Compared with the battle at the south gate, the battles around the remaining walls of Taoren City were not so brutal. Even though the south gate had been lost, the remaining sections of the city walls were still struggling to hold on.
Outside the eastern section of the city wall, in a dry riverbank covered with countless green grass, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded.
A carriage, escorted by several riders, rushed out of the river beach, and its wheels, dyed green by the grass juice, rolled onto the flat land.
The injured sergeants of the Northern Wei Dynasty were all sent to the outer edge of the battlefield. Hundreds of injured sergeants saw the carriage clearly for the first time, and their expressions suddenly changed when they saw the signs drawn with white bone powder on the riders around the carriage.
Be in awe and fear.
Not far from these injured Northern Wei sergeants, the carriage and the guards stopped. The people in the carriage and the surrounding guards did not seem to care about the battle on the eastern wall, but were just watching the battle to the south.
A guard came slightly closer to the carriage, then nodded and shot a loud arrow.
After a sharp sound broke through the air, a line of dust and smoke came from outside the south gate.
A Northern Wei general wearing black light armor jumped off his horse and bowed to the people in the carriage.
"Why hasn't it been conquered yet?"
"There are two spiritual mind practitioners."
"One is the master of Luoyuezhai, and the other one is?"
"The Lord of the City is Jin Dong."
"The city's chief general, Jin Dong? His cultivation level is actually on the same level as Lan Huaigong and the generals who are several levels above him in the border army?"
The Northern Wei general who came to report the military situation kept his head bowed and dared not raise his head. He answered all questions, but when he heard such a question, he felt a little frightened. He didn't know how to answer the question. He could guess.
, but he understood that the other party did not like him to answer questions by guessing.
Under the unfavorable military situation at this time, he simply did not dare to take the risk of offending the other party.
"It seems that the news that he is at odds with Lan Huaigong and the senior generals of the Yongwu Army is true." Just when he was hesitant and his body was trembling slightly, the guard who had fired the ringing arrow glanced at him and said softly.
One sentence.
The Northern Wei general's body suddenly relaxed, and he felt extremely grateful to Xiao Donghuang's valet.
"End the main battle before sunset."
A voice without any emotion came from the carriage.
This carriage arrived faster than Lin Yi, but after this carriage arrived, two carriages also arrived quietly on a trail less than a few miles away from Taoist City.
Chen Jinru, the military advisor of the Chen family of the Southern Dynasty, walked out of one of the carriages.
Both he and the several practitioners in green shirts who followed him looked extremely tired, but the expressions on their faces were very calm.
The more important he was in an important position that could determine the fate of the entire Southern Dynasty, the heavier the pressure he felt. At this time, he came to the battlefield with the idea of wanting to die, but it was much easier than before.
In his opinion, when it came to dealing with Xiao Hong with Mo Zong and Hu Mou, it was because the war situation was too severe that some of the things he insisted on were shaken. So when it came to assisting the Chen family, he
There can be no more wavering.
The goal he pursues in his life is to make the Chen family rise in troubled times.
For him, both the previous dynasty and the Southern Liang Dynasty after Xiao Yan ascended the throne were in turbulent and chaotic times. The Wei Dynasty in the north was eyeing it and might eat up the entire southern dynasty at any time.
Now the Chen family has won the trust of the emperor, and its strength is almost the same as that of the Xiao family, so he must use death to make the emperor understand that everything he did was just to win this war, so that the emperor's anger would not spread.
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Unlike Lin Yi, he has a clearer understanding of the entire battle situation, and can even be said to have a certain degree of control.
He knew that Wei Rui, the general of the Mingwei frontier army, was coming from Hezhou in the southwest, and Cao Jingzong, the brave frontier army, had already arrived at Huai River. As long as Daoren City and Zhongli City could delay for some time, all the troops of Wang Yuanying of Zhongshan were overtired.
Under such circumstances, the situation will take a turn for the worse, which will be very beneficial to the Southern Dynasties.
Precisely because he knew that the only difference was time, his views were surprisingly consistent with Lin Yi's.
