Not far away from Guobei County, there was another settlement to the west.
The city wall was thirty meters tall, and the cliffs looked as if they had been carved by knives and axes. It was surrounded by a river on three sides, and the center of the settlement was the image of a God fishing with a fishing pole.
It was called Fishing City.
The name had a significant impact in the history of Chidragon, and the westerners called it "the place where God broke the whip".
The Southern Song Dynasty was in turmoil, and Fishing City, on its own, lasted 36 years under the attack of the Mongolians, who were known as the God's Whip.
When the Southern Song Dynasty fell and the city lost its momentum, General Wang Li finally surrendered after the Mongolians promised that the city wouldn't be slaughtered.
After the surrender, the thirty or so generals in the city all drew their swords and committed suicide.
How heroic it was!
However, today, they weren't dealing with a human civil war. Instead, they were dealing with the Metal Men, a race that Dragon City had eliminated during the Ten-Species Competition, just like the Souls!
Of course, just like the Soul race, these Transcendent Metal Men were far stronger than the Metal Men from before.
At this moment, on the other side of the river to the east of Fishing City, the Metal Men had built an all-metal military base with the power of providence. The silver liquid metal kept expanding, transforming everything around it into metal.
Needless to say, this was a Transcendent technology that was as good as teleportation and involved the conversion of matter!
"Zi zi zi …"
In the metal base that was continuously spreading toward Dragon City's defense line, silver cannons that were full of technological style appeared on the ground. There were also tower-like structures that rose. Balls of light gathered above them, and all kinds of metal condensed into different types of flying machines that rose into the air under the drive of electromagnetic power.
It was obvious that after this astonishing number of weapons were fully charged, an attack with unimaginable power would be unleashed.
"The Metal Men are invading Dragon City's territory … The Metal Men are occupying the land of the Song Dynasty …"
On the city wall that was as tall as a cliff, a middle-aged general wearing golden armor and a purple-red cloak stood. He held a silver sword, carried a quiver of golden arrows, and carried an iron bow that was as tall as a grown man.
He looked down at the expanding Metal Men building on the other side of the river and murmured in a low voice. His eyes were as sharp as lightning, and he looked intimidating.
"Marshal, Bei Wei, Ta Bai, You Yi, Po Di … the eight armies have finished preparing for battle. Please give the order."
A young general with rosy lips and white teeth walked up to him. He was holding a pair of golden war hammers, but his hands were full of calluses. He was a young general who was not very old and held a pair of golden war hammers.
Bei Wei, Ta Bai, You Yi, Po Di … These were the names of the legendary ancient army, the "Yue Family Army".
This middle-aged general's identity was obviously …
"Yes, Yue Fei!"
"Yue Wumu, loyal to the country!"
Many people watching the live broadcast on Earth had already realized this and were excited.
This person was definitely famous throughout history. Although he had been kicked out of the list of textbooks due to certain issues, people's respect for him had not diminished in the slightest.
[Yue Fei]
[Level: Extraordinary Rank-6]
[Grade: Legendary]
Description: General who fought against the Jin Dynasty in the Southern Song Dynasty, military strategist, national hero, calligrapher, poet, and leader of the Four Great Generals!
As for the young general holding a pair of golden hammers, it was obvious that he was Golden Hammer Yue Yun, one of the "Four Ferocious Eight Great Hammers" in the "Shuo Yue" series of storytelling.
Yue Fei's orders were absolute.
In the army, even father and son had to address each other according to their titles.
"Everyone, today's battle will determine Dragon City's foothold in the Legendary Land and the survival of mankind."
Yue Fei nodded.
Then, he turned around and looked around.
There were as many as 8,000 soldiers of the Yue Family Army, all of whom were armed and above Extraordinary Elite. They looked unstoppable.
"Let's pretend that these Metal Men are the Golden Men and compose the song 'River Runs Red'!"
Yue Fei drew out a golden arrow and pointed it at the Metal Men's base. His voice was impassioned, and his eyes sparkled.
