Therefore, in the Taoist city, Aristotle IV stood outside the prison gate and was helpless. He could not imagine why Wu Ji chose to betray, why he abandoned his noble Greek identity, and would rather fall into a member of a lower civilization that was about to be destroyed? Perhaps his research was wrong, but at least he would have to cover up this mistake now. Wu Ji could die from illness, accidents, but not from his confession that he was a Xia person.

‘Boom-!’ The thunderous cannon sounded suddenly at this moment, and Aristotle IV shivered. Wu Ji said in elegant words with surprise: “Chu army, it is Chu army!”

"Chony, the army of Chuni has been surrounded for a long time, and General Meng said that they will starve to death soon." Although it is no longer meaningful to correct it, Aristotle IV is used to it. He continued: "I will ask His Majesty to forgive your sins as soon as possible..."

‘Boom, boom…’ The cannon sound became more and more violent, so that Aristotle IV’s last words were completely covered by the cannon sound. After saying that, he quickly left the prison full of stench with Zaras.

The Chu army surrounded by Meng Tian was thirty miles away from Gudaoyi. This army occupied the high ground on the left bank of the river. Somehow, it transported huge artillery to the mountainside of Linhe and could bombard all the nearby enemies from a high place.

Aristotle IV came to Old Daoyi to study artillery. Qinni casted artillery, but its lifespan was not as good as the "fake artillery" given by Chuni when it was handed over. The same phenomenon occurred in Alexandria, where the cannons were not used. None of them could be used. There was still a difference between the two. The envoy Palops said that it was difficult for Egyptian craftsmen to cast artillery into a standard narrow cylinder; the Qinni could cast it into a cylinder, but the body of the cannon was very unstable and it was broken as soon as it exploded.

Lord Baidi's identity gave Aristotle IV convenience. The investigation found that the reason why the Bactrician craftsmen in Xianyang was able to cast artillery was because among them were Cinni craftsmen, Cinni craftsmen were responsible for the mud molds used for casting, and Bactrician craftsmen were responsible for the metal formula. Their metal formula was very different from that of Cinni Shaofu, which resulted in different results.

However, the Bactrician craftsmen were backward in the eyes of the Egyptians. They just followed the customary formulas of the known world, but did not refine the copper material. The success was because the Chinni craftsmen provided excellent mud molds. Their copper material was not pure - in the Mediterranean and Syria, craftsmen used the tree-planting reduction method (Poling) to refine copper very early. Like Chinni craftsmen, their method of refining crude copper is also smelting again and again, and this method is difficult to obtain high-purity fine copper.

The clay molds made by Cinema, coupled with the copper and tin materials refined by Cinema, should be able to cast truly usable artillery. However, this is part of the secret discussion between Aristotle IV and Paropus, just as it is not possible to teach the Cinema how to produce saltpeter of higher purity.

According to this secret proposal, Aristotle IV also needed to help the Egyptians obtain Chuni's artillery manufacturing technology and some other things (such as iron smelting and sea ships) before he could become the next director of the Alexandria Library after Edorasse.

Egypt and Qini got only four-four-eight-Minna (1 Minna = 437g), and the shells fired by the Chuni army were usually larger and heavier, close to Jiuminna. This was not the heaviest, and the heaviest shells fired by the Chuni people reached twenty-two Minna. All Chuni artillery was made of Chuni iron, which was much cheaper than making it with copper.

"The Chuni people, the Chuni people are shooting their shells here." Before leaving the prison, Paropus, who had not yet entered the Yiling Mansion, came out of nowhere to hold Aristotle IV. In the south, in addition to the sound of cannons, there were also drums, soldiers' shouts and killings, and a very unique whistling. "I think the Chuni army must have discovered that King Qini was here..."

"Prespect is not a good habit. The Paropus Chunis are on the other side of the mountain, so they cannot come here." Aristotle IV spread his hands and was helpless. Others walked towards the city wall. Only by standing on the city wall can they see the situation on the other side of the mountain.

After being besieged for more than ten days, the Chu army finally launched a breakout attack, which was not unexpected. What was unexpected was that their breakout did not go east, south, or west, but north. The Yuanwu Mountain Range explored from the east to the Mianshui River, and the mountain edges were all east-west. Except for the two ridges occupied by the Chu army that were on the Mianshui River, the rest were extremely smooth and gentle slopes.

The Chu army, which concentrated artillery bombardment, quickly defeated the stone turrets that surrounded the Qin army, and then the artillery pushed forward again, and several earth turrets behind were also destroyed one by one. At this time, the Chu soldiers raised their spears high, shouted and rushed past the earth turrets, and rushed into the Qin army camp behind the earth turrets.

More than 100,000 people could not deal with more than 30,000 people. Meng Tian had been complained by Zhao Zheng before, but now more than 30,000 people are attacking Gudaoyi. Thinking of Zhao Zheng who lives in Gudaoyi, the counselors in the shogunate felt a little sore. Fortunately, the lieutenant and the guards were stationed in the south of Gudaoyi. Before Meng Tian gave the order, the lieutenant had already fought with the attacking Chu army.

"How many people in Jing? How many people in Jing?!" Meng Tian was urgently awakened and asked loudly before he entered the shogunate.

"I don't know yet," the strategists answered directly. "I can't see things at night, I only hear the sound of killing but I don't know how many people in Jing."

