Chapter 258 Never Mind, It's Time for Her to Let It Go

Although each major dynasty had its own internal problems to a greater or lesser extent, they all paid more or less attention to the situation in the Northern Kingdom.

Since the military parade in the North Kingdom ended, people have been wondering how much combat power the 200,000 troops in the North Kingdom have and whether they can withstand King Apocalypse's army.

King Tianqi is not the Heavenly Wolf King, nor the King of North Xian. King Tianqi is a real grand master, and he has many masters and many high-quality warriors.

Although King Apocalypse suffered a defeat in the Dayue Dynasty, this does not mean that King Apocalypse is weak.

The Northern Kingdom's heavy cavalry is indeed powerful, but facing the 400,000-strong army of King Apocalypse, it seems a bit inadequate.

For now, the only ones not paying attention to the Northern Kingdom are the Jiangnan rebels in Daxia. Recently, the Jiangnan rebels led by Lu Shuyun have been facing tremendous pressure. Their army is no match for the imperial army. They were all crushed by the imperial army.

The Jiangnan rebels have been retreating steadily, and some key cities they originally occupied have been lost. Now the Jiangnan rebels have been forced by the imperial army to continuously shrink their defense lines.

Even though they used the Cloud-Piercing Bow, they didn't gain much advantage on the battlefield, which made Lu Shuyun very worried.

He finally understood why his father was not worried at all about him rebelling, and even forced him to come to the south to lead these Jiangnan aristocratic families to rebel together.

These Jiangnan aristocratic families do not want to give up their own interests at all. Even if they unite, it is still a loose alliance.

They fight on their own and engage in intrigues, so they can't be brought together at all.

Lu Shuyun suddenly regretted coming to the south to rebel. If he had not come to the south, he would have been deposed as the crown prince at most.

Now that he was riding a tiger and unable to dismount, he had no chance to turn back when he fired his bow. He could only bite the bullet and fight against the imperial army.

Wang family.

Meeting hall.

Lu Shuyun was sitting in the position of the head of the Wang family, looking at the heads of the Jiangnan family below. At this time, he asked: "Still haven't found the Dongfang family?"

Upon hearing this question, no one in the meeting hall spoke.

The Dongfang Family disappeared so suddenly. They didn't even know when the Dongfang Family disappeared. Maybe others had run away long ago, but they never knew it.

At this time, the head of the Qin family said: "Your Highness, the Dongfang family has probably surrendered to the imperial court. The Dongfang family has been doing business for generations and is a commercial family. There is not much land in Jiangnan. For them, it is the same wherever they go. There is no need for them to take such a big risk.”

Hearing this, the head of the Wang family snorted coldly and said: "Is it possible that they thought that His Majesty would let them go if they surrendered to the imperial court? Your Majesty has long wanted to get rid of all the ancient families in Daxia. Although his Dongfang family is not as powerful as ours, There is a lot of land, but with their business layout in Daxia, it is easy to control prices. I don’t believe that Your Majesty will let them go in the end!”

At this time, Chu Liang said: "The Dongfang family should have left by sea. The Dongfang family's merchant ship is so big, there is no problem at all if they want to transport all the Dongfang family's people away in a short time."

Speaking of merchant ships, Lu Shuyun suddenly had a bad feeling. If the Dongfang family could transport all their family members away in a short period of time, then the Dongfang family could also use their merchant ships to transport the imperial court without anyone noticing. soldiers to their rear.

If the Dongfang family had really betrayed them and surrendered to the imperial court, then the Dongfang family would definitely show their loyalty to their father and then help the imperial army attack them.

Thinking of this, Lu Shuyun's face instantly darkened and became very ugly.

At this moment, a soldier rushed in in a panic, "Your Highness, something bad has happened. The imperial army has appeared in the southeast."

Hearing this, Lu Shuyun's heart skipped a beat. He had really guessed it. He knew that once the Dongfang Family betrayed them, they would definitely help the imperial court transport soldiers to their rear.

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A few days later.

Ningbeicheng.

The vanguard cavalry of King Tianqi's army finally arrived at Ningbei City, but they were only opening the way. After arriving outside Ningbei City, they did not launch an attack, but simply surveyed the surrounding situation.

