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Chapter 44 We must nip that Wu Kingdom in the bud!

Just as Timur was feeling smug, believing he had seen through the other side's tricks,

A dozen or so bundles of black gunpowder were instantly tossed over from a distance by well-trained grenadiers.

"what is this?"

Under Timur's questioning gaze, a dozen medicine packets exploded in an instant.

Amidst a series of more than ten deafening explosions, only Timur, who managed to shield himself with a steel shield in the critical moment but was still blown to pieces with his face covered in blood, survived.

All that remained around him were severed limbs.

At this point, he could no longer hear any sounds from the outside world; his ears were filled with a constant roaring sound, and he was completely incapable of fighting.

"Is this truly divine punishment?"

With his mind buzzing, he barely managed to stand up in his dazed state before a sharp broadsword sliced ​​across his throat in an instant.

The intense pain in his neck and the gushing blood made him suddenly raise his hand and clutch his neck in terror.

However, Timur still felt his life rapidly slipping away.

In his final moments before collapsing, he saw once again the face that had left such a deep impression on him on the city wall. At that moment, the man was wearing a suit of Yuan-Mongol armor and quietly blending into the fleeing chaos.

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After hearing the messenger's report, Ashu already knew the details of the surprise attack.

The attackers were not many in number, but they were armed with a strange type of firearm.

It is extremely powerful, similar to gunpowder, but much more powerful.

This was intelligence obtained by Ashu in exchange for the deaths of four thousand-man squads and several centurions, including his trusted general Timur.

While urgently mobilizing soldiers to resist, Ashu began to quickly move towards safety.

He had made up his mind that after this battle, he, Ashu, would definitely get his hands on the gunpowder formula.

At that time, his Great Yuan will be invincible in the world, and all future enemies will submit to his Mongol cavalry.

Among the relocated people were high-ranking officers of the Mongol Yuan army, all of whom were commanders of ten thousand men.

Because the Mongol army was mostly composed of large tribes, the army that besieged Xiangyang was also a joint force of various tribes.

Following behind the group, Liu Zheng watched the Yuan Mongol leaders flee in panic. The red heart that had long been extinguished seemed to be fueled again and burned fiercely once more.

"A-Shu, I received information a while ago that the Jiankang Prefecture of the Southern Song Dynasty seems to have been overthrown by a man named Dong Tianbao."

“I’ve heard people talk about it too. I heard that the person used to be a monk.”

“I didn’t pay much attention before, but I didn’t expect this kid to be so ruthless. He almost wiped us all out today.”

Several Yuan-Mongol commanders, while moving, took the opportunity during a break in their journey to talk amongst themselves, still shaken by the experience.

"Yes! I've heard that too. It seems that after the Han Chinese dynasty changed its name, it was called something like Wu Kingdom."

"I heard that shortly after taking the throne, the Emperor of Wu reformed the tax system and redistributed land. He also quelled all the rebellions in the heart of the Song Dynasty in just over a month."

"We'd better hurry. If we don't take him down soon, we might end up raising a tiger that will eventually become a threat."

“Yes, once the people’s hearts are completely stabilized, with tens of millions of Han people, our Great Yuan will definitely be dragged into the quagmire of war.” A group of Yuan-Mongol commanders exchanged opinions and expressed their concerns to Aju.

No one is a fool. The changes in Wu Kingdom made these Yuan-Mongol leaders, who had been in war for many years, sense danger.

Having spent years on the battlefield, they have always been accustomed to nipping danger in the bud.

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Listening to the conversation of these people, Liu Zheng, who was in the back, had increasingly bright eyes.

……

At this time, the warrior monks' camp was already surrounded by the Mongol army.

The amount of gunpowder they carried was ultimately limited, and the Mongol army mobilized a full 100,000 troops to attack Xiangyang.

With such a large army, how could their elite force of a few hundred men possibly prevail?

As it turns out, Mo Fei was indeed somewhat presumptuous, but fortunately, this is a world where one can fight against a hundred.

As Fan Gui led his elite warrior monks in a desperate breakout, he glanced hopefully in the direction where Ashu and the others had fled, for he knew they still had a last chance.

"Brothers, give it your all! It's not chaotic enough yet, let's make it even more chaotic."

As Fan Gui roared, he slashed his broadsword down fiercely at the Mongol soldiers blocking his path.

The terrifying force sent the shield-bearing Mongol soldiers flying, and Fan Gui followed up with a horizontal slash, the blade of his broadsword instantly slicing across the necks of two more men.

With the support of the warrior monks, the group finally broke through the encirclement once again and rushed into the night.

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Ashu and the other retreating Yuan army leaders breathed a sigh of relief as they watched the battle cries gradually fade into the distance, secretly feeling fortunate.

That team's offensive was too fierce. If they hadn't just sent out their elite guards and ordered them to fight to the death to delay and resist, they really wouldn't have been able to escape this time.

"Where did the Emperor of Wu recruit such a fierce and elite force?"

"Yes! Those people seem to know about combined attack formations. When they work together, my personal guards are like three-year-old children to be trampled on."

As the group was marveling at their narrow escape, a messenger came running towards them from afar, shouting urgent military news in Mongolian.

The few remaining guards around the Mongol high-ranking officials were too late to stop the messenger from running to them.

Ashu was about to reprimand him.

But suddenly he felt an extreme sense of danger surge into his heart.

"An assassin?"

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