"Before the middle of the night, the Jing people attacked me at this time, and they were just a feint attack." The giant cannons like the Chu army could knock down the walls of the old Daoyi with one shot, but Meng Gong still felt that this was the Chu army's feint attack. "What he wanted was definitely not the old Daoyi."

"Where is the Jing people trying to do?" Meng Tian looked at him, and he became increasingly dissatisfied with the counselors left by his father.

"Jing people..." The Chu army will definitely break through, but no one dares to be sure which direction it is in the east, south and west directions.

Go east, go down to the Chakou and walk to the southeast for a hundred miles to the Baoxia Road. This road is not completely controlled by the Qin army. After Bai Lin led his troops to Zhudi, the Nanzheng and Chu army, who received reinforcements, recaptured Qipanling and advanced north along the Baoxia Road. Although there is Lingguan Gorge to the south, the Chu army cut down big seals and made rafts during this period, and they may not be able to go south by rafts;

Finally, go west. Although the possibility of going west is very small, who can say it? After crossing the Mian River and before entering Lingguan Gorge, although the right bank is still a mountain road, it is just a hilly hill. Far away from the Mian River, you can walk all the way to Chengxian along the mountain path. When you arrive in Chengxian, you can go east to Hanzhong or go south to Bashu. This road looks very far, but it is very stable.

Meng Tian looked around and found that no strategist dared to answer. He ignored him and said, "Send the army on the right bank and the army on the Yuanwu Mountain to rescue quickly."

"If the Jing people escape..." Meng Gong was shocked. "The king must be furious!"

"If the Jing people attacked the old Dao County and the witchcraft attacked the city, the king would not be angry?" Meng Tian asked back.

"But that is the lieutenant and the lieutenant's crime." Meng Gong argued. "The general's responsibility is to encircle and annihilate the Jing people, and the Jing people escape, and the general's crime. The witchcraft attacked into the town, disturbing and injuring the king. The two lieutenants' crimes, what does this have to do with the general?"

"The Jing people broke through the barriers of our army and attacked the old Daoyi, and the Jing people were already out of trouble at this time." Meng Gong's words were not unreasonable. It was what he said separately, but when they looked at it, it was his own siege that failed and the Chu army escaped.

Meng Tian no longer hesitated and issued a feathered edict to ask the military officials to send orders quickly. About half an hour, countless torches lit up on the right bank of Mian River. The army first followed Mian River to the north, crossed the floating bridge near the ancient Daoyi, and lined up south of the ancient Daoyi. At this time, the lieutenant's army had been defeated by the Chu army's spears, and the sound of cannons was getting closer and closer to the ancient Daoyi, and the iron bullets had landed several miles south of the ancient Daoyi.

"The king asked the general, did the Jing people attack the old Daoyi?" Meng Tian was no longer in the shogunate, so he personally led his troops to defend in front of the old Daoyi.

"Or." Meng Tian didn't know how to answer. Although he thought in his heart that this might be a feint attack by the Chu army, what if it was not? "The Jing people were cunning and brave. If they really attacked the old Daoyi, they would be the crime of me."

Zhao Gao came to ask questions on behalf of Zhao Zheng. After he wrote down Meng Tian's words, he then asked: "The king asked the general when will all the Jing people be killed? The army goes south to restore Nanzheng, Bashu?"

"My..." Sweat beads suddenly dripped from Meng Tian's forehead. The Chu army was guarding here with no waterways and land routes were blocked and could not go south due to restraining the entire army. "I am guilty, please sue the king."

Meng Tian knelt down as he spoke. When Zhao Gao saw him kneeling down and touching his lips, he said politely: "Why should the general be like this? It's not that the generals are not capable of being able to do it, but that is the Jing people's witchcraft. However, in Nanzheng, Bashu and the King will not be at ease for one day..."

Before the Chu army abandoned the fork in the east, they not only transported food, horses, but also extremely important ammunition. A few days ago, standing on Yuanwu Mountain and passing through Lu Li's mirror, Zhao Zheng witnessed the power of the witchcraft with his own eyes. The Qin army rushed to the Jing people like a tide. The closely arranged witchcraft suddenly sounded rapidly, spewing out balls of flames. The Qin soldiers rushing in front seemed to be millet harvested by farmers, and fell down rows more than a hundred steps away. No matter how brave the soldiers were, they could not rush to the Jing people's array, and they would only build corpses in front of the witchcraft.

Zhao Zheng, who blamed Meng Tian for his poor combat, no longer blamed him, but Meng Tian felt more and more guilty. More than 100,000 people could not annihilate more than 30,000 people, and this matter will surely become a laughing stock in the world.

Zhao Gao explained politely, explaining that this was not Zhao Zheng’s reprimand. As he spoke, the military newspaper suddenly broke out, and the lookout on the Que Tower shouted: “The people of Jing are crossing the Mian River! The people of Jing are crossing the Mian River! The people of Jing are crossing the Mian River…”

"Sure!" Meng Tian, ​​who had just stood up, was a little dizzy. The Chu army was indeed attacking the west by the north and crossing the Mianshui River.

Meng Gong was afraid that Meng Tian would kneel down and apologize again, so he rushed to speak. "There is no food for the Jing people to die in the west, and our army will be able to restore Nanzheng today."

"Why?" Zhao Gao only understood laws and regulations, but did not understand military affairs.
Chapter completed!