"Bristling with anger, leaning against the railing, the drizzling rain rests. Looking up, laughing at the sky, you are full of vigor."
The 8,000 soldiers of the Yue Family Army drew their weapons at the same time, pointed at the Metal Men, and sang at the same time. Their voices pierced through the rocks and split the clouds.
"Thirty years of fame and dust, eight thousand miles of road, the clouds and the moon … Don't be idle, I'm young, I'm sad!"
On Earth, there were more than ten million people who started reciting along with him.
Clip-clop, clip-clop!
The Metal Men's base, which had expanded to the riverside, seemed to have sensed the threat and launched an attack.
On the ground, the high-tech turrets were activated, and a large number of missiles that looked like spears flew toward Fishing City with blue and white electric currents.
All kinds of aircrafts were launched into the sky by electromagnetic catapults. Machine guns, cannonballs, and flying items that glowed with blue light rained down on the Yue Family Army soldiers on the city wall!
"Expel the barbarians and restore China!"
Faced with the fierce artillery fire of the Metal Men, the 8,000 soldiers of the Yue Family Army roared at the same time. Energy rose from each of them and condensed into eight enormous generals in the air. Each of them had the aura of a Transcendent Rank-5 warrior!
Then, without dodging at all, they blocked the long-range attacks with the power of their battle formations.
The Yue Army had eight battle formations, and each formation had a thousand soldiers. Every soldier's level was Extraordinary, Elite, and above. Furthermore, there was a Transcendent hero commanding them.
Yue Yun, Zhang Xian, Niu Gao, Yang Zaixing … The famous historical generals, together with the experienced elites, blocked the east side of Fishing City even though there were less than 10,000 of them.
Even though the Metal Men's artillery fire was very fierce, it didn't break. It was as steady as a mountain!
That was because the entire Yue Family Army was covered in three layers of Transcendent power.
The first layer was named "Loyalty to the Country", which came from Yue Fei, a Legendary hero. Its feature was that when fighting for the human settlement, the morale of the entire army would be raised to the peak.
The second layer was "It's easy to shake a mountain, but it's hard to shake the Yue Family Army".
This was an attribute of the Yue Family Army as a Legendary unit. Its effect was that the strength of all the soldiers of the Yue Family Army could be stacked, which meant that even the blast of a large number of cannonball explosions wouldn't be able to make them take a step back.
On the contrary, every attack of the Yue Family Army was more powerful than a regular battle formation!
Furthermore, the 8,000 Yue Clan soldiers also possessed a third attribute, which was the concept of the legendary poem "Rivers Run Red". Under the rules of the inheritance, the attribute "Rage" was bestowed upon them. It could increase the strength of the soldiers' attacks by another level according to their level of rage.
At this moment, in the minds of the 8,000 soldiers of the Yue Family Army, the Metal Men were equal to the Jin people. After a hundred years of humiliation in the Southern Song Dynasty, they naturally burst out with their strongest combat ability!
"Aspiring to eat barbarian meat, thirsting for Xiongnu blood, waiting for a new beginning, cleaning up the old land and rivers …"
While the 8,000 soldiers of the Yue Family Army defended, Yue Fei coldly took down the golden bow on his back and put a golden arrow on the string.
He raised his hand and drew the bow to a full moon.
Clang!
He loosened his grip, and the golden arrow flew out. The golden light became brighter and brighter in the air. In the end, it condensed into a Golden-Winged Roc that was more than 300m long and swooped at the Metal Men's camp on the other side of the river.
Yue Fei's courtesy name was Pengju. It was said that, like Zhang Fei, he was the reincarnation of a Golden-Winged Roc.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
Faced with the Golden-winged Roc, which looked like a golden cloud, the tower-like defense facilities in the Metal Men's camp immediately reacted. They shot out beams of white light at the Golden-winged Roc, and the areas hit by the beams quickly disintegrated, annihilated, and disappeared. Sleepless.
Obviously, this was also some kind of Transcendent technology.
