a hundred times

"Why?" Cheng Yue was puzzled, "There is no way to fight at Qingming Lake."

Nangong Jue pondered for a while, and quickly sorted out everything clearly, and analyzed: "No, if it is said that it is impossible to start a war, it cannot be done here. The clearing lake is different, the water surface is flat, although it is impossible to fight head-on, it is not impossible to fight."

Zhou Chuze said in a low voice: "I'm afraid he will make some preparations at Qingming Lake."

Nangong Jue nodded in agreement, "You can't just do nothing here and let them go." When the two armies are fighting, there is absolutely no reason why the other side will fight wherever the other side says to fight. It is no different from being led by the nose. .

"Two-thirds of the soldiers and horses were driven away, but more than [-] people remained... Besides, they must be prepared now." Cheng Yue said.

Restricted by the river, even if troops are dispatched, it is impossible to show all their strength quickly.

Zhou Chuze said lightly, "It's okay."

Nangong Jue understood, "It's a good time to take this opportunity to test the power of the artillery. If it can cause heavy losses to the [-] troops, I don't believe that the foreign race will not return to help under such circumstances."

Several people refocused their eyes on the artillery that had just been tested.

Cheng Yue asked in a deep voice: "It takes about half an hour to dispatch troops and ships, and it takes a quarter of an hour to get to the frontline barracks...Give me a specific time, how many artillery pieces can I produce?"

The small town was overwhelmed with the need to supply the army. This time, in order to cast cannons, many people even handed over their own iron pots. Even so, the fine steel was still far from enough after repeated forging.Cheng Yue also knew in his heart that it was impossible to successfully build a cannon, so he naively thought that the army would have hundreds of cannons tomorrow.

The fifth prince in the past always had a playful youthful nature, and now his voice was quiet and solemn, and his innate royal dignity was naturally revealed.Zhou Chuze raised his dark eyes and looked thoughtfully.

"In an hour, there will be three doors... maybe four doors." Zhou Chuze thought for a while and added, "Improved ammunition can be prepared, thirty pieces."

Cheng Yue looked at him seriously, opened his mouth, but remained silent for a while.

"Chu Ze, I'll wait for you."

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wait for me?

Why are you waiting for me?

It looks affectionate, but has it ever been true to each other with sincerity?

Zhou Chuze was thinking slowly in his head, and he was assembling the parts in his hands in an orderly manner. It took a full 72 times for the rotating lever to turn around, so this cannon can do 72 rounds with someone helping to reload it. hair.He lowered his eyes, his black eyelashes looked like a small fan, and carefully inspected them one by one, listening to the sound of Gaden Gaden's turning lever being pulled.

Nangongjue helped Nangongxiao aside, while the other two experienced craftsmen were assembling another cannon.This new type of artillery is undoubtedly a military secret, and after assembly, the two craftsmen will be under the strict supervision of soldiers.

"What's on your mind?" Nangong asked suddenly with a smile.

"……No."

Nangong said with a smile on his face that I didn't believe it, and said, "Lao Ye is a little unfathomable, but don't worry about it, even if they don't win this time, it's enough for them to suffer. With me protecting you, he can fight against you. How are we?"

Zhou Chuze didn't explain that he wasn't worrying about Ye Zhuchen, but just smiled: "I'm not afraid of him."

He laughed to sweep away the desolation around him, with a soft arc, and added softly: "We will win."

This time, Nangong Jue on the side was stunned.He has been smart since he was a child, and he can afford to be resourceful and resourceful. However, in the face of the current situation, Nangong Jue thinks that even if he is wiser than Zhuge, even if he has all the strategies, he is powerless to save the current decline of Dacheng.The foreign race is strong and strong, and there is an unborn genius like Ye Zhuchen. His rationality tells him that the foreign race will dominate the Central Plains one day.

What Nangong Jue is doing now is quite a sense of knowing the fate of the world, just to be worthy of his own country.

But now, Zhou Chuze said, he will win.

After Nangong Jue was taken aback for a moment, he realized that this person is the heir of the Nian'an Zhou Mansion.In the past 300 years, the head of the three famous schools of martial arts has never had a person who has insulted his family name.Not to mention, Zhou Chuze's uncle Zhou Suiyun, a famous general who was almost invincible back then, once supported this dynasty with his own hands.

