Chapter 268

For a time, the Chu army widened their eyes, and it even alarmed Chu Qingluan.

"This... is this the sound coming from the walls of Great Qian's Changancheng?"

"They actually want to fight to the death? Vigorous Great Qian, let us face the national disaster together?"

As they got closer and closer to Changancheng, they could see more clearly; the walls of Changancheng were covered with banners, stretching out in a continuous line!

Looking from afar, there were figures everywhere!

Chu Tianfeng's expression changed, and he decisively looked at Wu Xiong, "Didn't you say Changan City was empty? How can there be so many Great Qian soldiers!"

"Just this wave of sound—this is at least sixty or seventy thousand people roaring in unison!!!"

Another Chu Kingdom general also said, "Vigorous Great Qian, let us face the national disaster together—this voice carries a fighting spirit, without any fear or panic!"

"How many defending troops are there in Changancheng?"

For a time, the expressions of the Chu Kingdom generals all changed.

Chu Qingluan also looked at Prince Wu, "Give this Princess an explanation!"

Wu Xiong was also stunned, "That's not right; logically speaking, even if Great Qian reacted quickly, it's impossible to mobilize troops into the capital. According to the establishment of Changancheng in the past, it's impossible to have more than thirty thousand defending troops!"

Chu Tianfeng intensified his tone, "Impossible, just looking at the banners on the city walls, it's impossible for there to be fewer than sixty thousand!"

Wu Xiong was anxious, "Second Princess, General Chu, this Prince brought all of my tens of thousands of troops, along with General Xue's ten thousand; I have no reason to lie to you!"

Chu Qingluan thought so too, and she looked at the walls of Changancheng and suddenly said, "This defending general is quite cunning!"

Following her words, all the Chu Kingdom generals looked at Chu Qingluan.

Chu Qingluan said coldly, "Inside... there are mostly commoners mixed in!"

"Their purpose is to affect the morale of our army."

Once these words fell, the Chu Kingdom generals weren't fools, and they all reacted.

Morale is something invisible and intangible, but it is extremely important when fighting a war—one burst of energy, then exhaustion, then depletion!

The Chu army marched south, their morale like a rainbow, and everyone knew Changancheng was empty, so they all came with the idea of looting gold and silver and gaining merit.

Such combat power is extremely terrifying!

But now, on the walls of Changancheng, people were moving, looking like a tough nut to crack, so the morale of the Chu army soldiers would be invisibly weakened!

This combat power would naturally decrease.

An excellent general must know how to mobilize the morale of the soldiers, and Chu Qingluan was well-versed in this.

But this was like a conspiracy; you know it's a false appearance, but the weakening of the Chu army's morale had already been invisibly completed.

"In the face of absolute strength, any ghosts and monsters are just a joke!"

Chu Qingluan let out a cold snort, her face filled with disdain.

"Order the whole army to prepare to set up camp!"

Once Chu Qingluan's order was issued, the Chu army began to set up camp in an orderly manner, and Chu Qingluan set up her tent in the very center.

But soon, a Chu army scout rushed over and knelt on one knee, "Second Princess, the large trees within ten miles of Changancheng have either been cut down or burned to the ground; even the villages were not spared."

"We can only go further away to cut down trees and build defensive works."

Chu Qingluan's expression was calm, not surprised at all, "Great Qian is not stupid; it's normal for them to receive the news and make preparations in advance."

"Clearing the fields is just a conventional method."

But this Chu army soldier raised his head, looking a bit indescribable.

Chu Qingluan noticed something was wrong and said, "What else?"

The soldier gritted his teeth and said, "We found more than a dozen corpses in the Jing River, as well as some dead chicken and duck carcasses."

"They should... also be the work of Great Qian."

"But how many there are, there is no way to know!"

"What?"

"Beasts!"

Chu Tianfeng heard this news, his expression tightened, and he suddenly cursed.

Chu Qingluan's mouth also twitched.

A name suddenly flashed in her mind, and then she gritted her teeth and read it out, "Gao Yang!"

"This absolutely came from the hand of the Living Yama!"

"Clearing the fields, throwing corpses into the water source—this is absolutely that inhuman beast!"

"Except for him, none of those old Great Qian generals could do this."

Prince Wu frowned, a flash of wariness in his brow.