World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 670: Triple Three: An Earth-shattering Battle! Zhi Wei’s Courage Is Split!_2

Chapter 670: Triple Three: An Earth-shattering Battle! Zhi Wei’s Courage Is Split!_2

With resources alone, we buried our enemies alive!

The four-mile city wall and five castles were under the command of Yan Yan, Queen Yan Chuo, Zhi Yan, Yan Nai’er, and the Ashi Li people, each responsible for a castle.

Suo Lun, as the commander-in-chief on the battlefield, commanded from the center.

However, Suo Lun had always excelled in strategy; specific tactics and battlefield command were not his forte.

"Gah..."

A griffin beast landed on the rooftop of the central castle. Suo Lun mounted it, took flight with a flap of its wings, and began to survey the entire battlefield!

Zhuang Zhixuan, as Suo Lun’s guard, sat behind him for protection.

Along the four miles of city walls, countless trebuchets and giant crossbows were intertwined.

The actual number of soldiers on the walls was not large, just over twenty thousand, all armed uniformly with bows and arrows.

Behind them, over forty thousand more troops were housed within the castles and the fortifications behind the walls.

Suo Lun, riding the griffin, soared through the sky, inspecting back and forth.

Meanwhile, two kilometers in front of the defense line, Zhi Wei’s army of one hundred and fifty thousand had completed its deployment.

There were fifteen giant square formations, spread across dozens of square kilometers of valley plains.

Dozens of super-giant stone projectors, hundreds of medium scorpion trebuchets, and over a thousand giant crossbows.

Numerous siege hammers, battering rams, countless siege ladders.

Zhi Wei’s army of one hundred and fifty thousand was also fully armed to the teeth, boasting an astronomical number of siege resources.

There were thousands of carts alone used to transport the giant stone projectiles.

Behind the army of one hundred and fifty thousand stood nearly two to three hundred thousand civilian laborers.

For this battle, each side deployed armies numbering in the low hundreds of thousands, but the civilian labor force amounted to five hundred thousand.

The military expenses invested exceeded five to six hundred thousand Gold Coins, almost equal to the war of Rouran that year.

Duke Zhi Wei squinted his eyes at the Fenglei Fort Defense Line a few miles away, seeing it as a colossal beast.

"Rouran City is said to be the number one feudal lord under heaven, but it’s time for a change," said Zhi Wei. "It’s not about whose land is larger; it’s about who has more money, more troops—that’s who’s the number one feudal lord."

Jealousy gnawed at the Crown Prince Zhi You beside him. The wealthiest in the Rage Wave Kingdom were two people—one was Zhi Li, who controlled the largest Gold Coin firm. The other was Suo Lun, master of both the Chaos Stone Salt Field and the Magic Mirror Base.

Nowadays, Suo Lun’s monthly income was greater than the annual total revenue of other lords.

If only there had been more time, Tianshui City could have doubled the size of its main city and increased its troops by a hundred thousand.

"Father, since Gui Xingfu has been defeated, the previous treaties are void," Zhi You said. "After we annihilate Tianshui City, both the Chaos Stone Salt Field and the Magic Mirror Base will belong to us. Moreover, after this battle, your illustrious achievements will resonate so profoundly that Zhi Li, upon succession, will have no choice but to bestow upon you the prince regent title."

Zhi Wei’s face trembled as he responded, "Then we must deliver a strong performance. Before Turing Tuo arrives, Tianshui City must fall."

Zhi You said, "Breaking through the Fenglei Fort Defense Line means annihilating Tianshui City."

Duke Zhi Wei nodded in agreement. Suo Lun had madly assembled all his forces at the Fenglei Fort Defense Line; once breached, the entirety of Tianshui City would be as if unguarded.

"My Lord Duke, the entire army has been arrayed and deployed!" reported the deputy commander.

Duke Zhi Wei ordered, "Move the army forward to five hundred meters from the Fenglei Fort Defense Line."

"Yes!"

Then, the sound of drums began.

Couriers galore hurried to relay the commands.

"Move the army forward to five hundred meters from the Fenglei Fort Defense Line."

"Bang bang bang bang..."

The army of one hundred and fifty thousand, marching in unison, began to advance.

The rolling of the giant trebuchets, the footsteps of one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers, the multitude of horses’ hooves—all merged into a single thundering sound.

The ground itself trembled, and even the surrounding mountains quivered slightly.

All birds and beasts within a hundred miles fled, vanishing without a trace.

Suo Lun, mounted on his griffin beast, hovered hundreds of meters in the sky, watching the one hundred and fifty thousand strong army march onward.

Like an ocean tide, the one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers spread over dozens of square kilometers of land, obscuring the very color of the earth.

From above, they appeared as a dark, oppressive mass.

"Roar, roar, roar..."

"Advance, advance, advance..."

The army of one hundred and fifty thousand advanced a thousand meters, thirteen hundred meters, fifteen hundred meters!

"Halt!"

"Halt!"

"Halt!"

The front row formations stopped, the second row formations stopped...

