NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1118: Bullying
Cheng Yuanzhi shouted loudly, and finally couldn't help but burst into tears. Revenge was achieved at last!
Bai Qingyan restrained her turbulent emotions and held back the stinging tears in her eyes. She looked towards the direction of the former southern battlefield, tightened the reins, personal vendetta avenged...
Grandfather, father, uncle, and brothers can now rest in peace.
Next, she will fulfill the grand ambitions of the Bai family's ancestors, to complete the great unification.
To make this world have soldiers... but no war!
Bai Qingyan forcefully tugged the reins and said, "Shen Liangyu, head immediately into the depths of Ansan Mountain and capture Li Tianjiao alive!"
"Shen Liangyu receives the order!" Shen Liangyu responded, leading the troops to charge forward.
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In the distance, Hanwen Mountain canyon.
Sal Khan did not expect Zhou had ambushed troops in this location in advance. Countless fire arrows and oil rushed down from both sides, and the giant elephants were entangled by the fierce flames, colliding chaotically, shaking the mountain.
The air was filled with the smell of pine oil and burning oil, along with the pungent nose-burning aroma of burning chili peppers. Zhou's army seemed to have transported all the flammable oil here, attacking them with fire at all costs.
Zhou's army occupied the high ground on the mountain and did not descend, only attacking fiercely with arrows and fire. This disrupted the strategies of Tianfeng Kingdom, which relied solely on giant elephants.
Everywhere was the smell of burning, even with Tianfeng Kingdom's toughest armor, the elephant's skin and flesh on the armor burned together with the oil, creating a stifling heat that drove the naturally sensitive-smelling elephants mad, crashing about and howling in pain.
Sal Khan was choked to tears, his white clothes covered in burning ash, his face and head drenched in sweat, tears, and ash. The soaring flames reflected his hideous visage in a yellowish hue, as if it were burning too.
Everywhere, Tianfeng Kingdom's soldiers let out gut-wrenching cries, accompanied by the shrill cries and nasal howls of the Elephant Army.
The Monarch of Tianfeng Kingdom had never been so bedraggled before!
The path back to Pingdu City was already sealed, with barricades burning fiercely. Even losing giant elephants to crash through, Pingdu City had already fallen. The only option now was to cross the Danshui River!
Giant elephants could wade through the Danshui River, but Zhou's soldiers could not!
Arrows came wave after wave, densely covering the sky, leaving Sal Khan with very little time.
Having made up his mind, Sal Khan no longer hesitated and shouted loudly, "Charge towards Danshui River to cross it! Hurry..."
The sound of the bone whistle blew again as giant elephants, not completely disoriented by the fire, carried supplies and Tianfeng Kingdom's soldiers, charging forward like crazy, as if the head of the dark winding canyon was their life path.
Lu Yuanpeng blinked forcefully, tears continually streaming from his eyes, too spicy...
He saw Bai Qingyu, Bai family's fifth son, as happy as could be. He knew Bai Qingyu would go to battle, so he approached Bai Qingyu, asking him to give the most dangerous task to him. Hence... that rascal Bai Qingyu solemnly promised him the most important task!
The result... he actually gave him the task of burning chili peppers and black peppers during this ambush!
Even Sima Ping could lead the crossbowmen in the front to assault the giant elephants, while he could only stay here, throwing chili peppers and black peppers into the fire. What a deceiver, Bai family's fifth son... was too bullying!
Then, he thought again that Bai family's fifth son might still consider him the pampered wastrel from Dadu City. But he had clearly received the Bai family's sister's approval with her red-tasselled silver spear! Why did Bai family's fifth son make him do this!
"Mainly, it's too damn spicy..." Lu Yuanpeng wiped his tears with his sleeve and then sniffled.
Under Bai Qingyu's command, Zhou's army attacked in the canyon, reducing the once formidable Elephant Army from Pingdu City by more than half, now running towards Shen Kunyang's ambush location.
Lu Yuanpeng ordered his men to stop scattering the chili peppers and black peppers, stretched his neck to look into the distance, and saw Sima Ping leading his team with full force to finally slaughter the last struggling giant elephant.
Seeing his team's members still incessantly dumping wet chili peppers and black peppers onto the fire, Lu Yuanpeng's eyes were so spicy he couldn't open them.
"It's over! Stop burning them all..." Lu Yuanpeng sounded as if he had cried, his voice thick with a nasal tone, a result of too many tears shed.
First stage mission complete, Bai Qingyu withdrew the troops, ordering the soldiers to carry supplies and move forward. He planned to set another ambush at the mid-section of Hanwen Mountain canyon!
Soon the Elephant Army will encounter General Shen Kunyang, and if they find no escape at the mouth of Hanwen Mountain canyon, turning back will allow him another strike.
Bai Qingyu stood on the canyon, looking down at the piled-up bodies of giant elephants. Some had slipped on the ice roads, others driven mad by the black pepper and chili fumes, collided, and were trampled by their companions.
It could be said that fire, black pepper, chili peppers, and the slippery ice road made by packed snow are effective tools against Tianfeng Kingdom's giant elephants!
On the southwest border of Zhou, they had already lost half of the Elephant Army, while on the southeast border of Zhou there was another large group of Elephant Army, hoping the three Bai Qingqi could handle this well.
Bai Qingyu's half silver mask reflected the bright flames in the canyon, and he knew... if Shen Kunyang and he could kill all the Elephant Army here, Tianfeng Kingdom's strength would greatly diminish, perhaps by winter's end, he could drive Tianfeng Kingdom's people back to the other side of the snow-covered mountains!
Without the Elephant Army, for at least the next ten years, Tianfeng Kingdom would never have the ability to return to this land.
Sima Ping climbed up with the rope, and after reaching the hillside, he panted, removing the wet cloth covering his face, wiping off the black soot that left only his eyes visible, he turned back and saw Lu Yuanpeng's eyes swollen like walnuts, sniffling, carrying his silver spear under his arm, helping to load the irritating items like chili peppers onto the horse's back, instructing his subordinates to aid Lu Yuanpeng's team in carrying supplies.
Sima Ping walked to the side of Lu Yuanpeng, whose eyes were swollen like walnuts, watching Lu Yuanpeng with a heavy nasal tone instructing his subordinates to hurry with the loading, he leaned against a tree trunk to rest, smiled and spoke, "Cried like this, did you think I rushed down to die?"
Lu Yuanpeng turned back, "Huh? You rushed down?"
Sima Ping: "..."
"Then why were you crying?"
"Are you daft? When have I ever cried! Even when my grandfather pleaded with family discipline to beat me half dead, I didn't cry!" Lu Yuanpeng thrust the silver spear he was holding under his arm into the ground, looking proudly with his silver spear, "It's these chili peppers, black peppers, too damn spicy for the eyes! No wonder those elephants went crazy..."