Deer territory, Stag City.

Lu Qingxi stood on the north wall, stunned as he stared at a collapsing tower to the northeast.

It was a large multi-purpose tower. The base is made of heavy stones, reinforced with steel in the middle. Sharp and sharp stone flakes are inserted upside down on the outside of the tower, making it more difficult for attackers to climb.

The defenders of the tower numbered as many as one hundred and twenty people. Except for the operators of heavy ballistas, all the rest were archers. The tower has enough food and water to last for a long time.

When I used to go to Rock City, Lu Qingxi was deeply impressed by this kind of large tower. He was a very hard-working student, and with Tianhao already ahead of him, he firmly believed that such towers were a weapon of war, especially in terms of defense.

The harsh reality shatters illusions.

The large-caliber artillery unleashed terrifying kinetic energy, and the whistling shells accurately hit the middle of the tower, blasting open, stirring up countless gravel and rubble. Holes in the tower's surface were exposed, revealing twisted steel bars, and the screams of the wounded could be heard in the distance.

The artillery was well aimmed, and the seemingly impregnable tower crumbled under this bombardment, which far exceeded the limits of its bearings, and the successive artillery shots completely destroyed its foundations. Under the gaze of countless shocked eyes, the tower of hope began to bend in the middle, and with the grinding and tearing of the scalp, it slowly tilted from the sky and fell heavily, stirring up countless dust in the flesh and screams.

"Oh my God, what the hell is that fire-breathing metal pipe?"

"That's artillery, it's the weapons of white Southerners. I saw it when I was locked in the dragon pass. ”

"We can't hold it, they will bombard the gates of the city with cannons, and turn all the people in the city into slaves."

In extreme madness and shock, Lu Qingxi gave the order to attack.

He knew very well that there was no way to survive if he held on. The Deer Clan only has one main city left, and the small villages scattered around it cannot become the main body of the group's continuation. If you flee to Red Moon City, the situation will only be worse than it is now. That would mean losing all the food that Bucks City had saved since last year. In the face of the unsolvable problem of hunger, we will fight without a fight.

Fifty thousand strong deer infantry stepped out of the open gate and lined up outside the city.

They are the most elite troops in Lu Qingxi's hands. Each soldier has been carefully selected and is a veteran of the battle with the Tiger people. They are skilled and experienced in warfare, and they eat far more than the average city guard, ensuring that they can eat meat every two days.

Lu Qingxi poured everything he had into equipping this army with strong armor and sophisticated weapons.

This is his last hole card.

In the face of this war, Lu Qingxi has long been conscious.

He knew that Tianhao would not let him go. The reason why I haven't done it has been done is that all I lack is time and opportunity.

Now, he has everything.

……

The deer infantry arrayed outside the city failed to attack as expected.

The biggest feature of warfare in the Cold Weapon Era was formations, especially infantry. The deer people did a decent ———— with heavy shieldmen at the front, followed by three rows of progressive pikemen and fierce sword and shield soldiers. As they moved forward, 10,000 archers, under the command of officers of all ranks, slowly followed, opening the passage for their comrades in front of them by throwing them, reducing the opponent's combat strength.

Lu Qingxi did not have many cavalry, less than 2,000 people. In such a battlefield where the total number of troops invested by both sides exceeds 100,000, it is difficult to form a decisive attacking force. What's more, they will be separated and responsible for the security of the two flanks of the infantry phalanx.

The thick infantry arrays were quite cumbersome to arrange, and the Deer Clan soldiers were far less elite than the Ox Clan. Coupled with the fact that it takes a lot of time to get from inside the city to the outside of the city, by the time the soldiers rush into their positions at the urging of the officers and wait for further orders, a great catastrophe is already inevitable.

The cannonballs tore through the air, emitting a terrifying, piercing scream, and fell in the densest part of the crowd, bursting with devastating energy.

According to Yun Kai's order, the towers on the periphery of Buck City were cleared, and the artillery unit went directly to a position very close to the city wall. As many as tens of thousands of Forbidden Army soldiers formed a defensive line in front, and the entire battlefield, including more than 80 percent of the area of Bucks City, was included in the artillery range.

