12dz Chapter 78 The Shen Family's Plea for Help
Chapter 78 The Shen Family's Plea for Help
Muhua City.
Shen Haisheng was in a state of utter panic.
With the chaos that began in Leizhou, the Shen family had become easy prey in the eyes of General Yan Qing.
The Shen family ostensibly does business with the royal family, but that's out of loyalty to Prince Qi.
Now, the King of Chu is about to forcefully take over Leizhou. At that time, the Shen family will only have one choice: to join the King of Chu's army.
To provide the King of Chu with provisions, weapons, and funds.
But Shen Miao's father is doomed to die. He is still an official in Zhongzhou. The family of the Minister of the Armory has sided with the King of Chu. If he doesn't die, who will?
Fortunately, Shen Miao had already defected with Hu Wei, otherwise Shen Haisheng would have been even more conflicted.
Previously, the King of Chu had considered taking Shen Miao as a concubine, which is why Shen Haisheng urged Shen Miao to leave quickly.
Now, the situation is clear: Yue Shan has captured seventy-two cities in succession.
This is a good thing for the Shen family.
But it's not necessarily a good thing either.
The moment Shen Haisheng received the message, he knew he was doomed.
General Yan Qing of Leizhou Zhennan will not let the Shen family off the hook.
If the Shen family were still in Muhua City, then Muhua City might have the possibility of opening its gates and surrendering the city to Yue Shan.
Therefore, Yan Qing will surely destroy the Shen family.
At this moment, Yan Qing had already sent someone to petition the King of Chu to exterminate the Shen family.
The entire 500,000-square-meter Shen family compound was also completely surrounded.
It includes several thousand members of the Shen family, plus servants and craftsmen, totaling more than ten thousand people.
The heritage of a thousand-year-old family should not be underestimated.
Throughout the city, more than half of the people thought highly of the Shen family and ate with them.
The Shen family alone can mobilize more than 500,000 ordinary people in Leizhou.
Ironically, the Shen family didn't have many strong members.
In fact, there is only one Grandmaster, Shen Haisheng.
The situation developed too quickly. Shen Haisheng had thought that Yue Shan could easily recapture Leizhou, but he did not expect him to be so unstoppable.
Therefore, for the safety of the Shen family, he secretly contacted Xu Tianyi to come and rescue them.
Or rather, they contacted Grandmaster Gu Qinghan.
Xu Tianyi had no reason to refuse; he knew it was dangerous, but he still came.
Shen Haisheng finally breathed a sigh of relief after he, Gu Qinghan, and Ma Luping followed Shen An into the Shen family home.
"Old sir, what is the situation now?"
Shen Haisheng frowned and said, "The Yue Shan army is currently outside Li'an County and will arrive within two days at the latest."
Yan Qing grew increasingly impatient. "I estimate that by tomorrow at the latest, he will make his move against my Shen family, and then withdraw from Muhua City before Yue Shan arrives."
Xu Tianyi was also a little nervous.
"Given this situation, what can I do to help you?"
Shen Haisheng looked at the two of them with some unease.
He knew that this matter was actually none of their business, but he couldn't find a suitable powerful person to help him in such a hurry.
"Although Yan Qing's military discipline was corrupt, he still had loyal followers, and the King of Chu also sent a grandmaster-level expert to assist him."
Therefore, I need your help to hold off the enemy's stronger members.
Xu Tianyi didn't know how to put it. If it were an ordinary ancient war, perhaps he wouldn't be afraid.
But this is clearly an ancient war in which martial arts masters have joined.
I'm not Guo Jing, so I can't imagine how a martial artist could participate in a massive battle.
It seemed that they had noticed Xu Tianyi's dilemma.
Shen Haisheng solemnly said, "Young Master Xu, there is no need to worry. Even if the enemy's army is elite, my Shen family is not to be trifled with."
What I fear most is that the enemy will use their experts to forcefully break through the Shen family's formation and kill the Shen family's commander.
Simply put, all you need to do is see who shines the brightest on the battlefield and kill them.
Especially grandmasters.
If the opponent deploys a Grandmaster, you must use a Grandmaster to stop them, otherwise they can easily break through the formation.
I am an old man, and I am too old to stand up to ordinary masters. I can withstand them, but I am no match for stronger ones.
"Thank you for your trouble, two grandmasters."
Xu Tianyi looked at Shen Haisheng with a complicated expression.
During this period, the Shen family provided me with considerable financial and material support.
In the future, I may still need the support of the Shen family, after all, I will be taking over three million people, not the current fifty thousand.
(This chapter is a 6000-word long chapter, and another 5,000 words are needed. It is currently being added.)
"Don't worry, sir. Thank you for the Shen family's care during this time. Xu Tianyi will certainly..."
"boom!!"
Halfway through the conversation, a loud rumbling sound came from outside the Shen family's residence under the cover of night.
Xu Tianyi's face twitched.
A sense of dread rose in Ma Luping's heart.
Only Shen Haisheng remained relatively calm, though he was also somewhat surprised.
"Better late than early. It seems Yan Qing can't hold back any longer!"
After saying that, Shen Haisheng patted his jade chair, and the entire hall lit up. Then a beam of light shot up from the roof and illuminated the entire Shen family home.
Xu Tianyi was dumbfounded.
Goodness, high-tech?
"Thank you for your trouble, everyone!"
Shen Haisheng suddenly stood up, and countless figures around him began to move, their footsteps echoing throughout the entire Shen family compound.
Then, the coffee table in front of Shen Haisheng split open from the middle.
A Iron Guard slowly rose from the center of the hall, and he slowly sat on it. The Iron Guard carried a huge broadsword on its back, and with Shen Haisheng's operation, the Iron Guard lifted the broadsword.
"Follow me into battle!!"