However, the Golden-Winged Roc was too huge, and it kept expanding as it flew. Before the light beams were completely disintegrated, it had already charged into the base and cut down a dozen of the Metal Men's "thunder towers" with its wings.
In the end, it dived into the Silver Liquid Pool and exploded.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Every feather on the Golden-Winged Roc turned into a golden arrow, riddling the core area of the Metal Men with holes and destroying them crazily.
More than 20 Metal Men died because they couldn't dodge in time.
"That's awesome!"
"Is Yue Fei really that strong?"
"Yes. Why do I feel that his archery skills are even better than Li Guang, the Flying General who killed a Transcendent Rank-5 Ghost King in another settlement?"
Exclamations and astonished voices echoed all over Earth.
Most people in Chidragon didn't know that Yue Fei wasn't just a general. He was one of the most powerful generals in history.
It was said that he was born with extraordinary strength. He was able to draw a bow that weighed 150 kilograms and had a crossbow that weighed eight stones. He learned archery from Zhou Tong and could shoot left and right. Many times in his life, he only led a hundred riders to fight the enemy. Just like Guan Yu, he was one of the few people who charged into enemy lines and killed a general on his own. He was praised more than once for his bravery.
Not to mention that Yue Fei was one of the most talented generals in ancient times. Both "Rivers Run Red" and "Lesser Heavy Mountain" were famous works.
With such a well-rounded commander and a lot of heroes in the Yue family's army, the Yue family had a lot of them.
They even had Quasi Legendary generals like Yang Zaixing, who had blocked the attacks of a hundred Transcendent Metal Men with only a few thousand men and even fought back.
However, it was different from Guobei County.
The Metal Men weren't the only ones who attacked Fishing City. Aliens had appeared in the other three directions as well.
To the west of Fishing City, which was the only direction without a moat, were some Transcendent creatures that were only one to two feet tall. They were all dark green and looked like the Tree Spirits in western legends.
Those Tree Spirits didn't participate in the attack themselves. Instead, they cast spells and emitted green light that covered the plants and trees around them.
"Hualala!"
Covered by the green light, the plants and trees intertwined with each other and merged with the soil and rocks on the ground. They turned into giant Dead Wood Guards and attacked the north side of Fishing City.
"Stop them!"
On the city wall, all kinds of defensive weapons that had been prepared immediately launched a counterattack.
They were weightless at first, but they became heavier and heavier as they moved faster. There were "stones" that weighed more than five thousand kilograms when they hit the ground, "flame bombs" that left a burning trail in the air, and "demon seeds" that would quickly absorb the vitality of the creatures around them when they hit the ground …
All kinds of weapons were launched one after another, but they couldn't stop the Dead Wood Guards from pushing forward.
The main reason was that these Withered Tree Guards were merely transformed creatures, equivalent to 'weapons of war'. Without the concept of life and death, there was no fear in them, much less retreat.
There were more than ten thousand soldiers on the west side of Fishing City, which was even more than Yue Jun's army.
But no matter if it was in terms of level or elite, they were a level lower than the Yue Clan Army. Especially when it came to ordinary people, it was impossible for them to "face death with equanimity" like these Withered Tree Guards, causing the "battle line" to be pushed forward by the Tree Spirits.
"I watch the sword by the lamp when I'm drunk, and I play the horn in my dreams …"
All of a sudden, another poem was recited. A hero wearing general armor and holding a sword appeared on the north side of the city wall.
His face was thin, his eyebrows were like crescent moons, and his eyes were like stars!
[Xin Qiji]
[Level: Transcendent Rank-5]
[Rarity: Legendary]
[Description: He was a general of the Southern Song Dynasty, a writer, and a bold poet. His nickname was "Dragon of Poems".]
