Build the Traveler Alliance from scratch - #479 - Chapter 479 Are there really experts?

“No, it’s more chaotic outside, it’s not as safe as here.”

Facing Liu Xigua’s surprised gaze, Ning Yi shook his head firmly.

A few days ago, he would have definitely tried every means to send Su Tan’er and Xiaochan away, so that he could let go of his worries and use his fists without any worries.

But things are different now. With the three human tanks Zuo Yu, Li Yun and Ye Zixun here, there is no safer place in the world.

Only a fool would send his wife and family away…

Ning Yi thought so in his heart.

Naturally, Liu Xigua didn’t know Ning Yi’s true thoughts. After hearing Ning Yi’s decisive answer, she thought that the military advisor had finally made up his mind to help Batao Camp achieve its great cause.

“Oh…then let me tell them.”

Liu Xigua blinked, looking at the documents, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

In her heart, the ideas such as democracy and freedom that Ning Yi revealed to her these days are the true ideas deep in Ning Yi’s heart.

But in fact, most of these ideas are weapons used by Ning Yi to deceive Liu Xigua. At most, they are trying to use the Ba Dao Camp and the rebel army to conduct a thought experiment.

When it comes time to part ways with Ba Dao Camp, Ning Yi will not be merciful.

At noon that day, Liu Xigua originally planned to marry Ning Yi’s wife with the generals of the Batao Camp.

But before the mighty group of people walked out of Xiliu Street, Saint Gong Fangla’s messenger came with a piece of bombshell news——

Tong Guan, the Xuanfu envoy of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Huainan, led an army of 150,000 people, marched by land and water, defeated the rebel army on the Jiaxing front line, and is now heading towards Hangzhou.

“…Why so fast?” Zuo Yu looked surprised.

Ning Yi thought that Zuo Yu was talking about the original history, so he said nonchalantly: “Tong Guan is not a mediocre person, and the 150,000 forbidden troops who went south were the elite of the Wu Dynasty. Their combat effectiveness was far better than that of Fang La’s rebel army. How could they achieve such great results?” The results are not unexpected.”

“As for historical issues, this is the Wu Dynasty, not the Song Dynasty. Some deviations are normal, right?”

It is normal to deviate from the history of the Song Dynasty, but it is abnormal to deviate from the plot of the son-in-law!

Zuo Yu and the other three looked at each other, pondered for a moment, and began to inquire if there were any strange people in the imperial army.

Unfortunately, Fang La’s army on the front line was defeated too quickly, resulting in limited intelligence in Hangzhou.

Staying in the city, it is probably difficult to get effective information from Tong Guanjun…

With the attack of 150,000 troops, the situation of Fang La’s army took a turn for the worse.

The city of Hangzhou, which had gradually begun to regain its vitality in Fang La’s hands, once again transformed into a wartime state.

It was the autumn harvest when Fang La occupied Hangzhou, so he gathered a large amount of food and military resources. After Tong Guan led an army to besiege the city, the two sides launched a brutal five-day battle in Hangzhou City.

Although Tong Guan’s ability to command troops cannot be said to be top-notch, it is still much better than Fang Lajun’s group of mud-legged soldiers.

In five days, Tong Guan’s army launched attacks from three directions in Hangzhou. The offensive was as continuous as a raging wave. Each wave of offensive was intermittently strong and weak, weak and real.

If Fang La’s army had not gathered together elites at this moment, with sufficient manpower, and the weather was getting colder, Tong Guan might have found the opportunity to open a gap in the city wall and break through Hangzhou.

But even if Fang La’s army successfully withstood waves of offensives from Tong Guan’s army, the atmosphere inside Hangzhou was gloomy and gloomy.

Fang Qifu, Wang Yin, Si Xingfang, Deng Yuanjue, and Shi Bao all retreated to Hangzhou with their remaining soldiers. The elite Ba Dao camp that Liu Xigua had left in the hands of his adoptive father Fang Qifu were also returned to him by Fang Qifu. Got her.

But compared with before, the losses suffered by the elite of the Ba Dao Camp were really heavy.

As the most loyal supporter within Fang La’s army, Ba Dao Camp has always been the core force of Fang La’s men.

When he followed Fang Qifu to Jiaxing to stop the imperial army, the main force of Ba Dao camp totaled more than 3,000 people. Later, Liu Xigua returned to Hangzhou, and there were still more than 2,000 people left with Fang Qifu.

But now, there are only less than 900 elites from the Ba Dao Camp that Fang Qifu has returned to Liu Xigua.

The battle damage rate was as high as 60%, which was not to be described as tragic.

This caused the atmosphere in Ba Dao Camp to become solemn.

The army besieged the city, and sacrifices for the dead were urgently followed. At Ning Yi’s suggestion, Liu Xigua convened the entire battalion and held an hour-long mourning meeting, and then hurriedly invested in the maintenance of the city’s fortifications.

“…Have you made a decision?”

Ye Zixun’s voice came from the beams above his head.

Although this is the center of Ba Dao Camp, the other party is a mysterious time traveler after all. Ning Yi has long been accustomed to his elusiveness, and immediately replied without raising his head: “What do you think?”

“…”

Ye Zixun glanced at him, turned over and landed on the ground, walked to the opposite side of the desk and sat down cross-legged.

“My brother is not talking about you. You are informing the spies of the imperial court, and at the same time you are concentrating on handling government affairs for the Ba Dao camp. You are so duplicitous, are you really not afraid of schizophrenia?”

