It was nighttime.
Ziyue City was 150 kilometers away from Ping City, and it was located on both sides of Ping City.
The population was only tens of thousands of people, and the city walls were five meters tall. It wasn't considered a tall city, and it was considered short compared to ordinary border cities.
However, over the past few decades, this city had been firmly guarding this line.
At this moment, everyone in Ziyue City was wearing helmets and armor, but it wasn't considered solemn. Instead, it was very noisy, and laughter could be heard from time to time.
Every two meters on the city wall, there was a burly man wearing shabby leather armor and wielding a long saber standing there, looking into the darkness in the distance. Although they knew that the Great Xia army was in front, the darkness affected their vision, and they couldn't see far even with the help of the lights on the city wall.
However, even though they knew that the Great Xia army was on their way, they didn't look nervous. Instead, they looked relaxed.
"I heard that the Great Xia army has also arrived at Ping City and Shun City. Are they all out? They don't even want their lair anymore. "
"Hehe, whoever kills 100 people will be promoted by one rank. Whether they can get promoted or not depends on this trip."
"Who knows, they might be able to fight their way to Great Xia this time."
Everyone laughed heartily.
"Deputy Protector General, the Great Xia army has stopped three kilometers away from the north. We haven't found out their number yet."
"The Great Xia army has come from afar. Is there anyone willing to welcome them? Let them feel the enthusiasm of our fierce aboriginal warriors. " The Deputy Protector General of the North, Xiong Yue, sat on the seat at the front of the hall. Below him were two rows of more than 10 generals wearing leather armor.
"Your subordinates are willing to go!" Almost everyone below stood up.
"Oh, your spirit is not bad." Xiong Yue nodded. "Bai Shiye, Zhong Qing, both of you will lead 1,000 men out from the north gate. After killing for a while, you will leave and return through the east and west gates.
You will set off in 15 minutes and return in an hour. "Xiong Yue gave his orders, and the two of them left with smiles on their faces.
"Continue to send scouts out of the city and see how many men they have," Xiong Yue added.
15 minutes later, the north gate of Ziyue City opened, and 2,000 burly men wearing leather armor whizzed out. After separating for a distance, they brandished their long sabers and sprinted.
Although he was running, his speed was not much slower than that of a galloping horse. With the remaining strength, his running speed was almost the same as Usain Bolt, and he did not slow down even after running for a few miles.
When they could already see the dense mass of troops under the moonlight, the two generals each shouted, "Kill!"
The people behind him immediately let out beast-like roars and pounced towards the dense army in front of them.
"Everyone, listen up! Kill!" Following a clear voice, thousands of figures rushed out from the front of the army.
What greeted them was a wave of crossbows, followed by a variety of weapons.
Sabers, spears, swords, halberds, all sorts of weapons could be seen. Steel whips and iron pens could also be seen.
"Kill!" Bai Shiye's eyes were filled with excitement as he slashed his longsword at the oncoming shadow. The other party seemed to be startled by the momentum of his longsword. Then, his body floated to the side like a leaf blown by the wind. Then, the longsword in his hand trembled, and specks of silver stars appeared.
"Die!" Bai Shiye turned his body, and his blade force turned into a streak of white light that swept across his opponent's waist, instantly splitting it into two.
The longsword in his opponent's hand only left a trace of blood on his arm, as if he had been bitten by a mosquito.
However, this opponent made him feel that something wasn't right.
Someone in the Great Xia army who could use a weapon like a sword definitely shouldn't be this weak.
"You dare to kill my disciple? You're courting death! " A loud roar came from not far away, and an old man holding a sword flew over everyone's heads and headed straight for Bai Shiye.
Both parties' swords clashed, and both parties could feel the force from the other party's weapon. Bai Shiye took two steps back, while the other party flew back five to six meters.
"It's an Earth Wheel expert from Great Xia!" Bai Shiye immediately knew the strength of the other party, which was roughly equivalent to an intermediate Earth Wheel expert. However, the martial arts technique that the other party used just now made him somewhat suspicious. It wasn't a move that was commonly used on the battlefield. More than half of the 18 consecutive sword strikes were feints. To use such tricks on the battlefield, the other party definitely wasn't someone from the army.
