In less than three quarters of a hour, the army had already formed its formation.
From south to north, 80,000 troops were lined up in several lines, facing the cold wind, waiting for the order to set off.
The army was divided into three groups: front, middle and rear. Li Ye and the eldest prince followed the front army. The general was Nalan Yu.
In the Chinese army is Jiang Huo, who is responsible for the transportation and advancement of heavy weapons together with Wang Tianhua. The rear army is Ma Feihu, who is responsible for the safety of all supplies, food and grass for the army.
And Xia Yunlan, with all his black-clad personal guards, protected the prince and Li Ye.
After the eldest prince gave the order, the 80,000-strong army rumbled forward towards the White Jade City.
And Li Ye had long known from the secret whistle that Bai Jade City had not sent reinforcements these days, which made him relax a lot. However, he was still confident in dealing with Bai Jade City's tens of thousands of troops.
Although winter has entered the Central Region, it is not yet extremely cold compared to the East Xuan Region and the West Xuan Region.
As the army advanced along the way, the cavalry had already crushed the layer of snow on the official road to the point where no trace of mud could be seen. For Yeluyan, who had lived on the grassland since she was a child, this was her first journey away from home.
Thinking about living in the imperial city soon, although she was a little uneasy, she was more yearning for joy.
Because she can be with the person she likes, no matter where she is, she is happy.
She was squeezed into a carriage with Mu Mu, Xia Wutong and Tang Qiuyu, but she couldn't feel at ease. From time to time, she opened the curtain by the window to take a look at the scenery while running.
Seeing Mu Mu squeezing her little hand, she smiled and said, "Mu Mu is tired of seeing the scenery here. The ones on Tianshan Mountain and Fangcun Mountain are more beautiful."
Yeluyan looked at her and asked, "Where haven't I been?"
Xia Wutong watched the two of them chatting excitedly, came over and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll take you around when I can. The scenery there is indeed beautiful, but the distance is too far."
Tang Qiuyu raised his head and glanced at her. How could she not know what this girl was thinking?
It is estimated that soon after this war is over, the young man will leave the imperial city, either to return to Tianshan Mountain in Fengyun City, or to go to the Prajna Temple on Fangcun Mountain.
The army was gusting in the cold wind, getting closer and closer to Baiyu City.
...
At the end of the day, Li Ye and the eldest prince led the first team to the White Jade City.
Looking at Yeluyan who jumped out of the car with Tang Qiuyu and his group, Li Ye pointed to the city wall in the distance and said.
"White Jade City is famous because when the city lord rebuilt the city wall five hundred years ago, he bulldozed a mine near White Jade City and mined countless white granite to build the city wall."
The wall of White Jade City is three feet high, and it is the second-largest building in the Central Region after Wanxiang City. Even practitioners are willing to live in White Jade City, firstly because of the convenient transportation, and secondly because it is close to the Imperial City in the Central Region.
It is not bound by many rules of the imperial city, so some people call this place the "White Jade City in the Sky."
"White Jade City in the Sky?" Yeluyan murmured. As the army stopped half a mile outside the city, she was filled with mysterious expectations for this majestic city.
The generals also stopped and came over to greet the eldest prince and Li Ye, waiting for the order to attack so that they could lead their troops to attack.
Li Ye glanced at Wang Tianhua and asked, "What is the maximum shooting distance for a heavy siege soldier?"
Wang Tianhua replied without thinking: "Within two hundred feet, it is absolutely effective!"
Li Ye turned back to look at the eldest prince and said: "Let the front army form a camp one hundred and sixty feet away from the city gate to cover the attack of the heavy slave camp!"
The eldest prince looked at Jiang Huo and said, "Let's carry out the instructions of the Imperial Master! Everyone who has arrived is preparing for battle!"
Jiang Huo nodded and said, "Don't worry, Generalissimo, I will make arrangements right away."
Looking back at Mu Mu, Xia Wutong and Yeluyan, Li Ye smiled lightly and said, "Are you ready? Let's go shooting!"
