thefictionvixens Chapter 157 The Ownership of Sahel City
Chapter 157 The Ownership of Sahel City
On the morning of the third day after the Queen, the Second Princess and the High Priest arrived at Newt City, the sun shone on the walls that were being reinforced, as if covering the city with a golden coat. However, a shocking news was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, stirring up ripples - the goddesses actually announced that the world level would be raised to level 20!
This oracle did not cause much of a stir in the kingdom, as people seemed to have expected it. After all, the kingdom's combat power system had collapsed, and the previously stable order was gone.
Originally, the collapse of the combat power system meant that a large number of individuals with high strength emerged. If the kingdom could unite at this time and jointly march north to fight against the powerful empire, it might really be possible to break through the current predicament of being trapped on the peninsula.
Unfortunately, the king was assassinated and the princesses fled to their respective supporters for protection. As a result, the collapse of the combat system not only failed to become an opportunity for the kingdom to rise, but instead accelerated its decline and may even eventually lead to the disaster of national destruction.
Faced with this situation, Zhang Wei couldn't help but sigh: "Opening up the world level to the goddesses is undoubtedly a poison to quench thirst!"
He knew very well that once the world level was opened, those countries and forces that were not troubled by internal strife would definitely go all out to improve their own strength; on the other hand, the kingdom would have to spend precious time dealing with internal disputes.
Zhang Wei decisively ordered Newt City to enter a state of combat readiness, and secretly conveyed a secret order to Yuan Shao who was in Xinna Port, requiring the Dark Legion to be transferred from Borhos Town to Xinna Port to prevent the White Tiger Duke from attacking Xinna Port.
At the same time, Zhang Wei cleverly used the names of the queen and the high priest to write a letter to the chief officer of the Korno Fortress. In the open letter, he solemnly asked the Korno Fortress to continue to be loyal to the royal family and resolutely stop being involved in the Sun and Moon Rebellion.
Not only that, Zhang Wei also carefully wrote a private letter to the chief officer.
He followed Feng Ji's strategy, put himself in the shoes of the chief officer to analyze the situation, weigh the pros and cons, and tried his best to prove that the wisest move for the Korno Fortress was to keep the troops in place and wait and see.
The reason for taking such action was actually that Zhang Wei had already drawn up a plan to march south, with his target directly aimed at Sahel City.
However, to achieve this military feat, it was necessary to ensure that the Corno Fortress, located south of Sahel City, remained neutral and not send troops to support Sahel City.
Originally, Zhang Wei hoped to hold high the banner of the queen and the high priest and persuade the city of Sahel to surrender.
But Feng Ji warned him rationally: At this time when the world is in chaos and heroes are rising up, if the lord of Sahel City has a little bit of brains, he will definitely not join Zhang Wei's side. After all, the queen, the high priest and the second princess are being criticized for the crime of assassinating the king.
Just when Zhang Wei was in urgent need of outstanding talents, Yuan Shao unexpectedly sent him three capable generals from the distant Xina Port - Shen Pei, Ju Su and Tian Feng! This undoubtedly made Zhang Wei feel like he had found a treasure.
After careful consideration, Zhang Wei decided to accept Feng Ji's proposal: appoint Shen Pei to be in charge of military command, Ju Su as chief strategist, and the brave and warlike Wen Chou to be entrusted with the important task of serving as general. The three of them would stay in Newt City to ensure that the city would not be lost.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Wei personally led the mighty army to go into battle. At the same time, he appointed Feng Ji to continue to be in charge of military affairs. The resourceful Tian Feng became the new strategist, and the brave Yan Liang took on the heavy responsibility of general. Together they marched south to attack the city of Sahel.
Not long after the army set out, Tian Feng offered a suggestion to Zhang Wei: "I am willing to go to Sahel City with the Archer Toni to try to persuade the enemy to surrender. This will confuse the enemy and cover up the true movement of our army. The other party will definitely not easily agree to surrender, but as long as we calculate the time to leave the city accurately and ensure that the army can arrive in Sahel City within three days after we leave. At that time, the enemy may still be discussing how to respond and has not yet made substantial preparations for the battle. By then, our army will be ready, while the enemy will be completely unprepared. This battle will be won and this city will be captured!"
Zhang Wei agreed to Tian Feng's plan and agreed to it. As expected, when the lord of Sahel City faced Tian Feng's request to surrender, he refused without hesitation. However, the lord did not make things too difficult for the two of them, considering the powerful strength of the Archer Toni.
Zhang Wei led his huge army to Sahel City as expected. The city was caught in a fierce debate: should it submit to Zhang Wei or to Duke Baihu?
As Tian Feng expected, the situation in Sahel City became extremely tense because of their previous visit, but this tension did not prompt the people of Sahel City to make a decision as soon as possible.
When Zhang Wei's army approached the city wall, those who supported surrendering to Zhang Wei left the meeting room without hesitation and hurried to the north gate to prepare to open the city gate and welcome Zhang Wei's army into the city.
At the same time, the city lord realized that the situation was hopeless and began to pack their bags in panic, trying to escape before Zhang Wei's army entered the city.
However, there are still some people in Sahel who are loyal to the king. Facing the attack of Zhang Wei's army, they firmly believe that Zhang Wei is also one of the murderers involved in the murder of the king. This belief makes them choose to fight desperately without hesitation and are determined to avenge the king.
The Blood Moon Cult followers who were hiding in the city and planning to assassinate Zhang Wei suddenly received a mysterious oracle. The oracle ordered them to evacuate Sahel City immediately to avoid the fate of Zhang Wei's bloody massacre of the Blood Moon Cult. Although many followers were full of doubts, they were in awe of the oracle so that they dared not disobey the order and had to flee the city while it was in chaos.
After Zhang Wei successfully occupied Sahel City, he mercilessly carried out a bloody massacre against the opposition and potential enemies in the city, just as the Blood Moon Goddess predicted. In this era of unrest and turmoil, Zhang Wei would never allow any factors that might cause unrest to exist in the land he ruled.
Zhang Wei's capture of Sahel City was like a sharp sword piercing the heart of the army of the Corno Fortress, making them panic. They had no idea whether Zhang Wei would point the spearhead at them next. At this time, the envoy sent by the White Tiger Duke planned to march north from Naville City in an attempt to persuade the Corno Fortress to surrender.
However, things went against their will and the plan suffered a setback - a huge army of ghouls suddenly appeared on the south side of Corno Fortress and quickly established a solid defense line, cutting off the connection between Corno Fortress and Naville City.
Even more serious is that Navel City fell into panic. The reason is that their soldiers found that a fierce Goblin army was gradually approaching the city. Faced with such a threat, Navel City had no choice but to urgently withdraw the troops originally ordered to march to Xina Port in order to fully resist the invasion of the Goblin army.