History’s Strongest Husband

This time Duke Dibos sent an army of 100,000 to attack Mulan City, which is not counting the tens of thousands of naval fleets.

The other 50,000 troops landed on the Bichao Peninsula by sea. The Bloody Baron's fleet was only responsible for transporting troops and sealing off the sea area. The commander of the 50,000 troops was someone else.

Earl Duke, a retainer of the Russo family, and uncle of Duke Dibos.

This is a veteran, now in his sixties.

Just as Earl Austin expected, Earl Duke didn't intend to compete with him for the city's destruction.

Ordinarily, his 50,000 army came across the sea much faster, and should have landed near Mulan City two or three days ago.

But he didn't. Instead, he sailed slowly on the sea. He didn't even land near the Bichao Peninsula, but continued to patrol on the ship.

In the past, Earl Duke was still at the same level as Earl Austin, and he was older and more senior.

But now it is different, the Russo family is different from the past, once the Third Empire of Xilun is formally established and Emperor Sauron ascends the throne, Austin will become the second duke of the Russo family.

In the future, the son of the Duke of Dibos will even be crowned with the new surname of Rusuo Xilun, and will become the prince of the empire.

Then he, Earl Duke, must act in a low-key manner, and must not steal the limelight from Earl Austin.

Moreover, the credit for destroying Mulan City is completely insignificant, and it is more of a symbolic victory. For example, completely wiped out the stronghold of the Orientals, or completely extinguished the revival of the Witch Empire.

Earl Duke has been cruising the sea for several days now, and his 50,000 army has become a little impatient.

"Has Austin's army arrived yet?" Earl Duke asked.

"Not yet, please rest assured that we have several ships going south side by side with Earl Austin's army. Once Earl Austin's army arrives, they will report immediately."

Earl Duke frowned and did not speak.

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After another half day, Earl Duke asked again: "Has Earl Austin's army arrived yet?"

He is a veteran,

According to his calculations, Austin's army should have arrived.

"Not yet."

Earl Duke came to the map and carefully studied the terrain.

"No more." Earl Duke said: "The army landed immediately and waited for Earl Austin's army on the ground."

Humility to Earl Austin is only a political consideration, but victory is still the first.

"Yes, Your Honor."

The fleet went to a beach on a Bichao peninsula, preparing to officially land.

"No, land in another place." Earl Duke said.

"Your Excellency, only this beach is the most suitable for landing. The waves in other places are too big, which is very unfavorable for landing." The general said.

Earl Duke said: "Which place is the most unsuitable for landing."

"This area." The general said: "The tide in this place is relatively fierce, and the distance from Mulan City is relatively far. After landing, we will have to march for dozens of miles."

Earl Duke said: "Then land from the most difficult place."

The generals under his command couldn't help but wonder, why is this so?

Earl Duke said: "The most difficult place to land is also the least ambush."

The generals under his command were taken aback? This group of Orientals has a total of 2,000 troops. Could there be an ambush? Isn't it ridiculous?

But Earl Duke is the supreme leader of this army, and no one can disobey his orders.

An hour later.

Earl Duke's 50,000 troops landed on the most turbulent beach in the south of the Bichao Peninsula, losing a dozen small boats and hundreds of casualties. The generals under his command kept silent, but they felt rather blamed in their hearts.

However, what they didn't know was that Earl Duke's decision saved more troops.

Lan Feng, the leader of the Eastern Knights, also buried a lot of explosives at the other two landing sites. Once Earl Duke's army landed at those two sites, they would suffer greater casualties.

Why not bury explosives/explosives everywhere? The amount needed is too large, and the explosives in Mulan City are very precious.

Earl Duke's natural prudence saved the army from a heavy casualty.

However, no one may know this and cannot verify his wise decision.

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After Earl Duke's 50,000 troops landed, he immediately dispatched a large number of scouts to explore the southern tip of the Bichao Peninsula.

And his main army chose a place that is the easiest to defend and difficult to attack to build a defense line and camp, and keep the fleet on the sea ready to respond.

This move made people laugh at him even more.

This Earl of Duke is really too careful. If they are facing the same army of one hundred thousand, then it is reasonable, but what they are facing is only a foreign army of two thousand, and there is a rough and ugly small town.

But if you don't understand it, you don't understand it. Everyone must abide by it, and no one dares to disobey it.

Earl Duke was cautious in using his troops, but that didn't mean he was merciful. If he dared to disobey his orders, he would definitely cut off that person's head without hesitation.

Earl Duke did more than that. He not only ordered the army to build his own camp, but also built another camp with tens of thousands of people, so that it would be convenient for Earl Austin's army to move in immediately after it arrived.

