Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

The last time they came to Taoyuan County, the few who managed to escape realized something was wrong and quietly retreated behind the crowd.

Jiang Hu raised his right arm, stopping his brothers as well, and shouted loudly towards the city wall, "What do you mean by this! Why did you smash the city wall!"

A burst of low laughter echoed from the city wall.

At this time, the soldiers at the cannons were still loading ammunition.

Ao Chen cupped his hands around his mouth like a trumpet and said, "General! Our Taoyuan County has been in disrepair for years. The city wall is hollow, and the stone slabs are not secure!"

"Today, so many of you generals are entering the city with such momentum that we feared the stone slabs would be shaken loose, so we had people break them beforehand to avoid alarming you, General!"

Nonsense!

Jiang Hu cursed inwardly and then asked, "What exactly are those objects behind the stone slabs?"

"They are the supports for the stone slabs! Please wait a moment, General, and we will open the city gate as soon as the debris is cleared."

Supports? Jiang Hu frowned and observed carefully.

Something's not right, something's very wrong. There must be something fishy going on inside.

So he turned around and ordered the men behind him, "Brothers, tighten the formation and be vigilant!"

All twelve cannons on the city wall were fully loaded, and the gunners were waiting for Ao Chen's command.

Ao Chen watched the group of people on the ground begin to gradually contract, and his mouth slowly widened.

They're afraid they're not dying fast enough... bringing this on themselves!

Seeing that the formation below had been adjusted, Ao Chen raised an arm expressionlessly.

Jiang Hu narrowed his eyes at his strange movement and asked, "What are you doing? Aren't you going to open the city gate for this general?"

"Fire!!!"

The gunners picked up the prepared fire sticks and lit the fuses.

The next moment, a deafening sound appeared over Taoyuan County.

Twelve tongues of fire spewed out of the muzzles at the same time!!!

At such a close range, even if the cannons were not accurate, it was impossible to miss!

Twelve shells accurately and evenly scattered into the formation of over a thousand people!

"Boom!" "Boom!!" "Boom!!!"

The moment the shells hit the ground, they exploded with terrifying sounds.

Jiang Hu, unable to react in time, only felt a buzzing in his ears!

"Ah — — — —"

His heart stopped for a moment! The next second, he felt the horse beneath him go crazy, throwing him off!

Falling to the ground, Jiang Hu had lost the ability to think and was even close to stopping breathing.

All he saw was a chaotic scene of horses' hooves... the corpses of his brothers with expressions of horror and pain.

And severed limbs... broken arms... blood!

Immeasurable merit... is this the immeasurable merit the Prince wanted!?!?

After a few seconds, the buzzing and wailing in Jiang Hu's ears gradually grew louder, and he barely propped himself up and let out a miserable cry towards the crowd, "Brothers, run!"

"Run!!!"

But no one responded. Everyone was terrified by this weapon that seemed like divine punishment!

For a time, there was constant trampling, scolding, and screaming!

At this moment, the cannon made its debut in this world, revealing for the first time its ferocious face in history!

"Boom!!!" "Boom!!!" "Boom!!!"

The second round of shelling followed closely!

Again, a thunderclap sounded on the ground, and countless gravels shot out of thin air, piercing countless fragile bodies.

The horses could no longer be ridden.

Those who still had some sense had abandoned their horses and fled.

But they were much slower, and even if they could dodge the shelling, they could not avoid the gravel that exploded on the ground.

Although Jiang Hu was lying on the ground, several stones still pierced his body.

Perhaps due to serious internal injuries, Jiang Hu began to spit out blood.

He glanced at the brothers who were still in a panic and cried out painfully, "Quick... run!! Hide under the city gate!! They can't hit us..."

Hearing his command, some people began to flee towards the city gate.

The centurion was right!

Those black tubes obviously couldn't hit under the city gate. As long as they hid under it, there would be no problem.

Even if they were captured by them, it wouldn't matter.

As long as they lived... and left this hell, anything would be fine!!

Ao Chen watched dozens or hundreds of people swarm towards the city gate and immediately shouted, "Demolition charges!"

He had already anticipated this situation.

The area under the city gate was a blind spot. The firing range of the cannons was limited, so demolition charges could be used to make up for the deficiency.

More and more people gathered below, and the already lit demolition charges began to be thrown down in twos and threes.

Jiang Hu had given up struggling. He was lucky not to have suffered too much direct damage, but one of his legs seemed to have been trampled by the frightened horse, and his ears had been deafened again by the second round of shelling.

Looking at the remaining brothers gathered under the city gate, huddled together, his eyes were filled with sorrow.

How could it be like this... how could it be like this!

He hadn't even seen the soldiers of Taoyuan County, yet he had been defeated to this point... He had a whole 1,800 elite soldiers!

Any battalion in the capital could be called the elite of the elite!

Yet in just a moment, they had been routed!?

But before he could lament for long, a few balls of fire appeared before Jiang Hu's eyes.

The brothers who had just been huddled together under the city were all lying down in an instant.

The heavy city gate was also mottled and不堪from the explosions, and some places had even been blown through.

Countless blood and fragments of internal organs were scattered on it, like a painting of hell...

Xiao Tao covered her ears and couldn't help but turn her head away from the tragic scene.

Ao Chen also swallowed a mouthful of saliva. No one in the county had ever fought in a war, and such a brutal scene was really frightening.

The power of the demolition charges and cannons was too great, and the effect on the human body was beyond imagination!

However, Zhang Biao remained calm and loudly said, "Stop shelling! And stop throwing demolition charges!"

"Xiao Tao, you keep an eye on things from above for me. I'll take people to clean up the mess!"

"Okay!!!"

Watching the cavalry scatter to pursue the fleeing enemies, Xiao Tao said to Ao Chen with a solemn expression, "The situation is serious. Quickly interrogate those people clearly. I have to return to the capital as soon as possible to report what happened here to His Highness the Crown Prince, continue to send people to guard it strictly, and repair the city gate as soon as possible!"

Ao Chen nodded solemnly.

.......

Below Haiyuan City.

Fang Zheng Yi's convoy arrived....