After all, the war horses of the human world cannot outrun the six-legged beasts of heaven.
The main reason is that there are too few war horses. Almost all of the war horses retreating to Yumen Pass are riding two human warriors.
If it were two Red Feather Army soldiers, since they were both women and weighed less, they could run quite fast.
If the two burly men riding on it weighed at least 300 kilograms, the horse would naturally slow down after running for dozens of miles.
The dust and smoke that blocked the sky and the sun finally reached Yumen Pass.
The sound of horse hooves roared past, and countless war horses carrying human soldiers galloped in from the main gate of Yumen Pass.
At the same time, in the dust behind, the roars of wild beasts and the cries of killing could be heard.
Obviously, the Storm Legion has caught up with the retreat of the human cavalry.
Qu Jiuyuan heard the killing cry behind him and picked up the sound transmission stone.
Loudly said: "Brothers of the Zhenxi Army, I am your commander-in-chief Qu Jiuyuan! The time has come to sacrifice your life for the country! Turn your horse's head! Buy time for the soldiers of the Red Feather Army to enter the pass!"
Hearing Qu Jiuyuan's voice, a tragic scene happened in the sand.
Countless officers and soldiers of the Zhenxi Army turned their horses and began to charge back.
The soldiers of the Zhenxi Army who were riding with the Red Feather Army also immediately stood up and dismounted.
In order to run faster, these people have abandoned their armor. At least 30% of the warriors do not have any weapons in their hands.
However, they still rushed in the direction they came from without hesitation.
Many of the female soldiers of the Red Feather Army turned their horses to attack the enemy.
The dust was so thick that the human defenders with the Jade Gate closed could not see what was happening in the dust.
All that could be heard were the roars of wild beasts, the clash of weapons, the roars of warriors before they died, wild laughter, and the shouts of the Red Feather Army officers.
The sound got closer and closer. In less than a stick of incense, the shouting of death was less than 300 steps away from Yumen Pass.
Zhao Zian said hoarsely: "How many times have you entered the city?"
A deputy general immediately replied: "More than 40,000 horses! Less than 80,000 people."
Zhao Zian closed his eyes in pain.
Less than 80,000 people...
There are hundreds of thousands of human defenders who have withdrawn from Longbei Mountain and Longmen.
Now, less than 80,000 people have safely entered Yumen Pass.
A general said: "Commander Zhao, we can't wait any longer! Tens of thousands of infantry troops from Heaven are coming, and they are less than twenty miles away from Yumen Pass!
The Storm Legion has arrived less than three hundred steps below the city gate!
The city gate must be closed immediately! To avoid being rushed into Yumen Pass by the Storm Legion!"
Zhao Zian's eyes were red and he said hoarsely: "Wait a minute! Wait a minute!"
At this moment, countless war horses are galloping into Yumen Pass. If you wait a little longer, you can save more soldiers.
When the shouting of killing was less than a hundred feet away, the drumming suddenly stopped, and the huge hanging door of Yumenguan began to be slowly pulled up.
There are more than 30 million human soldiers in the entire Yumen Pass defense line. Zhao Zian is naturally not afraid of the thousands of storm legions in the heaven.
However, if these three thousand storm troops are allowed to rush in and guard the city gate, tens of thousands of heavenly troops who will arrive soon may follow suit.
And the main force of millions heading south from Heaven has already arrived from the north.
Once these heavenly soldiers cannot be eliminated in a short period of time, Yumen Pass will be in danger.
Zhao Zian couldn't gamble with the safety of the Yumen Pass defense line, he had to close the city gate before the storm cavalry rushed to the city gate.
Nothing could be seen in the dust.
I could only hear a lot of people shouting: "The city gate has been closed! We can't go back! Brothers, if you kill one of them, kill me!"
"Brothers who have closed the Jade Gate, shoot your arrows! The enemy is under the city! Shoot your arrows!"
Next to each Eight-Niu Crossbow stood a soldier carrying a wooden hammer, which was used to smash the mechanism of the Eight-Niu Crossbow.
At this moment, the arms of many soldiers carrying wooden hammers were trembling slightly.
At least 300,000 archers were bending their bows and setting arrows, their arms shaking.
They couldn't shoot the arrow.
Because there are hundreds of thousands of friendly troops below.
Zhao Zian was still unwilling to shoot his friendly troops, so he focused his eyes and said sternly: "Drop the rope!"
Soon, hundreds of ropes were hung from the high city wall.
Zhao Zian covered the sound transmission stone and said: "Brothers and sisters below the city, try to get closer to the city wall and grab the rope!"
When many people heard the sound, they got off their horses and groped hard in the direction they thought was the city wall.
Some people found the rope, but many people were lost in the sand.
About half a cup of tea later, the shouts of death had already gathered below.
After a brief period of silence, countless roars and screams were heard.
The rope was constantly being pulled upwards, with dozens of people hanging on each rope.
Fortunately, I used a winch, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to pull it up.
After the first wave of people were pulled up, the rope was quickly thrown down.
Zhao Zian said: "Immediately check whether General Mi and Qu Shuai have been rescued!"
"Is it Qu Shuai?"
"Have you seen General Mi of the Red Feather Army?"
…
Qu Jiuyuan did not come up.
Mitusu, the coach of the Red Feather Army, was rescued.
Zhao Zian learned that Qu Jiuyuan had not come to the city yet.
The rescue is still going on.
Soldiers were constantly being dragged up from below.
Since the war horses stopped running and the beast riders stopped running, the billowing dust and smoke gradually dissipated.
We can already roughly see the battle situation under the city wall.
There are at least 50,000 to 60,000 Zhenxi troops and 10,000 to 20,000 Hongyu troops resisting below the city.
Qu Jiuyuan was very important. Zhao Zian heard that Qu Jiuyuan was still down there and ordered that no one was allowed to shoot arrows.
However, he did not use the sound transmission stone and asked Qu Jiuyuan to immediately grab the rope and go up to the city.
Qu Jiuyuan was the commander-in-chief of the Western Army. If he ordered him to come up at this time, he would never go to the city.
The dust and smoke gradually dissipated, and dust and smoke rose again to the west.
It was the infantry of heaven pressing in.
The phantom is riding a golden six-legged beast. Is there a bloody battle going on outside the Jade Gate? There are still people grabbing ropes and climbing up to the high Jade Gate.
She immediately ordered the entire army to speed up the attack.
Tens of thousands of celestial infantry roared in and arrived at the battlefield in the blink of an eye.
Qu Jiuyuan refused to leave and wanted to live and die with his brothers. As a result, he was tied up by his soldiers and had to be pulled up by the ropes above.
The Celestial infantry quickly entered the battlefield, and it was already difficult to rescue them through ropes.
Zhao Zian received the news that Qu Jiuyuan had been dragged up. He gritted his teeth and said sternly: "Eight Oxen Crossbow! Crossbowman! Shoot down! Release!"
After ten years of preparation, Yumen Pass finally revealed its terrifying side.
The sky was full of arrow rain, and countless eight-oxen crossbow spears roared down.
Hundreds of thousands of crossbow arrows and tens of thousands of crossbow guns, if fired at this density, even just one wave would be enough to be unforgettable for a lifetime.
The arrows have no eyes. This kind of volley does not distinguish between friend and foe. The ground is full of corpses pierced by arrows and crossbows. There are those from the Zhenxi Army, those from the Red Feather Army, some from the Storm Riders, and some from the Six-legged Army.
Among the beast riders, there were also giant warriors, madman warriors, skeleton warriors who had just charged over...
