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"Is this the so-called artillery?" The third prince's face became ugly. He didn't know what he thought of, and immediately began to send orders, "All spread out and move forward. The range of the artillery is limited. Once they get close, they will have nothing to do."

"Yes!" The third prince's prestige in the army was very high, and the army charged immediately after the order was given.

The order of the third prince is still very effective. Once the army is dispersed, the number of people hit by each shell will start to decrease.In addition, the artillery also needs some time to cool down and reload the ammunition after firing a shell, and for a while, the Huns took the opportunity to approach.

Under the desperate charge of the Huns, two-thirds of the people successfully rushed near the city wall and launched a strong attack on Cangnan City.

Some Xiongnu hit the city wall with thick solid wood, some kept a certain distance and shot arrows at the city wall, and some tried hard to climb up on the ladder.

Originally, the Huns were equipped with catapults, but because Zhou Xingzhi's artillery came too densely, they could only temporarily abandon the slow-moving catapults and attack directly and forcefully.

"Your Majesty, this time the Xiongnu's offensive is extremely fierce. It is better for Your Majesty to retreat first, so as not to hurt Your Majesty with the arrows." The commander of the Imperial Forest Army said.

The artillery has recoil and range. According to the current distance, the artillery can no longer pose any threat to the Huns, unless the Huns are about to retreat.

"Don't worry, Cangnan City is well-defended, these people can't come up." Zhou Xingzhi said and glanced at Liao Xian.Liao Xian was the guard of Cangnan City, so he should know best how to deal with him.

Liao Xian also understood Zhou Xingzhi's meaning, and soon ordered the soldiers to start a counterattack.

Liao Xian was a general on the frontier before he served as the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he was very experienced in how to deal with the Huns.While shooting arrows and throwing stones down, they also directly poured kerosene down. With the rockets fired, the place below became a sea of ​​flames.

"Third Highness, if the attack continues like this, the casualties of our warriors will be more than half." The generals following the third prince have been disgraced by the fire, and after seeing the soldiers they brought died one by one, the expression on their faces was very sad. heavy.

"Continue to attack." A sternness flashed in the eyes of the third prince. If he knew that the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty was so difficult to deal with, he would not take this job.

"Yes!" The general had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue.

The Imperial Forest Army brought by Zhou Xingzhi was very well-equipped, and basically the whole body was covered by armor. Even if the Huns' arrows shot up, most of them were blocked by the armor, so the casualties of the soldiers were extremely small.

In contrast to the Xiongnu, the artillery killed at least 5000 people. After a series of operations including throwing stones, archery, and ignition, the corpses of soldiers under the city wall had been piled up into hills, and the number of casualties would certainly not be less than [-].

"Your Majesty, the Xiongnu's offensive this time is very strange. In the past, if they couldn't beat them, they would retreat. There has never been a strong attack like today, regardless of casualties." Liao Xian observed the situation under the city wall, and some did not understand why the Huns would do this. .

"It's really strange. If they continue to attack like this, they will definitely end up dead." Zhou Xingzhi nodded in agreement, "Where is the main force of the Huns attacking?"

"It is Yancheng guarded by Marshal Zhong. There are about 5 defenders there, and the attacking Huns are about [-]." Liao Xian said, "Your Majesty, do you think they are trying to delay your arrival?" reinforcements?"

Zhou Xingzhi glanced down, and there were many corpses piled up under the city wall, even the moat was stained red.

"No matter what the Xiongnu's plan is, if they don't retreat, the 2 loss here is a given." Zhou Xingzhi looked away, "With [-] less, it will be easier for us to defeat the Huns. "

Liao Xian couldn't help nodding his head in agreement when he heard it. This is indeed the truth. Although he doesn't know why the Huns did this, they really killed so many people.Including the garrison in the royal court, the Xiongnu had only 20 troops. Now 2 people died, directly losing one-tenth of their combat power.

This group of Xiongnu soldiers were like crazy demons, knowing that there was a dead end waiting for them, and they rushed forward desperately.Under this reckless charge, quite a few people climbed from the ladder to the city wall.

"Protect Your Majesty!" Liao Xian and the commander of the Yulin Army pulled out their weapons and stood in front of Zhou Xingzhi, with nervous expressions on their faces.

Zhou Xingzhi herself was very calm, after all, those people were far away from her, and there were three full circles of imperial guards guarding her in front of her.If you look at it rationally, there will be no danger at all.

It only took an hour from the firing of the gun to the end of the battle.When the Xiongnu had only a few thousand people left, the third prince who led the army ordered to retreat, and rode away at a very fast speed, for fear that Zhou Xingzhi would attack him with artillery.

"Your Majesty, the Huns have retreated, shall we take advantage of the victory and pursue them?" Liao Xian asked, even standing on the city wall, there was a strong smell of blood.

