Later Jin sent troops, and ten thousand machine beasts attacked Pengcheng!
The Southern Tang Dynasty also used troops against the Ming Dynasty.
Li Yu stood at the top of Hongzhou City and once again used his magical power, using rainwater as ink and the earth as paper, he wrote millions of soldiers in one stroke.
Ten thousand machine beasts and one million ink soldiers.
The two emperors seemed to be on the same page, and neither of them sent regular troops.
Is this a temptation?
Or do you want to destroy the country on your own?
Because of Fan Li's immigration policy, after ten thousand machine beasts rushed out of Xiongzhou, the route was still smooth.
According to intelligence, it will take half a day at most for the beasts of the agency to reach the boundary of Pengcheng.
"Jin Gong!"
"What should we do, Mr. Jin?"
"Please give me some advice, I don't want to become the king of subjugation!"
The retreat of Holy Master Miaoyin means that the aid of the Daci Dynasty to the Chu State has ended.
Xiang Chong was at his wits' end.
No matter how stupid he was, he finally knew that Fan Li was the only life-saving straw.
On the top of Pengzhou City, in front of all the civil and military officials, Xiang Chong showed no dignity as an emperor. He burst into tears and barely knelt down to kowtow to Fan Li.
Fan Li didn't bother to pay attention to him at all.
The city defense layout has already begun.
The 20 garrison troops guard the city gates in four directions, and are divided into the first echelon, the second echelon, the third echelon and the general reserve team to ensure that the defense is handed over in turns, so that the soldiers have the ability to recharge their batteries for a protracted war.
Fan Li also allocated people from Fan's Trading Company to serve as the baggage transport team to ensure that the materials accumulated in various warehouses in the city would be distributed in an orderly and rapid manner.
Finally, Fan Li ordered the people to stay home quietly and not go out, ensuring that the streets in the city were unobstructed so as not to hinder the replacement of troops and the transfer of supplies.
When Xiang Chong was almost done crying, Fan Li said calmly: "Your Majesty, the garrison has begun defensive preparations. There is no need to panic."
"Can...can it be done?"
Xiang Chong had tears still on his face. He looked at the busy figures of the garrison soldiers, but he still didn't trust them.
In terms of appearance, Xiang Chong felt that the 180,000 troops he had gathered were much more durable than the garrison.
Those bright armors and gleaming weapons are so awesome!
Look at the garrison again?
Not only is the armor old, there are still many marks of being hacked by knives and axes.
The weapon is even darker in color, with a hint of red in the black, which is extremely weird.
But the garrison belonged to Fan Li. Xiang Chong would beg Fan Li now, and he didn't dare to say that the soldiers under his command were inferior, so he had to express his doubts tactfully.
"Um... Duke Jin, should we go and beg His Majesty Yaoguang again?"
"What do you want her to do?" Fan Li asked, raising his eyebrows.
It is better to seek help from others than from yourself.
What's more, when Fan Li really needs reinforcements, it is more reliable to go to Wei, Han and Wu, and there is no way he can go to Yaoguang.
"Please ask Your Majesty Yaoguang to send Holy Master Miaoyin again?" Xiang Chong thought he had a trick and showed off: "I don't expect Holy Master Miaoyin to fight to the death for Chu, but if she can play a zither in front of the battle, that's it. Isn't it good that the song "Dancing Demons" can enhance the combat power of the soldiers of Chu?"
Fan Li glanced at Xiang Chong with rare admiration.
Well, that’s good. Now you finally know that you need to make adequate preparations for war?
"Your Majesty, in your opinion, this is the principle behind the saying that soldiers and horses should move forward before food and grass are used."
Fan Li complimented him without hesitation, and Xiang Chong's face flushed with excitement.
He immediately winked at the court officials on the left and right, his expression seemed to say: Did you hear that even the Duke of Jin praised me, I am still good!
However, the enemy is approaching.
The courtiers were worried and extremely disappointed with Xiang Chong. How could they still care about him?
"His Majesty."
"Um?"
"It takes several days to go from Pengcheng to Daci. However, the enemy will arrive in half a day at most. How can we still make it in time to invite Holy Master Miaoyin now?"