Therefore, he will win, Zhou Chuze can say such words, and at the same time, he can speak frankly.Zhou Chuze can be regarded as the person who knows Ye Zhuchen the best in the world today. He clearly understands how strong his opponent is, but what about being strong?As long as you are human, you have weaknesses; if you have not lost completely, you still have a chance to come back.

"Master Zhou is confident?" Nangong Jue asked with a complicated expression.

After a while, Zhou Chuze tried the last axis of the rotating rod, and said lightly: "You might as well try it."

His appearance is too handsome, sometimes even dazzlingly beautiful, many people try to protect his deeds, so that they forget that he is also a person in this troubled world with a mission.

Nangong Xiao seemed to understand something, and suddenly said: "Chu Ze, do you want...to go to the battlefield together?"

Zhou Chuze said: "I will stand where I am most needed."

After adjusting the cannon in his hand, Zhou Chuze looked at the door that Nangong Xiao and Nangong Jue were tossing about. After a while, he stepped forward and took over the parts in Nangong Jue's hands, "Don't be distracted."

Nangong Jue stepped back in embarrassment, but seeing Zhou Chuze busy with the work in hand, his thoughts wandered away for a while.

will win?

Yes, about Ye Zhuchen, most of what he heard came from Nangong Xiao's description.For this person's name, people in the world even only stay in the identity of the owner of the Cuilan Building in the Wulin Conference, and tie the label of the Talking and Laughing Building.Nangongjue suddenly thought, after the battle in Guicheng, they didn't even fight on the battlefield, why should I be afraid of this person?

Perhaps, it is really possible to defeat that seemingly invincible person?

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One end of the iron chain is connected to the river bank, and the other end is leading the boats. The fleet of three miles is set up, and they are strictly waiting for the alien army on the other side of the river.

The arrows and crossbows used by foreigners have already been improved, they are fast and accurate, and their shooting range exceeds that of the Han people.Dacheng suffered from this problem ten years ago. The distance he kept from the enemy just kept his side safely out of range.

Ye Zhuchen expected that Dacheng would take action once he started to move his troops, so he stayed in the He'an army.Although he is the marshal of a foreign race, even in the barracks, he has been careful to keep his identity a mystery, and he only stays in the barracks to wait for news at this time.Anyway, Khan led the troops on the left and right, and what he, the marshal, sometimes did was just the work of a military adviser.

He has always been self-confident, but he never underestimated his opponents, and soon found out that something was wrong.

"How long has it been?"

A soldier reported: "My lord, Dacheng has already dispatched troops for three quarters of an hour."

"Three quarters of an hour...their soldiers haven't boarded the ship yet?"

The soldier ran out again, and came back shortly after, panting heavily, "I'm on board! But there's no movement! It's been half a stick of incense since there's no movement!"

Even though Ye Zhuchen has great powers, he still doesn't know what happened to Dacheng's army at this moment.

However, he was always decisive in his actions. He glanced at the silver battle armor hanging on the side, put the marshal's talisman in his hand on the table, and ordered: "Order our army to board the ship and attack the enemy immediately."

The soldiers didn't dare to neglect, and hurried out to deliver orders.

Not long after, the horns sounded and the drums thundered.

Ye Zhuchen strategized in the military camp, motionless like a mountain.He naturally knew that Zhou Chuze was in Dacheng's barracks now, but since Nangong Xiao was by his side, Ye Zhuchen could rest assured to put aside his children's affair.On the battlefield again, he returned to reason again.

He is not so cold-blooded that he regards human life as worthless, nor is he so sympathetic that he cannot see bloodshed and sacrifice.

War requires sacrifice, and Ye Zhuchen will not think of fighting Dacheng when it is possible to outsmart him; but when it is necessary to fight against him, he will not give up the opportunity because of a momentary soft-heartedness.

Today's Qianhe River will be dyed red, and then flow into the Qingqing Lake twenty miles away.

Outside the tent was the sound of people and horses walking, mixed with rude and urgent foreign language, the whole rear was busy, but it also shone with the excitement of aggression.Even farther away, with Ye Zhuchen's hearing ability, he could hear the clear sounds of swords and swords, the shouts, roars, and pain brought about by the scuffle.There was even the faint sound of arrows passing through the body and splashing blood.

