Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

The decapitation operation was just the beginning; the real focus was on how to take control of the entire town without disrupting the lives of the citizens.

Therefore, apart from those few heinous criminals who had to be killed, we tried to recruit the other officials and generals who could be subdued, and for those who could not be used, we tried to meet their conditions so that they would withdraw willingly.

After careful consideration, Mo Yuming instructed Jia Shan to secretly find some soldiers who were dissatisfied with the city lord's actions and turn them against him. At the same time, he secretly contacted some people who had a grudge against the city lord to act as inside agents, and to try to infiltrate the city lord's mansion to find and destroy the key points of the defensive array.

If that's not possible, at least create chaos within the mansion to prevent its defensive arrays from functioning properly.

Although the several Heavenly Realm elders brought by Mo Yuming possessed high levels of profound cultivation, it would still take considerable effort to break through a high-level defensive formation, and the impact would be significant, causing many unnecessary troubles.

If a melee breaks out with the garrison, it will cause unnecessary trouble and may even lead to the failure of the decapitation operation.

Fortunately, the city lord's actions had already aroused public anger. There were many people, officials, and soldiers in the city who had grudges against the city lord and had opinions about him, some of whom were even filled with righteous indignation.

However, they were outnumbered and outmatched. Therefore, Jia Shan quickly managed to contact a large group of people through his mediation.

There were even several soldiers on duty inside the mansion.

The biggest achievement was successfully turning General Sun, the adjutant of the garrison battalion, to defect.

He was the most powerful general in the garrison, second only to the commander-in-chief.

If the commander-in-chief hadn't been a confidant of the city lord and hadn't been suppressed by him, General Sun would have replaced him long ago, given his strength.

Therefore, Mo Yuming's preliminary arrangements went very smoothly.

Mo Yuming and his accomplices agreed that once everything was arranged, Jiang Yuheng would lead his troops to launch a feigned attack on the city gates outside the city, while the people inside would simultaneously rise up, destroy the defensive array, and create chaos, thus launching a coordinated attack from within and without to capture Jian'an City in one fell swoop.

Before dawn, while the city lord was still dreaming among his concubines, a dull thud suddenly came from outside the city.

The city lord immediately felt a pang of panic in his chest and instantly woke up.

As the city lord, he was in control of the entire defensive formation and naturally knew immediately that someone was forcibly attacking the city's defensive formation.

Judging from the sounds, the attack density is very high; it must be an army besieging the city.

He immediately got up and ordered all the soldiers in the garrison to go to the city wall for defense.

However, shortly after the garrison commanders received their orders and led their soldiers to the city gates to provide reinforcements, the city lord's mansion inside the city was attacked by a group of unidentified people.

The guards outside the gate were quickly removed, and the exits of all streets were blocked, cutting off all communication with the outside world.

The entire city lord's mansion was instantly turned into an isolated island.

At the front gate, several powerful figures began to attack the defensive array of the city lord's mansion together.

The gate's defensive barrier was teetering on the brink of collapse under the powerful attack, and could break at any moment.

Lord Zhang was shocked and hurriedly ordered the guards in his mansion to resist.

While arranging for people to strengthen the defense of the magic array, he also mobilized guards to fight desperately.

Enraged, Lord Zhang ordered his subordinates to shoot the demon-slaying arrows at those attacking the magic array.

The advantage of a defensive formation is that it protects against external attacks but not internal ones, so those inside can launch attacks outwards without any hindrance.

The guards lined up and used their bows and arrows to shoot at Lord He and Lord Long, who were breaking through the enemy lines.

Lord Long dared not be careless and immediately used his profound skills to erect a vine wall in front of everyone for defense.

"Boom, boom..."

A series of explosions rang out, and many of the vine walls of Lord Long were blown apart. However, countless tiny green vines, like swimming snakes, quickly crawled over the holes and then grew larger to repair them.

The River God, whose cultivation was even higher, unleashed two water tornadoes as thick as water vats.

Two thick water dragons intertwined and rushed straight towards the barrier, pinning all the demon-slaying arrows against it and preventing them from being fired.

The Demon-Slaying Arrow was forced to explode between the water column and the barrier. As a result, the water tornado was not shattered, but the defensive barrier was cracked and nearly collapsed.

If it weren't for the several guards with Earth-level cultivation desperately repairing the barrier, the defensive barrier of the City Lord's Mansion would have shattered in just one strike.

Although the demon-piercing arrow failed to harm the group of old men attacking the city, it temporarily halted their attack.

Thanks to the timely repairs by the soldiers inside the manor, the defensive array has stabilized considerably.

Upon seeing this, Lord Zhang was overjoyed. He immediately ordered his men to continue using their profound skills to strengthen the defensive formation, while simultaneously gathering more manpower to attack these individuals.

