To achieve immortality, I cultivate using Qi Luck

Chapter 822: Chapter 353: Ambitious Purgatory_3

In front of myself, who had inherited the will of the late emperor through numerous dynasties, a mere Chu State, a mere Lu Yuan, how could they compare to the accumulation and profound foundation of thousands of years?

He was nothing but a fellow who rose by seizing the tide of fortune.

This jumping jack, today he will be beaten back to his original shape, falling into the dust.

In front of my hundreds of thousands of troops, even the so-called emerging hegemon, even the so-called famous generals of the age, are like mustard, easily crushed.

Now, let’s take down this city of Jiangxia first and give the King of Chu a surprise.

As this thought flashed through his mind, Shen Qiu immediately ordered, “Pass the command to the Front Army, attack the city!”

Upon the holy command, the vast army waiting under the watch car sprang into action like a tide.

First, catapults, Jinglan, and ballistae were pushed from behind the army to the front lines.@@novelbin@@

After the soldiers adjusted them, these engineering Weapons were soon ready, and with an order, countless fiery rocks and oil jars, long-haired crossbow bolts screaming through the air, shrouded a section of the city wall in an instant like dark clouds raining down.

Boulders smashed upon the city ramparts, instantly crushing the soldiers standing above into a mash of flesh, and the splintering rocks collided with the blue stone city wall, continuing to explode the surrounding area into shreds of meat with their tremendous force.

The flaming oil jars exploded mid-air due to the high temperature, turning broken shards into blades that riddled the soldiers below like honeycombs.

The burning flames didn’t stop there, spreading over the city walls, turning the screaming soldiers into human torches.

The howling long-haired crossbow bolts cut soldiers in half at the waist, ultimately, with residual force, skewered them like calabashes and nailed them firmly onto the wall.

It was only an instant, but with the first volley of projectiles, the top of Jiangxia’s wall had become a frightful hell.

And while this covering attack disrupted the city’s defenses, Jinglan and Cloud ladders were slowly advanced towards the city walls by the Ning People’s Soldiers.

Archers on the Jinglan, positioned level with or even higher than the city walls, unleashed a downpour of arrows upon the city.

The Cloud ladders reached the walls, with countless soldiers climbing towards the chaotic ramparts, protected by wooden planks on the outside.

With just an initial assault, the Ning People had demonstrated their fearsome firepower and skill.

Seeing this from the observation platform halfway up the mountain, Lu Yuan couldn’t help frowning, “There are still too many new soldiers, many of whom lack training; even though they’re called Soldiers, they’re actually no better than county soldiers and are only slightly better than civilian workers.”

He watched the performance of the Chu Army’s soldiers atop the city and shook his head, dissatisfied.

In recent years, the Chu Army had expanded rapidly, doubling the size of its military force within a year and recruiting two hundred and fifty thousand people.

With so many new soldiers, even though they were trained to the standards of Soldiers in the army, how could they possibly transform a new recruit with no foundation into a true Soldier in such a short time?

Just like the fear and confusion displayed by Chu soldiers now defending the city walls.

These Chu soldiers were all new recruits from last November and December, barely trained for a year, not to mention lacking battlefield experience.

Those local county soldiers, who had fought on battlefields or suppressed bandits internally, who had killed and seen blood, were stronger than these new recruits.

At the very least, those county soldiers, if placed on these city walls, would not have been thrown into such a panic and nearly collapse from this round of Ning Country’s onslaught.

And the Soldiers who were still new soldiers clearly couldn’t achieve that.

“The foundation of the soldiers is still good; it’s just the lack of experience. They’ve been training for almost a year; they’re proficient in various battle formations, commands, and killing techniques.

The only thing they lack is the actual combat on the battlefield.”

Next to Lu Yuan, Chu Wei, who was also called to join the battle, observed the soldiers’ performance below.

However, he wasn’t too dissatisfied; on the contrary, he was quite optimistic, “Now, by Guarding the city, let the soldiers fight a battle with the Ning People. Just a few experiences with bloodshed and getting used to life and death will soon transform them from the flames of war into qualified elite troops.”

After over twenty years in the Army, Chu Wei was an Old General himself.

In the eyes of such an Old General, the casualties of soldiers are always just a number, as long as the purpose is achieved and the war is won, no matter how many die, it is worth it.

And looking at the current situation,

With the strong city of Jiangxia, even if the soldiers inside lack experience, relying on the city, it is extremely easy to hold this city.

Even by using this opportunity to Guard the city, with a war intense enough yet with controlled casualties, to temper the Soldiers from what were originally new recruits, it turns out to be a very worthwhile endeavor.

If they could use this opportunity to train a troop of elite soldiers, even if tens of thousands die, even if half of the city’s soldiers perish, it would actually be worthwhile.

A troop of Veteran soldiers who have emerged from the flames of war, even though their numbers may be halved, their value and effectiveness far exceed that of the original hundred thousand new soldiers.

But this cost, for Lu Yuan, who needed people and soldiers to provide Qi Luck, was somewhat dissatisfying.

Lu Yuan, of course, knew that war inevitably led to death.

But if fewer could die, it would always be better than having more deaths.

So after watching for a while, seeing those new soldiers allowing the Ning People to climb onto the city walls under their fierce assault, he could no longer tolerate it and similarly ordered, “All Jing and Che units, target the main forces of the Ning Army approaching the city walls, smash them hard, shoot them hard!”

As the words fell,

The countless soldiers operating the crossbow machines and catapults behind him finally unleashed a torrent of stone cannon bolts onto the Ning soldiers who had neared the city wall and the various siege Weapons of Ning within range.

The Crowded and terrible attack, after being endured by the Chu people, soon became Ning People’s turn to savor.

Between their exchanges, blood and fire, wails and pain, death and madness turned this land separated by a wall into a terrifying purgatory.