Chapter 231 - Chapter 231: Chapter 231. Siege
Chapter 231: Chapter 231. Siege
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The soldiers in charge of guarding the city ran over to report. They had already expected the Tartan soldiers to come for revenge but did not expect them to come so quickly! Everyone’s expression was solemn.
The soldiers did not bother to eat. They all picked up the weapons in their hands and prepared to fight. Cheng Yu ordered,
“Prepare the rocks and rolling wood.”
The men had gone to the city gate to guard it. Su Qing brought the girls to the toilets to dig for saltpeter soil. She wanted to make black gunpowder. No matter how powerful the Tartan soldiers were, flesh and blood could not withstand her explosives.
The ratio of black gunpowder was one nitrogen, two sulfur, and three charcoal. Su Qing did not need to make too much black gunpowder now. She needed to intimidate the Tatan soldiers and buy some time for Mo City to catch their breath.
After taking the saltpeter soil, she still needed to find sulfur. To save time, Su Qing asked the system for sulfur.
The system wanted to give her some, but Su Qing didn’t give in to the cunning system. She told it the amount she needed and asked it to provide her with two barrels of sulfur. The system knew Su Qing was a woman of her word, so it could only obey obediently.
After the charcoal was burned, it had to be ground into powder. This would have to wait.
Su Qing used this time to make detonators. The detonators were created from the bamboo tubes they brought with them. They were all cut into
15-centimeter pieces, and each bamboo tube was split into six parts. The two pieces of bamboo were combined to form a thin tube. One end of the bamboo tube was blocked, and the black gunpowder was placed inside. A firecracker was placed, and only one end was exposed. Then, it was tied with a rope to form a simple detonator.
The girls wanted to help but couldn’t, but they all studied very seriously. After seeing Su Qing finish one, the girls started to help. They loaded the gunpowder, and Su Qing tied it up to make a detonator. No one spoke, and they all worked seriously.
Due to the limited materials and time, Su Qing only made two bundles of detonators, each containing six. However, this was enough. This kind of explosive was potent enough to intimidate the Tartan soldiers.
Su Qing took the two bundles of detonators and ran straight to the east gate. The girls carried their crossbows and followed closely behind Su Qing. A mighty female army became a unique scenery on this quiet, deserted street.
When Su Qing arrived at the city gate, the Tartan soldiers had already set up ladders on the moat. The brave and skilled Tartan soldiers quickly stepped on the ladders and ran to the city gate as if walking on flat ground.
Ji Shuisheng and the soldiers were on the city wall, smashing down the rolling wood and stones they had prepared.
Zhong Yong and the men of Peach Blossom Cove were transporting logs to the city wall. These were the beams taken down from abandoned houses.
There was no other way. Mo City’s resources were minimal. They had to fight against foreign enemies first. After defeating the enemies, they would help the people build their houses.
Even though rolling logs and stones fell like rain, they could not stop the tide of Tartan soldiers. They held rolling logs in their hands and slammed the city gate violently. When a Tartan soldier fell, a second person immediately took over.
The two generals who led the troops held scimitars as they commanded the siege from the rear. The city gate had already been knocked open once and could not withstand such a violent impact. Seeing that the city was about to fall, Ji Shuisheng was prepared to go down the city wall and fight the enemy in a melee.
Su Qing rushed over with the girls. Ji Shuisheng was worried about them and quickly walked down the city wall.
” Su Qing, leave quickly. We are about to fight a tough battle.”
“I’m fine.”
Su Qing showed the detonator in his hand to Ji Shuisheng.
“We made this.”
“What is this?”
It was Ji Shuisheng’s first time seeing this thing. He recognized bamboo, but it was his first time seeing bamboo tied together.
“A treasure that can send them to the afterlife.”
Su Qing’s beautiful eyes flashed with a cold light as she led the girls up the city wall. At this moment, the city gate was pushed open. Ji Shuisheng did not have time to talk to Su Qing and rushed down the city wail with his men to support Cheng Yu, who was guarding the city gate.
