Woooo~
The desolate horn call spread across the entire battlefield. The Yan soldiers, who had been braving arrowstorms and falling stones as they desperately charged toward Hanhai Pass's walls, felt as though they had been granted a pardon. They immediately began retreating.
As for the trebuchets and siege engines they had painstakingly pushed to the front lines, they naturally abandoned them, leaving them to be smashed apart by the rain of stone shells.
Although the cannons positioned on the walls had ceased firing, for these Yan soldiers, the battle they had just endured was nothing less than a terrifying nightmare.
Even if they returned alive, they would be haunted by that nightmare for the rest of their lives!
It had truly been too frightening.
Within two li of Hanhai Pass lay an unknown number of Yan soldiers' corpses, many mangled beyond recognition. Dark red blood had soaked into the earth; next year's grass would surely grow lush and thick.
Correspondingly, dozens of large trebuchets and siege engines had been reduced to wreckage.
These Heavy Weapons of siege warfare had cost dearly. The Great Yan army had gone to great lengths to transport them here and assemble them, only for them to be blasted to pieces by the Hanhai Army's cannons before they could accomplish much.
The battlefield was filled with wails and cries for help. Many wounded Yan officers and soldiers lay in pools of blood, helplessly begging for their lives.
But all they received were feathered arrows raining down upon them!
The first exchange between the two sides had come to an end.
Cheers erupted from atop Hanhai Pass's walls. Countless Hanhai Army soldiers raised their weapons high, celebrating their victory.
Not only had they successfully repelled the enemy's attack, their results were exceptionally brilliant.
Most importantly, their own