Chapter 3033: Baoji City

Soldiers value divine speed, so the Earth Mother directly loaded troops and sailed upstream along the Great River. The Great River runs through the southern part of the Hao Ling Kingdom, passing many important cities, and is only about two hundred li from the capital.

The Earth Mother then deployed over two hundred thousand troops to the three landing sites carefully selected by the Nine Abysses Great Emperor.

These three locations are both strategic points along the river and the outer defenses of the Hao Ling Kingdom's capital, Baoji City, where the royal troops guarding the capital are stationed.

The two hundred thousand troops blocked them at their doorstep, preventing them from rushing to reinforce Baoji City.

Afterwards, the Earth Mother marched toward Baoji.

This nearly scared the Hao Ling Kingdom out of its wits!

It originally had one hundred ninety thousand elite troops stationed west of the Hao Ling Kingdom, but they were all withdrawn by the Heavenly Palace to support the Suoluo Kingdom. Who would have thought that the southeastern Bolang Kingdom would suddenly collapse, followed by the Cangyan army sweeping southwest, and in less than two days they were already approaching the Hao Ling Kingdom's capital!

This, this is a sneak attack on the home base!

The cities along the river were completely unprepared; in some places, by the time the Cangyan troops arrived at the city gates, the gates hadn't even had time to be closed.

At least three besieged cities had defensive formations on their walls that had fallen into disrepair over the years and could not be activated, so the Cangyan army easily blasted open their gates. The problem is, most armies are currently in the Suoluo Kingdom, so even if the Heavenly Palace diverts some forces to aid the Hao Ling Kingdom, it won't arrive in just two or three days.

After all, they don't have the Earth Mother's plains as a divine transport artifact; moving a few hundred or a couple thousand people might still be manageable with flying vehicles, but when it comes to tens or hundreds of thousands of troops, they can only move over land.

However, the Hao Ling Kingdom's land forces are ultimately much stronger than those of the Bolang Kingdom, its domestic terrain is mostly mountainous and marshy, unfriendly to outsiders, and coupled with the recent days of torrential rain near the capital, turning everywhere into marshes, the Cangyan army also found the fighting extraordinarily difficult.

At this moment, the immortals and cultivators of Cangyan began to appear, engaging in joyous exchanges of blows with the great powers of the Hao Ling Kingdom.

In just a few days, the Bolang Kingdom fell, the Hao Ling Kingdom was in peril, and the Suoluo Kingdom was besieged. Of the six kingdoms under the Heavenly Palace, half were now in dire straits. This scene greatly surprised several neutral barbarian demon kingdoms that had originally been watching from the sidelines.

After the demon emperor's demise, the advantage originally lay with the Heavenly Palace's side. Originally, few were optimistic about Nie Xiaolou and the Baoshu Kingdom's faction, as most barbarian demon kingdoms believed their struggle was destined to be futile, at most lasting only until the descent of the heavenly gods.

But the sudden formation and entry into war of the War Alliance instantly reversed the situation.

The two major barbarian demon kingdoms were no longer fighting alone, but had received the strongest external support.

All the barbarian demon kings understood: this was no longer a civil war within Between Between Between Beijia!

This is a war between humanity and the heavenly demons, with the curtain raised in advance.

Therefore, their choice must be carefully considered, must be made with utmost caution.

No one wishes to pick the wrong side, for the consequences are too dire, and no one can bear them.

On the fourth day of the Battle of Hao Ling, Baoji City was besieged and in urgent peril.

But after all, it has elite troops and ample provisions, strong walls and thick defenses, far incomparable to the Bolang Kingdom's capital. Upon hearing the news of the Earth Mother sailing upstream, Hao Ling knew Cangyan was coming straight for them, so they promptly gathered supplies into the city and set up barriers.

