But to their surprise, the other side had something even more powerful than the iron ball.

This terrified the thousand-plus heavy cavalry. After a brief moment of shock, the thousand-plus heavily armored cavalry, spear in hand, charged forward once more.

They were elite warriors trained by the Kingdom of Chechi, unafraid of death, and would charge forward without hesitation even knowing they would die.

Meanwhile, the rocket launchers continued loading shells and firing them one by one, constantly wounding the heavily armored cavalry.

The scene was in complete chaos, and more than a thousand heavily armored cavalrymen were quickly lost.

The heavily armored cavalryman knew that this couldn't go on, so one of them waved his hand, and the remaining cavalrymen immediately began to change formation, becoming even more dispersed than before.

If they are sufficiently dispersed, the number of people that rocket artillery shells can kill will be limited.

In this way, a single cannonball might only be able to eliminate a few heavily armored cavalrymen at once.

The other heavily armored cavalry, however, had a chance to catch their breath and seize the opportunity to quickly close the gap.

As they drew closer, their numbers dwindled to only three or four hundred.

At this point, if the rocket artillery is too close, it cannot demonstrate its immense power and advantage.

Zhu Yunwen's guards immediately put away the rocket launchers and began taking out their own bombs, throwing them at close range and launching an attack.

There were artillery shells at long range and bombs at close range, so although these heavily armored assassins were difficult to deal with, they still fell down amidst the explosions.

The battle was brutal, especially the battle fought by the heavily armored soldiers.

They were almost powerless against Zhu Yunwen's two hundred guards.

The armor they wore could withstand bullets, but in their minds, bullets were already a very powerful weapon in the Ming Dynasty.

Little did they know that the Ming Dynasty also possessed cannonballs and bombs, which were the truly powerful weapons.

Therefore, they suffered a loss due to their lack of understanding of the Ming Dynasty's true weapons.

After the battle, Zhu Yunwen's guards were still unharmed.

This is one of the differences between firearms and cold weapons.

This gap cannot be bridged by numbers or strategy.

Of course, if light artillery could be brought along, this gap would continue to widen indefinitely.

In the end, a dozen or so heavily armored assassins, who were wounded but not dead, were captured by the two hundred guards.

They then removed their armor, revealing the bodies of the assassins inside.

But when their armor was removed, the assassins fell silent.

At this moment, the guard glanced at it and then said to Zhu Yunwen:

"They were the same group that assassinated people in the inn before. They also put poison in their mouths, and now they have all swallowed the poison and died."

Zhu Yunwen rubbed his forehead and then said:

"Without asking, it was probably Chechi Kingdom that did it. Nowadays, most of the western countries are on good terms with our Great Ming and rely on our Great Ming. They would never dare to provoke our Great Ming."

Only the Kingdom of Chechi had the motive and the idea, and also had ample reason to kill me. Moreover, these assassins were somewhat similar in armor to the heavy armor worn by the soldiers of Chechi, only with some improvements.

Based on these points, it's almost certain that these assassins who tried to kill me were acting on orders from the Chechi Kingdom; there's just no concrete evidence.

Zhao Qingzhu clenched her fist and said:

"This Chechi Kingdom is truly incorrigible. They've suffered losses many times but still haven't learned their lesson. I think we really need to teach them a good lesson."

Zhu Yuntong nodded slightly and said:

"They should be taught a lesson so they know where the bottom line is. My Great Ming hasn't even made a move against them yet, but they've already started it."

If this is not punished, where will the dignity of my Great Ming Dynasty be? Where will my face as the Crown Prince of the Great Ming Dynasty remain?

Zhao Qingzhu nodded repeatedly. After dealing with the corpses, Zhu Yunwen ordered them to continue their journey and discuss everything else upon returning to the Ming Dynasty.

So the main force continued on its journey, and after about half a day, it finally entered the western border of the Ming Dynasty.

Once inside Ming territory, things were much safer, and Zhu Yunwen felt much more at ease.

The two hundred guards also breathed a sigh of relief. They were not afraid of dying, but they were afraid that they would not be able to protect Zhu Yunwen.

It was already dark when they entered the border of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yunwen thought of the guards who had traveled for a long time and were on high alert to avoid assassination. He felt that they had worked very hard, so he decided to find a place nearby to rest.

There aren't any county towns around here, and if there were, it would probably take a longer journey, but there is a village not far away.

Since all the roads within the Ming Dynasty are now open, we didn't go very far before we arrived outside the village.

Zhu Yunwen immediately sent his men into the village to see if they could communicate with the villagers and find them some places to stay.

But at that moment, many torches suddenly rose up in the village.

Some people dressed in ordinary civilian clothes emerged. Among them was a burly man with a scar on his face, who held a long knife and shouted at Zhu Yunwen and his group outside the village:

"Where is the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty? Come out and face your death, or we will burn down the entire village of thousands of people."