Chapter 243: Guarding the City in the Heart Not to Break

On the city wall, Seeing Yan Shu and the others all suppressed the anger in their hearts, clenching their fists tightly, their eyes splitting. Someone on the city wall roared wildly, someone cried loudly, and Cen Can, who led the righteous army, gritted his teeth tightly, his killing intent honed into a blade, wanting to kill out of the city and fight the demons desperately.

"These are the driven mouths of the magic army!" The old general Geshu Han said solemnly: "Demons have the ability to possess bodies. Even if they possess mortal bodies, they are not something that the motley crew I gathered in a hurry can contend with. These millions of driven mouths are mixed with unknown numbers of possessed demons. They must not be allowed to approach the city wall."

"Listen to my order!" Geshu Han waved his hand and shot an arrow, inserting it dozens of miles away. The arrow with a red scarf on the tail fin divided a boundary line.

"Mark ten sections, kill those who cross the line!"

Seeing Yan Shu was furious, waving his fist and wanting to greet Geshu Han, gritting his teeth and saying: "You are crazy! Outside the city are nearly a million common people..."

"As a general, one cannot have the benevolence of a woman!" Geshu Han took off his helmet, revealing a head of white hair and said: "Among these common people, as long as there are thousands or tens of thousands of demons mixed in, let them approach the city wall, and if they suddenly launch an attack, we won't be able to block the first pounce."

"You should know the weight of the situation!"

Geshu Han was also looking at them as righteous people who assassinated An Lushan at the banquet yesterday, so he spoke out to explain to him. He Zhizhang untied his head crown, letting his white hair fall on his face, covering his expression. The Han people covered their faces with hair, implying that they had no face to see their ancestors, which was the most serious self-condemnation before a sinner died. He said in a low voice: "Taibai, General Pei... we cannot save these people, let General Geshu..."

Speaking of this, He Zhizhang could no longer speak.

Qian Chen pulled out the Affection Sword in front of him and looked back to see that on the city wall, the righteous cultivators and those Chang'an children who were originally full of momentum to guard Chang'an were now showing confusion. Their hands were trembling slightly, listening to the Guanzhong hometown sounds vaguely coming from under the city, and some people were crying in fear.

Some even could not stand and fell from the city wall.

The scholars who held bows and arrows and were originally boasting that they slaughtered demons like killing chickens had hands trembling so much that they could not pull the bowstring. The Tang army led by Geshu Han, although each had an ugly face, was more adapted to such tragedies than the righteous army.

Qian Chen shook his head slowly and said: "Cannot kill!"

"Stupid!" Geshu Han sneered: "Cannot kill, can we save them? What do we have to save them? The enemy has a million people, all are the most elite border troops of the Great Tang. After being possessed by demons, their cultivation is more than ten times stronger. And we only have 50,000 elites, plus the so-called 100,000 righteous army. If we cannot strengthen our will and rely on the strong city, what do we have to fight?"

"Chang'an is a strong city that is hard to guard, but the city of the human heart is even harder to guard!" Qian Chen turned back suddenly and said: "Compared to demons, the righteous army only has one breath of heart qi. Look at the high righteous people guarding Chang'an, look at them. If they still had the heart to fight to the death before, after slaughtering those innocent common people, how many people here can still strengthen their Dao heart? This righteous army, how many people can still pick up knives and guns?"

"Even those Tang troops under your command, after killing so many innocent common people, do they still have the heart qi and morale to fight with the demons?"

"Kill the demons in front of you, once the Dao heart is broken, how many people can defeat the demons in their own hearts. At that time, the demons will take advantage of the emptiness, so what if you survive today?"

"So, you want to open the door and let them in?" Geshu Han almost laughed: "There are unknown numbers of demons mixed in, and even if you distinguish them one by one in peacetime, there may be demons that slip through the net and set off boundless storms in Chang'an City. Today, at the moment of triggering, in a precarious situation, you want to let those demons into the city?"

"Even if the city gates are opened, if the demon army takes advantage of the momentum to launch a surprise attack, it is possible they could breach the city. Chang'an also has tens of millions of people. Are you asking me to take the Great Tang's state and millions of commoners to risk their lives with you?"

Qian Chen said calmly: "General Geshu, wanting to guard Chang'an, relying on military strategy is useless. Military strategy should tell you that in this calamity, Chang'an is already ten deaths and no life. Even if these 150,000 people have Dao hearts like iron, they won't be able to hold on for a few days."

