Griffin Commander in the Late Ming Dynasty

"General, let's retreat quickly. That thing is too evil and we can't defeat it!!"

The Ming army, unwilling to believe in evil, fired another round of artillery fire, but nothing happened except for a few sparks. What a joke! The invincible armor thickness is used to fight tanks head-on. What kind of artillery is this? Are you fighting me?

Seeing that the invincible was still alive and well after two rounds of artillery fire, and the shells had no effect at all, the deputy hurriedly advised Zhao Zhilong, "No, let's hurry up and moisten it, we can't beat it! These artillery pieces are our strongest firepower. If the wall is hit by them, the stone slag will fall to the ground. That damn thing won't even shake!"

Zhao Zhilong just felt dizzy, you bastard! These past two days, I have been smelling stinky odors and eating stinky rice. Why did so many people die under my command? If you have this kind of thing, you should have taken it out earlier! If you had taken it out, wouldn’t I have given up earlier? What are you doing? You are making me feel bad and setting traps for me. Aren’t you making trouble for me?

The invincible Qiang was wreaking havoc in the rear, and the AA-12, with the big brother's backup, also fought quite recklessly. After seeing the big hole blasted open by the 130mm cannon, the two ceramic gold armor shields slightly separated and drilled directly into the big hole.

Replace the high-explosive ammunition drum. This type of ammunition is generally used for attack. Many weapons are divided into offensive and defensive types. The most common one is the grenade, which is divided into offensive grenades and defensive grenades. The main difference between the two is that the offensive type is mainly blasting mines, which are often called high-explosive grenades by many people. The main purpose of this type of mine is blasting, shocking, and burning. It is used to quickly destroy the enemy's resistance and is very effective. The defensive type is mainly fragmentation mines, which mainly pursue killing and use high lethality to drive away the invading enemy.

The effect of the high-explosive bomb can be said to be immediate. One shot can not only make tomatoes, but also set the barracks on fire, producing an explosive effect, greatly undermining the enemy's combat capability. When seeing such a living gate chief coming in, almost every Ming army lost the courage to fight.

"Evacuate! Retreat quickly!!"

The front line was in chaos, and the Ming army wanted to escape, but it was not easy for them to escape because they had offended the abbot.

The Scorpion Beasts in the game appear to be very bulky. They move slowly while dragging their huge bodies, and the only function of their limbs is to increase stability. However, many people may find that this thing has considerable dodge ability when encountering an invincible one in a night battle.

What do you rely on to dodge in real life? Of course, it relies on speed and mobility! As a bionic armor, the mobility of the Qiangwudi is far superior to that of a normal tank. Its four long legs allow it to make any maneuvers in complex battlefield situations. Seeing AA-12 rushing into the enemy camp alone, the two Qiangwudi tanks that Jiang Han had ordered to protect the humanoids immediately rushed towards the camp with their long legs like mad elephants in the horrified eyes of the Ming army.

"Hurry up and fire! Hurry up and fire to stop it!!!"

The Ming army's artillery began to roar again, but Qiang Wudi, who was running wildly, left the shells far behind him. Even when a shell fell close to him, he would move all four limbs and jump to the side to avoid it. For all the Ming army, this scene was terrifying.

The two huge alien monsters paid no attention to the roaring artillery fire in front of them. The artillery fire could not hit them, and the crossbow arrows could only make a clanging sound of metal collision. "Oh my God, what on earth is this!!"

The two scorpion beasts continued to advance and bombarded the broken gap, expanding its width. A large number of Ming troops were moving towards the gap. They knew that once these two things entered the camp, they would be completely finished.

However, everything was in vain. The distance between the two was not long. The fact that people could see the huge outline at night meant that they were very close. Moreover, Qiang Wu's speed was not slow at all.

The sturdy front claws climbed up the outer wall of the camp. The scorpion beast's forelimbs had sharp claws, and the front part of the claws could rotate 120 degrees. By tightening the claws, the scorpion beast could climb up the terrain it wanted with its entire body.

"Damn it, die! Why don't you die!!!"

One gunner couldn't hold it any longer, and after firing three shots in a row, the opponent showed no reaction, which broke his defense. He then picked up his tiger squat cannon and fired at the scorpion beast.

A large cloud of smoke enveloped the giant in front of them, and then a burst of violent gunfire suddenly burst out from the smoke!

A large area in front was swept by the scorpion beasts, and the entire front line position turned into a sea of ​​fire!

The fierce attack skill allows the Scorpion Beast to suppress frontal firepower, making it extremely powerful!

When it got close to their faces, the Ming soldiers realized that the thing in front of them, with its thick armor, mechanical structure on the outside, angular steel texture, and the paint that had been rubbed off after being hit by two shells, all showed that this thing was not a living thing, but a mechanical creation!

