Magical Water Margin: They all call me brother

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Hua Rong's eagle eyes narrowed, locking onto the Zhu family's iron cavalry charging and ambushing from a thousand meters away. With a swift movement of her long arms, the muscles of her fair back compressed into a beautiful yet ferocious ghostly shape, and the golden eagle bow in her hand hummed and trembled as if alive. A resounding "Clang!!!" echoed as the bowstring exploded with a continuous, piercing sound! Her hand moved so fast that only the afterimages of her fingers could be seen! In an instant, twelve points of starlight tore through the sky, forming a blazing line of fire that pierced the heavens in a flash!

These were no ordinary arrows! Each one was a steel-reinforced arrow infused with surging fire magic! The moment it flew over the cavalry, it exploded like a meteor falling from the sky!

boom! boom! boom! ! !

Each arrow, upon striking the enemy, would unleash a wave of raging flames. The billowing demonic flames surged and churned through the crowd like a raging tide, transforming an area of ​​tens of meters in all directions into a raging inferno! The intense heat waves were overwhelming, and the blinding light devoured everything!

Where the fireball raged, the iron armor twisted and melted instantly, the warhorses neighed in alarm and kicked their masters off the ground. The fierce cavalrymen were thrown up and torn apart like straw under the violent energy impact. Molten iron and charred bodies flew everywhere, and thick smoke covered most of the sky. Even the ground under their feet trembled and roared violently!

Even Luan Tingyu was shocked at this moment, watching the arrows shooting out continuously from a thousand meters away with a heart full of fear. Although Hua Rong's twelve consecutive explosive arrows, which used up almost all of his magic, only killed more than 120 cavalrymen and did not achieve a total annihilation, they completely shattered Luan Tingyu's plot to launch a sneak attack, plunging the Zhu family cavalry into despair.

A sneak attack? Sneak attack my ass! Hua Rong's arrows are already flying over!

What's even more terrifying is that the Zhu family cavalry didn't know how many more of these intensely powerful flaming explosive arrows Hua Rong could fire. They were afraid that if they had to withstand Hua Rong's terrifying firepower and charge forward a thousand meters, would they even have a chance of survival?

Just as Luan Tingyu was hesitating and the cavalrymen were pale-faced, someone suddenly shouted.

"Oh no! Young Master Zhu Long has been killed in action!"

Luan Tingyu's pupils suddenly contracted. He turned around and saw that Zhu Long, who was leading the vanguard, was rather unlucky. He was at the forefront and was shot in the forehead by Hua Rong's arrow. The steel arrow went deep into his brain. Originally, this was nothing serious, just a fatal wound. If he wanted to save him, he could still be saved with some healing magic if he was quick.

However, Hua Rong shot a magic arrow. The first blazing fireball and the first wave of towering fire exploded from his brain, shattering his entire brain into pieces. Only his chin, charred by the flames, remained on his neck. His teeth were all blown to pieces. He was truly beyond saving.

A thousand meters away, Hua Rong stood with a single bow held high, expressionless as he gazed at the destructive storm he had summoned himself. Amidst the dust and flames, only chaotic howls and horrifying ruins remained. This divinely punishing rain of arrows had utterly shattered the morale of the attackers.

Helpless, Luan Tingyu looked at the four hundred-odd riders, their faces filled with terror and their limbs trembling, and sighed deeply. Song Jiang had already realized that the morale of these cavalrymen had been shattered by Hua Rong's attack from beyond their line of sight. A sneak attack was no longer an option; it was time to go home.

Seeing the Zhu family cavalry retreat, Hua Rong snorted coldly and fired a few more arrows, causing them to fall to the ground, screaming and howling in agony, until everyone retreated behind the impregnable stone wall of the Zhu family manor before he stopped.

After this failed ambush, Hu Chengche resigned himself to his fate. He couldn't win a fight, he couldn't break out of the encirclement, and if he continued to hold out, he would starve to death. So be it. His sister was going to marry Liu Hong. From now on, they would be family. He would take the entire Hu family village to his brother-in-law and go to live with him. He would not be buried with these dead ghosts from Zhu family village.

Chapter 240: The Flying Tiger Traitor Breaks Through the City Gate

Thinking of this, Flying Tiger Hu Cheng secretly contacted Liu Hong again and wrote a letter begging for mercy.

