In Qianye's eyes, Liaocheng is neither good nor bad. After looking at it for a while, he said: "Who does Liaocheng belong to now?"
Nan Ruohuai answered respectfully, "The Lord of Liaocheng is the second brother's grandfather, and he is also his biggest helper."
What he said seemed to be ordinary, but Qianye seemed to hear something and turned around and asked: "Do you have a grudge against your second brother?"
"Brothers, the hatred is not as deep as the sea." Nan Ruohuai took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and said: "The person I like most is the one who died in my second brother's house!"
Qianye nodded and said, "Then what do you need me to do?"
Nan Ruohuai knelt down with a plop and said solemnly: "You only need to give him to me in the future, and my life will always be yours."
Qianye said calmly: "Isn't it mine now?"
Nan Ruohuai bowed his head and said: "I think I still have some small talents, and I have not wasted them in the past twenty years. I know what you mean by helping me. But if I return to my heart, I will make Zheng Guo more and more prosperous, so that you don't have to
Worrying about this small place is different from putting a puppet on the throne."
Qianye stared at Nan Ruohuai's gray hair and the back of his neck, and said nothing for a while. There was no fluctuation in his heart at this moment, but he felt a little emotional.
Nan Ruohuai did not raise his head, but his posture was calmer and calmer than the previous times he had dealt with Qianye. After a while, Qianye smiled and said, "Zheng Guo is still young?"
Nan Ruohuai breathed a sigh of relief when he mentioned this in his heart, "What is heaven and earth to us, but in your eyes, it is just a corner. With people like you, not to mention Zheng Guo, even Yong Lu, also
It’s just a bigger springboard.”
Qianye laughed, "You do have confidence in me."
"In fact, we have never seen anyone like you, and we have never even heard of him."
Qianye got up, walked to the window, looked at the void at the end of his sight in the distance, and said, "Do you know what I want to do?"
Nan Ruohuai hesitated to speak, and then said honestly: "To be honest, I don't know."
Qianye sighed and said: "I actually don't have any big goals, just take it one step at a time."
Nan Ruohuai was stunned. He really didn't believe it. He just said that he was not strong enough to make Qianye reveal the secret, so he didn't ask any more questions.
He didn't know that Qianye really didn't have any ambitions. All he wanted to do was take care of his brothers, which was to send someone to the Holy Mountain.
Now that the entire territory of Xudong Floating Island has been pacified, the next step is to occupy and prepare for war. Qianye has sealed off the entire floating island, and all aerospace craft are only allowed to enter but not to leave. Within one day, all the 10,000 troops following the dark fire arrived.
, replacing elite troops from various places. At the same time, Yuanjing City began to build large-scale fortifications and strengthen turrets.
This floating island was regarded by Qianye as the first springboard and advance base for the invasion of the mainland, so he paid special attention to it. After the first batch of troops arrived, Qianye ordered people to send a message back, and ordered Anhuo to immediately prepare several engineering floats.
He built a boat and recruited craftsmen to come to Xudong.
A few days later, when all the garrison troops on the floating island were in place, Qianye led his army to set off and flew to Liaocheng.
Ten thousand troops arrived at the floating island, and only four thousand left with Qianye. The floating island is not small, and the basic garrison requirement exceeds ten thousand troops. Six thousand troops cannot be reduced. If it is reduced further, the company will
The mercenary generals no longer work.
There are about 150,000 people in Liaocheng, which can be considered a big city. It is built along the river and has convenient transportation. There is a black stone mine outside the city, which provides a steady stream of energy for the entire city's workshops. When Qianye arrived
At that time, the first thing I saw from a distance was not the city, but the gray-black smoke columns above the city.
Behind the billowing smoke are flowing gold coins. There are ready-made workshops in Liaocheng, and more importantly, there are a large number of skilled craftsmen who, with a little training, can be used in the empire's workshop system. Originally, Zheng Guo was learning from Qin in everything.
The workshop system is similar, but it is equivalent to the level of the empire fifty years ago.
When the fleet approached the sky above Liaocheng, the entire city rang with piercing sirens. Even Qianye, who was on the battle patrol, could hear it clearly. He stepped onto the deck and looked down, only to see a steel tower in the center of the city.
Several valves were opened on the tower, and billowing steam spurted out, making a harsh scream.
Power towers and steam sirens?
Qianye was a little surprised. The equipment of this city was exceptionally high. Although the power tower was an old model, it was still a power tower no matter how old it was. Many cities in the Neutral Land did not even have one. Moreover, this power tower was old.
It's a little too big, but the specifications are large and high enough, and the power output is definitely surging.
In other words, there may be powerful power turrets in the city?
Qianye's eyes narrowed, and his ears had caught a strange sharp whistling sound. The top of a dark tower in the distance opened, and a thick crossbow arrow was sprayed out, drawing an arc in the air and shooting towards the battle patrol.
If this was not an attack from the enemy, Qianye would have praised the timing of launching this arrow. At this moment, the speed of the battle patrol had slowed down, and there was no time to speed up instantly. Moreover, no matter how huge the battle patrol was, it could not outrun the tracking within the range.
Ballista.
There was a roar, and the entire battle patrol trembled, and Qianye was a little surprised by the magnitude. The power of this ballista was actually much greater than he expected.
Qianye's figure flashed and appeared on the bow of the battle patrol. He saw the crossbow bolt nailed to the shell of the battle patrol and half of it was submerged.
After all, the captain was a veteran of long battles. When he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately fine-tuned the ship without having time to intercept the fire or get out of range. The battle cruiser was the thickest armored area, and the ballistae could not penetrate the outer armor.
