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Wisps of cooking smoke rose outside Yunzhou City. The more than one hundred thousand civilians who had surrendered were split into separate groups by the Yunzhou army to prevent any chance of them gathering and causing trouble again. At the same time, hundreds of large cauldrons had been set up across the fields outside the city, each simmering with rice porridge. The gentle aroma of cooked rice made many of the disaster victims swallow hungrily. Qi Guangyi rode on horseback, constantly patrolling. The…-
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Advanced chapter at patreon.com/caleredhair A faint scent of gunpowder still lingered on the battlefield outside Yunzou City. After repelling the first wave of rebel attacks, a dreadful silence fell across the scene. Taking advantage of the lull, Zhan Xingchang immediately deployed the militia. The 30,000-strong militia that had formed voluntarily inside Yunzou City was now dispatched to the east, south, and west gates. He knew that the rebels would focus their assault on the north gate, but Xiao Ming…
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"Boom! Boom!" Another wave of cannon fire thundered. Several cannonballs exploded right in the middle of the Qinglong Guard's formation. Zhou Xing was terrified. They had now become the primary target of the defenders. Each shot from these powerful weapons caused massive casualties. Panicked, he lost control of his troops. Signs of collapse began to spread among the Qinglong Guard. And then something even more shocking happened—soldiers holding stick-like weapons marched forward from the North Gate…
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As the evening fell, darkness slowly covered Yunzhou City. Below the city walls, torches began to light up in the Azure Dragon King's camp. Countless flames stretched far into the distance, with no end in sight. After Xiao Ming revealed his identity, murmurs began to rise among the people below. Last year, news of Xiao Ming driving out the barbarians had already spread across the Great Yu Empire through newspapers. Many commoners had heard of it. The young man who had spoken earlier put away his…
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At dawn, the loud crow of a rooster broke the silence of Yunzhou City. Right after that, thunderous shouts of "Kill!" rang out from all directions. Like a massive wave, the disaster victims launched attacks on all four gates of Yunzhou City at once. Last night, the soldiers of Yunzhou and Qingzhou had remained on high alert, preparing for an assault. After a night of quiet, the Azure Dragon King finally gave the order to attack. To the soldiers now, these people were no longer disaster victims—they…
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Qi Guangyi and his cavalry stopped in front of an empty village. Since they had left Yunzhou, they had been searching for disaster victims in Jizhou and guiding them to Yunzhou and Qingzhou. They had done well these past few days and helped many people. It was already noon, and Qi Guangyi was getting ready to let the soldiers rest and feed their horses. Just then, a scout came rushing from afar. His face was full of worry as he said, "Captain, we found a large group of rebels about five miles away. It…
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"Your Highness, is this really for the Physics Academy?" Inside the Bowen Academy, Lin Wentao asked in an excited voice. The students of the Physics Academy were flushed with excitement as they looked at the fifty thousand taels of silver notes in Xiao Ming’s hands. They had all been poor scholars; none had ever seen this much money before. Fifty thousand taels—it was unbelievable. Xiao Ming nodded. "This is what I promised you. Naturally, it's for you. But one thing—this money is for public use…
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It was already summer, and the scorching sun was baking the city of Yunzhou. But at this very moment, the people on the roads felt a chill in the air. On both sides of the road, more and more Qingzhou soldiers were gathering, their eyes sharp as blades as they stared at the commanders of the Shan character battalion. These Qingzhou soldiers had fought bloody battles on the front lines to resist the barbarians, earning peace for others. And now these people dared to shout and order them around? "What…
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The hot air balloon was still drifting above Qingzhou. Lin Wentao and his fellow students chased after it relentlessly. Just as they were gasping for breath, the sound of horse hooves thundered toward them. “Get on.” Xiao Ming, mounted on horseback, had arrived in front of Lin Wentao. Lin froze, momentarily stunned and unsure of what to do. “What are you standing there for? If that balloon floats away, I’m not making you another one,” Xiao Ming scolded with a sharp glare. At that, Lin…
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After the hot air balloon floated across Qingzhou City, the entire city was soon abuzz with speculation about what exactly it was. But by the next day, the newspapers cleared things up. The populace finally understood what the mysterious floating thing was, and the term “hot air balloon” quickly became trendy and fashionable in Qingzhou. “What’s this hot air balloon?” asked a visiting merchant who had just entered the city. “That’s the thing that flies in the sky—basically like a giant…
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