Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6591 Broken City
"So direct?" Cui Jun frowned. He knew it was a good idea. It was the first time that the Cui family sold contraband materials. Although they did not prepare all kinds of outrageous things like the Zhao family as a precaution, they still had a basic destruction plan.

After all, the Cui family is not as bold as the Zhao family. A family that has been selling contraband weapons for several years without stopping is definitely not a normal family. Generally speaking, those who sell arms to generate income are quite powerful. Even if they have no presence among ordinary people, they are well-known in the circle.

As for those who can even sell banned weapons, they are the top of the top. Cui feels proud to have such teammates, as long as his teammates don't throw banned weapons on their heads.

"Our family has channels with the Zhen family and Marquis Chen. We didn't have to do this before. This year we suffered a disaster and were worried that we wouldn't have enough time, so we just sold some contraband items to get some food and supplies." Cui Lin felt somewhat helpless after listening to Cui Jun's explanation. They used to do legal business, and the two Cuis had the merit of following the dragon, so they didn't need to do this kind of business before.

"Why don't we get involved in this business? We don't seek to make money from it, but at least we need to understand this industry. What Zhao said before may seem simple, but in fact, it is more than one level higher than our technology. We only have the ability to destroy." Cui Jun suggested cautiously.

Although it can quickly destroy all kinds of prohibited weapons, it is easy to imagine what kind of weird stuff is used, and its power is naturally not too small. But compared with Zhao's stuff, it feels that the technology is a whole level lower. Even Cui Jun can't remember what technology to use to achieve what Zhao said.

Cui Lin nodded upon hearing this. He didn't want to make much money from this, but to develop some skills from this aspect. Although the two sides are close comrades now, they still have to rely on fists when dividing the spoils. This kind of technical gap still needs to be handled with caution.

As for where Zhao's technology came from, it was thanks to the European barbarians and Parthian bandits who sacrificed their lives in recent years, which greatly enhanced Zhao's technical strength.

"Next is our side. Can the things we are going to use to destroy contraband materials blow up the city gate?" Cui Jun asked with some concern.

Although considering that his shop is close to the city gate and has a basement, and the caution of his family members, it is likely that they will secretly dig outside the city. Combined with the inevitable special etched military formation and other weaponry, regardless of concealment, it is likely to be effective given the refugees' defense capabilities.

But this is just a high probability. If there is a problem in any link, this opportunity will be wasted.

"In this situation, the faster the better." Cui Lin did not answer directly. Instead, he argued that speed is of the essence in war and the current situation. "If we attack directly from the outer city and the enemy holds on, it will be difficult for us to capture Media with its defenses. Even if we can capture it, the losses and time are unacceptable to us. Therefore, we can only rely on internal and external cooperation. Conventional methods are not realistic."

Cui Jun nodded when he heard this. Indeed, this was the only way now.

"I am somewhat worried whether the things we prepared can blow up the city gate. If we had known this, we should have directly shipped large quantities of goods instead of being stingy in preparing such a small amount to sell." Cui Jun sighed and said, "Although it is enough to destroy the strategic weapons we sell, it is not so easy to blow up the city gate of a city of this level."

On the one hand, the city itself is suppressed by clouds, and on the other hand, the city gates have been etched and strengthened by strong warming. Combined with the blessing of the Han Dynasty city's own military formation, after the city gates are sealed, even with some means, it is difficult to open them by external force.

"That depends on whether the Zhen family has invested energy in this area over the years." Cui Lin said seriously, but then a hint of mockery appeared on his face. "But as far as what is happening now is concerned, I think the Zhen family should not have invested energy in this area. They probably haven't considered updating the special etchings on the Mediah city gates or strengthening the city gate defenses."

Cui Jun had a blank expression on his face when he heard this, but he also acknowledged this fact. It seemed that now he could only bet on how useless the Zhen family was. Fortunately, the Zhen family had already proved how useless they were.

In the darkest hour before dawn, the Zhao and Cui families launched attacks at the same time.

Dozens of specially treated God-killing Spears, relying on the secret technique of response locking, covered the position observed by Zhao.

Then, thousands of similarly processed heavy-duty etched armor-piercing arrows also headed towards the ambush point observed by Zhao, which contained a large amount of contraband materials.

What followed was an endless rain of arrows. After several waves of attack, Zhao's elite cavalry had already rushed into the ambush point before the last wave of arrows landed.

The Parthian refugees who were lying in ambush in the dark were stunned by the sudden attack. Faced with the cavalry whose number could not be determined in the dark but whose shouts of killing were continuous, they were almost defeated at the first blow.

This is the Zhao family's tactic. Compared with other families, the Zhao family's tactics have been simplified to the level of tactical weapons bombardment, high-intensity barrage strikes, arrow rain suppression to cover the elite cavalry attack, and then the cavalry armed with long spears to deliver a fatal blow.

It was a very crude tactic. As long as the first three moves could be withstood, Zhao's battle plan would be tantamount to offering one's head. But if the first three moves could not be withstood, then when the cavalrymen armed with long spears pierced through at the highest speed, even the elite soldiers would be pierced with a lot of holes.

