Qin Ziling clapped his hands and laughed. "Sure enough, it's a success. Our God Slaying Cannon has succeeded!"
Situ Sen looked to the other side and said, "Magic Crystal Cannon, give it a try!"
"Yes!"
In the air, the God-level Dragon Knight that was hit hurriedly urged his dragon to escape, but it seemed that he couldn't escape the Magic Crystal Cannon that was being calibrated on the city wall behind him!
"Bang!"
Raging flames stuck out its tongue, and suddenly there was an explosion 300 meters away. The light from the explosion of the Magic Crystal Cannon instantly engulfed the Dragon Knight. Without the protection of the Dragon Imperial Battle Wheel, both the Dragon Knight and the Dragon Knight were blown to pieces. Even his divinity was probably blown up!
On the city wall, a group of soldiers were dancing with joy. Looking at the enemies retreating like the tide, they suddenly felt that they had a new lease of life.
The most important thing was that the Qin Empire finally had a weapon to deal with the God State Strong — the God Slaying Cannon!
Although it was only a prototype, at least it could be used as a deterrent.
…
The battle went on until late at night. Most of the Tianji Empire's troops had already crossed the river. Those who couldn't cross the river were either killed or captured. Jiangxi Ke was not their territory.
That night, almost no one slept. Lin Muyu, Qin Yin, Tang Xiaoxi, and the others also didn't sleep. The battle was in full swing, and no one could sleep. Moreover, almost everyone needed to heal.
The steel wall had been blown up for nearly five kilometers, and there was basically no way to station troops in the city. Therefore, most of the troops were stationed in the unicorn forest behind the wall. At dawn, thousands of lights connected in the forest, and the sound of cooking could be heard everywhere. The soldiers had been fighting for a day and needed to replenish their strength.
In the central tent, Chu Yao carefully applied medicine and bandaged Qin Yin's wound. She said, "Your Highness, who injured you to this extent?"
Qin Yin closed her eyes and smiled softly. "It's not someone else who injured me. I just broke into the Spirit Wheel. Sister Chu Yao, thank you so much. When Yu bandaged me, he didn't know how to control his strength. It hurt so much …"
Chu Yao giggled. "Yu is a general, so of course he doesn't know what's important."
Lin Muyu was sitting at the side, using his Qi to heal Tang Xiaoxi's injuries. He realized that Tang Xiaoxi's bones would be damaged after her second transformation. If she didn't receive treatment for a long time, she would definitely become a cripple. Fortunately, his Supreme Divine Power was of the same origin as Fuxi's divine power, and Fuxi's divine power itself had the ability to heal the divine body.
Tarilyn, Lake, Xiang Yu, Qu Chu, Xu Hao and the others also returned one by one. The battle during the day ended before dawn the next day, and the men from each battalion had also returned.
When Zhen Yifan and Su Yu opened the tent door and walked in, Lin Muyu knew the results were out.
"Master Fan, what's the result of the calculation?" Lin Muyu asked.
Zeng Yifan bowed respectfully, then bowed to Qin Yin and said, "Reporting to Your Highness, Your Highness Yu, our army lost more than 114,000 men in this battle. That's half of our military strength!"
"So many …" Tang Xiaoxi murmured.
"Yes." Zeng Yifan said, "The enemy's military strength was originally above ours."
"So what's the result of the battle?"
"We counted more than 143,000 corpses of the Tianji Empire's soldiers and more than 8,000 captives. According to the number of people, the Tianji Empire still has about 150,000 soldiers in the west of Daojiang, which is 50,000 more than us. Moreover, it is said that there are still warships of the Tianji Empire in the East Sea, and they have already begun to recruit new soldiers in Lingdong Province."
Zhen Yifan's eyes were slightly uneasy as he said, "Your Highness, if the next battle is still like this, I'm afraid that even if we annihilate the Tianji Empire's expeditionary army, there won't be more than 10,000 soldiers left in our army."
Qin Yin nodded, "Yes, I know. Master Fan, you've worked hard. Please take a seat."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
…
Feng Jixing sat cross-legged beside Lin Muyu and asked, "So what should we do next?"
"Wait."
Lin Muyu said, "Xu Jiantao and Wei Chou have already led 5,000 light cavalry to the enemy's rear. Let's see how much rations they can burn. Once the Tianji Empire's rations run out, they will naturally retreat without attacking. At that time, we can just send our cavalry to chase after them. When their people are so hungry that they can't walk, they will naturally be defeated."
"Yes, then let's wait."
Feng Jixing nodded, then looked up and said, "Luo Yu, pass down my order. All the prefectures in Cangnan Province must transfer half of the stored rations to the camp of the Tianji Empire's army, so that the soldiers can eat and drink to their heart's content and recuperate. In addition, gather warhorses and capture horses that get lost in the battle, the more the better."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
"Also." Lin Muyu said, "Luo Yu, send people to the Unicorn Forest to cut down trees and make wooden rafts, the more the better. We need to build many pontoon bridges. Once the Tianji Empire retreats, it will be time for us to chase after them."
"Yes, I understand!"
…
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed. The injuries of Lin Muyu, Tang Xiaoxi, Qin Yin, Feng Jixing, and the others had basically recovered, but the repair work on the steel wall had not yet begun. It would only start after the battle was over. However, quite a number of civilian laborers had been recruited. Xu Jiantao had guarded Cangnan Province for five years, and he had been conscientious and conscientious. Wugu City was overflowing with wealth, and the manpower and material resources could still be considered to be able to keep up.
