Chapter 1445
Siege, Enemy 3rd Prince Dies
Chapter 1445 Siege, Enemy Third Prince Dies
With a whoosh, the soldiers who had originally wanted to see something unusual quickly retreated.
After some effort, Qin Xiaomi and Ye Xifen took their positions, compared and aimed again at the tall and conspicuous red-feathered prince's flag, and then gave the order: "Fire!"
Ye Xifen added, "Light the fire."
The long fuse, about the size of a wick, burned, its flames reaching directly into the iron cylinder.
After burning several more times inside the iron cylinder, the first section of the firearm package was ignited, causing the firearm to explode and generating a huge thrust inside the iron cylinder...
Bang-!
With a loud bang, a long gunpowder pack, spewing smoke and fire, shot out from the iron tube like a flaming meteorite, hurtling towards the Red Feather Prince's banner.
Jiang Qianshi and the others watched with bated breath... If the aim was right, then it all depended on the range. If the range exceeded that of the catapult, this cannon would be a great achievement.
But the enemy's catapults have a long range and can't even throw flint at the city wall. Can this new iron tube throw gunpowder packets at the enemy's formation?
Jiang Qianshi dared not think about it, fearing that it would ruin everything. He just stared intently at the long gunpowder pack, watching it cross the moat and rush towards the enemy army.
But before it even got there, its speed seemed to drop, and it looked like it was about to collapse.
but……
Bang-!
The flaming end of the long gunpowder pack exploded again, shortening the pack, but the front section continued its forward momentum, hurtling towards Prince Hongyu with lightning speed, in the blink of an eye…
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The long gunpowder pack, now half its original length, exploded in the center of the prince's flag, blasting people and livestock within a radius of about five meters.
Time seemed to stand still in the enemy's ranks, until...
Rumble rumble rumble!
Qin Xiaomi used a catapult to throw a gunpowder pack, which exploded and woke up the enemy soldiers: "Third Prince, quickly escort the Third Prince to retreat! The intelligence is wrong. The range of the Liang Wei's long-range weapons has increased. Retreat quickly, get out of the range of the Heavenly Thunder Weapons!"
The hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Right Army simultaneously ordered themselves to wave the enemy's flags and retreat to avoid being killed by the gunpowder.
After a hasty retreat, the enemy realized, "Where are the Third Prince, his bodyguards, and the royal guards? They're nowhere to be seen! Go find them!"
"Report! The area under the prince's banner, where the Laldo royal general is stationed, is completely empty. The Third Prince, his two bodyguards, and a group of royal assassins are all gone..."
"What's all that? Tell me now!" roared the Lalto royal general.
The Eastern Desert soldiers dared not report it, fearing that they would be beheaded for 'reporting the death'.
Soon, the second vanguard general arrived with a group of royal guards, looking as if they had lost their parents. He said to Alatuo, "The Heavenly Thunder Weapon contains a deadly poison. After the weapon explodes, the poison will spread, and everyone within a radius of ten meters will die from the poison!"
The gunpowder weapon may have only injured the Third Prince and his guards, but the deadly poison hidden in the gunpowder killed all the soldiers nearby.
Larto was stunned and couldn't believe it. He asked, "Are you saying that the Liang Wei bastard's Heavenly Thunder weapon not only killed the Third Prince, two of the Prince's guards and royal family assassins, but also killed my Right Army's First Vanguard General?!"
The second vanguard general nodded: "Hmm... It wasn't just the prince's flag; another pack of weapons with a shorter range killed a group of vanguard suicide soldiers and bridge-laying slaves by the moat."
The second vanguard general looked up and stared at Larto, saying, "This time, the losses of our right wing are even more severe than those of the fourth prince's vanguard!"
"The weapons and poisons of that lowly Wei are far superior to ours..."
