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Before they could even laugh out loud, the explosive charges exploded, instantly turning those who had surrounded them into a bloody mess...

Explosions and screams could be heard everywhere.

Han Da said to Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, the explosives are all gone..."

Xiao Ce said, "Go and have them get some burlap sacks, fill them with soil, and continue throwing..."

Han Da paused for a moment, then nodded knowingly.

Although the attacking Turks suffered heavy losses under the attack of the homemade explosive charges, they saw that the explosive charges had stopped.

Then continue the attack.

However, when Ashina and his group arrived, they discovered that their siege ladders had been blown up.

"He Lu, what have you been doing all this time...? The siege ladders are all broken..."

Helu's face was extremely grim: "What kind of monstrosities did they bring? Didn't you suffer heavy losses too? But they should be out of ammunition and supplies now... Continue, things have come to this point. Our Turkic warriors cannot die in vain! Look at my wife, she's still hanging there by them!"

The group of Turks, upon seeing this, were filled with righteous indignation.

Just then, Xiao Ce walked to Wu Qimu Gesa's side and then shouted to the tribal leaders below the city: "Hahaha, you bunch of hypocrites! A so-called allied army, in my eyes you're just a disorganized mess."

"Aren't you curious about how Wu Qimu came to be here? Hahaha! You'd better not run. I will annihilate all of you Turkic dogs to avenge the millions of our compatriots who have died!"

"Dare to be my enemy, and this is what will happen to her! Don't you dare run away, our explosives supply is coming soon, and we'll blow you bastards to bits!"

Xiao Ce then had Da Lei tie the remaining explosive charge to Wu Qimu's body.

Xiao Ce then set him on fire, and then nodded to the axe-ox on the side.

The axe-wielding ox swung its giant axe and chopped the wooden pole in half.

Wu Qimu was allowed to fall off the city wall.

Because the fuse on the explosive charge was very short, it hadn't fallen to the ground yet.

It exploded with a loud bang.

Wu Qimu was instantly blown to pieces...

"Xiao Ce! You piece of trash, I'm going to kill you!"

As He Lu spoke, he rode his horse towards the city walls, took out his bow and arrow, and prepared to shoot him.

Meanwhile, Xiao Ce's archers waited for He Lu to enter firing range.

Suddenly, a barrage of arrows was unleashed.

Xiao Ce stood there motionless, while He Lu was riddled with bullets.

"Hahaha, with brains like yours, you think you can fight me! You better not run away!"

After uttering those harsh words, Xiao Ce quickly hid.

Because he saw many people with bows and arrows ready to shoot him.

At this moment, the people brought up sacks filled with soil.

After it was moved upstairs.

Xiao Ce said to Sun Qiang, "Later, you guys throw down these explosive charges first. Then throw down those dirt charges..."

Sun Qiang clasped his hands in agreement.

"Also, have the archers ready to shoot them as soon as they start to retreat."

"Also, have the cavalry stand by."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Han Da asked in confusion, "Cavalry? What do we need cavalry for?"

Xiao Ce said, "Since they're trying to escape, we should naturally go and give them a shot! But remember not to chase them too far! Once they're about ten miles from here, you can come back."

Han Da clasped his hands in agreement.

...

At this moment, Helu was dragged back by the people beside him in the Turkic camp.

He had already passed away by then.

These people had already considered leaving, but Xiao Ce's provocation changed their minds.

This made them really angry.

When have these Turks ever suffered such humiliation...?

Everyone looked at Ashina: "Ashina, you shall take over as commander-in-chief. Should we retreat, or continue the attack?"

Ashina gritted his teeth: "If we retreat now, not only will the face of the Turks be broken, but even our backs will be shattered. We Turks will probably never be able to stand up straight again..."

"We must fight! As long as they don't have those damned things, we will surely win!"

Ashina continued to organize the attack.

Watching them prepare for yet another attack.

Xiao Ce then ordered the messenger to shout, "His Highness has ordered that we blow them up... Don't stop, we have enough explosives for today!"

