Chapter 1 A State of Swelling

Looking at the morale of the entire team, the Prince of Zhenbei had swelled to an unimaginable degree.

For the Prince of Zhenbei, taking down Jiang Chen was only a matter of time. Now, he needed to continue to harass Jiang Chen, completely stripping him of his ability to resist.

Although Jiang Chen was avoiding battle as much as possible, the Prince of Zhenbei understood that Jiang Chen, who had caused such great damage to his brothers, was no ordinary person. He had only said those things earlier to humiliate him and completely seize control.

As the Prince of Zhennan gradually retreated, the Prince of Zhenbei finally revealed his fangs. The engineering equipment, prepared long ago, was slowly pushed forward. Seeing the opponent's thorough preparations, Jiang Chen sighed, but did not say much.

"If these four really want to fight a war of attrition, can we withstand it?"

Jiang Chen's words plunged the many advisors beside him into dead silence. They could not see much hope in the current situation.

"Your Majesty, if our reinforcements can arrive in time, we may not be unable to fight. However..."

Thinking of the current low morale, the advisors felt helpless. They had thought of countless ways to boost overall combat effectiveness, but it was all just theory.

Under the opponent's fierce attack, they really had no power to fight back in the short term.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, the current situation is giving the opponent an increasing opportunity to get closer. In that case, why don't we make some other preparations?"

"Since they are unwilling to engage us head-on, why don't we change our approach and send personnel to attack them from the rear?"

Hearing this suggestion, Jiang Chen shook his head, intending to reject the idea directly. Although it seemed like it might solve some problems, in reality, if they really did that, all the measures previously deployed in the city would be in vain.

Jiang Chen wanted to use the strategic advantage of Shimen Pass to trap these guys all here and wipe them out in one fell swoop, rather than let them have a chance to escape.

The manpower ambushed inside the pass could only be used once; any more would be ineffective.

While Jiang Chen was carefully considering these matters, the Prince of Zhenbei had already begun to set up all the siege equipment.

Discovering that the things in this guy's hands were even more complete than those of the Prince of Zhennan, Jiang Chen's face darkened. After all, no intelligence had indicated that this guy was so powerful.

"What are the intelligence agencies doing? How could they not have discovered such a formidable opponent? If he hadn't revealed himself here this time, how much chance would we have had if he had launched a surprise attack?"

Hearing this, the people around him broke out in cold sweat. They had long expected these people to be quite difficult, but they had never imagined that they would be so difficult to deal with.

Thinking that this guy actually possessed such strong military strength and had not been discovered all along, Jiang Chen's face was covered in cold sweat. Even more panicked than Jiang Chen were the advisors. If he only had these cavalry, perhaps there would still be room for maneuver, but this guy also had the most dangerous things in his hands.

The area where they were currently stationed was a flat plain, and trebuchets were simply unstoppable here. If he really deployed these things, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Arrange for a few people to lure his attention first, and select a group of skilled brothers to attack them in the middle of the night. We must not let them assemble these things."

At the moment he made this decision, Jiang Chen knew that the brothers who went out to carry out the sabotage mission would probably never return, but Jiang Chen still had to make such a decision. If he could not destroy those machines as soon as possible, then everything sacrificed here before would become meaningless.

As Jiang Chen began to select personnel, the Prince of Zhenbei did not stop. After the first trebuchet was installed, he could not wait to launch an attack. Although the first stone was still miles away, after several corrections, a huge boulder slammed directly into the center of the formation.

Suddenly, the soldiers who were defending here were thrown into chaos. Before they had time to catch their breath, several more boulders came.

Seeing his fruitful results, the Prince of Zhenbei was now so arrogant that he did not take anything seriously.

Looking at the Prince of Zhenbei laughing arrogantly on the opposite side, Jiang Chen felt a fire burning in his heart, but he had no way to deal with this guy at the moment. After all, attacking on this plain would inevitably lead to endless casualties on his side, but if he remained silent, the overall morale would probably be completely driven into the abyss again.

Just as Jiang Chen was struggling to figure out how to temporarily stabilize the morale of the army, the Prince of Zhenbei's attack stopped.

"Listen to my advice, now you obediently surrender to me, and there is still room for maneuver in everything. As long as you are willing to obey me, I will not make any changes to your court officials. If you refuse, then I can only continue to attack."

The words of the Prince of Zhenbei fell like a heavy hammer in the hearts of Jiang Chen and others. While everyone was angry about this and no one was willing to accept this news, the only response to the Prince of Zhenbei was the arrow shot by Jiang Chen himself.

Understanding Jiang Chen's meaning, the Prince of Zhenbei laughed and returned to his own camp.

The fierce attack earlier had finally come to an end for the moment.

Just when everyone thought they could catch their breath, Jiang Chen's gaze had already completely locked onto a direction that ordinary people could not imagine.

"Tonight, brothers, burn his supplies for me. If there is an opportunity, destroy as much of the engineering equipment as possible. I want to see how much confidence he has to make us retreat."

Hearing Jiang Chen's instructions, those death warriors who had been selected earlier stood up in unison.

They understood that this trip was a certain death, but they still made all the preparations as Jiang Chen had requested.

After packing all their things, they began to gather.

As soon as it was dark, they instantly poured out and disappeared into the night.