Chapter 771 Young General vs. Rich Lady 73
Huo Xiao was a little nervous. "Did Xiao cause trouble for the gods? The gods didn't have to work so hard. Is it because the cost of buying a car is too high?"
Ji Yunhuan waved his hand indifferently, "It's none of your business. I'm working for the company. The money I use to support you is my personal money. It has nothing to do with me."
"Money can't buy my happiness, so I am happy to support you. You have also given me many good things. If they were placed here, they would be called antiques, and they are very valuable!"
"Next, I plan to hold a classical culture exhibition. I have a lot of antiques, but if I don't show them off, it would be like walking in the night in fine clothes, which is boring."
Huo Xiao said sincerely: "God is so powerful that he can succeed in everything he does."
The two chatted for a long time. There were many things that Ji Yunhuan could not tell others, not even to An Tong. Tongtong was too loyal. Tongtong was already busy enough, and she didn't want Tongtong to worry about her affairs.
And Huo Xiao is a good person to talk to. He can give her some advice and he will never leak it to anyone.
"In fact, if it was just to grab the South Airport project, there would be no need to make such a big fuss, but I suspect that my parents' death is related to Shengdingshan. Dingsheng Group and Kangyue Group have always been competitors, but they can't compete with us, so they used a lot of tricks in secret."
"A year ago, the two companies were competing for a power plant project. Shengdingshan couldn't find any fault with Kangyue Group, so it had someone fabricate a story saying that our newly produced electric car exploded, deliberately smearing Kangyue Group's image. Later, it was found out that it was a fraud, but it didn't have much impact."
"Sheng Dingshan has no bottom line when it comes to doing things. If he were a little bolder, he might have hired someone to kill someone. After my parents passed away, Kangyue Group was in chaos for a while, and Sheng Dingshan got that project."
"You taught me that if we can't find anything, then we should see who the beneficiary is. I've asked my friends to look in this direction. This is a small way to vent my anger!"
In the next few days, Ji Yunhuan will stay in Wangxing City to follow up on this project, and will have much less time to chat with Huo Xiao.
Huo Xiao was also busy deploying the defense line, with scouts conducting several explorations a day. Beirong's main force was getting closer and closer.
More than half of the 100,000 vanguard troops were killed or wounded, leaving only 50,000. The main force in the central army has at least 200,000 troops, no more and no less, and there may be reinforcements at the back.
The main force of Beirong stopped five kilometers away and set up camp. On a dark and windy night, Beirong attacked the city again!
The Northern Rong came with great force. They sent out more siege vehicles and prepared higher siege ladders that could be directly placed on the city walls. They had better weapons and a full range of troops, including elite infantry, brave cavalry, and archers.
The eldest prince Hedan was in charge of the entire army. No matter how much the generals disagreed with each other privately, no one dared to disobey the eldest prince's orders on the battlefield. If the eldest prince killed them with a knife, the master they were loyal to would not be able to avenge them.
It would be a waste to die, so you might as well give it a try and achieve something great.
The Beirong people obeyed orders and no one dared to disobey. They cooperated with each other and worked together as never before!
Huo Xiao stood on the city wall, his face solemn. "Hedan is highly regarded by the old Khan, and has great prestige in the army. The Northern Rong army will be even more difficult to deal with under him! If we don't get rid of him, when he becomes the new Khan, Weiguo will never have peace."
"Beacon Camp, get ready. Once they gather together, we'll start dropping explosives!"
"Yes!" Xu Sheng responded and immediately went to arrange it.
The black masses of Beirong people swarmed over like locusts and gathered under the city walls. They used siege ladders and siege vehicles to violently ram the city gates. However, the Huo family army did not shoot arrows and only threw stones at people under the city wall.
Takuru was delighted, "They must have run out of arrows! Warriors, charge!"
Xu Sheng lit the explosive packs and shot them out with a crossbow. At regular intervals, someone shot out a pack of explosives, which landed on the edge of the moat almost at the same time.
The Beirong people thought it was a stone, so no one paid any attention and continued to rush forward.
Boom! There were continuous loud noises, and it was like fireworks were exploding beside the moat. The fireworks were blood red, mixed with flesh, blood, and bones!
Some people were blown up into the sky before they even had time to climb out of the moat. Wherever the explosion went, there was no trace of their bodies.
The person closest to the city wall actually survived. In order to prevent the city wall from being hit by the explosion, after calculations and tests, the explosives were thrown near the moat.
The Beirong people were already stunned by the earth-shattering explosion. Tuolu was so frightened that his legs went weak and he could not stop retreating.
When the news reached the central army camp, all the soldiers were in a panic. Master Xuan Jiu pondered for a moment and said:
"When warlocks were refining pills, their furnaces often exploded. Later, they discovered that mixing a few medicines together could cause an explosion. Warlocks tried their best to avoid furnace explosions, but no one had ever thought of using this thing in combat!"
"That's a good idea. Don't panic, my prince. They are one step ahead. With me here, Beirong will be able to use gunpowder sooner or later!"
"As long as we are careful and avoid the gunpowder, we can continue to attack the city. It doesn't matter if some people die. We have more people, so we will definitely be able to break in."
Hedan was very satisfied with this answer. "Since the real person said it is just a new weapon, then there is nothing to be afraid of. As long as it is not caused by ghosts and gods, it can stabilize the morale of the army."
"Pass on this prince's order, continue the attack and capture Pingyang City!"
The Beirong people were fearless and brave, and displayed extremely strong fighting power.
The first wave of explosives killed several thousand people, but after that the Beirong people were prepared and the effect was not as good.
Huo Xiao ordered to cut the fuse shorter so that the explosives would explode in the air, to prevent the Beirong from picking them up after they landed and extinguishing the fuse, and the explosives would fall into the hands of the Beirong people.
Wave after wave of Beirong people attacked. With explosives in hand, the Beirong people suffered heavy losses. By noon the next day, 50,000 to 60,000 people had died.
Huo Xiao also made a Molotov cocktail using an empty beer bottle, half filled with gasoline, and then stuffed a cork into the bottle mouth, then stuffed a cloth strip in it as an igniter. After lighting the cloth strip, he threw the bottle out, causing it to explode and burn, with great lethality.
Those who were far away were attacked with explosives, those who were close were attacked with Molotov cocktails, and bows and crossbows were used to clean up the escaped fish. Almost no Beirong people could step onto the city wall alive.
No matter how careful we were, the explosives were bound to affect the city walls. The concrete walls above were fine, but the earth walls below were simply unable to withstand the damage caused by the explosives.
The Beirong people focused on that piece and attacked it fiercely. Even if it meant death, they would dig out a handful of soil from the wall. After a long time, a piece of the earth wall really collapsed!
A large number of Beirong people rushed in, roaring like wild beasts.
After rushing into the city wall, there was a city block. Arrows rained down, causing heavy casualties among the Northern Rong. Gasoline and explosives were stored inside the city wall, so they did not dare to use hot weapons recklessly and could only engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Most of the troops were guarding the city walls, and there were not many people inside the city wall, which allowed some of the soldiers to escape and rush into Pingyang City.
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