There were continuous rumbling sounds like explosions, and the ground beneath my feet was shaking like an earthquake.
A cloud of dust suddenly rose up, and the next moment the soldiers on the city wall responded with their catapults, throwing down stone bombs one after another, smashing one couch in the first round alone.
The officers and soldiers quickly loaded up their fire bullets and fired them outside.
The people operating the catapults in Tianliang did not stop their movements, and the catapults kept shooting at each other.
Xi Heng thought it was meaningless and was about to turn around and walk down the tower when a stone bullet was suddenly thrown towards the bottom of the tower where she was standing.
boom--
The hollow wall of the tower collapsed, and a large amount of smoke and dust exploded.
Xi Heng coughed lightly, with disgust and murderous intent in her eyes, as she looked at the catapult that had just smashed the city wall under her feet.
She glanced around the catapult and roughly estimated the distance, finding that it was nearly two hundred meters, which was out of the range of her sword energy.
"I'll kill you later..."
Xi Heng memorized the chariot and the figure of the man operating it, then turned around and walked down the city wall.
……
Stones were thrown at each other for a long time inside and outside the wall. Half of the catapults below had been destroyed, and only three walls on the top were broken.
By striking from high to low, the officers and soldiers' catapults clearly had a considerable advantage.
As the night deepened, catapults from outside continued to fire stone bullets from time to time, but they obviously had little effect on the extremely solid walls and gates of Jinshi City.
"This will probably take a long time... I wonder when we will officially attack the city." Xi Heng yawned on the city wall.
She turned and walked down the city wall to get some more military food, but the next moment she heard a delicate sound like a flute coming from not far outside the city.
Looking back, I saw a crooked yellow line rising into the sky, emitting smoke and dust and falling to the sky.
After a moment's pause, the yellow light suddenly exploded, spreading out an irregularly shaped bright yellow firework.
When Xi Heng saw the fireworks disappearing with a popping sound, he thought it was a signal for Tianliang to launch a general attack.
Looking down, he saw that in the middle of the night, under the moonlight, Tianliang's formation remained the same as usual, with no sound of war drums or horns.
If they weren't planning on launching a general attack, then why would they suddenly send out a firework signal?
Xi Heng was confused. After a while, he heard the shouting of soldiers around him. He turned around and saw dozens of flames burning in all parts of the city.
The flames burned houses of all sizes, and the ripples of red and yellow colors connected into pieces and spread further.
"Don't they want this city anymore?" Xi Heng frowned slightly.
When she glanced over from the top of the city wall, she could see hundreds of sparks of fire starting from all over the place. Even if she sent five or six thousand soldiers to the city to put out the fire, it would be too late.
Moreover, the thieves who set fires might be wandering around and lighting fires.
The fire starter's job is quite easy. He just needs to grab the torch and throw it into the house where thatch and wood are placed everywhere. Soon, a raging fire will rise up to the sky like a flood.
However, those who put out the fire have to risk their lives for it. Filling water and pouring water on the fire will have little effect.
Gradually, Xi Heng saw flames in other places that were originally dark.
She then confirmed that the Tianliang people really wanted to burn the entire Jinshi City to ashes, leaving nothing behind.
This fire will destroy many livelihoods in the city and kill countless people. Gold, silver, treasures, chickens, ducks and livestock will all be buried under ashes.
In the previous life, although the Tianliang Army also set fire, the place that was burned was only the central city, less than one-tenth of the entire city.
This time, it is also arson, but the whole Jinshi City will be burned to ashes.
They didn't hesitate to kill so many innocent civilians just to increase their chances of winning this siege...
When Tianliang started his rebellion, he said that they were an army of justice established for the benefit of all the people in the world. They would establish rules and regulations to help the people... so that the people would no longer suffer from dire straits and hunger and cold, and that they would help the entire corrupt world.
Looking at it today, it is clear that they have lost their original intention.
Or maybe in the eyes of the Tianliang people, these people who are not under their command are not even considered one of the people?
"This is an army without moral integrity." Xi Heng turned around and looked at the Tianliang army arrayed outside, his mind gradually settled:
"They should be killed completely."
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Chapter 72: Luolu Jicun
Looking back from the city tower, the raging fire in the city below was like a group of evil beasts in myths and legends, madly devouring the carved pavilions, green halls, tiled houses, and thatched huts.
The more it swallowed, the bigger the evil beast grew.
