Chapter 414: Only One Can Be Saved
“.”
"Sir, that's about it."
"The Dafeng army is now demoralized. Although they have the will to resist, they no longer have the ability to do so."
"In my opinion, we will be defeated in no more than half a month."
In the study, Chu Xianping has finished explaining the latest situation.
Wei Changtian, who had not even had time to finish his meal, frowned and did not utter a word during the entire process.
The situation in Dafeng is already clear, but no one knows what choice the Li family will make.
Fight to the death?
Or just endure and live in disgrace?
Unlike Zhu Tianhong, in Wei Changtian's view, the Li family actually only has these two options.
As for continuing to retreat westward or bowing down and asking for peace, this is just another way of the above two options.
"Has Li Wutong not replied yet?"
Looking up, Wei Changtian asked softly, "Did the spy find out any news about her?"
"My Lord, Princess Wuping has never replied to my letter."
Chu Xianping answered truthfully: "I have sent secret reports to the princess three times today, but I have never received a response."
"But according to the spies, the princess is currently safe and there have been no accidents."
“.”
She's fine, but she didn't reply to the message Li Wutong's behavior puzzled Wei Changtian. He didn't know whether she didn't receive the message or received it but deliberately didn't reply.
Could it be that Li Qi was seriously injured and unconscious that she had no time to care about these things?
Thinking of Li Qi, Wei Changtian couldn't help but think of the mysterious second-grade master again.
Now that I have more detailed information, I have a rough guess about this person's identity.
If nothing unexpected happens, it should be Bai Youheng.
After all, Ning Yongnian used the "Yuanzhou City Massacre" to wipe out 500,000 elite troops of Dafeng in one fell swoop, and as another important figure in this matter, Bai Youheng naturally would not gain nothing.
The benefits he gained were probably no less than those of Ning Yongnian.
Although there was no conclusive evidence, Wei Changtian always felt that his guess was correct.
From the sixth rank to the second rank, breaking through four major realms overnight, this certainly sounds incredible.
But if it costs three million lives, then nothing seems impossible.
"Sir, what should we do next?"
On the other side, Chu Xianping asked seriously: "There are still some generals in the Daning army who are in the same boat. If we do some tricks in secret, we may be able to delay the situation for a while."
"it's useless."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "If we can't reverse the outcome, what's the point of delaying it for a few more days?"
"Besides, there must be countless eyes staring at Feng Yuan right now. If they make any unusual moves at this moment, they will be easily exposed."
"I see."
Chu Xianping paused for a moment and understood what Wei Changtian meant.
In the eyes of the latter, Dafeng is not that important. They may help a little within their ability, but they will never give too much for it.
What’s more, the situation is now almost irreversible.
After all, the only person Wei Changtian really cares about and has the ability to "save" is Li Wutong.
"Continue to send the message to Li Wutong."
As if to confirm Chu Xianping's guess, Wei Changtian slowly said, "Until she writes back."
"yes."
Chu Xianping nodded, and immediately took out a piece of jade with a special mark on it from his arms, and used his internal force to keep it burning.
Wei Changtian stood up, walked to the window, and looked up at the night sky.
The starry sky and the slanting Milky Way hang alone in the zenith like a colorful ribbon of gauze.
Fengyuan City, west city wall.
"kill!!!"
“Ah!! Help!!!”
"Fuck you! Get out of here!!"
"Where are the people?! Head up! Head up!!!"
"Ning family lackey! Go to hell for grandpa!"
"boom!!!"
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Unlike battles on the plains where both sides engage in fierce battles, siege warfare never involves much tactics.
There is no need for infiltration or encirclement, no tactical depth, and no formation strategy.
In most cases, the outcome of a siege battle depends solely on the number of people and combat power of both sides.
I use human lives to attack the city, and you use human lives to defend the city.
It's that simple.
As for the offensive and defensive strategies mentioned in the previous life's "The Art of War" such as "Empty City Strategy" and "Besiege if there are ten and attack if there are five", they are actually not applicable in the world of cultivation.
