As night falls, the city walls of Haoliang City are brightly lit.
Yao Fa arranged for almost all the men in the city to be stationed on the city walls, making the entire Hao Liang city seem like an impregnable fortress.
However, in a place untouched by the lights of Hao Liang City, a faint sound of breaking ground could be heard.
"It's connected! It's connected!"
An excited shout came from the darkness.
A moment later, the sound of digging could be heard.
What was originally a fist-sized hole was gradually expanded to a size that could accommodate one person.
The garrison of Haoliang City atop the city walls was completely unaware of all this.
The Zhou army camp was completely silent.
Three thousand soldiers, clad in heavy black armor, holding shields in their left hands and halberds in their right, stood like statues.
These people are the most proud halberd warriors of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
Before three thousand halberd warriors, Ji Heng, a man with a muscular build, crossed his arms and closed his eyes to rest.
Until a disheveled junior officer rushed up to Ji Heng and said...
"Reporting to the General! The tunnel has been dug!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Heng suddenly opened his eyes.
"Good! Tonight, we'll slaughter everyone until rivers of blood flow!"
After speaking, Ji Heng stood up and gave the order.
"All troops, follow me and attack!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the three thousand halberd warriors disappeared into the night like a torrent of steel.
Inside Haoliang City, two soldiers, one fat and one thin, patrolled the streets with lanterns in their hands.
A cold wind was blowing through Haoliang City tonight. The skinny man wrapped his clothes tighter around himself and couldn't help but speak.
"Brother Yang, I heard that the general leading the Zhou army this time is said to be the best warrior in the world. Can our Haoliang City hold out?"
The fat man carrying the lantern chuckled upon hearing this.
"So what if he's the best general in the world? Our Haoliang City, while not indestructible, is still a fortress of iron and steel."
"Moreover, General Yao has summoned all the men in the city to the city walls to prepare for battle, totaling tens of thousands of people. Even if we don't mention anything else, tens of thousands of pigs would be more than enough for the Zhou people outside the city to kill in ten days."
"If we hold out for a few more days, the imperial reinforcements will arrive and we'll be able to drive all these people back. If we can't hold them off, we can even earn some military merits and silver."
"I've been craving Xiaoqing from Yihong Courtyard for a long time."
The skinny guy standing next to him couldn't help but laugh along when he heard this.
Just then, a crisp collision sound rang out.
The two who were laughing and joking immediately changed their expressions!
*Swish! Swish!*
Two knives were drawn from their sheaths. The fat man held a knife in one hand and a lamp in the other, and shouted coldly.
"Who's there!"
The fat man carefully raised the lantern in his hand forward.
The next moment, the lights flashed, illuminating a patch of pitch-black armor!
With a clang, the waist knife fell to the ground.
The two men stared in disbelief at the rows of halberd-wielding warriors standing in the darkness before them.
"Yang... Second Brother Yang!"
The skinny man fell to the ground with a thud, his eyes filled with disbelief.
The fat man holding the lantern was about to make a sound when a halberd pierced his chest in the next moment.
Fresh blood gushed out, and the lanterns fell to the ground.
In the darkness, Ji Heng, wearing a black patterned mask, slowly walked out from the crowd and looked at the two corpses in front of him.
Ji Heng took a deep breath.
In an instant, a surge of blood energy rushed straight to his forehead.
Beneath the black-patterned mask, Ji Heng's eyes were bloodshot, and his body trembled with uncontrollable excitement.
Ji Heng raised the halberd in his hand and coldly gave the order.
"Tonight, slaughter him until his blood flows like a river!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the moonlight faded away.
Three thousand halberd warriors rushed towards the city gate of Haoliang City like evil spirits.
Faced with the sudden appearance of the halberdiers in the city, the defenders of Haoliang City were thrown into a panic.
At the same time that the battle inside the city began, Guo Zifu immediately ordered his entire army to attack.
Immediately, shouts of killing filled the air both inside and outside Haoliang City.
The men and civilians who had been summoned by Yao Fa on the city walls collapsed immediately when faced with the pincer attack from within and without Haoliang City.
Chaos erupted instantly within Haoliang City, and the captain in charge of defending the city roared angrily, wielding a long sword.
"Don't panic! Hold them off! Hold them off!"
However, before the captain could finish speaking, Ji Heng charged out from the crowd.
"Go to hell!"
As the halberd fell, the captain of Haoliang City tried to raise his sword to block, but the blow was so powerful that, under the watchful eyes of everyone on the city wall, the captain was cleaved in two by the halberd along his shoulder.
The horrifying scene shocked the surrounding guards.
Ji Heng laughed heartily, stepped forward, grabbed the captain's head, and laughed loudly.
"The enemy general is dead! This is the fate of anyone who does not surrender!"
Ji Heng's ferocious smile was like that of a demon from the underworld in the darkness.
Behind him, three thousand halberd-wielding warriors moved like bulldozers.
The massive shield rammed the defenders off the city wall.
Enemy troops continued to pour into the tunnels within the city.
The entire city of Haoliang was ablaze with fire, and carnage was everywhere.
The deafening noise woke Yao Fa, who was sleeping.
He woke up groggily, just as a guard rushed in.
"General, something terrible has happened! The Zhou people have broken in!"
Upon hearing this, Yao Fa, who had been in a daze, instantly snapped out of it.
"What! How could this be?"
The guard spoke urgently.
"Those Zhou people have dug a tunnel straight into the city. Now, with attacks from both inside and outside Haoliang City, it won't be long before the city falls!"
Upon hearing this, Yao Fa instantly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
The woman following beside him looked at Yao Fa with a somewhat frightened expression and asked.
"Husband, let's take Heng'er and leave quickly! Haoliang City cannot be defended!"
Upon hearing this, Yao Fa looked at his bedmate with a solemn expression.
"I was ordered by His Majesty to defend Haoliang City, and now that the city has fallen, how can I abandon it and flee!"
"My husband!"
"No need to say any more! I, Yao Fengshi, have received the nation's grace; if the city falls, I will only die!"
Looking at his tearful wife behind him, Yao Fa sighed deeply.
“Defending our land and resisting the enemy is the duty of us warriors. The fall of Haoliang City this time was due to my carelessness and underestimation of the enemy. I have no one else to blame.”
"Open the north gate and let the people in the city flee."
Having said that, without giving his wife a chance to refuse, Yao Fa immediately donned his armor and rushed out of the room.
Inside the room, the woman shed tears, but quickly wiped them away and immediately got up to summon the servants.
"Quickly pack some valuables and leave everything else behind. Wake up the young master and come out of the city with me immediately."
"Yes, ma'am."
At the city gate of Haoliang City, the battle had entered a fierce stage.
Ji Heng swept through the isolated regions, unstoppable.
Behind him, three thousand halberd warriors killed people as easily as killing chickens.
Just as the city gate was about to be reached, Yao Fa, clad in armor, arrived, brandishing his spear and roaring angrily.
"If you want to breach the city, you'll have to step over my dead body first!"
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