We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

Li Che narrowed his eyes and looked at the city gate tower from afar.

As more and more shadowy figures began to gather under the chrysanthemum flag, the smile on Li Che's lips became more and more obvious.

Sometimes he really didn't know what was going on in Xiao Ri's mind.

Weren’t they bombarded enough by the Fengtian Army’s artillery?

Such a huge locust just ran right under his nose so brazenly?

"Heh..." Li Che sneered, then shouted in a deep voice: "Someone come here!"

"exist!"

"Go! Call Tang Hong from the Dongfeng Army to me, immediately!"

The messenger rushed away.

Soon, a middle-aged general wearing cloth armor and with traces of gunpowder on his face, rode his horse hurriedly to Li Che.

Tang Hong dismounted swiftly and saluted, "General Tang Hong pays homage to His Highness!"

This person was the deputy commander of the Dongfeng Army, a technical general known for his calculation skills and artillery manipulation skills. He was Chen Gui's last disciple.

Li Che didn't waste any words and pointed directly at the towering city gate tower at the south gate of Kyoto: "See that chrysanthemum flag? The enemy chieftain is right there."

Tang Hong looked in the direction of Li Che's finger, his eyes instantly becoming as sharp as an eagle.

He estimated the distance and his brows immediately furrowed.

"I'm asking you, among the Dongfeng Army, can the longest-range artillery fire right now reach that location?"

Tang Hong did not answer immediately, but quickly dismounted: "Your Highness, please wait a moment."

Then, he took out a wooden rangefinder and a small notebook from his arms, and repeatedly gestured and calculated in the direction of the city gate tower.

He tapped his fingers in the air, muttered something, and quickly performed complex mental calculations on ballistics.

Li Che waited patiently on the side, and the generals did not dare to breathe, for fear of disturbing Tang Hong.

The deafening war drums of the Fengtian Army below the city and the fanatical cheers of the Japanese on the city walls now became background noise.

Finally, Tang Hong raised his head, his face full of solemnity:

"Your Highness, we only have two heavy artillery pieces, and the range is barely enough."

"But... we only have two rounds of specially made long-range heavy bullets left, and the distance is too far, so accuracy is extremely difficult to guarantee."

All the generals became excited when they heard this.

Two shots! I have two chances to kill the Sky Locust on the opposite side with one shot!

Li Che's eyes did not waver at all. He stared into Tang Hong's eyes and said word by word:

"Go and fight! Fight yourself!"

"If you can hit the target, this battle will be recorded as the first achievement for you and the Dongfeng Army!"

Tang Hong's entire body trembled, then he straightened up, gave a standard military salute, and said in a firm voice, "I obey your orders!"

After saying this, he said no more, jumped on his horse, and rushed towards the artillery position in the rear like an arrow.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Everyone's heart was in their throat, especially the generals under the central army's banner, who kept glancing anxiously towards the artillery positions in the rear.

Sudden--

"boom--"

A loud noise far more dull and powerful than ordinary artillery fire, emitting a sharp sound that tore through the air, came from behind the Fengtian Army position.

Then everyone saw a thick black shadow visible to the naked eye, which cut through the sky with a whistling sound and drew a heart-pounding arc in the air.

Countless eyes focused instantly.

The cannonball flew across the battlefield, over the chaotic city walls, and under the horrified gazes of countless Japanese in Kyoto...

It did not fall on the city gate tower.

Instead, it exploded violently in the inner city district, dozens of feet away from the city gate tower.

A huge ball of fire and thick smoke shot up into the sky, mixed with countless rubble and debris. The shock wave even caused the city gate tower to shake slightly.

"You missed!" Wang Sanchun slammed his fist into his own palm and yelled in agony, "Old Tang! You missed the target!"

The generals around him all sighed and felt very disappointed.

There are only two shots, the first one is wasted!

However, Li Che still had no expression on his face, his eyes fixed on the direction of the city gate tower without even blinking.

The Japanese soldiers on the city wall, after experiencing the initial panic, burst into cheers.

The Japanese army leaders also realized something at this moment, and the chrysanthemum flag on the city gate tower began to move downwards.

At this moment, a second, even more violent cannon shot tore through the noise.

This time, the sound of the shells leaving the gun was more rapid and the trajectory was lower.

I saw the black cannonball, following a precise trajectory, at a speed that was almost impossible to capture with the naked eye, fiercely...

Crashed into the city gate tower!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely huge, swirling and rising red fireball suddenly appeared at the location of the city gate tower.

Countless solid wood, bricks, stones, and human bodies were torn into pieces by the violent shock wave, mixed with flames and thick smoke, rising into the sky like a volcanic eruption.

The gorgeous chrysanthemum flag that symbolized the Japanese imperial power was instantly torn apart like a fragile piece of paper at the center of the explosion!

There was dead silence inside and outside the city.

Everyone looked up in amazement. The city gate tower had completely disappeared, leaving only a huge gap burning with flames and black smoke.

The broken walls and ruins are like ferocious fangs, exposed in the air.

Li Che slowly put down the telescope, and the smile on the corner of his mouth finally bloomed completely.

He slowly drew the sword from his waist, pointed it at the distant city, and shouted loudly:

"Pass on my king's order, attack with all your forces!"