Chapter 181: Out of Ammunition, Out of Supplies
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Cruel wars are always prolonged and grueling.
After the night raid, Cangzhou City and the barbarians entered a tug-of-war—each day repeating the same cycle of attacks, retreats, and fresh assaults, leaving the ground littered with corpses.
Zhan Xingchang went out and returned, negotiated and renegotiated, spouting nonsense back and forth. And every time he left, either the defenders would bombard the barbarian camp or another night raid would follow.
By the fifth day, Xiao Ming’s firepots were completely exhausted, and the cannons had fewer than three hundred rounds left.
Yet the expenditure of ammunition had achieved its purpose. The barbarian regular troops, who had been hiding behind the slave soldiers, finally stepped forward after the expendable fodder had been whittled down.
Soldiers of Qingzhou Army had fallen forever, but the auxiliary troops silently donned the armor of the dead, picked up their weapons, and took their places on the walls.
Now, every soldier’s face showed exhaustion, but their eyes burned with a ferocity never seen before.
The crucible of war had transformed them from ordinary civilians into true warriors.
Their spirits were high, their wills unbreakable as steel, and they swore to defend their homeland to the death.
“They’re finally here. Tch!”
Lu Fei glared at the barbarian soldiers charging toward the walls.