Chapter 559 (2/2)

He slowly lowered his headAfter gaining control of the palace treasury, he had paid a great deal of attention to the combined production efforts of the Third Workshop and Third BureauHe understood deep in his heart why his mei, had put in so much effort in other military and common matters but had strictly forbidden the use of fire powder in this world

Even when he was rescuing Xiao En in Shangjing, the Overwatch Council had only provided one carriage of fire powderThis world's use of fire powder continued to be undevelopedIt wasn't even as good as the homemade firecrackers in his previous life

In this world, only Fan Xian knew that even a sky full of dancing wood shavings would cause a major explosion much less fire powderHe couldn't help be worried that this spectacle would open up a Pandora's Box for this landIn the next instant, he immediately relaxedThe palace treasury's iron craft was not up to standard, so there was no need to worry about the arrival of the firearms eraFurthermore, it was as he said to the Great Prince, the fire set today by the soldiers guarding the palace had such a great effect mainly because of natural circuood as before

As for the tragic sight in front of him, Fan Xian actually did feel some fearEver since his youth, he had seen countless bodies and had personally killed countless peopleWhen he saw that many charred bodies appear in front of him, he still felt a desire to vomit

This was a battlefield, a true battlefield

It was because of this that Fan Xian felt even more determined to winIf one came into this world with some kind of mission, he believed that hisIf he wanted to co people with a knife was killingKilling people with a spear was killingUsing fire powder to burn people to death was also killingOther than being a bit lier, there was no difference

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The rebellion this tidoht earlier chilled too many people's heartsThe rebel soldiers returned to caer attack with the anger of revenge in their heartsThe imperial soldiers wore complicated expressions on their facesMany people did not even look at the black-clothed Sir Fan junior, as standing coldly on the Palace walls

The sered in front of the Royal PalaceThe red walls and green bricks at the top of the Palace all had colored scorch marks burned into themIt looked like this beautiful and stern Royal Palace had been viciously scratched by soht in front of hiaze across the i a deep and firm voice, he said to everyone, ”This is war! Remember, the people below are rebels! If we allow the court will sink into darknessThe people will never see the light of day again, and you will all be torn apart!”

”Who is at the foot of the walls? It's the enemy” The Great Prince shouted in a severe voice”You are all soldiers who have coht so hard on the plains against the Hu people for? Everything is for the Qing Kingdodoe Hu people! They are only beasts!

”I order you, from this moment, to see and treat those people as Hu people!”

”Everything is for the Qing Kingdo down on you fro from the Co the people's hearts

On the wall, the eyes of the soldiers gradually lit up and did not have the didom!”

Everyone on palace walls cheered in a loud voiceEven the Third Prince standing next to Fan Xian was not an exceptionOnly the elih her eyes

At this roup of eunuchs, under the escort of Overwatch Council officials, brought three black coffins to the top of the palace walls with great difficultyThe coffins were placed heavily on the wall and gave a muffled sound

Everyone looked askew at these three coffins

Fan Xian gently held the Third Prince's hand and stood behind the Great PrinceFacing the surrounding imperial soldiers, officials, and Overwatch Council officials, he quietly said, ”We are the E the E those rebellious conspiraciesRegardless of success or failure, ill not retreat a single step”

The Great Prince's expression was stern as he continued Fan Xian's words, ”There are three coffins hereEn for Chengping, Sir An Zhi, and meIf the Royal Palace falls, then the three of us will die here to show our filial piety toward our father and our loyalty to the Qing Kingdouard the Palace to the deathDo you all have confidence?”

Fan Xian had even used such lowly tricks as preparing a coffin for a battle how could the soldiers guarding the Palace not feel their blood roiling? In a uniform voice, they cried out, ”Yes, we do!”

Fan Xian held Li Chengping's hand and asked in an even voice, ”Scared?”

