Chapter 436: The Last Line of Defense

"Withdraw!"

Pan Meng was extremely reluctant in his heart, but in the end he ordered the withdrawal of the army, and the city in the east could not be defended.

As the order to withdraw was issued, the defenders of the city rushed to the stairs, and many people jumped directly from a height of more than ten meters.

The defensive line, which could be maintained for a period of time, completely collapsed, and the Lingzhou army that rushed to the city chased after the Tiandu Mansion army and cut it, which completely became a one-sided massacre.

Pan Meng really couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so he called a few members of the Zhu family to fly out of the city.

Seeing this, General Zhu and He Yiming all used tricks to shock Fu Yi and the black-clothed Wuzong back, and then the two organized the defeated army to retreat comprehensively.

Fu Yi and the black-clothed Martial Sect didn't stop them, it was enough to stop these two people, and then against the old man of Yin Tong and the Zhu family, they were looking for death.

What they want is for a large army to enter the city, and as long as the army enters the city, then everything will be a certainty.

Although the martial arts master is strong, they have to temporarily avoid the edge against thousands of troops and horses, and the true yuan in their bodies is not endless, and it is impossible to keep attacking.

Once their true yuan is about to be exhausted, they will also be killed by those soldiers and horses.

With the withdrawal of the defenders, the city was completely undefended, and the gate naturally became the weakest link.

Wang Cheng rode to the city gate with a green thunderbolt, and stabbed at the city gate with a tiger-headed golden spear.

"Click!!"

The gate was pierced by a single shot, and even though it was covered with hard iron sheets, it could not be stopped.

"Broken!!"

Wang Cheng shouted, the strength of his palm exploded, and the gate weighing thousands of catties was broken by him with one shot.

However, this shot only made a large hole and failed to make it explode.

Wang Cheng immediately stirred the spear in his hand, and fired dozens of shots in one breath, completely smashing the entire gate.

He rode through the broken gates and entered the city.

It was a chaotic mess, with chaotic fighting everywhere, shouts of killing and screams mixed together.

After Wang Cheng entered, his head was "buzzing", and there was a brief blank.

As soon as his abdomen was retracted, he immediately shouted in his loudest voice: "Stop! ”

This roar naturally used the "Tiger Roaring Mountain Forest", and the sound wave spread extremely quickly to the surroundings.

A thunderclap seemed to sound in the ears of everyone within a radius of a few hundred meters, and they all stopped what they were doing.

The huge sound spread to a thousand kilometers away, and Pan Meng and the others who fled in a hurry couldn't help but be moved.

"After such a long distance, his roar almost made the old man lose his mind, and he has reached such a state after not seeing him for months." The old faces of the Zhu family showed solemnity.

He dealt with Wang Cheng, and personally delivered a spirit armor and spirit spear to the other party. At that time, although Wang Cheng was also very strong, he was only an ancient warrior with a preliminary level of qi and blood, and even a martial artist in the realm of Xiaocheng was not an opponent.

Now that only a few months have passed, it has made him, a great master who has been famous for many years, jealous.

"This little crumb is no longer what it used to be, and even this seat can't take it." Yin Tong Old Man said.

Pan Meng saw that the two of them were still thinking about chatting at this time, her pretty face was frosty, and she said coldly: "Go back!" ”

A few people didn't say anything more and rushed to the Hou Mansion together.

Wang Cheng had already jumped to the city at this time, holding the golden arrow, and shouted: "I am Wang Cheng, the general of the left, I am the general of the left, I am ordered by the king to take over all the important military and political affairs of Lingzhou, all the soldiers of Tiandu Mansion lay down their arms, do not make senseless sacrifices, otherwise they will be killed!" ”

After this shout, gradually some soldiers laid down their weapons.

After one, there will be two, and after two, there will be more.

People have a herd mentality, and besides, the Lingzhou army has already invaded the city, and their resistance can't change the overall situation.

As a result, large swaths of the Tiandu army laid down their arms and began to surrender.

Wang Cheng did not break his promise, and asked his men to confiscate their weapons, and then gathered them together and held them in custody.

He didn't participate in the specific arrangements, it was all left to his subordinates, and he had more important things to do.

At this time, Gu Yanzhang and Wu Feilong also entered the city and came to Wang Cheng.

Both of them had blood on their bodies, and their armor was damaged in many places, so it was obvious that they had made a lot of shots just now.

"Wu'anhou's strategy of digging the ground and crossing the city has a miraculous effect, this huge Tiandu City has been breached, and the casualties are very small. The old man has led the troops to fight for so many years, and he has never served anyone, except for that Ning Hou, who belongs to the Marquis of Wu'an. Gu Yanzhang said.

Wang Cheng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The old general is serious, if there is no old general's order, how can Wang Cheng think of disintegrating from the inside?" ”

"Your internal disintegration is not the same as the old man's internal disintegration!" Gu Yanzhang said meaningfully.

