"Shut up!"
Cao Yi glared fiercely at the soldier who shouted, angrily saying, "Just a few southern barbarians, why panic? Spear team, prepare to stab, get them down!"
Then a row of spearn ca out and launched an attack.
"Fire oil barrels, quickly, throw them down!"
Cao Yin stood calmly over there.
He had seen this kind of siege and defense many tis over the years, and was long accustod to it. Even when there were casualties on his side, he wouldn’t bat an eyelid.
In war, human life is just a number. He couldn’t afford to have feelings, otherwise, it would be a flaw that the enemy would exploit, bringing disaster to the entire army.
"Great General, the enemy is firing arrows under the city, you must be careful of the arrows!"
Arrows occasionally flew overhead, and soone nearby reminded him.
"Shields, all raise shields!"
"..."
The battle was raging over there, while Li Qingmu and Long Yue hid behind a section of the city wall.
They were a bit far from the battlefield, even if arrows flew over, they wouldn’t hit them. Occasionally, stones would co flying, but the hit rate was honestly moving...
"Yue’er, get a crossbow!"
"What are you planning to do?"
It was a defensive battle with nothing exciting. They were just there to experience it and didn’t need to act, but Li Qingmu was restless and wanted a crossbow.
Long Yue glanced at the man but eventually found a crossbow for him.
Li Qingmu took the crossbow and headed toward another part of the city wall.
"A Mu, it’s dangerous over there!"
Long Yue saw arrows flying overhead continuously, and her face turned pale with fright. There weren’t many people she cared about in this world, and Li Qingmu was one of them. If sothing happened to him, what would she do?
Long Yue hurriedly grabbed a shield and followed him.
Upon reaching a section of the city wall, Li Qingmu’s gaze shifted as the soldiers on the wall kept throwing down kerosene jars, and the flas below roared, illuminating half the sky.
By the light of the fire, he clearly saw the situation on the enemy side.
Leading them was a middle-aged general, alone on two horses, wielding a long sword with great might. Beside him were many people gathered around, serving as a guard.
Li Qingmu took three arrows from the quiver and placed them on the bowstring.
"Whoosh!"
An arrow flew overhead, nearly hitting Li Qingmu. It was Long Yue who arrived in ti and chopped it down for him.
"Take it easy!"
She said angrily, but saw Li Qingmu already drawing his bowstring.
Three arrows?
Long Yue was stunned, almost unable to believe her eyes. This man was too bold and too crazy; he actually wanted to shoot three arrows at once?
Just as she was shocked, Li Qingmu released his hand.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"
Three arrows shot forth!
In the Xiliang Army.
The Xiliang general, surrounded by his n, squinted his eyes at the bloody battlefield ahead, without any sympathy, only madness!
"Push harder, we must attack before dawn! We brought ten thousand bear soldiers this ti, don’t let this general be timid! If we get knocked down, just charge again, charge!"
"Whoosh!"
"General, be careful!"
The general was lecturing when suddenly soone shouted loudly, followed by an arrow appearing from nowhere and shooting toward him!
"The Zhou people want to play dirty tricks? Hahaha, are they even worthy?!"
The Xiliang general laughed loudly, swung his long sword, and slashed at it, but before the arrow could even make contact, it split by itself.
"Hmm?"
The Xiliang general was stunned, watching the arrow transform from one into three right before his eyes. In that mont of surprise, one arrow struck his arm, another pierced his chest, and the remaining one flew toward his companion beside him.
"Argh—"
The hit general let out a roar, clutching his chest, terrifying the soldiers around him.
"The enemy general is hit!"
At that mont, soone shouted, and the Zhou Army’s morale on the city wall suddenly surged, waving flags and shouting.
"Retreat, withdraw the troops!"
Capturing the leader first; once the commanding officer of an army is injured or killed, it affects the entire situation. Therefore, the Xiliang Army decisively retreated.
"Pursue!"
Chang E was already displeased with Cao Yin’s defense and imdiately commanded to pursue upon seeing the Xiliang Army retreat.
"Wait! You can’t!" Li Qingmu ran out from the rear to stop Chang E, "The enemy has only lost a few thousand n, they retreated because their lead general was injured, not because they were afraid of us. Pursuing now is disadvantageous for us!"
Chang E disliked Li Qingmu and his wife due to his son’s situation, laughed coldly, "Kid, are you the general or am I the general? This is a warrior’s matter, why are you, a civil servant, interfering? Get lost!"
Chang E pushed Li Qingmu aside, descended from the city wall, and led ten thousand elite soldiers to charge out.
"Old Fool Cao, that’s your kid. I think you should stay in the city like a turtle grandson, hahaha. Luo Family General, where are you?"
"Here!"
"Follow in the attack!"
"Kill—"
The gate of Hanshui Pass opened, and Chang E and Luo Xie led the soldiers in pursuit.
Cao Yin glanced at the two crazy generals and was about to descend the wall, but Long Yue stopped him.
"Grandpa, my Pri Minister’s instincts are always accurate, now is not the ti to attack! Besides, soone needs to guard the pass..."
Cao Yin looked at his granddaughter and shook his head, "No way, those two old thieves spoke so harshly, if I don’t attack..."
"Grandpa, is face more important than the lives of the soldiers?"
Li Qingmu asked Cao Yin, startling him.
Indeed, face is just personal face, but life is the life of the entire army!
"The five thousand elite soldiers stationed here are all your direct troops, Grandpa, don’t sacrifice them for such a petty dispute!"
"Brat, what kind of words are you saying? Do you think this attack will certainly fail?"
Cao Yin felt a bit uneasy inside, and hearing Li Qingmu’s words made him even more anxious, prompting a curse.
"Not necessarily fail, but it won’t be a victory!"
"Not necessarily fail? What about my fifty thousand troops then?"
"Still won’t!"
"Is your intuition really that accurate?"
Cao Yin looked at him suspiciously; if the brat dared utter one false word, he would definitely beat him to death!
"Grandpa, haven’t you noticed? This ti General Chang and General Luo are both impatient. They both want to seize military rit during this battle in Xinan, do you know why?"
"Because... in the Capital City?"
Cao Yin, who spent many years in the southwest, didn’t know much about affairs in the Capital City, as it was too far from Xinan.
"Exactly, currently several Princes are disputing for the Crown Prince position, and they... have taken sides! Once they take sides, they need enough achievents to support themselves to increase their own chances of victory. Their urgent desire to earn rit makes them impatient; when a person becos impatient, they lose correct judgnt!"
"Oh no!" Cao Yin slapped his forehead, feeling anxious, "We must quickly call them back, or if sothing really happens, that’s fifty thousand troops!"
"Grandpa, it’s already too late!"
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