The Third Prince thought about it and shook his head forcefully”I'm not scared! I alanced at hi elseHe was thinking that if so and the Palace actually fell, he would have no choice but to take the Third Prince and runHe could only hope that the kid would not blaather againThe morale that had been quashed by Fan Xian's poisonous trick seeainst the Royal PalaceMost of Qing Kingdo experiences in the battlefieldThis ability to azes toward the Royal Palace began to be filled with pure killing intent

The sea of fire appeared terrifyingIn reality, it didn't cause e to the rebel armyFan Xian watched the scene in front of hiht to hi, the next step would result in the death ofabout military estions to the Great Prince's arrangement of soldiers and was only a cal to estion

”How many imperial soldiers do we have?”

”2,700We have had almost no casualties”

Fan Xian heard the sounds in the direction of Taiping Square fading and furrowed his brows slightly”Do you think ill be able to hold it?”

The Great Prince's sharp eyebrows still carried a glihtforwardly, ”Even if father led the troops himself, ouldn't be able to hold it”

Suddenly, a self- smile flashed across the corner of his lips”The difference between the two troops is too bigIf the Western Expedition Army had not been disbanded by father, if I led… No, if I led only a third of the power of the Western Expedition Are in a final battle with the rebel soldiers below”

The Great Prince took in a deep breath”However, be assured that even if we lose, it won't be that tragicallyThe soldiers under ht the Hu people on the plainsThe Qin family… hmph… It's already been 20 years since the old dou Garrison are lazy to the extrezhou troops…”

Fan Xian cut in, ”In the attack just now, I noticed a problem”

”What problem”

Fan Xian moved closer to the Great Prince's ear and spoke quietly

”What are you thinking?” Cold light gliamble,” Fan Xian lowered his head and faintly said”We have no more trump cards in our handsIf we continue on like this, it will eventually end in death”

The Great Prince furrowed his brows and said, ”Battle is not a child's gahed bitterly”It is indeed absurd, but I truly cannot think of another opportunity to turn the tables”

He turned his head to glance at the three shi+ny coffinsHis gaze gradually grew determinedHe still had a trump card, but before he saw everyone else's trump card clearly, he would not use it no matter what

The Great Prince was silent for ato ates” Fan Xian raised his face and looked to the side across the charred and slightly warzhou troops, Ye Zhong, as quietly speaking with the Second Prince about sohtly, ”We should be prepared to charge out at any ive ourselves a chance…”

He smiled warmly”And, return the world a surprise”

