Zhan Ge's heart skipped a beat. He could vaguely feel that perhaps his thoughts were true.
His teacher might not be oblivious to it, but he still had to carry out his previous plan to the end.
Early the next morning.
The sky had yet to brighten. Dawn always came exceptionally late in winter.
However, the deafening battle cries almost shattered the dark night.
Dongxuan's main attack had finally begun!
Within the Fortress of Resilience, Yutang's army, who had long been exhausted, rushed to the top of the fort at once.
Right now, Qiu Jianhan was already skinny beyond recognition.
This old marshal, who was already past his seventies, had been staying at the top of the fort all this time, standing amidst the thick smoke. There were a few times when he had fainted from the smoke. After all, the top of the fort was where the flames were the hottest. Even with a profound mystical skill to protect himself, it was still difficult for him to withstand the heat.
However, he would rather be overwhelmed than take a step away from the top of the fort.
"How many of the enemy troops are participating in the main attack?" Qiu Jianhan's voice was extremely hoarse. His eyes glowed like will-o '-the-wisps in the darkness.
"More than a hundred thousand." Wang Dingguo had only roughly listened to the movements on the other end before he reported an accurate number. This was the military training of a veteran general; it was nothing.
"It's still too little …" Qiu Jianhan sighed. "However, this should be Han Sanhe's limit. This is the last harvest we can reap!"
Wang Dingguo stood straight. "They will not be able to return alive!"
"Use the rest of the kerosene for this battle. There's no need to keep any reserve. Pour it all down!"
Qiu Jianhan coughed violently and spat out a mouthful of phlegm tinged with blood. He said sternly, "After pouring all the kerosene down, evacuate the fort quickly! According to the plan, head to the west gate for the final battle! "
"Yes!"
Buckets of kerosene were poured down in an orderly manner. There were also teams of Yutang soldiers who charged down from the top of the fort amidst loud roars, charging into the sea of kerosene with their own bodies to engage the enemy in hand-to-hand combat!
With the ice as a buffer, Yutang's soldiers had an advantage as well. At least for now, they could leap down the fort without fear of injury.
A total of thirty thousand Yutang warriors charged out like frenzied tigers, fighting the enemy to the death amidst the flowing kerosene.
The mentality of these Yutang warriors was different from Dongxuan's soldiers.
Dongxuan's soldiers only knew that the enemy had gone mad and that this was the last fight to the death. As long as they could defeat them, it would be victory; it would be a smooth path forward and there would be no hindrance.
Yutang's soldiers, on the other hand, knew very well that from the moment they had charged down, their lives were already on the countdown. Once the kerosene under their feet was completely poured, they would ignite into a raging inferno!
At that time, be it himself or the enemy, they would all turn into a pile of charcoal!
At this moment, no matter if he won or lost, he would definitely die!
But they were still fearless!
"Follow me to hell! Dongxuan brats! Hahaha … "
Ever since the thirty thousand Yutang warriors had leaped down from the top of the city wall, they had formed an unprecedentedly powerful troop. Wielding their sabers and spears, they launched the strongest and most extreme counterattack, suppressing Dongxuan's hundred thousand men and making it difficult for them to advance any further.
"Marshal, Yutang's troop has jumped down from the Fortress of Resilience to fight!"
"Hmm? How many of them have come? "
"They are coming aggressively. The attack that my hundred thousand men have been preparing has been stopped!"
"Does this mean that the enemy has at least fifty thousand men?"
"Yes, there are even more."
Han Sanhe paced around in silence and finally ordered, "Increase the troop by eighty thousand. Victory is imminent!"
In Dongxuan's formation, the beating of the war drums changed abruptly, resounding in a different manner.
Under the illumination of the torch, Han Sanhe's expression was uncertain.
"Qiu Jianhan has always loved his soldiers like his own children. If it wasn't the last moment … such an extreme tactic would never appear. That means … "
The bodies of Yutang's thirty thousand warriors had turned into a new Fortress of Resilience on the slope that had been forged by both the enemy and their own.
They charged forward in a frenzy, disregarding their own lives.
