Soul Town: Claiming the throne? You've asked my Tian Ce Army, haven't you?

The reason is simple: outside the north gate are cliffs and steep walls, and the place to stand is right next to the city wall, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is enough to leave 10,000 Chu soldiers here.

As for the remaining three sides, 60,000 troops were deployed in each of the east, west, and south gates, with another 10,000 troops remaining inside the city, ready to support the other gates at any time.

"Reporting to the strategist, both Commander Bai and Commander Diao are ready..."

The messenger landed in front of Yuan Xichen and reported.

"Alright, inform the two commanders that they should begin the siege upon my signal. They must draw the defenders from the other gates over at all costs!"

"Yes!"

After the messenger left, Yuan Xichen turned around and took out the proclamation he had written denouncing Xiang Yu.

"Someone come here!"

"Your subordinate is here..."

"Spread the news of Xiang Kunlun's rebellion and attack on the Spirit Realm, and also spread this news..."

"Yes!"

The soldier took the proclamation against Xiang Yu from Yuan Xichen and left the camp.

"Notify Commander Wei and Commander Zhang to prepare for the siege according to plan!"

"Yes!"

Soon, as a signal flare rose into the night sky, the three armies from the east, south, and west launched a simultaneous attack on the Hall of Heroes.

The Lüxian Palace, which was stationed in the Hall of Heroes, also received the news quickly.

"General of the Celestial Palace, enemy forces have launched a surprise attack!"

Lu Xiangong frowned. Could it be the Greedy Camp? But she had just confirmed with Lin Leilang and the others via the Spiritual Message that no troops from the Greedy Camp had left...

"How many people are on the other side? What flag are they carrying?"

"The enemy forces from the southeast, west, and south sides combined number no less than 150,000, and they are flying different flags: the south gate has the 'white' flag, the east gate has the 'Yuan' flag, and the west gate has the 'sable' flag..."

"Okay, I got it!"

Upon hearing the name "Diao" on the flag, Lü Xiangong confirmed that the other party was indeed the Greedy Camp. After all, spirit users with the surname Diao were extremely rare, and the most famous one in the Underworld was Diao Lingyun, the Emperor Killer...

However... Xiang Kunlun had only been in the Spirit Realm for a short time when the Greedy Camp's army besieged the city...

How could they be here so fast? When did they sneak over here?

At that moment, a soldier covered in blood, with an arrow still stuck in his body, ran in.

"General of the Celestial Palace... The south and west gates have suffered heavy casualties. The army cannot stop the enemy's leading general, and the city gates are about to be breached!"

"what?!"

Lu Xiangong looked surprised. He could understand why Ximen was the enemy general who killed Emperor Diao Lingyun, but how could Nanmen not be stopped?

Is there any powerful spirit medium surnamed Bai in the Greedy Camp?

"General of the Celestial Palace, what do we do now?"

"What's the situation at the East Gate?"

"The enemy has suffered heavy casualties and is unable to breach the city gates for the time being..."

Lu Xiangong gritted his teeth and ordered, "Pass on my order: the remaining five thousand elite troops and the ten thousand troops remaining in the city, go to the west gate to provide support!"

After hesitating for a moment, I said, "In addition, I will send 6000 soldiers from the North Gate to accompany me to the South Gate to provide support!"

"Yes……"

After the soldiers went to relay the orders, Lü Xiangong took a deep breath, changed into her spirit robes, and decided that she didn't want to face her ancestor at the West Gate. She would let his former elite troops go instead...

She was going to the South Gate to see who could rival the Killing Emperor Diao Lingyun... Since there was no banner with the character 'Li' on it, it seemed that Li Moxuan hadn't come in person.

As for the North Gate... it should be fine. The terrain there is treacherous, and the army simply cannot attack the city gate from that direction.

Even if there is a situation at the north gate, 4000 Chu soldiers would be enough to hold out until we return to reinforce...

Now, all we can do is try our best to hold the city gates and wait for Xiang Kunlun to return to reinforce, or for his "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao" strategy to take effect...

Lu Xiangong sighed softly, feeling immense pressure. If only Xiao Qi and the others hadn't left…

Putting her thoughts aside, she went outside, preparing to head towards the south gate to provide support before the troops from the north gate arrived.

Unbeknownst to her, at that very moment, beneath the cliffs outside the North Gate, Huo Jiu'an was leading over a hundred Zhaowu Guards, climbing step by step upwards.

Near the North Gate, Yan Qiaoqiao led a 10,000-strong Greedy Battalion to hide, awaiting Huo Jiu'an's signal...

……

The Greedy Camp was the military camp of Yue Fei's army.

"Jiuli, are you sure?"

Old Li frowned and asked as he looked at Jiuli, who had returned after scouting the enemy's situation.

Jiuli nodded. "Yes, there is indeed an army hidden inside, about 100,000 strong, and the leaders seem to be two spirit beings..."

"Okay, thank you for your trouble. It's getting late, so you should go back and rest. Leave the rest to us!"

"Um……"

After Jiuli left, Li Laoyi turned to Yue Yunxuan, who was looking at a map of Nandou Street, and asked, "Yunxuan, who do you think the other party is?"

"Need I say more?"

Yue Yunxuan said confidently, "It should be the people from the Hall of Heroes. Right now, the only people in the Underworld who can openly mobilize so many soldiers at once, besides us, are the Hall of Heroes..."

"Not bad!"

