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Chapter 320: Who is better at demolishing the city gate? Have Lingshan and Heaven completely fallen out?
Outside Hangzhou
The earth shook, dust rose into the sky, and a huge army like a black tide rushed towards Hangzhou City.

"Oh no! Enemy attack!"

"They are from Liangshan. Damn it! These rebels came so quickly!"

"Close the city gate quickly and notify the generals!"

The soldiers stationed in the city all turned pale when they saw the army coming like a tide and quickly closed the city gates.

After a while, Fang Qifo, Shi Bao and others also arrived at the top of the city wall one after another, with solemn expressions and ready for battle.

The surging army came to the range of the bows and arrows and stopped instantly.

The orders were obeyed, and there was no chaos in the army's movements and transitions, showing extremely strict military discipline.

The enemy is at the gates, war horses are neighing, smoke and dust are rolling, the situation is as dynamic as thunder and as unpredictable as the shadow, and the terrible murderous intent fills the sky and the earth.

Looking at the endless army from afar, one can feel the mighty force of impending storm, which is really chilling!

"If we take this city, we will be able to control Jiangnan and officially start to reverse destiny."

A passage suddenly opened up among the Liangshan army.

Huang Rong, wearing golden armor, walked out of the formation side by side with Lin Xuan, looking at the majestic city in front of them with some emotion: "If the Southern Song Dynasty had not existed, Hangzhou would probably not have been as prosperous as it is in later generations."

Taohua Island is located in Zhoushan, Zhejiang. Although it is located on the East China Sea, it can certainly be considered Jiangnan.

Compared with historical cities such as Chang'an, Yanjing, and Bianjing, Huang Rong actually prefers Hangzhou a little more.

"That's a long way to go..."

Lin Xuan shrugged: "When you become the empress, make Hangzhou the capital, and it will surely remain prosperous as always."

With his current level of cultivation, it makes no sense to wear armor or not, so he simply wears the Confucian robe.

Strictly speaking, Huang Rong's golden armor doesn't have much protective function...

However, as a coach, it is better to dress a little more flashy and stand out from the crowd.

Just imagine a little golden man rushing to the front, shining brightly...

As long as you are not shot to death by arrows, you can still significantly improve your own morale.

By the way, you can also disgust the opponent.

Well, there was a king of Uruk named Gilgamesh who understood this principle very well. He wore golden clothes all day long...

"Hangzhou's location is not very good. At most, it can only be a secondary capital..."

Huang Rong let out a long sigh: "Okay, according to your point, don't say bad things for now, we can discuss this after we win."

"To be honest, if we take all the variables out of the equation, Liangshan should be slightly stronger."

Lin Xuan said calmly: "Of course, if that were the case, Liangshan would have suffered heavy casualties along the way, and it would be a miserable victory at best. If the Jin army came later, they would basically be helpless."

In previous copies, Lin Xuan had also encountered several wars.

But in those crucial battles, Lin Xuan was always on the side defending the city...

This time the situation has finally reversed, and I feel proud.

"Fang La boasted so much about himself, but now it seems that he is nothing special."

Huang Rong curled her lips and said, "These so-called elite members of the Ming Cult are not as good as our group of Liangshan heroes."

"Brother Huang is right."

Huang Rong: "..."

"Reporting to the Great Master and the Star Lord, the defenders of Hangzhou City seem to have been prepared for a long time and are not in a panic now. I am afraid that it will be difficult to capture it in a hurry."

When the sound of horse hooves rang out, Wu Yonglai came to Lin Xuan and the others, dismounted, looked at the solemn city wall in front of him, and bowed.

"What is Wu Junshi's plan?"

Huang Rong glanced at Wu Yong and said, "You are a capable person, but you like to talk in a roundabout way. You are not as straightforward as Master Lu."

"I think we should set up camp for the time being and wait for the rear troops to arrive before attacking the city."

Wu Yong was at a loss whether to laugh or cry and sighed.

As a wise and insightful military strategist, if I had the feeling of a straightforward man...

That would be too embarrassing to face anyone.

