East Factory Governor

Chapter 466 The Battle of the South Gate
The south gate of Lanzhou City, outside the moat.

Inside a seemingly ordinary demon camp tent, there is a huge hole.

A man crawled out from the inside in disgrace. This man was tall and strong, and he was Chen Hou, the leader of the Demon Sect's Houtu Banner.

The owner of the Ruijin Banner, Jin Gang, had been waiting outside the cave for a long time. When he saw Chen Hou coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward, cupped his hands, and asked, "Master Chen, I'm sorry! How's the situation down there?"

There was no expression on Chen Hou's face, and he didn't even look at Jin Gang.

He said coldly, "It's done."

Then walk out of the big tent.

Jin Gang rushed to Chen Hou's back and said with a smile, "Thank you, Banner Master Chen, for your help!"

Chen Hou ignored him, and the brothers with a few Houtu flags disappeared into the night.

Jin Gangmu sent Chen Hou away with a playful smile on his lips.

On the night of May [-]th, a huge roar pierced the quiet night of Lanzhou City.

With the south gate of Lanzhou City as the center, within a radius of five miles, the mountains suddenly shook, like a huge earthquake.

Amidst the chaos and noise, the ground of the south gate suddenly collapsed, and the entire south gate, together with a section of the city wall above the gate, collapsed, exposing a gap about ten meters long.

Amidst the deafening roar, many officers and soldiers on the city wall were buried in the ruins.

Qin Shuhuai's guess was correct, the Houtu Banner of the Devil's Cult really dug an underground passage, leading directly to the south gate of Lanzhou City, exactly.Then, they used a large amount of explosives to blow up the south gate.

Just when the officers and soldiers were still in shock, a large number of black demon cultists yelled some slogans and killed them like locusts.

Xia Lu, the deputy general of Gansu who was ordered to guard the south gate, was dizzy from the shock. He didn't realize that they had already attacked the city until he saw the Demon Cult build a wooden bridge over the moat, and quickly ordered the soldiers to fight back.

The Demon Cult quickly placed "wooden bridges" on the moat one after another.The so-called wooden bridge is actually a ladder laid down on the river.Most members of the Devil's Cult have some light skills and have received special training, so they can cross the bridge by stepping on the ladder.

The Demon Cult quickly set up more than 30 ladders, forming more than 30 simple wooden bridges.

The city guards naturally wanted to destroy the ladders, so they poured out from the south gate and rushed towards these ladders.

By the time the officers and soldiers arrived, more than 100 Demon Cult masters had already crossed the river.Some of them came by stepping on the ladder, and some even came directly by stepping on the water, and easily crossed the [-]-[-] meter wide moat. Judging from this lightness skill, we can see that they are at least above the small realm.

Each ladder used as a bridge was guarded by seven or eight experts from the Demon Cult. After the officers and soldiers went up, they fought fiercely with them.

The first batch of Demon Sects who crossed the bridge were all good players, and their lowest cultivation base was around the second or third class in the Xuantong Realm.

The first batch of more than 500 officers and soldiers rushed out, but they couldn't break through their defense, and they didn't even touch the edge of the ladder.

Seeing that something was wrong, Xia Lu immediately ordered [-] crossbowmen and [-] infantry to rush to help.

At the same time, the five hundred archers on the top of the city fired at full power, and arrows shot towards the Demon Cult soldiers on the other side like a rain of arrows.The excavation of the moat has been carefully considered, and the other side of the moat is the best range for the archers at the head of the city.So even though the Demon Cult also prepared defensive measures such as large shields, they still lost many soldiers-after all, shields cannot protect everyone, and crossing the river will definitely expose their bodies.

In addition to the archers, the Fran cannons on the battlements also began to show their power.Because Lanzhou City received all the Flang cannons from the nearby city, the number is astonishingly large, as many as eight in the south gate alone!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The Fran machine gun opened its bloody mouth wide and sprayed out angry flames, like a man-eating beast. Every time it exploded, it would knock down a group of demon soldiers.