Unfortunately, the ambushing troops at this location were not top-notch defensive guards. Even though they were carefully selected from the Parthian refugees and had certain war experience and were relatively strong and young, they were of no value at all in the face of the current situation and were easily wiped out by the Zhao family like a whirlwind.

Zhao's style of fighting could easily kill himself when fighting against a tough opponent, but when fighting against a weak opponent, it would be a complete sweep, defeating the opponent before he could even react.

Zhao Jian pulled the long spear from a Parthian bandit soldier wearing etched armor with an indifferent look. The special etching formed a layer of glow on the front of the armor, which was about one-third of the thickness of the armor itself. However, when facing the spear thrust by Zhao Jian, this layer of glow activated by the special etching dissipated easily like melting snow, and then the armor, which was supposed to block the spear's thrust and make it slide away, was directly pierced by this blow.

How could the various prohibited equipment sold by the Zhao family not have backdoors? This kind of equipment has the same level of defense as the etched armor produced by Chang'an, and its special defense layer will be directly ineffective when facing the special etched weapons supplied exclusively by the Zhao family.

Why do we have to sell these contraband materials so tirelessly? In addition to exchanging them for various materials for development, the more important thing is to plan for the future. No matter who these materials fall into the hands of, it will only benefit the Zhao family and not harm them!
Zhao even put on vests when selling these contraband materials to avoid being discovered.

"Master, we have recovered one hundred and forty-two God-Slaying Spears." After defeating the bandits at the ambush point, Zhao Ming quickly collected all the dangerous weapons and reported to Zhao Jian.

"Gather all the damaged armor and deal with them later. The three-shot crossbow has too big a flaw, so activate the overload mode this time and destroy it after the attack. Collect all the etched Yuanrong crossbows, but remember to count them clearly. We have to report all of this to the Zhen family." Zhao Jian shook his lance to get rid of the blood stains, and gave the order while looking at the ambush point occupied by his family that had completely returned to peace.

When Zhao attacked the ambush point and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop, Cui led the most elite backbone of the family and attacked directly to the center of the opposing bandit army.

Compared with Zhao's one-wave attack, Cui's tactics are very orthodox.

When the fully armored infantrymen were within a few hundred steps of the enemy, they dismounted from their horses, formed a square formation again, and then advanced steadily and directly broke through the enemy's front line.

Faced with this unhurried offensive, the battle line formed by the Parthian bandit army naturally gathered towards the central army, preparing to rely on their absolute advantage in military strength to entangle the Cui family, and then wait for their main force in ambush to attack the Cui family from the side.

Cui Jun seemed very indifferent to this. He took his time in order to attract all the refugees around. Only in this way could he quickly disintegrate the hundreds of thousands of bandits outside the city.

However, this kind of behavior is a great test of the mentality of one's own soldiers. Once their mentality collapses when surrounded and attacked by bandits that are several times larger than their own, the army will collapse even if its strength is still there.

However, Cui Jun believed in his newly completed elite troops, which were heavy infantry unique to the Cui family. Their core talent was a strange talent passed down from ancient times, a special talent that could form a layer of energy membrane under the soldiers' skin. This membrane gradually grew stronger as the soldiers themselves mastered it, and could greatly reduce all kinds of damage.

Even when this layer of membrane grows to a certain extent, attacks below a certain level will not be able to cause any harm to soldiers with this talent. What's more important is that this layer of membrane has a strong weakening ability against all kinds of attacks.

It can be considered a strange talent that Cui's ancestors got for free from somewhere, but this talent is really useful. Cui has spent several years constantly honing this elite talent. Even now, regardless of how strong this talent is, at least when wearing heavy armor, most of the Parthian bandit troops cannot cause any damage to Cui's headquarters. Even long-range arrows can basically only injure but not kill.

The sky gradually brightened. Tens of thousands of bandit soldiers surrounded Cui's heavy infantry tightly. Although they did not kill many, they surrounded them tightly. The leaders in the rear were also constantly reinforcing the defense, preparing to guard against the Han army's breakout at any time.

As for these refugees, many of them used to make a living in Cui's territory. Who would care about them at this time? Even if they occasionally recognized one or two familiar faces in the enemy camp, they would still fight to the death. After all, the refugees seemed to have the upper hand at this time.

Cui Jun did not comment on this. He was waiting for the Zhao family to rush over. Even if these bandit soldiers composed of refugees had some weapons, most of them were just weapons made of chopped wood, so they could not cause any damage to Cui's heavy infantry. But Cui Jun would not forget the large number of banned weapons in the city of Media.

If those things were concentrated together, even if they didn't kill Cui's army directly, they could at least disperse them and trap them in the enemy's formation. Once the formation collapsed, they would be doomed soon.

So they had to wait, waiting for the Zhao family to eliminate those guys with prohibited weapons, and then rush over. At that time, the Zhao family would be outside, and the Cui family would unleash their core talents and make a breakthrough inside. With the cooperation between inside and outside, they could directly defeat the hundreds of thousands of refugees outside the city of Media at the fastest speed.

