I, Altria, only want to rule China.

After taking Jining, Liya began to consider whether to directly take over the counties around Jinan City first, or to go directly north, attack Tai'an, and then take over Jinan.

If we want to be safer, we must take down the cities around Jinan first. However, if we want to end the battle as soon as possible, we must fight all the way to Jinan. As long as we take down Jinan and capture Tuoba Yu, the people of Shandong will naturally surrender.

Before Leah could think about taking that step first, Jinan made a new move and directly assembled an army of 10 people to attack her.

Good fellow, if the enemy doesn't succeed, then he will die!

Leah thought after hearing the news.

Since the other party took the initiative to send troops, Leah didn't say anything and just waited for them to arrive in Jining.

After all, a hundred thousand troops is still a lot. Although they may be a mob, she also has to think about the lives of her soldiers. There are walls for defense, so why not use them?

A week later, this group of 100,000 troops arrived in Jining.

"Listen, Empress Wu, it's not too late for you to surrender now. As long as you open the city and surrender, and return the territory previously occupied by Wei, our Majesty may consider sparing your life. Otherwise, when our army captures the city, it won't be so easy to talk to you then!"

Outside the city gate, a young general came to a place under the city wall where bows and arrows could not reach, and shouted loudly at the city gate of Jining.

Upon hearing this, Leah suddenly realized.

No wonder these people dare to take the initiative to attack, they know that I am the leader of this army, right? If they capture me, then the Wu Kingdom will be destroyed, right?

Although the idea is good, it is still too naive!

Leah walked to the side, took a look at the wooden box, took out a grenade from it, pulled out the thread, aimed at the general and threw it directly.

The general saw a black dot in the sky coming towards him. Seeing that the black dot was getting closer and closer, he hurriedly took a few steps to the side, and the black dot fell to the ground.

He was just about to laugh at the other person when suddenly the black spot exploded with a loud bang. He had no idea what was happening and only felt a sharp pain all over his body. He fell to the ground.

His whole body felt like it was being bitten by ants and he cried out miserably.

"What the hell?!!"

The Northern Wei soldiers, who had never seen such a lethal weapon, suddenly became agitated. They saw the other side throwing out a black object, and then there was a loud bang, and their generals lay on the ground wailing?

Could it be the hand grenades mentioned by the soldiers who fought against the Wu Kingdom?

"Master, do you know what the other party just used?" The enemy's main general Tuoba Zong immediately asked an old man who was accompanying the army.

The old man touched his gray beard. He was also a little curious about what the other party had just thrown out.

"General Tuoba, I didn't sense any true energy from that thing. It doesn't look like a magical item. But judging from the sound of the explosion, the power is not very strong. Don't worry too much."

The old man made a preliminary calculation and concluded that the power of the explosion was equivalent to a blow from a second-rate master.

Seeing that the other side did not make any movement, Tuoba Zong sent two soldiers to bring back the young general, and then said to the old man: "In this case, Master, please help us break down the other side's city gate directly."

"Okay, General Tuoba." The old man nodded and said something to some people behind him. Soon, more than a dozen people in Taoist robes came out.

These old men were none other than those famous Taoist priests.

"Not good, Your Majesty, they are planning to destroy the city gate." Seeing the enemy's actions, Jining's general immediately shouted to Leah. This general was the local defender who had just surrendered to Leah.

"What do you mean?" Leah was stunned.

"Your Majesty, I don't know where Tuoba Yu recruited those Taoists. They can use some strange spells. I saw with my own eyes that they summoned lightning together and directly smashed a stone more than ten meters high. It seems that they want to destroy our city gates or walls."

Chopping stones?

Leah was a little surprised. Although the Chinese's martial arts strength was not low, it was still rare for them to be able to break a dozen-meter-high rock by their own ability. This group of Taoists could actually do it.

Chapter 123: Interrupt their magic!

It seems that there is something to this Taoism.

After listening to the general's words, Leah also knew that the matter was urgent. If the city gate was broken, there would be no point in defending the city, and at that time they would have to face the enemy's 100,000 enemies directly.

"Don't worry, I will stop them." Leah nodded.

Although she was somewhat curious about what these Taoists could achieve, it was not the time to do so now.

After catching them, she studied them. She was actually very interested in Chinese magic, but she didn't have the time to contact these guys.

Leah immediately ordered the cannons on the city wall to aim at the Taoists. Although the accuracy of the artillery was still not very good, if fifty cannons were fired, there would definitely be one that would hit the target.

At this time, more than a dozen Taoist priests from the other side gathered together, chanting something, and then they put their palms on each other's backs, lined up one by one, and in the end it looked like they were passing on their skills.

The Taoist priest in the front, who was also an old man, opened his arms, looked up at the sky, and muttered something that no one else could understand.

