"Right, you must remember to restrain your soldiers, don't let them act like a disorderly mob, killing and robbing ordinary civilians. What I need is a disciplined army. Those who achieve merit will be heavily rewarded, but those who violate military discipline will not be tolerated by me!"

Wang Zhifan emphasized his requirements for discipline to the general at this stage because he knew only an army with strict discipline could be called an ace. If his soldiers behaved like bandits, killing and robbing, then he couldn't rely on them to help him achieve great ambitions, and he would only end up being a bandit leader.

"I understand, my lord! Anyone who violates commands will be dealt with according to military law!"

It was evident that the formidable king in front of him placed great importance on this aspect. The armored young general immediately agreed loudly. After the recent battle, he fully recognized the value of Wang Zhifan as his lord and was determined to prove his worth in front of him, as it directly related to his future prospects.

Time slowly passed, and in the afternoon of that day, Wang Zhifan's Feng Country Army finally arrived in front of the city gates of the Yin Country's capital.

Just as they predicted, the Yin Country Army did not underestimate them due to them being the Feng Country Army and chose not to come out to fight. Perhaps they had received information about the previous annihilation of the Terracotta Army, or perhaps they applied the same defensive tactics against the Terracotta Army to the Feng Country Army, remaining completely sheltered atop the high and thick walls of the Yin Country capital, protected by the more than ten meters wide moat.

Unlike the mountainous Feng Country, the eastern Yin Country is almost entirely flat. In such a battleground, they not only focused on their troops but also paid special attention to the construction of city defenses. Otherwise, their troops, after being defeated by the Tao Country Army, would have had their home overrun in a single wave.

Before the siege officially began, according to custom, Wang Zhifan sent a soldier over to persuade a surrender.

It was a young native with an exceptionally loud voice. He cleverly approached the edge of the archers' range on the city wall of the Yin Country and then shouted:

"Listen up, people of the Yin Country! Our dignified King of Feng Country demands that you open the city and surrender! As long as you surrender, we can ensure the safety of everyone in the city..."

The soldier hadn't finished yelling when an arrow swiftly shot down from the front wall. The arrow seemed to have a slightly longer range than usual arrows, heading directly towards his head, frightening him into ducking for cover.

"Hahaha!"

"Cowardly Feng Country people!"

"Look at yourself!"

"With this capability, you dare to persuade a surrender!"

...

Immediately, bursts of ridicule echoed from the city wall of the Yin Country capital, making the soldier who called out turn red-faced with anger, unable to speak a word of persuasion.

"Let him return to the ranks and prepare for the siege."

Despite witnessing this, Wang Zhifan remained exceptionally calm. He immediately ordered the young general beside him to proceed to the next stage. After all, he never hoped to successfully persuade Yin Country to surrender. The arrangement to call was purely a traditional process, a way to make his army appear more civilized.

"All troops, form ranks!"

Following the command, the young general nodded before waving the command flag. About three thousand Feng Country soldiers lined up in a rectangular formation facing the enemy's city gate, directly aiming at the Yin Country city gates on the other side of the moat. They didn't seem to regard this solid systematic defense as a problem. Even at this moment, they hadn't brought any heavy siege equipment like battering rams or scaling ladders.

"Heh... are the Feng Country people monkeys from the mountains? Just a handful of them running over naked and thinking they can take our Yin Capital? It's almost laughable!"

On the city wall of Yin Capital, a middle-aged man in ordinary armor watched the enemy formation ahead and couldn't help but let out a disdainful laugh.

He was the current general defending the capital of Yin Country. Originally, he was preparing for the Terracotta Army of the Tao Country, which was said to be coming. To his surprise, the Terracotta Army hadn't arrived, but the Feng Country Army had. He knew Feng Country was a small mountainous country, so he couldn't understand why these people, hidden in the mountains to maintain their state, suddenly went mad and attacked his Yin Country, especially when there were so few of them. They didn't even bring a single siege machine. What was the difference between rushing over to lay siege and offering themselves as a meal?

"Utterly absurd! It's a waste that I put on ordinary armor just to come up and observe! It's completely unnecessary!"

He had a low opinion of the Feng Country troops below the city wall, seeing them as a bunch of savages in clothing, completely ignorant of what warfare was, and unworthy to be his opponents.

However, Wang Zhifan's army was not affected by this disdain. All of them, whether the majority infantry or the few cavalry, were filled with a desire to conquer the enemies hiding on the city wall. All were brimming with fighting spirit, without any worries about the thickness of the enemy's defense.

They all knew their mighty king would solve this problem. Their task was to kill the enemy and fight a battle that would quickly crush the opposition.

Woo!~~~

The sound of the charge horn echoed throughout the battlefield. The Feng Country troops, arrayed below the more than ten-meter-high city wall, suddenly moved from stillness to advance. Meanwhile, the defenders atop the wall took action, pulling the strings of their bows to unleash a rain of arrows on these advancing enemies.

At this moment, Wang Zhifan, keeping his usual calm expression, made a further move. Unlike the battle some hours ago, he didn't charge forward on his Red Deer Horse. Instead, he rapidly gathered a certain power within himself and then, sitting on horseback, slashed hard at the city gate about three hundred meters ahead!

"Power of the Storm! Maximum Strength!"

With this strike, a black entity that seemed to reach the sky and earth descended upon this world—a tornado. A terrifying tornado with a diameter nearly a hundred meters and height reaching several kilometers was constructed by Wang Zhifan's power of the storm in an instant. It collided with the city gate of Yin Capital like an immense dragon, battering it relentlessly.

If an expert in meteorology observed it, they would be astonished by its extraordinary destructive power. Generally, in nature, a tornado of such scale wouldn't have such might. Tornadoes typically couldn't harm structures like walls, but this one, crafted with Wang Zhifan's full storm power, was different. It resembled a supernatural entity, spinning with sharp, high-speed blades against decaying wood, instantly peeling away layers of the wall and penetrating it quickly.

"Oh my God! What is that!"

"It's a dragon! The Black Dragon has descended!"

"Ah! Pull me up!"

"Ah!!! Save me!!!"

...

The terrifying tornado didn't just demolish the entire city gate but also pulled up guards from the city wall, hurling them into the sky. The Yin Country soldiers nearby barely had time to react before being drawn into the tornado and shredded into pieces, while those farther away managed to utter two screams before perishing.

However, this apocalyptic scene didn't last long. About three seconds later, it abruptly vanished, leaving behind the ravaged city gate of Yin Country.

It could have been coincidental, but the portions of the wall destroyed by the tornado fell into the moat, nearly filling it and creating a clear path leading directly into Yin Capital.

"Charge! Long live the King!"

"Long live the King!"

...

Witnessing this, the Feng Country soldiers plunged into a frenzy, shouting Wang Zhifan's name as they rushed into the Yin Country capital, beginning a relentless slaughter.

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