I, Altria, only want to rule China.

Seeing Hua Mulan and the others speechless, Liya could only smile and said, "When I develop guns, you will think that grenades are just like that."

Of course, grenades have their uses, and guns have their uses. Although guns are powerful, when facing enemies hiding in small huts, grenades are much more powerful.

Of course, the grenade, which Liya thought was not very good, blew the Wei soldiers into a daze, and Pi Baozi did not expect that the opponent's weapons were so powerful.

A grenade exploded immediately after it was thrown, and soldiers within 7 or 8 meters fell to the ground. It looked like they were being mowed, falling in large numbers!

Pi Baozi could only watch the explosions continue in the open space outside the city gate in the distance. The wooden shields of the Wei soldiers were useless.

The limbs and arms that were blown up flew everywhere, and some were injured by the flying debris. The wailing sounds of crying for parents were endless. Those who were not blown up fled in all directions like headless flies.

"What the hell, what kind of weapon is this? If this continues, let alone these 10,000 sword and shield soldiers, even if he has 30,000 troops, it won't be any use!"

Thinking that he had brought 50,000 elite soldiers from Wei State and was defeated, if His Majesty knew about this, he would skin him alive!

When he thought of this, Pi Baozi felt a darkness before his eyes and he couldn't help but feel like giving up.

"General, what should we do now?" Seeing that 20,000 of our elite soldiers had been lost under the enemy's city wall, the other generals could only look at Pi Baozi.

"What should I do? How do I know what to do!" Pi Baozi glared at the general viciously. He had fought for decades and had never seen such a scene.

But who said he was the leader of this battle?

Pi Baozi thought for a while and felt that if he retreated now, although he could save the remaining soldiers, he would lose his face.

He led 50,000 elite soldiers and was defeated by the enemy without even being able to climb the city wall. If this matter gets to your Majesty's ears, he will be killed!

Thinking of this, Pi Baozi decided to send another 10,000 people to try. If they really couldn't take it down by force, they would have to give up. Besides, did the other side really have so many such weapons?

Pi Baozi was a little bit unconvinced. Such a powerful weapon could not be supplied in unlimited quantities, otherwise the enemy could use it to counterattack the Wei State, so the enemy's inventory should not be much!

Thinking of this, Pi Baozi regained his confidence.

Just when Pi Baozi was about to order the squadron to attack in waves, he suddenly discovered that the other side had launched a strange black gun barrel-like object on the city wall.

"What is that?" The generals on Pi Baozi's side all looked puzzled.

Chapter 54 Planting a small mushroom cloud

"Oh no, that could be it!"

Pi Baozi suddenly thought of the intelligence information brought back by Wei State, which said that the other side also had a black long-barreled weapon that could directly blow people into pieces. Could this be it?

Pi Baozi didn't know that the ground where they were standing had actually been filled with explosives. As long as Leah fired the cannon, the explosives buried in the ground could be ignited directly on the spot.

At that time, they would be blown up into the sky by the explosives buried in the ground, or directly endure the high temperature of thousands of degrees, and might be roasted on the spot.

Thinking of the tragic situation these soldiers were about to face, Leah sighed helplessly, but this was war, and if she was not ruthless enough, then these generals who followed her would be labeled traitors by the other side.

Being slaughtered completely would become the enemy's military merit, and in the end, the people under her rule would also become the targets of crazy revenge by those noble families, so these people on the other side must die!

"Fire!" Along with Leah's emotionless voice, dozens of pine cannons emitted flames from the muzzles at the same time. Accompanied by the sounds of "bang! bang! bang!", dozens of shells flew hundreds of meters away and fell directly into the enemy's position.

First, a group of soldiers were blown flying. Then, there was a sudden vibration under the feet of the enemy. Just when the enemy didn't know what was going on and thought it was an earthquake, suddenly there was a loud "boom" from under the ground.

The entire ground suddenly collapsed like noodles, and countless soldiers fell directly to the ground. Then a powerful shock force suddenly came from underground, accompanied by a "boom".

