To ensure the city gates would be blown up, Li Zhu placed at least four jars of gunpowder at each gate, and six jars at the main gate…
Under such a powerful shockwave, Li Zhu refused to believe that the wooden door could withstand it…
The fuse had already been lit, and Daoist Tianmiao and the others ran back like madmen. They knew best the power of this thing, after all, they had almost been sent to their deaths before…
"Everyone says the Crown Prince of the New Tang Dynasty is a good-for-nothing, but I think he's not only a good-for-nothing but also an idiot. He actually thinks he can summon heavenly lightning?"
"Exactly, do we need to be afraid of such a fool? Why don't we let the general lead us out for a battle..."
"This is some credit I got by chance. I wonder if capturing the Crown Prince of the New Tang Dynasty will get me promoted three ranks..."
"You're really lacking in ambition, kid. You should at least have been promoted four levels..."
What's the use of catching an idiot?
"Ha ha…"
A burst of maniacal laughter erupted from the city wall!
Li Zhu shouted these words with great force, hoping that the people on the city wall would hear them too. After all, opportunities to show off like this were rare. Once the sound of gunpowder exploding could be heard, the news that he could summon heavenly lightning would bring indescribable psychological pressure to the defending troops on the other side...
As he raised the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow in his hand, the ignited gunpowder finally exploded...
Boom! Boom! Boom…
The explosions were like real thunderclaps, stunning everyone inside and outside the city...
The people inside the city were terrified. Just moments ago they were mocking Li Zhu, but the laughter stopped abruptly. The smiles on their faces hadn't even faded before they were replaced by fear. A crown prince who could summon heavenly lightning—this was the mandate of heaven! How could they possibly fight against him?
Panic spread throughout the city walls, and no one knows who was the first to scream and run away...
This triggered a chain reaction; those who had witnessed Li Zhu's ability to summon heavenly lightning fled in a frenzy…
"The lightning has blasted down the city gates! Everyone run!"
Some people even shouted things that instilled fear in those who didn't understand...
Meanwhile, the situation was quite different for Li Zhu's side. Wang Yanzhang was dumbfounded. Thinking back to his earlier criticisms of Li Zhu, it felt like a series of slaps to his face. Only now did he realize that what Li Zhu said was true...
They could openly enter Qicheng through the city gates, even though Qicheng had no city gates...
"With divine assistance, what are you waiting for, brothers? Kill!"
Wang Yanzhang roared and led his men out first. He didn't believe in gods, but this was a good opportunity to boost morale, and he had to make the most of it…
The five thousand Imperial Guards were like they'd been injected with adrenaline; their morale had reached its peak at this moment…
Gunpowder, from its very first appearance, revealed its inherent monstrous nature…
Given the deafening roar and immense power, everyone felt that this was not a power that humans should possess. If humans shouldn't have it, then only gods could have such power…
Based on this understanding, all five thousand Imperial Guards believed that this was truly divine assistance, and that their Crown Prince was able to draw upon heavenly lightning that only gods could use!
Therefore, in their minds, this was a battle they were destined to win; they even felt protected by gods, believing the enemy could never kill them…
This made every soldier fearless and treated the enemy soldiers as mobile sources of military merit...
The terrified enemy soldiers fled in a frenzy, spreading this sentiment to their comrades. Some initially didn't believe the soldiers' frenzied words, but their attitudes changed immediately when they saw Li Zhu leading the Imperial Guards into the city…
Everyone believed that the enemy could not break into Qicheng, so the soldiers inside the city did not take Li Zhu's attack seriously...
So when they saw the endless Imperial Guards rushing into the city, the impact was unimaginable, especially with the soldiers who had retreated from the city walls shouting as they ran.
"Run! The gods have descended! The Crown Prince of the New Tang Dynasty can draw back the heavenly lightning..."
Moreover, these rumors became increasingly outrageous, with some even shouting that the new Tang crown prince was a god who used heavenly lightning to split open the city gates…
Qicheng's garrison commander, Zhu Zhen, suddenly fell off his bed because he heard the sounds of fighting outside...
"General, what's wrong? Come quick..."
"Yeah, come quick..."
Two disheveled young women sat up as well, looking at Zhu Zhen with resentment. They wondered why he had suddenly run downstairs, and they were also wondering why the general wasn't usually this useless...
"Shut up and stay put, or we'll send you to the army as food..."
Zhu Zhen angrily shouted, then ran outside. His hands had barely touched the door when a tremendous force slammed it open…
As Zhu Zhen was about to open the door, she made intimate contact with it by pressing her nose against the door...
"Who? I'm going to kill you..."
"General, something terrible has happened... the enemy has broken in..."
The soldier who entered looked at Zhu Zhen, who was covering his nose and staring at the sky, with a puzzled expression. He didn't know what was wrong with him, but Zhu Zhen still fulfilled his duty and completed his mission of relaying the order...
"Get lost... You're spreading this kind of fake news? Are you crazy for money?"
Zhu Zhen roared angrily. How could he possibly believe the messenger's one-sided story? He had tens of thousands of soldiers, and none of his generals had come to deliver bad news. Therefore, he believed that the messenger was deliberately spreading such false information that no one would believe in order to get a reward...
Little did he know that his generals were preoccupied with their own survival and were frantically fleeing for their lives; they had no time to pay him any attention…
"General, it's true! The Crown Prince of the New Tang Dynasty is a god descended to earth. He's summoning heavenly lightning to smash through three city gates and is now leading his heavenly soldiers and generals to storm in. If we don't escape now, it will be too late..."
The messenger described it so vividly, as if he had witnessed it himself…
Hearing his words, Zhu Zhen became even more furious. Was he being treated like a fool? What kind of gods were there in this world? He had initially believed the city had truly fallen, but now, hearing the messenger's message, he felt it was all just a deception…
"roll…"
Zhu Zhen kicked the messenger away with a powerful kick. He felt the guy was just messing with him, and he couldn't tolerate his bad habit...
After doing all this, he closed the door and pounced on the two young beauties on the bed like a hungry tiger. Then, he heard the two young beauties say in a sweet, coquettish voice...
"General, you're hurting me..."
"General, don't be in such a hurry..."
The messenger, who had been kicked out, coughed up a mouthful of blood and was on the verge of death...
Before he closed his eyes, a handsome figure walked up to him, carrying a wildly shaped sword...
He recognized him at a glance as Li Zhu, the Crown Prince of the new Tang Dynasty. Then, as if experiencing a final burst of energy before death, a flush appeared on his face…
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