Fearing being killed for his overwhelming merits, the empress decided to marry him.

The next morning, Shen Lang was awakened by a piercing whistle.

He had just stepped out of the marching tent when Zhang Dingbian came running up, sweating profusely, and reported: "Commander, the bandits are attacking again?"

"Ok?"

Shen Lang was taken aback, somewhat incredulous.

After inflicting such heavy casualties on the bandits yesterday, how dare they still launch a proactive attack?

Was he driven mad by fear, or had he gone completely insane?

"Commander?"

Seeing that Shen Lang didn't speak, Zhang Dingbian reminded him again.

Shen Lang then came to his senses: "Where have the bandits gone?"

"The investigation team reported that they had just left the capital."

"Quickly form ranks."

"Meng Gong's troops had already taken precautions."

Shen Lang nodded, still pleased with the Central Army's swift response.

"Let's go see what the bandits are planning."

……

"Exorcising demons and warding off evil, the laws of Heaven are revealed!"

"Exorcising demons and warding off evil, the laws of Heaven are revealed!"

When Shen Lang saw the bandits' formation through his binoculars at the front of the battle, his eyebrows furrowed into a deep frown.

Fearing he might be mistaken, he raised the binoculars again for a closer look.

In the distance, densely populated areas were visible, and a group of shirtless, disheveled bandits were dancing and gesturing wildly as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

Another group of bandits dressed in yellow robes, in groups of two to four, carried water vats filled with unknown contents, and approached the front of the formation while shouting slogans.

Meanwhile, a group of thinly dressed women, sobbing, were forced to the front lines by the bandits behind them, not knowing what they were supposed to do.

This completely touched upon Shen Lang's blind spot. Even with the intelligence system's capabilities, he couldn't understand what the other side was trying to do.

So he asked Meng Gong, who was equally bewildered, "What kind of formation is this?"

Meng Gong shook his head: "Reporting to the commander, I also do not know what kind of formation this is, I have never seen it before."

Upon hearing this, Shen Lang frowned even more deeply and could only continue to observe the movements of the bandits through his binoculars.

On the bandit side, Fang Hanshan personally led an army of 300,000 out of the city to meet Shen Lang in battle.

At this moment, he was very confident and directly rejected Shi Xiushuang's request to avenge his previous humiliation, intending to personally break the sorcery of these "evil spirits".

"My lads! Do not be afraid. The Chu army is only relying on some low-level sorcery."

"With the protection of Heaven, we will surely sweep away the evil forces in one fell swoop and add to the glory of our righteous army!"

As soon as Fang Hanshan finished speaking, he immediately unleashed a roar as loud as a tsunami.

"Exorcising demons and warding off evil, the laws of Heaven are revealed!"

"Exorcising demons and warding off evil, the laws of Heaven are revealed!"

The bandits were insane and delirious, each one looking as if they were possessed by a golden statue.

Shen Lang put down the binoculars and sighed deeply.

Meng Gong said, "Commander, should we order the artillery battalion to open fire?"

Shen Lang shook his head: "Let's see what tricks they're up to first."

Just then, the trebuchets in the bandit camp were set up.

Just as Meng Gong was about to order his men to take cover, the catapult's boom was already launched high into the air.

"The catapult can't go that far, don't panic."

Shen Lang raised an eyebrow as he looked at the package suspended in mid-air.

The next moment, piles of packages exploded a hundred paces away from the Chu army's formation.

In an instant, a cloud of filth was spilled all over the ground.

"What the hell is this?"

The Chu soldiers were stunned, completely bewildered by what was going on.

Meanwhile, bursts of laughter erupted from the bandit army, seemingly mocking the Chu army's ignorance.

"Send two people to see what this is."

"Yes."

Upon receiving the order, Meng Gong immediately commanded several soldiers to leave the battlefield.

Before long, the soldiers, covering their mouths and noses, placed the blood-stained object in front of Shen Lang and Meng Gong with disgusted expressions.

When the two of them finally saw what it was, they stared at each other wide-eyed, completely dumbfounded.

The women's undergarments, such as bellybands, charcoal cloth, and panties, were mixed with a strong smell of urine.

In an instant, even the well-mannered Meng Gong broke down.

"Commander! Give the order! These bandits are going too far!"

Shen Lang was also furious: "That's it? I thought it was going to be some big event! Damn it, how dare they humiliate my new army? They're courting death! Beat them! Beat them!"