Needless to say, Xin Qiji was on par with Yue Fei in terms of the most talented person in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Most people only knew that the "Dragon of Poems" was one of the two greatest poets in poetry, but they didn't know that he was born in the north, which had fallen into the hands of the Jin Dynasty. At the age of 21, he gathered 2,000 people to rebel against the Jin Dynasty. He even led more than 50 people to break into a military camp of tens of thousands of people and captured Zhang Anguo, the traitor who killed the leader of the rebellion. He was then brought to the Southern Song Dynasty for trial.
Throughout his life, he advocated for resistance and tried to mend the sky with his own body. Unfortunately, he couldn't fulfill his ambition, and it was all for nothing!
"Burning in the eight hundred miles away, the sound of fifty strings turning over the wall, the soldiers on the battlefield in autumn."
On the battlefield, the song "Breaking the Formation", which was as famous as "Rivers Run Red", was playing.
On the west wall of the Fishing City, the air rippled, and soldiers appeared one after another. After sharing the beef, they picked up the weapons next to them.
Expressionlessly, they charged at the Dead Wood Guardians that had reached the edge of the city wall. Those soldiers were all elites who had followed Xin Qiji to raid the camp. They were also fearless in battle, and their combat ability was in Extraordinary Rank-9!
They weren't inferior to the Dead Wood Guardians that were created by magic. While they couldn't turn the tide of the battle, they couldn't make it difficult for the enemy to climb the city wall.
"Throughout the ages, heroes are nowhere to be found, Sun Zhongmou is here … Thinking back to the past, the golden spears and armored horses were like a tiger swallowing ten thousand li."
After stabilizing the situation, Xin Qiji changed his poem.
"Roar!"
A huge tiger appeared on top of the city wall. It opened its mouth, and a huge suction force covered an area of over a thousand meters. It was as if a hurricane had appeared on the ground. Not only did it pull the Withered Tree Guards to the side, but it also sucked a dozen or so Tree Spirits that were caught off guard onto the city wall and swallowed them in one gulp.
The combat ability of a Legendary hero wasn't necessarily higher than that of a Commander.
However, if the hero was as high as Transcendent Rank-5, it would be a different story.
Then came the southern battlefield. The aliens that appeared in that direction were rather strange. Tentacles that looked like octopuses popped up from the surging river now and then, with purple eyes embedded on them.
Those tentacles didn't attack directly. They simply raised their heads from the river and looked at the defenders of the Fishing City on the city wall.
"Ah!"
"What's this?"
As for the combatants who were stared at by these eyes, their bodies quickly underwent a strange change.
Some of them had a tentacle on their back and strangled their necks, making it hard for them to breathe. Some of them had their eyeballs split and their eye sockets burst.
"Monsters! Monsters!"
"Don't kill me!"
More people held their heads and screamed. Then, blood flowed out of their eyes, ears, and nostrils.
Then, their heads exploded, and the brains and blood turned into new tentacles and eyes on the ground, wriggling and looking around.
"Watch out! It's Cthulhu!"
"Damn it! We're in trouble!"
It was a creature known as Cthulhu. It was similar to the creatures of the same name on the Internet and was very good at mental attacks.
Even though the defenders of Dragon City were wearing mental defense props developed by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Daoist Camp, they couldn't resist such Transcendent attacks. Some soldiers couldn't even take it anymore and jumped off the city wall. Their heads were smashed to the ground, and some undeveloped eyes and tentacles grew out of their blood!
"There is righteousness in the world, and chaos gives form. Below it are rivers and mountains, and above it are the sun and the stars. People call it righteousness, and it fills the entire universe. "
Another recitation rang out. This time, it was a man dressed in a scholar's robes and robes.
"The road to the throne is clean, and peace spits out the court. Only when time is at its end can we see it. It is the majesty of righteousness, and it will last for ages. When it reaches the sun and the moon, life and death will rest in peace. "
Wen Tianxiang was a statesman and writer in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was a national hero who resisted the Yuan Dynasty. The poem he recited was called the Song of Righteousness, which was also a famous poem.
Under the blessing of the Song of Morality, the morale of the surrounding Southern Song soldiers soared. Their will to fight was unprecedented, and their bodies were enveloped by a layer of majestic Morality. As a result, the mental attacks of the "Cthulhu" were largely ineffective.
