Why My Domineering Prince Regretted Filing for Divorce?

Even Yu Wenqian, standing behind her, seemed to feel her tremble slightly.

But said nothing.

Only Yin Changyue next to her rushed to take a look and said, "A trench? Why is there a trench there?" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"Has Mr. Yin forgotten?"

Dai Junliang, standing behind him, said in a deep voice: "The Great General left military orders before he fell ill — close the city gates tightly, dig deep trenches, firmly defend the city, under no circumstances fight outside."

Upon hearing these sixteen words, a trace of astonishment appeared on Yu Wenqian’s calm face.

Then, a faint smile surfaced in his clear eyes. When he looked at Shang Ruyi again, there seemed to be a hint of admiration in his gaze.

So, that’s how it was.

As Yin Changyue heard this military order, he couldn’t help but frown tightly and said: "Dig deep trenches? You dug them here? When did that happen? Why didn’t I know?"

"Just a few days ago, at night."

"But digging trenches here, what use is it?"

As they were speaking, several more ladders braving the rain of arrows were pushed to the foot of the tower. However, having been warned, they carefully avoided the trench around the sides of the city walls, nearly half a person’s width, and began to set the ladders against the tower.

At this, Yin Changyue also became somewhat flustered and shouted desperately, "Quick, quick, stop them!"

His panicked cries finally aroused some people’s fighting spirit. Soldiers in the rear lifted the long-prepared Thunder Stones and rolling logs meant to stop the enemies from climbing the tower, and slammed them down mercilessly below.

A rumbling sound was heard.

The first ladder set against the tower immediately shattered, and those who hadn’t yet climbed up were smashed, bleeding, and fell to the side.

But Xue Xian showed no fear and immediately waved his hand—

"Archers!"

Then, his archers behind retaliated towards the people on the tower. The sound of arrows piercing the air was incessant. In no time, several soldiers on the tower were struck down, and those below seized this brief pause to set the ladders on the tower again, with Longxi Army soldiers beginning to climb up one by one.

"Quick, quick, stop them!"

Someone on the tower shouted again, and this time, it was Shang Ruyi who rushed forward. She raised the strong bow in her hand high, nocked an arrow, drew the bow into a full moon, and said in a deep voice, "The water is gone, you can fetch more; but if life is gone, there’s no chance anymore."

"..."

"If you falter, they’ll attack; can you afford to lose?!"

As soon as her voice fell, the arrow in her hand shot downward with a swoosh.

The first soldier climbing the long ladder, brandishing the spear in his hand, was almost about to stab the battlement, when a cold gleam shot towards him. With a miserable cry, he fell backward.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding soldiers were also roused to life.

Indeed, if water is used up, it can be fetched again.

But if life is lost, everything is lost!

For a moment, strong and fierce roars erupted from everyone, with more effort than before, they hurled rolling logs and Thunder Stones down the tower, and archers seized the opportunity to keep shooting arrows downward. Meanwhile, Xue Xian’s troops, fearless, also shot numerous arrows densely towards the tower, and for a while, even the evening glow was overshadowed by the cold gleam of flying arrows.

But soon, those roars and the sound of flying arrows were drowned out by a greater noise.

The people on the tower looked up, and suddenly, their hearts sank.

In front of the tower, more Longxi Army soldiers kept surging forward. It was the main force of Xue Xian’s troops, who, while attacking the city, took the opportunity to cross the river and rush to the tower, covering the land below the tower entirely. As far as the eye could see, it was densely packed with Longxi Army.

Another batch of archers charged forward, not even reaching the city gate when they shot a shower of cold gleams onto the tower.

Suddenly, the people on the tower were suppressed and couldn’t lift their heads, and during this gap, the people on the ladders below, shield in hand, climbed up desperately.

In no time, someone leaped onto the tower.

The person, eyes filled with bloodlust, flipped onto the tower and pounced directly at Dai Junliang in armor. Dai Junliang showed no fear and with one stroke, chopped that person to the ground.

But more people were still climbing up!

Once someone was on the tower, the morale of the defenders couldn’t be salvaged. With the ladders below already crawling with people, and the entire ground below full of Longxi Army soldiers, along with countless arrows flying overhead, pressing them so they couldn’t breathe, this view left the people in the tower, already imbued with a sense of despair, even more hopeless.