In order to make it easier for Bai Duan to manufacture bomb vehicles, Zhou Mo's army has been stationed in the county for a period of time. Now that the test is successful, they will naturally continue to advance to the capital.
After a moment of hesitation, Bai Duan also decided to accept Zhou Mo's invitation and continue to contribute her strength to her kind "brother"—ever since she successfully made the bomber, Bai Duan seemed to suddenly light up a strange The skill tree has even designed several military equipment that can be of great use on the battlefield.
Although these instruments are only in the sketch stage, the rest of the sergeants believed in him and were very happy about the news, and everyone called Bai Duan from the previous intimate "little brother" to respectful. "Sir", and some even called him "Sir".
Although there is no blood relationship, the old carpenter has been dependent on Bai Duan for so long, and he is very reluctant to leave his little disciple far away. However, young people will always leave their families and become famous. As elders, they cannot , I don't want to stop it.
The old carpenter was old and frail, and really couldn't adapt to the tiring life of marching. In the end, he chose to stay in the county town to live. At least he could go to visit his mother's grave from time to time instead of Bai Duan, and show his filial piety to him.
In order to please Zhou Mo, Lord Liu, the magistrate, patted his chest and promised that he would take care of the old carpenter, and that he would be able to live comfortably and have something to depend on for his old age. At least, before Zhou Mo was defeated, Bai Duan did not need to worry about the old carpenter's livelihood. questionable.
With the exhortation and encouragement of the old carpenter, Bai Duan packed his bags, left the hometown where he grew up, and walked towards a new vast world.
Because of the bombing vehicle, Zhou Mo discussed with the lieutenants and decided to change the conservative and safe strategic policy in the past and launch a more active attack. Therefore, they set their goal on Huzhou City - a large city with a prosperous economy, strong walls, and a large number of defenders.
Originally, due to poor equipment and lack of effective siege equipment, Zhou Mo's army had never dared to attack heavily fortified big cities. After all, the siege battle was extremely difficult, requiring soldiers to climb the city wall one after another and sacrifice a lot of people, but Zhou Mo didn't have so many soldiers who could spend so much.
—And this is also the reason why the imperial court was not too worried even though they were frightened by Zhou Mo's power. They believed that their city was impenetrable, and as long as the defenders did not defect, it would be difficult for Zhou Mo to conquer from the outside.
When the prefect of Huzhou City heard that Zhou Mo's army was approaching, he also had the same attitude as the imperial court. But even though he believed that he could win, he still made sufficient preparations, prepared hot oil, rolling stones, and rockets, and vowed not to allow Zhou Mo's soldiers to successfully climb the city wall.
However, things did not develop as he expected.
Zhou Mo's army stopped marching beyond the range of the arrows. Although they laid out an attacking array, they didn't charge straight up. Instead, they pulled into a dark and strange-looking car.
Standing on the high city wall and watching from a distance, the eunuch felt both worried and apprehensive—Zhou Mo's name as the god of war was widely spread, and the things he could bring out to lead the battle must not be underestimated.
However, even if the prefect had made enough mental preparations, he was still taken aback by the whistling pitch-black cannonball, and when the cannonball hit the city wall with great precision, it frightened him to pieces. Almost fell to the ground.
If it was just a stone hitting the city wall, at most it would only create a gap, but the shell exploded after hitting it. The soldiers defending the city who had no time to run away were blasted to pieces.
——The loud noise was like the wrath of the god of thunder, and the power was like stars falling to the ground, not like the power that should be in the mortal world.
Immediately, a huge depression appeared in the solid city wall that the prefect had always been proud of, rubble rolled wildly, and the city wall was turned into a mess. The soldiers fled from the collapsed city wall one after another, and when they saw Zhou Mo's army stuffing the same shell into the weird machine, they were so frightened that they ran down the city wall in a swarm - for no other reason, because this Once, Zhou Mo personally went into battle, aiming and manipulating.
