Seeing that Mu Jin was acting like a deranged madman, the adjutant, realizing he could no longer stop him, blurted out, "General! Do you want to go and get yourself killed again?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Jin was startled. He then turned around, grabbed the broadsword at his waist, and with a swift stroke, severed the adjutant's head.
Hot blood splattered onto Mu Jin's deranged face. He paused for a moment, calmed down slightly, and then wiped his face with his hand: "You say I can't beat that bitch Zheng Quchi? Heh, how could that be?"
Mu Jin acted as if nothing had happened, killing his adjutant in a fit of rage. He took a step forward, knife in hand, while the surrounding Southern Chen soldiers immediately retreated several steps in fear.
Clearly, he was terrified by the brutality of the general's killing of his adjutant and dared not approach the general, who was obviously not behaving normally at the moment.
Looking at the innocent adjutant who spoke out honestly but ultimately met a violent end, they all lowered their eyes, their palms sweating, unable to bear to watch any longer.
This time, no one dared to dissuade Mu Jin, but he stopped after taking only one step.
“Zheng Quchi… Zheng, Qu, Chi! I, Mu Jin, will definitely come back again.”
Hatred surged within him like a tidal wave. He left one last resentful glance, then turned and raised his arm: "Withdraw!"
His remaining troops were no longer a threat, but he was determined to avenge his feud with Zheng Quchi. Since he had no troops to deal with Zheng Quchi, he decided to seek cooperation with someone who did have troops.
He looked at the three directions ahead: Xize, Beiyuan, and Julu. After weighing the pros and cons, he finally chose to head towards Julu.
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Seeing that they had defeated Mu Jin of the Southern Chen Kingdom, the Ye army could hardly believe it. After they left, they cheered and jumped for joy. Only Zheng Quchi could not relax completely, because she knew that the real test of this six-nation military trial began from this moment.
In this cage, six ferocious beasts were sent in, none of them were pushovers. They would not follow the initial agreement to focus on the exercise and not hold back. In fact, no country would show mercy after "exchanging blows".
In retrospect, she was able to take down Hongsheng Kingdom this time because of their underestimation and arrogance, while she was able to defeat Nanchen Kingdom because of a surprise attack and all-out effort. But these latter methods are probably useless now.
Because what really matters now is the strength of each other.
But this is precisely what the State of Ye currently lacks most.
In terms of military strength, let's not even talk about it. As for large-scale siege weapons, Ye not only doesn't have many powerful ones, but the ones they have are also quite outdated. Modern craftsmen have not made any improvements or inventions and have been using technology from decades ago.
It's easy to imagine that using these things is like an eighty-year-old woman using a cane—she might twist her ankle at any moment.
She had just seen the catapults that the Southern Chen Kingdom had brought out. The catapults were first called "borrowed carts" and later "cannon carts," both of which were called "catapults," which are simply catapults in plain language.
She remembered that a book called "Tales of the Heavenly Crafts" mentioned that the most powerful type of speculative item recorded in Ye Kingdom was a flying stone weighing twelve catties, which was launched by a machine and traveled two hundred paces. It was made by a craftsman named Fang in the thirty-second year of the previous century.
Two hundred paces, or three hundred meters, is not the worst among the seven nations in terms of range.
The problem is that the catapults of the State of Ye can only carry a maximum of twelve catties, which is a big problem.
Looking at other people's catapults, from a distance they looked to be over three meters tall, with a pole seven or eight meters long, operated by three people, and their position could be adjusted.
Judging from her observation, this catapult could easily hold a hundred or eighty pounds of stones. If they made it a stationary platform, its power would definitely be even greater.
Comparing this to the stone-working machines they had, which could only hold a small amount of stone or, to reduce weight, hold a large number of small stones, she could only sigh to the heavens—at least try to be a little more capable!
It was only because they had turned the tables earlier that they were able to succeed. Otherwise, if the enemy had actually used that large-scale weapon, a single shot would have killed dozens of people and injured more than a dozen others, while their "weak" methods would have been useless.
Fortunately, it wasn't the ever-victorious Xize Army, the ingenious Julu Army, or the iron army Beiyuan that came.
She had already witnessed the Mighty Lion Army of Hong Shengguo, and indeed their training level was high. Because they had reached the standard of full training, they could make the most of their weapons, achieving a sharp edge and being invincible.
However, she gradually began to understand what Yuan Xingzhou had said earlier.
A strong nation does not necessarily mean a strong military; a strong military does not necessarily mean a strong general; and a strong general does not necessarily mean victory in battle. If managed properly, the enemy will collapse on its own.
Because of the lion's arrogance, it reveals its weaknesses when it looks down on the antelope, giving it the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.
There's also the heavily armored army of the Southern Chen Kingdom. Their troops excel at close combat. With their superior armor, if it really came down to a head-on confrontation, the Ye army's shoddy iron and steel wouldn't be able to harm them at all.
So she chose to attack from a distance, creating distance so he couldn't even touch them, infuriating him, and then she turned around and buried them.
Each of these two countries has its own significant weaknesses, but so far, Zheng Quchi has not yet devised the best strategy for Xize, Julu, and Beiyuan.
Zheng Quchi had previously witnessed the gathering of armies from several countries, and the equipment and the three hundred weapons they possessed were enough to shock her.
Of course, this is in comparison to their three hundred pieces of junk from Ye Kingdom.
Speaking of this, Zheng Quchi returned to the place where their Ye Kingdom stored its military equipment. Looking at the pile of outdated equipment in front of her, she wondered how she could make use of these things that were a pity to discard but useless to keep.
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