The Military Governor in Dream of the Red Chamber

Abunai was heartbroken by the loss of dozens of his men, all of whom were warriors of his tribe.

It is a disgrace that they died in front of such a small fire pit.

The thought of those despicable Da Hong Chao soldiers hiding behind the trenches filled him with uncontrollable rage.

Putting aside the fact that so many people have died or been injured, he has never suffered such a loss since birth. He has always been the one robbing others, and who would dare to steal his spoils?

Upon learning that his spoils had been stolen, he was enraged and led a portion of his men back first, while the rest of the main force escorted the looted goods and people behind.

Just as Abunai was waiting for his men to slaughter the Da Hong Chao soldiers, a sudden change occurred. Several loud explosions erupted in front of them, sounds far surpassing the deafening roar of the previous thunderclaps.

A huge explosion was accompanied by the tremor of the earth.

The rising black smoke, accompanied by billowing dust, scattered rocks, and blown-away limbs and flesh, was a bloody mess.

Abunai was nearly thrown to the ground by the startled horse beneath him.

Having finally regained his footing, Abuna stared ahead in horror. As the black smoke and dust slowly dissipated, he saw that the warriors on his side who had rushed across the trench and were trying to climb over the wall were suffering heavy casualties, their appearance extremely tragic.

The pre-planted wine jar mines went off, instantly clearing out most of the northern barbarians who had rushed across the trenches. No fewer than twenty were killed directly, and the wounded were even more numerous.

The surviving northern barbarians were stunned. Some of them had seen the cannons of the Great Hong Dynasty fortress firing, which was deafening, but they knew that as long as they were careful, they could avoid it.

Here, the Da Hong Dynasty's garrison troops have no cannons at all, so why did the ground suddenly explode?

"Kill!" Jia Chen took the lead, wielding a knife and scaling the wall.

The wall is incomplete; many parts collapsed due to the immense force of the explosion.

The explosion was so powerful that Jia Chen and the others' ears are still ringing.

Offense is the best defense, and for Jia Chen, the wall has already fulfilled its mission.

"Kill them!" The others also rushed out without hesitation.

The three-barreled gunner immediately opened fire, and after three shots, he followed suit and charged forward.

Upon seeing this, Emu gritted his teeth and rushed out after him.

His two guards tried to stop him, but Omubu refused.

Omubu knew that at this moment, he had to go all out. If he just cowered and thought about saving his own life, he would end up losing everything.

Jia Chen noticed that Emubu had followed him out, which surprised him.

Actually, he didn't require Omubu to participate in the battle. As long as his two subordinates joined the battle, it would be a great help.

Jia Chen was impressed that Emubu had managed to do this.

These thoughts were fleeting, and attention quickly returned to the opponent.

The sudden charge by the Da Hong Chao Dun soldiers left the already bewildered Northern Barbarians even more unable to react.

"Kill the Northern Tartars!!" Jia Chen shouted loudly.

Everyone joined in the shouting and roaring.

"Die!" Jia Chen plunged a knife into the Northern barbarian's abdomen, then kicked him away with a swift kick. As he pulled the knife out, he slashed open the belly, revealing colorful intestines spilling onto the ground.

Jia Chen completely disregarded whether the Northern Barbarian was still alive or not, even if he was, he wouldn't survive. He quickly set his sights on the other Northern Barbarian.

"Ah~~" It was unclear which of the northern barbarians cried out in terror, then turned and fled back the way they came.

The escape of one person immediately caused the morale of the Northern Barbarians to plummet.

The explosion had already shaken them to their core, and now even the Da Hong Chao soldiers, whom they considered cowards and sheep, had become so brave. They couldn't understand it.

So these northern barbarians fled back through the ladder and wooden plank passageways.

Because they fled in such a hurry, many of the northern captives were pushed off and fell into the trenches.

The trench is now more than a person deep, and it takes some effort to climb out. In fear and panic, one's hands and feet become somewhat clumsy, making it even more difficult to climb out.

Some people had only climbed halfway up when, in their panic, they slipped or got caught in the mud and fell back to the bottom of the ditch.

The Northern barbarians who fell were unable to climb back up immediately.

Just as they were about to climb out, Jia Chen and the others caught up with them.

The six northern captives who fell into the trench were practically trapped, with nowhere to escape.

He was eventually killed by the soldiers who stabbed him to death with spears.

"Destroy the ladder planks!" Jia Chen shouted.

These passages must be cut off while the northern barbarians escape back.

Without hesitation, they cut down the ladders, smashed the wooden planks, and completely dismantled the trenches and passageways laid by the Northern Barbarians.

Now, even if the Northern barbarians still want to attack, it won't be so easy.

"Retreat!" With Jia Chen's command, everyone quickly retreated behind the collapsed wall.

Almost at the same time they jumped back onto the wall, arrows rained down.

The Northern barbarians still had a considerable number of troops outside the trenches, who were originally intended to support the Northern barbarians who broke through the trenches.

However, the fleeing northern captives disturbed their horses, and the loud explosions had already startled the horses, causing many to lose control.

Even though they grew up on horseback, it still took them some time to regain control of their mounts.

Jia Chen and his group took advantage of this brief gap to finish what they had just done.

"Damn it!" Abunai's eyes blazed with fury; he hadn't expected his side to suffer such heavy casualties.

The heavy casualties were bad enough, but the fact that these guys managed to escape back in such a sorry state was a disgrace to the warriors of the grasslands.

"Those who retreat, die!" Abunai roared. "Kill! Kill them back!"

"No, the casualties will be too great," the guard who had been slapped said again.

This time, however, he was met with Abunai's whip.

With a crack of the whip, he was thrown off his horse.

Abunai was still not satisfied and continued to whip the guards on the ground.

Another guard hurriedly pleaded for mercy.

Abunai stopped whipping the victim after doing so more than a dozen times.

The guards on the ground remained silent, their bodies already bearing several bloody welts.

"Report!" Just as Abunai was about to turn his attention back to urging his men to charge back to Qianshandun, a rider on horseback came galloping from the south.

The Northern barbarian cavalry quickly arrived before Abunai, saluted, and said, "Taiji, we have discovered that five thousand Great Hong soldiers have left the outer Great Wall and are pursuing us."

Upon hearing this, Abunai's expression changed slightly.

Of the troops that went south to plunder, he directly commanded a thousand men.

He just led three hundred men to attack Qianshandun, while the other seven hundred men are still escorting the spoils of war.

"How far away are they from us?" Abna took a deep breath, suppressing the anger from the failed attack, and asked as calmly as possible.

"About ten li."

Abunai looked south and saw a group of people escorting valuables and people. This was the first group, about five miles away.

The procession carrying the spoils of war stretched out in a long line, with numerous vehicles and captured civilians of the Great Hong Dynasty extending for several miles.

Because of the large amount of looted goods and people, the return journey will be slow.

Unless you're abandoning the spoils.

This is impossible.

Their purpose in raiding south this time was to bring these spoils of war back; otherwise, wouldn't their efforts have been in vain?