Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 1967: The Death of Emperor Shenwu, the Three Heavenly Men Take Action

At night, in the Tongcheng City Lord's Mansion, Gao Huan was still handling military affairs.

Although he was trapped in an isolated city, Gao Huan had over 100,000 soldiers and there would be no problem with food and grass in the short term. He was still in high spirits and would send small troops out of the city from time to time to do some work.

During this period, although the enemy was at the gates, he lived a relatively comfortable life.

After all, after Wang Yu led the army to arrive, he only launched a tentative feint attack at the beginning. After that, Yue Fei dispatched a large number of troops to attack other cities in the surrounding areas.

From then on, the Han army mainly adopted siege tactics.

But Gao Huan never expected that the Han army, which had been extremely calm all along, would have hit him directly in the weak spot as soon as it started to cause trouble.

"Oops, there's a fire in the grain depot, hurry up and put out the fire..."

Gao Huan, who was about to go to bed, was immediately startled and broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the shouts for help. He didn't even bother to change his clothes and ran out barefoot. Then he saw flames rising from the direction of the granary, and his face turned pale in an instant.

Even people with no military background understand the importance of food and fodder to the army, let alone a famous general like him.

This fire did not burn the food and grass in the city, but Gao Huan himself!

When he saw the fire rising from the sky, his heart sank.

"Pass on my order. Except for the soldiers guarding the four gates, everyone else should go and put out the fire..."

Gao Huan shouted with a look of despair. He still had nearly 140,000 soldiers and horses under his command. However, only with enough food could these 140,000 soldiers and horses display their full combat effectiveness.

Without food and fodder, these 140,000 soldiers would be nothing but a pile of tofu dregs and would not be able to withstand any test.

There was even the risk of mutiny at any time. He might even have to be on guard against someone trying to take his head off to win credit for it to the Han army!

If these soldiers really run out of food, they will do anything, especially if someone instigates them. At that time, let alone taking their lives, some people may not hesitate to take action even if it means taking the lives of their parents, wives, and children.

"Report, General, the Han army has begun to attack the city!"

Before one crisis subsided, another one arose. A soldier hurried over to report.

"The Han army has such vicious intentions to attack the city at night!" Gao Huan said viciously.

The Han army suddenly attacked the city in the middle of the night. Of course, it was not for the real purpose of attacking the city. It was clearly to tie down their forces and reduce as many troops as possible that Gao Huan could mobilize to put out the fire.

"Chang Gong, go and organize the people. Put out the fire immediately, regardless of the cost. Save as many as possible!" Gao Huan let out a deep breath and gave an order to a masked man beside him.

The masked man next to him was none other than Gao Su, Gao Changgong, the most brave and warlike among the younger generation of the Gao family.

However, although Gao Changgong was brave and good at fighting, his face did not look like a man at all. Even women would envy him. With his appearance, he could reach a charm value of over 100. In the system, even if it was placed on those women, he would be the most famous beauty of the era.

Although there are indeed many people in the system with a charm of over 100, there are many factors to consider for this attribute. For example, Liu Bang and Liu Bei rely entirely on their monarch charm rather than their appearance.

This one, however, can truly make a living with his looks.

It is precisely because this face has no deterrent effect on the battlefield, so every time Gao Changgong goes to the battlefield, he has to wear a mask with a green face and fangs.

When the enemy army begins to attack the city, most of their forces will be tied up. At this time, if they want to put out the fire, apart from withdrawing troops from various places as much as possible, they can only rely on the people.

However, the people are not like soldiers. It is not easy to get them to act in an organized manner, and it will take some time. However, at this stage, Gao Huan can only do his best and leave the rest to fate, and do everything he can.

"Chang Gongling...Uncle, be careful..."

Gao Changgong was about to accept the order and leave, but before he could finish his words, he suddenly grabbed Gao Huan's arm and threw him directly to the ground.

With a "ding..." sound, an arrow hit the place where Gao Huan had just stood. The arrow hit the bluestone slab, making a crisp sound.

"There are assassins, there are assassins..."

The guards on both sides reacted and directly protected Gao Huan and Gao Changgong in the center.

Several dark shadows kept flashing on the eaves on both sides of the seats, but they did not attack rashly. Instead, they kept harassing them with bows and arrows and hidden weapons.

"Don't worry about them, Chang Gong, go put out the fire first!"

Gao Huan, who had almost been to the gates of hell, calmed down after a moment of panic and said with an extremely serious expression.

The main purpose of these assassins' appearance was definitely not to assassinate him. I'm afraid that the appearance of these people was still to delay the time for them to put out the fire.

After all, it was impossible for just five people to kill him with hundreds of guards. This was within the city, and within a short while, the surrounding troops would arrive one after another.

At that time, let alone assassinating him, it would be a question whether these people could escape.

Gao Huan naturally couldn't let these people get what they wanted.

For him, the most urgent task is to put out the fire, and only to put out the fire.

"Let's go and kill them!" Several figures rushed out, and after a few simple rises and falls, they landed beside Gao Huan.

These people were the masters sent by Huangfu Guyuan to protect the commander.

The strongest one is a master of the celestial level.

Moreover, they are not just celestial beings worshipped, but genuine royal celestial beings who truly have royal blood.

The few people who were suddenly assassinated were at most masters, and not all of them were necessarily masters.

The several masters responsible for protecting Gao Huan were confident enough to take care of all five of them.

"No need. A few killers are just a few knives. What's the point of killing them?" "We still have to prevent these people from luring the tiger away from the mountain!" Gao Huan shook his head.

He didn't want to waste effective manpower on a few killers.

Killing a few assassins did not have any practical significance for them. After all, the big man would not care about a few assassins. Without these knives, they still had countless knives.

Even if these knives were broken by him, the big man could easily mobilize more knives.

