Wei Yuan had long expected that the black powder would be leaked, and the Xipu Company Musketry Army had already formed an army. But it was unexpected to leak it to the Wu Clan so early, and the timing was also very intriguing. Before the Great Curse of Karma?
"Who was the person who leaked the gunpowder to you?" Wei Yuan asked.
"I, I don't know! Only Hongye-sama knows about this, and the person who went to Qingming to contact was also Hongye-sama's confidant Yin Xiao. I only know that after he came back that time, we started researching gunpowder."
Wei Yuan repeatedly interrogated him, but he could not get any more details. It seemed that this great shaman indeed had a limited status and could not get close to Hongye.
Wei Yuan asked again about the production and inventory of gunpowder. The great wizard knew a lot, so he talked endlessly.
In the eyes of the Wu Clan, black gunpowder is actually a pretty useless thing, with some value, but not really high. This is actually similar to the views of Wei Yuan and the cultivators in Taichu Palace. If it hadn't been for the existence of sentient beings and the beginning of the use of trenches and tunnels,
Gunpowder will not be used on a large scale in Qingming.
It wasn't until Sun Yu prepared the optimal proportion of black gunpowder that the use of gunpowder gradually began to become popular. After that, after developing thunder gunpowder with greatly increased power, the musket finally became the main weapon of Qing Ming's troops.
Although the Wu Clan has the formula for black gunpowder, it has not found the optimal ratio. The overall power is only equivalent to 60% of Qingming black gunpowder. In addition, the Wu Clan has not found a method for mass production, mainly because the amount of saltpeter is insufficient.
More. Moreover, the ghost witches did not attach great importance to gunpowder, so after a period of accumulation, they only produced tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder, and the self-destructing beast used 20,000 kilograms at a time.
Coupled with the explosive arrows, the Wu Clan army may now have less than 10,000 kilograms of gunpowder.
Wei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. The gunpowder production problem that once troubled Qing Ming now seemed to be significantly more serious for the Wu clan.
From the Huangzu tribe, Wei Yuan bought 900,000 kilograms of thunder sand in one go, and is now preparing new gunpowder day and night. A total of three million kilograms can be prepared, so there is no need to worry about gunpowder production for the time being.
Wei Yuan continued to interrogate the Wu clan about their troops, arrangements, goals, etc., and then heard the great wizard say that he had once heard a ghost wizard say that he wanted to fill the gap in the sky.
I don't know why, when Wei Yuan heard this sentence, his heart suddenly moved, and then he felt that the shadow in the moon seemed to be moving. This feeling was fleeting, but Wei Yuan was no longer the same self as when he was Daoji.
It makes him extremely sensitive to luck, not to mention the girl's yin and yang and the shadow of the moon, so he will never have any whims.
It's just that this witch is really not that good at hearing secrets, and he is completely at a loss as to what mending the sky is. He just heard it mentioned by the ghost witch. Although he didn't understand what the word meant, he felt very mysterious and domineering inexplicably, so he did it.
Note it down.
Wei Yuan vaguely felt that it seemed to be related to his own gate to all realms.
Wei Yuan began to ask about the recent changes in the Wu clan again. The more he asked, the more solemn his expression became. The human fireworks were also activated at full strength, and he began to deduce the situation of the battle again.
At this time, nine hundred miles away from Qingming, it has become the base camp of the Wu clan's advance, with countless tents and temporary houses.
In the open space of a military camp, hundreds of warriors from the Wu clan were tied naked to pillars. The wizards took special cutting knives and slashed their chests, abdomens, ribs and other weak spots, and dozens of cuts were made in an instant.
Then they applied black mud-like ointment on the bodies of these warriors.
The black mud stained the wound, instantly causing the Wu warriors to scream in pain, but they were all tied tightly.
They were completely unable to move. The sorcerers immediately chanted witchcraft spells, and blood began to rise from each warrior's body, and the areas smeared with black mud began to slowly swell.
There are at least hundreds of such open spaces, and hundreds of thousands of Wu clan warriors are undergoing transformation.
In the huge open space at the other end, a giant beast was lying on its side with its belly open. Teams of witch coolies were carrying boxes of gunpowder and piling them into its belly.
