Chapter 104

  The number of troops rushing from the rear of the barbarian army was not small, with a strength of over 10,000. There were no obvious flags or streamers in the team, although they were all infantry, but their speed was not slow, and the dust on the ground was rolled up high while running.

  This cavalry is not the Wind Army, but the barbarian troops who went to Yuangu Town to sweep and returned without success. With the addition of this cavalry, the barbarian army's manpower has recovered to 600,000 or more, and the morale that had just fallen has also been boosted.

  The barbarian troops did not delay for too long and the second wave of attack began.

  As Xiao Miaoqing had expected, this time the barbarian troops did not concentrate their forces to attack one place, but instead dispersed their personnel to surround the border city, attacking from all sides. As a result, the defensive line of the border city began to become weak and thin, although the city's defenses were complete, but at a disadvantage in terms of insufficient manpower, with less than 20,000 people defending the four-sided city walls, with an average of fewer than 5,000 soldiers guarding each side of the city wall. How could this withstand the barbarian troops that were as fierce as wolves and tigers?

  Soon, except for the main city wall where Qiu Zhen and others were located, the other three walls all sounded the alarm.

  Before Qiu Zhen sent someone to provide assistance, the barbarian army launched another fierce attack on the front of Biancheng.

  Only a dozen barbarian soldiers were seen pushing a giant thunderbolt cart towards the city gate.

  The battering ram is a specialized tool used to strike city gates, with a large volume and extremely heavy weight. On top of it are suspended four or five thick tree trunks wrapped in iron skin, tied together with hemp rope. When the battering ram is pushed to the front of the gate, soldiers push the suspended logs to strike the gate, causing great destructive power.

  The barbarian soldiers used the thunderbolt cart to attack the city, and Xiao Muzheng immediately ordered the concentration of bows and arrows, shooting together at the barbarian soldiers pushing the thunderbolt cart.

  Arrows rained down on the city wall, and in an instant, more than a dozen barbarian soldiers were shot to become hedgehogs, falling into a pool of blood. Even the Thunderclap chariot was filled with arrows. However, soon more barbarian soldiers came up to reinforce, some pushing carts, others holding shields to block the rain of arrows. The barbarian soldiers gathered more and more, their shields densely packed, making it difficult for the arrows to harm them again.

  When the battering ram was pushed to the foot of the city, the rolling logs and stones on the city head fell down. The barbarian soldiers who were holding shields were immediately smashed into pieces. As soon as the barbarian army scattered, a rain of arrows came down, and in an instant, a large number of barbarians were shot down. At this time, several barbarian generals rushed up from behind, they stood at the forefront, wielding their weapons to chop the rolling logs and stones, while ordering the barbarian soldiers to continue pushing the cart, smashing open the city gate.

  The addition of these barbarian generals immediately changed the situation on the battlefield. The barbarian soldiers set up their shields and were not afraid of the arrows' random shooting, only fearing the rolling logs and boulders falling from the sky. The impact force of these two things was too great, even if they used their shields to block them, the people behind would still be crushed into meat patties. Moreover, once they fell, the casualties were often a large area.

  The barbarian generals wore spiritual armor and held spiritual weapons, and the arrow towers were no threat to them. As for the rolling logs and stones, even if they couldn't chop them up, they could use their clever strength to block them. With the cover of these barbarian generals, the Wind Army was unable to stop the advance of the opposing Thunderbolt Chariot. Before long, the Thunderbolt Chariot was pushed to the front of the city gate, and dozens of barbarian soldiers pulled on the tree trunks above, then simultaneously pushed forward, violently colliding with the city gate.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  The impact of the Thunderclap Chariot was deafening, and the entire city wall trembled. The Wind Army inside the city swarmed to hold up the gate, fearing that the enemy would break in. But human strength is limited after all, how could they withstand the destructive power of the Thunderclap Chariot? After more than a dozen impacts, the gate began to loosen, and stone chips flew off around the door frame, looking as if it might be knocked down at any moment.

