To the First Emperor of Qin: The state has decreed this!

Chapter 251 The city gates are wide open! Is this an empty city ploy?

"This thing isn't even half the size of a city brick. If it hits you, it'll only make a bump at most. How many people could it kill?"

"Master, why did you bring all these iron balls here from so far away? Can this one iron lump really hold off the 20,000-strong army outside the city?"

The soldiers stared at each other, discussing amongst themselves.

His tone gradually revealed a hint of disappointment.

Wang Li was completely dumbfounded.

He reached into the box and picked up an iron ball, weighing it in his hand for a moment.

Aside from being heavy, there's really nothing about it that seems particularly magical.

"Master, what... what exactly is this thing?"

"Newly built catapults?"

Wang Li stared wide-eyed, her face full of confusion.

Zhang Fan did not answer Wang Li's question, but only smiled mysteriously, then his expression turned serious, and he gave a stern order:

"Mo Feng! Distribute these items immediately to all the soldiers guarding the city!"

"Make sure everyone has at least three!"

"Yes, sir!" Mo Feng loudly accepted the order.

Zhang Fan turned around and looked around at the bewildered Qin soldiers!

His voice rose eight octaves as he earnestly instructed, word by word:

"Everyone, listen up!"

"When the enemy attacks the city, you won't need to draw your swords or shoot arrows!"

"Take out the tinderbox, light the fuse on this iron ball, and wait until you see sparks coming from the fuse!"

"Throw him off the city wall immediately!"

"Remember, try to throw them where the enemies are most concentrated!"

Listening to this strange military order.

Everyone was still completely puzzled!

They even thought that this lump of iron couldn't possibly be dangerous at all!

But the strict discipline of the Qin army still made them subconsciously straighten their backs.

"promise!!"

More than two thousand soldiers roared in unison.

Even if you have a million questions in your mind, military orders are absolute.

In a short time.

Busy activity quickly broke out on the city wall as iron lumps were rapidly distributed to everyone.

Time passed by, moment by moment!

The night wind grew increasingly fierce.

Just then, countless tiny sparks suddenly lit up the horizon directly north of the city wall.

The scattered lights merged into one, slowly approaching the capital of the Molu Kingdom.

"Report!"

A scout sent out to conduct close reconnaissance rushed up the city wall.

His voice was angry:

"Respectfully submitted to the Guru!"

"The enemy is less than five li from the city!"

"But... their numbers are definitely more than 20,000! They're probably close to 30,000!"

"What's even more hateful is!"

"These beasts actually drove thousands of elderly, weak, women, and children from nearby small tribes to the forefront of the army!"

"They forced women and children to clear a path with knives and guns!"

"They're trying to use refugees as human shields to force our army to hold back their arrows, hoping to use this as a pretext to directly breach our city gates!"

Upon hearing this!

A moment of silence fell over the city wall.

Immediately afterwards!

The Qin soldiers on the entire city wall instantly erupted in chaos!

"Damn it! These sons are all bastards!!"

Wang Li was so angry that his eyes were about to burst out of their sockets, and he cursed loudly:

"Twenty thousand regular troops are attacking our two thousand men, and they actually want to use women and old people as shields?"

"Don't these barbarians have any shame?!"

Even the usually gentle and refined Fusu was now clenching his fists so tightly they cracked, and he angrily rebuked:

"Worse than an animal! Absolutely worse than an animal!"

"They turned their swords against their own unarmed people, even using them as shields for sieges!"

"Such behavior is truly shameful!"

The surrounding soldiers cursed loudly:

"What a bunch of cowards! If you've got the guts, fight our Qin warriors for real!"

"What kind of man hides behind a woman's crotch!"

"Master! Give the order! Just say the word, and I'll go out of the city and chop these beasts to pieces!"

"This shameless scum doesn't deserve to live in this world!"

The Qin soldiers roamed the six states of the Central Plains, and were accustomed to seeing mountains of corpses and seas of blood!

But I have never seen such a shameless and despicable tactic before!

Looking at the approaching flames and the faint cries that could be heard in the distance.

Suppressing his anger, Fusu turned to Zhang Fan and asked anxiously:

"Teacher! The enemy is using women and children as shields!"

"If our army fires a volley of arrows, innocent civilians will inevitably be harmed!"

"If we don't fire arrows, the city gates will surely be breached! What should we do now?"

Before Zhang Fan could speak, Wang Li loudly suggested:

"My lord! A merciful ruler cannot command an army!"

"These Japanese pirates deserve no mercy!"

"Since they were dragged into this, they'll serve as the enemy's human shield!"

"This humble general suggests that, regardless of whether they are women or children, anyone who comes within a hundred paces of the city wall should be killed without exception!"

"Just wipe them all out, including the enemy troops behind them!"

……

And this moment.

Within round 749!

Upon hearing that the Japanese pirates were using thousands of elderly, weak, women and children as human shields!

The entire staff of Bureau 749 immediately erupted in chaos.

"Damn it! Using civilians and women and children as shields? These bastards have no shame!"

"This is utterly shameless! Have these people been rotten to the core for over two thousand years?!"

"This is so damn despicable! This isn't an army, this is a bunch of inhuman thugs!"

"Commander Zhang absolutely cannot back down! We must kill these bastards and show them what true 'dimensional reduction attack' means!"

Inside the operations hall, shouts of anger rose and fell!

"Bang--!"

A loud bang!

Zhu Feng slammed his fist hard on the conference table, making the teacups on the table jump.

His eyes were now icy cold.

"Good! What a beastly act!"

Zhu Feng suddenly turned his head and roared angrily:

"Strategy team, listen up!"

"Immediately develop a response plan based on the current battlefield terrain and available equipment!"

"There's no need for womanly compassion!"

"yes!!!"

Following Zhu Feng's firm order, more than a dozen top experts immediately rushed into the conference room and began rapid simulations.

Not long after.

Suddenly, a sound came from the invisible earpiece in Zhang Fan's ear.

Listening to the tactical simulation in his headphones, Zhang Fan's eyes lit up.

"Wonderful..."

Zhang Fan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then waved his hand dismissively.

"Relay my orders!"

"All troops, cease firing arrows and prepare to attack! Immediately open the city gates and lower the drawbridge!"

"Let them in!"

Once this order was issued...

The indignant shouts and curses that had been echoing across the city wall came to an abrupt halt.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at Zhang Fan in disbelief.

"Wh...what?"

Wang Li panicked completely, forgetting all about hierarchy and etiquette. He rushed to Zhang Fan, stamping his feet in frustration.

"Master! You mustn't!"

"This humble general knows that you are compassionate and cannot bear to slaughter those old, weak, women, and children!"

"But this is war; we can't afford to be sentimental!"

"Once this city gate is opened, it's tantamount to abandoning our only shield!"

"Those twenty or thirty thousand troops, using the women and children as cover, are rushing into the city. Can our two thousand or so men hold them off?"

Fusu's expression also changed drastically, and he quickly stepped forward to dissuade him:

"Yes, teacher! General Wang Li is right!"

"Was this move poorly considered?"

"If the city gates are wide open, won't our Qin soldiers become lambs to the slaughter?"