Ye Zhuchen was in a calm mood.

However, in this calm, he suddenly caught an unusual sound, heard the fuse being ignited, and the shell flew across the sky...

He didn't even react.

The entire ground trembled violently, and a glass of water placed on the desk splashed a few drops during the tremor.The water surface of this glass of water has not yet returned to calm, and then, the ground trembled again and again, indicating that the ground not far away was undergoing explosions again and again.

In a blink of an eye, the outside world became a hell on earth.

Ye Zhuchen picked up the armor with one hand and put it on his body, and quickly got out of the tent. As expected, the fire was raging not far away, and even covered everything. Amid the heart-piercing screams of the soldiers, it seemed as if he could smell everything scorched in the air. the taste of.

The guards outside were already in chaos. When they saw Ye Zhuchen, they were bewildered: "Their cannons! Young Master! What to do! What to do!"

"Withdraw! Go to the east!" This time, the inner strength was used, and in the chaos for a while, there were still quite a few soldiers who heard this order spoken by a foreign race!

And Ye Zhuchen was extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye he had already got on a horse and galloped towards the front where the two armies were fighting.

Almost at the same time when he saw the great power of this cannon, Ye Zhuchen remembered the catapult he had seen in the back mountain of Wenliu Villa in the past, just like when Zhou Chuze saw the design drawing of the cannon.

Zhou Suiyun has been dormant for several years, if his heart is still in the world, there is absolutely no way he will not move!

Ye Zhuchen never underestimated his opponents, and he knew clearly in his heart that in the process of conquering Dacheng, the most difficult opponent would not be the deep-minded Cheng Yue, nor would he be the one who concealed his secret feelings , it will only be Zhou Suiyun.It was also based on such a clear understanding that after seeing the power of the catapult for the first time, he quickly made full mental preparations, and one day he might encounter a powerful artillery on the battlefield.

Fortunately, he never fought uncertain battles.

Ye Zhuchen didn't even show any signs of panic, as the shell attack continued.Simply because the artillery has a long range and the shells fly in the air for a long time, Ye Zhuchen has enough time to make a judgment and ride his horse to dodge the attack of the artillery.

The further you go to the front, the more tragic the attack from the artillery fire will be.There was scorched black or blood red everywhere, and even fragments of residual limbs could be seen everywhere.

Foreign races are heavily armed, and the generals at the forefront are fortunately all capable of defending themselves, and most of them are able to protect themselves from the artillery fire.

One of them was even more ferocious. He had already jumped onto Dacheng's ship and led a group of alien soldiers to kill the enemy wantonly. It was Dongshuang.But at this time, melee combat on the water is safer.

Seeing that Dongshuang was safe, Ye Zhuchen let go of his little worries.With his feet hanging upside down, he bent over and picked up a handful of alien crossbows from the ground. With a light pick, he hung the quiver behind him.

All the generals were refreshed when they saw the silver armor.

"marshal!"

"Master! You are here!"

"It's the young master! The Marshal is here to save us!"

Ye Zhuchen's skill in riding the horse was very good, as soon as he reined in the horse's rope, he appeared among many soldiers and horses of different races.With a single step, he swept up from the steed, and after a few ups and downs, he came to the alien ship under the eyes of many people.

The small boat has been smashed by Dacheng's cobblestone cannon, and only a few large wooden planks are left floating on the water.Ye Zhuchen, on the other hand, stood as if he was walking on the ground. When he landed on the ground, he had already drawn an arrow from his quiver. He squinted slightly. The arrow was on the crossbow, and he didn't know how to aim it. Under the layer of protection, only the artilleryman, who was half the size, was left.

The morale of the alien race is boosted!

However, Ye Zhuchen's actions were far more than that. Before he had time to cheer, he saw the man in silver-white armor standing on the front line of the foreign race shoot three arrows directly!

These three arrows almost seemed to be manipulated by someone, and they pierced through the chests of the other three artillerymen without exception!

The pressure of the artillery was immediately removed from the alien army, only to hear the alien soldiers and horses recklessly rushing towards the opposite Dacheng army with unprecedented morale amidst the loud killing sound!

