Chapter 206: The Rout

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The Artillery let out a deafening roar once again.

The miserable sight of the Yuan Family Cavalry was witnessed by the Infantry.

As the cavalry fell into a rout, the Yuan Family Infantry in front wore expressions of terror.

Their steps moving forward slowed down unconsciously.

Their eyes wandered over the faces of the soldiers in the same row, attempting to gain some comfort.

But all they saw were faces as terrified as their own.

Like the soldiers, the commanders walking beside them were also breaking down inside.

Whatever that thing making the loud noise was, its lethality was enough to drive anyone mad.

Yet without orders from the commander-in-chief, they could only bite the bullet and keep moving forward.

However, when the loud noise came again, the soldiers walking at the very front finally could not take it anymore.

Some soldiers closed their eyes, crying and covering their ears.

"Sss, sss, sss..."

The sound of being torn apart rang out, and the air went quiet again.

A Yuan Family soldier who had been keeping his eyes tightly shut opened them.

When he looked left and right, there was not a single person around him; within a twenty-meter radius, only he stood alone in the front row.

The other soldiers had all fallen to the ground, their deaths gruesome.

This scene finally drove him mad; disregarding everything, he turned and ran.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The loud noise rose again, the splashing iron beads scorching yet devoid of any emotion.

The Yuan Family soldier had not run more than a few steps before he fell into a pool of blood along with the soldiers in front of him.

The arrayed Wangfu Army soldiers even forgot to cheer.

This scene exceeded their imagination.

The Yuan Family soldiers directly facing them were dying in droves.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The cannon fire continued.

But at this moment, the Yuan Family Army finally collapsed.

Fear made the Yuan Family soldiers forget all military law; they only wanted to escape now.

To escape to a place where they would not be killed by Yan Wang's Weapon.

Although the Yuan Family soldiers in the rear were nervous, they had not yet collapsed, but being rammed by the vanguard, their formation instantly turned chaotic.

The entire Yuan Family military formation became a crush of people; those in the back wanted to move forward, while those in the front fled backward.

"Switch to Solid Shot."

Grape Shot had a large area of lethality in close combat, but it had a drawback: its range was short, only maintaining three to four hundred meters.

Whereas Solid Shot could maintain lethality within fifteen hundred meters.

Seeing the Yuan Family's front-row soldiers fall into a collapse, while the rear-row soldiers were crumbling but not yet routed, he decided to let all the Yuan Family soldiers witness the power of the Artillery to accelerate their rout.

Moreover, due to the fleeing in front, the Yuan Family formation was now almost a crush of people, which was also suitable for using the original Solid Shot.

"When His Highness previously taught this subordinate how to use the Artillery, this subordinate was skeptical; it turns out there is so much to this Artillery." Beads of sweat appeared on Chang Wei's forehead.

At this moment, he cast the last shred of doubt regarding Yan Wang's military command ability to the ends of the earth.

Let alone the Yuan Family, even if he were personally commanding the Prince's Personal Army, he feared there would be no power to parry in such a situation.

"This is only two types of Cannonball; there will be plenty more in the future." Zhao Xu did not look at Chang Wei's surprised expression, his gaze still fixed ahead.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The cannon fire had only paused for a very short time before starting up again.

This time, only a single black Cannonball flew out.

This Cannonball carved out an afterimage, flying straight into the Yuan Family army.

"Pop, pop, pop..."

Because the Yuan Family soldiers were too dense, after the Cannonball pierced through dozens of people, its remaining force pushed a dozen more Yuan Family soldiers, sending them flying.

The Yuan Family soldiers in the back were trying to block the collapse of the vanguard when they suddenly saw some soldiers fly up and smash into them.

Instantly, their formation fell into chaos.

This was only the beginning; more and more soldiers were sent flying.

There were also Cannonballs landing in the rear army, smashing a string of soldiers into pieces.

The soldiers of the rear army had not seen the miserable sight of the front-row soldiers dying, so they had not yet fallen into chaos.

But now, watching a whole line of people suddenly die, fear struck instantly.

