Heaven's Formula

Whether to give priority to dealing with Jinxia or to deal with the Heimen Sect, this is undoubtedly a question that Seven Star must consider.

"If Fei Nian's anomaly is the work of the Heimen Sect, wouldn't they have infiltrated the Qiguo Privy Council?" Kaiyang envoy pondered, "How can we ensure that there are no people from them in the Qixing Privy Council?"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the lobby.

"What do you mean, do you think there are traitors among us?"

"Joke, I don't think I can't even detect the evil erosion!"

"That's enough!" The angel of power shouted loudly, "Lord Kaiyang Envoy definitely does not doubt what you mean, what he is worried about is exactly what I am worried about. If the Heimen sect masters the magic trick that can hide Yuyi and Qingjian If you use the erosion method, the situation will become quite complicated! Don't underestimate the other party, the Black Gate Sect has not been extinct after being attacked for nearly a hundred years, which is enough to prove that the will of this group of people cannot be underestimated!"

Hyacinth hugged her chest and said, "Then what do you mean..."

"I trust everyone at the moment, but I can't guarantee that others are trustworthy." Goldman Sachs said bluntly, "So please keep quiet for the time being, and secretly strengthen the surveillance of other alchemists. Is Fei Nian's situation an isolated case? What is the method, it is the truth that Qixing must find out as soon as possible. If there is an internal rebellion when the gate of heaven is opened, the loss will be immeasurable."

"I don't know if Jinxia is aware of this problem..." Kaiyang envoy pondered, "If they can figure out a way, we can learn from it... After all, the other party has a listener."

"Don't worry, I've already made arrangements for this." Goldman Sachs smiled softly, "Jinxia City probably didn't expect that Seven Star's eyeliner has entered their center. Even if they can't get in touch with the listener, they can still know most of their decisions. In short , the Gate of Heaven is our primary goal, and I ask you all to go all out—this time the Privy Council must not miss the opportunity to glimpse the fairy world!"

Chapter 697 Bloody Trick

In the south of Yazhou, Lihua Town.

This is a small town located beside the Tianshui River, with a daily population of about five or six thousand.Because it is located in a remote area of ​​Qi State and the terrain is relatively flat, it is rarely affected by famines and bandits.In addition, Yazhou is adjacent to Youzhou and Qingzhou, and the caravans that rely on the Tianshui River to travel between the two places often settle in towns by the river. The residents here are doing well, and their families have some surplus money.

However, this peaceful day changed with the defeat of the Ten-State Allied Forces.

Passers-by brought news from time to time, saying which towns in Gyeongju and Youzhou had been looted.

In the outskirts of the town, there are gradually more robbers who make a living by robbing houses.

The residents of the town spontaneously formed a regiment training team to make up for the absence of the Yazhou Army.Because of the small size of the place, the Privy Council did not send alchemists to stay here. With the support of the local Liyin and squires, this regiment has been well trained. The refugees and robbers who approached the town for the first time.

On this day, the sentry captured another group of people from the north.

He hurriedly rang the bronze bell beside him.

Accompanied by the ringing bell, the team training team in the town quickly gathered together.

"It's a defeated soldier!"

"Move the rejecting horse here!"

There is no city wall in the town, only a fence that is half a person high. According to the training content, everyone put their spears on the railings, which became a natural line of defense.Coupled with the fortifications to prevent horses from charging, and the crossbowmen climbing up to the high point behind, this formation is enough to discourage most enemies.

But this time, the opponent did not back down because of their reaction.

The enemy speeds up and launches a charge!

"My lord, they are coming!"

"Don't panic, there are only a hundred people on the other side!" Li Yin shouted, "Leave the gun level! Draw the bow and get ready—let it go!"

The arrows were shot in unison, but the results were very few. The general who rushed to the head swung his sword a few times, and all the arrows shot at him were thrown away.

"Kill!" The man yelled, and slammed his horse into the spear array. While the blood of the horse was splashing everywhere, he jumped off the horse's back, jumped over the fence, and landed in the team training team!

Everyone rushed forward, but he was sent flying with a pair of iron hands.

No matter who it is, no one can sustain a face-to-face meeting in front of this person. Not only that, the more he kills, the more excited he is, while sprinting left and right in the crowd, laughing wildly.

Ordinary people have never seen such a scene. Facing the flying limbs, the little courage that was not much disappeared immediately.In addition, the rest of the enemies had also charged in front of the fence, and the front line that had been built with great difficulty fell apart in an instant.