"My younger sister acted rashly in her youth, unaware of her surroundings, and inadvertently offended the Great Sage. Now that she has been captured, she has been promised to be the Great Sage's concubine, and we beg for forgiveness. Our Hu Family Village originally did not want to participate in this battle, but we had signed a joint defense agreement. My younger sister was originally promised to Zhu Biao, the third son of the Zhu family, but she acted impulsively out of loyalty, which is why she offended the Great Sage's majesty. Now we have torn up the agreement, and from today onwards, the Hu Family Village and the Zhu Family Village are severed ties. Please give me some time. We will now take turns surrounding the front and back gates, and tomorrow I will be responsible for guarding the back gate."

"At that time, I guarantee I will use my authority to open the gates of Zhu Family Village for the Great Sage."

Seeing that Hu Sanniang had already married him as a concubine, Hu Cheng completely bowed his head and admitted defeat. Liu Hong also kept his promise and secretly wrote a letter, which he sent back to Hu Cheng's entourage. The gist of the letter was that the Zhu Family Village had been extremely rude and had bullied Liangshan Water Village for no reason, so he was sending troops to take revenge. As long as the Hu Family Village withdrew from the war, he would have no grudge against the Hu family.

After receiving Liu Hong's guarantee, Hu Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Liu Hong also began to gather his elite troops, preparing for a surprise attack the next day!

The next day, Liu Hong organized an attack. Lu Zhisheng led five hundred daredevils, and under the cover of a hail of bullets, launched a charge towards Zhu Family Village. They seized the drawbridge with lightning speed and used more ladders as a makeshift drawbridge on the cliff. Lu Zhisheng roared as he crossed the cliff himself, swung his hundred-pound monk's staff, and slammed it hard against the gate of Zhu Family Village, making the triple city walls tremble!

"Where did this flowery nun come from!"

Upon discovering the incident at the back gate, Luan Tingyu rushed back from the front gate to defend the back gate, only to find that the gate had been almost completely smashed down by Lu Zhisheng. The soldiers around him were all ashen-faced. Faced with Lu Zhisheng, who could smash down the city gate, no one dared to confront him directly, leaving Luan Tingyu to personally lead the attack.

Dust swirled, and hooves thundered like drums. Two magnificent steeds galloped past each other, their saddles swirling with a graceful figure, their killing intent surpassing even that of men. Luan Tingyu, clad in tight black armor, appeared as agile as a female leopard. Her eyes were sharp as cold stars, and her black iron staff moved like a venomous dragon emerging from its lair, stirring up a vicious wind. The staff's shadows were numerous, each strike aimed at Lu Zhisheng's vitals, the sound of it cutting through the air sharp and piercing.

Lu Zhisheng laughed heartily. Though unarmored, he was agile and quick-witted. Dressed in a moon-white monk's robe with the collar slightly open, revealing his two snow-white breasts and three peonies, he glared fiercely. With one arm, he held a hundred-pound iron water-polished monk's staff, unleashing a torrent of force like snowflakes, and forcefully clashed with Luan Tingyu's black iron cudgel!

The monk's staff clashed with the iron rod, exploding into dazzling sparks, like a torrent from an iron furnace. The metallic clang echoed through the valley, as if two giant beasts were roaring and wrestling.

Seeing the nun's astonishing strength, Luan Tingyu realized that her own supposedly formidable martial prowess was failing to gain the upper hand, fueling her anger. She abruptly swerved her horse around, creating a distance of over ten feet between herself and Lu Zhisheng. She summoned the Thunder God General once more, and suddenly, a thunderbolt, as powerful as tearing silk, exploded in the heavens! The thick clouds churned like an inky vortex, and through a gap in the clouds, the phantom of a general several feet tall appeared, clad in golden armor with furious eyes, wielding a command flag wreathed in lightning. Following the direction of Luan Tingyu's staff, a ghastly white bolt of lightning, as thick as a bucket, carrying the power to destroy the world, ripped through the sky and struck directly at Lu Zhisheng's head!

Facing the overwhelming thunderbolt, Lu Zhisheng neither dodged nor evaded, her clear eyes blazing with Buddhist fervor. The iron staff in her hand trembled violently, and an incomparably vast, supremely powerful, and yang golden Buddhist light erupted from her slender body! The golden light flowed and rose, coalescing behind her into a majestic, wrathful golden Arhat! The Arhat, bare-chested and with muscles bulging like dragons, radiated Buddhist light, and faint chants emanated from him. A massive golden fist, solid as a mountain, actually met the terrifying thunderbolt head-on!