Sitting on the ground dejectedly, the soldier looked at the huge mechanical beast in front of him and said, "Mechanical beast?... What on earth is this..."

The scorpion beast didn't answer. It casually crushed it to death with one claw and continued forward.

"Shield formation, move forward!! Hit its hind legs with the tiger squat cannon!!"

There are only two of them, only two of them. The mechanical beasts only need to destroy their mechanisms... Zhao Zhilong kept hypnotizing himself and then issued orders. He noticed that the scorpion beasts had weaker hind limbs than their thickly armored forelimbs. In his opinion, perhaps a roundabout way could be used to defeat the opponent.

It’s a good idea, but can the shield soldiers who are holding the line really withstand it?

With another sweep, the shield soldiers were blown everywhere, and their internal organs fell from the sky like rain, further oppressing the Ming army's psychological defenses.

“Hurry, hurry, hurry!!”

Several soldiers carrying tiger squat cannons were running quickly on the side of the camp. They had to get behind the monster when the monster focused its target on the shield soldiers in front. They knew very well that the front could not hold out for long. It was impossible for humans to withstand artillery. Now they were racing against time, to see whether the front would collapse first or they would get to the position first!

"Tsk... You said you would protect me... But I have to clean up the mess for these two idiots."

AA-12 on the battlefield naturally noticed the situation here, and threw a grenade in the designated direction, then put her armored shield in front of her. The distance between her and these people was a little close...

The explosion range of a grenade is 30-50 meters, which means that within this range, you are at risk of being hit in the head by a fragment. Although humanoids are not very afraid of this thing, no one wants to try being hit by a fragment.

Sure enough, after a loud explosion, there were several clanging sounds coming from the Taojin armored shield, indicating that several pieces of shrapnel had splashed here. The two shields of the shotgun humanoid controlled by the exoskeleton armor were incredible, with extremely high hardness and strong impact resistance. After the exoskeleton gave the humanoid enormous power, they could even withstand the bombardment of artillery shells, which was incredible.

"So there is a response..."

Zhao Zhilong closed his eyes in despair, he had no other choice. The shield formation of the soldiers in front of him had completely collapsed. No one was willing to compete with this thing head-on. After a large number of people died, the soldiers had already begun to flee.

In fact, up to now, the death rate of the Ming army was less than 12%. How many people could die in such a short period of time with troops? However, the despair brought by these two powerful machines and the AA- was incomparable to the % death rate. The Ming army never felt that the enemy in front of them was completely invincible and indestructible, and was a ghost crawling from hell, a devil who came to take their lives.

As the first person began to run for his life, the people around him immediately followed. No one wanted to stay in this hellhole and face that thing. Then, the third and fourth people followed. The fleeing crowd spread throughout the entire camp like a virus. Many soldiers in the rear did not know why the people in front of them who were fleeing in fear became like this. They only knew that the enemy was attacking and the front was defeated, so they had to run. So, they followed and continued to run.

"Shangguan, we can't continue fighting. Let's retreat! The army has collapsed!"

The adjutant tried to persuade them, saying that they also wanted to save their lives. Several bodyguards were also anxious, as their lives were closely related to the fate of the general. If they disobeyed orders and ran away, they would die. If they did not run away and something happened to the commander, they would also die. They were almost dying of anxiety.

The situation was already decided, and Zhao Zhilong had no chance to change it. "Notify the central army to retreat!"

"Report, the first phase of the mission has been completed, and the second phase of the operation will begin now."

After the usual report on the voice channel, AA-12 walked towards the two Scorpion Beasts, stepped on their hind legs, climbed on top of them, and took out a box from the back.

Why did she help the scorpion beasts just now? Was it really because the scorpion beasts were afraid of being hit from behind and their hind legs being broken? Actually, no, she was trying to protect the box. The two scorpion beasts looked not very smart, which made her feel uneasy.

After opening the box, two round, red objects appeared in front of him. To be honest, AA-12 himself was shocked when he saw them at first.

Sun Honglei, Red Goliath, higher durability, stronger power, this is the good stuff Jiang Han finally got, there are only two of them, no more. Once these two things explode, it will be quite lively. She doesn't want this thing to explode near her.

"Command, activate"

Jiang Han's voice came from the microphone on his body. The two Goliaths flashed red, and the prototype structure under them cracked and turned into several blades, slowly rotating. The two spheres slowly hung in the air [Scanning the enemy in front, command, destroy]

Then, the two little creatures maintained their suspended posture and chased after the fleeing Ming army.

"Alright, quickly evacuate the area, you two should hurry up and follow!"

AA-12 called out and started to lead the scorpion beasts out of the current area. The two big guys reacted for a moment before opening their mechanical claws and following. From the battle just now, AA-12 always felt that the two scorpion beasts were ridiculously stupid. They were always a beat slow when issuing any orders, and when they typed, they obviously didn't look very smart.

