Seeing the flames rising in the east, the Western Qiang rebel army could do nothing. According to Zhang Ning, although the Heavenly Spirit Flaming Rain was still considered an ordinary fire, its power was not to be underestimated. With just a stretch of the hand, it could create a sea of fire that covered an area of 200 by 200 square meters. With the help of the wind, it would be very difficult to control the fire once it spread.
Moreover, Liangzhou was dry and lacked water. Even if there was a Half Moon Lake nearby, the Western Qiang rebel army would not be able to extinguish the fire in time! Therefore, although the Western Qiang rebel army was alert, they could only sigh in the face of the sea of fire. Many of the Western Qiang soldiers were secretly sighing. Fortunately, only wooden rafts and poplar wood were burned. Their campsite was not burned!
At this time, Yang Rui had already left the scene. Taking advantage of the momentum of the fire, Yang Rui spent some time to put Zhang Ning back into the storage ring. Then, he used the Flying Carpet to return to the meeting point with the bandit leaders.
After about fifteen minutes, all of the bandit leaders had gathered and were put back into the storage ring by Yang Rui. Then, they flew across the Half Moon Lake and returned to Yue Capital. At this time, the fire on the east side of the city was still burning fiercely. It looked like it would continue for a long time!
When Yang Rui and Zhang Ning rushed to set the fire, they discovered that the Western Qiang rebel army had made quite a number of wooden rafts. The rafts had piled up to a few hundred square meters. Moreover, the height of the rafts was as tall as a person!
The remaining poplar wood was also piled up like a small mountain. If not for the system's restriction on the storage ring, taking away all of the wood would be a great fortune!
With enough wood, the fire on the east side of Yue Capital burned until midnight before it was finally extinguished. At this time, the Western Qiang rebel army had already retreated tens of li to avoid the fire. Before and after the fire started, another wave of Western Qiang rebel army had gathered. The number of Western Qiang rebel army had increased by nearly 300,000 people!
Not long after the 22nd wave of Western Qiang rebel army arrived, the sky gradually brightened. However, the effects of the fire had not disappeared and the Western Qiang rebel army did not make any moves for a long time. Only when the 23rd wave of Western Qiang rebels arrived did the rebel army start to get busy again.
The Western Qiang rebels had actually managed to gather more wood, and by now, the number of rebels outside Le Capital had already exceeded a million. With so many people, their ability to gather resources was naturally not low, and the amount of wood they managed to gather in a short period of time was already impressive.
However, the Western Qiang rebels did not have enough time to craft more wooden rafts. There were only a few hours left before Yang Rui completed his quest. Finally, when the 24th wave of Western Qiang rebels arrived, the rebel soldiers immediately started crossing the river with wooden sticks of various sizes and sizes!
The rebel army's actions were rather comical. However, this was to be expected. There was a river outside Le Capital that blocked the path of the Western Qiang rebels. If they wanted to attack the city, they could only force their way through the river.
However, to the Qiang people in the northwest, it was difficult to cross the river with a single piece of wood. Yang Rui could clearly see from the city walls that many of the Western Qiang rebel soldiers dropped their wooden sticks when they entered the river due to some interference from their comrades. Moreover, this situation was not rare. There were also many soldiers who had lost their support in the river and were struggling on the surface of the river.
Upon seeing this, Yang Rui immediately led almost all of his army out of the east gate and set up a formation along the river, preparing to hold back the Western Qiang rebels for a while.
When excavating the auxiliary river, Yang Rui had arranged for all the excavated soil and stones to be piled up inside the auxiliary river. It formed a long mound that resembled a dam. At this moment, Yang Rui had twenty beginner generals, six hundred Fourth Grade melee warriors, and one hundred and sixteen hundred Fourth and Fifth Grade archers stationed at the highest point of the mound, waiting for the Western Qiang rebels to enter their range of attack!
There was a certain amount of risk in doing so. If the Western Qiang rebels charged quickly, Yang Rui and his subordinates would not have a chance to retreat! Moreover, even though Yang Rui had a large number of soldiers, they were very sparse when they were spread out across the long mound. One soldier could only be spread out a few meters apart. They could only use the terrain to hold back the Qiang soldiers for a while. It was impossible to defend the front line all the time!
The reason why Yang Rui dared to place all these elite soldiers at the front was because he had 10000 First Grade Yellow Turban First Grade soldiers with the Yellow Turban Class Change Order! These ten thousand low-grade Yellow Turban soldiers were meant to be resurrected after they died in battle. Only after they were resurrected could Yang Rui truly own them. Therefore, they were the true cannon fodder. It would be a pity if they didn't die!
