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"preparation!"

With an order.

The huge gun jacket was lifted.

Ten giant cannons were revealed.

It's really a huge cannon, with a caliber of an astonishing 700 mm.

In terms of technology, it is not advanced at all.

It's that kind of short and thick mortar, with a barrel as short as less than four meters. It is somewhat similar to the mortars used by the Ottoman Empire to attack Constantinople in the 15th century, but it is much more advanced.

In this way, each artillery weighs about 23 tons.

Ying Que and Shen Gong Ao tried their best and only built ten gates. This was because the Shen Gong family owned the Black Gold City and the advanced smelting technology left behind by the secret base of the Dark Academy.

Because it is a smoothbore cannon, it can only fire ball shells.

Each artillery shell with a diameter of 700 mm weighs more than a thousand kilograms.

The shell shape is very backward.

But the explosives inside are very advanced.

At least it is much more advanced than the current mainstream explosives in the world. According to perfect estimates, the power is at least four to five times that of the current mainstream black powder.

This is thanks to the secret base of the Dark Academy under the White Bone Collar, which has the most advanced laboratories and the most abundant materials.

I would also like to thank Master Menjief, as long as Yingque gives an idea, he can realize it.

He really made an extremely powerful explosive for Wu Que.

Although the quantity is not very large, because saltpeter is too limited.

Even if it were not for fear of instability, more powerful explosives could be created, including RDX.

Each of these artillery shells weighs more than a thousand kilograms, and the explosive charge alone contains about six hundred kilograms, and there are also two hundred kilograms of shrapnel.

So how amazing is this lethality?

Not only are the explosives advanced, the fuses inside are also very advanced.

It can be said that any fuse can be made.

Impact fuses, time fuses, etc. are all available.

However, the range of this short and thick mortar is very limited, only less than two thousand meters. This is because of the use of extremely powerful detonating powder. If black powder is used, the range will be even worse.

"Load!"

Several strong men suddenly picked up the huge cannonball and stuffed it into the huge cannon barrel.

"Adjust the angle!"

Several mutilated gunners stepped forward and began to calculate ballistic trajectories.

This group of people are all bone-collar geniuses. They are physically disabled, but their brains are very smart.

"My lord, there is no problem."

At this time, the emperor, Prince Lian, and Princess Liyang came out.

"Fire!"

Ying Que gave an order suddenly.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Ten giant cannons fired at the same time!

"Boom boom boom boom..."

A loud noise like thunder.

The entire ground around him was shaking violently.

Even though the nearest Hercules had his ears plugged, his whole body still trembled violently.

So, so scary!

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Ten giant cannonballs drew a curve and shot out suddenly.

Even though it was a smoothbore cannon, the amazing friction still made the surface of the shell red.

So in the sky, like ten shooting stars, streaking across the sky!

This scene!

It's really amazing.

Just a few moments later!

These ten giant cannonballs flew over a distance of more than a thousand meters.

He hit the barracks of Sky Book City hard!

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

After a while of exclamation.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Earth-shattering explosion!

Ten cannonballs hit different places.

A violent explosion!

Originally there was no such gorgeous flame effect.

Because of the incredibly powerful explosives, there were not many flames.

But for visual effects, Yingque added some phosphorus into the shells.

Just to look good.

So, in an instant!

The entire night sky was completely illuminated!

The sky is filled with flames!

More than a thousand kilograms of artillery shells and more than six hundred kilograms of high-intensity explosives.

Within a radius of more than 100 meters!

Become a terrifying killing zone!

The soldiers near the explosion were directly shattered to pieces.

The bodies of soldiers dozens of meters away were also directly torn apart.

Broken limbs and arms were flying everywhere.

Even the soldiers who are far away, even these elite soldiers in Sky Book City, are wearing the best armor.

This armor can even withstand powerful bows and arrows.

But...can it stop the shrapnel?

The maximum speed of these shrapnel can reach several kilometers per second.