"Why did they leave?"

While evacuating, Zhao Zhilong was also observing whether the enemy troops behind him were chasing him. This observation was not important, but he saw the two big things slowly evacuating? As for AA-12, it was automatically ignored. The size difference was too big, and he didn't notice that there was a person under his feet.

what's the situation?

Zhao Zhilong was somewhat confused. Normally, his army had already begun to collapse, so it was time to pursue and expand the victory. On the battlefield, most of the victory was achieved by pursuing the enemy when they were fleeing. At this time, the enemy was like a pheasant running around in the field. If you chased it and cut it, you would get something. But the enemy did not chase him abnormally. Why? He did not believe that Jiang Ze, who could beat him like this, would not be able to tell whether he was really defeated or just pretending to be defeated.

Is the opponent so stable? Or is it that the opponent's mechanical beast can't run too far?

His thoughts changed suddenly, but suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a small red thing passing in front of him and heading towards the army formation in front.

"What...?"

Zhao Zhilong was confused, and suddenly, alarm bells rang in his heart. He felt an unprecedented sense of crisis throughout his body. He immediately jumped off his horse and lay on the ground. Several adjutants and bodyguards did not understand what was going on but followed suit and dismounted. Before they could open their mouths to ask, a fire suddenly appeared in front of them.

There was a violent explosion and roar, and a small mushroom cloud rose in the center of the front military formation. No, two small mushroom clouds rose.

Zhao Zhilong only felt that everything in front of his eyes suddenly went dark, and then he knew nothing.

Volume 258: Chapter Chapter : Thunderous Means

Early this morning, Yangzhou City was particularly lively.

As soon as the cock crowed, the city began to wake up. Although the fighting was raging outside, after the initial panic, the people in the city had returned to their original stable life order.

In the streets and alleys, many neighbors have started chatting with each other while eating. What are they talking about? What happened last night.

There was quite a commotion last night. First, half of the sky outside the city was lit up late at night. The sky in the morning was not like it is now. It was extremely clear. The stars in the sky were so bright, especially at night when the lights were turned off. Suddenly, half of the sky was lit up. This situation was quite obvious.

Although the ancients went to bed early, the time of Shushi is indeed not considered late, that is, from 7 to pm. They can't wait until dark to start. The Ming army had just finished their meal and hadn't digested it yet, but they went straight to their last dinner.

Jiang Han even let the person have a good meal before killing him. He is really so gentle!

"You guys went to bed early so you didn't hear anything. I heard it clearly. There was a gunfight outside the city!"

A man surrounded a few old friends and talked with them.

"You're the only one who heard it. We all heard it. A relative of mine joined the Volunteer Army. I heard him say that people were in the Ming army camp, biabiabiabiabiabiabia, with a cannon in front and a cannon behind..."

"It's so lively, did you win?"

"Why didn't you win? If you didn't win, would you still be eating fried dough sticks here? Those bastards would have kicked you out of bed a long time ago!"

"That's right, it's another promising day."

"If you ask me, if we keep fighting like this, I think the gentleman will definitely win, and we still have a long way to go."

"Nonsense, who doesn't want you to win? I've lived for so many years, but this is the first time I've had such a good life."

It has been half a year since Jiang Han took over Yangzhou. During this period, the living standards of the people in Yangzhou have improved significantly. The most obvious thing is that no one has starved to death or frozen to death.

Don't underestimate these two things. The times nowadays are unusual. Even in the south of the Yangtze River, the temperature can easily be minus 10 to 20 degrees Celsius. It is very common for people to freeze to death in the open air. Every city reports a large number of people freezing to death in winter, and Beijing has an even larger number of deaths. This is unavoidable in all ancient dynasties, even in the powerful Han and Tang dynasties and the Song Dynasty's capital Bianliang. If your numbers can be slightly smaller, it means that your ability to govern is excellent and you are one of the best judges.

Not to mention preventing people from starving to death, which would be even more difficult.

After Jiang Han took over Yangzhou, he used work-for-relief and set up temporary collective dormitories, allowing a large number of refugees to move into the dormitories. There were stoves in the dormitories for them to keep warm, work during the day, have meals to eat, and have a warm place to sleep at night. In the early days of Jiang Han's business, there was a shortage of manpower, so he would never keep any idle people. Everyone had to work and had work to do, and this just catered to the ideas of these people.

The refugees' idea is very simple, they work to eat and work hard to earn money. If you want to give me something, you must want something from me. Refugees have nothing and can only rely on their strength. If you let them work, they will feel at ease eating the meal. If you give them food for no reason and don't ask them to do anything, they will start to wonder in their hearts, wondering what you are going to do to them, are you targeting their lives?

After years of exile, these ordinary people are well aware that all gifts from fate are secretly marked with a price.