Ningbeicheng is a relatively isolated city because it is surrounded by grasslands and has no terrain support, not even a moat.

Once such an isolated city is surrounded, the soldiers inside are likely to be trapped and die.

After nearly investigating the situation in Ningbeicheng, the barbarian vanguard immediately passed the information about Ningbeicheng to King Apocalypse. King Apocalypse heard that the 200,000 troops from the North were basically stationed in Ningbeicheng, and he immediately felt extremely happy. .

It just so happened that the armies of the Northern Kingdom were all in the same place. Their barbarian army would directly decide the outcome of the Northern Kingdom in a single battle. After the Northern Kingdom's 200,000 troops were defeated, there would be no obstacles for them to enter the Northern Kingdom and plunder. This was a great challenge for them. A very good thing.

In order to prevent the Northern Kingdom's 200,000 troops from dividing their troops at this time, King Apocalypse quickly asked their soldiers to speed up their march, fearing that when the Northern Kingdom divided their troops, they would need another city, one city at a time.

Lu Chen stood on the city tower, looking at the barbarian vanguard cavalry barracks in the distance, the corner of his mouth slightly raised. In a few days, the Northern Army's first firearms showdown would begin.

At this time, Xiao Pengtian came to Lu Chen and said, "My lord, how about you lead some people to destroy the vanguard of the barbarians?"

Xiao Pengtian longed for military success in his heart. After all, he was a barbarian. If he wanted Lu Chen to trust him, he had to be more proactive and work hard. Xiao Pengtian's barbarian cavalry also had the same idea as him.

Lu Chen said calmly: "There is no need to be so anxious. What if we wipe out the vanguard of the barbarians so quickly and scare away King Tianqi's army."

The firearms they used were too powerful. Once used, if all these cavalry were not wiped out, the fleeing barbarian soldiers would definitely tell King Apocalypse what happened here.

If King Apocalypse was frightened by the firearms and simply stopped coming, how could they fight this battle and test the combat effectiveness of their army.

Seeing that Lu Chen still wanted to wait, Xiao Pengtian had no choice but to say: "What the prince said is that my subordinate is too impatient."

Lu Chen said with a smile: "General Xiao, don't be too anxious. When you make great achievements, you are the light cavalry. If the barbarians are defeated, I will still need you and your cavalry to pursue them."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Xiao Pengtian felt excited again.

Last time they resisted the North Xian King's army, their light cavalry did not play a big role, mainly because they lured the barbarian soldiers into Tianguang City. With a cannon blast, the barbarians were frightened into surrendering.

But this time is different. This time there are a total of 400,000 barbarian troops. It will not be so easy to use the trick of "inviting the king into the urn" last time.

The grassland is so vast. After the barbarian army is defeated outside, the Northern King will definitely use light cavalry to pursue the enemy. In this way, Xiao Pengtian and his light cavalry can play their role.

At this time, Mu Changtian came to Lu Chencheng Tower, "Your Majesty, everything is ready. Now we are waiting for King Tianqi's army to arrive."

Lu Chen looked at the barbarian military tents in the distance and said with a smile: "I hope our friends from afar will like the gifts we gave them."

Hearing this, Chen Wanrong looked at Lu Chen in confusion from a distance.

She didn't know why, but she always felt that Lu Chen seemed to be particularly looking forward to the barbarian army coming to attack the Northern Kingdom these days.

War kills people, and this time the Northern Kingdom only brought an army of 200,000 people to the north, while King Apocalypse's army had 400,000 soldiers. In terms of numbers, the Northern Kingdom had no advantage at all.

The most powerful part of the Northern Kingdom's army is the black cavalry, but no one can say for sure that King Apocalypse's army also contains heavy cavalry that is as powerful as the black cavalry.

The Apocalypse King is a branch of the main line of the Barbarian Royal Court, and their strength far exceeds that of the Heavenly Wolf King Tribe and the Beixian King Tribe.

The Northern Kingdom can defeat the tribes of King Tianlang and King Beixian, but it may not be able to defeat King Apocalypse. At this time, Lu Chen can still smile so happily.

