The scene before him startled Jing Zhe.
The people on the city wall were also startled.
Ever since Babu specifically asked Empress Yueyao to leave, everyone assumed that he had brought the heavy cavalry regiment here because of Empress Yueyao's plan to ambush them. Who would have thought that even after Empress Yueyao left, he would still send people to shoot arrows?
Jing Zhe quickly composed himself and turned back, puzzled, "General Babuwan, the Empress has come down, why did you still order the arrows to be fired?"
Babu glanced at him but didn't say anything.
"You damned eunuch, what right do you have to speak to us generals? Believe me, before the archers even release their arrows, I'll shoot you dead first!"
Chamu now loathes Jing Zhe so much that he wishes he could tear him apart alive, and he'll definitely take any chance to curse him.
I don't believe it.
Jing Zhe replied earnestly.
"..."
"Chamu, even eunuchs aren't afraid of you, haha!"
"Chamu, you'd better say less!"
"Hahaha, Chalmers, hurry up and shoot the eunuch!"
Ever since Chalm volunteered to lead the charge, the other officers were already unhappy. Seeing that he had made a contribution, their sense of crisis intensified. They were secretly hoping that Chalm would make a fool of himself, so they naturally took the opportunity to ridicule him.
"I fucking—"
Chalm was furious and reached out to draw his knife.
"Shut up, all of you!"
Babu roared, and Chamu stopped, but his eyes burned with rage. He had already cursed Jing Zhe countless times in his heart.
Only then did Babu take a serious look at Jing Zhe. He was surprised that such a little eunuch could speak so forcefully. He wondered if he was genuinely tough or just pretending to be stupid.
At this moment, Liu Jinghong on the city wall said coldly, "General Babuwan, what do you mean by this?"
Babu sneered, "What I mean is, I want the people!"
"VIP?"
Liu Jinghong was both angry and shocked. Looking at Empress Yueyao sitting on the yak, she felt very uncomfortable. She wished she was the one sitting there, because Jing Zhe was sitting right behind her!
"Empress Yueyao has already gone as you wished, who else do you want?"
At this point, Liu Jinghong's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he said, "Could it be that Babuwan wants me to go with you as well?"
"..."
Looking at Liu Jinghong's beautiful face, which was no less stunning than that of Empress Yueyao, Babu felt a strong longing in his heart, but he dared not say "I want to".
Although Empress Yueyao's status was much higher than that of General Liu Jinghong, the power they represented was vastly different. He dared to offend Yueyao, but he dared not offend Anguo entirely.
So he replied, "General Jinghong, do you have a younger brother named Jing Zhe in the city?"
"..."
These words stunned not only the people on the city wall, but also Jing Zhe, who was not far from Babu.
"I have come here today specifically for Jing Zhe!"
"What if I refuse to give it to you?"
"Archers, light the fire!"
At a command, the archers brought their long arrows, with the arrowheads wrapped in pine oil cloth, close to the fire, lit them, and then drew their bows again.
The Western Frontier is not only rich in cattle, sheep and cotton, but also in pine oil. The unique siege tactic of the Western Frontier heavy cavalry regiment is to start by attacking the city with pine oil rockets. After thousands of rockets, the city walls are already a sea of fire. How many people have the energy to defend the city gate?
Even the mighty Iron Cavalry couldn't stop the rocket!
Seeing this, Jing Zhe finally realized that his previous guess was correct. These Western Frontier Heavy Cavalry Regiments had come for him, and Empress Yueyao was just an extra for him!
However, to Babu's surprise, he thought that once the archers and rockets were ready, the people on the city wall would be terrified. But the result was that the iron cavalry led by Liu Jinghong showed no fear at all, and did not even move their bodies.
Could this be the power of the Amazing Iron Cavalry?
At this moment, three more heads appeared on the city wall. Babu recognized them at a glance. They were the leaders of the three largest sects in Liangzhou City. After all, Liangzhou had been at war with the Western Frontier for years, and he knew the situation in the city by heart.
"General Babuwan, if you insist on attacking the city, Liangzhou City will definitely not be a match for you!"
"But have you ever considered that if you dare to fire an arrow, you're not just making an enemy of Liangzhou, but of all the sects in Anguo!"
"..."
The reason why the Western Frontier dared to attack Liangzhou, or even Anguo, was because the Anguo sects did not interfere in the affairs of the court. If the Anguo sects intervened themselves, how could the Western Frontier dare to do so?
All the heavy cavalry regiments of the Western Frontier combined only numbered ten thousand, but how many people did all the sects in Anguo have combined?
Let alone their Western Frontier Kingdom, even the most powerful Southern Qi Kingdom probably wouldn't dare to be enemies with the sects of An Kingdom!
Babu hadn't thought much of it at first, only enjoying his newfound possession of the martial arts manual. Now, however, it wasn't quite what he expected. Why would a sect that never interfered in court affairs so easily hand over its martial arts manual? And now, these three major sects were openly challenging him on the city walls—there must be some hidden story behind it all…
Before he could figure it out, Wang Fujun continued, "If you dare to disrespect our martial arts alliance leader, you will be attacked by all the sects in Anguo, including the four major sects!"
The reason why Wang Fujun and others did not come out to express their opinions earlier was because Jing Zhe had voluntarily left the city, and no one below the city recognized him, which was completely different from Babu calling him out now.
Since they dared to let Jing Zhe go out, they should be aware of the consequences of doing so!
After hearing what he said, Babu was even more confused.
His mission was to come to Liangzhou and demand someone from Liu Jinghong, named Jing Zhe, who was Liu Jinghong's younger brother. He had also heard that the biggest difficulty in this mission was that Liu Jinghong had a very good relationship with her brother and wouldn't easily hand him over.
Therefore, he led a regiment of 5,000 heavy cavalry, primarily for intimidation and secondarily for attacking the city, with the goal of taking Jing Zhe away.
But now he felt pressure from the three sects. Although all the sects in Liangzhou City combined only had five or six hundred people, no match for them, what Wang Fujun had just mentioned about all the sects in Anguo…
Even if you gave Babu a thousand lives, he wouldn't dare to mess with him.
The key point is that all of this contradicts Babu's understanding. How could the Anguo Sect help the imperial court? And why would they become enemies with the Western Frontier for the sake of one person?
Putting everything else aside, just considering the four major sects of Anguo, they are powerful entities that even the Anguo royal family doesn't give them face. The more Babu thought about it, the more absurd it seemed that they would attack them for the sake of one person.
It's highly likely that these Liangzhou sects said this on Liu Jinghong's orders, with the aim of protecting her brother.
Babu thought about it more and more and felt that this was the case, so he sneered, "Stop talking nonsense, if you don't hand over Jing Zhe, I will immediately fire my arrows!"
As a result, the archers raised all their blazing fire arrows, and the standoff became extremely tense.
"No need, I'm right here."
Just then, a lazy voice sounded beside Babu.
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