Once this "Proclamation Against the Traitorous Eunuch" was published, it established the distinction between loyalty and treachery, placing Xi Chenzhou on a moral high ground, while Yun Zong was disgraced and ruined. If he continued to resist, he would undoubtedly be infamous for eternity.
Yun Zong gritted his teeth and suddenly reached out to command the archers to fire their giant crossbows. A giant arrow, as thick as an arm, shot out suddenly towards Xiao Chenzhou as if piercing through the clouds and breaking through the moon!
An uproar erupted both inside and outside the city. Xiao Chenzhou's personal guards, their faces contorted with rage, rushed towards him in terror.
"General! Watch out!"
It's too late!
A sinister smile appeared on Yun Zong's face.
There are only a handful of these giant crossbows in the entire capital. At their maximum power, they could easily pierce a two-foot-thick bronze door. Even if Xi Chenzhou were wearing light armor, what use would it be?
However.
His smile abruptly stopped before it even reached his lips.
At the very end of the raging arrows, a sword light, as white as snow, rose from the ground and tore through the sky!
Sizzle—
With a single sword strike, the arm-thick arrow was cleaved in two, grazing past Xi Chenzhou's armor and sparking dazzling flashes before embedding itself ten feet deep into the earth!
There was a hole the size of a bowl in the ground.
The sound of gasping echoed across the plains.
"General—"
"Are you... are you alright...?"
The guards then realized what was happening and rushed over, only to see that Xi Chenzhou's armor had deep holes, but he was indeed unharmed.
I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
They breathed a sigh of relief, but Yun Zong almost choked with anger, staring wide-eyed with disbelief.
He cleaved the giant crossbow bolt in two with a single sword strike?!
Is this guy even human?!
It's like seeing a ghost in broad daylight!
Xi Chenzhou slowly raised his gaze from the wreckage of the arrows, staring coldly at the city wall. His handsome face was filled with a terrifyingly sinister expression, as if he were a vengeful ghost or demon who had come from the underworld, even exuding a bloodthirsty and sinister aura.
"...No arrow can hurt me except her."
A sudden smirk appeared on his lips, and a murderous intent surged forth.
"Attack the city!"
Amidst deafening roars, catapults rained down massive boulders from the sky, initiating the great battle. Yun Zong gasped, hastily retreating and frantically ordering, "Quickly summon His Majesty and proceed according to plan!"
The Empress had long since disappeared, but it didn't matter. Yun Zong had trained a body double several years ago, who looked eight or nine parts like the Empress. Now that she was on the city wall, no one would recognize her.
When he retreated to a safe area, the shouts of battle were already deafening. At the city gate, the red-clad guards and the black-clad Northwest Army had gathered into a sea of people, and arrows and fire arrows were constantly being shot from the corner towers, a dark and overwhelming mass.
But such a fierce offensive could not stop the advance of the black army at all.
Beneath the city walls, the plains stretched endlessly, and the well-organized army advanced with overwhelming force. Xi Chenzhou, clad in gleaming silver armor, led a fierce cavalry unit, galloping through the ranks like a war god descending upon the world, invincible and unstoppable.
Wherever he went, the crowds parted in terror like waves, unable to withstand even a single blow from him, their faces turning pale, retreating further and further with each battle.
Suddenly, a loud shout rang out from the army camp in the capital: "Xi Chenzhou came to purge the court of corrupt officials, but are we to risk our lives for a treacherous and ruthless usurper?!"
Upon hearing the shout, many soldiers' expressions changed, their faces showed hesitation, and their movements slowed down.
A faint smile appeared on Xi Chenzhou's lips.
The one who was waiting for the opportunity to call out and induce surrender was a hidden move he had arranged long ago—when he led the Northwest Army to the capital to receive his title, some of the Northwest soldiers were scattered and infiltrated into various military camps.
Yun Zong thought that his strength was being reduced, but he didn't know that this was also something Xi Chenzhou did intentionally:
Plant nails.
This is the moment we've been waiting for!
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