"Shut up, Litaile! You shut up! The lowly Liangwei will never be a match for the Divine Protector of the Eastern Desert!" Lalto, a member of the royal family who held military power, was extremely arrogant and couldn't accept that the Eastern Desert had been repeatedly defeated by the weak Liangwei. "But the fact is, the Liangwei killed two of our esteemed princes in a single day!" Litaile was unfazed and declared sternly, "If we don't acknowledge the strength of the Liangwei, we will suffer further losses, and many more heroes will die!"
Clang!
Larto angrily swung a scimitar at Litaire, but it was blocked by Litaire's personal guards with their shields.
Litele looked at Lalto and said, "Have the army stand by outside the range of our weapons, and quickly send two teams to inform the Divine Prince and the Rong royal family, and ask for their instructions."
This mess is beyond their ability to resolve; they need to seek advice from higher authorities.
"As for the Third Prince's body, we'll retrieve it after the poisonous fog dissipates in a quarter of an hour."
Lalto tried to salvage the situation: "What corpse? You're cursing the Third Prince! That's worse than blasphemy!"
Litele was also a member of the royal family with close blood ties, so he was not afraid of him. He sneered, "If you are not afraid, then I will send someone to bring the Third Prince here."
Uh, Lalto choked, and could only roar at the other low-ranking officers: "Hurry up and report the anomaly here to the Divine Prince and the Molten Royal Family!"
This?
The officers weren't stupid; they knew that reporting the defeat would incur their wrath, so they remained unmoved.
"Scout officer, go and report immediately! Anyone who dares to disobey orders will be sent to meet the gods!" Litaire said, his attitude very firm.
His willingness to say such offensive things is actually a power grab!
The Third Prince is dead, and the First Vanguard General is also dead. The Right Army is now leaderless. He is also a member of the royal family, and his military achievements and abilities are even stronger than Lalto's. Why shouldn't he compete for the position of leader of the Right Army?
Tsk tsk, the enemy is already fighting amongst themselves. Good thing, it benefits our army!
"Yes." The scout officer accepted the order and left.
On the west city tower, Jiang Qian Shi was as agitated as an ant on a hot pan, unable to calm down for a moment: "Sentry, what's the situation with the enemy's formation? Is the enemy's third prince dead?!"
"Master Qin, just how poisonous is your extremely toxic substance? Does it only knock people out, or does a single whiff kill them?!"
"What exactly is inside that long gunpowder pack? How come it suddenly exploded halfway through its flight? Is it because this mid-flight explosion increased the propulsion force of the gunpowder pack, thus increasing its range?"
See, the ancients were just ancient, not stupid.
"Jiang Qianshi's guess is correct. The explosion after flying halfway does increase the thrust, and the thrust increases the range, allowing the gunpowder to reach the enemy ranks," Qin Xiaomi replied.
"Is there anything else? How do we do it? I hope Master Qin will be so kind as to give us some pointers!" Jiang Qian was extremely anxious and said in a rapid-fire manner, "I don't want that thousand catties of grain and two carts of genuine dried meat. I'll give them back to you, and I'll even give you double, no, triple, the supplies. You should explain this to your uncle properly. Calling me uncle is too formal. Let's become godparents directly. From now on, I will be your godfather, and the family property will be divided equally between you and your brothers!"
"Hey, where did this madman come from, robbing my junior in broad daylight!" After sending Jiang Dalang and the others down to the secret chamber, Uncle Qin rode off to find Qin Xiaomi. He finally found her at the West City Tower, but before he could even be happy, he heard these words and was so angry that he started cursing.
“Although my elder brother and sister-in-law have passed away, my wife and I are not dead. Xiaomi has uncles and aunts, grandparents, and aunts and uncles. She doesn’t lack elders and doesn’t need to recognize any godparents. I advise you not to go crazy!”
Don't you have children? You're trying to steal my child, you shameless old man.
"Ha," Jiang Qianshi looked Qin Ershu up and down, quite unconvinced, "I'm a deputy commander, a high-ranking official. What can you, a commoner, give the child?!"
To say he was innocent is to glorify him. Qin Er was a criminal with a criminal record, someone who tarnished the ancestors and dragged down the family's future generations.
He's still poor and is supported by his parents and niece to this day!