The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1037

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.