Following Mr. Feng's order, two hot air balloons slowly took off from the ravine in the north of Xihewan.
The Ninth Princess was arranging the battlefield. When she saw the hot air balloon, she immediately guessed Mr. Feng's plan.
"Feifei, quickly let the people on the heavy crossbow and catapult positions disperse!"
The Ninth Princess shouted anxiously.
"What about the heavy crossbows and catapults?"
Zuo Feifei asked anxiously.
Heavy crossbows and catapults are the main training subjects for the female soldiers of Iron Can Mountain, and they also provide them with the confidence to fight.
Without these things, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
"Feifei, it's too late!"
Guan Xiaorou said: "Listen to Wuyang and evacuate people quickly! There are also heavy crossbow catapults in the village. I will allocate them to you later!"
Now that the village has been surrounded, the outer sentries have been cleared by the enemy, so the place where the hot air balloon takes off is very close to our own position. At this time, it is too late to move the heavy crossbows and catapults, so we can only evacuate the people to the greatest extent possible.
Stop loss.
Zuo Feifei stamped her feet and asked her deputy to convey the order.
The place where the hot air balloon took off was upwind. As soon as the female workers on the heavy crossbow position evacuated, the hot air balloon floated over.
The heavy crossbow position immediately turned into a sea of fire.
The hot air balloon flew over the catapult position again. There were not only stones on the catapult position, but also many kerosene jars prepared for throwing.
After these kerosene jars were ignited, many exploded.
Splashes of fire oil were everywhere, and the fire on the catapult position was more intense than on the heavy crossbow position.
Fortunately, the female workers evacuated in time. If it had been any later, none of them would have survived.
The female worker at Iron Can Mountain had been on the mountain before and had never seen a hot air balloon battle before. Looking at the blazing fire, she was filled with fear.
Zuo Feifei's deputy was still speculating just now whether the Ninth Princess was seeking revenge on Iron Can Mountain, fearing that they would make meritorious deeds.
Now she doesn't think so.
After the hot air balloon flew away, the enemy army pressed forward again.
It must be said that Mr. Feng is really good at finding opportunities. Now that the fortress has been demolished and the heavy crossbows and catapults have been burned, it is their best opportunity to attack.
"Dahei, go get a box of grenades and bring someone to help me. Don't let the enemy enter the village under any circumstances!"
The Ninth Princess quickly issued an order: "Feifei, let the female workers with the best crossbow scores gather together and go over to assist Dahei. The rest will follow Dongdong to pull the heavy crossbow catapult!
Dongdong, you arrange for the female workers in the textile factory to deliver supplies to the position, help the military doctors treat the wounded, and then send a few people to lead the way for the sisters in Iron Can Mountain!"
In order to prevent the village from falling, weapons such as heavy crossbow catapults were transported away, and now they need to be transported back.
"Yes!" With a few words of agreement, Dahei, Zuo Feifei and Tang Dongdong immediately took action separately.
"What do I do?" Guan Xiaorou asked.
"Sister, you don't have to do anything, just go and stand up there and let everyone know you are there!"
The Ninth Princess pointed to the high ground at the entrance of the village.
Guan Xiaorou is the backbone of Xihewan today. As long as she is here, the morale of the bodyguards will not fade.
"Do I want to play the drum?" Guan Xiaorou asked.
At Damangpo, the Nine Princesses beat drums in front of the formation, which greatly improved their morale.
Now that Guan Xiaorou has a chance, she is a little eager to give it a try.
But the Ninth Princess shook her head without hesitation and said: "No, the enemy has a hot air balloon. It is too conspicuous. They will attack you crazily. If something happens to you, your morale will collapse quickly! If you see the enemy's hot air balloon taking off,
, hide immediately, do you understand?"
Although Guan Xiaorou was a little disappointed, she nodded obediently.
Discovering that Guan Xiaorou had ascended to the high ground, the morale of the bodyguards had indeed improved a lot. In addition, their families were all in the village behind them, so the bodyguards fought desperately with the enemy to keep them out of the village.
After holding on for half an hour, the female workers of Tiegunshan and the villagers pulled the heavy crossbow catapult back.
This time, in order to prevent the hot air balloon from being concentrated and burned again, the Ninth Princess ordered the heavy catapults to disperse to various parts of the battlefield and attack freely.
Although the power is reduced a lot, it is safer.
As the heavy crossbow catapults entered the battlefield, the enemy was immediately suppressed, and the escorts immediately launched a counterattack.
After fighting for more than half an hour, the enemy finally couldn't hold it anymore and gradually showed signs of collapse.
By this time, Mr. Feng had arrived at the outskirts of the battlefield, discovered this situation, and had to order another retreat.
"Mr. Feng, they have too many heavy catapults. Without hot air balloons, it will be difficult for us to fight!"
The Tubo general said with a troubled expression.
"Send people out to collect kerosene for me, as much as they have!"
Mr. Feng said with a dark face: "Arrest another person for me. Doesn't Jin Feng pride himself on cherishing the people? When we fight again tomorrow, put the people in front and let me see if they kill or not!"
"Yes!" The Tubo general looked happy and hurried to make arrangements.
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In Jiangnan, Tang Xiaobei stood on the deck, looking at the sunset in the west, frowning.
The counselors of King Wu and King Chu were so disgusting that they almost raided all the fishing boats along the Yangtze River, lit them one by one and lowered them down.
Tang Xiaobei has lost count of how many small fishing boats and various bamboo rafts they have sunk.
The speed of the steamship could not be used at all. According to the plan, they should have returned to Jinchuan long ago, but now they have only reached the territory of King Chu, and they still have half the journey to go.
"Xiaobei, don't worry, you are much better now than before."
Kita Qianxun came over, leaned against the railing and said: "It used to take at least several months to return to Jinchuan from the East China Sea. Now we only go half a month and half way. It's already amazing."
"It's still not fast enough!" Tang Xiaobei said, "I don't know what's going on in the village now."
Nowadays, wherever the steamship goes, there are a large number of soldiers following it along the way. The Ninth Princess's spies have no way to send information to the ship.
The steamship was always on the move and the carrier pigeons could not be used, so the steamship completely lost contact with Xihewan.
But Tang Xiaobei knew that life in the village would definitely be difficult.
Kita Qianxun was about to say a few words of comfort when she suddenly saw Wan Heming running out like a deer.
While running, he shouted: "Master, Master, it's done! Master has succeeded!"
Tang Xiaobei's eyes lit up, he grabbed Wan Heming's arm and asked, "Really?"
"Of course it's true!" Wan Heming said with a smile: "Master sent me to call the two master wives to come over and watch it together!"
"Very good!"
Tang Xiaobei pushed Wan Heming away, turned around and ran towards the cabin.
Chihiro Kita is faster than her.
In the cabin, Jin Feng, Mancang and several female apprentices were working around a lifeboat.
On the lifeboat, a miniature steam engine was puffing out black smoke.
Not long after the counselor stopped him, Jin Feng led Mancang and Wan Heming into the temporary laboratory on the ship.
After working for so long, I finally made a small steam engine that can be installed on a lifeboat.
"You guys are here, look here, is it awesome?"
Jin Feng was in a good mood. When he saw Tang Xiaobei and Bei Qianxun, they pointed at the lifeboat to show off with pride.