After nightfall, the camp's torches set up a light corridor between the western suburbs of the city and Fengyang Villa.
With both sides lacking the means to siege the city, the main task of the soldiers became to guard against sneak attacks led by the enemy's Qi Sensers.
The princess also moved the main tent under the city wall to respond to various emergencies at any time. If Jinxia City is regarded as a battlefield, her location is on the front line of the battlefield.
"You said you met Fang Xiandao?" After listening to Li's story, Xia Fan was greatly surprised, "Where is he now?"
To be honest, among the letters sent by the Toluo family to Gyeonggi, the one he expected most was Luo Qingqing, and the second was Fei Nian—these two people had at least fought side by side with him in the battle against the demons. As for Fang Xiandao, Not only has he never had any dealings with the other party, but he seems to have offended him because of Luo gently blocking the wellhead. He can be said to be the one with the least hope. Unexpectedly, the first person to come to Jinxia City was this Fang family monk.
"Probably somewhere in the city." Li scratched the crushed ears on top of his head, "From what he said, it seems like he doesn't plan to see you so soon."
"Uh... Then what is he here for? He's not seeking revenge on me, is he?"
"I don't think so. If he had a grudge, he wouldn't have asked me to convey the warning to you."
"That's right..." Xia Fan touched his chin, "Did he tell you anything else?"
"He said that leaving Jinxia City far away is the best policy. But if you choose the worst policy -"
"Wait a minute, isn't there a strategy?"
Li pouted, "In his opinion, everything else is bad unless you stay away. If you don't leave, he will do his best to find an escape solution in this coming storm."
"As expected of a fellow candidate, this feeling-"
"Fang Xiandao said it was not for you, but for himself." Li seemed to have expected it. "If he can figure out this situation, he will definitely make great progress in his martial arts, and you will become his loyal admirer."
"..." Xia Fan didn't know what to say for a moment, "Exact words?"
Li nodded, "Exact words. If you don't believe me, ask the Tengu."
Shan Hui shook his tail, "Wow. No... I mean, I can testify."
"Okay, I'm here to help after all. If it really works, it doesn't hurt if I thank him a few more times." Xia Fan said, holding his forehead, "But having said that, does Fang Shu also have a way of breaking through barriers?"
"I can't say yes, but I can't say no either."
"What's the explanation?"
"This is a matter that varies from person to person. Alchemy arises from what one thinks, and the belief strengthened by the facts will in turn further enhance the effect of the method, which is also in line with the original intention of the method." Li Kankan He Tan said, "Sometimes the insights and progress gained by warriors during life-and-death battles are far better than those from daily hard training. It is a similar principle. However, this phenomenon has obvious effects on some people, while it has little effect on others. "
It can only be said that things involving consciousness are not so easy to understand the rules. Xia Fan sighed inwardly. After all, it is too complicated to quantify a person's thoughts.
"Since Fang Xiandao has raised the warning, we can't pretend that we didn't hear it. Let's discuss tomorrow's countermeasures with the princess first."
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"This Fang... first said, are his words 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 in the battle against the demon, when the opponent was hit by him without any bias, he slowly retracted two fingers.
"Pfft..." Ning Wanjun couldn't help laughing, "It seems you don't really believe in divination." After laughing, she shook her head, "If he can come up with more detailed clues, then there are The value of reference. Unfortunately, it would be too childish for me to withdraw my troops ten miles based on just one sentence that there is a disaster in the city. Everything I do is not accompanied by risks. If I just want to take a stable road, How can we shake the behemoth in this world?"
Hearing this, Xia Fan seemed to see a sense of heroism in Princess Guangping that was not commensurate with her age and figure.
"However, this warning is not meaningless. It can at least make us act more cautiously." Ning Wanjun reached out and pressed the map in the center of the tent, and told Qiuyue, "Inform everyone to come over. It's time to plan tomorrow's battle." Planned!”
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Qiuyue unfolded a charcoal drawing in front of everyone, "Everyone, this is the warship used by Dongsheng Kingdom to bombard the northern city wall."
The process of the meeting was just as Xia Fan expected. After solving the most critical "city closure crisis" and "rescue crisis", the next step of the battle naturally shifted to the Dongsheng Kingdom invaders themselves.
The most reliable strategy is undoubtedly to fight the opponent street by street, city by city, and eliminate their effective forces until complete victory is achieved. But precisely because of the presence of warships, an area around the inland dock and the east city wall has become a no-go zone for our side. Fighting the enemy under the bombardment of artillery fire sounds like a very unwise strategy, so finding a way to eliminate the threat of warships first became a plan unanimously agreed upon by everyone.
But when he saw the lifelike charcoal drawing, Xia Fan was still surprised, "Isn't this... a sailing battleship?"
"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. It is a large battleship specially used to compete for ocean routes." He looked at the drawing and said, 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 symbol of the maturity of the gun casting industry. For example, the three-story giant ship of Dongsheng Kingdom has more than forty gun ports on one side. Without industrial support, even gathering so many cannons is not an easy task.
He originally thought that Dongsheng Kingdom just sent a sailboat equipped with artillery, but he didn't expect that it was such a mature thing.
Why did Princess Mayyao never mention this matter
"Its sides are the main firepower points. It would be very dangerous to approach the ship from the river bank. Artillery is usually also arranged at the bow and stern of the ship, but the number is much smaller, and it usually accounts for a fraction of the total number of guns. , so attacking from the front and back would be a better choice.”
"We have no usable ships at all," Xu Sanzhong said solemnly, "and there are only a handful of soldiers who know how to swim."
"Can't the machine beast work?" Ning Wanjun asked.
"Unless it can accurately hit the area where ammunition is stored in the ship," Xia Fan shook his head, "otherwise the damage caused will not be enough to capsize it."
If he could be allowed to secretly fire hundreds of rounds, even fist-sized solid cannonballs could cause fatal damage to a sail battleship. The problem is that the actual life of the hand-made and spliced guide rails can only last 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 does not have enough energy to perform hundreds of modified streamer techniques.
"I have an idea." Mo Yun suddenly said, "After capturing 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, from upstream. Release them everywhere and attack the gunboats by surprise."