Princess Promotion

Chapter 180 Artillery

King Ada discovered that the Qi army had been making more and more noises recently, and the most obvious one was Li Yinhan, ever since he received the news from the empress.

He no longer gets angry and jumps on the wall every day, but instead disappears for a while from time to time.

Recently, the Qi army has blocked all news. King Ada only knows that the Queen of Qi seems to have escaped the encirclement.

The moment he heard the news, King Ada felt that he had been narrow-minded before.

Among the people of the Central Plains, there are people like Yan Haoyu who are very smart and good at scheming and scheming, but naturally there are also people who are as stupid as pigs and can't even catch a person.

I heard that Zhou Ze was demoted to the western border because he lost the fight for the position of King of Western Zhou. No wonder he is so stupid.

It was also because he looked up to the people of the Central Plains too much. Zhou Ze couldn't even beat the former Zhou Emperor who was defeated by the Empress of Qi, so how could he be a match for the Empress.

King Ada paced back and forth in the tent. Seeing that Zhou Ze could no longer be relied upon, should he attack?

"My lord, someone has replaced someone on the city wall." A soldier ran in breathlessly, breaking the silence in the tent.

King Ada frowned, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he grabbed the whip and strode out of the tent.

Outside the tent, battle flags fluttered and the soldiers' eyes were focused on the city wall.

King Ada's gaze passed through the layers of shields and spears and fell on the city wall.

There, the defenses were still tight. The soldiers stood like sculptures, their eyes determined, and the weapons in their hands flashed coldly in the sunlight.

What’s different from before is that there is a lounge chair on the city wall.

A figure dressed in brocade clothes, who looked to be a woman, was leaning on a recliner, holding a book in her hand and reading it leisurely.

The sunlight shone on her body, giving her a golden halo. She seemed focused and calm, and the noise around her could not affect her at all.

A hint of doubt flashed in King Ada's eyes. What are these Central Plains people doing?

The woman on the city wall seemed to feel King Ada's gaze, and slowly raised her head. Her eyes passed through many obstacles and met King Ada's gaze.

There was no fear or provocation in the woman's eyes, only a deep calmness, as if she could see through people's hearts.

The woman raised her hand and said something to a general standing nearby. The general nodded, walked to the city wall, and shouted, "When are you planning to withdraw?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the wind and sand on the field seemed to stop for a moment.

King Ada's eyes lit up with a savage smile as he said, "Let your queen serve me for one night, and withdraw the troops the next day."

General Park on the city wall's face immediately turned black, and he was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword and chop the shameless barbarian to pieces on the spot.

The person with the calmest expression in the whole audience was Yao Chuguang, who heard such an outrageous request.

Yao Chuguang's eyes didn't leave the book. He nodded and actually agreed, "Okay, let him go into the city alone."

General Park immediately shouted the truth.

King Ada had only guessed at first, but he didn't expect that the person on the city wall was really the Queen of Qi.

Did she really escape safely?

Although King Ada cursed Zhou Ze for being incompetent and a waste, there was one thing King Ada could be sure of, that was Zhou Ze would never join forces with the State of Qi.

Since it is impossible for the two sides to join forces, it means that the empress is indeed capable, otherwise it would be impossible for her to escape safely with 10,000 people from the siege of 200,000 people.

King Ada was not surprised to hear Yao Chuguang's answer.

Yao Chuguang was an empress after all, so she certainly wouldn't be like those ordinary women from the Central Plains who would commit suicide after being teased.

King Ada looked up and shouted, "Queen of Qi, your presence here now means that you have already begun to siege that loser Zhou Ze?"

Yao Chuguang said concisely: "Yes!"

This overly straightforward and affirmative answer made King Ada feel a little confused.

This empress really overturned King Ada's stereotype of the Central Plains people. In his perception, the Central Plains people always like to speak in a roundabout way.

King Ada asked tentatively, "I wonder how many troops the empress sent to encircle and suppress Zhou Ze?"

Yao Chuguang told the truth: "Not many, just 500,000. By the way, there are only 10,000 soldiers left defending the border. If you have any questions, just ask directly. Don't be so fussy."

King Ada's heart almost stopped at that moment, and he felt an unprecedented pressure.

The Queen of Qi announced her military strength so honestly. Could it be that in her eyes, she was the same as that useless Zhou Ze, and her ten thousand soldiers could not stop her hundreds of thousands of strong troops.

"My king, should we attack?" the deputy general beside him asked in a low voice, with a desire to fight flashing in his eyes.

King Ada's fingers unconsciously clenched the whip, and the fighting spirit in his heart was ignited. He shouted: "Empress, I, Ada, have never admired anyone's courage in my life. You are the first and last."

"You think you can stop the warriors of my grassland with just 10,000 city defenders? That's ridiculous."

Yao Chuguang finally took his eyes off the book and looked at King Ada questioningly, "Are you going to attack?"

King Ada took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He must not underestimate this woman. Even if she appeared harmless, she was lying.

Yao Chuguang raised his hand and a pitch-black cylindrical iron lump was pushed onto the city wall, with the empty hole facing King Ada and the others.

Yao Chuguang thought for a moment and adjusted his direction to face an unmanned dirt slope. "This is our military battalion. We have a newly developed artillery. Let me show you some."

After saying that, a soldier lit the fuse on the cannon.

The sound of the burning fuse was particularly harsh in the tense atmosphere. Everyone held their breath, waiting for that moment to come.

The moment the shell was fired, the sky and the earth seemed to change color.

In an instant, the earth shook and the targeted slope was instantly blown into dust by the power of the explosion, leaving only a circle of charred deep holes.

The explosion caused tinnitus in King Ada's ears and his heart to beat violently in his chest. It took him a while to recover.

When King Ada looked up again, he saw the most terrifying scene in his life.

The city walls had been neatly lined with cannons at some point, and the muzzle of each cannon was pointed at them.

Those black muzzles were like the eyes of death, staring at them coldly.

A chill ran through King Ada's heart and his palms began to sweat, but he remained calm on his face.

At this moment, King Ada could not show any fear.

Behind him are his soldiers and his people, and he cannot let them down.

"Empress, your artillery is indeed powerful, but do you think it can scare away the warriors of my grassland?" King Ada's voice remained firm, but he had already begun to reassess the situation in his heart.

After hearing this, Yao Chuguang didn't refute it, but nodded and said, "If this is indeed not enough, let me show you the power of continuous fire."

After a series of earthquakes, King Ada's last bit of hope was shattered by Yao Chuguang.

With such a magical weapon in hand, the barbarian warriors would be courting death if they went forward.

No wonder a mere 10,000 soldiers dared to stop them.

"All troops, listen up! Retreat five miles!" King Ada's voice echoed on the battlefield.

King Ada's gaze fell on Yao Chuguang again: "Empress, we will meet again."

Yao Chuguang did not answer. He sat back in the recliner and continued reading. Occasionally, he turned the pages, making a slight rustling sound, which formed a sharp contrast with the tense atmosphere around him.