Chapter 344: The Siege Battle

Western Regions Protectorate.

Recently, the excavation of the Grand Canal by the Western Regions Construction Corps has been progressing very smoothly; it has already been successfully excavated to Dunhuang, and from there it will go straight down to Baiya, then enter Liangzhou.

The project is grand and magnificent; ever since Liu Zheng completely took control of Liangzhou, people from all over the province have devoted themselves heart and soul to the excavation of the Grand Canal.

With almost the strength of the entire nation, this progress is naturally different.

This also makes it so that Ling Chen only needs to control the overall situation, and no longer has to carry a hoe to do manual labor.

Xie Chan is the same, having devoted herself heart and soul to military training.

In just a month or two, this stunning Princess has actually been tanned a shade darker, but she has become much more heroic and spirited, and much more composed.

The Western Regions Construction Corps was originally where Liu Zheng hid his troops.

Therefore, all kinds of Weaponry and Equipment from the direction of Yintan City are being hauled here as if they cost nothing. So, don't look at this Western Regions Construction Corps as a Militia organization; its combat effectiveness is truly extraordinary. And with the arrival of these various strange Weaponry and Equipment, Xie Chan has also started to become more and more puzzled.

This Governor Liu...

He really is a remarkable person!

Just at this moment.

News arrived that the Northern Western Regions had fallen into chaotic warfare.

Xie Chan ran back to the Protectorate at the first opportunity. At this time, Ling Chen was already full of excitement, waiting for her with that group of advisors and officials.

"General Xie, the opportunity has arrived!"

Ling Chen laughed heartily.

Xie Chan took a deep breath and nodded.

She also had not expected that this Northern Western Regions would suddenly fall into chaos. She had to admit that while worrying about her father the Emperor and her mother the Empress, at this moment, she was actually feeling a little bit of excitement in her heart.

She had long been impatient to lead her own Duho Fujun to fight a battle, to verify whether she was cut out to be a general.

But...

She had also always been very conflicted: who to fight? Fight the people of the Northern Western Regions? Those who submitted to her father the Emperor? Those whom she used to have to address as various uncles and counts when she saw them?

Now...

These Governors of the Northern Western Regions have started to disobey orders. Doesn't that give her a just cause for war?

"Master Ling, what do you think?"

Xie Chan smiled slightly.

A sharp glint flashed in Ling Chen's eyes: "It is time to completely clean up this Northern Western Regions."

Xie Chan's delicate body trembled.

That same day.

The Western Regions Construction Corps mustered 150,000 troops, sleeping with their weapons and waiting for dawn.

The next morning.

In Shuzhou City, Xie Yang was still indulging in nightly revelry, not taking the 65,000-strong army outside the city seriously at all.

This drunken stupor lasted all night until dawn.

They did not know.

At this time, the Liangzhou Army, far away on the mountains dozens of miles away, had long since woken up. Those pairs of eyes filled with killing intent were quietly staring at the clouds and mist of Shuzhou City as they slowly dissipated.

Just when everyone thought that the Liangzhou Army would at least rest for a few days after reaching the city walls before launching a siege, no one expected it.

Qin Zhangfeng did not intend to delay for even one more day.

Just today!

Just at this moment!

Early in the morning, these 20,000 Liangzhou Army soldiers equipped with Gliders had long been ready to go; the Gliders were already on their backs, and the Goggles were already worn.

"General Qin, this is..."

Beside them, Zhong Lin and Niu Guishan were already dumbfounded at this moment.

What were these two men preparing to do at the edge of the cliff?

Could it be...

Did they really want to fly down? Seeing this formation, they were all stunned.

Qin Zhangfeng laughed and said: "Didn't that Xie Yang say that even with wings it would be hard to fly in?"

"Brothers!"

"Here!"

The crowd responded with a roar.

Qin Zhangfeng shouted angrily: "Then let them see how we, the Liangzhou Army, fly into Shuzhou City!"

"Good!"

The sound shook the heavens, and the onlookers were all dumbfounded.

At this time.

As the mist slowly dissipated.

Qin Zhangfeng gave a loud shout: "Take off!"

And so.

Under the dumbfounded gaze of Zhong Lin, Niu Guishan, and the Shu Army, the 20,000-strong Liangzhou Air Force ran in sequence and then took off. This mountain top was a full several miles from the ground, and the Liangzhou Army soldiers had long since become proficient in operating these Gliders.

Spreading their wings and soaring high!

20,000 people!

This scene was quite spectacular.

"Ah!"

"This..."

These people of Shuzhou, where had they ever seen such things? One by one, they were all stunned. They were terrified that these people would fall down and be smashed to death. But very quickly, they discovered that these Gliders were flying steadily in the sky at this moment.

"Slap!"

Zhong Lin looked as if he had seen a ghost, and he slapped his own face.

Was he dreaming?

These people had actually really flown up.

At this moment.

In Shuzhou City.

The sound of Pei Yanran's zither rang out once again.

She seemed to be calling out, she seemed to be waiting. The crowd surrounding the entrance of Pei Yan's residence was also listening, completely intoxicated, their blood boiling.

Because this piece, "Ten Ambush," was Shen Manqing's signature song.

A kind of murderous aura began to infect the entire city.

People's hearts were changing.

Just waiting for the battle to begin!

"What are you making noise for? Everyone shut up for the Mandarin!"

