Night fell.
Lightning flashed and thunder rolled above Taizhou as rain poured down.
Four hundred Wokou warships rapidly approached the coastline through the wind and rain.
Without cannon fire to suppress them, the Wokou brazenly entered firing range, then landed.
Thirty thousand men poured down the gangways, surging toward Taizhou like a tide!
Behind the warships, the mountain-sized Gyuki churned its eight tentacles, bursting out of the water toward the shore!
"Deputy commander, let us fight!"
Tang Xianhu, Taizhou's military defense commissioner, drew his saber. As he gazed at the beast, taller than the sails and larger than a mountain, fear filled him, but his fighting spirit rose. A beast like that would be unstoppable in a siege. They had to stop it before it reached the walls, or once it destroyed the defenses, the Wokou army would sweep straight in!
The other soldiers defending the city were terrified by the beast too. Their calves trembled and their faces turned deathly pale. None of them knew how to stop it.
It was too enormous, too powerful!
Without cannons, how could they defeat it?
"We cannot fight!"
Deputy Commander Lou Nan was also watching Gyuki, but he paid even closer attention to Wang Zhi and his companions overseeing the assault from the dragon ship. They were watching like predators. Gritting his teeth, Lou Nan said, "The Wokou came prepared. Gyuki is the feint, and Wang Zhi is ready to support it. If we leave the city, we will suffer a devastating blow! But although the weather is against us, Taizhou has strong, solid walls. We hold the advantage of terrain! As long as we hold out for reinforcements, they will have no way through! Pass my orders to the entire army: defend the city and kill the enemy!"
With a furious