An old minister pointed to a high mountain in the distance outside the city. The black smoke on the mountain was like a pillar, rising straight into the sky.
This is the smoke warning!
The sentry post nearest to Pengcheng also lit up smoke, which showed that the herd of beasts was very close to Pengcheng!
"What should I do?"
"If it doesn't work out, let's... let's move the capital?"
Retreat before fighting?
When Xiang Chong said this, his face turned red and he was ashamed, but how could face be more important than life?
As long as Fan Li agreed to move the capital, he would immediately pack up and flee.
However, Fan Li ignored him at all.
On the upper floor of Pengcheng City Gate, it became strangely quiet.
Click, click, click!
A silver-armored general strode over, it was Fan Chun.
"Second brother, oh no, report it to Duke Jin!"
"explain."
Fan Li glanced at Fan Chun appreciatively.
With a calm aura and strong aura, and a military strategist's demeanor in every gesture, Fan Chun's Hedao realm has been very stable.
"By order of Duke Jin, all three of us, Su Qingfang, the oiran of the Mingyue Tower, Chen Shishi, the oiran of the Jinfeng Tower, and Qin Hongyu, the oiran of the Xiuyun Pavilion, have been invited."
As soon as this statement came out, not only Xiang Chong, but also the civil and military officials of the Chu and Manchu dynasties were shocked.
The war is coming, what does Fan Li want to do with a few prostitutes?
"Mr. Jin, this...isn't this appropriate?"
Xiang Chong looked at Fan Li and then at Fan Chun. Plus himself, there happened to be three people.
Is he really a traitor?
Even with the disaster approaching, Fan Li still doesn't forget to show off his prostitution during the day?
But Xiang Chong then thought about it. The soldiers were fighting, and as the Emperor of Chu, he didn't have to go into battle himself.
Idle time is also idle. Wouldn't it be nice to have a courtesan to serve you?
He thought so, and was secretly happy in his heart.
Fan Li had to bear the infamy, and he was just 'forced' to cater to him. Who allowed Fan Li to control the government?
Xiang Chong almost laughed out loud, but saw Fan Li glance at him coldly.
"What did your Majesty say that was inappropriate?"
"Forehead……"
Xiang Chong looked embarrassed.
"Duke Jin has summoned three oirans, aren't they going to serve me..."
"Your Majesty, please be careful what you say!"
Fan Li had a cold face and interrupted Xiang Chong's dirty thoughts.
"Su Qingfang, Chen Shishi, and Qin Hongyu are all officials' daughters."
"It's just because their parents were unjustly imprisoned and persecuted to death that they became official prostitutes. Their situation is very pitiable."
"The three of us fell into the world of prostitution, but they emerged from the mire and stayed clean. They only used their talents to welcome guests, and they are still pure and simple."
Xiang Chong's face turned red when he heard this.
It turned out that I was overthinking it?
Why didn't Fan Li tell me earlier? ?
"But Mr. Jin, even if I have misunderstood, what's the use of inviting three...three of us here?" Xiang Chong asked awkwardly.
While he was talking, he saw three beautiful figures, led by the garrison officers and soldiers, ascending the city gate tower with gentle steps.
Xiang Chong looked around with wide eyes, and sure enough, they were all stunningly beautiful!
It's just that the three oirans all looked calm and indifferent, and none of them looked as wild and charming as they imagined.
They even dress very elegantly, wearing green shirts and green skirts, the usual attire of a daughter from a scholarly family.
"Mr. Jin, the guilty girl is here as ordered."
When the three courtesans came to Fan Li, they did not even look at Xiang Chong, who looked like a pig brother, and only bowed to Fan Li Yingying.
"Three of you, today you have paid off your crime with your merits. From now on, you no longer have to call yourself a guilty woman." Fan Li said with a hint of guilt: "Because it is an old case that was decided by the late emperor twenty years ago, I am unable to overturn the case for you. I am really ashamed."
The three oirans raised their heads, all with tears in their eyes.
"Our unjust case has nothing to do with Duke Jin. How can Duke Jin feel ashamed?"
"Today I can get rid of my humble status, but I can only forever be grateful to Duke Jin for his great kindness!"
