69novels Chapter 68 Old Li
Chapter 68 Old Li
"Don't worry, this is Concubine Jian's child. I don't dare to vouch for other princes, but this one, don't worry, I will never leave without you."
"Even so, haven't we thought of a way to break out now? For this sentence of the sixth prince, we have turned over all our family fortunes, but with so many people in the city, and there are soldiers guarding the city, we can only store food at most If it is extended for another day or two, if you can't get out, you will die!"
Yuan Jing also knows that there is no progress on how to escape. The army is besieging the city. There are still so many old and weak women and children in the city.
At this moment, Situ Meng stood up, "It's not an option to just sit and wait for death. Anyway, we haven't thought of a way to get out yet. It's better to start with our own weapons and equipment. With weapons and equipment, there is always a better chance of winning!"
Depth of field is indispensable, in fact, as Situ Meng said, he has not yet figured out a way out of the predicament, people are idle, as early as when the Beiyuan army attacked the city for the first time, he saw that the two sides alone There is more than a level or two difference in the level of wine in the weapons. In the future, no matter if you break through or defend, there will always be a confrontation.
It was a fluke for the guards to escape from the Beiyuan army last time, but this kind of luck will not happen again.
Situ Meng took the lead. At first, Jingshen sent soldiers and fire mechanism repairers and manufacturers in the army to assist him; More and more fire mechanism repairers and fire mechanism manufacturers participated in it; finally, the people of the whole city participated-even though they didn't know how to make fire mechanism or how it works, they still Add your remaining strength to it, even if it is the most "useless" physical work like carrying.
One day, when they were making weapons, it was the time when the sun was setting. The sunset was beautiful. Yuan Jing took everyone to his lighter mechanism oil storage warehouse to get lighter mechanism oil from the darkroom in the cellar of a cloth store. When he came out, Yuan Jing suddenly remembered the legend of Beiyuan's patron saint: "When I was a child, I heard from an old man that there is a legend in Beiyuan that when seven-colored auspicious clouds appear in the sky, it is the time when Beiyuan's patron saint descends."
"The patron saint of Beiyuan?"
"Well, a Valkyrie with two faces in one body, one side is angry, and the other side is kind. When the angry side appears, it will punish all sinners who have done bad things; when the good side appears, it will save all kind people who fall into suffering."
Hearing this, Situ Meng looked up at the sunset in the sky, and suddenly something flashed through his mind.
The soldiers of Beiyuan stared at the outside of the city every day, and sent spies to sneak in many times, but they were all resolved by the depth of the scene.
The manufacturing site for the new weapons was arranged in the cellar of a simple-looking residential building. Situ Meng and others rushed to work day and night, and finally produced a batch of new weapons. The quantity was not large, only enough for a small number of soldiers in the city to guard. .
Both inside and outside the city are waiting, the Beiyuan army is waiting for the day when the people in the city run out of ammunition and food; Jing Shen and others in the city are waiting for the Beiyuan army to relax and reveal their feet.
It finally came to the middle of the night on the No. 13 day, and the famous Captain Jing Shen took the raid team with him, intending to use new weapons to kill the Beiyuan Army by surprise.
Prior to this, Situ Meng had manufactured many fire mechanisms that could carry people into the sky, and the captain led his men to take the lead, riding these flying instruments and flying out of the city wall at night.
On the other side, Situ Meng used the clouds at night as a curtain, and used lighting to create "colorful auspicious clouds" on the clouds.When the Beiyuan army saw the vision from the sky, they all knelt on the ground devoutly and prostrated, muttering words in their mouths.
At this moment, the guarding soldiers led by the captain descended from the sky like divine soldiers. The Beiyuan army didn't react and threw "grenades" at their feet one by one into their barracks.
The Beiyuan army was caught off guard and became chaotic in the sneak attack.
Taking advantage of this time difference, when the Beiyuan Army stationed outside the city was attracting attention, Jing Shen and Zhifu led the team and ran out from the other side. Putting on the armor, protecting the fire engine carriage in the middle, and running wildly all the way.
The Beiyuan army will find them soon, and they must race against time!
On the way to escape, the captain and the rest of the soldiers caught up with them and made sure that there were no missing new weapons. All of them were blown to pieces during the bombing of the Beiyuan army camp, and the rest were recovered by the captain and others.
The plan this time has never been to confront the Beiyuan army head-on. The disparity in strength between the two sides cannot be resolved with a few new weapons. Depth of Field's plan is to disrupt the place from beginning to end, so that we have time to retreat.
When the engine oil is always exhausted, with the equipment and efficiency of the Beiyuan Army itself, it will not take long to regroup and catch up with them.
While controlling the new weapon, Situ Meng marched around the fleeing team, while wondering if there was any way to make a more powerful or easier-to-use weapon; Depth of Field was thinking, how to make the old and weak women and children The marching speed is faster.
The captain and the magistrate were sandwiched between them, wanting to speak but daring not to.
At this moment, a group of people marched over, and it was Jingshen's second uncle, Jian Feihan, who came. Jian Feihan led the Jian family army and the civilians who could not see the end, and met Situ Meng and others.