The deer have never been a warlike race. Their greatest reliance on this world is because of their textile technology. Whether it is the lion clan, the tiger clan, or the cow clan, it can be seen from the comparison of strength that the deer clan is definitely not the opponent of any of them. Thanks to the shrewdness of the deer kings of the past dynasties, thanks to the early construction of the Broken Horn City and the Red Moon City by the ancestors, with the help of the geographical advantage, from the north and south to block the foreign enemy, occupy a vast and fertile area.

As countless shells fell, black and red soon became dominant on the battlefield. The air was filled with pungent gunsmoke, and the thick blood mixed in, compared to the former, it seemed to be substantial, and the blood and water of minced flesh flying in the sky became the best annotation. screaming, cursing, crying, pleading...... The sounds of human beings were crushed by explosions again and again, and tears became the cheapest and most meaningless thing. At this moment, no one is thinking about the future of honor and the race, they only have a year on their minds———— escape, they must leave this terrible place alive.

Relying on the secret of cotton and "one machine with multiple spindles", the deer tribe has successfully maneuvered between many ethnic groups and lived a very nourishing life. Out of consideration for the balance of power in all aspects, the leaders of powerful ethnic groups such as the Lion Clan, the Tiger Clan, and the Niu Clan acquiesced to this. In such a situation, the Deer Clan even enjoys certain unwritten privileges, especially in the supply of military supplies and army turnover in Suolong Pass, as long as the Deer Clan takes out more than the quota of cloth, they can correspondingly reduce the number of soldiers stationed there.

Their understanding of artillery is far weaker than that of other tribes.

Even the heroic and warlike deer clan commanders still can't imagine what it is like to fire hundreds of cannons at the same time. The 50,000 elite veterans of the Deer Clan were wiped out. They weren't all killed, but it was no longer possible to maintain a tight formation. Getting together is the best target, and when a cannonball falls, the whole person is blown away. The battlefield was black and full of craters. As far as the eye can see, there are blown arms, legs and feet that don't know who their owners are, eyeballs hanging on the surface of rubble, intestines on the surface of tangled dirt, lungs that appear pink when exposed to the air from their chests, and countless corpses in different appearances, charred and black, emitting the smell of cooked meat in the hot temperature.

Yun Kai, who was full of ambition, pulled out his command knife, and pointed the sharp tip of the knife at the tall city wall in the distance: "Stop the shelling, attack!" ”

Although he had received systematic new militarization training in Rock City, Yun Kai never expected that the battle would be so smooth, and it could even be said that there was no difficulty.

The rifle crushed the cold weapon with irrefutable strength. This battle is not so much the last battle of the Niu Clan to destroy the Deer Clan, but rather the fact that Tianhao carried out a dimensionality reduction blow to the Deer Clan with the power of ancient civilization, and the two sides are not comparable in the slightest.

Tens of thousands of Janissaries began to move forward.

The widespread spread of fixed ammunition made the rate of fire increase exponentially. The rifled rifle was engraved with rifling and surpassed the original musket in terms of accuracy and range. The combination of distance, rate of fire, and hit rate clearly stipulates in the newly promulgated military canon that there is no need and even must be put an end to the traditional dense formation assault on the battlefield. The infantry had to be dispersed and advance steadily in a skirmish line while ensuring that the artillery was suppressed.

Arrows were fired from the distant walls, and large ballistas fought back. They are hardly a threat to the scattered Ox Infantry, and occasionally a few unlucky guys are shot, purely due to luck.

Passing by a crater of black mud and blood, Yun Kai saw a Niu clan officer who had lost his legs and hands, leaving only half of his body to survive, struggling between rotten flesh and internal organs.

He is no longer able to leave this world at any time under the inspiration of the gods.

Although he lost his left hand, he was still intact from the shoulder down to the elbow. Yun Kai paid attention to the imprint on the other party's left arm and found that he was a thousand heads.

Yun Kai lowered the muzzle of the rifle in his hand and aimed it at the man's forehead.

He is an enemy and a warrior. He should have died with dignity and as painless as possible.

The deer officer, who had no power to resist, had blurred his vision, he could barely see the thick muzzle of the gun, and he tried to squeeze out a meaningful and inexplicable smile, and let out a pre-death moan: "...... You guys...... Won. ”

Yun Kai nodded, agreeing with this statement, and then pulled the trigger.

Just as the bullets erupted from their disembowels, bursting into flames and roaring, a striking white flag was erected at the top of the city wall directly north of Bucks City.