No one wants to stay on the top of the city as a pawn, let alone this battle, they were unwilling to fight in the first place, even if the prefect yelled at them, they could not stop the morale of the soldiers from collapsing. The big picture is settled.
Seeing that the general situation is over, the eunuch sighed deeply. He could not guard the gate of the country for the emperor. Even though death is an honor, he can only comfort himself. Those who know the current affairs choose trees for heroes and good birds. In this world, it is about time for a change of dynasty .
Almost without bloodshed, Zhou Mo's army took Huzhou City, and for the first time used a big city as a stronghold, truly gaining the confidence to seize the world.
For this "victory," everyone in the army rejoiced and their morale skyrocketed. On the contrary, Zhou Mo was not dazzled, and he purges the army in time to suppress the unrealistic delusions of the soldiers—although the bombing vehicle's first appearance on the battlefield Such brilliant results were obtained by using it, but that was only because the enemy was caught off guard. Once the opponent was prepared, it would not be so easy to solve it.
In order to prevent capable people in the court from seeing through the principle of the bombing vehicle and figuring out how to deal with it, Zhou Mo did not stay in Huzhou City for long. After rectifying the army and supplying food and grass, he continued to march forward. At this time, the imperial court was in a mess, and hurriedly mobilized the army to surround it on all sides, and wanted to eliminate Zhou Mo at all costs.
Bombers are effective in siege warfare, but not so good for the rest of the battlefield terrain. In order to deal with the bombing vehicles, the imperial army adopted a loose formation, even if it was bombed, it would not cause too much loss, and once the two armies clashed, it would only depend on the true capabilities of both sides.
Although Zhou Mo's army successfully captured the big city and replaced a batch of more sophisticated equipment, compared with the imperial army, it was still at a disadvantage in terms of both quantity and quality.
Under the imperial court's all-out siege, Zhou Mo's team experienced a rather difficult period of time, and even once fell into the enemy's trap, and was caught off guard by the enemy's surprise attack.
It was the most dangerous battle that Bai Duan had ever experienced. Usually, as a non-combatant, he always stayed in the safe rear area, and never really faced the horror of war. But this time, he was caught in a chaotic army, surrounded by the sound of soldiers fighting and shouting, blood splattered, limbs flying horizontally, feather arrows whizzing past his ears, every minute and every second might be killed Death's scythe takes away life.
Although Bai Duan had practiced martial arts for a few days under Zhou Mo's teaching since he joined the army, it was still not enough to deal with such a situation. Fortunately, Zhou Mo was more worried about his safety than he was, and sent him away as early as the first time. He grabbed his war horse and held it tightly in his arms, blocking dangers from all directions for him.
However, even if Zhou Mo has three heads and six arms, it is not enough to deal with the swarming enemy troops, not to mention that he has to protect a Bai Duan who is holding back - and the one the imperial army wants to kill most is Zhou Mo as the commander. , and the other is Bai Duan, the craftsman who is said to have produced such powerful ordnance as the bomber. As long as one of them can be killed, the morale of Zhou Mo's army will be greatly shaken. Even if the siege fails and the rebels successfully break through, it can be regarded as a safe profit.
Bai Duan and Zhou Mo rode together, which naturally became the focus of the imperial army's kills. There were constant arrows coming from afar, and they were bound to be unwilling to let go of such good opportunities.
While Zhou Mo was fighting the surrounding enemy forces, he also had to be alert to the hidden arrows from afar. It was inevitable that there would be moments when he was too weak to guard against.
Bai Duan was held in Zhou Mo's arms, his mind was in a mess, and the disgusting smell of blood lingered in his nose, making him dizzy.
He knew that he couldn't help at all, so he could only try his best to calm himself down, curled up in Zhou Mo's arms, and tried not to get in the way of him and cause trouble.
