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Chapter 115 The Shocked Imperial Army

At this moment, Lin Xiuming still did not believe the battle results announced by the messenger in the city, after all, it was a barbarian army of 300,000.

Not everyone can defeat a barbarian army of 300,000; the Northern Commandery simply doesn't have that capability.

He could only conclude that the North County had achieved some success in defending against the barbarian attacks, such as being lucky enough to kill an important barbarian figure.

Apart from that, he couldn't imagine how many more victories the tens of thousands of soldiers in the North County could achieve.

Li Feng didn't explain much to Lin Xiuming. He knew that Lin Xiuming and his men wouldn't believe the results achieved by the Northern County soldiers until they saw the bodies of the barbarian soldiers on the battlefield.

Li Feng then led Lin Xiuming and the others out of the city.

After the imperial army left the city, they were all incredulous to see the barbarian corpses scattered all over the ground.

The blood on the ground was still wet, clearly indicating that a battle had broken out last night.

How could North County possess such terrifying combat power?

How was this done?

The soldiers could hardly believe what they were seeing, especially when they saw the bodies of the barbarian soldiers and their horses reduced to pieces. They were even more curious about what kind of weapon the North County had used to blast the bodies of men and horses to pieces.

Most of these 70,000 men were seasoned soldiers, but this was the first time they had ever seen such a bloody battlefield. It was bloodier and more brutal than any battle they had ever experienced.

The armor worn by those barbarian soldiers looked as if it had been damaged by something.

In the battles they had experienced before, at least the soldiers had somewhat intact corpses, at most missing limbs or something.

But the scene before them was quite different. Some of the barbarian soldiers' corpses were probably beyond repair, completely destroyed into pieces by something.

A question arose in the minds of the soldiers.

What exactly happened at the North Gate of Yancheng last night?

Not only the soldiers thought so, but Lin Xiuming and Zhou Yu were also extremely shocked and were speculating about what had happened last night.

Lin Xiuming couldn't hold back any longer and asked Li Feng, "General Li, why are these barbarian corpses so... mangled?"

Upon hearing this question, Li Feng said, "Oh, maybe they were hit by a rock."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiuming immediately knew that Li Feng was lying.

How could a stone create a crater several meters wide? And how could it smash barbarian soldiers to pieces like that? And some of the barbarian soldiers' bodies were riddled with bloody holes?

It was clear that Northshire had used a mysterious weapon they had never seen before.

Lin Xiuming was, after all, the commander of the Qilin Army and a veteran of the battlefield; he wasn't stupid.

Although he didn't know what kind of weapon Beijun used, Lin Xiuming was very clear that this weapon was definitely not a catapult, and was even more terrifying than a catapult.

However, when he went up the city wall, he did not find any large weapons on the wall that could produce such a destructive effect.

What does this tell us?

This means that during the half hour they waited at the South Gate, the Northern Commandery had already moved all the weapons they used the night before, in order to prevent the imperial army from discovering them!

Lin Xiuming's expression turned somewhat serious.

He had realized that the Northern King was no longer the Northern King he had seen in the capital.

He could tell from the martial arts aura he had just seen on the Northern King that the Northern King had undergone a great change, and similarly, the Northern Prefecture had also undergone a great change.

Lin Xiuming suddenly had a bold guess.

The Northern King has always been hiding himself!

With this speculation in mind, Lin Xiuming led the imperial army to continue advancing northward into the Wanning River Valley.

At that moment, the earth began to shake violently.

The thunderous sound of horses' hooves came from afar.

Immediately afterwards, a dark shadow moved rapidly toward Yancheng.

Seeing this, Lin Xiuming thought a barbarian army had arrived, so he immediately shouted, "All troops, prepare for battle!"

However, as soon as Lin Xiuming finished speaking, Li Feng said, "General Lin, don't be nervous, those are cavalry from Beijun."

Lin Xiuming was stunned again after hearing Li Feng's words.

The cavalry of the North County?

Does Beijun now have such a large cavalry force?

While Lin Xiuming was lost in thought, his deputy, Zhou Yu, immediately reminded him, "General, look! Those are heavy cavalry!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiuming looked at the dark mass of cavalry ahead and was immediately stunned.

They were heavy cavalry!

And it looks like there are at least five thousand people!

How is that possible?

When did North County acquire so many heavy cavalry?

It would be quite impressive if a vassal king could support three thousand light cavalry, but the Northern King actually had five thousand heavy armored cavalry!

This……

Soon, Xuan Yuanchen's heavily armored cavalry appeared in front of Li Feng and his men.

Although Lu Chen ordered Xuan Yuan Chen to immediately lead troops to Anping City to pick up the princess and the others, the soldiers were exhausted after just finishing a battle, so Xuan Yuan Chen took a short break before running into Li Feng and the others.

After nodding to Li Feng, Xuan Yuan Chen bypassed the imperial army and headed straight for Yan City.

Upon seeing the imposing heavy cavalry, the imperial soldiers felt their whole bodies tremble; the sound of hooves seemed to resonate with their own hearts.

After Xuan Yuan Chen led his heavy cavalry away, Lin Xiuming turned to Li Feng and asked, "General Li, is this really the Prince's cavalry? If I'm not mistaken, there must be at least five thousand heavy cavalry, right? The Prince has only been in Beijun for a short time; how could he have forged so much armor in such a short time?"

To build a heavy cavalry force, it is necessary not only to make armor for the soldiers, but also to make armor for the horses they ride, and to breed horses of extremely high quality.

Lin Xiuming did not believe that the Northern King could build a heavy cavalry force of 5,000 men in such a short time, especially with a master-level general leading them.

Leaving aside whether the Northern Prince's Mansion and the Northern Prefecture have that much money, there's simply not enough time.

unless……

The Northern King had secretly ordered the creation of this cavalry force long ago!

What is the Northern King planning to do by secretly building such a heavy cavalry force behind the back of the Xia Emperor?

This seems self-evident.

At this moment, Zhou Yu, who was standing next to Lin Xiuming, couldn't help but smile.

It was truly unexpected that he would learn the Northern King's secret during his visit to the Northern Prefecture.

If the matter of the Northern King secretly building five thousand heavy cavalry is reported to the imperial court, the Northern King will probably be in deep trouble this time!

At this moment, Li Feng replied with a smile, "The Prince's Palace has many craftsmen, so it's not surprising that they can forge armor quickly."

With that, Li Feng led Lin Xiuming and the others onward.

Lin Xiuming realized that Li Feng wouldn't tell him about the Northern King, so he stopped asking and continued north with Li Feng.

Gradually, Lin Xiuming and his group discovered more and more corpses of barbarian soldiers, and soon they saw the Wanning River stained red with blood.

At this moment, the Wanning River is like the Yellow Springs River flowing out of the underworld!

Seeing the corpses piled up on the riverbank, the soldiers couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines.

They had previously believed that the messenger in the city's announcement of the killing of 200,000 barbarian soldiers was false.

But upon seeing the Wanning River stained red with blood, they realized that there were probably more barbarian soldiers' corpses upstream in the Wanning River Valley.

It's possible that the claim of killing 200,000 barbarian soldiers is true!

The thought of the Northern King leading the soldiers of the Northern Commandery to slaughter 200,000 barbarian soldiers sent chills down the spines of the imperial soldiers.

How many people are there in North County...?

Slaughter two hundred thousand barbarian soldiers!!!

This means that the strength of the soldiers in the Northern Commandery has reached an average level of eighth or even ninth rank!

But is that even possible?

At this moment, the earth trembled again.

In the distance, more black figures appeared.

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(End of this chapter)