  At this time, anyone can see that if things go on like this, the city gate will be broken in no time. However, at this moment, no one can stop the barbarian army. On the tower, Qiu Zhen and Xiao Mucqing's faces are all very unsightly.

  At this critical moment, Jiaxi and Jiangmo, the two newly joined dark spiritual cultivators, played an important role. The two of them simultaneously cast Shadow Drift, their figures disappearing from the city wall and reappearing on the barbarian army's Thunderbolt Chariot in an instant. Both were clad in black spirit armor, with Jiangmo wielding a slender spirit sword like a steel needle, while Jiaxi held a long spirit knife.

  As soon as he appeared, before the surrounding barbarian soldiers could react, Jiang Mo's spiritual sword had already stabbed out continuously. Only to hear the continuous dull thuds, more than a dozen barbarian soldiers dodged and were stabbed in the chest, crying out in pain and falling to the ground. Jia Xi didn't stop either, he stood on the Thunderbolt Chariot, raised his spiritual knife, and fiercely chopped down at the Thunderbolt Chariot.

  This weapon is too harmful to the city defense, if it can't be destroyed as soon as possible, our side will definitely lose. Just as Lingdao's sword was about to cut down the Thunderbolt Chariot, a spear suddenly appeared out of nowhere and stabbed towards his sword, not aiming at him but at the sword in his hand.

  Dong Dong!

  This sword, the tip of which was pointing at Jiaxi's knife, had its downward momentum turned into a horizontal sweep. The two barbarian soldiers standing next to the Thunderbolt Chariot didn't even have time to react before they were struck by the incoming Spirit Knife, their two large heads flying off, blood splashing high into the air.

  Ah! Jia Xi was secretly shocked, and hastily turned his head to look around, only to see a barbarian general standing beside him. The man wore golden spiritual armor and held a long spiritual spear in his hand.

  Jia Xi didn't have any extra nonsense to say, and with a backhand move, she slashed out with her sword, aiming straight for the barbarian general's neck.

  The barbarian general's cultivation was also exceptionally deep, the spiritual gun rose from below to above, a vertical spiritual wave emerged, and greeted the front.

  Boom!

  Two spiritual waves collided, and the spiritual energy shot out in all directions. The barbarian general's spiritual wave cut Jiashi's spiritual wave into two from the center, its momentum unabated, continuing to slash towards Jiashi.

  Darkness shouted, "Awesome!" Jiaxi judged that the opponent's cultivation was higher than his own, he didn't have time to think carefully, and his body moved horizontally, jumping off the Thunderbolt Car, dodging the opponent's spiritual wave.

  Crack!

  Ling Bo didn't hit Jia Xi, but crashed into the city wall, and even the indestructible giant stone of the city wall was split by Ling Bo's slash. The barbarian general was relentless and intended to continue pursuing Jia Xi. At this time, Jiang Mo stepped forward, his wrist shaking, his sword like a spirit snake, flashing out five swords in an instant.

  The barbarian general had no choice but to abandon his pursuit and retreat with his troops, while Jiang Mo fought alone.

  In fact, Jiang Mo's martial arts skills are not that impressive, but he is agile and calm in nature, with a sharp mind. He doesn't engage in a fierce battle, instead adopting an evasive strategy to circle around his opponent, making it difficult for the barbarian general to win against him.

  Taking advantage of Jiang Mo's entanglement with his opponent, Jia Xi launched a massacre against the barbarian soldiers in front of the city gate.

  The barbarian soldiers were fierce, but they were no match for Jiaxi's deep spiritual warrior skills. Every time he swung his sword, several barbarians would be struck down. Before long, dozens of barbarians had fallen to the ground in front of the city gate, never to get up again. Jiaxi was ferocious and his moves were sharp, causing the barbarian soldiers behind him to feel fearful, but not one of them stopped in their tracks, even though they knew they were going to their deaths, they still charged forward with all their might.

  This is also where the barbarian soldiers are terrifying.

