The smoke outside Black Salt City has been ignited by fire. Black smoke began to rise. The war drums beat in unison.
The Silver Moon troops completed their assembly, and Princess Qingyue issued an order to attack.
Amidst the sound of war drums, thousands of horses galloped, and 200,000 cavalry were overwhelming, and they charged towards Black Salt City from the front with overwhelming force!
There are 50,000 iron and 10,000 cavalry, and 20,000 troops on chariots pulled by war horses. There are ladders for siege, a solid shield formation, and a trestle for forcibly crossing the moat.
Amidst the fierce sound of war drums and horns, the black cavalry moved forward. The black color was like a pine forest all over the field. This was a powerful army with the potential to overwhelm mountains and seas.
Finally, tens of thousands of troops rushed to a place 200 feet away from the moat like an overwhelming force. Rumbles and thunders resounded through the valley, and they were like roaring waves crashing into the mountains.
Chu Feiyan looked back at Li Xiuyuan and saw that his face was cold and without any emotion.
Long swords and scimitars flew in the air, spears and lances were raised above their heads, and the cavalry on the war horses went straight down, approaching a hundred feet away from the moat.
"Don't give them a chance to take action. The whole army will obey the order and fire three volleys from the heavy soldiers in the city!" Li Xiuyuan said coldly.
The signalman received the order and quickly sent a signal to the city.
After receiving Li Xiuyuan's order, Chu Wudi looked at the flag bearer in front of him and said, "Don't stop, fire three rounds!"
Woohoo, whoosh whoosh! A thousand heavy spears fired in an instant, making a loud whine that shook the earth.
"The heavy slaves on the city tower fired three volleys of bows and arrows!" Li Xiuyuan continued to shout.
"Fire three volleys of bows and arrows from the city tower!" The ordering soldiers roared desperately, and the flag bearer's red flag flew!
"Xiao Qing, Long Er, aim at the target and shoot on your own!"
Chu Ruoyu pulled Huangfu Shenji into the attic. It was her responsibility to protect the Imperial Master.
The landslide and the earth shattered, just in a thought.
How fast is a thought? The Buddha said: One moment is one thought, and twenty thoughts are one moment. Twenty seconds are a snap of the fingers
Spring rain is as precious as oil.
This is the farmer's expectation for the spring rain.
The rain of arrows is heavier than the spring rain.
This is the moment in Black Salt City.
A thousand heavy arrows fired under the city wall hit the overwhelming cavalry at a distance of less than a hundred feet.
The heavy soldiers on the city wall, the dense rain of bows and arrows, were like locusts crossing the sky, forming an arc and pounced into the charging Silver Moon army.
The dull killing cry and short roar made the mountains and rivers tremble!
The moment each heavy arrow hit the target, nine small arrows bloomed one after another, flying around indiscriminately, and would not give up until they hit the target.
Even if there is only a volley of a thousand heavy slaves outside the city wall, nine thousand small arrows will be shot out.
This was not only a double arrow, but also a serial killer's trump card, which caused heavy casualties to the fifty thousand Silver Moon Cavalry. They never expected where the Black Salt City defender, who saw his life in danger, would get his fighting power.
This is the most powerful iron force in the Silver Moon Kingdom. They have a brilliant record of always winning and undefeated, and they are all warriors who die generously.
However, the former tough man showed his ferocious face in front of the powerful heavy slave, with blood-spattered wounds, low howling, and filled with smoke and dust. The wasteland outside Black Salt City was shrouded in this tragic atmosphere.
The iron bow in Xiao Qing's hand was making a buzzing sound.
The bow and arrow held in Xiao Longer's hand shot out iron arrows again and again.
Under the city wall outside Black Salt City, as well as on the city tower, thousands of heavy swords and tens of thousands of bows and arrows made whining sounds again and again in three rounds of volleys.
Before the 20,000-strong army approached with ladders and trestles, 50,000 cavalrymen had already dismounted.
