With a round of bombardment of the sky thunder cannon, the pottery merchant had seen through the fragility of Chang'an City. After the test was over, he immediately ordered the sky thunder cannon to hit the direction and bombard the left wing of the city wall.

Because the Tao merchant had seen before that under the bombardment of the thunder cannon, the city wall on the left wing of the city gate was most seriously damaged, and it should be the weakest part of the entire city wall.

The pottery merchant wanted to concentrate firepower and smash the city wall on the left in one go.

The holy order was passed down, and the sky thunder cannon temporarily stopped bombarding. After a brief adjustment of direction, it re-targeted the city wall on the left.

With a command, thousands of cannons were fired at once, and thousands of stone bullets the size of bullheads rose into the air again, drew a graceful arc, and shot towards the left-wing city wall from all directions.

Boom boom boom boom-

There was another loud noise soaring into the sky, and the entire city wall was shaking and trembling. Under such dense bombardment, large areas of walls either fell off or were bombarded to pieces. The surface fortifications such as the female wall on the upper part of the city wall were instantly razed to the ground, and the soldiers who had no time to hide were bombarded into meat paste.

Under one round of bombardment, the left wing wall was fully visible.

The horror had just begun, and the stone rains after rounds of time were endlessly covered, launching saturated and uninterrupted continuous bombardment on the fragile city wall.

The earth was shaking, the sky collapsed, the earth was cracked, and the earth was flying wildly in the sky. The Qin army's terrified howls were ruthlessly submerged in the loud bang of the sky.

Yan Yan, who was hiding under the city tower and survived, was anxious when he looked at the crumbling wall, and muttered tremblingly: "Crown Prince, the city wall will be broken sooner or later. Your reinforcements will arrive sooner, and we still have hope to block the Wei army. If it is a little later, the general situation will be over..."

Yan Yan was worried and terrified to himself, like all the screams of the Qin army, they were drowned in the loud sound of the sky.

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Prince's Mansion.

When Yan Yan sent a letter soldier and a horse rushed there, in the palace, Cao Ang was still enjoying the graceful dance of the dancer, listening to the meek songs and music, and drinking a small wine with pride.

"In less than a month, the pottery thieves will withdraw their troops because of the emergency in the north. At that time, His Highness the Crown Prince will make great contributions to defending the city and will gain more trust and respect from His Majesty. This Crown Prince's treasure soldiers will be as stable as Mount Tai." Cao Zhen, who was sitting at the stairs, smiled and showed a bright future for Cao Ang.

The other civil officials and military generals who accompanied Cao Zhen to accompany him and raised their glasses to congratulate Cao Ang.

It seemed that in their eyes, it was a foregone conclusion that defending Chang'an City and forcing the Wei army to retreat.

Cao Ang heard the more proud he raised his glass and smiled, "If I had not worked together, I would not have been able to achieve great achievements. After forcing the Taoist thief to retreat, I would have asked my father for merit and rewards for you."

"Thank you, Your Highness," Cao Zhen and others raised their glasses and thanked Cao Ang.

Cao Ang also raised his glass high and drank with everyone with a smile.

After drinking a glass of wine, Cao Ang glanced at the distance and quietly landed on Ma Yunlu, with a hint of displeasure in his eyes.

Everyone present was very happy, either complimenting him or toasting him, but only Ma Yunlu sat there coldly, with a cold face, without saying a word, and without touching a drop of wine.

Cao Ang saw his fiancée's disappointing cold attitude, and felt unhappy.

He swallowed secretly, pretended to be a smile, and smiled at everyone, "After today's hard drink, maybe you can drink my wedding wine in a few days."

When Ma Yunlu heard the word "welfare" and frowned slightly, as if these two words touched her taboo.

"Your Highness, can you tell me the marriage between Your Highness and Miss Ma?..." Cao Zhen immediately understood and looked at Ma Yunlu with a smile.

Cao Ang drank another glass of wine and said proudly: "I have submitted a memorial to my father yesterday. I ask my father to allow me to choose a good day to get married within a day. I will use this wedding ceremony to inspire the soldiers of the three armies and stabilize the hearts of the people and the morale of the army again. I believe that my father will definitely be grateful."

Cao Zhen was immediately surprised and hurriedly bowed: "Your Highness has just been promoted to the crown prince, and now he can marry Miss Ma again. It's really a happy moment. I really congratulate you here."

"Congratulations to Your Highness for his two joys." The other civil and military officials also stood up to congratulate him.

Cao Ang became more proud and laughed loudly, and the smug laughter echoed in the hall.

Bang!

Ma Yunlu, who had been silent all the time, suddenly slapped his hand on the table, interrupting Cao Ang's proud laughter and scaring him.

The laughter stopped abruptly. Before Cao Ang could react, Ma Yunlu stood up, stared at Cao Ang with complaints, and asked coldly: "Why don't you ask for my opinion first, and then take the initiative without authorization!"

As soon as Ma Yunlu said this, the hall was silent in an instant, with a pair of awkward and surprised gazes shot towards Miss Ma in one after another.

"This Miss Ma is really ignorant. She dares to question the prince in front of so many people. Isn't this intention to make the prince unable to bear the face..." Cao Zhen frowned quietly and shook his head secretly.

The expressions of the civil and military officials were the same as Cao Zhen. They were obviously surprised that Ma Yunlu dared to refute Cao Ang's face so openly.

Cao Ang's smug smile.