At thisa secret discussion with the Second Prince, seeaze on the Palace wallsHe raised his head and glanced back with an unusually calaze The stray arrows passed in front of the sky, but they were more to instill a sense of intimidationUnder the Crown Princes forcefully suppression, the rebel ar rain of arrows at the palace wallsThus, the pressure on the i the Royal Palace was i rocked the heavens, it did not cause any dae to the Imperial ArmyOn the contrary, it was the i Square that faced the greatest dangerNear the Royal Palaces front gate, the rebel are of numbersThe thousands of rebel soldiers below the palace walls had split into three linesThey ca out continuously from the four towers in the Royal PalaceEach sound sThe entire Palace shook a littleThe powerful shaking sy crossbowsLike a streak of black light, the giant arrow pierced through the sky and plunged roup of rebel soldiersCountless blossoround was covered in sticky fleshHowever, there were only four city guarding crossbows and only two facing the main squareHow many people could it kill? The rebel are quickly without obstruction to the foot of the palace wallsThe city guarding crossbowsto use to attack the city, especially the sharp and heavy carriage they were going to use to break down the thick palace gatesAbove these carriages were fireproof tarps iant piece of sharpened woodIt was heavyOnce it reached a high speed, it would crash heavily against the palace gatesAn arrow accurately struck one of the battering raly solid leather and ruthlessly pierced the battering ra raiant arrow, the city guarding crossbow contained a powerful charging forceIt caused the carriage to juround that had fallen to the ground shakingIt flipped over and crushed a nue to deathThe three waves of rebel soldiers charged forith a dozen heavy battering rams filled with uarding crossbows fired with all their ht and successfully destroyed three of the ra crossbows reloaded too slowlyThe rebel ar raet area and coave a unifor ra creaks, the battering raates of the Royal Palace were thickUnder such a powerful strike, they still shook violentlyThe door posts creaked like they were about to fall apartThe four giant bolts up and down the gates warped in shape froainst this powerful strikeThe creaks near the door fraiant dent in the Royal Palaces front gates and a dozen fallen copper nails, everything was fineAt least in this attack, the gates of the Royal Palace still appeared to be ie expressionA fro ra speedThe second wave of battering rah the scattered arrows from the iiant city guarding crossbohich ainst the palace gatesThere was another giant crashThis tiedThe entire gate began to shakeIt gave one the sense that it was on the verge of collapseThe elite i their horses and awaiting their orders watched this sight coldlyAlthough their expressions were calh their eyes and revealed the true eate, the rebel soldiers risking their lives for a powerful attack saw a gliatesImmediately, their ed forward againThe third wave of troops arrivedThe rebel army lost hundreds of lives under the Iiant rocks, and rolling logs from the palace wallsFinally, they successfully attacked the palace gate for the third timeWith a crack, dust flew into the airIt was like a shty childThe dust settled slightly, letting the field of vision clearIn the square, countless rebel soldiers looked at the giant hole punched through the ave a cheer of joyThe elite soldiers closest to the palace gates did not cheerThe excitement on their faces was ierThey could clearly see that although a ates and exposed the thick wood shards inside, the entire palace gate showed no sign of falling overThe ground was covered in golden copper nailsBehind the hole, all they could see was a thick layer of rock and ap to be seenThe people in the Royal Palace had blockaded themselvesDid they not think to leave themselves a way to escape? At this tiiant toave a wild cry and led the soldiers behind hih there wasnt ate even if they had to dig through itMilitary orders were as ido black spear poked out frohtningIt struck the officer in the throat and sent up a bloody spray… … At the foot of the palace, 10 steps behind the long palace gate filled with rocks froarden, 300 imperial soldiers coldly and tensely watched for any ateTheir head officer had already taken a sateAt this tieous position, so there was no reason to allow the rebel soldiers to push through so easilyOn top of the palace walls, the Great Prince coldly watched as wave after wave of rebel soldiers, each stronger than the last, ca it down viciouslyHis trusted aide beside his in his handsAlong the front of the palace walls, the hundreds of imperial soldiers on the Palace walls s at their feet and carefully ripped them openThey then poured theer within range of the arrowsSlightly yelloder scattered doard like a snowfall of not very clean snowIn an instant, the thousands of rebel soldiers closest to the Royal Palace were enveloped in itThe general of the rebel ar that it was the Overwatch Councils poison, he ordered his subordinates to be careful… … It was not poisonThe Third Bureau was not Fan Xians personal workshop and did not have the capability to produce so unpowder that had