Qianye stepped forward with Dongyue and cut off the exposed part of the crossbow with a sword. He saw that the inside was solid. If this was a tracking burst crossbow equipped on the empire's cutting-edge warships, then it would explode and completely blow the bow of the battle cruiser.
All the armor was blown away.
However, if the battle patrol can stop it, other battleships cannot!
Qianye's eyes narrowed, and at this moment, three more turrets rose up, the tops opened, and each fired a tracking giant crossbow!
Three giant crossbows fired one at the frigate, one at the battle cruiser, and the other went straight to the rear.
Qianye didn't have time to think about it, his figure flashed and appeared next to the frigate. Dongyue was like lightning, slashing six swords in a row, one strike targeting all directions, cutting the giant crossbow into several pieces. The battle patrol was shocked again, and was struck again.
The giant crossbow hit. Fortunately, this shot also hit the thick part of the armor and still did not penetrate the armor.
Qianye turned around, his expression slightly changed. The target of the last giant crossbow was the troop transport ship at the rear of the fleet! Of course, the transport ship couldn't escape the range. The giant crossbow hit it in the middle, then penetrated from the top of the ship and flew up to a thousand meters.
High in the sky, I was exhausted and turned around to fall.
A huge gap appeared in the center of the transport ship's hull, and flames erupted from the gap, and several figures fell. The transport ship's alarm sounded loudly, and then it rushed to the ground.
Just as the ship was about to be destroyed, the hatch on one side of the transport ship suddenly collapsed. It was obviously forced open from the inside, and a large amount of steam spurted out. The hull immediately began to rotate, and people were continuously thrown out from the inside with the force of the spin.
Mercenaries.
Qianye breathed a sigh of relief.
This response of the transport ship is the best choice at the moment. It carries elite mercenaries, many of whom are officers with Force cultivation level five or six or higher. They fell from a height of several hundred meters. It’s not that they are too unlucky. Most of them can do it.
It can only be injured but not killed. On the contrary, the burning transport ship is a large coffin of flaming steel. The only way to die is to stay inside.
Throwing the crew and mercenaries out can also avoid the explosion range after the spacecraft lands. The captain's quick wit is really good. The only disadvantage is that some mercenaries may be thrown into the center of the city, where there are enemies everywhere.
But as long as the mercenaries are allowed to set foot on the ground, Qianye does not worry about their combat effectiveness. It is difficult to find a profession more suitable for urban street fighting than mercenaries.
Then it was time for the dark fire to counterattack.
Even the powerful turrets in the main city of Daqin cannot fire very fast, and the reloading speed of the four power turrets in Liaocheng is even slower. The battle cruiser captain had already synchronized the attack position when he was fine-tuning the defense, and now he is in position.
With the roar of the main gun, half of a main gun tower in Liaocheng was immediately destroyed.
The battle patrol ignored the outcome of the battle and continued to turn, aiming at another main turret. At this time, the three frigates in the air had also adjusted their attack postures, diving from high altitudes, and the rapid-fire main guns roared continuously, submerging the third turret.
In the sea of fire.
Only the last turret was left. It fired another crossbow from the inside. The large cloud of steam almost flooded the turret. The spinning gears continued to accumulate power. This time, its target was no longer the unbeatable battle cruiser, but
Targeting a frigate.
In the blink of an eye, the turret has completed the power accumulation. The giant crossbow is trembling and is about to be fired. Suddenly, the surrounding scenery is distorted. Qianye appears above the crossbow. Holding a section of steel beam, he inserts it with force and instantly jams the crossbow.
in the tank.
Something unexpected happened, and the officers and soldiers operating the crossbow could not react. They had already instinctively stepped on the firing pedal after a series of operations. However, the giant crossbow was stuck and could not move. The expanding power steam had nowhere to vent. In the blink of an eye, the accumulated power reached
To an extremely terrifying degree, the cast steel shell of the turret began to expand rapidly to a degree visible to the naked eye!
Amidst the desperate screams of the officers and soldiers, the turret suddenly exploded, and the huge force even threw several tons of components hundreds of meters into the air! How could a human body withstand such power? None of the soldiers in the turret could make it in time.
Escape, no body remains.
Qianye's figure had returned to the battle patrol and appeared on the bridge. The captain was giving nervous instructions, but Qianye raised his hand to indicate that he should continue without coming over to ask for instructions.
The captain continued to issue orders, directing the huge warship to tilt its hull and fly around Liaocheng in an elegant manner. In this way, the firepower of its rapid-fire cannons on the sides could be fully utilized, sweeping away the small turrets and defense facilities in the city one by one.
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After the four main turrets were killed, there was no way for the entire Liao City to threaten the battle patrol.
Since the defense force in the city was unexpectedly strong, Qianye simply worked up his patience and watched the battle patrol flying in circles over the city, clearing the fortifications block by block.
A full hour passed, until there was no more sound of artillery or ballistae firing in the entire Liaocheng City. Only then did Qianye order the mercenaries to land and enter the city to fight.
Qianye himself rushed straight to the City Lord's Mansion. Facing the swarming guards, a plunder of life silenced the surroundings. When he walked into the meeting hall of the City Lord's Mansion, a powerful old man with gray hair on the throne slowly
He stood up slowly and raised a huge battle ax in his hand, as if he was waiting.
Qianye did not take action immediately, but said: "Nan Ruohuai will be a good person for Prince Zheng, so why are you stubborn? You should know that in front of me, you have no chance."
The old man snorted and said in a deep voice: "Zheng is the country of Zheng people. Who are you?"
Qianye didn't answer but asked: "Isn't Ruohuai from Zheng?"