Evil of all ages

Chapter 162 The prestige was ruined
Seeing Li Xunhuan's confidence, Di Qingtian still dared not place all his hopes on him.

After all, Li Xunhuan was only one person, and there are limits to how much a person can achieve.

The idea that one can conquer nature seems arrogant and conceited.

Therefore, he made many decisions, all of which were arrangements for defending the city.

noon the next day

午县
The Eastern Merchant Army, Kowloon Walled Village, Chiming Village, and all the bandit dens and bandits gathered here.

Their numbers had ballooned to 80,000, and they claimed to have 150,000 troops.

There are many bandit dens and many bandit leaders.

But the only ones who could actually eat at the table were the Eastern Merchants' army and Kowloon Walled City.

Even the chieftain of Chiming Village wasn't qualified to sit at the table.

Inside the magistrate's residence, where bloodstains were still wet, General Chen Yuanzhong, who commanded the Eastern Merchant Army, was having dinner with Zhang Yong, one of the leaders of the Five Elements Banner of the Demonic Cult.

Zhang Yong, unrestrained and dissolute, was groping the county magistrate's concubine, thoroughly enjoying himself.

The magistrate, however, kept his head down, pretending not to see anything, and carried the wine pot, playing the role of a servant, pouring wine for Zhang Yong from time to time.

"Enough, don't disturb my meal."

Chen Yuanzhong was displeased when he saw Zhang Yong tear open his concubine's clothes without any regard for the consequences and about to execute her on the spot.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yong stopped.

The Eastern Merchant Army makes up the majority of the troops, and they need the Eastern Merchant Army to take over the county city, since these small fry and outsiders are no match for them.

Under all these circumstances, Chen Yuanzhong had more say than him.

Although he couldn't proceed to the next step, his hands were still restless.

He won't stop as long as he can satisfy his urge to touch things.

"You're helping us, but is your only condition really that you only want Li Xunhuan's life?"

When Chen Yuanzhong saw that the other party had stopped, although his hands were still not behaving properly, it was still better than performing a live sex scene in front of him.

The thought of the other side's large entourage of martial artists coming for just one person made him feel like a windfall.

"General Chen, are you worried that we're lying to you?"

“Although we sent martial artists, General Chen, you should know that those five thousand-plus people have all cultivated the Ten Thousand Ghosts Transformation Technique.”

I won't go into too much detail about what the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Transformation Technique" is.

“They were all nourishment for our Holy Church, and now they are just being used as waste.”

"After it's all over, they will be drained dry by the masters of our sect."

"In addition, they all only have about a year left to live."

"If we don't hand over the captured cities to General Chen, are we supposed to defend them with a bunch of short-lived men? Is that even possible?"

"Think about the righteous people again; they're keeping a close eye on us."

"After killing Li Xunhuan, should we not avoid his sharp edge and wait for the righteous sects to surround and kill us?"

"In short, you don't need to worry about us having designs on Yunzhou, because the conditions don't allow it."

"You should think about this: if we help you, how will you help us kill Li Xunhuan?"

Zhang Yong was too busy with both hands, so he gave his concubine in his arms a look.

The concubine understood, picked up the empty wine cup, and the magistrate poured wine into it, then fed it to Zhang Yong.

Seeing that the magistrate dared not speak out against his anger, Zhang Yong drank his wine in large gulps and pinched his concubine until she cried out in pain.

He enjoyed this feeling, playing with other people's concubines and having them serve him; it greatly satisfied his vanity.

"Is Li Xunhuan's Vulcan Gatling gun really that terrifying?"

Chen Yuanzhong had only heard of it, but had never seen the power of the Vulcan Gatling gun in person.

Seeing that even the members of the Demonic Cult couldn't do anything to Li Xunhuan filled him with curiosity. Was the Vulcan Gatling gun really that terrifying?
"Whether it's terrifying or not, I don't know, but none of the people from our Holy Church who went to cause him trouble have returned."

When Zhang Yong heard the other person ask if the Vulcan Gatling gun was terrifying, his hands involuntarily stopped moving.

He pondered for a moment before answering.

"Hmph, no matter how fierce the Vulcan Gatling gun is, can it really slaughter thousands of troops?"

"Tomorrow, I will have those soldiers and cannon fodder who surrendered to us lead the charge."

“We’ll follow closely behind, giving him no chance to catch his breath. I’m afraid that before we even get close, our cannon fodder will engulf him.”

"If he performs exceptionally well, or has some hidden trump card, he could slaughter everyone in front of us, and then our shield army would be behind him."