"Use the Thunder Pulse!"
"Kill those monsters!"
Then, the iron city wall was opened, revealing black holes. Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Black balls flew out of the holes and fell into the river down below. They exploded into red, high-temperature pieces the moment they touched the water. They flew back and forth in the river and cut off the tentacles of the Cthulhu.
A weird aroma of roasted octopus and eyeballs spread out from the river.
It was named the Thunder Pulse, and it was a weapon specially made to deal with aquatic creatures. Together with Wen Tianxiang, the hero, they stabilized the situation in the north.
In the troubled Southern Song Dynasty, there was no shortage of people who were "well-versed in both literature and martial arts".
For example, to the north of Fishing City at this moment …
"Ooo, ooo, ooo …"
After the Cthulhu in the north was stopped, the river in the south that was surging because of the Thunder Pulse had a reaction too.
The river surged up, and one after another, non-humanoid creatures that were less than one meter tall, covered in a layer of cyan-black scales, and had a sharp mouth corner that looked like a turtle's, emerged from the river.
They were creatures known as "Kappa", and they were unstoppable as long as there was water.
Boom, boom, boom …
Unlike the Cthulhu, these Kappas didn't even try to dodge the Thunder Quake that was coming down from the city wall.
This was because when these "Thunder Bombs" collided with their bodies, they only created a few sparks and were completely unable to damage the layer of greenish-black scales on their bodies. In fact, some of the Kappas even grabbed the Thunder Bombs when they were about to land, causing them to explode in their hands.
They stuffed the Thunder Pulse into their mouths and closed their mouths. After the explosion, they spat out molten iron as if they had eaten jelly beans.
"Wow, they're so unbelievably sturdy!"
"Isn't Kappa a creature from the legends of Sakura?"
"No. Technically speaking, Kappa is from Chidragon too."
Many people who were watching the battle on Earth changed their expressions.
Swallowing a bomb was indeed shocking for ordinary people. More importantly, how could Dragon City deal with such a Transcendent creature that had been seen for a long time?
"Don't feel sorry for yourself in a lonely village. You still think of defending your country. You lie down at night and listen to the wind blowing the snow. Iron horses and glaciers come to your dreams!"
The poem was recited for the fourth time. This time, it was the voice of an old man who was coughing.
As the poem was recited, the environment on the city wall suddenly changed. It was snowing heavily!
The snowflakes fell onto the surface of the water and quickly spread out. In just a few breaths of time, the water surrounding the Fishing City on three sides was frozen solid. The entire river was completely frozen, and even the Kappas floating on the surface of the water were frozen solid.
Of course, with their physical strength, the ice couldn't really restrict their movements.
However, along with the ice and snow, there was also a great amount of bone-chilling cold air that condensed on the surface of the frozen river, forming hundreds of illusory soldiers who were holding long spears and riding armored warhorses!
"This poem looks so familiar. I just can't remember who the author is."
"It's Lu You, Lu Fangweng!"
"When I die, I know that everything is empty, but I can't see the same people in Jiuzhou. When the emperor's army settles the Central Plains in the north, I won't forget to tell my father, Lu You!"
Lu You, the Master of Calligraphy.
A patriotic poet, writer, and historian of the Southern Song Dynasty!
"Harrumph!"
Following this, hundreds of soldiers on Iron Horses galloped across the ice, raising their spears and thrusting them forward. Because the entire ice surface was sealed, the soldiers were unable to move.
Because the whole ice was frozen, the Kappa couldn't go down and could only rush up.
Pew, pew, pew …
In the blink of an eye, the two parties collided.
Contrary to the audience's expectations, the Kappas didn't shatter into pieces due to their frozen bodies.
On the other hand, the hundred-strong Iron Horse Army dissipated like mist during the collision.
"Did they fail?"
"The thunder is loud, but the rain is small?"
The spectating players were a little stunned.
