The more than twenty city lords sitting below all looked at Li Honggang, waiting for him to speak.
After a long while, Li Hong finally spoke: "Luo Tong, the city lord of Xinluo City, rejected our request, and his arrogance is outrageous!"
"so?"
A city lord asked cautiously.
"Therefore, we cannot sit idly by and wait to die. We must join forces immediately and attack Silla City!" Li Honggang said resolutely.
Less than a week has passed.
But the Hongtian Empire has completely changed.
The war between the East and the North and West continues to escalate.
Meanwhile, the southern border was also plunged into war.
More than twenty city lords, led by Li Honggang, led an army of 200,000 towards Silla City.
Moreover, halfway through the journey, Li Honggang's army split into two groups, advancing towards Silla City by water and land.
The army of Silla City has naturally also been mobilized.
Chen He and Jiang Wei also split up and headed towards Li Honggang's army, and war was about to break out in the southern border!
Lin Feifei, the city lord of Nanhua City, is currently in Li Honggang's army.
Looking at the soldiers around her, clad in leather armor or even rattan armor, Lin Feifei frowned, a hint of disappointment on her face.
But she quickly returned to normal and deliberately slowed down.
"I suddenly feel unwell, so I'll rest here for a bit. You two go ahead, I'll be right there," Lin Feifei said to the two city lords who were traveling with her.
The two city lords did not suspect Lin Feifei. Perhaps in their eyes, although Lin Feifei was a martial artist, she was still a woman, and it was normal for her to be physically exhausted.
At the very front of the army, Li Honggang was full of pride and smugness.
He could almost see Silla City collapsing under the weight of his army, and he could almost see the city's lord—the first King of Nanling from seven hundred years ago—kneeling before him, begging for mercy.
"So what if you've reached the Saint Realm? Even Saint Realm experts aren't invincible!"
Li Honggang muttered to himself, a sense of pride welling up inside him.
But just then, Li Honggang suddenly heard a strange sound coming from high above.
It was a very sharp, whistling sound, and the sound became increasingly rapid and sharp.
Then came a deafening explosion.
An unbelievable and terrifying explosion suddenly occurred, causing the soil on the ground to burst open and form a large crater.
No one could see what fell from the sky, nor could anyone see what made that terrifying explosion.
All they saw was rocks crumbling, ground cracking, and soldiers and their cronies around the explosion point being torn to shreds and turned to charcoal in an instant!
Among them was Li Honggang!
Li Honggang was instantly sent flying, his armor shattered, his entire skeleton trembled, and his internal organs turned into a bloody pulp.
He flew higher and higher, rising more than ten meters before finally landing.
More explosions rang out, and this time, Li Honggang finally saw clearly.
Those were streaks of crimson light, trailing long tails, shooting down from the other side of the sky and crashing down on the Southern Allied Army's positions like a rainstorm.
Smoke and flames rose and fell, and the earth trembled!
"Why is this happening...?"
Li Honggang couldn't understand it, and he was no longer able to think.
Because this Lord of Honghu City had lost the breath of life, and his pupils had become dilated!
But this was only the first round of shelling.
The second round of shelling is coming soon.
More streaks of crimson light shot down from the sky, raining down on the ground, followed by one terrifying explosion after another.
The ground seemed to be shattering and burning!
Such a terrifying blow was something these city lords had never seen or experienced before.
They were completely stunned!
"What...what's going on? Who attacked us?!"
"It must be Silla City!"
"How could Silla Castle possess such terrifying strength?"
"Retreat immediately!"
This army of over 100,000 people lost its fighting capacity in an instant, like 100,000 pigs running away into the distance.
Meanwhile, the artillery corps of Silla Castle was chasing after them at a leisurely pace.
Chen He, who was leading the group, said with a smile, "This is the power of the artillery corps. It's really too strong."
Chen He then shouted the order: "Keep chasing, don't stop, keep shelling!"
On the other side, hundreds of wooden boats sailed along the wide river toward Silla City, with Jiangxia City just ahead.
The city gates of Jiangxia were tightly closed, and soldiers were still guarding the city walls.
Seeing this, a city lord standing at the bow of the ship said, "I heard that Jiang Zhengzhong, the city lord of Jiangxia City, has a good relationship with Luo Tong of Xinluo City, and the two cities are even allies."
"But now the city lord of Jiangxia City has also chosen to stay indoors and refuse to come to the aid of Xinluo City, hasn't he?"
"It seems that this city lord of Jiangxia is a wise man."
The city lords all burst into laughter, standing at the bow of the ship and mocking Jiang Zhengzhong, the city lord of Jiangxia City.
But just then, one after another, steel warships appeared.
Upon seeing the dozen or so steel warships, the city lord and crew on board were all terrified and turned pale.
"Heavens above, what kind of monster is that?!"
"I actually saw a warship made of steel?"
"Why can steel float on water?"
The city lords at the bow of the ship were no longer the smug and arrogant figures they had been before; now they were so frightened that their legs were trembling and their whole bodies were shaking!
Immediately afterwards, the dozen or so steel warships opened fire.
The conventional wave cannons began to roar, and crimson flames shot out continuously from the long cannon barrels. As a result, the wooden ships of the Southern Army were quickly turned into fireballs under the cannon fire!
This is hardly a war.
This was clearly a one-sided massacre!
Jiang Zhengzhong appeared on the city wall of Jiangxia City. Watching the Southern Army crumble at a visible speed under the attack of the steel warships of Silla City, Jiang Zhengzhong sneered.
"I'm staying indoors not because I'm abandoning Silla City to its fate, but because Silla City doesn't need my support at all, you bunch of idiots!"
"But you certainly won't have the chance to understand this principle in your next life. I hope you'll be smarter in your next life."
Jiang Zhengzhong said dismissively, but inwardly he felt extremely fortunate.
Fortunately, I am shrewd and farsighted, and I stood on the same side as Silla City early on.
Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll end up like those city lords, perishing under the powerful weapons of Silla City!
Before the war began, Rowling and Bauhinia made a bet.
Rowling said it would only take one day to end the unrest in the South.
Zijing said it would take about a day and a half.
But now, they've both lost.
The war was over in just half an hour!
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