"I have ordered all the shields to be thickened; they are so thick that even the heavy crossbows in the army cannot penetrate them."

"This general does not believe that his Vulcan Gatling gun can penetrate this kind of shield."

Chen Yuanzhong felt that even if a Grandmaster-level expert encountered 10,000 or 20,000 troops, let alone 80,000, they would have to take a detour.

Li Xunhuan is only at the Innate level. No matter how powerful the extraordinary weapon in Li Xunhuan's hands is, he does not believe that Li Xunhuan's harm is more terrifying than that of a Grandmaster.

"We'll be attacking the city tomorrow, and there will be spies from many different factions watching us."

"If you want to take Yunzhou easily, tomorrow's siege cannot be dragged out. You must take Jiushui County cleanly and efficiently in a short time."

"Otherwise... I won't say anymore, it's urgent, I need to calm down first."

Zhang Yong took his concubine away to cool off. After finishing his meal, General Chen wiped his mouth and went out to organize the troops.

A new day has begun

In the afternoon, Di Qingtian and his party appeared on the city wall of the prefecture.

Because the enemy was less than eight miles away from them.

As time passed, Di Qingtian finally saw the enemy's figures in the distance.

As the enemy approached, seeing the ground covered with a dense mass of people, Di Qingtian's expression tightened.

When they were still two or three hundred meters from the city, Chen Yuanzhong ordered the troops to stop.

"Di Qingtian, open the city gates, and I will spare your life."

"Otherwise, if the city falls, not only will you die, but I will also slaughter all the people in the city."

Chen Yuanzhong shouted at Di Qingtian.

Zhang Yong rode his horse beside Chen Yuanzhong. He looked up at the city wall and saw an incredibly handsome man next to Di Qingtian.

He immediately knew that the other person was his target.

However, he didn't shout or yell, because there was no need.

Di Qingtian ignored Chen Yuanzhong and turned to look at Li Xunhuan.

"They claimed to have 150,000 troops, but in reality they only had 80,000."

"Of these 80,000 troops, how many can you take down?"

Di Qingtian asked.

"Of course...all of them."

Huang Taichu said with a smile.

"At this point, stop joking and just tell me how much you can eat?"

"Five thousand?"

"Seven thousand?"

"Still ten thousand?"

Di Qingtian asked earnestly.

Huang Taichu didn't speak, stroking the cat in his hand, and turned to look at the enemy troops below.

Without saying a word, he jumped off the city wall.

This made Di Qingtian's expression turn anxious. He thought, "Is it really necessary to be so reckless just because I asked a question?" and jumped down.

Unaware that the area below was full of enemies.

Huang Taichu floated down like a feather, his feet gently touching the ground. He stood firm and placed the cat on his shoulder.

Behind him was the tightly closed city gate, giving the impression of one person guarding an entire city.

"Come on up, don't be reckless..."

Di Qingtian shouted at Li Xunhuan.

Huang Taichu didn't turn around, but raised his hand and waved, indicating that he didn't need to worry about him. He would take care of the enemy, so don't steal his kills.

"You crazy person."

Di Qingtian cursed and moved.

"My lord, please don't..."

When everyone saw that Di Qingtian was also about to jump, they all panicked.

But they were a step too slow and failed to stop him, allowing Di Qingtian to jump.

Di Qingtian didn't jump down as smoothly as Huang Taichu. He needed to use leverage, his five fingers transforming into eagle claws, imbued with true energy, hooking onto the wall and sliding down.

Why did you jump down?

Huang Taichu turned his head slightly and looked helplessly at Di Qingtian, who had jumped behind him.

He single-handedly defended a city; how impressive!

As a result, Di Qingtian jumped down, leaving two people to defend one city, which greatly diminished the prestige of the situation.

"Even if I don't say that you saved my life, since I invited you here, you are my friend."

"How can I allow my friend to face thousands of troops alone?"

"Quick, the rope has been lowered, come up with me."

Di Qingtian tried to pull Huang Taichu up, but found that he couldn't budge him no matter what he did.

Huang Taichu remained silent. Perhaps this was the charm of Di Qingtian's personality; no wonder he had so many friends.

"Quickly, fire arrows! Shoot them dead for this general!"

Chen Yuanzhong and his companions were overjoyed to see Li Xunhuan and Di Qingtian jump down from the city wall.

Once these two are killed, the county town will be leaderless, and conquering it will be a piece of cake.

(End of this chapter)