In a heavily guarded camp, hundreds of witch clansmen of different shapes were lying or sitting casually, enjoying the food and wine that were constantly being delivered to them. Although they were very different in shape, they were all sharpshooters and could accurately shoot.
Shoot the enemy ten miles away.
In the lobby of a building, more than a dozen sorcerers were surrounding a broken short-barreled cannon, carefully disassembling each part, and then carefully drawing it on the drawing.
The other shamans scraped the barrel of the cannon, put the residue into a crystal box, and sealed it.
Tens of millions of Wu clan are as busy as ants, and this place has completely turned into a war base!
Qing Ming and Wei Yuan summoned the cultivators from Taichu Palace, and when everyone arrived, they told the story that the Wu Clan had obtained the gunpowder formula from Qing Ming, and then said: "It is very possible that this person also leaked my aura and caused karma.
The man of great curse."
Zhang Sheng's eyes turned cold and he said, "If that's true, then we can't let him go."
Xu Henshui said: "Nowadays, new gunpowder is used in the realm, and there are many wartime elixirs, as well as various new firearms. If that person is in Qingming, the Witch Clan will definitely not let him go, and will definitely let him
If he tries to find a way to steal secrets, he will have to follow the previous incident."
Bao Yun said: "But this person may have left Qingming. If the witch clan cannot contact him, he will not be exposed. So it is best to ask for help from the palace and ask more disciples to come over for support. There are many who have been here before."
No less.
Sun Yu and Yu Zhizhuo looked at each other and remained silent. The direction of Bao Yun's words was clear, but since Zhang Sheng didn't speak, they couldn't say anything.
After the matter was agreed upon, the meeting hall suddenly fell into silence.
After a moment, Wei Yuan said: "Everyone has seen the result of this battle. This is just a test force of the Wu clan, not even a real forward, but our casualties have been very heavy. If there are no reinforcements, this battle will be impossible."
The battle will be very difficult."
Baoyun said: "I'll go back once."
Xu Henshui sighed: "It's useless for you to go back. The ancestor of your family didn't want you to come here in the first place. If you go back, I'm afraid not only will you not be able to get reinforcements, but you will also be detained at home and never come out again."
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"Then what should I do?"
Xu Henshui smiled brightly and said: "Unfortunate things happen all the time in the world. Anyway, most of the time we don't come to help, so why go back? Why don't we go back here and have a vigorous battle with the Wu clan, and it will be a good story in the future."
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Wei Yuan was in awe, he didn't expect that Master Xu was such a bloody person.
But his next sentence accidentally revealed the truth: "If you really can't defeat us, just run away. The Witch Clan won't be able to catch up with us anyway."
Xu Henshui had good intentions, but unfortunately no one in the room smiled.
Cui Yu hesitated a little and said: "I have already sent a letter to my family. There should be support from the clan. However, the distance between the two places is too far. It is not practical to bring a large army here."
"It doesn't matter." Wei Yuan has no expectations for the Cui family. The reality is indeed as Cui Yu said, it is possible to transport a few thousand people over, but an army of hundreds of thousands is simply unrealistic.
No one mentioned the Taichu Palace. Now the situation in the northern mountain gate has become extremely urgent again. The Liao people suddenly increased their troops in a large number, and the small national division moved forward, so that all the true kings were suffocated.
There wasn't much to say about the topic of reinforcements, and the discussion couldn't produce any results. It was just a few words.
Wei Yuan and Yu Zhizhuo discussed for a while how the new fortifications should be built, and everyone went about their business. Wei Yuan was a little upset, and flew to the front line again, standing above Ding'an City, looking at the bodies of each household.
It was picked up from the ruins and transported to the open space in the south of the city for display.
The team transporting corpses formed a long queue and moved slowly. The open space outside the city was already filled with corpses, each one arranged densely and neatly, with a cold sadness.
Wei Yuanfei landed in the morgue and walked among the corpses, looking at everyone's face. Many people's faces still showed their last expressions before death, including fear, anger, and panic, all kinds of life expressions.
It's all frozen on the face.
Wei Yuan suddenly saw a face that was still a little childish. He remembered that this face had just been cast into Daoji in the training class a few days ago. Because he was not yet twenty years old, it was quite eye-catching. But he didn't expect it.
As soon as he set foot on the path of cultivating immortality, he died on the front line.