It's a pity that on the battlefield, accidents happen all the time. Suddenly, the mount under Bai Duan seemed to be injured, neighing, twisting and jumping. Bai Duan was unprepared, subconsciously bent down and hugged the horse's neck to stabilize himself, but suddenly shot a feathered arrow in the oblique ground, and rushed straight to Bai Duan's body that had escaped from the shelter.
Bai Duan's pupils narrowed slightly, and his first reaction was to let go of his hand to avoid it, but if he let go at this moment, it is very likely that he will be thrown off by the horse. Hit by the slash, he is close to death.
Unavoidable, Bai Duan was about to grit his teeth and take the arrow, but unexpectedly, Zhou Mo also discovered the danger. At this time, he was fighting with an enemy general, unable to get away and cut off the feather arrow, so he just clamped his feet directly.
The war horse had accompanied Zhou Mo in battle for a long time, and he had already connected with him, and then turned around, so that Zhou Mo's back happened to be in the direction of the feathered arrow.
Zhou Mo snorted, but his face remained unchanged. He swung his sword and cut the enemy general off his horse. While urging the reins to continue to break through, he glanced at Bai Duan in the midst of his busy schedule, and he was relieved to be sure that he was safe and sound. .
Bai Duan was held in Zhou Mo's arms, his teeth were clenched on his lower lip, his body began to tremble slightly, and his eyes were even more red - he knew what price Zhou Mo had paid for his own safety, and he hated and felt ashamed , but can't say anything, can't do anything.
By the time they finally broke through, Zhou Mo had already been shot several times by arrows, and the blood that flowed out soaked through his inner clothes and seeped out of his iron armor, and even the back of the white satin that was attached to him was covered in blood.
Pushing the horses all the way, Zhou Mo's army stopped to recuperate after it was finally safe from the pursuit of the imperial army. Zhou Mo quickly rectified the army and treated the wounded. When everything was settled properly, his strength was exhausted, and his body shook a little. Bai Duan hurriedly supported her.
Zhou Mo lowered his head, his face was pale and blood was gone, but his expression was still calm, and his eyes were full of concern: "My dear brother, are you okay? Didn't it scare you?"
Bai Duan's nose was sore, and the tears that he had endured for a long time finally came out of his eyes. He felt that it was very embarrassing for him to be so embarrassed, and he could only cry like a weak woman despite being dragged down. He couldn't help but clenched his teeth tightly, trying to hold back the useless tears, but his voice was trembling with sobs: "I am naturally helpless." Something, brother Zhou...you go and heal your wounds..."
"Okay." Zhou Mo smiled gently, and raised his hand to wipe away Bai Duan's tears, only to find that he had wiped his fair cheeks like a cat, and couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, and touched his head again, "My dear brother, don't cry." .”
Bai Duan sniffled, seeing the doctor accompanying the army running in with the medicine box, he quickly gave up his seat, but held Zhou Mo's hand tightly and refused to leave.
Zhou Mo sighed slightly, and while motioning to the military doctor to draw an arrow to heal his wounds, he softly comforted his sweetheart who was about to die of self-blame and disgust: "I'm rough-skinned and thick-skinned. It doesn't matter, what's more, I have a lot of experience, and I have already avoided the vital points, but I can recover after two or three days of weakness. But you are different, brother, your body is not in good health. Three long and two short, let me survive?"
Bai Duan pursed his lips. His mood did not improve because of Zhou Mo's persuasion, but he also knew that he could not make Zhou Mo continue to worry, so he could only force a smile and nodded slightly.
Zhou Mo lost the battle this time, and although he was injured, he couldn't take care of him with peace of mind. After dealing with the injury, he immediately threw himself into the busy military affairs, trying his best to make up for the decline this time.
Bai Duan saw everything in his eyes, worried, impatient and regretful in his heart, but he couldn't do anything to help, so he could only dive into his blueprint again. He was eager to prove that he was useful to Zhou Mo, not just to hold back and be protected.
—He couldn't go into battle to kill the enemy, but he was able to create a powerful weapon to protect Zhou Mo instead of himself and help Zhou Mo win!