"Boom——!!!"

In an instant, a deafening explosion engulfed everything! Thunder and lightning clashed violently with the Buddha's light in the air, annihilating each other like the sun and moon striking. An unimaginable shockwave swept across the land, sending sand and stones flying, breaking vegetation, and even tearing the flags of those watching from afar. Within the blinding ball of light, the sound of a Zen staff cutting through the air rose again, and a point of dark golden light pierced through the chaos, aiming straight for Luan Tingyu's heart, whose lightning had not yet dissipated. Luan Tingyu was forced to parry with his staff. The hexagonal black iron staff and the water-polished iron Zen staff clashed fiercely and spectacularly in the air, making the soldiers on both sides forget to breathe.

"You guys should charge!"

Luan Tingyu roared, and a large number of Zhu Family Village cavalrymen suddenly realized what was happening. Under the cover of the arrow rain from the city wall, they charged straight at the Liangshan troops who had just crossed the bridge and had not yet formed ranks!

At this moment, their formation was in disarray, and being on foreign soil with little cover, they were quickly overwhelmed by the cavalry and hastily retreated. Lu Zhisheng and Luan Tingyu fought for more than thirty rounds without a clear victor. Seeing that his infantry had been overwhelmed by the cavalry, he stopped fighting and retreated together, handing the victory of this small-scale siege to Luan Tingyu.

Before Luan Tingyu could rest, Song Jiang launched another attack on the front gate. Thunderbolt Qin Ming, like a raging inferno, crashed directly onto the second city wall, forcing her to immediately lead her cavalry back to defend the front gate. She fought Qin Ming once again until she repelled him, truly a model of hard work.

However, just as Luan Tingyu was exhausted after a day of fierce fighting, it was Hu Cheng's turn to guard the back gate that night.

He deliberately opened the gate and led his men to destroy the floating ladder that Lu Zhisheng had left during the day, and then gave Liu Hong a signal.

Just as the Zhu family soldiers were dismantling the drawbridge, Liu Hong gave the order, and Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, and Suo Chao, leading a hundred cavalrymen, charged forward with overwhelming force!

Behind them, Lu Zhisheng and Wu Song led five hundred elite infantrymen, charging in with earth-shattering force. The soldiers of Zhu Family Village were terrified and immediately abandoned their plan to destroy the pontoon bridge, scrambling to retreat back to Zhu Family Village.

"It's too late! Close the gate now!"

Seeing that Lin Chong was about to burst in, Zhu Biao roared and tried to close the door, but Hu Cheng stopped him.

"Don't close the gate! There are still hundreds of brothers who haven't been evacuated! We'll close it after they've retreated!"

"No! Close the gate now! The Liangshan cavalry are too fast. What if they let the enemy cavalry into the manor?"

Zhu Biao glanced at Hu Cheng with surprise, then continued to give the order to close the door.

"Let's see who dares to close the door! Who dares to murder their own brothers and sisters? We'll wait until the last person comes back before we close the door!!"

Hu Cheng strongly objected. At this moment, the soldiers guarding the entire back gate were dumbfounded. Some were from Zhu Family Village and wanted to close the gate after hearing Zhu Biao's suggestion, while others were from Hu Family Village and refused to close the gate after hearing Hu Cheng's suggestion.

Just as the two sides were completely at odds and in complete chaos, Lin Chong had already charged into the gates of the Zhu Family Village alone, rushing forward like a storm.

With a pair of tiger and leopard paws, she crushed the heads of two soldiers, stepping over their bloody remains as she charged into the manor. A ten-foot-long spear swept across her left and right like lightning, ripping the dozen or so Zhu Family Manor soldiers controlling the gate into pieces! Blood flew everywhere, and severed limbs splattered in all directions!

Chapter 241: The First Appearance of the Demonic Shadow at Tongliao Gate

"Control the gate! Let the brothers in!!!"

Lin Chong roared angrily. Seeing that the gate had been breached by the bandits, Zhu Biao could no longer argue with Hu Cheng and rushed down the city wall to fight Lin Chong, hoping to drive this Leopard Head out of Zhu Family Village.

Lin Chong was not afraid at all. He wielded his eighteen-foot spear and killed two more of his personal guards who rushed over. He then engaged Zhu Biao in a fierce battle! After five rounds, Zhu Biao was caught off guard and in ten rounds, he was forced to retreat. Seeing that he was no match for Lin Chong, Zhu Biao spurred his horse and fled. But even his best horse could not match the speed of Lin Chong in his demon prince form.

