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The black cloud overwhelms the city and wants to destroy it.

The city on Changping Slope is a small city. Due to the approaching war, most of the residents in the city have already fled to the south to flee for their lives.

After Zhou Chuze stayed in the military camp for one night, he moved to the city early the next morning.After the army recruited the craftsmen in the city, Zhou Chuze distributed the task of casting artillery parts. Each craftsman was accompanied by three young and middle-aged civilians, and was supervised by two soldiers.

It took only two days and one night, and Zhou Chuze installed the first cannon by himself.

After Cheng Yue received the news, he immediately put down everything in his hands and went to the small town with Nangong Jue to test the power of the new artillery.The location of the artillery test was chosen in a plain behind the city. The battle was stalemate, and many people in the city dragged their families along, or drove donkey carts, or just relied on their feet, trying to get out of this right and wrong place.

Zhou Chuze watched silently. He hadn't slept for fourteen hours in a row, but his mind was unprecedentedly sober.

Cheng Yue was inspecting the cannon with his own soldiers, while Nangong smiled and watched beside him with a displeased face. Everyone waited for the soldiers to clear away the refugees and leave an open space for firing the cannon.

Nangong Jue walked to Zhou Chuze's side, looked at it for a while, and suddenly said: "The foreign race has never slaughtered the city, nor has it burned, killed, or looted."

Zhou Chuze said: "A jackal is a jackal after all."

Nangong Jue looked thoughtfully at Zhou Chuze, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and asked, "Actually, you know that, right?"

Zhou Chuze didn't speak.

"Foreign races are always wolves, tigers and leopards in the hearts of the people of Dacheng." He said clearly but with certainty, "However, you should understand that the country will be divided for a long time, and this time it is just a different group of people to rule. Today Even if Dacheng cannot be blamed for the current situation, it cannot be entirely blamed on the wolfish ambitions of other races."

Each is their own master, but it doesn't mean that Nangong Jue has no insight into the general trend of the world.

Zhou Chuze recalled the conversation with Ye Zhuchen on the way back to Dongliang in the past, subconsciously frowned, and said coldly, "How do you understand? What if you don't understand?"

Nothing will change.

Nangong Jue smiled slightly and said, "If you really understand, some things may not stand still."

"Military division, you are indeed very smart." Zhou Chuze's voice was cold, "It's just that there is far more than a war between me and him."

He has always understood Ye Zhuchen's position in helping foreign races capture the Central Plains. It can even be said that he understands Ye Zhuchen better than most people who know Ye Zhuchen. He knows that Ye Zhuchen is not only for foreign races, but also for the former dynasty represented by his mother. For the royal family, Zhou Chuze even knew that Ye Zhuchen didn't want all of this.

But these understandings are of no use to their relationship.

The distance between them is far more than war, there is also a distance between two true hearts.

At this time, the fugitives were finally dispersed by the soldiers one by one, and a large open space was cleared. Nangong Xiao couldn't wait, and happily called Zhou Chuze to come and demonstrate.Nangong Jue also realized that what he just said was too arbitrary, coughed, and asked Zhou Chuze to go first.

The new type of artillery is made of pure steel, and the whole body is pitch black. At first glance, it is only a circle larger than the artillery commonly used on the battlefield, and there is nothing special about it. There is only a runner under the muzzle. The time to achieve the power of continuous multiple shots.

In the bamboo basket on the side, there are a polished round stone, an ammunition commonly used in the army, and a specially configured ammunition.

Zhou Chuze picked up the boulder, expressionless, and lowered his eyes to stuff the boulder into the gun barrel. Nangong Jue noticed that it just stuck into a groove of the wheel.

"It was originally improved from a trebuchet."

Zhou Chuze explained lightly, and manipulated the rotary lever without changing his expression. The next moment, the boulder flew out, drawing an arc in the air, and smashed into the ground fiercely in the blink of an eye, like a dark thunder, stirring up a cloud of dust.

This action did not appear to be so thrilling, but Nangong Jue already showed a look of surprise.

Zhou Chuze squinted his eyes and visually checked the landing point of the boulder. Although he was very sure, it was only at this time that he finally let go of his heart.It should be noted that the weight of the stone is much greater than that of the cannonball. The distance that the cobblestone flew just now has slightly exceeded the distance of the cannonball fired by the general artillery.

At present, the artillery shells in the army are by no means sufficient, and the cobblestone can have such power, which can be regarded as greatly alleviating the urgent need for ammunition.

Soon, Cheng Yue was also beaming with joy.

Next, Zhou Chuze tried the artillery shells commonly used in the army. Sure enough, this time it flew farther, and the range was so great that there was only a vague black spot left in people's eyes before landing. When the sparks exploded, they could see where they were.

Crossing the Qianhe River is enough.

"This is the cannonball that my uncle improved."

For the last one, Zhou Chuze was much more calm than Cheng Yue and Nangong Jue. He reloaded and ignited, and pulled the lever. Soon there was a thunder on the ground, and the blazing fire ignited in the distance. It seemed that the flame was about to explode. half of the sky!If it wasn't for the psychological preparation, it would almost be thought that it was a fireball falling from the sky.

Except for Zhou Chuze, everyone was shocked by the huge power.

"This improvement..."

Cheng Yue was speechless, "What's in it?"

"Vegetable oil." Zhou Chuze pursed his lips. "The lead wire of this kind of shell must be made very long, which is dangerous. It is not good for long-term storage, and there is no need to produce too much."

Nangong Jue said: "I'm afraid we only need [-] or [-] shells, which is enough for us to solve this battle."

Zhou Chuze thought for a moment and agreed: "Almost."

Nangong Xiao was the one with the most emotional expression among the group of people, and immediately said happily: "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and assemble the cannons. With all this hard work, all the accessories for the cannons are complete!"

She has a good personality and is informal, but she is also extremely smart. As early as Zhou Chuze's first assembly of the cannon, she memorized the process clearly, and she was eager to try to assemble a cannon by herself.

Zhou Chuze smiled at Nangong without breaking away from the coldness of ordinary people, he just smiled and said, "Okay."

Cheng Yue wanted to seize the opportunity to have a good talk with Zhou Chuze, and was thinking about when to speak, when the soldiers around him whispered "Prince", motioning Cheng Yue to look back.

Several other people also noticed.

I saw a person on the plain coming on horseback, with dust flying behind him. It was Ajia, the servant who was loyal to Cheng Yue.Zhou Chuze was still in a complicated mood when facing Cheng Yue and Ajia. He turned his eyes away, but he also thought that Ajia was galloping forward. Could it be that something happened in the army?

Or... something happened to the alien army?

Nangong Jue also had the look of exploring, but Nangong Xiaochang showed distaste.

Sure enough, Ah Jia reined in his horse and stopped in front of everyone. After jumping off the horse, he didn't bother to take a breath, and hurriedly said to Cheng Yue: "Half an hour ago, the foreign race began to move troops. , according to the spies, the alien Khan ordered to go east!"

east?

Zhou Chuze frowned.

Before everyone had a discussion, Nangong Jue quickly gave the answer: "It's Qingcheng Lake." He said with certainty, "Ye Zhuchen changed the location of the decisive battle to Qingcheng Lake."