It was almost dawn in the capital of the Western Empire. Almost everyone in the capital had not rested all night. What? Everyone still remembers what happened last night. When Dian Ding checked it, it had already
It was midnight, and the news was received not by this guy, but by those beacons. It can be said that these ancient things are of little use anymore, at least in the last hundred thousand years, they have been of little use.
The thing has always been a decoration until now, but yesterday, the beacon fire in the sky made everyone around them understand that their capital city has encountered an enemy, and this enemy is still very powerful, otherwise this thing would be absolutely useless
It cannot be ignited. One billion people in the capital were dumbfounded. How could they have thought that the enemy would come to the capital? What is the most important place in an empire? That is their capital. If there is a war here,
If so, it would be a very big nightmare for the entire empire. Maybe the war in other places has ended, and the people on our side have failed. Otherwise, how could they have reached the capital? There are about
There are hundreds of millions of troops, and they are not fools. After seeing the beacon fire, the generals quickly returned to the capital with their troops. All the royal guards also returned. They all knew about the Cao family.
The army of the trading company is coming, and they don’t want what happened to the Southern Empire to happen to them. As an ancient empire, although face is very important, it is also very important for them to see things other than face in the Southern Empire.
What's important, for example, is the actual effect they are pursuing... 23us. Read the latest and most complete novel. Why the Southern Empire could lose so much territory? In the final analysis, it is because of the Cao Family Trading Company.
A series of things that the Cao Family Trading Company is doing now are very difficult to understand for the Southern Empire. People in the Southern Empire have not tried to understand these things because they are already on the verge of collapse. If it were not for the Cao Family Trading Company
With help from them, the Northern Empire will probably have to get a piece of meat from them. The Western Empire naturally knows what's going on. Can they be the same as the people in the Southern Empire? Absolutely not, so now they want to
Defend your own capital and win this war. The two tenth-level warriors in the Western Empire Palace quickly went out. They both carried relatively large space rings and went to some of the more important military towns around the Western Empire.
What they have to do is to bring back the newly developed giant crossbow from the Western Empire. They have already seen it on the battlefield. Such a thing can definitely bring huge harm to the Cao Family Trading Company's army. This is the only way they can
It is a weapon to fight against the Cao Family Trading Company's army. The other items are basically useless, but they are also the only ones among the four empires who have defeated the Cao Family Trading Company. They also hope that they can continue to create this miracle. When the time comes,
They are the empire second only to the Eastern Empire. At that time, they may continue to take advantage of this matter. To be honest, since Prince Zheng left the Western Empire and started cultivating, the Western Empire has already started with the Cao Family Trading Company.
It is very easy for such a conflict to break out now. No one in the Western Empire has seen the huge threat from the Cao Family Trading Company. A small victory made them feel the expansion of their self-confidence.
It seems that the people of the Cao Family Trading Company are simply no match for them. They can do what they want to do. Although they are relatively panicked now, after a period of time, they can stabilize the situation and even win.
Any guard in the Western Empire from the emperor to the capital did not sleep this night. They were all arranging the defense work of the Western Empire capital. The river was also dug up around the Western Empire capital just like the Holy Light City.
There is almost a lake here. According to the coverage of Cao's trading company's artillery, it is estimated that the warships on board can bomb half the people in the capital. The most terrible thing is that the imperial palace is within their attack range. Although the imperial palace
There is a very powerful magic circle, but the things it consumes are so powerful. It costs billions of silver to operate it for just one day. Whether the Western Empire can afford this is another matter.
, who knows whether the people from the Cao Family Trading Company are here casually to show their presence, or whether they are really going to open this place. Everything is unknown. If things go wrong by then, it may end up...
The city will still be destroyed. If this is the case, Li Cong is really prosperous. The capital of the Southern Empire was just in chaos, and the people of the Cao Family Trading Company obtained a wealth of nearly 10 trillion silver. If this can be done
If the capital of the Western Empire is robbed, life will be extremely comfortable. Then it will be really fun for them one by one. The wealth of these people will definitely make the Cao family business rise a lot.
At the same level, not to mention several major empires in the future, even if there are a few more such empires, there will be no problem. Therefore, the emperor of the Western Empire rejected the suggestions given to him by the ministers below. He will never leave the capital.
