However, after observing for the space of a few cups of tea, Wu Lixing noticed that aside from the Yelang Army wearing different uniforms and carrying different weapons from their own Qiangrong troops, there was no other real difference.
Therefore, Wu Lixing asked his deputy general nearby, "These Yelang soldiers don't have three heads and six arms. Why did the Xiliang Kingdom and the Dazhu Dynasty—hailed as the strongest of the Eight Nations in the southwest—get wiped out by the Prince of Yelang in barely thirty or forty days?"
Hearing this, the deputy general hurriedly and cautiously reminded Wu Lixing, "The firearms of the Yelang Army are exceptionally formidable. When Marshal Wu Da led five thousand troops to reinforce Xiliang last year, he witnessed the Yelang artillery firsthand. It is said that in less than the time it takes to burn half a stick of incense, they nearly annihilated a ten-thousand-strong elite cavalry force of Xiliang."
Chapter 371