213: Chapter 213 Are there really weapons that can shoot across twelve miles?

"Understood!"

The translator hurriedly translated Tian Ju's words for Jin Tu.

"What!"

Jin Tu hadn't expected Tian Ju to be so bold!

Were all of Great Qin's subordinate generals this brave and fierce?

Or had the people of Great Qin become too dismissive of the Xiongnu cavalry after defeating them twice?

Jin Tu's face was filled with indignation.

Not just him, but the elders of the Tuan Tribe following Jin Tu were equally indignant.

Their angry gazes were fixed on Tian Ju.

"Da, it's not like that."

Seeing that her father and the elders had misunderstood, Jin Xishan hurriedly explained, "The revolver invented by His Majesty the Head of State is far more terrifying than bows and arrows."

"Just pull the trigger of the revolver, and it makes a loud bang like thunder; the bullets it fires can easily kill a person!"

"A single revolver can fire six shots in succession!"

"I once competed with His Majesty the Head of State. I had only fired one arrow to shatter a clay pot twenty meters away, but His Majesty pulled the trigger repeatedly and shattered twenty clay pots twenty meters away!"

"Each of these riders carries a hundred rounds of ammunition!"

"One of them alone can kill a hundred people!"

"Hmm?"

"Is that true?"

Jin Tu looked bewildered.

It wasn't as if he hadn't dealt with the Qin Army before.

He didn't remember the Qin Army having such a weapon.

His deepest memory of the Qin Army was the rain of arrows that covered the sky, enough to make anyone's scalp tingle.

If the Qin Army really had the kind of weapon his daughter described, wouldn't it be even more terrifying than the Qin Crossbow!

"Da, I am not lying to you!"

Jin Xishan nodded.

"Is that so!"

Jin Tu began to feel half-convinced.

"Even if they have revolvers, isn't their number still too small?"

Jin Tu added, "The Right Great Danghu and the White Sheep King have brought twenty thousand cavalry!"

"Tell him,"

Tian Ju said to the translator, "that the revolver is not even our most terrifying weapon."

"We have brought mortars, which are far more powerful than revolvers!"

"The maximum range of our mortars can reach twelve li!"

Twelve li is six kilometers.

The mortars Zhao Fusu made had a caliber of 100mm, belonging to the medium mortar category, with a maximum range of six kilometers!

"What!"

Seeing Tian Ju speak so hyperbolically, Jin Tu's first reaction was disbelief.

How could there be a weapon that could hit something twelve li away? That was far too exaggerated.

It had to be said that the power of a mortar far exceeded the cognition of this era; even if what Tian Ju said was true, it sounded like a lie to Jin Tu's ears.

After seeing Jin Tu's look of disbelief, Tian Ju really wanted to have the mortar crew demonstrate its power.

But he held back.

The mortar shells they carried were limited; they couldn't waste them on a demonstration.

"Xishan..."

Jin Tu's gaze turned to Jin Xishan.

"This!"

Jin Xishan also felt that the power of the mortar Tian Ju mentioned was too exaggerated.

Twelve li!

Even on horseback, that would take a long time. Could there really be a weapon that could hit that far?

After thinking for a moment, she said to Jin Tu, "I do not know if Captain Tian's words are true."

"But I have truly witnessed the power of the revolver."

"Captain Tian's thousand riders are far beyond what a normal thousand riders can compare to."

If these thousand riders of Captain Tian act as cavalry, I fear they could achieve miraculous effects."

The translator relayed everything Jin Xishan said to Tian Ju.

"Madam."

Tian Ju cupped his fists and said, "Our thousand men will serve as the main force. You only need to support us from the sidelines."

"Huh?"

Jin Xishan was completely stunned.

She truly hadn't expected that Tian Ju's thousand men were actually going to face the twenty thousand cavalry of the Right Great Danghu and the White Sheep King head-on!

"Madam,"

Tian Ju continued, "Even if you do not believe me, you should believe in His Majesty the Head of State!"

"Since His Majesty only sent us, it means His Majesty believes we have the strength to repel the Right Great Danghu and the White Sheep King."

"Uh..."

Hearing Tian Ju say this, Jin Xishan nodded slightly.

Indeed, she saw that the Paramount Leader was full of confidence; in his eyes, Tian Ju's thousand riders were enough to handle the forces of the Right Great Danghu and the White Sheep King.

"Madam, as for how to deal with the upcoming attack from the Right Great Danghu and the White Sheep King, please follow my arrangements."

Tian Ju said, "Before I departed, His Majesty the Head of State already informed me on how to counter their offensive."

"Oh!"

Hearing this, Jin Xishan looked at Jin Tu.

They still placed quite a bit of trust in Zhao Fusu.

After an exchange of glances, they both nodded to each other.

They wanted to see how Tian Ju and his men would deal with the aggressive approach of the Right Great Danghu and the White Sheep King.

"Let's talk inside the grand tent."

The wind was strong outside, and the cold wind felt like a bone-scraping knife; it was very unpleasant against the skin.

"Very well."

Tian Ju, Jin Tu, and Jin Xishan entered Jin Tu's chieftain tent.

As soon as they entered, a wave of warm air hit them.

Jin Tu immediately sat down next to the honeycomb coal heating stove.

"Ah!"

"This is so comfortable!"

Jin Tu couldn't help but let out a groan of satisfaction.

Ever since he experienced the warmth of the honeycomb coal heating stove, he could no longer live without it.

The time he spent by the stove was much longer than the time he spent with any of his wives.

It wasn't just him in the Tuan Tribe; every single elder was the same.

Sitting by the honeycomb coal heating stove, their old aching legs no longer hurt.

Ah, ah, ah!

It was just too comfortable!

Jin Tu stretched his limbs and moved his body, continuously making various unseemly noises.

Tian Ju and Jin Xishan both looked at Jin Tu's display with strange expressions.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Realizing there were outsiders present, Jin Tu coughed to ease his embarrassment.

"This honeycomb coal heating stove invented by His Majesty the Head of State is just too comfortable!"

Jin Tu said.

"Yes!"

Both Tian Ju and Jin Xishan nodded.

Tian Ju had an even higher opinion of the honeycomb coal heating stove.

With these stoves, far fewer Great Qin soldiers would freeze to death.

Soldiers wouldn't have to write letters home complaining to their mothers about the border being too cold and asking for money.

"Thousand-Rider Commander, come and taste our kumis."

Jin Tu took out a wine flask, placed it on the honeycomb coal heating stove to heat up, then took out a bowl and handed it to Tian Ju, preparing to pour the wine.

"Alright."

Tian Ju took the bowl and watched as Jin Tu poured him a bowl of kumis.

kumis is a traditional drink of the Xiongnu people, made from fermented fresh mare's milk.

kumis has an alcohol content no higher than 18 percent, with a refreshing taste, and can be drunk directly.