Heavenly Dao Formula

After nightfall, the torches of the camp set up a corridor of lights between the western outskirts of the city and Fengyang Villa.

When both sides lacked the means to attack the city, the main task of the soldiers became to guard against the sneak attack led by the enemy's aura.

The princess also moved the main tent under the city wall to deal with various emergencies at any time. If Jinxia City is regarded as a battlefield, she is located at the front line of the battlefield.

"You said you met Fang Xiandao?" After listening to Li's story, Xia Fan was surprised, "Where is he now?"

To be honest, among the several letters that the Tolo family sent to Gyeonggi, Luo Qingqing was the one he expected most, and Fei Nian was the second—these two had at least fought side by side with him in the battle against the demons. As for Fang Xiandao , not only has he never dealt with the other party, but he also seems to have offended the other party because of Luo Weiwei's blockade of the wellhead. It can be said that he is the least hopeful one. It turned out that the first person to come to Jinxia City was actually this monk from the Fang family.

"Probably somewhere in the city." Li scratched the crushed ears on the top of his head, "From what he said, it seems that he doesn't intend to see you so soon."

"Uh...then what is he doing here? Isn't he seeking revenge on me?"

"I don't think so. If he was holding a grudge, he wouldn't have asked me to pass the warning on to you."

"That's right..." Xia Fan stroked his chin, "Did he tell you anything else?"

"He said that leaving Jinxia City far away is the best strategy. But if you choose the worst strategy—"

"Wait, is there no middle strategy?"

Li curled his lips, "In his opinion, unless you stay away, everything else is a bad sign. If you don't leave, he will do his best to find a solution to escape in this coming storm."

"As expected of being a fellow student, this kind of heart—"

"Fang Xiandao didn't say it for you, but for himself." Li seemed to have expected it a long time ago, "If he can break through this situation, he will definitely make great progress in his martial arts, and you will also become his loyal admirer."

"..." Xia Fan didn't know what to answer for a moment, "Exact words?"

Li nodded, "Exact words. If you don't believe me, ask Tengu."

Shan Hui shook his tail, "Wow. No...I mean, I can testify."

"Well, I'm here to help. If it really works, I can thank him a few more times." Xia Fan raised his forehead and said, "But then again, does alchemy also have the saying of breaking through the barrier?"

"You can't say there is, but you can't say there isn't either."

"Why?"

"This is a matter that varies from person to person. Alchemy comes from thoughts and thoughts, and the belief strengthened by the facts will in turn further enhance the effect of the art, and it is also in line with the original intention of the art of art." Li Kankan And Tan said, "Sometimes the perception and progress obtained by warriors in desperate fights is far better than that of daily hard training. It is a similar reason. But this phenomenon has obvious effects on some people, but little effect on others. "

It can only be said that things related to consciousness are not so easy to figure out the rules. Xia Fan feels in his heart, after all, it is too complicated to quantify a person's thoughts.

"Since Fang Xiandao raised the warning, we can't pretend that we didn't hear it. Let's discuss the countermeasures with the princess first."

...

"This Fang... first, is his word credible?"

Like Xia Fan, Ning Wanjun's first reaction after hearing this was confusion.

Xia Fan originally wanted to stretch out three fingers, but when he thought of the scene where he hit the opponent impartially in the battle against the devil, he slowly retracted two fingers.

"Pfft..." Ning Wanjun couldn't help laughing out loud, "It seems that you don't really believe in divination." After laughing, she shook her head, "If he can come up with more detailed clues, then it's still a good idea." It is of reference value. It is a pity that it is too childish for me to retreat ten miles based on the fact that there is a disaster in the city. Nothing I do is not accompanied by risks. If I just want to take a stable road , how can shake the giants in this world?"

Hearing this, Xia Fan seemed to see a heroic spirit in Princess Guangping that was not commensurate with her age and figure.

"But this warning is not meaningless, at least it can make us act more cautiously." Ning Wanjun reached out and pressed on the map in the center of the big tent, and ordered Qiuyue, "Notify everyone to come here, it's time to plan tomorrow's battle It's planned!"

...

Qiuyue unfolded a picture drawn in charcoal in front of everyone, "Everyone, this is the warship that Dongsheng Kingdom used to bombard the northern city wall."

The process of the meeting was just as Xia Fan expected. After solving the most critical "closure crisis" and "rescue crisis", the focus of the next step of the battle naturally shifted to the invaders of Dongsheng Kingdom.

The safest way of fighting is undoubtedly to fight the opponents street by street and city by city, destroying their vital forces until complete victory is achieved. But precisely because of the existence of warships, an area around the Inland River Wharf and the east city wall became a no-go zone for our own side. Fighting the enemy under the bombardment of artillery fire sounds very unwise at first, so finding a way to eliminate the threat of the warship first has become a plan that everyone agrees on.

However, Xia Fan was still taken aback when he saw the lifelike charcoal drawing, "Isn't this...a battleship with sails?"

"Sail battleship?" Ning Wanjun answered immediately, "Have you seen it?"

"Uh... that's right."

The princess seemed to believe it immediately, "Tell me, can we deal with it?"

"This kind of ship can sail across the ocean, and it is a large warship specially used to compete for ocean routes." He said while staring at the drawing paper, but he was surprised by the thing itself—you must know that the sailing battleship is not only the pinnacle of wooden ship manufacturing , It is also a sign of the maturity of the cannon casting industry. For example, the three-story giant ship of Dongsheng Kingdom has more than forty guns on one side. If there is no industrial support, it will not be easy to gather so many guns.

He originally thought that Dongsheng Kingdom had just sent a sailboat equipped with artillery, but he didn't expect it to be such a mature thing.

Why did Princess Wuyueyao never mention this matter?

"Its sides are the main firepower points. It would be very dangerous to approach the ship from the river bank. There are usually artillery guns on the bow and stern, but the number is much smaller, and generally accounts for a fraction of the total number of guns. , so attacking from the front and back would be a better option."

"We don't have any ships available at all," Xu Sanzhong said solemnly, "There are only a handful of soldiers who can swim."

"Isn't the mechanism beast okay?" Ning Wanjun asked.

"Unless it can accurately hit the area where the ammunition is piled up inside the ship," Xia Fan shook his head, "otherwise the damage caused will not be enough to make it capsize."

If he could secretly fire hundreds of rounds, even a solid shell the size of a fist could cause fatal damage to the sailing battleship. The problem is that the actual life of the guide rails spliced ​​​​by hand can only last for about three or four rounds, and the high temperature generated by the arc will quickly weaken the integrity of the rails. In addition, even if there are enough copper rails, he doesn't have the energy to cast the improved streamer technique hundreds of times.

"I have an idea." Mo Yun said suddenly, "After conquering the granary today, didn't the soldiers find two boxes of unexploded gunpowder from the scene? Maybe I can use them to make booby traps that are detonated by impact. Release it everywhere, and attack the gunboat by surprise."