I really didn't want to burn it.

"Heh, I thought these guys rushing out would be a rabble... They're disciplined and obey orders; they're good soldiers. And—"

Having determined the Tang army's formation and intentions, Xiang Yu gave a slight, cold laugh.

"Despite possessing a significant advantage, they remain cautious. It seems they aren't as incompetent as my godfather made them out to be."

"Unfortunately, you have no idea who the enemy you are facing is. This military deployment was flawed from the very beginning."

Xiang Yu shouldered his Overlord Spear and spurred his warhorse.

"Have you already informed your godfather?"

"Yes."

"That's good! Line up, prepare to charge!"

Xiang Yu never doubted his adoptive father. In his eyes, his father was omnipotent.

"Commander! Look!"

"I saw."

The sight of Xiang Yu standing alone on horseback in front of the army formation was naturally noticed by the Tang soldiers.

"Is he trying to fight one-on-one, or charging into battle?" the commander said disdainfully. "Does he think he's Lu Bu or Xiang Yu? In Her Majesty the Empress's words, this kind of outdated approach should have been swept into the dustbin of history long ago!"

"Isn't this something the founding emperor said?"

"Enough with the nonsense!" the commander said impatiently. "Get the whole army ready to charge and show that arrogant fool on the other side that times have changed!"

Xiang Yu, on the other hand, showed no fear on his face and patiently counted down the seconds.

"Nine...eight...seven...hmm? It came faster than I expected."

Hearing the unusual sound coming from beside him, Xiang Yu's face showed a slight surprise.

Soon, not only Xiang Yu, that freak, but even the ordinary soldiers heard the howling wind that couldn't be concealed.

"Shelling?!"

The Tang army was not an ignorant bunch; under Li Ang's guidance, they naturally had cannons.

Although the Tang army did not upgrade its artillery after Li Ang left, the soldiers were still familiar with the artillery itself.

Therefore, when the light projectiles rained down from the sky, most of the Tang soldiers were dumbfounded.

"What's going on? Where did that shelling come from?!"

Their response was followed by a series of explosions.

boom! boom! boom!

White, hemispherical beams of light burst forth within the Tang army's ranks, leaving everyone bewildered.

"Why does the enemy have such a dense artillery barrage?!"

"But I didn't hear any cannon fire!!"

"What on earth is going on?!"

……

The sudden artillery barrage completely stunned the Tang army.

What terrified the Tang soldiers most was not the artillery fire itself, but the fact that after the white light of the bombardment, everyone within the range of the light disappeared.

There was no blood, no severed limbs, and no corpses; they simply vanished into nothingness, as if they never existed in this world.

This bizarre scene directly accelerated the collapse of the Tang army.

"Impossible! What kind of weapon is this?! Why would these unruly people in the mountains possess a weapon that even the Tang Dynasty didn't have?!"

The commander, lying on the ground, was filled with astonishment.

Having figured out the enemy's weapon principles, the commander, oblivious to the continuous shelling, got up in a daze.

"Sir, danger!"

The adjutant quickly pulled him to the other side, thus avoiding being taken away by a light blast that exploded nearby.

At this moment, Xiang Yu on the opposite side was overjoyed.

He raised his spear high and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "The enemy's formation is broken, follow me and kill!"

After saying this, Xiang Yu charged ahead of the already chaotic Tang army, with the Qin soldiers following closely behind.

The Qin army and the Tang army differed greatly not only in their weaponry and equipment, but also in their logistical support.

The terrain of Afghanistan posed significant challenges to the Tang army's supply lines, forcing the army to control the daily rations and water for each soldier.

While they wouldn't starve or freeze, they could forget about getting enough to eat.

Unlike the Tang army, which faced logistical difficulties, the Qin army's supplies were transported from Xianyang, the capital of Qin, to Afghanistan via magic performed by Ying Zheng.

Faced with the well-fed and energetic elite Qin army, the Tang army, which was terrified and had not yet eaten, was directly routed.

Especially since the leader of this Qin army was none other than the historically renowned Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Chu, there was no way to fight them.

Thus, the Tang army was thrown into a nightmare mode, relentlessly pursued and slaughtered by the Qin army, whose physical strength was abnormal.

Amidst shouts of battle, the Qin soldiers charged into the Tang army's positions like tigers descending from the mountains, slaughtering the Tang soldiers who fell one by one, crying out in despair.

Having not eaten their fill for several days, having marched such a long distance, and being frightened by the eerie white orb of light, these exhausted and hungry Tang soldiers had no will to fight and could only flee in all directions in complete chaos.

It wasn't that no Tang generals attempted to reorganize their troops and rebel, but whenever a general chose to do so, Xiang Yu would ride over on his black horse to "teach" him a lesson.

At this moment, Xiang Yu was like a monster unleashing its ultimate skill, invincible on the battlefield.

Tang generals generally couldn't last more than two rounds against Xiang Yu; their best record so far was only five rounds before Xiang Yu swept them off their horses with a single spear thrust.

Faced with this situation, the commander, who had already developed psychological problems from being killed by the Qin army and knew that his soldiers were no longer able to fight, had no choice but to completely abandon the idea of ​​fighting the enemy and prepare to flee the battlefield.

Instead of retreating in the direction he came from, he chose to run towards the edge of the battlefield.

The commander wasn't stupid. The best outcome for him if he returned to the Tang Dynasty was the execution of his entire family, and he himself would most likely face a "double death sentence."

