When Jun Wu Xie desperately rushed back to the Great Zhou Empire, the Great Zhou Empire was experiencing a cruel war.
Hundreds of millions of Xilin soldiers were stationed outside the city. The army camp stretched as far as the eye could see.
The Xilin army would launch an attack on the city every day.
Fortunately, the city was sturdy. The city walls and city gates were covered with defensive runes.
The siege weapons of the Xilin continent were not effective.
The only thing they could use was the siege ladders.
The densely packed Xilin army formed a square formation. They held heavy shields and advanced in an orderly manner.
On the city walls, the Great Zhou soldiers fired arrows, arrows, and stones.
The entire battlefield stretched for dozens of miles. Smoke billowed.
The sound of arrows piercing through the air, the sound of stones falling, and the battle cries of the soldiers broke through the clouds.
One after another, siege ladders were pushed to the bottom of the city walls by the Celestial Forest Army. They climbed up like a tide, but they were soon smashed down by falling stones and shot dead by crossbows. The people behind continued to charge up.
Some of the Xilin soldiers rushed up the city walls and engaged in close combat with the Great Zhou soldiers.
As far as the eye could see, flesh and blood were flying all over the city walls for dozens of miles.
Behind the attacking Xilin army, hundreds of thousands of archers lined up neatly and drew their crossbows.
"Fire!"
Under the command of the Celine general, the arrows from the powerful crossbows whistled through the air, producing a sharp sound as they tore through the air.
The world instantly turned dark and was covered by the dense rain of arrows.
The rain of arrows covered the sky and shot toward the city walls!
"Raise your shields!"
The Great Zhou generals calmly gave orders in the face of danger.
The soldiers guarding the city immediately raised their shields.
Bolts from the crossbows rained down and pierced through the shields.
Every volley of arrows caused many casualties to the Great Zhou soldiers.
One side attacked while the other defended. Both sides suffered heavy casualties.
Every day, there would be many corpses left on the battlefield.
The casualty ratio of both sides was basically two to one.
The defenders had the advantage, while the attackers had the disadvantage.
Even so, after two days, more than half of the defenders of the city were lost!
Xilin was exchanging numbers for numbers.
But the Great Zhou army only had about five million defenders.
In just two days, there were only about two million left.
The new recruits had only gone through two days of intensive training before they rushed to the battlefield.
As a result, the number of casualties was even greater. In every battle, the number of casualties was basically one to one.
"I'm afraid we won't be able to defend the capital for much longer …"
In the city, on top of a tall building, Yan Qingcheng's purple hair fluttered in the wind. She looked at the situation of the battlefield and sighed helplessly.
"It seems that we have overestimated the Blood Ignition Technique. Although our sect has a secret method that allows new recruits to burn their life blood essence and forcibly reach the peak of the Houtian realm, we have neglected the gap in combat experience … "
The experts from the Demon Image Sect looked solemn.
"Let's do our best. Once the city is breached, we will appear and let the person behind Celine come out to talk. We will see if we can save the lives of the Great Zhou Dynasty's citizens."
Mu Xuelan's gaze drifted. Where was that hateful little thief?
If he came back, what would he do when faced with such a situation?
In her mind, she couldn't help but think of his unyielding back when he faced the Beast Kings on the Spirit Refining Mountain.
Mu Xuelan's heart trembled slightly.
"You better not come back …"
She murmured in her heart and secretly prayed. She didn't want to see that figure that she hated but couldn't.
This defensive battle concerned the survival of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Every day, millions of soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty sacrificed their lives to protect the country.
The entire battlefield was incomparably tragic.
After a few days, almost all of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty had died in battle. There was a serious shortage of soldiers and they couldn't keep up with the consumption of the war.
Now, it had only been five days since Jun Wu Xie rushed back from the Eastern Wasteland Ancient City!
On this day, Ji Liufeng appeared.
Accompanied by Long Yi, he appeared in the sky above the center of the city.
