Chapter 1425
Siege and Trapping
Chapter 1425 Siege and Trapping
"Strip them naked, cut off their flesh, and create a nursery." After the general gave the order, the divine disciples and great healers, dressed in large cloaks, immediately sprang into action.
Hiss hiss hiss.
More than a dozen pieces of flesh were cut off, and some foul-smelling blood containing bacteria and toxins was poured into the wound.
"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!" The Easterners cried out in pain, but no one paid them any attention and continued with the next step.
"Send him to the Firefly Beast Chamber."
At a command, the divine healers performed a strange ritual and then stuffed the people from the east into large wooden cages.
Chirp chirp chirp!
Startled by the sight of blood, the rabbit-sized fire beast pounced on the Easterners, tearing and chewing at their bodies with a hissing sound.
Ouch! The Easterner was in so much pain that he kept bending over and struggling to drive away the so-called fire beasts (which were actually marmots and big black rats).
However, the Easterners had already been drugged. They struggled with all their might, but the commotion they made only caused them to move their bodies slightly, which did not harm the Firefly Beast at all.
Before long, they were eaten alive by rats and turned into bloody messes.
Then, they felt an itch all over their bodies, as if a swarm of insects had jumped onto them, sucking their blood and making nests on them.
What is that?!
The people in the east were terrified, but the only response they received was the squeaking of rats.
"Give these Eastern fools life-extending drugs, lest they die and fail to become bacteria growers," the officer ordered in the secret chamber.
The divine healers immediately instructed the ordinary healers to carry out the task. After just three doses of medicine, this group of easterners were completely transformed into living dead, lying in large cages, using their own flesh and blood to nourish the Firefly Beast and produce Firefly Poison.
But they were still conscious, and because their bodies could not move, their minds were still extremely clear.
They heard a lot of things...
"General Aror, the 1012th batch of Firefly Poison has been cured. The lumps on both cheeks are very large, suppurating, and have a high fever. They can be released from their cages."
"There aren't enough wild slaves. We need to have the First Prince bring in another batch of fools from the East so they can come into contact with the mature Flame Poison Body."
“Alright, this royal officer will report to the Crown Prince and ask him to send another ten thousand fools from the East... The Wilderness Slaves are more useful than them, and they look more like our Eastern Desert people. We can't kill all the Wilderness Slaves.”
A barbarian slave?
Are they the savages from the coldest part of the Eastern Desert?
It turns out that in the eyes of the true people of the Eastern Desert, the Eastern people are not even as good as a group of savages... It's ridiculous that the Eastern people would laugh at the barbarians of the cold land whenever they had the chance, saying that although their lives were not as good as those of the true people of the Eastern Desert, they were more noble than the barbarians.
But it turns out, hahaha, the people of the Eastern Desert are even more protective of the Wilderness Slaves!
……
Thump thump thump, thump thump thump!
On September 21st, at daybreak, the enemy's drums sounded loudly. One hundred vanguard troops, each with a thousand men, totaling one hundred thousand, began to sweep towards the capital city in a semi-circular encirclement.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
The catapult hurled flints forward, which landed heavily, creating deep craters.
After the flint struck the stone more than ten times...
Rumble rumble rumble!
It was the ambush site where a flint struck a thunderbolt, igniting the thunderbolt.
Hearing the explosion, Da Gan and his men were heartbroken: "Another one of our Heavenly Thunder weapons has been wasted." Xi Qin Erqin, however, was overjoyed: "Hahaha, the gods protect the Eastern Desert! So what if the Grain Wei has powerful weapons? They still can't harm the heroes of the Eastern Desert!"
As the leader of the vanguard, the fourth prince was scolded by the first prince for delaying the march. Today, he also rode in a large chariot and followed behind Xiqinerqin to personally command and watch the enemy's sweep.
Seeing this, he was pleased that the Heavenly Thunder Weapon had failed to harm the Eastern Desert soldiers, but he was also very jealous that the Heavenly Thunder Weapon did not belong to their Eastern Desert.