"The rear troops? Most of them are surrendered soldiers we accepted along the way, mixed with some refugees from various states and counties. They have not received any formal training."

Huang Rong asked suspiciously, "The opponents are the elite of the Ming Cult. What use can those people be?"

"Those people were all born in Zhejiang, and most of them are neighbors with the bandits under Fang La."

"We can use them as the vanguard, as the first troops to ascend the city, and order them to forcefully attack the city. Regardless of whether they live or die, the morale of the defenders will be greatly reduced."

Wu Yong looked confident: "Although Hangzhou is an important city, it is not impregnable. Once the defenders show a flaw, we will have an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"Although Military Advisor Wu's method is feasible, it makes us lower our status and become the first-class bandits."

Lin Xuan glanced at Wu Yong and shook his head slightly.

Although Wu Yong is known as the "wise man", he also dresses like Zhuge Liang.

But when it comes to strategies, they are basically all wicked and outrageous methods, which are a bit like Jia Xu and Cheng Yu.

This strategy is indeed feasible.

Large bandit forces like to use this method when looting cities.

Before attacking the city, they took the refugees with them.

At the beginning of the siege, they prepared swordsmen and archers and ordered the refugees to climb the city walls desperately.

Those who don't want to go will be killed directly.

The rest who are afraid of death should just go and die honestly...

Of course, the defenders would not allow refugees to enter the city.

They could only use arrows, pestle stones, and gold juice to kill the refugees.

After all the refugees have died, or the defenders have lost their minds, the main force of the siege will attack the city.

At this time, most of the arrows and stones have been used up, and the defenders are also exhausted...

The attackers can gain a considerable advantage.

Some particularly inhumane people even used dead bodies to fill the moat and then sent out regular troops to attack the city.

Although this method is extremely crude and immoral, it is still very practical.

When Chen Qianzhi, a famous general of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, led his 7,000 white-robed troops to capture Luoyang, he also used this method to advance with unstoppable force.

"A kind person cannot command an army!" Wu Yong continued to persuade.

"Forget it. Hangzhou is the secondary capital after all. The people inside and outside the city are all our own people."

Huang Rong thought about it and shook her head, "If we make things so ugly just for a little advantage, then we are no better than Fang La."

According to Wu Yong's method, he can indeed gain some advantage.

But this scene of crying and shouting is really ugly.

If you attack a foreign race, with the intention of massacring the city, you will use all means possible.

Now that we are all Han Chinese, we should not do such shameless things.

"This one……"

Wu Yong hesitated and said, "The Star Lord loves his people like his own children. I admire you. Then shall we set up camp here and wait for the army to join us?"

"The armies do need to meet up, but why do they have to meet up outside the city?"

Huang Rong said calmly, "Wouldn't it be better if we take over Hangzhou first so that the brothers can have a place to stay?"

"what?"

"Military Advisor Wu, times have changed. Some things are different from what you think."

Huang Rong smiled and said, "These days, attacking a city is actually much easier than defending it."

"I just thought about it. If we join forces to forcefully break into the city, it really shouldn't be too difficult."

Footsteps sounded, and Huang Shang, Huang Yaoshi, Zhu Wu and others walked out of the formation: "But the Star Lord's actions can also be regarded as benevolent."

"Hmm? Oh, if Fang La can't defend the city, without those cannon fodder, he can directly attack our formation..."

Huang Rong gritted her teeth and said, "Come if you want. Are you afraid of him? Everyone, please pay attention!"

“It’s all planned out.”

Huang Yaoshi nodded; "Then let's break into the city first and fight Fang La's main force."

"This... Although there are some trees here, they are not century-old sacred trees, and it is difficult to make them into giant city-breaking piles in a hurry."

Zhu Wu, the military strategist, changed his expression slightly and said hurriedly.

As the nominal deputy military advisor, he was also responsible for the city-breaking equipment.

He originally planned to take a break, find some good trees the next day or the day after tomorrow, and use secret methods to piece them together into city-breaking stakes.

As a result, these senior leaders were very decisive and acted swiftly. They did not follow the rules and planned to get down to work directly.

