C59 Guarding the City

"Bastard!" I have already explained that this great drought was caused by the leakage of fire spirit energy from the Fire Spirit Land, and the Fire Worship Cult is one of the main culprits. "Now, the Fire Worship Sect is trying to control the Empire of Zi Yue to attack our Yue Susu City in an attempt to snatch her away. You actually dare to obstruct them in such a dangerous situation. What intention do you have?!"

Zhao Miaoxue was furious. She slammed the table and shouted angrily.

"City Lord, you don't have to say it like that. You said that the drought was caused by some kind of fire spirit land. Then, do you have any proof?"

"The mayor also said that cultivators are the ones who found out about the news, right? Then can the mayor please bring out the so-called cultivators that you found out about and verify it in front of everyone in the city?"

Zhao Miaoxue didn't say anything. She only stared gloomily at General Meng Yi and Prime Minister Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen thought that he had offended Zhao Miaoxue. His voice revealed a trace of pride. "Since the Mayor can't prove it, then please retract your order. Don't get involved in this!"

"Meng Yi, Jiang Chen, do you really think that you have done something very secretive with the Divineflame Sect? I have already investigated everything clearly. I had thought that you two are Elders of Yue Su City, but I did not expect that you two would not repent at all and even try to delay the Divineflame Sect!" Zhao Miaoxue laughed coldly, her ice-cold voice containing a trace of irrepressible anger, "Meng Yi, Jiang Chen, do you really think that you have done it secretly with the Divineering Fire Cult?"

"City lord, this is slander, you have no proof!"

Jiang Chen's expression changed, but he still remained unyielding.

"Evidence?" Hmph, I don't need any evidence! In times of emergency, he would do extraordinary things! General Meng Yi and Prime Minister Jiang Chen are both from abroad, plotting against them and also disobeying the military order. The crime is not to be pardoned, they were dragged out to behead the public. The entire family was demoted to officers and slaves, they will never be pardoned! "

With Zhao Miaoxue's cold shout, a few soldiers who were like wolves and tigers rushed in and pushed General Meng Yi and Prime Minister Jiang Chen to the ground. They tied up the soldiers and dragged them out.

"Now, who has any objections to the matter of the troop transfer? You can even bring it up!"

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly shook their heads.

What a joke! The two elders with the most intense reactions, a general and a prime minister, had their heads chopped off and hung outside the door. How could these little shrimps have any objections?

"Alright, since no one objects, then it's decided. "Pass down the order, the garrison troops around Yue Su City will immediately set off for the city. They must arrive by tomorrow night, and those who do not meet the deadline will be beheaded by the commander-in-chief. The rest of the soldiers will be demoted to officials and slaves!"

"Yes, I shall obey the City Lord's orders!"

Perhaps it was because they were intimidated by the two bloody heads hanging at the entrance of the meeting hall, or because the matter of the general and the family of the prime minister being demoted to officials' slaves had scared them off, or perhaps they had understood the determination of the fourth princess, Zhao Miaoxue. They knew that they could not go against this decision, in short, this order was carried out perfectly and efficiently.

The messenger that was in charge of passing down orders passed on the orders without stopping. After receiving the orders, all the troops gathered at an unprecedented speed, rushing to Yuesu City at full speed, not daring to delay for even a second.

None of the officers wanted to joke around with their own heads, so they strongly urged the soldiers to speed up. The soldiers did not want to be demoted to the official slaves just because of being late, so the result was that before the sun had set the next afternoon, the eight hundred thousand soldiers stationed around Yue Su city had already arrived at Yuesu City, filling up the entire outer city of Yuesu City.

"The scouts sent out have reported that the Zuiyue Empire has completely poured all their resources into this mission. A total of 1.2 million soldiers have raided towards Yue Susu City. It seems that the Divineflame Sect really intends to take advantage of the Misty Pavilion's reaction this time around and take down Yue Susu City in one fell swoop. This has created a fait accompli."

On top of the inner city wall, Li Yi was holding a piece of intelligence report sent by a scout while frowning.

"Fortunately, we made sufficient preparations, and now all the garrison troops are in place. Although the number is less than 800,000, with the advantage of the city wall, it shouldn't be a problem to hold on for a few days."

Zhao Miaoxue nodded. At the same time, she glanced at Li Yi with admiration, "Fortunately, Senior Li is here. Otherwise, we would have been caught off guard by the Moon Empire!"

Li Yi lightly smiled and didn't say much. He only instructed, "City Lord Zhao, we will be relying on you to defend the city. As long as the other party doesn't send out any cultivators, we won't interfere in a war like this in the mortal world. The sect has already sent a message back, saying that the experts sent would still need four more days to arrive, and that we must hold on for these four days! "

After he finished speaking, he jumped down from the city wall and rushed towards the City Lord's Mansion.

"..."

Zi Yue Empire's army arrived very quickly. On the next afternoon, a cloud of dust rose in the distant horizon, and densely packed armies of Zi Yue Empire appeared before the eyes of Yue Su City's civilians and soldiers.

