Hidden in the court

"Wang Fu, come here!"

Artilleryman Wang Fu ran over, and Chen Ju pointed to the Shule City in front.

"I'll have your guns sent to the front more than 300 steps. Just like last time, you can kill the leader with one shot, the one who shouted the loudest."

Wang Fu scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

"General, this city is higher than the last one. Can we make it closer?"

Chen Ju patted the back of his head and said, "Okay, but don't go past 200 steps. Be careful of stray arrows."

"Eh."

Wang Fu responded and turned to call on his brothers to grab their weapons.

When Lu Peng came back, several riders rushed over again.

They stopped 200 steps away from Shule City and began to raise their guns.

The King of Shule realized that this was most likely the weapon used by the northerners to break through the walls of Shache.

"Get down quickly!"

After shouting this, the King of Shule turned around and was about to go down the city wall. Facing such a weapon, it was too dangerous to stay on the city wall, so he ran into the city. Yes, the North would not attack civilians in the city.

"boom--"

At this moment, a naive smiling face was looking at the city wall with full confidence.

"That one should be the leader."

Unlike Shache, Wang Fu did not aim at the city gate this time but directly carried out the beheading as ordered.

As the city wall exploded, the King of Shule was blown away by the wind.

Until the artillery fire stopped, the surviving soldiers had not yet straightened up, and they all looked around in horror. In such an atmosphere, the translation team also carried out their most familiar business.

"The King of Shule is dead, surrender immediately!"

When the soldiers heard the familiar language, they did not try to distinguish between friend and foe, but just obeyed the orders.

"Immediately unify Shule, let the whole army rest, and then go to Qiuci immediately. We have lagged behind those two guys for several days..."

That night, the King of Kucha had just received the battle report from Shule.

"Shule has already started a war with the Northern Border. You must lead your troops and set out immediately. Make sure you catch them off guard."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

They never thought that the battle of Shule had already ended at this moment. This city defense battle of 3,000 against 3,000 was over in less than an hour.

Two days passed in a flash, and when the Kucha cavalry arrived at the city of Shule, there was no sign of fighting.

Oh, the city wall being built, the charred marks, and the Northern Army flag on the city wall...

The general who was watching in front of the battle couldn't help but be stunned. The flag of the North?

Seeing this, how could he not understand that the war was already over.

"Damn it, are these Shule people all fools? They couldn't even last two days."

At this moment, they could not act rashly and could only send the news back to Qiuci first.

Back in Shule City, Lu Peng and Chen Ju had already led 5,000 cavalry to Qiuci, where they met up with Xihe Huchen and Liu Dong.

But the city was not deserted. There were still a thousand cavalrymen, eight cannons, and a hundred shells from the northern border to manage Shule and defend the city.

I should just be thankful that his Kucha cavalry didn't rush over all at once, otherwise...

The four men met in Qiuci and planned how to fight the battle.

"Or we can just bombard him. Pull out dozens of cannons and blow down the city wall!"

Lu Peng rolled his eyes at him again, "Okay, do you think Qiuci is as easy to bomb as those small places? Even if you use artillery shells, it's better to bomb the earthen wall. This is made of bluestone.

Besides, your method of attacking Shache has probably been known to others a long time ago. How could he not have a countermeasure?"

Liu Dong also added: "And Qiuci has at least 20,000 soldiers, and their equipment is decent, so they won't be defeated so quickly. If they start fighting, we'll be in trouble."

"What if we blow up the city gate? If we blow up the city gate, the cavalry will charge straight in... No, the city is not conducive to cavalry charging, and there may be an ambush."

Xihe Huchen rejected the idea as he spoke.

Chen Ju slammed the table, spread his hands, and paced back and forth.

"Damn it, this doesn't work, that doesn't work, what should I do?"

Just when several masters were at a loss, Chen Xing stepped in from outside the tent.

Chen Ju, who was getting impatient, immediately said, "Why did you come in? Get out, is this where you are?"

Chen Xing looked at his father helplessly, then looked at Lu Peng.

"General, there is a military order from the court."

"Oh…"

Chen Ju responded weakly after hearing this. Lu Peng rolled his eyes at him again and then said to Chen Xing, "Read it."

"The army will go there and make all the countries in the Western Regions submit to it, and enhance our country's prestige. Today, only Qiuci in the Western Regions is stubborn and does not know the destiny. However, Qiuci... the army can also return to the court, and we will reward the three armies according to their merits."

"Ah, this..."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They had thought they would have to put in some effort, but now, they weren't going to fight at all?

"Why not? It's not like we can't win! We're going to fight today. We must fight. Get all my artillery out and fire!"

As he said this, he was about to walk out. Liu Dong immediately went up and hugged Chen Ju, "Calm down, calm down!"

"Fuck you! They've already hit my doorstep. How can I just stop the fight?"

Liu Dong continued to persuade: "Do you want to disobey?"

Chen Ju rolled his eyes and said to Chen Xing, "Go out, and come back in and recite it again after I finish beating you."

Lu Peng looked at Chen Ju and knew that this guy was doing something stupid again.

"Chen Xing, you go out first and notify the entire army to return to the capital..."

As Chen Xing left the tent, Lu Peng also walked towards Chen Ju with a cold face.

"If you want to fight, go ahead and do it yourself. If you want to fight, I'll let your son go to the front and scout the way for the ones behind! Now the military order has been issued, what the hell are you doing? Are you happy with more deaths?"

After being yelled at by Lu Peng, Chen Ju instantly became obedient. Seeing that he stopped struggling, Liu Dong also let go of his hand.

Chen Ju sat down on the ground angrily, "Humph, you've already hit the door, you can't just walk away without saying a word, right?"

After hearing this, the four of them fell silent.

"Pfft~"

Suddenly, Xihe Huchen covered his mouth and laughed.

The three of them turned to look at him.

"It's okay. Don't we still have three or four hundred shells left? I mean, it's too tiring to pull them back anyway, so why not..."

As he spoke, an intriguing smile appeared on his face.

Everyone present was someone who had gotten up in the middle of the night to pee in a pot, so how could they not understand what he meant? They all laughed.

Two hours later, the King of Kucha learned that enemy troops appeared on all four sides of the city walls.

When the defenders of Kucha saw the Northern Border Army fiddling with the "black pipes" a few hundred steps away, they promptly descended from the city wall and hid in the cellars that had been prepared in advance.

They were confident that the weapons of the North would not be able to break down their walls, and that in the battle to defend the city, the North's advantage would be wiped out.

The four men brought their respective troops, each with more than ten artillery pieces and over a hundred artillery shells.

Chen Ju stood on horseback, with the artilleryman Wang Fu next to him.

"bass--"

The sword was unsheathed, and Chen Ju shouted with the sword in hand: "Fire!"