Chapter 49: Zhao Feng Makes His Move, Fiercely Breaching the City! The Entire Army is Shaken!

Just as Zhao Feng had thought.

If the city gates were not broken in this battle, the Great Qin elite soldiers would be unable to enter the city, and this engagement would turn into a stalemate.

The gates seemed to have been sealed shut by the Han army within the city; the battering rams were utterly useless. Even though cracks had already appeared on the gates, they remained incredibly sturdy.

Furthermore, the battlements were being heavily defended by the Han forces.

With over eighty thousand Han soldiers, no matter how terrifying the Qin rain of arrows was, it would be impossible to kill them all.

"Why hasn't the gate broken yet?"

Liu Wu stood before the city, blocking the chaotic arrows with his shield while shouting at the elite soldiers charging the gates.

"Commander!"

"The gates have been poured with molten iron, and there seems to be reinforcement inside. We have struck them hundreds of times without success!" a centurion shouted in terror.

"Damn it!"

Liu Wu glared intensely at the gates that still refused to yield.

He then looked back at Zhao Feng and the Commander's Battalion, who were steadily approaching from behind.

"The opportunity to lead the vanguard was given to me by General Chen. I absolutely cannot let General Chen down."

Gritting his teeth, Liu Wu looked up at the walls of the Han capital.

Then, he raised his sword and roared, "Brothers of the Vanguard! We shall not retreat until the city is broken!"

"Since the gates cannot be breached, follow this Commander and storm the battlements!"

With Liu Wu's thunderous shout, he climbed directly onto a siege platform, joining the elite soldiers rushing the walls to engage the Han army in close-quarters combat.

A bloody struggle ensued!

Arrows rained down incessantly from the battlements. Under Liu Wu's command, the Commander's Battalion suffered heavy casualties.

If they could not break the gates, they would eventually be annihilated.

Watching the city gates draw closer, Zhao Feng let out a roar. "Where are the soldiers of the First Commander's Battalion?" He raised his Longquan sword.

"Forward! Forward! Forward!"

The five thousand elite soldiers behind Zhao Feng roared in unison, their morale surging.

"Listen to my command!" Zhao Feng bellowed. "If I fall in battle, Zhang Han shall take command of the battalion. If Zhang Han falls, Wei Quan shall take command. We shall not withdraw until Han Capital is broken! Follow me and charge through the gates!"

"We obey your command!"

The various officers and soldiers shouted in unison.

In contrast to the waning morale of Liu Wu's Second Commander's Battalion, the morale of Zhao Feng's battalion was soaring, far surpassing the rest of the army.

In the rear formation, Li Teng watched from atop a chariot.

"Pass my order: except for the personal guard in the rear, all other Ten-Thousand-Man Battalions are to attack," Li Teng commanded in a heavy voice. "Break Han Capital in one battle!"

Han Capital had to fall!

This was tied to the Great Qin's eastward expansion and, more importantly, to the unification of the realm. No one could stop it. No matter the cost in casualties, it was worth it.

"By order of the General! All Ten-Thousand-Man Battalions, except for the personal guard, are to deploy! By order of the General!"

...

The orders were relayed. All the elite soldiers in the rear formation deployed, charging toward Han Capital.

Inside the city!

"If one falls, another must take his place! We must never give the Qin army an opening!" Cao Yi shouted loudly.

The Qin soldiers storming the battlements fought with ferocious momentum, but the Han defense was equally tight.

However, at that moment, Zhao Feng, wielding his shield, dodged the heavy rain of arrows and approached the gate, which was now strewn with corpses.

"Zhao Feng!"

"The gates have been sealed by the Han army; they cannot be broken. Follow me up the battlements to take the city!"

From the siege platform, Liu Wu saw Zhao Feng attempting to continue the ramming assault and immediately shouted to him.

Zhao Feng ignored him.

"Commander!" Zhang Han shouted. "Let us use the battering rams to break the gates!"

"The rams won't work," Zhao Feng roared. "Follow me!"

Under the gaze of Zhang Han, the other officers, and the soldiers, Zhao Feng charged forward, his Longquan sword already raised.

At the same time, he mobilized his strength, which exceeded a thousand catties. The blade of the Longquan sword even began to vibrate.

*Whether the city can be taken depends on your Longquan,* Zhao Feng shouted in his heart.

He swung the sword!

He slashed toward the gate.

*Kachika!*

A sound of metal cutting through something rang out, accompanied by a spray of sparks.

With a single strike, a massive sword mark was carved into the gate; the heavy timber was sliced open.

Through the gap in the wound, one could see the stunned faces of the Han soldiers inside, who seemed shocked that the gate had suddenly developed such a deep fissure.

But before they could recover from their shock, the Longquan swung again.

Another slash.

Sparks flew from the gate.

When Zhao Feng finally stopped, it had appeared to be a single strike, but in reality, he had delivered over a dozen rapid-fire slashes. The gate was now covered in deep, intersecting cracks.

"The gate... the gate is going to break!"

"Quick... quickly report to the General!"

The Han soldiers inside were struck with terror.

But in the next instant, they were given no chance to react.

Zhao Feng took a massive step forward. Holding his shield in his left hand, he lunged violently, slamming his entire weight against the gate. "Break!"

*BOOM!*

Under the terrified gazes of the Han soldiers inside, the gate—which had withstood countless impacts from the Qin elite—shattered completely, collapsing into fragments of iron and wood.

"How... how is this possible?"

Looking at the shattered gate and the ferocious aura radiating from Zhao Feng, the Han soldiers were utterly aghast. They could never have imagined this.

"Is he even human?"

"He actually smashed the gate open with sheer strength?"

On the siege platform, Liu Wu's eyes widened in absolute astonishment as he watched the scene below. He looked at Zhao Feng as if he were seeing a god or a demon.

It wasn't just them; Zhang Han, Wei Quan, and the other officers and soldiers behind Zhao Feng were equally stunned.

They were filled with shock!

"Commander... is he even human?" everyone asked in disbelief.

At this moment, both sides of the battlefield were stunned.

The enemy inside did not expect Zhao Feng to be able to break the gate, let alone do so by slashing it with a sword and then smashing it open.

The soldiers outside did not expect their Commander to be so terrifying, possessing strength that surpassed human limits.

"Soldiers of the First Commander's Battalion, listen to my command!"

"Follow me and kill!!"

Zhao Feng's roar sent the stunned soldiers of the Commander's Battalion back to their senses.

"The Commander is divine!"

"Follow the Commander! Kill!"

"Divine strength! Kill... kill them all!"

"Charge!"

Zhang Han, Wei Quan, and the soldiers of the battalion roared with excitement, following Zhao Feng's silhouette as they surged into the city!

Zhao Feng led the charge.

With his shield held high and his Longquan sword swinging, blood sprayed everywhere. Several Han soldiers were instantly decapitated.

With a divine weapon in hand and his terrifying strength, he was an unstoppable force.

*Killed a Han soldier, gained 5 points of Strength.* *Killed a Han soldier, gained 5 points of Speed.* *Killed a Han soldier...*

A series of notifications appeared on his interface.

Zhao Feng's gaze swept forward. There were almost endless waves of Han soldiers ahead.

While it looked like an endless crisis, it was actually a massive opportunity for Zhao Feng—the source of his skyrocketing attributes!