Jiang Yicheng and Liu Tiancheng's faces also changed, and Wang Honghuan continued: "Fortunately, the Jiang family, the largest business in our empire, has not been impacted, otherwise our soldiers will be hungry, these people are too arrogant, they are simply lawless, this is a practice of exterminating humanity."

Jiang Yicheng gently stabbed Ling Xiaotian with his hand and said, "Boss, the matter may not be so serious, after all, it has not been confirmed 100% yet."

Ling Xiaotian nodded, and whispered: "I know, I will find a suitable time to go back and investigate, after all, the effect of the Ten Thousand Souls Paste is so obvious in the war, no matter which side it is, they want to take it for themselves, they shouldn't kill everyone, then the Ten Thousand Souls Paste will be lost."

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Qian Feng and Xiao Yi stood on the platform of the middle army, in front of them were 80,000 excellent soldiers, divided into three parts, more than 20,000 people in the middle position were composed of archers and crash soldiers, the right wing was the archers, responsible for mobile suppression of the archers on the city, and the left wing concentrated the siege equipment such as cloud towers and ladders. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Qian Feng smiled and said to Xiao Yi: "Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, you will give the order to attack."

Xiao Yi shook his head and said: "This is not good, you are the commander of the three armies, it would be better for you to give the order, I will not overstep the bounds."

"That's good" Qian Feng took out the order flag, waved it violently, and said loudly: "Start attacking"

The war drums sounded, and the team began to advance towards the city walls, because the speed of the siege equipment was not very fast, so the archers did not directly rush forward, but followed their steps, step by step, and now did not enter the range of the trebuchet and bows.

Wang Honghuan on this side also gave an order: "Prepare the stone thrower, prepare the archers, and after the enemy enters the firing range, fire immediately"

Ling Xiaotian saw a person standing next to the other party's main general, he couldn't help but pick up the binoculars, and was taken aback when he saw it, Jiang Yicheng and Liu Tiancheng hurriedly asked what was going on.

Ling Xiaotian whispered to them: "You two give me a good look, why do I think that person next to Qian Feng looks like the fifth child?"

Hearing this, the two hurriedly picked up the binoculars, and were also shocked when they saw it clearly, they really didn't understand why Xiao Yi was standing there, how did he become a member of the Dongning Empire, it turned out that he had never heard him say this.

Wang Honghuan smiled and said: "That young man should be the second prince of Dongning, the spy reported that he was here to reward the army, it is said that this son's wisdom and strategy are above his brother, but there are too few people in the court to support him, hehe, this is a good thing for us, because if he becomes the emperor of Dongning, he will definitely be more difficult to deal with than his brother."

Ling Xiaotian said in his heart that this kid is really hidden deep enough, he is actually a prince, although he is a prince who has no ambition, and he didn't expect that his good brother would become an opponent on the battlefield, which made Ling Xiaotian feel very uncomfortable.

"Boss, what should I do?" Liu Tiancheng asked.

Ling Xiaotian smiled a little helplessly, and said: "There are many things that you and I can't do if you want to do anything, look at it, what to do Now that I know the identity of the fifth child, I will find a suitable opportunity to talk to him."

After a while, the enemy entered the range of the catapult, the trebuchet on the city wall roared, and the other party did not show weakness, and the giant catapult placed on the ground began to return fire, and the catapult on the city wall was not as large as the volume fixed on the ground, both in terms of range and shell weight, it was slightly superior.

Protected by shields and siege equipment, the enemy soldiers suffered negligible casualties under the blows of the trebuchets, and their cavalry began to increase their speed, rushing to the range of their bows and arrows, and firing at the archers on the walls, and the two sides entered a stalemate.

The stone throwers at the head of the city began to be reloaded with incendiary bombs, focusing on the enemy's siege engines, and groups of soldiers in thick armor were waiting to attack the enemy soldiers who climbed up to the top of the city.

"Xiao Tian, do you have any good ways to relieve our pressure?" Wang Honghuan asked, judging from the current situation, it is very unfavorable for them, the enemy can easily rush to the head of the city, and as soon as the melee on the city wall starts, they will have more people rushing up.

"Not for the time being" Ling Xiaotian shook his head and said: "Let's wait until their siege equipment comes up, the cloud ladder is not enough, the powerful thing is their six cloud towers, I will throw some stones out first to slow down their attack"

After speaking, Ling Xiaotian threw out thousands of stones, who thought that this would have no effect on those cloud towers at all, because the wheels of these cloud towers were not four, but eight, four on each side, which could satisfy walking on any terrain, and this result made Ling Xiaotian depressed.

"They are improving so fast," Ling Xiaotian sighed, you must know that when he was in Beiguan, the Cloud Tower of the Western Han Empire was not like this.

Wang Honghuan frowned, and said: "The whole body is made of stainless steel, and it is not afraid of the influence of the terrain, these instruments are really clever, I have a not very good premonition, Chief of Staff, you immediately order the reserves, let them stand under the city, and add at any time that in the defense, today will be a bloody battle."

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The three brothers of Gongsun Mansion and Gongsun Jingcheng all had the same expression, after the accident of Ling Daiyan and his wife, they didn't know how many people were sent to search, but they didn't find any valuable clues.

Gongsun Jingcheng gritted his teeth and said: "The soldiers of a regiment are not the opponents of those people, I doubt that this is the work of a spy?" How could Dongning and the Western Han Dynasty have such powerful spies, and even if they did, how did they go deep into the hinterland of the empire, and how did they clearly obtain the route of Brother Ling's travel, I think this matter is a huge conspiracy"

Gongsun Jingmao said: "Ling Fang's consciousness is almost recovered, but he faints from time to time, he is bleeding too much, according to what he said, those who attacked them are not like regular Cointreau, but the organization and discipline are very strong, what kind of person do you say this will be?"

The three brothers glanced at each other, and the same word appeared in their minds—the Holy Martial Sect. Except for the Holy Martial Sect, no one could do it, and Ling Xiaotian had a grudge against the Holy Martial Sect itself.

"If that's the case, the matter will be serious, maybe this war has something to do with them" Gongsun Jingcheng said: "It's a pity that it's just speculation now, there is no evidence, forget it, let's continue to look for it, Brother Ling's safety is the most important."

"Yes, big brother," the two brothers said.

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The enemy attacked for more than two hours, with heavy casualties on both sides, compared to today's defenders.

Qian Feng was very pleased and said to Xiao Yi: "The failure to break through Dongguan is mainly because the soldiers are not yet fully familiar with the use of siege equipment, but in today's attack, the casualties on both sides have almost reached one to one, I think we can collect the troops, let the soldiers recuperate, and take it in one fell swoop tomorrow."

Xiao Yi nodded and said: "Everything is decided by the Lord General, the soldiers are indeed very brave, I will tell my father about the situation here."

The sound of gold sounded, the enemy began to retreat, the soldiers defending the city threw the dead bodies of the enemy from the city wall, today's battle, the casualties on both sides were more than 30,000, and the defenders obviously suffered losses.

"Adjutant, immediately go and count the battle damage" Wang Honghuan said in a heavy tone: "After the statistics are completed, immediately report to me that the enemy's offensive strength is not the same as before, we must do something, otherwise we will lose the battle."