The generals under him were even more dissatisfied. Your Excellency Earl Duke, although you are a veteran of the Russo family, you are also highly respected. Is it necessary to please Earl Austin Russo so much? He is only thirty-nine years old and almost as old as your son.

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The valley gate on the north side of Mulan City.

Earl Austin stood up again, looking at the exploding valley, the ground hundreds of meters across was densely packed with big pits, almost impassable.

He returned to the main force of his army, and all the 10,000 siege troops were wiped out, leaving 40,000!

"The army retreats two kilometers."

Following his order, the 40,000 troops retreated and set up camp.

The Duke of Austin formally called a meeting.

"The area in the valley has already been bombed with countless big holes, making it inconvenient to pass through. If you want to continue to attack that city wall, you must first level these big holes."

"That's why I think it's necessary to order the Bloody Baron's fleet to go north, transport our army to bypass this city wall, and land directly on the south side."

"There are steep mountains on both sides of the enemy's city wall. Although it is not conducive to the passage of large-scale troops, it is possible to send small-scale troops to go around the back of the enemy's city wall through the mountains."

Earl Austin has been silent, allowing his subordinates to discuss.

The generals discussed for a while, and said almost all the plans, and then looked at Earl Austin.

"Next is my order, an unquestionable order."

"First, it is absolutely impossible for the fleet to go north to pick us up and go south. We must conquer the 3,000-meter city wall of the Orientals, otherwise it will still become our nightmare. If such a small city wall is in our nightmare It would be so sad if it woke us up."

"Second, my 10,000 troops died tragically. As their commander, I have the responsibility to avenge them. It is true that there are no words of enmity on the battlefield, but what happened today is a massacre. If I can't put that word If all the people on the city gate are killed, then the souls of those 10,000 warriors who died will linger in my mind. I will never be able to rest in peace.”

"Third, the enemy planted the terrible wrath of the gods in that area, but they have already exploded, and it is impossible to bury them a second time. Send out an army tonight to fill up these big pits, and it must be completed before dawn .”

"Fourth, when it is about to dawn, send two thousand people to march along the cliffs and peaks on both sides, detour to the back of the enemy's city wall, and attack front and back at critical moments."

After these orders, the generals were very puzzled.

Is this necessary? After all, the enemy only has five hundred people.

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That night, 5,000 people under Earl Austin's command turned into engineers and filled up the big holes that were blown up during the day with mud and boulders to facilitate the passage of tomorrow's army.

At dawn, 2,000 elite warriors took off their bulky armor and went into battle lightly. They climbed the cliffs and peaks on both sides, trying to go around behind the Chunhuaguan city wall and attack.

Before dawn the next day!

The big pits in front of the 3,000-meter city wall of Chunhua Pass have all been filled up.

Earl Austin once again stood on high, directing the entire battle.

"The army is attacking the city!"

"Kill all the Orientals on the city wall!"

With his order, the horn sounded again.

"Woo woo woo..."

The elite warriors under his command charged to attack the city again.

It's just different from yesterday. Yesterday was an army of 10,000, charging in a neat and orderly manner. Today, there are 3,000 people, charging scatteredly.

"Kill them all!"

"Forward, forward."

These three thousand people charged through the death zone that had exploded yesterday.

Although these large pits have been filled, there are still broken arms and limbs everywhere, blood everywhere, and black and red internal organs.

At this time, the three thousand people were almost holding their breath, and kept praying to the gods, never to explode again, never again.

Sure enough, if you can bury explosives/powder once on the ground, you can't bury it a second time.

These 3,000 people successfully rushed through the once-exploded death zone, and quickly rushed under the city wall.

It worked!

As long as you rush under the city wall, you will be successful.

There were only less than 500 enemies, and each person had to defend the city wall of six or seven meters on average, and there were no rolling logs and boulders to defend the city.

Three thousand people can easily break through this fragile city wall.

Kill the Orientals, kill them all!

The eyes of these three thousand people turned red, and their hearts were filled with deep-seated hatred and murderous intent.

Charge, charge!

The distance from the city wall is getting closer and closer.

Three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters, fifty meters!

Soon, these orientals will be killed soon, and their heads and limbs must be cut off, so that even if they go to hell, they will not be able to splice their complete selves.

Kill, kill, kill!

Earl Austin was a little surprised. Why didn't the group of Orientals shoot back at this distance?

However, at this moment, nearly 500 defenders on the Chunhuaguan city wall pulled out an iron lump.

What's this? The original grenade.

