Chapter 439

On the city walls of Daliang, the Wei soldiers looked down at the Qin army's formations with a dismissive attitude. If it were said that earlier, the Wei soldiers in Daliang were still a bit fearful when they saw the Qin army attacking the city—after all, the ferocity of the Qin army was known to all under heaven, and the fact that the Qin Guo had won battle after battle in the Wei Guo and attacked to the front of Daliang like a broken bamboo had already explained this point—so, initially, when the Qin Guo attacked to the front of Daliang, they were prepared for a death struggle.

Facing the Qin army's attack, they had even opened the city gates once to actively meet the Qin army, but after several exchanges, they gradually realized a fact: the Qin army seemed to have no way to reach the top of Daliang.

It could only be said that the current Wei soldiers were truly a bit underestimated regarding the Daliang city built by their ancestors. This was not strange; after all, before this, they had not experienced the defense of Daliang.

Only some old people knew how impregnable Daliang was. Back then, Bai Qi had led an army to attack Daliang, but he was almost trapped in Daliang. Although there were various reasons for this, it could be considered one of the rare failures in Bai Qi's life.

When the Wei army realized that the Qin army could not break Daliang, although they were still a bit nervous about the Qin army being at the city gates, they were not as fearful as they had imagined. The reason was that there was grain in the city. As long as the Qin army could not break Daliang, relying solely on the grain stored in the city, they were enough to hold out for a long time. Conversely, the Qin army had come from afar and penetrated deep into their Wei Guo; if they could not capture it after a long time, perhaps they would take the initiative to retreat.

To put it bluntly, although the Wei people in Daliang were not as fearful as before, they still held a pessimistic attitude toward this Qin attack on Wei.

The State of Han, the State of Zhao, and the State of Yan had all been destroyed one after another. Could the Wei Guo block the Qin attack?

If they could not block it, I fear there would only be the path of state destruction!

In the current situation, counting on rescue from other countries was basically impossible.

The State of Qi had always been of one mind with the Qin Guo. Back when the five states formed an alliance, the State of Qi was the only one among the six states east of the mountains that did not participate.

As for the State of Chu, it was possible that they understood the principle of "when the lips are gone, the teeth are cold" and would send troops to rescue the Wei Guo, but relying solely on the power of the State of Chu, even if they sent troops, it was estimated that they could not change the current situation.

But because Daliang had blocked the Qin army's several attacks, some people in the Wei Guo, in addition to despair, could not help but give birth to a glimmer of hope, hoping that the Qin Guo would take the initiative to retreat.

Today, facing the Qin army's active attack once again.

Although the Wei soldiers in Daliang did not intend to leave the city to meet the Qin army, they were still fully on guard. Facing the Qin army in a head-on confrontation, they were not the Qin army's match, but now, they occupied Daliang and possessed the advantage of the terrain, so they must defend the city well and not let the Qin army reach the top.

"Strange～～!"

On the city wall, an old Wei soldier immediately discovered something wrong.

"What is strange?"

Beside him, a young Wei soldier immediately asked. Regarding the matter of defending the city, the old soldiers indeed had more experience. Back then, these young people were almost allowed by the Qin army to reach the top of the city wall with the help of those siege engines, and it was only under the command of these old soldiers that they beat the Qin army back down again.

After this incident, the status of these old Wei soldiers in the hearts of the young soldiers also climbed to a very high level. What made the young soldiers admire them even more was that earlier, when fighting outside the city, Dian Qing, who blocked the frontal impact of thirteen Qin chariots in a row, was one of them.

The young soldiers did not know that this group of old soldiers had another name in the past, called—"Wei Wuzu." After the Battle of Maling, the Wei Wuzu gradually declined, but they were still the most elite troops of the Wei Guo. They had once followed Lord Xinling to form an alliance to attack Qin. Unfortunately, also because of Lord Xinling, the leader of the Wei Wuzu, the Great General of the Wei Guo, was suspected and later died for no reason; many people guessed it was the work of the King of Wei.

After the death of the Great General, the Wei Wuzu were once controlled by the Grand Secretary Wei Yong. Later, because of the matter of treason, Wei Yong was executed by Lord Xinling, and the Wei Wuzu were once again controlled by Lord Xinling. Unfortunately, good times did not last long. Not long after Lord Xinling executed Wei Yong and regained control of the Wei Wuzu, an accident occurred, and Lord Xinling was assassinated and died. Although the new King of Wei, King Zeng, had some ambition and wanted to revive the glory of the Wei Wuzu, with the change of power several times and the lack of great generals in the Wei Guo, the name of the Wei Wuzu ultimately declined completely.

The old soldier from the Wei Wuzu said in a deep voice: "Earlier, when the Qin Guo sent troops to attack the city, they all launched an attack directly toward Daliang, using those elite siege engines to climb to the top of the city without fear of death. Today, although the Qin Guo has also sent troops, it looks more like a feigned attack..."

"If something is abnormal, there must be a problem. We must be on guard!"

The old soldier's tone was a bit serious.

The young soldiers immediately perked up.

The matter of the Qin army feigning an attack without actually attacking soon attracted the attention of the Wei army on the Daliang city wall. Many people realized that there might be a problem this time and raised their guard one after another. Apart from this, they were not overly nervous. No matter what treacherous scheme the Qin army wanted to implement, relying on the impregnability of Daliang, they could still block the Qin army's attack.

Behind the Qin army, on a temporarily assembled siege tower about three feet high, the Qin army's main general Wang Ben looked down from a high position, his vision passing through the dense military formations, and he took a look at the battlefield in the distance, and then his gaze fell on Su Xuan beside him.

"｀ 」Mr. Su, next, it is up to your performance!"

His voice was cold, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth. He wanted to see how Su Xuan would break the city.

Su Xuan smiled faintly, not taking it to heart. The next instant, he took a step.

In Wang Ben's horrified expression, he walked through the air, stepping out from the three-foot-high siege tower, but he did not fall directly to the ground; instead, he walked in mid-air.

This scene made Wang Ben horrified.

He knew a little about Su Xuan's background, but he mostly just regarded him as a wandering sorcerer who was pretending to be a god. Now that he saw this hand of Su Xuan, Wang Ben immediately realized that Su Xuan was definitely a top-tier expert.

But even if he was a top-tier expert, possessing unparalleled light-body techniques, wanting to break the city with the power of one person was still a wishful thinking matter.

Su Xuan did not care about Wang Ben's thoughts. Walking out from the siege tower behind the army, he walked in mid-air, each step several feet, and in a short while, he arrived above the Qin army. Many Qin soldiers also noticed Su Xuan and showed horror, but the quality of the Qin army was indeed excellent. Even so, it did not cause a commotion. Besides the fact that Su Xuan came from their side, another reason was that Dian Qing had brought them a greater shock that day. By comparison, what was Su Xuan walking in mid-air?

In an instant, Su Xuan came from above the Qin army to the front of the Qin army, and then walked step by step toward the direction of Daliang.

Daliang was extremely high, and the Wei army on the city wall had been closely observing the movements of the Qin army. Suddenly seeing a person walking from above the Qin army, many people were like seeing a ghost or god.

Immediately afterward, the Wei army general on the city wall gave the order, "Fire arrows at me!"

No matter what the background of this person was, or what kind of demon art he used to be able to walk in mid-air, just because he walked from the Qin army's side, he must absolutely not be allowed to use this to reach the top of the city wall.