As early as two days ago, Li Ye wrote countless letters just for this moment.
He was deliberately trying again.
Mu Mu was addicted to playing. She looked at him and said with a smile, "Okay, my hands are itchy."
Li Ye looked at the three girls and said with a smile: "Wait for my orders and don't make the first move."
After saying that, he led the three people forward. Nalan Yu led a few men in black to follow him. As he walked, he asked, "It's not as good as Feng Lingdu here. Is it useful for you to do this?"
Li Ye looked back at him and smiled: "Who knows, you have to give it a try, right?"
Before he finished speaking, a group of people came forward, one hundred and fifty feet away from the city tower. They could already see the soldiers on the tower looking down in horror.
Li Ye didn't say anything. He just took Mu Mu's iron bow, took an arrow and tied it to the letter, and shouted to the top of the city tower: "Listen, people above, give this letter to your Lord Jiang, immediately." !”
After saying that, he loosened his hand, and with a sound of "Buzz!", the feather arrow on the string flew out from the string and flew towards the gate tower on the city wall.
He turned around, returned the iron bow to Mu Mu, looked at the three of them and said with a smile: "Shoot out all the letters in your hands. If you can't kill them, you can just scare them first!"
While they were talking, Wang Tianhua ran over with Wei Qingyu, and they looked at Li Ye with an excited look on his face.
"How about it? Can we hit the city gate from such a distance?" Li Ye asked, looking at the two of them.
Wang Tianhua raised his head and looked at the gate of White Jade City, grinning and said: "No problem, it only takes one round to kill the gate. If you shoot two more rounds, you can probably destroy another section of the city wall."
"Don't worry, let's take a look. We'll wait until the army is almost here. I'll give them a moment to think about it." Li Ye said with a smile as he looked at the arrows that whizzed towards the city wall.
Mu Mu, Xia Wutong and Yeluyan were having fun. Wei Qingyu looked at Mu Mu and asked, "What are you doing, Princess? Let me play too."
Mu Mu was shooting happily. Seeing the expectant look on Wei Qingyu's face, Mu Mu handed her the iron bow in her hand, pointed at the city wall and said, "Who among us can shoot farther? All you have to do is shoot up the city wall."
Wei Qingyu took the iron bow and shot two arrows, then returned the iron bow to Mu Mu with a smile and said with a smile: "Your bow is too heavy, I can't play with it."
Li Ye looked at the girls and said, "Go back after you finish cumming. Wait an hour before coming back!"
He wanted to give Jiang Daofeng a chance to choose, and also give the city defenders a chance to choose.
...
The White Jade City Lord's Mansion was now in chaos.
Linghu looked at Jiang Daofeng calmly and thought: What is supposed to come has come, just like how he was in a mess in Feng Lingdu a few days ago.
Jiang Daofeng handed him the letter in his hand and said bitterly: "They actually threatened me that if I don't open the city gate for an hour, after the White Jade City is captured, no one will be left behind, no matter the defender or the soldier!"
Linghu Zhen took a quick glance and said with a faint smile: "Just like Feng Lingdu, anyone who refuses to surrender will be punished!"
Jiang Daofeng was stunned and blurted out: "Did they really do this?"
Linghuzhen looked at him and shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Anyway, as of today, except for the hundreds of people who escaped with me, no one else has returned to White Jade City."
"Hiss!" Jiang Daofeng took a breath of cold air and said with his mouth open: "Aren't they afraid of being punished by God for doing this?"
Linghuzhen looked at him and sighed helplessly, and said: "You should think about it, should you fight them head-on, or should you do as they say and open the city gate?"
Jiang Daofeng clenched his fists and said: "It's impossible to open the city gate. You have no danger in Feng Lingdu and you can't be afraid of him. I have a high city and many soldiers, so don't be afraid!"
Linghuzhen nodded and said with a smile: "Then just think of their warning as farts and be prepared for a fight."
Jiang Daofeng looked towards the south city gate and said in a solemn voice: "Generals Wu Tiancheng and Yun Zhongbai are already there. I want to come over to you now. Do you want to come with me?"