He looked to his left and right and saw that the opponents that his subordinates encountered were similar to the ones that he had encountered.
"They aren't the Great Xia army, but those sects within the borders of Great Xia!" Bai Shiye suddenly reacted.
But why would they appear here?
Just now, after that opponent was sent flying by a slash, he didn't know where to hide. Bai Shiye killed a few more opponents. At this moment, the sound of orderly footsteps could be heard in front of everyone. Every step was like a giant stepping on the ground, causing the ground to tremble.
Countless black shadows could be seen moving in the darkness, and the tip of the spear reflected the cold moonlight.
Following which, a bugle horn sounded, and the people who were fighting with the aboriginals immediately fled to the sides like rabbits. Their speed was so fast that the aboriginals couldn't catch up with them.
"Shoot!"
Hum —!
Countless arrows were shot from the darkness at everyone like raindrops. In an instant, 60 to 70 people were shot and turned into porcupines.
In addition, many people had one or two arrow wounds on their bodies.
When Bai Shiye saw this situation, he immediately let out a long howl, and everyone retreated at lightning speed.
However, just as everyone was retreating, another wave of arrows rained down. Even though the casualties this time were smaller, 30 to 40 people couldn't dodge in time and were turned into porcupines. The people beside them immediately grabbed their clothes and ran away. When they realized that they weren't breathing, they chopped off their heads and hung them on their waists, leaving their corpses in place.
Their idea was to bring the heads of the fallen soldiers back to the Sixty Thousand Mountains for burial. As for the corpses, they didn't care.
On the way back to the city with everyone, Bai Shiye did a rough count. At least 300 people didn't make it back, and less than 100 heads were brought back.
This made his heart ache so much that it almost bled.
Of course, when they retreated, he didn't even consider the 500 to 600 corpses on the ground.
"Sir!" Bai Shiye called out after returning. "Your subordinate is back to report on the mission."
"How was it?" Xiong Yue asked.
"We attacked 1,000 people and lost about 300 of our own," Bai Shiye reported.
"Eh?" Xiong Yue and the others were a little surprised after hearing this. They originally guessed that the number of casualties would be around 100 to 200 people at most. After all, the other party had just arrived. How could they cause so many casualties after such a long and arduous journey?
"Sir, what I encountered wasn't the Great Xia army. At that time, the people I encountered weren't using the martial arts techniques of the military battlefield. They were more like the moves of the martial arts sects of Great Xia. Furthermore, I saw many people who weren't very strong, but they ran extremely fast. It seemed like they were using the so-called body techniques that those people used, "Bai Shiye replied.
At this moment, Zhong Qing also came in from outside and cupped his fists. "Sir, your subordinate is back to report on the mission."
"How was it?" Xiong Yue asked in a deep voice.
"1,000 people attacked, 600 returned, and 400 died in battle." Zhong Qing had an ugly look on his face.
Following which, Zhong Qing recounted the events that he encountered were exactly the same as Bai Shiye's. They were both entangled by the martial arts sects of Great Xia …
Although the techniques of the other party weren't suitable for close combat, their strength was much higher than that of the Great Xia army. Furthermore, there were two to three people against one person. Even if they couldn't kill them, they could at least entangle them for a while. Furthermore, there were many Earth Wheel level existences among them.
Following which, the entire Great Xia army attacked with longbows and arrows.
This caused the losses of the two teams that attacked to be much higher than expected.
This change surprised everyone in the hall. Did Great Xia actually pull the sects of the martial arts sects onto the battlefield?
At this moment, outside of Shun City, after the Great Xia army dispatched their mounted scouts, the battle formation split into two sides. Twenty horses dragged round objects that were in the shape of pokes and pushed them to the front of the battle formation. They were arranged in a straight line, and each and every black cylinder cast from fine iron was aimed at Ziyue City, which was a few kilometers away.
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