Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2234: Keep the filial piety first and kill the drought demon

"The most terrifying thing is not the interloper!"

"What's most frightening is that these intermediaries are colluding with some people with ulterior motives!" Feng Hou added.

However, at this time, Feng Hou had long lost her former charm and looked extremely dejected.

After all, Shi Le's defeat and death in the Battle of Qingnan Road were most directly related to his misjudgment.

In Feng Hou's view, it was because of him that Qingnan Road suffered a great defeat, and that Dayan fell into its current state.

"Starting today, a curfew will be imposed. Anyone found out at night may be shot on sight!"

"Furthermore, starting today, the Celestial Guard will conduct a strict investigation. Any officials or generals who have private contact with each other must report it immediately without fail!"

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Xuanyuan Huang issued more than a dozen orders in a row, each one hitting the nail on the head, in an effort to stabilize the situation in the city as much as possible.

Meanwhile, two special guests arrived at Yue Fei's camp.

These two people were none other than Xuanyuan Jingyi and Xuanyuan Jingxuan from the Xuanyuan family.

At this moment, Xuanyuan Huang could never have imagined that when the Han army besieged the city, the first to betray him would not be anyone else, but rather the Xuanyuan clan members from the same family.

Moreover, these two people are just representatives; there are many more standing behind them.

Li Jing was not in Donghai Road at this time, but was still with the Zhennan Army. Although Wang Yingkan had reached a consensus with Jiang Chaoyu, it did not mean that they could relax their vigilance against them.

Jiang Chaoyu and Zhao Song together have amassed a total of 400,000 troops in Yangdong Road. If they are not prepared, it would be devastating for the troops at the front if they were to infiltrate their rear.

With Li Jing, one of the commanders of the two armies, absent, Yue Fei, as the commander of the other army, was naturally the undisputed first commander.

As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, Yue Fei received them very politely.

Furthermore, at Yao Guangxiao's suggestion, Yue Fei invited the two brothers, Xuanyuan Jingyi and Xuanyuan Jingxuan, to go to the front lines to inspect the defenses of Yanjing.

As a result, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the soldiers guarding the city walls of the Great Yan all saw the brothers Xuan Yuan Jingyi and Xuan Yuan Jingxuan enter the camp of the Great Han.

Yue Fei and Yao Guangxiao made such a small move, but its impact on the morale of the Yanjing army was no less than a shock.

After all, even Xuanyuan Huang's own clansmen had betrayed him. How could the soldiers below possibly have any confidence in this battle?
That very night, the Celestial Guards reported on Shen Faxing and Gao Tansheng's secret meeting and conspiracy.

What could be going on between these two secretly meeting late at night? It can't be two grown men fencing each other, can it?
Xuanyuan Huang did not make a fuss about this, but instead ordered the Celestial Guards to keep an eye on them.

Furthermore, by following the clues, they also uncovered General Ma Qiu and official Jin Bang, and finally captured them all.

However, although these people were plotting a rebellion, Xuanyuan Huang did not kill them. Instead, he let them leave the city and allowed them to go.

He then publicly stated to all the civil and military officials in the city that they had three days to leave on their own.

Those who do not leave within three days and then rebel again will have their entire family, including nine generations of relatives, executed.

Xuanyuan Huang's purpose was twofold. First, to screen the civil and military officials in the city, ensuring that the remaining people were capable, and to stabilize morale. Wang Shichong and Shen Faxing were veterans of the Celestial Masters era, yet even they were now betraying him; what chance did others have?

Therefore, apart from a small number of people, Xuanyuan Huang could no longer distinguish whether the rest were loyal or treacherous.

Secondly, Xuanyuan Huang did not kill these people.

But everything is subject to comparison. The rebellion of these people and the tolerance of Emperor Xuanyuan Huang will be contrasted in the annals of history. And their rebellion today, this stain, will be magnified once again in the annals of history.

Xuanyuan Huang didn't kill them, but that doesn't mean he really let them go.

Thirdly, it directly placed the choice in Yue Fei's hands.

After all, these people left the city openly and honestly, and were even personally escorted by Xuanyuan Huang. Under such circumstances, would the Han Dynasty trust them if they went to surrender to the Han?
Furthermore, if these people can betray the Great Yan today, they can betray the Great Han tomorrow.

If there are many people like this in the Han Dynasty, how can this regime possibly prosper?
Therefore, Xuanyuan Huang ultimately made this choice.

However, these tactics employed by both sides are merely minor tricks; the final victory will still depend on the soldiers on both sides!

This siege lasted for nearly a month.

Although Xuanyuan Huang's army suffered a blow to morale, the Great Yan army maintained its last bit of fighting spirit thanks to his personal involvement in the battle.

Therefore, Yue Fei attacked the city continuously for a month, losing a total of 30,000 soldiers. It took him almost a month to make a breakthrough yesterday, and even the fierce general Xuanyuanba of the Great Yan was killed.

However, at the last moment, Xuanyuan Huang personally led the Yellow Turban Warriors and defeated them again, ultimately failing at the last hurdle.

In yesterday's battle, when it reached its final moments, even Yue Fei led his men to personally climb the city wall and fight.

Therefore, the battle yesterday resulted in heavy casualties on both sides, with both sides essentially trading lives for a whole day.

Yesterday, when the siege had dragged on for a long time without success, it was Li Cunxiao who, with his unparalleled martial arts skills, managed to carry a huge shield and brave a hail of arrows to scale the city wall.

This gave the Han army an opportunity to breach the city.

Only at this moment did Li Cunxiao dare to recklessly charge around relying on his martial arts skills.

After all, in this month, although the Han Dynasty did not breach the city, it was not without its achievements.

At least, both sides have almost exhausted their catapults and ballistae.

If neither side's catapults and ballistae had been reduced to seventy or eighty percent, Li Cunxiao wouldn't have dared to charge forward against the raging fire on the city walls.

He carried a shield that could block a rain of arrows, but it was absolutely no match for flying stones and ballistae.

Once on the city wall, Li Cunxiao threw away his shield, drew his two weapons from behind, and casually hurled Hao Yaoqi, who was attacking him, to the ground below the wall.

Single-handedly, he routed the surrounding Great Yan troops, covering the advance of his own troops as they climbed the city walls one after another via the cloud ladder.

By the time Xuanyuanba arrived with his men following Xuanyuanhuang's orders, nearly a hundred people had already gathered around Li Cunxiao.