Linghu really wanted to find a chance to leave, so how could he follow him to the south gate tower?
Shaking his head, Linghu Zhen replied: "I'll stay here. I can't help if I go."
Jiang Daofeng seemed to see some problems, but Linghu Zhen was not his subordinate after all, so there was nothing he could say to him.
"Then you stay here first. If there is any news, I will send someone to tell you." After saying that, he called the guards and walked towards the south gate.
Looking at Jiang Daofeng walking out of the door, Linghu Zhen said calmly: "I hope you still have life and return to the imperial city alive."
...
Speaking of which, on the White Jade City Tower, after receiving the arrows shot by Mu Mu and the others, the soldiers were also in chaos. They had already heard about the battle at Feng Lingdu a few days ago. After all, 20,000 troops escaped. , not a small number.
Seeing the dark southern Xinjiang army outside the city and the siege troops arrayed neatly outside the city, these soldiers who had not fought in a war for decades had long been frightened.
In less than a quarter of an hour, many soldiers quietly slipped down the city wall and ran towards the north gate. After all, the gate towards the imperial city was not closed yet.
By the time Baiyu City's guard Wu Tiancheng and deputy general Yun Zhongbai heard the news, half of the generals on the south gate wall had already escaped.
Wu Tiancheng was so angry that he cursed, looked at Yun Zhongbai and said: "Move all the soldiers to the south gate. We must not let them attack the city."
This was not the time to pursue responsibility. He understood that guarding the south gate was the most important thing at the moment.
"Why are you so panicked?" Before he could go to Zhongbai to mobilize troops, Jiang Daofeng had already hurriedly climbed up the south gate tower.
"Report to the city lord that many soldiers who are greedy for life and afraid of death have fled. I asked the general to mobilize troops and horses in the barracks."
When Jiang Daofeng heard this, his heart skipped a beat, thinking that the thing he feared most had happened.
Looking up at the dark army outside the city, he waved his hand and said to Wu Tiancheng: "Hurry up and mobilize the army to face the enemy. We can't let them attack the city."
Jiang Daofeng considered himself to be the best among the city lords in the dynasty, but at this moment, looking at the dark southern Xinjiang army outside the city and thinking about Linghu Zhen's words, he felt really bad.
Not many people know that he is a close aide of the second prince, and not many people know that he is already a practitioner of the late Nascent Soul. A few months ago, he received an order from the second prince to defend the White Jade City.
Although he also wanted to abandon the city like Linghu Zhen, he knew that he did not have a strong background like Linghu Zhen. If the eldest prince was ultimately defeated and he abandoned the city and fled, there would be only death waiting for him.
In his opinion, taking a step forward is also a dead end, and taking a step back is also a dead end, so it is better to give it a try.
Maybe there is a glimmer of hope.
"Let everyone hide behind the battlements and don't show your head. As long as we don't get hit by their arrows, they can't do anything to us." Looking at Wu Tiancheng, he ordered coldly.
Wu Tiancheng replied in a condensed voice: "I have already told everyone."
"As long as we survive the present situation, I will immediately ask for help from the Imperial City, and the Imperial City's army will arrive at White Jade City tomorrow." Thinking of the second prince in the Imperial City, Jiang Daofeng said in a deep voice.
Rumble, the sound of neat footsteps came from behind the city gate. It turned out that they were going to Zhongbai to mobilize a large army from the military camp in order to resist the upcoming attack of the southern Xinjiang army.
Turning to look at the tens of thousands of troops arriving from the city, Jiang Daofeng finally gained some confidence.
After all, there are tens of thousands of troops on our side, and they still rely on this city wall that is more than three feet high. How can an ordinary army attack it?
...
Outside the city, the southern Xinjiang army was in formation.
Nalan Yu looked at Li Ye, who had a serious look on his face, and asked in a deep voice, "How long do we have to wait before launching an attack?"
Looking at the figures climbing up the city, Li Ye said quietly: "Don't worry, let me kill a few chickens first!"
