The Western Qiang rebel army had arrived at the city gates. They occupied an area of thirty to forty kilometers around the east gate of Joy City. They surged toward the city walls and gates, and the rebel soldiers at the very front quickly clashed with the archers on the walls.
The ones fighting Yang Rui's archers were also rebel archers. This was beyond Yang Rui's expectations. Judging from the range and power of their arrows, these archers were no lower than Fourth Grade. In fact, they might even be higher. Yang Rui's Fourth Grade archers could only suppress the rebel archers with the advantage of terrain and numbers!
What Yang Rui didn't know was that these rebel archers weren't unleashing their full power at the moment. In truth, these archers were all Fifth Grade mounted archers. Due to the obstruction of the river, they had lost their mounts. Moreover, this was a siege, so these Fifth Grade mounted archers had lost their advantage. They couldn't even unleash the full power of a Fourth Grade. That was why they were suppressed by Yang Rui's archers!
If this weren't the case, Yang Rui's archers would have been at a disadvantage in a battle on flat ground! The mounted archers of the Western Qiang rebel army might not be a Fifth Grade special force, but they were still a unique force of the organization. They were only half a grade lower than special forces.
While the Fifth Grade mounted archers engaged with Yang Rui's archers, the rebel infantry didn't fall behind either. After Yang Rui burned the wooden rafts, poplar wood, and other resources of the rebel army, they managed to create some siege ladders in an extremely short amount of time. These ladders were currently being used by the Western Qiang soldiers to scale and break through the city walls.
There were even some rebel soldiers who used the poplar trees used to cross the river to scale the city walls or to ram into the city gates. The results were not very good.
Yang Rui's side wasn't completely unprepared. While the Western Qiang rebels were preparing the poplar wood, wooden rafts, and other resources to cross the river, Yang Rui had also packed up the large amounts of wood in Joy City's warehouses and dismantled many of the useless buildings. He took the wood and placed them in the empty area outside the eastern gate. Now that the rebel army was swarming over, this arrangement came in handy.
Yang Rui nodded. Zhang Ning, who had been standing silently on the eastern gate tower, raised her hand slightly and pointed the Sky Spirit Sword at the sky. Wherever the magic sword pointed, the color of the sky immediately turned fiery red. Then, fist-sized fireballs continuously smashed down from the fiery clouds, landing right on the few large piles of wood facing the city gate, covering a large area of 200 * 200 square meters.
Crackle crackle …
Boom … boom boom …
"Ah!"
"Help!"
These piles of wood were instantly set ablaze by the rain of fire, and the surrounding rebel soldiers were caught in the fire as well. Most of the soldiers were burned to death before they could even make a sound. Some of the Pan Army soldiers at the edge were also set ablaze. They ran in all directions, bringing the flames in all directions.
When placing the wood, Yang Rui had considered the area of effect of Zhang Ning's skill. The first few piles that were set ablaze happened to be at the edge of the Sky Spirit Flaming Rain. Yang Rui also scattered the wood further away. His goal was to lead the fire further away.
However, due to the open area outside the eastern gate of Joy City, the Sky Spirit Flaming Rain's area of effect wasn't very big. The weather was clear and there was no wind, so the fire didn't spread too much. It slowly spread in all directions and didn't spread as quickly as Yang Rui had hoped. It also didn't have an obvious effect on stopping the enemy.
Hence, Yang Rui could only ask Zhang Ning to stop. He didn't want to waste his Dao Technique Points. Zhang Ning's extremely powerful [Heavenly Spirit Flaming Rain] skill had only caused two to three thousand casualties to the rebel army. Once this skill was used, it couldn't be used again for the next six hours.
In comparison, Yang Rui's other preparation had a better effect. While dismantling the useless buildings to obtain wood, Yang Rui also obtained a lot of stones. Moreover, there was a lot of stones stored in Joy City's warehouse. Yang Rui took advantage of the time before the battle to transport the stones to the top of the eastern wall. When the rebel soldiers rushed to the bottom of the wall, large pieces of stones were already thrown down by Yang Rui's soldiers.
"Ah!"
"Dodge!"
“.....”
These stones were all thrown at the place where the rebel soldiers were the most concentrated. Every time they were thrown, they would destroy a large area. The damage they caused was very impressive! The ones responsible for throwing the stones were the thousands of First Grade Yellow Turban Soldiers that Zhang Ning had transformed into.
"System Notification: Congratulations. You have obtained 1 verification mission for exterminating the Western Qiang Rebel Army."
.....
The screams and cries of the Western Qiang Rebel Army could be heard along with the system notifications. The battle between the Western Qiang Rebel Army and Yang Rui had been in a stalemate since the beginning.
Yang Rui only had about ten thousand soldiers under his command. In the face of the Western Qiang rebel army that was a hundred times their number, even with the city wall as support, they were like a small boat in the middle of the ocean that could be drowned at any time. Even though the Western Qiang rebel army had the advantage in numbers, they were unable to advance an inch in the face of the sturdy city wall, the rain of arrows and the flying rocks.
