"Nowadays, Da Fengjun is disheartened. Although he has the will to resist, he no longer has the ability to resist."
"In my opinion, it will take less than half a month at most to be defeated..."
In the study, Chu Xianping had already finished explaining the latest situation.
Wei Changtian, who didn't even have time to finish his meal, frowned and didn't say a word during the whole process.
The situation on Dafeng's side is already clear, but I don't know what the Li family will choose.
Fight to the death?
Or just endure and survive?
Unlike Zhu Tianhong, in Wei Changtian's opinion, the Li family actually only had these two options.
As for continuing to retreat westward or bowing down and suing for peace...this is just another way of the above two options.
"Has Li Wutong not replied yet?"
Raising his head, Wei Changtian asked softly: "Have the spies found out any information about her?"
"Replying to the Master, Princess Wu Ping never replied."
Chu Xianping answered truthfully: "I have sent secret reports to the princess three times today, but I have never received a response."
"But according to the spies, the princess is currently fine and there has been no accident."
"..."
I'm fine, but I won't reply to messages...
Li Wutong's behavior puzzled Wei Changtian, and he didn't know whether she didn't receive the message or whether she did receive it but deliberately didn't reply.
Could it be that Li Qi was seriously injured and fell into coma so that she no longer had time to take care of this?
Thinking of Li Qi, Wei Changtian couldn't help but think of that mysterious second-grade master.
Now that the information I have is more detailed, I have a rough guess about this person's identity.
If nothing else, it should be Bai Youheng.
After all, Ning Yongnian used the "Yuanzhou City Massacre" to wipe out 500,000 Dafeng elites in one fell swoop, and as another important figure in this matter, Bai Youheng would naturally gain nothing.
The benefits he received would probably not be less than those of Ning Yongnian.
Although there was no complete evidence, Wei Changtian always felt that his guess was correct.
From the sixth level to the second level, breaking through four major realms overnight, this certainly sounds incredible.
But if it comes at the cost of three million lives...then it doesn't seem impossible.
"Sir, what should we do next?"
On the other side, Chu Xianping asked sternly: "There are still some generals in the Daning army who are in the same boat. If they make some small moves secretly, they may be able to delay the situation for a while."
"it's useless."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "If we can't reverse the victory, what's the point of delaying it for a few more days?"
"Besides, there are bound to be countless pairs of eyes staring at Fengyuan right now. If they do anything unusual at this time, it will be too easy to be exposed."
"I see......"
Chu Xianping paused for a moment and understood what Wei Changtian meant.
In the eyes of the latter, it doesn't matter what Dafeng is like. He may help him within his ability, but he will never pay too much for it.
What's more, the situation is now almost irreversible.
In the final analysis, the only person Wei Changtian cares about and has the ability to "save" is Li Wutong.
"Continue to send messages to Li Wutong."
As if to confirm Chu Xianping's guess, Wei Changtian slowly said: "Until she replies."
"yes."
Chu Xianping nodded, and immediately took out a piece of mother-in-law jade with a special mark from his arms, activating his internal energy to continuously heat it.
Wei Changtian stood up and walked to the window, looking up at the night sky.
The stars are dotted, and the slanting Milky Way is like a gauze ribbon, hanging alone on the zenith.
...
...
Fengyuan City, West City Wall.
"kill!!!"
"Ah!! Help!!!"
"Fuck you! Get off!!"
"Where are the people?! On top! On top!!!"
"The Ning family's lackey!! Die for grandpa!!"
"boom!!!"
"..."
Unlike battles on the plains, where both sides fought for battle, there were never many tactics involved in siege warfare.
There is no need for penetration and encirclement, there is no tactical depth, and there is no formation strategy.
In most cases, the outcome of a siege battle simply depends on the number and strength of both sides.
I use my lives to attack the city, and you use your lives to defend the city.
It's that simple.
As for the offensive and defensive strategies mentioned in "Sun Tzu's Art of War" in previous lives, such as the "empty city strategy" and "encircling it ten times and attacking it five times", they are actually not applicable in the world of cultivation.