"The so-called old and steady move is actually appeasement and waiting for death, using retreat to buy time, but behind is Chang'an, we have long had no way to retreat."

"Guarding Chang'an itself requires a miracle! It is an incredible thing..."

"Military strategy should also be like magic, following the rules, can it give birth to that incredible magic path change?"

"Absurd!" Geshu Han's body trembled slightly.

"The magic path is absurd... General Geshu, are you willing to do this absurd move and complete the first step of the incredible change in military strategy?"

"Under the siege of the magic army, like an egg in danger, but going to save people who cannot be saved." Geshu Han looked at Qian Chen, his expression complex: "I am crazy to agree to you to do this crazy move?"

"If you are not crazy, you cannot live!" Qian Chen's face was calm.

Geshu Han said in a low voice: "After all, I am a magic cultivator, or are you a magic cultivator? You are a dignified righteous path, originally the most conservative person, how can you think of such whimsical things? If it is as you said, your military strategy is the true magic path military strategy."

"Has the General agreed to me?" Qian Chen's right hand pressed on the Affection Sword.

Outside the city, the millions of driven mouths driven by the magic army had run a long distance and were approaching Chang'an like a tide. Within the range of the city-guarding divine thunder cannons, they had not fired for a long time, and the hands of the righteous army soldiers on the city wall were already tight and trembling.

Geshu Han said solemnly: "I serve the trust of His Majesty, and for the sake of the Great Tang's state, I dare not do such a thing!"

Qian Chen smiled slightly, placed his sword horizontally on Geshu Han's neck, and said to the personal guards beside him who changed color: "I don't care about any emperor, so I dare!"

"Are the Pear Garden musicians led by Li Guinian in place?" Qian Chen asked loudly.

He Zhizhang stepped forward and said: "Li Guinian and a group of musicians have already controlled the Chang'an Street Drum Array."

Qian Chen asked again: "Are there any Daoist disciples willing to intercept the two magic armies chasing and killing the tail for these millions of common people?"

Seeing Yan Shu arched his hands and said: "I am willing!" Zhang Xu, Su Jin, Chan Master Master Hui Guo, Wang Wei, and even the rangers mixed in the city, the beggar leaders in the disease workshop, the prostitutes in the Hu Yu Tower, and even the two captains in the Tang army guarding Chang'an under Geshu Han, all came out with their subordinates and said: "We are all willing to die for it."

At this moment, they were calm instead. For these people who upheld the righteous path and valued life, facing this unbearable Dao heart test was a more difficult choice than dying.

"If we fight to the death to create an opportunity, who is willing to open the door for the common people under the city?"

Qian Chen shouted, and Geshu Han said slowly: "If the matter is feasible, I can accompany you to take this Heaven-Tilting risk, but if you don't let me see this matter done, even if you really kill me, don't even think about opening the city gate!"

Qian Chen sat down on the city tower, placing the ancient Great Sage Dasheng Dasheng Leiyin Zither horizontally on his knees.

"I am watching the mountain scenery on the city tower... The lost empty slash of the past has actually come true today." Qian Chen sighed slightly, watching Seeing Yan Shu lead the righteous army composed of righteous cultivators, preparing to kill out of the city wall to intercept the two magic armies, and nodded slightly to Seeing Yan Shu: "Senior Brother, take care!"

Seeing Yan Shu laughed heroically and left with his sword...

Who is playing a song of Dasheng Dasheng Leiyin Breaking on the city tower, setting off ten thousand drums shaking together, and the Heavenly Demon surrendering. ===== CHAPTER 244 =====

Qian Chen sat cross-legged on the city tower, the ancient Great Sage Dasheng Dasheng Leiyin Zither laid horizontally across his knees.

"I stand on the city tower to view the mountain scenery... The 'Lost Sky Slash' of yesteryear has actually come true today." Qian Chen sighed slightly, watching the volunteer army composed of righteous cultivators led by Seeing Yan Shu, who were preparing to descend the city wall to ambush the two demon armies. He nodded slightly toward Seeing Yan Shu and said: "Brother, take care!"

Seeing Yan Shu gave a heroic laugh and left, sword in hand...

Who is it on the city tower, playing a song of Dasheng Dasheng Leiyin Break, stirring up ten thousand drums to vibrate in unison, subduing the Heavenly Demons.