Also Zhang used gold coins for the railgun because gold coins are what he has the most of o_o
As unbelievable was it was, none of the soldiers of the Western Fort were injured while and after Zhang’s new technique was unleashed. For the most part, they only sent a small unit to try and knock down the city gates and Zhang ignored the city gate and focused on the sections of wall, so in the end, the city gate was still intact and the soldiers of the Western Fort were stunned but unharmed.
“Maybe I should demolish some more walls.” Zhang thought as he moved along with the rest of the group. The more he destroyed now, using the excuse of helping Tang Wei escape, the fewer defenses the city will possess when his soldiers arrive.
“Brother Lee Ming, stop! If the walls are damaged any more than when the soldiers of Aurora arrive we won’t be able to defend the city.” Tang Wei cried.
“Stop!!” Tang Wei roared as he began to stop moving toward the soldiers of the Western Fort but toward Zhang.
In split seconds, Zhang, Tang Wei and Ai began to catch up with the rest of the group and join up with the soldiers of the Western Fort. By now Tang Pan’s soldiers were either dead, scared out of their wits or still stuck in a daze so they’ve all but become irrelevant.
“Where is General Song Ren?” Tang Wei’s father asked as he took off his helmet and withdrew a pendant from his robes with the help of his two wives. Although the man still appeared very sickly, there was a certain presence that he gave off which demanded everyone’s attention now that he was cured of the pesky insect that plagued him.
“Brother Song, please get up. In the end, you're the only one who I can rely on.” Tang Wei’s father said while coughing.
“Good, I want all of these rebels apprehended and I want Tang Pan’s corpse hung above the city walls.”
While the soldiers of the Western Fort and their general grouped up with Tang Wei and the others, Zhang and Ai departed to cause more mischief and chaos.
Although Tang Pan’s forces near the western gate were in shambles due to the arrival of General Song Ren and his soldiers coupled with the destruction that Zhang had caused, for the most part, the other city gates, and the provincial lord’s mansion was still under his control. Thus meaning there were many pockets of Tang Pan’s soldiers scattered around the city to which Zhang could use to his advantage.
While extending his hand out, Zhang grabbed Ai and the two of them sped through the city atop a massive Abyssal snake.
“Hang on tight.” Zhang said as the Abyssal Snake increased its speed. What took a few hours by foot to travel took only tens of minutes as Zhang and Ai made their way back toward the area where Tang Pan’s soldiers were mostly concentrated.
Upon making sure Tang Pan was nowhere in sight, Zhang and Ai made their way toward the group of soldiers while giving off an air of authority.
“I am the commanding officer here, who are you?” A man who appeared to be in his late fifties with a head full of gray hairs said. Of course, although this man appeared to be in his late fifties since most people lived to be four hundred years of age, his age could range from anywhere in between. But general as soldiers who were living in an age of constant war, people don’t live very long.
“We were ordered to guard the provincial lord’s mansion. Are you sure it was lord Tang Pan who gave that order?” The old man said, questioning Zhang.
After Zhang’s sword was drawn the group of soldiers were relatively easy to convince. Since this group of soldiers only had about three hundred people, it was clear that their commanding officer did not have a high position. Meaning it would be relatively easy for Zhang to trick them into believing he was a high ranking officer.
So with three hundred of Tang Pan’s soldiers following behind him, Zhang and Ai headed toward where the Dark Legion was staying. Along the way they absorbed every soldier they stumbled upon into their group, resulting in a force that numbered roughly six thousand total by the time they arrived at the barracks.
“Lord Tang Pan changed his mind and wishes to send a message to the Dark Legion and show them that it would be best not for them to interfere in our business.” Zhang said.
“General Hei Ang, had stated that he will not interfere in your civil war as long as it does not hinder our mission of stopping the forces of Aurora.” A soldier from the Dark Legion said.
“You Dark Legion dogs, if you know your place then you’ll stay out of our business or else I’ll have you all beheaded and hung from the city walls. Then after I deal with those idiots from Aurora, I’ll head down south and raze your cities to the ground, your children will become my slaves, your wives will be sold into brothels, your parents will be worked until they are buried underneath the earth.” Zhang said as he pretended to read off the blank piece of paper he pulled out of his robes.
While Ai was on the edge of breaking out in laughter, Tang Pan’s real soldiers gulped as they heard Zhang’s words. Never could they imagine their master utter such words and on top of things to the Dark Legion which easily outnumbered their forces four to one.
By now even the calmest soldier in the Dark Legion had bulging veins and furies eyes.
“Tch… You all just a bunch of unruly dogs that need to be taught a lesson. Which one of you dares to fight me!?” Zhang roared while withdrawing his sword.
With a sideward step and a shift of his center of gravity, Zhang skillfully avoided the barrage of attacked directed toward him before returning a barrage of attacks of his own.
“Attack!!!” Ai cried as she withdrew a sword that was hanging by her waist and charged forward.
“Ai!” Zhang yelled as he signaled for Ai to retreat.
If Zhang’s guesses were right, then Tang Pan would currently have roughly about ninety thousand soldiers under his command, after subtracting the soldiers who were at the western city gate. So now Zhang’s goal was to lure the other eighty-five thousand soldiers to also join the fight against the Dark Legion.
This signal was for Zhang’s men to being to sabotage the Dark Legion from within and add to the chaos as much as possible. Now was the time to cause as much damage as possible to the Dark Legion and the Red Thorn Army.
“Those Dark Legion dogs are helping those two idiot brothers and are attacking our comrades!” Zhang cried every time he met a group of Tang Pan’s soldiers.
Thus, the Dark Legion and Tang Pan’s soldiers began to slaughter each other, much to Tang Pan’s grief.
Amidst the chaos, Zhang’s soldiers within the Dark Legion used the once in a lifetime opportunity given to them to set a large amount of the Dark Legion’s the rations ablaze before blending back into the enemy’s army once again.
“Those bastards! All I wanted to do was conserve our forces to face the biggest threat the southern region will face, but they had to drag us into this stupid civil war…” General Hei Ang cursed as his soldiers were being killed and his army was dragged into the Red Thorn Province’s civil war.
By picking to help Tang Hong and his sons, the Dark Legion would have to face one hundred thousand fewer enemy soldiers and thus, would suffer fewer casualties. They would also be able to demand compensation for their losses since a lot of their rations were all but turned into ashes.
Overall, Zhang’s plan had lit Red Thorn City ablaze and caused a sea of blood to form.