Conquering Myriad Worlds from the Mythical Three Kingdoms

"Oops!"

Just as Fu Tong had forced back two people whose internal energy had left their bodies with the help of his personal guards, he saw Zhu Ming leading his personal guards with broadswords, already wreaking havoc in all directions.

Once knife-type weapons acquired the ability to kill at long range, their value surpassed that of spears.

Each concentrated attack involved several people, making it easy to kill the defending soldiers and tear a gap in the formation.

Fu Tong was extremely anxious and was about to go to help when he saw the internal energy that had just been repelled leave the body and return.

"What can we do!"

Fu Rong was anxious, but his hands were swift and decisive, using three full-force strikes to force back the internal energy blocking his path.

But another internal energy detached from the body and clung to it like a ghost.

Fu Tong fought desperately, but was unable to break through the blockade and could only watch helplessly as Zhu Ming slaughtered his soldiers.

He was even distracted by the battle and was slashed in the abdomen by the internal energy that was separated from his body.

"How is the second line of defense being organized?"

Ma Liang's face darkened when he saw the fallen banner on the city wall.

With the banner felled, the first line of defense is likely doomed.

He had no time to think about Fu Tong's life or death. The most urgent task now was to organize a second line of defense and fight the enemy under the city walls. As long as the enemy did not rush into the city, there was still room for recovery.

With his question unanswered, Ma Liang turned to look at Ma Su and noticed the uncontrollable panic on the other man's face.

"Ma Su!" Ma Liang roared angrily. Ma Su had actually lost focus at a time like this.

"Ah, what's wrong, elder brother!" Ma Su snapped back to reality in a panic, clearly having not heard Ma Liang's previous command.

"Tell me, how's the second line of defense coming along?"

"We've been prepared for a long time. Crossbows and oil are all in place, just waiting for the enemy to attack!" Ma Su replied hastily.

It was only then that Ma Liang noticed that Ma Su's behavior was completely different from usual; he even seemed a bit dazed.

This is a phenomenon of being overwhelmed by pressure. A person who is usually eloquent suddenly becomes dumbfounded when standing on a grand stage and being watched by countless eyes.

This is nothing new, which is why there are various small competitions and contests to build the confidence of these officers.

"Brother, can we win?" Ma Su appeared somewhat weak.

Ma Liang was extremely annoyed when he saw Ma Su's expression.

"I almost forgot, this was also Ma Su's first time on the battlefield..."

Ma Liang regretted it. He should have sent Ma Su away instead of letting Ma Su share the burden and take risks with him.

Or rather, he had always lacked confidence and needed the support of Ma Liang, a member of his own family, to feel more secure.

"We can win, and we must win!" Ma Liang said solemnly.

They are only about to lose the city walls; they are not yet completely defeated.

Ultimately, breaching the city walls does not necessarily mean a successful siege.

Or rather, this is just the beginning.

Before the enemy archers can scale the walls, simply retake them.

"Kill!" Zhu Ming charged into the city, only to find that the inner side of the city wall was filled with a dense swarm of men.

Thousands of people were piled up on the main road, hundreds of meters away from the city gate.

Standing on the steps of the city wall, Zhu Ming found that there were obstacles such as barricades everywhere in the city, and only the main road remained unobstructed.

There was no cover on the steps leading from the city wall to the main road. By the time Zhu Ming realized this, a dense rain of arrows was already raining down from below.

This was a carefully designed position and angle to ensure maximum damage to enemies on the city wall steps.

Zhu Ming's soldiers were all focused on strong attacks, so with the addition of Zhu Ming's legion talent, they were able to easily tear a gap in the city wall and surge into the city.

Zhu Ming's troops, who were not equipped with shields, were completely unable to withstand such an attack and suffered heavy losses in just one wave.

Zhu Ming could only retreat back to the city wall, not daring to touch the steps area.

However, Zhu Ming turned around and joined the attack on the city wall defenses. The pale white streaks of blood slashed out by his soldiers were equivalent to short-to-medium range attacks, considering their attack range.

From a distance, streaks of light, elongated into arcs like crescent moons, flew continuously from the city walls. Their terrifying attack range even exceeded the length of the spears, making Xinghan's side shudder.

The melee attack was so powerful that it completely exceeded Ma Liang and his companions' expectations. It possessed the agility of short weapons while retaining the suppressive power of long-handled weapons.

This was also the result of Du Yu's adjustments. As an excellent commander of a large army, he learned a great deal of experience from the setbacks in the first three days of the attack.

