Chapter 184: Throwing Feces at Them

At this moment, the gazes of a group of soldiers could not help but glance toward the Cannon.

Yan Ning said, "Load a Cannonball inside here, and it can be fired once the fuse is lit."

Everyone hurriedly moved the Cannonballs up onto the city wall.

Quite a few soldiers were somewhat astonished.

Some even thought, such a simple thing, yet it took so much effort to transport it here.

It was also at this time that a troop of men arrived below the city wall, and without knowing what they were carrying, they threw it directly onto the city wall.

At this moment, General Yan, who was the general stationed at Changliao City, very skillfully used a shield to block in front of Yan Ning.

Subsequently, Yan Ning smelled a foul stench.

These Nanzhao people were actually throwing feces at them!

Are they this shameless?

General Yan and his men had long since become accustomed to this.

After they threw a few more rounds, it finally stopped.

Yan Ning stood on the city wall with a very ugly expression; it was truly too stinky, the Nanzhao people were simply too disgusting.

At this moment, Xiao Huaijin quickly lit the fuse, and an Explosive Package flew over their heads, emitting a loud boom.

It was quiet now; those few people and their horses had already been blown into fragments.

Xiao Huaijin's expression was also not good; he pulled Yan Ning down from the city wall, and at this moment, someone immediately went to clean up the things on the city wall.

General Yan had never seen such a formidable thing before; he had heard people talk about it in the past, but now he was able to see it with his own eyes.

Seeing that the expressions of the two had improved a little, General Yan asked, "Between the power of this Cannon and that thing from just now, which is more powerful?"

Xiao Huaijin said, "The power of the Cannon should be greater."

Yan Ning also added a sentence, "It's more than that; when the Cannon's shell shatters, the fragments can also kill people, so if you see them approaching, don't use the Cannon."

General Yan was a bit confused; in the few years he had been away from the Capital, what had weapons developed into?

Besides the Cannon, Yan Ning had also brought them two Telescopes.

General Yan took the Telescope and looked; he could actually see a thousand miles away, and he even saw the claws of a Bird flying in the sky through the Telescope!

This thing was a rare object, so General Yan hurriedly put it away.

Yan Ning asked, "When will the battle begin?"

Having the Cannonballs, General Yan also had confidence; he said to Yan Ning, "Tomorrow morning, we will go to attack Nanzhao."

Yan Ning also felt it was good; it was best to have a quick victory.

Yan Ning said to them, "The Cannonballs are limited, so don't waste them; these Cannonballs are very difficult to make."

General Yan hurriedly agreed.

Yan Ning could not go to the front line; she had no armor and no experience, so going would only cause trouble.

Not long after, she heard a loud "bang" in the distance.

One sound followed another.

This was an overwhelming war.

Facing the Cannon, Nanzhao had no power to fight back.

Yan Ning had originally thought that this kind of war would not result in deaths, but in the end, a few soldiers still died.

An arrow entered a throat, and they were gone on the spot.

Those who were injured were basically wounded by bows and arrows; those armies, under the suppression of the Cannon and Gunpowder, could not get close at all, and only archers could shoot a few people to death.

Those wounded were all brought back.

The number was not small.

Seeing that a few people had fatal wounds, Yan Ning hurriedly fed them Spirit Spring Water, keeping them alive with a breath while waiting for the military doctor to treat them.

At this moment, Yan Ning walked up to the military doctor, "When treating wounds, soak all the instruments used."

The military doctor was somewhat puzzled, but since their Cannonballs were so powerful, he presumed the medical skills in the Capital must be even more advanced.

After a round, the military doctor was even more surprised.

This transparent, strange-smelling wine actually had such good effects; those who originally had serious injuries and could not be saved were actually able to pull through this time.

Of course, that is a story for another time.

At this moment, Yan Ning was asking Xiao Huaijin about the situation.

Xiao Huaijin said, "The Garrison has been wiped out; with the Cannon on the city wall, I estimate they will never dare to act recklessly again."

Yan Ning was in a pretty good mood.

At this time, General Yan asked with a smile, "Defeating Nanzhao is a great joy, and it was done so quickly with few casualties; why don't we hold a victory banquet?"

Yan Ning was not in a hurry to return to the Capital, so naturally, she agreed.

This victory banquet was organized by General Yan himself; Yan Ning, as the Crown Princess, sat at the very front, with Xiao Huaijin sitting on her left and General Yan sitting on her right.

Below them, everyone sat according to their rank.

General Yan was quite sentimental and specifically chose dancing girls and singing girls to add to the fun.

Yan Ning watched the dancing girls perform while eating the specialty dishes of Changliao City.

She could bring back more of these mushrooms; her father and mother would definitely like them, and that pounded shrimp with Dehong green mango was also delicious; she would bring some back later.

These dancing girls also danced well; she wanted to bring them back.

But that was just a thought.

After three rounds of wine, everyone had a bit of drunkenness on their faces.

Yan Ning was drinking Fruit Wine, which had a very low alcohol content, so she did not get drunk.

A few people became familiar with Yan Ning, and seeing that she had a good temper, they all started joking around.

At this moment, someone joked:

"Your Highness the Crown Princess, have you taken a fancy to any of the soldiers? In our Garrison, we have all kinds of men—handsome ones, gentle ones, or... do you want them all?"

Following this, several gazes fell upon Yan Ning.

Yan Ning looked over, and they really weren't wrong; there were all kinds of them.

When those few met her gaze, they all revealed smiles.

Were they being serious?

Yan Ning glanced at Xiao Huaijin; he was not drunk and was sitting there somewhat silently by himself.

After a good while, Xiao Huaijin said, "I have a marriage contract with the Crown Princess."

The scene fell silent for a moment.

Subsequently, General Yan laughed and said, "So that's how it is. I was even thinking of having my daughter marry General Xiao; it seems there is no chance now."

Yet those people still wouldn't give up, "Crown Princess, do you only need one Imperial Consort?"

Yan Ning nodded, "One is enough; besides, none of them are as good-looking as Xiao Huaijin."

Xiao Huaijin drank another cup of wine, the tips of his ears turning red.

The rest of the banquet was actually quite good, with everyone full of heroic spirit.

"If you ask me, since Nanzhao can grow crops, we should conquer it and incorporate it into the territory of our Daxia!"

"Such good land, it really is unpleasant to leave it to Nanzhao; why don't we strike while the iron is hot and fight another war?"

General Yan glared at them, "What drunken talk is this? Nanzhao isn't such a great place either; it has a lot of miasma."

Before the banquet had ended, Yan Ning took a small food box to the kitchen and asked them to prepare all of those delicious dishes once more.

She wanted to take them back for her father and mother to eat.

Before leaving, she found a secluded spot and stored the food box into the Cold Fresh Warehouse.

The next day, Xiao Huaijin asked Yan Ning, "When are we returning to the Capital?"

Yan Ning thought for a moment, "No rush, tomorrow or the day after; I need to buy some things."

She had to bring all the local specialty delicacies back for her father and mother to taste.

It was only because she had a spatial storage that her father and mother could actually get to eat them.

Yan Ning thought once again that if there were a Train here, she could reach the Capital in two days at the latest.

No, she still had to think about how to earn more silver when she got back.

She was determined to build this railway; not only did she have to build it, she had to build it all the way to Lingnan!