At this time, a fierce battle was taking place at Juyong Pass, fifty miles northwest of Beijing.
Li Zicheng's army swept across Shanxi, and important towns such as Datong and Xuanfu surrendered one after another. The momentum of Li Zicheng's army sweeping across the country was already established, and his troops soon arrived at Juyong Pass.
The Order faction was well aware of the importance of Juyong Pass; once this pass fell, Beijing would have no natural defenses left.
Therefore, they mobilized all their generals and remaining troops to support this mission.
The two sides engaged in a fierce siege.
Li Zicheng's army was in high spirits, and they charged towards the city wall with reckless abandon.
The Order faction also knew that success or failure depended on this one move, so they cast various blessing laws of Order one by one, and soon the city was covered in blood.
It must be said that the Order faction's capabilities are indeed quite formidable. Under the barrage of various dazzling lights, Li Zicheng's army was harvested wave after wave like leeks.
But there was no joy on their faces, because Li Zicheng's army was simply too large.
One batch of soldiers died, but countless others immediately came to their aid, as if replenishing troops was free.
Furthermore, many soldiers from the Order faction will also be infected by the enemy's abilities and successively join the breeding faction.
This is the horror of reproduction—an endless source of soldiers. Once you get entangled with it, you either wipe out your opponent or you are devoured and assimilated by them.
Seeing that they had successfully worn down the morale of the Ming army and realized that their resistance was not so strong, Li Zicheng's army began to unleash their deadly weapon, the battering ram.
The battering ram, enhanced by various formations and skills, was truly as indestructible as a pillar of strength. No matter how the defenders attacked, it was difficult to destroy it. They could only close the city gates tightly, with beams of light shining on them to strengthen their defenses and prevent the battering ram from breaking through.
However, the battering ram was too powerful. It had just rammed the city gate several times, and even though it hadn't managed to break through, it had already caused rivers of blood to flow at the gate.
Seeing that each powerful impact would result in the deaths of large numbers of the defending soldiers, the Ming general dared not be careless and hurriedly formed ranks, changing the order and rules at the city gate.
The once-hard stone slabs turned into solid ground, and as if an earthquake had struck, the ground at the city gate began to ripple violently, attempting to push the massive battering ram out.
As the brooding forces watched the battering ram being pushed out bit by bit, they hurriedly used various spells to make the battering ram grow larger out of thin air, eventually becoming even three times larger than the city gate. The more the defenders tried to push it out, the more the entire city wall began to shake violently.
Seeing this, the defending forces hurriedly unleashed another powerful formation – Rain of Order.
A raging flood surged at the city gate, attempting to use the properties of water to overcome the hard with the soft and push the indestructible battering ram outwards.
Unfortunately, they forgot that they had just used a forbidden earth-based spell, and now, with the addition of water-based magic, the area around the city gate had become muddy and impassable.
Not only did they fail to push the battering ram out, but in a sense, it made their attack easier.
This would then be a simple contest of strength between the two sides.
But now Li Zicheng's army is unstoppable and full of fighting spirit. The morale of the defending troops has long been low, and many people have even considered surrendering and completely accepting the enemy.
In the end, the flimsy city gate could not hold back the massive battering ram, which drove straight in, and at that moment, blood truly flowed like a river.
Li Zicheng's army was full of fighting spirit, roaring as they charged into the city. Wherever the battering rams went, it was truly a pile of mud, with countless dead and wounded.
Before long, the once formidable Juyong Pass had been completely conquered by the army, which could take whatever it wanted.
Li Zicheng's army did not stop at all. He wanted to take advantage of this battle to completely break down the physical and mental forces of the order and make them surrender, so that the subsequent battle for Beijing would not result in such heavy casualties.
In the end, the generals guarding Guanzhong trembled and prostrated themselves at his feet, offering him their most primal loyalty, allowing him to transform them with the radiance of reproduction.
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Meanwhile, Zu'an, inside the cave, gently kissed away the tear stains on the girl's cheek: "What's wrong? Was I too rough just now?"
"No." Zhao Xiaodie shook her head, clinging to the man on her body like an octopus, completely embracing him with her gentleness.
She didn't want to answer the question because she had just suddenly thought of her father and brother and felt utterly useless.
The reason she entered the Temple of Annihilation was that she learned that the Shadow Tower's betrayal and ability to threaten Zaun was due to the power of Annihilation.
Therefore, she also wanted to use this mysterious power to help her take revenge.
She survived several trials at the temple by the skin of her teeth, but she grew stronger and stronger, and even gradually developed a desire for revenge.
I never expected to meet them in this world, and here our relationship has been reversed.
She was a high-ranking member of the Annihilation faction, while her opponent had fallen from grace and become a prisoner.
My first thought was to torment the other party like a cat playing with a mouse, so that I could avenge everything that had happened to the Prince Qi's mansion.
But for some reason, he somehow managed to conceal Jiang Luofu and her identity from him, and at the time he comforted himself that it was all part of a long-term strategy to catch a big fish.
First, make the other person mistakenly believe that they have fallen in love with him, then betray him when he is complacent and arrogant, so that he can experience the pain of falling from the clouds to the mud and losing everything.
But to everyone's surprise, even though the other party was a penniless prisoner, he actually became a guest of honor that both the Unruly String and the Conqueror King were vying to win over.
The other person's unpredictable confidence and ability reminded her of the various heaven-defying and fate-altering feats they had performed in the cultivation world.
This man is always so confident; he always manages to turn the impossible into possible.
He is invincible...
The idea that they had once lived in the world of cultivation had been deeply ingrained in her mind. She originally thought that obtaining the power of annihilation could change things, but their reunion made her realize that no matter where they were, this man was always so powerful.
Although I told myself every time that it was all an act, just for the sake of revenge.
But why do I feel so happy when I'm acting, but feel so tormented when I think about revenge, and instinctively want to avoid it?
For a moment, she couldn't tell whether she was afraid of him or loved him.
Rationally, he wanted to find an opportunity to get close to the other party, gain his trust, find his weakness, and avenge his father and brother.
But emotionally, she couldn't control herself at all and subconsciously wanted to get close to the other person.
Especially for a period of time, her mind went blank, and she felt that the other person was her everything, her everything. She had long forgotten about revenge.
Father, elder brother, I'm afraid Xiaodie really won't be able to avenge you...
Zuan was unaware of the complex thoughts swirling in the girl's mind, but he could clearly sense a change in her; the tenderness and love deep within her eyes were something difficult to fake.
The next morning, the two continued their journey and were shocked to learn that Li Zicheng's army had broken through Juyong Pass and was already at the gates of Beijing.
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