"What!" Xie Xiao exclaimed in surprise. "You kidnapped my brother and two nephews? And who are they?"
After saying that, Little Li brought the person over.
The people brought over were none other than Xie Heng and his wife, Fang Shi. Beside them was a hunchbacked woman, Aunt Zhang from the Black Wind Stronghold's main kitchen.
Song Zhijing's eyes widened suddenly, "Then those few we arrested were—"
"I had someone impersonate him. You've never met Xie Heng, so how could you tell? I have to thank you for this trick, which helped me find the traitor in our kitchen."
"It wasn't me, boss, you've misunderstood—" Suddenly, a glint flashed in the woman's eyes, and she thrust the dagger in her hand toward Xie Xiao.
Suddenly, a kick came flying from the side, and he flew out with a cry of "Ah!"
Li Ruo withdrew her foot, "Trying to harm my husband? Do you think I'm dead?"
"My lord!" Xie Xiao returned her a fiery gaze.
Song Zhijing couldn't stand it any longer, his expression turning ferocious. "You, Xie Xiao, let's have a real fight then, Your Highness, attack!"
"Don't be in such a hurry. It's no fun to fight all the time." Xie Xiao laughed sarcastically. "Prince Jiangning, you have to be careful of Lord Song. He has a troop of several thousand soldiers from the capital. They're just waiting to reap the benefits when we're both exhausted."
Song Zhijing was startled again; how could he have known?
Those thousands of people, he was clearly scattered in various places, and had hidden himself very well.
A flicker of panic flashed across Song Zhijing's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure. "Your Highness, don't fall for his divisive tactics. I already told you about sending someone to the capital to request an imperial edict. There were no soldiers involved."
The Prince of Jiangning had no expression on his face.
Yang Huan, who was beside him, said, "Xie Xiao, do you think our Prince will believe you? You're just trying to buy time and wait for the people from Beishan to come to our aid."
Xie Xiao said, "Take it or leave it."
The Prince of Jiangning sneered, "I sent more than 5,000 men to the North Mountain. If you want to intercept them, you will need at least 3,000 or 4,000 men. Even if you add the men of the Marquis of Xinyang and General Zhao, you only have more than 10,000 men here. I, on the other hand, have 30,000 elite troops. How do you plan to resist me?"
"I will ask you one more time: death or surrender?"
Xie Xiao grinned, "Screw you, if you want to fight, come on, I'll keep you company to the end."
The calm on the face of the Prince of Jiangning could no longer be maintained. "All soldiers, listen to my command! Beat the war drums and take down General Mountain!"
A bugle call sounded, and the sound of war drums shook the heavens and the earth.
But the war drums on the mountain were even more arrogant, nine in a row, so loud that the earth shook, making it seem as if the enemy's war drums had fallen silent.
At the same time, sixteen whistling arrows were launched into the sky, and Xu Dafu and General Zhao led three thousand naval troops in ships to charge at the enemy ships from the side.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as lightning fast.
The front row of fifty soldiers were protected by shields, wearing "soft armor" given to them by Li Ruo, and round helmets on their heads.
The fifty soldiers behind them held bows and arrows, and the arrows were fire arrows!
In the last row, there were ten catapults launching firearms—balls made of cloth and straw that rolled in kerosene, producing fierce firepower.
"What is that?" Jiang Ningwang and Song Zhijing were both extremely shocked as they looked at the fireball burning fiercely on the object that resembled a catapult.
They both knew the other had oil, so they prepared sand on the ship to extinguish the fire, but they both thought the other didn't have much oil left.
"Form ranks!" Song Zhijing's eyes were bloodshot; he couldn't afford to lose, no matter what. They had men. "Fire!"
Arrows rained down, but they were all deflected by the enemy's shields. Those that hit helmets only cracked, without killing the riders.
What kind of armor is that? It's so tough!
Li Ruo: Motorcycle helmets are everywhere on the streets.
Now the Ziyang Peak brothers unleashed their power: "Launch fireballs!"
Fireballs were hurled at the enemy ships and soldiers with a series of "whoosh" sounds.
At the same time, the archers behind drew their bows and fired a barrage of fire arrows at the enemy ship.
The wooden boat burst into flames instantly, accompanied by a soft cracking sound.
Xu Dafu thought to himself, "Damn, these kerosene and fire-throwing weapons are really powerful!"
This was made secretly by the female leader seven days ago. It works on the same principle as a catapult, but it is lighter and has a range of thirty zhang, which is farther than ordinary bows and arrows.
Even Black Wind Village didn't know about this machine.
Because they were worried that there were spies in their village.
The enemy's firepower was too intense, and Song Zhijing and Yang Huan dared not advance any further. They kept ordering their men to shoot arrows to prevent the enemy from boarding their ship.
Fortunately, the Northern army brought enough arrows.
However, neither Song Zhijing nor the Prince of Jiangning expected that they would have so much oil, a mechanism to spread the oil quickly, strange helmets, and that the soldiers in the front row were wearing something that allowed them to survive being shot by arrows.
What a devilish army!
However, King Jiangning had the advantage of having more people, and several thousand of them braved the fire and rain to reach the shore, where they fought with the Black Wind Stronghold members.
Li Ruo, along with Lao Wang, Chen He, and others, also charged into the formation, heading towards Yang Huan, who was closest to her.
With a "bang," Yang Huan was shot in the left chest.
It was that strange hidden weapon again.
Yang Huan died with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
"Yang Huan!" Jiang Ningwang shouted from the ship, unable to remain calm any longer. He said to the guards around him, "You guys, go and arrest Li Ruo."
But before the guards could get there, Xie Xiao led his men to attack.
Even though they were several feet apart, it felt like they were separated by two lifetimes, and without saying a word, he swung his halberd and slashed.
Those experts instantly formed a protective barrier in front of Prince Jiangning.
King Jiangning took a step back and looked coldly at Xie Xiao, "If the chief joins forces with me, this world will be divided between us, with you in the south and me in the north."
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