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The chief of staff's pupils were bloodshot. He climbed into the armored vehicle, which immediately started and rushed towards the gate of Hulao Pass.

Just a dozen meters away, a violent explosion came from beneath the armored vehicle, sending it flying.

However, because the armored vehicle was traveling too fast, it flew forward this time. The armored vehicle landed and triggered a landmine, which caused it to be thrown into the air again. This explosion and collision occurred several times before it finally came to a stop.

By this time, the chief of staff's body had long since disappeared, and the armored vehicle had become a pile of scrap metal.

"Oh my brother, how could you do this? How could you do this?!"

Cao Yuanming's cries rang out. He reached out towards the wreckage of the armored vehicle and said, "You are all my brothers! How can I let you die like this? Don't follow his example. At worst, I, Cao Yuanming, will give up all my honor and surrender to the Emperor to save your lives. Don't follow his example!"

However, Cao Yuanming's persuasion seemed to have no effect. Several of his personal guards roared and rushed into the armored vehicle, then pushed through the path that the chief of staff had just cleared and charged into the minefield.

Each person risked their life to create a passage of more than ten meters. More than a dozen guards took turns to open up a safe passage of nearly half a kilometer.

As Cao Yuanming watched all this, his eyes burned with emotion, but he seemed to have become the saddest person in the world, wailing and lamenting that everyone was his brother, and then he even fainted from crying.

Seeing this, the soldiers around him had red eyes. Finally, someone took the lead and shouted, "We will die for the general!" Then they got into an armored vehicle and continued the work of the people in front of them in clearing the road.

Cao Yuanming, still unconscious, secretly opened his eyes and peeked at the scene before closing them again, satisfied.

With this in mind, there should be a good chance of breaking through Hulao Pass, right?

But at that moment, a light shone across the world. It was the light rising from the east, the newborn sun, which dyed everything red.

In the distance, the mighty Yellow River stretched out, as if the sun were rising from it. The beautiful scene where the water met the sky left everyone speechless for a moment.

The previously enthusiastic atmosphere has cooled down somewhat.

This made Cao Yuanming anxious instantly. He had gone to great lengths, even sending his trusted confidants to their deaths, to create this situation. Was it all going to be ruined by something as mundane as daily life?

You're all uneducated soldiers, what are you doing watching the sunrise? Are you sick?

Unfortunately, before Cao Yuanming could come up with a solution, a large group of people appeared on the distant horizon, facing away from the sun. It was none other than Artoria and her companions who had arrived late.

In fact, Artoria had always known the location and movements of Cao Yuanming and his men, and could have caught up with them long ago. However, instead of catching up directly, Artoria and her men chose to rest for two hours before launching their attack at sunrise, when the Northeast Army was at its most exhausted.

Artoria and her entourage, appearing with their backs to the sunrise, seemed like divine intervention, instantly causing the already demoralized Northeast Army to show signs of unrest. Cao Yuanming could no longer feign unconsciousness and quickly stood up, leaning on a nearby vehicle, saying, "Calm down, everyone calm down, get back into formation!"

Unfortunately, he no longer had any advisors by his side, and all his personal guards had been sent to their deaths. For a time, no one came to support him, and no one paid any attention to his orders.

However, to the relief of the Northeast Army, Artoria and her men stopped three kilometers away, outside the range of the tanks, indicating that the enemy was not there to wreak havoc.

To their surprise, the woman in the lead pulled out a megaphone again.

What happened next shocked everyone even more, because the voice playing from the loudspeaker was no longer Artoria's, but Cao Yuanming's.

"...I will take care of your wife and daughters, so you need not worry..."

Author's Note:

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116 Three cannons secured the country

A few minutes ago, Artoria and her group had already approached Hulao Pass, and at this moment, Momo's voice rang out to Artoria.

"Artoria, shall I show you a treasure?"

"Baby, what kind of baby can make you so happy, Momo?"

"Cao Yuanming himself pushed his hundreds of thousands of loyal troops to the brink of alienation, and that is the significance of this treasure."

After saying that, Momo sent Artoria an audio file. It was a noise-reduced audio file, and although it was a bit off-key, it was still clear that it was Cao Yuanming's voice, and it was Cao Yuanming talking to his chief of staff.