Even if it decelerates very quickly due to its irregular shape, it can still reach hundreds of meters per second when it hits the human body.

How can normal armor resist!

Therefore, even the elite Sky Bookstore soldiers fell down in pieces like a field of wheat blown by the wind.

The moment of explosion.

The whole ground was shaking violently.

Even though he was more than a hundred meters away, his whole body seemed to be lifted up by the air waves.

Look at the center of the explosion.

A huge deep pit was directly blown out.

It's a pity that Yingque only made a total of twenty-nine such heaven-defying artillery shells because there was no saltpeter.

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The emperor and Princess Liyang in the Marquis of Zhenhai's mansion were separated by more than a thousand meters.

I also felt an unprecedented shock.

The flash of fire at the moment of explosion.

It lit up the night sky for miles around.

Then there was a thunderous noise.

And trembling.

Standing in the city, you can feel the trembling.

Then!

The Tongtian Tower in the distance lit up almost instantly.

All the torches and lights lit up.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh..."

Dozens of giant eagles soared into the sky and flew towards the army of the Sky Book City.

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After being attacked, Duke Xia Yan was furious and ordered more than 200,000 troops to rush towards the Mi army.

However, he could not move without the emperor's order.

He waited anxiously.

He never waited for the imperial edict.

Many people were disappointed and felt that His Majesty the Emperor was too cowardly and did not dare to fight back after being beaten?

Was His Majesty's previous toughness all pretended?

But soon after.

A shocking explosion!

The flames that soared into the sky could be seen clearly from more than ten miles away.

Duke Xia Yan's more than 200,000 troops knew that His Majesty the Emperor had fought back.

And the momentum was very, very huge.

Suddenly.

Duke Xia Yan led more than 200,000 troops and shouted in unison.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live the emperor!"

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Inside Tongtian Pavilion!

After the head of Sky Book City ordered an attack with five crystal bombs.

Everyone was waiting.

This was a tentative attack.

Waiting to see if Duke Xia Yan would launch a counterattack against the Mi family's army.

If Duke Xia Yan did not launch a counterattack.

That would test the emperor's cowardly attitude.

They waited for more than half an hour.

Duke Xia Yan never launched an attack.

The emperor did not seem to have any counterattack either.

Some people in Tongtian Pavilion breathed a sigh of relief.

But...

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Almost everyone was looking towards the north, because they thought that even if the emperor counterattacked, he would definitely attack the Mi army.

After all, the giant eagle that attacked Duke Xia Yan flew out from the Mi army.

Counterattacking the Mi army not only proved the emperor's toughness, but also left room for maneuver.

But...

These loud noises actually came from the south.

So many people quickly shifted their gazes and looked in that direction.

Then, they also saw an extremely gorgeous scene.

The first sound they heard was just the sound of the cannon firing.

Then...

They saw ten huge red iron balls, crossing the sky, shooting towards the Sky Book City Legion!

Instantly...

Everyone was stunned.

Elder Leng Wuchang was even like being struck by lightning.

Motionless.

Then, boom boom boom.

Earth-shaking explosions.

The extremely gorgeous flames illuminated the night sky.

Although it was far away, it was possible to roughly know how many people would die in this round of attacks.

Everyone was silent!

Crazy, crazy, crazy!

The emperor was crazy!

Not only did he counterattack immediately.

And he counterattacked twice.

The Sky Book City attacked Duke Xia Yan and launched an air strike with five crystal bombs.

And the emperor and Ying Que directly launched ten super shells.

The Sky Book City was only attacking the ragtag army of Duke Xia Yan.

The Emperor and Ying Que were attacking the Sky Book City army directly, not the army of King Mi.

This... This was the most resolute attitude.

No retreat.

"Are they looking for death? Are they looking for death?"

"Don't they know how powerful our Sky Book City is?"

"If they want to die, help them, help them!"

"Start a war, start a war, start a war!"

Suddenly, one of the Sky Book City elders roared wildly.

