Volume 5 War and Peace Chapter 22 The First Battle of Defending the City

Under the cover of the catapult, Heigis army carried the siege ladder and pushed the siege tower. "Ho Ho" came to the top of the city with a loud sound. Hong Liejun also beat the war drums. The drum sound was slow at first, a bit like the sound of a person's heart beating: dong—— dong—

Ten thousand archers took their positions on the city wall with the sound of drums. Although they were raging with stones, they did not shoot. Heijis's men advanced forward for dozens of meters, and the drums gradually became denser. The archers put the arrows on the strings and remained silent. The next moment, the Heijis army finally entered the shooting range of the bows and arrows, and the drums of Hong Liejun became unprecedentedly fierce. Along with the snare drums that ran through the sky, ten thousand archers shouted in unison: "Kill!"

This time, arrows and locusts were covered with overwhelming over the head of the Heijis army, falling on the wooden ladder and the siege tower. Since the opponent had long expected the defenders to take such measures, the protection of the Heijis soldiers was also very strict. Everyone took off their shields from their backs and raised them over their heads to resist. After such delays, their travel speed slowed down. Similarly, many people were hit by the airtight arrow rain. Once someone fell to the ground, their companions immediately filled his position. Both sides had already injured themselves before they could reach the top. No one spoke on the battlefield. The injured were silently lifted down. The living people were focused on their hearts and fought from the air.

I came to a conclusion after observing the siege - Hong Lie Army lacked effective means of curbing Hei Jisi. If this continues, sooner or later the Hei Jisi people will attack the city wall. At that time, the other party will use the siege tower to kill the city top, which will be another fierce battle, which is the situation I least want to see. Seeing that the Hei Jisi Army below is about to stand various siege tools at the foot of the city wall in the rain of arrows, the soldiers of Hong Lie Army have also begun to prepare for hand-to-hand combat. While running, they all swept around me intentionally or unintentionally, especially Li Jian's Xinzhou Army. Just hearing that the Sword God killed Chen Zhiyuan among the troops, they scared Dan Tailang away. But when they saw him today, his side was surrounded by soldiers, but this guy could only hide in a corner and shrink, which was exactly the same as the legendary one, and these people couldn't help but look suspicious.

I didn't feel anything, but Zhang Shilei could no longer bear such a look. His face turned red as if he had been whipped by a whip. He said carefully: "Fifth Master, are there any inconvenient places for you to come out now?"

I said, "Why do you ask that?"

Zhang Shilei stammered: "Shouldn't we do something?"

I was just not sure what to say, Shi Cundao's face darkened, "This battle has just begun. Will the sword god not defend the city after he doesn't help?" He turned to me and whispered, "If you can't do it today, don't do it, otherwise the soldiers rely on Chengxing and will be unable to fight this battle. If you don't let them down once or twice, what about three or four times? What if you are not here or the sword energy is not effective?"

I smiled and said, "This is grandpa, you are arrogant. Of course, I can help a little bit. In this way, we can kill a lot of people?"

Shi Cundao shook his head and said, "You are not afraid of death at all. If you are afraid of death, that would be terrible!"

I also shook my head and could only smile bitterly. Actually, I had been anxious in my heart. Since Heijis' first attack just now, I have tried to summon sword energy, but recently they have become increasingly difficult to figure out. They are not as hard as before. As for how others think of me, I really don't care. Although I can't help but be gloomy when I am proud, I don't feel embarrassed now. I was originally picked up by the sword god. My original intention was to let Heijis retreat and end the war as soon as possible. At this critical moment, I am not as far as Shi Cundao thought, so I just wanted to minimize casualties from my own people.

While speaking, Heijis' first ladder had already been on the wall of Xinzhou City. The soldiers on both sides shouted loudly. The people on the city shot hard at the bottom. The soldiers on the Heijis in front of the ladder held their shields with difficulty, climbing quickly while keeping their companions behind them to cover themselves. Those people held crossbow arrows in their hands and kept pulling the trigger upwards. This short crossbow seemed to be used for sieges. It was very powerful at the middle distance and could achieve a good suppression effect. For a moment, Hong Liefang stretched out his head to shoot arrows, and the Heijis people leaned forward to fire crossbows, and heard a few puffs. Several people on both sides fell to the city together. I subconsciously closed my eyes...

If nothing unexpected happens, we will enter the process that both sides are familiar with: attacking, defense that should be defending, the attacking side set up a ladder and bravely go up; the defending side uses everything to do - fire cold arrows, throw stones, pour hot oil... But at this moment, my dantian suddenly moved, and a wave of unstoppable sword energy rushed over. I was overjoyed and suddenly grew up. In front of everyone, one hand was pressed on the city wall, and my body jumped out of the wall. Everyone saw that I was about to fall to pieces, and they couldn't help but exclaim. However, as soon as my body reached the air, I immediately floated steadily on the top of the city. I turned to Zhang Shilei and said, "Look at the fifth young master to give you a face!"

The soldiers of Hong Lieutenant were first surprised and then happy, especially the Xinzhou soldiers, who were shocked: "See, it turns out that the Sword God really can fly!" The veterans of the central army looked like they had seen the world: "What's this? It's so strange!"

