After all, personally braving arrows and stones, and bearing thunder and lightning, rolling wood ants to attack the city, this point is fair to everyone. I wonder what Qinghe Bo thinks?"

"Speaking of which," Lin Hai said with a smile, "there are over a thousand Khmer garrison troops stationed in Mengyang City. Although they voluntarily rushed out of the city and committed suicide, the city defenses are still there, and there are tens of thousands of civilians in the city. If Lord Bai were to lead his troops to attack a city like this, it would be like an ant attack. I wonder how many people would be lost and how many would die?"

"This is also what I'm curious about. Although Mengyang is not a world-famous fortress, as a large border city, it cannot be compared with those county towns whose walls are not even as high as a person. Even if there is no regular army, just mobilizing civilians to defend the city is enough to make the attacker suffer." Bai Ang did not give a direct answer.

"I wonder what strategy Qinghe Bo used to capture the city in just one day?"

"One day?" Lin Hai looked around and laughed. His companions laughed along with him. Everyone at the scene from Qinghe seemed very happy, but Bai Ang was a little confused. "Could it be that the city was taken in less than a day? Are there ambushes from Qinghe in the city?"

"Master Bai, you're overthinking it. How could I have anticipated such a sudden battle? Moreover, there was Qitian Village between us and Meng Yang. Even if I had supernatural powers, I wouldn't have been able to send an ambush into the city in time.

"But Lord Bai was right about one thing. It really didn't take a day, or even half a day, to break the city. It only took a quarter of an hour." Lin Hai thought silently, "I didn't lie to you. It took a quarter of an hour just to sort out the traffic at the gate, and then the army marched in like that."

"Then I would like to ask Qinghebo for his method of breaking the city."

"No problem. I wanted to demonstrate it in the first place, and I'd also like Lord Bai to give me some pointers on the advantages and disadvantages of my method of breaking the city." Lin Hai shouted, "All the troops, continue to train as planned." Then he walked down from the reviewing platform.

"Master Bai, please take a look. That's the wall we built to simulate a siege. We put a lot of thought into it. There are low walls made of loess, and there are high walls built with stone slabs and cement as a bonding agent. In terms of strength, it's even stronger than Meng Yang's wall."

Lin Hai pointed to several sections of city walls in the distance and said.

"So the Earl of Qinghe wants to summon soldiers to simulate a siege?" Bai Ang asked. "The Empire also has this kind of simulated siege method. It's indeed a good way to test the soldiers' siege capabilities, but building walls is more troublesome."

"No, please take a look, Lord Bai." Lin Hai pulled up the earl's robe, revealing a purple Taoist robe. This was done under the guidance of Wang Maoduan. Lin Hai only heard that purple-robed Taoists were very powerful, so he had to wear purple. As for what the meaning was, he didn't know and didn't bother to care.

Lin Hai was wearing a Taoist robe, holding a wooden sword, and standing behind an altar with his eyes closed.

I saw the words "Heaven" and "Earth" in the middle of the altar, surrounded by chickens, ducks and fruits as tributes. In the front was an incense burner with three unlit incense sticks in it, and the big red candles on both sides were burning more vigorously.

There is a long banner on each side of the altar. The banner on the left reads: "Nine Heavens Thunder God, obey my orders immediately", and the banner on the right reads: "Five Thunders Righteousness, Justice for the World".

Lin Hai held up his wooden sword, muttering something to himself. Although his followers wouldn't let Bai Ang get close, no one around him spoke. Bai Ang listened carefully and could vaguely hear Lin Hai mutter, "When I tell you to fight, you'll hit me hard with thunder. Teach this old bastard some lessons. Don't be so timid. If you lose my men, I'll destroy your temple..."

After Lin Hai finished reciting, he began pacing in circles in front of the altar, brandishing his wooden sword. From a distance, it looked like he was performing the Bagua steps, just as he normally did. But Bai Ang, a well-read scholar, felt that Lin Hai's Bagua steps were wrong, and he even missed the mark several times...

Suddenly, the wooden sword thrust forward and pierced into the talisman water on the altar. Lin Hai soaked the wooden sword in the talisman water for a while, then swung it violently, throwing the tip of the sword onto the candle.

Well, according to the plan, the tip of the sword should be on fire now, and then the fire from the tip of the sword should be used to light the long incense.

Yes, that was the plan, but it seemed that when it was just being prepared, not enough oil was added to the "talisman water", and it didn't ignite all at once.

Lin Hai was a little angry. He had said long ago that in order to ensure the effect of the show, the whole bowl of talisman water could be replaced with oil, but that damn Wang Maoduan insisted that too much oil would give the secret away.

Look, now it can’t be lit, which makes it even more obvious.

Lin Hai could only hold on, keeping the tip of his sword on the candle, and continued to mutter, "Damn Wang Maoduan, if you mess up this time, next time I'll tie you up under the city wall and make you feel extremely good."

Fortunately, God did not completely ignore Lin Hai. After a short while, the tip of the "disposable peach wood sword" made of kitchen firewood was ignited.

Although everyone was already exhausted, only Shi Zhen'er still managed to maintain an expression of "Wow, you are so awesome" with an attitude of "If I don't support you, no one will support you". The facial twitching of others was visibly visible to the naked eye.

Lin Hai followed the procedure and lit the long incense with the tip of his sword. Then, he sank his Qi into his Dantian, pointed the wooden sword, the tip of which had been charred, forward, and shouted, "Tian Lei, come quickly."