Bang!
The cavalrymen in the front rank collided with Qin Ran. Amid the enormous blast of air, riders and horses all around were sent tumbling, like waves striking a boulder and bursting into spray.
The cavalryman who met him head-on, along with his warhorse, exploded into a cloud of blood.
Then...
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Explosive impacts followed one after another.
A straight path drenched in blood appeared through the cavalry formation.
Like an incomparably sharp blade, Qin Ran split the entire cavalry force in two.
"Damn it!"
Watching the scene, the commander of the Inner City wall slammed his fist against the stone wall beside him. His face twisted as he stared at the unstoppable Qin Ran.
As a trusted subordinate of the minister of military affairs, the commander knew exactly what his faction was doing.
Success meant wealth and glory.
Failure meant eternal damnation.
We cannot fail!
Thinking of the consequences of failure, the commander made his decision.
"Release the rail carts!"
The commander growled the order.
The signalman froze, instinctively looking at the cavalry in the open space between the Inner City and the outer city.
"I said release the rail carts!"
The commander of the Inner City wall repeated his order.
"Yes, sir!"
A soldier's duty to obey orders made the signalman grit his teeth, pick up the torch beside him, and swing it in circles toward the mountain walls on either side.
Clack, clack, clack!
Amid a series of mechanical clicks, openings appeared in the darkness along both walls of the gorge in the Hell Mountains adjoining Thunder Fortress.
Carts that required twenty men to push were rolled onto their respective tracks. Each was three meters long, two meters wide, and two meters high, box-shaped and filled with stones.
Then they were pushed down the slopes