On the second day after Xiao Ting gathered the Ming army that had come to seek refuge with him, he received news that Shang Zhixin was leading 30,000 troops to attack Xinhui.
After receiving the news, Xiao Ting did not panic. Instead, a confident smile appeared on his face. These days, he had already discussed with the Emperors in the group and the civil and military officials he had summoned many times. Not only were they discussing how to deal with the soldiers of the Slaves of Jian, but they were also discussing how to seize Guangzhou.
After several hours of discussion, everyone unanimously decided to use the Deep Pool of Gaocheng in Xinhui to exhaust all these Slaves of Creation, and then take Guangzhou in one go.
After the plan was set, Xiao Ting handed the defense of the city to Di Qing and Shi Wanshui. Xiao Ting was very assured to use these two famous historical generals to defend the city. Although their ability to defend the city might not be comparable to Zhang Xun and Meng Gong, who were good at defense, they would not be too bad.
After learning that the army of the Jian Slaves had arrived, General Shi and Di Qing immediately put on their armor and went to the city tower. They watched as the banners covered the sky and the sun as they charged towards their army.
The two of them used the simple monoculars they had seized in Xinhui City to observe the marching momentum of this army and the expressions on the faces of the soldiers. They could guess the combat strength of this army and then deploy defenses according to the information they had obtained.
The Creation Slaves Army could have attacked when Shi Wanshui and Di Qing were setting up the city defense, but they didn't seize the opportunity because the scene in front of them left them dumbstruck.
The barbican that didn't exist in the first place actually rose from the ground in ten days…
Seeing this majestic city that had suddenly risen from the ground, be it the Blue Bordered Banner soldiers, the Green Army soldiers, or even Shang Zhixin and his generals, they all looked at the stone barbican in shock.
Although Shang Zhixin had received the intelligence from his scouts and spies, he did not believe it was true. Therefore, he killed the other party for disturbing the morale of the army and led the army to attack Xinhui.
However, when he saw the scene in front of him, even if he had never believed that this was true, he had no choice now.
After Shang Zhixin reacted, he immediately recalled the spy who was monitoring the Xinhui area. He learned from him that during the time when the scout went back to report, several city walls in Weng City were built very quickly, and each one was taller than the last.
If Shang Zhixin had heard that such a high stone wall could be built in a few days, he would have definitely ordered the messenger to be beheaded. However, after seeing it with his own eyes, Shang Zhixin did not make things difficult for him. Perhaps he did not care if the secret agent was telling the truth or not, because the truth was already in front of him.
"What happened? What was going on? Where did this group of people come from? How could they build such a terrifying barbican in just a dozen days?”
Shang Zhixin shouted in frustration, but no one came out to answer his question because everyone was just as confused as Shang Zhixin.
In their impression, there was no dynasty that could build such a barbican in such a short period of time. Such a thing was simply not something that could be done by human strength.
If it wasn't something a human could do, could it be a god?
At this moment, this thought flashed through the minds of countless people, but they quickly threw it to the back of their minds.
"Lord Shizi, there's actually still one wall that hasn't been built into a barbican.”
After Shang Zhixin was done raging, the secret agent timidly revealed the information.
Hearing that the southern wall of Xinhui was still the same as before, Shang Zhixin couldn't help but be delighted. Then, he kicked the secret agent who was kneeling on one knee on the shoulder and cursed,"Bastard, why are you only telling me such important information now?”
After saying that, he ignored the secret agent's kowtow and begged for mercy. He directly led the army to the south gate of Xinhui. When he arrived outside the south gate, Shang Zhixin saw that it was exactly as the secret agent had said. There was no stone barbican here, and he became a little excited.
He couldn't help but be excited. After all, the design of the barbican was too abominable. Not to mention that the stone walls were difficult to break through by artillery fire, the terraced terraced city walls were simply a nightmare for the attackers.
No matter how many lines of defense you occupied, the defenders on the higher wall would always shoot down your soldiers from above.
Shang Zhixin had fought alongside Shang Kexi and had accumulated a lot of battle experience. He could tell how much it would cost to take down a city with such a defense.
It could be said that if it was not necessary, he really did not want to attack such a city that could not be taken down even with countless corpses. However, he had no choice but to attack this city because Xinhui was the southern gate of Guangzhou. If he did not take down Xinhui, Guangzhou would be like a sharp sword hanging over his head. This sharp sword could pierce into the heart of Guangzhou, which the Shang family had prepared to run for generations.
Shang Zhixin had no choice. Even if he knew that countless people would die if he attacked such a city, he had to bite the bullet and continue.
Therefore, how could Shang Zhixin not be excited and ecstatic when he saw the not-so-abnormal city wall?
Shang Zhixin, who could not wait to take down Xinhui, immediately ordered the Green Army soldiers to attack the city and occupy the city walls.
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