Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 354: 186, Siege is not easy_2

However, at the next moment, all the soldiers of Yongzhou were stunned...

The skyful of brass-colored longswords suddenly fell like raindrops, and more than that, they fell exactly where the soldiers of Yongzhou were stationed.

Pfft......

Thousands of longswords fell from the sky, their force nearly as powerful as the full strike of a martial artist with Ten Layers of Body Openings or above. These soldiers, merely at five levels of body refinement or above, couldn't withstand it at all,

Even if a Warrior of the Gang Qi Realm could block one or two streaks of sword light, facing such densely packed sword attacks, they would eventually be helpless as time passed.

This brass-colored sword rain instantly became a death sentence for the soldiers on the city walls of Yongzhou; after just one round, it had claimed at least a thousand lives.

What was even more chilling was that these longswords were not physical; after hitting the ground, they quickly transformed into streaks of light and shot back into the sky, instantly reforming into longswords and falling again...

That is to say, this was an endless rain of brass-colored swords. As long as their people were not completely dead, these longswords would keep appearing and falling. How could they continue to fight?

The pupils of the soldiers of Yongzhou all carried a trace of terror; they felt as though cold water had been poured on them. The joy of just having scaled the city walls instantly vanished, leaving only fear in their hearts.

Another round of sword rain fell, and just as all the soldiers of Yongzhou were preparing to retreat, suddenly a gust of wind blew from outside the city, altering the direction of the sword lights. Soon after, a voice arrived and the faces of the besieging soldiers instantly lit up with joy as they looked up at the sky.

A man in white, holding a paper fan, stood in the air — he had arrived unnoticed. The fierce wind had clearly been generated by the fan in his hand.

"Lu Guanqing, withdraw the sword array. You've certainly lost Wanyang County. If you open the city gates and surrender now to serve our Holy Church, not only will I spare your life, but I will also ensure the safety of the civilians in the city. How about it?"

Lu Guanqing, who had just taken to the air to activate the Brass Sword Formation, was also standing in the air. Hearing Peng Yuhu, he declared righteously, "I, Lu Guanqing, as the Sword Bearer of Wanyang County, have always been blessed by the Holy Sect. Expecting me to surrender to you, Peng Yuhu, is a dream!"

Peng Yuhu's brow furrowed deeply, and a surge of anger filled his heart. Just then, another person flew over and whispered to him, "Gu Tianyun is still in the city; Lu Guanqing won't surrender."

The newcomer was dressed in black, in stark contrast to Peng Yuhu. They were similar in age, though his face was leaner and his eyes were triangular, giving him a sinister appearance.

Xingnan Prefecture governs six counties and oversees various affairs. Naturally, Peng Yuhu alone as Prefectural Governor couldn't handle it all. Similar to the two major Yamen offices in Tongling County, Xingnan Prefecture also had a Prison Administration Department, but at the prefecture level, the department was managed by high-level members of the Holy Church like Jia Lan.

In Xingnan Prefecture, Jia Lan of the Prison Administration Department was Master Fanyin, and the sinister middle-aged man was Han Feng, a subordinate of Master Fanyin.

Han Feng was well-known for his clever strategies and was deeply trusted by Master Fanyin. He was known as the second in the Prison Administration Department of Xingnan Prefecture. Since Master Fanyin was still in Tongling and had not come over, Han Feng was sent to accompany him.

Although Peng Yuhu was the Prefectural Governor of Xingnan, the most prominent figure of the prefecture, he was well aware that within the prefecture where the Rakshasa Holy Sect had power, the real decision-maker was Jia Lan and even more so in Xingnan where the guardian Jia Lan was Zhan Taiqing, Master Fanyin. Therefore, he always positioned himself properly, obeying Master Fanyin, and even towards someone like Han Feng, Peng Yuhu always tried to maintain a friendly demeanor.

"If this Brass Sword Formation is not withdrawn, we cannot breach it. I will engage Lu Guanqing. If I try to protect these soldiers and push forward, Lu Guanqing will definitely come to confront me, and the soldiers will still continue to die under the Sword Formation!"

Peng Yuhu's expression was somewhat ugly. He had been attacking for three days straight, and it was just a common Wanyang County City. He had deployed fifty thousand soldiers, thinking that they would break through today, but unexpectedly, there was such a formidable City-Protecting Sword Array.

