As Gao Zhang's orders were issued one after another, the Song army, which was still several miles away from the Jingyuan Fort, began to disperse and surrounded the Jingyuan Fort.
As for that battalion's Flying Thunder Artillery Battalion, it was directly split into four combat groups.
There are two east and west gates with thirty gun batteries each, and the two north and south gates have twenty gun batteries each.
When all the armies of the Song Dynasty were dispatched, they had already reached a place a few miles away from Jingyuan Fort.
Gao Zhang, who had been paying attention to the direction and strength of the wind, glanced at Zhao Abban.
"What are your orders from Duke Zhuang Yuan?"
Zhao Ya, who had never had a chance to show off his skills, took two steps forward and bowed respectfully.
Under the gaze of the Qianxi Army officers, Gao Zhang gave instructions to the second-in-command of the Imperial City Division.
"Today the wind is blowing from the north, not very strong. Right here, the Immortal Boat is rising..."
"The Immortal Boat...what is that? Is it also one of the weapons invented by this Privy Councilor Gao?"
Before, the generals of the Western Army who had enjoyed the Seinfeld Thunder Cannon performance had a question in their minds.
After Zhao Abban made a loud promise, he hurried away, and soon there were a group of powerful agents from the Imperial City Department dressed as imperial guardsmen who pulled over ten pack horses.
After unloading the equipment from the packhorses, they began to assemble it there.
"... Generals, this Immortal Boat is an aircraft developed by me that integrates observation and attack."
"Under the control of the rope, it can hang in the air at a height of between one hundred feet and two hundred feet for five hours."
"..." Zhong Shidao looked straight at Privy Councilor Xiao Gao, who had already irritated everyone outside Pingxia City.
And now he started to show off again, once again making everyone's brain freeze.
The destructive power of the flying thunder cannon made everyone shudder, but now, he can actually fly?
And the name is very cool, it's called Deng Xianzhou. It can't be that you can invite gods to come on this Deng Xianzhou and then use magic to defeat the enemy, right?
I saw the dazed faces of these officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty's northwest frontier army. Gao Zhang was both lucky and helpless. After all, this time, he wanted to conquer Xixia and realize his master's dream.
I could only use all the means that could help attack Xixia, just to make the dream of the master who wanted his dream to come true come true.
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Since the advent of the Immortal Boat, Master Zhao Ji has been extremely obsessed with this feeling of being able to ascend to heaven.
Whenever I have time, I will definitely go to a remote suburban area to experience the feeling of taking off and overlooking the world.
This also allowed Gao Zhang to urge the craftsmen to repeatedly improve the Immortal Boat for the safety of his master.
The type of boat brought to the northwest frontier now is the fourth-generation fairy boat, which uses a detachable frame made of bamboo and rattan mixed with tough but very light weight.
Furthermore, just like the previous Dengxianzhou boats, they used a heavy iron stove and a huge wooden reciprocating bellows.
The fuel used today is no longer coal or coke, but crude oil.
The calorific value of this thing is much higher than that of coal, and there is very little residue after burning.
As for high-end lighting oil like whale oil, Gao Zhang couldn't bear to use it so much.
At this moment, Maledubu, the commander of the Xishou Baotai Army in Jingyuan Fort, looked nervously at the Song army outside the city.
After these tens of thousands of Song troops arrived outside the city, they directly surrounded the entire Jingyuan Fort.
Then they actually started to organize their troops and horses, as if they were waiting for something, and the Song Army soldiers outside the east gate.
Just outside Li Xu, they pieced together everything and finally made an oval-shaped sphere, almost the size of a room.
This really confused everyone. Could this be a siege weapon developed by Song Guoxin?
But siege weapons, since ancient times, have been either very heavy and strong, or as ferocious and fierce as the Eight Bull Crossbow.
But now there is such a round and seemingly harmless thing, is it meant to make people laugh to death?
Watching helplessly, the main body of the fairy boat, the hot air balloon, has been installed and covered with a cloth, and is undergoing final inspection.
Here, at Gao Zhang's signal, Liu Fa galloped forward in person, followed by dozens of riders.
But seeing this famous general of the Western Army standing a stone's throw away, he shouted and roared.
"Give you the last two quarters of an hour to lay down your weapons and surrender."
As soon as these words came out, obscene words were heard on the top of the city. However, this did not affect Liu Fa. Next, the cavalry behind him displayed several banners.
"Open the city gate, put down your weapons, put your head in your hands and lie down on the ground to beg those who surrender to live. When you leave the city, kill those who flee with weapons."
Among the Xixia defenders above the city, there were naturally some who could read Chinese characters. When they saw such a statement, they couldn't help but laugh at the Song army outside the city for not overestimating their own capabilities.
At this moment, the Xixia garrison on the east wall, as well as the Song soldiers and horses under the city, were faintly commotion.
Because at this moment, the round, oval-shaped Immortal Boat was already under the control of the capable agents of the Imperial City Department.
In the firelight spitting out from the stove, it gradually began to get rid of gravity and gradually rose into the sky.
Even Liu Fa and others had seen it several times on their way north, but every time they saw this scene, they were still filled with shock.
Not to mention the Western Army of the Song Dynasty and the soldiers and horses of the Western Xia Dynasty who saw the fairy boat take off for the first time.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were stunned to death by what they saw.
Even the generals of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty, who were beaten countless times in the sea of corpses and blood, all stared blankly at the rising hot air balloon.
At this moment, the Imperial Guards soldiers, already amidst the shouts of the generals, raised their weapons and began to shout loudly.
"The Great Song Dynasty is victorious!"
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Gao Zhang stood calmly among the generals of the northwest frontier army, and glanced at these famous frontier generals who were almost stupid.
When those fervent shouts gradually stopped, he continued to speak.
"Generals, the reason why I want the Forbidden Army to attack and capture Jingyuan Fort, the seat of the Xishou Baotai Military Division."
"I just want to ask you, the soldiers of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, to understand that the past combat methods have begun to undergo drastic changes with the emergence of these new weapons and equipment..."
As Gao Zhang instilled new ideas into the soldiers of the northwest frontier army, the Dengxian boat rising higher and higher had reached a height of nearly a hundred feet above the ground.
Yao Gu on the side stared blankly at the immortal boat that had become a black spot. After a long time, he saluted Gao Zhang and showed a smile that seemed a little guilty.
"May I ask Privy Councilor Gao, how can this immortal boat communicate with the armies below if it has risen so high?"
Gao Zhang smiled and raised his hand to guide the second-in-command of the Imperial City Division from the side.
(End of chapter)