Some are made of iron, while others are simply made of wood, and some are even wrapped in silk. Each original grenade is filled with about 300 grams of explosives and hundreds of shrapnel.

Each original grenade weighs about two kilograms, which is obviously too heavy for a modern army, but it is moderate for the warriors under Shen Lang's command. They can throw the grenade thirty to forty meters away.

"What is this?" Count Austin suddenly had an ominous premonition.

But Zhang Chunhua on the city wall seemed even more nervous.

The two generals shouted orders awe-inspiringly.

"preparation!"

Five hundred defenders raised the original grenade high.

"ignition!"

Following an order, five hundred people set fire to it neatly.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and Zhang Chunhua was so nervous that he could hardly breathe.

This primitive grenade is very dangerous, whether it is for the enemy or your own people, if you are not careful, it will explode in your hand, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

The fuses of each original grenade are the same length, so everyone moves in unison.

If you throw it too early, the enemy may throw it back. If you throw it late, it will explode directly.

"cast!"

The two generals gave an order suddenly.

The five hundred defenders on the city wall were thrown neatly.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

These five hundred primitive grenades blazed, arced in the air, and fell towards Earl Austin's siege army.

Earl Austin shouted almost instinctively: "Get down, get down!"

Some of his 3,000 siege troops continued to charge forward, and some of them immediately obeyed the order and fell to the ground immediately.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

It was another series of astonishing explosions.

It was not as earth-shattering as yesterday, but it also pierced the eardrums and was deafening.

Another horrific massacre.

In an instant, as if blown by a gust of wind, countless soldiers who were charging were directly blown away.

Once again, the broken arm and stump flew around.

Once again, like a scarecrow, he was suddenly thrown several meters away, blood spurting wildly in the air.

And today's situation is even more terrifying. These primitive grenades have shrapnel inside.

This is the magnified version of the rainstorm pear blossom, countless shrapnel are really shooting like a rainstorm.

The power was like rain hitting tens of thousands of holes on the beach. Once the soldiers of Earl Austin's warriors were hit by shrapnel, their entire bodies would be riddled with holes in an instant.

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A few minutes later, the dust settled again.

Earl Austin thought that the 3,000 people who attacked the city were wiped out again, but he didn't expect some people to get up one after another on the ground.

These original grenades are very powerful. Once they explode, soldiers within a range of more than ten meters will either die or be disabled.

But manpower is limited, and it is impossible to throw it too far to form a carpet bombing. And there are not so many explosives in Mulan City.

Earl Austin attacked the city with 3,000 people, and this wave of grenade attacks killed and injured more than half of them.

This result is already amazing, but it is still not enough!

The more than a thousand people who survived on the battlefield climbed up blankly.

They didn't die, but many people's ears were deaf, and their eyes became black and nauseated.

Typical concussion.

After a long while, they all looked at Earl Austin, shall we continue to attack the city?

And at the same time!

"Boom boom boom..."

There was another explosion, but from the hills.

The sound of the explosion was silent, not to kill the enemy, but to sound an alarm.

Shen Lang's defenders were worried that the enemy would secretly march from the mountains on both sides to the back, so they buried thunder mercury in a large area on the mountain.

This kind of thing is very sensitive and will explode if stepped on.

This is to remind Zhang Chunhua that there are enemies trying to sneak attack from behind from the mountains on both sides.

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At this time, Earl Austin had two choices.

He ordered the army to continue to charge, one after another, until the three thousand meter city wall was conquered.

Another is to temporarily stop the attack.

"Pause attack, pause attack!"

Following the order of Earl Austin, more than a thousand surviving people quickly retreated.

The second attack on Chunhuaguan failed.

But Earl Austin didn't seem very depressed, but relaxed a little.

Shen Lang's army is very powerful, and has many strange means.

But that's basically it. Now the only trump card for the five hundred defenders on the city wall is this kind of iron lump that can explode.

This weapon is very powerful, but it also has obvious shortcomings.

First of all, it is impossible to throw it too far by manpower, and secondly, this thing is too dangerous, and it will blow itself up at any time.

It is not difficult to restrain this explosive iron lump.

"Your Majesty, how many trebuchets, how many Vulcan's wrath, and how many flying rockets do we have left?"

At this time, the Vulcan Priest had doubts about life.

Obviously we believe in Vulcan, but why is the enemy's Vulcan's Wrath more advanced and powerful than ours?

After hearing Earl Austin's answer, she replied bitterly: "Yesterday's big explosion, we still have a dozen trebuchets that have not had time to recover, and now there are only thirteen trebuchets left. There are not many rockets, There are less than a hundred cars left."