"My people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I am not a qualified monarch. I am guilty for not being able to give you a safe and peaceful country! Now, the mountains and rivers of the Great Zhou Dynasty have been destroyed and the country has fallen! The fall of the capital is a foregone conclusion. However, the bloodline of the Great Zhou Dynasty cannot be severed. Everyone, move into the mountains and preserve the bloodline. In the future, we may be able to rise again! Our soldiers will use their lives to buy time for you to retreat. Everyone, move quickly! "
"Your Majesty, we won't leave!"
"Your Majesty, this is the land where we have lived for generations. Even if we die, we will die here!"
"We will fight it out with the Xilin barbarians!"
"Fight it out!"
"We vow to live and die with the capital city!"
"No! You can't do this. My people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, listen to me. Go into the mountains to avoid disaster! As long as you are alive, the bloodline of the Great Zhou Dynasty can be preserved! Otherwise, when the city falls, the Xilin barbarians will definitely massacre the city! "
The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty fell silent.
One after another, people began to pack their things and retreat into the mountains under Ji Liufeng's arrangement.
The capital city, as well as all the cities and villages behind it, were all empty.
The people quickly evacuated and moved into the mountains to avoid disaster.
"San Wazi, why aren't you leaving?"
In front of a certain mountain, a middle-aged woman covered in dust looked at her youngest son.
"Mother, the environment in the mountains is harsh. You and everyone must take care!"
"San Wazi, you …"
The middle-aged woman's weather-beaten eyes gradually moistened. Looking at her thirteen-year-old son, her lips trembled but she couldn't say anything.
"Mother, I am unfilial!" San Wazi knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times. "In the next life, I will repay you for giving birth to me!"
After he finished speaking, he turned around resolutely and ran towards the capital city. He didn't dare to look back, afraid that he wouldn't be able to bear to leave.
"Mother, take care of yourself. I am unfilial. I want to go into battle to kill the enemy and protect my home!"
In front of the mountains, among the evacuating troops, countless youths knelt on the ground and bid farewell to their mothers.
Father died in battle, brother died in battle!
Now, it was their turn!
In front of the mountains, a group of women and children cried incessantly, but no one stood out to stop them.
They cried as they watched their children, who were only ten years old, embark on a path of no return.
…
At the west gate of the Great Zhou Dynasty's capital city, the battle had reached a critical point.
The number of soldiers guarding the city had decreased sharply and it was difficult to resist the attacks of the Xilin army.
More and more Xilin soldiers climbed up the city walls.
The Great Zhou Dynasty soldiers fought hand-to-hand with them. When their weapons broke, they used their teeth to bite them and hugged them tightly, rolling down the city walls together.
"The Great Zhou Dynasty is finished. It will be broken through today …"
Yan Qingcheng and the rest looked at the tragic and tragic battlefield and sighed deeply.
"Look!"
Su Ji suddenly pointed to the back of the capital city.
Many figures appeared there, coming from different directions.
"They …"
"They are the youths of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"
"The bloodthirst of the descendants of Xuanyuan has never been wiped out, but they are still a group of children …"
The Medicine King Sect Master's voice trembled slightly.
…
"We want to join the army and protect our land!"
In the city, there were a large number of children from twelve to fourteen to fifteen years old gathered at the various recruitment points.
"No, you are all too young. How can you go to the battlefield!"
The general in charge of recruitment looked at this scene in shock.
"Why not? This is the land where we have lived for generations. Only by chasing away the enemy can our mother and sister live a peaceful and stable life!"
"So what if you are young? You can still go to the battlefield and kill the enemy. We must let the Xilin barbarians know that the men of the Great Zhou Dynasty will never yield!"
"You all …"
The general in charge of recruitment had tears in his eyes.
Looking at these young and tender faces, he thought of his own children. Perhaps they were also registering at some recruitment point at this moment.
"Do you all know that if you join the army now, there is no time for training? You can only rely on the Blood Ignition Technique to forcefully increase your strength. The consequence of this is that even if you survive on the battlefield, you will become a cripple forever! "
"We know!"
"Then do you all know that when facing the Xilin army, once you go to the battlefield, you will never be able to return …"
"We know. Go to hell, we are not afraid!"