Within a distance of less than 200 feet, there were soldiers who fell to the ground injured because their horses were hit by arrows, soldiers who were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, and Silver Moon cavalry who were knocked to the ground by the arrows of their horses!
Outside Black Cloud City, the scene turned into a Shura battlefield within a quarter of an hour.
At this time, Li Xiuyuan had the iron bow in his hand aimed at the rear of the army. Under the flags, which were three hundred feet away from Black Salt City, there were several generals in armor.
He wants to kill him with one arrow.
The iron bow in his hand was whining softly, and the iron arrow in his hand was also trembling slightly. Li Xiuyuan, who was aiming at the target, took a deep breath, and then relaxed his fingers...
"Buzz!" a string sounded, and the iron arrow pierced the sky at lightning speed and flew towards the flag flag far away!
No one can stop this arrow.
This arrow passed through the eyes of tens of thousands of cavalry and flew back.
"Princess, be careful!" Looking at the arrow flying from far away, the right general Long Kongkang pushed Princess Qingyue away in front of him and blocked the arrow with his own body.
This was a cold arrow that no one could have predicted.
The right general of the Silver Moon Kingdom looked down at the iron arrow stuck in his chest. Before he could speak, he saw a talisman fire burning with a "boom".
Qingyue wanted to step forward and hug him, but Qin Miaoyu held her tightly.
She could see that this was the legendary talisman fire, and whoever got it would be unlucky! General Zuo took off his shirt and fought desperately, but it had no effect at all... The flames burned more intensely.
Only a moment passed, but the general died in front of everyone.
Because the right general blocked the iron arrow with his body, Princess Qingyue was saved from being killed by the arrow.
The right general failed to say a word to Princess Qingyue and fell into the burning runes.
"Damn it! You all deserve to die!" Princess Qingyue shouted to the sky!
This is also a bright arrow, because it passed through the tens of thousands of Silver Moon Kingdom's cavalry troops and hit the right general more than 300 feet away, and its previous target was the Princess of Silver Moon Kingdom!
The general looked at the miserable battlefield in front of him and shouted coldly: "Send the order and withdraw the troops!"
"Send the order and call for gold to withdraw the troops!"
"Send the order and call for gold to withdraw the troops!"
Before the siege troops of the Silver Moon Cavalry could approach the moat, the 20,000 men carrying siege equipment hurriedly withdrew from the battlefield before the army saw the black salt city wall.
"Do you want to go out of the city to pursue me?" Huangfu Shenji walked out of the attic and looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "No need."
"Give them time to clean up the battlefield and take the injured soldiers back." Li Xiuyuan told Chu Feiyan that when two armies are fighting, they must give the other side time to take away the dead and injured soldiers.
"Who is willing to fight to the death in this battle!"
Looking at the strange conditions on the battlefield outside the city, Li Xiuyuan felt that if he hadn't asked Da Chu to rush out these heavy slaves during the winter, the casualties today would have been the soldiers around him.
He lowered his head, looked at the excited Chu Feng, and shouted: "Come back!"
Today's battle is over and lasted less than an hour.
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After this battle, the cavalry of the Silver Moon Kingdom were severely damaged. The right general Long Konggao died on the spot in order to protect the princess, so that the general had to withdraw his troops at the expense of money.
In fact, Li Xiuyuan just wanted to shoot a general of the opponent, but by some mistake, he almost shot Princess Qingyue on the spot. Unexpectedly, this actually forced the opponent to retreat.
In the big tent five miles away, Qin Miaoyu looked at the grief-stricken Qingyue and said, "Princess, please take care of yourself. Although the right general is dead, this war will continue."
General Left Ye Wubei looked at Qingyue and said: "We will avenge General Right's revenge. I didn't expect this general from Black Salt City to be so vicious and even hurt someone with a cold arrow."
"You can't say that. This is war. There is only victory and defeat, and there is no right or wrong." Qin Miaoyu looked at General Zuo and shook his head, smiling bitterly.
"We were all careless, thinking that they retreated to Black Salt City and would definitely be defeated when we besieged the city, so we fell into the trap." Qingyue also said with a bitter smile.