Both sides were in a stalemate for the time being. Moreover, the Western Qiang Army was constantly losing soldiers. On the other hand, Yang Rui's side had very few casualties. However, if this situation continued, it would only become more and more disadvantageous for Yang Rui's side! The enemy had too many people. Even if they used the human wave tactic, Yang Rui's side would have a hard time defending the city in the end!
"System Notification: Congratulations. You have obtained 1 verification mission for exterminating the Western Qiang Rebel Army."
.....
The system notifications of Yang Rui's mission verification mission never stopped. As they were defending the city, Yang Rui couldn't get his hands on the other items dropped by the Western Qiang Rebel Army. Only the mission verification missions were given directly into his backpack. Therefore, the number of missions kept increasing! Two hours after the Western Qiang Rebel Army crossed the river, Yang Rui had obtained more than 2000 mission verification missions. In other words, he had exterminated more than 100,000 Western Qiang Rebel Army soldiers!
Until now, the Western Qiang Rebel Army's attack had never stopped. Due to the Rebel Army's strong assault, the soldiers defending the city, especially the Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade Archers, were nearing their limits. This was even after Zhang Ning's' Heal 'skill was fully activated, doubling the soldiers' stamina! Moreover, Zhang Ning would occasionally change her position on the city wall, continuously using her 'Heal' skill to help the soldiers recover their stamina.
Seeing this, Yang Rui frowned and took out two Dao of Peace Talismans from his backpack.
"Wind Talisman: Dao of Peace Talisman. When activated, it can generate a strong gust of wind with a radius of 1000 meters. Duration: one hour! Usage limit: 1/1. "
"Flood Talisman: Dao of Peace Talisman. When activated, it can create an indiscriminate flood in a radius of 100m! Usage limit: 1/1. "
Of the two talismans, the 'Wind Talisman' was obtained by Yang Rui from Zhang Mancheng's residence in Nanyang City. As for the 'Flood Talisman', it was obtained by Yang Rui and Qi Zheng during the initial stages of the Yellow Turban Rebellion plot.
Ever since he obtained these two talismans, Yang Rui had never used them. Before the battle, Yang Rui had been racking his brains to come up with a plan to deal with the Western Qiang Rebel Army. Now, they came in handy against the Western Qiang Rebel Army!
Yang Rui waved his hand and activated the 'Wind Talisman'. He pointed his finger at the area where Zhang Ning had used her Fire Rain of Heavenly Spirits. A hurricane suddenly rose from the ground and spun outwards with great force. Wherever Yang Rui pointed his finger, the hurricane would blow in that direction.
Although the hurricane was powerful, it was not enough to cause any harm to the Western Qiang Rebel Army. However, if it was combined with the fire spots that were already there, it would be a different story!
Previously, although the area covered by Zhang Ning's Fire Rain of Heavenly Spirits was small, it had been slowly expanding outwards. Previously, the Western Qiang Rebel Army did not pay much attention to it and extinguish it. At this time, under the sudden rise of the hurricane, the fire also rose with the help of the wind. The fire that originally only stretched for four to five hundred meters instantly expanded, and was swept along by the wind as it wreaked havoc in the direction Yang Rui pointed!
"Ah!"
"Help!"
“.....”
Yang Rui had already set up a large amount of wood and other flammable materials outside the Le Capital. Now that the fire was burning fiercely, everywhere the wind and fire passed through had turned into a sea of flames. The casualties of the Western Qiang Army soldiers who were caught in the fire had increased exponentially. Many of the soldiers were directly set ablaze as they scurried around like headless flies …
"System Notification: Congratulations. You have obtained 1 verification mission to eliminate the Western Qiang Rebel Army."
.....
The speed at which Yang Rui obtained the mission verification mission was also increasing rapidly. Following the death of a large number of Western Qiang Rebel Army soldiers in the sea of fire, the system notification had once again reached a point where it was almost impossible to distinguish the order of the notifications! The last time this happened was during the Battle of Ying Chuan when Bo Cai's army was engulfed in flames!
With the success of the 'Wind Talisman', Yang Rui did not get carried away. Instead, he patiently guided the wind and fire to various locations outside Le Du City, trying his best to cover every corner.
As the fire could very well affect the safety of the east city gate and the city walls, Yang Rui first guided the fire from the southeast direction to the bank of the auxiliary river. Only after the fire had covered the entire bank of the auxiliary river did he change directions and head back towards the east city gate.
Just as he had predicted, due to the large number of corpses, raw materials, ordinary clothes and other items piled up near the city gate and the city walls, the fire became even stronger as it neared. It looked like it was about to engulf the city gate and the city walls. Although Yang Rui had controlled the hurricane to head towards the rear of the rebel army, if the nearby fire was not controlled, it would still affect Yang Rui and his troops!
At this moment, Li Dong who had been waiting by the side immediately activated the 'Flood Talisman' that Yang Rui had given him! Following the direction of Li Dong's finger, a wide flood suddenly appeared a few hundred metres away from the east city wall. It rapidly flowed from the south to the north, successfully stopping the fire from spreading!
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