"This is……"

When she heard Cao Yuanming suddenly say, "I will take care of your wife and daughters, so don't worry," Artoria's eyes turned slightly cold. She said, "He's gone mad! Although there's never a shortage of suicide squads in the army, if his methods are exposed, his personal image will be utterly ruined."

“That’s right, he just thought he wouldn’t be discovered. Unfortunately, I placed a military terminal every hundred meters around Hulao Pass. Originally, this was a precise positioning method prepared for a possible attack or defense of Hulao Pass, but it was used to eavesdrop on Cao Yuanming’s whispers.”

Artoria smiled slightly and said, "Those who do evil will not live. Originally, I was worried about how to keep the remaining 120,000 to 130,000 troops in check and prevent them from making any moves. But now, it seems that I have enough trump cards."

Soon, as the sun rose, the special response team, which had circled around the Yellow River dike with its back to the sun, arrived at Hulao Pass just in time to witness Cao Yuanming's soldiers, who had been incited, risking their lives to detect mines.

Seeing this, not only Artoria, but even the soldiers around her turned pale. Although they were currently enemies with the Northeast Army, seeing their fellow soldiers being tricked into charging towards their deaths, they felt a sense of shared hatred.

Artoria took out the large lama hanging at the back of the car again, turned on the sound of the neural connection device to the speaker, and muttered to herself as she turned on the speaker, "It seems I'm starting to understand how powerful a mouth can be."

Soon, Cao Yuanming's conversation with his chief of staff, and his subsequent order for his personal guards to continue their suicide mission, began to be broadcast from Artoria's loudspeaker.

The soldiers and officers, who were originally full of enthusiasm and blood boiling, ready to die for General Cao Yuanming, suddenly felt as if they had been doused with cold water. Their passionate hearts contracted instantly, and their brains seemed to feel a faint pain due to the intense emotional change.

Cao Yuanming was also stunned, hearing his own voice coming from afar. He subconsciously scanned his surroundings and roared, "Who is it? Who is the traitor who dares to keep..."

Cao Yuanming wanted to question and apprehend the spies around him. Given the circumstances, his first thought was that there were spies among his men. And if there were spies, it would explain why they had such detailed knowledge of their locations.

But as soon as he said it, he realized something was wrong, because he was all alone. His advisors and his personal guards had all been either threatened or incited by him to risk their lives to set the pace, and now, there wasn't a single person within twenty meters of him.

Perhaps many people subconsciously sensed the threat Cao Yuanming posed at this moment, and no one dared to approach him.

Seeing this, Cao Yuanming broke out in a cold sweat. An unprecedented sense of crisis swept over him. He immediately changed his tune, saying, "Slander! It's all slander! They fabricated it, they fabricated it all! The chief of staff is a trusted confidant whom I personally promoted, and every one of my personal guards is my son, nephew, or descendant. They volunteered to die for me and for the Northeast Army. This was originally a noble thing, but now, that woman is slandering their deaths!"

"Brothers, don't believe her! You have to believe me! Believe me!"

Cao Yuanming's voice became somewhat mournful. Although there was some truth to what he said, most people still did not believe him.

Indeed, forgery is possible, but from the time the chief of staff took the lead in dying to now, only seven or eight minutes have passed. In such a short time, how could someone have recorded Cao Yuanming's voice and forged it?

This technology was completely beyond the comprehension of everyone present, so rather than believing that the recording was fake, they were more willing to believe that Cao Yuanming's words were false.

Some people instinctively moved closer to Cao Yuanming, to their General Cao, but were pulled back by their comrades. No one refuted Cao Yuanming's words, but no one responded to them either.

The army of over 100,000 people seemed to fall silent in an instant.

Cao Yuanming's heart skipped a beat. Just as he was about to think of a way to appease the army, Artoria's words came to mind again.

"one hundred."

Artoria suddenly uttered two words, leaving the hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army soldiers completely bewildered.

"I'll count to one hundred, and then our Dragon Cannon will bombard Cao Yuanming's location. We'll aim wherever Cao Yuanming is. Don't think we can't do it. Those who think we can't do it are welcome to give it a try."

"As for your choice, whether you choose to die with Cao Yuanming, fight to the death, or do something else, we leave it to you."

"Remember, this is the emperor's benevolence and righteousness, the magnanimity of the brilliant strategist, and this is your last chance."