I don’t know if the person behind Lu Chen will show up this time.

Chen Wanrong has basically confirmed that Lu Chen is not an ordinary person. There must be an expert behind Lu Chen. If Beiguo loses this battlefield, the people behind Lu Chen will not just look at it like this.

Chen Wanrong really wanted to see who was behind Lu Chen, who could allow Lu Chen to break through to the realm of Grand Master in such a short period of time, and who could also bring about earth-shaking changes in the Northern Kingdom.

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Time flies.

Finally, ten days later, the horns of the barbarian army sounded outside Ningbei City.

Hearing the horns of the barbarians, Lu Chen immediately came to the tower and looked at the darkness in the distance.

The soldiers of the Northern Kingdom are already excited. They have been preparing for this moment for so long.

Advanced firearms made them full of confidence, and they could no longer resist their inner impulse and wanted to rain down cannonballs on the barbarians.

After King Tianqi arrived outside Ningbei City, he took a look at the royal flag of the Northern Palace hanging on the tower of Ningbei City. Then he said with a smile: "These Daxia people are really brave. I still remember going south with my father to plunder when I was a child." At that time, those Daxia soldiers abandoned the people and ran away without even guarding the city. "

"I didn't expect that these northerners not only led an army of 200,000 people to the north, but were still waiting for my king to arrive in Ningbeicheng."

"Very good, I would like to see what the Northern King of Daxia is capable of, capable of wiping out the tribe of the Heavenly Wolf King."

"Form up! Prepare to attack!"

After King Apocalypse finished speaking, the horns of the barbarians sounded again.

Seeing that the barbarians were ready to attack, Lu Chen said directly to the soldiers behind him: "Bang the drum! Load the cannonballs!"

The next moment, the sky above Ningbeicheng was constantly echoing with deafening drum beats, and all the cannons on the city wall were ready to fire.

Seeing this scene, Chen Wanrong couldn't help but guess that those iron balls were most likely similar to the stones used to defend the city, but it might be difficult to use these iron balls to stop the barbarian attack.

In the first siege battle of the barbarians, the Northern Kingdom did not know how many soldiers would die.

Chen Wanrong had witnessed the cruelty and bloodshed of the battlefield when she was a child, and knew that once a war started, corpses would be everywhere.

At this time, Chen Wanrong found that the soldiers in the Northern Kingdom were very excited and seemed not to be afraid of death at all.

This is so strange.

When she was a child, she had seen the battle in which the Chen people defended the imperial city. At that time, the faces of the Chen soldiers had only fatigue, despair and fear. They were in a completely different state than the soldiers from the North now.

Why were the Northern soldiers so excited?

Chen Wanrong was a little curious, how did Lu Chen train this army so that these soldiers were completely unafraid of death?

Just when Chen Wanrong was lost in thought, a grandmaster general under King Tianqi led a barbarian army and rushed forward.

Seeing the barbarian army getting closer and closer to the walls of Ningbei City, the soldiers of the Northern Kingdom did not shoot arrows.

When the barbarian army was about to rush to the city, the drum sounded again. With the first drum sound, huge rumbling sounds appeared one after another.

Chen Wanrong immediately sealed her ears with her Qi. She looked at the flying iron balls and was confused about why these "metal catapults" could make such a loud noise. The iron balls exploded among the barbarian soldiers.

A large area was blown up, and countless limbs and arms flew all over the sky. Seeing this scene, Chen Wanrong was stunned.

Although Xuanyue Palace has more powerful artifacts, artifacts are artifacts after all. The number of artifacts is limited, and not everyone can make artifacts.

And these metal catapults of the Northern Kingdom can be seen at a glance that they are made by the Northern Kingdom itself. There are so many exploding iron balls, which are obviously mass-produced by the Northern Kingdom.

There are so many such terrifying weapons in the Northern Kingdom! ! !

No wonder the soldiers of the Northern Kingdom didn't show any fear on their faces, and were even very excited. With such a terrifying weapon, what enemy does the Northern Kingdom need to fear?

Chen Wanrong glanced at the Northern Kingdom soldiers who were operating the cannons. Most of them were first-grade warriors, and some were even ordinary people who were not even warriors.

