Chapter 394: When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter, and the battle is over
"Your Excellency."
On the top of the city wall at the north gate of Dengzhou Prefecture, Chen Hongfan looked at the more than one hundred large treasure ships neatly arranged on the sea ahead, with a flash of panic in his eyes. He anxiously said to Yang Wenyue beside him, "I never expected that the Fuxing Army's naval fleet would arrive outside the city so soon."
"Not only does the other party have two or three top-grade treasure ships, they also have nearly ten upper-grade treasure ships, and more than a hundred mid-grade treasure ships."
"The most terrifying thing is that I heard that all the psychic cannons of the Restoration Army are improved and upgraded. Not only are they more powerful than the ones we have here, but they also have very little recoil. Even medium-quality treasure ships can be easily equipped and used."
The Fuxing Army has made such a big fuss in the past year, so they naturally learned a lot of information about the Fuxing Army and Li Dingguo.
Let alone the Renaissance Army that is now causing trouble and conquering cities in Qin, even the Renaissance Army on Lingshan Island is extremely powerful.
After all, apart from the Fuxing Army, all forces of the current Ming Dynasty, including the government, do not have enough strength to defeat the two million elite Tartar army.
Such an incredible thing was easily accomplished by the Fuxing Army led by Li Dingguo.
Nearly three months have passed since the Later Jin Tartars who brazenly entered the Pass were completely defeated by the Fuxing Army, and the few remaining remnants fled out of the Pass in a panic.
The whole world was in an uproar at this time. Even the border provinces of the Ming Dynasty and the southern coastal areas began to spread the legend of Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army, causing an uproar!
From ancient times to the present, there has never been such a powerful rebel. His rise is too fast.
"Why panic!"
Yang Wenyue looked sullen and rebuked Chen Hongfan, "As the commander-in-chief of Denglai, you should calm down at this moment and command your soldiers to find ways to defend this state city!"
"We have already activated the city defense formation ahead of time, and have previously completed a comprehensive overhaul of the city defense formation. With the morale of the army and the people high, the power of the city defense formation has been enhanced to its maximum, and the defense is unprecedented!"
"Although the attacking Restoration Army has many psychic cannons, it is impossible for them to break through the city defense formation of Dengzhou Prefecture so quickly."
"Behind the North City Water Gate, there are nearly one million warriors gathered from various aristocratic families, wealthy merchants and tycoons. Their number far exceeds that of the attacking Renaissance Army soldiers. What is there to be afraid of?"
What Yang Wenyue said was correct. At this moment, nearly one million warriors gathered near the North City Water Gate.
Although these warriors are gathered from various large and small forces in the city and can be described as a motley crowd, as long as the morale of the army is stable and they dare to fight against the Renaissance Army, they can play a big role.
A swarm of ants can kill an elephant; this is an unchanging truth.
The prerequisite is that the soldiers of this ragtag army do not panic and are determined to fight the enemy to the death.
This really tests the importance of having a qualified commander.
Chen Hongfan, as the chief military officer in Dengzhou Prefecture, was now at a loss of his composure, which made Yang Wenyue very angry.
"When was I afraid?"
Chen Hongfan also wanted to save face. He rolled his eyes at Yang Wenyue and said, "Am I not explaining the strength of the Fuxing Army?"
"Master Futai, don't you know that the psychic cannons and spiritual crossbows of the Restoration Army are far more powerful than our similar cannons and spiritual crossbows?"
"Forget it. I won't argue with you. I still have to command the soldiers to do a good job of defense."
Faced with the crisis of death and annihilation of his clan, Chen Hongfan stopped pretending and was no longer submissive to Yang Wenyue as he had been before.
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and left, leaving Yang Wenyue fuming with anger.
"I'm pissed off too!"
"These bastards! When the Restoration Army retreats, I will definitely report this to His Majesty!"
The civil servants, who had always been high and mighty, had a sense of superiority, but this time they were disobeyed by Chen Hongfan in front of everyone. As a traditional civil servant, Yang Wenyue was naturally furious.
"Ok?"
"Where's Wu Jieyou?"
At this time, he discovered that his most trusted aide Wu Jieyou was not around, so he hurriedly asked Yang Tianyou beside him.
"Uncle, Wu Jieyou said an hour ago that he followed your instructions and went out of the city with a large group of people, along with housekeeper Wu Bo, to protect Brother Tai and Brother Shan."
Yang Tianyou looked at Yang Wenyue in confusion and said in astonishment.
"This……"
Yang Wenyue was stunned and speechless for a moment.
He never imagined that the person he trusted most would betray him at this critical moment, and found an excuse to flee from this desperate city of Dengzhou with his family.
When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. That's what they say.
"Hey……"
He closed his eyes, raised his head and sighed, and said, "Forget it, everyone has their own aspirations, and you can't force them."
He was very clear about Wu Jieyou's vision and ability to do things. Since even he was not optimistic about this battle to defend the city, it meant that the defeat of this battle was inevitable.
"God bless you."
