Chapter 854 The Surprise Attack of the Western Rong Kingdom
"Mom, I'm so glad you're alright!"
The four sons rushed over and surrounded Cheng Wanwan.
Zhao Youyin and Zhao Youcai lagged behind, their faces beaming with relief: "It's the greatest luck that our sister-in-law wasn't injured."
"My aunt is finally back!"
Zhao Dawang and Erwang couldn't squeeze in, so they could only shout excitedly from the outside.
Other villagers gathered around.
"Aunt Zhao is fine, she's perfectly alright!"
"Grandma Mountain is back alive! I can finally get a good night's sleep!"
"That's wonderful, that's wonderful. I knew Aunt Shan was blessed..."
Standing on the outer perimeter were the General of the Cavalry and the soldiers in the camp, all of them with faces full of relief.
It was truly an incredible feat that over a hundred people managed to shake off the Western Rong Kingdom's pursuers and safely return to the territory of the Great Yu Kingdom.
"Lady Sui, Prince Qin, please don't stand outside any longer," the General of the Cavalry said. "Food and hot water have been prepared long ago. Go and have something to eat, then take a hot bath and get a good night's rest. We can talk about it tomorrow."
Cheng Wanwan and her group were indeed exhausted. After smelling the aroma of the food, their stomachs started growling, and they immediately began to feast.
After finishing their meal, they all returned to their tents to rest.
Four tails followed Cheng Wanwan. She took off her coat and lay down on the bed to sleep. Her four sons were still unwilling to leave, but they were also afraid of disturbing her rest, so they sat silently by the bed to keep watch.
She couldn't help but sigh, "I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"
"Mother..." Zhao Dashan grasped her hand, "Promise your son, this is the last time, okay?"
Zhao Ergou pursed his lips: "If something happens to Mother again, it won't just be the four of us; everyone in Dahe Town will be heartbroken."
“Mother may not have seen clearly just now, but all the men in Dahe Town who are between the ages of fifteen and forty-five have joined the army,” Zhao Sanniu said. “Everyone traveled thousands of miles from Dahe Town to the capital to register for the army, and then trekked through mountains and rivers to come here, all to save Mother… Mother, everyone is already scared a second time.”
Zhao Sidan lay beside her bed: "If anything happens to Mother, I don't want to live anymore..."
Cheng Wanwan raised her hand and patted each child's head. Although her sons had grown up long ago, they were still children in her eyes.
"Don't worry, I value my life too," she said with a smile. "After the war is over, I'll go back to Dahe Town immediately and won't let you worry about me anymore, okay?"
Zhao Sidan's face fell: "Is Mother still going to stay here?"
Zhao Sanniu frowned: "The border region is mostly populated by men, and it will be very inconvenient for Mother to stay here. I will arrange for someone to send Mother back."
“Who says the frontier is all men?” Ruan Mingzhu lifted the tent flap and walked in. “I just asked Lord Bi and the others. If it weren’t for Aunt Wanwan’s planning, none of us would have been able to escape so easily. Aunt Wanwan is brave and resourceful, much better than many men. Why can men stay on the frontier, but women can’t?”
Zhao Sanniu glared at her: "Can you please stop causing trouble?"
He only needed his four brothers to serve the country; he really didn't want his mother to be in danger again.
Ruan Mingzhu shoved him aside with her shoulder and said, "Can't you see Aunt Wanwan is tired? All four of you should go out and let Aunt Wanwan get a good night's rest, okay?"
Cheng Wanwan's face was indeed full of fatigue, and she yawned heavily.
Zhao Dashan then took his three younger brothers out.
"Aunt Wanwan, go to sleep well."
Nguyen Minh Chu smiled, turned around and walked out of the tent.
Once outside, she lowered her voice and said, "The Western Rong launched a fierce attack overnight, and the northern front urgently needs support. Zhao Jingyu, you're coming with me!"
The northern front was experiencing severe snowstorms and continuous snow-capped mountains. Due to the harsh weather, neither country had a large number of troops stationed there.
But because of the troubles in the Western Rong royal family and the escape of Lady Sui, the Western Rong general could no longer care about anything else; he had to win a battle to boost morale.
He arranged for 100,000 cavalry to advance through the snow from the north and engage in battle with the 30,000 soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom stationed on the northern front.
The general in charge of the northern front was calmly and composedly instructing his soldiers to prepare for battle. At the same time, he brought out all the gunpowder from the storeroom.
In this battle against the Western Rong, gunpowder is the best trump card.
A line of bombers stood in a row, and as the Western Rong soldiers approached, they threw hundreds of bombs at once.
"Bang bang bang!"
The sound of explosions was incessant.
Just then, the cavalry general noticed the anomaly and shouted, "Bomb man, stop!"
All bombers immediately stopped their actions.
After the throwing stopped and the smoke cleared, many more people could be seen approaching from the direction of the Western Rong.
Those people were getting closer, closer, closer and closer...
Then, the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom realized that the people walking at the front were not Western Rong soldiers at all, but the elderly, weak, women and children of the Yuezhi tribe!
They just dropped so many bombs, but they didn't kill the Western Rong people; they killed innocent civilians of the Yuezhi tribe!
The General of Chariots and Cavalry roared, "Western Rong scum, despicable! Shameless! They actually used ordinary people from other countries as human shields!"
The lieutenant below spoke up: "Should we still throw the bombs?"
To throw it away or not to throw it away, that is the question.
At this moment, the General of Chariots and Cavalry had no idea what to do.
Just as he was pondering this, the sound of hooves rang out. Suddenly, tens of thousands of cavalrymen appeared behind the elderly, weak, women and children of the Yuezhi tribe. These cavalrymen held flaming bows and arrows, and thousands upon thousands of fire arrows came flying through the air. Before the bombers at the front could react, the bombs in their hands were ignited by the fire arrows and exploded in a series of loud bangs.
Chaos erupted instantly in the Kingdom of Daewoo.
"General of Chariots and Cavalry, hold firm!" He Xiao rode up on horseback. "I have brought 80,000 men to provide support!"
Zhao Sanniu and Ruan Mingzhu are also providing support.
Back in the capital, their greatest hope was to one day go to the battlefield.
Now on the battlefield, the two of them showed great courage, each leading a squad of a thousand men deep into the heart of the Western Rong army.
The Western Rong cavalry and the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom were locked in fierce combat.
At this point, bombs had been phased out of the battlefield, and close-quarters combat became a matter of experience and keen observation.
The Western Rong cavalry were all brave and skilled in battle, while the reinforcements from the Great Yu Kingdom, although selected from among the strong and robust men of the new recruits, were still weaker than the enemy. One by one, the new recruits fell...
"This can't go on!" Zhao Sanniu's eyes were bloodshot. "Master, let's retreat!"
Among these fallen recruits were several people he knew; he couldn't bear to watch them die before his eyes...
He Xiao's face was covered in blood. He touched his face and looked at the increasing number of Western Rong soldiers in the distance. He knew that if they faced each other head-on, the Great Yu Kingdom would surely be defeated.
He made a decisive decision: "Retreat!"
At a command, the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom began to retreat in an orderly manner.
The General of Chariots and Cavalry had 30,000 men under his command, plus 80,000 reinforcements brought by He Xiao, totaling 110,000. In the surprise attack by the Western Rong, more than 3,000 were killed and more than 8,000 were wounded...
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