Because the situation arose suddenly, Hao Ling had no time to respond calmly, but they intended to wage a prolonged war of attrition against Cangyan. Cangyan's tactics are like a tsunami—the first and second waves are the most ferocious, but after the crest passes, the residual force comes in waves of lesser intensity. After all, this is Hao Ling's territory; they are the local hosts, and once the regional troops react, they will naturally rush to serve the king.

Moreover, the Heavenly Palace and neighboring states are not mere decorations; they will certainly dispatch troops to assist.

By then, the Cangyan troops trapped within Hao Ling's territory will find themselves surrounded like dumplings—each key point seized—provided the Earth Mother fails to escape in time.

Therefore, they must hold out for another five or six days!

Baoji City is full of confidence in this; over the past three hundred years, its walls have been continuously reinforced and adjusted, especially after the heavenly and earthly spiritual energy became abundant, when they received significant strengthening. In the words of the Hao Ling King himself: even if a hundred immortals attacked together, they could not break through this thick wall.

The recently completed Panlong City is a famed city in history, its wall thickness known throughout the universe. But Baoji City considers itself not inferior, for Baoji's walls employ a different defensive philosophy—the manifestation of the gate guardian beast.

Its gate guardian beast is forged from the residual soul of a Ba Xia and a turtle shell. When the gate guardian beast enters a defensive stance, the entire city wall's texture changes—no longer earth and stone, but an extremely dense and hard turtle shell exterior!

Baoji City calls this the "City Armor," meaning the entire capital has been clad in thick outer armor.

It is not only impervious to blades and spears, but its defensive effect against wide-range divine abilities is especially excellent. Even if struck by Cangyan army's demon-breaking arrows and siege crossbows, the wall merely sinks into a deep pit, unlike other walls that would explode into a huge breach.

It even offers a certain degree of defense against primordial force, after all, it is a turtle shell. Thus, damaged wall sections can be rapidly repaired, as long as the rear formations supply energy in time. This point is especially precious in the current wartime environment.

Even if the Cangyan army attacks this City Armor, they would feel as frustrated as a mouse trying to gnaw a turtle with nowhere to bite. Therefore, if no accident occurs, Baoji City is already in an invincible position; as long as they hold the next four or five days of defensive battle, reinforcements will arrive at any time.

Of course.

Every time this is said, an accident is sure to come.

On the third day of Cangyan's invasion of Hao Ling, Meng Shan Kingdom openly declared its allegiance to the War Alliance!

This news truly brought joy and encouragement, for the Meng Shan Kingdom's royal family are tigers, and their main demon troops are the Tiger Legion, one of the most combat-skilled demon armies in Between Between Between Beijia.

Meng Shan Kingdom's choice greatly exceeded the Heavenly Palace's expectations.

Besides the human faction demonstrating its formidable strength, the private exchanges between Fu Shanlie and the Meng Shan Kingdom's ruler also played a crucial role. Upon receiving the news, He Lingchuan was also greatly surprised:

"Oh? So it turns out Jiaoyu is actually a royal relative of the Meng Shan Kingdom?"

Jiaoyu's grandfather was originally a great general of the Meng Shan Kingdom, a royal in-law; later, when internal strife erupted in the state, they fled and sought refuge in Chiyan. He Lingchuan also does not know when the King of Chiyan and the King of Meng Shan made contact; this secrecy was handled very well.

Alas, compared to his father, Fu Shanyue is still lacking by several hundred li in both tact and character.

"In short, Meng Shan Kingdom has just declared allegiance to our side and already dispatched troops—an initial force of fifty thousand men marching into Suoluo Kingdom to relieve the Chiyan army's troubles. Fu Shanlie can now breathe a little easier." Dong Rui's teasing voice entered He Lingchuan's ears via the eyeball spider: "Great Boss He, how are your affairs in the city progressing?"

Which city? Naturally, Baoji City.

The previous battle that annihilated the Bolang Kingdom was personally led by the Red General. After this battle ended, He Lingchuan had already personally led his troops into Baoji City, hiding there before the city could clear its strong walls, preparing in advance for the next step of the war plan.