Chapter 304: Fighting on the Wall(1/2)
Compared with the battle at the South Gate, the battles around the rest of the city walls of Taoist City were not so tragic. Even though the South Gate had been lost, the rest of the city walls were still struggling to support them.
Outside the walls of the eastern section, there was a sound of horse hooves in a dry river beach covered with countless grasses.
A carriage rushed out of the river beach under the escort of several riders, and was crushed onto the flat land by the wheels dyed green by grass juice.
The injured Northern Wei soldiers were sent to the outer edge of the battlefield. Hundreds of injured soldiers saw the carriage clearly at the first time. Seeing the several riders around the carriage with marks drawn with bone meal, their expressions suddenly became awe and fear.
Not far from the injured Northern Wei soldiers, the carriage and the guards stopped. The people in the carriage and the surrounding guards seemed not concerned about the battle on the eastern section of the city wall, but were just watching the battle in the south.
An escort approached the carriage slightly, then nodded and shot an arrow.
After the sharp sound of breaking through the air sounded, a ray of dust came from outside the south gate.
A Northern Wei general wearing black light armor jumped off his horse and bowed to the person in the carriage.
"Why hasn't been conquered yet?"
"There are two practitioners in the realm of divine thoughts."
"One is the owner of Luoyuezhai, and the other is the one?"
"The city's lord will be in the winter."
"The city's lord Jin Dong? Can his cultivation level be level with Lan Huaigong and the generals on the border who are several levels higher than him?"
The Northern Wei general who came to report on the military situation kept bowing and not daring to lift him up. He answered questions and answered them all, but when he heard such a question, he felt a little frightened. He didn't know how to answer this question. He could guess, but he understood that the other party didn't like to answer questions in a guess way.
At this time, when the military situation was unfavorable, he did not dare to take the risk of angering the other party.
"It seems that the news of his disagreement with Lan Huaigong and the upper-level generals of the brave army is true." Just as he was hesitating and his body was trembling slightly, the guard who had emitted an arrow looked at him and said softly.
The Northern Wei general suddenly relaxed his body, and he felt very grateful to Xiao Donghuang's close servant.
"End the main battle before sunset."
There was no emotional fluctuation in the carriage.
...
This carriage came faster than Lin Yi, but after the carriage arrived, two carriages arrived quietly on a trail less than a few miles from Taoist City.
Chen Jinru, a military advisor of the Chen family in the Southern Dynasty, walked out of one of the carriages.
Both him and the several cultivators in the blue shirt who followed him looked extremely tired, but their faces were very calm.
The more he was in an important position that could determine the fate of the entire Southern Dynasty, the more pressure he was under. At this time, he came to the battlefield with the idea of dying, but it was much easier than before.
In his opinion, in the matter of conspiring with the Demon Sect and Hu to deal with Xiao Hong, it was precisely because the war situation was too serious that some of the things he insisted on were somewhat shaken. Then, he could no longer be shaken in assisting the Chen family.
The goal he pursued in his life was to make the Chen family rise in troubled times.
For him, whether it was the previous dynasty or the Southern Liang after Xiao Yan ascended the throne, they were all turbulent times. The Wei Dynasty in the north was eyeing him and could eat the entire Southern dynasty in one bite at any time.
The Chen family is now deeply trusted by the emperor, and its strength is almost the same as that of the Xiao family, so he must use death to make the emperor understand that everything he did is just to win this war and prevent the emperor's anger from spreading.
Unlike Lin Yi, he has a clearer understanding of the entire battle situation, and can even be said to have some degree of control.
He knew that Wei Rui, the general of the Mingwei Border Army, was coming from Hezhou in the southwest, and Cao Jingzong, the brave border army, had arrived at Huai River. As long as Taoist City and Zhongli City could delay for a while, all the troops of King Yuanying of Zhongshan would take a sharp turn for the worse under excessive fatigue, which would be very beneficial to the Southern Dynasty.
It is precisely because he knows that all he misses is time that his views are surprisingly consistent with Lin Yi.
The Taoist City must be destroyed, but there are still many Southern Dynasties soldiers fighting. Even though they are still all cleaned up by Xiao Donghuang's army in the end, they must not be given up directly.
...
Jin Dong covered a sword wound between his chest and abdomen, leaning against a courtyard wall. He swallowed a wound medicine and slowly adjusted his breathing.
He had retreated from the battlefield outside the city into the streets and alleys in the city. Although he had killed several Northern Wei practitioners, he also paid a heavy price.
At this time, his right hand had been broken, and the wound between his chest and abdomen was deep and internal organs. If he used his true energy violently in the next battle, it would cause the wound to collapse again.
Only 40% of his true energy remained, and the spiritual medicine to replenish his true energy was taken before several breaths.
At this time, the Southern Dynasty soldiers inside and outside the South Gate had been completely defeated. Under the impact of some of the Zhenyuan Heavy Armors that had newly joined the battlefield of the Northern Wei Dynasty, only a small part of the Southern Dynasty soldiers who were close to exhaustion could retreat into the streets and alleys like him, and the rest who were still fighting outside would encounter a catastrophe in a very short time.
