"Use the light signal to order the fire watch tower in the city to ring the bell as a warning. All members of the 12th Armed Guard Army are on standby. The crossbowmen will follow me to the tower immediately!"
Qi Ziyin immediately ordered Zhi Jinwu beside him to pass on the order.
The tragic sight of the scout's corpse made the once arrogant imperial guard of the palace become as nervous as an unexperienced child, and he immediately accepted the order and left. Qi Ziyin also turned around to retrieve his Yin Ya, led his horse and rushed out of the palace.
However, Mo Zeming suddenly stepped out and stopped in front of the young man's horse with his arms crossed:
"Brother Qi can't go!"
"Brother Zeming, what are you doing!"
The young man in white tugged at the horse's rein and almost hit Mo Zeming, "You don't need to say anything anymore. Even if Ning Yue is no longer in the city, I will not escape alone and abandon the people in the city!"
"But what if I tell you that going here will not only fail to save the lives of the entire city, but will push the entire Northern Territory and the entire Great Sheng Dynasty into an abyss of eternal destruction?"
Even though the strong body of the horse almost hit his thin body, the silver-haired boy did not move at all, not even blinking.
"The city defense of Yujing was difficult to shake even with the heavy iron mountains back then. Now facing a group of wild beasts with no tactics at all, how could we not be able to save the people in the city, and how could we plunge Dasheng into irreversible danger?!"
Faced with the dissuasion from his companions, Qi Ziyin refused to listen at all. Instead, he raised his voice and shouted in a tone that was close to questioning, "Didn't you tell me before that Ning Yue is no longer in the city? Why? Today I specifically went to ask the Tuen Gate general who was on duty at the city gate, but he said that the whole city of Yujing had been under martial law since half a year ago, and no one except merchants were allowed to enter or leave."
"Brother Qi, are you questioning me?"
Mo Zeming still said calmly, but finally took a big step to the side to make way.
The young leader of the Ye Kingdom did not respond. He just clamped the horse's belly hard and flew past the other party. This time he tried to go north, but it was stumbling and the journey was not smooth. At the moment, he was even the most supportive of himself. All the military advisers had different opinions from him. He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed and helpless.
Looking at the other person's back quickly retreating, Leng Jiayun sighed softly, walked to the side of the silver-haired boy, and patted his shoulder gently:
"Zi Yin's temperament was not like this before. But you - why did you suddenly stop trying to persuade me?"
"Talk too much, it will only make things more difficult to calculate..."
Mo Zeming shook his head, but seemed to be talking to himself, muttering something that no one else could understand, "But that girl - she is really an extremely weird existence in this world. Maybe the starry sky is full of stars. The direction of the country will be completely changed by this..."
As the alarm bells on the fire watch tower rang loudly, the originally bustling city of Yujing suddenly became quiet. Every household also closed their doors and windows, and the fireworks were unknown. In the midst of the silence, only distant and near sounds could be heard outside the city. The growls of the wolves grew louder and louder.
"Wolf is coming!"
I don't know who shouted softly. Qi Ziyin, who had rushed to the top of the city, followed the sound with thousands of soldiers, and together they witnessed a dark black shadow gradually condensing and expanding on the northern wilderness, like a giant blanket. The mountains and plains were sweeping towards the city.
The rain was still falling, but the stratus clouds in the sky gradually dispersed. The moment the twin moons emerged from behind the clouds, countless bright spots suddenly appeared on the giant carpet. The yellow-green wolf eyes flashed and jumped, and you could see clearly. People's hearts were pounding with fear. The roar that followed was like a knife being rubbed against the skull, filling and reverberating in everyone's eardrums.
Qi Ziyin stood at the top of the city, unable to hold back the fear in his heart any longer. Only then did he truly understand why Jiang Yan hurriedly sent a fast horse to deliver a message, asking him to do everything possible to strengthen the city defense. But in front of him, galloping wolves were pouring out from all over the mountains and plains.
, and it also made him couldn't help but worry about whether his friend was alive or dead now.
In the thin curtain of rain, the pack of wolves was finally no longer a blurry figure that merged into one piece. What was even more surprising was that under the cover of night, these well-trained killers were like a human army, marching in neat lines toward the enemy.
forward.
The galloping wolves advanced very quickly, and in the blink of an eye they were only a few miles away from the city wall. Suddenly, they heard a sharp howl, and the pack of wolves suddenly stopped, exactly outside the range of the crossbow and arrows. Looking around
Looking at it, the plain north of Yujing City was actually crowded with these terrifying giant beasts. There were more of them than what General Yankou had estimated in his previous letter!
