C35

The mountains were steep, the roads difficult, and it was difficult for the soldiers to climb them. The soldiers that were attacking the mountain were attacked by the arrows and rocks. They fell down the mountain and crashed down the mountain. Their limbs were all broken, revealing their miserable internal organs.

Meng Li had Yue Chanjuan's carriage brought to a more spacious area, which was guarded by elites.

"Bold bandit, I am the commander and commander of the imperial guards. I will escort the princess out of the prison and the marriage alliance." The fact that you dare to go against the army and assassinate the princess is a great crime for exterminating the nine clans. "Retreat quickly and ensure the safety of Ru and the rest of your family. Otherwise, we will definitely exterminate them."

"Haha …"

His loud and clear laughter echoed throughout the mountains.

"I heard that the princess is a goddess, so I called her out to show her to the lords. If they take a fancy to her, they'll leave her with you for a few days."

The bandits in the mountains laughed out wildly. Someone said, "That's right. I heard that she's the most beautiful princess in the entire Grand Kang Empire. She's so delicate that she could pinch water with one pinch. Come out and take a look."

"Beauty, come out. Let the men have a good look at what the Heavenly Immortals look like."

"Princess, come out. If you make this man serve you happily, perhaps he might even give you some dowry."

"That's right, why should we send the princess to the barbarians of the Huns? We should serve the barbarians for two years, leave a man and a woman to our men, and let them wash up with us …"

The words became more and more vulgar and unbearable to hear. The bandits laughed, but they didn't want to show their faces, so they hid behind the rocks.

Meng Li's heart sank. This was absolutely not an ordinary bandit group. Even an ordinary bandit group wouldn't have the courage and ability to rob and kill an alliance.

Judging from the arrangement of the arrows, it was obvious that they had planned all this beforehand.

"Sir, this general knows that you are no ordinary bandit."

A young man said and silently bent over his shield, drawing his bow and shooting arrows up the mountain.

Every time an arrow was shot out, a bandit would scream miserably. He would fall down from the mountain, and without a sound, his corpse would collapse.

"Good archery!"

Tuoba Fei let out a cry of praise. He looked deeply at the young man beside Meng Li and took note of this young man's appearance.

"Princess, those people are really despicable. They deserve to be killed!"

Chess' face turned red. Hearing those people swearing, she tightened her grip on the sword beneath her ribs. Unfortunately, she also knew that it was impossible for her to attack the other party. Thus, she could only hide behind her shield and grind her teeth.

The corner of his mouth curled up into a cold smile. He could already tell that this wasn't an ordinary bandit. An ordinary bandit wouldn't have such courage.

It seemed as though he had made some arrangements in advance for her. Despite knowing that she was a princess, he still dared to act so arrogantly. He had clearly come prepared. She was very curious as to who these bandits were and why they wanted to rob and kill the marriage alliance. To her, or to the court.

There were ten thousand people escorting the marriage escort. Emperor Sheng was also worried that an accident would happen on the way, so he made thorough preparations.

Although there weren't many people in the group of ten thousand, before the wedding procession arrived, all the roads and bandits would be cleared, allowing the wedding procession to pass through without a hitch.

Of course, I never thought that a suicidal bandit would dare to rob and kill a group of his relatives." That was a great crime of exterminating the nine clans. Ordinary bandits did not have such a great power to fight against ten thousand official imperial soldiers.

After all, right now, it was the most peaceful place in the world and not a big mess.

"Is it possible that they are the Huns?"

Yue Chanjuan lifted the curtain of the carriage and gazed up the mountain. Because they were too far away, the sky had already darkened somewhat, so she could not clearly see the people on the mountain.

There were no signs of human life for hundreds of miles. All the places were covered in rocks and walls, and there were no towns or prefectures. Thus, they could only rely on themselves. Along the way, they stayed in the wilderness at night. Xiao Shan traveled for eight hundred miles, and there were few signs of human life.

As long as they passed the Xiaoshan Mountains, there would be people ahead of them, and then they would enter the borders of the Huns.

"Prince, I think there are Huns among them."

Tuoba Fei laughed with a deep and meaningful meaning to his laugh. Unexpectedly, this laughter was very interesting, including the Huns and the other non-humankind beings.

"Go investigate and see who it is."

"Understood."

