Volume 1: First Arrival at Longevity Chapter 143: Ha Chi's Army Invades

  Ye Chen nodded, then instructed Xiao Xianfeng not to run around, and he and Miao Miao would play in the Listening Rain Pavilion. They shouldn't go anywhere else. Then, he followed Hou Yu and the people from the Engineering Camp along a shortcut specially built for the royal palace, heading towards the back mountain.

  Arriving at the back mountain, Ye Chen began to survey the geology and searched for hundreds of miles around, finally finding what he was looking for.

  "What are you doing?" Hou Yu saw Ye Chen searching everywhere in a mountain range, digging something with his hands, and couldn't help but ask out loud.

  "I finally found it, haha!"

  Ye Chen burst out laughing and handed some sulfur and nitric acid to Hou Yu.

  "What is this? Is this useful?" Looking at the two things in his hand, Hou Yu asked puzzledly.

  "Of course it's useful, these things will be a great help in defeating the Hacha tribe!" Ye Chen said with a smile.

  Those soldiers in the engineering camp were also full of doubts. They didn't know what this thing was used for.

  "Sharp tool?" Hou Yu looked at Ye Chen and smiled, saying: "Then I'll wait and see what kind of sharp tool you can actually make."

  Ye Chen smiled confidently and said to the soldiers of the Engineering Corps: "Divide your men in half to dig up these two things."

  Ye Chen finished speaking, stretched out his hand to his waist and with a flash, a large black knife appeared in his hand. He raised the knife high, its body humming and vibrating as if it was about to be unable to withstand the power.

  BOOM!!

  Ye Chen slashed down with one knife, several tens of meters of golden light like a divine river tilted, amidst the thunderous roar, it cleaved out a large rift in the earth, over ten meters long, several meters wide and deep.

  Looking at the terrifying effect of this knife, the soldiers were all stunned, looking at Ye Chen as if they were watching a god. Yu Xin was even more shocked and wondered how strong Ye Chen was. Every time he made a move, she thought she had seen his limit, but every time it seemed not to be his limit.

  "Now half of the remaining people go to find cypress, we need a lot of cypress. After you find the cypress, throw it into this big crack and burn it with fire. Before it's fully burned, cover it with mud." Ye Chen said.

  "General, why are we burning cedar? What's the purpose?" an engineer soldier asked.

  "Hehe." Ye Chen smiled faintly, "Of course, we'll take the charcoal."

  "Take charcoal?" The crowd of soldiers asked in surprise.

  "Not bad, don't ask more about this matter, obey orders and go get the cedar wood quickly." Ye Chen said in a low voice.

  "Yes, General!"

  Those engineering camp soldiers quickly disappeared from Ye Chen and Hou Yu's sight, soon after, the engineering camp soldiers came back one after another, carrying huge cedar trees and throwing them into the large crack.

  The ambassador of the Hacha tribe had already returned to the Hacha City, and at this time, he was kneeling in the palace hall, adding oil and vinegar to tell all the things that had happened, which was simply vivid.

  "Hmph!"

  Hacha King slapped the armrest heavily and said angrily: "Lanyu King is really a toast that doesn't eat, if in the past he wanted to attack Lanyu City, it can be said that there was no chance, but now Hacha tribe has tens of millions of wolf riders, wanting to destroy Lanyu City is simply an easy task, I didn't expect Lanyu King to be so ignorant of the current situation."

  "Father King, that Princess Hou Yu..." A young man standing to the right of Ha Che Wang said, his fiery red hair, rough and fierce appearance, sharp eyes, extremely tall stature. Standing there like a furnace.

  "Hmph, after taking down Blue Rain City, what princess, what saint wouldn't be yours? What's the hurry!" Ha Che Wang scolded.

  "Summon the messenger, pass on my order: appoint General Tan Mu as the Grand Marshal, commanding the First and Second Cavalry Corps with 200,000 wolf riders, the Third and Fourth Light Infantry Corps with 200,000 light infantrymen, and the First Light Cavalry Corps with 100,000 light cavalrymen. Set out for Blue Rain City tomorrow, and I must have you take down the city of the Blue Rain clan within two months!"

  "Hmph, dare to refuse the marriage alliance with our Ha Chi tribe? Then your Blue Rain tribe has no need to exist!" Ha Chi King sneered repeatedly.

  General Tan Mu knelt down and received his orders, then strode out of the grand hall to mobilize the troops.

  In the back mountain of Blue Rain City, a battalion of engineering soldiers had been digging sulfur and nitric acid day and night, collecting charcoal. Now these materials were piled up like mountains, but Ye Chen did not let them stop.

  "You come over here, one hundred people, and grind these sulfur, nitrate, and charcoal into powder form." Ye Chen instructed.

  "Yes, General." The soldiers did not hesitate and carefully followed Ye Chen's orders to grind the sulfur, nitrate, and charcoal into powder.

  Ye Chen brought some, mixed sulfur, nitric acid and charcoal together, then carefully buried them in the mud, then picked up a stone and smashed it heavily.

  BOOM!!

  A loud rumbling sound, dust flying everywhere in the sky, apparently where Ye Chen was hit, a deep pit of several meters appeared, of course not thrown by Ye Chen, but blown up by explosives.

  "Not bad, this power is quite good, such a small amount has such a great effect." Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction with the result.

