Chapter 996: What to do
"What? There is such a thing?!" Hearing the words of Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong, Cao Shiping was suddenly taken aback in his heart, and instinctively felt that the two of them were really spreading rumors, but his mind flashed, and he remembered all kinds of doubts that the way the prince had done things differently from the previous way of doing things after he ascended the throne, and suddenly felt that what the two of them said was not necessarily false.
But then Cao Shiping secretly screamed badly, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he shouted angrily: "Shut up, you are simply bold, you dare to believe it, and fabricate such a lie to slander the emperor, it is simply an unforgivable sin, come on, capture Yong'an County, and kill these two rebels." ”
Originally, Cao Shiping really wanted to persuade Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong to surrender, so that at least they didn't have to meet each other, and they would not provoke King Mao Pingnan and King Jingnan because of this, and if there was something unmanageable in the future, he would not be pushed out to take the blame.
However, after Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong said that the current emperor was not the original crown prince Liu Zhiguo, but was impersonated after being seized by Liu Xingchen, no matter what Cao Shiping originally thought, he now had to do his best to break through the city and kill Zhao Weiwei, Liu Yulinglong and everyone who heard these words.
Because this kind of thing is really not trivial, and if it spreads, it will be a catastrophe.
Cao Shiping regrets it very much now, he really shouldn't talk nonsense with Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong, but he was confused for a while and caused a big disaster. I also heard those words, even if I said that I didn't believe it, who knows what will happen to the emperor?
If the emperor has a thorn in his heart, who knows if he will find an opportunity to find an excuse to save himself. If it was Liu Zhiguo in the past, he might not do this, but if the current emperor is really Liu Xingchen, then it will be ......
Cao Shiping shuddered in his heart, and didn't dare to think about it anymore. Because he reprimanded Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong in his mouth, but in his heart, he felt more and more that what the two of them said was right.
Regardless of whether he doubted whether the current emperor was Liu Xingchen, Cao Shiping did not dare to let Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong talk nonsense now, and regardless of whether his soldiers and horses were ready to attack the city, he urged them to attack as soon as possible.
The generals were also a little dazed now, because the secret they had just heard was so shocking. The emperor took away the body of the prince and then pretended to be the prince to ascend the throne and become the emperor, which is really jaw-dropping and unexpected.
When shocked, some smart generals also realized that they were in big trouble, and whoever knew about this kind of royal secrecy would die. In an instant, many people were moved by the idea of slipping away quickly.
Hearing Cao Shiping's order to attack the city, the soldiers who were still in shock woke up like a dream, and hurriedly took action, and one by one huge military formations quickly advanced towards the city wall.
"Volley!"
When the army formation of the Han Dynasty came to the front of the city wall for more than 300 zhang, Jia Yansong, who was at the head of the city, shouted his first order.
"Boom Boom ......"
"Woo Woo ......"
In an instant, the bowstring sounded like thunder, and the arrow pierced through the air as sharp as a whistle. Countless arrows fell like alarmed locusts towards the army of the Han Dynasty.
For the besieging army, before breaking the city's protective array, they need to face an endless rain of arrows at all times.
Of course, the siege army is not without protective measures, but it also depends on luck, after all, no matter how good the shield and armor are, they can only be passively defended, and whether they can be protected really depends on their own luck.
Jia Yansong had a sentence that was really right when he was boosting morale in the city before, that is, the number of people on his side may be a little small, but there are many bows and arrows, and they can be used casually.
Since Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong have been staying in Yong'an County, they have almost built this place into a logistics material transfer base for Xia Fan's army, so in addition to military rations, there are all kinds of ordnance, including bows, crossbows and arrows.
Although there is no way to do it for everyone to have a crossbow, a god-destroying bow and rune arrows, ordinary bows and arrows can really be used openly.
Ordinary soldiers may not be able to shoot long arrows with a strong bow, but everyone can shoot the enemy with a crossbow, and there is no need to aim at this time anyway, because the people below are densely packed with people, as long as they shoot crossbow arrows at the crowded places below.
It seems that Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong have been plotting to rebel for a long time, otherwise they would not have been so well prepared. Cao Shiping looked at the soldiers and horses in front of him who were constantly shot to death, and the blood flowed into a small river on the ground, and he couldn't help but be shocked and angry, and scolded wildly in his heart.
In fact, everyone knew that Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong would definitely rebel with Xia Fan, and of course Cao Shiping knew it, but he really didn't expect them to rebel so quickly, and as a result, this black cauldron was buckled on his head.