If I lose the chain...

That problem can be big or small.

If things go wrong, he will eventually be turned into a city-breaking stake.

This is very embarrassing.

"Don't bother. There are so many people here, why do we need those stupid wood?"

Huang Rong said with a smile: "I can't control the strength of my attack, and it's easy for both of us to get hurt. I'll have to trouble Old Huang and Dad to help."

"Well, it's not convenient to station troops in the city. It looks like there are only two or three thousand people."

Huang Yaoshi felt a little awkward when hearing this, and frowned, saying, "Senior Huang and I should be able to destroy the city gate together. Rong'er, you can lead the army to charge and fight against the main force of the Ming Cult."

"Well, generals, obey your orders!"

Huang Rong drew her sword and shouted, "After the city gate is destroyed, we will immediately launch a charge to cut off the battlefield. We must achieve our goal in one battle. Generals, please do not let your guard down or you will miss this opportunity."

Although Liangshan was unstoppable along the way.

But this was mainly because there was no need to consider logistics, which resulted in the marching speed far exceeding Fang La's expectations, catching all places off guard.

If the Ming Cult reacts and changes to a protracted war to attrition...

As for Liangshan, it will take at least three to five years to completely occupy all the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River.

After all, in this year of disaster, everyone is burdened with heavy responsibilities, and it is impossible to eat all the stored food and grass at once...

There are only about 100,000 soldiers and generals in Liangshan. Once a chaotic battle breaks out, they will not be able to occupy all the territory they have.

If the imperial court still has some bold ideas at this time...

That would be even more troublesome.

"Yes!"

"The last general takes command!"

"Afraid of him!"

"That's right! Damn it!"

All the Liangshan generals rubbed their hands ready to fight and agreed loudly.

"Go!" Huang Shang nodded, displayed his lightness skills, and took the lead to arrive at the foot of the city.

Hundreds of meters away from the city, the sound of war drums suddenly rang out.

"Huang Shang, you old dog, you're still alive? You're still hanging out with those bastards from Liangshan!"

Fang La stood on the city wall and shouted angrily: "All soldiers, listen to my order. Anyone who shoots this old dog to death will be promoted three levels and rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver!"

That day, Huang Shang broke into the imperial city as if he was in an empty place, and killed his way to Fang La's bedroom.

Fang La was so frightened that he didn't even have time to put on his pants, and hurried out to fight with Huang Shang.

The result was also very tragic. After just a few moves, he was beaten by Huang Shang and was sweating profusely, losing all his face.

In the end, it was Shan Zhiweng who rescued Fang La because he was an ally.

Considering that Huang Shang's cultivation was extraordinary, it would be against the rules for him to kill someone for free...

The old man in the mountain even left Huang Shang a glimmer of hope, intending to use it as a bargaining chip to extort money from Fang La in the future.

Fang La had never suffered such a big loss since his debut, so he naturally regarded it as a great shame and humiliation.

But sending the Mountain Man to kill people would be too expensive.

Fang La weighed the pros and cons for a long time, but finally suppressed his anger. Thinking that Huang Shang would not live long, he gave up on buying Huang Shang's head.

But now, Huang Shang himself appeared in front of him alive and kicking...

The new and old grudges combined together almost made Fang La explode with anger.

"Yes!"

The spirits of the Ming Cult disciples rose, and arrows flew out of the air and shot towards Huang Shang.

"Although I don't have much ability, Master Fang is underestimating me..."

Huang Shang sighed, stretched out his sleeve and swept it hard.

The rain of arrows in the sky suddenly deflected, collided with each other, and fell to the ground.

"Senior Huang is very skilled, I am just showing off my skills in front of you."

Huang Yaoshi also used his sleeves to blow away the rain of arrows and appeared beside Huang Shang.

The moment he landed, Huang Yaoshi stretched out his right hand, grabbed with his five fingers, and lightly slapped out with a palm strike.

The star power gathered, the heaven and earth shook, and an extremely powerful palm force slammed into the city gate.

