World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 855 - 405: Open fire, open fire! Reap lives!_2

Chapter 855: 405: Open fire, open fire! Reap lives!_2

Earl Chu Ye, though rough and unrestrained on the surface and cruel by nature, was extremely cautious in matters of war.

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The first wave of the army crossing the river numbered a full twenty thousand men.

Every ten soldiers carried a bamboo raft.

The twenty thousand-strong army lined up on the riverbank, just waiting for Earl Chu Ye’s command to force the crossing of the Nu River.

Standing above them, Chu Ye saw the feverish expressions on the faces of the soldiers about to cross; their morale soared. Everyone awaited their chance to enter Tianshui City and plunder and kill, for everyone knew of Solon of Tianshui City’s wealth.

Earl Chu Ye suddenly drew his war sword, and roared hoarsely, "Once we enter Tianshui City, do not sheathe your swords, do not close your pants!"

"Long live, long live, long live!" Countless soldiers boiling with hot blood shouted out loud.

"Cross the river in the morning, and by tomorrow dawn, we’ll sleep with Solon’s women!" Chu Ye laughed.

"Long live Zhi Li His Highness, long live..." The army shouted madly.

"Cross the river!" Earl Chu Ye suddenly bellowed.

"Boom boom boom boom..." The fierce sound of war drums erupted.

Countless soldiers, like fierce beasts released from cages, carried the bamboo rafts toward the river.

For four whole miles along the northern bank of the Nu River, samurai soldiers rushed into the water like dumplings in a pot, carrying bamboo rafts.

Upon entering the water, they flipped aboard the rafts.

These bamboo rafts and wooden floats were quite large, each carrying ten people, with two responsible for erecting shields for defense and eight for rowing.

"Boom boom boom..."

Amidst the intense sound of war drums, countless soldiers rowed furiously.

Even in the turbulent river waters, they moved quickly; hundreds of bamboo rafts madly headed towards the southern bank of the Nu River.

The rafts at the front had just rowed out twenty meters.

The ten soldiers behind them were already rushing impatiently towards the river surface, flipping themselves onto the rafts, then desperately rowing forward as well.

The entire army’s morale was incredibly high.

In no time at all!

The first wave of twenty thousand soldiers crossing the river had all boarded the bamboo rafts and entered the water, beginning to force their way across.

Viewed from above, a thousand or two bamboo rafts were scattered across a river span of four to five miles long and two hundred meters wide.

They were densely packed, innumerable!

Fortunately, all of the rafts rowed forward vigorously; although crowded, there was no disorder.

"He he he he..."

Twenty thousand river-crossing soldiers bellowed their rowing chants.

They rowed furiously across the river.

Immediately, the foremost few hundred rafts drew closer and closer to the southern bank of the Nu River, ever nearer.

One hundred meters, eighty meters, fifty meters...

Once they set foot on the land of the south bank, that would signify entering the territory of Tianshui City, that would be victory!

Standing at a high position, Chu Ye was curious as to why Solon’s army had yet to attack.

They should have released a barrage of arrows to block the army’s river crossing by now.

Plus, should Solon’s position launch an attack, Earl Chu Ye guaranteed a tenfold response with his forces.

His army of over a hundred thousand on the northern bank was ample to wreak havoc on Solon’s position.

"As soon as the first batch of soldiers lands on the south bank of the Nu River, Solon’s situation will be over," said a civil officer from the Southeast Province, trying to ingratiate himself, "By then, it will be Earl Chu Ye who first storms into Tianshui City. I heard that Zhi Li His Highness has promised in private, that whoever first breaches Tianshui City gets first dibs on Solon’s wives and concubines. As you know, every one of Solon’s consorts is a breathtaking beauty, Earl Chu Ye, who do you fancy?"

"Ha ha ha..." Earl Chu Ye laughed loudly.

He had had his eyes on Gui Qinshao for quite some time now; at every noble banquet, Gui Qinshao dressed so alluringly, as if afraid of not catching enough male attention—he, Chu Ye, had truly coveted her for a long time.

However, Zhi Li His Highness also lusted after Gui Qinshao. If he truly were the first to break into Tianshui City, he didn’t know whether to take Gui Qinshao for himself or offer her to Zhi Li.

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Inside Solon’s position on the southern bank of the Nu River!

The defense of the northern line was in the hands of an unlikely duo.