Earl Austin said: "Enough, these things are enough to restrain the enemy. What we need is time. Our trebuchets throw Vulcan's Fury at the enemy, regardless of whether they are accurate or not, regardless of whether they can kill the enemy. But At least in this kind of explosion, the enemy will not dare to throw the kind of iron bumps that can explode, and it can buy us precious time. In just a quarter of an hour, our army can rush to the city wall, and the battle will be at that time. It's over, we can easily kill the enemy."

It has to be said that Earl Austin is an excellent commander.

The secret weapon of the grenade is absolutely unfamiliar to him, but he can still make accurate judgments.

His train of thought was correct, once the trebuchets hurled gunpowder/powder packs on the walls in large numbers, there were explosions everywhere. The Shen Lang defenders on the city wall didn't even dare to take out grenades, not to mention throwing them.

Because there is mercury fulminate on every grenade, this thing is too sensitive and may explode at any time.

So as long as the catapult is used to suppress the firepower on the city wall, the trump card of Shen Lang's army will be completely wiped out.

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Two hours later!

Thirteen trebuchets were pushed out again, 330 meters away from the Chunhuaguan city wall.

Fifty rocket vehicles were pushed to a distance of four hundred meters from the city wall.

This distance was carefully calculated by Earl Austin, and it was considered a very safe distance.

"preparation!"

"emission!"

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Earl Austin's thirteen trebuchets began to show off their power, throwing the gun/powder pack violently.

A moment later, the Vulcan Cult's rocket launch vehicle also began to stage an amazing scene.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Hundreds of rockets shot out wildly, streaking through the air with a long tail flame, and shot towards the 3,000-meter city wall of Chunhua Pass.

Earl Austin stood on a high place, and once again saw the Oriental defenders on the wall of Chunhuaguan get down again.

Sure enough, they no longer dared to take out the iron ball that would explode, and his tactic succeeded.

"Boom boom boom..."

The fire/powder packs of the Vulcan Cult once again exploded up and down the city wall.

The thick smoke of black fire/powder enveloped the entire city wall in an instant, and countless rockets shot towards the city wall, regardless of whether they hit or not, in short, it was suppressed by firepower.

"The army charges!"

"Take down this city wall and kill all the Orientals on it."

Earl Austin gave an order, and his 10,000 army rushed out like a tide, rushing towards the wall of Chunhuaguan.

"Boom boom boom..."

The second round of the trebuchet projected, and the gun/powder package exploded up and down the city wall again.

Crazy fire suppression.

Ten thousand troops charged frantically.

Make sure that Shen Lang's army never dares to throw grenades again.

The 10,000 troops were getting closer and closer to the city wall, three hundred meters, two hundred meters, thirty meters.

"Stop throwing, stop launching!"

Earl Austin ordered to stop the suppression of firepower. At this time, it was too late for the defenders on the city wall to take out grenades.

It worked! He has already taken down the 3,000-meter city wall.

Although the army has not yet scaled the walls, Earl Austin has seen the results.

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After a quarter of an hour, the smoke dissipated.

The army of Earl Austin officially occupied Chunhua Pass, but the 500 defenders on the city wall were nowhere to be seen.

In the thick smoke, they retreated in an all-round way and returned to Mulan City.

When Earl Austin launched the trebuchet to suppress firepower on the city wall, Zhang Chunhua and several generals already knew that the city gate could not be defended.

Despite suffering a big loss, Earl Austin still made the most correct tactics.

Count Austin Russo stood on the wall of Chunhua Pass, looking at his army from the enemy's point of view.

It's unimaginable that a mere 3,000-meter city wall actually brought him nearly 12,000 casualties.

Only 38,000 of his 50,000 troops remained.

This is undoubtedly an extremely painful lesson, but he is not discouraged, at least he knows the strength of the enemy.

Know thyself, ever-victorious.

"The army is advancing, attacking the queen city of the Oriental Shen Lang."

Following his order, 38,000 troops passed through this gate and marched mightily towards Mulan City.

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After a few hours.

Count Austin's 38,000 troops approached the city.

After another hour, Earl Duke's 50,000 troops came to join Earl Austin.

An army of nearly 90,000 completely surrounded Mulan City.

Earl Duke didn't ask what happened, let alone Earl Austin's late arrival and shocking casualties, he just stepped forward and hugged him.

Earl Austin said: "Lord Duke, the enemy is stronger than we imagined. They have weird and powerful secret weapons, but everything ends here."

Earl Duke stood on a high place, overlooking the city of Mulan.

"It really is an ugly city, full of squares and squares, without any room for imagination. If all cities in this world are like this, how boring it would be." Earl Duke said with emotion.

