Chapter 408: Qingzhou City Falls, Star Fate Upgrades
"Great Commander, you and Commander Wan'er finally arrived in time."
Thirty miles outside the east gate of Qingzhou City, on the famous Juyang River, a large fleet was moving rapidly along the river.
On the fleet's flagship, the Jipin Dabao Ship, Liang Dingming excitedly spoke to Li Dingguo and Wan'er who had just landed on the deck riding two large golden eagles.
"Little Stone, you guys are so fast!"
Seeing that she had finally caught up with this important battle, Wan'er smiled and said, "As long as we capture Qingzhou City, where many aristocratic families gather, nearly half of the remaining territory of Qingzhou Prefecture will be within our grasp."
She was right.
The official army of Qingzhou Prefecture was not strong. Not only was there a crisscross of waterways, but the area was mostly plains, making it an important grain producing area in the Qi and Lu regions.
Unfortunately, last year a locust plague ravaged Qingzhou, so that this year people’s livelihood has been in decline and refugees can be seen everywhere.
In this land of Qi and Lu, the richest place is Yanzhou, which is also the next target of the army led by Xiao Shitou.
The reason why Li Dingguo had to come and meet Xiao Shitou in time was because he was going to launch an offensive against Yanzhou next.
The Kong family, entrenched in Qufu, Yanzhou, has been passed down for tens of thousands of years and has unfathomable heritage. Li Dingguo will naturally not take it lightly and must personally lead the army to attack.
It is rumored that the Kong family has a magical inherited artifact. Although it is not known whether it is true or not, if it is true, Xiao Shitou is likely to suffer a great loss.
"Of course!"
After Wan'er finished speaking, Little Stone nodded confidently, and then asked Li Dingguo, "Commander-in-chief, after the city is captured, how will the Heng family be dealt with?"
This question must be asked clearly first, otherwise the soldiers will be restricted and unable to perform their duties.
Although the Fuxing Army has been fighting in the Ming territory for so long, it has not been able to capture or even kill any prince alive.
Although the city of Datong had fallen into the hands of the Fuxing Army, the Dai Wang family had already heard the news and fled. Before the arrival of the Fuxing Army, the whole family left the city of Datong and headed south to Taiyuan Prefecture to seek refuge with the Jin Wang.
No one knows what happened to the Prince Heng's Mansion in Qingzhou. They didn't escape in advance and have remained in the city of Qingzhou.
"Humph!"
Li Dingguo's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said in a cold voice, "As long as they are enemies, no matter who they are, they will be killed!"
"These princes have enjoyed thousands of years of wealth and splendor, and are now like parasites of the Chinese race. It is time for them to pay the price."
The contemporary Prince Heng Zhu Youfu is not a good guy. According to the established history, he immediately surrendered to the Tartars after the Manchus entered the Pass. Then in the second year, the Tartars found an excuse to exterminate his entire family. It can be said that he brought this upon himself.
However, his retainer Li Shiyuan was a character and a staunch advocate of war, but unfortunately he followed the wrong master.
"After the city is captured, I will personally take action and let the soldiers attack the city without worry."
Li Dingguo also wanted to verify what changes would happen to his Pojun star destiny after he killed a prince and seized a ray of his true dragon luck.
This was also the reason why he immediately hurried on his journey and arrived here in time when he learned that the Fuxing Army was going to attack Qingzhou City.
"Oh, that's good."
Little Stone heaved a sigh of relief and finally put his mind at ease. "Our preparations for the siege are ready and we can start right away."
"slow!"
Wan'er interrupted and said, "After the fleet's psychic cannons launch a concentrated fire attack and break through the city defense formation, I will personally lead the soldiers to form a military killing formation and attack. We will try to defeat the defenders in the city and the ragtag army formed by the aristocratic families in one wave!"
Wan'er has not personally taken action since her cultivation level increased dramatically, but she has been eager to try. In this battle, she is ready to show her prowess and see how it works in actual combat.
"Yes! Commander."...
Xiao Shitou and the generals present at the scene quickly responded in unison.
Wan'er is the commander of the Restoration Army on the southeast coast. Her orders are military orders, so naturally no one will object to them.
A moment later, hundreds of large treasure ships that were ready for the attack, following Wan'er's order, launched a concentrated fire attack on the Qingzhou city ahead with hundreds of psychic cannons.
"boom!"
"Boom!"...
One after another, hot psychic light balls shot out from the shiny black muzzles, slammed into the protective light shield of the city defense formation, and then exploded violently!
However, the power of Qingzhou City's city defense formation is not comparable to that of ordinary towns. The glowing protective light shield flickered in brightness for a while and then quickly recovered.