The Taoist City must be destroyed, but there are still many Southern Dynasty soldiers fighting. Even if they are all wiped out by Xiao Donghuang's army in the end, they cannot give up directly.
Jin Dong covered a sword wound in his chest and abdomen, leaning against a courtyard wall. He swallowed a medicine for the wound, and then slowly adjusted his breathing.
He had retreated from the battlefield outside the city into the streets and alleys of the city. Although he killed several more Northern Wei practitioners, he also paid a heavy price.
At this time, his right hand has been fractured, and the wound between his chest and abdomen is deep into his internal organs. If he uses his true energy violently in the next battle, the wound will burst again.
He only had 40% of his true energy left, and the elixir that replenished his true energy was finished taking a few breaths ago.
At this time, the Southern Dynasty sergeants inside and outside the South Gate had been completely routed. Under the impact of some Zhenyuan heavy armors newly added to the battlefield from the Northern Wei Dynasty, only a small portion of the Southern Dynasty sergeants who were close to exhaustion were able to retreat into the streets like him, while the rest remained.
Those who fight outside will encounter disaster in a short period of time.
As the city's commander, he was responsible for guarding the entire city. He was unwilling to die fighting outside, not because he wanted to survive, but because he knew very well that if he died, the morale of the city would be completely destroyed.
All those sergeants died faster.
At this moment, he heard a huge noise coming from the southwest wall.
He squinted his eyes and looked up, only to see large clouds of smoke and dust wrapped in some stumps exploding out of the city wall.
He knew better than anyone how many powerful practitioners there were in the city's military, so there should be powerful practitioners from the Northern Wei Dynasty joining the battle on that city wall.
At the same time, the roar of many ordnances was heard on the south gate wall.
The heavy object roaring out was not thrown outside the city this time, but inside the city.
The Northern Wei Dynasty had already taken control of some heavy ordnance on the city wall. Jin Dong listened to the sound of breaking through the air, and before turning around, he could already smell the fresh smell of phosphorus and sulfur in the air.
Many fireworks were set off in the streets and alleys of the city.
The more elite the army, the less likely it is to make the mistake of underestimating the enemy. Xiao Donghuang's Northern Wei army knew very well that when the city they were guarding started to catch fire everywhere, the morale of the Southern Dynasty army that was still resisting would be extremely low.
A heavy rain is needed at this time, which can not only extinguish the flames, but also cover the entire battlefield in rain and fog that obscures the vision, in exchange for some breathing time.
However, last night's thunderstorm seemed to have dispersed even the water vapor in the air, leaving the sky clear.
These links are intertwined with each other, and they all seem to be part of the other party's calculations.
Lin Yi approached the city later than Chen Jinru.
When he really approached the city and heard the shouts of killing coming from all directions, most of this majestic city was already setting off fireworks.
Many houses were burning, but no one had time to put them out.
The smell he smelled in the wind between his breaths was not the smell of burning or blood, but a strong aroma of food.
That's the unique smell when a granary begins to burn.
There should be more granaries in this city than he thought.
"North, we enter from the north."
"I'm different from you, so you should try your best not to take action at the beginning, just follow me unless there is something that can threaten me. Rong Yi, you are a little more troublesome. You can help me collect my weapons."
No one questioned Lin Yi's decision. The three of them followed Lin Yi silently. Even if Bai Yuelu made the decision, she would make the same choice.
Both sides invested the least amount of troops on the northern city wall. At this time, the fighting in the south had penetrated into the streets and the eastern section of the city wall had been completely lost. Although the battle on the northern city wall was fierce, there was no strong aura fluctuation.
The absence of powerful aura fluctuations means that there are no powerful practitioners. The rush from here should be the most gentle and the least likely to attract the attention of the enemy so quickly. Moreover, no one can trap them, so they can play more roles.
effect.
The absence of powerful aura fluctuations does not mean that there are no practitioners of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
An armored practitioner from the Northern Wei Dynasty sat on a damaged crossbow cart on the city wall, with his hands on his chin, looking at the Southern Dynasty sergeants on the city wall with despair in their eyes as if he was bored and sarcastic.
The armor on his body is bronze, but the runes are dark red. Even if the real energy is not poured into it, a dark red flame is still flowing inside the runes.
