CHAPTER 1271: CHAPTER 1271: BORDER CONFLICTS RESOLVED, NATIONWIDE CELEBRATION

Under Su Yongming’s hesitant gaze, Mo Wanqing looked at the Imperial Guards waiting for his command.

His eyes were sharp, and he shouted with great confidence: "Fire!"

"Bang!"

The first gunshot sounded.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang!!!"

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!!!"

The intense gunfire echoed through the skies, accompanied by the horrified screams of the enemy.

Huns Soldiers fell in swathes, the dead enemies dying without knowing the cause, only feeling their heads suddenly explode and their chests pierced by something.

The Imperial Guards fought joyously, some quickly loaded bullets into their rifles, grasped the weapons hanging from their waists, pulled on the handle, and forcefully threw them into the dense formations of Huns Soldiers.

"Boom!"

"Boom boom!"

Amid the intense gunfire, thunderous sounds echoed.

Dust flew, and a large pit was blasted into the ground, with flying corpses dropping into the pit.

The Huns Army, thrown into disarray by Daqian’s weaponry and sudden thunder strikes, panicked even more.

"Divine punishment!"

"Heaven is angry!"

"It’s a thunderbolt! The gods are furious!"

Huns Soldiers were in complete disarray, the Iron Cavalry’s horses trampled upon them, and a large number of infantry were killed under the hooves.

Seeing the Huns disordered, Mo Wanqing issued another order: "Throw the Thunderbolts!"

These small devices, named ’Thunderbolt’ by the Empress, seemed to have a greater lethal effect than long rifles.

Upon hearing the command, the Imperial Guards unhooked the weapons from their waists.

They stood on the city ramparts, stretched open the handles, swung their arms forcefully, and threw the small devices among the Huns Army.

"Bang! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom!!"

Constant booming sounds like thunder,

Five hundred thousand Huns Soldiers, some fled, some died, and in a blink of an eye two-thirds of the soldiers on the battlefield were annihilated.

Mo Wanqing watched the fleeing Huns Soldiers, his hands clenched into fists.

He said to Su Yongming, standing beside him with an expression of utter shock: "General Su, I’ll lead the soldiers to pursue the enemy. The Hidden Guard will stay and teach how to use these weapons."

Upon hearing this, Su Yongming suppressed the excitement and frenzy on his face, and immediately ordered the deputy general: "Open the city gates!"

"Yes!" the deputy general responded excitedly.

Mo Wanqing took ten thousand Imperial Guards, riding their horses in pursuit of the Huns Soldiers.

Before leaving the city, they replenished their weapons and ammunition, thoroughly prepared.

The officers remaining in the city to study the weapons, like General Su, had no idea they would chase the enemy for three days and nights, all the way to the Huns Royal Court.

The Imperial Guards decapitated the Huns’ leader, Hu Yuan Kun, and did not spare the nobles of the Huns Royal Court, driving them to the fringe tribes.

Mo Wanqing ordered his men to loot the gold and treasures of the Huns Royal Court, commanded his subordinates to blow up the royal capital, and then led his forces back to Hukou Pass.

The Huns Royal Family was largely annihilated, and the Huns troops were completely wiped out; this war left them unable to recover for twenty or thirty years.

Daqian triumphed!

*

The conflict in the Northern Frontier had settled, and the news quickly reached Capital City.

Upon receiving the news, Xiao Jun’an’s handsome face slightly flushed with excitement, a departure from his usual composure.

Upon seeing the carts of gold, silver, and jewels brought back to Capital City, he immediately decreed a two-year tax reduction for the people of Daqian, calling for a nationwide celebration!

Afterwards, Xiao Jun’an did not relax, but instead decisively tackled the floods in the south, dispatching batches of officials from Capital City.

A few days later, the Minister of Revenue, on his way to help the victims of the northern disaster, was assassinated and killed.

Upon hearing this news, Xiao Jun’an was enraged and immediately dispatched the Grand Tutor with thousands of Imperial Guards to Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou.

Before departing, the Grand Tutor took several Imperial Decrees from the Emperor.