After the iron balls exploded, they could directly blow the ninth-grade masters in the barbarian army to pieces. Ordinary soldiers could easily kill high-grade warriors. I'm afraid the entire martial arts world will be overturned in the future.

Seeing this scene, Mu Changtian and other generals sighed like they did last time in Tianguang City.

Although Lu Chen told them that martial arts was still very important when the army was equipped with firearms, they really couldn't believe that the martial arts world would prosper in the future when they saw the masters of the barbarians being blown up.

At this time, the barbarian master who led the barbarian army to attack the city was stunned after seeing the flying limbs and arms.

Of course, he was not the only one who was stunned. All the barbarian soldiers were stunned.

Oh my god! ! ! What kind of weapon is this? ? ?

How could it be so powerful! ! !

Is this really a weapon that can exist in the world? ? ?

...

Finally, a barbarian soldier in the crowd was so scared that he turned around and fled.

In an instant, the sound of cannons and the cries of barbarian soldiers rang out.

At this moment, King Tianqi in the distance was also dumbfounded.

He looked at the defeated barbarian army and couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.

This was the first time in his life that he had seen such a terrifying weapon!

After the iron ball exploded, it was almost as fast as the attack of the grandmaster.

Countless iron balls exploded, which was equivalent to countless grandmasters attacking them.

King Tianqi murmured in his mouth: "How could this happen..."

He originally thought that it would only take a few days to defeat the 200,000 troops of the Northern Kingdom, but they suffered such a blow on the first day of the siege.

How could Daxia have such a terrifying weapon!

This is already a divine weapon, right?

Can a dynasty have so many artifacts?

The barbarian tribe was defeated very quickly, but King Tianqi quickly came to his senses. Since it was an artifact, the number of uses could not be infinite, or it would cost a lot to use an artifact once. He did not believe that Daxia could always use those artifacts.

Thinking of this, King Tianqi immediately led the barbarian army to retreat, but he did not really retreat. He planned to stabilize the emotions of the barbarian soldiers first and wait for a period of rest before continuing to attack the city.

Today's scene has frightened the barbarian soldiers. Now they are asked to attack the city, they certainly dare not rush up, so they can only retreat temporarily.

Seeing that the barbarian soldiers have retreated, Xiao Pengtian asked on the side: "Prince, do you want to chase?"

Lu Chen glanced at the barbarian army slowly retreating in the distance, and said with a smile: "Not for the time being, King Tianqi should not plan to give up, they will attack again."

The cannons of the Northern Kingdom are not so easy to transport, especially on the grassland.

The main force of the barbarians is still there. If they pursue at this time, they can only let the cavalry pursue. The cavalry chases and fights with the barbarians, which is a bit too much.

In this way, the first siege of the Tianqi King's army ended in less than half an hour.

At this time, Lu Chen came to Chen Wanrong and asked: "Palace Master Chen, what do you think of our Northern Kingdom's weapons?"

Chen Wanrong asked: "Are these weapons made by your Northern Kingdom?"

Lu Chen replied: "Yes."

Chen Wanrong said coldly at this time: "Your ambition is too big and will bring disaster to this world."

Lu Chen laughed and said: "Palace Master Chen, how do you know that I am very ambitious?"

Chen Wanrong said lightly: "With a sharp weapon, the desire to kill arises. I hope you will not be an enemy of Xuanyue Palace one day."

After the voice fell, Chen Wanrong turned and left.

Chen Wanrong realized at this time that it was completely hopeless for her to restore her country. First of all, her body and mind could not be separated from Lu Chen. Even if she left Lu Chen, Lu Chen might not let her restore her country.

The Northern Kingdom has such a terrifying weapon, and it can also be mass-produced. Lu Chen must have a strong ambition.

Perhaps unifying the entire world is this man's ambition. If this is true, then under this man's ambition, he will definitely not allow her to restore the country.

The whole world is unified, how can there still be the Chen Kingdom?

At this time, Chen Wanrong was hit hard.

After more than ten years of preparation, she only got a man and there was no hope of restoring the country.

Perhaps her master was right. Everything in the world is just an illusion. The more you pursue, the less you get.

Well, it's time for her to let go.