As Zhu Biao heard the howling wind beside him, he felt a chill run down his spine. Lin Chong had already spurred his horse up behind him, and with a swift movement, grabbed Zhu Biao by the back of the neck, lifted him off the horse, and brought him back to the camp alive.

At that moment, the vanguard, Suo Chao, surged forward like a crimson river, becoming the second to crash into the gates of the Zhu Family Manor. His warhorse's hooves thundered across the ground, instantly propelling him to the heart of the battle. In a flash, Suo Chao abandoned his stirrups, and like a quenched arrow released from a bow, he leaped from his saddle amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd!

The Zhu family soldiers looked up in horror, only to see Suo Chao leap into the air, her figure momentarily blocking out the light. Her entire body, weighing over a hundred pounds, was bulging with muscles, all her power concentrated in her arms! The giant golden axe in her hands, as wide as a door and gleaming with a dark, deep gold light, was swung by her arms, creating a fierce wind that tore through the air, emitting an extremely shrill scream!

Her eyes were fixed on the horrified head of the enemy general below, and all her strength, combined with the immense power of her descent, was poured into the chilling glint of the axe blade!

"Crack!"

The incredibly sharp giant axe, carrying a terrifying force capable of splitting rocks and cleaving mountains, precisely pierced the enemy general's skull! It was as if it were cutting not flesh and blood, but soft tofu! The sharp blade pierced through the skull, split the neck, ripped open the chest, and cleaved open the abdomen... Wherever the axe struck, the horrifying sounds of bones breaking, tendons tearing, and internal organs being exposed, mixed with gushing scalding blood, suddenly echoed throughout the battlefield.

In the blink of an eye, the enemy general was cleaved in two from top to bottom by Suo Chao's earth-shattering strike! Hot, bloody blood gushed out like a fountain, and the two halves of the body tilted to the left and right under the enormous inertia, crashing onto the messy ground with a thud, splattering internal organs and blood everywhere.

Suo Chao landed steadily, her giant axe spotless, only her lingering, chilling killing intent remained. Like a tireless killing machine, she leaped high a second time, her giant axe slamming down with the force of splitting a mountain, cleaving the second, third, and fourth enemy generals in two! These captains and junior officers were no match for Suo Chao's decapitating leaps and slashes, and were precisely cleaved to death by her amidst the chaos of battle.

At this moment, Yang Zhi, the Blue-Faced Beast, was the third to flash into Zhu Family Village. He led his soldiers to scatter the enemy troops, open the city gates, and let more Liangshan soldiers rush into Zhu Family Village in a mighty procession!

"The back door has fallen! The back door has fallen!!!"

In an instant, countless desperate cries echoed throughout the Zhu Family Village. After a day of fighting, the exhausted Luan Tingyu was awakened by these screams. Dragging his weary body, he donned his armor once more and went back into battle, determined to regain control of the back gate and drive all the Liangshan troops out.

But alas, Leopard Head Lin Chong had already reached her. The two generals had barely begun their four-on-one attack when the battle immediately entered a fierce, white-hot phase. Two agile figures, like female leopards, darted and clashed amidst the chaos of battle, sparks flying and clanging, terrifying winds and thunderous storms shattering the surrounding air!

"So you're Luan Tingyu! You've got some skills. No wonder Thunderbolt and Senior Sister Lu couldn't handle you!"

Lin Chong, clad in a plain brocade battle robe, her jade-like face frosty, her almond-shaped eyes like lightning, and the legendary eighteen-foot spear forged from tempered steel in her hand, truly came to life! The spear tip transformed into a soul-capturing, cold star, scattering countless pear blossoms in the night sky! Her movements were agile and her footwork extraordinary. Her spear thrusts like a venomous snake spitting its tongue, cunning and ruthless, aiming straight for vital points; or it sweeps like an angry dragon waving its tail, a raging torrent splitting the shore, forcing Luan Tingyu to dodge and weave repeatedly.

Luan Tingyu was no pushover either! Clad in black armor, she gleamed in the firelight, her figure valiant and imposing. The heavy, powerful black iron staff in her hand was impenetrable to her! The staff's shadow writhed like an ink dragon, sometimes clashing head-on with the force of a thousand pounds against the sharpness of a spear. The terrifying roar of the spear clashing with the staff made the eardrums of distant soldiers ache, and sparks flew like fireworks.