, if the enemy invades, he will move the capital, and the people will look down on him. How can he lose his face then? If the capital is really captured, then he will die together with the capital. Anyway, he will live.
It's also a shameful thing.
The ministers of the Western Empire all feel that the matter is very difficult, but they do not have the confidence of His Majesty the Emperor. It is obvious that the Cao Family Trading Company is not here to show its existence this time. People from the Western Empire
They killed millions of their troops. They remembered this matter and didn't just put it aside casually. It was obvious that they were here to cause trouble. If the people on their side can't handle it by then,
It is very likely that someone will serve him in one pot. It is said that the person leading the team may be Cao Ke, the owner of the Cao Family Trading Company. This anger is not ordinary. If the emperor does not leave, he will have no way to leave, but in the end
Going somewhere is still a big idea, so I can only follow the emperor. There is no need for my family. Although the imperial city is now sealed and no one is allowed to enter or exit, but they
These people still have their own methods. They also know that there is no army of the Cao Family Trading Company on land, which means that such a thing can only happen at sea. There is no army of the Cao Family Trading Company in other places. On the contrary, they
They were all considered safe. They put all their family members into military uniforms and told them that they were out to investigate intelligence. However, these people would not come back after leaving the city because they were all killed. In fact, these people
They all went outside quickly. The person in the palace also understood this matter very well. Didn't the Queen Mother also go out? She said she was going to Hanshan Temple to pray for Buddha. But there are many near the capital.
Why should I go to a place thousands of miles away? Isn’t it just a precaution? Before leaving, I even took the crown prince and a few important princes with me, just in case.
Yes, if they all died here, this would be a big deal.
The sky began to slowly get brighter, and many people knew what was going to happen, because according to the scouts' reports, the warships of the Cao Family Trading Company would definitely arrive within the capital at this time, even though they were blocking the river.
They have all been arranged, but to be honest, such things are not of much use, because there were a lot of such things in the previous military town, but the warships of the Cao Family Trading Company were not without any injuries.
Is it in front of their eyes? They are still very clear about such things, so they still understand the matter in front of them very well. Each one of them is nervously looking at the river in the distance, and some of the things on the river are
The civilian ships had long since disappeared without a trace, but many old and disrepaired ships were abandoned by the river. People from the Western Empire's court directly pushed them all to the middle of the river. I hope they can also let them go.
The warships of the Cao Family Trading Company move slower. I don’t know if such a thing can work, but it can still play a certain role. Speaking of which, these things were worth a lot of money in the past, but when the war comes
At that time, this thing was of no use at all. No one wanted to use such a thing. More than 5,000 of the latest naval warships around them had already been assembled. They were divided into four formations. They would
It is the first echelon to resist the Cao Family Trading Company's army. According to Dian Dingcha, as long as these warships rush up, they can definitely cause considerable losses to the Cao Family Trading Company's warships, but if they cannot get up, everything will change.
It was turned into rubbish, so these people received the order to rush forward regardless of everything. On land, more than 50 million troops were set up around the capital to form two lines of defense, but it is hard to say whether it will be effective.
"It's appeared, it's appeared, the warships of the Cao Family Trading Company have appeared, and everyone is standing ready..." Such voices began to ring around, and everyone in the Western Empire looked nervously into the distance.
The warships of the Cao Family Trading Company, they have seen the warships of the Cao Family Trading Company before. These things are all river escort boats of the Cao Family Trading Company. There are only 26 cannons on them, but the two on the bow are caliber
That's the bigger one, but even if it's very big, it's not big enough for the southern empire's city wall. Everyone knows very well that if they want to blow open the city wall with this thing, they may have to do it.
Disappointed, such a thing will never happen. It is hard to say whether such a thing will happen in the future. Everyone can't help but hold the weapons in their hands tightly, as if they don't hurry up.
If you seize this thing quickly, there will be no chance. The defense commander of the Western Empire is the Western Empire's betrothed prince. This guy is the only powerful general in the capital of the Western Empire. But to be honest, that was from before.