In any case, this is a capital city ruled by a prince of the Ming Dynasty. It has a ray of true dragon luck, and the luck of tens of millions of people in the city has accumulated over the years. Its defense is several times greater than that of ordinary towns.
Even though the people's hearts are no longer in favor now, the power of the city defense formation is far less than that in the founding period, and it is not so easy to break through.
"Come again!"
Seeing this, Wan'er waved her hand vigorously, and the next wave of psychic cannon concentrated fire attack started again.
"Boom!"...
The deafening sound of artillery fire rang out again, wave after wave, making the large city defense formation covering an area of dozens of miles shake to the point of collapse, and the protective light shield flickered in uncertainty.
After three rounds and ten waves of psychic artillery concentrated fire, the huge city's defense formation could finally not bear it. The flickering light shield of the formation finally shattered and turned into star-like streams of light and disappeared!
"Humph! I thought they could hold out for a long time! But we managed to break through them in just half an hour!"
"Soldiers, follow me and attack!"
"Military killing array, start!"
Wan'er's face was filled with murderous intent. She let out a loud shout, and the energy in her body surged. Her enormous mental power instantly activated the military killing formation that had been prepared long ago.
"Roar!"
The military killing array composed of 200,000 soldiers led by her, the mid-level sixth-level commander, transformed into a gigantic white tiger beast that was seven hundred feet in size. It leaped up and walked on the river surface.
In just two leaps, the big white tiger had already leaped onto the city wall that was dozens of feet high, and launched a violent attack on the panicked enemy soldiers in front!
"Woooo..."
Golden blades of light spurted out from the bloody mouth of the white tiger like a violent storm, carrying unparalleled power, killing large numbers of enemy warriors on the city wall like mowing grass.
"what!"
"No!"
"The enemy is so strong, how can we stop them?"
"I surrender! Don't kill me!"
"Run! Run! Are you still staying here waiting to die?"... The government guards at the East City Gate, as well as the ragtag army of servants and guards gathered from the aristocratic families, have never seen such a powerful enemy before.
When they saw their companions in front of them being killed by the enemy in an instant by the thousands, they were so frightened that they immediately began to collapse and flee!
All of a sudden, there were cries and screams, and the scene was in chaos!
After Wan'er broke through to the middle stage of level six, she displayed her unrivaled power in her first killing spree. With one strike of her killing array magical power, the enemies were scared away in all directions.
"kill!"
"All warriors who have not laid down their weapons will be killed!"
Seeing that the enemy army had been defeated, Wan'er immediately lifted the military killing formation. With her order, 200,000 soldiers of the Renaissance Army formed a formation of 5,000 people each, and under the leadership of a number of Qi Refining Realm generals, they swept towards the four directions of the huge Qingzhou city!
"Dajin, go directly to the most magnificent Hengwang Mansion in South City!"
The moment the city was broken, Li Dingguo jumped up, came to the back of Dajin and gave it instructions.
In order to prevent the target from escaping from Qingzhou City during the chaos, Li Dingguo had to rush to Prince Heng's Mansion as quickly as possible.
"Chirp!"
With a neigh, Da Jin flapped his pair of huge wings, and leaped up from the flagship treasure ship, turning into a golden stream of light, shooting into the sky in the direction of South City.
The speed of Da Jin was so fast that it arrived above the majestic and towering buildings dozens of miles away in the blink of an eye. It took a quick look down and landed directly in front of a huge and magnificent palace.
The architectural styles of all the princely palaces of the Ming Dynasty were basically the same, without much difference. They were like a small imperial city and were extremely luxurious.
"It's over, it's over, it's over now!"
Prince Heng Zhu Youfu had just received a report from Li Shiyuan, the commander of the royal guards, that the capital of Qingzhou had been breached by the Fuxing Army. He was like an ant on a hot pan, frightened out of his wits.
"Your Majesty, we must escape from West City immediately to avoid the enemy's pursuit!"
Li Shiyuan remained calm and said to the frightened Zhu Youfu calmly, "Qingzhou City is so big. It will take at least a quarter of an hour for the Fuxing Army to reach here, which is enough time for us to escape from the city."
"Although we have 30,000 soldiers in our palace, we definitely can't defend it."
"The Restoration Army has always been invincible and has never been defeated. We cannot contend with them."
"The Qingzhou City, which was guarded by nearly a million warriors, couldn't even hold out for half an hour before it was breached by the enemy. If we don't leave immediately, it will be too late."
His tone was extremely helpless.
