The Duke of Qin didn't make a move, so why would Han Yunxi make a move?
Things went like this.
After Han Yunxi helped Long Fei Ye treat the wound on his arm, she glanced at the intense battlefield. With just one glance, Long Fei Ye knew that she wanted to participate in the battle.
He had previously agreed to bring her to the battlefield. What was the point of watching from the sidelines while injured?
Thus, Long Feiye grabbed her by the waist without a word and flew over.
"Long Fei Ye, your hand can't …"
Before Han Yunxi could finish speaking, Long Fei Ye interrupted her. "My hand will never be injured while hugging you. Don't worry."
She didn't know what expression he had when he said that, but Han Yunxi heard that his voice was a little awkward, causing her face to heat up. She took a closer look and realized that Long Fei Ye was hugging her with his right hand. The arrow wound was on his left hand. His left hand wasn't holding a sword, but was resting behind his back.
"Using your needle as ben wang's sword, can you do it?" Long Fei Ye asked seriously.
Han Yunxi immediately understood what he meant. "I can do it!"
Thus, Long Fei Ye really didn't make a move. He just hugged Han Yunxi and shuttled through the army, weaving through the rain of arrows.
Long Fei Ye didn't use his sword to block the arrows, but he could use qinggong to dodge the sharp arrows. How could his ability be limited to dodging? He hugged Han Yunxi and dodged while looking for the best position for Han Yunxi to shoot the poison needles.
Although Han Yunxi only knew how to use hidden weapons, she was very, very weak in the face of an entire city tower full of expert archers. However, with Long Fei Ye carrying her, she didn't need to look for an opportunity to shoot the hidden weapons. She only needed to use Pear Blossom Teardrop Rain to shoot the hidden needles after Long Fei Ye found the right opportunity.
Long Fei Ye had found an opportunity. The power of Pear Blossom Teardrop Rain hit the Imperial Archer's arm without missing a target. Han Yunxi's poison needles were also very clever. A small needle wouldn't take a person's life, but it could numb an archer's arm, making him unable to pick up an arrow again.
Could a Driving Archer still be called a Driving Archer if he couldn't pick up an arrow? He was just a piece of trash with no combat ability to speak of.
There were many archers on the city gate. Long Fei Ye and Han Yunxi specifically targeted the archers who only had arrows and did not have bows. It didn't take long for them to be crippled.
A single Driving Archer was equivalent to ten archers, so they were basically killing one to ten. This reduced the pressure on the soldiers below the city walls.
This battle could be said to be the most exciting battle that Han Yunxi had ever fought in her life. It was also the most satisfying battle she had ever fought. If she and Long Feiye worked together, they were a perfect match.
She was finally no longer depressed that she didn't know martial arts. With Long Fei Ye around, martial arts became something that could be replaced.
Han Yunxi was having a great time fighting, but General Chu was on the verge of tears.
The soldiers kept coming in to report, "General, we've lost another three Driving Archers!"
"General, Han Yunxi used poison needles. Ten Driving Archers have one arm crippled and can't even lift it."
"General, we've crippled another three! What do we do? "
… …
Less than an hour later, the deputy general personally came in to report, "General, half of the archers on the western wall have been crippled!"
When these words came out, General Chu couldn't take it anymore. "What? They didn't even let the archers off? "
"At first, they only targeted the Driving Archers. Later on, this subordinate ordered the Driving Archers to focus their efforts on killing the two of them. Who knew … who knew that they would anger the Duke of Qin." The deputy general had an innocent expression.
"And then?" General Chu angrily questioned.
"The Duke of Qin deployed a team of crossbow archers from somewhere to deal with the archers on the city walls. Their arrows seemed to be specially made, so their power and accuracy were far superior to ours. More importantly, they were all coated in poison! Thus, as long as they hit, even if they didn't have any vital points, they'd be … crippled. Soon enough, half of our forces were wiped out, "the deputy general was helpless. This was the first time he'd seen someone use poison on the battlefield after so many years of fighting.
He really wanted to know where Han Yunxi had gotten so much poison to coat her arrows!
"Damned Han Yunxi!" General Chu wished he could kill that woman.
On one side, Chu Yunyi muttered to himself, "The Tang Clan! Those arrows must have come from the Tang Clan! "
He remembered that Chu Tianyin had once mentioned that the young master of the Tang Clan had a close relationship with Long Fei Ye. If the Tang Clan really did provide them with crossbow arrows, then they were far superior to their own.
With the help of the Tang Clan's assassination weapons, Long Fei Ye was like a tiger that had grown wings!
"General, now that the Duke of Qin and Qin Wangfei are targeting Driving Arrow archers, the crossbow archers are aiming at our archers. We don't have any advantage in archery! If this goes on, we'll suffer disastrous losses. In this general's humble opinion, we should withdraw our archers. "
Once the archers were gone, the foot soldiers below the city walls would lose support from the walls, making it harder for them to end the battle quickly.
Moreover, General Chu couldn't swallow his anger. "We won't withdraw!" he roared. "Thousands of archers and 3,000 crossbow archers can't deal with them? I refuse to believe it! Pass down my orders, no matter if they're Driving Arrow archers or archers, they're all to target Han Yunxi. Kill them all! "
General Chu's orders put pressure on Long Fei Ye and Han Yunxi. After all, no matter how strong they were, they were no match for thousands of arrows.
Still, the sight of the couple darting through the rain of arrows left a deep impression in everyone's minds. Although the outcome wasn't decided yet, in a sense, the Duke of Qin and his wife had already won!