Solon’s wife, Yan Nai’er, and the former City Lord of Linhai, Gui Xingfu, were surprisingly teamed up.

Behind the sturdy bunker, Yan Nai’er watched Chu Ye’s river-crossing army draw closer; she could even make out the fierce and fervent expressions on each soldier’s face.

"Earl Gui Xingfu," Yan Nai’er said, "congratulations are in order. Gui Qinshao is pregnant."

As she spoke, her heart was joyful but at the same time filled with envy.

Ever since Gui Qinshao’s pregnancy, she herself had shamelessly sought Solon’s affections countless times, especially during days she was likely to conceive, unusually monopolizing Solon.

Yet, there remained no sign of pregnancy, which saddened her, and she had secretly cried several times.

"Shared joy, shared joy..." Gui Xingfu said ingratiatingly, "Mrs. Yan is the official wife of the Suo family, thus the child of my daughter is naturally also your child."

Although Gui Xingfu’s words had a flattering intent, they were indeed correct.

Yan Nai’er was indeed the legitimate wife of the Suo Family, and her children were destined to inherit the Suo family’s business.

And the children born to Zhen Yan Princess would bear the Zhi name and were to inherit the Rage Wave Kingdom.

Gui Xingfu looked at the enemy army crossing the river drawing ever closer, and couldn’t help but tremble as he spoke, "My lady, they are very near now!"

Yan Nair nodded, then lightly patted.

"Creak..." Beneath her, the Griffin Beast let out a long cry and suddenly took to the skies with a powerful flap of its wings.

At the same time, the Griffin Beast beneath Gui Xingfu also soared into the sky violently.

Yan Nair and Gui Xingfu, the two of them, floated high above, overlooking the entire battlefield.

When Earl Chu Ye on the north bank saw this, his heart trembled.

Then, he saw Yan Nair’s incomparably beautiful face and nearly exaggerated body curves.

Solon, truly a lucky man!

His wife, no less beautiful than Gui Qinshao, had even better curves.

Slightly distracted, Chu Ye suddenly felt Yan Nair’s cold yet confident gaze and involuntarily shuddered with a bad premonition.

Yan Nair’s jade hand slowly rose!

Within the fortifications, on the battlements, over a hundred cannons had already aimed at the river’s surface.

Thirty percent chain shots, seventy percent canister shots!

Chu Ye’s twenty thousand troops continued to frantically row across the river.

The leading bamboo rafts were getting ever closer to the southern bank, closer and closer.

They entered the range of sixty meters, fifty meters, forty meters...

At this moment, the soldiers who had been rowing looked up and saw in the air nearby upon a Griffin, an exceptionally beautiful and cold-as-ice woman.

Was she Solon’s wife?

Was this the kind of woman they were going to capture after storming Tianshui City?

At once, the blood in these soldiers’ bodies boiled to the point of combustion.

"Charge charge charge..."

Charge into Tianshui City, burn everything, kill everyone, loot everything!

Yan Nair’s jade hand slammed down!

Then there was a moment of silence.

Despite the noisy river, some could still sense an unusual stillness, as if it were the calm before the catastrophe.

"Fire..."

Yan Nair’s voice was crisp and icy cold, captivatingly decisive.

And then...

"Boom boom boom boom..."

The earth-shattering explosions commenced!

Hundreds of fiery glows burst forth violently!

Countless canister shots, like a violent storm, slammed into the river surface dozens of meters away.

Dozens of chain shots, with the howling of hell, flew towards the soldiers on the river.

And then...

Like the sound of a torrential downpour hitting the sand.

Countless mists of blood violently sprayed into the air!

Horrific screams, numerous severed limbs, and severed currencies...

The hundreds of bamboo rafts at the forefront had nearly no one left standing.

In the face of the canister shots pouring down like rain at a distance of thirty to forty meters, it was difficult to avoid being hit.

Thousands of soldiers, like wheat, had their lives reaped in an instant.

Actually, they could have opened fire at the onset of the enemy’s river crossing.

But Yan Nair did not do so; instead, she let the enemy troops draw near.

With the first volley, she intended to take as many lives as possible!

Behind her was Tianshui City, her home, and although she had no children now, she loved her husband so dearly, surely Heaven would grant her a child.

And now there were invaders intent on breaking into her home to plunder and kill.

Yan Nair was determined to annihilate these people completely!

Indeed, to kill them all, leaving none behind.

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