Chương 93: Entering the City

Forced by the coercion of muskets and bayonets, more than 2, 000 people could only strip themselves completely clean, not even leaving their shoes. In this way, they lost their threat, and wanting to reorganize them into soldiers would require paying a very large price; there was simply no lord nearby who could do this. Li Qinwu told these naked guys to beat it. Next was the main course, cracking open the city wall to obtain the fruits of victory!

He planned to use explosives to blow a big hole in the city wall; as for why not blow up the city gate, it was because there were several openings at the top of the city gate hole. Human soldiers could shoot arrows and pour fire oil downward from those openings, which was very dangerous. Moreover, even if the city gate was blown open, there was an enceinte inside; this matter had been confirmed from Young Master Lance's mouth.

Therefore, Li Qinwu selected a relatively flat section of the city wall, preparing to open the blast. Poloia's city wall was very thick, and the absolute top was wide enough for two horses to gallop; wanting to blow it open required a great amount of explosives, and it required certain installation techniques. Dangdang separated from the troops and approached the city wall, using a pickaxe to smash fiercely at the city wall, gouging down the bricks on the city wall.

The humans on the city wall saw the Ogre dismantling the wall, and hurriedly gathered soldiers to use crossbow arrows to shoot downward, and there were also those who wanted to pour fire oil downward. Li Qinwu deployed the 4 cannons over, aiming right at the city wall above Dangdang's head for a burst of shelling, blowing away all the battlements. Then several hundred muskets locked onto the space above Dangdang's head; the moment anyone showed their head, they shot.

The humans on the city wall suffered heavy casualties, and no one dared to interfere with Dangdang anymore. Dangdang's strength was very great, and coupled with the big pickaxe, every single strike of the pickaxe could smash down bricks. Dangdang spent over 10 minutes opening a gap in the wall that could fit a tricycle inside. Li Qinwu ran under the city wall himself, stuffing the gap full of explosives, continuously stuffing it until there must have been 100 kilograms.

Next, he sent people to gather the crushed stones and fill them back in; this kind of sealed space could increase the blasting power. He ignited the fuse and led the large force to retreat backward, retreating all the way out for five or six hundred meters. The soldiers on the city wall saw the demon army running far away, and although they didn't understand the reason, they still seized the time to repair the battlements.

Several hundred human soldiers carried ashlar stones, coming to the battlement section that had just been destroyed by the artillery, simply placing the ashlar stones to provide cover. Their speed was very fast, wanting to repair this section of the city wall before the demon army returned, completely unaware that the Grim Reaper had already descended! Boom!!!! An earth-shattering explosion sound came over, just like a Titan sneezing!

Violent smoke and dust blasted open, and hundreds of tons of stones were projected into the sky, then fell down and smashed into the urban area, damaging a large amount of housing. The hundreds of human soldiers rush-repairing above the blast point vanished without a trace; those further away were also knocked to the ground by the shock, spitting blood continuously, and some were smashed to death by flying splinters of stone.

The heaven-destroying and earth-extinguishing explosion stunned the defending garrison; what kind of terrifying destructive power was this, even the Kingdom's most powerful mage could not possibly cause such a terrifying explosion! Under everyone's dumbfounded gazes, the smoke dispersed bit by bit, exposing a huge gap at the blast point. The human nobles were greatly shocked; the city wall was actually pierced!!

"Quick, someone come! Go defend the gap! Otherwise we will all die!!" The human nobles mobilized several infantry companies with intact organizational structures, making them plug the gap. This gap was actually not big, just the size where a small sedan car could park horizontally; deploying enough infantry to hold it, it wouldn't be easy for the enemy to fight their way in. Over 500 human infantry plugged the gap, holding shields and swords, their eyes staring straight outside the gap.

From outside came dense sounds of footsteps, and the human soldiers' hands holding swords tightened by a few more degrees. The smoke slowly dispersed, and the demon army did not rush in immediately, but fell silent for an instant. The human soldiers didn't know what the demon army was waiting for; the doubt had just arisen when they saw two black barrel-like objects being thrown in. The two black barrel-like objects smashed into the crowd, injuring two human soldiers, and then suddenly exploded!

Two huge blast sounds generated within the crowd; the 13-kilogram bangalore torpedoes exploding within the dense crowd produced a destructive enemy-killing effect. Various severed limbs were blown flying crosswise, and blood and internal organs were splattered onto the city wall; the 500-plus people directly had the majority written off, and the people who didn't die were also knocked to the ground spitting blood with tinnitus.