The only way to survive is to escape the Tang Dynasty and go abroad to live in anonymity.

Unfortunately, this commander was really unlucky; he was spotted by Grandpa Xiang as soon as he made a move.

Bah!

Although he tried to fight back, the commander was clearly no match for the peerless war god Xiang Bawang. He was unhorsed by Xiang Bawang's spear in just three rounds.

"what!"

The commander's screams were drowned out by the continuous explosions.

Finally, when the shelling stopped, there were very few people left on the entire battlefield except for the commander.

Most of the Tang soldiers disappeared in those white explosions, leaving not even a complete corpse behind.

The remaining Tang soldiers were in no better shape; almost everyone was wounded and bruised.

The remaining Tang soldiers were hastily driven together by the Qin army, awaiting their fate.

"Damn lowly people! You've won. Kill me or torture me, do whatever you want!"

Perhaps wanting to appear tougher, the commander spoke to Grandpa Xiang with great disdain.

"Bah! One incompetent general can lead to the death of the entire army." Xiang Yu let out a cold laugh. "You still have the nerve to say that?"

The commander turned his head to the side, looking like he was not going to cooperate.

"Forget it, if my godfather hadn't said he wanted to leave a few to go back and deliver messages, I would have shot you long ago."

"That phrase is used to describe guns."

Before anyone knew it, Li Ang had arrived at Xiang Yu's side.

"Godfather, I'm using a gun."

“Not all guns are the same,” Li Ang said, pursing his lips.

"What?"

Xiang Yu made a silly sound; he didn't understand what Li Ang was saying at all.

Li Ang then walked up to the commander and turned his face to face him.

"Mrs……"

The commander, who had initially been full of disdain, nearly had his eyes pop out and his mouth agape when he saw Li Ang's face.

"Ah, it seems you know me. That's for the best."

Li Ang smiled slightly.

"Don't worry, I've moved all your men to a nice place where they're well-fed and treated."

This is clearly a lie. The Tang soldiers who disappeared in the white light were certainly not sent to Da Qin by Li Ang to live like kings.

"listen."

Li Ang pinched the commander's chin, revealing a half-smile.

"Go tell that potato ring guy in the Luoyang palace that we're back!"

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PS: Yang Yuhuan, Yang Yu = potato, Huan = circle, so Yang Yuhuan = potato circle.

In conclusion, Yang Guifei should be considered the first potato ambassador in history. (Absolutely not!)

Chapter 293 The storm is coming

The imperial palace in Luoyang, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

"Lord Wodim, I have truly disgraced you." Ophelia said, her head bowed in deep remorse.

News of the Tang Dynasty's defeat in Afghanistan province quickly reached Luoyang, greatly angering the imperial court.

Since the time of Emperor Taizu, the Tang Dynasty had never suffered such a great loss.

As a result, Ophelia, the surviving commander of the military district and the nominal acting commander of the Imperial Guard Expeditionary Force, naturally became the target of accountability.

Although they weren't immediately arrested because of their military ranks, they were ordered to return to Luoyang as quickly as possible.

The two were questioned as quickly as possible.

As for the bases in Afghanistan, although the troops stationed there are almost all dead, at least the Guard's structure is still intact.

Under Sigurd's command, the Tang army could at least ensure that its garrison camps would not be lost, which could be considered the last fig leaf for the invincible Tang army.

"Enemy leader" Li Ang had no interest in launching a strong attack on the base guarded by heroic spirits. Even if Xiang Yu could unleash his Musou attack, the opposing Xige was no pushover.

With the addition of a certain princess cast, Li Ang felt that a direct attack was not worthwhile.

As for the commander and Ophelia, they were immediately isolated and imprisoned in the imperial prison after returning to Luoyang.

Ophelia was alright; as a member of Group A, she quickly left that awful place at Kirshtalia Wodim's request.

That commander was in a terrible predicament. After being terrified by a certain Emperor Taizu, he was about to face the most severe interrogation in the Tang Dynasty.

Given the pitiful situation of the other party, who was not only her political enemy but also had cerebral palsy, Ophelia silently mourned for him for a second.

"I am truly sorry, Lord Wodim."

"Don't worry about it. You know what the situation is like there. Ensuring that the Imperial Guard Expeditionary Force is safe is already the greatest achievement."

Put yourself in his shoes: if he didn't bring down a meteorite to "clean up" the entire region as a weapon of mass destruction, even Kirshtalia Wodim himself doesn't think he could accomplish much.

Afghanistan has cost countless superpowers their lives, and Wodym doesn't think he can handle it.

He was a genius magician, not a great military strategist, much less an outstanding politician.

Ultimately, once the Qin Dynasty from another dimension intervened, the situation in Afghanistan had already deteriorated to the point where no one could make a difference.

The talk about Wodym using meteorites to clear the land is just a joke. Wodym himself doesn't believe that the other side will obediently hide in the Tang Dynasty after seeing the meteorites coming.

The Qin army's greatest strength lay in its ability to repeatedly switch between Tang and Qin, which was also the Tang army's biggest disadvantage compared to the Qin army.

The Tang Empire was not incapable of going to Qin, but Qin Shi Huang, that freakish follower who treated the entire country as his own territory, almost eliminated the possibility of the Tang army launching a surprise attack within Qin territory.

Tang only had one chance to ambush Qin, and that was before Qin realized Tang was capable of doing so. But that one chance was already used by Team A to attack the Imperial Preceptor's residence.