The shouts for help continued one after another, and the ground was filled with wailing and shouting.
The tall buildings were burned down and the tiled houses collapsed and scattered.
Gradually, the sky was dyed red by the increasingly raging fire on the ground.
Upon seeing this, Xi Heng quickly left the city wall, and while most of the houses were still not on fire, he stepped on the roof tiles and flew across a long distance as quickly as a night swallow, returning to the altar of his Dark Sky Sect.
Most people have been awakened, and there are constant screams of fire and fire, and shouting "Fire, fire, fire" -
When Xiheng crossed a street where fire was spreading and returned to the Dark Tianjiao altar by the river in the city, he saw that most of the people there were still awake. Dozens of people were holding buckets of water and pouring water to put out a burning hut on the edge of the altar courtyard.
The fire gradually dwindled as the water was poured on it. Xi Heng also dropped down from a height and gave orders to the people around him:
"Call everyone here."
The believers who had just put out the fire responded quickly and spread out to notify others. Before long, hundreds of people in the church gathered in the front yard.
"All Dark Heaven sect members should leave the hospital and organize civilians to bring water and put out the fire. Save as many people as possible."
She spoke directly:
"This fire was deliberately set by the Tianliang thief. After we found the thief, we immediately tied him up and chopped off his head in public."
Many believers below should claim yes.
"Go do something."
Xi Heng gave the order, then hurriedly stepped back onto the eaves tiles and quickly returned to the battlefield on the southern city wall.
As soon as she left, a shout came from behind:
"The Saint Lady ordered us to go out of the hospital to put out the fire, go out of the hospital to put out the fire!"
All the believers in the courtyard, regardless of gender, age or status, picked up buckets, basins, pots, bowls, ladles or anything else that could hold water and ran out in all directions.
The hundreds of people who had just joined the sect were simple-minded and believed that the Great Dark Sky Sect was a benevolent and righteous sect that gathered many kind people. It had been distributing porridge to refugees every day for a month. Today, there was a fire outside, so it was natural to send believers to rescue them.
However, most of the former Jingming religious believers who had experienced the previous massacre had strange expressions.
Putting out fires and saving lives, is this really something a demon would do?
Maybe the demon lord disdains to do ordinary evil things, but once he takes action, he will commit a heinous crime?
They looked at each other, and while they were guessing, they woodenly obeyed the demon's orders and went out to lead and organize civilians to put out the fire.
The Mahakala sect has been doing good deeds every day since its establishment and has gained some reputation among the common people. It can get a lot of support from the people and first helped the common people fetch water and save their houses, and then led the people to another fire area.
Gradually, the firefighting team became larger and larger and curbed the spread of the fire.
Xi Heng, the leader of the Dark Sky Sect, also saw that the fire had stopped spreading over there, so he concentrated all his attention on using his lightness skills to return to the battlefield as quickly as possible.
The closer you get to the south city wall, the more clearly you can hear the shouts and the sounds of war drums and horns - the Tianliang bandits have begun to attack the city.
The catapults continued to bombard the city wall, and a gray mist rose from the front. A raging fire burned under the city wall, and most of the chevaux de frise that blocked the siege equipment had been broken up and thrown away.
boom--
Xi Heng quickened his pace and when he stepped on the previous city wall, he looked down and saw dozens of people pushing and pulling the battering ram under a battering ram that looked like a horse stable on top, bombarding the city gate continuously.
The huge round-headed wooden stakes hit the city gate with a loud bang, then retracted and hit again, and shouts of killing and encouragement were heard in a rhythmic manner.
Even though there was kerosene burning on the roof of the crashed car, it failed to stop the fire.
On the side, a thick wooden pillar covered with spikes was thrown down from the city wall by the guards.
The thick wood kept rolling and madly crushing the attackers.
Ladders with large curved hooks were pushed toward the city wall by the fearless Tianliang elite soldiers and hooked tightly to the edge of the wall.
The soldiers of Da Zhao threw down cans of kerosene, setting the ladders on fire.
As the Tianliang soldiers climbed up, pieces of rubble fell down on them.
Fang Zheng's wolf-fang bat also fell, knocking down several people.
The sound of elephants' cries and snorts could be heard in the distance. Two elephants were slowly approaching, dragging two large battering rams that were three or four stories tall and as high as the city walls.
"Throw fire!"
The catapult threw out kerosene, drawing a meteor-like streak of light in the air; the clay pot hit the battering ram, and suddenly a large flame exploded.
