Let's go back a quarter of an hour.
After Jiang Qinyu and her group entered the border town, they kept heading towards the city gate.
However, for Xiao Rui's safety, Jiang Qinyu insisted that he not follow.
She and Uncle Chen, along with several skilled bodyguards given to them by Xiao Rui, continued running towards the city gate.
Halfway there, they encountered Qin Shen, who was leading the people to evacuate.
"Madam? What are you doing here? Go back quickly!" Qin Shen shouted as soon as he saw Jiang Qinyu.
Jiang Qinyu looked at him calmly, "How is your general? What's the current situation?"
Actually, you don't need to ask her to guess much.
Judging from Qin Shen's disheveled appearance and his anxious attempts to evacuate the people, nothing good could be coming of it.
Sure enough, Qin Shen couldn't hold back any longer upon hearing this, gritting his teeth as he said, "They blew up our city gates! And that bastard Wang Bo even had someone use fire to attack us..."
He briefly described the situation at the city gate, then looked anxiously at Jiang Qinyu and said, "Madam, the general is currently preoccupied with his own problems. I beg you, please go back immediately..."
What he didn't say was, of course, "Don't cause trouble for the general."
Jiang Qinyu had come to help, so she naturally wouldn't turn back just because of this. Instead, she took the opportunity to shake off Uncle Chen and Xiao Rui's guards and run to the city gate.
While on the road, she took advantage of the chaos to take out her newly acquired weapon and carry it.
Fortunately, I've been training quite well recently, otherwise, with my small frame, I definitely wouldn't be able to run fast carrying this thing.
With the city gate almost in front of her, Jiang Qinyu could even see the large hole in it, just as she saw three rockets shooting towards Lu Yanzheng!
Without a second thought, she immediately grabbed her weapon, crouched down, and fired at the other side!
"Whoosh~ Bang!"
After a sharp whistling sound, a huge explosion brought both sides, who were engaged in fierce fighting, to a moment's pause.
Then Jiang Qinyu saw Lu Yanzheng turn around and look at her.
At this moment, she felt as if her whole body didn't belong to her anymore, especially her shoulders and arms, which felt numb.
When Jiang Qinyu saw Lu Yanzheng's shocked and surprised look, she suddenly felt very wronged, and at this moment she could only look back pitifully.
Lu Yanzheng's heart tightened. He remembered Xiao Wu, who had taken the arrow for him. When he turned around, he saw that the medical officers from the military medical department were taking Xiao Wu away. So Lu Yanzheng strode towards Jiang Qinyu.
At this moment, the battle was halted by Jiang Qinyu's sudden action, and the enemy troops who were about to break through the city gates also hurriedly retreated.
They're not stupid. Didn't they see that the person who stopped them from using fire attack is gone? Such a huge crater, such a loud explosion—if that person is still alive, he must be an ancient turtle!
"Are you injured? Does it hurt anywhere? Should I take you to Doctor Mo?" Lu Yanzheng took the weapon from Jiang Qinyu's hand and asked, half-hugging her in his arms.
Jiang Qinyu's expression was not good. Although she had temporarily helped Lu Yanzheng and the others out of the predicament, she herself seemed to have been injured.
But seeing how nervous Lu Yanzheng was, she shook her head and said, "It's nothing serious. You should stabilize the situation first."
She didn't mention her current situation at all, and quickly told Lu Yanzheng how to use the shoulder-fired rocket launcher. "I can't help with anything else, but you should be able to scare them away in a short time with this. Also, take a few blueprints to the Ordnance Bureau and have them rush to produce some convenient weapons..."
Seeing that she was in such a state and still not thinking about his safety, Lu Yanzheng felt a mix of emotions. "I understand. You go back to the General's Mansion and rest well. Leave the rest to me."
If he still loses this battle despite Jiang Qinyu bringing such a powerful weapon, then he has truly wasted his life.
Lu Yanzheng found two people to escort Jiang Qinyu back, while he returned to the city wall with the things Jiang Qinyu had given him.
The enemy, unaware of what had happened, was about to continue their attack after only a quarter of an hour when Lu Yanzheng had already climbed the city wall, carrying a rocket launcher on his shoulder, and began firing at the area with the most enemy soldiers.
"Whoosh~ Bang!"
"Whoosh~ Bang!"
"Whoosh~ Bang!"
"..."
After a dozen or so loud explosions, the soldiers from Dayuan and Xiqiang were all stunned.
"Run! They have weapons of gods and demons!"
Suddenly someone shouted, and all the enemy soldiers who were still alive rushed back in a panic, no matter how much the commanders shouted.
The fifth prince of Western Qiang has now received the latest news.
"What did you say? Wang Bo is dead? Lu Yanzheng has a new weapon? One that can kill a thousand or two thousand people in one go?" The Fifth Prince jumped up in shock.
The most powerful explosives Wang Bo made for them were the kind that could blow up the city gates of the border town; at most, they could injure a hundred or so people if thrown into a crowd.
But then his men reported that Lu Yanzheng had acquired new gunpowder weapons, and a single explosion could instantly kill one or two thousand people.
This is absolutely utterly overwhelming!
How can we fight this war?
"Yes, Your Highness, all our men are disobeying orders and are retreating in unison. Your Highness, please think of a solution quickly!"
The Fifth Prince of Western Qiang was so angry his mouth almost twisted. "The city gates were clearly blown up, and they just ran away like that? A bunch of useless trash!"
The men were saying, "If we don't run, we'll all die in front of the city gates!"
It would be a lie to say they weren't afraid. After all, the border army's commander-in-chief, Lu Yanzheng, was standing on the city wall, carrying some unknown thing on his shoulder. One of those things could cause them to lose thousands of men. It was terrifying!
After his anger subsided, the Fifth Prince knew that the situation was hopeless. He said resentfully, "Send down the order to retreat to a distance of thirty miles!"
He was just a hair's breadth away, really just a hair's breadth away, from conquering the border town, seizing the abundant river and the mines where gunpowder could be made!
But fate is so unfair, Lu Yanzheng suddenly has a weapon that can crush them!
...
No one paid any attention to the resentment and anger of the fifth prince of the Western Qiang. When they saw the enemy retreating, the border troops cheered and their eyes filled with tears.
"They've retreated!"
"We won!"
"We've saved the border town!"
"Waaaaah... Old Han, you didn't die in vain..."
The soldiers embraced and wept bitterly, mourning their fallen comrades.
They had endured so much these past few days, and only now, with the enemy retreating, did they dare to truly cry.
Of the 100,000 border troops, nearly 30,000 have died in the past few days. This battle has been extremely brutal.
Seeing his soldiers like this, Lu Yanzheng remained silent for a long time before giving a few instructions to his deputy and then carrying a rocket launcher down the city wall.
"General!" Qin Shen rushed back at some point, looking at him excitedly and asking, "We won, right?"
His gaze fell on the rocket launcher on Lu Yanzheng's shoulder, his eyes shining brightly.
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