He had received an order before to end the battle quickly, but he still felt that his precious true energy should be left to the other party's practitioners, and whether the entire battle could be accelerated had nothing to do with the section of the city wall where he was.
Therefore, the scene of him sitting quietly on this damaged ballista seems very strange.
Suddenly, his eyes suddenly brightened.
His black hair hanging on the armor was raised back, instantly blowing away all the contaminated dust and dried blood. His whole body jumped up and turned around with unimaginable agility.
The strange sound of breaking through the air behind him meant that there was a practitioner on the other side, which actually made him feel a little happy.
The moment he turned around, the emotions in his heart became complicated and even a little confusing.
What flew towards him was a short spear.
The surface of this short spear was pitch black and seemed to be covered with a layer of black feathers. The sound of breaking through the air was extremely small, but it gave him a feeling of majestic power.
But what cultivator would use such a weapon to attack a cultivator wearing heavy armor of true energy?
He couldn't understand it, but he didn't want to waste his energy, and he needed to be prepared for the opponent's next surprise attack.
So he just followed his usual fighting style, slightly bending his knees to prepare for the coming impact, and at the same time raised his left arm very simply and simply.
On his left arm is a round shield.
As his true energy flowed in an orderly manner, the crimson runes on his body completely lit up, and the already bright-colored armor on his body seemed to have countless crimson roses blooming, becoming more dazzling and dazzling.
There was a soft bang.
Flying spears and shields clashed.
The shield cracked, and the flying spear pierced his arm, then penetrated deep into his chest with a hearty force.
Blood and broken metal splattered everywhere.
This Northern Wei cultivator's body hit the ballista behind him heavily. He was a little confused and didn't even know what happened.
In the next moment, a large amount of blood spurted out from his chest, taking away his strength, and he fell into extreme panic and disbelief.
What kind of flying spear is this? It can penetrate his arm shield and also his chest armor?
More than a dozen Northern Wei sergeants rushed in front of this Northern Wei cultivator. They all gasped when they saw the flying spear that pierced his arm and then penetrated deeply into his chest. Their eyes were full of intensity.
of fear.
At this moment, a strange sound broke through the air again.
Following a sharp howl, they turned around and saw a cloud of blood mist pouring out of a Northern Wei general holding two swords.
The Northern Wei general's official rank was not high, but he was also a practitioner of the Ming Palace realm. However, what was deeply embedded in his back was just an irregular piece of iron, which should be a remnant of some armor on the battlefield.
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Someone actually just threw such a thing, but still severely injured such a practitioner.
What shocked them all even more was that the city wall under their feet trembled slightly, and there was a sharp knocking sound on the wall, like the sound of the hoofbeats of war horses.
At this moment, many of them had the illusion that someone was driving their horses up the city wall.
Lin Yi kept stepping on the city wall with the soles of his feet.
After throwing two objects in succession, he crossed the moat on the broken pontoon bridge of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and then rushed towards the city wall.
He doesn't care how Bai Yuelu and others climb the wall. Practitioners who can use true energy have many ways to overcome such obstacles, but for him, they only rely on brute force.
The sword in his hand kept piercing the city wall, and with the pedaling of his feet, his whole body seemed to be running wildly on the flat ground.
In just a few breaths, the city wall in front of him had disappeared.
He shot up into the sky and then fell back down.
Before his feet landed on the city wall, several sharp arrows had been accurately shot at him, but no blood bloomed. These sharp arrows were broken on his body, but the arrows did not fall to the ground.
It was sucked onto the bracelet on his left hand.
This extremely accurate number of arrows also exposed several Northern Wei archers who were the most skilled in archery on this section of the city wall.
Lin Yi glanced at the archers who were shooting arrows, but their figures disappeared again like ghosts.
In the next moment, with the horrified screams of some Northern Wei sergeants, his feet had already stepped heavily on the chest of the Northern Wei cultivator who was lying slumped on the crossbow. The power of his feet pushed the Northern Wei cultivator's chest
His heavy armor dented slightly, and then without stopping, he stabbed the short spear deeper into the cultivator's chest, and then pulled it out.