They also used ultra-high pressure to force out most of the city's defenses in Xiangyang, and gained a general understanding of the Changshui Camp, the Shesheng Camp, and the barbarian axemen and other legions.

He also gained a general understanding of the subordinates he had temporarily assigned.

The attack batches and directions were reassigned.

Let Chen Dai, with his strong defensive capabilities, lead the charge, then let those with strong recovery abilities entangle Fu Tong, and finally use Zhu Ming as the breakthrough point.

This made up for the last time when Zhu Ming hadn't even had a chance to unleash his legionary talents before being turned into a pincushion by the Shooting Sound Battalion.

As expected, Du Yu's deployment easily suppressed the Xinghan soldiers on the city wall, and the city wall defense line was almost completely overrun, with nearly 60% of the area falling.

"Chen Dai, bring your men and come with me. We'll cut off their retreat; we can't let them go back!"

Seeing Fu Tong and the others fighting and retreating, Zhu Ming immediately shouted to Chen Dai, hoping that the other party would cooperate with him to break through the people on the main road.

Then, they surrounded and annihilated Fu Tong on the city wall in one fell swoop.

Little did he know that his little scheme was exactly what he wanted.

Du Yu was prepared, and Ma Liang was naturally prepared as well.

"it is good!"

Chen Dai activated his Legion talent, carrying a shield as tall as a man, and together with the entire headquarters, they held up their shields as they escorted Zhu Ming and the others down the steps.

However, at that moment, Chen Dai was horrified to discover that the people opposite were starting to throw things onto the steps. As soon as the bag hit the ground, he realized that it might be kerosene.

In the next instant, the oil was ignited, and the raging fire almost engulfed the entire city wall steps, turning the piled-up debris into a gladiatorial arena of flames.

"Charge through in one go, or you'll be burned to death!" Zhu Ming urged Chen Dai. Chen Dai realized the problem and immediately led his troops to form a shield wall and charge towards the Xinghan soldiers on the main road. But in Chen Dai's despairing eyes, a crack suddenly appeared in the military and political barrier on the main road, and they realized that the light and shadow they were seeing were distorted.

Behind the soldiers on the main road, there were not more soldiers, but chariots pulled by oxen and horses.

This was Ma Liang's trap, using the simplest and most brutal method to lure the powerful opposing army into a head-on confrontation with the chariots.

"rush!"

The drugged cattle and horses charged madly at the shield in front of them.

Although it was just a crudely made war machine, it unleashed unparalleled crushing power at this moment.

The crazed oxen and horses easily smashed through Chen Dai's shield wall and then ran over the Jin soldiers.

With fire raging on both sides and chariots in front, Zhu Ming and Chen Dai wanted to use their legion's attack to destroy the chariots, but the thick clouds inside the city made it impossible for them to do so.

Limbs and severed bodies littered the ground. Barbarian swordsmen and axemen quickly pressed forward and blocked the Jin army's escape routes.

Once someone breaks through the fire, a burst of crossbow bolts is fired at them.

Chen Dai and Zhu Ming led their heavily damaged legions out of the inferno and launched an assault on the second line of defense, relying on their formidable military strength.

They hadn't expected Ma Liang to pull off this tactic of charging chariots within the city.

After all, in most people's subconscious, it is not allowed to ride horses in the city, and chariots and cavalry simply cannot exist in the city.

Ma Liang cleverly exploited this psychology, directly luring Chen Dai and Zhu Ming to their deaths.

The two enraged officers had no choice but to retreat, nor was there anywhere to retreat to, and launched a near-suicidal charge directly at the front.

They firmly believed that with their strength, as long as they charged in and fought face-to-face, everything would be alright.

Ma Liang remained completely unfazed. Chen Dai's defense and Zhu Ming's offensive capabilities were both excellent, making them a well-rounded combination for both offense and defense.

But just as Du Yu had a plan for offense, Ma Liang also had a plan for defense.

Zhu Ming's destructive power was indeed beyond imagination, but such a powerful army could not escape a common problem: it was fragile.

The pale arc of light, combined with close-quarters combat, resulted in Zhu Ming's main force assault troops making direct contact with the defensive line.

Ma Liang remained almost completely calm, maintaining a composed expression as he waved his command flag to issue orders.

Both Zhu Ming and Chen Dai felt the threat of death, but at this point, neither side could retreat, nor did they have any way out.

