Outworld: Rise of an Industrial Empire

Meilin City, City Lord's Mansion

"Really, how many people can you mobilize?"

Merlin City Lord Huang Xin looked at the messenger from Su Xincheng in front of him and stood up from his chair excitedly.

Although Suxincheng's strength is very weak, it is better to have one more city-state to cooperate than to resist the invasion of Ted City by yourself.

"A thousand! There are fifty cavalry to fight.

"There can be a thousand? Hearing

that Su Zheng was able to mobilize a thousand people to support, Huang Xin was even more excited.

There are only 2,000 people in Merlin City, which is less than half of the combat strength of Ted City, if you pour out of the nest and organize a thousand auxiliary soldiers, plus a thousand people supported by Su Zheng, then you will be able to have the strength to fight with Ted City.

"Our city lord's battle plan is that our two cities will first assemble teams to grab back our lost land, and after Ted City reacts, we will turn into a defensive battle, Duotu Harbor and Fengling City also have some grudges against Ted City, and our city lord has also written to them many times, what they mean is that as long as we hold back the main force of Ted City, they will send troops to seize the territory of Ted City! On the one hand, reduce our pressure, and on the other hand, it can also weaken the strength of Ted City!".

Hearing Su Zheng's plan relayed by the envoy

, Huang Xin excitedly said yes: "Okay, good, this plan is good! Just act according to your city lord's plan!" "

Our city lord explained that the preparations need to be made as soon as possible, we must take them by surprise, gather all our troops and rush straight into their territory, first push the battlefield into their territory, and when we turn offensive to punctuality, we still have a geographical advantage!"

Hearing this, Huang Xin slapped the table, stood up and said:

"Okay, I'll have people organize auxiliaries right now! Raise food and grass! Five or six days at most, and I'll be ready for battle!"

......

Su Xincheng

, the military area outside the city today is the first experiment of artillery, Su Zheng took He Jing to visit the first test of artillery, and at the same time to visit the military training of the military district.

As soon as Su Zheng arrived, Chris ran over in a hurry and reported urgent information to Su Zheng:

"The spies from Ted City have sent back news that Ted City has begun to gather troops and recruit auxiliaries, and it is estimated that they are preparing to attack Merlin City. "

Shhhh It's all to blame on this Merlin City Lord, it's really not enough to succeed and more than to lose..."

After listening to Chris's report, Su Zheng frowned. Chris shook his head helplessly, sighed and said:

"He not only issued a notice in the whole city, but also brought us..."

Originally, the main force of Tide City was in the city, and only a few hundred people were stationed in various villages, and according to Su Zheng's plan, he wanted to occupy these villages by surprise.

As a result, Merlin City made the crusade known all over the city, and there is no doubt that Ted City must have known the news.

Su Zheng shook his head and said that he couldn't bring his pig teammates, and his plan could be done even if there was no artillery, provided that it needed to be taken by surprise.

Su Zheng didn't remind Huang Xin to keep it secret, because he didn't expect Huang Xin to be so stupid....

And this kind of plan does not need to be deliberately kept secret, as long as it is not extended, it can be taken by surprise. But Su Zheng never expected that Huang Xin would really announce that he would crusade against Tide City.

He completely did not take into account the existence of such a thing as a "spy".

Espionage warfare exists at any time, and it is also possible to affect the trend of the entire war.

Originally, Su Xincheng did not raise spy personnel, but Su Zheng was aware of spy warfare, and when planning this war, he not only sent spies to Ted City, but also sent spies to nearby city-states, and at the same time strengthened counter-espionage work in the city-states.

But Merlin City not only didn't pay attention to intelligence work, but also made a lot of publicity, Su Zheng shook his head, and put such a pig teammate on the stall.

Fortunately, Su Zheng didn't put his hope on Merlin City, and the cannon was his hole card!

....

"Your soldiers eat so well every day?" Just

as Su Zheng was complaining about the city lord of Merlin City in his heart, He Jing's voice sounded.

"That's right, three meals a day, and every meal of meat and vegetables must be fed

" "You can feed several times or even more than ten times the number of soldiers with such consumption! You can also use this money to buy heavy armor and weapons! How do I think there is only so much heavy armor in the equipment arsenal?" "

We have a total of 150 sets of heavy armor, 400 sets of chain mail, and 500 sets of leather armor. Two hundred heavy spears, one hundred swords, three hundred spears, two hundred iron swords, and fifty bows and arrows.