Seeing that the defense of Yong'an County was so tight, Cao Shiping was also quite a headache, so he could only urge the formation mages in the army to quickly break the big protective array, so that the military formation could rush to the city as soon as possible, and end this embarrassing situation of being able to stand up and be beaten but unable to fight back.
Of course, the array mages who received the order did not dare to disobey Cao Shiping's order, because they served in the army of the Han Dynasty, and although the resources used for various cultivation methods they usually obtained were very rich and abundant, the corresponding military regulations they had to face were also more stringent.
Especially in wartime, if you dare to fear the battle or delay, as long as you are caught in the wrong place, you will lose your life, so as soon as these formation mages receive the military order, they are like rabbits being chased by dogs.
For them, it was actually not very difficult to break the protective array outside the city of Yong'an County.
First, this Yong'an County City was originally the city of the Han Dynasty, so they had quite detailed construction drawings in their hands, especially the structure of the city protection array, which was quite detailed, and it was definitely quite easy to destroy it according to the drawings.
Second, there are still some back doors in the city protection array that only a few people know, in order to deal with the situation of a city like today, which is also greatly reduced for them to break the formation.
Originally, a group of array mages in the army of the Great Han Dynasty were still full of confidence when they rushed to the outer aura of the Great Array of Protectors, but when they wanted to start destroying it, they were suddenly dumbfounded.
"Bang ......" A formation mage seems to be a little unable to withstand the huge pressure brought by the dense rain of arrows constantly flying over, and wants to break the formation as soon as possible and stay away from this dangerous battlefield, so he didn't look closely and wanted to break the formation according to his previous experience, but he didn't expect to be counterattacked by the formation.
A burst of light shot out, and the array mage didn't even have time to dodge before it was bombarded on his arm pressed on the formation aura.
"Pop ......" seemed to be the sound of crisp bamboo being crushed in a rather rough way, and this person's entire arm was directly blasted into a blood mist that flew around, and at the same time, his whole body couldn't help but be shocked and flew out.
At this time, although these array mages were at the forefront, there were many soldiers and horses around them to protect them and help them resist the rain of arrows that flew in. The man was catapulted out, but there was certainly no one to protect him, and before he could stand still, he was hit by a whistling arrow.
Although most of the formation mages tend to study the formation, and under normal circumstances, their combat effectiveness is naturally inferior to that of other cultivators, but they still have the ability to protect themselves.
There was a light on this person's body suddenly, obviously using some kind of talisman or spirit talisman or something, but not long after this light lit up, it instantly dimmed and dissipated under the impact of the swarming arrows, and then he was shot into a hedgehog by the arrows.
"Ahh......h
"He's so ferocious, it's too dangerous!" The array mages who had narrowly escaped the catastrophe all shuddered when they saw this.
They have been in the army all year round, even in a relatively peaceful place like Baocang Province, but they have participated in a lot of battles, but they have really never seen a scene more terrifying than the one in front of them.
Since the army of the Han Dynasty began to attack the city, the rain of arrows on the city has not stopped, pouring wildly, so that the ground outside the city wall is now full of all kinds of arrows, looking like wild grass growing wantonly in summer. It's more like a reed swing in autumn.
"We have to break the formation quickly, and then flash as far as we can, these rebels in Yong'an County are so crazy, I heard that there is still a Grandmaster Realm powerhouse in charge, if you don't want to die, you better stay away." Someone whispered.
"Hmm. The people around immediately agreed in unison.
It's just that their ideas are good, but when the dozen or so figures took a closer look at the big protective array in front of them, one of them was all dumbfounded.
"I'll rub him, what's going on? This formation looks familiar, but it's not the same as the construction drawings we got!"
"What is different, it's too different, it looks like the framework hasn't changed, but some details have all changed. Who the hell did this, it's not a thing!"
"Although I don't know who did it, but he is definitely a formation master, and making such a big change on the already formed and quite perfect city protection array, and changing it as if it were perfect, it is definitely not something that ordinary people can do. ”
"Why bother the array mage, what can we do now?!"
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Facing the formation in front of them, a group of formation mages in the army of the Great Han Dynasty had a headache, but there was nothing they could do.
Many times this broken formation is like a siege, if you can find a flaw in the formation and break it, it is equivalent to taking a shortcut, which is naturally very good, but if you can't find a broken formation, you can only use the simplest and rude way to break it.
But then the problem came, the painful lesson of the companion just now was in front of him, and there was even a smell of blood in the air, who had the courage to take a small life to try the limit of this great protection array?
"What should I do?!" a group of people stared at each other, all of them feeling like a dog biting a hedgehog and couldn't get their mouth shut.