If Prince Heng Zhu Youfu had listened to his advice and given up the massive wealth accumulated by the Prince Heng's Mansion over generations and evacuated in time, how could this crisis have come?
But King Heng Zhu Youlang was a typical miser. He was unwilling to give up the foundation accumulated by successive King Hengs for thousands of years. He had been hesitating and reluctant to leave, and as a result, he had delayed until now.
This is a typical case of putting money before life.
If you can't even protect your life, what's the point of having so much wealth?
"Hey!"
Prince Heng looked around the magnificent Prince Heng Palace, and was so heartbroken that he almost vomited three liters of blood. With a pale face and trembling body, he waved his hands and said, "Go! Go quickly!"
"Shi Yuan, our family's safety is in your hands!"
Although he was greedy and timid, he was also a fourth-level martial arts practitioner and no fool. How could he not know that if he did not evacuate in time after the city was breached, his family's lives would be in danger?
The rumored Fuxing Army was extremely brutal and never spared any corrupt officials or gentry.
They in the Hengwang Mansion usually do too many evil and plundering things, so naturally they are the ones that must be eliminated by the Fuxing Army.
"Walk?"
"Where do you want to go?"
At this time, a golden light descended from the sky and landed not far in front of Zhu Youlang, who was wearing a python robe.
Li Dingguo said coldly on the back of the golden eagle, and then his mind moved, and the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell flashed out from the sea of consciousness.
He discovered that in the Prince Heng's Palace, which covered an area of more than ten miles in radius, there were quite a few people, as many as two or three hundred thousand!
Even if there are thirty or forty thousand warriors, they must go all out when they attack to avoid any unexpected events.
His most powerful group attack skill must be the sonic attack emitted by his innate artifact, the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell. It is most suitable for dealing with these enemies who are scattered and even unable to form a military formation because they were caught off guard.
"Dong dong..."
"Xuanhuang Chaos Bell, suppress and kill!"
His powerful spiritual thoughts urged the huge bell, his natal artifact that was suspended above his head, to emit a continuous bell sound in an instant.
Sound waves that penetrated directly into the souls of all living beings spread out like an invisible tsunami, with the main hall as the center, towards the entire Hengwang Mansion!
"what!"
"No!"……
With Li Dingguo's current cultivation level of the middle sixth level, he activated his innate artifact, the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell, to launch a large-scale sonic attack, the lethality of which reached an area of ten miles in radius!
How can we stop these enemy warriors without the protection of military formations and their own divine weapons?
Under the continuous sound of the bell, the enemy warriors in the Body Refining Realm and Qi Refining Realm had their souls shattered by the bell sounds, and they fell dead on the spot with blood coming out of all their seven orifices!
"hold head high!"
A magical scene appeared. A real dragon shadow flashed out from Zhu Youlang's body, shaking its head and tail and roaring at Li Dingguo. As a result, Zhu Youlang and dozens of people around him were not killed on the spot under the protection of this real dragon's luck.
“Is this the true dragon’s luck?”
"So magical?"
It was also the first time that Li Dingguo saw the power of the true dragon after its energy took shape. His eyes lit up and he immediately increased the attack power of the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell!
"Dong dong..."
This sudden and loud bell sound was beyond the defensive ability of this true dragon's luck. It let out an unwilling roar, and its two lantern-sized red dragon eyes dimmed in an instant, and then that wisp of spirituality was shattered.
"Roar!"
At this time, an even more magical scene appeared: a pitch-black vortex suddenly appeared above Li Dingguo's head, and directly swallowed up the phantom of the dragon of destiny whose spiritual power had been destroyed!
A dark yellow four-clawed dragon shadow quickly took shape above Li Dingguo's head. It raised its head and roared towards the sky, then disappeared into Li Dingguo's sea of consciousness in a lifelike manner!
"My luck has been upgraded and I have transformed into a dragon?"
Li Dingguo suddenly felt refreshed, as if a layer of dust had been wiped off his soul and he had broken free from invisible shackles. He was shocked!
"ah!"……
Without the protection of the phantom of the real dragon's luck, all the enemies at the scene, including Zhu Youlang, were swept by the attack of the exploding bells. They screamed one after another and fell to the ground with blood coming out of their seven orifices.
This includes Li Shiyuan, the leader of the household servants who has reached the late fifth level of cultivation.
In less than a cup of tea, the loud sound of the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell had already swept through the huge Hengwang Mansion, killing all the warriors inside with incredible precision!
Li Dingguo, who ended the battle quickly, was deeply surprised. He stood there motionless, and used a wisp of his spiritual consciousness to look at the golden finger panel that just appeared in his mind, marveling at it.
(End of this chapter)