At that time, he had not been in the army for fifty years. It was not because the emperor was afraid that his uncle might bring him a lot of trouble, such as controlling the army to compete with him for the throne, so he
Let him be honest for a while and just have nothing to do at home. Now something happened. The emperor knew that even if he was the imperial commander, it would be of no use. He still had to pull out his uncle, the general. At this time, if even he
If it is useless, things will really not go well. Prince Ding is not very satisfied with such an errand. Damn it, you can't use me when things are good. Now if something goes wrong, I need to come out, but what can I do?
It is said that he is also a prince of the clan and must be taken care of.
Although Prince Ding has not been in the army for a long time, his majesty is still there. Many generals heard that the commander-in-chief of the defense this time is Prince Ding, and each of them felt that it was still a little bit...
I hope, in fact, this is not because of how powerful Prince Ding is, but mainly because he usually blows very loudly. Prince Ding himself feels that he is just that powerful. Of course, this guy is not an idiot, and some small things still matter.
No problem, he can still do this kind of war step by step. In addition to blocking the river, this guy has a lot of things to do, such as now. This guy has installed giant crossbows at some critical locations on the river. According to
At the current speed of the Cao Family Trading Company's ships, it is estimated that the giant crossbow will be able to give them a bit of power in less than thirty minutes. Now they are still deeply hidden. He has already told the people below.
.Even if the Cao Family Trading Company's army wants to bombard the palace, this matter has nothing to do with you. If you want to achieve results, you have to pay attention to a time. As long as you can seize that time, the entire empire will basically have nothing to do with it.
I can all rely on you. If you can't grasp this, then I'm sorry for you. You guys will all be sent to me when you come back. It is for this reason that those guys are hiding and wishing they didn't even want to breathe.
, Not to mention, the previous fleet of thirty river escort boats of the Cao Family Trading Company really did not detect them, and they were still heading towards the capital at the same speed just now. If they found any valuable targets on both sides on the way, they would
I have gone up to meet them several times and asked you all to take a look at our affairs. If we didn't have any goals, we would have just driven over. We don't have that much time to hang out with you.
The distance is getting closer and closer. At this time, the navy of the Southern Empire can't calm down, because the farthest distance of their tools is only 1000 meters, and at a distance of 1000 meters, it can basically hit
It is impossible to hit. If you want to obtain effective results, you must advance to a distance of 800 meters. The thing from Cao's Trading Company can reach a distance of more than ten kilometers or even further. People simply don't need this.
Things, if you fight according to other people's methods, the result can be expected, so now they all have to fight according to their own ideas, divided into limb fleets, they all began to move forward, hoping to be able to fight in Cao Cao
The warships of the Cao Family Commercial Bank gave them a blow before they could figure out the situation. However, the warships of the Cao Family Commercial Bank were not fools. Now that they came from four directions, they understood what was going on. Although the vanguard was only
There are 30 escort boats, but they also have hundreds of artillery. During training, they can already do one against five without any problem. At this time, there is a large force not far behind them, and they can completely give those troops here.
The guy is a bit more powerful. You can retreat when they are about to rush up. Then it will not be our problem. If all our warships come up, your things are not enough for us. Commander of the squadron.
He calmly divided the vanguard fleet into four parts. The two farthest squadrons only needed five ships to pass by. They just kept their distance and kept firing. The closer ones needed ten warships.
Their role is to kill some of the warships in front first. As long as they are no longer in this formation, the rest of the things will be much easier to handle. It will be more difficult for them to assemble in the future. Artillery
It won't stop.
Of course, none of these people are fools. They will never follow the Cao family's ideas. They have begun to form a simpler but very effective formation. They all come together, so that everyone can
Part of the fleet has become thinner. If the Cao Family Trading Company's cannonballs are not very accurate, most of them will probably fall into the water. This will cause a lot of losses to the Cao Family Trading Company. One time
A volley can be fired with hundreds of artillery shells. They must not be that good with military supplies from the Cao Family Trading Company. These military supplies must be small, especially things like artillery shells. Even if you have an airship, by then
If we don’t give you a safe airspace, you won’t be able to do this, and you will still suffer the consequences. We are all fighting on the ground, and we have a lot of supplies. No matter when the time comes, we will
We can protect ourselves. When you don’t have the shells, will these things still be useful? There is definitely not. At that time, we will have the final say. It has nothing to do with you. Think about it.