"Pass down the order to speed up the sweep! After clearing the area around the capital city, the army can advance, break through the capital city, capture the thief Qin Xiaomi, roast this poisonous girl, and reclaim the divine thunder weapon bestowed upon the Eastern Desert!" The enemy's fourth prince, eager to acquire the weapon, immediately issued the order to expedite the sweep.
The enemy messenger immediately spurred his horse and shouted the order.
The enemy troops from the Eastern Desert were also eager to enter the city and enjoy their spoils. Upon hearing the military order, they immediately set off and swept towards the capital city.
The clanging and clattering sound was the noise of dozens of enemy soldiers pushing a large iron millstone forward, crushing it into various buildings.
Boom!
Heavy iron rollers, weighing several hundred kilograms, crashed into village houses and sentry posts on the outskirts of the city from a distance. The buildings collapsed with a loud thud.
Rumble rumble rumble!
As the massive iron roller rolled over the ground, its weight repeatedly triggered the mechanisms of the buried weapons. The thunderous weapons exploded, but they only scorched the soil and failed to harm a single enemy soldier, let alone destroy the hundreds-of-pounds-weight iron roller.
Boom!
The enemy also set fire to everything in sight... tents, granaries on the outskirts of the city, village houses, and firewood that hadn't been moved into the city were all set ablaze, burning fiercely.
It was truly a locust swarm that swept through, leaving not a single survivor.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One after another, large iron rollers slammed into the base of the fifth watchtower. After more than ten times, the base was broken. The watchtower creaked and groaned as it began to collapse. The tower swayed and wobbled. A moment later, the ten-meter-high fifth watchtower tilted toward Mianfushan.
Boom!
The massive watchtower crashed heavily to the ground, shattering into pieces, and thousands of taels of silver were lost just like that.
On the city wall of the capital, General Chu and his men looked at the collapsed fifth watchtower and asked anxiously, "Have Commander Jiang and Commander Zhong returned? Old Yu, have your men been keeping an eye on the fifth watchtower? Have they seen Commander Jiang and the others come down from the watchtower?!"
Commander Yu bowed slightly and said, "Reporting to the general, my sentries have been keeping an eye on that area, but it's too far away to see clearly... With Commander Jiang's intelligence, he must have already led his troops to hide. There will be no problem, so please rest assured."
"How can I be at ease?" General Chu roared. "Once the enemy passes the fifth watchtower, they will be trapped inside the enemy's formation. Even if they manage to kill one or two enemy officers by taking advantage of the distance, they won't be able to break through and return to the city. They'll be chopped into mincemeat by the enemy!"
Commander Jiang, Commander Zhong, and Commander Gan are all capable generals. If they all perish outside the city, the Wei army will be ridiculed to death.
Yu Qianhu: "..." Now we're already in battle, what else can we do? We can only wait for news.
"General Chu, the enemy has begun their attack on the city?!" came the voice of Deputy General Lang. He was so worried after hearing the news that he couldn't help but climb up the city wall to ask about the situation.
As for General Liang, he lives in a row of houses inside the city wall, very close to the city tower, so he has been temporarily entrusted to Old Man Xun for care.
Liang Zhi was detained by the Imperial Guards in a house next to Wu Garden, preventing him from venturing here. This infuriated Liang Zhi, who is now on a hunger strike, wanting to come here to fight a defensive battle.
Unfortunately, his hunger strike failed to achieve its goal. When it was mealtime, the imperial guards would force-feed him soup.
General Chu quickly informed Deputy General Lang of the situation and that Jiang Dalang and the others had not yet returned to the city. He then urged him, "Deputy General Lang, you must go down and stay with General Liang immediately. His safety is of utmost importance. He cannot be separated from trusted people, otherwise, if something happens, there will be endless trouble."
Deputy General Lang's heart sank as he looked at the location of the fifth watchtower... The watchtower was gone, and that area was now filled with densely packed enemy troops. Da Lang and the others were likely in grave danger.