After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1257 The Strong Woman and the Terrified

"Aaaaah!" Aroda roared, enraged. "Chase them! We must slaughter those bastards who murdered the Western Heron nobles, or we will die a hundred times over and still not be forgiven!"

In the Eastern Desert, value is paramount. If you die without value, not only will your death be in vain, but your family will also be punished.

Thump thump thump, thump thump thump!
Strange drumbeats resounded, and the three hundred elite soldiers of the Eastern Desert roared: "We will fight to the death with the Liangwei bastards who slaughtered the Western He'er nobles!"

"Fight to the death, my foot! Invaders spouting such hot-blooded and righteous rhetoric are going to be punished by heaven!"

The Great Gan Commander went to seek divine retribution for them.

Slurp slurp slurp!
A commotion erupted as Commander Gan led over three hundred elite soldiers, using the slope of Mianfu Mountain to rush swiftly towards the weapon-throwing point at the foot of the mountain.

The descent was easy and quick; it took only a quarter of an hour to reach the vicinity of the throwing point.

"I am Commander Gan of the Death Squad!!"

Commander Gan and the soldiers of the Death Squad shouted in unison. Upon hearing this, Commander Fan immediately said, "We're all on the same side. Archers, don't fire!"

"Da Gan, how are you? How many casualties?" Commander Fan hurriedly came over to ask. Seeing that Da Gan was unharmed and still had more than 300 soldiers with him, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, we didn't suffer too many losses."

"Old Fan, why were you sent here? Won't that mean we won't have enough elite troops to guard the chevaux-de-frise camp?!" Commander Gan was anxious and guilty, knowing that General Chu had sent Commander Fan to Mianfushan because he had been unable to destroy the enemy's long-range stronghold.

With the battle pressing, Commander Da Gan hurriedly recounted their encounter at Mianfu Mountain and the killing of a western nobleman.

Commander Fan also exchanged military intelligence with him, mentioning the sharp weapons, the great victory at Dongfu Town, the possibility of tunnels in Dongfu Town, and the existence of an enemy army led by western nobles.

“Xiduo!” Commander Da Gan repeated what Xihe’er and his group of Eastern Desert people had said: “It must be this noble general named Xiduo who is hiding in Dongfu Town with his troops! The fact that such a noble general is mobilized must mean he has something big planned, and he must have a lot of troops with him!”

"Those generals in the east are probably just pawns that the west has placed in the open to deceive us!"

"Commander Gan." Ye Xifen approached, clasped her hands in greeting, and said, "Since you've come down from the mountain, do you know the approximate location of the enemy? Could you give us your location so we can use our weapons to annihilate them!"

"Ah, what's this group of young women?" Commander Da Gan was startled, but he suppressed his surprise and called over his scout commander: "Ya Zi, quickly draw a map and mark the enemy's location for the female warriors. Hurry up, or the enemy's location will change drastically, and our weapons will have been wasted!"

Ya Zi immediately drew a diagram and pointed out the approximate location of the mountain to Ye Xifen.

"Understood." Ye Xifen pointed to the catapult and said, "Turn the catapult to the southeast, slightly south, about a palm's width away from the center of your eye!"

While the Great Wei Dynasty didn't yet have specific terms for angles or slopes, they did have methods for determining direction and angle using their hands or other objects.

Scouts, archers, and ranged weapon soldiers in the military camp all had to learn these rudimentary methods of finding their way.

only……

"The female warrior actually knows the skill of identifying directions in the army. Impressive! No wonder she's from the Qin family!" Commander Gan was particularly curious about the Heavenly Thunder weapon, so he praised the Qin family enthusiastically.

Ye Xifen said, "I actually came from the palace. I was one of the female physicians that His Majesty bestowed upon my employer. I learned some skills that I couldn't find outside the palace."

Commander Gan: "I see. No wonder he is a talent who came from His Majesty's palace."

Ye Xifen didn't respond... In fact, she learned all her military skills at the madam's estate.

The lady's estate housed many people, both men and women, who rose early every day to read and practice martial arts, and patrolled and fought at night.