After exchanging information with Jian Feihan, Jing Shen and Jian Feihan realized that not only Pingcheng, but all the surrounding towns were attacked by the Beiyuan army, and several towns were massacred by the Beiyuan army. None of the officers and civilians in the city survived.
"The firearms they got with great destructive power, and the armor on them, they can't be pierced with our firearms!" Jian Feihan injured his shoulder, and while the military doctor was helping him bandage, he and Depth of Field said.
Situ Meng looked at his bloody wound, and felt pain for him. It was hard to imagine why Jian Feihan could still talk to others like a normal person.
Jian Feihan noticed Situ Meng's gaze, he looked sideways at his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Small injury, it's okay!"
"By the way, how did you escape?" Jian Feihan asked Jing Shen about their situation.
Jing Shen told Jian Feihan the details of their escape that night, Jian Feihan said with a smile: "The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, you can think of using the legend of Beiyuan God!"
"It's also because Mr. Yuan is well-informed, otherwise we wouldn't be so smooth."
"Isn't this the owner of Chengning Villa, Situ? I often hear the youngest mention you! Fortunately, our northwest military camp has replaced a new batch of armor, otherwise we might all fall!"
"So serious?!" Jing Shen frowned and said, "It is impossible for Beiyuan to have such a powerful fire mechanism weapon. They have been suppressed for so many years, and the fire mechanism technique is a blank sheet of paper. To have such an advanced fire mechanism technique ...I see! There is a small country in the west of Beiyuan. Their land cannot produce fire engine oil, so they have to buy it from other countries all year round. However, their fire machine technology is very advanced, and it is said that it is better than some overseas countries. advanced!"
When Situ Meng heard this, he remembered that he had vaguely heard someone mention this country. The people in this country are all scientists, and their research on fire mechanism is at least 30 years ahead of other countries.
"If it is a firearm weapon and equipment bought from that country, it will be difficult to fight."
Since the former emperor, the number of serving and military equipment of the Great Zhou army has been decreasing year by year. Now, the number of the Great Zhou army has been reduced by more than half compared to the beginning of the founding of the country. Now, it's almost no different from a mayfly shaking a tree.
Jing Shen, Situ Meng and others were trapped in Pingcheng for a long time, and the news was blocked. They didn't know that the outside world was already in such a dangerous situation——Most of the mountains and rivers in the north and west of Dazhou had fallen. Fleeing, the boss of the Jian family and Jian's father sit at the last checkpoint in the north of Dazhou to protect the people of Dazhou behind them.
In the northwest military camp, the boss of the Jian family and the old general Jian, as the last barrier in the northwest, started the battle in Hucheng. Numerous northern plains troops.
A piece of grassland separated from Hucheng by a town is Lao Li's pasture.
When the Beiyuan army attacked, they took a fancy to the horses in the ranch and wanted to keep them for themselves. Lao Li was naturally unwilling. He pretended to be flattering on the surface, and secretly asked Li Yue and the workers of the ranch to leave with the horses through the underground passage and take a shortcut. Go to the Northwest Army Camp.
Although Situ Meng's transformed ranch no longer needed so many people, Lao Li still did not dismiss the original workers of the ranch. Instead, he asked Situ Meng to teach them how to maintain these equipment so that they could continue to work on the ranch.So the workers are very grateful to him.
When they first heard Lao Li's order, they were naturally unwilling, expressing that they would live and die with Lao Li and the ranch.
However, Lao Li had a firm attitude, "Now is the critical moment of life and death. My son and the best horse resources in the ranch are entrusted to you. You must take them to the Northwest Military Camp! I am not joking with you, you know, these It's all very important to me!"
"But we can't leave you alone, sir!"
The workers have been working with Lao Li for so long, and they are as familiar as family members.
"Besides, the Beiyuan Army has many eyes and ears. You are the only one left behind, and they will find out soon!"
"Yes! Master, let us stay! Anyway, we are at this age, how long can we live? Even if we go with everyone, the road will only be their drag!"
"Sir, let us stay!"
Lao Li hesitated for a while, closed his eyes and said painfully: "If you want to stay, you can stay, but young adults and children must go with my son! Take these war horses to the Northwest Military Camp!"
"Father, don't go, my boy! I want to stay with you!" Li Yue broke free from the shackles of his companions, ran to Lao Li and cried.
Lao Li touched his face, "Silly boy, you will always be my father's pride... Hurry up, or it will be too late. Xiao Zhao! Take him away! I'm going to block the passage here! Hurry up!"
Xiao Zhao and other young workers worked together to drag Li Yue away. They drove good-quality war horses, while cattle, sheep and ordinary-quality horses were left in the pasture to hide.
Finally, only Lao Li and the old people in the ranch were left. They gathered all the lighters in the ranch, and when the Beiyuan army showed up, they detonated the bombs on their bodies. The ranch was razed to the ground in an instant, Lao Li, the old people of the ranch, and all the Beiyuan troops brought in by them were buried in the flames.
Li Yue and the others walked in the tunnel for a while, when they suddenly heard the sound of explosions on the ground, which was so loud that even the tunnel was shaken by bursts of explosions.
The footsteps of the crowd couldn't help but stop, and someone realized what happened on the ground, and a low cry sounded in the tunnel.