"Alright, come and write your own names, and your parents' names! If the capital city is defended, the country will take good care of your family for you! "
…
On the tall buildings in the city, the higher-ups of various forces witnessed this scene and felt very emotional.
"Looking at these children, I feel ashamed …" Su Ji said self-deprecatingly, "All these years of cultivation, cultivation, what exactly have I cultivated? As strong as we are, compared to these mortals, we are far less courageous than them. Many years of cultivation have caused us to lose our bloodthirst and courage. We are always overcautious when doing things … "
The other powerhouses were silent.
At this moment, they were deeply moved.
They suddenly felt that they were not as good as these mortals, not as good as children in their teens.
They did not have their bloodthirst, they did not have their courage!
The perseverance in their hearts had been given up one by one over the years and compromised due to various reasons.
How should one choose in life? What kind of path should one take to live a wonderful life and not live in vain?
"He is right. Is there any meaning in life after losing the emotions that humans are born with?"
Mu Xuelan whispered in her heart.
Just like those youths, their lives had just begun and were about to end, but they were blooming with the most dazzling brilliance of life.
What was the meaning of life? What was the meaning of cultivation?
…
The war was cruel.
For the next few days, the Great Zhou side was almost entirely made up of young soldiers.
Their bodies could not wear adult armor. They went to war in plain clothes. Other than shields, there was almost no protection.
But even so, they managed to defend the Capital City day after day!
On the city walls, blood had already formed a river.
Many old people returned in the process of evacuation and joined the logistics of the defending army.
In the city, the streets were filled with corpses.
They were all children in their teens. Their bodies were in tatters and there were almost no complete corpses. Some of them were biting the enemy's ears and noses. Some of them were holding the enemy's eyeballs in their hands. No matter how hard they tried, they could not pry them open!
One by one, the corpses of youths filled the streets for dozens of miles.
People were crying as they cleaned up their remains and pieced together their broken limbs.
…
"Kill!"
"Kill these damn barbarians!"
On the city walls, two figures covered in blood roared as they crazily killed the Xilin soldiers who climbed up the walls.
"Baldy, I have never killed so many people in my life, but it really is f * cking satisfying!"
"Tomb robber, stop talking nonsense. Save your energy and kill a few more …"
Emptiness was covered in blood and even his bald head was covered in blood.
They had already been killing for several days without a moment of rest. Their physical strength was overdrawn and their true qi was almost exhausted.
"Ye Qian Ge, can you still do it?"
They looked at the Great Zhou Marshal who was leaning against the wall and using the Mo Sword to support his body.
"I can still kill a few thousand more Xilin barbarians!"
Ye Qian Ge wiped the blood on his face and grinned. Blood slowly flowed out from the wounds on his body.
He was hit by an arrow from a Xilin expert.
Someone used a spiritual bow to ambush him from far away.
"You two remember, when you sweep the tombs next year, bring me a few more jugs of wine!"
Ye Qian Ge laughed and charged at the Xilin soldiers who climbed up the walls. Blood and flesh flew everywhere.
"We won't forget!" Xu Daoling and Emptiness grinned, but their eyes were filled with tears. They charged at the Xilin soldiers, "Kill!"
…
In the border of Great Zhou, three carriages were rushing through the air.
Ten days!
Was the capital still there?
Jun Wu Xie's heart was burning with anxiety as he looked at the shattered mountains and rivers below. One county after another had become a land of death.
There were bones and rotting corpses everywhere. Vultures circled in the sky and crows cried.
When they passed by Ningyuan County, they saw the corpses of the Black Armored Army on the cruel battlefield.
One of them was a general of the Black Armored Army. He was standing on top of a mountain of corpses of Xilin soldiers. His body was pierced through by numerous spears, but he just stood there. Half of his face was covered by his disheveled hair that was coagulated by blood.
"Wei Yang!"
He jumped down.
The Black Armored Army's high ranking general, Wei Yang!
He had drunk with him before. He was a very hot blooded man with outstanding military talent!
But when they met again, it was like this … …
"Xilin! Soul Hunting Hall! "
His voice was like an angry dragon roaring, shaking the mountains.
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