The huge improvement in the personal strength of the soldiers has made many powerful city defense equipment useless in the previous life, and has also made the gap between the strengths and weaknesses of the offensive and defensive sides no longer obvious.
Things like boiling oil, falling rocks, nail boards, etc. have basically no lethality on warriors.
Even the siege team doesn't even need a ladder. The city wall more than ten feet high can be climbed with bare hands in just a few breaths of effort.
This is also the reason why Daning only has 100,000 more people than Da Feng, but dares to directly attack the city with all its strength.
"Ding ding ding!"
Protecting Li Wutong's side, Zhu Tianhong waved his sleeves to deflect several flying arrows for the former.
Unlike Li Qi, who boosted military morale with "big fanfare" two days ago, Li Wutong secretly climbed the city wall this time, so there was no chance of being attacked again.
These white-feathered sharp arrows are just the "indiscriminate fire coverage" of Daning's army under the city wall.
"Princess......"
Zhu Tianhong carefully observed the situation around him, and at the same time advised in a deep voice: "The city wall is too dangerous, we should go back."
"..."
Taking a deep breath, Li Wutong did not answer.
She just stared at the battlefield not far away with wide eyes, looking at the roaring and falling soldiers one by one, the blood and gravel splashing everywhere, and the flag with the word "Feng" in the air.
....The body kept shaking slightly.
This was a scene she had never seen before.
Although Li Wutong grew up in the military and even went to Yuanzhou with the army, she had never seen a war scene so close.
"Plop!"
A severed hand suddenly flew over from nowhere and landed not far in front of her.
Li Wutong stared blankly at the severed palm and the fingers that seemed to be curling up and tightening, and his heart suddenly contracted.
She didn't know why she was in so much pain, but she knew it wasn't because of fear.
"Hand! My hand!!"
A man wearing a Dafeng military uniform stumbled over, knelt on the ground and picked up the severed hand.
As long as the treatment is timely, the hand can still be reattached.
"God bless! Found it!"
The military man seemed to be a little happy about his "lost and recovered" palm. He didn't care about the empty wrist that was still bleeding. He picked up the severed hand and wanted to go down to the city wall to find a military medical officer for treatment.
But just as he raised his head, he met Li Wutong's blank eyes.
"You, you are..."
For a moment, the military man's eyes suddenly widened: "You are Princess Wuping!"
"yes......"
Li Wutong nodded almost subconsciously, and her actions made the military man as excited as if he had been injected with blood.
"Princess! It's dangerous on the city wall, what are you doing here!"
"Don't worry! We will never let the Daning dog step onto the city wall!"
"We have to send them all to see the King of Hell! So that we can avenge the brothers who died in Yuanzhou City!"
"..."
The high-pitched shouting was a bit confusing, but it showed the extremely excited mood of the military man at this moment.
This also made Li Wutong suddenly feel relieved, and the haze in his heart also dissipated a lot.
"I have a blood-coagulating pill here. Take it first to stop the bleeding..."
She smiled, shook out a vial from her sleeve, and wanted to hand it to the soldier to stop the bleeding.
But in the next second, a sharp arrow suddenly penetrated the soldier's chest from behind without any warning.
"Pfft!"
Arrows full of blood poked out of the armor, freezing the expression on the soldier's face.
The latter could not say any more words, he just stared at Li Wutong with wide eyes, and then he staggered and fell heavily to the ground.
"Crack!"
The vial containing the Blood Coagulation Pill slipped from his hand and fell into pieces.
Li Wutong ran over in panic, biting his lip, and stretched out his hand to test the soldier's breath.
Besides the warm blood, she felt nothing more.
"Why, why..."
When a man's life dissipated in front of his eyes, the same thing happened hundreds and thousands of times on this battlefield.
"Princess......"
Zhu Tianhong sighed and walked over, as if he wanted to comfort Li Wutong with a few words.
However, before he could speak, the latter suddenly picked up her long skirt and ran towards the outside of the city wall desperately.
...
ps: Well, I would like to inform you that I feel that I am too salty, so I will try three updates from today, and I will update for one month first to see if my body can tolerate it and whether there is any change in my performance.