At this time, Xie Yang did not know what madness had taken him; perhaps he was truly drunk. He was driving a tall, luxurious Horse Carriage, circling around the city, drinking wine while flicking the horse whip in his hand, shouting in a debauched and unrestrained manner.

"What are you all howling about? Hmm?"

"The Mandarin is the King of Shu!"

"The Mandarin is the master of this Chuan Shu!"

"Who are you waiting for? Waiting for that Qin Zhangfeng?"

He laughed wildly: "Hahahaha, the Mandarin's Shuzhou is a wall of bronze and iron; could he really fly here?"

"Hmm?"

He pointed at Pei Yanran with manic rage and laughed mockingly: "Play a 'Eighteen Touches' for the Mandarin, come, come, come, the Mandarin will reward you, reward you!"

"You..."

"Presumptuous!"

"Tyrant!"

Those supporters of Pei Yanran immediately began to curse loudly.

This Xie Yang was getting even more carried away; he parked the Horse Carriage not far from the Pei Family, shamelessly adjusted his clothes and trousers, and chuckled: "Miss Pei, that Qin Zhangfeng is nothing but an incompetent coward. Why not come with the Mandarin? The Mandarin will give you a position as a consort, how about that?"

At this.

Those people were even more extremely furious.

But this Xie Yang was protected by the Imperial Guard, so they naturally could do nothing to him.

Pei Yanran just sat there, quietly playing her tune.

She was still playing.

She seemed to be certain that, at this moment, Qin Zhangfeng was also watching her.

Therefore.

She did not care about Xie Yang's mockery and harassment.

She did not care about the murderous aura of the Imperial Guard.

It was him.

You said that he only needed to fly in, and he would be able to fly in.

Because he was Qin Zhangfeng.

Just when Xie Yang was still being so manic and so arrogant, suddenly, at this moment, a darkness descended upon the sky.

Everyone in the square looked up one after another.

At this sight, everyone was dumbfounded.

What was that?

What was that flying in the sky?

That black, oppressive mass—could it be mutated bats? Otherwise, how could they fly in the sky, how could they circle like that? Those dense, sky-covering "big bats" actually looked, at a glance, to have covered the entire Shuzhou City so that the sky could no longer be seen.

"My God!"

"This is?"

"Those are people!"

Finally, someone exclaimed in disbelief. Xie Yang also stared blankly at all of this; could that black military uniform be the Liangzhou Army?

"The Liangzhou Army!"

"My God, they really flew here!"

"The Liangzhou Army has flown here!"

The people of the whole city were excited beyond measure, weeping with joy.

Pei Yanran also stared blankly at all of this at this moment. They flew here?

They really flew here?

But...

How did they fly here?

Can people fly?

Just as everyone was stunned and unable to react, these Liangzhou Army soldiers had already moved.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Barrel after barrel of Quelehuoduo was thrown down by them, and this time, it was aimed directly at the military camp of Shuzhou City! That's right, guided by the city defense map provided by Niu Guishan, the Liangzhou Army Air Force found the military camp at the very first moment.

Bombardment!

The twenty thousand Liangzhou Army soldiers began a frantic bombing!

"Ah!"

"What kind of ghost is this!"

"Birdmen, birdmen!"

At this moment, the Shuzhou Imperial Guard had no preparation at all; they were all blasted out one by one. Some were blown in half, and others had their arms or legs blown off.

The Quelehuoduo landed, and the fires ignited once again!

These thirty thousand Imperial Guards actually suffered ten thousand casualties on the spot!

Only then was Xie Yang's drunkenness instantly shocked away, and he shouted: "Kill, kill them for me! The Liangzhou Army has entered, what are you all still standing there for!"

Of course they knew they had to kill, but how could they reach them? These "birdmen" were suddenly high, suddenly low, suddenly east, suddenly west; even the famous Zhuge crossbows of Shu could hardly track them.

Boom, boom, boom!

Quelehuoduo continued to fall.

Of course, it was inevitable that civilians would be accidentally injured, but even so, the common people still exclaimed and cheered; that people could actually fly in the sky was something only the Liangzhou Army could achieve!

And at the same time.

After these twenty thousand Air Force soldiers carried out precision strikes on strategic locations, the other forty to fifty thousand soldiers led by Qin Zhangfeng had also arrived at the city gates!

"Kill!"

Only now did this siege battle truly and completely unfold!

All kinds of war chariots, Catapults, Scaling Ladders, and Siege Engines were brought into use. As long as there is war, people will inevitably die. As a general, Qin Zhangfeng had long known the arduousness of this siege. Naturally, he did not expect to succeed in one stroke. More than forty thousand men were divided into several waves, going up one after another.

Fortunately, this aerial bombardment had destroyed quite a bit of Shuzhou City's defensive strength.

But even so, with only three to five thousand people defending the city walls, it was still enough to give Qin Zhangfeng a headache.

Charge after charge, the flames of war, the smoke of wolf dung.

Wreckage, severed limbs.

Blood, corpses...

This is the battlefield.

Qin Zhangfeng calmly organized this siege battle.

Just at this moment.

He seemed to hear the sound of a zither, and he could not help but look up.

This one glance seemed to pierce through the autumn waters.

At this time, the Liangzhou Army Air Force in the city had begun to land after several rounds of bombing. Because they knew this battle was of great significance, the two thousand Gliders were destroyed on the spot.

In an instant.

The Liangzhou Army began to scatter into every corner of Shuzhou City.

A street battle was about to begin.