During the command on the other side, Cheng Yue stared at the other party's sudden reinforcements, and said sharply, "Substitute! Keep going!"

The gunner fell, but the cannon did not.The situation was urgent, and soon someone pushed the dead gunner away and pushed him up, and the soldiers guarding the gunner in front were even more serious, wanting to protect him better.

It was the first time that Dacheng's army had gained such a big advantage when facing a foreign race. Under such circumstances, Dacheng would not back down either!

However, Ye Zhuchen would not ignore this point either.

The bow was put on again, and three arrows were loaded on the crossbow. The gunner on the new top was not ready yet, and three soldiers who were preparing to protect him fell down in a blink of an eye.

On the other boat, Dongshuang, under the power of Ye Zhuchen's arrow crossbow just now, grabbed a gap in Dacheng, penetrated deep into the enemy's stomach, directed his two knives, splashed blood, forcibly made a way out, and jumped onto a Ships with cannons.

Anyone with a little military knowledge can infer that the most important thing to do at this time is to completely cut off Dacheng's artillery fire.

Dongshuang was still exhausted from the fierce battle at this time, but her will to practice Kuai Dao Jue was far beyond comparison.At this time, he breathed a sigh of relief and came up, with luck in his palm, he slammed out a palm, shaking off the soldiers around the artillery, and killed them desperately.

In the distance, Ye Zhuchen had no expression on his face, and fired three arrows at once, repeating the previous stunt, and shot to death the other three gunners who were about to go up.

The war situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for Dacheng.

Cheng Yue also killed the enemy in front, and at this time simply ordered: "Set up the formation! Siege the silver armor!"

How could Ye Zhuchen not hear?

With a sneer, he drew out the last three arrows in his quiver, and without fail, he hit the person who tried to re-fire the shell again.

And almost at the same time, the elite soldiers led by Dongshuang killed most of the people on the gun boat, and pushed a gun into the rolling river!

When the artillery entered the river, Cheng Yue seemed to hear that the battle had been declared a failure.

Ye Zhuchen didn't relax at this point. In his opinion, only a quarter of this problem has been solved so far. He was erratic, and he threw away the Dacheng soldiers who were trying to besiege him a few times. Find a boat, hitch an arrow again.

However, this time, his arrow failed to go out.

Ye Zhuchen's hands even trembled a bit.

Everyone on the battlefield had no time to take care of themselves. After a period of time without hearing the gunfire, the foreign race had roughly relaxed. It was not until another loud sound representing death returned to the battlefield that the foreign race realized that the silver-colored The marshal of the armor was stunned on the battlefield!

He stayed where he was!

The arrow was even on his crossbow, but he never fired it!

Ye Zhuchen couldn't shoot the arrow in his hand, he let go, and looked at Zhou Chuze who was kneeling in front of the artillery from a distance, separated by a few boats and soldiers fighting on both sides.

And the other two cannons were operated by Nangong Xiao and Nangong Jue.After all, Nangong Xiao's weight to Ye Zhuchen is not small, and moving Nangong Jue is tantamount to moving Nangong Xiao, Ye Zhuchen doesn't need to verify this at all.

Could it really be retribution?

The sound of cannon fire continued one after another, and huge sparks exploded. There was almost no sound of cannon fire, which meant that dozens of foreign warriors would be sacrificed.This is on the water, and it is not difficult to sink a ship with one cannonball, which magnifies the huge casualties.

Ye Zhuchen looked at Zhou Chuze, the corners of his lips raised, helplessly.

And Zhou Chuze was also looking at Ye Zhuchen, after a long absence, his eyes were as cold as parting.

He didn't stop manipulating the rotary lever, repeatedly, and even he himself had the illusion that he was taking revenge on Ye Zhuchen.Maybe it's not an illusion, but he's really taking revenge.

After all, this gaze will not last long in the here and now.

Ye Zhuchen threw the arrow crossbow, picked up a sword casually, and with his lightness, he had already reached the most intense battle between the two sides in the blink of an eye.Cheng Yue's martial arts are not very good, but fortunately there are so many treasures in the palace, the silk armor for body protection is a rare treasure of self-defense, and there is a master like Ajia who wholeheartedly protects him, so he didn't suffer many injuries all the way through the battle .