Ugh, you're using sanitary napkins to ward off evil spirits, aren't you?

As a result, before the Chu army could issue any orders, Fang Hanshan, the bandit leader, preemptively issued the order to attack.

"My comrades! The enemy's magic has been broken, and they are now easily defeated. Quickly charge forward and leave no one alive!"

"Oooooooo-"

With a wolf's howl, as many as 100,000 bandits, wielding all sorts of weapons, charged desperately toward the Chu army's position.

"Machine gunner!"

Bang——

At Meng Gong's command, Maxim's safety was released.

"shooting!"

The moment the bandits closed to within two hundred meters, Meng Gong swung his raised arm sharply.

Da da da da——

On the battlefield, the roar of rescue efforts instantly filled the air.

The advancing bandits didn't even understand what was happening before they were shot down in droves by a dense hail of bullets.

Meanwhile, on the flank, Lu Meng's troops, who had come to reinforce, began to unleash a barrage of heavy machine gun fire.

Hundreds of heavy machine guns, mixed with rifle bullets, covered most of the battlefield.

Like waves of wheat, the bandits fell one after another on the road to advance.

In just a quarter of an hour, more than 20,000 people fell on the battlefield.

In an instant, cries of anguish filled the land, and weeping could be heard everywhere among the bandits.

"This this……"

The moment the gun fired, Fang Hanshan instinctively felt a tremor in his heart.

Looking at the situation on the battlefield ahead, one's pupils dilated in shock.

This was the first time he had ever seen such a horrific casualty ratio.

That so-called weapon against evil is completely useless?

Amidst the hail of bullets, the bandits instantly collapsed and scattered.

"Help! This is terrifying! I don't want to die!"

A bandit, braving a hail of bullets from the Chu army, writhed back and forth on the ground.

"Please, take me with you."

Another bandit was shot in the left leg and fell to the ground, desperately begging his fleeing companions to help him up.

"I can't die. The fortune teller said I'll live to be a hundred."

One of the bandits, seeing no hope of escape, lay down in the pile of corpses, wiped some blood on his hands, and began to feign death.

For a time, the battlefield was a stage for all walks of life, a sight that dazzled onlookers.

"Stop shooting!"

Seeing the bandits scatter and flee, out of the optimal range of the firearms, Shen Lang decisively ordered a halt to firing.

"Notify the artillery battalion to replace the 75mm mountain guns with howitzers and immediately calibrate the angles."

"As ordered!"

Clearly, Shen Lang was genuinely enraged and intended to use overwhelming firepower to completely cripple this bandit army.

Just as the artillery battalion was calibrating its angles and preparing to begin firing coverage, the bandits made another move.

"The sorcery must be too stubborn. Men, bring those women up here!"

Even at this point, Fang Hanshan still refused to believe in evil. After dispersing the defeated soldiers, he ordered his men to drag the women to a position a hundred paces in front of the battle lines.

He believed that this was because the evil-repelling items were ineffective, and that fresh ones should be used instead.

"Take off all their clothes!"

At a command, the rude bandits ignored the women's cries and tore off their clothes, even their trousers.

The battlefield instantly turned into a blinding white blur, completely out of place with the current environment.

These women were filled with shame and indignation, and kept covering their private parts with their hands.

But the next moment, a new order came.

"Make them turn around, bend over, and face the Chu army!"

"Hurry up! Don't dawdle."

Despite the women's strong resistance, they complied under the bandits' tyranny.

These are all women who just started their period this month, so they are considered "fresh goods" for exorcising evil spirits.

Seeing this through the binoculars, Shen Lang decisively closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Damn it! What's the artillery battalion doing?!"

"Give me a good beating!"

"Fire, fire!"

As soon as the words fell...

Boom boom boom——

A burst of cannon fire erupted.

The speeding grenades landed directly on the bandits' main camp, instantly creating huge waves of people.

Seeing this, Shen Lang finally felt relieved.

Fang Hanshan was also blown to pieces by a grenade during this round of shelling.

"fire!"

Boom boom boom——

The twelve howitzers roared as they unleashed their fury upon the bandits' positions.

In just a few moments, the enemy's position was completely covered by fire.

"Army attack!"

The moment the bugle call sounded, the charge began.

The Chu soldiers charged out of their positions and launched a general attack on the main camp of the bandits.

The 300,000 bandits were completely defeated in less than an hour, with casualties that were impossible to count.