Traveling to Ancient Times: My Space Contains Weapons

Chapter 187 Zhou Heng personally ascends the city wall

"Your Majesty, it's all this old servant's fault; I made a wrong judgment."

"I didn't expect that the Wen family could get those two brothers involved. A few years ago, there were rumors that they had reached the ninth rank. Now they are probably comparable to Master Zhu."

After reading it, Eunuch Wei knelt down in front of Zhou Shixun and said...

Seeing this, Zhou Shixun helped him up.

"How can this be blamed on you? I underestimated you."

After saying that, he looked in the direction of Qingyun: "If things don't work out, Lao Wei, you help me send that Lao Ba safely to Qingyun or Linhai to find his sworn brother."

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely not the case. If nothing unexpected happens, Young Master Chu should already be on his way."

"Haha, Lao Wei, even if he has a car, it's impossible for him to get there so quickly in this freezing weather."

After finishing his sentence, Zhou Shixun still had the palace maids help him wash up and change his clothes.

After a simple meal, he returned to the Imperial Study.

At that moment, a figure flashed out from a corner of the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

"Ten thousand secret guards are on standby..."

After hearing this, the person bowed to Zhou Shixun and then disappeared instantly.

"Hmph, Wen family, since you dare to come, then we'll make sure you don't leave alive. Old Wei, send men to take control of all the members of the Wen family."

"Your Majesty, we were careless. We were originally planning to wait a few days before making our move, but they are probably all hiding by now."

After speaking, Eunuch Wei lowered his head again.

"Alright, Lao Wei, things haven't gotten to the worst point yet."

At that moment, a soldier guarding the capital city wall was suddenly pierced through the head by an arrow and fell headfirst onto the wall.

Immediately afterwards, Fang Shuzhen saw horses galloping outside the city, kicking up snowflakes.

A sudden earthquake shook the ground, and the refugees who had been barely surviving under the city walls all took off their outer clothes.

He drew his weapon from his waist and charged toward the city wall.

Immediately afterwards, countless arrows flew towards the city wall.

In an instant, it blotted out the sky, and the heavens seemed to darken all at once.

Fang Shuzhen quickly organized a dodge, and after two volleys of arrows, the group had already rushed to the base of the city wall.

The ladders and catapults that followed also began to move.

Catapults carrying enormous stone and fireballs hurtled towards the capital.

Everything seemed to have been rehearsed in advance.

The buildings and people in the capital city suffered considerable damage.

Meanwhile, the defenders on the city wall also began to move.

Countless arrows flew towards the outside of the city.

For a time, both sides suffered losses, and the ladders used to scale the city walls could not advance any further after encountering strong resistance from the defending troops.

Fang Shuzhen and the defending generals frowned deeply as they looked at the densely packed attacking forces outside.

They knew that their small force probably wouldn't last a day before the outsiders breached the city gates and slaughtered their way in.

That was just a small test, and the attacking army slowly retreated.

At this moment, a group of attacking soldiers, shields in hand, escorted a person slowly to the foot of the city wall.

"Is that your nephew Shuzhen on the city wall?"

"Uncle Wen, how have you been? This freezing weather is not suitable for doing such a rebellious thing."

Upon seeing the person, Fang Shuzhen knew it was Wen Hongshuang, the second uncle of the Wen family, who was also the younger brother of the family head, Wen Hongwei.

“Nephew Shuzhen, His Majesty is old and has no successor. Only the Eighth Prince is still capable. This empire will be seized by foreign tribes sooner or later. Why are you so stubborn?”

Before he could finish speaking, an arrow struck the shield of the siege soldier in front of him.

“Second Uncle Wen, if you retreat now, I can plead with Father Emperor to give the Wen family a way out. But you must know that if you take another half step forward, there will be no turning back.”

Fang Shuzhen was about to speak when someone snatched the words away.

Looking up, I saw Zhou Heng holding a longbow, coldly staring at Wen Hongshuang.

"Your Highness, this place is dangerous. Please return to the palace."

Fang Shuzhen quickly stepped forward and said.

"Go back? Shuzhen, do you think I can go back?"

After saying that, Zhou Heng turned around and addressed the soldiers on the city wall.

"The Wen family is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Taking advantage of the disaster that befell our Great Xia Dynasty and the time when our dynasty was providing disaster relief, they invaded the capital. Everyone says, how can such people who abandon the people be fit to rule the world?"

“Outside, the people of our Great Xia are starving and freezing every day. The Wen family is ruthless. What should we, as citizens of Great Xia, do?”

Fang Shuzhen was struck by Zhou Heng's overwhelming momentum.

He immediately shouted, "Drive out the traitors and save the people!"

"Drive out the rebels and save the people..."

"Drive out the rebels and save the people..."

"Drive out the rebels and save the people..."

“Very well, since that’s the case, I, Zhou Heng, will stand on this city wall today and advance and retreat with all my soldiers.”

After saying that, he ordered his attendants to put on armor and a crown for him, and the dog-leg knife that Chu Chen had given him was hanging prominently at his waist.

Seeing that things were not going well, Wen Hongshuang quickly ordered the attacking troops to retreat.

Even though I'm inside this shield, who knows if there's some exceptionally talented person who might send a catapult at me with a stone ball?

Why should I be a prince? I should just run away.

While they were facing off, Chu Chen and his companion, who were driving on the road, also sensed something was wrong.

"You drunkard, do you see that the closer we get to the capital, the fewer refugees there are?"

“That’s right. We haven’t seen a single refugee along the way.”

Chu Chen frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something.

“You drunkard, take a rest. I’ll drive. If the Wen family has already started an uprising when we enter the capital, you can take over driving and I’ll ride on the roof.”

Chen Qingxuan nodded in agreement with Chu Chen's arrangement and stopped the car.

After taking the car, Chu Chen stepped on the gas and sped off.

Judging from this situation, the Wen family has probably made their move ahead of time, so I need to hurry.

It's getting late. If Zhou Shixun and Zhou Heng are wiped out by the Wen family, then things won't be good.

After resting for an hour, the attacking army launched another attack, this time targeting the city walls with catapults.

Under the cover of the city ladders, a large number of attacking troops slowly advanced.

Before long, they arrived at the foot of the city wall.

The attacking troops climbed up the city wall using the ladders.

Meanwhile, the defending troops had already prepared hot oil and other liquids, which they poured onto the people climbing the city ladders.

As the torches fell, several city ladders instantly burst into flames.

Those attacking troops who had climbed halfway up the city were either burned or shot, and a large number of them were wiped out in an instant.

Looking at the dozens of ladders behind him, Zhou Heng also seemed flustered.

These 20,000 defenders can hold off one, two, or three waves, but what about after that?

In two attacks, our side lost nearly five thousand soldiers.

They were all injured by the arrows and catapults.

If this continues, I doubt I'll make it past tomorrow morning.

As the attacking army retreated, Zhou Heng and Fang Shuzhen quickly discussed countermeasures with the defending generals.

Meanwhile, the soldiers were also making intensive preparations to meet the third wave of attack.

"Your Highness, you should return to the palace. It's too dangerous for you to stay here."