"No, they didn't fail. The souls of the Kappa have been destroyed!"
"The cavalry doesn't seem to be using physical attacks, but mental ones!"
"Is it a battle poem? Is it a battle poem? "
The audience's eyes widened as they realized something.
As mentioned before, being Transcendent didn't mean that one was invincible in every aspect.
The Kappa had unparalleled physical strength, but there were also many limitations. Once they were frozen, they couldn't make full use of their strength, and their souls weren't strong enough.
Under the mental attack of "Dream of the Iron Horses and Frozen River", they became the aliens who died the fastest on the battlefield.
"Impressive!"
"We made it."
"That's the heroes of Chidragon!"
After several Legendary heroes of the Southern Song Dynasty joined the battle, the situation in the Fishing City was stabilized. The billions of people on Earth who had chosen to watch the battle were thrilled too.
The people of Chidragon who knew a thing or two about history were especially excited.
The Southern Song Dynasty was undoubtedly the most contradictory dynasty in the history of Chidragon.
In terms of culture and technology, it had reached the peak that the previous dynasties couldn't achieve, but it was regarded as a weakling by all the other dynasties.
The taxes were harsh, the military expenditure was huge, the finances were in difficulties, and the people were in dire straits. The upper echelons indulged in comfort and did not think about making progress. In the early stages of the war against the Jin Dynasty, they lost more than they won, signing one humiliating peace treaty after another. After the fall of the Jin Dynasty, they were squeezed by the Meng Yuan Empire's army.
However, such a country …
In the Battle of Cliff Mountain, the people of Chidragon showed their strength.
The emperor, the prime minister, the officials, the servants, and the families of the hundred thousand people threw themselves into the sea to die for their country. They were even more tragic than Tian Heng's eight hundred warriors!
And this Fishing City of Hechuan was not one bit inferior to the Great Tang's Anxi Protectorate.
"Kill them!"
"I swear I won't be a slave to a subjugated nation!"
"Kill those aliens!"
On the battlefield, a soldier of the Southern Song Dynasty lunged forward and roared with bloodshot eyes. He was known as the Gou An of the Southern Song Dynasty, but he unleashed an unprecedented killing intent when he faced the aliens!
In fact, this killing intent that was filled with extreme hatred towards the foreign races didn't only come from a male general, but also from a seemingly weak and graceful scholar woman.
Lu You's "Dream of the Iron Horse and Glacier" killed one-third of the Kappas. The rest of the Kappas were greatly weakened because of the ice on the surface of the water. They didn't choose to fight head-on for now. Instead, they got rid of the ice on their bodies and ran to the other side of the river, trying to get away from those things.
"I'm a hero alive, and I'll be a hero even in death …"
Exactly at this moment, a soft but sonorous female voice echoed.
"I miss Xiang Yu even now, and I refuse to cross the river!"
The voice was full of enchantment. The Kappas that were running to the other side of the river suddenly slowed down, as if they were hindered by something and couldn't retreat.
Li Qingzhao, the most talented woman in history and the representative of the Graceful Poetry School, had written most of her poems in her life. However, this "Summer Quatrain" was ten times more domineering than most men!
"Holding back my tears, I ask the emissary when the six armies will really come.
"The young man was proud of the Cloud-Soaring Brush, but today, the spring is over!
"The vengeance of the nation hasn't been avenged yet, and the sound of the sword in the case will ring in the night. When the soldiers return home, the snow will crush Flying Fox City.
"The flags cover the cold sky, the border city is shaken, and the barbarians are swallowed … Prosperity depends on the king and the hero!"
"Who hasn't died since ancient times? Let the loyal heart shine in history."
Then, one war poem after another echoed on the city wall, and all kinds of attacks fell on the aliens.
Officials, generals, poets, and the Legends and Transcendent heroes from the Southern Song Dynasty unleashed their full combat ability. Their Extraordinary and Transcendent power overlapped, turning the Fishing City into an impenetrable fortress for the alien races, just like it did in history.
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