233: Chapter 233 The White Wolf King: He's furious right now!

Within the territory of the Right Worthy King, there were hundreds of tribes, large and small.

Since the Right Great Danghu joined forces with the White Sheep King to attack the Qinglan Grassland, no tribe had favored the Qinglan Tribe.

Even though the Qinglan Tribe had united with the Liefeng Tribe, Chiyanju Tribe, Shuangzong Tribe, Lingyu Tribe, and Tuan Tribe, gathering the strength of six tribes.

Given that the forces of the Right Great Danghu and the White Sheep King were far greater than those of the six tribes, they still didn't believe the Qinglan Tribe alliance could withstand the annexation by the Right Great Danghu and the White Sheep King.

Yet, unexpectedly, the Right Great Danghu and the White Sheep King were routed by the Qinglan Tribe, even dying on the Qinglan Grassland, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

The death of the White Sheep King enraged the Xiongnu Royal Court. The Right Worthy King dispatched the great general, the White Wolf King, with sixty thousand cavalry driving a million head of cattle, heading majestically toward the Qinglan Grassland, making a grand display within the Right Great Danghu's territory.

Just as hundreds of tribes unanimously believed the Qinglan Tribe was doomed, to their shock, the White Wolf King was actually repelled and chased all the way back, losing all face.

The White Wolf King's expression was extremely unsightly as he gritted his teeth; the feeling of being chased across the grassland while many tribes watched the spectacle was unbearable.

But with hundreds of thousands of cattle being driven behind him, he didn't dare stop.

If those hundreds of thousands of cattle charged into his cavalry, it would inevitably cause massive losses.

Such a massive commotion alerted more and more tribes in the Southern Desert.

They all rode out to watch.

After Tian Ju and the others ran out of Molotov cocktails, the cattle began to scatter in all directions.

"Captain Tian, we should retreat now!"

Qing Ying rode up to Tian Ju's side and urged him.

"Retreat?"

Tian Ju sneered.

"Ah!"

Seeing Tian Ju's expression, Qing Ying was stunned.

Wait, what's with that expression? Surely you don't intend to fight sixty thousand cavalry!

The enemy has sixty thousand cavalry, while you only have six thousand.

You six thousand want to fight sixty thousand? The disparity in strength is too great; how can we possibly fight!

Qing Ying looked at Tian Ju and saw his face full of confidence, though he didn't know where it came from.

Tian Ju shouted to the surrounding Qin Army: "Brothers, do you have the confidence to take the Right Worthy King's territory in one go and present it as a gift to His Majesty the Head of State?"

"Feng! Feng! Feng!..."

The Qin soldiers roared, united as one.

"Qin people, you are being far too arrogant!"

The White Wolf King saw that the hundreds of thousands of cattle had scattered, and yet Tian Ju still dared to chase him with six thousand cavalry.

The Qin Army even took the initiative to provoke him; did they really think he had no temper!

Even a clay Buddha has a bit of temper, let alone him.

He was very angry now!

"Whoa!"

The White Wolf King reined in his horse.

His guards all reined in their horses.

The sixty thousand cavalry also stopped.

"Pass my order: the rear becomes the front! Wipe out these Qin soldiers who dare to pursue us!"

After the White Wolf King's order was passed, the sixty thousand cavalry turned their horses in unison and charged toward the six thousand cavalry led by Tian Ju.

"Captain Tian!"

Qing Ying said with a face full of anxiety, "We must retreat quickly! It's still not too late. Once we're surrounded by the White Wolf King's sixty thousand cavalry, it will be too late even if we want to escape!"

"Escape?"

"Heh!"

Tian Ju said disdainfully, "The ones who should escape are the White Wolf King and his men."

"Seeing us, they not only didn't surrender but dared to launch an attack. They've truly got some nerve!"

"artillery, in position!"

Sixty mortar teams quickly found suitable firing positions and set up the mortars.

The aimers observed with the naked eye, roughly aligning the barrels with the target direction.

Then, they used the single-hand Buddha worship method for rangefinding.

After estimating the distance, they began precision aiming.

By turning the traversing handwheel, they rotated the barrels horizontally to point the muzzles more accurately at the target.

Simultaneously, they adjusted the elevation angle using the elevating mechanism to ensure the muzzle height met the firing requirements.

The ammunition handlers took mortar shells from the crates and handed them to the loaders.

After receiving the mortar shells, the loaders awaited Tian Ju's command.

"Fire!"

Seeing the artillery was ready, Tian Ju shouted loudly, "Fire!"

The messengers also shouted in unison, "Fire!"

The loaders dropped the arm-thick mortar shells into the mortar tubes.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

Flames erupted from the mortar tubes as the propellant ignited. Enormous kinetic energy propelled the shells out of the barrels, raining down toward the White Wolf King's cavalry.

Sixty mortars firing simultaneously created a massive commotion. The enormous recoil was transmitted through the baseplates to the ground, causing it to shake violently as if an earthquake were occurring.

"Neeigh! Neeigh!"

A large number of warhorses let out terrified neighs.

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

Sixty mortar shells landed among the charging cavalry of the White Wolf King, sending many riders and their horses flying into the air.

Although they had tried to maintain spacing while charging, sixty shells exploding in a single sector instantly caused two to three hundred casualties.

"My eternal blue sky!"

Seeing a large gap blasted into the charging cavalry, Qing Ying's legs went weak.

Fortunately, he was on horseback; otherwise, he would have collapsed onto his backside.

The second round of shelling began.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

Like festival firecrackers, the earth-shaking noise made the sky vibrate and caused ears to throb with pain.

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

The artillery fire poured onto the White Wolf King's charging cavalry.

"Aaaagh!..."

Those not killed instantly clutched their wounds and wailed in agony on the ground.

"Neeigh! Neeigh!..."

The frightened warhorses were too terrified to continue the charge.

The Xiongnu warhorses had not been trained for artillery fire; at this moment, they were all panicked. In their terror, they turned their horses and began to flee.

Never mind the horses; the people were even more panicked.

After two rounds of shelling, while they were still five or six hundred meters away from the Qin Army, they had already suffered over five hundred casualties.

They had never encountered such a war in their entire lives.

This could hardly be called a war; it was a one-sided slaughter!

This was a dimensional strike by industrial civilization against nomadic civilization!

As the target of the bombardment, the White Wolf King's mind was blank.

Wait, wasn't it said the Qin people didn't have many of these weapons? What was with this intensive bombardment!