Like the cities within Xuzhou, those in Yongzhou also had City-Protecting Barriers. As the Prefectural Governor, Peng Yuhu had naturally anticipated this, which is why he had mobilized nearly one-third of his soldiers for the siege. However, the prowess of the Brass Sword Formation was far beyond his expectations...

This sky-full of brass-colored longswords were definitely spiritual, not physical. Besides being able to execute such intricately differentiated attacks, each strike possessed the strength of Ten Layers of Body Openings, and the most outrageous thing was that it could be launched without limits. After more than four hundred years, had the Wanjian Holy Sect actually developed such an incredible City-Protecting Sword Array?

Seeing the part of the whole through a small example, since Wanyang had a Sword Array, then Longxiang and other cities within Xuzhou must also have them, making this battle difficult to fight!

"If Lu Guanqing does not surrender, we can't break through, and even if we do break in, there's Gu Tianyun, the Sword Chief of Xizhao, waiting inside. Wouldn't this city be impregnable to us?"

Peng Yuhu shook his fan, trying to calm himself down, but seeing Lu Guanqing in the city, fearless and secure, he became even more irritated instead of calming down.

Han Feng shook his head and said, "Before the Master arrives, we were originally unable to break through. Even if we did, if Gu Tianyun makes a desperate counterattack, we would suffer countless deaths, and Gu Tianyun knows the Master will come, so he hasn't shown himself yet. He is only letting Lu Guanqing and these Xuzhou soldiers come out to die!

Not breaking through doesn't mean there are no results."

Peng Yuhu immediately grasped the meaning of Han Feng's words. He looked down at the few remaining Xuzhou soldiers below the city walls and nodded slightly, saying, "Fifty thousand soldiers attacked the city for three days, and more than eight thousand of the city's Xuzhou soldiers are dead. Probably only about three thousand are left. Indeed, there are some results, but..."

At this point, he paused, his tone becoming heavy, "We also suffered not a few casualties. The fifty thousand soldiers in the first round of the siege lost over ten thousand!"

In fact, if you only consider the losses of the attackers and defenders, the losses in Yongzhou are actually very small. This was due to the combative nature common in the Demon Path's six states. Their martial artists' fighting capabilities are somewhat stronger compared to the Zhengdao Seven States. Otherwise, if the abilities were the same, the casualties of the attackers would be even more severe.

But the problem is, such losses were a bit too much for Peng Yuhu, the Prefectural Governor, to bear.

He had nearly pulled the entire force from Xingnan Prefecture, a total of 170,000 soldiers, nearly enough for an assault on the entire Xuzhou Guangling Prefecture. Just fighting the first city had already resulted in a loss of over ten thousand; by the time they conquered the nine counties of Guangling Prefecture, how many of Yongzhou's troops would remain?

"Stabilize the results for now. First, secure the city walls. Gu Tianyun is just one person. Wanyang is the first city in this major conflict between the two states, and victory or defeat can influence the subsequent battles. We know this, and so does Xuzhou. Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Gu Tianyun will not abandon Wanyang.

Using ten thousand soldiers to seize this wall, we must hold it. We still have 120,000 soldiers left. The city no longer has any power to counterattack, and however powerful this Brass Sword Formation is, it can only be used inside the city. As long as you and I stand on the city wall, the Sword Array can't harm our soldiers.

Once the Master arrives, Wanyang will be completely finished!"

Peng Yuhu naturally understood Han Feng's point. Once Zhan Taiqing arrived, Gu Tianyun's deterrent effect would seem less significant. It's not that Zhan Taiqing could definitely defeat him; the key was that their military strength and formation held the advantage. Zhan Taiqing didn't need to win, as long as he arrived, Gu Tianyun wouldn't be able to play any important role. So as long as no reinforcements came for Xuzhou, Wanyang would definitely fall into their hands.

However powerful Gu Tianyun was, he was just a Warrior of the Gang Qi Realm, at best able to withstand a hundred thousand soldiers' vigor. He could break through in one wave of attack, but if by bad luck he got entangled, his end would be death. If that really happened, with the Sword Chief of Xizhao killed at the start of the war between the two states, it would be a severe blow to Xuzhou. Therefore, Gu Tianyun wouldn't recklessly risk it; he would do his best to hold this place before reinforcements arrived.

The Yongzhou soldiers, fearing the Brass Sword Formation, only dared to station themselves on the city wall. The few remaining Xuzhou soldiers couldn't rally forces for a counterattack, only able to brace themselves below. Both sides thus stared at each other, neither daring to make a rash move.

Thus, a strange truce formed between the two sides...