Su Qing walked up the city wall and saw that the Tartan soldiers rushing into the city had already cut the ropes of the city bridge.
The city-protecting bridge fell, and the Tatan soldiers charged into the city like a hot knife through butter. Their shouts were like thunder, and they were all ferocious. However, the city gates were not wide, and Ji Shuisheng and the others blocked the gates to kill the enemies. They could not rush in immediately, so they gathered outside the city gates.
“So many Tartan soldiers.”
This was the first time the girls had seen such a formation. It would be a lie to say that they were not afraid. It was a dark mass below, and the Tartan soldiers were all tall and strong. Their faces were fierce, like the bears that Su Qing had killed.
In addition to the horrible things they had heard about the Tartans eating human hearts, the girls were so scared that their faces turned pale.
Su Qing saw that the Tartan soldiers were gathered together, which was just enough to kill more of them. She took out a lighter and lit the detonator, throwing it at the place where the Tartan soldiers were the densest.
She was already at war god ability level 43 and powerful. The detonator fell from the sky with the sound of the wind, and sparks flew.
The Tartan soldiers thought it was a stone thrown from the city wall and dodged it, but they were still a step too late. The detonators fell to the ground and exploded, turning the surrounding Tartan soldiers into a bloody mess. Pieces of corpses flew everywhere.
Su Qing was not in a hurry to ignite the second detonator. She needed to wait until the Tartan soldiers were gathered before throwing it so that the power would be greater and more people would be killed.
Ji Shuisheng and the others were fighting against the Tartan soldiers in the city when they heard a thunderous explosion. They then looked at the Tartan soldiers outside the city wall who had been blasted into the sky, and the ground was covered in body parts.
The two generals of the Tartan soldiers were shocked by such a powerful weapon. The casualties were heavy, and the power was dozens of times greater than rolling wood and stones! This explosion had killed dozens of their soldiers, and some were injured and could not get up.
“Wa la wa la, charge, charge.”
When the Tartars fought, they could only advance and not retreat. The two generals chased the timid soldiers from behind to continue attacking the city.
The girls looked excitedly at the detonator in Su Qing’s hand. With this, they would not be afraid of the Tartan soldiers.
“Sister Su Qing.”
Ji Xiaoying’s crossbow was aimed at the Tartan soldiers below the city.
“Should 1 shoot?”
Su Qing didn’t dare give them poisoned arrowheads, afraid the girls would accidentally hurt themselves. Thus, the arrows in Ji Xiaoying’s hands were not poisoned.
“Shoot!”
Su Qing’s black eyes were like paint, glinting coldly as she looked at the charging Tartan soldiers below. She had neglected the ferocity of these people. They were not afraid of death.
When she saw the Tartan soldiers gather together and charge forward again, she lit the detonator in her hand and threw it down.
“Dodge, dodge.”
When the two generals saw Su Qing throwing that smoking thing down, they hurriedly called out to the soldiers below the city. However, they were still a step too late. The power of the explosion was too great. The ground shook, and the mountains shook—thick smoke billowed from the scene.
This time, Su Qing threw the detonator a little further away. It was only a dozen meters away from the two commanders. The shock wave from the explosion knocked them off their horses.
The bodies of the soldiers that were blown up fell like rain, covering their bodies and faces. By the time they got up, they were already in a sorry state, covered in the flesh and blood of their people.
The soldiers of Mo City saw that Su Qing had killed hundreds of people with just two explosions, and their morale instantly soared. Ji Shuisheng and Zhong Yong killed the Tartan soldiers who had rushed into the city.
The general of the Tartan soldiers got up from the ground. After having so many brothers killed in succession, he was also very fierce. He mounted his horse again and raised his scimitar to lead his troops into the city.
“Sister, what should we do? There are no detonators left..”