"Seriously, letting a bunch of weak women guard the city gate. Is there something wrong with the higher-ups' brains?"
At the South Gate, the soldier guarding the gate yawned and squeezed out two drops of tears from the corner of his eyes. He complained lazily.
His companion, who was patrolling with him, lowered his voice and said, "Don't talk nonsense. We can't afford to offend those women."
"What's wrong?" The soldier raised his right eyelid lazily and said disdainfully, "I used to be a bandit. Although I've turned over a new leaf, it's not like I haven't tasted women before. They only know how to scream when they encounter something, and they're as weak as a kitten … "
Before the soldier turned over a new leaf, he was a bandit who robbed houses. It wasn't that he was bad by nature, but that life was too harsh. Like the youths in the village, he had no choice but to become a bandit. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to survive. There were many bandits like him who were recruited to turn over a new leaf.
Now that he had become a good person and stopped committing crimes, it didn't mean that everything in the past could be written off, nor could it be treated as if nothing had happened.
His companion lowered his head and thought for a while. "The other women are like that, but these … it's best not to say that …"
Seeing his companion's secretive look, the soldier was surprised and asked curiously.
"What's so special about these women?"
His companion thought for a while and said, "In short, they're different from those who only know how to cry and drag us down. The spears in their hands aren't just for show. They're all used to kill people, and they know martial arts too. Unfortunately, I heard that the higher-ups have decreed that these female soldiers can only retire from the army at the age of 24, get married, and have children. Otherwise, I really want my mother to propose marriage … "
The soldier almost burst out laughing. "You blockhead, you're really strange. You don't want a fragrant and soft woman, but a female worm? You're really young and don't understand the taste of women. When you're older and more knowledgeable, you'll know what a real woman is. "
His companion blushed at the soldier's teasing. How could he not understand the meaning behind the soldier's words?
However, he still shook his head honestly and lowered his voice with a hint of embarrassment.
"I think a female worm is pretty good. Let her be fierce," his companion said a little uneasily. "But, isn't the world different now? He heard from his brothers that the man-eating beasts of the North borderline coveted Dongqing. Say, if the wife he married met those beasts and only knew how to cry and scream, wouldn't she be pinned to the ground and gang raped in the end? At least I have a life, but what if I get eaten? "
The soldier was taken aback, as if he hadn't thought of this.
While they were talking, there were two female soldiers patrolling opposite them.
"What's the matter?" the other side asked.
The soldier replied, "Everything is normal."
The two sides continued patrolling.
Watching the two female soldiers leave, the soldier muttered, "They're quite decent."
At this time, the battle between North and West Gate had reached its climax.
After the rubble was used up, pieces of green bricks faced the Tsing Yi Army and smashed them down one by one.
By the time the extra bricks were used up, there was already a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood beneath the city walls.
Both parties were already in a killing frenzy. More and more members of the Tsing Yi Army climbed up the city walls, while more members of the Tsing Yi Army were sleeping under the city walls.
The soldiers on the city walls defended the territory of the city walls with their flesh and blood. They fought for every inch of land, and the sounds of killing resounded through the clouds.
Tonight was destined to be a bloody night. No one could sleep in peace.
Fortunately, the previous bloody battle had depleted most of the main forces of the Tsing Yi Army. In the end, only 600 or 700 members of the Tsing Yi Army could climb up the city walls. Under Feng Jin's orderly command, they used the remaining defensive equipment to stubbornly defend.
They advanced or retreated, making use of the geographical advantage of the city walls to slowly whittle down the strength of the Tsing Yi Army …
In terms of defensive equipment, Xiangyang District did not lack it at all. However, they were fighting on two fronts, so half of the equipment was allocated to the other side.
Feng Jin was tense all along. Even though he was standing at the back and commanding, there were still members of the Tsing Yi Army who rushed to him. Fresh blood dyed his wide sleeves and cloak red. Occasionally, severed limbs and broken bones or the heads of strangers rolled to his feet. There was almost no place on the entire city walls that was clean.
Dawn had just broken. There were a few sparse stars in the dark sky. The orange morning sun shone on the world and broke through the night sky.
The killing cries at the West and North Gate gradually subsided.
General Pingtian did not even step down the stairs of the city walls. He was stabbed to death by a long spear. The stairs were filled with corpses.
Most of them were the enemies. Occasionally, there were their comrades.
At this moment, the battle at the South Gate had just begun.
The Tsing Yi Army in Maolin District was also aggressive. However, they did not launch a sneak attack in the middle of the night. Instead, they chose to launch a strong attack when the night was about to break. The number of Tsing Yi Army troops they brought was 2,000 more than the number at the West Gate.
As the soldiers at the city gates were already prepared, the first wave of sneak attacks did not cause any casualties with the wooden shields.
As the leader of the imperial guards, Luoyue had excellent abilities. It was just a battle to defend the city. It was not enough to make him flustered.
Different from Feng Jin's meticulous arrangements, Luoyue's commands were more rigid.
If Feng Jin was said to be a seemingly soft but dense net that did not leave a single gap, Luoyue was a thick and strong shield.
The former was more meticulous, while the latter was more steady.
Jiang Pengji took away most of the elites, but the female battalion only took away 500 to 600 people. The number of female soldiers who stayed behind was almost a quarter of the garrison in Xiangyang District. Luoyue heard them say that the strength of the female battalion was not bad, but he did not witness it with his own eyes.
However, the reality was far better than what Luoyue had imagined.
He initially thought that they had not seen blood before. Faced with such a large battle formation, they would panic or scream in fear. In the end, they did not.
He secretly lamented that Jiang Nongqin and his lord were good at training people. In his impression, the female soldiers who only knew how to cry actually had courage that did not lose to the men. They used the improved crossbows well and their shooting accuracy was not the least bit inferior.
Indeed, who would care about gender at the juncture of life and death?
The female and male soldiers cooperated to load the crossbows and shoot at the attacking enemy. The soldiers who raised their shields blocked wave after wave of arrows that were shot from below the city. However, there were always stray arrows that passed through the wooden shields and injured people. They pierced into the flesh. Although it was not fatal, the injury was not light.
At such a time, naturally, no one could bring the injured down for treatment.
They could only use brute force to pull the arrowheads out. Then, they used a torn piece of cloth to bandage the wound tightly to prevent it from bleeding too much.
Compared to the west and north gates, the south gate had more resources to defend the city. The crossbows stopped the enemy at a distance of 500 steps away.
The Tsing Yi Army tried to approach the south gate with their shields, but the penetrating power of the crossbows was far more terrifying than they had imagined.
However, although the crossbows were powerful, there were only more than 30 on the city walls. It was impossible to stop all the Tsing Yi Army.
Finally, they abandoned hundreds of corpses and finally approached the blind spot of the crossbows.
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