Everyone was stunned by the sudden change.

Subsequently, inside and outside the city, shouts of different meanings were heard one after another.

Some are cheering, some are cursing, and some are ignorant and just following the voices of those around them, in fact that even they themselves do not understand why they are doing it.

Yun Kai is one of the many cursers.

He used his thumb to pull open the cartridge bag hanging from his waist, took out a fixed bullet and stuffed it into the chamber of the gun, raised the gun and aimed at the distant white flag on the city wall for half a minute, and finally put down the gun, extremely helpless, and sighed angrily.

As a commander, especially the commander of the forbidden army, who is trusted by His Royal Highness the Regent, the best way to prove one's worth and existence is to gain military merits on the battlefield.

There was no difficulty in this battle, and Yun Kai had already regarded Bucks City as his bag.

After all the calculations, he never thought that when he was about to achieve victory, those damn soft eggs in the city would actually raise the white flag and take the initiative to surrender.

Staring at the dazzling white flag on the city wall, Yun Kai spat at the ground and let out a vicious curse.

"Lao Tzu will use white cloth to make underwear in the future, and sew a damn deer head!"

……

Surrounded by a group of guards and close ministers, Tianhao slowly walked into the main hall of the Buck City Palace.

Lu Qingxi sat on the throne.

There was no second person by his side.

"Stand there and don't move." Lu Qingxi raised his right hand and pointed at the several Niu clan guards who were about to cross Tianhao and pounce on him. At the same time, he raised his left hand and accentuated his tone, releasing a strong warning tone: "If you don't want this city to be reduced to ashes, do as I say." ”

In his hand he was holding a cylinder more than ten centimeters long, which appeared to be made of metal, or possibly made of animal skin.

The guards forcibly stopped the momentum and forced themselves to stay where they were.

The distance was not too far, and people could see clearly the thing Lu Qingxi was holding in his hand.

The impact of an asteroid on the Earth caused the earth's crust to move, and for a long time, no natural sulfur was found in the northern part of the continent. But this does not mean that the understanding and use of gunpowder by the northern barbarians is in a blank state. With the Lock Dragon Pass Heavenly Insurance, the barbarians of various tribes have more or less obtained some gunpowder. Although it could not be directly applied to the military on a large scale due to the problem of quantity, people found a different way to develop fireworks signals with special significance.

That's right, what Lu Qingxi is holding in his hand at the moment is a signal transmitter. According to the era of civilization, in fact, the principle is equivalent to holding fireworks such as "continuous ball bullets" or "two kicks".

Tianhao noticed that the roof skylight directly above the throne was open, and although the sun could not be seen from this position, the blue sky could be seen.

He separated the crowd, crossed the heavily armed guards in front, calmly looked at Lu Qingxi, who was full of nervousness and still trembling slightly with his arm holding the signal canister, and asked lightly: "Since you chose to surrender, why do you want to do this?" ”

At this distance, with Tianhao's fully strengthened body and instantaneous burst speed, he could completely take the launch canister in Lu Qingxi's hand. In fact, this thing is very primitive, and the fire must be opened to ignite it.

Tianhao is sure of winning, but he doesn't plan to do so.

He wanted to hear Lu Qingxi's last words.

After all...... We're friends.

"Let them out, I just want to talk to you alone." Lu Qingxi looked a little nervous, and he demonstratively raised the signal tube in his hand again: "My people are outside, in the city." As soon as I give the signal, they will set the warehouses in the city on fire. When the time comes, you won't get anything. ”

Tianhao smiled and nodded slowly, and casually ordered the vigilant guards: "You guys go down first!" ”

The orders of the superior cannot be resisted, not to mention that he is still the regent who has the highest authority in the entire Niu clan.

Soon, only Tianhao and Lu Qingxi were left in the empty hall.

"I've been looking forward to this moment for a long time......" muttered the pale Lord of the Deer Clan, placing his left hand holding the signal canister on his knee, and the expression on his face was not so much a smile as a sigh of helplessness: "There is no such thing as happiness and unhappiness in the world, but only the contrast between the two. Just like me and you. ”

Tianhao tilted his head seemingly casually and quickly glanced around. He had done this before when the guards were present, and now it was just to reconfirm that there were no hidden killers in the hall, and that there was no potential danger.