  The number of barbarian soldiers seemed endless, and Jia Xi killed one batch only to have another fill in immediately. He couldn't kill them all, no matter how hard he tried. Just as he was charging left and right, slaughtering the barbarians, two more barbarian generals approached him. The cultivation of these two men was similar to that of the previous barbarian general, both being powerful masters with deep cultivation. They joined forces against Jia Xi, who could no longer withstand them.

  The two sides only exchanged blows for a dozen rounds, and Jiaxi's left arm was struck by the opponent's gunstock. With a crisp crackling sound, the Ling armor on Jiaxi's left arm shattered, and he secretly cried out in alarm. Before his opponent could continue to attack, he hastily deployed Dark Shadow Drift, disappearing from sight, only to reappear in the gatehouse doorway.

  Those two barbarian generals let out a cold laugh and raised their legs to chase after them for the kill.

  Knowing he's no match for the fierce general, and with his left arm injured, Jiaxi didn't want to fight anymore. He shouted at Jiang Mo who was still entangled in battle: "Fall back!"

  Jiang Mo and the barbarian general were not lightly matched, but in the midst of the fierce battle, he was still able to keep an eye on all directions and listen to every sound. He saw that Jia Xi had been injured, but at this moment, the barbarian army's thunderbolt chariot had not yet been destroyed. Even if they retreated back into the city, once the barbarians broke through the gates, their own lives would be lost. At this point, there was no other strategy except to fight to the death.

  He didn't force Jiaxi, and instead launched a swift attack with two moves, temporarily forcing the barbarian general back. He took advantage of the opportunity to jump out of the circle and shouted at Jiaxi: "You go back to the city first!" As he spoke, he retreated rapidly towards the city gate, his spiritual sword dancing in the air as he unleashed a powerful strike, sending a wave of energy straight at the Thunderbolt Chariot.

  He was fast, but the barbarian generals were even faster. The two barbarian generals who had been chasing Jiaxi originally both made their moves, and with two spiritual waves, they forcibly shattered Jiang Mo's spiritual wave. Then, each of them drew a long sword and rushed towards him.

  Buzz!

  With a double-edged sword, he beheaded Jiang Mo and cut off his waist. The latter neither blocked nor dodged, but instead used Shadow Drift to instantly flash behind the two barbarian generals. It seemed that they had anticipated this move, as the two barbarian generals almost simultaneously sheathed their swords and counterattacked with a backhand slash. Jiang Mo was unable to dodge and could only use his sword to meet the attack head-on.

  Wow!

  Two spiritual knives chopped onto his sword, although he blocked the opponent's killing move, but the impact was too great, and his body involuntarily flew backward.

  Rumble, rumble! Jiang Mo's body was perfectly aligned, and he crashed right into the Thunderbolt Chariot. His own weight combined with the inertia from the recoil made his impact force at least a thousand kilograms. The Thunderbolt Chariot was already fragile, how could it withstand such an intense collision? In an instant, the chariot was smashed to pieces, and the large wooden beam on top fell off, flying far away.

  "Ah——"

  Two barbarian generals did not expect such a result, failing to kill their opponent, but instead damaged their own Thunderclap chariot which had just reached the city gate. The two barbarian generals were furious and after being stunned for a moment, they both let out a loud roar and charged towards Jiang Mo who was still lying on the ground and hadn't gotten up yet.

  Before he arrived, the knife had already reached him, and the two knives did not distinguish between priority and posteriority, cutting towards Jiang Mo's body simultaneously.

  Jiang Mo used his own body to crash into the Thunderbolt Chariot, and the impact force he received was not small either. He lay on the ground, dizzy and disoriented, and vaguely saw two barbarian generals chasing after him again. He gritted his teeth and stood up, once again using his sword to parry their attack.

  Right!

  This time, the two barbarian generals' swords were even heavier. With a piercing crash, Jiang Mo was knocked flying again, sword and all. A dull thud followed as his body crashed heavily into the city gate. The gate was made of pure copper, strong and hard, but Jiang Mo's impact sent it shuddering, a testament to the enormity of his strength.

  Two barbarian generals were determined to take drastic action. Even if they couldn't kill Jiang Mo with a single blow, they would shock him to death.