"You scoundrels, you have quite the nerve to attack this city lord! You're tired of living! I'll capture you and make you wish you were dead!"

Seeing that the magic array had become much more stable, Lord Zhang became arrogant and cursed at the two men through the array.

"Really? A grasshopper in late autumn dares to make a fuss here? It's courting death!"

At this moment, a boy of about twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a golden mask, walked slowly towards the city lord's mansion.

He looked at Lord Zhang with disdain.

When Lord Zhang saw the approaching youth, he was startled, a sense of foreboding washing over him. A thought immediately flashed through his mind, and he quickly asked:

"Who are you? And why...why are you attacking my city lord's mansion!"

"Who am I? Heh, Lord Zhang must have already guessed by now!"

Mo Yuming sneered contemptuously.

"You are... the one who occupied Dongying Town and captured Commander Zhuang... How did you get in?"

Lord Zhang's heart began to race uncontrollably, and his lips trembled involuntarily.

What you fear most is what comes to pass.

"How could you ask such a childish question? Ha! I advise you to give up resisting as soon as possible, and I'll leave you a whole corpse!"

Mo Yuming continued in a cold voice.

"Don't be too arrogant. Don't forget whose territory this is. It's too early to say who will live and who will die!"

Lord Zhang feigned composure, angrily shouting at Mo Yuming while ordering his guards to launch an attack.

"Quickly, send half of the archers to use the Demon-Slaying Arrows and kill that little bastard!"

Enraged, Lord Zhang immediately ordered his men to attack Mo Yuming.

"I think you'd better save your breath and stay there obediently while I come to take your life!"

Mo Yuming completely ignored the barrage of demon-slaying arrows and continued walking forward.

The old woman Qiu Shui, who was protecting him, raised her hand and created a water curtain. The water curtain created by the old woman Qiu Shui was completely different from the water column of Chu He.

The water curtain cast by Qiu Shui resembled a giant water droplet floating in the air. The Demon-Slaying Arrow shot into the water curtain, but it seemed to travel through a viscous liquid.

The Demon-Slaying Arrows quickly lost power, moved slowly through the water curtain for a moment, and then fell to the ground one by one, none of them exploding.

"Quickly use the magic crystal cannons on the bunker to blast them to death!"

This is what allows Lord Zhang to act so arrogantly here. With the magic crystal cannon in hand, even ordinary Heavenly Realm experts cannot resist him.

An ordinary magic crystal cannon can indiscriminately bombard everyone within a ten-zhang radius, while a higher-level one can annihilate enemies within a dozens of zhang radius.

However, even the most basic magic crystal cannon consumes an astonishing amount of energy, requiring three level-three or higher magic crystals for each shot.

That's hundreds of gold coins. You should know that hiring a martial artist at the early Earth Rank as a bodyguard only costs about five gold coins a year.

A comparison reveals just how precious these cannonballs are, which is why, under normal circumstances, no one dares to use the magic crystal cannon casually.

Even Lord Zhang, who had amassed a great deal of wealth from the people, couldn't afford to use it in large quantities.

"Report! Lord City Lord, the magic crystal cannon on the watchtower has been damaged by someone and cannot be started!"

A guard rushed in to report.

"Ah! Who has the guts to cause trouble..."

Lord Zhang's head immediately started buzzing, his blood was churning, and he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

"Report! The armory in the manor is on fire, and the arrows can't be retrieved!"

Just then, a soldier who had been sent to retrieve the arrows ran over to report.

Upon hearing this, Lord Zhang turned ashen-faced with fright.

The Demon-Slaying Arrow and the Magic Crystal Cannon were his powerful weapons for defeating his enemies. However, at this moment, the Magic Crystal Cannon had been destroyed and the Demon-Slaying Arrows were almost gone. This left him without any sharp weapons to control his enemies, like a helpless mouse trapped in a cage, with no power to resist.

Just then, Mo Yuming, who had slowly walked to the front of the magic circle, raised his right hand and gently pressed it forward.

A crisp "bang" rang out, and the once indestructible defensive array shattered instantly! Immediately afterward, Mo Yuming stepped into the city lord's mansion without hesitation.

At the same time, the soldiers who had been firing wildly at Mo Yuming seemed to have a telepathic connection and tacitly stopped their attack.

Then, Mo Yuming casually waved his hand, and the soldiers holding the Demon-Slaying Arrows turned around almost simultaneously, pointing their sharp arrowheads at Lord Zhang.

In an instant, all the officers and soldiers present seemed to be driven by some mysterious force, and they all gave up their resistance, silently threw the various weapons they were holding on the ground, and then quietly retreated to the side.

Just then, several soldiers suddenly emerged from the city lord's mansion. What was chilling was that each of them carried several bloodied human heads, and they walked step by step towards Mo Yuming…