Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 241 Attacking Nanjing City, the Foundation Has Been Formed
Thinking of this, Su Hao lost interest. After all, if he wanted to build such a huge mechanism beast, it would take a lot of manpower and material resources in a few years, and it would be impossible to succeed.

And if you want to capture Nanjing City, you only need to cut off the backup of Nanjing City, and then besiege it for another three or four years. The Nanjing City will be destroyed, so why spend such a high price on building a mechanism beast.

But after thinking about it, Su Hao didn't pour cold water directly, but asked: "Hou Aiqing, the production process of this Mohism mechanism beast is cumbersome, and it may not be a matter of time to make such a huge mechanism beast, and the consumption will not be too high." Small."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Hou Xun couldn't help being stunned for a moment, but he quickly came back to his senses and quickly said: "Your Majesty, it will take a long time and cost a lot to create a perfect siege beast .”

"However, if you just want to create a mechanism beast that can attack the city, it is not particularly difficult. As long as your majesty transfers many Mohists from the scientific research institute to assist the minister, and then transfers a thousand craftsmen to serve the minister, the minister can create it within half a year. A beast capable of attacking a city."

Hearing this, Su Hao couldn't help being stunned. This was something he hadn't thought about. According to his guess, this kind of giant mechanism beast wouldn't be successful without the painstaking efforts of hundreds or thousands of Mohist children for decades.

After thinking for a while, Su Hao said in doubt: "Aiqing can really build a mechanism beast that can attack the city in half a year?"

For him, it is not difficult to transfer those Mohist students from the scientific research institute, and it is also easy for a thousand craftsmen. What he is worried about is that he has too many expectations, but Hou Xun loses the chain in the end. I will be depressed by then.

"The minister dare not deceive the king."

Hearing that Su Hao didn't believe it, Hou Xun hurriedly saluted.

"Since Aiqing has confidence, then go ahead and do it boldly. Even if it doesn't work, I won't blame you."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao nodded his head and said, since Hou Xun is confident, he is naturally happy to see it succeed. After all, the manpower and material resources needed are not much, so it is best to succeed, and it doesn't matter if it fails. loss.

"The minister will live up to His Majesty's expectations."

Hou Xun said quickly.

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Soon, under Su Hao's order, more than 1000 craftsmen were placed under Hou Xun's command. At the same time, Su Hao also set up a camp for Hou Xun for him to use. He was also transferred to Nanjing City.

Hou Xun also quickly built dozens of iron-making blast furnaces in the barracks, and began to smelt steel wantonly. At the same time, a large amount of wood was also transported into Hou Xun's camp.

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the other side.

Jingzhou Fucheng, Yunzhen Martial Arts Hall.

In a monastery, Hu Zhongwu closed his eyes and practiced internal strength. After a long time, Hu Zhongwu slowly opened his eyes and sensed the internal force in his body. Hu Zhongwu's face showed joy, and the Dragon God really didn't lie to him. He really has been transformed.

In just half a month, he has been promoted to the third-rate realm from no entry, and his practice speed is getting faster and faster. He is sure that he will be able to promote to the second-rate realm in less than two months.

Thinking of this, Hu Zhongwu's face became even more joyful. According to this speed, he can reach the first-class level in less than half a year, and with the gold given by the Dragon God, he can recruit soldiers and buy horses in his hometown at that time. party.

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Time passed day by day, and as the mechanism beast made by Hou Xun gradually took shape, Wang Jia and others in Nanjing City also discovered the giant in the camp of the Qi army.

"What it is?"

Chen Guangyu frowned. Now there are nearly twenty Hongyi cannons cast in the city, and in two months, they will have almost thirty Hongyi cannons.

At that time, with the advantage of the city wall, they can also wrestle with the Qi army. At this time, he absolutely does not want to see any changes. After all, changes represent a crisis, and Nanjing City will be in danger if they are not careful.

"It seems to be a mechanism beast of the Mohist school."

Fan Jingwen on the side frowned and said, "But this is too big, how can such a huge mechanism beast move?"

As the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanzhili, he is also a well-informed person, and he has naturally seen Mohist mechanism beasts, but such a huge mechanism beast is unheard of, because such a huge mechanism beast is not human. Driven.

"Qi Jun will definitely not waste so much effort to make a fake thing to scare us, maybe the other party can really drive this mechanism beast to attack the city."

Wei Guogong Xu Hongji said worriedly that the only support of Nanjing City is the city wall. The height of this mechanism beast built by the Qi army is no lower than the city wall. If it can really move, Nanjing City will undoubtedly be destroyed.