A few people quietly left Tuoba Fei's side, lurking around in the shadows and leaving the group. They didn't head straight up the mountain, but chose to leave the group from the back, searching for a path to approach from or to the side.

The soldiers took the risk of the rain of arrows and rolling stones and attacked the mountain forcefully, causing heavy losses.

Seeing this was not going to work, Meng Li ordered his troops to use the rolling boulders to build a trench on the roadside. The trenches would be able to stop the rolling boulders on the mountain and the arrows.

Soon, the troops piled up the boulders on both sides of the road. They gathered in the open area as much as they could, using the boulders and shields as cover. They also used their bows and arrows to shoot at the bandits on the mountain.

It was just that from the bottom of the mountain to shoot an arrow at the mountain, it was already much weaker.

"Fire the crossbows!"

Meng Li coldly ordered, at this time, he didn't need to be polite. No matter who it was, he had to eliminate them and protect the princess when she arrived in the Huns.

A group of soldiers stepped out, a few cars pushing them and lifting up the cloth covering the vehicles. A metallic light flashed, and it turned out to be a crossbow truck.

The faint cold smile rippled from Yue Chanjuan's lips. "Your Majesty, my good imperial brother, your preparations were so thoughtful that you even prepared a ballista. Did you know that this trip wasn't going well? "

The crossbow carriage they pushed out was a small crossbow carriage, and Yue Chan Juan had seen these carriages before. However, these carriages were mixed in with the dowry carriages so it didn't attract too much attention.

The ballista was a war chariot specially designed to carry crossbows. The ballista was used to block the enemy's path while the ballista served as the door to the formation. The ballista was equipped with a bed crossbow and was as big as a crossbow.

The soldiers were introducing light ballista, which was made of steel and had a compact structure in order to reduce its size and make it easy to transport. The power of the crossbow was lower than the power of a large crossbow car. It could only fire iron arrows or javelins. Its range was about the same as the crossbow car. However, the simultaneous release of twenty large and forty small crossbow bolts required four people to operate the mini mechanical ballista.

During the sudden attack, the carriages were a lot more damaged. However, these ballista carriages were in the middle of the carriages and thus were not damaged in the slightest.

"My prince, I didn't expect the emperor to have even prepared a ballista. This is good stuff, if only we had something like this."

The Huns following Tuoba Fei looked at the ballista with envy. The Huns didn't have such a sharp weapon, nor did they have a way to make such a sharp weapon.

This was one of the reasons why the Huns had suffered so many losses during the war with the Great Kang. They had always wanted to get their hands on the crossbows, preferably to make a pattern of the crossbows, but had never succeeded.

"Don't say too much!"

Tuoba Fei scolded. If those words were heard by the Great Kang Army, it wouldn't be appropriate.

However, Tuoba Fei's eyes were focused on the ballista. He was well aware that this ballista was not a dowry given to Princess Wuyou by Emperor Sheng. He was also convinced by Emperor Sheng's foresight and foresight. That Emperor was indeed extraordinary.

The moment the ballista appeared, a large number of bandits on the mountain collapsed and suffered heavy casualties.

The dense barrage of crossbow bolts caused the bandits to not dare to act rashly. They all hid behind the rocks and their attacks were suppressed.

Meng Li took advantage of this opportunity and ordered his men to press forward, gradually closing the distance between them and the bandits. The soldiers climbed up the mountain, using the terrain as cover, and approached the bandits under the cover of the crossbow arrows.

Although the ballista was overbearing, there was a limit to the crossbow bolts. Once the crossbow was used up, it would require time to refill and not be used for a long period of time.

A ballista could shoot out ten rounds of crossbows. In a mere instant, it was enough to cause enormous casualties to the enemy.

The four crossbows were released at the same time, and the pawns hastily reloaded. Behind them, another group of soldiers pushed out four crossbows, continuing to deter the bandits. Seeing that the crossbows were facing them, the bandits didn't dare to show their faces.

"Your Highness, should we help them?"

Tuoba Fei shook his head. "This is the border of the Great Kang. As for the small matters, let them settle them themselves."

There was often surprise in his eyes. So, it turned out that Da Kang had brought along eight crossbows with him. Such extravagance. If this ballista could land in his hands, it would definitely be a great boost to him in the future.

Looking at the ballista's eyes, he suddenly became excited and retracted his gaze after staring at it for a while. Unexpectedly, his gaze had already been captured by Yue Chanjuan.