  At this moment, everyone finally understood what Ye Chen wanted them to do with these things. It was too mysterious, how could the mixture of three powders explode? This made the soldiers of the Engineering Corps puzzled and couldn't figure it out.

  Hou Yu's face was also filled with shock, finally understanding why Ye Chen had been so confident. He could actually create something like this, and its destructive power on the battlefield would be terrifying. Just a casual explosion wouldn't blow a group of people to smithereens?

  "Ye Chen, how did you know how to make this thing? Your previous design of the crossbow already surprised me, and now you..." Hou Yu looked at Ye Chen with her big, shining eyes.

  "These are just basic common sense, nothing special. Everyone back home knows that." Ye Chen said casually.

  In this way, within half a month, Ye Chen had the Engineering Corps configure explosives while teaching the Divine Machine Corps to practice their marksmanship.

  Finally, in the midst of calmness, a stormy rain arrived. On the 16th morning after the establishment of Shenji Camp, hundreds of miles outside Blue Rain City, a large army of Hachi Tribe appeared, with Tanmu General personally leading the way. The three armies totaled 500,000 troops and were stationed on the plain 400 miles away from Blue Rain City.

  This vast plain is boundless, with a view of no end. The battlefields of the Blue Rain Tribe and the Haicheng Tribe are all on this plain. The earth of the plain does not know how much blood of soldiers has been stained, nor how many corpses of brave warriors have been buried.

  There is a great canyon between this plain and the Blue Rain City, which is the only way to get to the Blue Rain City. At one end of the canyon, a strong town was built, where 200,000 troops from the Blue Rain tribe are stationed, constantly preventing the invasion of the Ha Chi tribe.

  In this heavy town, guarding is the only son of Blue Rain King 'Hou Yu', also the only elder brother of Hou Yu.

  The second day after the Harchi tribe's army arrived, Tanmu led 50,000 heavy cavalry and 100,000 light infantry, pushing dense siege engines into the Grand Canyon.

  The end of the canyon was a city wall tens of meters high, with the gate closed and the walls were crowded with the Blue Rain tribe's army, everyone's bows and arrows were drawn into full circles, aiming at the Ha Chi tribe's army, ready to shoot arrows into the sky at any time.

  Tammo sat on the back of a towering Fire Wolf, his armor a deep fiery red as if flames were dancing upon it. He raised his hand slightly and tens of thousands of troops halted in unison, stopping at a distance of two thousand meters from the city walls.

  Tan Mu pointed his spear at a young man in blue armor on the city wall and said, "Hou Yun's little son, quickly open the gate and surrender. The general will spare your life, otherwise the 200,000 troops stationed here will kill you all, not one will be left!"

  "Hmph! Tanmu, you're quite bold. I'd like to see what kind of tricks you have up your sleeve. Are the Ha Chi tribe's wolf cavalry really invincible?" Hou Yun's eyes coldly stared at Tanmu.

  "Hahaha..." Tamu laughed loudly, "Wanting to witness the prowess of my wolf cavalry, as you wish!"

  "Wolf cavalry charge, break open the city gate, light infantry follow closely behind the wolf cavalry. Siege crossbow, catapult, battering ram, prepare!" Tan Mu gave a loud order, and instantly a team of wolf cavalry rushed out from the rear.

  Fifty thousand wolf cavalrymen, each riding a tall and ferocious wolf beast.

  "Waaaah..."

  Ten thousand wolves howl in unison, their voices shaking the heavens, frightening the Blue Rain tribe's army on the city walls to tremble with fear. The ferocious and brutal aura of those beasts spreads across the sky, making people instinctively feel a sense of terror.

  "Waaaah..."

  Rumble rumble!!

  The first team of five thousand wolf cavalry launched a charge, and although they were heavily armed, they were very fast on the back of the wolf beast, and in an instant they approached within 500 meters of the city wall.

  "Release the arrows!" With a single order from Hou Xuan on the city wall, countless arrow feathers whizzed through the air, producing numerous sharp piercing sounds as they shot towards the wolf cavalry.

  "Form up!"

  Someone in the wolf cavalry let out a low shout, and in an instant, amidst the clanging of metal, the shields of the 5,000 wolf cavalry merged into one, blocking all the arrows outside, as they formed a phalanx to continue charging forward.

  "Release the arrow, throw the stone, quickly!" Hou Xun said in a low voice.

  Rocks and arrows rained down from the sky, but couldn't harm the wolf cavalry in the slightest, as they were tightly protected by their massive shields. They quickly reached the city gate, and under their protection, the light infantry followed closely behind, pushing a battering ram that heavily impacted the city gate.

  "Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!!"

  Arrow after arrow fell from the city wall, although it was powerless against the wolf cavalry, but for the light infantry, it was a nightmare. Many light infantrymen died under the rain of arrows, and soon the ground below the city wall was filled with corpses. The Blue Rain tribe also suffered heavy casualties, while on the other side, dozens to hundreds of catapults of the Hache tribe continuously hurled stones at the city wall, shattering many parts of it.

  "Left Vice General!" Hou Xun shouted loudly.

  "Your Highness, I am here!" A fully armored general rushed to Hou Xuan's side.

  "Deputy General on the left, by order of His Highness the Prince, you are to proceed at once to Blue Rain City to report on the war situation and have the Valiant Army Corps come to drive back the enemy!"

  "Yes, Your Highness!"