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Chapter 108 The War Begins

Xiao Hongbo became extremely excited when he saw the flag of the Northern Prince's Mansion hanging on the city wall of Beijun.

He shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Yan City is just ahead! Barbarian warriors, follow me on the charge!"

"Whoever can capture the Northern King! I will reward him with ten beautiful concubines and a thousand cattle and sheep!"

Upon hearing Xiao Hongbo's words, the barbarian soldiers instantly became excited, and the barbarian army's marching speed increased.

at the same time.

Xiao Pengtian felt a strong sense of unease when he saw the barbarian soldiers ahead suddenly marching so fast.

It's so quiet!

The Wanning River Valley is so quiet!

The silence was suffocating and oppressive.

Even if the Northern King was indeed guarding Yancheng, waiting for the barbarian attack, it was still possible that the Wanning River Valley would be completely devoid of any obstacles to stop the barbarian army.

Xiao Pengtian had fought against the Great Xia army before and knew their situation. When defending a city, the Great Xia army would definitely create some obstacles in front of the city to prevent the cavalry from advancing.

In the past, when they went south to plunder, they only plundered small cities. The soldiers of those small cities would create obstacles to stop the barbarian cavalry from advancing. However, the garrison of Yan City did not do so.

Is this normal?

That's definitely not normal.

Xiao Pengtian strongly suspected that the garrison of Yancheng was deliberately letting them approach Yancheng, or rather, deliberately letting them enter the Wanning River Valley.

Xiao Pengtian thought to himself, "I hope I'm just overthinking it. If the garrison of Yancheng really let them into the Wanning River Valley on purpose, then we'll be in big trouble."

At this very moment, the barbarian army was about to reach the city.

The soldiers in Yancheng were all ready, and the artillery battalion soldiers on both sides of the Wanning River Valley had also adjusted the angles of their howitzers, now just waiting for Lu Chen to give the order.

As the dark mass of barbarian cavalry drew ever closer, the thunderous sound of their hooves grew louder and louder, causing people's hearts to race involuntarily.

Lu Chen personally went to a howitzer, adjusted its angle, and aimed it at Xiao Hongbo's location.

Lu Chen had no intention of talking about martial virtues, nor did he intend to capture Xiao Hongbo alive. He just wanted to kill him with cannon fire if possible.

Xiao Hongbo naturally saw the howitzers on the city wall, but they didn't pay any attention to them, thinking they were just catapults.

For these grandmaster-level experts, the catapults posed no threat whatsoever; they could simply charge straight at them.

As the barbarian army drew ever closer, Lu Chen sensed it was about time and immediately pulled the breechblock.

The next moment, a 122mm grenade flew directly into the sky and then crashed into several important barbarian figures in front of Xiao Hongbo and his group in a parabolic trajectory.

As a master-level expert, Xiao Hongbo naturally noticed the cannonball, but in his eyes it was just a stone.

Just as Xiao Hongbo was about to smash the stone with his axe, Xianjia, the barbarian general next to him, kicked off his horse and jumped more than ten meters high.

Seeing this, Lu Chen was stunned. Was this the true strength of a grandmaster? He could jump so high simply by relying on his physical strength.

But at that moment, Xianjia used his giant axe to chop at the howitzer shell.

However, the next moment, the howitzer exploded.

boom……

With a deafening explosion, the body of Xianjia, a master-level barbarian general, was blasted into pieces.

As the howitzer exploded, countless soldiers in front of Xiao Hongbo and his men were instantly killed or wounded. Xiao Hongbo and another barbarian master were also blasted several meters away by the explosion.

The previously excited barbarian army was instantly jolted awake.

They finally realized something was wrong.

The barbarian army, which was marching at breakneck speed, suddenly stopped, and the entire army was thrown into chaos.

"My God! What was that thing just now?!"

"A Grandmaster...a Grandmaster! Could there be a Grandmaster in Yancheng?!"

"Your Majesty is injured!"

"We must avenge the king!"

"Kill them!!!"

……

The already chaotic barbarian army paused for a moment before launching a direct charge, something Lu Chen hadn't anticipated.

This is not surprising, after all, it was just a shell, and they had not yet realized the terror of the howitzer.

Lu Chen admired their courage, but sometimes being too reckless wasn't a good thing.

Lu Chen immediately shouted, "Launch!"

The next moment, the archers and artillerymen on the city wall launched an attack together.

Countless arrows rained down from the sky.

Meanwhile, howitzers exploded amidst the barbarian army, shattering men and horses upon detonation. In addition, the Wanning River Valley was too narrow, so each explosion ripped through a large area.

In a short time, countless barbarian soldiers were killed or wounded.

at the same time.

The artillery battalions lying in ambush on both sides of the Wanning River Valley did not attack immediately. They were waiting for Xiao Pengtian and his 50,000 soldiers to enter their firing range.

At this moment, Xiao Pengtian noticed that the barbarian army in front of him had suddenly fallen into chaos, and immediately understood that something must have happened.

Without flinching, he turned around without hesitation and immediately shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Defend the rear! Prepare to charge!"

Xiao Pengtian reacted very quickly; he realized they were about to be surrounded even before the Black Cavalry appeared.

Seeing that Xiao Pengtian and his men had become alert, an artilleryman said to Mu Jingwu beside him, "Captain Mu, if we don't attack now, all the shells in Yancheng will be used up soon."

There weren't many howitzers in Yancheng; most of the shells were given to the artillerymen on both sides of the Wanning River Valley.

Mu Jingwu glanced at Xiao Pengtian's 50,000 soldiers, then shouted, "All battalions, prepare! Fire!"

At a command, dozens of cannonballs rained down on the barbarian army, sending barbarian cavalrymen's limbs flying everywhere and soil flying up to several meters high. Some barbarian cavalrymen were buried alive by the exploding soil.

The explosion was not far from Xiao Pengtian and his troops. After seeing the tragic state of the army in front, the 50,000 barbarian soldiers behind Xiao Pengtian were so frightened that they considered retreating.

"Wolf God! What kind of weapon is that?!"

"When did the Great Xia Dynasty acquire such terrifying weapons?!"

"General, we've been tricked!"

"General, let's retreat quickly!"

……

Seeing the barbarian soldiers flying all over the sky, Xiao Pengtian knew that they had been tricked. The most important thing now was to protect the retreat route behind them so that their barbarian cavalry could withdraw from the Wanning River Valley.

Otherwise, under the bombardment of those mysterious weapons from the Great Xia, their 300,000 barbarian cavalry would probably have perished in the Wanning River Valley.

Seeing Xiao Pengtian preparing to retreat with his 50,000 troops, the artillerymen on both sides of the Wanning River Valley panicked. That was tens of thousands of barbarian troops; how could they let them escape?

Immediately, some artillerymen adjusted the direction of their howitzers and opened fire on Xiao Pengtian's 50,000-strong army.

When a shell exploded in the crowd, Xiao Pengtian's 50,000-strong army was thrown into chaos in an instant.

Seeing this, Xiao Pengtian knew he had to retreat immediately. He shouted, "Retreat! The entire army retreats!"

Immediately afterwards, the messenger took out a horn and blew the retreat signal.

Waaaaaahh ...

(End of this chapter)