At this moment, everything was no longer in their minds. Their parents, wives, children, lovers, brothers, friends, everything, everything in the past, all flashed through their minds before they were tossed to the back of their minds. They had turned into a ferocious tiger that had descended the mountain with bloodshot eyes.
A majestic voice resounded abruptly. Someone sprung up and hollered in midair.
"Yutang's warriors are here. Who dares invade our land?"
"Who dares invade our land?"
All thirty thousand warriors bellowed in unison and took three steps forward.
"We have no regrets in this life to enter Yutang!" The fierce voice hollered.
"We have no regrets in this life to enter Yutang!" The thirty thousand warriors hollered.
"We forge the fortress with our iron bones!" The fierce voice hollered.
"We forge the fortress with our iron bones!" The fierce voice took another three steps forward.
"If there is a next life, let us fight!"
"If there is a next life, let us fight!"
"Sacrifice our bodies and bones to repay the country's kindness!"
"Sacrifice our bodies and bones to repay the country's kindness!"
All thirty thousand warriors howled into the sky like wolves. They charged forward without a care for their own safety and plunged into Dongxuan's formation. As they hollered, they fought with their lives on the line.
"Today, we face the national calamity!"
"Why should we pity this body?"
"If there is a next life!"
"We are still Yutang's men!"
Saber light glinted as blood gushed into the sky. Countless warriors charged into the enemy's formation in the darkness before dawn. They killed the enemy and fell. The cycle repeated endlessly, as if they would not stop until they were dead.
It was because of these people's sacrifice that the blood and corpses of countless Dongxuan soldiers flowed into a small river on the ground.
Yutang's soldiers at the top of the fort were still teary-eyed, but they were resolute as they poured the kerosene in buckets. Every Yutang soldier on the fort felt their blood burning intensely. They wanted very much to fight with their lives like the thirty thousand warriors, but they could not. They still had the responsibility of pouring kerosene. Only when this last responsibility was completed could they talk about other things.
On Dongxuan's side, the war drums were still beating loudly. Countless warriors charged up like the rising tide.
At this point in the battle, only a few of the thirty thousand warriors who had charged down the fort were left. Even the survivors were covered in wounds but they were still fighting without retreating. A man who was drenched in blood roared into the sky, "Who can take a step forward before our grandfathers are all dead?"
"Hahaha …" The warriors who were trapped in the enemy's formation guffawed in unison. "That's right. Who can take a step forward before our grandfathers are all dead?"
…
"Old Marshal, the accumulated kerosene has been poured!"
Wang Dingguo's tears flowed freely.
Qiu Jianhan's expression was solemn. "Wait a little longer! Wait until our warriors have all died in the battle! They shouldn't die in the sea of fire cast by our own people! "
"This old man wants all of them to die on the battlefield. They must never die in the hands of our own people!"
"Yes!"
Wang Dingguo and Qiu Jianhan stood at the highest point, watching the battle below closely. What they saw made them tremble, choking with sobs.
The heroic cries from below grew fainter and fainter until they could no longer be heard.
There were already Dongxuan soldiers popping out from the top of the fort.
Qiu Jianhan's eyes were ablaze. Suddenly, he roared with all his might, "Light the fire! Send our brothers off! "
"Light the fire!"
Wang Dingguo sprung up like a madman, the longbow in his hand pulled back into a full moon. The moment the fire arrow was ignited, it shot out swiftly.
"Light the fire!"
Countless Yutang soldiers were crying out loud with tears streaming down their faces.
At the same time, countless fire arrows lit up the sky above the Fortress of Resilience.
"Send our brothers off!"
Boom!
The fire that soared into the sky was ignited, the heat waves billowing.
On the ground, the sticky kerosene that had been flowing everywhere lit up abruptly like wriggling fire dragons and soared into the sky, burning fiercely like never before.
The frontline of Dongxuan's hundreds of thousands of soldiers had already charged up to the top of Yutang's fort, but the ones at the back, or rather, most of the soldiers, were still on the slope, advancing swiftly.
The moment the fire suddenly ignited, it spread at an unimaginable and unbelievable speed, instantly burning to the other end of the gentle slope!
This also meant that the hundreds of thousands of Dongxuan's soldiers who had launched the attack were trapped in the sea of fire at the same time.
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