Chapter 138

"Why run? Just charge straight in!"

Wang Jian flew into a rage!

But very quickly, he saw clearly: the two hundred men of Meng Yi had not run out on their own!

They had been... hacked out by sheer force!

077. One person killed over three hundred thousand? Seeing Ying Zheng was stunned into numbness!

Hacked out?

That's not strange!

There were at least five thousand people inside Xianyanggong, after all.

And Meng Yi only led two hundred men to open the city gate!

Once discovered, he ran out—that's perfectly normal!

However, even so, it didn't matter.

Because... Meng Yi's mission was already accomplished!

Open the city gate!

Yes!

With the city gate open, the main army could file in one after another.

Without the city gate, even if those five thousand soldiers were extremely formidable, they could not stop an army of one hundred and fifty thousand!

"Charge! Charge! Charge!"

Wang Jian shouted loudly!

All the soldiers followed, charging inside!

But...

When they got close enough, the scene before their eyes left Wang Jian somewhat stunned.

Only at this moment did he realize that those pursuing Meng Yi's two hundred men were not some army!

They were...

One person!

One person?

One person... chasing and killing two hundred men?

Yes!

Not only chasing and killing two hundred men!

Moreover, he had forcibly driven all two hundred men out.

After driving everyone out, he alone, with his back to everyone, began to pull the city gate shut, intending to close it!

"Closing the city gate?"

This scene directly terrified Wang Jian into a stupor.

Remember, that was a city gate!

City gates are thick and heavy; just the thickness alone is nearly as thick as two palms!

And inside the city gate, it is made of three materials: copper, iron, and wood!

The core inner layer is iron, then sandwiched by three to five layers of wood; finally, for aesthetics, it is wrapped in copper sheets—both for beauty and to prevent water from seeping in, which would cause the iron inside to rust and the wood to rot!

Because of this, in siege warfare, city gates are extremely difficult to break!

Hundreds of men must embrace the battering ram and strike it hundreds or even thousands of times before the crossbar inside might break!

And yet, a single city gate like this weighs at least two thousand jin.

Two city gates together weigh a full four thousand jin!

Normally, whether opening or closing the city gate, it requires twenty or thirty people working together to push it shut!

The city gate of Xianyanggong, because it was reforged by Facing Ying Su, contains not only iron but also steel!

This city gate is so thick and heavy that it is said to weigh six thousand jin; whether opening or closing it, it requires twenty people plus six horses and two oxen working together to shut or open it!

But now, one person! 23 One person just pulled the city gate shut like that?

Wang Jian was utterly stunned!

Stunned by this person's divine strength!

He almost instinctively thought of Li Yuanba!

In this world, there is probably only one person who could smash open a city gate weighing a thousand jin with three hammer strikes!

Has the Neishi Society battle ended?

Has Li Yuanba already returned?

Wang Jian was greatly startled!

If he had returned, then attacking Xianyanggong would definitely fail!

Moreover... this army of one hundred and fifty thousand would lose at least fifty thousand men, and still might not be able to break in!

Almost instantly, cold sweat began to flow down his forehead!

But very quickly, he shook his head!

Impossible!

Remember, even just traveling from Xianyang to the Neishi Society, even riding the fastest horse, would take three days!

And according to Tell Meng Wu's report, Seeing Xiang Yu only appeared in Xiang Yu's army the day before yesterday!

Even if he were a god, it would be impossible for him to return in such a short time!

Therefore, it absolutely cannot be Li Yuanba!

It wasn't just illogical—his build didn't match either!

He had seen Li Yuanba before—gaunt and withered, his face like that of a sickly ghost, gripping a pair of Thunderous Golden Hammers!

And the man pursuing Meng Yi?

He was tall and burly, gripping a massive Yu Wang Halberd!

He wasn't Li Yuanba!

If he wasn't Li Yuanba, then who was he?

Wang Jian's heart turned cold with dread!

But no matter who it was, he could not let that man close the city gate!

They had paid the price of fifty thousand men launching a frontal assault just to get two hundred to scale the western wall and open the gate—could they really let someone shut it again like that?

So, in that instant, he almost gave the order at once: "Loose arrows! Loose arrows!"

"Shoot this man dead!"

He bellowed.

In an instant, archers loosed arrows at the man before them!

But… when the rain of arrows struck that man, everyone was dumbstruck!

Everyone was stunned!

Because… they hit him!

But… the man didn't react in the slightest!

When the arrows struck his body, it was like raindrops hitting a slab of iron—clanging and clattering—before tumbling down!

"Th-this…"

That sight scared the wits out of old Wang Jian himself.

Meng Yi, too, goggled his eyes wide!

They were all horrified, faces full of shock and disbelief!

But… Zhang Han did not flinch!

He let out a shout on the spot:

"Charge!"

"Kill!"

He bellowed at the top of his lungs!

In that moment, their fighting spirit blazed like a rainbow!

Everyone surged toward the strange man before them to cut him down!