Finally, all one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers halted in perfect order, with the closest formation exactly five hundred meters from the Fenglei Fort Defense Line.

This distance was precisely out of range of all the long-range weapons.

With the army stationary, they watched for the reaction from Fenglei Fort’s defenses!

The Fenglei Fort Defense Line was eerily silent.

Once more, Duke Zhi Wei’s army was given the command.

"Advance the giant trebuchets by a hundred and fifty meters."

"Advance the giant crossbow battleground by a hundred and fifty meters."

"Cavalry phalanx, standby, protect the giant trebuchet division, protect the giant crossbow battleground."

"Archer phalanx, standby, protect the giant trebuchet division, protect the giant crossbow battleground."

"Medium Scorpion Trebuchet, standby, protect the giant trebuchet division, protect the giant crossbow battleground."

Instantly, the giant trebuchet formation and the giant crossbow formation, under the protection of thirty thousand cavalry and fifty thousand infantry archers, continued to advance, entering within three hundred and fifty meters.

This distance had already reached the firing range of the giant trebuchets and the giant crossbows.

Moreover, with tens of thousands of cavalry and archer formations for protection, even if the enemy’s cavalry wanted to charge out and destroy the giant crossbows and trebuchets, it would be impossible—whatever charged out would be completely annihilated.

In this kind of grand battle, neither side would make any tactical mistakes.

No matter how talented Duke Zhi Wei was, he had countless generals and staff officers under him, and every tactical move was flawless.

At this moment, both sides’ giant crossbows and super-giant stone projectors had entered each other’s firing range.

Suo Lun returned to the central castle. Five neatly aligned griffins stood there, each ridden by a Shadow Cabinet expert, along with five-hundred-pound bags of explosives.

It was still an aerial attack!

Using griffin beasts to drop five-hundred-pound bags of explosives to destroy the enemy’s giant trebuchets and the giant crossbow battleground.

"Load the crossbows!"

In the midst of Zhi Wei’s army, upon the Great Commander’s order of the giant crossbow division,

thousands of giant crossbows were fiercely loaded. Each crossbow required two people to step on, using mechanical force to draw.

"Creak..." Thousands of giant crossbows were drawn.

"Load the crossbows!"

Within Fenglei Fort Defense Line, thousands of crisscrossing giant crossbows, positioned on the walls, inside the towers, and within the castles.

Following an order, all giant crossbows were also fiercely drawn.

"Nock the arrows!"

Both sides’ giant crossbows had several-meter-long giant arrows nocked on them.

"Giant trebuchets, winch down, load the projectiles!" Zhi Wei’s army’s several dozen giant trebuchets began to forcefully press down the levers, placing hundred-pound projectiles upon the throwing arms.

"Super-Giant Stone Projector, winch down, load the projectiles!" Inside Fenglei Fort Defense Line, Suo Lun’s army’s more than a hundred super-giant stone projectors pressed down the levers, placing four and five-hundred-pound bags of explosives onto the throwing arms.

"Fire."

"Fire!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Both sides’ thousands of giant crossbows, like howling ghosts and wailing wolves, shot out a torrential downpour of giant arrows.

Both sides’ trebuchets harshly threw projectiles across hundreds of meters.

However, Zhi Wei’s army was throwing hundred-pound stone projectiles, while Suo Lun’s army was hurling shockingly large four and five-hundred-pound bags of explosives.

At the same time, upon Suo Lun’s command,

five griffins soared high into the sky, carrying five-hundred-pound bags of explosives, flying towards the enemy’s trebuchet division and giant crossbow battleground.

Both sides’ onslaught intertwined in the air,

and after flying over a few hundred meters.

Zhi Wei’s army’s several dozen stone projectiles and thousands of giant arrows fiercely crashed upon Wind Thunder Fortress’s four-mile defense line.

"Boom boom boom boom boom..."

They caused a thunderous uproar, with flashes of light erupting.

"Ah... ah... ah..."

Screams of agony rose, blood splattered everywhere.

The soldiers who were hit had their flesh and blood scattered instantly, but there were merely a few dozen of them.

After all, past four hundred meters, the power of the giant crossbows diminished considerably.

Although the giant trebuchets were astonishing in power, their accuracy was pitiful; most of the several dozen stone projectiles smashed against the city walls.

Though the sounds were formidable, the twenty-meter-thick city walls couldn’t be shaken by mere hundred-pound stone projectiles; at most, it was merely a scratch.

Duke Zhi Wei’s first round of long-range attack caused only a few dozen casualties for Suo Lun and scratched the four-meter city walls.

And Suo Lun’s long-range attack...

Hundreds of giant bags of explosives fiercely fell upon Duke Zhi Wei’s trebuchet division and the giant crossbow battleground.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Earth-shattering explosions.

Hundreds of explosive bags, each four and five-hundred pounds, totaling forty to fifty thousand pounds of explosives, exploded violently.

It was as if the earth was shaking and the heavens were howling!

Zhi Wei’s army was utterly terrified!

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