Chapter 386: Xikang, I Request One Thing of You

The guards discovered the abnormality at the first moment, hurriedly blowing their horns, and the beacon towers at various parts of the defensive line were immediately lit.

But the court army's offensive came too fast, too fierce!

Charging at the very front were thousands of crazy cattle and horses with their tails and manes lit, or bundles of oil-soaked firewood tied to their bodies!

These animals, driven by intense pain and flames, stared with blood-red eyes, burying their heads and running wildly without regard for anything, fiercely crashing into the Ming Army's trenches!

Many animals fell directly into the trenches, filling a section after another with their bodies, and more crashed into obstacles, flesh and blood flying, but also causing the defensive line to shake precariously, and the flames spread accordingly.

Following closely behind were the death squads of the court army pushing heavy ramming vehicles and carrying lengthened scaling ladders.

Unlike the cannon fodder that probed before, these people were mostly lean and fierce, with vicious eyes, and were the elites of the Da Qian army.

They were extremely efficient, quickly approaching the defensive line sections that had been opened or stirred up by the animals.

"Fire arrows! Fire arrows! Stop them!" Jiang Ze arrived on the city wall to command at the first moment.

Arrows poured down, but the night and chaos affected the accuracy.

The court army's death squads held large shields covered in wet cowhide, charging without fear of death; people constantly fell with arrows in them, but those behind immediately filled the gaps.

The ramming vehicles pushed forward violently, gradually approaching the city wall.

A small number of scaling ladders also hooked onto the wall, and the Da Qian army began to climb up.

At such a moment, Jiang Ze did not panic, but quickly said to his personal guard: "Quickly tell Han Wanhu and Zhang Wanhu that I have the city wall, they should take the troops to intercept the scattered enemy troops first."

"Yes!" The personal guard accepted the order and walked away quickly.

"Rolling logs! Stones! Golden juice! Get them all ready!" Jiang Ze roared as he commanded on the city wall; looking at the enemy's offensive tonight, it was bound to be a situation of life and death.

Shuoning city was not a small city; it was an important hub, so the city walls were naturally wider and higher, and with such a fierce attack from the other side, it was unknown how many human lives would have to be filled before they could climb the city wall.

Moreover, Shuoning city now gathered the main force of the Ming Army; Jiang Jinshi had mobilized 300,000 troops to guard the front line, and the number of people guarding the city was even more than the court army, so how could the court army break the city?

The defending Ming Army soldiers killed until their eyes were red, throwing everything they could use as defensive weapons toward the bottom.

Boiling golden juice was poured down, and a burst of screams immediately rose from the bottom of the city wall.

But the court army seemed endless; those in front fell, and those behind stepped on the charred corpses of their comrades to continue climbing up.

The battle entered a white-hot stage at dozens of camps, fortresses, and city gates at the very front.

Inside Shuoning city, Bai Ting personally sat in command, and messengers kept running back and forth, reporting the battle situation in various places.

"Report! Two camps at the west gate have been broken through, Zhang Wanhu is leading the troops to engage!"

"Report! The satellite city in the east is under fire attack, there are fires in many places, and the garrison is requesting reinforcements!"

"Report! The grain transfer point in the south has been broken into by the enemy's elite, and they are fighting fiercely!"

"Report!..."

Battle reports came one after another; Wei Xi Yuan's final gamble, which exhausted all his strength, was indeed ruthless, disregarding casualties, blooming in multiple points, and indeed brought huge pressure to the Ming Army's defensive line.

"Tell Zhang Wanhu, after retaking the camp, do not pursue too deeply! Mobilize the reserve team to go to the east satellite city to put out the fire and stabilize the position! The grain transfer point... let Wang Hou's people go up, they are good at this!" Bai Ting was calm in the face of danger, and orders were issued one after another.

Jiang Jinshi naturally also learned that the court had launched a total attack; it seemed tonight would be another sleepless night.

Just as he was about to head to the front line, his personal guard stepped forward to report: "Lord, Mr. Wei has come to see you!"

"Old Wei?" Jiang Jinshi was stunned for a moment.

Since Wei Xikang handed over the Zhenbei Army to him, he had basically only managed the affairs of the academy and had never actively intervened or had any curiosity about the front-line war.

And at this moment of fighting to the death with Wei Xi Yuan, Wei Xikang suddenly came to the door, and his intention had to make Jiang Jinshi think more.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Jinshi said to the personal guard: "Let him in!"

Wei Xikang did not come alone, but brought a woman into the room.

Jiang Jinshi sat in the main seat, saying nothing.

Wei Xikang performed a scholar's salute with one hand, and the woman beside him also saluted in greeting.

"Old Wei, it's so late, what is the matter?" Jiang Jinshi asked first.

Wei Xikang took a deep breath and said: "Lord, I have come for two things!"

"Let's hear it!" Jiang Jinshi's expression was relaxed, but he was muttering in his heart; this Old Wei had always called him Jiang Dandangjia before, and the title "Lord" was the first time he had heard it from his mouth.

So what did this represent? Or did Wei Xikang have something to ask for?

Wei Xikang looked at the woman beside him, then turned to look at Jiang Jinshi and said: "The first thing is to thank Wang Hou for not making things too difficult for my wife, so that we were finally able to reunite!"

Jiang Jinshi looked at the woman beside Wei Xikang and nodded: "Reunion is naturally a good thing, what about this second thing?"

Speaking of this, Wei Xikang's expression was a bit ugly, and he opened his mouth with some difficulty: "This... the second thing, I want to request one thing of you!"

Jiang Jinshi narrowed his eyes and said nothing; it seemed he had guessed right!

Was Wei Xikang asking him to let go of Wei Xi Yuan, this dog Emperor?

Impossible!!

Seeing Jiang Jinshi not speaking, Wei Xikang hurriedly explained: "I don't want the Lord to let go of my stupid brother, I just want... to say two words to him!"

"Really just say two words?" Jiang Jinshi's expression was calm, but his words carried doubt.

Wei Xikang spat out a breath, "I didn't want to care about him, even if he died, it would be his own fault, but...

The fact that he let go of my wife made me a bit suspicious, so... I have some words I want to ask him face to face! Please grant this, Lord!!"

Speaking of this, Wei Xikang bowed deeply to Jiang Jinshi, and the woman beside him also saluted.

Jiang Jinshi was silent for a moment before saying: "You can! But... he must die!"

"I know!" Wei Xikang nodded, "The Lord can personally or send someone to supervise what I ask."

"Hmm!" Jiang Jinshi nodded.

Afterwards, Wei Xikang did not say much, just bowed and left after saying goodbye.

After Wei Xikang left, Jiang Jinshi said to the personal guard: "Tell Bai Ting, capture Wei Xi Yuan alive!"

"Yes!"

The battle situation on the front line was still being maintained with difficulty; the Ming Army relied on solid city defenses, strict discipline, and relatively sufficient preparations to resist the desperate attacks of the court army that were one wave fiercer than the next.

Every section of the city wall, every camp, was being fought over repeatedly; corpses piled up like mountains, and blood dyed the earth red.

The court army's losses were becoming more and more tragic; in Wei Xi Yuan's eyes, these living human lives seemed not worth mentioning, and he just blindly let them charge, with the 270,000-strong army suffering countless casualties.

Conversely, the Ming Army fought while guarding the city, and the damage at this moment was still within an acceptable range. ===== CHAPTER 387 =====