Here, Prince Ding also feels that his approach is right. He has stationed a lot of troops by the river, and he has only one purpose. It is best to prevent them from landing. Although the war in Holy Light City is
The people of the Southern Empire have a very strong seal, but in this era nothing is a secret, and I know a lot about it. It was because of the two-front war that the people of the Cao Family Trading Company got through a lot.
It's a loophole. This is also one of the reasons why the losses of the Southern Empire are so huge. If they are only allowed to be at sea, it will definitely be a huge test for their material consumption. Of course. In that case.
Your own army will be useless.
At a distance of 10,000 meters, the 127mm artillery gun on the Cao Family Trading Company's gunboat fired. It can be said that the hit rate at this distance is very low. Even some very experienced gunners would not be able to hit it with the first shot at this distance. But today, the Cao Family Company
The trading company's luck was very good. Five of the first batch of about 45 shells out of ten ships actually hit, and they all hit different warships. In the steel age, one ship would have hit ten.
A few rounds of cannonballs may not necessarily have any effect, but it is different now. Wooden ships, especially small wooden ships, can basically lose their combat effectiveness with one cannonball. One of them was even attacked.
It hit the mast and broke off immediately. As the mast fell, the entire ship seemed to have lost its balance. The sailors on top did not fight back at this time. Even if they were running for their lives, they almost forgot that they should leave.
Where is it? Some of the war crossbows on the ship have also started firing at this distance. Maybe many people understand that if they don't launch at this time, they will definitely not have this opportunity later. People from Cao's Trading Company are sure
I won't give you a chance. The first round of firing by the vanguard fleet fired 312 shells, 49 of which hit the target, and all the others were hit in the water, which directly caused the destruction of 12 warships to the people of the Western Empire.
After the explosion, the remaining ones have basically lost their combat effectiveness. The Western Empire's warships have lost so many. This is something they did not expect. If a wooden ship is hit by a cannonball, it will inevitably catch fire. Although it is
This is on the water, so it is very easy to put out a fire, but because the crew members above are all scared out of their wits, they don't care what happens to the ship, and they have to run for their lives most of the time.
Even if they jump here, they can still swim back.
Bastard, how long has it been? A few salvos have already killed hundreds of warships in the Western Empire. Because the bombardment of this thing is basically calibrated at the beginning, and it will definitely be fired later.
To be more precise, this is the situation now. Prince Ding watched his ships on the sea start to burn one by one, and he felt depressed in his heart. These navy usually told him how powerful they were.
After receiving so much money from the empire, they have to tighten their belts to build the navy. They have also contributed millions of silver, but why are they now just like soft-footed shrimps? They are not Cao Cao at all.
Of course, the opponents of the Cao Family Trading Company were not without any results. One of their crossbows also hit the warship of the Cao Family Trading Company, but it only broke a piece of wood. I guess this was the first round.
The only result in the confrontation, but there was no way to reward that guy, because in the second minute, two cannonballs sent this guy's boat to the old Dragon King at the bottom of the river to see the scenery. The hundred and ten above
Everyone on the ground fell silent. The ship was sinking too fast. A cannonball exploded near the waterline. Even the ships with large pumps on the earth couldn't stop.
Not to mention you people who have nothing here. You are definitely looking for death here. You don't care about your own affairs. You just don't have much ability. By then you will know how powerful the Cao family firm is.
However, while the Cao Family Trading Company was killing everyone, the leading fleet of the Cao Family Trading Company also entered the area where the Western Empire's giant crossbows were located. At this time, they have been hiding for such a long time, and now they are going to give you a little more power.
The disguise was immediately removed, and the airship in the sky also spotted them.
Later, Li Cong didn't panic when he received the news. After all, this was the capital of the Western Empire. If there wasn't something powerful, they wouldn't be like this. They must have something powerful waiting for them.
Hey, I have only heard of this giant crossbow. I really didn't expect its real power. Li Cong asked the leading fleet to speed up and pass by. Don't turn around and bombard those giant crossbows. The fleet behind will rush over and complete this together with the airship.
Seriously, if they stop and fight back, the chance of them being hit may be as high as more than 30%. These people understand this. After they saw Li Cong's signal, they all accelerated through this area.
