Chapter 1037: 499 Big Brother is Here! (Second Update) Chapter 1037: 499 Big Brother is Here! (Second Update) The vanguard of the Zhan Country’s army quickly approached the moat with flying bridges.

Standing atop the towering City Tower, Tang Yueshan commanded, “Archers, get ready!”

The Tang Family archers launched their first counterattack on the Zhan Country’s army.

Their arrows clanged as they struck the vanguard’s armor and shields.

As a vanguard soldier fell to an arrow, another immediately took his place; their speed was incredibly fast. Nearly all the vanguard soldiers under the flying bridges were replaced in one rotation, and then three flying bridges were set upon the moat!

Zhan Country soldiers, over a hundred dead or injured!

Yet, the sacrifice of this hundred bought an opportunity to besiege the city with the nearly twenty thousand troops remaining!

“Advance the scaling ladders!” commanded Rong Fu, and hundreds of Zhan Country soldiers hurried across the flying bridges carrying more than twenty ladders.

The Tang Family archers made the greatest effort to intercept, but the enemy was simply too numerous. As one soldier fell, another would immediately grab the scaling ladders.

At the same time, the Zhan Country army’s catapults launched a terrifying long-distance attack on the wall’s archers.

Stones drenched in kerosene violently crashed upon the wall; unable to dodge in time, the archers were brutally knocked to the ground.

“Not good! The rolling logs are on fire!” a soldier yelled out!

The rolling logs, intended for dealing with Zhan Country’s scaling ladders, had caught fire. How were they supposed to handle them now?

With the aid of the catapults, scaling ladders were placed against the city walls one after another.

Tang Yueshan gave the order, “Battering rams!”

The battering rams moved into position, ramming their rolling logs hard against Zhan Country’s scaling ladders!

Boom—-
A loud crash echoed from below the City Tower.

The Vice Commander attacking the scaling ladders turned pale with alarm, “Not good! It’s Zhan Country’s battering rams! They’re assaulting the city gate!”

Behind the city gate, Gu Chengfeng and Vice Commander Li led two thousand troops in a tight formation, ready for battle.

Cavalrymen sat on horseback, with infantry arrayed behind and on both sides; each person’s expression was extremely grave.

“Have the wounded been evacuated?” Gu Chengfeng asked.

“They’ve been moved,” replied Vice Commander Li, “Doctor Gu led them.”

“What about the nearby civilians?” Gu Chengfeng inquired further.

“They’ve been evacuated, too,” continued Vice Commander Li.

The flying bridges had been modified, reinforced with iron chains and plates, dozens of times sturdier than the usual flying bridges.

However, Zhan Country’s battering rams were also very robust. With each hit, the entire City Tower seemed to shake thrice.

Everyone’s throats tightened unconsciously, and they all gripped their long swords even tighter.

At the entry point of the city gate, soldiers had stretched ropes, intended to trip the cavalry, and also placed spear carts. The sharp long spears were lined up in rows, aimed in the direction of the city gate.

Despite these preparations, everyone understood that these measures could not completely stop Zhan Country’s army’s assault.

A bloody melee was inevitable!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The massive battering ram made the flying bridges tremble under its impact, dust beginning to sift down from the city walls.

Along with a deafening roar, the flying bridges were smashed by Zhan Country’s battering rams!

Zhan Country’s battering rams aimed to breach Yuegu City’s gates next, but at that moment, something unexpected happened!

Several buckets of suspended kerosene plunged down from inside the city gate; the kerosene ropes were tied to the flying bridges, which could not break if the bridges held.

The flying bridges had just collapsed.

Kerosene poured down upon Zhan Country’s soldiers and battering rams, and as the kerosene finished pouring, the igniting tinder and matches hanging above the buckets were pulled open by thin wires on both ends, clattering down.

“Not good! Run for it!”

A Zhan Country soldier screamed.

But it was too late.

The kerosene was set ablaze in an instant, a blaze leaping three feet high!

The battering ram quickly caught fire, with Zhan Country soldiers frantically fleeing from the flames!

Inside the city gate, Gu Chengfeng, Vice Commander Li, and others heard the wails coming from within the city gate and knew the kerosene plan had worked.

Vice Commander Li looked at Gu Chengfeng excitedly, “Commander Gu is truly a master strategist!”

It was not him, but Gu Jiao.

The modifications of the flying bridges and the setting up of traps were all Gu Jiao’s ideas; he had simply executed them.

In fact, he thought that if Gu Xiaoshun were here, he might have done even better.

For now, the city gate held firm, and up on the City Tower, Tang Yueshan and his men overturned all scaling ladders, fending off the first wave of attack.

After the midnight hour had passed, Zhan Country’s army sounded the retreat.

Zhan Country’s army suffered a defeat in their first battle, losing two thousand men. The losses of the Zhan Country army were also severe, as a continual stream of wounded soldiers was sent to the rear barracks.

Gu Jiao and the doctors of Yuegu City immediately sprang into action, urgently attending to the wounded. Gu Jiao first examined each injured soldier, affixing different colored cloth strips according to the severity of their injuries. Subsequently, the soldiers carried them into the corresponding barracks.