While everyone was discussing tomorrow's attack, pioneer Liu Tiaoqing walked in.
Looking at the general, Liu Changqing handed the battle report to Princess Qingyue.
He said with a heavy face: "In some battles, our soldiers were seriously injured. About 3,000 soldiers were killed, more than 12,000 soldiers were injured, and 20 siege vehicles were lost."
Looking at the people in front of him, Liu Changqing continued to add: "If the war continues tomorrow, we will still have about 180,000 troops to invest."
General Ye Hui looked up to the sky and sighed: "In this battle, our side has suffered such heavy losses. How will we face their parents, wives and children when we go back..." After saying this, he burst into tears and covered his face with tears.
Ye Wubei replied coldly: "If we can't take Black Salt City, we won't be able to explain to them when we go back."
Qingyue looked at everyone's expressions and said coldly: "Tomorrow, we will use a heavy shield formation to clear the way. The army will abandon their horses and attack the city at a distance of 200 feet. As long as we stabilize our position, they will be unable to do anything to us."
Qin Miaoyu looked at Princess Qingyue, nodded, and agreed: "Yes, as long as we stay step by step and prevent their heavy bows and arrows from causing damage, they will be destroyed when we come to the city."
Qingyue looked at Ye Hui and Ye Wubei and asked in a solemn voice: "What do the two generals think?"
Ye Hui replied helplessly: "Now that the arrow has left the string, this is the only way."
"Since both generals have no objections, let's attack as planned." Pioneer Liu Changqing also said coldly.
"Then please go back, generals, and prepare heavy siege weapons and shield formations to open the way, and attack Black Salt City tomorrow at midnight." Qingyue patted the desk in front of her heavily.
The generals left one after another. Qin Miaoyu looked at Qingyue and asked, "You really scared me to death today!" When she thought of that magical arrow, she couldn't help but think of the young man who blocked the arrow for her.
Qingyue looked at him, shook her head and said, "I'm taking it lightly. I didn't expect General Right to even go to the battlefield... This time we really miscalculated."
"Where did this arrow come from? Why have I never heard of it? A good fight and he made a mess." Princess Qingyue lay heavily on the soft cushion behind her.
Qin Miaoyu looked at her and replied: "He once spared his life to block a fatal arrow for me. He was only a little over nine years old at that time..."
"When did the little Taoist priests start to get involved in the disputes in this world?" Qingyue said bitterly.
"He is not a Taoist priest, he can only be regarded as a disciple of the old Taoist priest." Qin Miaoyu thought of Li Xiuyuan's experience back then, and couldn't help but regret that she had asked him to follow him out for marriage, otherwise he would have been an official of the Tianfeng Kingdom at least.
"This handyman disciple of the academy has actually plotted against me several times. I would like to get to know him properly." Qingyue let out a long sigh.
"We will attack the city tomorrow. Just stay in the tent and don't participate in the battle. I have a feeling that this battle won't go well." Qingyue waved her hand weakly and closed her eyes.
...
When he was holding the lamp, Li Xiuyuan ordered Chu Feng, Wei Qing and others to take back all the thousand-weight slaves outside the city into the city. He did not want to use the strategy he had used once.
He also asked Chu Wudi and Chen Tianfang to arrange for people to throw all the branches piled outside the city into the moat. He wanted to keep there no debris under the city wall.
Huangfu Shenji and Chu Wuyan didn't understand Li Xiuyuan's intention, so they looked at him and asked, "They suffered heavy losses today. Do they dare to attack again tomorrow?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at the two men and smiled lightly and replied: "It is precisely because they were hurt so much today that they will fight back tomorrow. If nothing unexpected happens, they will send a stronger lineup and more troops tomorrow."
"Does the Grand Marshal have any good ideas?" Chen Tianfang looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked in a low voice.
"What can I do? We can only be beaten passively. He can only attack and we defend." Li Xiuyuan looked at him and smiled lightly.
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