Everyone was silent, listening to his roar.

After roaring for half a quarter of an hour, the Sky Book City elder calmed down.

If a war could be started, why would there be a big negotiation here?

It was impossible to start a war.

Sky Book City had all the advantages, and there was no need to start a war. It could completely suppress the imperial power at the lowest cost and finally dismember the Great Xia Empire.

Once the war started.

Sky Book City and the imperial power broke apart.

The people's hearts broke apart.

Then how to face the full-scale war of the Western Church?

The emperor can act like the worst that can happen is that the country will perish, can Sky Book City do the same? "

After a long while.

A giant eagle flew over and landed on the top of the Tongtian Pavilion.

The casualties of the Sky Book City Legion came.

The chief held the casualty list, and his face twitched violently.

More than 1,300 people were killed and wounded.

The air raid of Sky Book City on Duke Xia Yan just now caused about 1,000 casualties, and the casualties on both sides were not much different.

But the casualties on the emperor's side were miscellaneous troops.

And the casualties on the Sky Book City side were elite troops.

And the Sky Book City Legion was fully armed to the teeth and wore solid armor.

What does this prove?

The power of Yingque's super shells exceeded that of the crystal bomb by at least twice.

The chief of Sky Book City closed his eyes and said hoarsely: "What should we do next? Tell me?"

King Mi said: "In this staring game, whoever blinks first loses. Under normal circumstances, the struggle can only escalate, not degrade, and even more so, it cannot stop. Whoever stops first, whoever is demoted first, is the one who blinked. ”

Everyone understands this principle.

Therefore, in order to gain strength, Sky Bookstore should directly escalate the struggle.

The fight against the Emperor's armies should continue.

Moreover, it must be more ferocious than Ying Que's bombardment.

Only in this way can the posture be maintained.

But in this case, it will directly lead to war.

How many more times can I upgrade?

After upgrading it once at most, it's time to start a full-scale war.

With hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides, a decisive battle broke out immediately.

Yes, the combined forces of Sky Bookstore and King Mi have every advantage and can win this battle.

But what about the consequences? !

Now, it is directly on the cliff.

You cannot retreat.

But you can't go in.

Even, you can't even stop.

And at this time!

Several more giant eagles flew from the sky.

Landed on Tongten Pavilion again.

"Reporting to the first sect, on the battlefield of Red Earth City, King Mi and the army of Dali Kingdom have won a great victory and have captured Red Earth City!"

"At the critical moment, the emperor sent two powerful masters to pick up Shen Wuzhuo and more than a dozen key generals in the air with giant eagles. However, the 6,000 wounded members of the Shen Gong family have been completely captured."

As soon as these words came out.

Everyone in the audience was overjoyed and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Finally no blinking.

The great victory on the Red Earth City battlefield finally gave them a bargaining chip.

Especially the six thousand wounded soldiers who captured the Shen Gong family were huge bargaining chips.

Next, Sky Bookstore does not need to launch a new attack to escalate the struggle situation.

These six thousand wounded prisoners will certainly not change the overall situation.

However, it was enough to kick the fireball back to the emperor's feet.

This staring game can continue.

The head of the Sky Bookstore said: "Leng Wuqian, you go to see Princess Liyang again and say that within twenty-four hours, if His Majesty the Emperor still does not compromise, we will capture the 6,000 wounded members of the Shen Gong family in Red Earth City and kill them all." Light! Bring the head to the Marquis of Zhenhai Palace at that time!"

Of course, this matter can only be done by King Mi.

The name is simple.

These are the rebels of the Dark Academy, and this kind of slaying of heads can give the Dark Academy the greatest shock.

By then...

The sky was filled with rain of heads.

It is a huge blow to the morale of the emperor's army and the army that wins the battle!

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at this time!

Shen Wuzhuo, Shen Xiaoqi and other generals knelt neatly in front of Mu Hongyu and Yingque.

