After waiting for half a day, the defenders on the city wall finally appeared.

However, the group of defenders that appeared far exceeded everyone's imagination.

I saw the so-called "defenders" on the city wall. They all had no armor and were holding some rough rusty swords and spears. They were old, weak, sick and disabled. Looking at the menacing army below the city, they were shaking like chaff, even their weapons were gone.

If you can't hold it steady, they are just a group of ordinary people, not soldiers.

"These are all ordinary people in the city." Cheng Dehu said angrily: "These rebellious people deserve to die for using such methods."

The other generals also had gloomy expressions.

The people on the city were not defenders at all, but pure civilians of the royal city. They were obviously brought in temporarily, and some weapons were randomly distributed to force them to come up to defend the city.

Facing the army under the city, these people did not escape, presumably because there was a supervisor behind them, or they were under some kind of coercion.

This move is not without cunning. It is obvious that the Wangcheng family already knew that they could not withstand the attack at all, so they adopted this strategy. In this way, King Qin's army would not be able to attack at all and wanted to break through the walls defended by these ordinary people.

, it can be said to be a piece of cake. But first of all, it is still a matter of whether you can bear to attack these ordinary people. Even if you are ruthless to attack the city, even if you build the city wall, you will get a bad reputation for massacring civilians. Qing Yun has not yet ascended to the throne. In the future,

The days are long, but we must not ruin our reputation at this time.

Since ancient times, there has been a tactic of driving slaves or civilians to serve as cannon fodder shields, but most of them occurred in wars between two races or two countries. For example, in the history of Chen Long's previous life on earth, this method was common. In the Song Dynasty,

At the end of the day, the Mongols were brutal and the army attacked the city. They were the first to drive away the captured Southern Song civilians as cannon fodder at the front, and then the Mongolian army followed. Anyway, they were enemy civilians, and the rulers were ruthless, so they would not have any psychological burden.

However, it has never been seen before that people of one's own family are used as human shields like this. In other times, this method will undoubtedly make one's own people lose their support and is the way to their own destruction. The Royal City family can't even do this.

All the means have been used, it can be seen that he is completely crazy and has no regard for the consequences.

But even if they lose the support of the people and perish in the future, it will be a long time ago. At this juncture, if the other party uses such a move, we have nothing to do.

"What should we do? We have already reached the royal city. Can we just watch helplessly?"

It is impossible to retreat at this time, but under such circumstances, we cannot launch an attack for a while.

Qing Yun didn't know what to do. Although he had wiped out a hundred thousand troops at Anming Pass a few days ago, it was still too difficult for him to order the massacre of civilians, so he had to look at Chen Long for help.

Chen Long shook his head and laughed: "Do these people think they can save the royal city in this way?"

Driving the civilians to defend the city must not be done too much. Otherwise, it is not known whether the city can be defended, and the civilians in the city may rise up and rebel first.

And even if civilians are used as threats to defend the city, it shouldn't be like now. Apart from civilians, there are not even a single serious soldier. After all, we have to consider the possibility that the other party will attack the city directly regardless of the lives of civilians. Naturally

We also need to deploy real troops, otherwise if we charge against them, what can these civilians do? The city wall will fall in a matter of minutes.

In Chen Long's view, the other party did this not as if they really wanted to protect the royal city, but rather as if they wanted to delay time.

But what is the delay?

From the words of the old man Changyuan, we already know that there is an ancestor of the Heavenly Witch behind the rebellious family in Wangcheng. Is he waiting for this person? Isn't he not in Wangcheng?

Chen Long shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

Well, since the other party wants to delay, let him delay.

Chen Long gave the order to go down and set up camp on the same spot without moving the troops.

If you want time, I will give you time.

If it were anyone else, knowing that the other party was stalling for time, he would naturally find a way to step up the attack on the city and not give the other party a chance. But Chen Long was different. He wanted to see that the Wangcheng family would not hesitate to resort to such tactics as threatening the people to defend the city.

Why delay for time?

Could he still use some powerful trump card to turn defeat into victory in one fell swoop? Then he would like to see it even more.

This is the margin that only the strong will have. You can make all kinds of tricks and plans, but I will just sit here and wait.

Although the nominal commander is Qing Yun, everyone knows that the mysterious gentleman is the backbone of the entire army. Since he ordered the troops to stand still, although the soldiers were impatient, they all patiently waited.

In the city, they received a report that the opponent's army was camped outside the city and had no intention of attacking. Changsun De and others breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that the strategy had taken effect.

If they weren't really at the end of their rope, they wouldn't want to do anything else.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

For three whole days, King Qin's army remained stationary below the city, and there was no intention to attack or evacuate the civilians on the city. Both sides were in a stalemate.

By the fourth day, all the soldiers were already very anxious. Even Chen Long was a little impatient, thinking that I would give you time, but you would have delayed it too long.

The civilians in the city troubled the soldiers, but of course it was not a problem for Chen Long. He just wanted to see what cards the opponent had, but after waiting for three days, there was no movement. Chen Long also began to consider whether to simply

Forget about attacking the city directly, he doesn't have much time to play house with the other side here.

It was not until the early morning of the fourth day that Chen Long decided to wait another day before attacking. At this time, he heard a burst of laughter coming from the royal city.

"Hahahaha, I have finally achieved my magic! Hahahaha! Who else in the world is my opponent?"

This voice, with a bit of arrogance and a bit of joy, actually spread throughout the entire huge royal city.

In the city, Chang Sunde and several other family heads stood up in surprise when they heard this voice.

"The ancestor is finally out of seclusion!"

Outside the city, Old Man Changyuan was slightly startled when he heard the voice: "Sure enough, it's him, Ancestor Tianwu!"

The corner of Chen Long's mouth curled up slightly: "Is there finally some movement? After waiting for three days, don't let me down too much."

At the same time, underneath the palace in the city, the white-haired old man, the ancestor of Tianwu, was looking up to the sky and laughing.

In front of him, in the center of the formation, the piece of Heavenly Spirit Jade had completely disappeared, replaced by a skinny old man wearing a yellow robe.

The old man looked haggard and seemed to have run out of energy, but he was still staring at the ancestor of the Heavenly Witch.

"Tianwu, if you destroy my Anyun inheritance, I will not let you go even if I am a ghost!"

Ancestor Tianwu sneered, and with a wave of his hand, light emerged, and the body of the skinny old man turned into fly ash and scattered inch by inch.
Chapter completed!