Countless soldiers screamed and flew up, and were blown away. This shockwave blew these soldiers up ten meters high. The ground was glowing with fire, and then a huge flame shot up into the sky, like a huge mushroom cloud rising up, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, as if the end of the world had come!

Even Leah and the others who were several hundred meters away could feel that the entire city wall was shaking due to the vibration.

It can be said that in order to scare the enemy in this war, Leah took out almost all the explosives she had collected and buried a full 40 tons of explosives under the ground!

Even if these soldiers were not killed on the spot by the explosion, they would be killed by falling from the sky or burned to death.

Everyone was watching this scene in shock. Even if it was the power of an immortal, it would only be this good, right?

Even the people in Tianshui County noticed the vibration coming from afar and the flames rising into the sky.

It can be said that this gunpowder explosion alone directly took the lives of thousands of enemy soldiers and injured tens of thousands.

As the commander of this battle, Pi Baozi felt something was wrong and immediately used his internal energy to protect himself and quickly fled to a distance. However, the high temperature of the flames was simply beyond his ability to withstand.

Fortunately, the flame only lasted for a dozen seconds before disappearing.

But even so, his whole body turned pitch black, his hair and eyebrows had long been burned off, and there were dark red bloodstains on the skin. He knew what he looked like without having to guess.

He just took a look around and was stunned. It was like hell. The ground was covered with various soldiers who were burned to death. Hot steam was constantly coming out of the ground, and the air around him even felt distorted.

He was still on the edge of the situation, and he didn't even dare to imagine what would happen to those soldiers in the middle!

Although the soldiers who were a little further away were not affected, they looked completely frightened.

Enduring the severe pain from the high temperature in his body, he used his remaining internal strength to rush out of the scorching battlefield, ran quickly towards the soldiers not far away, and rode directly onto a still frightened horse.

"General, are you okay?" The soldier whose horse was robbed looked cautiously at the commander who was almost unrecognizable and was staggering on his horse.

When Pi Baozi looked at the soldier and then at the scene of corpses strewn all over the ground in the distance, he did not even have the courage to gather the fleeing soldiers. He immediately turned his horse around and shouted to the other soldiers who were also stunned: "Retreat!"

Seeing Pi Baozi running away without saying a word, the other soldiers and generals who were still able to move were so scared that they followed Pi Baozi like stray dogs, secretly hating their parents for giving them two more legs. They did not dare to look back at all.

Seeing this scene, Liya shouted directly from the city wall: "Chase and kill the enemy!"

Following Leah's words, the soldiers came back to their senses from this divine scene. The city gate was opened, and a team of cavalry rushed towards the enemy.

...

Pi Baozi galloped on his horse almost non-stop until he could no longer see the pursuers behind him, and then he dared to stop and rest for a while.

He hadn't felt it before, but now that he had calmed down, he realized that his entire body felt like it was being bitten by ants, and it hurt so much that he wanted to reach out to relieve the pain.

However, he also knew that in his current condition, he absolutely could not use his hands to disturb it, as doing so would only make the pain worse. He could only use his true Qi to forcibly suppress the pain temporarily.

Looking back, he found that of the 50,000 elite soldiers he led, only a few hundred were still following him. Thinking of this, he no longer knew how to go back and explain to His Majesty.

"Sir, what should we do next? We have suffered such a great defeat..." The generals gathered together and looked at Pi Baozi cautiously.

Pi Baozi glanced at the generals who were already frightened like him, sighed and said, "It's not your fault. I will explain everything to His Majesty in the future. It's up to His Majesty to decide."

"General, the weapons used by those rebels...what exactly are they?" Thinking of the scene not long ago, the generals couldn't help but tremble.

"I don't know." Pi Baozi shook his head.

"Could it be that there are gods helping them?" a general whispered.

"Nonsense! If you want to help, you should help our Great Wei. Why would you help a small rebel? Those rebels just have weapons that we don't know about." Upon hearing this, Pi Baozi glared at the general fiercely.

