In front of Lidu City, the fighting continued. From all directions, the besieging Allied forces continued to launch strong attacks on Lidu City as if they had been beaten to death.
Following waves of soldiers, the Allies' huge ladder truck, this time, has been forced under the city gate and deployed the ladder.
"Climb the city, climb the city wall quickly!" Seeing this, a dozen of the allied generals looked excited with joy.
"Wei Ziying, go up the ladder!"
"Tianqing Camp, cover quickly!"
Under the strong attack, allied soldiers continued to use ladder trucks to quickly climb to the top of Lidu City.
"The meat army, where is the meat army!" Jin Bao blushed, raised his knife and roared. Pancheng was defeated, and he had just retreated from the front line. Fortunately, his master did not kill him and let him pay for his crime.
"General Jin, all the flesh troops are dead."
"Continue to conquer. All the people near Li Du City who are able to move will be recruited into the flesh army! Within tomorrow, I will see the flesh army go to the city!"
Under the ravines of Lidu City, corpses had already been filled. Not only the soldiers, but also the common people, most of them were still staring at the sky with their cloudy eyes open.
"Quickly, form a spear formation and stab the enemy down!"
The first group of Allied soldiers who arrived first faced the most brutal siege. The elite defenders of Li Ducheng quickly formed a spear formation, held their spears in their hands, roared and thrust forward. The allied soldiers who ascended first were stabbed into the abyss.
"Those under the city, bring up all the things needed to defend the city!"
Not only was it boiling water and gold juice, there were even huge rocks rolling down, and iron bars covered in burning kerosene. For a time, the Allied soldiers who boarded the city received a heavy blow. Even the ladder truck was shaken by the falling boulders.
"Push all the equipment over!"
"The scout camp sent an order to the Nanhai Alliance to attack the west gate. They said that the elites of Lidu City are all in the direction of the south gate. Order Zhao Di to attack at all costs and strive to break Lidu City within three days!"
Zuo Shiren, who was conducting, didn't bother to wipe the smoke from his face, and spoke hurriedly with a concentrated voice.
At the top of Lidu City, the Demon Queen stood silently for a long time before turning around and looking at an accompanying general behind her.
"Send an order to Jin Bao on my behalf. After repelling this wave, wait for the enemy forces to gather strength again. Then immediately prepare the war horses, burn the horse tails with kerosene, and use the fire horse strategy to break up the enemy phalanx outside the city."
"Master...these war horses are all rare and good horses."
"The terrain of Cangzhou is not conducive to cavalry. It is useless to keep it. If it is used as a fire horse, it can beat the enemy, so why not?"
"Go quickly."
General Pi tremblingly accepted the order and quickly left.
Ah Qi stood on the wall, silently holding his sword, his eyes extremely cold, and he kept scanning the enemy troops outside the city. If his master gave the order, he would not hesitate to charge into thousands of troops with a single sword.
…
On the bank of Xiangjiang River, Xu Mu sat in the camp and looked at the map on the desk.
Now, only the last three city gates remain in the Demon Queen's Cangzhou. Lidu City, the imperial capital, and Yijiang City. Among them, Li Ducheng was the largest guard in the imperial capital. After capturing Lidu City, they were actually approaching the imperial capital.
As for Yijiang City, they were just the people blocking Ma Yi. Even if Ma Yi captured it, he would have to bypass a large section of mountains and dense forests. It would not be cost-effective to capture the imperial capital from here.
"Captain, Master Huang is here again." Yin Hu walked in from outside.
"here we go again?"
Xu Mu frowned. A few days ago, Huang Daochong stabbed himself and almost let go. He hadn't been lying down for two days yet?
"Six Heroes, if I say a few more doubtful words, will he stab himself twice again?"
Yin Hu was startled, "Headmaster, I think we can give it a try."
"Try and die...go and let him in."
Although the Grain King did not show up, as for Lao Huang, to be honest, he was already on Xu Mu's suspect list. Regarding other information about the Grain King, Xu Mu has also written to ask Chang Shiro again.
Putting away the map, Xu Mu rubbed his forehead. For Huang Daochong, he can't see clearly now. He might be an old friend, but he is the most suspicious. Call it an enemy. Previously, he really helped Xi Shu and did a lot.
A gambler betting on troubled times? Maybe, someone else is the banker.
"Why is it so slow? Six Heroes, go and have a look."
Yin Hu nodded and walked out, and soon came back.
"Captain, you'd better go and see for yourself..."
Xu Mu paused, stood up and walked out of the tent. From a distance, he saw Lao Huang alone, walking tremblingly on crutches.
Not even a single person was seen.
…
"Ahem, bid farewell to the King of Shu. I will leave tomorrow to stay temporarily in Zhuyazhou in the South China Sea." Huang Daochong's voice was hoarse in the tent.
"It's a remote place, and I have acquaintances there, so I should be able to avoid trouble."
"Misfortune? What misfortune?" Xu Mu asked lightly, "Moreover, since we are seeking refuge, why don't we take any followers with us?"
"I don't want to use people from Kezhou. I have my own secret guards to protect me along the way."
Xu Mu hesitated for a moment, "Huang Family Master, I still don't understand. How can you avoid such troubles?"
I was suspicious and stabbed myself, and now I want to travel far away to seek refuge. What kind of logic is that?
"You went to Zhuya Prefecture, so what happens to Ke Prefecture?"
"There will be someone to take care of it." Huang Daochong sighed, "I dare not say anything else, but the King of Shu thinks about it. From the beginning to the end, I have never harmed the King of Shu."
"So, tell me, is there any relationship between the Grain King and you?"
"I said no, does King Shu believe it?"
"I don't believe it." Xu Mu shook his head.
"That's it. I can't escape this suspicion no matter what. I think King Shu must be wary of me now." Huang Daochong closed his eyes in pain, "But again, everything I do is for Protect the family. In the past four or five days, I encountered three rounds of assassinations in Kezhou."
"Are you the Food King? You should know that no matter what means I use, I will find out."
Huang Daochong lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before speaking.
"If I tell you, King Shu will promise me something."
"Please say."
"My legitimate son Huang Zhizhou, please ask the King of Shu to protect him."
"If he has nothing to do with this matter, I will promise you. So, you can tell it now."
Huang Daochong hesitated for a while, "The King of Shu asked me if I was the King of Grain. I can tell you, yes, or not."
"How to say?"
"I remember that the little strategist of Western Shu killed three Liangzhou generals before Yuguan."
"Does this matter?"
"Three people, but they all have the same name, Sanzhang." Huang Daochong sighed and stopped talking.
Only Xu Mu was left, lost in thought.
"If I don't die this time, I'll probably come back next year, and I'd like to ask the King of Shu to remember what he promised me."
"Who wants to kill you?"
Huang Daochong didn't answer, but stood up again holding the crutch.
"Now that you're gone, what will Kezhou do next?"
"I have dismissed many clan members, and the rest depends on God's will."
"Farewell, King Shu."
…