But the battering ram, which was wrapped in a layer of fire-proof cloth, ignored it. The kerosene only burned the cloth black but failed to actually ignite and spread.
The elephant towing the truck suffered the most. Kerosene splashed all over its rough body, causing it to scream in agony.
But under the raging fire, its speed increased and it crashed straight into the city wall.
The sound of the battering ram and the elephant ram colliding was heard, and the battering ram below also fell on the city gate at the same time, and the huge rocks thrown over and the endless explosions filled the ears one after another.
Xi Heng had never thought that Tianliang would fight so fiercely from the beginning, as if they were going to capture the city on the first night just like the soldiers of Da Zhao had done before.
The huge battering ram was pressed against the city wall, and the elite soldiers hidden inside stretched out their spears and stabbed the defenders on the wall.
The defenders had no choice but to retreat. The top of the battering ram suddenly lifted up, turning into a wooden bridge connected to the city wall. Dozens of elite soldiers in armor jumped up directly and approached step by step with spears in hand.
A rain of arrows shot out, but were blocked by shields. Spears stabbed from behind, suppressing the position of the officers and soldiers.
Seeing that the city wall on the side seemed to be about to be breached, Xi Heng was about to draw his sword to provide support, but he heard a shout.
"The enemy general is here! The enemy general is here!"
She immediately turned around and ran quickly towards the source of the sound.
When Xi Heng quickly leaped to the city wall, a general from the Great Zhao had already arrived and was fighting with the enemy with a gun. After a few moves, it seemed that they were evenly matched.
She leaned forward and concealed her breath, and when the two dark-force warriors continued to fight, she suddenly flashed out from the side and raised her sword to kill them. With one move, her sword dropped a rain of blood, pointing directly at the enemy's neck.
The red line flashed violently, and coordinated with the thrusts of the Zhao generals' spears, it completely blocked the enemy's hiding place.
Seeing this, the enemy gritted his teeth and raised his left arm to block the long sword extended to Xi Heng.
The sword blade flashing with red light penetrated into the flesh, cutting through the skin and flesh and slicing through the tendons and bones. After cutting off the entire arm that was stronger than an ordinary person's thigh, it continued to move forward. When it touched the neck, a golden light suddenly appeared and the sword was blocked and stopped.
The red line passed, leaving only a red mark on the enemy's neck skin, and could not cut through the strange golden light.
The severed arm fell to the ground, and the enemy general immediately retreated, gritting his teeth and staring at the two generals of the Great Zhao, shouting: "You are outnumbered and you still want to launch a sneak attack. How despicable! If you have the guts, continue to fight!"
"This is a battlefield, not a martial arts competition." Xi Heng immediately moved forward with his sword again.
First, a blood-nail sword energy pierced towards the center of the eyebrows, and then he instantly followed with the sword energy to cut.
The enemy general only had time to defend against the sword energy, and when he saw Xi Heng approaching and raising his sword to defend himself, he was completely dominated by the initiative and could not fight back at all.
The extremely fierce sword moves poured in like a torrential rain, without stopping for a moment, with great beauty and variety, making the recipients at a loss for words and unable to defend themselves in just a few seconds. The moment the fight started, blood marks appeared on the opponent's body.
The enemy general could only try his best to protect his vital points at this moment. Not to mention counterattacking, even continuing to receive the attack was extremely difficult.
Gradually, more and more bloodstains appeared on his body, and blood was flowing all over his body, turning him into a bloody man.
The enemy general knew that if he continued to defend he would be defeated, so he could only fight with all his might and risk his life.
However, just as he gave up defense and swung his sword, the long sword in Xi Heng's hand pierced his heart directly.
The sword blade was pulled out again, spurting out a stream of thick blood.
The man had a face as hideous as a ghost, and he stared at her with his eyes wide open. The blade fell to the ground, and the man who was hit in the vitals fell down, bleeding continuously.
Xi Heng swung his sword and blood splattered everywhere.
Glancing back at another Great Zhao general beside him who had an unnatural expression and seemed to be standing there in a daze, Xi Heng turned around and immediately rushed to another battlefield.
……
Under the dim sky, the huge wooden stakes used for ramming cars were pushed hard by dozens of rebels, and slammed heavily into the wide and solid city gate with great force.
Ever since the siege actually began, every once in a while, there would be a banging sound coming from the city gate, like telling time.
