Chapter 627 (1/2)

Chapter 627: 627

Fighting during winter is the biggest taboo in warfare . Especially trying to siege a city during winter as it was a battle that would be lost for sure! Even if one had ten times the number of soldiers than the defending party, it would be impossible to successfully take down the city during the winter . Furthermore, the target of their attack was the Heavenly Water Ravine Pa.s.s! This was akin to a suicidal battle! So what if you had two million soldiers?!

Especially after hearing the words 'my Ling Family's Heavenly Water Ravine Pa.s.s' coming out from Ling Tian's mouth, Xiao FengYang's mouth could not help but cramp up .

After a long while, Xiao FengYang finally came to his senses and shook his head . ”I don't believe you . My brother also knows the art of war and will not make such a foolish decision . You are definitely lying to me . ”

Ling Tian chuckled, ”Second Master Xiao is a grandmaster in the art of war and it is only natural for you to not believe me . However, whether or not you believe my words isn't very important anymore . I am not trying to convince you but am only informing you . Besides, you are already my captive and what good would it do for me to lie to you? Do you truly think that you will be able to leave this place? Oh, one more thing . I heard that the overall manager of the army is Sect Head Meng QiHun of Above Heavens and all the experts under him moved out this time . It seems like this Sect Master Meng truly hates me to the bone . ”

Ling Tian then teased, ”Are you interested to know my arrangements? If you are, I am very willing to share them with you!”

Hearing that the overall manager of the army was the Above Heavens Sect Head together with the fact that Ling Tian even knew the name and origins of the Above Heavens Sect Head, Xiao FengYang began to believe what Ling Tian said . Above Heavens had always wanted authority in the Xiao Family army but Xiao FengYang had always been wary of them . Without him around, if Above Heavens truly held onto the military authority of the Xiao Family, their Xiao Family would no longer be of any worth to Above Heavens . When he was captured in defeat, Xiao FengYang already knew that Above Heavens would take this opportunity to take advantage of the Xiao Family . Now that he heard it from the mouth of Ling Tian, his heart clenched up in nervousness .

He then replied calmly, ”It is your choice if you want to talk about your plans . Besides that, what has your plan got to do with me?”

Ling Tian smiled mysteriously as he said, ”My plan is actually very simple . I only ordered the guards of the Heavenly Water Ravine Pa.s.s to seal the city gates towards the southeast . I ordered my troops to first crush the enemies with rocks before pouring freezing water down onto them . My troops have already collected all of the snow inside the Pa.s.s and filled up 5000 large pots . Haha, I have increased the number of elites in the Heavenly Water Ravine Pa.s.s to 50,000 men and apart from that, I stationed another 400,000 men in the valley of the Heavenly Water Mountain .

Ling Tian looked at Xiao FengYang merrily, ”Second master Xiao, do you think that the little troops of mine would be able to defend against the crazed attacks of the Xiao Family's army? You are a grandmaster in the art of war and I trust your judgment!”

Xiao FengYang could no longer keep his cool and shut his eyes in agony .

Melting snow into ice isn't anything special and even dousing the enemies in boiling water was an ordinary defensive method . However, the weather was at its coldest and this method would be extremely effective .

When the Xiao Family attacked the city, there wasn't any need to pour boiling water on the soldiers as pouring the melted snow would be equally effective . In the freezing weather, as long as the melted snow was poured on the soldiers, the soldiers who didn't take off their armor in time would be frozen to death with their armor . Even if the soldiers wanted to take off their armor, they would definitely peel off a layer of their skin .

Regardless of the sacrifice that the Xiao Family made and how many layers of city walls that the Xiao Family broke through, it wouldn't matter as long as the Pa.s.s was held in the hands of the Ling Family . All the Ling Family needed to do was to pour water on the walls and after a night, all of the damage done to the wall would be filled up by the frozen water .

On top of that, Ling Tian had already increased the number of soldiers stationed in the Pa.s.s to 50,000 men and had even arranged for reinforcements of 400,000 men!

With the narrow terrain of the Heavenly Water Ravine Pa.s.s, they would only be able to send a small batch of soldiers up to siege the city in waves . Not to mention the 2,000,000 man army of the Xiao Family, even if they added another 2,000,000 soldiers, it would be impossible to take down the Pa.s.s during the winter!

Originally, the experts of Above Heavens might have been able to sneak into the Pa.s.s with their martial arts to open up the city gates but Ling Tian had already sealed up the city . Ling Tian's single move had completely destroyed the final hope of the Xiao Family .

Xiao FengYang sat motionlessly in a daze and a look of hopelessness could be seen in his eyes .

Ling Tian stood up and cupped his fists, ”Second Master Xiao, Ling Tian only came here to report to you about these military affairs . Now that my report is over, I shall not disturb Second Master Xiao any longer . I shall take my leave!” He then smiled and walked out proudly .

The entrance to the stone chamber was slammed shut . Xiao FengYang's body trembled and his previously straight back slowly curled down . In that instant, he seemed to have aged greatly .

”The Xiao Family is . . . finished!” A long desolate sigh came out from Xiao FengYang as he sat on the ground hopelessly .

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However, was what Ling Tian said really the truth?