Lin Chong, being skilled in speed, was struck by the immense force, causing his hands to go numb and his eighteen-foot spear to tremble and vibrate. Luan Tingyu roared, and his staff rained down, targeting the joints of Lin Chong's spear. The six-sided black iron staff swept across Lin Chong's waist with the force of wind and thunder, its speed so fast that it even produced a shriek!

Instead of retreating, Lin Chong advanced, his wrist twisting rapidly. His spear, propelled by the momentum, traced a beautiful, crescent-shaped arc, its tip sweeping across the air. Accompanied by a deafening clang of metal piercing the sky, their weapons clashed once more! The immense recoil traveled back along the spear shaft and staff, forcing both men to stagger back two steps. Their steel boots and tiger-like claws sank deep into the mud, leaving spiderweb-like cracks in their wake! Their eyes met, so close they were almost touching. Lin Chong's eyes burned with fighting spirit and icy composure, while Luan Tingyu's eyes held a wild fighting intent and astonishing ferocity.

The two generals exchanged blows, a true clash of equals. Lin Chong's spear followed like a shadow, striking, thrusting, parrying, and deflecting with the force of a storm, showcasing his agility and ruthlessness to the fullest, delivering a fatal blow from the most cunning angles each time.

Luan Tingyu's iron staff moved with sweeping, powerful strokes, smashing, sweeping, striking, and twisting like crashing waves. Each strike contained the ferocious force to shatter stone, forcing Lin Chong to deflect and maneuver, unable to unleash his full power. The spear was like a serpent piercing the heart, the staff like an ancient python coiling around the body! They fought for more than forty rounds without a clear victor.

However, while Luan Tingyu could stop Lin Chong, her soldiers could no longer stop the others from Liangshan. Zhu Hu was at most a Di Sha level, but he could easily defeat people like Deng Fei and Ou Peng.

But now, the person charging in front of her was Yang Zhi, the Blue-Faced Beast, who was only slightly weaker than Lin Chong. His Yang Family Spear Technique stirred up a storm, and he suppressed Zhu Hu in just ten rounds, forcing him to retreat step by step and get injured all over his body. By the fifteenth round, he could only parry and had no chance to fight back.

Behind them, Suo Chao led his cavalry in a swift and decisive charge, breaching the defenses of the Zhu Family Village. Lu Zhisheng and Wu Song also led a large number of infantry forward, capturing sections of the city wall, occupying strategic high ground, and the arquebuses on the walls and towers erupting with terrifying sounds and flashes! From their elevated positions, they sniped at the enemy, making it seem as if the entire Zhu Family Village was ablaze!

At that moment, Liu Hong took advantage of the chaos to fly directly to the front gate. After killing more than a dozen soldiers as easily as cutting melons and vegetables, he opened the front gate of Zhu Family Village. Song Jiang looked at the Liangshan leader who had taken over Zhu Family Village with a complicated expression, raised the command flag, and led Li Kui, Qin Ming, Hua Rong and others to storm into Zhu Family Village through the front gate.

Seeing the situation deteriorate to this point, the head of the Zhu family manor could no longer care about anything else. He ran directly into the cellar and saw a huge teleportation portal that looked just like the Ghost Fanlou in Tokyo and the Chenqiao Post Station in the wilderness. It stood in the darkness, hidden in the deep forest of Dulonggang, and concealed within the triple stone walls of the Zhu family manor.

Meanwhile, Old Master Zhu abandoned Chinese and used the bold and unrestrained language of the Khitan people to roar loudly into the doorway, calling out to the terrifying figure on the other side of the portal, a figure as huge as a giant.

Chapter 242: The Khitans' Secret Momentum

As soon as Old Master Zhu finished speaking, the magical barrier of the teleportation portal rippled like water, vaguely revealing the terrifying outline of a giant. The next second, a three-meter-tall ogre rushed through the arcane ripples of the teleportation portal and roared as it descended upon Zhu Family Village!

This ogre was like a mountain of flesh and blood covered in steel. His massive, bloated body was wrapped in layers of heavy, rough Tang Dynasty lamellar armor. The cold, hard armor plates gleamed eerily in the firelight, and dark red, old bloodstains and greasy grime were visible where the edges of the armor were worn. The beast-heads on his shoulder armor and belt were crafted into the shape of ferocious bronze wolf faces, edged with tangled, greasy brown bear fur. His neck, as thick as a tree stump, was adorned with a string of fangs from wolves, leopards, and bears, the twisted Khitan-style scrollwork on them blurred and indistinct by the passage of time and brute force.