"Roar roar roar!!!" The armored giant Dangdang rushed into the gap, crashing into the already scattered human infantry. He brandished his huge pickaxe, beating the human soldiers into meat patties, and the human soldiers screamed and fled in all directions. Following behind Dangdang were the Punisher Army soldiers; they quickly flooded into the gap, using musket bayonets to kill the enemies they could see.

One team of Punisher Army soldiers rushed up the city wall, fighting and killing together with the enemies on the city wall; another team rushed to the city gate, a round of musket fire scattering the hundred human soldiers guarding here, and then opened the city gate. If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it's taken without permission from the author. Report it.

The Punisher Army soldiers flooded into Poloia at an even faster speed, and the important southeastern border town of the Saths Kingdom fell at the speed of light. At this time, several human nobles had already fled into the city; they were also clever, knowing it couldn't be held the next instant the gap appeared in the city wall, and directly took their personal guards to slip away. Their faces were pale, looking back toward the direction of the city wall.

On the arrow tower at the highest point of the city wall, 6 Goblins kicked the green flag of the Saths Kingdom away with one foot, and then the 6 people cooperated together, hoisting up a Union Round-Star Flag.

"What do we do?" A human noble asked in a trembling voice.

"How about... we invite Earl Kali out? Isn't he a military talent of the Kingdom? He will definitely have a way to defeat the demon army." This proposal made everyone fall into silence; no one picked up the conversation. Earl Kali had not appeared in the world for two years; this guy, ever since he obtained the Cheetah-Kin dancing girl, had hidden in the Governor's Mansion basement all day long, just like being possessed.

Look at this, for such a big matter as Poloia being besieged by the enemy, this Lord of Poloia actually didn't even show his face! After several lords were silent for a good while, one of them said with a hateful voice: "Send people to set fires in the city! Poloia is ours! Since we cannot get it, then destroy it!!" The crowd of nobles looked at the speaker in disbelief; is this ni-ma a bit too ruthless?! That guy glared at the crowd.

"What kind of eyes are you looking with! Hurry up and send people to set fires! Only when it gets greatly chaotic in the city will we have a chance to escape out of the city; otherwise, what if the demon army chases up!!" The crowd of lords understood; so there was actually this kind of consideration, and immediately sent people to set fires. After the Punisher Army occupied a large section of the city wall and controlled one city gate, Li Qinwu brought people into the venue.

He asked Young Master Lance who was following by his side: "Now I want to control this city, what is your opinion?" Young Master Lance lowered his head, his expression unreadable.

"Lord, you only need to control the Mercenary Guild, the Mage Tower, the Temple of the Goddess of Life, and the Governor's Mansion, and you can completely take control of this city!"

"The reason."

"Lord, the organizations to which these four places belong have very wide influence among the populace, and all have private armed forces. You have already solved the City Guard and the noble forces; as long as you solve the private armed forces of these 4 houses, Poloia will be yours!" This guy kept his head lowered all the time, obviously feeling ashamed of his behavior as a guide-party member. Li Qinwu grinned, patting Young Master Lance's shoulder.

"After this time, you will be free; you can choose to take a sum of money and go to another country to live under an assumed name, or I can give you a piece of land to be a landlord under my rule just like Knight Leo." Young Master Lance's heart thumped; if he chose the first one, he could already foresee his own end of committing suicide by being shot 8 times in the back. He hurriedly expressed his stance: "Lord!

This world no longer has a place that can accommodate me; I am willing to be a landlord under your rule!" Li Qinwu smiled with satisfaction; he liked people who understood the times.

"Very good, you lead the way forward, we will first go to..."

"Not good! Boss, you quickly look!!" Unbeknownst when, Gobu-Bow had run onto the city wall; he pointed toward the urban area to issue a warning to Li Qinwu. Li Qinwu looked toward the urban area and was startled; several huge smoke columns rose up, and fire had actually started inside the city! His expression was full of bewilderment; how could fire start inside the city? Immediately he thought of something, his face changing.

"Fuck! Setting fires to block the enemy!!" Li Qinwu cursed out loud; this group of human lords is truly fuckin' ruthless! To block him, they actually dared to de-urbanize! Water and fire have no mercy; if the fire spread to an uncontrollable extent, this city where over 100, 000 people lived could truly be burned into white ground, and the number of casualties would be countless! Of course, Li Qinwu didn't care about these; what he cared about was the materials! The food!

If the materials and food were burned away, wouldn't he have come in vain?!

"Lord!!" Knight Leo rushed to the front of Li Qinwu and knelt down.