The sun was setting.

Mulan City does appear very crude, even fragile.

All the houses inside are small two-story buildings, square and square, as if they were copied and pasted.

Moreover, the city seemed too empty. The city wall had a circumference of 7,500 meters, but the houses inside couldn't fill the empty spaces.

"Although it is ugly, it is too easy to copy and spread. If you are not careful, such cities will spread across our western continent." Earl Austin said.

"Is it the yellow peril?" Earl Duke said, "I can't imagine what kind of disaster it would be once such cities spread all over our land. It might mean the demise of art."

"So, we have to completely wipe out this city, burn all the people in it to ashes, and throw them into the sea, hoping that the ocean currents can bring their ashes back to the eastern world."

"There is an idiom in the East, fallen leaves return to their roots."

"Then let's help them return to their roots."

"When the sun rises tomorrow, we will officially attack the city and completely wipe out this ugly city."

"Okay, Earl Austin, according to your estimate, how many casualties will there be if 90,000 of us attack the enemy with 2,000?"

"Ten thousand, or a little more. But no matter how many people die, it is worth it, because we have prevented their spread."

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Inside Mulan City.

Zhang Chunhua, Lan Feng, Black Pearl, and Yu Luolan are in a meeting.

"Our explosives are very powerful, but we also underestimated the enemy. We may not be able to win this battle," Zhang Chunhua said.

Black Pearl said: "We still have six cannons. Although there are not many explosives left, it is not too little."

Zhang Chunhua said: "Our city wall is too long. It is too difficult for two thousand people to defend the 7,500-meter wall. We have too many enemies and are too brave."

Of course they were brave. Earl Austin didn't pay much attention to this battle at first, thinking it was just killing flies, but now it has risen to the height of a race war, even if ten thousand or twenty thousand people die, Austin The Earl will also kill everyone in Mulan City, and will completely raze the city.

"Our artillery is too small, and our explosives/powders are not very reasonable." Zhang Chunhua said: "Our grenades are very strong, but they are too sensitive and not stable enough. They need to be modified."

Zhang Chunhua has the right to speak, because she is the only person present who has fought against Earl Austin.

Lan Feng, the leader of the Eastern Warriors, said: "Fortunately, His Majesty is not here. Even if we die, it doesn't matter."

Black Pearl slammed his fist down and said: "Death is nothing more, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Lan Feng said: "Yes, death is a big deal. This is our Queen's City, even if the last person dies in battle, we will never back down!"

Then, Lan Feng said to Zhang Chunhua: "Master Zhang, you are the person His Majesty trusts the most. You should not go out to fight tomorrow and stay in the City Lord's Mansion. Once the city is broken, you will detonate the City Lord's Mansion and take all the secret information, all Destroy all your secret weapons, and never fall into the hands of the enemy."

Zhang Chunhua shrugged his shoulders and said: "Of course! But I must tell you one thing, your majesty has created many incredible miracles, and he has won even more difficult wars than this one. You don't have to be so desperate, keep hope .”

General Lan Feng, the leader of the Eastern Warriors, said with a smile: "Of course, looking for hope in despair. Prepare to die, but also wait for a miracle!"

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The next day, the sun rises!

The 2,000 defenders in Mulan City all climbed the city wall, and an average soldier had to defend the 3.5-meter city wall.

Outside, the enemy's 90,000 army is black and dark, boundless.

In front of this powerful army, Mulan City is indeed too fragile, and its walls are too weak.

Earl Austin said, "Earl Duke?"

Earl Duke said: "Everything follows your will."

Still without rhetoric, Earl Austin pulled out his sword and shouted loudly: "The army attacked the city, destroyed the Eastern Queen City, and killed everyone in it, leaving no one behind."

The decisive battle in Mulan City officially broke out!

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at the same time!

The ground in the northern part of Bichao Peninsula began to tremble, as if an earthquake had occurred.

Countless birds and beasts were startled at first, and couldn't help but look towards the north, then the birds flew up one after another, and the small animals ran away one after another.

After a while!

From the northern horizon, a black dot appeared, two, three...

hundreds, thousands...

Shen Lang is back.

He led 8,000 Amazon female warriors and galloped down on tall horses.

Although there are only eight thousand men, they are the most powerful fighters in the western world.

Never been conquered, the Amazon female warrior closest to the blood of ancient humans.

Eight thousand of the most powerful female knights swept south like a raging tide.

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Note: Because of lack of sleep, palpitation and shortness of breath, it is very uncomfortable, so I have to go to bed early today. It's the end of the month, don't waste the monthly pass, vote for me to help sleep.