I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse-Chapter 1906 - 1908: Let’s Have a Magnificent Dance
"I believe that the reason Li Muyun appeared in Kaiyang City is to mislead us; he plans to engage us in a war of attrition. Xuzhou is prosperous, naturally not lacking in money or food supplies. With our current strength, even if we were to forcefully assault Kaiyang City, it would take at least fifteen days, possibly even longer. Even if we break through Kaiyang City, Li Muyun could still escape to Pengcheng or directly return to Xuzhou City. By that time, perhaps another fifteen days will have gone by. Can our provisions withstand such wasteful consumption?"
Guo Jia said this, causing the military generals to come to a realization of the massive daily expenditures of sixty thousand troops.
"Therefore, I suggest, my Lord, that we stick to the original plan and dispatch a troop to bypass Kaiyang City and head straight for Xuzhou City!"
The middle-aged man nodded: "It’s the only option."
"No." However, none anticipated Cao Cao’s immediate rejection with a single word.
The crowd promptly turned their gaze to Cao Cao, with Guo Jia asking, "Does the Lord have another brilliant plan?"
"Brilliant plan, hardly. It’s just that you haven’t figured out my intentions." Cao Cao slowly sat up straight, poured a cup of wine, and drank it. His hand pointed directly at Kaiyang City, and his eyes suddenly shot forth with chilling murderous intent, "This time I go to Xuzhou, with only one purpose: to kill Li Muyun! I can even boldly say, even if it means using two hundred thousand troops in exchange for your head, I won’t hesitate!"
Upon hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but visibly change their expressions.
"Is this Li Muyun truly that formidable?" Someone muttered quietly.
"If this man is not removed, I cannot rest easy!" Cao Cao suddenly dashed his cup onto the ground, roaring, "Tomorrow morning, launch the first attack on Kaiyang City!"
"Yes!"
At dawn, just when the city’s soldiers were changing shifts, Cao Cao’s army suddenly launched a surprise attack on Kaiyang City.
The sound of war drums thundered like a storm, engulfing Kaiyang City in a sea of murderous shouts.
"Finally, they’re here." You stand alone on the city wall, your face revealing a bloodthirsty expression.
Behind you stand three people: Yu Jin, Li Chong, and Zheng Zhi.
"My Lord, you should enter the loft first." Seeing the dust storm ahead and the enemy troops swarming like ants, Yu Jin urgently stepped forward to persuade you.
"Into the loft?" You suddenly laughed loudly, and the laughter grew louder, reaching into the ears of every soldier, followed by your shout echoing across the sky above Kaiyang City, "Brothers, pick up your weapons, let your roar tell me of your existence!"
Suddenly, all the defending forces in Kaiyang City issued a sky-shattering roar, and the morale was instantly elevated to the highest.
"Hit them, hit them hard!"
"Hit them hard!!!" All the soldiers shouted coarse words in unison; this was unprecedented in history.
Li Chong and Yu Jin immediately rushed to their respective defense areas, while you still proudly stood atop the city wall, surrounded by soldiers wielding weapons. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
Interestingly, this was their first battle, their first encounter with a real enemy, real combat! Yet, they felt no fear or terror; everyone knew their Great Commander would stand with them!
In front of you, suddenly appeared a rain of arrows like a dark cloud!
Those arrows seemed to cover the sky and earth, making them impossible to evade.
"Crouch down, raise shields!"
The well-prepared shield bearers lifted their massive shields to form a barrier, blocking the densely falling arrows from outside.
Yet, you still stand on the city wall without any protection, and Zheng Zhi beside you is the same. However, when the shield bearers lowered their shields, everyone was surprised to find you and Zheng Zhi still standing in place, without a scratch, not even a hair out of place.
The second wave was the catapult launching jars of burning wine, Cao Cao’s usual siege tactics, which were simultaneously one of the major results of the spies you dispatched. When everyone saw the sky filled with fireballs and massive stones crashing down, you immediately shouted "Evade!"
Kaiyang City’s wall stands a foot taller than usual walls, approximately four or five meters higher, naturally exceeding Cao Cao’s catapult’s average height, causing most rocks and fireballs to merely strike the outskirts of the walls, significantly protecting the soldiers’ safety.
At this time, people hiding in their positions noticed that you and Zheng Zhi seemed motionless on the surface, but the shadow on the ground was moving at high speed! Not even an arrow could harm you, let alone catapults.
Meanwhile, the Cao Army’s siege engines approached Kaiyang City’s wall, entering the range of the defending archers.
"Archers, ready!"
Generals at various locations on the wall raised their flags high, and archers on the ramparts took turns in their squads, shooting arrows continuously, not requiring aim but following routine training, each squad member drawing their bow and shooting downward. Watching from the walls, when a Cao soldier was struck by arrows, they often fell in rows.
It’s rare for a single person to be hit by two or three arrows, a testament to Yu Jin’s rigorous training of them!
When enemy siege towers and arrow towers were about to approach, you reached out to troops behind you, soon having a dozen soldiers carrying a weapon similar to Verdict but larger. Your original Verdict was lost in Chang’an, likely taken by Lü Bu; for today’s battle, you had a craftsman forge an imitation.
Verdict’s specialty lies in its material, which you couldn’t find in a short time, so you forged it with ordinary hundred-refined steel, enlarging it for increased power. Now Verdict is six meters long, its width even emphasizing you, looking from afar as if you’re wielding a massive pillar!
"Zhi, destroy those three arrow towers on the left, the rest is for me!" you said, adding, "Don’t cling to the fight, hit and retreat!"
Zheng Zhi nodded, swiftly moving on the walls, then leaping down, quickly vanishing among enemy forces.
Finishing what you said, you stomped down, listening to a "boom!" The wall suddenly had a gap of several dozen centimeters, and you, like a cannonball, flew towards the siege tower ahead!
Soldiers within the siege tower just prepared to aim at you when they found you already in front; the massive weapon in your hands crashed down!
"Boom!"
One vertical smash caused a groove atop the siege tower, leaving archers and soldiers instantly separated with blood splattering!
"Break it!"
You twisted behind the iron pillar, stomped fiercely, and in a deafening sound, before everyone’s astonished gaze, stomped the iron pillar to the end, splitting the siege tower in two, leaving the ten-meter-high siege tower shattered!
"Surround him, surround him! It’s Li Muyun!"
After landing, soldiers nearby shifted attention from the wall to you. Cruel smiles adorned your face, as if strolling leisurely in your courtyard, slowly reaching the iron pillar’s hilt, and as you pushed it with one hand, "boom!" The massive column was hoisted by you again.
"Let’s have a magnificent dance!"