"Lord!! Right now the only organized force in the city is you; please issue the order to fight the fire! Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of commoners will bury their bodies in the sea of fire!!" Li Qinwu's face changed between dark and clear for a while; Knight Leo slammed his head fiercely onto the ground, making a thudding dull sound, and blood flowed out with a splash all over the ground, looking painful to watch.

"Lord!! As long as you issue the order to fight the fire, I am willing to hand my soul over to you!!" Ding! Knight Leo requests to join the troops. Seeing the situation, Miss Hana also walked to the front of Li Qinwu and knelt down. Ding! Hana Duranin requests to join the troops. Li Qinwu let out a sigh, opened the soldier management page, kicked two Goblin archers out, and recruited the two into the troops. He said in his heart: I am a fuckin' monster! A monster!!

Humans set the fire, monsters fight the fire; what kind of world is this?!! Li Qinwu took a deep breath and gave orders loudly to the troops.

"Hear my command, the 10th Company and the 9th Company will guard at the city gate to guard our retreat path; for the other eight companies, concentrate the gunpowder and ammunition onto one squad, and all other squads hurry to the fire scene to rescue from the disaster!!" Although he had made up his mind to fight the fire, he still had to guard the rear path well; just in case some enemies rushed out during the fire-fighting process, that would be fuckin' painful.

One company of the Punisher Army had ten squads; the soldiers handed over the easily explosive and combustible gunpowder and ammunition to the tenth squad for safekeeping, and then the troops assembled, preparing to run toward the fire scene. Young Master Lance reminded: "Lord, go to the slums first to fight the fire; the slums are mostly wooden structures, and there are many private additions and illegal constructions, so once the fire there burns up, it will be impossible to control."

"Then lead the way to the slums!" At this time, a massacre was occurring in the Poloia city slums; the noble personal guards held torches and set fires everywhere. The poor people living here naturally wouldn't allow it, and entered into conflict with the noble personal guards.

The noble personal guards knew the demon army had killed their way into the city, and if they didn't quickly set fires there wouldn't be a chance, each and every one having red eyes; they drew out swords and knives, stabbing right at the poor people blocking them, instantly killing several dozen people. The poor people saw that people were killed and didn't dare to block anymore, only able to look at their own little shacks being ignited; those were their little homes!

Each and every one of them had faces covered in tears, looking at the noble personal guards with eyes full of hatred. In the chaotic slum area, a thirteen-or-fourteen-year-old young girl with waterfall-style pure white long hair stood at the entrance of her own shack. She had a face full of confusion, not knowing what happened; why did the soldiers want to set fires in the slums? Why did they want to kill people?

While she was in a daze, a noble personal guard ran to the front of her shack, using a torch to ignite it.

"Ah, my home!!" The young girl was greatly shocked, wanting to push that noble personal guard away. The noble personal guard's brain was full of setting fire and then escaping; being obstructed by someone, he didn't care who it was at all, directly kicking out with one foot. The young girl was kicked into the shack by this foot, directly vomiting out a mouthful of blood.

"Don't burn... my... home..." Her two eyes were crimson; her tiny home was being swallowed by flames. The young girl was about to turn into ashes together with her own shack; her eyes were crowded with tears, looking at that noble personal guard who was still setting fire, her heart full of nothing but hatred.

"You deserve to die!!" A strange magical aura gathered toward the young girl's body, and her white hair, as if having its own consciousness, slowly floated up. This strand of bizarre magical power quickly condensed and locked onto the noble personal guard. Just as this power was about to be released, a greatsword suddenly slashed toward the noble personal guard who was setting fire, directly cutting him into two halves at the waist.

"Ah-re?" The white-haired young girl was startled; what was going on? A person wearing exquisite armor and having a green head appeared at the doorway, locking eyes with her. Li Qinwu looked at the young girl in the burning tent, a head of white hair, and the white hair was even floating anti-gravity-wise.

"What on earth is this thing?" Li Qinwu grabbed the young girl out with one yank, caught her waist and shook her up and down, swayed her left and right, and caught her legs to turn her upside down. Dizzy circles appeared in the young girl's eyes, but the white hair was still floating anti-gravity-wise.

"This... doesn't the gravity of the foreign world fall under Newton's control?" Li Qinwu rubbed his chin, a bit unable to figure out the situation. Miss Hana was currently condensing a water ball spell to fight the fire; her peripheral vision caught sight of Li Qinwu tossing and turning a human young girl. The moment she saw that young girl's iconic head of white hair, and that it was even floating anti-gravity-wise, she instantly let out a startled cry.

"Ah! White-haired witch!!"