The huge improvement in the soldiers' personal fighting power made many powerful city defense equipment in the previous life useless, and also made the gap between the attackers and defenders no longer obvious.
Things like boiling oil, falling rocks, and nail boards have basically no lethality to warriors.
The attackers didn't even need ladders, as they could climb up the ten-foot-high wall with bare hands in just a few breaths of effort.
This is also the reason why Daning, with only 100,000 more people than Dafeng, dared to attack the city with all its strength.
“Ding ding ding!”
Protecting Li Wutong, Zhu Tianhong waved his sleeves to deflect several flying arrows for the former.
Different from Li Qi who had made a "big fanfare" to boost the morale of the troops two days ago, Li Wutong climbed the city wall secretly this time, so there was no possibility of being attacked again.
These sharp white-feathered arrows were merely the "indiscriminate fire coverage" of the Daning army under the city wall.
"Princess."
Zhu Tianhong carefully observed the situation around him, and at the same time advised in a deep voice: "It's too dangerous on the city wall, let's go back."
“.”
After taking a deep breath, Li Wutong did not answer.
She just stared with wide eyes at the battlefield not far away, looking at the soldiers falling down with roars, the blood and gravel splattered everywhere, and the "Feng" flags fluttering in the air. Her body kept trembling slightly.
This was a scene she had never seen before.
Although Li Wutong grew up in the military and even went to Yuanzhou with the army, she had never seen a war scene so close.
“Plop!”
A severed hand suddenly flew over from nowhere and landed not far in front of her.
Li Wutong stared at the severed palm in a daze. Looking at the fingers that seemed to be still curled and tightened, his heart suddenly contracted.
She didn't know why she was in so much pain, but she knew it was not because of fear.
"Hand! My hand!!"
A man in Dafeng military uniform staggered over, knelt on the ground and picked up the severed hand.
As long as the treatment is timely, this hand can still be reattached.
"Thank God! We found it!"
The soldier seemed to be happy about his "lost and recovered" hand. He did not care about his empty wrist which was still bleeding. He picked up the severed hand and was about to go down the city wall to find the military doctor for treatment.
However, as soon as he raised his head, he met Li Wutong's stunned eyes.
“You, you are.”
In an instant, the soldier's eyes suddenly widened: "You are Princess Wuping!"
"yes"
Li Wutong nodded almost subconsciously, and her action made the soldiers as excited as if they were injected with chicken blood.
"Princess! The city wall is dangerous, what are you doing here?"
"Don't worry! We will never let the Daning dog set foot on the city wall!"
"We will send them all to see the King of Hell! To avenge our brothers who died in Yuanzhou City!"
“.”
The loud shouts were a bit chaotic, but they showed the soldiers' extremely excited mood at the moment.
This also made Li Wutong suddenly feel relieved, and the haze in his heart dissipated a lot.
"I have a blood coagulation pill here, take it first to stop the bleeding."
She smiled, shook out a small bottle from her sleeve, and wanted to hand it to the soldier to stop the bleeding.
But in the next second, a sharp arrow suddenly pierced the soldier's chest from behind without any warning.
“Puff!”
The bloody arrow pierced through the armor, freezing the expression on the soldier's face.
The latter was unable to utter any more words. He just stared at Li Wutong with wide eyes, then staggered and fell heavily to the ground.
“Crack!”
The vial containing the blood-clotting pill slipped from his hand and broke into pieces.
Li Wutong ran over in panic, biting her lips tightly, and reached out to feel the soldier's breath.
Apart from the warm blood, she didn't feel anything else.
"Why, why?"
As one man's life was wasted before his eyes, the same thing was happening to hundreds and thousands of others on the battlefield.
"Princess."
Zhu Tianhong sighed and walked over, as if wanting to comfort Li Wutong.
However, before he could open his mouth, he saw the latter suddenly lift up her long skirt and immediately ran towards the outer side of the city wall regardless of everything.
ps: Well, let me inform you that I feel like I’m too lazy, so starting today I’ll try to update three times a day, for a month at a time, to see if my body can handle it and if my grades improve.
The update time is approximately 8pm, 10pm and 12pm.
(End of this chapter)
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