Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Head of the Inner Imperial City
The capital of the Tianxiang Dynasty, since Nangong Feixing launched a mutiny, except for the inner imperial city, it is still under the control of the imperial family. The entire imperial capital was almost completely taken over by the rebels, and the clouds of war filled the air.
At the head of the thirty-meter-high Inner Imperial City, the black background and gold characters Xianglong swallowing cloud flag hunted. The third princess, Nangong Yu, stood in the wind wearing a pink battle armor, and a hundred female phoenix guards who were also wearing pink battle armor stood solemnly behind her.
Nangong Yuxiu frowned, looking at the overwhelming black rebels under the city, silently counting the days. It has been a full eight days since she crushed the jade plate given to her by Dugu Jingyun. In this short period of time, it was attacked by millions of rebels day and night, and was forcibly attacked by the other side several times, experiencing extremely bloody and cruel battles to defend the city, how many brave and fearless soldiers, iron-blooded men spilled blood on the city, even if there was only the last breath left, they also jumped off the city with the enemy, and died together, countless tragic pictures can be seen. If it weren't for the 200,000 elites of the Dugu family who suddenly appeared in a desperate moment and swept away the enemy army attacking the head of the city with lightning speed, I was afraid that the Inner Imperial City would have already fallen at this moment. This was a dark move by Dugu's subordinates when he was about to leave, and at a critical moment, it changed the pattern of the war in one fell swoop. These elites of the Dugu family are not comparable to those of the Imperial Forest Army or the Praetorian Guard, each of them can almost be a ten, or even a hundred, and they are very well-trained, not ordinary martial artists. Every group of three people, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, both offensive and defensive, echoing each other, and there were few casualties in a bloody battle. Nangong Yu recognized at a glance that this was Dugu Jingyun's "Three Talents Array", but he didn't expect it to be so powerful in the war. Nangong Yu also has this array in his hand, just because it is a time of peace, the country and the people are safe, so he does not pay attention to this matter urgently. She vowed to form such an army after the war.
There are four gates in the Inner Imperial City, and after several tragic offensive and defensive battles, there are fewer and fewer soldiers in Nangong Yu's hands. The evenly distributed number of troops in the four city gates is only about 100,000, and the area that each city gate needs to defend is very large, which makes her a little stretched, so she can only deploy the spirit to support each other.
"Your Royal Highness Princess Qiqi! The North Gate is under fierce attack from the enemy at this moment!" reported a soldier in Praetorian Guard attire.
"How many troops does the other side have?" Nangong Yu asked calmly.
"At least 300,000!" said the Praetorian Guard.
"The north gate should be the defensive area of the Dugu family, it is a difficult bone to gnaw, why would the other party choose to launch a strong attack here?" Nangong Yu waved his hand at the Praetorian Guard sergeant, signaling him to leave, but he fell into deep thought. The other party's behavior is too unreasonable, and anyone with a little military common sense will not do such a thing, let alone Nangong Feixing, who is as treacherous as the sea. There must be fraud in this, diverting the tiger from the mountain, and striking the west. If the north gate is just a strategic feint, then his real target should be the south city gate guarded by the janissaries, and it is also the weakest guard among the four gates, as long as it breaks through, millions of troops will rush in, and the inner imperial city will be in danger! Nangong Yu analyzed it carefully, thinking that if she were to change it, she would also adopt such a strategy.
"Xiaofeng! immediately send people to the city gates, and ask them to send 50,000 elites to rush to the south city gates, and the action must be fast. Nangong Yu gave a decisive and resolute order. She remembered that Dugu Jingyun had said that once something is determined, don't hesitate to execute it quickly. Life is a huge casino, and every choice and decision is a big gamble.
Since the battle of attack and defense began, Nangong Yu has been gambling, betting that at this moment, the city is in the people, at least it is not a loser, although there are many sacrifices, but the war is a bloody game.
Nangong Yu is not wrong, Nangong Yu once again bet right with her smart intelligence. When she led a group of female phoenix guards to the south city gate, she saw the endless army under the city, at least a million, and understood that she had taken the right step again, and the elites of the various doors who rushed to help appeared almost at the same time, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, so dangerous!
Countless ladders and siege carts. Countless majestic phalanxes were arranged in a neat and orderly manner, and the air was filled with a strong murderous aura.
The opponent's formation suddenly cracked out a passage, and Nangong Feixing, dressed in snow-white clothes, suddenly appeared in front of the formation. This is the first time he has shown his true identity since the mutiny, and it seems that this time he is determined to shatter this fortified city.
"Jade niece! I personally led a million troops to the city today, and the city was broken in a matter of seconds. If you and your father know the big picture, stop fighting fearlessly. As long as you can surrender the city, for the sake of the royal family, I can ensure that you will be rich and comfortable in the future. If you are obsessed, once the city is broken, you will be broken into pieces!" Nangong Feixing said in a loud voice.
