Chapter 732 I should have snatched it earlier!
His words were interrupted by a more intense burst of gunfire. Chang Hu personally set up a light machine gun, and the flames from the muzzle were half a foot long.
Zhao Tiezhu was busy loading bullets into the empty magazine. He was unaware of the cuts on his rough fingers from the copper shell casings, and only excitement remained in his eyes.
Chang Hu stopped only when there was no one standing on the wall. He looked at the village with smoke rising from cooking fires in the distance. With tears streaming down his face, Chang Hu whispered softly, "After today, the people at the border can sleep peacefully for ten years..."
Ran Qingxuan shook his head firmly and took out the last small remote control from his arms.
The corners of her mouth curled up into an almost sad smile: "Let them remember this day."
"Bang!"
The incendiary bombs buried in the front were detonated at the same time, and the wall of fire rose three feet high in an instant.
Hundreds of Yigui firemen ran around screaming and finally fell on the charred land.
This scene finally crushed the last bit of fighting spirit of the Yigui army. The survivors threw away their weapons and weapons and retreated screaming like a tide.
The city wall suddenly fell into an eerie silence, with only the lingering smoke floating silently. The hundred defenders on the wall stared blankly at the scene of corpses strewn all over the ground outside the city, and some began to sob softly.
Ran Qingxuan looked at the Yigui soldiers fleeing in panic in the distance and said softly, "Let's cook!"
The morning light was as bright as blood, shining on the city walls littered with corpses.
Yuan Bao got a Yigui army flag from somewhere and was happily tearing it apart. Military advisor Zhao Xian looked at the corpses strewn all over the city and suddenly said to Chang Hu, "General, this battle report..."
Gu Yanchen looked at him, and Chang Hu understood. His loud voice spread throughout the tower: "This battle was entirely thanks to the gods who sent down heavenly punishment to punish the barbarians. It was the Thunder God who helped us win a great victory!"
The soldiers defending the city knew that the battle was won, and their cheers shook the city walls.
Chang Hu touched the button on the remote control that had fingerprints on it, grinned and whispered, "It was actually the truth."
Smoke from cooking fires rose up from the city, mixed with gunpowder smoke and swirled in the twilight.
The legend of this day will eventually become the most terrifying legend on the grassland as told by the surviving Yigui soldiers.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Zhao Tiezhu was counting the captured weapons and horses when he suddenly raised his jeweled felt hat and shouted, "Madam! This was found on the horse that Tarrou rode!"
The felt hat was passed from person to person and finally stopped in front of Ran Qingxuan.
Ran Qingxuan looked at the felt hat in front of him and felt that it looked familiar...
"Hey, this felt hat looks a lot like the hat in the photo on your desk!"
Zheng Borui stood at the side and said with a strange look on his face. Ran Qingxuan then remembered that the hat in front of her was extremely similar to the one that the [Treasure Hunter] asked her to help find.
To be precise, what we are looking for is not the hat, but the gems inlaid on the hat!
One hundred million...
One hundred million is waving at her...
"Will it be appropriate to give it to me like this?" Ran Qingxuan was still a little hesitant.
"What's inappropriate about that? Although the seized treasures have to be turned over to the national treasury, it's just a hat. I can still decide who to give it to."
It’s not that Chang Hu didn’t see the gem on the hat, but since the Chang family was not interested in these material possessions, he had never bought any and didn’t know the price.
So even if they saw the gems on the hat, Chang Hu and the soldiers who saw it only thought that the hat was worth a few hundred taels.
Ran Qingxuan's fingers gently stroked the pigeon blood red gem on the felt hat. The sunlight refracted through the gem, shining an enchanting light and casting a crimson color on her face.
Her fingertips trembled slightly and her heart beat so fast that it almost burst out of her chest.
One hundred million!
In modern society, the wealth that is enough to drive people crazy is now in her hands.
"If my sister-in-law likes this hat, just take it." Chang Hu's hearty laughter came.
Ran Qingxuan took a deep breath, suppressed the smile that was about to overflow, and held the felt hat dignifiedly in front of his chest.
If she had known that this thing was in Tarrou's hands, she would have stolen it to buy food...
"Thank you for the reward, General." Her voice was so steady that even she was surprised. Only Gu Yanchen, who was standing beside her, noticed the blush on the tips of her ears.
Chang Hu waved his hand indifferently: "It's just a small trophy. Compared with the merit of helping our army win the victory..."
He suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Although I can't say it out loud, Chang knows it well."
Under the city wall, the soldiers happily counted the spoils.
Zhao Tiezhu pointed at a pile of Yigui people's scimitars, his dark face full of excitement: "General! After these fine iron swords are melted, we can replace the ones we have."
Chang Hu laughed and said, "Okay, write them down and give them to the meritorious soldiers later."
Ran Qingxuan took the opportunity to put the felt hat into the space, and when he turned around, he met Gu Yanchen's inquiring gaze.
She blinked and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "I'll explain it when we get back."
That cunning look made Gu Yanchen shake his head helplessly, but he didn't ask any more questions.
At the same time, in a camp dozens of miles away.
"Snap!"
The teacup in Qi Jing's hand was smashed to pieces by him, and the splashing tea wet the words "Heavenly thunder punishes the foreign ghosts" on the victory report.
His face, with one handsome side and the other ferocious side distorted for a moment, then quickly returned to calm. Only his slightly trembling fingers revealed the turmoil in his heart.
"Your Highness?" the aide asked cautiously, "But is there something wrong with the victory report?"
Qi Jing slowly rolled up the silk book, his knuckles turning white from exerting too much force. "Nothing. Pass the order. According to General Chang's report, submit the victory report to the emperor on the grounds of 'heavenly punishment'."
He paused, a sinister look flashing in his eyes: "Also, summon the commander of the Black Feather Guard to see me."
After everyone left, Qi Jing stood alone in front of the window, staring in the direction of Hulu Pass.
He knew too well what the so-called "thunderbolt" was...
Apart from Ran Qingxuan, who is like a ghost and can turn rice into gunpowder, who else can have such supernatural means?
Thinking of this, he felt an indescribable burning sensation in his chest, which was both a desire for power and a fear of things that he could not control.
"Ran Qingxuan..." he murmured softly, his fingers unconsciously leaving deep marks on the window frame.
"Since you can't use it for my benefit...then..." A cold light flashed in Qi Jing's eyes.
As night fell, bonfires were lit inside Hulu Pass.
The aroma of roasted horse meat mixed with the spicy scent of wine filled the entire military camp. The barbecue ingredients provided by Ran Qingxuan made the rough horse meat extremely delicious.
The soldiers feasted around the fire, their eyes filled with excitement.
"Madam, this seasoning is amazing!" Zhao Tiezhu was gnawing on the meat bone, his mouth full of oil.
"This meat tastes a million times more delicious than the barbecue at Zuixianlou in Beijing!"
Ran Qingxuan pursed his lips and smiled, watching Gu Yanchen fill Kang Yihang's glass with white wine. With Chang Hu's permission, he became a young medical officer and his face flushed with excitement.
Playing finger-guessing games and drinking contest with Zheng Borui, he no longer looked as steady as he was in his previous life.
"Everyone, please be quiet for a moment." Chang Hu suddenly stood up and raised his wine bowl high.
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