Chapter 695

"On the battlefield, there's no Lord Sikong—just call me Yuchi."

Yuchi Zhen cut him off directly, not waiting for him to finish.

"Good! Yuchi!"

Captain Chen gave Yuchi Zhen a look of admiration, then continued,

"Although Yanmen Pass sits at a strategic choke point, with a total of thirty-four giant siege crossbows, plus defensive formations, only then could it hold against the Yuan army for so many years.

Now the Yuan army has sent out experts like Seeing Meng Chixing and Watching Bi Xuan.

Theoretically speaking, our Tang Army should also send out corresponding experts to oppose them."

Indeed, when two armies clash, it's usually expert against expert, battle formation against battle formation.

In the past, whenever the Yuan army appeared, the Great Tang would definitely send offering experts.

But from the start of this battle until today, not only has Yanmen Pass failed to receive the promised offering experts, the soldiers and civilians of the surrounding Erzhou have all been evacuated.

All that came was Yuchi Zhen alone.

This is why the giant siege crossbows, meant as a great killing weapon, were used to delay Seeing Meng Chixing, Watching Bi Xuan, and the others.

Yuchi Zhen frowned, thinking Captain Chen was about to criticize the court's grand policy, and immediately said,

"Captain Chen, you've misunderstood! This time the Yuan army's offensive is very urgent, and moreover our Great Tang has other countermeasures.

Here at Yanmen Pass, Lord Di's strategy is also to defend if we can defend…"

Captain Chen saw Yuchi Zhen explaining, knew he had also misunderstood his meaning, and immediately clarified,

"Yuchi, my words carry little weight, naturally I would not criticize the court's important affairs.

I am only speaking of Yanmen Pass's defenses.

At present there are no experts to tie down experts like Seeing Meng Chixing and Watching Bi Xuan.

We can only rely on the giant siege crossbows; fourteen giant siege crossbows are clearly not yet Seeing Meng Chixing's limit.

If we wish to continue suppressing him, we must transfer more giant siege crossbows here.

But if we keep transferring them, then the defense on the other city walls will surely have gaps.

If it goes on like this, if the Great Yuan experts like Watching Bi Xuan, who have yet to act, force a breakthrough, what then?"

And what I worry about most is actually not them breaking in to slaughter our Great Tang soldiers.

Rather, it's very likely they're watching the formation eyes of the defensive array inside the city, to destroy them!

Without the formation eyes, our garrison's battle momentum will surely be weakened by more than half.

When that time comes, five thousand defenders absolutely won't be able to hold against the enemy's offensive!"

Unexpectedly, Captain Chen, merely a captain of the Tang Army, could deduce Borhu's plan.

But Borhu's scheme is also half an open plot.

He relies on the Yuan army's overwhelming momentum here, plus experts like Seeing Meng Chixing and Watching Bi Xuan backing him up.

He wants to use the power of experts to dismantle Yanmen Pass's defense.

Although he didn't say it outright, anyone with some understanding of the tide of war should be able to guess his intent.

"So this is the Yuan army's plan?"

Yuchi Zhen heard this, and only then nodded in sudden realization.

The Yuan army's target was actually the formation eyes.

What a pity!

They've miscalculated.

Yuchi Zhen smiled and said,

"Since that's the case, I suggest Captain Chen turn their scheme against them."

502 Put down that Stone Guanyin!

When fourteen giant siege crossbows had failed to completely suppress Seeing Meng Chixing.

Following Yuchi Zhen's suggestion, Captain Chen transferred another ten giant siege crossbows from the north and east sides.

By evening, the ten giant siege crossbows had joined the battle.

With the roar and fury of twenty-four giant siege crossbows, the Yuan army, which had nearly filled in the moat and was about to launch a general assault,

was instead beaten into covering their heads and scurrying like rats; a general assault was out of the question.

Even hiding behind siege equipment, these Yuan soldiers were not very safe.

Because Seeing Meng Chixing's limit was withstanding eighteen giant siege crossbows.

The remaining six giant siege crossbows were no longer affected by his psychic power.

They shot accurately, under Tang Army control, into the mass of Yuan siege troops.

Sturdy siege equipment only needed one crossbow bolt to be mostly destroyed.

The second bolt would surely annihilate it completely.

"Excellent!"

Borhu, on the command platform, saw this and instead rejoiced greatly, saying to his messenger,

"Go, go north and pass the order: let Watching Bi Xuan and all the offering experts begin their attack.

Tell them this general hopes that tonight, we can hold a celebration feast inside Yanmen Pass!"

"Yes!"

The messenger immediately accepted the order and rode toward the north.

Not long after, Watching Bi Xuan, who had long been waiting, received Borhu's command.

"General Wulisu, this side is completely in your hands—I'm breaking into Chengguan."

As for Wulisu, Watching Bi Xuan had actually looked down on him from the start.

After all, anyone Bi Xuan could take a fancy to must first have a cultivation higher than his own.

But after working together today, although the northern attack was a feint to pin down the enemy,

Bi Xuan discovered that General Wulisu commanded with calm composure, and he felt that had he himself coordinated with Wulisu last night, they might well have taken Guandecheng Sect in a single assault.

Therefore, Bi Xuan now felt a certain goodwill toward this rather ordinarily cultivated General Wulisu.

"Wu Zun, my lord, travel well. I look forward to your good news, my lord."

General Wulisu was also tactful and knowing, bowing at the waist on horseback, showing Bi Xuan a respectful attitude.

"Very good! You two, go up now and pin down the remaining siege crossbows.

Once all the northern siege crossbows have been committed, you will charge into the city together with me."

Bi Xuan casually pointed out two of the offering priests and ordered them into battle.

Although Bi Xuan was merely a royal offering priest, his cultivation was decent, and he had completed several missions.

Now his ranking among the royal offering priests was very high; there were even rumors that he would soon enter the ranks of the nation-protecting offering priests.

So much so that all the royal offering priests present looked to him as their leader.

Hearing his assignment, those two royal offering priests immediately leapt into the air and charged toward the walls of Yanmen Pass.

With their appearance, the defending general atop Yanmen Pass immediately ordered the last six siege crossbows to fire.

Seeing Meng Chixing could take on eighteen siege crossbows alone, Bi Xuan could take on ten.

When it came to these two royal offering priests, each taking on four would already be considered decent.

So much so that facing six siege crossbows, to be safe, they actually sent two men.

When the giant crossbow bolts came shooting in, even though the two had long been prepared, they were sent staggering backward several steps by the tremendous force.

"Shameful…"

Bi Xuan could not help grinding his teeth in fury, wishing he could charge up himself.

The other offering priests could only offer awkward, apologetic smiles.

They naturally understood that just because you, Wu Zun, could take them on did not mean every offering priest could take them on unscathed.

One must know that these siege crossbows, even when operated by ordinary Great Tang soldiers, fired with the force of a half-step Heavenly Being's full-strength strike.

If fired by a junior officer, they would be even more terrifying!

The two Great Yuan royal offering priests, amid their ceaseless complaints, barely withstood the assault of the six siege crossbows.

Although they looked very disheveled, they also kept the siege crossbows from being able to spare attention for anything else.

"Very good! Now is the moment, follow me into battle!"

Seeing the timing was about right, Bi Xuan roared and was the first to leap into the air.

The other offering priests, roughly seven or eight in number, immediately followed close behind.