“…In my position and in my political affairs, I must do my best to benefit both parties.”

“You’re playing Infernal Affairs with me, right?” Ye Zixun curled his lips and said seriously, “Even if it’s Infernal Affairs, you still have to make a choice. Have you decided which side you want to stand on in the end?”

Ning Yi laughed when he heard this, put down the document in his hand, and looked at Ye Zixun.

“Third brother, I know what you are worried about, but don’t worry, I had no choice from the beginning…”

“Mr. Qin and I have been friends for many years. He trusted me and entrusted all the members of the Secret Investigation Department in Hangzhou to my hands. There are also many relatives and friends of Tan’er and I in Jiangning…”

“With so much trust and care, what else do you think I can do?”

Ye Zixun nodded: “That’s right…what about Liu Xigua and Ba Daoying?”

Ning Yi’s hand movements paused slightly.

Ning Yi did not like Fang La and the rebels under his command, but Xigua and Ba Dao Camp were exceptions.

People are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless, Liu Xigua’s trust in him, and the affection of the brothers in Ba Dao Camp for him, Ning Yi can see these, not to mention that he has also sown seeds in Ba Dao Camp.

All of the above cannot be tolerated by him.

But in his current position, he had to take action against Fang La’s army to help the imperial army capture Hangzhou…

Ning Yi sighed and said softly: “No matter what, I will try my best to protect them.”

Ye Zixun understood what he meant, sighed immediately, put his hands behind his head, and lay back.

“The army outside the city is considered the king’s army, and the rebels inside the city are considered temporary colleagues. I don’t like these two sides, but neither of them is easy to take action… Alas, this battle is too boring!”

Ning Yi smiled: “Things in the world are not black and white. Third brother, you are not too young, how can you be as childish as Chen Fan.”

“You are just as childish as that kid!”

Ye Zixun rolled his eyes, blinked immediately, straightened his upper body as if thinking of something, and looked at Ning Yi with bright eyes.

“But Fourth Brother, I do have a good idea.”

“…What’s the idea?”

As soon as Ning Yi asked the question, he immediately regretted it.

Sure enough, Ye Zixun said with a smile: “If you come to light, the whole world will be dark!”

Ning Yi smiled bitterly and said: “You are asking me to rebel!”

Ye Zixun said indifferently: “So what if you rebel… I know you still have concerns in Jiangning. What follows is that the seeds you sow in Ba Dao Camp have gradually taken root and sprouted these days. In addition, you Ning The prestige of the military advisor and Liu Xigua’s trust in you, aren’t these the best foundation for the rebellion?”

“…”

Ning Yi looked helpless. Just as he was about to speak, he heard chaotic and rapid footsteps coming from outside the hall.

“Strategist, strategist!”

“Oops, the North City Gate…is broken!”

…The city is broken?

Ning Yi stood up suddenly, looked at Ye Zixun who also stood up, and then turned to look at the members of the Ba Dao Battalion who ran into the hall.

“What’s going on? It’s only been five days. Why did it break so fast?”

“We didn’t expect it!” The man said with a panicked look on his face and a hint of fear in his tone, “That Tong Guan actually knows the magic spell. He built a high platform outside the North City Gate and used horses to pull out many barrel-shaped magic spells. According to the brothers who escaped from the city wall, they saw with their own eyes that the magical weapon spit out a large amount of flames, roared like thunder, and then…then the city wall cracked…”

……artillery!

Ning Yi and Ye Zixun looked at each other and could see the surprise in each other’s eyes.

After all, the Wu Dynasty in this world is the Song Dynasty in another time and space, so it is not unusual to have artillery.

But with such a powerful artillery, that would be a big problem!

What’s more, this is the world of the son-in-law. If Ye Zixun remembers correctly, the artillery in this world was invented by Ning Yi, and at first, due to material problems, only elm artillery could be made.

“Ha, are there really experts in the imperial army?”

Ye Zixun had a look of interest on his face.

Ning Yi couldn’t think too much and said immediately: “Let’s gather the troops and let’s evacuate from the south gate!”

The man shook his head and said firmly: “No, military advisor, you and your wife will retreat first. We have received an order from the rear to hold off the court’s pursuers for you…”

“…”

Ning Yi fell silent, but he knew that now was not the time to be pretentious.

He reached out and patted the man’s shoulder, then stepped out of the lobby.

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In March of the eighth year of Jinghan in the Wu Dynasty, King Zhou of Qin came to present a new method of steel smelting.

In September, King Zhou Lai of Qin developed a cast-iron artillery called the “Zhentian Lei” based on the prototype of the fire gun. It was fired for the first time. The sound was as loud as a thunderbolt. It could be heard hundreds of miles away. Within half an acre of the target, livestock could be heard. All are dead, and the armor and iron are all through.

The superiors were shocked when they heard about it, so they regarded it as a magical weapon and kept it secret.

At the end of August in the ninth year of Jinghan’s reign, Tong Guan led his army to suppress the rebellion in the southeast, and equipped the army with eighty cast-iron cannons.

After besieging the city for five days, seeing that the enemy troops were exhausted, Tong Guan thought that the time had come, so he launched the artillery and fired it. The sound was like thunder. The city was shaken and the earth collapsed. The smoke rose to the sky. The number of soldiers was frightened and killed.

In a moment, the city of Hangzhou was defeated, the army entered, and the trouble in the southeast was decided in one battle…