Ji Han Liu Zhang

'Fire!'

After Gan Ning heard the order, he remembered the origin of the word "fire the cannon", which was the military order given by his great mentor Liu Zhang for the Thunderbolt Chariot to start firing cannonballs.

When the Shu army generals heard that Ming Gong used "fire the cannon" as a military order, they followed suit and used the word "fire the cannon", and Gan Ning was no exception.

Following Gan Ning's order, the gunners operating the Thunderbolt Car released the live hook. As the live hook was released, the counterweight on the Thunderbolt Car fell, and the cannonball serving as a projectile rose instantly and then shot out.

Mi Dang, who was getting closer and closer to Lueyang City, was in a slightly relaxed state. He was not sure about taking Lueyang City, but he had enough confidence in completing the primary goal of today's battle.

The reason why he led his troops here to help Ma Teng and Han Sui attack Lueyang City was, firstly, because Ma Teng had once done a favor to his tribe, and secondly, he wanted to gain some spoils and return to the tribe to have a good New Year.

But now the Shu army in Lueyang City is very elite, and Lueyang City cannot be taken. He cannot enter the city to loot it. He can only take the task of siege the city and get rewards from Ma Teng and Han Sui.

However, sieges are bound to cause casualties. Although Mi Dang is now leading his troops closer to Lueyang City, the only thing he is thinking about is reducing the casualties of his troops.

Mi Dang's primary goal was to obtain sufficient rewards from Ma Teng and Han Sui with fewer casualties.

In order to achieve this goal, Midang spent all his money to equip the Qiang and Hu men under his command with simple armor and shields of various colors, hoping to reduce casualties.

Secondly, Mi Dang requested Ma Teng and Han Sui to send archers to help, so that they could shoot at the Shu army on the top of Lueyang City, making the Shu army archers dare not show their heads. In this way, the casualties would be smaller.

"Just charge forward, then withdraw and ask Ma Teng and Han Sui for the reward." With the idea of ​​just getting by, Mi Dang took another step forward and came to a place fifty steps in front of Lueyang City.

"As for risking our lives to attack the city, it is impossible for us to do so. We will never risk our lives in this life. We can just shoot two arrows at the top of the city wall and pretend to let a few men climb the city wall. This is the best way to do justice to Ma Teng and Han Sui."

Mi Dang, who was in a lazy state of mind, suddenly heard a thunderclap, and not just one, but several thunderclaps came into his ears one after another.

"It's thundering. Is it going to rain?" Mi Dang tilted the shield in his hand and looked up at the sky.

The sun is at its zenith and the sky is clear.

"Huh?" Mi Dang's eyes showed confusion. He didn't understand why there was thunder in such clear weather...

Wait, Mi Dang tilted the shield that was blocking his vision in front of him, tilted his head and looked towards the top of Lueyang City. The thunder just now seemed to come from the top of Lueyang City.

"What is that?" When he looked towards Lueyang City, small black dots appeared in Midang's eyes. While Midang was still thinking about where these small black dots came from.

The small black dots in Mi Dang's eyes gradually grew bigger, revealing their true form - these were not small black dots at all, but black pebbles as big as an adult's head.

Seeing the black boulders flying towards his army one after another, Midang did not make any response. He stood there in a daze, thinking it was impossible and shouting in panic: "How is this possible?!"

"This is definitely impossible!?"

The Shu army would use cannonballs, and Mi Dang was prepared for that, but the cannonballs were only used when the attacking army was close to the city wall, and at a very close distance of two or three steps. After all, no one could throw the cannonballs more than fifty steps away. Even if they were born with supernatural powers, it would be impossible. And even if there were people with such supernatural powers in the Shu army, the number of cannonballs fired would be no less than forty or fifty.

Even if they could fire forty or fifty cannonballs at the same time, there would be too many people with natural supernatural powers in the Shu army.

There was no time to ponder why the Shu army could fire so many cannonballs. Mi Dang had only one thought at this moment, and that was to escape. The farther away from Lueyang City the better. This battle could not be fought, and he did not want the reward promised to him by Ma Teng and Han Sui.

At this moment, Mi Dang only wanted to get away from Lueyang City and escape from the attack range of Shu army's artillery shells. He didn't want to contend with the unpredictable Shu army.

“Retreat, retreat, retreat…”

Mi Dang shouted loudly the order to withdraw, and at the same time he took the lead to turn around and run away from Lueyang City.

However, just as Mi Dang issued the order to withdraw and just turned around, the cannonballs fired from the top of Lueyang City fell squarely into the formation of his troops.

The men under Mi Dang had shields for defense, but the wooden shields could not withstand the impact of the cannonballs. The cannonballs shattered the wooden shields and continued to hit the bodies of the Qiang Hu behind the wooden shields. Screams of pain rose up as their bodies were severely injured.

Many of the cannonballs were still powerful enough that after knocking down the first Qiang Hu, they rolled behind him like a bowling ball, knocking down a line of Qiang Hu in an instant. Under the fierce impact of the cannonballs, the Qiang Hu fell to the ground like wheat in a storm.

In order to reduce the damage during the siege, Midang ordered his Qiang and Hu tribes to form a dense military formation, hoping to better defend against the arrows fired by the Shu army.

However, this well-intentioned dense military formation caused the power of the Shu army's artillery shells to rise to a new level. A rolling artillery shell could often kill one or two Qiang and Hu people, and seriously injure many others.

For a moment, the troops under Mi Dang were in chaos.

"Retreat, retreat quickly." Mi Dang shouted. He was lucky to escape the first wave of artillery attacks from the Shu army. However, he had no intention of feeling lucky. He just wanted to leave here quickly.

While running away, Gai Yin turned his head back to look at the situation in Lueyang City and found that another batch of cannonballs were flying from the top of Lueyang City. In addition, the archers of the Shu army took advantage of the chaos in their formation and the fact that they turned their backs to flee and could not raise their shields for defense, and shot a rain of arrows at them.

A quarter of a second later, cannonballs and rain of arrows began to fall, landing on the formation of Midang's troops. Immediately, the sounds of wailing and screaming, like continuous drizzle, continued to fill Midang's ears.

At this moment, Mi Dang's face looked extremely ugly, with tears streaming down the corners of his eyes.

This time, Mi Dang led the army to assist Ma Teng and Han Sui. He brought 1,500 Qiang and Hu men with him. He thought that he could take advantage of the internal strife among the Han people to gain some benefits. Even if he could not gain any benefits, it would still be a good result to bring his men back safely.

But now, not only have they not gained any benefits, but they are about to lose a large number of their men.

After this battle, he didn't know how many of the men he brought with him would be left.

When the time comes, he will lead the remaining troops back. How can he face the elders of the tribe? How can he dare to meet their expectant eyes? (End of this chapter)