Area. The power of the giant crossbow is still very good. But the worst thing about this thing is that it is too slow. It takes ten minutes to launch this thing. However, there are some differences, such as
He said that now he can reach once every five minutes. What are you hungry for? Because the people who operate them are not ordinary people. The people who operate them are all fifth-level warriors. These people are very strong, and all of them are
They are people who came from the Western Empire Palace, and some are people from the Prince's Palace and the major palaces in the capital. They are also very powerful. Each of these guys is doing this very quickly. From their
It can be seen in their eyes that it is very easy for them to operate this thing, but the hit rate of this thing is poor. About 70 of them were fired for the first time, and none of them hit the target. They are no different from the artillery of Cao's Trading Company.
I really don’t know how they usually train. Now they have achieved such a result. The Cavaliers did not operate this thing before, so it is normal for them to have such a result now.
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The huge water column also hit the navy of the Cao Family Trading Company. At this time, they all put away their contempt. It was really a surprise to the people after three days apart. This person from the Western Empire actually had such a behavior.
Such a powerful thing is also a huge threat to the people of the Cao Family Trading Company. Such a thing also makes the people of the Cao Family Trading Company feel a little bit dangerous, but they can only launch it this time.
The airships of the Cao Family Trading Company have begun to drop bombs like rain. These bombs now are different from the past. They are all 25 kilograms each. They are definitely not tied up with grenades.
That kind of power can be said to be more powerful, and it can also make the enemy feel how powerful we are. For this reason, the people on the airship want to try it, so they don’t wait for the following.
Surface ships, the three airships directly hung in the air and began to drop bombs. After about 400 bombs were dropped, hundreds of giant crossbows below, giant crossbows worth 50 million taels of silver, and crossbow arrows worth 30 million taels of silver were all dropped.
Nothing was left in the bombing. Prince Ding felt distressed when he saw it. Damn it, if these guys could move faster, they would probably be able to sink the warship of the Cao Family Trading Company. Then his face would be bright.
There is nothing that needs to be the same as it is now. Those guys' bombs were probably not that powerful in the past, and those iron locks are naturally not a problem. It only took five minutes to kill them all.
, It seems impossible to intercept the warships of the Cao Family Trading Company with such things. If this is all you can do, you will probably be in a lot of trouble in a while, Cao
The people from the family business will definitely not give you any face.
However, the warships of the Cao Family Trading Company are not without danger. Just like now, one of the vanguard units in front of the Cao Family Trading Company was hit by a giant crossbow fired from another place on the land. Li Cong also
I saw it with a telescope. The huge piece of wood directly penetrated the ship. Many of the soldiers on it were unable to stand due to the huge impact and were thrown directly into the water. Li Cong also felt this kind of thing.
It was very scary. At this moment, tens of millions of troops on the shore were cheering for this incident. In their opinion, no matter how much their losses were, as long as they could bring this matter to the peninsula, it would be a big deal.
It's a good thing. No one has accomplished this in the past, but it's different now. Our people have accomplished this. We are going to sink the first warship of the Cao Family Trading Company, although this is just
Jianghu escort boats, but they can also be regarded as regular navy warships of the Cao Family Trading Company. This is also a happy thing. If you can't understand this matter, then it is your own problem, and it has nothing to do with us.
, I believe you will all understand this problem in the future. If you don't understand this, then it is your own problem. You will eventually understand it one day. Prince Ding is also happy about this matter, but he is not one of those without brains.
The soldiers immediately ordered to take this opportunity to transfer those giant crossbows, because there were not many left. In fact, the Western Empire made less than 1,000 of them in total, and there were about 300 around the capital. They had already been destroyed just now.
There are hundreds of them. Now we must quickly move the one that was just exposed. Otherwise, the airship from the Cao Family Trading Company will come up immediately and kill that thing. This is a sure thing. I didn’t see that they were already flying.
Has it passed?
However, a problem also arose at this time. After all, the people from the Cao Family Trading Company came in columns. It would take a certain amount of time for them to spread out. But the navy of the Western Empire had already spread out their formation. They wanted to
It was still very easy to do things. At this time, the war crossbows had also entered the range, and the thirty warships of the previous fleet had basically entered their siege. At this time, the magic cannon on the wall of the capital also opened fire.