"Would you like to invite Mr. Kong San to take a look?"

At this time, Tang Dazhang, the Minister of Rites on the side, spoke.

Mr. Kong San?

Hearing Tang Dazhang's words, Wang Jia's complexion suddenly became gloomy, and he said coldly: "It's fine that the Kong family cultivated two martial arts masters privately, but they even secretly cultivated a congenital strong man. When our family returns to Beijing, we will definitely sue the Kong family!"

Hearing Wang Jia's words, Tang Dazhang couldn't help but smiled wryly. No outsiders knew about the fact that the Kong family had secretly cultivated an innate realm expert, but the false emperor Su Hao had personally acted before and summoned thousands of paper figurines to attack the city , the city wall almost fell, and it was the Congenital Realm expert of the Kong family who joined forces with the other two martial arts masters to kill all the opponent's paper figurines.

Although the Kong family's action this time can be regarded as saving the city of Nanjing, this behavior of the Kong family is unacceptable to the royal family. In the entire Ming Dynasty, there are many families who have cultivated martial arts masters. Among the princes of several major countries in the Ming Dynasty A strong man with the status of a martial arts master guards the house.

However, being strong in the Xiantian realm is a taboo. Except for the royal family who enshrined the strong in the Xiantian realm, other families will take the initiative to avoid suspicion. Although this taboo is not expressly stipulated, it is acquiesced by everyone. Now the Kong family has broken it. This taboo.

"Eunuch Wang, it's not too late to talk about this matter in the future. The most important thing now is to defend the city of Nanjing."

After a moment of silence, Tang Dazhang said with a wry smile: "Besides, the Kong family did not hesitate to expose this innate powerhouse in order to keep Nanjing City, which shows that the Kong family is still loyal to the court."

"Humph!"

Wang Jia snorted coldly, and didn't say anything more. If it weren't for this, he would have been mad a long time ago. Those who are strong in the innate realm are strong, but Nanjing City is the capital of the south, and there are currently 12 martial arts masters in the city. People, heaps can pile up everyone in the Kong family.

Not long after, a middle-aged man in a Tibetan Confucian robe came to the city wall.

"Kong San has met Wang Gonggong, Xu Gongye, and Chen Houye."

Seeing Wang Jia's stinky face, Kong San had no choice but to salute.

But Wang Jia didn't pay attention to Kong San, this time Zhu Youjian would definitely not give the Kong family a good look, if he was too close to the Kong family, then his fate would not be much better.

"Mr. Kong San doesn't need to be too polite."

Seeing that Wang Jia had no intention of opening his mouth, Chen Guangyu quickly broke the awkward atmosphere. Kong San was also a strong innate realm, and he needed Kong San's efforts to defend Nanjing City.

Seeing this, Kong San could only smile helplessly in his heart. As a member of the Kong family, he also knew that his existence had violated the taboo of the royal family. Before that, he had persuaded Kong Yinzhi to flee to other places before the Qi army surrounded Nanjing. It's a pity that Kong Yinzhi rejected his proposal and chose to stay in Nanjing.

Because Jiangnan is the most affluent area in the entire Ming Dynasty, once Jiangnan falls into the hands of Daqi, then Daming will be powerless to recover, and there is no place for Confucianism in Daqi, so in the end Kong Yinzhi decided to take the Kong family with him. The strong guarded the city of Nanjing.

Although his existence has violated the taboo of the royal family, as long as he can help defend Nanjing City, he believes that Zhu Youjian will not pursue this matter too much.

"Mr. Kong San, I invite you here this time. I mainly want to ask you for advice. Now the puppet Qi army camp is making a huge Mohist mechanism beast. I don't know if this mechanism beast is real or not. Can it act?"

At this time, Fan Jingwen pointed to the huge organ beast in the Qi army camp in the distance and asked.

Mohism mechanism beast?
Hearing Fan Jingwen's words, Kong San couldn't help being taken aback. He had naturally seen the huge thing in the distance, but if Fan Jingwen didn't say it, he wouldn't have guessed that it was a mechanism beast.

"Fan Shangshu, did you read it wrong, that thing should not be a Mohist mechanism beast."

After thinking for a while, Kong San shook his head and said.

"How could that thing not be a mechanism beast of the Mo family?"

Hearing this, Fan Jingwen immediately frowned and said, "I have seen some Mohist organ beasts before, and they are exactly the same as the Mohist organ beasts except that they are much bigger."

