"In that case, a set of armor costs 100 gold coins, a longsword costs 20 gold coins, a bow costs 20 gold coins, and 500 arrows cost 10 gold coins..."

Afterwards, Ling Cao explained the prices of various weapons and equipment to the second prince of Canaan.

Zhang Liang, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows when he heard Ling Cao's offer.

He never expected that Ling Cao, a typical soldier, would be so ruthless in business.

It should be noted that with the continuous improvement of industrial technology in the Han Dynasty, the complete set of armor, weapons, bows and arrows equipped by a naval soldier cost only five hundred taels of silver, which is equivalent to fifty gold coins.

Now, this set of equipment has actually increased Ling Cao's gold coins to two hundred.

Even robbery doesn't bring in money as quickly as this, right?

"Good, General, this price is fair!"

Just as Zhang Liang was secretly surprised, the voice of the second prince of Canaan made him pause for a moment.

Zhang Liang glanced at Ling Cao, who was all smiles, and then at the second prince of Canaan, who was beaming with joy. He felt like his brain was going to malfunction.

One dared to ask for a price, while the other thought it was fair and a good deal; they really hit it off.

After some discussion, the second prince of Canaan finally decided to pay 200,000 gold coins to buy 1,000 sets of equipment.

For him, a set of equipment costing two hundred gold coins was indeed very expensive, ridiculously expensive.

However, after realizing that the money was being paid by the nobles in the country, he suddenly felt it wasn't expensive at all.

Especially after seeing Ling Cao's approving look, the second prince of Canaan even felt that he had made a profit from this deal.

After signing the agreement, the second prince left happily.

Watching the second prince's departing figure, he said, "Master, it seems that war between their two countries is not far off. Canaan has bought this batch of weapons, so victory is certain."

Zhang Liang nodded, then said in a deep voice, "That's good too. Most of the army in the Kingdom of Mapi is controlled by the Brahmanism. This defeat will weaken their strength and make it easier for us to support the King of Mapi to ascend the throne!"

Ling Cao smiled and said, "Then I'll leave this place to the Celestial Master. I'll lead the navy to Anxi and bring back some supplies. As for this place, I'll leave three thousand soldiers here in case of any unforeseen circumstances!"

Zhang Liang nodded: "Okay!"

Two days later, Ling Cao led more than 20,000 naval soldiers and left Hannan Port in a grand manner.

Upon learning that the Han army had left, the armies of Canaan and Maha breathed a sigh of relief, while Lorraine was plunged into despair.

Early November.

The Canaan Kingdom mobilized its entire nation's strength, gathering 30,000 troops, which finally assembled twenty miles north of the Kingdom of Lorraine. Meanwhile, the Mopi Kingdom's 30,000 troops were also on high alert along the defensive line south of Lorraine.

After receiving a thousand sets of equipment from the Han army, the second prince, who was in charge of commanding the Canaanite army, immediately led his army into the territory of Lorraine.

The northern border of the Mobi Kingdom, the city of Hank.

Before dawn, the soldiers who had been on guard duty on the city wall all night were also drowsy.

Suddenly, the faint sound of horses' hooves reached the ears of the night watchmen.

By the dim firelight, looking north, one could see countless figures rapidly approaching from the darkness.

"Enemy attack..."

The soldiers on night watch were instantly awakened, and with a shout, they hurriedly blew their horns.

"Waaaaah~!"

The urgent sound of horns echoed over Hank City, waking the Mopi soldiers in the camp.

When the soldiers of Mapi arrived at the city walls, the Canaanite army also arrived outside Hank.

Looking at the tight defenses on the city walls, the second prince of Canaan sighed and then abandoned the idea of ​​attacking the city.

Then, the second prince looked at his personal guards and ordered, "Go and tell them that if they have the guts, they can come out of the city and fight our army at noon tomorrow!"

"yes!"

The guard agreed and then went down to the city walls, where he began to shout loudly.

On the city wall, Mosin-Nagant, the chief general of the Mobi Kingdom, frowned upon hearing the enemy's challenge.

In the past, conflicts frequently occurred between the Canaanite and Mahabhi kingdoms, and decisive battles between their armies were quite common.

However, the Canaanite side suffered more defeats than victories and consistently avoided a decisive battle.

Now, the sudden challenge from Canaan surprised Mosin-Nagant.

"What? Are you cowards scared? If you are, then get back inside and stay quietly in your wives' arms, and don't come out again!"

Just as Mosin-Nagant was pondering this, another mocking shout rang out from outside the city.

Upon hearing this, the soldiers of the Mopi Kingdom on the city wall immediately blushed and began to curse loudly towards the outside of the city.

Mosin-Nagant, his anger rising, shouted, "Since you are not afraid of death, then so be it! Tomorrow at noon, we will fight to the death twenty miles north of the city!"

"Alright, I'll be waiting for you!"

The Canaanites outside the city responded, and then the army slowly retreated.

Early the next morning, Mosin-Nagant began to assemble his army, then opened the city gates and headed north, leaving only a small number of soldiers to guard the city.

At the same time, the second prince of Canaan, leading the Canaanite army, also arrived at the agreed battle location, about 1,500 paces apart.

At noon, both armies had taken their positions and formed their battle formations.

On the Mobi Kingdom side, 30,000 troops were lined up in a row, divided into five rows, with 300 elephant soldiers in the last row.

These three hundred elephant soldiers were the elite of the Brahmanical sect. Although their numbers were small, they were still quite frightening to behold from a distance.

On the Canaan front, the second prince placed nine thousand elite palace guards in the central army, with twenty thousand miscellaneous troops drawn from various regions on both flanks. As for the one thousand personal guards equipped with Han army gear, he placed them at the very back to hold the line.

In the center of the army formation, the second prince of Canaan frowned slightly as he looked at the army of the Maha kingdom in front of him. For him, only the elephant cavalry on the other side was a bit troublesome.

However, thinking of the strong bows and sharp arrows he had purchased from the Han army, the second Canaanite prince's brow relaxed slightly.

According to the Han army, their arrows were enough to pierce the elephant's hide, and the elephant, in pain, would break their own formation.

Seeing that the Mapi army had no intention of launching an attack, the second prince immediately ordered the soldiers on both flanks to launch an attack, intending to first assess the fighting strength of the Mapi army.

As the dull war drums sounded, the soldiers on both flanks of Canaan, under pressure from their supervising officers, launched a charge against Mapi.

"Move forward with your guns and hold them off!!"

Upon seeing the Canaanite soldiers charging towards him, Mosin-Nagant immediately ordered his spearmen to begin advancing.