Yes, the magic cannon is expensive, but it has its own merits, that is, it shoots very accurately and very fast. Basically, you can't dodge. Just like now, it takes more than ten seconds in an instant.
A warship was sunk. Such a thing made them feel very happy. What happened to the navy of Cao Family Trading Company? We defeated your army, and when you arrived in our capital, we also have to give you some powerful weapons.
, even your navy is not that good, we can still kill your navy, now let you know how powerful we are, if you can suppress us, just bring your affairs to light.
, but if you don’t have that problem, there is no need to say anything about this matter, I will definitely kill you all. Li Cong did not expect that there would be so many magic cannons in the capital of the Western Empire. He felt that this
Things are getting interesting. Now the battle will be the same as before. Unexpectedly, the enemy is already so powerful. They have also learned to cooperate. Let us focus all our attention on these navies.
, I didn’t expect that their main attack would be those deadly magic cannons, but since your thing is already furious, there is nothing to say, and they can kill you all in a short time.
Sure enough, when the fleet was completely destroyed, no one in the Western Empire could laugh anymore, because a large number of small airships had already appeared above the city wall. The target of the large airships was too big, and they wanted to drop bombs at high altitude.
It's not that easy. Besides, there must be a lot of masters in the capital of the Western Empire. If you are not careful then, you will definitely lose a lot of people. But now it is completely different. You can definitely use small airships.
After killing these magic cannons, more than a dozen bombs fell down in an instant. They had already seen the power of such things just now. If they were really bombed directly, they would definitely not be able to save their lives.
These magic cannons, magic cannons can be regarded as their trump card. If these things are killed, they will definitely lose a lot of combat power. At this time, a layer of light mask suddenly rose up on the city wall.
This is a magic circle. Li Cong smiled and nodded at the store. It was indeed different from the Southern Empire. It seemed that the Western Empire had not been preparing for it for a day or two. The Southern Empire was not prepared and was beaten so easily by him.
Yes, this magic circle also requires the consumption of valuable things. Li Cong knew very well that it would not be easy to support such a thing. The soldiers on the airship above saw that their bombs exploded in mid-air.
, I don’t know how to do it well, but soon the news came from Li, and he continued to bombard the magic circle. If no one outside attacks you, then there will be no loss in this magic circle, as long as you pay a little
This thing can be built at a cost, but if there is a huge attack outside, its consumption will be very staggering. I believe they will not be able to sustain such losses for a long time. As long as you cannot sustain it, that
That's when...
Prince Ding also understands this truth. Although his people organized a lot of magic materials to build this magic circle, such a thing can only last for half an hour at most under such a high-intensity attack, and this
What will be consumed in half an hour is two billion silver worth of precious items, and three level seven magic stones are needed to control this thing. Now we have magicians and materials, but half an hour later,
Look at those airships. After one drops the bomb, he will leave immediately, go to the back to transfer the bomb, get out of his position, and let the airships with bombs get closer quickly. If they continue like this, their people and things will be destroyed.
They won’t be able to support it. How come these damn Cao Family Trading Company people have so many of these things? How did they get them? And as long as this magic circle is activated, whether it is outside or inside
, all cannot be attacked. In the end, the results of these magic cannons are still the same. Taking advantage of the Cao Family Trading Company's army not forming a battle formation, Prince Ding ordered the navy of the Western Empire to rush over at full speed. No matter what you use,
By any means, these warships must not be allowed to bombard the capital. This 3,000-meter distance must be defended. Even if it is filled with your own bodies, it must be defended. Otherwise, His Majesty the Emperor will blame us.
My head can't bear it. Li Cong obviously saw what they meant. You must not be allowed to block us at this time. Li Cong ordered the warship to pass through quickly. This place is a narrow place. If
If they transport a large number of giant crossbows to the place just now at night, their fleet will suffer even greater losses. It is definitely not something that thirty escort boats can get through. They all still understand this.
The fleets of both sides are still at a disadvantage at this time. The fleet of the Cao Family Trading Company is at a greater disadvantage. Although they have a large number, to be honest, you can't use them. It is still quite depressing now. The crossbows of the Western Empire's fleet have already been aimed at.
The Cao Family Trading Company’s fleet will definitely gain a lot after this round. (To be continued...)