Cannons Are Fucking Awesome!

The images on the Heavenly Screen shifted again, and new text emerged like flowing water.

[Now, Cao Cao led an army of three hundred thousand, marching toward Yizhou in a mighty procession.]

[At this time, Yang Feng had only just ascended the throne. Yizhou was a heap of loose sand internally, with only Fa Zheng and Li Yan supporting him.]

[Under him were only a few hundred members of Yizhou's aristocratic clans like Fa Zheng and Li Yan.]

At this, Yang Feng's heart actually lurched.

Why was this script even making things look better?

Since when did I have a few hundred death warriors? Weren't those all Fa Zheng's and Li Yan's men?

What did they have to do with me, Yang Feng?

[Yang Feng ordered everyone at every pass between Hanzhong and Chengdu not to resist, but to surrender to Cao Cao's army.]

[He also negotiated with Cao Cao, hoping to declare himself Cao Cao's subject in exchange for a chance to survive.]

Yes, yes, yes!

That's the plot!

Yang Feng was wildly delighted. Now that was the choice a normal person ought to make!

It seemed the Heavenly Screen wasn't completely making things up. At last, it had understood his heart for once.

However, the next line of text made Yang Feng's expression change completely.

[However, Cao Cao not only wanted Yang Feng to surrender, but also wanted to kill all the ministers under him, including Li Yan, Fa Zheng, Yan Xiang, and Ji Ling.]

What the hell?

Yang Feng's pupils instantly contracted.

Kill Yan Xiang?

Kill Ji Ling?

And kill Fa Zheng and Li Yan too?

How the fuck could that be allowed!

Wanting to surrender and become a salted fish was my own business.

But these people, whether sincerely or not, had all stepped forward to back me up.

I'd run off and screw them all over?

What kind of bullshit was that!

Yang Feng unconsciously clenched his fists.

[This immediately enraged Yang Feng, who personally led eight hundred death warriors into battle, bringing the Heaven and Earth Cannon to confront Cao Cao's army of three hundred thousand.]

The Heaven and Earth Cannon?

What the hell was that thing?

Before Yang Feng could even complain, the text on the Heavenly Screen had already disappeared.

In its place came an entirely new moving image.

A cannon with an extremely rudimentary, even crude, structure stood all alone before the gate of a military camp.

Facing it was Cao Cao's army, a dark mass stretching beyond the eye's reach!

Cavalry, infantry, archers, and crossbowmen-their banners blotted out the sun, and their killing intent soared to the heavens!

The oppressive presence of that three-hundred-thousand-strong army left everyone in the great hall feeling suffocated, even through the screen.

But just then, that crude cannon moved!

There was no earth-shattering boom, nor even much smoke to speak of.

It simply went "whoosh," as though firing an invisible current of air.

The next second, the hill beside Cao Cao's army formation, not particularly tall but certainly not small, was simply gone!

That's right!

Gone!

It was as though an eraser had wiped the entire hill from this world. In an instant, it became dust that filled the sky, leaving a stretch of flat ground!

Everyone was stunned!

Within the Heavenly Screen's image, Cao Cao's three hundred thousand troops erupted into utter chaos!

The expressions on their faces instantly changed from their initial contempt and mockery to absolute terror and bewilderment.

Without any need for orders, the entire army collapsed. Every soldier turned and ran like a madman, fleeing at the first sign of danger!

Just like that, the crisis was resolved.

Text delivering the final verdict appeared on the Heavenly Screen once more.

[As it turned out, after Yang Feng became emperor, he had focused on researching this weapon called the Heaven and Earth Cannon.]

[His offer to surrender to Cao Cao and become his subject had merely been a way to stall for time while waiting for the Heaven and Earth Cannon.]

[This was the historically renowned "Shooting a Cannon at the Camp Gate," in which a single shot drove back Cao Cao's army!]

[After Cao Cao retreated in defeat, he began a great battle against Yuan Shao, a battle that brought the north under unified rule.]

[It also fulfilled Emperor Yang Feng's words: "The realm will be divided into three."]

The screen froze completely at this point, its image motionless.

A deathly silence hung over the entire imperial palace in Shouchun.

Emperor Yang Feng stared at the screen in the sky, utterly dumbfounded.

Holy shit, what was going on?

How come there was even a cannon?

Oh my god, this...

That couldn't be possible, could it?

Since when did I have that kind of ability?

How was that possible?

It had barely been any time at all, and I'd already built a cannon by hand?

This cannon might have been a little crude, but it was way too powerful. It had blasted an entire hill flat.

Oh my god!

Towering waves surged through his heart. This plot development was just too fucking absurd!

This wasn't science at all. This was mysticism!

While he was still trapped in his shock, the ministers below had already reacted.

Yan Xiang and Ji Ling exchanged a glance, each seeing fanatical worship and endless shock in the other's eyes!

In a frantic rush, the two dropped to their knees again with a thud and shouted with all their strength.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"Long live Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty! May Your Majesty live ten thousand years!"

Yan Xiang's voice trembled slightly with extreme excitement, but he shouted louder than he ever had before!

"That was incredible!"

"I told you! Your Majesty is the true dragon of all ages! The mandate of heaven rests with you!"

"A mere Cao Cao isn't worth a fart before Your Majesty's divine foresight!"

"So Your Majesty had foreseen everything long ago! The so-called surrender was merely a scheme to deceive that scoundrel Cao, all to buy time for this Heaven and Earth Cannon!"

"Such a divine object can flatten mountains with a single shot! How is this a cannon? This is divine punishment! This is heaven's might!"

Ji Ling also roared at the top of his lungs, his face flushed red with excitement.

"Exactly, exactly! Your Majesty's divine might is invincible!"

"What army of three hundred thousand? Before our Heaven and Earth Cannon, it's nothing but a joke!"

"With one shot, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry or Qing Province Troops, whatever they are, we'll blast them all into the sky!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Meanwhile, at that very moment, in Yan Province.

Cao Cao, who had just been brimming with satisfaction and preparing to march his army south, watched the hill vanish in an instant on the Heavenly Screen and felt as though he had plunged into an ice cavern.

The color drained clean from his face in a flash. His lips trembled, and he couldn't utter even a single complete sentence.

He felt a chill shoot straight from his tailbone into his brain. Already trembling all over with fright, he slumped limply in his seat.