Soon the clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and lightning kept flashing across the sky, which looked very shocking.

It looks like the next sentence is "Thunder and Lightning Summon"!

"Wow, this is really a Taoist technique."

Liya watched the clear sky turn into dark clouds, and immediately reacted. She shouted to some of our soldiers who were already dumbfounded: "What are you still standing there for? Don't you see that the other side is using magic? Use cannons to bombard them!"

Following Leah's words, the soldiers reacted and fired their artillery.

Accompanied by the sound of "boom boom boom boom", countless shells flew directly out of the cannon and landed on the heads of the group of Taoists.

With the first, second, and third missiles, there will always be one that hits the target.

As the shells landed on the enemy's position and exploded, several Taoists were killed on the spot. The group of Taoists could no longer perform their magic, as if they had suffered a backlash. Their faces were as pale as paper, and they looked extremely weak.

As the Taoists stopped casting spells, the dark clouds and lightning in the sky slowly dissipated.

It seems these Taoist priests are not very good!

Seeing that she had successfully stopped the other party, a smile appeared on Leah's face.

"Master, are you all right?"

Seeing that several Taoists were killed by artillery shells, when they got up from the ground, they could only hide in the army in panic.

"I was interrupted while casting a spell and suffered the backlash. General Tuoba, please let us retreat to the back and rest." The old Taoist said, covering his chest.

Seeing that these Taoists whom His Majesty had hired at great expense were of no use at all, Tuoba Zong could only curse them as trash in his heart, but he did not say it out loud. Instead, he asked them to go to the rear to rest.

Seeing that the Taoist priests on his side were of no use, Tuoba Zong knew that he could only resort to a strong attack. After all, they brought 10 soldiers and horses this time, and almost drained all their resources.

Only a few thousand soldiers were left to defend other cities. If they were delayed by the Wu State for too long, chaos would arise in Shandong.

Those damn peasants, when they heard that Wu was coming to attack Wei, not only did they not help, but they even looked happy. How despicable!

In order to boost the morale of our soldiers, Tuoba Zong spoke a few words to a general, who nodded and started shouting loudly.

"Everyone, whoever climbs up Jining's city wall first will be promoted one rank and rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver! Whoever can open the city gate will be promoted three rank and rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver! Whoever can capture the hostile empress will not only be promoted three rank, but also receive countless gold treasures!"

After hearing the reward offered by their superior, the soldiers immediately became excited and immediately tightened their swords and guns, wishing they could be the first to do it.

Seeing the soldiers' excitement, Tuoba Zong was secretly delighted. He knew that the soldiers were motivated, but he remained calm on the surface. He shouted to a general, "Let the soldiers charge."

As the sound of drums rang out, a general led tens of thousands of soldiers and rushed towards the city gate of Jining, shouting and charging.

On the top of the city wall, Leah looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers rushing out from the enemy's 100,000 soldiers, her lips tightly pursed, not saying a word.

When the soldiers were about to rush to the attack distance, Leah shouted: "Grenade ready!"

Although ten thousand grenades cannot directly kill one hundred thousand soldiers, it is still easy to use them to stop tens of thousands of soldiers and bury them under the city walls.

Soon, the soldiers rushed to a place not far from the city wall. Although they were somewhat puzzled as to why the enemy just watched them rush over without even shooting arrows, perhaps they were frightened by the large number of their troops?

As the enemy got closer, they were only 50 meters away from the city wall. The soldiers standing on the top of the city wall could already see the hideous looks on the enemy's faces.

Liya did not hesitate and shouted to the people around her: "Release!"

Leah's words became the signal to start the war, and smoking grenades were thrown one after another at the tens of thousands of soldiers under the city.

Suddenly there was a howling in the city.

Seeing the huge destructive power of the grenade, the soldiers immediately retreated.

Seeing this group of charging soldiers running back in a swarm, Tuoba Zong's face turned green, but he had also seen what happened just now, so he really couldn't blame these soldiers. Even he, who was watching from a distance, was a little confused.

Although I have heard that Wu State's firearms are powerful, I didn't expect them to be so powerful. When a grenade was thrown, five or six soldiers immediately jumped up and somersaulted, just like in the movies, and lay on the ground wailing. Who could have imagined this?

This is much more powerful than a bow and arrow. A bow and arrow requires aiming. Even if you hit a person, as long as it is not a vital part, you can continue fighting. But this grenade... he doesn't know what to say.

Looking at the thousands of soldiers wailing at the city gate, he didn't know whether he should rescue them.

But they can't just keep attacking the city. If they are frightened, then what's the point of coming here?

"No retreat, charge forward again. Once the city is breached, don't stop fighting for three days!" Following Tuoba Zong's signal, the generals went forward, taking dozens of soldiers with them, and killed those who ran back.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers who originally wanted to run back stopped immediately, with bitter faces, and rushed towards the city gate again.

