When he said this, he seemed to ignore the fact that "there were nearly 30,000 private troops outside the city."

"Not sure." Huan Hu heard this and licked his lips and said, "Since those gentlemen have catapults from the Smelting and Manufacturing Bureau, there is no guarantee that they will not hide other weapons of war..."

After hearing this, Chen Shou did not refute, but just turned his attention to the battlefield.

After all, no matter which side wins or loses among the two sides fighting in the distance, it doesn't matter to him.

While Huan Hu and Chen Shou watched, Ding Hu led 3,000 infantry to attack the 30,000 private troops outside the city.

As soon as the two sides started fighting, the private army was at a disadvantage.

The reason is that Chengling King Zhao Shen was afraid that the twenty catapults would be destroyed by Ding Hu's army, so he panicked and ordered his soldiers to hide them in the rear army. Unexpectedly, this simple order made the front line

The formation of the soldiers was so chaotic that Ding Hu easily killed them.

"Hey, that King Chengling..."

Seeing that the noble private army was at a disadvantage at the beginning, Huan Hu clapped his thighs with annoyance on his face: "You have Zhao Run behind you, so losing a few catapults is nothing. Kill him! Even if all the catapults here are destroyed, as long as

If you kill Ding Hu, the Ji family will not be able to escape from the clutches... Why don't you even understand this?!"

Looking at his annoyed look, it seemed that he wished he could take over the command of the army in place of Chengling King Zhao Shen, which made Chen Shou beside him feel speechless.

I don't know if it has something to do with Huan Hu's "inspiration". The noble private army gradually calmed down the turmoil. In the position of the central army, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan personally commanded and ordered the soldiers of the private army to form a square formation to block Ding Hu's attack.

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But unfortunately, the combat quality of the private soldiers was really poor. These private soldiers, who had almost no battlefield experience, seemed a little overwhelmed after Ding Hu broke through the formation.

If it was an elite army such as the Shang Shui Army or the Yanling Army, they would quickly reorganize their defense lines at this time. Of course, if it was really the Shang Shui Army or the Yanling Army, it would naturally not be possible for Ding Hu to break through the defense line so easily.

"I'll just say it."

Chen Shou glanced at Huan Hu and said calmly: "The soldiers under Ding Hu are also a powerful force. How can they be matched by those rabble?"

Huan Hu's face was dark and speechless. After a while, he muttered in a low voice: "That King Chengling... if you have any good things, show it quickly! If you don't show it, it will be too late!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the formation of the noble private army on the battlefield suddenly changed. The soldiers of the central army retreated towards the two wings, which greatly surprised Ding Hu, who was planning to break through in the center.

At this moment, the private army's rear formation rolled out more than a hundred horse-drawn carriages, fifty repeating crossbows, and a hundred machine-operated crossbow boxes, all aimed at the oncoming Ding Hu army.

"What is that?"

Ding Hu didn't react for a while.

At this moment, fifty repeating crossbows and one hundred machine-operated crossbow boxes launched a salvo at the same time.

Pity the soldiers of Ding Hu who were still rushing towards the rear of the private army. In front of these terrible war weapons, they fell to the ground like wheat fields swept by the strong wind. In the blink of an eye, a large area fell to the ground.

Even Ding Hu looked horrified at this moment.

"Shhhh~"

Huan Hu, who was watching the battle on the mound in the south, couldn't help but whistle when he saw this scene and said with a smile: "Hoo ho ho, it's really scary..."

Beside him, Chen Shou frowned and watched this scene.

In fact, he also knew that the private armies of Chengling King Zhao Tan and other nobles of the Suo Wang Party must have hidden other war weapons besides catapults, but he never expected that these war weapons would be so powerful.

You must know that when Ding Hu led his army to break through the front line of the noble private army, the casualties of Ding Hu's army were only a few dozen people, but in just that moment, at least nearly seven or eight hundred of Ding Hu's soldiers were killed, and

This number is still increasing rapidly as those machine crossbow boxes continue to fire crossbow bolts.

"This kind of power...even our Suiyang Army may not be able to withstand it..."

Chen Shou thought secretly.

At this time, Ding Hu, who was on the battlefield, also realized that the noble lord's private army hid war weapons that they could not withstand, and hurriedly ordered a breakthrough to the flank of the private army, probably because he wanted to attack the noble private army's main formation in a roundabout way.

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It has to be said that Ding Hu is worthy of being Nangong Yao's confidant. He is brave and courageous. When he led the army to kill the soldiers of the noble private army, the latter saw Ding Hu's ferocious face and intimidating momentum.

Everyone is trembling with fear.

"Could this person be Ding Hu? What a fierce general!"

Anping Hou Zhao Tan, who was sitting astride the horse, couldn't help but praise Ding Hu after seeing Ding Hu's overwhelming offensive.

Immediately, he waved to the guards behind him and ordered: "Bring the sniper crossbow."

Upon hearing this, the guard immediately carefully took out a strange-shaped crossbow from the backpack on the horse and handed it to Anping Marquis Zhao Tan.

After Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, took the crossbow, he aimed it at Ding Hu, who was fighting bravely in the distance, and murmured: "It's a pity that the era of fierce generals has long ended..."

As he pulled the trigger, in just a blink of an eye, Ding Hu stumbled suddenly and almost fell to the ground on the spot.

"General!"

The soldiers of Ding Hu's army were shocked and quickly helped Ding Hu up. When they looked at Ding Hu again, they saw blood trickling down his right rib and stained his armor red.

"What? What was that just now?"

Ding Hu looked around in confusion.

Just now, he felt a strong sense of crisis coming over him, but before he could react, he felt as if an arrow had been hit in his ribs.

But when he looked down at his ribs, he found that there was no trace of the arrow there. The arrow had pierced his body directly.

Suddenly, Ding Hu seemed to see something and stared intently at a nobleman in the distance holding a strange crossbow.

"Did the shot miss? What a pity..."

Seeing Ding Hu staring at him intently in the distance, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan couldn't help but feel a little pity.

"Withdraw! Withdraw!"

Following Ding Hu's panicked orders, his troops quickly retreated.

Seeing this, Chengling King Zhao Shen ordered the entire army to attack without hesitation, trying to take advantage of the advantageous situation to capture the Ji family in one go.

But unfortunately, only a wave of arrows was fired from the city wall of Jishi County, which interrupted the morale of the noble private army. After hundreds of casualties, the vast majority of the private soldiers looked fearful.

The ground stopped.

They were so angry that all the nobles of the royal party were furious. What a great opportunity this was!

After that, Chengling King Zhao Shen tried to attack several times, but because the archers on the wall of Jishi County were really difficult to deal with, he regretfully ordered the withdrawal.

After the war, the losses were counted. Although the front and center armies of the noble private army were once broken through by Ding Hu's 3,000 soldiers, the actual number of casualties of the noble private army was not many, only more than 3,000, not as many as last night.

The losses during the bombing of the camp were high because many soldiers of the noble private army were unable to resist the threat of death because they were setting foot on a real battlefield for the first time, so they subconsciously chose to escape.

On the other hand, Ding Hu's 3,000 soldiers lost nearly half, or about 1,500, in this battle.

The noble private army suffered more than 3,000 casualties in exchange for about 1,500 battle losses of Ding Hu's army. Although it still seems a bit ugly, in fact, this is already a very remarkable result. After all, Ding Hu's soldiers

, those are soldiers who have been trained for a long time.

Of course, such achievements were almost entirely due to the war weapons that Chengling King Zhao Shen and others rented from the Smelting Bureau.

In response to this, the nobles of the Su Wang Party not only did not feel ashamed, but were somewhat complacent: Look how wise we are, leasing these war weapons from His Highness King Su early.

"Hahahaha, I actually won the battle, hahahaha..."

Watching Ding Hu fleeing back to Jishi County with the remaining defeated soldiers, watching the noble private soldiers cheering, Huan Hu clapped his thighs with joy.

On the side, Chen Shou said calmly: "Those nobles' private armies, with such war weapons, Jishi County's chances of winning are very small. If Nangong Chen and Ding Hu don't want Jishi to lose, they may really launch a night attack this time

...Only through sneak attacks at night would they have a chance."

"Hmm." Huan Hu nodded with deep understanding, then squinted his eyes and said, "Humph, that fellow Ding Hu is narrow-minded and suffered a loss today. He will definitely lead his troops to attack the nobles' troops at night, and take the opportunity to kill them.

Kill him!...I didn’t like this guy at first.”

"Those nobles may not appreciate it." Chen Shou said calmly, as if he wanted to remind Huan Hu that if the private armies of those nobles captured the Ji family, their next target might be Suiyang.

After hearing this, Huan Hu said with a smile but not a smile: "Thank you? Hahaha, when the time comes, ask that old guy Jin Gou to put Ding Hu's head in the handsome tent of Wei Camp... In this way, those nobles will

, I believe you will accept our goodwill."

Chen Shou frowned slightly and asked doubtfully: "Are you planning to drive these gentlemen to the territory of the Beibo Army?"

"Huh." Huan Hu licked his lips and said, "You talk about joining forces to resist the Wei army, but so far, not even a single person has been seen. Speaking of this verbal covenant, it was not so reassuring from the beginning.

...When the Beibo Army takes action, we will take action again!"

"Hmm." Chen Shou nodded.

That night, Ding Hu led more than a thousand infantry and attempted to attack the private Wei camp of Chengling King Zhao Tan and others at night. However, he unexpectedly fell into an ambush by Chen Shou, who led 500 Suiyang soldiers to ambush Ding Hu.

He went into battle in person and killed Ding Hu.

At dawn the next day, when Chengling Prince Zhao Shen woke up in the commander's tent, he was shocked to see a bloody head lying next to the bed, which was the head of Ding Hu, the guard of Jishi County.

Moreover, there was a piece of white cloth tied to Ding Hu's head, with a line of writing on it: I killed Ding Hu for you, no need to say thank you, Huan Hu.

In an instant, Chengling King Zhao Shen felt cold all over his body, and his back was dripping with cold sweat.
Chapter completed!