Only one horse had come out to fight. How were they supposed to handle that?
However eager the Zhou Army was to score a victory, it would hardly vent its anger on a horse.
Logically, they should have charged in while the gates of Sishui Pass stood wide open. Even if it was risky, such an opportunity was rare for a besieging army. What if they succeeded?
But everyone had assumed an army was following behind the horse. It was not that they refused to take the risk-they simply had not reacted in time.
During that brief hesitation, the drawbridge was raised and the gates slammed shut again, as though keeping them open a moment longer would cost someone their life.
Seeing that no one was paying it any attention, the horse outside the pass took to its heels, leaving the Zhou Army unable to advance or retreat.
What were they supposed to do now?
Keep challenging the defenders?
Lei Zhenzi had shouted himself hoarse, only to summon a single horse.
Launch a frontal assault?
Difficult.
Lei Zhenzi was hamstrung, and how much of his strength he could bring to bear was still in question. Moreover, over a year had passed since King Zhou declared war on all nations. As the first barrier between Shang and Zhou, Sishui Pass surely had long since been stocked by its defending general with vast quantities of incendiary oil, rolling logs, falling rocks, and other formidable defensive weapons. A frontal assault was bound to cost them dearly.
Even Lei Zhenzi might not fare well amid so much incendiary oil. There might even be cannons obtained from Ancient Kunlun City.
The thought of those cannons made Nangong Shi's teeth chatter.
Those were divine weapons Chi You had used in his war against the Yellow Emperor