To survive, they had to charge forward, so no one could back down. The fierce battle unfolded right beneath the city walls.

A vast expanse of pale white silk, with an unavoidable tilt, launched an attack on the Xinghan soldiers from a great distance, but this time it was completely different from before.

The pale ribbon that could have easily torn through the defense vanished instantly, like an arrow hitting a steel shield.

Zhu Ming looked at Xinghan's soldiers, puzzled. The pale streaks of energy that should have been shockwaves dissipated like gas.

A smile crept across Ma Liang's lips. This was a military formation left behind by Sima Yi, which could achieve equality among all beings to a certain extent.

Your will to interfere with reality, your elite talent framework combination, are meaningless in the face of Sima Yi's army of equal treatment of all beings.

This military formation forcibly dragged the battle back to a purely melee combat.

No matter how powerful your pale, silky appearance is, it is still a product of willpower interfering with reality.

The degree to which attacks are ineffective means that even the most powerful attacks cannot penetrate thin defenses, while ordinary attacks can easily tear through steel plates. These are all things that can be achieved by interfering with reality through willpower.

But now, with all supernatural powers isolated in a localized area, the battle has been pulled back to the simple era of cold weapons, where strength and burlyness gave an advantage, and superior equipment made one even more formidable.

"Charge forward in formation and let them all die!"

Ma Liang then ordered the spearmen and shieldmen in the front row to form a Macedonian formation, and then pushed forward. Spears are ultimately bulldozers on the battlefield, and once they formed a spear formation, they were invincible in frontal combat.

Zhu Ming and Chen Dailian tried to break through, but were forced to retreat by Sima Yi's army formation.

Not only did they fail to create an opening, but they were also stabbed several times.

"Shoot them down quickly!" Ma Liang noticed a signal lighting up on the other side of the city wall, which meant that the city wall was in dire need of support and they had to go to the other side to provide reinforcements.

Chen Dai and Zhu Ming's forces suffered repeated defeats.

Even after the internal energy is separated from the body and most of its power is blocked, it is simply impossible to deal with more than a dozen spears at the same time.

"Kill!" Under Ma Liang's command, hundreds of people suddenly rushed out of the city gate, which was filled with debris. They were all elites among the Five Streams Barbarians, and all of them had formed internal energy.

They hid in the doorway, which was made of piles of debris blocking the city gate.

At this moment, they were attacked from behind, caught in a pincer movement. Zhu Ming and Chen Dai had no choice but to flee in panic through the rooftops on either side of the mountain.

After a fierce battle, only a dozen or so elite soldiers escaped.

They are basically all internal energy that has reached the level of Qi Gang. Even when affected by both cloud energy and military formations, they still possess qualities that surpass those of ordinary people and can do things that ordinary people cannot do.

Seeing that even such a tight net had failed to capture Zhu Ming and Chen Dai, Ma Liang had no choice but to give up and lead his soldiers toward another city gate.

This is the advantage of defending a city: you can use the terrain advantages you've created to force the enemy to fight you.

Without any deliberate planning, the cooperation between Zhu Ming and Chen Dai could indeed tear apart the second line of defense.

However, with just a few well-designed tactics, they completely wiped out both Zhu Ming's and Chen Dai's armies.

Upon receiving the signal, Fu Tong began organizing a counter-offensive to try and recapture the city wall.

Knowing Ma Liang's plan, Fu Tong actually prepared a deadly move.

"Arrows for Ji! Spears ready!" Fu Tong sneered.
A barrage of arrows flew from the rear of Fu Tong's army.

For a moment, the Jin army on the front line was in a rather disheveled state. Before they could parry or block, a large number of medium and short-range javelins were thrown over by Fu Tong's main force.

The location was deliberately chosen, the distance was such that, given the terrain of the city wall, there was almost no way to dodge the spears, resulting in the deaths of many elite soldiers on the spot.

Unlike arrows, which may not necessarily kill, javelins, at this distance, will definitely kill anyone who hits them.

"Die!" After the short-to-medium range javelins were thrown from the main camp, the infantrymen wielding horse-slaying swords and sabers charged forward to engage in close combat.

This triple tactic—long-range, mid-range, and close-range comprehensive suppression—looks simple, but ordinary officers simply can't execute it effectively. They can easily wipe out their own men along with it, unless they've practiced it extensively.

Fu Rong, however, had conducted numerous rehearsals. From the day he learned he would be fighting to the death on the city wall, Fu Rong had been preparing targeted training. (End of Chapter)