Without bothering to scold Brother Qiu, Jian Ning released another combat drone and chased Ma Fuquan towards the south gate.

Two drones carrying mortar shells under their bellies dropped bombs one after another, stunning General Dirong and his soldiers. Some people even thought that they were divine soldiers sent from heaven. It was over, they had angered the gods. They were so scared that they had no mood to attack the city. Even the soldiers who had already climbed up the city wall had no desire to fight anymore.

The Dirong soldiers began to retreat, but their commander was very powerful. He shouted that whoever retreated would be killed. If they advanced, they would die, and if they retreated, they would also die. The soldiers had no choice but to continue organizing the attack.

But the morale of the army had been broken, and the cannon developed by the Yue Kingdom used natural bamboo tubes. After firing several shells in succession, the barrel exploded directly. This bought precious time for Jian Ning and Ma Fuquan. The two rushed to the city wall. This time, Jian Ning did the same as Ma Fuquan. He stood in a straight position with a grenade launcher in his arms. The two fire dragons swept past with a few volleys of fire, and sent the Di Rong soldiers who attacked first back home.

Without a second's pause, the two fire dragons aimed at the Di Rong soldiers attacking the city. They occasionally threw grenades, blowing up the Di Rong soldiers in the rear. For the city defense soldiers who were holding the city and waiting for the soldiers to be awarded, although only two soldiers were awarded, with the blessing of modern weapons, they were better than thousands of troops!

Shouzheng, who had originally been determined to live and die with the city and whose battle robe was stained red with blood, howled with excitement and ordered the city defense soldiers to throw down wolf-fang batons and Yaksha hammers. On the other side, the county magistrate, whose official uniform was also stained red with blood, was also actively organizing the young and strong men and yamen runners who volunteered to defend the city to throw flaming oil tanks under the city wall.

Commander Di Rong, who led a force several times greater than that of Li County to attack the city, saw that it was impossible to win. As he was discussing with his subordinates whether to suspend the attack, a winding fire dragon ignited in the distance, accompanied by the sound of hurried horse hooves.

The one who came was the Songshan military camp where Ma Xiaomai was stationed in the north. Seeing this, Commander Di Rong could only slap his thigh in frustration and ordered the troops to withdraw and set up camp fifty miles away, planning to fight again the next day.

"Excuse me, is this Princess An Ning?" The Licheng County Magistrate came over with Shouzheng. Jian Ning and Ding Youtian were very famous in the north. Many people knew that Princess An Ning could fly with snakes, so the County Magistrate and Shouzheng guessed that she was most likely Princess An Ning.

"That's right." Jian Ning also bowed and pointed at Ma Fuquan. "This is Admiral Ma of the Wuyi Camp in the capital. The court has sent the Minister of War, Lord Deng, to command. When I came here, I saw that Yancheng was also mobilizing troops. They should arrive in four or five days at most. The two of us came here by order and must return overnight. I have a gift for you before I leave, so I have to wait a little longer. Lord Erquan, please do as you please. You don't need to accompany us."

Shouzheng and the county magistrate also had to arrange for people to repair the collapsed city wall to prevent the enemy from making a comeback. In addition, they had to organize people to clean up the battlefield and count the dead and wounded. So they didn't bother to exchange pleasantries with them and went about their work.

While the two of them were away, Jian Ning took out all the guns and ammunition from the armory. She discussed it with Ma Fuquan, and they both estimated that once the troops from Yancheng arrived, plus the tens of thousands of troops from the Songshan military camp, it would be enough to hold out until the imperial troops arrived. By then, even without the support of modern weapons, it would be more than enough to deal with Dirong, a small country that was taking advantage of the situation to rob.

The most important thing right now is the Yue Kingdom. As long as they can hold on to the Yue Kingdom tightly, Di Rong will automatically retreat when he sees that the situation is not good.

"I'll go find Shouzheng and ask him to pick a few people over. I'll teach them how to use these weapons first, and then let them teach the others." Ma Fuquan went to find Shouzheng. He used to be an instructor and had a good eye for people. He picked a few people who seemed to have strong receptive abilities, and together with Jian Ning, it only took him more than half an hour to teach three of them.

As for the source of these weapons that suddenly appeared on the city wall, it naturally fell on the head of the spiritual immortal Yang.

After bidding farewell to Shouzheng and the county magistrate, the two men came down from the city wall. The general of the Songshan military camp also rode to the south gate with a few people.

After the greeting, Ma Fuquan revealed that he was Ma Xiaomai's father. The general thought highly of Ma Xiaomai and knew that Ma Xiaomai's father was the admiral of Wuyi Camp. The two chatted for a while, and Ma Fuquan told Ma Xiaomai that he would stay in Wuyi Camp and would not return to Songshan Military Camp. He was quite regretful.

"The princess and I have to rush back to Xing'an County. We'll say goodbye now and see you later."

"See you later." The general bowed to him, and then bowed to Jian Ning a few times before leading his men to the city wall.

Ma Fuquan walked a few steps with Jian Ning, then suddenly stopped, put his hands on his hips, and looked around, "Brother Qiu, that idiot! How can we get back after it ran away without us?"

"Go a little further. It should be hiding where it left us. It won't go back on its own. If we look for it there, we'll definitely find it."

Jian Ning was right. After Qiu Ge escaped, he heard the cannon fire stop. He hid in the wild for a while, and when he was sure it was safe, he swam back quietly and coiled up in a ball, waiting for Jian Ning and the others.

"I almost made a mistake because of you." Jane Ning poked its right head a few times, causing its head to shrink. It seemed to know it was wrong, shook its head, twisted it a few times, and then looked at Jane Ning with silly, cute and pitiful eyes.

"Since you're waiting for us, I'll let you go this time! If you do it again, I'll skin you alive and tear your tendons apart!"

"Your behavior is that of desertion, worthy of being shot!" Ma Fuquan made a shooting gesture at it. It cooperated quite well and tilted its head back, but it was not afraid because it had no idea what shooting meant.

When Brother Qiu carried the two of them to Jiguana Mountain, the sky was already a little light. In addition to the combat drones, the armory was replenished with howitzers, guns and ammunition every day. If they didn't take them out, there would be no more. The two of them went into the cave and took out the newly replenished weapons. Jian Ning sorted the ammunition boxes in front and Ma Fuquan sorted them in the back. Only by arranging them neatly could more space be made.

When Ma Fuquan was carrying a box of ammunition to stack it up high, he caught a glimpse of a red light flickering on the stone wall on the left. He walked over but before he could take a closer look, the light on the stone wall suddenly became stronger and rotated, sucking him in.

What was going on? Ma Fuquan felt as if he had just stumbled and found himself outside the cave. The sunlight was bright and glaring. He looked around, but the pets guarding the cave were gone, and the surrounding plants and trees seemed different.

"Jane Ning? Jane Ning?" He called out twice, but there was no response from Jane Ning. Behind him were endless mountains. Where was he?

Ma Fuquan was not in a panic. He looked at the direction and walked down the mountain.

As he walked, he suddenly stopped and his eyes fell on the rows of rotating wind turbines on the opposite mountain, and a look of joy gradually appeared in his eyes.

"Jian Ning!"

He shouted and was about to turn around to look for Jane Ning when a huge force hit him from behind. His vision went dark and he fell forward.