been taken by the imperial soldiers, on Fan Xians earlier orders, froThe Royal Palace had neverthe attack of a powerful militaryAt this tis to burnIf the Fan Xian was not standing on their side, the battle today would probably progress with unusual gloolanced at Fan Xian, who had been calently nodded his headRelease! The trusted aide beside the Great Prince had a vicious expression on his faceHe shouted out the order in a loud voice to all the soldiers on the wallsA sudden explosion of the densest rain of arrows since the beginning of the battle came down from the walls where previously only a loose forht that was like the inauspicious color Qin Hengs bravest general had seen before he diedThe fire arrows fell to the foot of the palaceThere was no need for precisionThey only had to land a the powderThe sky was beautifulThe autu wind had already faded awayThe powder poured doas not scattered by the windFan Xian was not worried they would be blown back onto the palace wallsIt fore cloud and enveloped the thousands of rebel soldiers belowLooking at the beautifulscenery of s beside the river, one could faintly see shadoithinand began to burn at a terrifying speedCountless flaether to foron stretched out across the foot of the Royal PalaceIt was also like a golden sun shi+ning down on a calan to rollIt was bright and burned hotIt even covered up the light fro, They cried out tragically and burned, turning into countless pitiful flaWas a blaze this size so people ran wildly in the squareTheir tragic cries rose to the heavensThe scene appeared to be uncoed to run back to their own campMost of them turned into charred bodies at the foot of the Palace while the rest only had tiround, twitching continuously as left of the fire and rising white smokeThe rebel soldiers in the distant streets were in a panicEven the Qing troops famous for their strict discipline still felt fearNo one had thought that the i tacticsThe Crown Princes face was ashenThe old Qin Master looked coldly at the top of the palace walls and slowly said, Only Fan Xian would use such cruel tacticsThe s disturbed everyones state of liht below, some soldiers lips turned white as they wondered to themselves if those charred bodies had been killed by themAfter this destructive attack, the first wave of rebel soldiers entering the Royal Palace returned gloomily to campThere were not ainst all oddsThe rebel army did not carry out a second round of attacksIt was clear that both those guarding the Palace and those attacking it had been shocked by this bloody and terrifying fog of fireThey all needed a est this and steady their military heartsFan Xian, the one responsible for this evil act, had an unusually calm expressionHe looked at the distant rebel cale wordThe Great Prince saw Fan Xians right hand tre by his side in his sleeve and that his eyes were beco ht that the Overwatch Councils fire powder could be used in such a horrifying wayLong used to the bloody battlefields in the West, he didnt feel anything he shouldnt as he looked at the sight in front of himBut, he still felt shockedIf this powder could be used like this, what kind of changes would there be in future battles? We were lucky today, Fan Xian didnt turn his head to look at him and said in a quiet voiceThere is no wind or rain, which is why it worked so wellHe slowly lowered his headAfter gaining control of the palace treasury, he had paid a great deal of attention to the combined production efforts of the Third Workshop and Third BureauHe understood deep in his heart why his mei, had put in so much effort in other military and common matters but had strictly forbidden the use of fire powder in this worldEven when he was rescuing Xiao En in Shangjing, the Overwatch Council had only provided one carriage of fire powderThis worlds use of fire powder continued to be undevelopedIt wasnt even as good as the homemade firecrackers in his previous lifeIn this world, only Fan Xian knew that even a sky full of dancing wood shavings would cause a major explosion much less fire powderHe couldnt help be worried that this spectacle would open up a Pandoras Box for this landIn the next instant, he immediately relaxedThe palace treasurys iron craft was not up to standard, so there was no need to worry about the arrival of the firearms eraFurthermore, it was as he said to the Great Prince, the fire set today by the soldiers guarding the palace had such a great effect mainly because of natural circuood as beforeAs for the tragic sight in front of him, Fan Xian actually did feel some fearEver since his youth, he had seen countless bodies and had personally killed countless peopleWhen he saw that many charred bodies appear in front of him, he still felt a desire to vomitThis was a battlefield, a true battlefieldIt was because of this that Fan Xian felt even more determined to winIf one came into this world with some kind of mission, he believed that hisIf he wanted to co people with a knife was killingKilling people with a spear was killingUsing fire powder to burn people to death was also killingOther than being a bit lier, there was no difference… … The rebellion this tidoht earlier chilled too many peoples heartsThe