Although it was hard work, Ye Xifen never slacked off, and she cherished the opportunity to learn various skills.

"Master Ye, the location of the catapult has been determined. Come and confirm it. Is it ready to be used?" Wei soldiers under Commander Fan called to her. Ye Xifen hurried over, and after slightly adjusting the catapult's position according to the direction pointed out by the centurion, she said, "Fill it with gunpowder, ten catties."

Two female guards and several mountain women were quickly ready.

Ye Xifen lit the fuse, and after the three fuses soaked in tung oil had burned to about a finger's length, she shouted, "Throw it!"

Whoosh-!
The gunpowder pack was thrown towards the slope of the mountain, and after reaching its highest point, it fell in an arc.

Boom——!
The ten-pound gunpowder pack exploded, producing a thunderous sound like a typhoon, and a fire dragon several meters high shot up.

The fire dragon quickly died down, but it was still quite awe-inspiring.

Where the gunpowder pack landed, a large crater several meters deep and wide appeared, and the crater and its surroundings were filled with the remains of enemy soldiers.

Arroda was so shocked by what she saw a little further behind her that she fell to the ground.

Thump, thump, thump—the sounds of fifty of his dead soldiers falling to the ground were incessant.

With a gulp, Arroda swallowed hard, saying, "Go back, take the corpse of the Western Heron nobleman, and return to East Fortune Town, quickly!"

"Yes!" The dead soldiers hurriedly got up and helped Arroda up, and together they ran towards the body of Westhorn.

But before they even reached the body...

Whoosh-!
Boom——!
Another gunpowder pack fell and exploded just a few meters away from them.

Of the fifty dead soldiers, more than twenty were killed in the explosion, and more than a dozen had their limbs blown off, leaving only three people and Aroda.

"...Immediately descend the mountain, retreat to Dongfu Town, and inform the Western Hero noble general that the bodies of the Western Hero nobles have been blown to pieces by the Liang Wei's sharp weapons."

After witnessing the explosive power of the weapon up close, Aroda was terrified and lost even the courage to die in battle. All he wanted was to escape: "We're fleeing for our lives, just to bring back important information about the weapon to the Western Helmsman's Grand General!"

"We risked our lives to bring news of grain and weapons back to the Eastern Desert!" The three Eastern Desert soldiers weren't stupid; they echoed Aruda's words.

Having found a reason, Arroda abandoned Sigurd's body and ran wildly down the mountain as if chased by a ghost.

They were sweating profusely, fearing that a sharp weapon would fall from the sky and blow them to pieces!

There was also a very pungent smell in the air around them. Arooda felt that these smells were poisonous, and if they didn't run for their lives, they would probably be poisoned to death very soon!
Arroda and his companions escaped unharmed from further bombardment.

Sharp weapons are precious; throwing a 20-pound gunpowder pack into this location is already a luxury.

Regarding the weapon-throwing point, Ye Xifen said, "Two commanders, according to the location of the enemy's long-range attack stronghold that Commander Gan mentioned, we need to move the throwing point thirty meters up the hillside. Otherwise, the weapon packs won't be able to reach the vicinity of the enemy's long-range attack stronghold and won't cause any damage."

"All Wei soldiers, listen up! Disassemble the catapults and move them to the hillside thirty meters away! Hurry up, even if it kills you, move them to the location Master Ye indicated!"

At Commander Fan's command, the messengers immediately sprang into action, disassembling the catapults and, like ants, laboriously but resolutely carrying them up the hillside.

After finally moving to the location designated by Ye Xifen, the enemy's long-range attack stronghold on the mountaintop actually stopped throwing flints.

Commander Fan: "What's going on? Have the enemy run out of flint? Or have they been so frightened by our weapons that they abandoned the mountain and fled for their lives?"

"Gunpowder packs, get ready!" Ye Xifen shouted. "We need to drop two gunpowder packs quickly. If the enemy hasn't run far, the blast radius of the gunpowder packs will definitely kill a bunch of them!"

(End of this chapter)