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Chapter 357: The Fall of the City
Chapter 357: The Fall of the City
September 25, 2017
Different, completely different!
The offensive organized by Ding Yuan brought a level of pressure to Gao Shun that was entirely unlike what Zhang Yan had faced.
Although the troops seemed to be the same, the intensity and rhythm of the attack were on a whole different level.
Previously, when Zhang Yan was on the offensive, Gao Shun had an easy time dealing with it, but now he could clearly feel the pressure.
This gap, aside from the influence of the general's command attributes, was also due to Ding Yuan's extensive battle experience, which played a significant role.
However, regardless of the circumstances, Gao Shun was on the defending side, and he had a natural advantage. Even though he might have fewer men, he had various defensive resources at his disposal. Despite Ding Yuan's well-organized and powerful assault, after more than two hours of continuous attacks, Gao Shun still managed to keep them from breaching the city walls.
"Who's leading the defense over there? It's incredibly tight!"
Ding Yuan watched the siege with surprise in his eyes. This fort had already given him quite a few surprises, from Dian Wei, who could withstand several waves of Lu Bu's attacks, to the top-tier Mechanized Beast, and now Gao Shun, who could hold his own against Ding Yuan's offensive. Ding Yuan had thought he knew this fort well enough, but he realized he might have underestimated them.
"The enemy has managed to hold out this long. It'll be difficult to take the walls with such a fierce assault in a short time."
Ding Yuan frowned and turned to ask someone beside him, "How's Fengxian doing? Can he still fight?"
"Your Highness, General Lu was hit once, but fortunately, he had his armor on. Although the armor is damaged, he himself is unharmed," the person beside him replied.
"Good, then. Send my armor to him and have him prepare. As soon as the siege tower approaches the wall, launch the attack!" Ding Yuan looked at the siege tower struggling to advance below Lu HaiKong's walls, a cold smile on his lips. "Mechanized Beasts like this aren't exclusive to their clan!"
"Yes, sir." The man was about to announce the order.
"Wait..." Ding Yuan suddenly stopped him, hesitating for a moment before shaking his head.
"Never mind, it's nothing. You may go."
Once his order was conveyed, a hint of unease appeared on Ding Yuan's face, an anxiety he shouldn't have felt with the advantage in his hands. He quickly suppressed this unease.
The source of Ding Yuan's anxiety was actually a person, someone he had placed by Lu Bu's side—his own son, the unusual Ding Li.
Ding Li was currently with Lu Bu's forces, and Ding Yuan was well aware of the dangers Lu Bu's troops would soon face. For a moment, he considered withdrawing Ding Li, but in the end, he suppressed the thought.
If you always pull your son out of harm's way at the first sign of danger, who will fight to the death for you?
Ding Yuan pushed his anxiety aside and continued commanding the battle, but his tactics began to subtly shift.
This change was very subtle, evolving bit by bit. The assault on the walls remained fierce, and most people wouldn't notice anything different in this gradual transformation, like a frog being slowly boiled.
Gao Shun only realized the shift in Ding Yuan's tactics after some time, but by then, Ding Yuan's siege tower had already reached the walls beneath Lu HaiKong.
On the other side, Lu Bu had donned Ding Yuan's armor, and his cavalry unit was assembled.
"Huh? What's Lu Bu up to, mounting his horse at this time?"
Could they possibly breach the city gates?"
Perched atop the wall, Lu HaiKong had been observing Gao Shun's command of the battle from a distance when he suddenly spotted Lu Bu mounting his warhorse, followed by a cavalry force numbering around one or two thousand gathering behind him. Immediately, Lu HaiKong sensed that something was amiss.
However, this realization came a bit too late. All he could do was watch as Lu Bu's cavalry gradually approached the wall, leaving him clueless about their intentions.
"My lord, the enemy's strategy is clearly centered around their siege engine!" Gao Shun's timely reminder caught Lu HaiKong's attention.
Lu HaiKong's gaze narrowed in on the siege engine approaching the city gate, and with a quick divination technique, he discerned its purpose.
Offensive Siege Engine
Item Type: Siege Weapon
Item Function: Wall Destruction
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"That's it!" Lu HaiKong's eyes gleamed with determination. "Dian Wei, smash that siege engine for me!"
"Yes, sir!"
Upon receiving the order, Dian Wei turned and lifted a boulder over a meter in diameter. Standing atop the wall, he took aim at the siege engine.
"You won't get away with this!"
From a distance of five hundred meters, Lu Bu, who had already arrived, witnessed this scene. His eyes widened, and he drew a seemingly high-grade bow and arrow from his mount. Drawing the bow, he aimed and fired an arrow at Dian Wei.
In the blink of an eye, Lu HaiKong's Moon-Chasing Bow was drawn once more, his entire body enveloped in a radiant purple aura. "Moonlit Arrow!" he cried.
Instantly, a dazzling purple beam of light shot forth, intercepting Lu Bu's arrow mid-flight.
It was a surreal sight. Lu HaiKong's Moonlit Arrow was the ultimate technique of the Moonlit Arrow Method, requiring an immense amount of internal energy to unleash. Lu HaiKong could only release this arrow by harnessing the power of Purple Aura Ascension.
The power of this arrow was truly formidable, but when it collided with Lu Bu's casually fired arrow, both arrows seemed to annihilate each other simultaneously. It appeared to be a stalemate, yet it was merely a casual shot from Lu Bu, while Lu HaiKong struggled to unleash such an attack again.
However, there was no need for another volley. Dian Wei's boulder had already been hurled, smashing heavily into the siege engine and reducing it to rubble.
"Excellent! Now, let's see what you can do!" Lu HaiKong laughed.
At almost the same moment, a smile also spread across the lips of Ding Yuan, the leader of the local forces.
"These guys are not to be underestimated. If I hadn't devised a strategy, even with our mechanical beasts, breaching the walls would not have been easy."
As Ding Yuan's words fell, beneath Lu HaiKong's wall, a team of Ding Yuan's soldiers pushed a seemingly insignificant small cart to a corner of the wall. This ordinary-looking cart suddenly came to life.
The cart transformed like a robot, becoming a terrifying mechanical creature adorned with blades all over its body. Before anyone could get a clear look at it, the machine had already attached itself to the wall and begun spinning rapidly.
"Mechanical Siege Beast! This thing is worth over a million gold, and using it to open your gates is a fair trade-off."
Ding Yuan laughed as the mechanical beast sprang into action.
Simultaneously, after spinning for several dozen rounds, the mechanical beast exploded, taking with it a section of the wall that stood five meters high and three meters wide.
Well-prepared, Lu Bu led his cavalry in a charge.
An unprecedented crisis had finally arrived for the mountain stronghold...
(End of Chapter)
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