Yang Wenyue was in despair and found that there was no one around him, so he gritted his teeth and said to Yang Tianyou, "You should also leave the city from the south gate alone and catch up with Tai'er and the others. From now on, you can live in the small village we chose earlier."
"Before the final outcome of the struggle between the Fuxing Army, the Ming Dynasty, and the Houjin Tartars comes out, don't get involved again."
"We are a motley crowd, unable to even unite against the enemy. We are already defeated and powerless to turn the tide."
"I will die in this battle, and that will be my fulfillment of the emperor's great grace."
Yang Tianyou is the orphan left behind by his younger brother and the last bit of blood of his younger brother's lineage. Yang Wenyue doesn't want to see him die without any value.
"Uncle, you..."
Yang Tianyou, who was originally full of confidence, turned pale and said with a trembling voice, "The warriors and soldiers here are several times more than the Renaissance Army. Can't we defeat them?"
"Uncle, I won't leave. Let's go together!"
Although he was young, he was well aware that his uncle's vision was rarely wrong.
He couldn't be a fool as he was able to cultivate to the middle stage of level five. After a little thought, he realized that Yang Wenyue's concerns were most likely true.
"God bless!"
Since Yang Wenyue had already made up his mind, he naturally did not allow his nephew to refute him, "Are you not going to listen to your uncle's words?"
"You are the only blood of the second branch of the Yang family. You have not married or had children yet. You are not responsible for anything but the responsibility of continuing the Yang family!"
"Hurry up! Go home and pack your things immediately, then sneak quietly near the south gate. Once the city defense formation is broken, rush out of the city gate immediately to find Tai'er and Shan'er and protect them until they grow up!"
"Whether our Yang family can continue in the future depends entirely on you!"
"Our Yang family has a long history, passed down from the Yellow Emperor, and originated from the Ji family. We must not let the bloodline of our ancestors be cut off from now on!"
At this critical moment, Yang Wenyue could not care less and angrily said to Yang Tianyou. He was not wrong.
Almost all the people with the surname Yang in the Ming Dynasty originated from the direct bloodline of Emperor Huangdi in ancient times, not just Yang Wenyue's lineage.
"uncle!"
Yang Tianyou's eyes turned red, his eyes were bloodshot, and his lips trembled, but he didn't know how to persuade his uncle to go with him.
He knew Yang Wenyue's character very well. Since he had decided to sacrifice his life for his country, there was no way he would change his mind.
After looking into Yang Wenyue's determined eyes, Yang Tianyou seemed to have lost all his energy and spirit. In a trance, he jumped off the city wall on the North City Water Gate and flew towards home.
He was not stupid and knew very well that it would be difficult to escape from the city under the current circumstances.
It is rumored that Li Dingguo, the commander-in-chief of the Fuxing Army, owns a level six golden eagle, which is extremely powerful.
As long as Li Dingguo personally led the army to attack the city, the level 6 golden eagle would inevitably carry out a comprehensive blockade in the sky.
Once the city defense formation is broken, the big golden eagle will reach the sky above Dengzhou City and hunt down all humans, as well as spiritual beasts and birds, who want to escape from the city!
Fortunately, he killed a group of Japanese pirates several years ago and obtained the pirates' special skill "Invisibility" from them. Now he has practiced this unconventional life-saving skill to perfection.
As long as you are careful, there is still a great chance of avoiding the pursuit of the level 6 golden eagle in the sky.
After all, once the defense formation of Dengzhou City is breached, there is no telling how many core members of the aristocratic families, wealthy merchants and tycoons will suddenly rise up and rush out of the city.
No matter how powerful the level six golden eagle was, it was impossible for it to hunt down all the warriors fleeing out of the city.
Moreover, compared with the core members of those aristocratic families, Yang Tianyou is definitely the strongest among them, and he has perfect-level life-saving magic at his disposal, so it is not so easy for him to be discovered and targeted by the sixth-level golden eagle.
As for why both Yang Wenyue and Yang Tianyou believed that the enemy in this battle must be led by Li Dingguo himself?
As long as Li Dingguo is still in this land of Qi and Lu, it would be strange if he did not come in person to preside over such an important siege of Dengzhou City!
Seeing that his nephew Yang Tianyou had left obediently, Yang Wenyue let go of the last bit of worry in his heart, and his mood instantly became calm.
He began to personally lead the soldiers of the Du Biao Battalion and stand ready for battle on the water gate tower in the north city.
Yang Wenyue is proficient in both civil and military affairs, and is now a mid-level fifth-level practitioner. He personally leads Yang Tianyou to conduct various training for the soldiers in this Du Biao Battalion. Naturally, he is familiar with the military killing formations that the soldiers mainly practice.
Under his leadership, the combat effectiveness of this Du Biao Battalion was no less than when it was led by Yang Tianyou.
"boom!"……
At this time, the Fuxing Army fleet, which had already approached to the sea fifteen miles outside the north gate of Dengzhou City, had just finished forming its battle array. With an order from the commander of the firearms battalion on each of the large treasure ships, hundreds of psychic cannons launched a concentrated fire attack mode towards the city defense formation ahead!
"Boom!"...