Li Yin, who was commanding on the high platform, was also split in the stomach by the sword of the defeated general.

He lay down in the mud, tremblingly pointing at the other party, "You...you are not the defeated army in Yazhou..."

This person's strength and reaction are all far superior to ordinary people, and Li Yin has seen some things in the world anyway, and knows that only alchemists from the Privy Council can do this.

No matter how disastrously the army is defeated, the alchemists cannot fall with the defeated army and the brave - they are inherently superior.

"Of course I'm not." The other party smiled.His accent is so heavy that he doesn't look like a Yazhou native at all.

"Then...why do you..."

"Otherwise, what can I do to reward my subordinates? I can't rely on the salary from the higher-ups, can I?" He raised his sword and chopped off Li Yin's neck neatly, sealing the second half of the sentence in his mouth. , and then shouted at the team, "This town is yours now! Go get your rewards!"

"Here!" The soldiers in the clothes of the defeated army laughed and cut down those soldiers and civilians who had no time to escape, and followed the backs of other defeated people into the streets.

Soon, there were screams and wailing everywhere in Lihua Town.

"Master Qiao, this tattered armor is really useful." The adjutant rode close to the general and said, "Those people thought we were the Yazhou army when they were dying."

"Who made them lose to Jinxia City? This bad debt is destined to be settled on their heads." Qiao Zhenggang laughed heartily twice, "If it wasn't for being transferred to Shangyuan City soon, I really want to be here Stay a little longer."

"Shangyuan also has the advantages of Shangyuan. I heard that there are a lot of beautiful women there, and the hospitality is warm. In terms of enjoyment, it is much richer than here."

"Women? Hmph... how can hunting be so refreshing." Qiao Zhenggang said disapprovingly.As the third-rank guardian of Xu State, he has been stationed in remote places for a long time, and his greatest hobby is to kill people in different ways.The more blood his hands are soaked in, the stronger his ability seems to be. Every time he encounters a bottleneck in his cultivation, he will try his best to taste the fishy smell.

It's a pity that there are still people watching him above him, and the number of robbers and death row prisoners is always limited, so he can't enjoy it to his heart's content. Now that he is dispatched to Qiguo Yazhou, he finally has a vent.

That's right, theoretically this place is also under the rule of the Seven Stars, and it is a territory managed by the Privy Council, but in fact, who would care about the people of a little-known small place?During times of war, it was nothing more than a normal thing for a village and a town to be slaughtered. Even if someone found out, it was the work of soldiers and bandits running around.

While chasing and killing the fleeing Yazhou army in exchange for military merits, while pretending to be the Yazhou army and looting nearby towns, Qiao Zhenggang felt a rare satisfaction in this kind of life.

This move also won the enthusiastic support of his subordinates.

Most of these people are from Xu country. After arriving in a foreign land with nothing to do with them, all the psychological burdens disappeared.As long as you cooperate with the leader to charge and kill, you can fill your pockets. No one can refuse such a good deed.

Knowing that a new general was about to take over the defense of Yazhou Port, Qiao Zhenggang even accelerated his pace of enjoying himself.

If it weren't for the alchemists stationed in those big cities, it would be easy for people to spot the clues. He even wanted to find a serious city and experience the thrill of slaughtering a city.

"Master Qiao, Yazhou Port is here to report!" This is a messenger galloping towards the town. "An unusual anomaly has been found in the southeast sea area, and it seems that the enemy is approaching!"

"Enemy?" Qiao Zhenggang raised his eyebrows, "Where's our navy general?"

"Lord Xu and Lord Luo stood still. They said that Jiaotou boats are not good at naval battles. They probably wanted to wait for the opponent to get closer before making any plans."

"Hmph, not good at naval battles? I think it's just to save my wings. Anyway, I'll go there now." Qiao Zhenggang turned his head and told the adjutant, "I'll give you half a day to bring these people back to the camp before nightfall tonight. I haven't snatched enough There is still a chance in the future, but if anyone dares to violate the military order, I will kill his head tonight!"

"Subordinates take orders!"

Qiao Zhenggang rode on the horse given up by others, and rushed towards Yazhou Port.

This place is only an hour and a half away from the army's landing position. Not long after noon, he returned to the army's garrison.After boarding the sentry tower, Qiao Zheng just took the observation mirror from the soldier's hand and looked at the sea skyline to the south.