After the messenger finished speaking, the soldiers on the city wall began to throw things down in batches.

Boom boom boom, they were really badly blasted.

They kept throwing explosives!

The Turks were completely helpless against these explosive charges.

They kept throwing...

Ashide and the others said to Ashina, "Ashina, this is that good-for-nothing's scheme. They want to provoke us so we won't retreat... They still have many other evil things... Let's retreat."

"Yeah, we can't fight this! Let's retreat... Don't get carried away, look at the way they're throwing these explosives... They don't look like they're out of ammunition or supplies at all... Let's run! Otherwise, they'll drain all our resources..." Tesa and the others shouted.

Ashina watched as his precious shield-bearing cavalry, whom he had just sent out, were decimated by these thrown-down creatures, with more than half of them killed or wounded in just one wave.

Meanwhile, the defenders on the city wall continued throwing...

"The whole army retreats!"

"The whole army retreats!"

After Ashina shouted, the Turks on the battlefield, already amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, began to consider retreating...

"withdraw!"

They shouted for a retreat.

They abandoned their armor and weapons without lingering at all.

The archers, who were already prepared, immediately began to reap the harvest.

Meanwhile, the catapults kept throwing sacks filled with stones, which terrified them.

The formation became even more loose, and the troops on all sides were completely disrupted by the sacks filled with stones.

Han Da led a cavalry force of over ten thousand men, opened the city gates, and began the pursuit.

"kill!"

With a deafening roar, the cavalry charged out.

The Turks, who were initially fleeing, instinctively looked in the direction from which the sound came...

Seeing that Lingxiao City was now wide open, a cavalry force quickly charged out.

Their faces were filled with disbelief; how did the garrison, who were supposed to be guarding the city, suddenly break out?

However, at this point they were completely terrified.

Once they catch up and enter firing range, they will raise their crossbows and fire.

All the people followed suit and went out.

Thus, a strange scene unfolded: the attackers were fleeing in disarray, while the defenders were in pursuit.

The people looked at the corpses scattered all over the outside of the city, as well as some seriously injured people.

Some people who hated the Turks to the core spontaneously picked up stones to take the lives of the wounded Turks.

However, there were simply too many civilians and too few wounded Turkic soldiers, making it difficult for them to plunder.

They stepped on the Turkic corpses, their expressions agitated.

An old man tightly gripped the neck of a wounded soldier with both hands: "Daughter, your father has avenged you... Your father has also killed a Turk."

Some of the common people took stones and smashed the heads of the Turks they held flat, shouting emotionally, "Wife, did you see that! Your husband also killed a Turk... Your life has not been in vain!"

"Thank you, King of the Northern Desert! Thank you, the Northern Desert Army!"

"Long live the King of the Northern Desert! Long live the Northern Desert Army!"

The people shouted with tears in their eyes; it was a cry from the bottom of their hearts.

Previously, they had always thought Xiao Ce's call to expel the Turks and revitalize the northern deserts was just a slogan.

But now, things they never even dared to dream of have come true.

The Turks were treated like pigs and dogs, and were hunted down by the Northern Desert army.

At this moment, Qianlong emerged from the crowd of people on one side outside the city.

Seeing the scene of carnage outside the city, he frowned. He had thought the Turks would be defeated, but he hadn't expected such a crushing defeat.

In particular, when they saw the sacks at the corner of the city wall, they realized that they were filled with nothing but pebbles and soot from the bottom of pots.

His expression grew even more grim...

Slowly, they withdrew from the crowd.

After entering the city, Qianlong said coldly to the young page beside him, "We can't wait any longer. Go and inform our men to target their granaries. Destroy all of them, leave no one alive! Even a clever cook can't cook without rice. I want to see if this good-for-nothing has any extraordinary powers to conjure up food!"

Qianlong looked at the revelers outside the city and sneered, "Hmph, you ignorant commoners, enjoy this last bit of revelry! You'll starve to death soon!"