Hearing this, Kong San shook his head and said: "Fan Shangshu only knows one thing but not the other, this thing looks very similar to the Mohism's mechanism beast, but in fact it is very different, the Mohism mechanism beast is quite strict in making. "

"If the Mohist mechanism beast wants to act, it must engrave the pattern so that the mana can run, but engraving the pattern is an extremely mana-consuming and material-consuming thing. In order not to be easily destroyed, the people of the Mohist are making mechanism beasts. I always choose the hard-textured demon wood as the material."

"Now the things in the Qi army's camp are made of ordinary trees, and they can't withstand the attacks of experts at all. Once the magic pattern is destroyed, the entire mechanism beast will be unable to move, and this thing is too big. If you want to rely on Mana drives this thing, and it is impossible to succeed without hundreds or thousands of heretic warlocks."

Hearing Kong San's words, not only Fan Jingwen, but even Wang Jia and others were stunned.

"Then what is the fake Qi trying to do?"

Wang Jia couldn't help wondering, at least thousands of craftsmen were needed to make this thing. If it wasn't a mechanism beast, could it be made for fun?

"Perhaps it's a puppet trick by Pseudo-Qi?"

After thinking for a while, Chen Guangyu said.

"maybe."

Fan Jingwen frowned. He didn't quite agree with Chen Guangyu's statement, because Da Qi had the upper hand now, so there was no need to do so.

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Time passed day by day, and in the camp of the Qi army, the mechanism beasts made by Hou Xun were gradually coming to an end.

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Qi army camp.

Su Hao was lowering his head and reviewing the memorandum. At this time, Liao Qing's voice sounded from the entrance of the camp: "Your Majesty, Academician Hou's mechanism beast has been successfully manufactured."

Succeeded?
Hearing this, Su Hao, who was currently cultivating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes. For him, winning Nanjing City is the most important thing right now. It has been almost eight months since he set off from Shandong, and he will continue to delay. If so, Daming's reinforcements are likely to be assembled soon.

"Go and see."

Su Hao walked out of the tent, and then walked towards the camp where Hou Xun was. After a while, Su Hao and his group came to the side of the organ beast.

The organ beast made by Hou Xun is four feet seven feet high, fourteen feet long, and ten feet wide. It is like a huge crab. There are eight huge wooden legs on the left and right sides. There are circles of iron bars, and the center of the wheel is a large iron disc, which is engraved with various magic patterns.

In addition to the two sides, there are more than a dozen wooden legs on the abdomen of the organ beast, and the wooden legs are also wheels, which looks quite weird, and the entire organ beast is made of wood.

"I see you, Your Majesty!"

At this time, Hou Xun's voice sounded, and the next moment, Hou Xun jumped down from the belly of the organ beast.

"This mechanism beast is finished?"

Su Hao was a little puzzled, although the organ beast in front of him had already taken shape, it was still too rough, the wood was only preliminarily treated, compared to the Mohist organ beast he had seen before, it could only be said that it was not even rough Not really, it's just a rough embryo.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, this mechanism beast can already move, and it can completely attack the city."

Seeing that Su Hao still didn't believe it, Hou Xun said quickly.

"In this case, pass on the order, the army is assembled, ready to attack the city!"

Hearing Hou Xun's words, Su Hao ordered directly, now that Daqi has an absolute advantage, there is no need to test whether the mechanism beast can be used, on the contrary, if the mechanism beast can be used, it can catch the Ming army in the city by surprise.

Hou Xun is also a smart person. After hearing Su Hao's words, he instantly understood Su Hao's plan, so he said, "Your Majesty, why don't you use horses to pull the mechanism beast out of the city first?"

Hearing this, Su Hao's eyes lit up immediately, and he instantly thought of Hou Xun's intentions. If he used a horse-drawn horse, the Ming army would have to die of laughter. In this way, the Ming army would definitely take it lightly. When the time comes, the mechanism beast will suddenly activate. It must be enough to scare the morale of the Ming army on the city wall.

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Soon, the army was assembled, and more than two hundred war horses neighed and pulled the mechanism beast to move forward slowly.

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On the city wall, Wang Jia, Chen Guangyu and others looked at the mechanism beast being pulled by the war horse, and all of them were puzzled by Monk Zhanger.

"What the hell is this Qi army doing?"

Fan Jingwen frowned, this thing looks like a Mohist mechanism beast, but what the hell is it being pulled into the battlefield by a war horse?

You must know that the moat of Nanjing City is very deep. The shallowest part is seven feet deep, and the deepest part is one foot deep. It is impossible to pull it to the city wall.

It would be better to build a few more siege ladders with this skill. At least the siege ladders are lighter and easier to manufacture. The mechanism beast in front of me only needs a few waves of rockets to burn it to ashes.

(End of this chapter)