"Bastard!" Didn't you say that the news never leaked out? Then where did the troops from the other side come from? "Huh?"

In the army formation of the Zi Yue Empire, Shi Jian, the leader of the Fire Worship Cult, pointed at the troops of the Heavenly Wind Empire that were lined up in a square beneath the city wall of Yue Su City and roared in anger.

"High Priestess, we really do not know how Yue Susu city became defensive. We beg High Priestess to atone for your sins!"

Seeing Shi Jian's rage, the group of warriors were so scared that their faces turned pale and they kept kneeling down and kowtowing.

"Father, I feel that there's a high chance that this news came from the mid stage Foundation Establishment cultivator who escaped from the Lava Raven King a few days ago!"

Shi Gang hurriedly stepped forward to explain. He was very clear about Shi Jian's brutal character. If he didn't have a good reason, then most of the people here would be angered by his sacrifice.

"Humph!"

Shi Jian sneered and calmed down a little. He pointed at Yue Susu City and said in a low voice, "Immediately attack the city. Before the Misty Pavilion can react, take down Yue Susu City at all costs!"

Following Shi Jian's order, the Ziyue Dynasty's troops directly attacked Yue Susu City before they had fully recovered.

The soldiers in the middle were carrying huge siege equipment. From time to time, some of them would get shot through by arrows, and some would even be nailed to the ground. They would not die for a while, and could only let out heart-wrenching screams.

His companions walked past him without a glance, taking up the positions of the dead and wounded. They carried their siege equipment and continued forward. The lives of those who died seemed insignificant at this moment.

The archers in the rear were also shooting arrows at the city walls. However, due to the difference in height, very few arrows were able to reach the soldiers of Yue Su city. Even if they managed to hit the wall, they wouldn't be able to do much.

After paying a heavy toll of casualties, it was finally the Ziyue Dynasty that attacked the city walls outside Yueru City. Before they could even breathe, boiling hot oil and huge rolling logs and boulders were smashed down from the city walls. The huge impact caused the Ziyue Dynasty's soldiers' flesh and blood to be splattered all over the place.

The walls of Yue Su City were much higher than the outer wall. Li Yi and the others stood on the walls of the inner city and watched the fierce battle outside. Li Yi found that there wasn't a single ripple in his heart.

He could see that among the military officers of both sides, there was no lack of skilled martial artists. However, in the face of the huge war machine, their individual military prowess seemed insignificant. If he hadn't been lucky enough to obtain the blood essence of an ancient deity and embarked on the road of Immortal cultivation, perhaps he would have been one of these people.

With his current middle Foundation Establishment stage strength, he would only need a few big moves to completely destroy the tens of thousands of soldiers in the siege. This was the difference in strength and cultivation level.

Cultivators and mortals really were people from two different worlds!

Shaking his head, Li Yi called Zhao Zilong and the others and walked down the tower towards the City Lord's Mansion.

It was only the first day of the siege, and the Divineflame Sect wouldn't easily send out any cultivators. Given the toughness and height of the city walls, the Ziluo Empire's army definitely wouldn't be able to breach it within a short period of time, and Li Yi didn't want to continue watching this tragic battle.

The battle lasted until the evening. The Zi Yue Empire had paid a huge price and had lost tens of thousands of men, but they still couldn't get over the city wall. Shi Jian knew that the soldiers were hungry and thirsty, so he had to retreat outside the city.

"Damn it, if the news wasn't leaked, how could Yue Susu City be prepared? With our military strength, we would have taken down Yue Susu City by now!"

In the largest military tent of the Zue Yue Empire's army camp, Shi Jian threw his wine cup on the ground in anger.

The followers, including the Junior Sect Leader, Shi Gang, were all as silent as cicadas in winter. Even the commander of Ziyue Empire was trembling with fear, afraid that he would be angered.

"Send the order down, bury the pots and cook, continue to attack after nightfall, don't let the troops of Yue Susu City have any chance to breathe. Even if it means using our lives, we have to kill them all!"

"Yes sir!"

"..."

After nightfall, the Zi Yue Empire once again launched a mad attack towards Yue Susu City.

It was as if they didn't care about their own casualties as they attacked ferociously.

Under the cover of the night, the defending city of Yue Su City became much more difficult to defend, almost being attacked by the soldiers of the Yue Dynasty.

After a fierce battle in one night, the casualties on both sides were extremely large. Zi Yue Empire, in addition to the casualties during the day, had already exceeded 200,000. However, Yue Susu City was not much better off as well, with over 100,000 casualties similarly.

Just as morning arrived, they paused for a moment before the Ziyue Empire's army once again launched an siege. From the looks of it, they would not stop until they had taken down Yue Su City.

"It seems like the Divineflame Sect is planning to attack us at all costs this time. They're attacking us so frequently, they're not even concerned about the lives of the soldiers. They're actually fighting us in a war of attrition!" They have more people than us, so we will lose sooner or later! "

On the wall of the inner city, Zhao Miaoxue was looking at the fierce battle outside the city and asked with a worried tone.