Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 201 - 182: I Have a Method to Defeat the Enemy (6700 words in the - ) _4

Chapter 201: Chapter 182: I Have a Method to Defeat the Enemy (6700 words in the Chapter) _4

Fortunately, after his deadly strike, Lin Ziyang paused from his attack. He sat astride an Earth Dragon, smirking as he stared up at the battlements: "This was just an appetizer for you lot. By daybreak at the latest, Tieweng City will fall, and it will be time for you all to submit your heads. I’m curious to see if a bunch of brash fools like you can give me a bit of a surprise."

After his words, he rode back to his rear troops. Li Yan, blood seeping from his every orifice, descended from the sky, his face a bit pale: "I may have underestimated this old man a bit. His martial law level is on par with me and Zhaojun, stuck at the level of ’Po’. But his control of ’Shi’ is stronger than I thought. That last strike, in terms of power alone, was already on par with my home’s old man."

Su Zhaojun also looked quite disheveled, her situation slightly better than Li Yan’s: "But he won’t be able to release such a slash once more in this short time. Focus on defending the city. We are standing on the brink here, we can’t back out now, can we?"

However, Li Xuan noticed that the soldiers atop the city walls, most were pale-faced, some even showing fear in their eyes, evidently their morale was very low.

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What follows took a sharp turn for the worse. In Lin Ziyang’s army, first, they pushed up to thirty flanged cannons and hundreds of bed crossbows which continuously bombarded the city walls of Tieweng, creating thunderous noises. White gunpowder smoke filled the battlefield.

As it was an uphill battle, the power of these cannons and crossbow arrows had greatly diminished, but Li Xuan could still feel the city walls vibrating under his feet, with fragments of rocks falling off occasionally. Fortunately, the city walls also had plenty of cannons and giant crossbows, and the naval soldiers under Li Yan’s command were all very familiar with the usage of cannons.

However, when tens of thousands of soldiers under Lin Ziyang’s command finally assembled at the foot of the mountain, and fifty Mountain Spirits also entered the battlefield, the far-range ’cannon war’ in Li Xuan’s view had considerably tilted in their favor.

The boulders thrown by those Mountain Spirits were the size of millstones, and extremely accurate. Within a dime, four flanged cannons on the city wall had been smashed to pieces by them. Even the city gate tower was bombarded into ruins.

What was even more dreadful was that in front of Lin Ziyang’s forces, forty large ’Huihui Cannons’ were being set up.

Ganlu Port also fell in a single assault, three thousand soldiers of Lin Ziyang’s imperial force cut through the fort like a hot knife through butter. The seven hundred men managed by Shi Shishi in the port didn’t even manage to hold their ground for a moment.

It wasn’t that Shi Shishi’s men weren’t elite enough, but Ganlu City itself lacked a city wall, and without the support of covering fire from the mountaintop. Under the current circumstances, they couldn’t contend with the enemies at all.

"Huihui Cannons, Mountain Spirits, flanged cannons!" Shi Shishi stood on the city wall, his hands trembling slightly: "What is he trying to achieve? With so many siege weapons, it would be sufficient to break through the defenses of Nanjing City. I fear that there won’t be a single city in Jiangsu and Zhejiang that can hold out against them."

Li Yan glanced at the sky, then spoke calmly: "We need to come up with a plan, otherwise, we might not even last till dawn. Any movement from Ganlu Temple?"

His question was directed at one of his old subordinates, a naval commander who had been promoted to the rank of ’Qianzong’. His look was grave as he shook his head: "I went with Youjiao Li, but the monastery gate was firmly shut. They claimed they were monks and wouldn’t interfere in worldly matters. Xiaowei Jiang has personally gone there upon hearing this news."

"These bald-headed monks." Li Yan couldn’t hold back a snicker: "Lin Ziyang, that old dog, is already colluding with the Demon Tribe, and still he is pretending to be a recluse?"

At this point, he noticed, out of the corner of his eye, Li Xuan once again ascending the city walls. Li Yan’s gaze was calm, devoid of any fluctuations as he spoke: "Little brother, could you and Xiaowei Jiang please take care of those captives and have all the wounded evacuated onto the ships? Get them all to the north bank. You, Jiang Xiaowei, and Lady Xue, you should go as well. There’s no need to return."

Li Xuan was startled at his words, and looked at Li Yan: "If we leave, what happens here?"

He, Li Xuan, could be disregarded, as he was just a rookie. But Jiang Hanyun and Xue Yunrou were crucial in combat.

"Isn’t it obvious?" Li Yan gave him a narrow look: "The city is undefendable, so of course we must retreat! You guys should go first; your sister-in-law and I will hold them off."

Li Xuan frowned, he didn’t notice that his ’Biting the Bullet’ set of equipment was glowing.

"We have only been defending for two ’Shichen’? Isn’t this a bit rash? Isn’t there another way to think about this?"

He was aware that to prevent a great upheaval in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and to avert the destruction of millions of civilians along both sides of the canal, this ’Tieweng City’ might be their only chance.

Another reason causing him to resist was Li Yan and his wife.

He had personally witnessed Lin Ziyang’s martial prowess just moments ago. And the commander of Zhenjiang who currently had nearly 30,000 men under his command, would undoubtedly be even more terrifying.

He predicted that the odds of Li Yan couple escaping from Lin Ziyang’s blade might be less than one percent.

"Why are you spouting off so much nonsense?" Li Yan let out a bitter laugh: "If I had even a shred of a plan, I wouldn’t have had to say such weak words. Now, unless we can destroy those Huihui Cannons, there’s no chance we can hold this city. Leave quickly, I predict that Lin Ziyang will make his move again before dawn."

Li Xuan glanced at the cannons below the city wall and felt a chill down his spine. Those Huihui Cannons were heavily guarded. How could their destruction possibly be achieved?

But soon after, an idea sparked in his mind, reminding him of an object that was stored in the Tieweng City warehouse.

Li Xuan’s eyes flashed with hesitance, pausing for a moment before saying, "I can’t destroy those Huihui Cannons, but I might have a way to create a massive explosion at the foot of the mountain."

In fact, when he saw those objects in the warehouse previously, he had a vague idea in mind.

Having just watched a movie about explosions before being transmigrated, a thought formed. If this was the normal world, pulling this off would be incredibly difficult. But in this Immortal World, where various magical spells are common, there’s a chance of success.

"A massive explosion?" Li Yan asked skeptically: "What method? How large-scale?"

"I’m not sure."

Li Xuan thought of the vast storage of 1,900 units in the warehouse, calculating quickly in his mind: "It should be enough to cover the entire battlefield below, and it would be quite potent. Wu Cultivators of the fifth house level and above should be fine. But for those below the fourth house level, if they’re at the center of the explosion, they probably won’t survive."

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