Huo Qubing did not enter the city directly.

He pointed his Dragon Reverse Scale Spear forward: "Soldiers, one squad of soldiers enter the city, open the city gates, and occupy the city walls."

"The rest of you follow me and pursue the enemy. We must not let any of these beasts escape."

Huo Qubing was single-mindedly pursuing the enemy.

He believed that Chen Youliang was very likely among the enemy troops.

Li Guang's troops also quickly rushed into the city.

The city was in complete disarray.

After Chen Youliang's garrison saw that the grain depot had been burned, they all knew that they would have no food for some time to come.

Chen Youliang treated the people inside and outside the city like pigs and dogs.

The soldiers under Chen Youliang were all as fierce as wolves and tigers.

They stormed into people's homes and looted indiscriminately.

Not only that, they also abused women and indiscriminately killed innocent people.

The people in the city were utterly ravaged by these beasts.

The sounds of fighting could be heard intermittently from the east of the city.

Li Guang swung his Silver Dragon Reverse Scale Spear at the men behind him and shouted, "Make the garrison in the city kneel down and surrender. The rest of you, follow me and charge out. Don't let any enemy soldier escape."

Li Guang and Huo Qubing led 10,000 elite troops, each of them appearing as if they were gods descended to earth.

All the defending troops were utterly helpless against them.

Anyone who tries to put up a stubborn resistance.

These arrows could turn them into hedgehogs.

Under the gleaming blades, the enemy troops were hacked to pieces.

Their bodies were chopped off, and their severed limbs flew everywhere.

Shouts of battle echoed everywhere, both inside and outside the city.

The entire battle lasted only a little over an hour.

Li Guang and Huo Qubing annihilated more than 10,000 enemy soldiers, and the rest of Chen Youliang's army were taken prisoner.

"Which of you is Chen Youliang?" Li Guang roared at the captured soldiers.

The captured soldiers all shook their heads repeatedly.

"Don't try to hide it. Anyone who dares to try to hide it from Chen Youliang will face the consequences."

Wang Dayang, whose arm had been dislocated, was covered in blood: "General, Commander Chen led 100,000 elite troops straight to Ye City yesterday."

"Is this really true?" Huo Qubing was startled when he heard this.

Huo Qubing and Li Guang both knew that Ye City had very few garrison troops.

Most of the elite troops have already been dispatched.

Moreover, Jiang Tian now occupies so much territory that all his soldiers are scattered across various cities.

As a result, the garrison in Ye City was pitifully small.

If Chen Youliang led 100,000 elite troops straight to Yecheng, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"General Li, we must think of a way to inform our lord as soon as possible." Huo Qubing was extremely anxious.

"Send out scouts to travel through the night and deliver the message as soon as possible."

"Use carrier pigeons to deliver messages?"

"We've used up all our carrier pigeons, and besides, we're in a new place now, where the pigeons can't find their way around."

Huo Qubing nodded: "That's all we can do. Hopefully, our scouts can get the news to Ye City before Chen Youliang."

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Ye City.

A series of melodious steam whistles sounded.

In the distance, several trains arrived one after another.

Jiang Tian heard the whistle while he was on the city wall.

Those trains were billowing black smoke and moving very fast.

"Could it be that Song Yingxing who's here?"

"Did this kid somehow manage to build a gasoline engine? How dare he abandon his post?"

Jiang Tian rushed down the city wall.

"My lord, slow down!" Ling Yunzhi and Chen Feilong quickly caught up.

Jiang Tian mounted his horse, riding the black jade unicorn, and charged out of the city gate, galloping wildly into the distance.

Half an hour later, Jiang Tian and Song Yingxing met.

Song Yingxing suddenly pulled the handle.

The train slowly came to a stop.

The car in front stopped, and the cars behind also pulled over to the side of the road one by one.

"Song Yingxing, what brings you here?"

Song Yingxing chuckled: "My lord, we have already built the gasoline engine, but we don't have any gasoline."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Tian slapped his forehead. How could he have forgotten about this?

Not only do they not have gasoline, they don't even have kerosene.

However, Song Yingxing was quite happy. He pointed to the trains that didn't even have tracks.

"My lord, I have made over 100 Franchi cannons for you, 5,000 catties of gunpowder, and 10,000 cannonballs."

Jiang Tian dismounted and walked to the trains.

The train is piled high with Frankish cannons.

Although this cannon has a small caliber, it can fire rapidly.

The Francois cannon was undoubtedly a deadly weapon in battles between two armies.

Have you test-fired this cannon?

"My lord, I fired 30 to 40 rounds from each of these 100 flank cannons."

The cannon's range could reach 1500 paces.

In ancient times, one step was 1.5 meters.

1500 steps, that's 2250 meters.

This is about five miles away.

This cannon is simply incredible.

"How many cannonballs can be fired in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea?"

Song Yingxing frowned and thought for a moment: "If the gunner and loader are skilled, they can fire 32 shells per minute."

Holy crap.

Firing 32 shells per minute, wouldn't that be defying the heavens?

"How much gunpowder is needed to fire one shell?"

"One jin (500 grams)."

"However, the more gunpowder it contains, the more powerful the cannon will be, but too much gunpowder cannot be added to prevent the barrel from exploding."

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