Chapter 424 (1/2)

Qin Feng was sitting on the floor in shock. If both sides suffered, Qin Feng could remain in power. If Jiangdong won, at worst he could go to Jiangdong as a rich man. However, he was finished if Jiangdong lost.

Qin Feng was allied to Jiangdong while Liu Mang was their mortal enemy. If he were to fall into enemy hands, his wealth would not be his only problem.

“Milord. What should we do?” The scholar Song Ming asked.

“What should we do now? You ask me, I ask who?1” Qin Feng himself was out of his wits. “Song Ming. Do you think we can surrender to keep our lives? Let us give up on Tuzhong and Lin Huai.”

“Milord. Once you surrender to Liu Mang, you would lose all your wealth. Are you willing to do that?” Song Ming replied as he shook his head. If the enemy wanted them to surrender, they would have already dispatched a messenger instead of attacking without warning.

“What should we do? We are doomed!” Qin Feng had hoped to be rescued by the reinforcements but now the reinforcements were defeated.

“Milord. I suggest we keep on defending. Although the reinforcements were defeated, they were only the vanguards.” Song Ming said as he tried to calm down his Lord.

“Yes. This is just the vanguards. We still have more reinforcements coming.”

“Milord! The Liu Mang’s Army is back!” One officer shouted out. The whole of Tuzhong was in panic.

“They are back! There is no need to panic!” Qin Feng managed to calm himself enough to reprimand the officer despite being under pressure. “Men. Take me to the walls!”

Qin Feng had not been to the walls for a few days but this time he had no choice but to brace himself due to this desperate situation. He went up the walls with a few hundred guards following him. From atop the walls, he could see the Xiliang Cavalry approaching from a distance. The Xiliang Cavalry were extremely imposing. They had five squadrons, each with a thousand men.

“Five thousand men?” Qin Feng was shocked. Qin Feng was not a complete idiot that can’t count. Otherwise, he would not have reached his current position. He could tell that the Xiliang Cavalry still have about five thousand men. At the very least, they definitely have more than four thousand and five hundred men. On the other hand, the elite vanguards of Jiangdong’s reinforcements had already been defeated. Was the Xiliang Cavalry truly so formidable?

While Qin Feng was lamenting the prowess of the Xiliang Cavalry, one general brought Qin Feng’s attention to the Black Flag Army following the Xiliang Cavalry. These Black Flag Army were the ones operating the catapult. The Black Flag Army were transporting carts over slowly while beside them were the banners of the defeated Jiangdong Army. These banners were proof that news of the reinforcements being defeated was true.

“What are in those carriages?” One person asked. The carriages was filled with something and the ones pulling it also seemed to be exerting some effort.

“Could it be provisions?” Another person suggested.

“Provisions? No. It cannot be provisions.” How could it be provisions? Based on the sacks carrying the object, the object was circular. It was too circular to be provisions.

“Then could it be those boulders?” One person suggested in fear. He had already become afraid of the rocks and boulders thrown by the catapult. With this many rocks the whole city would be finished. All the soldiers’ expression immediately turned bad.

“Don’t be stupid. Have you seen boulders this small?” Qin Feng scolded angrily.

Everyone agreed after hearing Qin Feng’s words and calmed down. The rocks were too small. They could only be a hundred catties at most while the actual thing would be at least three hundred catties. However, this would only last for a short while. They immediately became terrified again after the contents was presented to them. They were all chopped off heads.

“Demons! They are demons!” Someone muttered out.

“Demon! Devils! We will never win against them!”

“Qin Feng! Catch this!” The catapults below had also finished being set up and threw something towards the walls.

One soldier on the walls closed his eyes and waited for his death. He knew that a person that was. .h.i.t by those rocks would be crushed to death. However, after some time, the soldier realized that he had survived. Just as he was wondering what was going on, he saw a head. The head was still dripping in blood and the eyes was still open. This gave the impression that these men died with grievances.

This frightened that soldier that have not yet seen blood before.

This scene happened on the walls around the city. Zhang Liao had obtained over four thousand heads from the Chu Army. He placed two thousand heads outside the city while delivering the rest via catapult.

It was not just the soldiers who suffered. Some of the scholars were so frightened that they fainted. Some unlucky ones even had the head break apart from the impact, splas.h.i.+ng meat all over them. It was a terrifying sight.

Qin Feng finally believed that the Jiangdong Army was finished. The vanguards had definitely been defeated. Otherwise, Zhang Liao would not have managed so obtain so many heads.

He now saw Zhang Liao as a ruthless and cold blooded demon. Even Bai Qi had never thrown heads at people with a catapult

Qin Feng was so frightened that he was about to collapse. However, he managed to resist his fear and shouted, “Stay calm! You can see that this Zhang Liao is a butcher! Think of the consequences of letting this Butcher Zhang into the city! Think of your family!” There was no better time for Qin Feng to say that Zhang Liao intended to ma.s.sacre everyone in Tuzhong. At this moment, everyone would have believed him.

“Defend the city!” The defenders shouted. Their morale had went back up.

Zhang Liao was observing his opponents from afar with the telescope. He then guessed what was going on through observation of his opponent’s facial expression.

“Morale is going up!” Qin Feng thought to himself happily. Although everyone was afraid, they all pledged to fight and prevent Zhang Liao from ma.s.sacring everyone.

Qin Feng prepared to ensure that if Zhang Liao wanted Tuzhong, he would have to suffer huge losses to get it. Unfortunately, his efforts were futile. Zhang Liao simply had all the heads catapulted over before he took his men and left.

Zhang Liao never had the intention to attack the city. If he had wanted to capture Tuzhong, he would have already captured it much earlier. Other than the provisions, there were no other benefits in capturing Tuzhong. Besides that, pus.h.i.+ng Qin Feng too much may also make Qin Feng desperate. Qin Feng had spread the news that Zhang Liao wanted to ma.s.sacre everyone in the city and the soldiers have already resolved themselves to die.

Another reason Zhang Liao left was because Jiangdong’s main army was about to arrive. If he were to capture Tuzhong, he would have no choice but to fight the enemy. Even he would not dare to fight against fifty thousand men with only ten thousand men.

As for the heads thrown into the city, Zhang Liao’s intentions was for the enemy to fear him. After all, Qin Feng had already gave him the reputation as a butcher. In that case, he decided to make the enemy fear him even more.