Qi Ziyin felt as if a cold poisonous snake had crawled up his back, and he didn't know when a fatal blow would be launched. At this time, he still knew nothing about the identity of the commander behind the wolves!
"There seems to be someone on the wolf's back!"
The sharp-sighted archers around him suddenly shouted one after another, causing the boy in white to squint his eyes and look again at the group of wolves that he did not want to, or even dared to look at. The wolves under the city seemed to be better than what he had remembered.
The vehicle was much taller. The vehicle carried on the wolf's back, as well as the people sitting in the vehicle, looked blurry and strange in the chaotic night, but it made people's calves twitch uncontrollably.
"Instruct the whole army, when the volley is fired later, be sure to aim at the rider on the wolf's back!"
Qi Ziyin drew out the red long knife, raised it high above his head, and shouted loudly as if holding a torch. At the same time, there was another long howl among the wolves, and then countless giant beasts that had already revealed their teeth and claws, as if it was autumn.
The locusts that later became a disaster launched an all-out attack on this "first city in the world".
Before the young Duke Ye could give the order, the defenders on the city who had already drawn their bows to the full string were already pouring iron arrows in their hands towards the people and animals below the city. What they aimed at were all the riders on the wolf's back.
The head, face, shoulders, and neck were all vulnerable. However, after a round of densely woven volleys, it was unable to stop the wolf attack rhythm.
The beasts were still roaring and roaring, and they rushed to the city in an instant, as if they were not the knights on their backs at all. When they rushed to the newly dug ditch under the city wall, the defenders at the top of the city finally saw clearly.
It turned out that what those wolves were carrying were not riders at all, but corpses that had long since died.
Among the dead, there were white-haired octogenarians and underage children. Without exception, these people were all dressed in the costumes of the prairie people, and they were all members of the Muyun tribe who had died in Yanluo Plain before!
"Light the fire! Shoot the wolf, shoot the wolf!"
The young man in white hurriedly ordered the defenders to replace the armor-piercing arrows in their hands with rockets, and launched another intensive volley at the first group of wolves.
The burning arrows were like countless shining golden meteors, dragging smoke trails and drawing arcs in the air, and shot densely at the wolf's head, eyes and back.
The city illuminated by fire now looked even more ferocious and terrifying. Even if the arrow hit a vital point, the arrow of the fire arrow was half shorter than the armor-piercing arrow, only an inch long, and could not penetrate the thick Chilang.
The injured giant beast was irritated by the pain and charged towards the city more and more recklessly.
The purpose of Qi Ziyin's move was not to kill the wolf. In addition to the arrows that hit the wolf, there were also more rockets that fell directly into the ditch in front of the wolf pack. It was said that it was too late, but it was faster than that, and suddenly he heard the sound of thunder.
With a sound, a burst of red-gold flames suddenly rose up, flying more than ten feet into the air, and built another raging wall of fire in front of the city wall.
As for those galloping wolves near the ditch, their fur was ignited by the splashing kerosene on the spot, and they immediately turned into moving balls of fire. After several screams, they fell to the ground and died.
However, the young man also knew in his heart that this wall of fire could not stop the wolves for too long. Sure enough, after only a moment, the fire began to weaken as the fuel was consumed. The man who had previously shrunk his neck and lowered his head in front of the raging fire, paced back and forth.
Seeing this, the wolves also arched their waists and jumped suddenly, leaping over the tongues of flames that could still burn to their bellies, and continued to attack the city!
The more than a thousand giant beasts that rushed at the front seemed not to be afraid of pain at all, and actually used their flesh and blood to get through the last line of defense composed of iron caltrops and wooden horses. While more terrifying beasts behind them stepped on
Holding the corpse of his companion, he spread his limbs and claws and climbed up the steep city wall using the same method as when he attacked Suiyao City!
When Qi Ziyin saw this, he couldn't help but panic. He couldn't imagine how desperate Jiang Yan felt when he encountered these giant beasts on the undefended grassland. Thanks to his friend, the boy in white was still
You can be at the top of the city and do everything you can to prevent these ferocious beasts from attacking the city.
"Pour in the kerosene! Put in the rolling logs!"
Young Duke Ye's orders seemed so insignificant amidst the chaotic shouts of killing and the roars of wolves, but they were like the only weak light when sailing in the dark night, causing all the guards who had almost lost their direction.
The army will not be overwhelmed by excessive panic.
With the dense rain of arrows and constant falling rocks, the wolves were unable to seize the opportunity to attack the city as they did in Suiyao City. Now, even the weapons and equipment that had been sealed up for many years in Yujing City have long been destroyed.
They were all moved onto the city wall that was a hundred paces wide, and there were even cavalry guards riding tall horses, galloping on the city wall to deliver orders everywhere.
