Chapter 373: Brutal War
“Boom boom boom—”
As the war drums sounded, Huo Xiang, Han Zhong and Du Mingyu.
They gathered together with the Northern soldiers behind them.
They marched in neat steps towards Shanhaiguan, which was already in ruins.
Jiang Chen, the lord of the northern territory, was not idle either. He took his spear from Baihu's hand.
Jiang Chen picked up his spear, turned around and sat on his warhorse.
Then, Jiang Chen raised the spear in his hand and pointed lightly in the direction of the Shanhaiguan ruins.
"All soldiers of the Royal Guard Battalion, listen to my orders. Follow me and break through Shanhaiguan!"
Following Jiang Chen's order, five soldiers from the Royal Guard Battalion stood up and mounted their horses.
Qinglong also handed over the task of beating the drum to the soldiers beside him and rode on his warhorse.
Together with the other three personal guards, he followed Jiang Chen and galloped towards Shanhaiguan!
The war horses equipped by Jiang Chen's personal guard battalion are carefully selected mounts from major ranches in the northern border.
Therefore, Jiang Chen, with his four personal guards and five thousand soldiers from the personal guard camp, quickly surpassed the troops of Huo Xiang, Du Mingyu and Han Zhong.
Under the leadership of Jiang Chen, there were four personal guards and a group of personal guard camp soldiers.
Soon they rushed into the ruins of Shanhaiguan.
They slaughtered the coalition forces of the Xia state princes who had not yet recovered from the fierce artillery attack.
Jiang Chen waved the spear in his hand, and the energy around him surged.
Any soldier from the coalition forces of the Xia Kingdom who stood in Jiang Chen's way.
They were all knocked away one by one by the spear in Jiang Chen's hand!
For a moment, Jiang Chen seemed to be in an empty place.
Wherever he went, all the soldiers of the Xia State saw him.
I wish I had a few more legs so I could run faster.
Want to escape from Jiang Chen's spear attack!
Seeing their lord fighting so bravely, all the soldiers in the Royal Guard Camp shouted loudly.
"My lord is mighty, and the North is invincible!"
"My lord is mighty, and the North is invincible!"
Under the cheers and encouragement of the soldiers of the Royal Guard Battalion, Huo Xiang and his two companions arrived later.
They all led the northern soldiers behind them to hack and kill the Xia soldiers.
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In this way, the killing lasted for more than half an hour.
In the end, less than 30,000 Xia soldiers surrendered!
At the end of this war, as many as 170,000 Xia soldiers died in Shanhaiguan.
Jiang Chen did not feel that there was anything cruel about this.
This is war, war is ruthless and cruel!
No one wants to start a war in the first place, but to avoid it.
The only way is to use war to stop another war!
Jiang Chen looked at Li He, the governor of Anyun Prefecture, who was kneeling in front of him, then dismounted and walked in front of him.
Jiang Chen had some friendship with the governor of Anyun Prefecture.
Back when Jiang Chen was still an insignificant eunuch, he escorted Guan Zhihe, disguised as Princess Zhuhua, to the Canglang Kingdom for marriage.
Li He once stayed in Anyun Prefecture for a day or two, and at that time he did not look down on Jiang Chen.
On the contrary, this high official of the Xia Kingdom admired Jiang Chen very much.
Now when they meet, Li He has become Jiang Chen's prisoner.
Looking at Jiang Chen, whose body was covered in the blood of Xia soldiers, Li He smiled bitterly and bowed to Jiang Chen.
"Defeated General Li He greets Lord Dingbei!"
Hearing Li He's address to him, Jiang Chen smiled helplessly and shook his head.
"Brother Li, Brother Li, I am not used to you calling me that."
After saying that, Jiang Chen gave instructions to several guards beside him .
"Go, take this Governor Li away and treat him well!"
"After I have dealt with the matter at Shanhaiguan, I will have a long talk with you, Brother Li."
After saying this, he didn't wait for Li He to come back to his senses.
Jiang Chen then turned and left, and looked at his departing back.
Li He felt mixed emotions and was in a very bad mood.
After gathering the 30,000 surrendered soldiers together, the 200,000-strong northern army entered the dilapidated Shanhaiguan.
Looking at the ground stained red with the blood of 170,000 Xia soldiers, and smelling the strong smell of blood in the air.
Jiang Chen couldn't help himself and closed his eyes in ecstasy.
After experiencing such a great battle, Jiang Chen felt as if he had been soaked in a pool of blood.
The armor on his body and the surface of the warhorse under his crotch.
A layer of black blood scab has already formed...
With the help of several personal guards, Jiang Chen changed his armor.
After taking a bath, he changed into an elegant blue shirt.
Jiang Chen then summoned Huo Xiang and other generals.
"I called you here to deal with the 170,000 corpses in the city."
Jiang Chen, who has the memory of his previous life, knows very well that if these corpses are not dealt with in time.
That would definitely cause a terrible plague!
Therefore, Jiang Chen was very concerned about this matter and urgently summoned all the generals.
After hearing Jiang Chen's words, Huo Xiang walked out slowly.
After bowing to Jiang Chen, Prime Minister Huo spoke slowly.
"My lord, I have ordered all the bodies to be collected."
"How to deal with the bodies of these Xia soldiers is entirely up to you!"
Seeing that Huo Xiang had already made preparations for him, Jiang Chen nodded with satisfaction.
"Not bad, Huo Xiang, you did a great job."
"But these bodies must not be buried on the spot, let's put it this way."
Jiang Chen first praised Prime Minister Huo and then continued.
"Dig a few huge pits outside Shanhaiguan and pile all the bodies in there."
"Then, put some dry wood and hay in it and set it on fire!"
After saying that, Jiang Chen turned to look at Yuan Hao and asked him.
"Yuan Hao, how many shells did the artillery battalion use this time?"
In response to Jiang Chen's inquiry, Yuan Hao bowed and saluted, then reported.
"My lord, we have conquered Shanhaiguan this time."
"Our army used a total of 500 artillery pieces and 1,000 shells."
"The artillery shells dispatched from our northern border and the remaining artillery shells have all been used up!"
Jiang Chen was not surprised at all to hear this result.
But he still felt very sad about it.
After all, during this year, Jiang Chen sold everything he had and only managed to stockpile less than 5,000 artillery shells.
Now, it is just to capture Shanhaiguan.
One fifth of the ammunition reserves have already been used up!!
Thinking of this, Jiang Chen nodded with a painful look on his face and dismissed all the generals.
After all the generals left the central military tent, Jiang Chen covered his chest with his hands, wanting to cry but without tears.
I don't know why, but he feels so distressed right now...
That was the fortune he had saved up through hard work throughout the year!
After feeling sad for a while about the supplies consumed by this war.
Jiang Chen quickly calmed himself down.
As long as we can conquer Xia Kingdom this time, then all these money will be earned back!