Xiang Chong's face was full of confusion when he heard the conversation between Fan Li and the three women.
"Your Majesty, all ministers."
"The three masters have been practicing music for many years. Although their cultivation is not as good as that of Holy Master Miaoyin, their understanding of music may not be much different."
"The wonderful sound can compose "The Dance of Demons", and the three great masters also have uplifting songs to help the army defeat the enemy!"
As Fan Li finished speaking, the three women each took out a wooden box, which was only the size of a palm, but it was used to store spiritual treasures.
A flash of light!
What appeared in front of everyone's eyes were three different musical instruments!
A seven-treasure glazed pipa, a set of eight spring and autumn bronze chimes, and a sacred wooden dragon-skin war drum!
Boom!
Qin Hongyu beats the drum, like thunder from the sky, the sound is majestic!
When the soldiers of Da Chu heard the sound of drums, they felt their blood surge, and their whole bodies seemed to have endless strength!
"Everyone, this is the drum music "Dian Jiang" created by the Qin family." Fan Li said.
Buzz~~~~~~!
The long ringing sound of the bell is simple, unpretentious, generous and upright.
The continuous ringing of bells echoed across the heaven and earth, and those who heard it felt that the sea of qi was circulating endlessly, and the spiritual energy was smoother than ever before!
"Everyone, this is the chime "Chu Feng" created by Master Chen." Fan Li introduced again.
Zhengzhengzheng!
A series of pipa sounds that are as rapid as a storm, like golden needles pricking acupuncture points, making people feel at ease and free from distracting thoughts. The inner demons that have been squeezed out by past practice seem to be shattered by the pipa sounds at this moment!
"Everyone, this is the pipa song "Lian Shen" composed by the Su family."
"The three-piece ensemble of "Dian Jiang", "Chu Feng" and "Lian Shen" can stabilize the mind and stimulate fighting power. Even those with high understanding can listen to the music and enter the Tao!"
As Fan Li finished speaking, sure enough, among the garrison soldiers stationed at the city gate, there were continuous bursts of spiritual energy. It was the cultivation of some soldiers with higher understanding who made breakthroughs on the spot.
"The music played by the three masters is all elegant music. It is not like the "Dance of Demons" by Holy Master Miaoyin, and there are absolutely no hidden dangers or sequelae."
Fan Li said, looking at the three women with concern.
I saw Su Qingfang, Chen Shishi, and Qin Hongyu, all with sallow complexions and sweat pouring from their faces.
Obviously, playing music for tens of thousands of soldiers is a huge burden for music practitioners, but the three women must complete the task regardless of everything.
puff! ! !
When the last note was played, the three women vomited blood at the same time.
"Quick! Get the elixir!" Fan Li immediately ordered.
Even the best elixir cannot cure the disease.
But after Su Qingfang and the other three women took the elixir, they said: "Mr. Jin, there are still three city gates where the number of soldiers has not increased, so we will go now."
Fan Li frowned.
He knew it was difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult.
But the beast herd was approaching, and Fan Li couldn't say anything to let the three of them rest.
He could only bow and say: "Thank you all three of you."
As soon as Fan Li finished speaking, he heard countless people around him saying in unison: "Thank you all three of you!"
It was actually the courtiers and garrison soldiers of Da Chu!
Only Xiang Chong stood there in a daze.
He felt that he was the Emperor of Chu after all, how could he salute three prostitutes?
Fan Li turned his face sideways and said coldly to Xiang Chong: "Your Majesty is ungrateful?"
With just one word, Xiang Chong was so frightened that his legs went weak and he almost knelt down.
He quickly raised his hands and bowed to the three women: "Thank you... thank you..."
Before Xiang Chong finished speaking, he saw that the three women had put away their drums, bells, and pipas, turned around, and descended from the tower.
Xiang Chong looked at Fan Li awkwardly, with an aggrieved look on his face as if to say: I thanked you, but they ignored me.
Half a day later.
The machine beast herd is finally here!
The roar shook the heavens and the earth, and it was clearly mixed with a sound attack.
But no one in the Pengcheng defenders looked timid!
The soldiers just held their weapons tighter and their gazes became firmer.