Before I took off, I didn't think about what I should do. At this time, the Heijis warriors who were the first to put the cloud ladder on the city tower in front of me suddenly had an idea. I signaled the soldiers Hong Lieutenant at the top of the city to retreat, reach out and grab the top of the cloud ladder, lifted and stretched back into the air. The people felt that the clouds were in vague in front of me. When I looked down, I realized that they were five feet above the ground. They were scared and changed color. They said that the Heijis soldiers were brave, but they also scored points. He might not be afraid of holding a knife on his neck, but being carried to the sky was something else. These people were all firmly holding the cloud ladder and didn't dare to move. As for the crossbow arrows in their hands, they had long forgotten the sky.

I lowered my head and smiled, and said in a stern manner: "What do you guys want me to deal with you?"

These people lined up on the ladder, one looked at the soles of the feet. The man at the top was shocked and angry, and shouted: "Let us go..."

"Okay." I let go as I said, and the ladder fell straight down. The people screamed, but fortunately, they were not confused and didn't let go. The ladder fell from the sky. The huge inertia made the ladder's feet deeply stuck in the ground. The ladder survived because of this, but his hands and feet were shocked and they could only tremble and slowly slip out to the ground. The soldiers of Hong Lieutenant were both surprised and funny, and many people waved at me on the top of the city.

Under the city, the Heijis army, who were about to attack, were stunned for a short time after I had sex with me, but I didn't dare to stop without the command of the commander. I rushed up again. The huge siege towers were as high as the city head and were about to border the city wall. I waved my hands and a sword energy spread out. The siege towers within a radius of 100 meters were all broken. Even the ladders were cut off a lot. The enemy troops who were originally hiding behind the siege tower had no barriers and were shot by the defenders on the city with bows and arrows. Seeing that this move worked, I slept with my body and kept slapped out, and the siege towers that posed a threat to the city gate were also broken one by one. The Heijis army, which was originally surrounded by the city, suddenly became a mess, but the stone bullets shot from the catapult on the top of my head were still threatening.

With the safety of Hong Liejun, more than a dozen shells were rubbed against my head and smashed the city wall behind me in just a few minutes. I recovered and cut off several of them, but it was not the root cause. I pondered for a moment that I had a way to do it. The stone bullets were smashed in arcs, with obvious trajectories, which were similar to those of people using sword energy. I used my hand to lift a sword energy to send them back. The stones bloomed everywhere behind the Heijis army, smashing the trenchers that sent them. For a moment, the sound of wood was broken endlessly. The treasures that Heijis relied on to siege the city were almost devastating. I simply flew over to the other side and slapped all the siege towers that had not yet been sent to the battlefield. Then I stood at the top of the city and looked at the opposite side with cold eyes.

Heigis lost most of his equipment at the beginning of the war, like a beast that lost its minions. A large number of infantry could only squeeze into a group under the city. They shouted symbolically and then were shot by the defenders. However, Dan Tailang seemed unwilling to give up. He asked some soldiers to rush forward for semi-suicide cover, secretly dispatched 10,000 archers to form two square formations under the city. After a command, tens of thousands of arrows were released, and they were going to shoot against Hong Lie's army under the situation of attacking the enemy.

Ten thousand arrows formed countless pockmarks in the air, and fell from the slanted thorns in densely, and the two armies shot at each other. In this case, there was no accuracy at all. The purpose was actually more like the firepower cover in modern wars, but these ten thousand arrows were obviously purposeful - they were almost all for me. I concentrated my mind and attacked the top of my head with all my might. The magnificent sword energy blew out from bottom to top, like a large ball of cotton wool washed into the sky by the fountain. Ten thousand arrows lost their strength before they fell, and drifted in the sky, like blooming fireworks. At this moment, not only Hong Lie soldiers, but also the enemy soldiers and generals unconsciously looked up and watched, and were speechless by the scene. I looked up at the soldiers below, waved my hand lonely like all the pretenders, and said lightly: "Go back, you can't get up!"

The morale of the Heigis army finally dropped to freezing point. Although the drums were loud, the soldiers' steps were empty, and the arrows shot out seemed to be afraid of hurting people, so they were weak. Dan Tailang also knew that it would be difficult to achieve success today, so he shouted a gong and stopped the army. His attack formation had not yet been assembled, and defeat was almost instantaneous.

Hong Lie's defenders, who thought there was a bloody battle, were stunned for a moment and then cheered. Perhaps it was a tacit understanding, and the cheers finally formed four words: Long live the sword god. Although the people of Xinzhou City did not witness how I retreated to the enemy, they understood what happened when they heard these four words, and the whole Xinzhou was boiling at the same time...

I stood on the top of the city with my hands behind my back, watching the soldiers gathered their heartfelt worship gazes towards me, and at the same time I felt the sword energy gradually fading away. The guys hugged me and looked up and looked up. There seemed to be thousands of words to talk to me. The crazy enthusiasm made people gather at my feet. I stood on the battlements with almost no cone. Half of my body was stumbled outside the city. I shouted below with my hands dancing and yelling, but before I could finish every word, I was submerged in the excited voice. Later, someone finally found that I seemed to have something to say, and waved my arms vigorously and said, "Everyone, calm down, listen to what the sword god is going to say to us."

Then when the crowd suddenly calmed down, they finally heard what I said. After going over and over again, there were actually only four words. What I said was:

"Don't squeeze, I'm damn!"

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