Chapter 406: City Breakdown
The two provinces of Huaixi and Huaidong were already overwhelmed. They were attacked by Zhong Yu's two partial armies respectively. Although the situation was not as critical as Xijiang Province, it was not much better. If they were not careful, they might be killed.
As for Lunan Province, which is behind Xijiang Province, the entire province has an army of only 50,000. Now that Zhong Yu's 200,000 troops have invaded Xijiang, and the two surrounding provinces are also in dire straits, even the self-defense feels that they are not strong enough, so how can they dare? Easy to send troops to support.
In this way, the only army that can send troops to support is the 100,000 forbidden army in the central imperial capital of the imperial court.
These 100,000 imperial troops are the foundation of the entire dynasty, the foundation of suppressing the Ming Dynasty, and each of them has strength above the fourth rank.
Unless this army is in danger of destroying the country, it will be stationed in the capital to defend the emperor, and it cannot be moved lightly.
Therefore, if the emperor wants to send troops to support Xijiang Province, the only way is to send some reinforcements from the inland provinces and send them to support.
However, there are only seven inland provinces in the entire Ming Dynasty. Dongjiang Province has been captured, and Xijiang Province, Huaidong Province, and Huaixi Province have been affected by the flames of war, and it is difficult to protect themselves.
The only provinces that can be transferred are the southern and northern provinces of Shandong, and the northern province of Hebei.
In these three provinces, except for some basic defense personnel, it is estimated that only about 100,000 reinforcements can be dispatched.
Such a small number of troops is nothing to Zhong Yu.
Not to mention, it would be a month or two before the reinforcements were dispatched to the front line. By then, Pingyang City had already been broken, and Xijiang Province had already been captured.
So Zhong Yu has plenty of time, and he can spend it slowly.
This is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty was dragged down by the Great Jin Dynasty in the north, and the usual mobile troops were deployed. At the same time, the border provinces had to defend against the attacks of other countries. There was really no way to quell the rebellion.
Otherwise, Zhong Yu would not dare to pick three provinces in one province so arrogantly. If the Ming Dynasty let go, he could be tortured to death casually.
The formation of the army was quickly launched, and countless lights of different colors lit up in the formation, and finally turned into various mysterious shapes, becoming fatal attacks one after another.
Hula la!
Almost in an instant, thousands of powerful attacks blasted towards the city's defensive formation, and each attack was equivalent to a full-strength blow of a fifth-order powerhouse.
Under such a strong attack, the defensive formation of Pingyang City shook for a while, with ripples appearing, but in the end it did not break through.
"Interesting. As expected of a province's defensive formation, it really has some strength." Zhong Yu praised.
If the attack launched by the army just now was concentrated together, even Zhong Yu would not dare to say that he could resist it.
But now such a powerful attack was so easily resisted by the city's defensive formation, how could Zhong Yu not be surprised.
But so what if it can block an attack, Zhong Yu has an army of 200,000, and after taking turns to fight, a mere formation is trapped in an isolated city, what can they do.
Time passed quickly, and five days passed in the blink of an eye.
With the uninterrupted attacks for these five days, the formation of the entire city has been crumbling, and the originally scorching light has become extremely dim, and it seems that it will be extinguished at any time.
"Okay, the opportunity to break the formation is at this moment."
Zhong Yu glanced at the dilapidated city in front of him, stood up and said with a smile.
The whole body exudes a strong momentum, and the almost endless true energy quickly gathers in the palms of both hands following Zhong Yu's mobilization.
The two palms faced each other up and down, and a blood sword gradually emerged in the center. With the infusion of true energy, the blood sword became more and more terrifying, surrounded by endless sharpness.
"go!"
Zhong Yu squeaked slightly, and the blood sword spewed out from both palms, piercing the already broken formation in front of him at an extremely fast speed.
With a snort, the formation broke down.
All the defenders who were hiding behind the formation and resisting with difficulty showed horror and despair.
"The formation...is... just broken like that?" A middle-aged man dressed as a general on the city wall murmured, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
The generals and soldiers around him also looked terrified and desperate.
Although they knew that under the attack of 200,000 troops, the city defense was destined to be broken, but they didn't expect it to come so soon.
"Haven't you lost so quickly? Everyone stand up for me. Until the last moment, the last person will not die. You must not give up!" Governor Li Cheng felt bad when he saw that the formation was broken.
Now, after seeing the morale of the defenders in the city plummet, and they seemed to give up resistance for a while and kill them with their hands tied, they immediately became anxious and spoke encouragingly.
After finishing speaking, Li Cheng flew up from the top of the city tower, and quickly flew across the sky towards Zhong Yu who was opposite, and he had already crossed countless distances with only slight steps.
"Yes... Your Excellency Governor." A soldier looked at the figure in the sky and said in surprise.
"That's right, the Governor-General is a strong warrior at the level of a Martial Saint. If he makes a move, the enemy will definitely not be able to win!" A general kept saying as if he had grasped at straws.
When the other soldiers heard the words, they also looked at the incomparably stalwart figure in the sky. In their eyes, that figure was so great and so safe that it supported their hearts.
Whoosh!
There was a thunderclap, and the blood sword that was originally used to break the formation quickly circled back and flew back.
The blood sword was extremely fast, crossing the space distance, and in the blink of an eye, it had already arrived in front of Governor Li Cheng, and stabbed at him.
Li Cheng had already prepared himself when he heard the sound of thunder. Now that he saw a flying sword coming from behind him, even if he was prepared, he was terrified.
He just saw the power of this flying sword. The defense formation was breached in one blow. Even though the formation was at the end of its strength, the defensive power was extremely extraordinary.
The flying sword that can break through the formation is naturally extremely powerful, and it is definitely not something that Li Cheng can block.
It's just that the flying sword is also extremely fast. Even if Li Cheng made a dodge, he was still a few steps too late.
The flying sword pierced through his body, pierced his shoulder, and was only a few inches away from his heart, which was extremely dangerous.
Severe pain appeared all over his body, and countless sharp sword energy continued to destroy in his body. The unique corrosive qualities of the blood sword were also withering Li Cheng's flesh and blood, making his injuries more serious.
However, before he could recuperate properly, the flying sword circled over again after passing through his body, stabbing towards his heart again, as if he would not give up until he reached his goal.
clang.
The sound of Feijian hitting a hard object was heard, and a khaki mask suddenly appeared on Li Cheng's chest, but he blocked it abruptly with his own extremely strong reinforcements.
However, after this blow, a lot of his true energy was consumed, and the khaki mask of defense in front of him was several points thinner.
"Interesting, you can take a few moves from me. I want to see how long you can wait." Seeing that his attack was blocked, Zhong Yu didn't care, but rather admired Li Cheng's strength.
Immediately, the flying sword was urged to attack quickly, and lights appeared in the sky, which was a vision produced when the two fought.
After counting, all the brilliance disappeared.
As one of the people fighting, Li Cheng clutched his chest, spitting out blood from the corner of his mouth, stood in the air for a few seconds, and then fell straight down.
Li Chengbai. Without the strongest combat power, Pingyang City could not be kept. The entire Xijiang Province will also completely open its chest and let Zhong Yu ravage it.