The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

Ning Yi once again launched a surprise attack on the barbarians' grain storage city, Jidi City.

This made the barbarian Khan very angry.

He immediately sent a large army to recapture Fangcheng, but found that the soldiers stationed in Fangcheng were quite powerful.

That's not all, they even went out of the city to fight in the field, and defeated the tens of thousands of rebels and 20,000 cavalry he sent.

The barbarian Khan was shocked, and he finally realized that there was a large number of elite soldiers behind him.

He had to have a lot of cavalrymen keep their eyes on the direction of Fangcheng.

The barbarian Khan also knew that he had to capture Hushan Pass as soon as possible, otherwise his army would only have ten days' supply of food left.

The Barbarian Khan invested heavily this time, forcing the rebels to launch a massive attack.

He did not care about the cost at all and was ready to take down the crumbling Hushan Pass in one go. Only in this way could he safely deal with the troops in Fangcheng in the rear.

Only by taking over Hushan Pass can we obtain enough money and food, enough supplies of all kinds, and even the number of rebels will increase a lot.

The barbarians launched a massive attack, and Ning Yi took advantage of this opportunity to send a lot of troops to resist and also took out various supplies.

Whether it was kerosene, gold juice, or even a lot of gunpowder stored, they were all thrown out.

At the same time, Ning Yi began to deploy troops and transferred the other three armies of his private cavalry to the north.

The private army's second, fourth, sixth, and seventh armies were all mobilized.

Ning Yi planned to eliminate all the barbarian armies at once. Only in this way could he let the barbarians know that the real strength was not something that these grassland barbarians could imagine.

That’s not all. Ning Yi also mobilized almost two artillery regiments of the base to Hushan Pass to prepare for the final decisive battle.

Most of the last 200,000 barbarian rebels were wearing armor.

While they were frantically attacking Hushan Pass, they suffered heavy casualties, but they had no choice but to attack because the barbarians in the rear were watching them.

The attack lasted for more than ten days in a row. Ning Yi pushed all the menial workers and even several temporary soldiers who had just been reorganized and trained for less than two months.

The barbarians suffered heavy losses from the loss of various supplies.

Batches of catapults, each loaded with explosive cans, were thrown out, and the fuses were ignited, causing an explosion, with nails flying everywhere, which was quite shocking.

Unlike the catapults of the past, the stones and sacks thrown out only caused casualties to a small number of enemy archers.

But Ning Yi now pushed out a large number of catapults and replaced them with gunpowder cans that had been stored for a long time.

The barbarian rebel archers immediately suffered heavy casualties.

The barbarians, stunned by such a large-scale explosion of gunpowder for the first time, had no idea what to do.

But the barbarian Khan could not wait and continued to let the rebels attack.

We watched Hushan Pass crumbling, but we were unable to take it down.

Even if half of the military camp outside the city was occupied, it would still be collapsed by the continuous support of the Wu State army.

After attacking the city, they were driven down in batches.

After ten days, some passes were even captured, but many of the rebels who rushed in were destroyed soon after.

Of the 200,000 rebels, nearly 100,000 were killed.

There were wounded soldiers and corpses everywhere, and this time the damage was greater than the large number of able-bodied men in the past.

Ning Yi also suffered heavy losses, but he had sufficient supplies, including kerosene and gunpowder.

Finally, ten days later, the barbarian Khan was ready to give up. If the fighting continued, the rebels would probably revolt.

After all, the losses were too great, and the rebels knew that going up would mean death.

However, the Hushan Pass could not be taken, and the barbarian Khan prepared to withdraw his troops.

Anyway, his cavalry suffered very few casualties and his basic base is still there.

I believe that the Wu army at Hushan Pass also suffered heavy losses, and they did not dare to leave the city to pursue.

As for Fangcheng, it doesn’t matter. At worst, we can just defend Fangcheng first.

After the autumn crops are harvested, he will reorganize the army. Otherwise, if these rebels rebel, how will he be able to capture Hushan Pass? He can't let his precious cavalry abandon their horses to attack the city.

But at this time, Ning Yi had everything ready.

All the new troops that should be in place are in place, and the other armies have also been preparing and training for a long time.

Naturally, they would not miss this opportunity to defeat the barbarians.

Moreover, the barbarians have no more food supplies, so now is the time to deal with them.

Ning Yi's plan was to wipe out the barbarians in one fell swoop during the autumn harvest and never allow them to come south again.

Then, taking advantage of the autumn harvest, the old emperor, who did not have much money or grain, prepared a new army.

Such an opportunity is rare. Ning Yi has been preparing for it for so long, how could he give up?

The barbarians sent envoys again, saying that they wanted to negotiate peace.

Ning Yi smiled on the surface but sneered in his heart. He still wanted to negotiate. What was he thinking about?

The barbarian Khan treats everyone else as fools.

First, let the barbarian delegation into the pass and then give them a place to rest.

Moreover, the delegation was led by Prime Minister Aturu.

Atulu was very confident. After all, even if the Wu Kingdom did not believe them this time, it would definitely not harm him. After all, he was an envoy.

But in the middle of the night, suddenly outside there was a series of "bang bang bang" sounds of muskets.

Aturu was awakened. He got up quickly and saw all the members of his delegation gathered in the yard.

The nearby guards kept screaming and falling down.

Atulu was shocked: "What's going on? What's going on?"

"Prime Minister, the Wu Kingdom has suddenly attacked us." The members nearby shouted anxiously, "Prime Minister, please think of a solution quickly. We can't die here."

How could Aturu not be worried when the delegation was suddenly attacked in the middle of the night?

He wasn't really afraid in his heart: "Don't worry, we are envoys, they from the Great Wu Kingdom wouldn't dare..."

Before he could finish, there was another loud "bang bang bang" sound, and dozens of guards in front of him with weapons in their hands fell down with screams.

There are only twenty or thirty members left.

One by one, soldiers wearing round hats and complete armor rushed into the courtyard with strange weapons in their hands.

This weapon looks like an iron stick. Aturu has also heard of it. He once led an army of 100,000 cavalry to fight a decisive battle with Ning Yi. He also heard from the fleeing cavalry that there were such smoking weapons in the Wu Kingdom. They were very powerful, but there were not many of them.

At that time, Aturu didn't take it seriously, but now he is worried. Once this kind of weapon emits white smoke, people will fall down immediately, and it will be useless even if they are wearing armor.

Atulu exclaimed: "What are you going to do? We are the messengers of the barbarians."

"Atulu, long time no see." Ning Yi, wearing a python robe, stood out from the crowd with a fine sword in his hand.

Arturu naturally knew the Sixth Prince of Wu State. He felt a pang in his heart. Could it be that this bold Sixth Prince wanted to attack him?

However, Atulu still didn't believe it and shouted, "Sixth Prince, what are you doing? Why are you killing our delegation?"