Chapter 271 Nitroglycerin

The news brought back by Lu Guandao was expected.

Anchi was not stopped by his threats. The rolling cavalry is still surging forward like a tide, and they are spreading out and speeding up. They can arrive in two hours at most.

Cheng Jinzhou could imagine that the death of 18 star warlocks must have been beyond the capabilities of the Northern Han army, but he did not understand why the Northern Han cavalry came straight towards De'an.

At this time, there is no need to say anything. Several astromancers built fortifications on the hills near the river, discarding large amounts of wood, coal, and iron blocks on the road, hoping to slow down the cavalry, and commanded the local residents to try to move the people on the other side of the river. Materials are transferred. But it was obvious that everyone was more inclined to escape by boat or on foot along the road, rather than to defend outside the unwalled county.

Even the Star Warlocks cannot strengthen their confidence. 20,000 people are simply too many, and no one likes to place their lives on others.

The Jian River cannot be used as a barrier, because the Northern Han cavalry has many ways to escape from the other side. It is obviously too late to blow up the bridges in other counties at this time. What needs to be considered more is how to meet the attack on the plains. cavalry.

Even the Lu family and his son were pessimistic about the situation in front of them.

"Let's abandon the supplies on the other side and move all the explosives that can be used in the mine." After a brief hesitation, Cheng Jinzhou gave the order in a firm tone. If Jiang Huangxing Warlock wants to save his star power to fight Liu Kuang, he will definitely not be able to use all his star power to fight against 20,000 cavalry. This is also very dangerous for a fourth-level star warlock with full star power.

Of course, he didn't really want to give up the supplies on the other side. Taking advantage of the time when the Star Warlock apprentices were transporting nitroglycerin, he moved to the other side and sold all the supplies to the Star Alliance.

It may not be a good deal, but you will never suffer a loss.

In these last two hours, the rest of De'an moved.

Like all yamen in Daxia, De'an's county yamen were severely overstaffed, with the largest number being yamen and zhuangban. The former have the best treatment, including Ma Kuai, Bu Kuai and Zaoli, which are equivalent to police officers with cars, uniform police officers without cars and police guards. The number of policemen is the largest, equivalent to the existence of the cooperative police and urban management. They are the main managers of local security. There are as many as 500 in De'an County alone. In some counties, this number is doubled.

Apart from the government officials, the miners who did not escape were the most useful human resources. But compared to the civil servants who were fed by the state, the workers naturally did not take the government to heart. Most of them either left with their families or children, or hid in the countryside of De'an to avoid being harmed by the Northern Han Dynasty's cavalry.

Almost all the government officials stayed in Shaonan. They not only believed in the city wall, but also believed in the power of the fourth-level star warlock. In addition, if you run away, according to Daxia's regulations, you will basically never be hired. No one wants to lose such a lucrative job.

The workers left behind more than a thousand people, mostly locals. They didn't have much choice and were equally uneasy.

Cooperating with more than a hundred Star Warlock apprentices, more than a thousand people slowly drove the carriages to transport as much nitroglycerin as possible. Violent shaking, even a stone on the roadside may cause the nitroglycerin to explode directly, slowly. Speed ​​and more hands are the best solution.

It was impossible for them to go directly to the battlefield. Even more than a thousand soldiers, with complete equipment, would not be able to fight against the same number of cavalry, let alone uncommanded troops who had only experienced winter and summer camps.

There is no need to consider the garrison controlled by Jinzhou Province. In this era, military attachés had to take orders from civilian officials. The most important thing for local officials was to "defend the territory." The meaning is: The enemy can kill people and set fire to your land, but they cannot capture the city. Otherwise, you will look good if you don't commit suicide.

Because of this, not to mention that Cheng Jinzhou offended the governor of Jinzhou Province, even if he had not, they would shrink all their troops into the towns.

The only battles that can be relied on are the more than a hundred star warlock apprentices and the remaining dozen or so star warlocks. Not all of them followed Cheng Jinzhou to Shaonan. Among the gentlemen who stayed in De'an, Xi Wuyong and Zhang Tao They are all available combat power. They do not need to be restricted by Jiang Huangxing's warlock style. Wen Rui and Huang Xuan are a second-level star warlock and the other is a first-level star warlock. They are both in a state of full star power. They can deal with the remaining stars of the Northern Han Dynasty. Warlocks are no problem.

All the star warlocks stayed on the bank of the Jian River, listening to Jiang Huangxing's explanation of artillery mathematics. When the star power was insufficient, directly ejecting nitroglycerin was the most labor-saving method.

Warlock Liu Kuangxing arrived earlier than the Northern Han army.

He flew over from low altitude, found the position of Warlock Jiang Huangxing, and stood there, looking at him.

Warlock Jiang Huangxing stopped the pen in his hand, looked at the time and said, "Go and calibrate the various elements. I believe the current content is enough for us to attack."

After saying that, he took off and faced Warlock Liu Kuangxing.