As the head coach in the city, he was responsible for defending the entire city and was unwilling to die outside because he wanted to survive, but because he knew very well that if even he died, the morale in the city would completely collapse and all the soldiers died faster.
At this moment, he heard a loud noise coming from the city walls in the southwest.
He squinted his eyes and looked up, only to see a large cloud of smoke and dust surrounding some of the remaining limbs exploded outward on the city wall.
He knows more clearly how many powerful practitioners there are in the military in the city than anyone else, so on that city wall, there should be new cultivators from the Northern Wei Dynasty who have joined the battle.
At the same time, many trembling sounds of armies sounded on the South Gate wall.
The heavy object whistling out did not throw it outside the city, but into the city.
The Northern Wei Dynasty had already obtained control of some heavy ordnances on the city wall. Jin Dong listened to the sound of breaking through the air, and before he could turn around, he could smell the smell of green phosphorus and sulfur in the air.
Many fireworks ignited in the streets and alleys of the city.
The more elite the army, the less likely it is to make the mistake of underestimating the enemy. Xiao Donghuang's Northern Wei army knew very well that when the city he was guarding began to catch fire everywhere, the morale of the Southern Dynasties, which was still resisting, would be extremely depressed.
At this time, a heavy rain is needed, which not only can extinguish the flames, but also can cover the entire battlefield in the fog of unclear sight in exchange for some breathing time.
However, the thunderstorm last night seemed to have even dispersed the water vapor in the air, and the sky was clear.
This link is linked to one another, as if it is all in the other party's calculations.
...
Lin Yi approached this city later than Chen Jinru.
When he really approached the city and listened to the shouts of killing from all directions, most of the city was already igniting fireworks.
Many houses are burning, but no one has the time to put them out.
The smell he smelled in the wind during his breath was not more than the burnt smell and bloody smell, but a strong food fragrance.
That's the unique taste of the granary when it starts to burn.
There should be more granaries in this city than he thought.
"North, we enter from the north."
"I am different from you, so you should try not to take action at the beginning. You just need to follow me unless something can threaten me. Rong Yi, you are a little troublesome, please help me collect my weapons."
No one questioned Lin Yi's decision, and the three of them followed Lin Yi silently. Even if Bai Yuelu made a decision, she would make the same choice.
Both sides invested the least military force in the north wall. At this time, the battle in the south had penetrated into the streets and alleys, and the city wall in the east had completely lost. Although the battle on the north wall was fierce, there was no strong aura fluctuation.
Without powerful aura fluctuations, it means that there are no powerful practitioners. The rushing in from here should be the most moderate and not so quickly attract the attention of the enemy. Moreover, no one can trap them, so they can play more roles.
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The absence of powerful aura fluctuations does not mean that there are no Northern Wei practitioners.
An Northern Wei practitioner in armor sat on a damaged crossbow cart on the city wall, supporting his jaw with his hands, looking at the Southern Dynasty soldiers on the city wall with despair in their eyes.
The armor on his body was bronze, but the runes were dark red. Even if the true energy was not poured into it, a dark red flame light would flow inside the runes.
He had received an order to speed up the end of the battle before, but he still felt that his precious true energy should be left to the other party's practitioners, and whether the entire battle can speed up the process should have nothing to do with the wall where he is.
So the scene of him sitting quietly on this broken crossbow cart at this time seemed very strange.
Suddenly, his eyes suddenly became bright.
His black hair hanging on his armor rose backwards, instantly shaking away all the stained dust and dried blood. His whole body jumped up with unimaginable agility and turned around.
The strange sound of breaking through the air sounded behind him meant that a practitioner appeared on the other side, which made him feel a little happy.
The moment he turned around, his emotions became complicated and even a little confused.
A short spear flew towards me.
The surface of this short spear is black and seems to be covered with a layer of black feathers. The sound of breaking through the air is extremely small, but it gives him a feeling of majestic power.
But what kind of practitioners would use such weapons to attack a practitioner wearing the heavy armor of true essence?
He couldn't understand, and he didn't want to waste his energy, and he needed to be on guard against the other party's next surprise attack.
So he just followed his usual fighting style, bent his knees slightly, ready to face the upcoming impact, and at the same time he raised his left arm very simply and simply.
There is a round shield on his left arm.
As his true energy flowed in an orderly manner, the crimson runes on his body completely lit up. The armor that seemed very bright on him seemed to bloom as countless crimson roses bloomed, becoming more dazzling.
There was a light bang.
Flying spear and shield fight.
The shield cracked, and the flying spear then pierced his arm, carrying a refreshing power, and then penetrated into his chest.
Blood and fragments of shattered metal splattered everywhere.
The Northern Wei practitioner hit the crossbow behind him with heavy body. He was a little confused and didn't even know what was going on.
In the next moment, a large amount of blood gushed out of his chest, taking away his power, and he fell into extreme horror and disbelief.
What kind of flying spear is this? It can penetrate his arm shield and his chest armor?
More than ten Northern Wei soldiers grabbed the Northern Wei practitioner and looked at the flying spear that pierced his arm and penetrated his chest deeply. They all took a breath of air conditioning, their eyes filled with strong fear.
At this moment, a strange sound of breaking through the air broke again.
To be continued...