"Cao Qiudao!" Xiong Ben exclaimed: "How is it possible? Last time I watched his body buried in the soil with my own eyes. How could this old boy come back to life?"
Ji Jie shrugged and said, "I didn't have time to ask. It's not important anymore. I don't believe that his head will be resurrected after being cut off!"
"That's not necessarily true. This is too evil!" Xiong Ben stood up, pointed at the headless corpse not far away and asked, "Is that the body of this old boy?"
"Yes!" Ji Jie nodded.
Xiong Ben turned around, waved his hand, and said to the enemy soldiers he had brought: "Go ahead and chop that guy's body into meat paste for me, then put it on a firewood and burn it to ashes, then divide it into ten parts and throw them into different places." Go, why are you standing there, hurry up!"
Ji Jie stared at Xiong Ben with wide eyes. He never thought that this kid would be so cruel!
"Your Majesty, don't look at me like that!" Xiong Ben touched his head and said with a naive smile: "I am just doing this for safety reasons, in case this guy really has the ability to bring the dead back to life, hehe!"
Ji Jie pursed his lips towards the head on the ground and said: "How can you come back to life without a head! Forget it, you can do whatever you want. It's getting late and you have to get up early tomorrow. I'll go back first. You Keep playing here!"
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Early the next morning, Ji Jie continued to think about the siege strategy. At this time, a convoy entered the camp, led by a man in his thirties. After dismounting, he walked directly towards the Chinese army's tent.
"Your Majesty, Ou Yan wants to see you!"
"Ou Yan, come in quickly!" Ji Jie greeted the visitor enthusiastically.
Ou Yan, the eldest son of the former Forging Supervisor Ou Ming, has obtained the true inheritance of his father. After Ou Ming's death, Ji Jie appointed him as the new Supervisor, responsible for everything in the Forging Supervisor.
Ou Yan is more creative than his father Ou Ming, and his thinking is faster. Once again, Ji Jie briefly mentioned the principles of modern artillery to him, and he immediately put it into action to develop and experiment.
Of course, Ji Jie didn't take it too seriously. He knew that with the current smelting technology and manufacturing level, it was impossible to create modern weapons. After a long day of fighting, he almost forgot about it.
"Why are you here?" Ji Jie asked.
Ou Yan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the villain has successfully made a cannon, and I specially brought it here to show you to your Majesty!"
"Really? Take me to see it quickly!" Ji Jie was very excited.
Ou Yan smiled bitterly. The journey was so dusty that he didn't even have a drink of water, but if Ji Jie wanted to see it, of course he had to agree.
In the camp, under the command of Ou Yan, a simple-looking bronze cannon was quickly assembled. The long bronze barrel was patterned, the gun bolt could be opened and closed, and the base was also cast in bronze.
"Your Majesty, this cannon is cast from bronze with a lower melting point. The barrel has been polished using a special method and is very smooth!" Ou Yan introduced: "The caliber of the barrel is two-fifths of a foot, and the length of the barrel is three times the caliber. Fifteen times, the maximum range is ten miles, and the dispersion range of thirty shells is within fifteen feet!"
"Great, the accuracy is very high!" Ji Jie patted Ou Yan on the shoulder and said, "You are very capable. You can make an artillery piece in such a short time. I really didn't expect it! I was worried about what to do. We are attacking Xianyang City. With the sharp weapons you sent us, why worry about not being able to capture the capital of Qin!"
"Your Majesty, there is not one gun, but three!" Ou Ming pointed to the carriage that had not yet been unloaded and said with a smile: "Three artillery pieces of the same caliber. The shells are divided into two types: armor-piercing shells and steel ball anti-personnel shells. One round of armor-piercing bombs can blow up an ordinary city gate..."
"Great, great!" Ji Jie jumped up happily, hugged Ou Yan and said, "If we can successfully win the city in this battle, you, Ou Yan, will be the first to do it!"
"It is the duty of subordinates to share your superior's worries!" Ou Ming said humbly.
Then, Ou Yan mentioned several shortcomings of the artillery, saying that as long as he was given enough time, he could overcome them one by one, and that there was the possibility of further upgrading these artillery pieces, such as gradually replacing bronze materials with steel. Rifling is carved into the barrel to increase the range and accuracy of the cannonball, etc.
"Pass my order to immediately install three artillery pieces six miles outside the east gate of Xianyang!" Ji Jie issued the attack order without hesitation: "The entire army set off, set up an attack formation, and prepared to attack Xianyang! "
"yes!"
At noon, Zhou Jun completed the attack formation and waited for Ji Jie's order.
"Xiong Ben, throw Cao Qidao's head and the ultimatum into the city with a trebuchet!" Ji Jie said with a smile: "First put some psychological pressure on the Qin army in the city. Write the ultimatum and I will do it in an hour." The army launches a general offensive, and those who do not want to die will open the city and surrender!"
"Your Majesty, why bother with all this? If you want me to tell you, let's just start the fight!" Xiong Bi said with a curl of his lips.
"You know nothing, kid. The attack in your heart is usually more fierce with swords and guns!" Ji Jie said: "Besides, it's dinner time now. Everyone is hungry. How can we charge if we don't fill our stomachs? Go and order the fire-headed army to start eating. , eat and drink enough, rest for half an hour, and then start fighting!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xiong Ben ran over to deliver the order.
After a while, a round cloth bag was thrown into the city. Qin Jun picked it up and opened it carefully. In addition to a human head and an ultimatum, there was also a special introduction to the human head, including how much Lu Buwei spent. Ask Cao Qiudao to assassinate Ji Jie.
Most of the Qin soldiers didn't know why. They didn't dare to delay and quickly sent them to the main hall of the Qin Palace where the court meeting was taking place.
Lu Buwei's face was livid, because after those things were delivered, some ministers complained about him spending so much money to hire an assassin. That was 800,000 taels of gold. Even if the task was completed, it would be wasted now.
Especially Wang Jian and all his generals looked at Lu Buwei with contempt, as if they were laughing at him.
"Okay, we are not discussing money now!" Ying Zheng said angrily: "Dazhou will launch an attack in an hour. General Wang, are you ready?"
Wang Jian nodded, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will lead my soldiers to defend the city! Your Majesty, I have a request!"
"Please speak!" Ying Zheng said in his heart, no matter what kind of request you make, I will satisfy it. Now, whether Qin can be saved and whether it can defeat Zhou Dynasty in the future all depends on Wang Jian.
"Please give me the right to attack!" Wang Jian said loudly: "When I feel that Zhou's army is tired, I have the right to send elite troops out of the city to attack them!"
"I don't agree!" Lu Buwei rushed in front of Ying Zheng and rejected Wang Jian's proposal.
Wang Jian gritted his teeth and said: "Lu Xiangguo, this is because you are being unkind. When you proposed the assassination siege, although I dismissed it, I did not reject your proposal! Why don't you agree now?"
"Because it's too dangerous!" Lu Buwei said.
"What is danger? War is inherently dangerous!"
"Okay!" Ying Zheng stopped the two people in the quarrel and said, "I agree to General Wang's request. He has the final say in military affairs!"