Early in the morning, a few more troops appeared on the official road. They were all private troops from Tianshu Province and Yunzhong Province who had heard the news. After hearing about the great victory of the steel wall, all the feudal lords from various places came to rescue the empress. In fact, everyone knew that these people were just here to get a share of the spoils and receive more rewards after the empress returned to Ze Tian Palace Hall. Even some of the bandit leaders brought their men down the mountains to rescue the empress.
The morning tea rippled with a faint fragrance. Qin Yin held the teacup and gently took a deep breath. She couldn't help but smile and say, "It still smells the same."
Shangguan Jingyue chuckled and said, "Well, the tea in Wugu City is not much different from the tea in Lanyan City. It's good that Your Highness likes it."
However, Feng Jixing was somewhat frowning.
Although Qin Yin couldn't see it, she could feel it. "General Feng, what's wrong?"
She was still used to calling Feng Jixing General Feng because this was how he used to be.
Feng Jixing cupped his fists respectfully and said, "Your Highness, there are more and more troops in the unicorn forest. The feudal lords from Tianshu Province, Cangnan Province, and Lingbei Province have all taken out their family assets. This unicorn forest is filled with chaotic troops, but they don't obey orders. I sent Luo Yu and Zhang Wei to recruit their troops. The feudal lords from various places made different excuses, but none of them were willing to listen to my orders."
Qin Yin nodded and didn't say anything.
Su'Er said, "When the conscription order was issued, we also thought of this result, but we didn't expect it to develop to this point. Now, the imperial army in the unicorn forest only has a total of 100,000 people, while the feudal lords have close to 300,000 people. They are divided into hundreds of feudal armies, and the largest of them has 40,000 people. However … they are all a motley crew, and no one is willing to be the vanguard."
Zhen Yifan said, "The laissez-faire of power has already made these feudal lords not know what a ruler is."
Qin Yin bit her red lips and asked, "Xiao Xi, what do you think?"
Tang Xiaoxi put down her teacup and said, "I went to see the feudal lords' armies this morning, and it's not too much to call them a motley crew. Many of the troops are even made up of farmers. In order to gather a strong army, the feudal lords have gone around 'snatching people', and there's even a rule of drawing one out of three. That's not all. There should be about 2,000,000 feudal lords' armies in the entire country, but most of them are farmers. These people should be discharged from the army and returned to farming. Otherwise, if the land can't grow food, how can the empire continue to fight?"
"Then what does Xiao Xi mean?"
"We have to think of a way to not only appease the feudal lords, but also make them reduce the number of troops. Otherwise, if this goes on for a long time, I'm afraid we'll fall into chaos."
Feng Jixing made a cutting gesture, "In my opinion, it's better to cut the Gordian knot and slaughter all the feudal lords. We'll take their elite troops and disperse the rest of the troops."
"That won't do."
Tang Xiaoxi shook her head, "Your method may work in troubled times, but once we expel the bandits from the Celestial Pole Continent, we'll be ruling the country. If we use General Feng's method to rule the country, Xiao Yin definitely won't be able to be the Empress."
Qin Yin pursed her red lips and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if I don't become the Empress, as long as I can accompany you and Yu."
"Please don't." Tang Xiaoxi was a little anxious, and said, "Xiao Yin, you must not have such an idea. If you don't become the Empress, I'm afraid the world will really be in chaos. At that time, all the feudal lords will proclaim themselves as kings and fight each other. The Qin Empire will really be finished!"
"Alright then. I wonder what Yu thinks. Where is he?"
"He went out early in the morning. I heard he went to spy on the military," Su Yu couldn't help but frown.
Su Yu couldn't help but frown, "A dignified Marshal of the three armies going out to spy on military affairs is simply child's play. When he comes back, we must give him a good warning!"
"Pa!" A crack appeared in the tent, and Lin Muyu stepped out and said with a smile, "What does Aunt Luo want to warn me about?"
Su Yu pursed her lips, "What did you spy on?"
"The Flowing Harmony Army and the Divine Cloth Army have already started packing their supplies. If nothing unexpected happens, they will definitely retreat within three days. In addition, there was no smoke in their camp at noon yesterday. If nothing unexpected happens, they have already run out of food, so they directly skipped their lunch. "
"They ran out of food?" Feng Jixing asked excitedly.
"Yes, it should be."
Lin Muyu asked with a smile, "Big Brother Feng, how many cavalry soldiers do we have?"
"Don't worry." Feng Jixing said, "I annihilated 60,000 wolf soldiers in Yunzhong Province, and most of their mounts are well preserved. It can be said that as long as our main force of 100,000 soldiers can ride horses, we will have 100,000 cavalry!"
"That's great! I saw that there are almost no warhorses in the stables of the Tianji Empire. They started slaughtering the warhorses a day ago. I reckon that in another two days, they will all become infantry. If nothing unexpected happens, Wei Chou and Xu Jiantao's operation behind the enemy's back has already been effective. The time to counterattack will also come in one or two days. "
"Yes!"
…
Man proposes, but God disposes. Sometimes, no matter how scheming people were, the factors of the right time and the right place would not change because of people's will. Although the Tianji Empire was strong, it always lagged behind others and would eventually be defeated.
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