The gods don't help Wei, but help the rebels? Doesn't this mean that Wei is doomed? If His Majesty hears this, he will be beheaded.

"General, what should we do if these rebels use these weapons to attack our Wei State?" A general showed a worried look on his face.

Chapter 55: A Great Victory

"In my opinion, the weapons of those rebels can only be used for self-defense. If they could be used to attack the city, they should have done it long ago." After calming down, his mind temporarily returned. Pi Baozi thought about the battle with those rebels.

Although grenades are powerful, they are only thrown by human power and cannot be shot as far as bows and arrows. They should not be that effective in sieges.

As for the cannon with the black tube, he had seen its power, but he didn't know how powerful it would be if it hit the city wall.

As for the inexplicable explosion of fire under their feet, he still didn't understand what was going on, but it must have been something done by the rebels and had nothing to do with the cannon. Otherwise, this weapon was so powerful that it would have been used to attack them long ago.

The rebels are too scary. For the time being, Pi Baozi doesn't dare to go back to face them.

But there are still some things that need to be done. Thinking of this, Pi Baozi ordered his men: "Send some people to gather those defeated soldiers. Gather as many as you can."

Pi Baozi's choice made all the generals feel relieved. They were afraid that Pi Baozi would get hot-headed and lead them to charge back.

In fact, Pi Baozi had no choice but to lead 50,000 elite troops of Wei State, but was defeated. This had a very bad impact on the court. Perhaps other rebels in Wei State would rise up in rebellion after seeing this.

The most important thing now is to gather those defeated soldiers, then bring them back to Chang'an, recruit some new soldiers, and firmly defend Chang'an, so as not to let the rebels have the opportunity to take Chang'an.

Otherwise, if he lost the battle and Chang'an was lost, he would be guilty of a great crime!

As long as Chang'an was not lost, those rebels would be trapped and die in Xiliang. The population of Xiliang could not be compared with the current land of Wei.

As long as they can deal with Song, then wouldn't the remaining Xiliang be at the disposal of Wei?

If we fight the rebels and both sides suffer losses, it will benefit the Song State, so we should destroy the Song State first!

Pi Baozi has been familiar with military books since he was young, so he certainly knows what choice is the most beneficial to Wei. As long as he can turn the tables, the previous losses will be nothing!

Half a day later, the generals who went to gather the remaining soldiers came back. The leading general bowed to Pi Baozi and said, "General, most of our soldiers were captured by the enemy. There are less than 2,000 people who have been gathered back."

Pi Baozi hummed and said, "It doesn't matter. I have already anticipated this result. After returning to Chang'an, the worst that can happen is that I will gather more soldiers."

Hearing what Pi Baozi said, the general's face couldn't help but become a little excited: "General, I think those rebels might use magic, so when I was gathering the defeated soldiers just now, I went to the nearby manor to collect some things."

"We have prepared a lot of things like black dog blood, menstrual belts, and clean buckets. When we encounter the rebels, we will first sprinkle these things on them. This will definitely greatly reduce the power of the rebels' magic!"

Leopard Skin: “…

"Anyway, let's retreat back to Chang'an first." Pi Baozi glanced at his colleagues who had managed to survive, and estimated that they would not dare to lead troops to attack the rebels.

Even for him, even if he would be punished by His Majesty this time, he would still advise not to get into conflict with these rebels before fully understanding the purpose of their weapons.

The State of Wei could no longer withstand such turmoil. The loss of 50,000 elite soldiers this time can be said to have caused some serious damage to the State of Wei.

On the one hand, Wei State has to guard against possible sneak attacks from Song State, and on the other hand, it has to fight against the rebels. Wei State may be directly collapsed. As long as those rebels do not attack Wei State, it will ignore them for the time being.

Outside Tianshui County, Leah was leading people to gather those Wei soldiers who had kneeled down to surrender and those who had been killed or injured in the explosion.