The two of them flew upward together until they were out of sight and hearing.

Liu Kuang flew faster and higher, but when he reached the height of the clouds, he did not attack. Instead, he looked down and shouted at Jiang Huang in a sad and angry voice: "Seven of my men were killed in the battle, and Li Ji also Dead, the association’s third-level star warlock.”

"Level three and one star." Jiang Huang's expression turned cold.

The seemingly corrective language made Liu Kuang's face become ferocious, and he said loudly: "What would you think if both Xi Wuyong and Zhang Tao died in my hands?"

"Is this a threat?" Jiang Huang's words were short and his expression remained calm.

He had no intention of getting entangled with Liu Kuang, and it seemed that he had no obligation to calm Liu Kuang's anger.

"The association will not let you go. Warlock Guo Jingxing is still in Daxia." The reason An Feng did not pounce was simply because he was not sure of victory. He was facing the 200-year-old Jiang Huang, the most senior star warlock in Daxia. He was like a big tree about to fall. He was not afraid of any beast except nature.

Jiang Huang naturally remembered Warlock Guo Jingxing's threat, pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "If Warlock Guo Jingxing has any questions, let him ask me in person."

"Jiang Huang!" Liu Kuang began to call him by his name: "Cheng Jinzhou is already a complete Templar Star Warlock. If you continue to protect him, the result will be the same."

"Maybe he doesn't care about the church or the association at all." Jiang Huang's voice suddenly dropped.

"what are you saying?"

Jiang Huang didn't want to fight with Liu Kuang, so he quickly said: "Do you still remember those yellow-robed men who were responsible for controlling the special star formation when we were in Xingzhou?"

Liu Kuang knew that Jiang Huang would not just tell a story to delay time, so he slowly put away his posture and said "Oh" and waited for the next step.

"I think you should know the existence of the Holy Cliff."

"Um?"

"I guess Cheng Jinzhou came to Daxia from Shengya to practice."

Liu Kuang's expression turned ugly. After a long time, he said: "How do you know?"

"I guess, you don't have to believe it, but I won't let you go." Jiang Huang spoke in a low voice, just like when he was still serving as the Royal Star Warlock.

Liu Kuang was also a very decisive person and quickly said: "Let's stay here together."

His intention was naturally to prevent Jiang Huang from participating in the next war. In his opinion, without Jiang Huang, the Northern Han cavalry would have destroyed De'an's laboratory and experimental factory even if they could not kill Cheng Jinzhou.

Jiang Huang stayed in the air impeccably.

The cavalry raised smoke and dust all over the sky.

An Wenchang wore an ordinary officer's uniform without conspicuous markings to avoid being killed first.

He was surrounded by guardsmen armed with longbows, and then 100 soldiers selected from the entire army who had replaced them with longer infantry strongbows. The Northern Han Dynasty has always been at a disadvantage in terms of star warlocks, but they have their own methods. The rain of arrows composed of 600 soldiers is still extremely lethal in the low altitude, and star warlocks of low level cannot avoid avoiding its sharp edges.

Several archers who have been trained for a long time are hiding in the ordinary team. They use the best bows and arrows. Under ideal conditions, they can kill any invading star warlock within 500 meters. Their symbolic significance is greater than their actual significance, and their existence means that any Star Warlock who comes within 500 meters of any unit may be killed.

No astromancer wants to take such a risk.

In fact, An Wenchang didn't have to move on, but he had to move on. If he goes back in despair, the military career of the talented commander will be over, and it will also mean the end of his political career, not to mention that the dead Anchi is an important member of the An family.

Rather than losing the trust of the country and family, An Wenchang was more willing to fight for a way out, whether it was his own life or the lives of 20,000 cavalry. And he also believed that at least until the sun was magical tomorrow, the star warlocks in Daxia didn't have much star power to use.

He still has 4 star warlocks left, which is enough for a short battle.

"General, we have reached the edge of De'an." The adjutant reported the news of the forward at any time.

There was already a cry of "ouch" in front of me.

"What are you shouting for?" An Wenchang straightened up, stepped on the stirrups and looked forward, and was stunned. After a long while, he pointed to the yellow-white artificial hill across the river and said, "Is that food?"

"That's coal. It seems to be a warehouse of cloth over there. We robbed it last year..." The adjutant knew all his treasures. In his 20-year robbery career, he had rarely seen such a sumptuous "banquet".

"It's such a pity. Otherwise, if we send a messenger there, we will get at least half of it." An Wenchang applied his usual experience and almost forgot about the fallen star warlocks at that moment.

A loud "boom" sound woke up all the North Korean troops from their dreams.

The frightened horse immediately neighed, and the four star warlocks also took off and moved forward.

"Star Warlock?" An Wenchang thought suspiciously, while habitually waving his hands and shouting: "Disperse, disperse."

This was the genius commander's first correct decision today, and perhaps his only one.

The second barrel of nitroglycerin has been sent into the air through the "Wind and Waves Star Array".

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