Chapter 412: Chapter 400: The Night Attack_2

Such an action was absolutely unprecedented.

The first thing he thought of was to report this event to the Great Khan for a decision after returning.

Of course, the most important thing now was how to escape.

Didn’t you notice that the Ping-Pong-like noise was becoming increasingly intense?

And all the soldiers around him were falling down one after another.

In just the blink of an eye, in just the first engagement, they had lost a good few thousand men.

In this type of siege warfare, such a situation is entirely trivial.

But today was different; after all, the items used by the other side were too shockingly impressive.

In the eyes of these barbarians today, fighting a war is still about crossing bayonets, comparing whether you or I am the mightier.

But who would have thought there would be such a product from a thousand miles away?

And most importantly, this thing is completely different from arrows; not only can bows not reach such far distances, but the objects they fired were completely different as well.

It can be said that they were utterly confounded at the very beginning of the engagement.

Soldier after soldier was truly scrambling for cover,

And as the sky was now very dark, nearly no human figures could be seen,

Only the thunderous booms and the pitiful screams could be heard,

Of course, as those catapults launched their payloads, a succession of fires burst forth within their ranks almost immediately.

And these fires, like Divine Thunder falling from the sky, split the ground into a crisp exterior with a tender interior.

Simultaneously, without exception, everyone who neared this central area ended up lying on the ground,

This incident threw the barbarians into complete panic,

Originally confident with an army of over a hundred thousand,

But now, truly, the more pitiful they were, the more pitiful they appeared,

Everyone was chasing each other, terrified that they were fleeing too slowly,

All running back the way they came,

And looking at the barbarian tent at this very moment, Yelu Qi observed the simple map in his hand, nodding in satisfaction:

“Hangu Pass is indeed a critical checkpoint, and this should be the last barrier, right?

As long as we barbarians capture the city beyond here, then the land of the Han will belong to us.”

However, at the same time, just at this moment, a figure suddenly burst in frantically.

The man was none other than the general who had gone to lead the siege, and he had a look of dejection written all over his face.

“Not good, leader, not good.”

Indeed, at this moment, without saying a word, they could guess that something had happened,

After all, the sound of gunfire just now was quite tremendous,

And for this reason, they had felt the difference right away,

By the time this subordinate, covered in dust and ash, came running down, everyone’s eyes turned toward him, waiting for an answer.

And at this time, that guy no longer kept them in suspense, but quickly spilt everything he had seen and heard.

Such objects were naturally unprecedented for them; they had no idea how such a contraption could be launched,

In short, they were caught completely off guard at that moment.

They even felt fortunate that they hadn’t brought horses this time,

But approached on foot instead.

Otherwise, under such circumstances, if the horses got spooked, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Consider what kind of scenario would have unfolded then; it’s likely that by this time, half of the people returning would still be left behind.

“What in the world happened? Why was there such a noise?

And what’s with that firelight?

How did they manage to do it?

Could it be that the other side is made up of Immortals? Could it be that they were sent by the heavens?”

As he spoke to this point, he couldn’t help shaking his head. How could that be possible?

Not to mention these barbarians, now let’s talk about the excitement that erupted among everyone on the walls of Hangu Pass.

The soldiers were even more excited, howling vigorously,

Watching the soldiers flee in utter chaos, their hearts surged like roaring waves,

it was simply too thrilling. If not for the distance widening ever more, and no one being able to get within 200 steps, perhaps they really wouldn’t stop.

This battle quickly instilled confidence in them, they hammered out a sense of their own prestige,

and in their hearts, they thought that they had finally gotten a thorough revenge,

just now, each of them began to secretly calculate, just how many barbarians had they killed?

Just now, there were people by their side who had fired two more shots than themselves!

It showed just how fast the enemy was.

This also filled them one by one with even more anticipation, waiting for the enemy to attack again.

And those catapult operators, they were even more excited,

just now they had seen vividly, after their explosive bags were thrown into the enemy crowd, a huge burst of flames would reveal itself instantly,

and under the light of that flame, they could clearly see that within a few steps from the epicenter of the explosion, all the barbarian soldiers fell to the ground, wailing in agony,

even those farthest away were lying on the ground, holding their arms or legs, wailing nonstop,

which was enough to show the immense power of these explosives.

Now for those cannon operators, they looked as the cannonballs rushed toward the enemy’s ranks, and since it was night, they couldn’t clearly see where the cannonballs landed,

nor did they know how lethal they were,

in short, they even felt they were not as effective as the catapults.

Of course, this wasn’t actually the case,

when the cannon fired, a solid iron ball was immediately shot out,

and at this time, the enemy’s method of attack was very primitive,

that is, they attacked in densely-packed formations.

Because of such formations, the enemy’s ranks were very dense,

and when the cannon fired, even a several dozen-pound iron ball didn’t just fall to the ground and create a crater, but smashed violently into the crowd.

A single cannonball at least could plow through five or six people,

and by the time it finally came to a stop, it would also injure those around it.

All in all, a single cannonball could take at least about ten people.

Maybe ten doesn’t sound like a lot, but don’t forget, there were more than a dozen cannons here,

with a single volley, a hundred men lay on the ground,

what a formidable tactic this was?

Even if the archers were however formidable,

the arrows they shot could only manage to keep one person barely in place,

but it was different on their side, the most important thing was that the sound was too loud, one cannon fire, at minimum it would shock people’s eardrums to pain, frightening people to the core.

Now looking at those old veterans who had previously retreated, their eyes were uniquely bright,

they didn’t understand what was going on,

they didn’t know what exactly was in these people’s hands, what could make such a shocking sound?

Of course, it was only now, seeing that it was themselves who controlled such things, that they had such a mentality.

Just when the cannons and firearms and so on went off, those old soldiers were also startled,

each of them was so terrified that they stood still on the spot, not daring to move an inch.

As for rushing up to pelt the enemy with stones or such, that was completely unnecessary for them.

After all, the enemy hadn’t even had the time to set up a single cloud ladder before they were completely repulsed by this side.

Although this battle was fought very successfully and beautifully, Lin Yi was still somewhat dissatisfied, after all, it was at night.

In this way, although it could shake the enemy, making them clueless,

it also made them less wary and less panicked.

If it were daylight, in such a ghastly situation, Lin Yi was confident he could make all of them lose their will to fight.

Lose the heart to resist.

…End of Chapter…