Facing the concentrated rain of arrows, Han Yunxi and Long Fei Ye didn't retreat. Under the cover of the crossbow archers, they fought guerrilla warfare with the archers on the city walls. They focused on defense and occasionally found an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
Because they didn't retreat, the archers didn't dare to lower their guard and didn't care about the battlefield below the city walls. Long Fei Ye's 5,000 elite soldiers below the city walls were relieved of a lot of pressure. However, this was only to reduce the pressure on them. In the end, 5,000 people were no match for 50,000 people.
After another hour, both sides suffered heavy casualties. Long Fei Ye's 5,000 soldiers couldn't afford to waste time, but the Chu Clan's army could. Even if they lost 5,000 soldiers, they still had 40,000 soldiers and could still suppress Long Fei Ye.
Long Fei Ye wasn't an idiot, nor was he arrogant. He wouldn't be so ignorant as to fight 50,000 with 5,000. His only goal today was to stall for time!
He wanted to stall for time until Western Zhou's army and Zhongnan's army captured Youyun and Yaoshui Prefectures and came to reinforce them.
Seeing that he had stalled for enough time, Long Fei Ye immediately ordered the troops to retreat.
Hearing this, General Chu heaved a sigh of relief. He immediately ordered, "Retreat and close the city gates! Leave 3,000 soldiers to guard the city gates. Everyone else, head north to reinforce Youyun Prefecture! "
Although they hadn't beaten Long Fei Ye to the point of admitting defeat, they had beaten Long Fei Ye to the point where they didn't have any more soldiers to attack Fenglin Prefecture. He could finally move his troops north without worry.
Soon, the deputy general reported the numbers. "General, we've lost 1,000 archers and 5,000 infantry. Long Fei Ye's 5,000 elite soldiers are estimated to only have 2,000 left."
"And we've lost a day's time!" General Chu added unhappily. The only thing he was thankful for was that he hadn't received any news of Youyun Prefecture's fall. It seemed like he could still make it if he rushed there overnight.
Unexpectedly, just as he arranged for 3,000 soldiers to guard the city gates and made all the preparations to move north without telling Long Fei Ye, the deputy general scrambled into the tent and shouted, "General! General! Something bad has happened! Something bad has happened! "
General Chu was applying anesthetic to his arm to stop the pain. Seeing the deputy general's panicked appearance, he was incomparably annoyed and simply ignored him.
Not only were they unable to defeat Long Fei Ye's 5,000 elite soldiers with 50,000 soldiers, but they had also wasted a day here. What could possibly happen at this time? Could there be anything worse than this?
Unexpectedly, the deputy general's words caused General Chu to stand up in shock. He knocked over the anesthetic in the doctor's hand and forgot about the pain in his arm!
The deputy general said, "General, the Duke of Qin has set up camp a thousand meters away. He … he has hung the young general in front of the camp. The Duke of Qin said … said that if we don't surrender for a day, he will cut the young general with his sword. "
Without a doubt, the Chu Clan's young general was Chu Tianyin!
Of course, General Chu hadn't forgotten that his son was in Long Fei Ye's hands, but if Long Fei Ye didn't bring it up, he wouldn't bring it up himself lest he be threatened.
Who knew that Long Feiye would push Tianyin out at a time like this?! The thing he was most afraid of had finally happened.
That was his own son, the one he doted on the most! Although the Chu Clan had plenty of heirs, there was only one son of the first wife. None of them could compare to Tianyin's martial arts skills and talents.
General Chu could choose not to fight for the throne with Chu Yunyi, but the latter would have to abdicate one day. His precious son was the best candidate for the position. As long as he withdrew his troops now, he could guarantee his son's safety.
Faced with such temptation, General Chu couldn't make up his mind and hesitated.
Chu Yunyi stood on one side, very clear on General Chu's feelings for his son. He also knew that the Chu Clan needed a successor now that the two of them were seriously injured.
Still, he hesitated as well. Youyun and Yaoshui Prefectures were in dire straits, while Ning Cheng's reinforcements had yet to arrive. If they traded Fenglin Prefecture for Chu Tianyin, what would the Chu Clan have left?
There would be no place left for the Chu Clan! Were they really going to attack Tianning's borders?
After all, Emperor Tianhui was still breathing. If they entered Tianning now, they wouldn't be able to claim the throne properly. Hadn't they spent so much time and effort to give Chu Qingge a premature birth just so they could claim Tianning's throne?
Although they were cooperating with Ning Cheng, they still had to be on guard against Ning Cheng! Emperor Tianhui was still breathing, while the crown prince had yet to ascend the throne. If they entered Tianning now, Ning Cheng might accuse the crown prince and empress of conspiring with the enemy to usurp the throne. Then all their efforts in West Liang would be for naught.
Both brothers had their own selfish motives and were considering the interests of their respective clans. They stared at each other for a long time. Finally, General Chu spoke up. "Big bro, you're the clan head. You make the decision!"
Chu Yunyi couldn't help but sigh with emotion. "If only Gu Beiyue was still in our hands!"
"Big bro, when will Ning Cheng arrive?" General Chu asked.
"We agreed that he'd arrive the day after tomorrow. It's only two days … I wonder if Tianyin …"
Chu Yunyi wanted to waste time here. If they could hold out for two days, Ning Cheng's reinforcements would arrive and catch Long Fei Ye unawares.
Chu Yunyi had made a concession by abandoning Youyun Prefecture for Fenglin Prefecture, but Chu Tianyin would have to hold out for two days. Then he'd have to suffer two stabs from Long Fei Ye!
If it was a fatal wound, it'd be enough to kill him!
After much consideration, General Chu decided to throw caution to the wind. "Even if Gu Beiyue isn't in our hands, we can still threaten them!"
Using Gu Beiyue's whereabouts to threaten Han Yunxi would buy Tianyin at least two days!
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