The city gate shook violently, and a large handprint appeared that was deeply imprinted in it.

Wood chips flew around the handprint, as if it had been hit by a cannonball.

Dozens of soldiers standing on the city gate vomited blood and fell to the ground due to the violent shock.

There were two unlucky guys who fell off the city wall in a daze and died.

"The Star of Wenqu has been accompanied by the Confucian spirit of the ages. The ancestor integrated this into the power of the palm, which is a different approach. It is no less than the celestial warrior that Master said."

In an instant, Huang Shang's aura became extremely powerful, like a god or demon.

With a punch, an ancient and solemn demon-suppressing seal appeared in the void, hitting the city gate like a landslide.

As the city gate shook like an earthquake, a two-meter-wide hole was blown open in the city gate, and bricks and stones from above kept falling down.

"The Great Demon Subduing Fist is indeed powerful and strong, enough to subdue the evil demons."

Huang Yaoshi's eyes flashed, and he looked a little admiring.

His air-splitting palm technique is also unique in the world, and its power is even greater than his world-famous finger-snapping magic.

But the old man Huang Shang's boxing skills are obviously stronger than his.

This has nothing to do with skill, it’s the difference in talent and artistic conception.

"Your palm power and mine are one hard and one soft. If we work together to exert our full strength, this city will surely collapse within ten moves. I don't have to worry about Fang La being a coward."

Huang Shang's internal energy circulated, stirring his entire body, and he practiced Taoism.

In an instant, his entire body became like a deep abyss and a towering mountain, emitting the majesty of dominating life and death.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Fang La looked at Fahai, who was standing with his hands clasped together and not saying a word, and said, "Master Fahai, please help me and kill this old man."

"Amitabha! In my humble opinion, this city is nothing but a dead object. It cannot withstand a blow from a great master."

"Even if Huang Shang hadn't taken action, it would have been the same if someone else had taken his place."

Fahai smiled and said, "Since they are determined to force the Holy Lord to send troops, then the Holy Lord should go and fight them."

"Going to war?"

"Since Liangshan has to abide by the rules, then everyone should follow the battlefield rules."

Fahai smiled and said, "The Holy Lord is an elite member of the Ming Cult. He shouldn't be defeated by those traitors in Liangshan, right?"

"This one……"

Fang La hesitated for a moment, then sneered, "Of course I'm not afraid."

"Don't worry, Saint. I said I would attack Lin Xuan, and I won't go back on my word."

"Okay! Then I'll have to trouble you, Master!"

Fang La snorted coldly and strode down the city wall: "All generals, obey my orders and follow me to kill the enemy!"

Others are tearing down the wall piece by piece, which is no different from riding on someone's face.

But Fang La had no good way to deal with it for the time being.

You can't just mobilize civil and military officials to repair the wall while others are happily tearing it down...

Just thinking about it makes me sick!

It would be better for everyone to just lay out their weapons and have a fight.

Anyway, the garrison in Hangzhou City is far larger than that in Liangshan, and they are all elite troops, so the advantage is still huge.

"Open the city gate quickly!"

"The Archbishop has given the order! All troops, attack!"

"Kill! Blood debt must be paid with blood! Revenge for the brothers who died in the battle!"

"The blazing holy fire will burn my broken body. How happy will it be to live, and how miserable will it be to die!"

Shi Bao, Deng Yuanjue and others were immediately cheered up and jumped down from the city one after another.

If they were not Mingzun's fanatical followers, they were Fang La's followers, and most of them were brave and fearless generals.

Unfortunately, their cultivation is not as good as Huang Shang's, and their palm power cannot reach that far...

Everyone was very angry just now.

Seeing that the real fight was about to begin, everyone was delighted.

In a moment, war drums sounded and military flags waved.

The capstan turned, and the damaged city gate collapsed.

Under the leadership of Fang La, more than 10,000 cavalrymen roared at the same time and charged towards Liangshan's main camp.

"Is Fang La planning to attrite us? Does he not care about the casualties at all?"

"Well, this group of fanatics are fearless and a bit difficult to deal with."

