The next morning, having confirmed that "reinforcements" would arrive, Ashina He regrouped his troops and returned to the moat.
"Cross the river! Attack the city!"
Ashina He sat high on his horse, not bad; his warhorse was indeed of excellent bloodline and well-trained.
Even yesterday's explosion didn't scare the horses away.
He raised his scimitar high and shouted, "Warriors, once we capture the capital, women, gold, silver, and countless treasures will all be ours!"
"Charge boldly forward! Our reinforcements will be here soon!"
Reinforcements! Reinforcements have arrived!
These two words are more attractive than women or money.
The latter is also good, but staying alive is the most important thing.
With reinforcements, they would have help and be able to survive.
The soldiers seemed encouraged and resumed their siege.
Thump! Thump!
The vanguard soldiers began jumping into the moat, attempting to break through towards the city walls.
Ashina He remained motionless, his expression solemn, ready for battle.
Besides him, all the remaining archers in the army were also brought in.
Ashina He and the archers gripped their bows tightly, their quivers on horseback filled with arrows.
"It's here! Look! That big ball is floating up again!"
Some people had sharp eyesight and spotted the nightmarish sphere from afar.
"Alright! Warriors, when that strange ball floats over, we'll shoot!"
With so many people and so many arrows, Ashina He refused to believe that they couldn't shoot down that monster!
But just as these people were looking in the direction of the giant sphere, a series of loud explosions rang out from another direction.
"What happened?"
That big ball hasn't arrived yet!
Ashina He subconsciously turned his head, searching for the sound.
Then he discovered that huge splashes of water had been exploding on the moat!
Those soldiers who tried to cross the river were either killed by bombs or nearly drowned because they forgot how to swim due to fear.
And there were injured people, struggling desperately.
They grabbed onto everything they could, whatever it was, and clung to it desperately.
The wails, curses, and cries all mingled together, and blood and mutilated corpses floated up into the air.
The moat instantly turned into hell.
On the city wall, Helian Jue stood with his hands behind his back.
He was surrounded by a row of vanguard soldiers.
They used the small porcelain bottle as a projectile, lit the fuse, and threw it.
The small porcelain bottle flew over the city wall and landed precisely in the moat.
"It exploded! It exploded again!"
"Sorcery! It must be sorcery! The people of Great Zhou have started using sorcery again!"
"Eternal Heaven, I don't want to die!"
"It hurts! It hurts so much! My leg! My leg!"
"...I'm not fighting anymore! I want to go back to the grasslands!"
What woman, what gold and silver treasures, are more important than life?
The most hateful one is the Little Prince. He suffered a crushing defeat yesterday, with so many people dying.
Instead of evacuating in time, he actually tried to attack the city walls.
He didn't know that the Emperor of the Great Zhou was a deity who could create magical artifacts that could blow people away.
The soldiers who survived in the moat were utterly terrified.
They didn't dare to rush forward at all, and turned around one after another, trying to escape this hell!
The people standing on the shore were also stunned.
How can something like this be launched without that weird ball?
"Here it comes! That big ball is floating over!"
The archers, who were on high alert, were dumbfounded by the changes that had occurred in the moat.
For a moment, they had no idea which side to attack.
Just then, someone caught a glimpse of a shadow in mid-air out of the corner of their eye and quickly shouted.
"Your Highness, shall we continue shooting?"
The man asked Ashina He.
Ashina He gritted his teeth and roared, "Shoot!"
As he ordered the archers to fire arrows, he himself shouted to the fleeing soldiers, "Don't be afraid! That's not sorcery!"
"They don't have many! Once these are used up, that's it!"
"...Our reinforcements are arriving soon!"
Reinforcements?
These two words still have some use.
Ashina He shouted again, "No desertion is allowed! Anyone who runs away will be killed!"
When he uttered the word "kill," he immediately drew his bow and shot an arrow.
Whoosh!
A deserter fell to the ground with a thud, the feathered arrow embedded in his chest trembling slightly.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Ashina He then shot and killed several soldiers who were desperately trying to escape.
One fatal blow!
This is much more imposing than the small porcelain bottle.
After all, if a small porcelain bottle is dropped, some people will die, but most will only get injured!
Ashina He's iron-fisted methods deterred the deserters.
Despite their fear and clinging to the "hope" that reinforcements were on their way, they jumped into the moat once more.
Helian Jue: ...Oh, you're really not afraid of death.
Then let's continue!
Helian Jue on the city wall gently raised his hand, and the vanguard soldiers continued to throw.
Whoosh!
Swish!
The small porcelain bottle traced a parabola in the air before landing on the moat and its banks.
Rumble! Rumble!
Explosions were heard one after another.
The immense force caused the ground and city walls to tremble.
Helian Jue remained unmoved, his face as still as water.
The three prime ministers, Wang, Cui, and Zheng, along with some other important officials, were so shocked by the intense and bloody scene that they frowned.
Some people even started to feel nauseous.
I originally thought that Helian Jue's methods were nothing special.
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