World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 913 - 427: Turing Tuo is defeated and perished!_3

Chapter 913: 427: Turing Tuo is defeated and perished!_3

Fen Mo had never spent a day in Duke Turing’s Mansion since the day he was born. He was brought up solely by the hard work of his mother, without a single penny from Turing Tuo.

As Fen Mo grew up, he displayed extraordinary talent, yet Turing Tuo still took no notice of him. Instead, it was Turing Duo who saw potential in Fen Mo, took him into Heibing Mansion, and even held his mother hostage at Duke Turing’s Mansion to force Fen Mo to work for her.

Was Turing Tuo such a short-sighted person? In his view, every son was a treasure, even an illegitimate one. Not to mention, with Fen Mo showing amazing talent, he should have been even more eager to make use of him.

The reason for this was that after Fen Mo was born, a physiognomist told Turing Tuo that the child had a bad omen on his face, the kind that would overpower his father!

At that time, Turing Tuo immediately kicked out Fen Mo and his mother, even though the woman had just given birth.

The day after they were driven out, Turing Tuo immediately sent men to poison the newborn Fen Mo.

For reasons unknown, Fen Mo did not die but instead disappeared with his mother. It wasn’t until more than a decade later, when Fen Mo had grown into an adult, that he was rediscovered by Duke Turing’s Mansion and re-entered Turing Tuo’s field of vision.

Although Fen Mo showed amazing talent, Turing Tuo always remembered the physiognomist’s words about Fen Mo: he would overpower his father!

Therefore, Duke Turing Tuo never intended to allow Fen Mo to return to the family; he even sought opportunities to put Fen Mo in mortal danger.

Seeing Fen Mo again, Turing Tuo’s heart was filled with complex emotions and a sense of ill omen.

...

More than two hours later!

Yan Yan led twenty thousand Cavalry, escorting two hundred trebuchets and a hundred and fifty cannons to the foot of Baiyun City.

Earl Chu Ye and Gui Xingfu immediately stepped forward to greet him, with Earl Chu Ye going so far as to hand over supreme command, saying, "Please Elder Yan Yan take over command of the battlefield!"

Yan Yan shook his head and said, "No, I am only in charge of escorting the long-range fire support troops and the final pursuit. How to fight is entirely up to General Chu Ye to decide!"

"Yes!" Earl Chu Ye respectfully said.

Although he outranked Yan Yan, as the commander of the Northern Legion, while Yan Yan was the commander of the forty thousand Silver Wolf Legion.

But the other party was Suo Lun’s father-in-law, and unlike Gui Xingfu, he was someone Earl Chu Ye absolutely needed to curry favor with.

"Then we will start with a long-range bombardment and then send troops to attack the city!" Earl Chu Ye still asked cautiously.

"Yes!" Yan Yan said.

Fen Mo rode on a griffin, spiraling above the trebuchet and cannon positions, and shouted, "Begin assembling the trebuchets, position the cannons, prepare the gunpowder, ready the cannonballs!"

Immediately, thousands of soldiers began to assemble the trebuchets methodically.

They began transporting cannonballs, fetching gunpowder, wiping the barrels, and adjusting the positions of the cannon mouths.

...

Turing Tuo stood on the city walls, looking down disdainfully at Chu Ye’s massive army of 230,000 below the city!

Although he had only 80,000 troops at his disposal, they were all elite members of the Dragon Guard Legion. He did not take Chu Ye’s ragtag army seriously.

Moreover, with a strong fortress at his disposal, he was not particularly afraid of Suo Lun’s cannons. As long as they took shelter, even gunpowder would not be able to inflict significant casualties on the soldiers.

"Suo Lun, you think you can destroy me with Chu Ye’s rabble? Then you are sorely mistaken; you underestimate me far too much," Turing Tuo sneered.

Apart from the artillery and the trebuchets, Suo Lun actually sent out twenty thousand Cavalry, which obviously would not be part of the siege.

So, as long as they survived the initial long-range bombardment, the main force that would next attack the city would certainly be Chu Ye’s army. Despite being 230,000 in number, only the 80,000 of the Northern Legion would truly be effective.

Thus, with the intuition of an old battlefield commander, Turing Tuo was still very confident of victory.

And once he had defeated Earl Chu Ye, Suo Lun would no longer have a weapon to wield by proxy. At that time, Turing Tuo could negotiate with Suo Lun from a position of strength.

Immediately, Turing Tuo roared, "Brothers, do you see the ragtag bunch below? Once we defeat them, there’s a clear path ahead of us! Since you have gathered under my banner, I will surely be able to take you back home and bring you wealth and honor. We only need to win this battle!"

"Having defeated Chu Ye, that brat Suo Lun will have no way to deal with us; he’ll have to negotiate with us obediently!"

"Chu Ye, such an incompetent fool, loses almost every battle. Our victory is certain!"

Hearing Turing Tuo’s shouts from the city wall, Chu Ye’s face lost all color.

But what Turing Tuo had said was indeed the truth. Although it wasn’t correct to say Chu Ye lost nine out of ten battles, he indeed hadn’t won any notable victories, hence Turing Tuo’s absolute confidence.

And having the Northern Legion, which was mainly for the defense of the Flame Empire, send out such a commander also reassured the world’s hegemon, signaling that the Rage Wave Kingdom had no inappropriate designs against the Flame Empire.

...

All the trebuchets and cannons were ready!

Fen Mo raised his hand, then swung it down fiercely, shouting, "Fire!"

Instantly, two hundred giant trebuchets violently launched, hurling huge gunpowder bags onto the city walls some four to five hundred meters away.

A hundred plus cannons fired in unison.

"Whizz, whizz, whizz, whizz, whizz..."

Two hundred gunpowder bags, still those primitive cluster bombs, exploded violently on the city walls, below the walls, and inside the walls.

A terrifying metal storm shot out furiously!

However, the casualties were not significant, as the vast majority of Turing Tuo’s 80,000-strong army was hidden in shelters.

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