The Hasty Conclusion

This was undoubtedly a tactic Zhou Xu had provided, but he had not come up with it himself. During the border war with the Ratmen, after the fortress gates had been smashed down, Li Ce had used this move to hold the gate passage and prevent the Rat Tide from surging into the fortress.

With a slight adjustment, it had now been recreated on the battlefield before them.

Although they could not get up onto the walls, that did not stop them from using it on the ground.

Watching this scene from afar, Long Zhantian felt his entire heart jerk violently.

As the defending side earlier, their city gates had been forcibly blasted open in a short time. From that moment on, he had known that the enemy possessed a siege weapon with astonishing destructive power.

Yet he had not expected that weapon to appear in a defensive battle as well.

At the same time, the enemy's actions also shocked him.

Everyone knew that unless they took the initiative to send troops out to engage the enemy, it was exceedingly rare for the defending side to open the city gates of its own accord under normal circumstances.

After all, city gates were not ordinary doors that could be opened and closed with a casual pull or push.

To ensure their strength, city gates were generally made with an abundance of materials.

The direct result was that city gates were incredibly heavy.

Even with the help of the gate's own structure, which made opening and closing them relatively easier, the process usually required several soldiers to exert force together—and the efficiency still could not be considered high.

Under such circumstances, once the city gates opened during a siege, the enemy would swarm in, and the danger would increase severalfold.

However, Yellow