Chapter 1592: Siege Hammer

Chapter 549: Escorted Back to the CapitalChapter 1592: Siege Hammer

On the prairie, regardless of one's status or social standing, there is always an unshakeable truth.

People will only follow and worship those who are powerful, those who can bring them cattle, people, and land.

Even within the borders of Liaodong, there were power struggles and infighting, even more ferocious and brutal than in other countries.

Although the Yelü clan held a monopoly for several hundred years, it couldn't silence all voices within the Liao kingdom. Other powerful aristocratic families in the Liao kingdom still wielded considerable influence.

Even though Yelü Shenxuan had already been designated as the heir apparent, with his legendary status on the grasslands over the years, assuming the throne wouldn't be a problem. However, to gain the genuine acceptance of those powerful nobles and have them recognize him as their new king, he would still need to pay a significant price.

This battle was his shortcut.

He doesn't have that much time and energy to waste on internal strife.

He will demonstrate, in the simplest and most direct way possible, that he can lead Liao to an entirely new level.

And if he were to lose, his prestige would be destroyed, and there might even be problems with the succession.

Therefore, for Yelu Shenxuan, this battle was a high-stakes gamble, success was the only option, failure was not permitted.

With a mixture of emotions, Yelu Shenxuan arrived at the eastern front line.

Here he could see his soldiers streaming forward, sacrificing themselves to storm the Moonlit Pass. The pass's walls stood as an unyielding barrier between heaven and earth, having held back the Liao army for decades.

On the city wall, giant stones and tung oil continued to be poured down, each time claiming the lives of many Liao soldiers. However, it was clear to anyone watching that the Qin army's defense had begun to weaken.

This kind of weakness, now perhaps still able to hold on, but as the war situation worsens, it will only become more serious, ultimately affecting morale and causing the entire front line to collapse.

Even the tallest and thickest walls require people to guard them. Walls without guards are nothing more than piles of lifeless stones.

As if by some unspoken understanding, Yelü Shenxuan abruptly raised his head to look towards the Dongcheng Gate.

There, Yelu Shenxuan saw a familiar figure.

Li Chen stood behind a parapet, facing Yelu Shenxuan across the distance.

Li Chen didn't expect to see Yelü Shenxuan before leaving.

Their eyes met, sparks flying.

The distance was too great, and the scene was too noisy for them to converse or communicate, but they both understood each other's eyes.

"Charge the city walls!!!"

A piercing roar, shattered Li Chen and Yelu Shenxuan's gaze.

This is what Guza Wanda yelled out.

After he roared, several massive trees were bound together and, after special modification, formed a colossal hammer. This hammer required the combined effort of hundreds of soldiers to even lift it.

This is a weapon used in sieges, the battering ram.

Nothing can stand in its way.

More than a hundred soldiers, wielding battering rams, charged at the east gate of Yueya Pass like madmen.

"Down with tung oil! Down with tung oil!!!"

On the city wall, Wang Dazhao's teeth were bared.

After his roar, he personally picked up a basin of boiling, smoking tung oil and poured the entire thing onto the battering ram rapidly approaching the city wall.

The hot oil sizzles, poured onto the battering ram and then onto the soldier wielding it.

These soldiers let out earth-shattering screams, the boiling tung oil instantly killing anyone it touched.

Then, rockets shot forth one by one, and the tung oil was immediately ignited!Chapter 980 The Deep-Laying Plan