However, such precautions were still not enough in front of Ye Zhuchen.

He got serious, and wanted to take Cheng Yue's head from among thousands of troops, it would take him at most ten moves.Ah Jia's martial arts is indeed good, but in Ye Zhuchen's eyes, this kind of number one master in the rivers and lakes really doesn't even have the strength to fight.

Cheng Yue faced Ye Zhuchen calmly, and retreated, A Jia blocked him.

Ye Zhuchen smiled coldly, he was in an extremely bad mood right now, and he had already regarded Cheng Yue as a thorn in his side, so naturally he would not be soft-handed and violent.Ajia barely blocked the two moves, and soon he was stretched.

Facing the world's top experts, this is not the first time he has encountered such difficulties.

A thought flashed through, the last time it was in the imperial palace, I ran into Nangong Xiao.

Just when Ah Jia felt that there was no way to avoid it, suddenly a long whip came out and blocked A Jia's body - Nangong Xiao!

At this time, just because Ah Jia has no strength to fight, it doesn't mean that no one in Dacheng's army can resist Ye Zhuchen.

"Lao Ye!"

Nangong laughed loudly, and he was already in front of Cheng Yue and A Jia. A long whip drew a range, delineating the battlefield where she and Ye Zhuchen fought.

"Nangong." Ye Zhuchen said coldly, "I don't want to fight with you, don't force me."

Nangong smiled and said: "You said that there is no friendship to talk about on the battlefield. Today I killed so many people from different races. If you really want to fight with me, I won't blame you."

"I should fight with you! You shouldn't have let Chu Ze come here!" Ye Zhuchen almost gritted his teeth, "It's too dangerous!"

Nangong Xiao had never seen Ye Zhuchen who lost his composure like this.

She suddenly realized: Ye Zhuchen was afraid.

Nangong smiled and said, "He wants to come by himself." She thought for a while, then looked at Ye Zhuchen seriously, "Old Ye, you seem to be really kind to Chu Ze...but have you ever thought about the fact that you gave Chu Ze Is that what Chu Ze really wants?"

"Maybe, what he wants is to guard Dacheng?" Nangong Xiao suddenly shook his head and said, "You don't know, have you forgotten that he is from the Zhou family! This family has already guarded Dacheng A full 300 years!"

Although these words were said by Nangong Jue with a smile to Nangong before going to the battlefield, but at this moment, when facing Ye Zhuchen, she really understood the meaning of these words.

Ye Zhuchen said: "I won't allow him to get hurt."

Nangong smiled and sighed, "You don't know."

Saying so, flicking the long whip, earnestly gave Ye Zhuchen a pre-competition salute, just like she did every time she challenged a famous martial artist in the past.

She never loses.

"Lao Ye, you and I are masters." Nangong Xiao took a deep breath and smiled, "Let's have a serious game and try to see if you are the No.1 in today's world."

And at the same time.

Dongshuang killed Zhou Chuze with only five elites left.

There were 72 rounds in the wheel, and next to the artillery, a soldier was putting his head on the cannonballs. No matter which one of the three kinds of cannonballs was fired, it would bring death to the alien race.

Dongshuang's five elites quickly killed everyone on board except for a few soldiers around Zhou Chuze.

Zhou Chuze naturally saw Dongshuang, smiled, with a gentle look on his face, and called her by name, "Dongshuang."

Dongshuang's body and face were splashed with blood, and the two double knives took the lives of many people.However, at this moment, Dongshuang showed pain on his expressionless face.

Very subtle, but enough for Zhou Chuze to see clearly.

Her throat was a little dry, "You shouldn't come here."

The person in front of him, his hands were only stained with the blood of two people before today.And now, he can't even count how many people died because of the shells he fired with his own hands.

Killing is a kind of pain, and the person in front of you should never bear this kind of pain.

Zhou Chuze listened to the sound of the rotating lever and felt the powerful aftereffect of the shell when it was fired. He looked at Dongshuang and said slowly, "Don't be sad, I chose it myself."

Dongshuang looked at him.

Then he raised his hand and put a knife in his hand on Zhou Chuze's neck.

She said dryly, "Stop."

When she was speaking, a tear suddenly flowed down, and it was so hot that it hit the back of Zhou Chuze's hand, almost scalding.