What’s funnier is that these Wei soldiers thought that Leah had received help from the gods, or that she could use magic.

So when Leah led people out, whether the Wei soldiers were injured or not, they all chose to kneel down and beg for surrender, and no one resisted as Leah and her men tied them up.

When almost all the surrendered soldiers were gathered, one general could not help but complain to Li Lin: "General Li, the battle went like this, if you tell others about it, no one will believe it, right?"

Li Lin glanced at his subordinates and Liya who was accepting the surrender of the soldiers in the distance, nodded and said, "You are right. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe it. The lord might really be the reincarnation of the goddess."

"General Li, do you think the other side dares to lead troops here again?" the general asked curiously.

Li Lin thought for a moment and said, "If I were the enemy general this time, I would probably be afraid for the rest of my life. Before I fully understand the characteristics of these weapons, I dare not come again. Of course, I cannot rule out other young people coming."

"Indeed, it's such a big scene. We, as the victorious side, feel the terror, let alone the enemy?" The general nodded.

Leah was so happy that she even wanted to sing.

In addition to capturing so many soldiers, the other party also provided her with so many weapons and armor, as well as more than 10,000 laborers.

You have to know that these laborers are not counted as elite soldiers, but are logistics personnel.

These laborers and equipment are exactly what Xiliang lacks the most.

In addition, there is a lot of money and food. Just this battle, Leah has gained a lot of benefits.

Apart from the loss of gunpowder, Leah had lost almost nothing in this battle. Now she had gained tens of thousands of weapons and armor, tens of thousands of people, and a month's worth of food for 50,000 troops. How could she not be happy?

After such a great victory this time, Wei will probably not make any more moves. She can also recuperate for a while, and then lead the army to conquer all the countries in the Western Regions and incorporate them into her territory first!

As long as she had the population of the Western Regions, she would be able to develop rapidly.

As for the State of Wei, which was extremely vengeful, it was basically impossible for it to mobilize an army of hundreds of thousands. Moreover, the newly recruited army would require more than half a year of training, which was not so easy.

War is no joke, even if the other party really wants to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to attack her.

This would certainly leave Wei's inner walls hollow, and the Liu Song side would easily get wind of the army's transfer. Then they would take this opportunity to head north, and Wei would be declared doomed.

You should know that the 20-strong Ming army was declared defeated in the Tumu Incident, which almost led to the demise of the entire Ming Dynasty. This shows that it is not so easy to train elite soldiers.

Chapter 56: The Army Heads for Chang'an

Of course, Wei could still mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops at all costs, but the lower-class people would not be able to bear it. Before the attack on Xiliang, the people in the country had already risen up in rebellion.

This is also the reason why Leah is confident that the other party will not attack her again.

Because the Northern Wei Dynasty had not yet stabilized, with the Rouran eyeing it covetously from above and the Liu Song waiting for an opportunity to strike from below, if he brought a large army to attack it, it would be such a good opportunity and those people would definitely not sit idly by.

If the other party is really shameless, Leah will also choose a shameless way and directly use the undead mode to fight the other party.

She didn't want to use this, mainly because it was something that couldn't be seen in public. Just thinking about a bunch of skeletons was creepy. Didn't you see in the novels that necromancers were hated by everyone?

Even in the world view of Diablo, the Necromancer, as a hero who saves the world, is still feared by others. This shows that even if this spell is used positively, people will still be afraid and dreaded.

If she is such a positive character, it would be a loss if she was promoted as a witch who plays with corpses!

Therefore, unless she is at her wit's end, Leah will never use this kind of thing.

Moreover, according to Merlin, there are still immortals in this world, but they have all avoided the world and will not participate in the affairs between dynasties.

But since she suddenly created the undead army, it was inevitable that these guys would show up.

Since ancient times, the Chinese people have always emphasized being buried in peace, so the army of the undead is basically not something they can use. Even if they use it, they can't let anyone know that it has anything to do with her.