nashuaworldcup Chapter 282 Chu Xingchen stood on his horse with a resolute expression, but his shout was resounding
Chapter 282 Chu Xingchen stood on his horse with a resolute expression, but his shout was resounding
"Your Highness, please come this way."
Su Yingxue entered a private room in the teahouse and asked everyone to stay downstairs.
In the tea room on the second floor, the secret door hidden in the wall of the private room opened. Su Yingxue avoided being seen and entered the secret door, which led to a tunnel.
There was a dark room at the bottom of the tunnel, brightly lit, with incense burning and flowers arranged. Even the table was already filled with tea.
"Your Highness, Mr. Gongshu has arrived."
Chen Dong, accompanied by an old man in blue clothes, stood up to report to her. The old man had gray hair and was thin, but he was full of energy.
"Sir, you are so righteous. At an age when you can enjoy your grandchildren, you have traveled all the way here for your country. Yingxue thanks you on behalf of the people living on the border."
In the past two years, Su Yingxue visited the thatched cottage three times and invited Mr. Gongshu to use the Gongshu family's mechanical skills to create many weapons of war.
"Your Highness, I am sorry to trouble this old man."
"Your Highness, a person of great wealth, has to go to the front lines and stay here for a long time, let alone a mere commoner."
"The first batch of mechanical weapons has been transported to the three border cities by me and your Highness's men. I hope to help your Highness defend the borders."
Mr. Gongshu answered sincerely.
Two years ago, when she paid his highness a secret visit for the third time, she told him a magical dream story in the thatched cottage. In the dream, Su Yingxue told him that the eldest princess came back to life and returned to the prosperous time when the country was still prosperous.
In the future, Da Qi will bring elite cavalry, break through cities along the way, capture the capital of Sheng State, and finally establish the prosperous state of Qi.
Originally, Mr. Gongshu did not believe it. He angrily ordered his men to kick out the man who cursed the fate of Sheng State. Later, Chu Xingchen really became the new emperor of Qi State.
Mr. Gongshu ordered someone to deliver a letter to His Highness, and carefully learned some details of the battle at that time. After receiving Su Yingxue's reply, the Gongshu family closed themselves off to research and develop, and finally made a thousand-jin lock, a catapult, and a wooden bird that can be controlled by humans in the air and attack with arrows and crossbows.
Su Yingxue, Chen Dong and Mr. Gongshu spy for a long time before returning to the box. They drank a cup of tea as if nothing had happened before leaving the private room.
For the last time, we confirmed the delivery of the remaining medicinal materials and food, as well as a lot of construction materials, and transported them back to Hancheng.
When she was riding a horse to escort him back to Hancheng, she suddenly received an urgent military report that Chucheng had been attacked by Qi army and the soldiers in the city were struggling to defend the city. She sent some reinforcements, food and herbs to His Highness to support Chucheng.
Upon hearing this, Su Yingxue hurriedly took this batch of food and herbs with her to Chu City, and ordered her confidant to take the building materials to Han City to deliver wood to mobilize troops.
Su Yingxue hadn't expected that this time, the story would be completely different from the original book. She rode her horse, carrying food, fodder, and herbs, rushing to Chu City day and night.
Despite the previous deployment, Chu City still suffered numerous casualties from the enemy's night attack. Fortunately, the Gongshu family's pre-delivered heavy locks held up the city gate, the last line of defense. Furthermore, wooden flying birds, maneuvered by crossbowmen, killed many Qi soldiers attacking the city.
However, the Sheng soldiers defending the city still suffered heavy casualties.
As soon as Su Yingxue arrived at the top of the city wall, she saw that the wall was mottled. Whether it was on the wall or in front of the city gate, it was covered with corpses, blood was flowing like a river, and the ground was littered with arrows.
Su Yingxue led her men to engage in post-war defense deployment, as well as the treatment and resettlement of wounded soldiers and refugees.
Even in the era of cold weapons, war was cruel and depressing.
