The city walls could be repaired, but the fear in the soldiers' hearts could not.
When the twenty-thousand-strong army marched grandly into Chonghe County, the entire county fell into chaos.
The defending commander hurriedly ordered people to prepare supplies for defending the city—rolling logs, boulders, dry firewood, huge cauldrons, and the like. He did not even care that it was nearly evening, and began frantically mobilizing troops.
Guan Yu's side was even more ruthless. They had no intention of setting up camp at all. Their goal was to catch the enemy off guard.
By the time the army reached the base of the walls, more than two hundred siege ladders were already prepared. Seeing the soldiers charge forward while carrying the ladders, the defending commander turned pale with fright. Wasn't the plan to set up camp first?
Why were they in such a hurry?!
The surprise attack completely disrupted the defenders' deployment, especially since the men leading the charge were the two fierce generals Wei Yan and Guan Ping.
Under the cover of the battlefield aura, even Wei Yan, who had reached the externalized Qi realm, could not fly directly onto the city wall. But that did not stop him from lightly borrowing the force of a siege ladder and becoming the first to climb onto the wall.
He was practically Guan Yu's number-one fan. He wore the same armor as Guan Yu, wielded the same Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and had the same fiery-red face. Apart from his shorter beard, he was almost exactly a living Guan Yu.
The Green Dragon Crescent Blade swept through the air, instantly clearing the defenders within several meters of him.
Seeing their commander so ferocious, the large numbers of soldiers following behind charged onto the walls even faster than they had during training.