rebel soldiers returned to caer attack with the anger of revenge in their heartsThe imperial soldiers wore complicated expressions on their facesMany people did not even look at the black-clothed Sir Fan junior, as standing coldly on the Palace wallsThe sered in front of the Royal PalaceThe red walls and green bricks at the top of the Palace all had colored scorch marks burned into themIt looked like this beautiful and stern Royal Palace had been viciously scratched by soht in front of hiaze across the i a deep and firm voice, he said to everyone, This is war! Remember, the people below are rebels! If we allow the court will sink into darknessThe people will never see the light of day again, and you will all be torn apart! Who is at the foot of the walls? Its the enemyThe Great Prince shouted in a severe voiceYou are all soldiers who have coht so hard on the plains against the Hu people for? Everything is for the Qing Kingdodoe Hu people! They are only beasts! I order you, from thisis for the Qing Kingdo down on you fro from the Co the peoples heartsOn the wall, the eyes of the soldiers gradually lit up and did not have the didom! Everyone on palace walls cheered in a loud voiceEven the Third Prince standing next to Fan Xian was not an exceptionOnly the elih her eyesAt this roup of eunuchs, under the escort of Overwatch Council officials, brought three black coffins to the top of the palace walls with great difficultyThe coffins were placed heavily on the wall and gave a muffled soundEveryone looked askew at these three coffinsFan Xian gently held the Third Princes hand and stood behind the Great PrinceFacing the surrounding imperial soldiers, officials, and Overwatch Council officials, he quietly said, We are the E the E those rebellious conspiraciesRegardless of success or failure, ill not retreat a single stepThe Great Princes expression was stern as he continued Fan Xians words, There are three coffins hereEn for Chengping, Sir An Zhi, and meIf the Royal Palace falls, then the three of us will die here to show our filial piety toward our father and our loyalty to the Qing Kingdouard the Palace to the deathDo you all have confidence? Fan Xian had even used such lowly tricks as preparing a coffin for a battle how could the soldiers guarding the Palace not feel their blood roiling? In a uniforpings hand and asked in an even voice, Scared? The Third Prince thought about it and shook his head forcefullyIm not scared! I alanced at hi elseHe was thinking that if so and the Palace actually fell, he would have no choice but to take the Third Prince and runHe could only hope that the kid would not blaather againThe morale that had been quashed by Fan Xians poisonous trick seeainst the Royal PalaceMost of Qing Kingdo experiences in the battlefieldThis ability to azes toward the Royal Palace began to be filled with pure killing intentThe sea of fire appeared terrifyingIn reality, it didnt cause e to the rebel armyFan Xian watched the scene in front of hiht to hi, the next step would result in the death ofabout military estions to the Great Princes arrangement of soldiers and was only a cal to estionHow many imperial soldiers do we have? 2,700We have had almost no casualtiesFan Xian heard the sounds in the direction of Taiping Square fading and furrowed his brows slightlyDo you think ill be able to hold it? The Great Princes sharp eyebrows still carried a glihtforwardly, Even if father led the troops himself, ouldnt be able to hold itSuddenly, a self- smile flashed across the corner of his lipsThe difference between the two troops is too bigIf the Western Expedition Army had not been disbanded by father, if I led… No, if I led only a third of the power of the Western Expedition Are in a final battle with the rebel soldiers belowThe Great Prince took in a deep breathHowever, be assured that even if we lose, it wont be that tragicallyThe soldiers under ht the Hu people on the plainsThe Qin family… hmph… Its already been 20 years since the old dou Garrison are lazy to the extrezhou troops… Fan Xian cut in, In the attack just now, I noticed a problemWhat problemFan Xian moved closer to the Great Princes ear and spoke quietlyWhat are you thinking? Cold light gliamble, Fan Xian lowered his head and faintly saidWe have no more trump cards in our handsIf we continue on like this, it will eventually end in deathThe Great Prince furrowed his brows and said, Battle is not a childs gahed bitterlyIt is indeed absurd, but I truly cannot think of another opportunity to turn the tablesHe turned his head to glance at the three shi+ny coffinsHis gaze gradually grew determinedHe still had a trump card, but before he saw everyone elses trump card clearly, he would not use it no matter whatThe Great Prince was silent for ato atesFan Xian raised his face and looked to the side across the charred and slightly warzhou troops, Ye Zhong, as quietly speaking with the Second Prince about sohtly, We should be prepared to charge out at any ive ourselves a chance… He smiled warmlyAnd, return the world a surpriseAt thisa secret discussion with the Second Prince, seeaze on the Palace wallsHe raised his head and glanced back with an unusually calaze