After a loud shout, he leaped out of the hall and rushed toward the source of the sound.
Xu Tianyi was completely stunned.
"Do we still need to help with this?"
Gu Qinghan frowned and said, "Has the Shen family's mechanical skills become so advanced?"
Ma Luping swallowed hard: "Your Highness, what should we do?"
Xu Tianyi rolled his eyes at him: "You can surely beat Wu Ling, right..."
Ma Luping gave an awkward smile: "Don't worry, I'm not a coward either..."
The three of them quickly followed Shen Haisheng and rushed out.
Immediately, they saw Shen Haisheng soar into the sky, leaping forward to observe the battlefield.
His loud voice then reached the ears of the three of them.
"Young Master Xu, three Martial Spirits are located 500 meters to your right."
Miss Gu, 300 meters behind the North Gate, Grandmaster.
Master Ma, 300 meters to the left, Grandmaster…
The three exchanged a glance, and Xu Tianyi said calmly, "We'll do our best!"
The two nodded, both feeling a surge of excitement.
Ma Luping had never fought any tough battles, and Gu Qinghan had never experienced any of them either.
The three hot-blooded individuals each charged off into battle.
Xu Tianyi immediately saw the so-called Wuji Empire army's offensive and defensive actions.
This is not much different from the previous Xu family's offensive and defensive battle.
The difference is that I am much stronger.
He was heading to the West Gate, which was perhaps a bit far away, or perhaps the other side really didn't have many grandmasters to send.
In short, the scene he witnessed was spectacular.
The shadowy figures of Ximen were everywhere, and the sounds of battle were clearly audible under the Shen family's lighting techniques.
Yan Qing deployed ten cannons at the west gate, and the loud booming sound was the sound of the cannons being fired.
He blasted open more than 100 meters of the 500-meter-long courtyard wall, while the Shen family's artillerymen inside also began to fire back, not to be outdone.
Less than twenty minutes into the battle, Yan Qingjun's more than 500 men had already suffered heavy losses from artillery fire.
Clearly, the Shen family's firearms were extremely powerful.
The interior is riddled with traps, with hidden guns placed in the artificial hills, lawns, trees, pavilions, and even the pond.
With these muskets firing stealthily, Yan Qingjun had virtually no chance of winning.
If no martial arts masters from the opposing side enter, then Xu Tianyi doesn't even need to come to this battle.
However, the importance of martial arts masters becomes apparent during wartime.
Xu Tianyi witnessed more than twenty people charging in despite the artillery fire.
They were incredibly fast, ignoring the muskets, and went straight to kill the artillerymen.
In less than three minutes, the Shen family's artillery fire fell silent.
Then the army deployed its troops, shields in hand, and with the combined power of their inner energy, they ignored the muskets and began to advance.
Seeing this, Xu Tianyi finally understood why the Wuji Empire could fight on equal terms with a major firearms power like the Moon Wheel Kingdom.
This military formation is something the Moon Wheel Kingdom absolutely does not possess.
This tactic originated decades ago and was specifically designed to counter armies with a large number of firearms.
Martial arts masters were used to break through the artillery formation, and then the army advanced, using a large number of arrows imbued with internal energy to resist the musketeers.
They then dispersed and advanced one by one, tearing the battlefield apart.
My task is also clear: to defeat or block the opponent's martial arts masters.
Then artillery can break through the enemy's formation.
However, it would be difficult to kill the three martial spirits leading the opposing side without considerable skill.
Xu Tianyi charged forward, and the first person he encountered was a martial spirit who was destroying a cannon. The opponent was wearing armor and was wielding a horse-slaying saber.
With a single strike, the Shen family's artillerymen, along with their cannons, were cleaved in two.
The force was immense, and the resulting blade energy stretched for a full three meters.
His personal guards were also all Grand Martial Masters, a total of five.
Xu Tianyi took a deep breath, and suddenly swung his Tianyi Sword with great force, the pink sword energy fiercely striking General Wuling, who had just swung his sword.
The opponent was startled. It was the aftermath of his attack. He had expected that a master from the Shen family would come out to stop him, but he hadn't expected the opponent to be so strong.
He turned around hastily and swung his sword upwards, hoping to block the attack with the strength of his broadsword.
"clang!!!"
The power of this sword strike was even more incredible to him.
There was even a faint demonic aura impacting the true energy attached to his blade, further weakening his power.
Fortunately, his armor also had a force-absorbing effect, which allowed him to block the attack with a solid block.
"Pfft!!"
Just as I was about to see what the other person was doing, I heard the sound of a sword slicing through my neck.
The blood of his two bodyguards spurted out and splashed onto his true energy shield.
Then, a young man wearing the Lianshan Broken Army Armor charged at him with a sword.
"clang!!!"
He was pushed and staggered. He immediately swung his knife forward to grab Xu Tianyi, who was frozen in place, but unexpectedly, his knife was dodged.
Then Xu Tianyi pressed forward again, and with a series of sword moves, the Martial Spirit General's helmet was knocked off, and his throat was slit with a single sword strike.
Xu Tianyi's lips curled up, a hint of disdain in his heart:
"Short-range dodge, long-range grab—you don't even know that? You're such a noob..."
He turned around and took two consecutive blows from two Grand Martial Master guards, then created distance and began to charge up his sword energy to feign a dodge.
The opponent's attack was so powerful that it couldn't even cause the user to freeze.
The Shen family's armor is made of genuine cowhide, and after being infused with true energy, it becomes even more resilient, with extremely high close-range resistance.
He gave himself at least a purple sword with extremely high attack power.
With overwhelming equipment, and the opponent lacking many special skills, they were naturally no match for a master like myself.
After dodging with a sword strike, he quickly dispatched the other two Grand Martial Masters, and the last one fled when he saw the situation was not good.