Sure enough, on the blue sea, he found a gray-green "hill".

Chapter 698 "Sea Battle"

"What it is?"

Qiao Zhenggang frowned.A few days ago, this sea area was still empty, but now such a thing appeared, indicating that it was a movable object.But after spending an hour and a half on the road, the thing was still far away in the open sea, and its speed might not even be as fast as a windsurfing board.

"Return to your lord," said the staff officer on the side, "from the information that Jinxia sent back earlier, there is a group of long-eared monsters living on the floating island made of trees. The locals call them tree boats, but in fact they are more It looks like a small sea reef. I suspect that this thing was sent by the Jinxia people."

"Is Jinxia's enemy..." Qiao Zhenggang revealed a contemplative look. He was bloodthirsty, but he was not a brainless reckless man, otherwise he would not have climbed all the way to the guard position.The people in the country have no ability to resist, so naturally they can do whatever they want, but Jinxia is different - that is a strong enemy who defeated the Privy Council of Shangyuan. "If I understand correctly, it's actually a giant troop carrier?"

"There is no mention in the intelligence that it is armed." The staff officer shook his head, "But the tree boat can transport troops and weapons, and the general artillery is most taboo about unstable bases. If it can be mounted on such an amazingly large floating island, I'm afraid that the power and accuracy can be maintained at a very high level."

Artillery...

It was indeed mentioned in the information that Jin Xia has studied firearms deeply, and the source is that there are traitors in the mechanism bureau, which makes the level of mechanism skills of this group of rebels improve by leaps and bounds.In the battle with the Shangyuan Privy Council, the artillery support provided by the inland river fleet put a lot of pressure on the alchemists, not to mention the biped mechanism beasts that can carry cannons across mountains and mountains.

"From this point of view, we should take it easy and wait for them to approach the pier before attacking them." Qiao Zhenggang pondered.If you think that Qixing has not learned a lesson from intelligence, it is undoubtedly a big mistake.After all, Xu Guo also has a family of mechanism skills no less than that of the Mohists, and he expected that Jin Xia would not let the Qixing forces enter the interior of Qi State.

It is not only a landing place, but also a barrier carefully built by the Seven Star Privy Council.

"Your Excellency is wise. Our ships are weak and carry only a handful of firearms. It is the most correct choice to avoid them." The staff officer echoed.

"Pass the order to raise the tent," Qiao Zhenggang ordered, "Let all the generals go to my camp to obey the order, and the whole army is ready to meet the enemy!"

……

At this time, the Noah tree boat was slowly approaching the coast of the port.

Since the blocking plan was approved by Mo Yun, Jinxia City immediately took action, prepared for half a month, and set off for half a month. Until late August, the tree boat that restarted its voyage finally crossed Gyeongju and arrived at the predetermined battlefield all the way north.

This time, the plan is to focus on the world island elves, supplemented by alchemists such as Gan and Yan Qing. The primary purpose is to cut off the transportation line of Qixing, so that the opponent cannot gather troops so smoothly, and at the same time destroy the ships at sea as much as possible, weakening the opponent's supply ability. .

With the help of a new batch of binoculars, Jinxia and her party were able to clearly observe the movements on the shore.

The High Priest Senia couldn't put it down - the change from a single tube to a binocular not only significantly expanded the field of vision, but also flexibly adjusted the distance of the gaze through a knob, and its clarity was also raised to an unprecedented level.Even if it is separated by tens of miles, the small section of the mast rising from the sea can be captured.

This is of great significance to elves who have been dealing with the sea all year round.

If it wasn't for the limited production of the new batch of observation mirrors and the high exchange price, she would really like to have one for each of her comrades.

"They found us." Yan Qing slowly shifted his gaze.

The supervisor was using a whip to drive the laborers to carry the supplies piled up by the pier, and the soldiers were also moving back in an orderly manner.The ships docked on the shore hurriedly hoisted their sails and left the port, heading north, as if giving up the coastal defense and giving up the wharf.

It is not surprising to be discovered by the enemy in advance.

The tree boat was basically no different from a hill, its majestic outline made it impossible to hide at all, coupled with the limited speed of sailing, the Bureau had no intention of raiding the enemy from the very beginning.

"It seems that they want to lure you into the urn." Kong Xuanzi agreed, "Look at the foot of the cliff to the north."