"Uncle, I call you that again, and for the last time. You are now one person under ten thousand people, but you are still not satisfied, crazy ** and wild is bigger than the sky, even ignoring the ancestral teachings, insisting on going against the sky, doing this thing that people and gods are angry about. If you can restrain yourself from the precipice now, immediately disband the army, and save the entire imperial capital from war, the imperial capital and the people of the world will be grateful. Nangong Yu knew that his words were tantamount to playing the piano to the cow, but this song still had to be played, played to the people of the world, and played to his entire army, so that they could understand what they were doing now and what they were fighting for.
Nangong Feixing raised his head and stared at the high Inner Imperial City, he had worked hard for many years, exhausted his hard work and precise planning, and he had come to this point like riding a tiger, and he couldn't stop. Only by driving the tiger forward bravely, breaking through the city, sitting on the throne of God, and becoming the new successor of the future emperor.
In the thousands of years of imperial history, there have been countless tragic and bloody incidents of bloodstaining the royal family for the supreme right. But like Nangong Feixing, who launched a mutiny and seized power by force, he was still the first person in the world.
Nangong Feixing retracted his gaze, stopped speaking, raised his hand and waved forward, giving the command to attack. He quietly withdrew from the formation, because there were more important things waiting for him to do himself.
The order to attack was given, and hundreds of phalanxes, ladders, and siege engines drove forward, crushing the tall and solid city walls like a rolling torrent.
"Release the arrow!" Nangong Yuxiu raised her eyebrows, and with an order, the sky suddenly darkened, and hundreds of thousands of bows and arrows were fired in unison, covering the sky and the earth.
For a time, the cry of grief and miserable howls shook the earth, and a large number of soldiers fell. The army behind did not stop its advance because of this, and continued to advance forward by trampling on the corpses of their comrades.
Thousands of ladders, countless siege vehicles began to approach the tall city walls, and millions of soldiers who were not afraid of death poured into the city one after another. The giant gate-breaking car continued to pound fiercely against the solid city gate, and the roar shook the heavens and the earth.
The sound of killing on the head of the city shook the sky, blood was sprinkled like rain, and corpses were piled up like mountains. There are enemies, and there are also their own soldiers. At the end of the battle, these corpses were directly used as attack objects, and they fell wildly towards the city, and the scene was bloody and tragic.
The solid gates had begun to loosen under the constant onslaught. If it is allowed to collide at will, sooner or later it will be broken in. You have to come up with a response now, or the consequences will be dire.
The enemy who poured into the city was almost completely annihilated, and only a few remnants of the enemy resisted stubbornly, and it was not long before it was completely cleared, and all the ladders and climbing vehicles attached to the city wall were destroyed.
The biggest threat at the moment comes from the city gates, which are in danger of being breached at any time. These enemy forces were clinging to the corners of the city, unable to attack them effectively.
"What should I do?" Nangong Yu's brain was running rapidly, and as time passed minute by minute, the entire city tower trembled with the sound of continuous impact.
After thinking about it again, Nangong Yu made a crazy and bold decision, so he called the patriarch of the Dugu family.
"Patriarch Dugu, I don't know how many Sages and above cultivators there are in your array?" Nangong Yu's face sank like water, and he asked solemnly.
Patriarch Dugu thought for a moment and said, "Counting me, there should be six people." ”
The chief of the Laborious Patriarch immediately summoned them over. Nangong Yu said eagerly.
"Okay, I'll go right away!" said the Dugu patriarch and turned to leave.
"Xiao Feng, Xiao Cui, the two of you should also be cultivating by the Sage now!" Nangong Yu asked.
"Yes! The two replied.
As he spoke, the Dugu patriarch had already led five middle-aged men to run over quickly.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, everyone is here, if there is anything you ask, we should go all out!" said Dugu Patriarch simply and heroically.
"That's right, on the surface, we have crushed the frenzied attacks of the other side. But the most critical thing now is that our gates will soon be breached, so that our blood and sacrifices will be wasted, because once the gates are breached, everything we have done will be meaningless. So we have to stop this from happening, I think about it for a long time, there is only one way to solve this problem," Nangong Yu explained.
"Your Highness doesn't need to explain any more, we fully understand what this means. "Dugu Patriarch knows ten truths when he hears it, "That is, gather our ultimate strength, leap down from the sky from the top of the city tower, and attack it unexpectedly, at least destroy the opponent's giant door-breaking car." I don't know if I understand it that way?"
"What Patriarch Dugu said is completely correct, but this operation is extremely risky, and I have to make this decision as a last resort. I don't force you, if you don't agree, leave it at that. Nangong Yu smiled bitterly.
"I'll wait for gardening!" said everyone in unison.
Tears rolled in Nangong Yu's eyes, and she bowed deeply to everyone in her heart.