"Mr. Jin, what should we do?" Xiang Chong asked anxiously: "What big machine beasts, each one is as high as half of the city wall!"
The machine beast is still three to four hundred feet away from the Pengcheng city wall.
But it was just the vibration caused by the beasts trampling the ground. Xiang Chong was on the city gate tower, suspecting that the Pengcheng city wall was about to collapse!
"What should we do?" Fan Li said calmly: "Of course we should strike first and attack first."
"attack!?"
Xiang Chong was startled, wondering if Fan Li could do it?
He actually wanted to kill such a terrifying monster?
Fan Li saw through Xiang Chong's thoughts at a glance and just sneered.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be afraid. We are fighting a defensive battle and have geographical advantages."
"The location is favorable? Didn't I see it?" Xiang Chong looked around, thinking that Fan Li was referring to Pengcheng's relatively tall and strong city wall.
As he was thinking, he suddenly saw countless talismans and incantations lighting up on the ground in the distance.
"Array?!" Xiang Chong screamed.
"Yes, it's a formation."
There was a series of explosions without warning, and the flames were accompanied by thunder.
"I spent a day and a night ambushing more than 800 [fire and thunder formations] outside the city."
"This formation is simple to set up and does not require high levels of cultivation against the mage, as long as there are sufficient fire and thunder raw materials."
Xiang Chong was dumbfounded as he looked at the mechanism beast that was constantly being engulfed by fire and thunder.
"Cococo... More than 800 formations can be set up in one day? I don't believe it."
Even though the facts were right in front of him, Xiang Chong found it unbelievable.
Fan Li said calmly: "There are 730 people who practice formations in our country in Dachu. I have recruited them all, one person for one formation on average. There are those with advanced cultivation who are responsible for two formations. It is not enough to set them up in one day." possible."
"You can dispatch all the formation masters in the country?!" Xiang Chong said in horror.
Fan Li looked at Xiang Chong as if he were a fool.
"Is this difficult?"
While the two were talking, huge bed crossbows had been set up on the city wall.
"Fire the arrow!"
Fan Chun gave an order, saying that it was not appropriate for arrows to come out like rain.
The bed crossbow was too big, and the arrows it fired were about the size of a pillar.
"Mr. Jin, aren't you going out of the city to fight?" Xiang Chong looked at the giant arrows that were shot. They exploded when they landed, and covered a large sea of fire and minefields.
Fan Li explained calmly: "A northern hero once said that the truth is only within the range of cannons. Don't you think that I can hit him, but he can't hit me? Isn't this a coincidence? Is it a good thing?"
"beautiful……"
Xiang Chong swallowed hard.
"It's just that this bed crossbow... I seem to have never seen it before?"
Fan Li smiled when he heard this: "This is a newly developed weapon by the garrison. It has just been put into mass production. It is normal that your Majesty has never seen it."
New research and development?
Just mass production?
Why didn't you take it out when I attacked Xiongzhou?
Xiang Chong wanted to scold his mother, but he was afraid that the bed crossbow would turn around and aim at him, so he did not dare to scold her.
After the formation and the rain of arrows, hundreds of the machine beasts rushing at the front were destroyed, but they did not even touch the gate of Pengcheng.
"Fortunately, the herd numbers tens of thousands."
Xiang Chong was thinking strangely in his mind. He actually hoped that the beasts would rush under the city gate and deflate Fan Li's bed crossbow.
However, it backfired.
The bed crossbow's giant arrows seem to be endless?
Those garrison soldiers who had just been amplified by the rhythm seemed to never tire of it, always controlling the bed crossbow efficiently, and constantly shooting arrows at the beasts.
"Jin Gong, how many arrowheads have you prepared, can't you shoot them all?" Xiang Chong asked unwillingly.
If Fan Li is allowed to win so easily, his own Xiongzhou defeat will be even more embarrassing!
"Oh? Is that too much for Your Majesty?"
Fan Lichong and Xiang Chonggong cupped his hands.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I suffered from a disease called "Lack of Fire Phobia" when I was a child. In order to cure this disease, I always like to hoard weapons."
"There are only a few million fire arrows for bed crossbows."
This chapter is 4000 words long. Good night.