Everyone looked together, and saw a huge artificial object half hidden in the woods. At first glance, it looked a bit like a reclining bull made of wood, but its head was made of metal, obviously not for the sake of beautiful appearance. make.

Soon, several lying cows were discovered.

Their body length is about a hundred feet, and their height is as high as two or three adults. It is almost impossible to move them to every corner of the camp with manual handling alone.

"I'm afraid these are mechanism beasts." Yan Qing judged.

"Nine times out of ten." Qian nodded, "If this thing collides with Xuanwu, let alone what means it uses to attack, the iron head alone is enough to block Xuanwu's shelling."

After staying in Jinxia for a while, Yuyi has a new understanding of the city's strength.

He never imagined that complex metal parts could be produced continuously in the blink of an eye and assembled on a sliding conveyor belt.It wasn't until he confirmed it with his own eyes that he realized what an amazing power it was to knead metal at will and press it into various desired shapes.

Relying on these new weapons, even ordinary people who have just joined the army can pose a threat to high-level alchemists.Even if the latter mastered a lot of defensive techniques, it would be difficult to parry in front of the overwhelming numbers and firepower.

Ning Qianshi and Fei Nian cannot be blamed for the failure of the Privy Council.

Nor is it a random coincidence.

Even if they fight ten or a hundred times again, the ending will not change much.

This made Gan gradually get into Jinxia's habit. When fighting the enemy, the first thing he thinks of is no longer how to get close to the opponent, using his ability and experience to defeat the opponent, but first relying on the range and firepower to take advantage of it. Try not to suffer, it is best to win without bloodshed.

For example, for the mechanism beast in front of him, what he subconsciously considered was whether the artillery could break through the defense.

"There is also a situation in the northern waters." Senia reminded, "They seem to be preparing assault boats."

Not only that, everyone also noticed that the boat was full of all kinds of bottles and cans.

There is no doubt that the contents must be inflammable, either sulfur saltpeter or grease.

After all, fire attack has always been an effective means to deal with large ships.

And the tree boat is really afraid of a fire.

"They probably want to wait for the tree boat to land before attacking us at halfway." Yan Qing put down the binoculars and shook his head regretfully, "Unfortunately, we have no plans to fight on land. Your Excellency, next It's up to you."

Senia waved her hand and signaled Ai Li and others in the distance to take off the rainproof gun jacket, "I also want to try it out, how well the new weapon of the Mechanism Bureau performs in actual combat."

Chapter 699 Targeted Strike

The new weapon the high priest was talking about was the large electromagnetic gun that had been tested in the northern suburbs.

After the expansion design, its overall size is comparable to that of the Xuanwu Mechanism Beast—although most of the structure is used to fix the base of the gun body, its electromagnetic launcher has also been unprecedentedly increased to the eighteen-foot level.Restricted by the level of smelting, such a slender slider cannot be formed at one time, and can only be realized by multi-stage splicing. Not to mention the low yield, the production cycle is also extremely long.From the success of the experiment to today, only two of the same model have been manufactured by the Machine Building Bureau, and all of them have been installed on the Noah tree boat.

However, the benefits of increasing the launcher are also obvious.

A longer track means greater acceleration distance, and accommodates larger long-stem projectiles.At the same time, it also reduces the requirements for the operator in a disguised form. Even an alchemist who is not so proficient in the shock technique can accelerate the projectile to the standard exit speed within a limited time.

After loading the shore-based guns on the treeboat, the High Priest participated in the calibration test firing, but it was ultimately sea shooting.She was eager to see if the weapon was as powerful as she had imagined it would be in actual combat.

"Noah, stop moving forward!"

"Report, the tree boat is completely still!"

"The sea breeze is west by north, and the wind force is four!"

"The parameters have been corrected!"

"Target, the enemy machine beast, shoot from the No. [-] turret."

One after another instructions flow among the manipulators - this is also a major feature of Jinxia City. The people who use the latest weapons are usually not generals or soldiers, but researchers who often spend time in the mechanism bureau.No matter what they did, they always looked stern, completely different from the carefree soldiers under the princess' command.

It took a quarter of an hour to prepare for the first shot.

Compared with the weapon technology itself, this result can be regarded as very backward.

However, for Seven Star's landing troops, this was an incomprehensibly fast moment. Within a quarter of an hour, they couldn't even get all the troops out of the beachhead.