One after another, scorching hot and dazzling psychic shells shot out from the high-raised black muzzles, slamming into the protective light shield of the city defense formation that was flashing with colorful light, and then exploded with a deafening bang!
Dengzhou Prefecture City is worthy of being the super fortress city with the most powerful defense in the land of Qi and Lu. Its defense can be ranked among the top three even in the entire land of Qi and Lu.
After enduring this wave of concentrated fire from hundreds of psychic cannons, the protective light shield stood still, only flashing a few times before returning to its original state.
This situation had long been anticipated by the commanders of both sides, and the soldiers had also anticipated it and appeared calm.
But this round of ten waves of concentrated fire attacks by the Renaissance Army has just begun.
As soon as one wave of attacks stopped, the next wave of concentrated fire attacks was launched again.
Amid the continuous explosions of psychic cannons, a round of ten waves of concentrated fire attacks finally ended.
At this time, the protective light shield of the city defense formation was flickering in and out, and the light seemed to be noticeably dimmer.
In all the towns of the Ming Dynasty, the energy used to drive the city defense formations was the luck and fortune of the military and civilians in the city.
In the last years of the dynasty, the combined luck and power of the military and civilians was limited. Every time they endured a wave of concentrated fire from psychic artillery, a lot of luck and power would be consumed, and it was impossible to sustain it for long.
Although Dengzhou City is huge, with nearly 10 million soldiers and civilians gathered in the city, the luck gathered by the special magic weapon is not infinite.
Judging from the intensity of the round of concentrated fire attack that just ended, after two more rounds of concentrated fire attacks launched by hundreds of psychic cannons, the city defense formation will undoubtedly be broken.
The psychic cannons equipped by the Restoration Army far exceed the cannons of the same level of other forces in terms of both range and attack power.
What's more, now it is a concentrated fire attack launched by hundreds of psychic cannons, the intensity of which is unprecedented in the history of Dengzhou City.
"boom!"……
As the government soldiers and the servants and guards on the city wall watched in despair and fear, the next round of ten waves of concentrated fire attacks was launched again!
"Boom!"...
As wave after wave of psychic shells exploded on the city defense formation, the formerly towering and motionless protective light shield finally underwent very obvious changes, its light becoming dimmer and dimmer, and it seemed to be crumbling!
"Crackling..."
When the third round of ten waves of concentrated fire from hundreds of psychic cannons was about to end, the protective light shield of the fortress city could no longer hold on. It shattered and turned into star-like lights, disappearing in an instant!
"Seven Star Bagua Formation, turn!"
"Killing array magic, activate!"...
The moment the city defense formation of Dengzhou Prefecture was broken, three military killing formations consisting of 60,000 people, led by Li Dingguo, He Lijing and Xiao Shitou, were immediately mobilized!
"Roar!"
A dark yellow bell that is five hundred feet in size, a blue phoenix divine bird that is four hundred feet in size, and a black tortoise divine beast that is four hundred feet in size, all took shape almost at the same time!
Led by the huge dark yellow bell, carrying unparalleled divine power, at the moment the killing formation was activated, it jumped off the treasure ship and rushed towards the huge Dengzhou City!
The mere distance of fifteen miles was crossed in an instant, and then it flew to the gate tower of the North City Water Gate, launching a violent attack on the large number of enemy troops gathered there!
"A dark yellow bell! This is the iconic magical power of the bandit chieftain Li Dingguo!"
"It's over. I heard that Li Dingguo is already a level six expert. Now that he has come in person, how can we possibly defeat him?"
"Yes, yes! Even Huang Taiji, who is also a level six warrior, led a million troops but couldn't defeat Li Dingguo. What should we do?"
"Run! Are you waiting to die here if you don't run?"...
The government soldiers and the servants and guards who were standing on full alert on the huge city wall were so frightened when they saw the terrifying dark yellow bell approaching, and they shouted in fear!
This reputation that terrified the enemy had actually been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people after Li Dingguo defeated the million-strong Tatar army led by Huang Taiji and Yuetuo respectively, and it had a very powerful and ferocious reputation.
It was normal for the official army, which was afraid of the Later Jin Tartars like a tiger, and the ragtag army composed of servants and guards to be afraid before the battle.
"Dong dong..."
After the huge Xuanhuang Chaos Bell rang, instantly destroying an army composed of tens of thousands of servants and guards, these ragtag troops, who were already unwilling to fight, miraculously collapsed!
"Escape!"
"Don't block the way, let me go first!"
"Go to hell! Why should I let you go first?"
"The Restoration Army is so powerful, if we don't run away now, wouldn't it be suicide if we stay?"
"It's over! We can't beat Li Dingguo at all! He just killed those ten thousand warriors like he was killing chickens and ducks!"...
Yang Wenyue and Chen Hongfan, who were preparing to lead their soldiers into battle, felt a situation of collapse: the miscellaneous troops gathered in the upper and lower areas of the huge city wall were frightened and scattered, fleeing for their lives in all directions like headless flies!
This dramatic scene made Yang Wenyue and Chen Hongfan feel cold and panicky, and they fell into deep despair...
(End of this chapter)
