Chapter 833: Fierce Yellow Turban Offensive
Nangong Tianxia on the top of Qianyuan City personally supervised the battle. His figure kept shuttling back and forth on the city wall, commanding the defenders to counterattack while personally fighting the enemy. His bravery greatly boosted the morale of the defenders.
However, the Yellow Turban Army's offensive was so fierce that cracks began to appear in the defenders' defense line.
Nangong Tianxia was extremely anxious. If he couldn't stabilize the situation as soon as possible, Qianyuan City would be in danger.
At this moment, he suddenly thought of something, and a hint of determination flashed in his eyes.
"Pass the order down and bring up the prepared gold juice and kerosene!"
Nangong Tianxia shouted loudly.
Upon hearing this, the defenders took action and carried the kerosene that had been prepared long ago to the top of the city wall.
"I'm sorry, for the sake of Daqian's safety, this is the only way."
Nangong Tianxia looked at the surging Yellow Turban Army below and muttered to himself.
With an order, the defenders poured kerosene down, and suddenly, a raging fire broke out under the city wall.
The Yellow Turban Army was caught off guard by the sudden fire, and many people were burned to pieces and screamed in pain.
However, even such a tragic scene could not stop the Yellow Turban Army. With the continuous advancement from the rear, the numerous Yellow Turban Army under the city wall continued to charge towards the city wall one after another.
Nangong Tianxia, who was standing on the city wall, looked at the hellish scene below with mixed feelings.
But even if so many means of defending the city were prepared, they were only stopgap measures in the absence of manpower. If one wanted to truly defend Qianyuan City, one could only wait for reinforcements to arrive.
While the Yellow Turban Army below was temporarily blocked by kerosene and gold juice, he quickly ordered the strengthening of the city wall's fortifications, while continuously sending messengers to ask for help from the Daqian court in the rear.
At this time, Meng Zhang, who was attacking the city below, was standing on a high ground, looking at the battle situation in Qianyuan City from afar.
There was no expression on his face, as if he had already anticipated everything that happened.
Qianyuan City is an important gateway to the south of Daqian. If it can be conquered, the road to the north will be unobstructed.
Therefore, he now kept ordering the Yellow Turban Army under his command to use the tactic of adding fuel to the fire to continue to intensify the offensive, wave after wave.
The purpose is to capture Qianyuan City as quickly as possible before the defenders of the Daqian court arrive!
Zhang Hao, Liang Lin, Liang Fang and other brave generals acted upon hearing the order and once again led a team of Yellow Turban soldiers to launch a fierce charge towards the city wall.
On the city wall, the defenders, under the command of Nangong Tianxia, fought desperately.
"General, the defenders of Qianyuan City seem to be unable to hold on. Their resistance has obviously declined."
A Yellow Turban general came up to Meng Zhang and whispered.
"The Great Qian God of War Nangong Tianxia really has some abilities."
"But unfortunately, I, Meng Zhang, will take over Qianyuan City!"
Hearing this, Meng Zhang narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the fierce battle below, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
As he said this, he gave orders again, mobilizing more siege equipment and troops, and launching another high-intensity attack on Qianyuan City.
On the city wall, Nangong Tianxia looked at the Yellow Turban Army surging like a tide below, and a strong sense of crisis surged in his heart.
"Brothers, defend the city wall and wait for the arrival of reinforcements!" Nangong Tianxia shouted loudly. His hoarse voice echoed on the city wall, soothing the hearts of every defending soldier and making them cheer up and fight to the death to resist the offensive of the Yellow Turban Army.
Under the city wall, the Yellow Turban Army's siege equipment was launched again.
Battering rams, ladders, catapults and other weapons launched attacks on the city walls.
The defenders were not to be outdone. They fought back against the Yellow Turban Army's offensive with rolling logs, stones, and powerful bows and crossbows.
"General, the court has received a letter requesting assistance and is mobilizing troops to support us!"
"His Majesty ordered the general to hold on for a while. The Fengming Shesheng Battalion and the Changlin Imperial Guards who are currently protecting the imperial city have already set out to head south to Qianyuan County and will be here soon!"
At this moment, under the city wall at the rear, a messenger from the defending army ran up the city wall breathlessly and came to Nangong Tianxia.
Nangong Tianxia was delighted when he heard this. As long as the reinforcements could arrive in time, Qianyuan City could still be saved!
"Brothers, reinforcements will be here soon, let's hold on for a while!"
He became more determined to defend the city.
When the defenders heard that reinforcements were about to arrive, they immediately boosted their morale and fought desperately to resist the offensive of the Yellow Turban Army.
However, under the city walls, the Yellow Turban Army's offensive did not diminish in the slightest.
Fierce generals such as Zhang Hao, Liang Lin, and Liang Fang led the Yellow Turban soldiers in fierce charges towards the city walls.
Nangong Tianxia stood on the city wall, watching the battle below with sharp eyes.
As the battle continued, the walls of Qianyuan City were riddled with holes by the Yellow Turban Army.
However, with many Lei Ze Dragon Riders wearing heavy dragon scale armor forming a Great Wall of Steel in front, the defenders still held their ground on the city wall, using their flesh and blood to build an indestructible line of defense together with the Lei Ze Dragon Riders.
From the rear, Meng Zhang looked at the Qianyuan City that had been under siege for a long time, and the Lei Ze Dragon Riders who were resisting tenaciously on the city walls. Countless Yellow Turban soldiers who were about to climb the city walls died under their dragon-scale heavy spears, and blood was spilled on the city walls.
The heavily armored soldiers looked particularly dazzling against the backdrop of their dragon-scale armor, like unshakable mountains, blocking wave after wave of Yellow Turban troops outside the city walls.
"Let the Yellow Turban Warriors take the field!"
Meng Zhang closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then rubbed his eyebrows and said in a deep voice.
Following Meng Zhang's order, there was a sudden commotion behind the Yellow Turban Army.
Immediately afterwards, thousands of extremely burly Yellow Turban warriors emerged like a tide, holding all kinds of huge and heavy weapons in their hands, with acquired aura flashing on their bodies. They were like a group of demons from hell, exuding a heart-pounding aura.
The Yellow Turban strongmen of this life were able to gather the resources to be promoted to Taoist soldiers so quickly under Zhang Jue's command. Naturally, it was impossible that they were forged by Zhang Jue alone.
Instead, all Taoist sects in the entire Tianwu Continent participated to varying degrees, with some contributing their own people and some providing their own methods.
Rather than saying that the Yellow Turban Warriors are the Taoist soldiers of Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Taiping Sect, it would be better to say that they are a Taoist army formed by the combined efforts of various Taoist sects in the entire Tianwu Continent!
Therefore, it gathered the classics and mysteries of various Taoist sects on the Tianwu Continent, as well as the endless resources plundered by the Taiping Sect's Yellow Turban Army when they swept across half of the Daqian Dynasty.
Today's Yellow Turban Warriors are among the best among all the Taoist armies on the Tianwu Continent!
As soon as they appeared behind the Yellow Turban Army, the defenders on the city wall, as well as Nangong Tianxia and Lei Ze Longqi, all looked solemnly at the same time!
The appearance of these Yellow Turban warriors means that the offensive of the Yellow Turban Army will become more fierce, and the defense of Qianyuan City will face unprecedented challenges.
(End of this chapter)