" Lan Zhan!"
" Lan Zhan, where are you?"
Turning around, Ni Shu saw Lan Zhan staring blankly at one side, which Nishu him.
Following his gaze, Nishu's face turned deathly pale.
The city wall, which was supposedly impervious to swords and blades, had actually had one of its battlements shattered by the explosion just now, causing him to break out in a cold sweat instantly.
Lan Zhan looked utterly desperate and cried out, "General, this thing can not only inflict area-of-effect damage on our troops, but it can also destroy fortifications! We're in big trouble now!"
"This..."
"Damn it, what is this thing?"
Nishu's heart skipped a beat, and his face immediately turned ugly.
This thing can blow up the battlements, which means it can also destroy the city walls, meaning all my efforts over the years have been in vain.
He felt incredibly bitter. No wonder Lin Yi's Net hadn't reacted when he secretly bought so much cement; Lin Yi must have foreseen this. This guy was simply terrifying.
No wonder Zhennan was destroyed so quickly before. The enemy had such powerful things that the city walls couldn't stop them at all, Zhennan naturally couldn't resist them.
Seeing the fear in the soldiers' eyes, Nishu knew that morale would collapse if things continued like this, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and personally take the lead to bolster the morale of the troops.
He shouted, "Brothers, don't be afraid!"
"Although this thing is incredibly powerful, as long as we're careful to dodge, the enemy can't do anything to us. The enemy is just there to cover our attackers; as long as we don't let them get close, we'll win!"
He had just witnessed it; at the same time as the enemy's mysterious weapon attacked, their siege forces had already launched a counterattack, making their intentions self-evident.
Since it's just a cover, it's destined not to be the enemy's main fighting force, so it should be gone soon.
"Yes!"
The generals dared not disobey orders and could only grit their teeth and persevere.
However, the thought had barely formed when the artillery bombardment from the Great Liang side began in earnest, with a deluge of shells raining down upon them.
Rumble!
The poor archers, who were waiting for the approach of the Great Liang army, were instead met with hundreds of exploding cannonballs instead of Great Liang soldiers. They were instantly blown to pieces, suffering heavy casualties.
Nishu was preparing to organize his soldiers to counterattack, and just as he was about to fire an arrow, he saw a round object flying through the air, heading straight for him.
Startled, his pupils contracted, and he quickly rolled to the side.
The next moment, a deafening explosion rang in his ears, making Nishu deaf. Then came excruciating pain from his arm, causing him to break out in a cold sweat.
Just as he was about to stand up, he saw countless spheres flying towards him. He immediately hid in a nearby fortification, narrowly escaping disaster.
Rumble!
The deafening roar of explosions filled the air, plunging Nishu into despair. His army was likely suffering heavy losses; under such a concentrated attack, few would survive.
After the explosions subsided, he gritted his teeth, stood up, and prepared to direct his soldiers to fire on the invading enemy.
When he stood up, he was completely dumbfounded.
The once impregnable city wall was blown out of shape, with gaps appearing in many places and some areas being completely razed to the ground.
The once densely packed archers had all fallen, leaving only a few screaming hysterically, clearly also severely wounded.
Seeing this, Nishu's heart sank.
He couldn't help but say bitterly, "Damn it, why is it that we're all powerful nations, yet you have such weapons? This is completely unreasonable!"
If Frostwest is backward, that's one thing, but even the Great West Empire doesn't have this thing. Even the Great Ning didn't have it before. Why does your Great Liang have it? Isn't this a death knell for Frostwest?
"Boss, the best thing to do now is to send out cavalry to kill them and prevent them from threatening our city walls. But with so many of them there, sending cavalry would just be suicide missions," Lan Zhan whispered.
Nishu's heart skipped a beat. He naturally understood what Lan Zhan meant: this battle was hopeless.
That makes sense, though. If they can't stop the bombardment, the archers won't be able to hold their ground. If the enemy continues their attack from here, they'll eventually be breached.
While he was still pondering how to deal with the enemy, he suddenly heard a dense cacophony of shouts of battle, which made his heart tremble; the enemy had actually gotten close.
While we were hiding, the enemy crept up on us.
"The enemy has launched an attack!" Lan Zhan said in a deep voice, his face ashen.
boom!
Another loud bang was followed by a tremendous earthquake, which caused Nishu and the others to change their expressions drastically.
"Not good!"
"The walls are shaking; it must be something that could explode. They're trying to blow up the city walls!"
"Damn it, the Great Liang is so cunning!"
Having just experienced despair, they had witnessed the power of explosives. The thought of the enemy using them to blow up the city walls sent chills down their spines.
If there's no other way, a breach will soon be created here.
Nishu took a deep breath. He couldn't afford to completely abandon this superior defensive position just because he was about to collapse; otherwise, he would be even less able to hold it.
He gritted his teeth and said, "The enemy chose this point to attack, which means that this is the easiest place to break through, but other places are not a problem. If we give up, the whole line will collapse."
Therefore, we cannot give up. Even if it costs us our lives, we must block this place!
"Men, move everything usable around here and block this area up! We absolutely cannot let the enemy break in!"
As long as the enemy cavalry can't get in, their attack speed won't be fast, and we'll have a chance to hold them off.
Unfortunately for them, Lin Rusong clearly wouldn't give them another chance. The next round of shelling came again, blasting them back.
At the same time, digging began below to create an opening for placing explosives, and a giant explosive charge was placed inside.
Boom!
A deafening roar, several times louder than the previous one.
Under Nishu's horrified gaze, the once impregnable city was instantly torn open, and a ray of sunlight shone in through the opening, but he felt no warmth at all, only a deep chill.
"It's over!"
Nishu's face stiffened. He hadn't expected that someone would open a breach so quickly. Now he had no choice but to hold on.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Gather everything usable to block this opening, and block the road behind it too. If we don't have enough stones, we'll tear down the house to block this place up!"
"Haha, it's too late!"
Lin Rusong was outside, burst into laughter when he saw the breach in the city wall. This explosive was indeed ferocious; it had even managed to blow open such a thick wall. It was simply brutal.