"I'm sorry, I'm incompetent. I lost the battle of Red Earth City!"

Losing is normal!

Shen Wuzhuo is already very, very strong.

Previously, he led 15,000 people to fight against the coalition forces of more than 40,000 princes.

After fighting for more than a month, I still held on firmly.

Facing three times the number of enemies, and Red Earth City is not a strong city, the defense is still very weak.

But even so, he still did not fall behind.

And this time!

The army of the Kingdom of Dali has arrived, and together with Mi Zuo's army, there are a total of eighty or ninety thousand!

As for Shen Wuzhuo's fifteen thousand men, after fighting for more than a month, only about ten thousand had combat power.

Facing eight or nine times the number of enemies, we fought for three days and three nights.

The key is that the opponent started air strikes and bombings.

Therefore, Red Earth City fell.

But fortunately, the master-level experts sent by the emperor were able to rescue Shen Wuzhuo and others.

The giant eagle flew for hours.

Even in the air, fierce fighting took place.

Because the giant eagle knights of Sky Book City launched an attack on the emperor's eagle riders in the name of the Mi Legion.

But the one sent by the emperor was a powerful master after all.

Therefore, Shen Wuzhuo was successfully brought back to Zhenhai City.

Of course there is one more thing.

Everyone has forgotten one fact.

That is, Shen Wuzhuo's own martial arts is also very, very, very high.

His cultivation methods are almost exactly the same as Shen Gong Ao's.

Just kill people on the battlefield.

Shen Gong Ao personally killed ten or twenty thousand people.

Shen Wuzhuo is not much different, because he is thirty-nine years old this year.

Half of the big battles behind the Shen Gong family were fought by Shen Wuzhuo.

Ying Que stepped forward, hugged Shen Wuzhuo's shoulders and said, "It doesn't matter."

He didn't even say it would be nice to come back.

Because he felt that a powerful person like Shen Wuzhuo did not need comfort.

Then, Yingque pulled Shen Xiaoqi up again and said with a smile: "General Xiaoqi."

Shen Xiaoqi kowtowed and said, "I'm sorry, my lord, we lost the battle and embarrassed you."

At this time, Mu Hongyu next to her said: "Boss, I haven't had time to tell you yet, the third brother in front of you is the third son of Duke Yingzhu, Yingque!"

Shen Wuzhuo didn't show any surprise, just smiled bitterly.

"I'm not a fool, and neither is my father." Shen Wuzhuo said: "However, what I really know is that someone told me a few days ago, and it was completely spread among the army. The enemy wanted to use this news to sway Military morale. I admit that I was still shocked when I heard the news, but now... the shock has passed."

Ying Que said: "So, he wanted to pass the Zhenhai Marquis Palace to me that day, but I didn't accept it. Because the position of Zhenhai Marquis belongs to you."

Shen Wuzhuo said: "My father didn't force it on you at that time, which shows that he knew it well."

Then, he added: "There is also bad news. In this series of battles, we have killed many people and injured many people. Therefore, more than 6,000 wounded people have been captured by the enemy."

Ying Que said: "Okay, I understand."

Shen Wuzhuo said: "Where is father? I want to go next to him, sit beside him, meditate and sleep. After tomorrow, I will be able to regain all my strength and fight for you."

Ying Que said: "I'll take you there!"

Halfway through the walk, Shen Wuzhuo suddenly said: "From now on, in public, I will call you Lord. But in private, can I call you Third Brother?"

Ying Que said: "Okay, big brother."

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Elder Leng Wuqian met Princess Liyang again.

"I once again reiterate the position of Sky Book City. As the son of the leader of the Dark Academy, Yingque must be executed! As the rebels of the Dark Academy, the Shen Gong family must be eliminated." Leng Wuqian said coldly: "In We have no room for compromise on this matter. Anyone who gives in will ruin his future.”

Princess Liyang said calmly: "Okay, I understand. By the way, did many of you die in our shelling just now?"

