With a million soldiers, the empress begged me not to rebel

"Release!" Lu Yan gave the order.

Flames shot up into the sky and smoke filled the air on the city walls.

Dense rain of bullets shot towards the Nanman soldiers attacking the city like locusts, and screams rang out one after another.

"Ready the crossbow! Fire!"

Crossbow arrows flew through the air, reaping the lives of the enemies.

Under the city wall, corpses piled up like mountains and blood flowed like rivers.

"It's time for these grandchildren to try something new!"

Lu Yan smiled sinisterly and picked up a clay pot. "Light it!"

As the torch lit the fuse, Lu Yan threw the clay pot down with force.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise.

Flames shot up into the sky, and the shock wave of the explosion blew away the surrounding Nanman soldiers, leaving broken limbs scattered all over the ground.

The barbarian general was furious upon seeing this.

"Damn it! Break open the city gate for me!"

He commanded the mammoth, like a moving hill, to ram the city gate frantically.

The city gate creaked under the heavy weight and seemed like it would collapse at any moment.

In Shannan County.

The shelter that Lu Yan had designed long ago was crowded with the elderly, the weak, women and children.

Chen Qingwan and Qiao'er were also among them.

Qiao'er looked at the panicked people and asked worriedly:

"Madam... When do you think this war will end? Can Lu Yan really hold on to Shannan County?"

Chen Qingwan didn't say anything, but just stared at the entrance of the shelter, feeling uneasy.

Qiaoer continued to mutter:

"Those barbarians, each one of them has a strong build and is scary to look at..."

Before he finished speaking, the people around him all laughed.

An old farmer said:

"Girl, you're from out of town, right? In our Shannan County, barbarians are nothing! They're only worth a little more than a pig, worth a few coins."

Another lady also smiled and said:

"That's right! Our Lord Lu is a god descended from heaven!"

"If he hadn't been so focused on developing Shannan County, he would have wiped out those barbarians long ago!"

Qiao'er was stunned when she heard this.

In the capital, everyone turns pale when the word "barbarian" is mentioned.

Why is it that when we get to Shannan County, everyone acts like nothing happened, still eating melon seeds and chatting about barbarians?

A little kid asked in a baby voice:

"Sister Qiao'er, do you think those barbarians will chew and swallow Lord Lu?"

The old man next to him laughed so hard that his beard flew up, and he knocked the kid on the head with a palm-leaf fan:

"You little bastard, barbarians don't eat humans, they only eat pigs! Lord Lu is a peerless hero!"

"I hit them one by one, and beat them till their teeth were all on the ground. They cried and shouted to go home to their mothers!"

Qiao'er was completely confused.

The people of Shannan County have too much confidence in Lu Yan, don’t they?

On the city wall, under the continuous impact of the mammoths, the city gate finally couldn't hold on and collapsed.

"Cavalry Battalion, attack!"

At Lu Yan's command, he led the cavalry battalion out of the city gate like an arrow.

The southern barbarian army outside the city was divided and surrounded by the cavalry battalion before they could react.

"Musketeer Battalion, Crossbow Battalion, descend from the city walls and join the battle!"

The long-range attacks of muskets and crossbows, combined with the close combat of cavalry, defeated the Nanman army.

The barbarian general rode a mammoth and charged left and right in the chaotic army.

But they were still unable to break through the encirclement of the cavalry battalion.

Lu Yan rode a warhorse, holding a spear, and engaged in a fierce battle with the barbarian general.

"Sun thief! Today is the day you die!"

Lu Yan roared angrily, and his spear, like a dragon, pierced the barbarian general's throat.

The barbarian general waved his mace and barely blocked Lu Yan's attack.

"I'm Lu Yan, your grandpa! If you're brave enough, come down and fight me in a one-on-one fight!"

Lu Yan challenged.

The barbarian general was enraged and jumped off the mammoth.

Waving the mace, he rushed towards Lu Yan.

Lu Yan sneered, turned his horse's head, and retreated while fighting.

The barbarian general pursued him relentlessly, but unknowingly fell into the trap set by Lu Yan.

"Fire arrows!"

Following Lu Yan's order.

The archers lying in ambush around fired thousands of arrows at once, turning the barbarian general into a hedgehog.

The barbarian general fell to the ground and died. The Southern Barbarian army completely collapsed and fled in all directions.

The smoke cleared and the smell of blood filled the air.

Lu Yan reined in his horse and stopped, looking around the battlefield.

The ground was littered with the corpses of Nanman soldiers, and broken flags and weapons were scattered all over the ground.

Our own soldiers were cleaning the battlefield and treating the wounded.

Although some people were injured, the number of casualties was negligible compared to that of the Nanman army.

……

In the shelter, there were several strong middle-aged women holding children.

He was describing in vivid detail how Lord Lu tore the barbarian apart with his bare hands.

"That barbarian was like a small mountain, holding a mace in his hand, and charging towards us with a roar!"

"Guess what? Our Lord Lu didn't even bat an eyelid before kicking that barbarian away!"

"It flew so high, like a cannonball!"

The old lady's saliva was flying everywhere, and the people around her were stunned.

Qiao'er couldn't help but rolled her eyes and muttered softly:

"This is too much, isn't it? Lord Lu is not a god..."

Although Chen Qingwan didn't say anything, her heart was full of doubts.

She had met Lu Yan before, although he looked quite smart.

But she was a little skeptical that he could kick a barbarian as big as a mountain away with one kick.

Just then, the door of the shelter creaked open.

A soldier covered in blood stumbled in and shouted excitedly:

"We win! We win!"

The shelter was instantly boiling with cheers and screams.

Qiao'er and Chen Qingwan looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.

It's... over already? How long has it been? This is too fast, isn't it?

Qiao'er was the first to react. She grabbed the soldier who reported the news and asked anxiously:

"Did we really win? This isn't just a delaying tactic? Those barbarians are very cunning, don't fall into their trap!"

The soldier gasped, wiped the blood from his face, and grinned:

"Don't worry, girl! We really won this time!"

"The guards have already started cleaning up the battlefield! Over five thousand enemies have been killed! The blood is flowing like a river!"

Qiao'er and Chen Qingwan were confused again.

Five thousand? You're just bragging! Who would believe that?

Five thousand people were killed in such a short period of time?

None of the generals they had met in the capital were so boastful!

The soldier saw the two girls looked confused and smiled, revealing his big white teeth:

"Oh my, are you two girls from out of town? I can tell you've never heard of our Master Lu's reputation!"

"That's the gods from heaven descending to earth!"

"Don't even mention five thousand, he can even make five hundred thousand... Hey? Five hundred thousand seems a bit much... Ahem, anyway, he's just awesome!"

Qiao'er curled her lips and said nothing more.

She wondered if the people in Shannan County were collectively suffering from paranoia?

One by one, they praised Lu Yan to the sky.

The soldier shouted to the crowd again:

"The war is over! Everyone leave in an orderly manner! Don't push! Don't fight!"

The people in the shelter rushed out cheering.

They rushed to the city gate like a tide, wanting to see the battlefield with their own eyes and comfort the triumphant soldiers.