The two provinces of Huaixi and Huaidong are already overwhelmed. They were attacked by two partial armies of Zhong Yu. Although the situation is not as critical as that of Xijiang Province, it is not much better. If you are not careful, you may be killed if you are not careful.
As for Lunan Province, which is behind Xijiang Province, the entire province has only 50,000 troops. Now that they heard the news that Zhong Yu's 200,000 troops were invading Xijiang, and that the two surrounding provinces were also at war, they felt that they were not strong enough to protect themselves, so how could they dare to do so? Easily send troops to support.
Based on this calculation, the only troops that can be sent to support are the 100,000 forbidden troops in the central imperial capital of the imperial court.
These 100,000 forbidden troops are the foundation of the entire dynasty and the basis for suppressing the Ming Dynasty. All of them have the strength of level four or above.
Unless there is a danger of annihilation of the country, this army will be stationed in the capital to protect the emperor and cannot be moved lightly at all.
Therefore, if the emperor wanted to send troops to support Xijiang Province, the only way was to draw some reinforcements from the inland provinces and then send them to support.
However, there are only seven inland provinces in the entire Ming Dynasty. Dongjiang Province has been captured, and Xijiang Province, Huaidong Province, and Huaixi Province have been affected by the war, and they cannot protect themselves.
The only ones that can be transferred are southern Shandong and northern Shandong provinces, and one northern Hebei province.
In these three provinces, excluding some basic defense personnel, it is estimated that only about 100,000 reinforcements can be mobilized.
Such a small number of troops was nothing to Zhong Yu.
Not to mention, it will already be a month or two before the reinforcements are mobilized and sent to the front line. By then, Pingyang City has been destroyed and Xijiang Province has long been captured.
Therefore, Zhong Yu has plenty of time, and he can spend it slowly.
This is also because the Ming Dynasty was dragged down by the Jin Dynasty in the north. The usual mobile troops have been deployed. At the same time, the border provinces have to defend themselves against attacks from other countries. There is really no way to put down the rebellion.
Otherwise, Zhong Yu would not dare to be so arrogant and pick three provinces from one province. If the Ming Dynasty let go, they could torture him to death at will.
The formation of the army was quickly activated, and countless rays of light of different colors lit up in the formation, and finally turned into various mysterious shapes, becoming deadly attacks.
Hurrah!
Almost in an instant, thousands of powerful attacks bombarded the city's defense formation. Each attack was equivalent to a full blow from a fifth-level strongman.
Under such a strong attack, Pingyang City's defensive formation shook and ripples appeared, but in the end it was not broken.
"Interesting, it is indeed a province's defensive formation, it does have some strength." Zhong Yu praised it.
If the attack launched by the army just now was concentrated together, even Zhong Yu would not dare to say that he could resist it.
But now such a powerful attack was so easily withstood by the city's defense formation, how could Zhong Yu not be surprised.
But it doesn't matter if it can block an attack. Zhong Yu has an army of 200,000. Taking turns taking turns, how can a mere formation besieged the isolated city
Time passed quickly, five days passed in the blink of an eye.
With these five days of uninterrupted attacks, the entire city's formation has been crumbling, and the originally blazing light has become extremely dim, and seems to be extinguished at any time.
"Okay, the opportunity to break the formation is now."
Zhong Yu glanced at the dilapidated city in front of him, stood up and smiled.
The whole body exuded a strong aura, and the almost endless amount of true energy quickly gathered into the palms of both hands as Zhong Yu mobilized.
The two palms faced each other up and down, and a blood sword gradually emerged in the center. As the true energy was poured into it, the blood sword became more and more terrifying, surrounded by endless sharpness.
"go!"
Zhong Yu let out a slight smack, and the blood sword spurted out from his palms, stabbing at the dilapidated formation in front of him at an extremely fast speed.
With a sneer, the formation broke.
The defenders who were hiding behind the formation and resisting with great difficulty all looked horrified, and their despair was palpable.
"The formation... is just... broken like that?" A middle-aged man dressed as a general on the city wall murmured, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
The generals and soldiers around him also looked horrified and desperate.
Although they knew that under the attack of 200,000 troops, the city defense was destined to be breached, they did not expect it to come so quickly.
"You're not losing so soon? Everyone, please stand up. Until the last moment, until the last person dies, we must not give up!" Governor Li Cheng felt bad after seeing that the formation was broken.
Now, after seeing the morale of the entire city's defenders plummeting, and seemingly giving up resistance for a moment and just killing without restraint, they immediately became anxious and spoke to encourage them.
After saying that, Li Cheng flew up from the tower and quickly flew towards Zhong Yu on the opposite side, covering countless distances with just a few steps.
"It's... the Governor." A soldier looked at the figure in the sky and said in surprise.
"Yes, the Governor is a strong man at the level of a martial saint. With him taking action, the enemy will definitely not be able to win!" A general kept saying as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
Hearing this, other soldiers also looked at the incomparably majestic figure in the sky. In their eyes, that figure was so great, so safe, and supported their aspirations.
Whoosh!
There was a sudden thunder, and the blood sword that had broken the formation quickly circled back.
The blood sword was extremely fast, crossing the spatial distance. In the blink of an eye, it had arrived in front of Governor Li Cheng and stabbed him.
Li Cheng had just been on guard when he heard the sound of thunder. Now he saw a flying sword coming from behind him. Even though he was prepared, he was extremely frightened.
He had just seen the power of this flying sword. The city defense formation was breached in one blow. Even though the formation was at the end of its strength, its defensive power was still extremely extraordinary.
A flying sword that can break through a large formation, his attack power is naturally extremely powerful, and it is definitely not something that Li Cheng can block.
But the flying sword was also extremely fast. Even if Li Cheng made a dodge, he was still a few steps too late.
The flying sword passed through his body and pierced his shoulder, only a few inches away from his heart. It was extremely dangerous.
Severe pain appeared all over his body, and countless sharp sword energy continued to destroy his body. The unique corrosive qualities of the blood sword were also withering Li Cheng's flesh and blood, making his injuries more serious.
However, before he could recover properly, the flying sword passed through his body and circled over again, stabbing towards his heart again, as if it would not stop until it achieved its goal.
Sonorous.
The sound of the flying sword hitting a hard object was heard, and an earthy-yellow light shield suddenly appeared on Li Cheng's chest, but he blocked it with his own extremely strong reinforcements.
However, after this blow, he also consumed a lot of his true energy, and the khaki light shield in front of him was thinned by a few points.
"It's interesting that you can take a few moves from me. I want to see how long you can wait." Zhong Yu saw that his attack was blocked and didn't care. Instead, he admired Li Cheng's strength.
Immediately, he activated his flying sword to attack quickly, and rays of light appeared in the sky. This was a strange phenomenon that occurred when the two of them fought.
After counting, all luster disappears.
As one of the combatants, Li Cheng clutched his chest and spit out blood from the corner of his mouth. He stood in the air for a few seconds and then fell straight down.
Li Cheng failed. Without the strongest combat power, Pingyang City cannot be saved. The entire Xijiang Province will also completely open its chest and let Zhong Yu ravage.
(End of chapter)