Old Li nodded, a smile spreading across his face. "I never expected that this Kunlun was so much smarter than his ancestors, that he even knew to guard against us!"

"If Xi Chen and the others hadn't left beforehand, this army could have held us back effectively, no matter what we wanted to do!"

"Once Xi Chen bypasses them and begins attacking the Hall of Heroes, this army buried here can be caught off guard and used to relieve the siege of Wei by attacking Zhao!"

At this point, Old Li shook his head, "They just didn't expect that there were your 100,000 Yue Family Army soldiers in the Greedy Camp, and that we discovered them in advance..."

Yue Yunxuan turned his gaze away from the map. "Brother, once the battle at the Hall of Heroes begins, they should be attacking Tianlang Stronghold..."

"Should we turn the tables on them?"

"Simply using a counter-strategy isn't enough..."

Old Li revealed a strange smile. "Yun Xuan, are you confident that you can take down this army of 100,000 with me?"

Yue Yunxuan was taken aback, then nodded, "Of course... but what do you plan to do, brother?"

Old Li turned around and said, "We still have quite a few cadres left in our stronghold. Since they want to come in, let them in, then we'll lock the gate and beat them!"

Chapter 115: The Guardian of Xuanwu Gate

Xuanwu Gate.

Covered in blood, Li Moxuan slumped to the ground, his Cloud-Shattering Halberd stained with blood. Around him lay the corpses of eight hundred Xuanjia soldiers.

Looking at the corpses of the Xuanjia Army soldiers, Li Moxuan took a few breaths. He had thought that the Xuanjia Army soldiers were sent by Li Shimin to test him, and that they wouldn't be too harsh.

But he was clearly overthinking it...

These Xuanjia soldiers fought him like their lives depended on it; they were willing to risk their lives to injure Li Moxuan—pure suicide soldiers.

Eight hundred Xuanjia assassins gave Li Moxuan a lot of trouble. He couldn't even tell if the blood on his body was theirs or his own, or perhaps both...

Fortunately, we managed to take them all down...

After resting for a while, Li Moxuan used the Cloud-Shattering City-Breaking Halberd to support himself as he stood up. As soon as he stood up, the corpses of the Xuanjia Army on the ground turned into black smoke and disappeared.

Immediately afterward, the crisp sound of horses' hooves reached Li Moxuan's ears. He looked up and a black and gold "Great Fortune" suddenly appeared in front of him.

He vaguely saw a giant hammer coming down on him...

Li Moxuan didn't have time to think and hurriedly held the Cloud-Shattering City-Breaking Halberd in front of him.

As the drummer's golden hammer collided with the halberd, Li Moxuan was instantly sent flying by the immense force, finally coming to a stop only after crashing into the city wall.

Seeing that Li Moxuan, buried under the rubble of the city wall, hadn't moved for a long time, Li Yuanba chuckled, turned his horse around, and muttered to himself, "That's good, finally I can go out and have some fun..."

Shortly after he left, a hand emerged from the pile of rubble. Li Moxuan shook off the rubble pressing down on him and sat up.

As soon as he sat up, Li Moxuan felt a sharp pain throughout his body; he felt as if several of his ribs were broken...

Where did this incredible luck come from? It propelled me to new heights in an instant...

"Cough cough..."

Li Moxuan patted his slightly throbbing head, recalling what "Da Yun" looked like: a black warhorse with a general wielding two hammers riding on it...

The double hammers definitely weren't Li Shimin's... Which general from the Tang Dynasty used double hammers?

In the novel *Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties*, there are four generals who use double hammers, known as the "Eight Great Hammers".

The first to bear the brunt were Li Yuanba, the "Prince of Zhao of the Western Prefecture," who wielded a pair of golden drum-shaped hammers, and Pei Yuanqing, the "Silver Hammer Protector," who used two eight-sided plum blossom silver hammers.

In addition, there is Qin Yong, the "Bronze Hammer General" who wields a pair of bronze gourd-shaped hammers, and Liang Shitai, the "Iron Hammer Tai Sui" whose weapon is a pair of 320-jin (approximately 160 kg) iron oil-pressing hammers.

Li Moxuan fell silent...

He remembered that the giant hammer that came crashing down was golden, and the color of the "Great Fortune" was the same as the color of the fur of Li Yuanba's mount, Wanli Yanyunzhao...

So, the real defender of Xuanwu Gate is Li Yuanba?

That was Li Yuanba, who defeated Yuwen Chengdu with two hammer blows, drove away Pei Yuanqing with three hammer blows, defeated Luo Cheng with one move, killed Wu Tianxi with three moves, and killed a million enemies in the battle of Siming Mountain!

Li Shimin used him to guard Xuanwu Gate... did he not want any descendants to inherit the Tang Dynasty?

After a moment of silence, Li Moxuan's body had recovered considerably, and he then propped himself up and stood up.

He knew this was his own inner world, and as long as his will was strong enough, even if his opponent was Li Yuanba, he couldn't be killed...

As for winning against Li Yuanba... Li Moxuan didn't hold out much hope; he could only wait and see if Li Yuanba would hold back...

His current situation is similar to that of Huangfu Longdou, who faced Xing Tian. Huangfu Longdou fought Xing Tian thousands of times in his inner world but still had no chance of winning.

Only after she fought with all her might to block Xing Tian's attack did she gain Xing Tian's approval...

Li Moxuan didn't think his current situation was any better than Huangfu Longdou's.