Being able to chop off the person holding the knife behind your back is a real skill. What’s the point of destroying a few knives, even if they are just insignificant ones?
"You also go to the granary. The killers here are all covert. The main manpower of the Han army will only be at the granary. You go to help Chang Gong!" Gao Huan said after thinking about it.

He has hundreds of personal guards around him. In a moment, the surrounding troops will gather around him, so there will be no danger.

Now, the granary is the key to everything.

Only by protecting the granary can Tongcheng be safe.

Moreover, no one knew what the situation was at the granary, and he also didn't know what preparations the Han army had made there. It would not be a wrong thing to send a group of more people there at this time to be prepared!
"Can this fire be put out? Even if it can be put out, how much food and grass will be left?" The royal celestial being looked at the flames rising into the sky in the distance and couldn't help but feel like crying.

Just by looking at the flames that shot up into the sky, one could imagine how big the fire was. They really couldn't understand how the Han rebels could have set such a big fire right under their noses.

Beforehand, they had no idea at all.

Gao Huan was speechless after hearing this. After a long silence, he said, "We should save as much food and grass as possible. It's better than burning them all."

Even if they could just rescue a bag of food, they would have a little more hope, which was better than not making any effort at all, just lying down here and letting the food burn out.

"Also, be sure to watch out for the traitor!"

"Such a big fire was set suddenly. If we had no problems internally, it would be extremely unfortunate!" Gao Huan instructed the celestial being.

Internal hidden dangers are often more terrifying than external enemies.

Just like this time, the enemies outside couldn't do anything to them for the time being, but the hidden dangers within hit them directly at their weakest point.

"Got it!" The royal celestial being shouted, leaped onto the roof of the house, and directly flew over the eaves and walls, quickly heading towards the granary.

Although he was born into a royal family, the main thing he did in his life was martial arts. He didn't have much exposure to other aspects. The only thing he knew how to do in his life was martial arts.

At least when encountering this kind of thing, he would not be able to issue orders as easily as Gao Huan.

Therefore, he instinctively obeyed Gao Huan's orders.

The remaining few grandmaster-level experts followed suit and also rushed towards the granary.

However, they did not really follow Gao Huan's order and leave without a single person. At least, there were still two masters left to protect Gao Huan's life.

Gao Huan thought that the Han Dynasty should focus all its efforts on the granary at this time, and make sure that the fire was kept burning for a long enough time. Only in this way could the fire be completely out of control. If the fire did not burn for a long time, it would be impossible for all the food and grass in the city to be burned.

However, Gao Huan would never have thought that Chen Pingping's target was indeed the granary, but in addition to the granary, there was also him, Gao Huan.

As the commander-in-chief of an army of 140,000, his life has as much impact on the battle situation as a granary.

It is precisely because of the huge amount of food and grass in the city that even if the fire is big, it will take a certain amount of time to completely burn it all.

Taking this into consideration, Chen Pingping warned Wang Yu from the very beginning that he had a way to start the fire, but it would be difficult to make the fire burn all the food.

After all, if they want to keep the fire burning long enough, then all the forces of Luowang within the city will not have to try every possible means to interfere with the enemy's fire-fighting efforts.

Whether it was the Han Dynasty's night battle and siege of the city, or the sudden assassination of Gao Huan, it seemed to be the same.

However, Chen Pingping was also aware that the Cang army was very powerful within Tongcheng. Even if all the Luowang personnel within Tongcheng were deployed, it would be difficult to guarantee how long they could interfere with the enemy.

Therefore, Chen Pingping, the King of the Dark Night and the top conspirator, had already prepared a second plan from the very beginning.

In fact, for this purpose, he even specially asked Wang Yu for several celestial-level masters.

Luowang itself does not have any masters of heavenly level. Thetis and Koeus are at most two non-staff members, not real Luowang members. Even the true identities of these two people are not known to the top leaders of Luowang, and they only know that there are a few of them.

If Chen Pingping wants to obtain the support of celestial-level power, he can only apply to Wang Yu.

With a wave of his hand, Wang Yu directly transferred the three celestial-level masters, Ci Hang, Dugu Qiubai and Huang Yusheng, to Chen Pingping.

Even after being transferred here, Wang Yu did not ask Chen Pingping about his specific plan. For him, as long as Chen Pingping could give him a satisfactory result, the specific process was not important to him.

A large number of celestial-level masters accompanied the army on this southern expedition.

Ling Donglai, Wang Tianyun, and the six great celestial beings from the Worship Hall, Cihang, Xiao Qiu Shui, Dugu Qiubai, Lang Fanyun, Huang Yusheng, and Mahaye, add up to a total of eight celestial-level masters accompanying the army.

Adding Han Xin's Kunpeng, there are a total of nine celestial-level masters.

After all, Zhongcang is now the strongest among the three Dacang courts, and the old and young of the Huangfu family will definitely not sit idly by and watch it perish. Those old and young of the Huangfu family who should jump out, I'm afraid they will all jump out this time.

Furthermore, recently, the situation in Da Cang has been a little strange. A large number of outsiders from the seven dynasties and even the four barbarians have poured in. Now is the time when the undercurrent is surging, and the factors of these people must also be taken into consideration.

Although, the Southern Expedition mobilized a large number of celestial-level masters.

However, Wang Yu was not worried that the capital would be left with a vacant guard post.

The Imperial Master's Mansion built for Zhunti, or more precisely, the temple built for him, was located next to the Han Dynasty's imperial palace.

With such a person here, even during this period when a large number of outsiders have poured into Da Cang, the palace is absolutely impregnable.

Besides, among his concubines, there are two celestial-level masters, Venus and Aphrodite. Although they are not good at fighting and their actual combat capabilities are still questionable, they are still two celestial beings and are not that fragile.