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"A flying archery wooden bird and a thousand-pound lock led to the failure of the siege?"
Chu Xingchen's face turned serious when he heard this.
This time, he chose to attack Chucheng with his main force and abandoned Hancheng. The reason was simply because he was reborn, and so was Su Yingxue.
However, Chu Xingchen had not expected that the tribe soldiers he had painstakingly arranged would set up camp in front of Hancheng just to use the empty city plan.
Build a plank road in the open and cross Chencang secretly.
Without mobilizing troops, he used a small number of soldiers to create the impression of a large army stationed in front of Hancheng, making the people of Sheng think he was attacking Hancheng, thereby lowering the defenses of Chucheng. But now, because of that damn wooden bird and the thousand-pound lock, his plan failed.
"How did that wooden bird cause so many casualties to our army? If it can fly, can't it be shot down with arrows and crossbows?"
Chu Xingchen just felt a headache. He had never heard of a wooden bird that could fly and fight.
"The bottom of the wooden bird is covered with iron sheets, so ordinary bows and arrows are powerless. The crossbow inside the wooden bird seems to have been modified, and its lethality is extremely strong."
"It's not easy to attack, Your Highness."
Chu Xingchen's face turned cold when he heard this.
"Rumor has it that the Nangong family once took in a family skilled in mechanical engineering, named Gongshu."
"However, after the Nangong family declined, we haven't heard of the Gongshu clan's whereabouts."
"Good sister, you've made all the plans, and you've also made arrangements early on to guard against my brother."
Chu Xingchen's face was grim, his heart was indifferent, and his expression was as bleak as ice.
"When it comes to surprise attacks, the opportunity is fleeting and once missed, it will never come back."
"Call all the soldiers and discuss a strategy to counter the wooden bird and the jack. We must capture Chu City before the reinforcements from Han City arrive."
"Order the troops in front of Hancheng to retreat to the border city."
"This time, I will have a good fight with my sister."
The Qi army camp was brightly lit all night long.
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In Shengguo's Chu City, Su Yingxue and a group of generals also discussed until late at night.
Now if Chu Cheng’s troops confront Chu Xingchen’s main force, they will have no advantage in terms of military strength.
The Qi cavalry are good at fighting. If we engage them in close combat, we will suffer heavy losses.
As it was still dark today, they could only reinforce the existing defenses. Even more serious was the fact that it would take at least ten days to transport food and troops from Hancheng to Chucheng.
The key is how to survive these ten days.
The next day, dawn.
The Qi army gathered its elite troops, equipped with giant catapults and gate-breaking pestles, and tens of thousands of elite cavalry and infantry, with drums beating loudly, and stationed their troops in front of the Chu city.
The army is approaching, and the enemy troops are a black mass, countless in number.
Su Yingxue stood on the city gate, looking out at the military force that outnumbered Chu City by several times, her face solemn. Sure enough, she was right.
It was Su Yingxue who was blinded by one thing before.
Since Su Yingxue came from a book and knew the subsequent destiny, could Chu Xingchen also be a book-crossing strategist?
She worked out her subsequent plans according to his established plot, but ended up punching nothing. Her cleverness backfired.
Chu Xingchen led his troops in person, riding a warhorse with the soldiers, wearing armor, and acting unrestrained and romantic.
In the past two years, his posture has become much taller, and his features have become more capable and slimmer. He looks like a heroic young general, unrestrained and romantic.
"Soldiers of Chu, listen to my orders. I am the new emperor of Great Qi. I know your forces are vastly outnumbered, and it will be difficult to resist."
"If you are willing to voluntarily lay down your weapons and surrender to the Great Qi, you will all be safe and free from the flames of war."
"I am the new emperor of Great Qi. I wish to treat the people of the newly conquered cities with kindness, by giving them a hundred taels of gold and a thousand dan of grain. I will also reduce taxes by 20% and provide the newcomers with better policies."
Chu Xingchen had a determined look on his face as he stood on his horse. As the young emperor, his words were resounding.