In fact, the "internal disintegration" he proposed before was to make Wang Cheng rebel against Ning Hou's subordinates, after all, Wang Cheng had been a Xuanwei lieutenant under Ning Hou, and he must have accumulated a certain amount of contacts, and it was not impossible to rebel against those people to secretly open the city gate.

Who would have thought that Wang Cheng would do it even more ruthlessly, and actually used thousands of people to dig a tunnel that led directly into the city.

Of course, there is another key factor in the success of this strategy, which is that Tiandu Mansion does not have a moat.

In other words, there is basically no moat in the entire city of the Great Zhou.

Wang Cheng didn't know why, but his battle of "digging tunnels and attacking the city" today laid the foundation for the transformation of the city pattern in the future.

"If today, the capital city can be said to have fallen into the hands of Wu'anhou, and the government army has basically surrendered, and the general trend is irreversible, what is Wu'anhou's plan next?" Gu Yanzhang asked a question.

"Although Ning Hou's soldiers and horses have been lifted, Ning Hou's henchmen are still there, if these people are not eliminated, Ning Hou still has the possibility of making a comeback!"

Wang Cheng's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he said coldly: "Eliminate evil!" ”

After Gu Yanzhang and the others heard this, they were all distracted.

This is to completely eradicate Zhou Zhaoguang's forces!

Several people then quickly discussed, and finally decided to leave Gu Yanzhang with 60,000 Lingzhou troops here to clean up the mess, and Wang Cheng, Fu Yi, and Wu Feilong led 20,000 elites to attack Ninghou Mansion.

Ninghou Mansion is where Ninghou's lair is located, and it is also where Ninghou's core strength lies.

It can be said that the forces that Wang Cheng and the others eliminated before were all the forces that Ninghou subdued, like the Lingzhou army was at most a peripheral force, and those soldiers and horses in Tiandu Mansion were internal forces.

Just like Wang Cheng said, if you don't get rid of those people and horses in Ninghou's mansion, you won't be able to hurt Ninghou's roots.

Therefore, although the army had already entered the city, Wang Cheng was still very careful.

He let the heavy shieldmen open the way, followed by the crossbowmen, then the cavalry, the pikemen, and the defense was tight.

The streets dozens of meters wide could not accommodate such a big battle at all, and the sound of neat footsteps was like a huge wave, but the houses on both sides of the street were closed, and no one dared to come out.

However, there was no resistance along the way, and not even a single figure could be seen on all the streets.

When Wang Cheng led everyone to approach the Ninghou Mansion, they realized why Wang Cheng had mobilized 20,000 horses, and they were all elites in the army.

What kind of mansion is this, it is clearly a city!

The wall is ten meters long, several miles long and wide, and through the wall, you can see that there is a hill inside.

Wu Feilong has a good background and has seen the world, and when he saw this mansion, he still couldn't help but sigh: "The scale of a mansion is comparable to that of a border county, and Ning Hou really deserves to be the most powerful person in addition to the Son of Heaven today." ”

"Such a powerful person still wants to do something rebellious, I really don't know what Ning Hou thinks." Fu Yi shook his head and sighed.

Wang Cheng said: "People's desires are endless, when you earn 10,000 yuan a month, you will think about when you can earn 30,000 yuan a month." When you make 30,000 dollars a month, you wonder when you will be able to make a million dollars a year. ”

Although a few people don't know the specific meaning of "tens of thousands of yuan" and "annual salary", they can understand the meaning of the words.

"That's it! Be careful, get ready for the siege! ”

Wang Cheng didn't want to waste time, so he directly ordered all the three thousand heavy shield hands to press up.

He then ordered the siege men to push the huge battering ram towards the gate.

When the heavy shieldmen approached the wall thirty meters, a large number of crossbowmen immediately appeared at the head of the wall, from the east to the west, and there were thousands of people, to say the least.

The next moment, they released their bowstrings in front of the crowd, and a large number of crossbow arrows were fired at them.

The heavy shield hand at the front immediately raised the big shield to block the front, and the crossbow arrows were directly shattered and flew out when they hit the heavy shield.

But still some of them were shot into the big formation, and the crossbowmen who were closer died a hundred and ten.

Wang Cheng immediately ordered the men to defend, and at the same time ordered the crossbowmen to return fire.

The crossbowmen under his command had already wound their crossbows and were always ready, and when they heard the order, they immediately returned fire.

"Woohoo!"

Wang Cheng brought 3,000 crossbowmen, who, like those on the wall, used the same iron-armed copper crossbows, but they were outnumbered by the other side, and soon suppressed the people on the wall to the point that they could not raise their heads.

Wang Cheng seized the fighter and immediately ordered the siegers to break the door.