“Although you came here following Cao Yuanming, you are still Chinese sons and daughters. Britannia is currently surrounded by powerful enemies, such as the EU. What you should do is protect your home and country, not follow Cao Yuanming to your deaths for his ambitions.”

As Artoria's voice faded, an even louder voice, the shouts of a thousand people, immediately rose up.

"one hundred!"

"Ninety-nine!"

Ninety-eight!

The shouts of thousands of people were filled with the joy of victory. In their view, the situation was now settled and there was no possibility of any further setbacks.

And indeed, Cao Yuanming's face turned deathly pale instantly. Each shout from thousands of people felt like a heavy hammer blow to his chest, making it hard for him to breathe.

He instinctively stood up and tried to run, but don't forget, last night he witnessed the power of the Dragon Cannon up close, and tragically, he ate his own flag and broke his leg.

Now that he has broken his leg and there is no one around, how could he possibly run or leave?

"me……"

Cao Yuanming's lips trembled, and finally he cried out the last emotion in his heart.

"Help me! Help me!"

"Save me and take me back to the Northeast! I'll give you high-ranking positions and generous salaries! I'll make you marquises and prime ministers! Save me! Save me!"

Cao Yuanming's shrill cry was drowned out by the shouts of thousands of people in the distance.

However, among the hundreds of thousands of troops, there were still die-hard loyalists of Cao Yuanming, especially since many of the generals were descendants of Cao. At this moment, these people reacted, roaring and cursing their subordinates, while trying to rush over to rescue Cao Yuanming.

As a result, the already scattered formation became even more chaotic due to the movement of some people. Cao Yuanming's men rushed over to rescue him, while the neutrals were pushed around. This made some cowardly people immediately think of running away, and they immediately put their thoughts into action.

The tens of thousands of people who had been standing quietly instantly turned into a pile of loose sand, as if a pyramid made of glass beads had collapsed, with countless glass beads scattering and jumping in all directions.

"Save me, save me!"

Cao Yuanming was still shouting, and as the familiar faces of his generals approached one by one, a hint of joy finally appeared on his lips.

"boom!"

But at that moment, a sudden change occurred. A team that was trying to get close to him was suddenly hit in the middle of the team by a shell that fell from the sky. Then the shell exploded, and the area within a radius of more than ten meters instantly turned into a sea of ​​blood.

Not only that, all the teams that tried to get close to Cao Yuanming were immediately bombarded. The bombardment was merciless and highly accurate. If there was any drawback, it was that the power was too weak and could not be compared with the Shenlong Cannon at all.

The sudden artillery barrage stunned the hesitant Northeast Army soldiers, but it seemed to remind them of the terrifying power of the Divine Dragon Cannon they had witnessed the day before. The shouts of thousands of people on Altria's side continued. With both sides attacking simultaneously, the ordinary soldiers who had been wavering could no longer suppress their fear and ran away.

Where we run doesn't matter, as long as we don't stand here and wait to be torn to shreds by that terrifying shelling, that's enough.

Run, run for your life!

If it was still chaotic just now, it has now completely collapsed, a complete rout!

Moreover, any troops that tried to approach Cao Yuanming would still be subjected to relentless artillery fire. Amidst the barrage of artillery fire, Cao Yuanming's eyes were bloodshot. He looked towards Hulao Pass, where a tall, slender young man appeared on the city wall.

At the same time, a row of cannons was added to the city wall. These cannons were originally equipment from the world of Lelouch's rebellion, and were simply placed on the city wall to take advantage of their range to attack tanks.

Now that it's daylight, the soldiers on the city wall finally have a view, which allows the Hulao Pass garrison led by Li Xingke to finally contribute their share.

This relentless bombardment was the guillotine that severed Cao Yuanming's last hope.

"I...I hate it!"

Cao Yuanming clutched his head. At this moment, he finally realized that his situation was not just a matter of the tide turning against him, but a matter of impending death.

Because Artoria always keeps her word. Since Artoria has announced the bombardment of Cao Yuanming, he is destined to be caught.

"boom!"

Finally, Artoria and her troops reached zero. Soon, a cannonball fell from the sky and crashed straight down on Cao Yuanming.

This time, there was no one left alive around him.

Author's Note:

First update