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Chapter 225 No.20 Scene Nine: Wolves Disaster Six

With the sound of the bowstring, thousands of feathered arrows were shot out from the Saxue riders who were trying their best to catch up to the top of the city, even piercing through the skulls of the first wave of galloping wolves that had rushed to the bottom of the city.However, instead of retreating, the hundreds of giant wolves that followed them jumped up on the corpses of their companions, and jumped up several feet along the city wall!
The stinky hot air exhaled from the wolf's mouth seemed to be sprayed directly on the faces of the guards and soldiers, which made people feel nauseous.And the scarlet tongue and yellow fangs in the wolf's mouth shocked everyone present.

Fortunately, Sa Xueqi's continuous shooting skills are unparalleled in the world, and before the corpses of the previous wave of dead wolves fell to the ground, the second round of arrow rain had already arrived.As the galloping wolf was killed in the air, the momentum of the wolf pack's attack was also slightly suppressed.Amidst the loud howl of the head wolf, they retreated in unison, but they just retreated out of the range of the feathered arrows.The decisiveness of the order, the rapidity of change, and the tightness of the formation are not inferior to the regular armies of many vassal states.

The pressure from the wolves was slightly relieved, but the general Yan on the top of the city couldn't get a moment's respite.Because there were rapid drumbeats sounded one after another from the turrets in many parts of the city wall, and then there was an urgent report that the traces of galloping wolves were found in the three directions of west, north and east!
"Is there a black crow in the city?"

The boy with black pupils asked the sergeant beside him, but he turned his head and looked to the south, worried: "The galloping wolf is advancing too fast, if the troops sent out fail to notify Ziyin in time—"

He didn't dare to continue talking, for fear that one word would become a proverb.But Tuya knew who the husband was thinking about, and took the pen and paper from the guards around her without hesitation:
"My husband, if you still have something to explain, I will help you finish it. But if the wolves attack later, I don't want you to be distracted by other things. You have to keep in mind that if Suiyao falls today, even if Inform your friends to prepare early, I'm afraid it won't help anymore!"

His wife's words awakened Jiang Yan, who was full of worries.He nodded, picked up a pen and quickly wrote a few lines on the white silk, then took Xiao Tianmo up to Wu Chen who had climbed up to the top of the city with him, and started running around the city wall to set up defenses, trying to Do everything possible to block the second round of attack that may be launched at any time.

At the same time, the pack of wolves outside the city did not stop.Led by the alpha wolf, they circled around Suiyao City, looking for an imperceptible loophole in the city defense.

Suddenly, the patrolling wolves, like sharks smelling blood in the Chanying Sea, suddenly turned around on the flat plateau and charged from north to south.It's just that they didn't concentrate their strength to attack the most vulnerable city gate like when humans attacked the city, but rushed straight to the towering city wall like a raging flood!

Sa Xueqi drew his bow to full string again, aimed at the pack of wolves rushing from a distance and launched a salvo.Unexpectedly, this time the speed of Chilang forward was several times faster than before, and after a little dodge, he easily dodged the rain of arrows at a very small cost, and rushed straight to the city.

It was only at this time that people realized that the thick wall bricks of Suiyao City might be able to stand in front of human crossbows and chariots, but the thickness of the female wall at the top of the city was too generous.No matter how much the crossbowman stretched his arms, he couldn't shoot the arrow to an area several feet wide and narrow at the foot of the city wall!
And those wolves are now rushing towards the place where no iron arrow has ever landed!
The surface of the seemingly solid stone wall now looks like weathered gravel in the face of crazy wolves, and sharp minions can easily be embedded in it.Even if some wolves smashed their sharp teeth and broke their hook claws, they still continued to climb up the bricks and stones towards the top of the city wall!
"Quick, pull the rope!"

Seeing this, Jiang Yan yelled as he tried his best to pull up the thick hemp rope attached to the wooden frame erected by the city wall.The city of Suiyao was well-defended. Every fifteen steps on the city wall, there was a large wooden frame on which several boulders and logs were fixed by wooden wedges and ropes. There was a slope on the front facing the city.

At this time, the hemp rope pulled by the defenders pulled up the mechanism on the frame, dropped countless heavy rolling logs and rocks, and fell directly on the heads of the wolves, and there was a creepy wail from the city.

The first batch of galloping wolves who climbed up the wall were smashed to pieces on the spot, and their brains burst out.However, the pack of wolves seemed to be planning to climb up the city in one go, and they continued to charge up continuously, even using the corpses of their own kind as footsteps, and rushed to a higher place on the city wall in the blink of an eye.

However, it was already impossible to add new rolling logs and rocks.

"Fire oil ready!"

