In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 866 Getting Bigger

This made Lu Shengyan suspect that Yang Zheng and Tian Yu were plotting something.

However, after a moment, Lu Shengyan shook his head.

While intrigue and treachery can sometimes be surprisingly effective, they have very limited impact in siege warfare. Unless Yang Zheng and Tian Yu can win over the Lu family members who command the army, no amount of intrigue and treachery will be of any use.

It was obviously impossible to win over the Lu family. The Lu family, from top to bottom, all considered themselves to be nobles and looked down on people like Yang Zheng and Tian Yu who came from humble backgrounds. How could they possibly be won over by them?

Lu Shengyan stopped thinking about it and submerged his body in the water. At the same time, the maidservant accompanying him stepped forward and gently rubbed his body.

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The sky brightened.

The military camp outside the city, which had been silent all night, awoke. Yang Zheng, Tian Yu, Chen Dao and their group, along with dozens of elite soldiers, appeared on an open space outside the camp.

"General Yang, are you really going to personally go up to the city wall?"

Beside Yang Shuai, Qi Zhenlong, the commander of Yang Family Army, said with a worried expression.

Even before Chen Dao arrived, Yang Zheng and Tian Yu had already shared their ideas with the military commanders: organize the elite troops to be transported to the city walls by Crimson Flame Chickens, seize a foothold there, and then the commanders outside the city would act according to the situation, launching an offensive as soon as the advance troops had seized the foothold, striving to get more troops onto the city walls to fight against the Lu family's army.

The military commanders all approved of this tactic, but to everyone's surprise, Yang Zheng actually planned to be among the first to scale the city walls...

On the battlefield, the four great military achievements are: first to scale the enemy lines, breaking through enemy lines, beheading enemy generals, and capturing enemy flags. Among these four great military achievements, the first to scale the enemy lines is implicitly considered the most important.

The reason is simple: to gain the honor of being the first to scale the city wall means being the first to reach the top, and being the first to reach the top often means facing thousands of enemy troops, a situation with almost no chance of survival.

Yang Zheng is now so strong that it's no exaggeration to say he's invincible. Generals like Qi Zhenlong find it hard to trust him to be one of the first troops to be sent to the front lines.

"Zhenlong, I know you're worried about my safety!"

Yang Zheng glanced back at Qi Zhenlong and said, "Ordinary soldiers are simply not up to the task of seizing a foothold. Only a high-ranking martial artist like myself has a chance!"

It was impossible for ordinary soldiers to seize a foothold on the city wall. After all, even with the combined strength of Chi Yan Yi and Chi Yan Yi, they could only send about 40 soldiers to the city wall at a time.

Forty ordinary soldiers would be of no use even if they were thrown onto the city wall. They would likely be surrounded and killed by Lu's troops the moment they landed. It would be impossible for them to capture and hold a foothold.

Only by sending highly skilled warriors to the city walls could they possibly survive the siege of the Lu family army and complete this arduous task.

Although there were some martial artists in the Great Wall Army and the Yang Family Army, their skill levels were generally not high enough to accomplish the task of seizing a foothold, so...

Yang Zheng and Tian Yucai decided to take the lead themselves.

"But……"

Qi Zhenlong was still full of worry and was about to persuade him again, but Yang Zheng waved his hand and said firmly, "No need to worry, I am not going alone. With General Tian by my side to support me, I will not be in any danger."

Seeing Yang Zheng's resolute expression, Qi Zhenlong and the other generals could no longer persuade him and could only watch as Yang Zheng and his party walked towards the Crimson Flame Chicken.

"Zhenlong".

Before climbing onto the back of the Crimson Flame, Yang Zheng turned back to Qi Zhenlong and instructed him: "After General Tian and I ascend the city, the army will be under your command. Do not let me down."

"Rest assured, General Yang, I will certainly not fail in my mission!"

Qi Zhenlong knelt down on one knee and nodded solemnly.

Seeing this, Yang Zheng said no more. He and the elite soldiers who accompanied him jumped onto the back of the Crimson Flame Chicken. Then, the two Crimson Flame Chickens spread their wings and took off, carrying 40 people, including Yang Zheng and Tian Yu, towards the direction of the city wall of Lu Family Manor.

At the same time, Qi Zhenlong got up and walked towards the military camp, giving the order to attack!

In an instant, shouts of battle erupted outside the city, and a large number of soldiers rushed toward the city wall, attracting the attention of the Lu family's defensive forces.

"come yet?"

On the city wall, Lu Yueming narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched the army outside launch its attack.

Lu Yueming was the second son of Lu Shengyan. He showed remarkable military talent from a young age, studying military knowledge and becoming well-versed in various military books.

After reaching adulthood, he was appointed commander of the Lu family's troops by Lu Shengyan, and was responsible for training the Lu family's troops. Occasionally, he would lead his troops to various places in Youzhou to suppress bandits and quell rebellions. He was one of the few members of the Lu family who had the ability to lead troops.

During this nearly 20-day siege, Lu Yueming fully demonstrated his military leadership skills. Under his command, the Lu family's troops repeatedly repelled the attacks of the Great Wall Army and the Yang family army, preventing the army outside the city from advancing an inch.

As the war dragged on, Lu Yueming became increasingly adept at commanding his troops, inflicting heavy losses on the Great Wall Army and the Yang Family Army.

One military order after another came from Lu Yueming's mouth and was then relayed by his personal guards. The 20,000-strong army stood ready, each performing its duties, waiting for the army outside the city to approach the city wall.

"what is that?!"

Just then, a cry of alarm came from the city wall. A soldier looked up at the sky and saw a dark shadow appear. The shadow gradually grew larger in his vision, from a small black dot to the shape of a bird!

"Is it one bird? No, it's two!"

"How can there be such a big bird?"

Why are there two birds in the air?

"..."

The soldier's exclamation made everyone look up at the sky, where they saw two birds that did not appear to be very large.

But the reason they were "not big" was only because the two birds were relatively far away from them. As time went by, the distance shortened, and the two birds in the sky became larger and larger in the soldiers' line of sight!

At first, the two birds were only the size of sparrows, but as time went by, the two birds in the sky grew bigger and bigger...

Until it becomes an enormous being!

How could there be such a huge bird?

"I've never seen such a big bird before!"

Is this still a bird?

"..."

As the giant bird drew ever closer in the sky, growing larger and larger until its wingspan even blocked out the sun, the soldiers' pupils trembled and their faces were filled with horror!

The fear of giants was perfectly embodied in these soldiers. When a colossal bird, exceeding all reason and as large as the sky, suddenly appeared in their sight, the fear they felt was indescribable.