Lin Xuan looked at the cavalrymen rushing in like a tide and frowned: "There's something wrong with Fang La. Rong'er, you should be careful."

"With Sister Bai protecting me, Fang La shouldn't be able to hurt me. Just go and do your thing."

Huang Rong's eyes sparkled, and he drew his sword and shouted, "Generals, act according to the plan."

"Yes!"

Thousands of elite cavalry, under the command of Huang Yaoshi and Lin Chong, formed ingenious formations and faced Fang La's main cavalry.

"Let's go too!"

Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Li Kui and others also led the infantry to rush forward, rushing into the chaotic cavalry one after another, chopping off the horses' legs and tying down the enemy.

***
"Fahai is here, do Master Lin and that little sword fairy dare to fight?"

Amidst the earthquake, Fahai's body suddenly appeared in the center of the battlefield, with his hands clasped together and laughing loudly.

The sound was like thunder, echoing repeatedly on the battlefield, as if it could resonate with people's souls.

Any soldier who came within ten meters of him would fall down with a scream, blood gushing out of his pores, like blood snakes crawling at Fahai's feet.

In a moment, the blood snakes gathered together and blossomed into a huge and strange blood lotus, which lifted Fahai's body high.

It's like a god or Buddha who is high above, far away from the mundane world.

"Everyone be careful, stay away from this monk!"

The extremely strange scene made those brave and fearless generals subconsciously adjust their charge path and make tactical avoidance.

"The master has no taboos when he attacks, and he doesn't care about breaking the rules and killing people."

The void fluctuated, and Lin Xuan's figure appeared out of thin air, staring at the blood lotus under Fahai's feet.

"You python monster, these people didn't provoke you, but you killed them all. Do you still have the nerve to say you are exorcising demons?"

The sword flashed, and Ah Qing appeared. He looked at the bloody scene with some anger in his eyes.

"Humph! Now the demons want to destroy our Buddhist sect, and these fools do not know how to dissuade them. They are also helping the tyrants to commit atrocities. It is said that the human heart is like a demon, and this is exactly what it means!"

Fahai's eyes flashed with pride: "This catastrophe in the world is the karma of your karma."

"Nonsense, specious arguments!"

Ah Qing was stunned for a moment and said angrily.

"You are such a daring monster! You are a mysterious bird, an ancient spiritual bird, but you don't think about respecting the heavens and worshipping Buddha, cultivating your mind and character, and doing good deeds. How dare you be greedy, lustful, and enjoy the misfortune of others, and kill and fight more."

"The ignorance of the world has allowed a monster like you to steal the merits of incense. But they don't know that under the seat of Tathagata in the West, among the gods and Buddhas in Lingshan, there is no place for you unorthodox people to stay!"

Fahai shouted angrily, and a brilliant Buddha light emanated from his body, like a tidal wave, rushing towards Ah Qing: "You evil creature, if you still don't convert, what are you waiting for?"

"You, a python monster, have the guts to ask me to convert with your ability?"

Ah Qing was furious when he heard this. He swung his green bamboo stick and extinguished the Buddha's light: "Do you think you are so great, Buddha Tathagata? Let him come over!"

"Humph! A monster is a monster. It really doesn't know what's good for it and won't obey education!"

Fahai clasped his hands together and said, "In this case, I will have no choice but to take action myself to eliminate the demons."

"Qing'er, Fahai is deliberately speaking rudely. He must have other intentions."

Lin Xuan held Ah Qing's hand and shook it: "Let me try, and you can take care of the other person."

Logically speaking, Tathagata seems to have a pretty good relationship with the Heavenly Palace, and they are always cheerful when they meet.

The Queen Mother of the West will specially invite Tathagata and Guanyin to participate in the Peach Banquet.

But Fahai's attitude made Lin Xuan feel a little confused.

Have Lingshan and Heaven completely fallen out?

"...This python monster is indeed weird."

Ah Qing hesitated and lowered the green bamboo stick: "You have that, it is indeed much more powerful than me, so you better be careful."

"I know."

(End of this chapter)