Added to the crying and shouting of the vanguard soldiers, their hands could no longer hold their swords and blades.

Yuan Xiu's face turned deathly pale.

Sitting on his horse,

he could see one black shadow after another flying into his army.

Each time, the black shadow would kill a large number of soldiers.

These soldiers did not even know how they had died.

This kind of unknown made people feel even more afraid.

The high morale the soldiers had when they first set out dissipated into nothingness amidst this fear.

"Advance, advance!" Yuan Xiu urged repeatedly.

He knew very well that the Yuan Family could not afford to lose.

But his lips still trembled uncontrollably, and his legs were stiff.

But this was futile; more and more Yuan Family soldiers began to flee.

Looking toward the motionless silver torrent, he felt even more desperate.

Up to this point, Yan Wang had not yet deployed a single soldier.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The loud noises continued, giving the Yuan Family troops no time to recalibrate.

As the loud noises continued to ring out, the Yuan Family Army formation became increasingly chaotic, finally falling into complete disorder.

Zhao Xu immediately seized this opportunity and said to Chang Wei, "You may let Chen Hu move out."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei fell into a state of abnormal excitement.

The worries he had felt on the road earlier all dissipated.

He immediately had the soldiers relay the order to Chen Hu, and at the same time, he had the soldiers in the formation clear a path.

Upon receiving the order, the Wangfu Army soldiers in the formation followed their usual drills, with two rows of soldiers changing from standing side-by-side to standing sideways.

A path appeared in the middle, and the Heavy Cavalry passed through hundreds of such paths to move from the rear to the very front.

After assembling at the front, Chen Hu raised his Cavalry Saber, and the Heavy Cavalry spurred their horses to trot forward.

When they were one hundred meters away from the Yuan Family Army formation, the Heavy Cavalry suddenly accelerated and began to gallop at high speed.

"Rumble, rumble..." The rhythmic sound of hooves rang out across the earth.

This sound, different from the loud noises, made some Yuan Family soldiers turn their heads to look.

When they discovered a cavalry unit armed to the teeth pressing toward them like a mountain, they disregarded everything and ran toward the rear for their lives.

But it was all too late.

The charging Heavy Cavalry were like cars traveling at sixty kilometers per hour.

One could imagine the effect of fifteen hundred such "cars" charging side-by-side into the chaotic crowd.

Under the immense impact, the Yuan Family soldiers were sent flying upon collision.

After falling, they were trampled by the horses; the Heavy Cavalry cut through them like a sharp blade through tofu, crushing everything in their path.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

As the Heavy Cavalry launched their charge, the Wangfu Army formation moved.

The soldiers advanced slowly, pressing step by step toward the chaotic Yuan Family soldiers.

First baptized by Artillery, then ravaged by the Heavy Cavalry, now the Yan Prince Army was closing in.

The morale of the Yuan Family soldiers completely collapsed.

Like headless flies, they did not look for their companions, nor did they look for their commanders.

They simply fled in all directions, desperate to save their own lives.

Soon, the entire wilderness was filled with Yuan Family soldiers fleeing in every direction.

A large number of soldiers even charged in reverse into the formation where Yuan Li was located, causing chaos.

The rout of the Yuan Family's army of over forty thousand was seen by the soldiers of Yanguan, and their morale was instantly boosted.

Jiang Han shouted, "Brothers, kill! Victory is right before our eyes."

Amidst his shouts, the attack of the Yanguan soldiers suddenly became fierce, pushing the Yuan Family soldiers at the gap back several meters.

Compared to Jiang Han's excitement, Yuan Li's face was ashen.

The scattered Yuan Family soldiers could no longer be organized.

And he only had his own main force of over sixty thousand troops left in his hands.

After the formation led by Yuan Xiu collapsed, he saw the panic and confusion of the commanders beside him.

They could hear the loud noises that sounded like rolling thunder.

The terrifying lethality of that Weapon had been made very clear by the fleeing soldiers.

Yuan Xiu's formation had collapsed before even engaging with the Yan Prince Army; how could they possibly win?