"Send two thousand cavalry to chase after it." Zhou Xingzhi said, "It won't be too far, and we'll be back in twenty miles."

"Yes!" Liao Xian took the order. He couldn't guess Zhou Xingzhi's intention, but just followed her order to select the cavalry, and then led the team to chase after her.

The commander of the Imperial Forest Army kept his eyes on his nose, his nose, his nose and his heart. After seeing Zhou Xingzhi staring into the distance and not speaking, he took a step forward cautiously, "Your Majesty, it is time to clean up the battlefield. Why don't you wash up first, so as not to get infected with these things?" Unlucky thing."

Zhou Xingzhi didn't nod or shake her head, she was still thinking why the Huns came to die.This incident was too abnormal, and her intuition told her that there must be some conspiracy in it.

"Your Majesty, the body of the dragon is important. These corpses have slowly begun to change, and the smell will be unpleasant after a while, and I don't know if these people are clean or not." The commander of the Imperial Forest Army persuaded.

"Clean? Not clean?" Zhou Xingzhi asked, a thought quickly flashed through her mind.

"That's right. Although these corpses belong to the Huns, we have to dig a hole and bury them, otherwise there will be problems here." The commander of the Imperial Forest Army said.

Zhou Xingzhi nodded, "Let them clean up."

A total of twenty artillery pieces were transported this time. Zhou Xingzhi arranged ten artillery pieces to Cangnan City, and the remaining ten artillery pieces were sent to Marshal Zhong to increase the combat effectiveness there.

After returning to the temporary residence in the city, Zhou Xingzhi first went to take a shower and change clothes. After changing into new clothes, he went to the study and started writing letters to Ye Ningxuan.

After picking up the pen, Zhou Xingzhi first wrote some thoughts about Ye Ningxuan, and told her that without her by his side, he would not even sleep as comfortably as before.

After writing about three or four hundred words, Zhou Xingzhi got to the point, summed up today's battle situation in a few dozen words, and then wrote his own analysis in two hundred or so words.

When it was time to finish, Zhou Xingzhi seemed to have thought about it, and emphasized that he did not go to any dangerous place, and was always in the protection circle of the Imperial Forest Army.Liao told himself the previous battle situation first, and then analyzed it casually.

After finishing writing the letter, it was already half an hour later.After looking at the nearly ten pages of letter paper in front of him, Zhou Xingzhi hesitated for a rare moment.I seem to write too many things inadvertently, why not delete some and write it again?

"Your Majesty, do you need servants to send the letter back to the capital?" Before Zhou Xingzhi could make a decision, Lu Yuan couldn't help asking.

"Well...then I'll trouble Miss Luyuan." Zhou Xingzhi didn't make any changes in the end, just stuffed the letter into the envelope, and sealed it with wax.

On the second day, Liao first counted the number of casualties.

"Your Majesty, in yesterday's battle, we just consumed a lot of combat equipment. 56 people were seriously injured, more than 400 people were slightly injured, and no soldiers died." Liao Xianhui reported that this was the first time he had seen such a battle report.

"What about the Xiongnu?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.After hearing that there were no casualties, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Xingzhi's mouth.

"According to approximate statistics, the Xiongnu lost a total of 1000 horses, and the death toll was 5000." Liao Xian said, "Because the number of deaths is a bit high, a total of [-] people will be sent to clean up the battlefield at the end. Clean it up in the morning."

Zhou Xingzhi nodded, "This battle was well fought, reward those who should be rewarded, don't be stingy."

"Yes, the general will obey the order." Liao Xian bowed his head and accepted the order.

Zhou Xingzhi looked at the battle report in front of him, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong.When Liao Xian was about to step back, she slapped the table suddenly, making people jump.

"How many people cleaned up the corpses?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.

"In answer to Your Majesty, we will send 5000 people at the end. Because there are more corpses of the Huns this time, more manpower is needed." Liao Xian didn't know why Zhou Xingzhi suddenly asked this question, but he still answered truthfully.

"Immediately prepare some things for disinfection. Everyone in charge of cleaning up the battlefield must first clean and change their clothes before they can come in." Zhou Xingzhi finally knew what he had neglected.

The Huns died a lot this time, and the water in the moat and the surrounding land were stained with their blood, which can be said to be polluted in disguise.

It would be fine if these Huns were clean. If they were infected with any disease, it would be a huge source of infection, enough to pollute the entire Cangnan City.After all, outside of war, the most deadly thing is the highly contagious plague!

"Your Majesty is worried that there is something wrong with those corpses?" Liao Xian was stunned for a moment before reacting, his face became very bad, "But Your Majesty, I sent someone to clean it up yesterday, and they have returned to the city to rest for a whole night .”

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