Chapter 221

They were just as ignorant as the common people in the late Qing Dynasty!

Seeing a camera in the hands of a foreigner, they shouted it was a soul-snatching machine!

Seeing a foreigner's phonograph, they shouted it was the wailing of wronged souls!

Seeing a light bulb turn on, they knelt on the ground and shouted it was a god!

There was even the horse-drawn train invented by the Empress Dowager Cixi herself, which single-handedly pulled the wheels of the era back by a hundred years!

However, the Xiongnu soldiers were not the Qing Army, and Chanyu Modu was certainly not Cixi!

Although the Xiongnu soldiers here could not compare to the Mongol cavalry of later generations, they were still one of the most fierce armies in the world today!

Chanyu Modu was the first man in the history of the grassland to unite the entire grassland!

It is no exaggeration to say that without Chanyu Modu, there would be no Xiongnu Empire that rubbed the four emperors of the Great Han Dynasty into the dirt!

Without Chanyu Modu, Temujin could not have had the ambition to unify the grassland!

And it would have been impossible for the Great Yuan Empire that swept across Eurasia to be born!

If one says the awesome history of the Central Plains began in the era of the First Emperor, Ying Zheng!

Then the awesome history of the grassland undoubtedly began in the era of Chanyu Modu!

Seeing his army like this, he was simply heartbroken with rage.

He wished he could kill a few to intimidate the army!

But he also understood that this was not the time for wanton killing; the reason the army was afraid was not because of these shells, but because of Eternal Heaven!

In that instant, he closed his eyes again, raised his hands to the sky, and after whispering for a moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and shouted to all the Xiongnu troops:

"I, Chanyu Modu, am the son of Eternal Heaven, the messenger of Eternal Heaven. The reason Eternal Heaven was angry just now is because he saw that you have lost your blood, and all you know is fear. Now, he commands me to lead you to charge across this swamp; otherwise, his wrath will never be extinguished!"

He shouted loudly.

And it must be said that this "Son of Heaven" rhetoric was very effective!

Moreover, it was not only effective for the current Xiongnu, but also for the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, and still effective during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods!

It was equally effective in the Western world!

The land of Huaxia was the same!

Otherwise, why would emperors all claim to be the Son of Heaven?

In the late Qing Dynasty, there was even a fierce man named Hong Xiuquan who used the Heavenly Father and Heavenly Son to create the formidable Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!

Now, at this very moment, this set was equally effective!

After Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu said these words, in that instant, all the Xiongnu soldiers were like they had been injected with chicken blood.

In that instant, all of their eyes shone!

Eternal Heaven thinks we are not fierce enough?

Then we will show him our fierceness!

Eternal Heaven says we are like cowards?

Then we will regain our blood!

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Capture the Central Plains Emperor alive!"

At that moment, everyone was roaring!

Everyone was charging forward regardless of their lives!

However, artillery does not care whether you are fierce or cowardly!

Zhou Zhou Yafu on the other side of the swamp cared even less about all this!

Just now the distance was too far, and the attack range of the artillery was limited, so they could not use artillery on a large scale.

They had just fired a couple of shots to test the power!

But now... they had all charged up, and the two armies were less than three li apart!

This distance was almost the perfect range for smoothbore cannons!

Almost every shell could accurately hit the enemy!

This was truly the perfect distance!

At that moment, he did not delay at all and directly ordered to fire!

Boom, boom, boom!

Suddenly!

Eighty cannons fired in unison!

At the muzzles, tongues of fire spat out like thunder, launching the shells!

And then, they exploded in the middle of the crowd!

Bang, bang, bang!

The sounds of explosions were incessant!

Although the precision and accuracy of smoothbore cannons were much worse.

But... the distance was really too close!

It was only about three li!

At this distance, even a blind man could hit the target!

Coupled with their dense formation, this first round of salvoes directly killed and wounded 20, 00 of Chanyu Modu's men!

Plus the hooks, crossbow arrows, and other sneak attacks in the swamp!

The army had only charged less than one li, and the casualties had reached a very exaggerated number!

At this moment, even Chanyu Modu felt a chill in his heart; he was panicked to the extreme!

However, he did not delay at all and directly began to shout: "Charge! Charge! Charge!"

"For Eternal Heaven!"

"To appease the wrath of Eternal Heaven!"

"Charge for me!"

"Let Eternal Heaven see how fierce his people are!"

He shouted hoarsely!

At that moment, they charged again!

However, the harder he charged, the more excited Zhou Zhou Yafu became!

Boom, boom, boom!

In the blink of an eye, another three rounds of salvoes were fired...

The sounds of explosions were incessant!

And as the distance grew closer, Chanyu Modu became even more panicked!

Because... looking ahead, and then looking behind, his heart was almost dead!

100, 00 people!

100, 00 people were gone!

Now... the entire Xiongnu army added together was less than 100, 00!

And even among the remaining 100, 00, there were many wounded.

Many people were missing arms or legs.

Almost everyone was wailing!

"Chanyu Modu Chanyu, retreat, we can't break through, we really can't break through!"

"I see it now, this is not Eternal Heaven being angry, but them!"

"That kind of weapon they have!"

"It's too fierce!"

"At such a distance, even our best archers can't shoot that far, but their weapon can hit that far!"

"And every time this weapon spits out fire, it kills dozens or even hundreds of us!"

"Retreat!"

"Retreat!"

At that moment, a Xiongnu general clutched his severed arm and cried out to Chanyu Modu!

There were countless Xiongnu soldiers wailing!