Chapter 56: Missile Attack

As Esdeath's army got closer and closer to Qushui County, all major forces on the continent turned their attention.

The Empire, the Revolutionary Army, the four foreign races, and even other ambitious people, everyone wants to see whether this suddenly emerging Shenzhou can stop the general who is known as the strongest general in the empire.

Only the local residents of Qushui County seemed as if nothing had happened. Everyone continued to farm and do business as usual, and the children went to school on time every day to receive instruction from knowledgeable teachers.

It seemed that the ones who were about to attack Qushui County were not 50,000 regular imperial troops, but five inconspicuous petty thieves.

Such an abnormal scene naturally aroused the interest of the major forces secretly observing here, but after in-depth investigation, they found that what made the people here full of confidence was not anything else, but simply their confidence in Shenzhou.

"The Empire will definitely win - don't get me wrong, I'm talking about the Shenzhou Empire."

"Esdeath? Let her come. Your Highness's army will protect us."

"Empire? What empire? Shenzhou is the empire! You mean the Central Empire? Don't be ridiculous! There is no two suns in the sky. In my heart, there is only one sun, Shenzhou!"

Such views were actually the common thinking of the local residents in Qushui County. Such a result really surprised people from all sides.

They couldn't understand what had caused these peddlers, who would have been forced to squat on the ground and tremble with their heads in their hands even if they encountered ordinary bandits, let alone the army, to become like this in such a short period of time.

"interesting."

On the march, Esdeath looked at the reports sent back by the spies in Qushui County and sneered.

It's nothing more than a group of weaklings struggling and stubbornly speaking before their death.

She didn't take the upcoming war of extermination seriously. How long had this Shenzhou, who appeared out of nowhere, appeared? The alien races entrenched in the north of the empire had been harassing the border for so many years, and they were defeated in one go?

"I hope you can hold on a little longer."

With this thought in mind, Esdeath looked towards the large river that lay before her.

After crossing this river and advancing a few dozen miles, you will enter the area controlled by Shenzhou.

Esdeath dismounted and walked to the river in high-heeled boots. She squatted down and gently pressed her right hand on the surface of the river.

In an instant, violent frost and snow and biting icy wind started from her and spread forward. In the blink of an eye, a layer of ice large enough for a large army to pass through froze out on the surging river.

This miraculous scene caused the army in the rear to cheer wildly.

Mounting her horse again, Esdeath waved her hand, and the army, led by her, began to cross the river in a mighty manner.

On a distant hilltop, Ning Qingxuan and Yang Xingshu shook their heads when they saw this scene.

"Should we say that he was so confident in his own strength that he didn't care about being ambushed? Crossing a river is an extremely dangerous situation in a march or a war, but he actually started without any prior reconnaissance?"

Yang Xingshu crossed his hands in front of his chest with his fingers crossed, and his face, covered by a pair of glasses, had his usual squinting smile.

"She didn't even send a vanguard to the other side of the river to check the situation. Your Highness, I have to say that such a general is unqualified."

Ning Qingxuan didn't have a bad opinion of Esdeath like Yang Xingshu did. He whispered, "When you have been invincible for too long, you will more or less ignore these things. Esdeath stands too high, so high that she can no longer see the scenery below her feet."

"But you are right. The empire's future enemies will certainly not always be so weak. If Esdeath wants to have a place in the imperial military, she must change some of her current ways of doing things."

"Yihong, give the order to act."

"Yes."

Yang Xingshu put his right hand to his ear, tilted his head and said softly: "Your Highness has ordered the attack to begin."

…dividing line…

The petite body was riding on the horse's back, Hei Tong was holding a bag of snacks, and from time to time she reached into it to take a piece of snack and put it in her mouth.

Occasionally, she would look up and around, marveling at the icy road that Esdeath had created in the blink of an eye.

Although he had heard of Esdeath's power a long time ago, but after seeing it with his own eyes, when Hei Tong looked at the tall and beautiful figure in front of him again, he couldn't help but think: With such strength, it is no wonder that General Esdeath lives so freely and unrestrainedly in the empire, and with a wave of his hand, he distributed all the rewards from the little emperor and Ernest's ministers to his subordinates.

Even she, who had just joined Esdeath's team, received a lot of benefits in just a few days - and then she exchanged them all for snacks.

Speaking of snacks, I heard that the place occupied by Shenzhou seems to be able to produce a lot of strange but delicious snacks. Even in the imperial capital, there are merchants who have transported those goods from far away to sell them.

It was decided that once she conquered the land, she would eat her fill!

Thinking of this happily, Hei Tong suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

The killer's instinct gave Hei Tong a great sense of crisis, as if something extremely scary was approaching.

Hei Tong raised his head suspiciously and looked around, but found nothing. Just when he thought he was worrying too much, he saw Esdeath in front of him also stopped.

She was looking up, staring at the sky.

Sure enough, something is coming! ?

As soon as this thought came to mind, Hei Tong vaguely saw that there seemed to be a black spot in the sky that was rapidly approaching and enlarging.

"What is that...?"

The girl made a puzzled sound, causing the people around her to look up.

Before Hei Tong could think further, Esdeath took action.

She suddenly turned over and jumped off the horse. Before she landed on the ground, an icicle suddenly rose from the ice under her feet.

The icicle lifted Esdeath's body and quickly climbed high into the sky.

However, it was too late.

When the black spot was first discovered, it was insignificant and inconspicuous.

But in the blink of an eye - completely beyond everyone's reaction speed, it fell directly on everyone's heads.

boom--!!!!!!!

A huge explosion sounded directly in the center of the frozen avenue created by Esdeath.

"How can we intercept an air-to-ground missile with a terminal penetration speed of six times the speed of sound with human power?"

On the distant hilltop, Ning Qingxuan, who witnessed everything, had a faint smile on her lips.

"Even if Esdeath can stop one, can she stop two? Three?"

"Even if she is stopped, what price will she have to pay?"

As Ning Qingxuan finished speaking, several air-to-ground missiles accurately hit the ice bridge created by Esdeath, completely blowing the bridge into pieces.

The enemy troops who were halfway across the river fell into the raging river, wailing and struggling.

Another missile attacked and hit the huge ice pillar that lifted Esdeath into the air right on target. While shattering the ice pillar, Esdeath's body began to fall.

Seeing this, the enemy troops who were still on the river bank and had not stepped onto the ice road fell into chaos, and some even couldn't help wanting to escape.

However, their fate was already sealed.