, isn't it more reliable to rely on armor than rely on people? Don't you think you I have successfully robbed Teng Jiaxing many times because I can really let anyone come and go in the hangar of the world's number one Jiahang?"

"So that's how it turns out... so you are that noble man!"

Xiao Teng Wang's laughter was as frivolous as usual, but in Lao Zhang's ears, it was no less than a thunderclap!The doubts that have been entrenched in Lao Zhang's heart since Spring Hunting have finally been answered at this moment!

You must know that the Knights of the Roses have successfully robbed Teng Jiahang in the past few times, they all got information from a "mysterious nobleman", and got the internal structure diagram of Teng Jiahang's hangar and the guard distribution shift schedule.The robbery before Spring Hunting was also based on the information of the "big nobleman", so that Lao Wei, Xiao Yezi and others successfully invaded the secret hangar of King Teng, and they almost captured King Teng alive!It was precisely because that operation fell short due to Li Jing and Mu Yun's disruption that Lao Zhang was forced to agree to King Xiao Teng's fight in the spring hunting. The "big nobleman" disappeared and did not send any more information.

Although the "big nobleman" acted extremely mysteriously, he only contacted Lao Zhang through a one-way encrypted channel every time, and it was impossible to carry out reverse tracking, and the audio and video were processed so that it was impossible to know whether this person was a man or a woman. , but since this person can grasp the internal structure diagram of Teng Jiahang's hangar, Mr. Zhang always thinks that this person is either Teng Wengong or the female military adviser next to him. It's just why this person knows the secret hangar of Xiao Teng King, and it can even be regarded as The time when Xiao Teng Wang happened to be in the secret hangar, and sent them timely information, but Lao Zhang has never been able to figure it out, so he has always had such a lump in his heart.

It's just that in the past month, that "big nobleman" has never reappeared. The robbery of the six major branches is also the information obtained by Lao Zhang himself, so Lao Zhang has never connected these two things together. I never thought about King Teng—after all, who would provide information to the robbers to rob their own hangar?

It wasn't until this moment that Lao Zhang realized that in terms of understanding of Teng Jiaxing, who else could compare with Xiao Teng Wang?The only person who can know when King Teng will appear in which hangar is Xiao Teng himself!

In other words, King Teng's understanding of the chess game of the Donglin War did not start from the moment he rushed to the East China Sea, but as early as a few months ago, he robbed the hangar of Teng Jiahang for the first time. The moment it starts!

As for every battle armor they got from Teng Jiaxing every time they robbed, they must have been tampered with by Ji Steward long ago, and a back door was installed. Every operation and every communication they made was under the surveillance of Ji Steward. Therefore, every time the Knights of the Roses acquires an additional battle armor, it means that one more person falls into the surveillance of Teng Jiaxing, and King Teng has a clearer grasp of their actions——

It is even possible that Steward Ji installed more than just a monitoring program in the armor of the Rose Knights: if the actions of the Rose Knights are far from the plan of Little Teng King, completely out of control, or simply fall to Teng Wengong On this side, or at this moment, if I refuse to cooperate with King Teng and defend Yongjiang City, it is very likely that the main control system of their armor will automatically lock up in the next second, or even explode...

Thinking of this, Lao Zhang couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat under his pink knight armor!
What makes Lao Zhang feel even worse is that now that he already knows that King Xiao Teng is the "big nobleman", he naturally thought of that night, when he failed to rob King Xiao Teng's secret hangar, he was forced to It is not a coincidence that King Teng promised to play in the spring hunt, but the opponent has already set up the game, and he is waiting for himself to enter the set.And the most important reason why I got caught was because Li Jing "coincidentally" was also in that secret hangar that night!

Once he figured out the key point, Lao Zhang's brain turned very quickly, and he quickly figured it out: Li Jing would make a move that night, which meant that he had already reached a certain kind of agreement with King Teng at that time. The transaction, in other words, Li Jing must have participated in this chess game played by King Teng, so I don't know what the deal between him and King Teng is...

Thinking of the shadow of Li Jing in this game of chess, Lao Zhang suddenly felt that his whole body was not very good. Based on his past experience with Li Jing, he had a very bad premonition-he would definitely be beaten this time. The pit is miserable!
"Teng Jiaxing always pays attention to fair dealing and fair trade in business. We will never force you to buy or sell," I only heard Xiao Teng Wang say, "The last time you played for me in the spring hunting, With sixty battle armors, the previous robbery of the Rose Knights will be cancelled; this time you can defend Yongjiang City for me, and I will never hold you accountable for the robbery of my six major branches. All the back doors that were left in your sixty battle armors are all blocked, and you will no longer have to worry about the war armor being remotely controlled by others. As an after-sales service that comes with this transaction, in this way, we also count as money. The two are settled, and the two are not owed."

"Wait, what do you say about the ownership of these [-] heavenly soldiers?" Old Zhang, who is so shrewd, heard that Xiao Teng Wang only said that he would never pursue the matter of robbing the six major branches, but he never mentioned it. After he defended Yongjiang City, Lao Zhang felt that there must be something tricky about who owned these [-] heavenly soldiers!

"Oh, I can't be the master of the ownership of these [-] heavenly soldiers," but I heard King Teng say, "I almost forgot to tell you that the batch of Tongtian armor you robbed was an order from Li Jing. His deal, he won the Spring Hunting for me, entered the Yin Ruins, dealt with my eldest brother, in exchange for peace in Donglin, and I was responsible for providing him with an army to help His Royal Highness next to him recover the Northern Territory The Iron League. These [-] celestial soldiers were built for this army."

"What! These [-] heavenly soldiers belong to that fox Li Jing..." Lao Zhang really felt that he was not well.Now he finally knows what the intersection of Li Jing and King Xiao Teng is, and he finally understands what kind of pit he is stepping into-Li Jing wants an army, King Xiao Teng will send out the armor, and he will contribute his own people and efforts. Wouldn't they all be alive?
"My brothers and I have worked so hard, bled and sweated, and that guy got all the benefits. How can this deal be fair?" The more Lao Zhang thought about it, the more he became unwilling, "I just pit Lao Zhang alone, how can you do it like this?" business man?"

"Huh?" This time it was Xiao Teng's turn to be puzzled, "You put forward two conditions for defending Yongjiang City - stop the Skeleton Knights from advancing, and unlock the weapon system of the Heavenly Soldiers. I have already agreed to you, not only There is no bargaining, and there is an after-sales service for you as a gift, I have done such a good business, what are you dissatisfied with?"

This is really the condition that I personally raised a minute ago... Lao Zhang has nothing to say this time.I saw the pink King Kong battle armor raised its orchid fingers, and scratched its head with its big palm, "Your second uncle, if you want to be a hero, you have to suffer, that's all—"

"Little ones, listen to my old Zhang's command, defend Yongjiang City, and do what his second uncle does!"

(End of this chapter)