I transmigrated to ancient times and became a king with a title equal to mine.

Zhao Ji listened and said coldly, about to refute them.

Suddenly, a rumbling sound came from ahead.

"Thunder?" Long Yunxi looked up at the sky and muttered to himself, "Why is it thundering in a clear blue sky?"

Song Liang said urgently, "Your Majesty, the vanguard may have encountered resistance. That rumbling sound is the sound of Long Bin's red cannons."

After saying that, he immediately called out, "Wu Xingwang!"

"The general is here!"

"Lead your troops to protect Master Wan during his retreat!"

"I will obey your orders!"

Long Yunxi was furious when Song Liang told him to retreat, saying, "You want me to flee without a fight? I will never retreat!"

"For the sake of the Great Xia Dynasty, I have offended you." Song Liang bowed deeply to the fake king Long Yunxi on horseback, then roared at the Imperial Guards, "Drag His Majesty away!"

Just then, a scout reported: "Report! Long Bin has sent a small force ahead to try to stop our advance."

"They really didn't cross the river?" Long Yunxi nodded to Song Liang and said, "I will not retreat, I will stay here. Order the soldiers at the front to clear the obstacles and advance quickly! Perhaps we can capture the cannons."

The scout reported, "Long Bin's army is marching day and night, retreating eastward, seemingly to join up with Lin Shan's cavalry. Their artillery is very powerful, and our vanguard is being held back."

"No! I can't just watch them escape."

Long Yunxi decisively said, "The troops will split up. Song Liang will lead 80,000 Imperial Guards to change course to the east wing and pursue them across the river!"

When Song Liang led his troops eastward, Long Yunxi ordered his troops to advance and use all ten cannons that Long Yingkun had copied, intending to deliver a crushing blow.

The ten cannons fired simultaneously. Although their power was not as great as that of the cannons made by Long Bin, it still greatly surprised the Long family. When Ji Fangkui learned that the enemy also had cannons, he immediately realized that they were made by the second prince.

Ji Fangkui said to Xiao Yudong, "Perfect timing. Order the troops tasked with luring the enemy to retreat during this opportunity. Tell them to be anxious and fearful."

The troops tasked with luring the enemy immediately abandoned the official road and fled to the eastern polder area.

They had rehearsed beforehand, placing markers in all the high and shallow areas, with the men in front fleeing and the men behind removing the markers.

Long Yunxi finally received good news.

"Report, Your Majesty, we fired more than a dozen cannon shots, catching the enemy off guard, and they hurriedly fled to the eastern polder area."

Long Yunxi was very happy, but he cautiously said, "Don't fall into the trap. Investigate further and report back."

"Your Majesty, they must have fled in panic."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because they left all their cannons behind!" the officer reporting the battle situation exclaimed excitedly. "A full twenty-one cannons!"

Cool!

Long Yunxi's heart trembled; he had finally intercepted a genuine cannon.

"Order: Pursue them with all your might, chase them to the ends of the earth!"

"Use 20,000 troops to pursue them in the dike area, and the rest will be sent to occupy the Yellow River dike!"

Long Yunxi's 140,000-strong army pursued relentlessly, but the 20,000 troops that went down to the dike area were soon engulfed by the vast flood.

Meanwhile, the troops attempting to capture the dike encountered fierce artillery fire at Jia'ao Village, five miles from the dike.

As You Yunxi looked at the twenty-one cannons, he said, "Don't be afraid, this is their last stand, they are using cannons to fight back for me!"

The artillerymen brought by Long Yunxi immediately turned the captured cannons around.

Fill the cannon,

Pull the launch rope,

There was a loud bang,

After a series of screams, Long Yunxi was filled with despair.

It turned out that all the cannons had exploded, which then caused a series of reactions.

All the shells on the artillery position exploded.

Boom boom boom,

The fake king, Long Yunxi, was so frightened that he fell off his warhorse.

He was terrified. If his guards hadn't pulled him back half a mile, he would have perished along with the thousand men on the artillery position.

"Oh no! I've fallen into a trap!"

Long Yunxi immediately shouted, "Order a full retreat, the sooner the better!"

After shouting, he took off his armor, leaped onto his horse, and fled in a frenzy.

At this point, the fake king Long Yunxi could no longer control his troops; escaping was the priority.

If I'm dead, what kind of damn king am I?

He fled towards the capital with his personal guard of 3,000 men, whom he had once commanded when he was a mountain bandit.

Meanwhile, the imperial army had already been bombarded into the polder area by rows of artillery fire coming from the west.

More than 100,000 people were all swallowed up by the vast flood.

Ji Fangkui observed through the binoculars for a while and said, "Shout to them!"

Suddenly, shouts rang out from the embankment and along the official road.

"My fellow soldiers of the court, your current king is an imposter. The real king was poisoned by Queen Xiao and her son and is currently recuperating in Lishui County. I hope you will not be used by the fake king and will surrender immediately."

"The people of Great Xia do not kill other people of Great Xia..."

"Our King of the South welcomes your allegiance!"

"His Highness the King of the South said that those who wish to submit are welcome, and those who do not wish to submit may go home."

"Brothers, your parents, wives, and children are waiting for you to return home. If you die here, who will take care of your parents? What will happen to your wives, children, and families?"

Hundreds of loudspeakers broadcast messages into the polder area, a scene reminiscent of Xiang Yu, the King of Chu, facing a desperate situation.

Half an hour later, white flags gradually appeared in the polder area.

After escaping the flooded area, the fake king Long Yunxi turned northwest, fearing an ambush on the official road.

They galloped all the way, and as the sun began to set, a scout came to report: "Your Majesty, we are approaching Handan Mountain."

Long Yunxi reined in the horse, and whoosh... the warhorse stopped.

"I have finally reached a safe zone." He breathed a long sigh of relief.

However, a deafening shout suddenly rang out from ahead.

"Hey, listen up! This road is mine, these trees are mine. If you want to pass, leave your toll!"

Long Yunxi was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. "For the past twenty years, I've survived by ruling the mountains."

Robbery on the street?

When Long Yunxi arrived ahead and saw that the people blocking his way were six young men, he laughed and said:

"This is something I've already done before, it's nothing new."

Haha, Long Yunxi's personal guards laughed happily upon hearing this.

"Enough already," Long Yunxi finally took a good look at the six people blocking her way.

These six men were all teenagers of sixteen or seventeen, each dressed in white robes and silver armor, riding chestnut horses, and wielding a pair of large, bright silver hammers.

Looking further at their faces, each of the six children was like the rising sun, exuding a fresh and refined aura.

Their faces are usually youthful and handsome, with fair and delicate skin, as if they have never been sculpted by the vicissitudes of life.

Those clear, watery eyes sparkled with curiosity and innocence, as if they could see into the essence of all things in the world. Their brows revealed a heroic spirit, an innate confidence and resilience.

Especially when they are in military uniform, each one of them exudes extraordinary heroism, which is also a manifestation of their inner temperament and cultivation. They are like dazzling pearls.