This is also the reason why the Cui family would rather set up their battle array and fight steadily than take risks. If they don't do that, it would take a long time for the two families to kill hundreds of thousands of refugees.

As for the fact that Zhao failed to capture the ambush point and annihilate those Parthian bandits who were armed with prohibited weapons, to be honest, if this happened, Cui would be dead whether he or she launched an attack or not. So I believe that I can hold on. I believe that Zhao will pounce on us after they have dealt with the bandits at the ambush point. As for the rest, there is no need to think too much!

Cui's heavy infantry held out until the moment the sun jumped out from the horizon. Zhao Jian led the elite cavalry, with pack horses pulling triple-shot crossbows and rushing over with the captured Zhushen Spear.

The fighting method is exactly the same as before, the God-Slaying Spear explodes, and after the explosion, the Etched Armor-Piercing Arrow crushes, and then the rain of arrows suppresses, and the elite cavalry charges into the enemy formation.

The Parthian refugees, who had never encountered such a style of attack, were instantly defeated by such a wild blow, and Cui Jun decisively ordered his own heavy infantry to use their talents in another way, and launched wild and heavy blows on the enemies in front of them.

That's right, this talent inherited by the Cui family, in addition to being used to reduce various attacks from the enemy, another way to use it is to contract it inside the body almost like a tendon, to strengthen one's control over the body's muscles, and then burst out amazing combat power between the raising of hands and feet.

In the case where he is unable to join the Royal Guards, this two-sided talent can at least give his soldiers more methods and enhance their combat effectiveness to a certain extent.

The ambush point that the bandit leader had placed the greatest hope on had not been activated, which in itself made the bandit commander feel uneasy. However, since Cui's elite heavy infantry had been performing mediocrely and were surrounded by their own bandit army from all sides, the bandit leader, although feeling uneasy, did not escape.

However, when Zhao suddenly appeared, he directly destroyed the small half of the bandit army surrounding Cui with a wild attack, and led the cavalry into the front line with an indomitable momentum. Cui's heavy infantry also burst out with extreme combat effectiveness under Cui Jun's command. Taking advantage of the enemy's panic, they divided into more than a dozen teams under the leadership of the most elite top-level guards and tore through the front line.

As a result, the entire battle line was easily blown up and dispersed before the bandit army could react, and finally collapsed naturally when the generals did not know their soldiers and the soldiers did not know their generals.

After all, most of them are refugees who have not received military training. Even if there are occasional geniuses and the record of unexpectedly conquering Media, facing the real regular army, under this kind of pincer attack from both inside and outside and the center blooming, they can't play any of their own military advantages at all, and can only be driven away at will like a flock of sheep and collapse.

There was chaos outside the Media trading city. The bandits in the city noticed this in the dim light of day and decisively closed the city gates, abandoning the Parthian refugees outside the city. As Zhao Jian and Cui Jun had expected, they chose to defend Media to the death.

"Good cooperation." Cui Jun, who was wearing armor, saluted Zhao Jian, who was covered in blood and had a slight injury on his arm.

"You are much braver than I thought." Zhao Jian looked at Cui Jun and said seriously. His impression of Cui was still when they returned the Halberd Warriors to the Yuan family. However, Cui did not take any action in the following years.

"If you want to win quickly, you have to take some risks, and I believe I can do it. I also believe that you will not miss this opportunity. Like you said, before we conquer Media, we who came here are the most close allies. As for the others, we will talk about it after we conquer it." Cui Jun looked at Zhao Jian and said calmly.

The Er Cui has an average reputation among the aristocratic families, but most aristocratic families have an average reputation in the mouths of other aristocratic families, and Er Cui is not the only one.

"How do we fight now?" Cui Jun asked Zhao Jian. Although the Cui family also had means, before taking action, Cui Jun, who had seen the Zhao family's magical power, felt it necessary to ask his allies. After all, the two sides were now the most loyal allies.

"Go to the South Gate and use these three-shot crossbows and the God-Slaying Spear that are still usable. We can still blow up the gate of Media even if it is overloaded." Zhao Jian had no intention of hiding it, and he didn't even want to argue with the Cui family about whether the Cui family had the means to open the city gate.

For Zhao Jian, he didn't want to waste time at all. At this juncture, any delay would lead to changes, so he had to act as quickly as possible. He should conquer Media before considering other things. Now that the bandit army on the periphery had been completely defeated, he could free up his hands to deal with Media's city defense. There was no need to waste time.

Cui Jun turned his head to take a look at the large three-shot crossbow, and then looked at the God-Slaying Spear. These two things are indeed very powerful when combined, but the Cui family is not without them. Times are different now. In foreign countries, which top wealthy family doesn't have such a thing? The power of this thing can't even blow up their Wu Castle, so how can it blow up the city gate of Media?

But since Zhao Jian said so, Cui Jun would not ask these questions. There is only one urgent task, and that is to break the city!
Seeing that Cui Jun did not ask any questions, Zhao Jian dragged these things straight to the South Gate, and then used these things to blow up the South Gate in front of Cui Jun's stunned eyes!

I just finished writing. Today is really the last day of the month.