The person in charge of intelligence stood aside and sighed silently.
He knew that at this point in the negotiation, the initiative had fallen into Li Didi's hands.
But he had no way to stop it, because Jin Feng's previous record was really impressive. Li Didi used Jin Feng as an example, and he couldn't find the words to refute it.
Li Didi also knew that he would give it up when he was ready, and did not continue to attack Li Lingrui and the others, and said: "If you guys want to see Sir's new weapons, come with me to the observation deck and you will know!"
After saying that, he ignored Li Lingrui and the others and walked straight out of the tent.
Li Lingrui and the person in charge of intelligence looked at each other and walked out.
The four of them came outside the tent together and climbed onto the observation deck dozens of meters away.
Four or five miles to the southwest, a group of bodyguards were lying on the mountainside, staring at the Southern Expeditionary Army camp with binoculars.
"Squad monitor, I saw Li Didi!"
One of the escorts said loudly: "Observation Tower No. 6!" Bayi Chinese website
There are dozens of observation towers in the Southern Expedition Army camp, and the scouts numbered them.
Upon hearing this, the squad leader immediately aimed his telescope at Observation Tower No. 6.
After adjusting the focus, he saw Li Didi and Li Lingrui behind Li Didi.
"Everyone, get ready, Li Didi makes a move and start taking action immediately!"
Following the squad leader's order, several bodyguards behind him immediately got busy.
They lifted off a piece of khaki camouflage cloth, revealing a copper-yellow fort!
Jinfeng's philosophy on armaments has always been to equip one generation, reserve one generation, and develop one generation.
However, the appearance of Hai Dongqing completely disrupted Jin Feng's plan. The muskets that were originally supposed to be in reserve had to be sent to the battlefield in advance for emergency response.
Even the cannon in the research and development stage was brought over by Jin Feng.
In Jin Feng's armament plan, after the muskets are the artillery.
In fact, the principle of artillery is similar to that of muskets, except that once the barrel of the artillery explodes, the consequences are much more serious than that of muskets, so the requirements for steel in making artillery are higher.
The fort in front of me was made out of brass by Jin Feng to conduct some experiments.
Brass was still currency in Dakang. In order to build this fort, Jin Feng used more than a thousand kilograms of brass.
Even with Jin Feng's worth, he can't afford to spend so much money.
Moreover, the turret made by this kind of unscrupulous method has a very low cost performance, so Jin Feng only made one.
The Battle of Xizhou was crucial. Although he knew that a fort could not change anything, Zhang Liang still pulled the fort over before.
At the Southern Expedition Army Camp, Li Didi pointed to the southwest: "Have you guys seen that hill?"
"Is that a hill with a big white stone on the top?" the lieutenant asked.
"Yes, that's the one!" Li Didi nodded.
Li Lingrui immediately took out his telescope and looked to the southwest.
There is indeed a hill five miles away from the Southern Expedition Army camp.
But this hill is very short, only about twenty or thirty meters high. There is a big white stone on the top of the mountain.
For the Shu army who were used to big mountains, this hill was no more than a small mound.
The hill was bare, with few weeds, and the scouts could not find a hiding place, so neither side paid much attention to the hill.
But now Li Lingrui discovered that there were several bodyguards on the hillside and the fort frame behind the bodyguards.
The whole body of the turret frame glowed dark yellow, with a heavy feeling of metal.
No need to ask, Li Lingrui has already guessed that this must be Jin Feng's new weapon.
I just don’t know what the function of this weapon, which is obviously not cheap at first sight, and how powerful it is?
Li Didi didn't keep Li Lingrui waiting. After confirming that he had seen the fort, he raised his left arm and waved it twice in the air.
On the way up the hill, the escort squad leader kept staring at Li Didi with binoculars. When he saw him waving his arms, he quickly waved behind him.
The escort next to the fort was already ready. After receiving the order from the squad leader, he suddenly pulled the rope at the rear of the fort!
Then Li Lingrui saw the dust under the base of the fort swept away, and a burst of fire erupted from the mouth of the gun barrel!
Then, a black afterimage flew out of the hill, dragging a faint trail of smoke and flying to the west.
Li Lingrui immediately turned the telescope and looked westward following the afterimage.
But when he adjusted the speed of the telescope, where could the cannonballs fly faster?
While Li Lingrui was still looking for the shells, a huge mushroom cloud suddenly appeared in a small ravine two miles north of the hill.
Then, the earth began to tremble!
The observation tower dozens of meters high shook violently!
Several observation towers were shaken to pieces. The scouts above and the soldiers below were all unlucky, and many were killed and injured by the falls.
Fortunately, this observation tower was frequently used by Li Lingrui. It was built relatively solidly and stabilized after shaking for a while.
Just as Li Lingrui was about to speak, he saw Li Didi clinging to the railing of the observatory.
He didn't have time to think about it, so he subconsciously imitated Li Didi and grabbed the railing in front of him.
The next second, I saw a vague air wave in the southwest, which was similar to the heat waves we occasionally see in summer.
Before Li Lingrui could see clearly what this air wave was, he felt a hurricane coming towards his face!
If he hadn't grabbed the railing in advance, Li Lingrui would have been blown away by the hurricane!
The intelligence chief and the deputy general were right next to Li Lingrui. When Li Lingrui grabbed the railing, they followed suit and escaped.
But the few party soldiers standing in the corner of the observation tower were not so lucky. Their backs were turned to Li Lingran and others, guarding the other direction. They did not see Li Lingrui's movements at all, and were directly knocked off the observation tower by the shock wave.
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Two or three seconds after the shock wave passed, a deafening explosion came from the south!
It was not that Li Lingrui had never heard explosions before, but he swore that this was the loudest of all the explosions he had ever heard!
In the camp below, many tents were blown away, and the entire camp fell into chaos!
Knowing that the escorts had grenades and explosive packs, the Southern Expeditionary Army specially conducted some targeted training on the war horses after gathering, such as using war drums, gongs and other things to beat the war horses' ears to get them used to various strong sounds.
After a period of training, most war horses have become accustomed to strong sounds. Even if they suddenly hear the explosion of a grenade, they will not lose control like before.
However, the sound of the explosion was so loud, and coupled with the collision of the shock wave, many war horses were still frightened and either ran around or raised their heads and neighed!
Li Lingrui shook his head, then picked out his ears.
It was so chaotic down there, but there was only a buzzing in his ears, and he couldn't hear anything else.
The deputy general came to his senses at this time, first pulled Li Lingrui behind him, then glared at Li Didi, and pulled out the saber from his waist again!