Seeing those soldiers rushing towards the city gate again, Tuoba Zong continued to give orders: "Sword and shield soldiers, press forward!"

Among the remaining tens of thousands of troops, a row of soldiers holding shields slowly walked out and pressed forward behind these infantrymen.

Chapter 124: War is a Child's Play

The infantrymen in front fell down in droves when faced with the grenade attack. In a short time, the ground was filled with tens of thousands of corpses.

Seeing these soldiers die, Tuoba Zong's heart almost bled. In just a few dozen minutes, 30,000 infantrymen were sacrificed.

Just when these sword and shield soldiers were charging forward, Leah ordered the soldiers' artillery to suppress them, and then when these sword and shield soldiers finally rushed to the bottom of the city, she started throwing grenades again.

In an instant, there was another wailing sound on the ground. Grenades were not like bows and arrows and could not penetrate the wooden board. After a grenade exploded, the wooden board was covered with dense iron pieces and iron beads, which looked very scary.

Although the wooden shields could help them barely defend their bodies, they were unable to protect their lower bodies. Although these soldiers did not die, they also lay on the ground.

Tuoba Zong was heartbroken when he saw this scene.

The enemy hasn't been injured yet, but his own people have already suffered 40,000 casualties. How did he fight this battle?

But the casualties have reached this level. If he gave up, wouldn't the 40,000 people sacrificed in vain?

Thinking of this scene, Tuoba Zong commanded his soldiers to launch another desperate charge. He didn't believe that the other side had so many explosive things!

So after the other side lost more than 20,000 soldiers, Leah's grenades were also used up.

Tens of thousands of grenades caused more than 5 casualties on the enemy. It must be said that the power of this firearm is really amazing!

Seeing our soldiers dying tragically one after another at the hands of the enemy's unknown weapons, Tuoba Zong wanted to die. Just when he was thinking about whether to retreat, someone suddenly shouted in his ear.

"Great, General. They have run out of weapons! Look, our soldiers are almost climbing up the city wall!"

Tuoba Zong looked up, but that was not the case. The opponent was no longer using the explosive weapon, but was using spears to stab our soldiers to death.

Tuoba Zong was immediately shocked when he found this and shouted hastily: "All the troops are pressing forward!"

Now they only have more than 4 troops left. If they retreat now, they may not have a chance next time. Even if they lose soldiers and generals this time, they must capture the Empress of Wu Kingdom!

Following Tuoba Zong's order, all the troops pressed towards the city gate of Jining. When they rushed to a distance of 150 meters from the city gate, the enemy suddenly took out black things that looked like wooden sticks.

Although he didn't know what it was yet, he had heard of that weapon and that its range was longer than that of a bow and arrow. Having seen the destructive power of grenades before, Tuoba Zong felt something was not good.

He wanted to shout at the team to stop, but was unwilling to retreat like this. At this moment when he was struggling, our soldiers were getting closer and closer to the enemy's city wall.

At this moment, the front end of the black wooden stick held by the opposite party suddenly made a sound and emitted dazzling sparks.

"Bang, bang, bang!!!" A series of sounds came from those black wooden sticks. The soldiers who were rushing in the front fell to the ground as if they were possessed by evil spirits.

The soldiers behind him stepped on the bodies of the former and continued to rush forward.

With the sound of "bang bang bang" again, the soldiers fell down again.

It was like wheat being harvested. Whenever the sound of "bang bang bang" was heard, the soldiers in the front row would lie to the ground in waves.

Even if it is not easy to climb up the city wall, the enemy will stab them down with spears.

"Withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops!!!" Tuoba Zong, who was at the back, witnessed this scene with his own eyes. In just a few minutes, tens of thousands of soldiers lay on the ground, their lives or deaths unknown.

He immediately ordered his men to call back the troops, and when the soldiers who had charged back came back, he found that more than 30,000 men had been lost again in the previous charge.

"Withdraw!" Tuoba Zong was frightened when he saw this scene. He had never fought such a strange battle in his life. There was basically no contact between the two sides, and there were more than 8 casualties on his side.

With the remaining 10,000 soldiers, Tuoba Zong hurriedly left the battlefield, not even caring about the wailing soldiers on the battlefield.

Seeing the enemy fleeing in panic, the soldiers defending the city laughed out loud.

To be honest, if the other side tried harder, they would find that we have run out of ammunition and food.

If they really tried hard, they could really break down the city wall.

But even so, in close combat, Leah's soldiers would not lose to the other side's mob.

Seeing that the enemy had really escaped, Liya glanced at the soldiers who were still wailing under the city wall and said to everyone, "Open the city gates and save the prisoners below if you can. Those who cannot be saved..."

Liya sighed: "Just kill them all."