At this moment, the ten thousand First Grade Yellow Turban soldiers were arranged in groups around the elite soldiers at the front. A 'safe passage' was maintained between each group of Yellow Turban soldiers to ensure that the elite soldiers at the front could safely evacuate in an emergency. Once the elite soldiers needed to evacuate, there would be a 'safe passage'. This was when the Yellow Turban soldiers' cannon fodder came into play and blocked the enemy's sight with their bodies!
The fifty to sixty meter wide auxiliary river was much narrower than most moats, but it was still wide enough for the Western Qiang rebels who did not have any water. After a long struggle, the Western Qiang rebels finally arrived. After some time, the first wave of Western Qiang rebels had barely reached the other side of the river!
However, as soon as they showed their heads, most of them were stopped in their tracks by an arrow! The weakest of the archers under Yang Rui's command was Fourth Grade. Before the Western Qiang rebels could form a sizeable army, these soldiers did not bother to shoot and killed their targets in one shot.
Currently, the archers under Yang Rui's command were all using the fine iron arrows produced by Ink Village's blacksmith shop. Their attack power had been raised to a whole new level. However, the cost of the arrows had also increased significantly! Fortunately, Yang Rui had signed an ore purchase agreement with Linwen Village before the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising. Iron ore was basically the same as taking it for free, which greatly reduced the production cost of the fine iron arrows.
It could be said that the bonus of the fine iron arrows was one of the main reasons why these archers were able to kill the enemy in one shot! However, this situation only lasted for about a quarter of an hour. As the number of Western Qiang rebels continued to increase, the number of Western Qiang rebels who managed to cross the river also increased. They all swarmed towards the mound occupied by the archers.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh …"
"Whoosh whoosh …"
As the number of rebels on the mound increased, the defending archers no longer dared to be careless, even though they were of higher grades. They all drew their bows and shot with all their might! At this point, it was no longer a competition of accuracy, but the speed of the arrows. Faced with the swarm of rebel soldiers, as long as the arrows were fired with enough force, they would definitely hit one or more of the enemy!
As such, even though there were many rebel soldiers surging up the hill, they couldn't make it to the top of the hill for the time being. The battle instantly became a stalemate and a stalemate. After fifteen minutes, the rebels still couldn't make it to the top of the hill. Even if some rebel soldiers managed to make it to the top of the hill, they would be dealt with by the beginner generals and Fourth Grade melee warriors!
In these fifteen minutes, Yang Rui noticed that he had obtained over four hundred mission confirmations. This meant that he had exterminated over 20000 Western Qiang rebels! Most of the attacks were done by the archers from above. On average, each archer had killed over ten enemies! The only unfortunate thing was that the loot dropped by the Western Qiang rebels could not be obtained for the time being.
However, that was not all the Western Qiang rebels had. After a short period of time, the rebel soldiers who had rushed up the hill were obviously much stronger than before. Some of them had improved in both defense and speed, and many of them did not fall even after being hit by several arrows! The high-grade soldiers of the Western Qiang rebels had also joined the charge.
The addition of these Fourth Grade and above rebel soldiers effectively increased the intensity of the attack. The height of the rebel army that had reached the mound was constantly being refreshed. The number of soldiers that managed to reach the mound had also increased. The beginner generals and Fourth Grade melee warriors had also joined the battle. In fact, some of the Fourth Grade soldiers had even been injured!
At this moment, the beginner generals, archers, and melee warriors could not be more opportune to retreat. However, before they retreated, Yang Rui ordered the 10000 First Grade Yellow Turban Soldiers to charge forward. Under the cover of the archers, the Yellow Turban Soldiers took advantage of the terrain to charge forward. Some of them even reached the banks of the river before they were summoned back by Yang Rui.
Of course, these First Grade Yellow Turban Soldiers lost many of their lives during the charge. Approximately twenty percent of the Yellow Turban Soldiers had been killed! However, it was still a charge of ten thousand soldiers after all. With the cover of the archers, the charge of the Yellow Turban Soldiers caused the Western Qiang rebels' advance to slow down. The rebel army's advance was pushed back to its initial state!
Most importantly, under Yang Rui's orders, the seven thousand to eight thousand First Grade Yellow Turban Soldiers did not return empty-handed. They had already picked up most of the eye-catching items that had dropped from the mound. These items included skill books, equipment, and various other items!
The countercharge of the Yellow Turban Soldiers had slowed the Western Qiang rebels' advance. They had no choice but to slowly push their way to the top of the mound! Fifteen minutes had passed by the time the rebel army had filled up the slope of the mound and reached the top of the mound once more.
The number of Western Qiang rebels charging up this time was clearly much denser than before. Yang Rui ordered the Yellow Turban Soldiers to launch another countercharge without any hesitation. However, after the Yellow Turban Soldiers had pushed back the Western Qiang rebels once more, Yang Rui took advantage of the pause in the enemy's attack to pull all his subordinates back into the city.
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