Elder Leng Wuqian said: "You may already know that Red Earth City has fallen. The Shen Gong family's army inside was almost completely destroyed, and the Mi family captured six thousand wounded prisoners."

Princess Liyang asked: "How?"

Leng Wuxian said: "King Mi said that if you don't give in and compromise within twenty-four hours, we will kill all the 6,000 prisoners in Hongtu City, and transport the 6,000 heads to the sky above Zhenhai City. A rain of heads.”

"In addition, you don't know! Mi Daoyuan has launched a comprehensive attack on the dark realm of the White Bone Territory. I believe that it will be completely captured within twenty-four hours. By then, Yingque will be the rebel of the Dark Academy. , there will be complete and irrefutable proof. Wen Daozi and other members of the reform faction will also become prisoners, as will Ying Que’s wife and the child in his belly.”

"I wonder if you're ready for this?"

"In addition, the hundreds of thousands of troops from the Dali Kingdom have already entered the Daxia Empire. There are only 50,000 defenders in Tiannan Road. I don't know how long they can defend it? Because the Red Earth City has fallen, the Mi family and the Dali Kingdom The more than 80,000 coalition troops can also attack Tiannan Road. I wonder if His Majesty the Emperor is ready for the complete fall of Tiannan Road! "

"We have many cards in our hands. If the emperor doesn't give in, we will upgrade step by step!"

"God has the virtue of good health, and we don't want a second rain of human heads. We also don't want this rain of human heads to contain Zhifan. After all, she is pregnant, but... for the sake of Eastern civilization, we have no choice."

"So this is an ultimatum!"

"You only have twenty-four hours to think about it!"

After saying that, Leng Wuqian left again.

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Princess Liyang reported the news to the emperor.

The emperor put down the book and said calmly: "Go and discuss with Yingque. You can do whatever you want. When you need me to make the final declaration of war and announce the complete break of the Eastern world, come to me. You can make the rest of the decision yourself. ”

He looked at the clock next to him and said, "It's actually twelve o'clock? It's a bit too late today. I'm going to bed. I'm going to bed."

Then he lay down, covered himself with the quilt, closed his eyes, and fell asleep quickly.

Princess Liyang stepped forward and said softly: "Then you go to sleep. Make sure you get enough sleep and don't get too excited."

The emperor said: "You have begun to disturb my sleep."

Princess Liyang smiled and then withdrew.

Then, he entered Ying Que's room.

"Sky Book City has a cold ultimatum. If we don't compromise within twenty-four hours, they will kill 6,000 wounded people in Red Earth City, and then scatter all their heads over Zhenhai City." Princess Li Yang said: "Can you bear the killing of six thousand people?"

Ying Que said: "Six thousand people were killed, of course we can withstand it. But this is a staring game. If we let the enemy kill these six thousand prisoners of the Shen Gong family, then we will lose a little. Even if we take revenge afterwards, It’s impossible to completely save the situation.”

"So, not only do we want the enemy to release these 6,000 wounded soldiers unconditionally, but we also have to kill tens of thousands of them to be considered a winner!"

"Leng Wuqian said he was going to rain heads on us, right? A rain of 6,000 heads, right?"

"Then we not only want them to release 6,000 prisoners, but also rain down heads on them. But not 6,000 heads, but 12, 15, or even 20,000 heads!"

"Countless heads poured down like raindrops."

"It poured on the fleet of Sky Book City on the sea, poured on the heads of the Sky Book City legions in the south, and poured on the heads of the Mi family's legions in the north!"

As soon as these words came out.

Princess Liyang's blood suddenly boiled.

Even imagining this scene is extremely shocking.

If it really happened, how gorgeous and terrifying would it be?

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Note: This is the second update. It took me a long time to come up with the idea, so I wrote it all night long, and I also had to do nucleic acid tests during the day! Woo woo woo

Great benefactors, if you have a monthly ticket, please give me cakes and give me strength, okay?