4000

Suddenly it solidified, a hint of anger flashed in his eyes, and his fists were clenched in the wine glass, almost getting angry.

Obviously, Ma Yunlu was so disrespectful to him and dared to question the prince in public, which made him feel extremely unhappy, but he also knew that Ma Yunlu was strong and proud. If he had an attack on the spot, it would be fine if she did not give in, but maybe she would contradict herself even more.

"If that happens, I will be even more insecure..."

Cao Ang's thoughts flew around, and soon weighed the pros and cons, took a secret breath, forcibly suppressed the anger, and waved: "I have a few words to talk to Miss Ma alone. Today's wine is almost the same. Let's all go away."

Cao Zhen and others were also tactful and stood up and retreated.

All the ministers retreated, and all the singers and dancers retreated. In the main hall, only Cao Ang and Ma Yunlu were left.

Ma Yunlu glanced at him, brushed his hand, and turned around and wanted to leave.

Cao Ang got angry, smashed the wine glass hard on the desk, and shouted: "Stop it!"

Ma Yunlu ignored him and walked out the door.

Cao Ang became even more angry, rushed down the steps a few steps, shouting sternly: "Ma Yunlu, I order you to stop as the prince. If you dare to take another step, you will be rebelling!"

Ma Yunlu suddenly slowed down, only one step away from stepping out of the threshold of the hall. After hesitating for a while, hesitating, but in the end he bit his red lips with his teeth and withdrew his steps.

Even though she was arrogant and relied on the power of the Ma family in the court, she acted a little arrogantly, but she was not arrogant enough to be arrogant. Even Cao Ang dared not take the identity of the prince seriously.

"What are the instructions of Your Highness the Crown Prince?" Ma Yunlu turned around and asked in a cold tone.

Cao Ang nodded with satisfaction, his annoyed expression was restrained, and he stepped forward with his hands behind his back, stared at her cold and beautiful face, and asked unhappily: "Yunlu, the engagement between the prince and you is my father's personal gift. Everyone knows that you will be my princess sooner or later. Now I am just asking my father to make you the princess in advance. It's fine if you are unhappy, why dare to question me like that?"

Cao Ang all put on a look of His Royal Highness, with his noble nobleman, and he wanted to use his noble identity to suppress Ma Yunlu.

Ma Yunlu had no awe at all, and he didn't even want to look at him directly. He just said coldly: "I just don't like to change the wedding date casually without my permission."

Cao Ang's face darkened, and he immediately became annoyed, and said in a deep voice: "You are the fiancée of the prince. I will marry you whenever I want to marry you, and I will ask for your opinions? What a joke!"

"Since that's the case, then I'm happy with His Royal Highness, and I have nothing to say." Ma Yunlu replied coldly, turned around and was about to leave.

Ma Yunlu's cold attitude made Cao Ang crazy, and how could she allow her to leave just like that. She rushed forward in a few steps and blocked her.

Just as he was about to speak, a scout rushed in and bowed, "Report to His Highness the Crown Prince, the temperature outside suddenly warms up, and the ice on the city wall is melting. General Yan is afraid that the Wei army will take the opportunity to attack, so he asks His Highness to quickly transfer more troops to the east gate to increase defense."

Cao Ang was interrupted and couldn't help but become furious. He didn't think much about what the scout said. He slapped the scout hard on the face with a backhand.

The scout was thrown to the ground for no reason, frightened and aggrieved. He quickly knelt on the ground, trembling so much that he didn't even dare to let out a breath.

Cao Ang angrily scolded: "What's the point of making a fuss about getting warmer? It's late winter and early spring. It's not common for the weather to be cold and hot. After a few hours, the temperature will definitely drop. Isn't it enough to ask Yan Yan to splash water and re-ice the city? In such a short time, the pottery thieves have no time to organize the siege."

"Yes, yes, the young one knows, the young one takes his leave." The scout kowtowed repeatedly and fled in panic.

Cao Ang shouted at the guards outside again: "I have a serious matter now, so no one bothers me, let them get out of here!"

The guards outside were scolded for being disgraced and looked downright proud, and hurriedly closed the door.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty, your Majesty ordered you to guard Chang'an City. You don't care about the city defense, but you are struggling with me here. Is this how you guard the city?" Ma Yunlu asked coldly, with a little sarcastic expression in his tone.

Cao Ang snorted coldly and said proudly: "It's not your turn to point fingers when defending the city. I believe that there is no danger in the city wall, why bother too much? The most important thing now is to make clear the matter between you and me."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince wants to explain clearly." Ma Yunlu still looked cold.

Cao Ang took a deep breath, walked closer to Ma Yunlu, and asked in a deep voice: "Since the emperor gave you and me, you always looked cold and ignorant of me, and you repeatedly contradicted me. I just wanted to know why you did this, are you so reluctant to marry me?"

Cao Ang's words broke through the window paper.

"Yes, I'm reluctant to marry you!" Ma Yunlu also answered simply.

Cao Ang frowned deeply, his face became even more annoyed. He forced his anger to suppress his anger and asked gritted his teeth, "I, Cao Ang, is the prince, and his identity is so noble. How many women in the world are dreaming of becoming the prince's woman. Why don't you want to? Is this prince not worthy of you?"

"Does Your Highness the Crown Prince really want to know the reason?" Ma Yunlu looked at Cao Ang's angry expression, and his tone was still cold.

"Yes, I want to know, tell me!" Cao Ang roared in a hoarse voice.
Chapter completed!