Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 2182: Phase Two of the Plan!

Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr

Right after reaching the walls, the horseman was cut into pieces, and his corpse was carried by his inertia over the walls.

The city defense division's rigorous training immediately showed its effect, and it took only a few moments until order was restored to the walls.

More soldiers charged across the ice bridges, and large numbers of people died on both sides as the armies battled.

But Wang Chong had specifically trained his one hundred thousand soldiers for city defense, so even with the Xi Queen's ice bridges, it was difficult to break through them.

Moreover…

Bang!

With a massive boom, a ballista bolt wrapped in destructive energy shot through an ice bridge, leaving a large hole in that sturdy bridge and sending ice shards flying.

All the ballistae had changed targets and begun to fire on the ice bridges.

As An Lushan listened to the war cries from the distance, he slightly frowned.

"It's no good! This isn't enough to break the steel fortress!"

The Xi Queen had managed to deal with the kerosene, but it still seemed that breaking through the walls and opening the gate was a distant goal.

Wang Chong was far more prepared than he had anticipated. With this defense line, Wang Chong could defend against him until the end of time.

Wang Chong could wait, but An Lushan could not. The alliance army had lost almost four hundred thousand soldiers, while Wang Chong's losses had been rather limited.

If they could not break this stalemate, the alliance's morale would suffer a heavy blow.

An Lushan turned to Gao Shang and said, "Gao Shang, it seems that we have to execute the second phase of the plan!"

"Mm!"

Gao Shang nodded. He had also not anticipated that the second phase would have to be used so soon after the battle had begun.

But it truly did seem like there was no way of ending this impasse, other than activating the second phase.

"But if we do this, we will be in an extremely passive position. After all, the enemy generals have yet to make their move," Gao Shang worriedly said.

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