Its enormous bald head was covered with scars and wounds from war. Its thick jaw protruded two long, blood-stained, pale fangs. Its cloudy little eyes were sunken deep in thick folds of fat, gleaming with a greedy, ferocious light. Two braids, woven from faded strips of cloth and colorful feathers, were symbolically tied on either side of its forehead. The ends of the braids were haphazardly entangled with some rusty copper bells and small bone fragments, which made a dull clattering sound as it moved.

Most chilling of all was the ogre's left arm. His left forearm had been completely severed, but instead became a finely crafted and terrifyingly powerful short-barreled cannon. The cannon barrel, hastily cast from a heavy wrought iron cylinder, was tightly bound with worn cowhide and several rough iron hoops. The muzzle was large enough to fit an adult's head, and the dark interior reeked of gunpowder and sulfur. This ferocious weapon was secured to his muscular upper arm and shoulder with several raw hide ropes thicker than his arm, displaying a clumsy yet destructive power.

As this humanoid war fortress clad in ancient Tang Dynasty iron armor moved, the entire underground chamber of Zhu Family Village trembled. The heavy breathing mixed with the lingering smell of gunpowder from the cannons, creating a terrifying scene reminiscent of hell.

“Old Zhu, His Majesty gave you this teleportation portal not so you could use it like this.”

The ogre roared and raised his left-hand short cannon, pointing the dark muzzle at the head of the Zhu Family Manor.

"Once the Treaty of Shanyuan breaks down and war breaks out between the Liao and Song dynasties again, His Majesty can send his most elite ogre warriors through a teleportation portal to the heart of Shandong, bypassing the Hebei front and opening a second front in Shandong! The reason why your Zhu Family Village can dominate here is because you have received a lot of resources from His Majesty! Speak! What is the purpose of forcing us to teleport here today?!"

"General, please calm down! This old servant had no choice but to summon you!"

The old man was terrified by the cannibal and quickly tried to explain.

"My Zhu Family Village is on the verge of collapse! It's about to be breached and fall! When the enemy sees this portal, not only will my entire Zhu Family Village be wiped out, but your Great Liao will also be implicated and affected!"

"Nonsense! We've already bribed the officials! Who doesn't know that your Zhu Family Village is the biggest landowner in this area? With the Song Dynasty's administrative capabilities, let alone the county magistrate, even the prefect would have to treat you with utmost respect if they wanted to collect taxes from the Zhu Family Village! How could the Song army possibly besiege your Zhu Family Village?! Did you do something stupid and disobey His Majesty's orders?!"

The ogre roared and raised his fist to strike. He couldn't understand what could possibly threaten the Zhu Family Village besides the Song Dynasty government.

"This old servant has always been careful with his words and actions. It was not the government that attacked my Zhu Family Village!"

Master Zhu hurriedly denied it.

"Then who else can threaten your Zhu Family Manor?! His Majesty has allocated countless amounts of gold and silver, dispatched countless artisans, and mobilized countless soldiers for you! Moreover, he has built three layers of city walls in such a terrifying and formidable place as Dulonggang! All of this is to protect our teleportation gate!"

With such a level of defense, who but the Imperial Guards of the Song Dynasty could break through it?! Do you really think a mere band of bandits or peasant rebels can threaten you?!

The ogre cursed in disbelief and asked in return.

"But, but what attacked today was really a band of bandits, river pirates! They occupied Liangshan Marsh and used it as a base to stir up trouble. I don't know how they did it. Maybe they have someone supporting them? The scale of this war even surpasses that of the Zhu Family Village, and they have a large number of strange weapons that we've never seen before. There's nothing I can do! Now they've broken through the gate and stormed in!"

The old man's mournful face left the cannibal completely bewildered.

"I have no other choice. General, please lead the Liao soldiers and drive them out! If the Zhu Family Village falls, His Majesty's years of planning and the ambushes he has laid will all be in vain!"

The Liao general cursed and roared a few times, but had no choice. He gave the order in Khitan to the other side of the portal. On the other side of the curtain, figures moved and a large number of Khitan cannibals began to gather and set off.

