Thump! Thump! Thump! "
Following a series of loud noises, more than a thousand soldiers knelt down in unison, "We are willing to live and die with this city!"
Seeing this, a civil official also knelt down and laughed, "I am willing to live and die with this city!"
"Boom boom boom …"
In an instant, everyone on the city wall knelt down.
"We are willing to live and die with this city!"
"We are willing to live and die with this city!"
"…"
Millions of people in the city shouted in unison.
The atmosphere in the entire world was pushed to its peak, and countless commoners revealed resolute expressions.
If they were previously afraid of death, after witnessing Yun Yi's actions, the fear in their hearts no longer existed. Instead, it was replaced by bravery and determination.
This movement could be said to be earth-shattering, causing the faces of the soldiers outside the city to change. They were all shocked by this imposing manner.
"Forcibly inciting the hearts of the people?"
Outside the city, the acting king looked on mockingly. He then looked at Yun Yi and sneered, "This woman is not simple. Unfortunately, she is only a woman!"
"Today, not even the gods can save you all!"
He raised his hand slightly and an indifferent voice came from his mouth, "Attack the city, leave no one alive!"
As soon as these words came out!
Someone roared, "The acting king has ordered, attack the city, leave no one alive, leave no one alive!"
"Hohoho …"
The originally silent army of hundreds of thousands of soldiers moved in unison. They all took a step forward and pushed the siege weapons to the front.
There were wooden gates, siege ladders, kerosene, catapults, and so on. The number of weapons made one's scalp go numb.
"Empress Dowager, please step aside!"
The commander of the imperial guards, Ma Yuanxun, roared and then turned to the soldiers, "Is your blood still warm? Are you all afraid of death?! "
"Fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!" “
On the city wall, the 30,000 soldiers roared in unison. They then took a step forward and unsheathed their long swords.
There were no less than 300,000 rebels!
Adding up all of them, there were only 30,000 of them. Even if the disparity in strength was too great, so what?
At most, they would just die!
"Fellow citizens, those who are not afraid of death can come forward. Today, we will let the rebels know that even if they die, they will pay the price!"
The Minister of Justice, Li Shanyuan, laughed tragically.
"Count me in!"
A dark-skinned man carrying a child in the city responded and silently handed the child to his wife beside him. "If I die, you can remarry and raise our son well."
With that, he resolutely stepped onto the tower, leaving behind the crying child and his wife, who was secretly wiping away her tears.
A disheveled young man knelt heavily in front of an old man. "Grandpa, the country is in danger. Please forgive me for not being able to take care of you in your old age …"
"Child, go …"
The old man stretched out his old hand and caressed her face. He said in a trembling voice, "You go ahead of me. I'll come to find you after I've collected your remains …"
The young man nodded and ascended the tower resolutely. An imperial guard handed him a bow and asked, "Do you know how to use it?"
"Yes!"
The young man took it and drew the bow into the shape of a full moon. "My family is poor, so I often go hunting in the mountains …"
"Okay, stand behind me later! “
The Imperial Guard grinned. "Go after I die. If I don't die, help me collect my bones and bring them back to my family. By the way, they call him Big Blackie. What about you …"
"My name is Ding Peng …"
The young man's eyes suddenly turned red.
"And me …"
"If a man dies, then so be it …"
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh …"
In less than 30 minutes, tens of thousands of young men stood up in the city. These people spontaneously stood behind the city gate.
Due to the lack of weapons and equipment, most of them didn't have any armor or weapons to protect themselves.
Some of them were holding wooden sticks, some were holding iron rakes for digging dung, and some were holding kitchen knives …
Yun Yi looked at this scene with tears in her eyes.
She was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the late emperor!
But from the beginning to the end, she did not have much of a sense of acceptance towards this responsibility. To be precise, she resisted it!
But at this moment!
She only felt that even if she died immediately!
She would have no regrets!
"Kill!"
The commanders of the rebel army shouted in unison.
"Rumble …"
The tens of thousands of soldiers in the lead suddenly stepped forward, carrying a huge battering ram as they charged straight at the city gate.
Siege ladders were pushed forward, catapults were launched, and shields covered the sky as they smashed directly at the city wall.
At this moment, the atmosphere between heaven and earth suddenly changed. As if a mountain torrent had broken out, the fierce sound of killing covered everything.
"Release the arrows!!!"
Ma Yuanxun shouted from atop the city wall.
Among the nearly 50,000 soldiers, 10,000 archers stepped forward in unison. Ignoring the flying boulders, they nocked their arrows and drew their bowstrings!
"Thump, thump …"
Someone screamed and someone fell!
But every time someone fell, someone else would step forward to replace him!
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh …"
An overwhelming rain of arrows rained down from the top of the city walls, landing on the attacking army like dense raindrops!
Some of the rebel army fell, and some screamed!
But compared to the total number of casualties, it was no different from a stone falling into the sea, unable to cause a single ripple!
The Acting King sat in his carriage, expressionless as he watched the scene unfold before him, as if the withering of lives did not affect him at all.
"Acting King, why don't we divide the troops into four groups and attack from all four gates at the same time?"
A strategist suggested. "They have few troops and even fewer equipment, so they will not be able to defend all four gates at the same time. As long as any one of the gates is breached, it will be the end of them …"
"What's the hurry?"
The Acting King peeled an orange and ate it. "I have the advantage in numbers. If we want to fight, we must completely crush all their hopes. Only then will the other seven fellows know how powerful I am …"
"The other seven kings are on their way here now. I am worried that they will pick up a ready-made …" the strategist said hesitantly.
"Noisy!"
The Acting King looked at him coldly.
Just one look!
The strategist hurriedly apologized and did not say a word.
"Rumble …"
As the earth-shattering sounds grew louder and louder, the siege battle entered a white-hot state, with people dying one after another.
Thousands of soldiers defending the city died in an instant. Corpses kept falling, and people kept coming to replace them without fear of death.
Yun Yi clenched her fists tightly, sobbing uncontrollably. "Your Majesty, take a good look. These people died for you, for the royal family of our major sects …"
The little Emperor covered his eyes with his hands and screamed in fear.
At this moment, the attacking army was less than ten feet away from the north gate. As long as they got close, the tall north gate would be smashed open in no time.
Ma Yuanxun roared. "Archers, we must not let them get close to the city gate. Even if we all die, we must hold on. The Imperial Tutor is on his way back …"
(End of this chapter)
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