There were so many exciting stories in the late Ming Dynasty, with stories about seven fairies descending from the sky and snail girls coming to the house to cook. It was a mess. People dreamed of pie falling from the sky, but if it really fell, you had to be alive to catch it.

The people of Yangzhou now identify with Jiang Han from the bottom of their hearts. By following him, they can have enough food to eat, have work to do, and have a bright future.

A few people were chatting enthusiastically when they saw the street was crowded with people. A large group of volunteers, fully equipped, began to assemble quickly towards the dock.

"What's going on here?"

"Is there another war?"

"Why do you care so much? It's not you who's fighting. Come on, come on, eat your food."

At this moment at the dock, Liuzi and his brothers were waiting for the volunteers to assemble.

"Sixth brother, you went to that gentleman's place yesterday, how was it?"

"Yes, yes, what did you say, sir?"

The friends at the dock are quite curious about what happened to Liuzi after he finished his job. As it concerns their future life, everyone is very concerned about it.

"Everyone wants to know what the gentleman thinks of our work these days, right?"

Liuzi smiled, slowly sat down on a stool in front of him and looked at the expectant crowd in front of him: "He said, a little disappointed"

"What??"

"We are obviously maintaining such a stable situation, what does this gentleman want us to do?"

“The demands are too high”

There was an uproar in the underground instantly. Everyone couldn't hide their disappointment and started to question.

"I know everyone was upset, and so was I. I asked the gentleman at the time, what had I done wrong? Guess what he said?"

Everyone focused their attention on him. Liuzi stretched out his hand and slowly made a gesture of losing the Korean market. "He told me that your vision is too small."

"At that moment, I suddenly understood what the master meant. We are Qingpi. We are concerned about those scholars, we consider the loyalty of the underworld, and we are afraid of the government's questioning. Therefore, when we do things, we are not quick, happy, or thorough enough. This is our way of being a Qingpi and the basis of our survival. But when we work for him, we are no longer Qingpi."

"If you want to change your fate, you have to let go of the past and embrace a new life, a new identity, a new self, and a new way of doing things."

Liuzi raised his hands slightly: "The master said that we want to change our lives. Okay, he gave us this opportunity. Today, he will send a team of volunteers to follow us, so that we can experience the new life and know how to do things!"

In Zhenjiang, the streets are a little deserted at the moment because of the strike. Almost most of the businesses on the street are closed. I say "most" because Jiang Han's direct killing a while ago has frightened some timid businessmen. They don't want to gamble whether they will be the next one. They don't want to cause trouble, but trouble has found them.

Liuzi's name scared a lot of young men in the short term, but not all of them believed him. We all come out to make a living. If you cut off their financial resources, why should I obey you?

Naturally, many young men accepted employment from the merchants to teach a lesson to those merchants who dared to open their doors secretly for business. Many servants of merchants gathered together in groups with young men, shouting slogans to oppose Jiang Han's commercial tax policy. They held sticks in their hands, and as long as they found a merchant who opened his door, they would go up and smash, loot and rob.

These past two days Jiang Han was busy dealing with the war outside the city and had no time to visit Zhenjiang. As an enclave of Yangzhou, it had also become an important base for Jiangnan merchants who wanted to disrupt Jiang Han. They promised these young men a lot of silver as a reward to encourage them to grow bigger and stronger.

The young men were excited and felt that their lives had reached their peak. As a member of the lower class, they could now beat up anyone they disliked, and the feeling of having countless brothers under them was truly fascinating.

As they were wandering on the street, they saw Liuzi approaching from a distance with a large group of volunteer soldiers.

"Wu Bao, the master has ordered that all idle people are not allowed to cause trouble on the street. Didn't you hear it? I remember that I warned you in person, right? Why are you still here?"

The young man called Wu Bao stepped out from the crowd and said with a smile, "Hey, Liu Zi, stop pretending to be stupid. Just because you are wearing an official uniform, you are an official? What a joke. Others are afraid of your name, but I am not. We are here to plead for the people. This is a panic situation. Can you stop me?"

"Very good, it seems you have made up your mind." Liuzi nodded and raised his right hand. The volunteers beside him raised their guns one after another.

Wu Bao felt something was wrong: "Wait"

"Sir, I have an order! Anyone who gathers a crowd to rebel will be killed without mercy! Open fire!"

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of muskets spewed out flames, and the young servants present were hit one after another, falling down like wheat ears in the autumn wind.

Wu Bao was hit by several bullets and fell to the ground. He never figured out until his death how could a young man like Liuzi dare to shoot? It all happened too suddenly. The opponent's change was too great for him to react.

"Killing people!!"

The remaining servants, young men, or workers who were forced to join in shouted loudly and turned around to run, but how could their speed compare to that of bullets?