Chris told He Jing about Su Xincheng's armament reserves in great detail, and Su Zheng added with a smile:

"Leather armor is custom-made, it's not cheap, it's good-looking!"

Hearing Su Zheng's words, He Jing was directly stunned.

"Uh... Why don't you buy heavy armor if you have the money, even if it's chain mail?"

He Jing believes that no matter how poor Su Zheng is, he should be able to afford chain mail, not to mention Su Zheng's military expenditure, and it is no problem to arm everyone with heavy armor.

"You... Will you fight?"

He Jing asked questioningly.

Su Zheng smiled and said nothing, seeing this, He Jing was a little angry, and scolded Chris:

"His Royal Highness the City Lord is still young and ignorant, don't you understand?"

He still doesn't know why Su Zheng did this....

But he understood that the cannon would definitely change the future of Su Xincheng, which was inevitable, and the things that the cannon could bring were far more than the military rations given to the soldiers in front of him.

"Your Excellency He Jing, you wait, the cannon will arrive soon!"

Chris didn't say much, he knew that He Jing would understand after seeing the cannon.

Hearing this, He Jing was stunned for a moment, and remembered that Su Zheng said that there was a secret weapon.

"Well, I'd like to see what power this thing in your mouth is. "

....

Not long after, Lei Ming commanded several soldiers to drag a cannon to the test area.

Thunder then summoned all the soldiers and told them to watch the first test of the cannon.

Thousands of people sat on the hillside, all curiously looking at the iron lumps below.

He Jing stared at the cannon, this was not a magic weapon, there was no magic fluctuation at all, which made He Jing a little disappointed.

Except for magic weapons, what can turn the tide of battle? In addition to magic weapons, what can hurt a magician? Even if it is just a scumbag among magicians, it is more powerful than any mortal.

"Loading gunpowder..."

Lei Ming and Chris personally served as gunners, under the command of Su Zheng, loading gunpowder and then loading solid projectiles.

"Prepare to light the fire!"

Chris straightened the lead, and Thunder lit the torch in his hand.

Chris took two steps back, and Thunder reached for the gun's lead with the torch in his hand.

As the fuse ignited, the sizzle accompanied by flying sparks rushed towards the barrel of the gun.

At the moment when Mars came into contact with gunpowder, He Jing suddenly wrinkled slightly...

"Boom"

was accompanied by a loud bang, and He Jing took a deep breath.

A projectile rushed forward, hitting a mountain bag a few hundred meters away, and smashing a crater into the ground.

Seeing this, He Jing narrowed his eyes, and both Chris and Lei Ming's hands trembled a little. The soldiers on the hillside were all stunned.

After a few moments, the soldiers jumped up in joy.

"Magician, we also have a

magician to help?" "Great, I heard that there is going to be a fight with Ted City soon, and I am afraid that I will not return this time

!" "Suxin City will win! The magician will win!"

However, He Jing knew that this thing did not have a trace

of magic fluctuations!"There was no trace of magic fluctuations... This... What

is this?" "Gunpowder!"

"You made it?" Su

Zheng nodded, seeing this, He Jing smiled and said:

"Hehe, I see, this is your secret weapon? No wonder you are afraid that I will kill you, this thing can indeed cause some damage to many magicians." But don't worry, magician... It's not as weak as you think.

Looking at He Jing, who was just surprised for a moment and regained his composure, Su Zheng was not calm.

"Hey... This is subversive, which shows that mortals have the power to rival magicians!" Su

Zheng now has an inexplicable thought in his heart, he thinks that even if He Jing shows a little killing intent, it will be fine, this can prove that the power of this thing can make magicians jealous!"

A little bit!"

He Jing stretched out two fingers and gestured together, almost touching each other, indicating that it was almost negligible, and then she smiled and continued

, "Then I can kill you all very easily! However, it is not bad to deal with some magic scum, and it can also help you conquer cities and expand your territory in the mortal world, but against the magic empire... Hmph, you're thinking too much. With that

, He Jing walked to her war horse, and after riding the horse, she looked at Su Zheng and continued:

"It seems that I really don't need my help, I saw those two when I passed through Ted City... Hehe... Let's count him as a magician...... There is this fire ... Cannon, you can solve it!" After

speaking, He Jing threw a wink at Su Zheng, and then rode away.