Wei Lan actually knows all the other faces, at least their names and general information. As a Dharma cultivator with extremely strong spiritual awareness, this is his fault. His memory is really good. When he really can’t remember it, he can still store it in the human fireworks.
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Therefore, every person lying on the cold ground was known to Wei Yuan, or even familiar to him. Tens of thousands of corpses were lined up in a vast ocean. Wei Yuan suddenly felt that his heart was a little tight, and he always felt like he could not breathe.
At this time, a monk came over and asked: "Lord, the doctors and generals mean to burn. You see——..."
"No!" Wei Yuan refused without even thinking.
"But if it takes longer, there will be a plague, and it will become a material for the witches to cast spells. We don't have that much time to bury them. The top priority now is to build city defenses."
The monk said a lot in one breath, but he also made sense.
Wei Yuan thought for a while and said, "Mark the identities of the war dead, store them together, cast freezing spells to freeze them, and bury them one by one when you have time."
"But-"
"Those who died on the battlefield are entitled to a burial!"
The monk said no more, glanced at the endless corpses, sighed, and left in a hurry.
Tens of thousands of mortals in the human fireworks suddenly knelt down and bowed three times to the Central Jade Mountain. After praying, they seemed to have changed and their spirituality improved a lot. The confusion in many people's eyes disappeared and they began to be busy.
At this time, a new city defense design has been completed in the fireworks of the world. This design was perfected and optimized around Yu Zhizhuo's idea. Wei Yuan agreed after seeing it, so more than ten Daoji warriors appeared and went to Ding'an City to revamp the defense.
Wei Yuan suddenly felt something in his heart. Human Fireworks had completed the trend analysis of this war. He immediately entered Human Fireworks and began to read carefully.
The war analysis is actually a dozen reports, listing the possible direction of the war under different response strategies. All analyzes are not only based on Wei Yuan's existing leadership experience, but also Zhang Sheng, Cui Yu, Xu Yi, etc. have contributed
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Therefore it is quite reliable.
However·-·
All plans have only one result in the end: defeat.
Wei Yuan slammed the report to the ground, and his figure disappeared in a flash, appearing in front of the girl Yin Yang. It seemed that only by hiding here with her, surrounded by twisted space, could he feel at ease.
Wei Yuan forced himself to calm down, took out the report again, and began to read it carefully, unaware of the passage of time.
Sometimes he was meditating, sometimes he stood up and yelled, and even hit the ground hard, as if he was crazy. Only in this moment of solitude with no one, Wei Yuan could vent his anger and fear without any scruples, and more importantly, fear.
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The fear of defeat.
If we lose this battle, there will be millions of casualties, and all our efforts will be in vain.
The girl Yin Yang just watched quietly from the side.
Every time Wei Yuan just vents, he reads the report again and keeps writing and drawing on the map that appears in front of him. But no matter how he studies, the result is the same. The strength gap between the two sides is really too big. The warriors of the Wu clan
It has exceeded the population of Qingming. This is simply not a war that Qingming can bear now!
Wei Yuan's heart was gradually immersed in despair, and his body felt a bone-chilling chill, as if the fireworks in the world had entered the depths of winter.
A little light suddenly flew out from the girl's eyebrows and disappeared into Wei Yuan's body. And the full moon in the sky dropped a ray of destiny from the sky, which also merged with Wei Yuan silently.
Wei Yuan didn't realize it, he was just deducing wildly. He didn't know how many times he had deduced, but suddenly an idea came to Wei Yuan's mind, like lightning piercing the darkness, instantly lighting up a corner of the world! This method is not analyzing the plan.
middle!
Just this strategy.——
Wei Yuan hesitated for a moment, and then sent the new strategy to the world for optimization and improvement. In fact, there was no need to send it, Wei Yuan also knew that this was the only and last resort.
only·-
Wei Yuan took a deep breath and gradually made up his mind.
In the past, Wei Yuan has won every battle against the Witch Clan, and this one will be no exception. He will eventually win! But the price must be heavy, but Wei Yuan is already prepared.
Wei Yuan knew that all the gifts of fate had already been marked with prices secretly.
He looked at the girl Yin Yang who had been quietly accompanying him and said: "...——-I don't care about reputation."
Chapter completed!