Lu Tu raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: "You're so confident? But last time you led a group of assassins and couldn't even defeat my men. How can you expect me to have confidence in you and that you can defeat the government troops?"
Xu Jing smiled confidently: "Because you have gunpowder now. Although I don't know where you got it from, I can help you make it into a more powerful weapon. No matter how many government troops there are, it won't be a problem!"
Upon hearing this, Nie Yun, Tuoba Yue, and the others couldn't help but burst out laughing. Then, the entire 800 cavalrymen burst into laughter, as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world.
Lu Tu stared at Xu Jing with a half-smile, as if he were looking at an idiot.
Xu Jing's earlier confidence vanished amidst the laughter, and he subsequently became enraged.
He pointed at Lü Tu and said, "Are you doubting my abilities?"
Lu Tu shook his head: "Alright, stop arguing with me. When it comes to gunpowder making, you're not qualified to talk to me. Let's talk about how you killed so many of my brothers!"
A cold glint flashed in Xu Jing's eyes: "You want to fight me? Do you really think you're the only one with gunpowder who doesn't have me? Guards!"
At his command, many of the assassins stepped aside, and then a line of black-clad assassins emerged from behind. In one hand they held slingshots, and in the other hand they held the explosive spheres they had used to escape from Xujing last time.
Although the explosion radius was not large, it was still far more effective than other methods.
Lu Tu shook his head after looking at it. This stuff was still in the category of black powder. How could it compare to his own explosives?
As the Xu Jing assassins appeared, the 800 cavalrymen behind Lü Tu also unleashed their composite bows, with all the arrows strapped with detonators.
Enemies meeting are bound to be furious. Lu Tu had wanted to hear what Xu Jing had to say, hoping he would come up with something of substance, but he never expected it to be so low-level.
Lu Tu naturally lost interest in continuing the conversation and simply waved his hand: "Attack!"
At Lü Tu's command, 800 cavalrymen, separated by a distance of 100 meters, unleashed a barrage of arrows, which were naturally much faster than those from slingshots.
Before the slingshots could even be fired, Lu Tu's arrows had already landed beside Xu Jing's side. Xu Jing looked down and saw that there were many incomprehensible iron pipes tied to them. Although he didn't recognize them, even someone as stupid as him knew that they were definitely not gifts from Lu Tu.
His pupils contracted sharply, and he had to run without thinking of anything else, but how could he possibly escape the blast radius of the detonator? In the chaos, he could only grab one of his attendants and pull him to his side.
The bodyguards responsible for protecting him lived up to their name, rushing towards Xu Jing one after another to protect him.
The earth trembled as the explosions continued to resound!
Xu Jing was completely dumbfounded. He felt his feet lighten, and then he floated up, like a duckweed in the rain, drifting with the current, not even knowing whether he was alive or dead.
Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit, so Lu Tu naturally wouldn't give Xu Jing any chance to escape. Last time, he barely managed to escape, but he actually dared to come back.
As soon as Lü Tu saw the enemy men and horses falling to the ground, he charged forward on horseback, his halberd gleaming in his hand, exuding a murderous aura!
Nie Yun, Tuoba Yue, Liu Hong, and others also quickly followed and rushed into the enemy formation at the same time.
For a moment, the only sounds were the thuds of knives and spears slicing into flesh and the cracking of bones.
The assassins Xu Jing brought this time were truly worthy of being called death squads. Even after being killed like this, they didn't utter a sound, making the scene particularly eerie.
One side commits massacres, while the other side remains silent even in death.
Lu Tu kept his eyes fixed on Xu Jing, and soon charged over, finding the dying Xu Jing among a pile of corpses.
He dismounted, and without attacking him first, plunged his halberd into Xu Jing's thigh, waking him up in pain as he cursed, "Lu Tu, you have no martial ethics! I came to negotiate an alliance with you, and you attack me without warning? A scoundrel like you is not worthy of an alliance with me, Xu Jing!"
Lu Tu couldn't help but spit in his face and said, "A piece of trash like you is not worthy of talking to me about an alliance. Do you really think the conditions you're offering are tempting enough to make me put aside my hatred and form an alliance with you? You, the Holy Emperor of the White Lotus Sect, have really wasted your life!"
These words left Xu Jing speechless. He really wanted to refute them. He had clearly found out how many men Lu Tu had under his command, and he even had gunpowder. He just wanted to see just how powerful Lu Tu's gunpowder really was.
But to everyone's surprise, Lu Tu's firearms were so powerful that a single arrow could unleash an attack force as powerful as the heavens. How could anyone fight against that?
It's not that our army is incompetent, it's that the enemy is too fierce!
Xu Jing turned his face away, refusing to look at Lü Tu's disdainful gaze. At this moment, his whole body felt like it was about to fall apart. He endured the excruciating pain and analyzed how he could escape. His hand slowly reached behind him.
But Lu Tu wouldn't give him any chance to resist. He thrust his halberd again, severing Xu Jing's tendons and causing him to almost faint from the pain once more.
The battle here is almost over. With detonators and other firearms, fighting is incredibly easy and quick. A few thousand suicide soldiers were blown up by the detonators, and then charged by 800 elite cavalry, and their formation collapsed.
Even though these assassins had undergone systematic training and were not afraid of death at all, they only had one life. They managed to control the situation on the field with only twenty-odd casualties.
Although only about twenty people died, Lu Tu's heart was still bleeding, and he was heartbroken.
These were all soldiers he had carefully trained, his brothers with whom he had spent every day. Lu Tu's eyes turned red: "Xu Jing, if you want to live a few more days, have your suicide soldiers surrender!"
Xu Jing laughed loudly: "Feeling sorry for them, huh? You've only lost a few people. With your kind and weak nature, how can you possibly be suited to conquer the world? So you should cooperate with me. I, Xu Jing, have nothing but plenty of men!"
Lu Tu twisted the handle of the halberd, causing Xu Jing to gasp in pain: "Either make them stop, or I'll make you suffer terribly!"
Sensing Lü Tu's cold expression and resolute attitude, Xu Jing dared not resist any longer. He was well aware of Lü Tu's many methods of torture. As the Holy Emperor of the White Lotus Sect, he had grown up in luxury and could not bear even the slightest pain.
He blew a sharp whistle, which echoed throughout the battlefield. Soon, all the assassins present stopped and allowed the other soldiers to kill them.
Lu Tu frowned as he watched. This bastard was useless in other aspects, but to be fair, the group of assassins he trained was quite something!
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