Meanwhile, the battle at Zhu Family Village was also extremely fierce and brutal. The soldiers of Zhu Family Village had long heard of the infamous reputation of Liangshan and knew that any landlords and wealthy people they had defeated would have their entire families wiped out. They knew that they had helped the wicked and would definitely not have a good end. Therefore, in order to protect their property, these Zhu Family Guards fought exceptionally fiercely and brutally. They relied on every street and every house to put up a desperate resistance against the invading Liangshan troops.

However, the Liangshan army was simply too numerous, overwhelming the enemy in numbers. Little Protector Li Cunxiao and the Golden-Winged Roc were soaring in the sky, taking in the entire Zhu Family Village and seeing through every layer of defenses of the Zhu Family soldiers.

After receiving the information, Song Jiang launched a pincer movement, ordering Li Kui to attack the left and Qin Ming to attack the right, gradually tearing apart, surrounding, and annihilating the resistance forces of the Zhu Family Village.

Li Cunxiao ordered his musketeers to move forward fifty meters and occupy the high ground of the granary. From there, they unleashed a hail of bullets at the enemy's defenses, causing the Zhu Family Village to retreat in disarray.

More importantly, half of the elite troops in Zhu Family Village were from Hu Family Village, and they had now turned against Hu Cheng! This betrayal from their own side was like the final mountain that broke the camel's back, causing the defenses that Luan Tingyu had painstakingly built to collapse completely! At this moment, the destruction of Zhu Family Village was only a matter of time.

"Sister! You go block the door! I'll deal with this Iron Rod Luan Tingyu!"

After opening the front gate and letting Song Jiang's troops in, Liu Hong turned around and charged back into the battlefield. Seeing that Lin Chong and Luan Tingyu had fought for fifty rounds without a clear winner, he ordered Lin Chong to lead the cavalry to encircle and annihilate the Zhu Family Village's cavalry and not let them escape. Then he would personally fight Luan Tingyu!

Chapter 243: Yelü Dashi's Fierce Cannon Fire

"Om-"

With a resounding clang of metal, Liu Hong's pair of towering, gilded wings suddenly unfurled! Each feather, like a tempered diamond, shimmered with a blazing white luster like the sun's true fire. The Great Sage of Chaos hovered in mid-air, his gilded wings seemingly tearing through the heavens, whipping up raging golden hurricanes that overturned military tents and armored soldiers, scattering wooden stakes and arrows. The dragon-patterned staff in his hand, inherited from Zhao Kuangyin, roared and ripped through the sky, countless fine dragon scale patterns lighting up with a deep blue light, with the faint image of a divine dragon coiling and roaring within!

After battling Lu Zhisheng, Qin Ming, and Lin Chong, Luan Tingyu remained as steady as a mountain. Even among thunder generals, there were differences in strength; her fair and muscular body seemed forged from weathered meteorite iron, her bulging muscles bulging beneath her dark blue heavy armor. She stood firmly on the ground, her shoulders slightly lowered, a powerful inner force, as thick as the earth's veins, surging and flowing, condensing into a near-tangible barrier of lightning around her, causing the ground beneath her feet to crack and spread. Facing the imposing Liu Hong in mid-air, her eyes showed no fear, only the burning heat of battle like molten iron and the thunderous rage of certain victory!

"boom!!!"

Suddenly, Liu Hong moved! His golden wings flapped violently, compressing the air into a deafening sonic boom! He transformed into a golden meteor tearing through the sky, his dragon-coiled staff trailing a comet-like tail of brilliant flame, crashing down without any flourish. The force was like a cascading Milky Way; even before the staff's wind arrived, the violent energy had already swept away all the dust and boulders within a ten-zhang radius, sending them flying into the air. The dragon scales on the staff transformed into a shower of falling stars from hell, crashing down with the force of a collapsing heaven and shattering stars! Like a defiant and ferocious golden-winged roc spreading its demonic claws.

Luan Tingyu's eyes were bloodshot, and she roared like thunder! The iron rod, wrapped in incomparably powerful acquired qi, rose from below like a thunderous dragon raising its head to overturn the sky! She did not resist it head-on, but instead used her unparalleled domineering power, wrapped in the thunderous power of the Five Thunder Orthodox Method, to intercept the unstoppable landing point of the Panlong Rod from the front.

Just as the two sticks were about to collide, a massive explosion resounded for miles around, and a visible circular shockwave burst forth.