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Chapter 97 Authentic

Just as the marriage procession of the Great Qian arrived in Cangzhou.

At this time, Yaohua Pass was located.

The sun had just risen when the attacking army had already formed its battle lines.

The Cangzhou army was numerous, pressing down on the formidable pass like a dark cloud.

Although the pass was formidable, the soldiers guarding Yaohua Pass were exhausted after fighting for many days.

Under the command of General Li Jing, the Cangzhou army has been attacking Yaohua Pass continuously for more than ten days.

At this moment, beneath the walls of Yaohua Pass, Li Jing, who commanded the attacking army, was tall, with a resolute face and sharp eyes like an eagle.

He rode a black warhorse, looking majestic and imposing.

Under his command, the attacking forces of Cangzhou launched their offensive in batches in an orderly manner.

A large number of archers were the first to fire a dense barrage of arrows at the city walls.

The arrows whistled as they rained down like a storm.

The soldiers guarding Yaohua Pass held up their shields, struggling to withstand the barrage of arrows.

The crenellations on the city wall were riddled with arrows, and the texture of the stone reeked of gunpowder.

Then, the massive catapults began to unleash their power.

They were like the arms of giants, hurling huge stones at the city walls.

The boulder crashed against the city wall with a deafening roar.

The city wall was smashed and was on the verge of collapse, with stones flying everywhere and dust billowing.

The defending soldiers were shaken and staggered. Under the intense attack of the Cangzhou army for many days, some of the walls of Yaohua Pass had begun to collapse.

This was an even worse situation for the garrison at Yaohua Pass.

However, the defending general did not give up the fight. He brandished his spear and shouted orders to his soldiers to hold their ground.

Under his leadership, the exhausted soldiers rallied and fought back tenaciously against the besieging army with bows, arrows, stones, and swords.

"Give the order to withdraw this batch."

Li Jing remained expressionless as he watched the Cangzhou soldiers fall continuously to the ground.

He knew that to break through this formidable pass, he had to come up with a more ingenious method; otherwise, he could only rely on the Cangzhou army to wear them down.

It's not impossible.

But the final casualties will certainly be heavy.

This was Su Ye's first major battle in the strict sense since he took office as the governor of Cangzhou.

You can't play so badly.

So he ordered his soldiers to feign a retreat in order to exhaust the defenders.

The besieging army lit bonfires outside the city, pretending to begin their retreat.

Meanwhile, hundreds of soldiers, armed with shovels and picks, secretly dug tunnels day and night under the cover of battlefield smoke.

The excavated earth was cleverly concealed to avoid being discovered by the soldiers guarding the city.

The tunnels gradually extended towards the city walls, but the soldiers guarding the city were completely unaware of it.

This clearly shows that Li Jing's strategy of wearing down the troops over the past few days has finally taken effect.

For so many days, they have been launching continuous, high-intensity attacks.

Li Jing certainly wouldn't simply think of using the lives of the Cangzhou army to fill this formidable pass.

Even if it weren't for the strategy of exhausting the troops.

He wouldn't even go to such lengths to launch a powerful attack.

He ordered his soldiers to attack the city in shifts, creating the illusion that the offensive was not abating.

Archers kept firing arrows at the city walls, catapults hurled boulders at the walls, and infantry launched a charge.

Although these attacks caused some damage to the city walls, their real purpose was to exhaust the physical strength and morale of the defending army.

The generals guarding Yaohua Pass may have been somewhat aware of Li Jing's scheme.

But there's nothing we can do; it's an open conspiracy.

Faced with the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Cangzhou army, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and defend the city.

They may have observed the continuous attacks on Cangzhou and the commotion outside the city, and began to suspect that the enemy was digging tunnels.

But this didn't do anything.

The tunnel warfare was highly secretive, and under the relentless offensive of the Cangzhou army led by Li Jing, it was difficult to conceal.

They simply didn't have the time to determine the exact location and size of the tunnel.

Rather, they were worried that taking rash action might alert the enemy.

Under the torment of anxiety and exhaustion, the morale of the soldiers defending the city began to waver.

They had been fighting continuously for many days and were severely exhausted.

Meanwhile, the Cangzhou army, under Li Jing's command, took the opportunity to intensify the digging of tunnels, gradually approaching the bottom of the city wall.

Meanwhile, in the tunnel beneath Yaohua Pass...

Several war gods of the Cangzhou army, including Sun Wukong and Wu Wenhua, are struggling to dig tunnels here.

Previously, relying on the fact that the defending army was unfamiliar with them, Sun Wukong and his other war gods had attacked the city walls several times.

This posed a huge threat to Yaohua Pass.

However, by the time the garrison at Yaohua Pass reacted...

The situation is reversed.

The archers and ballistae guarding the city were no pushovers, and Sun Wukong and his companions weren't the mythical creatures capable of flying and disappearing into the earth.

They faced relentless, aimed fire from the city's archers and the bombardment of their heads by ballistae.

Moreover, Yaohua Pass served as the first formidable pass for Qizhou to defend against the Cangzhou army.

After learning that the Cangzhou army was launching a large-scale invasion, the King of Qizhou urgently mobilized a batch of supplies to Yaohua Pass.

This includes the "Breaking Qi Crossbow," "Splitting Qi Arrow," and "Shattering Qi Crossbow Arrow" equipment used by the imperial army in the Tianwu Continent to specifically deal with these war gods and celestial beings.

Dense barrages of "Splitting Arrows" and heavy "Shattering Arrows" rained down on them. Even though they were all powerful warriors at the level of war gods, this high-level targeting still posed a huge threat to them.

Therefore, under such pressure, Sun Wukong, Wu Wenhua, Baihu, and others had no choice but to personally go down into the tunnel and lead the soldiers to continue digging.

The tunnel was cramped and dimly lit; the only sounds were the shovels digging into the soil and the soldiers' heavy breathing.

The tunnel was very damp, and clothes easily became damp, making it even more unbearable for the already exhausted soldiers.

Sun Wukong broke the dull atmosphere first, "This damned tunnel is even more uncomfortable than crawling into a rat hole."

He spoke as he dug into the soil, sweating profusely.

"We were forced into this situation."

"If we continue this aggressive attack and allow those archers and ballistae to keep firing, our casualties will be even greater."

Baihu gave a wry smile, but his hands continued moving without stopping.

His entire body surged with platinum-gold energy, and he swung the iron shovel in his hand with incredible speed.

Suddenly, a violent tremor came, followed by a loud bang from above the tunnel.

The three looked up and saw a huge rock falling from the sky, crashing near the entrance of the tunnel.

Dust billowed up inside the tunnel, and several soldiers were injured by flying stones.

Sun Wukong roared, "Damn it, the defending army is truly ruthless!"

"Once I, Old Sun, finish digging this tunnel, I'm going to smash their heads open!"

He wielded the shovel in his hand and dug even harder.

Baihu quickly reassured the frightened soldiers, "Don't panic, everyone, stay calm."

As he spoke, he organized the soldiers to provide emergency medical treatment.