Alite was stunned by the sudden explosion, his scalp tingling and his ears ringing. After a while, he looked at the person next to him and roared, "What happened? Where did the explosion happen?"
The Xiliang people looked at each other for a while, clearly still not recovered from the explosion.
After a while, one of the Xiliang people hurriedly and respectfully said, "Your subordinate will go and take a look right away."
After saying that, he hurriedly ran outside Junzixuan.
Alite, however, turned ashen with rage, glaring intently at the woman trapped in the center by the Xiliang people.
The woman remained calm, showing no fear despite being in such a predicament; she even smiled slowly.
"What does the Khan think is worth blowing up inside the city lord's mansion?"
Allit frowned, then suddenly realized something and roared in disbelief, "You, you blew up the tunnel exit!"
Previously, the Hundred Nights Pavilion was destroyed, and now two more explosions have occurred inside the City Lord's Mansion.
Does that mean that the tunnel exits within the Hundred Nights Pavilion and the City Lord's Mansion have now been completely sealed off?
The exit near the North Market should have also been destroyed, but since that place is quite far from the City Lord's Mansion, no explosions were heard.
What exactly are these people trying to do?
If you really want to deal with Xiliang, you might as well just use those gunpowder to kill the Xiliang people, or blow up the city lord's mansion.
Compared to those ordinary people from Xiliang, blowing him up would be more effective.
Destroying the tunnel exit won't change anything at all.
The more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed. He just stared coldly at the person in front of him. "Do you think that by blowing up the tunnel exit, the people inside will never be able to get out?"
You're oversimplifying things.
Whether they were originally from the tunnel or later people who had an accident in the tunnel, many people from Xiliang gathered in that tunnel.
As long as they work together to clear the exit, the blocked tunnel exit will be opened in no time.
As for Lu Cijian, who is still trapped in the tunnel, needless to say, he is doomed.
He didn't believe that Lu Cijian could escape successfully from so many Xiliang people.
With the number of people in the tunnel right now, they could drown him with just a spit from each of them.
Jiang Yimian merely raised an eyebrow without saying a word.
Seeing this, Alite sneered and was about to order the Xiliang guards to take Jiang Yimian down when he heard a terrified voice.
"Khan, something terrible has happened! Lord Tude is dead!"
The guard who had gone to look for Tude returned with a look of terror on his face, completely panicked.
Alite frowned immediately, wondering why the man had suddenly died, especially inside the city lord's mansion.
Then another terrified voice came, "Khan, it's terrible! It's terrible! Hundreds of thousands of troops have gathered outside the city and are about to attack."
No sooner had he finished speaking than an exceptionally loud horn blast resounded throughout the entire city of Xiliang.
That was the horn signaling an enemy attack.
Alite felt his body sway and looked at Jiang Yimian in disbelief, "You, you knew all along that the armies of the Great Jin and Tuyuhun had arrived? This, how is this possible?"
While it's not necessarily true that the Xiliang troops on the city wall were superior to those of the Jin and Tuyuhun armies, it's impossible that they only discovered the hundreds of thousands of soldiers when the enemy was at the city gates.
These soldiers are no small number; how did they manage to hide them?
He stared intently at Jiang Yimian, but quickly calmed down and immediately ordered, "Summon all the Xiliang guards in the city and bring them to the city tower."
I want to see how those Tuyuhun and Jin soldiers will attack the city.
If they can weather the first fierce attack, their subsequent offensives will surely slow down.
After all, neither the Great Jin nor the Tuyuhun were close to this place.
There were no other towns or countries around to replenish their food and weapons. In addition, the army needed a lot of food on a daily basis, and weapons such as arrows were also consumables.
He didn't believe that the armies of the Great Jin and Tuyuhun could carry too much food. If food supplies ran out, they wouldn't be able to stay here for long.
As for transporting grain from the Jin Dynasty or Tuyuhun, it would take a considerable amount of time, which would allow Xiliang to use to better strike the enemy until they fled in disarray.
On the contrary, Xiliang, at least, has enough grain and fodder stored up in the city to prevent them from collapsing quickly, and they should be able to hold out for more than half a year.
This is also the reason why the Xiliang Tunnel exists.
The Xiliang guard beside him quickly responded and immediately ran out of the courtyard.
However, he quickly ran back, bringing with him a soldier in armor.
The soldier was covered in sweat and his face was full of anxiety. "Khan, it's terrible! Fires are breaking out everywhere in the city, and we are severely short-handed."
If this continues, the entire city of Xiliang will be burned down.
The city is now engulfed in flames, and many people are busy fighting the fires, leaving no extra manpower to guard the city walls.
As for the tens of thousands of soldiers originally on the city wall, they were no match for the massive numbers of soldiers from the Jin and Tuyuhun armies, and would likely be wiped out very soon.
Alite asked incredulously, "How could there be a fire? Where are all the people in the city? How can there be a shortage of manpower?"
As the Khan of Xiliang, he must know how many people there are in Xiliang City. Even if there are 200,000 troops outside the city, given Xiliang's home advantage, they have no need to worry about losing. Moreover, there are only a mere 100,000 or so troops at present.
First of all, they have a huge advantage in terms of numbers, not to mention they have access to authentic local products.
It was highly unlikely that those outside the city would be able to break through the city gates.
But now, their advantage is gone. Not only do they lack enough men to deal with the army outside the city, but they also cannot escape the fate of Xiliang City being burned down.
How is that possible?
He looked out of the city lord's mansion and realized that the once dark sky to the west was now illuminated by firelight.
The crimson flames illuminated the lower half of the sky, while the upper half remained connected to the darkness, as if one were in two separate worlds.
The soldier hesitated for a long time before saying, "There was an incident in the tunnel earlier, with explosions and whistles coming from the tunnel one after another."
At that time, many people entered the tunnel.
Didn't the Khan say that everything should prioritize the situation inside the tunnels?
In the end, he himself felt a little guilty.
Because every tunnel entrance has now been destroyed, it is impossible for the Xiliang people who entered the tunnels to get out in the short term.
Whether it was defending the city walls or fighting fires, they could hardly do either.
But now, both of these things are of paramount importance and cannot be abandoned at all.
Allit felt as if a string in his brain had snapped, and he was filled with rage, shouting, "Where are the tunnels inside the city walls, and the tunnels outside the city walls?"
Why can't those useless people get out?
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