This battle lasted all night. It was not until dawn broke that the crossbowman, who had stretched his bow until his arms could no longer lift, discovered that the wolves under the city had already retreated, leaving only some injured wolves as bait.
, taking advantage of the darkness to continue to attract the attention of the defenders at the top of the city, and cover most of their evacuation from the battlefield. But all night long, the people on the top of the city were just wasting precious arrows on the dead wolf corpses in the darkness.
Now, except for the thousands of corpses of giant wolves under the city wall, which were filled with arrows, it was as if everything had never happened, and they fell into a seemingly endless silence for a long time.
Although frightened, the defenders had no way of knowing whether this was a false shot from the enemy or some other deception. The meticulous cooperation and orderly advance and retreat displayed by the wolves last night were comparable to the most powerful combat force on land.
The elites of the vassal states. Now, for the defenders of the city who won the human-wolf war without any casualties, the fact that they were lucky enough to survive was as vague as a dream.
Finally, the crowd on the top of the city gradually came to their senses and began to discuss in low voices. However, before they could celebrate, they heard a long trumpet sound suddenly sounded in Yujing City, which was supposed to be still sleeping!
Among the twelve vassal states of the Great Sheng Dynasty, only Yubei's Saxue Cavalry would blow the horns similar to those of the Di army during the confrontation. However, there was absolutely no way Yubei could participate in the defense of the city at this time. , but the blowing is getting faster and louder!
In the blink of an eye, the pack of wolves that had withdrawn from the city the night before actually showed their ferocious faces again in the dense woods south of the city. With their backs to the rising sun, the ferocious beasts once again charged towards the city of Yujing with all their strength. At this time The defenders, who had stayed up all night, were exhausted and unable to fight anymore.
"Quickly send people to the city to change defense, change defense!"
Qi Ziyin ordered in a hoarse voice. However, before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a loud "bang" like thunder behind him. There was a huge fire in the direction of Chiwumen in the south of the city, followed by thick smoke, and bursts of exclamations echoed throughout the city. The whole city.
Immediately afterwards, the same loud noise was emitted from under the other three walls leading to the palace along the mountain and river roads. It echoed over Yujing and made people tremble with fear. Until they received the fast horse of the heroic cavalry guard. In return, the young Duke Ye finally realized that the four main gates that he thought could keep the wolves outside the city turned into countless bricks and rubble under a series of loud noises!
Now, the Yujing city wall that had stood on this plain for thousands of years suddenly collapsed along with the billowing smoke and dust and the shattered city gate. On the other hand, the gap was more than half a mile wide and several feet narrow. As for the outside of the city, it was For the pack of wolves charging with all their strength, there is no longer any obstacle in front of them.
Qi Ziyin struggled to hold up his already weak body, and hurriedly led the defenders stationed in the north city to rush to the city gate for reinforcements. However, the galloping wolves had already poured into the city from the gap like a tide, frantically biting everything in front of them. No matter how hard it is to withstand things, this "number one city in the world" that was once bustling and prosperous and witnessed the glory of the Great Ascension Dynasty for thousands of years, also completely fell at this moment and turned into a hell on earth!
The young man suddenly felt a buzzing sound in his ears, like a swarm of bees flying around. He watched helplessly as the warrior beside him who had fought side by side had his limbs torn off by the giant wolf, and his neck was bitten off. He also felt the blood splattering everywhere. There was still warmth on his face. He even felt that the Yin teeth in his hands were cutting off the bodies of ferocious beasts, just like cutting through skin bags filled with blood.
However, everything now has no meaning in his eyes. The pack of wolves entered the city, and no one survived in their path. Perhaps soon, even the young man himself will become one of the countless corpses in the city.
During the melee, something suddenly attracted the attention of young Duke Ye. They were two figures, a man and a woman. However, what was different from the people in the city who were fleeing in panic was that those two people were actually in front of the claws of a pack of wolves. He single-handedly built an invisible wall and protected hundreds of trapped people from leaving.
And the girl among them looked somewhat familiar.
"Ning Yue—is that you, Ning Yue?!"
The young man in white didn't care anymore, he swung his knife in front of him and cut a bloody path, and roared loudly with some trembling.
The girl opposite heard someone calling her, and her shoulders shook because of the familiar voice. She immediately turned her face in disbelief and looked in the direction of the shout:
"Zi Yin? It turns out that the Duke of Ye who they said saved Dasheng Sheji is actually you!"
In this way, the boy and girl, who had been separated for many years and had not seen each other again, stood in the street filled with shouts and screams, hugging each other and crying. And time also froze at this moment, making the bloody killings and lurking crises around them disappear.
It was like a nightmare that seemed to disappear at this moment.
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