The generals of Qin were filled with anticipation for the cannons.
The people of Lingnan, however, felt the exact opposite.
Those among them who had fled back were utterly terrified of the cannons.
It could even be said that their fear was ingrained to the bone.
When facing the Qin army, they still possessed the ability to resist.
After all, the Qin army was made of humans; as long as they resisted, they could still kill Qin soldiers.
But when facing those cannons, they lacked even the courage to resist.
They could clearly feel that their flesh and blood were nothing in front of the cannons.
Let alone resisting, a group of them standing before the cannons were like a dish of food.
Furthermore, a dish of rotten food.
The cannons could do whatever they pleased with them.
As a result, many of them were still trembling uncontrollably when they fled back to Lingnan.
This uncontrollable trembling puzzled many.
They looked at these warriors with curiosity in their eyes.
"What's wrong with you? Why have so few of you returned? Was our plan successful?"
"That's right! Were our men successful? Did many of our warriors clash with Qin soldiers, which is why so few of you have returned?"
"Has the Qin army suffered heavy losses? Do we now have a chance to attack the Qin army?"
At this moment, they were still fantasizing that their army had successfully launched a surprise attack.
If that were the case, they would have the opportunity to attack the Qin army.
As long as they defeated the Qin army, as long as they killed Lin Tian of Qin, the crisis in Lingnan would be resolved.
After all, according to the information they had obtained, it was Lin Tian of Qin who had proposed the attack on Lingnan.
Moreover, the commander for this operation was also Lin Tian of Qin.
His existence was crucial to Qin.
As long as he was dealt with, all troubles would be resolved.
With such thoughts, they naturally wanted to eliminate Lin Tian of Qin.
Many among them had already started thinking about launching an attack on the Qin army right then.
After all, this was an opportunity where they held the advantage, and such opportunities were rare.
Therefore, they felt that it was time for them to attack the Qin army.
However, their thoughts were beautiful, but reality was cruel.
Especially for those Lingnan warriors who had originally planned to sabotage Qin's ships but missed them.
Although their surprise attack was not successful, they witnessed the entire process of Qin soldiers bombarding Lingnan warriors with cannons.
They did not experience the cannon fire themselves, but they were deeply shocked by it.
Many of them felt a shiver run through their bodies just thinking about the power of the cannons.
However, because they did not bear the brunt of the cannon fire, they were a little more composed than others.
"Ch-chief, our operation this time has completely failed!"
"We did not successfully surprise the Qin army, and their soldiers are completely unharmed!!"
"Completely unharmed? How is that possible? We dispatched tens of thousands of troops, how could they be unharmed?"
"It's true, their army suffered absolutely no losses because when we ambushed them, they used a terrifying weapon!!"
"As soon as that terrifying weapon appeared, our army was annihilated!!"
As he spoke, the Lingnan warrior's voice began to choke with emotion.
Within his choked voice, there was a trace of fear.
This fear immediately made the others realize something was wrong.
Initially, they were indifferent to the Qin soldiers.
But at this moment, they were extremely concerned about this situation.
"A terrifying weapon, what terrifying weapon?"
"We don't know what that terrifying weapon is called, but as soon as they attacked us, the scene of mountains collapsing and the earth cracking appeared. Even in the river, we couldn't escape their attacks!"
"Many of our soldiers died under the enemy's bombardment before they could even get a clear look at the enemy!"
"They only launched two rounds of attacks, and our army was almost wiped out!!"
"Therefore, our entire army fled in a frenzy before we even encountered them!"
Upon hearing this, many found it hard to believe.
In their hearts, the warriors of Lingnan were not weak; in fact, they were even stronger than Qin soldiers.
Otherwise, they would not have dispatched ten thousand soldiers to ambush the Qin army.
Unexpectedly, this ambush resulted in such a devastating defeat.
After a few rounds of attacks, their nearly ten thousand troops were almost annihilated.
Even if he saw others say this with his own eyes, he still felt that someone was playing a joke on him.
Because of this, he questioned the others:
"He's lying, right? The situation isn't like this, is it?"
"How could our army be so fragile? How could Qin's weapons be so powerful? You've made a mistake, you must have made a mistake!"
He believed that their Lingnan warriors had made a mistake, and that was why they were making such exaggerated descriptions.
At this moment, he desperately hoped someone would agree with his statement.
As long as someone agreed with him, he could confidently attack the Qin army.
However, when he questioned the others, everyone else wore bitter expressions.
Clearly, what they said was true.
In fact, the power of the cannons was even more terrifying than they described.
If they were to describe it, they wouldn't know how.
The only thing they were certain of was that they had no courage to face the cannons again.
Because once the cannons fired, they would likely be utterly annihilated.
After the leaders of Lingnan inquired several times, he finally had to accept the result.
There truly was a very powerful weapon in Qin.
This powerful weapon could precisely strike their soldiers and, at the same time, cause widespread casualties.
Once their soldiers encountered such a terrifying weapon, there was basically no chance of survival; only death awaited them.
This also caused the ambush plan of the leaders of Lingnan to fall through.
If Qin's weapons were so terrifying, then launching a surprise attack on the Qin soldiers would be suicidal.
Not to mention, the Qin army had suffered no damage, and they held no advantage.
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