At that moment, the siege man pushed the battering ram and shouted a trumpet in his mouth, and headed for the pair of gates.

However, before they could get closer, black jars flew from behind the wall.

When Wang Cheng saw these jars, he suddenly remembered the gunpowder jars he used during the siege of the city, his expression changed greatly, and he hurriedly shouted: "Get down!" ”

The soldiers at the front lay on the ground in a panic, some reacting quickly, others slowly.

Before everyone could get down, the jars fell down, and then a loud explosion sounded in everyone's ears.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

……

The jar was filled with gunpowder, and the huge force of the explosion blew those who had not yet fallen down, and those who were lying on the ground were also blown to the ground.

This was only the first wave of damage, and the massive impact of the explosion propelled the fragments of the crockpot into rapid fire, beating the standing, upside-down soldiers to pieces.

The phalanx composed of heavy shieldmen and crossbowmen at the front was suddenly divided and chaotic.

The attack did not stop, and gunpowder jars continued to fly from inside the wall, at least hundreds.

Wang Cheng's face suddenly became extremely ugly, unprecedented, because he knew very well what kind of damage would be caused once these jars all fell.

"Shoot!"

Wang Cheng immediately asked Fu Yi and a few others to make a move, and he himself rushed to the front.

He appeared above everyone's heads, and his telekinesis gushed wildly, forming a huge protective shield.

Thirty or so canisters were shot at him, and when they hit the telekinesis shield, they were like a quagmire, and finally stopped at a height of three meters above the ground.

Fu Yi and the black-clothed Wuzong were one step slower than Wang Cheng, but they both shot before the gunpowder jar was smashed.

Both of them were martial artists in the Xiaocheng realm, and as soon as they raised their arms, they suddenly set off two golden storms, rolling a part of the gunpowder jar into the air to prevent them from falling.

However, the gunpowder jars that the two stopped were much less than those stopped by Wang Cheng, and the total was similar to what Wang Cheng stopped.

Therefore, almost forty gunpowder jars were smashed into the army.

"Boom, boom!"

There was another explosion, and the phalanx of heavy shieldmen at the front was completely disrupted, and even the crossbowmen were also affected to a certain extent.

Seeing so many brothers dead, Wang Cheng's eyes were broken, and after a loud shout, he pushed those gunpowder jars into the wall with his mental power.

Fu Yi and the black-clothed Martial Sect also shot at the same time, and the true qi flew into it wrapped in a gunpowder jar.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

……

There was an explosion from within the wall, and the smoke and smoke were everywhere, and the fire was so bright that it could be seen through the wall.

Fu Yi and the black-clothed Martial Sect all clapped their hands and applauded, and the anger they had just received was finally vented.

This is the way of oneself and giving back to others!

Wang Cheng thought about it, and hit the remaining few gunpowder jars towards the pair of gates.

"Boom!!"

With a loud explosion, the pair of gates were torn apart.

Without the gate to block it, the situation inside was finally exposed to everyone's eyes.

The ground was pitted, and the corpses lying on the ground were left by the explosion of the gunpowder jar just now.

No one on the fence continued to shoot arrows, and I don't know if they were frightened or scared away.

The door was already open, but it was a little quiet inside, Wang Cheng thought about it, and did not immediately call someone to rush in, but let everyone rectify it first, and he himself flew into the air.

He had learned a lesson just now, and he should not let his brothers attack the city immediately, but should first find out the situation.

In fact, even if he did it again, he would still order everyone to attack the city, because he didn't expect that Ninghou Mansion would wait for him with so many gunpowder jars.

According to normal thinking, those gunpowder jars should have been used in the battle to defend the city just now, where would they be used here.

Of course, this also confirmed his guess that Pan Meng and the others were going to have a final battle with him here!

Condescendingly, all the situations in Ninghou's Mansion fell into Wang Cheng's eyes.

Just like when he first entered the Ninghou Mansion, the entire Hou Mansion was divided into two parts, namely the East Courtyard and the West Courtyard.

The east courtyard is the residence of Ning Hou and his core members, and it is the most important place in Ning Hou's mansion, and the west courtyard is the residence of Xuan Wei, where the Martial Arts Pavilion is located.

The place where Wang Cheng led people to attack was the East Courtyard, and he didn't have the heart to turn around and attack the West Courtyard.

The layout of the East Courtyard is the same as before, with several horizontal and vertical avenues dividing the East Courtyard into several areas.

In each area there is a house, neatly arranged and tight, like a camp set up by a marching army, each other is a horn, watching over each other.

What made Wang Cheng feel strange was that none of the thousand crossbowmen on the wall before were gone, and even if they were scared away, they couldn't have disappeared so quickly.

Eccentric!

Wang Cheng's expression was solemn, he realized that it was not an easy task to break through the Ninghou Mansion, and it was possible to overturn here.