However, Demon Cultists are like machines. They seem to have no fear or hesitation in their eyes. No matter how many people fall beside them, they still rush forward desperately!

Burning fire, burn my remnant body!How happy is life, why bother to die!
The demon cultists who were unable to cross the river in the rear chanted in unison!The majestic singing is like bursts of heart boosters, making the Demon Cult soldiers in front even crazier!

Although there were heavy casualties, more and more Demon Cultists successfully crossed the river. Now there are more than 500 Demon Cultists on this side of the moat.

Fortunately, the second batch of reinforcements from the Ming army had also arrived, and two hundred crossbowmen began to show their power.

Because the primary goal of the demon cultists crossing the river is to protect the ladder, they are all fan-shaped and densely guarded around the ladder.For a crossbowman, there is no better target!

"Whoosh whoosh!"

The crossbow frantically swept towards these Demon Cult soldiers. In front of the powerful crossbow arrows, these Demon Cult soldiers were not made of steel and began to fall down in pieces!

Soon, several ladders of the Devil's Cult fell, and the officers and soldiers quickly went up to cut off these ladders together, and then threw one end of them into the river.

Seeing that something was wrong, the Devil's Cult immediately changed their tactics. The Demon's Sect soldiers crossing the river surrounded one after another, abandoned most of the ladders, and only defended ten.

The masters of the Devil's Cult also rushed into the formation of crossbowmen one after another, relying on their powerful cultivation, they killed the crossbowmen of the Ming army!

Xia Lu sneered, is it great if you are good at kung fu?See how many you can kill!

With an order, another thousand Ming troops and a hundred crossbowmen were dispatched, vowing to block the Demon Cult from the moat.

The Demon Cult regards the South Gate as the only breakthrough.Because to blow down a city wall, with the power of gunpowder at that time, thousands of catties of explosives were needed, and the Demon Cult could no longer afford so much explosives to blow down another gate.

Therefore, the battle at the South Gate is extremely critical, and the Demon Cult naturally sent many experts to help.

At this time, besides the one-eyed scavenger Xiao Bujing, there were two other scattermen who had already crossed the moat—one by one old man, and the yellow-shirted monk Zhao Bubu, who was holding a crescent shovel.

The three of them are the famous Five Scatterers of the Devil's Cult, so naturally they are not in vain.Xiao Bujing's Cold Spring Sword radiated cold light, and the sword's sharpness was strange, and the place where the sword tip passed caused bursts of blood mist.One by one, the old man's skills are like wind and lightning, and Qin Shuhuai secretly marveled at his Heavenly Essence Seizing Qi Gong that day.Old man Yiyi's weapon was a pair of sharp cold iron claws, his whole body was black, each claw was aimed at the necks of soldiers of the Ming army, but all those caught in the middle died without covering their necks, it was terrifying.And the monk in the yellow shirt also has a lot of background. He once killed the Seven Masters of Kansai by himself in the Kansai area. He is famous in the martial arts world.

The three of them rushed into the formation of the crossbowmen of the Ming army, and soon a large number of crossbowmen fell, and the soldiers of the Ming army rushed towards the crossbowmen one after another—on the battlefield, it is common sense to protect the crossbowmen!As long as the crossbowman is still there, the pressure on other arms will be much less.

Under the bleak moonlight, in the jumping firelight, fighting, screaming, mourning, and roaring intertwined, like purgatory on earth.

Under the leadership of the Five Scatterers, the Devil's Cult temporarily stabilized the situation, and saved eight of the ladders with the lives that kept filling them up.

A large number of demon cultists stepped on the ladder and quickly crossed the river!

And the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army, led by some Guanning Army and Datong Army, also showed great courage, fighting to the death against the Demon Cult by the moat!
Somewhere more than 1000 miles away, eight fast horses are galloping forward.After arriving at a certain military camp, they changed their horses and continued to gallop!
(End of this chapter)