Chapter 400: Reclaim The Northeast City ( 2 )
Even though the barbarian’s Great General told them to attack Jinfeng City in 3 days, they couldn’t finish the preparations within the given time. Right now, the soldiers were busy gathering provisions from the people living in the city.
But after being exploited by them for so long, the civilians had long lost everything. Not to mention grains, they couldn’t even afford a bowl of moldy gruel.
Without enough provisions, the barbarians couldn’t attack Jinfeng City. Due to this matter, the Great General ordered them to slaughter the captives.
They planned to slaughter the ’two-legged lambs’ in the morning. But at dawn, the deep, guttural sound of war horns echoed throughout the entire city.
B-W-O-O-O-A-A-A-R-R-R-N-K!
The moment the barbarian soldiers heard the war horns, their expressions changed instantly. Despite their lack of training, they still moved more orderly than civilians. Grabbing their bows and arrows, they rushed to the city wall.
At the same time, a soldier rushed to the General’s mansion to report. At this moment, the Great General was having a good time with his new concubine in his sleeping quarters.
When the report reached him, the White Tiger Army already stood 1 li away from the city wall.
Sitting on his warhorse, Lu Qianxuan raised his right arm.
The next moment, 5 groups of soldiers pushed wooden catapults to the front line. They loaded the black balls with diameters of 60 centimeters into the catapults.
"Light the fuse!" Lu Qianxuan shouted.
Following his order, the soldiers used torches to light the long fuses. As soon as the sizzling sound was heard, Lu Qianxuan waved his arm down.
"Fire!"
The next second, the 5 catapults launched the bombs at the city wall. Everyone waited with anticipation.
As the fuses burned out, the bombs hit the wall. The moment they hit the wall, they exploded instantly.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The continuous sound of explosions echoed throughout the entire area. The explosions not only destroyed the city wall and killed a large group of barbarian soldiers on top of the wall, but also shook the ground.
"Arghh!"
"Ahhh!"
The sounds of people screaming in agony could be heard from the city wall.
Meanwhile, Lu Qianxuan and the White Tiger Army were stunned by the scene. They never expected the power of the bombs to be this high.
The city wall was in complete chaos with just 5 bombs. If they continued throwing the bombs, they would raze the entire city wall to the ground!
They didn’t want to destroy the city but to reclaim it. So, Lu Qianxuan decided not to use the bombs anymore. With the holes in the wall, there was nothing stopping them from charging into the city.
Holding his long spear, he pointed it at the Northeast City and shouted, "Charge!!!"
As soon as he finished his words, he rode his horse and rushed toward the city. Seeing this, the Battalion Commanders and soldiers followed closely behind him.
Fu Chen’an drew his Hei Long blade and charged forward on his horse, Yunfeng. "Hya!"
Seeing that the enemies were coming, the barbarian soldiers panicked. Not to mention defending the city, they didn’t even have the courage to pick up their weapons and fight.
Besides destroying the city wall, the bombs also successfully shattered the barbarian soldiers’ morale.
No one had ever seen bombs before. Witnessing their comrades being blasted into pieces right in front of them left a deep shadow in their hearts.
Thanks to this, the White Tiger Army easily took over the city wall.
After he beheaded another barbarian soldier, Fu Chen’an turned to his team and shouted, "Follow me to the General’s mansion!"
Before his words even fell, he had already galloped toward the city center.
The moment his team heard this, they rode their horses and followed behind him. The entire city was in chaos, but besides the barbarian soldiers, the White Tiger Army didn’t see any civilians.
While the war continued, the civilians hid in the slum area. Those captured in the General’s mansion had already gone into hiding or escaped.
When the barbarian Great General put on his armor, Fu Chen’an had already blasted open the mansion’s main gate with a bamboo tube grenade.
BOOM!
The sound of the explosion was so loud that it alerted everyone inside.
The double gates were instantly reduced to ruins by the explosion. The guards stationed at the entrance were also killed before they even had a chance to react.
With 1 hand holding the reins and the other beheading enemies, Fu Chen’an charged directly into the mansion. He and his team killed every barbarian they saw, not letting any of them escape.
Soon, the ground was filled with mutilated corpses and stained crimson with warm blood.
Before Fu Chen’an could behead another barbarian, he felt murderous intent coming from behind him. Before his mind could react, his body had already leaned back to dodge the whistling arrow.
Turning around, he saw the Great General holding his bow and aiming another arrow at him.
Seeing this, he didn’t wait for the next attack and charged forward on his horse.
Swoosh!
The arrow flew at an astonishing speed, aiming at his head. In a split second, he swung his blade.
CLANG!
The blade split the arrow in half midair. The split arrow flew past him and pierced the ground and a pillar.
The barbarian Great General was shocked by this. His arrowheads were made of the strongest iron found in the mountains. Not to mention being split in half, it was hard to even leave a dent on them.
Due to his shock, his reaction slowed. When he saw the black blade coming at him, it was already too late to dodge.
Clang! SLASH!
The sound of metal slicing flesh could be heard clearly.
His left arm was almost cut off!
"UGH!" He gritted his teeth as he endured the pain and leaped several steps back.
Fu Chen’an’s attack cut off a chunk of the Great General’s flesh together with his iron armor. The wound was so deep that the bone was exposed. Blood flowed from the wound and pooled on the ground.