The young Hehan couldn't help but be thankful that when he was deploying his defenses, he specially ordered people to move all the dozens of barrels of kerosene left in the city defense warehouse to the city wall.At this time, the defenders who had just been prepared used the bamboo tubes split in half as a channel to guide the fire oil from the arrow towers at both ends of the city wall to various places, and then ignited it and poured it all on the wolves.

The furs of countless giant beasts were ignited by the fire, and immediately fell from the wall and rolled all over the ground, but the burning hot oil was scattered, not only could not extinguish the fire, but made the fire more intense.

The oil sprinkled on the city wall, and immediately turned the dark blue brick wall into a blazing wall of fire.After all, wild beasts are afraid of fire, so the surrounding wolves didn't dare to get close to the city wall where the flames were flying, so they had to scatter and back away, barking angrily in their mouths.

After a brief silence, thunderous cheers finally erupted from the top of the city.The faces of the defenders who have been holding their breath and not daring to relax in the slightest have also changed from the despair when they first saw the pack of wolves to the ecstasy of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe.

This battle lasted from noon to dusk.However, only the second attack of the wolves was repelled.Chi wolves are huge, even if they are temporarily frustrated, they only kill hundreds of them.The remaining giant beasts retreated out of the range of the arrows again, stuck out their scarlet tongues, and stared at Suyao City in front of them with pairs of light green eyes, refusing to leave just like that.

The Suiyao defenders took a breather, and finally had the opportunity to restore the mechanism that released the rolling wood and rocks.General Yan passed by the sergeants who were rubbing shoulders on the top of the city, and saw that all the soldiers felt extremely fortunate that he was able to enter the city before the wolves attacked.However, the expression on his face became more serious.

Tuya was waiting for him in the watchtower in the northwest corner of the city, looking worried as well.As soon as he entered the door, the young man opened his mouth and asked:
"How? How many weapons are there in the city?"

The half-blood princess on the opposite side shook her head with a very solemn expression:
"Counting all the weapons of the forbidden army, there are only about [-] arrows left in the city. All the kerosene has been moved to the watchtower before. Counting what you have in front of you, it is only seventy or eighty barrels. It is like that just now. Attack, at most we can defend for two more rounds!"

"We still have the Saxue Cavalry and the Red Flame Army, and we still have the saber in our hands! If we can't hold it anymore, we will charge out with light cavalry and fast horses. No matter what, we can't take advantage of these beasts!"

The black-eyed boy was silent, and he spoke again after a long while, but he spoke through gnashing of teeth.

"Could it be that you plan to fight those terrifying beasts with your flesh and blood? But now there are galloping wolves in four directions outside the city. Even if you can get out of the encirclement by luck, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties! If you keep the city, maybe you will be able to survive!" A ray of hope!"

Hearing her husband's words, Tuya actually wanted to fight to the death, and grabbed the opponent's wrist.But Jiang Yan seems to have considered all possible possibilities, without any hesitation:
"Those wolves outside will not retreat easily. For today's plan, we must not hold on! Even if we can use the city wall to occupy the wolves outside the city for a while, but if we can hold it for three to five days, we will never last for three to five months! Back then I once Yu Lei led one person to kill two wolves on the mountain, and now Sa Xue is riding a light horse and breaks through with speed, so there may be a chance of winning!"

Since the first day of crossing the Jinhe River in the south, the young Hehan has been thinking about what to do with himself and his wife if the trip to Suiyao fails.And the only way he could think of was to go south to Yujing, join forces with Qi Ziyin, and then plan for a long-term future.

However, before he could finish speaking, someone outside the watchtower shouted sharply: "The wolf has entered the city!"

"Could it be a wolf ladder?!"

Tuya was shocked, and before she had time to say more, she lifted the corner of her skirt and rushed out.Jiang Yan followed closely behind, but he saw that dozens of galloping wolves had rushed up to the west wall where the enemy was the first to meet the enemy, and now they were fighting with more than a hundred soldiers.

And at the north side of the city where they were standing at this time, the gathered wolves also howled, as if they were cheering for their companions entering the city.

It turned out that a large group of wolves marched around the city and tried to attack the city wall before, but it was just a feint to test the attack.Now, they have successfully attracted everyone's attention to the area around the northern city wall. Taking advantage of the moment when the defenders let down their vigilance, the other hundreds of wolves lying in ambush quietly changed from defensive to weak western killers. will come!
Right now, the giant wolf is stepping on the body of its companion, stacking layers upon layers, forming a tall tower under the city wall.And the dozens of galloping wolves that rushed to the top of the city climbed up with the help of such a wolf ladder!

Tuya once saw on the grassland that a pack of wolves climbed into a fence that was as high as a person in this way, killing all the sheep in the pen.But she didn't expect that these gigantic, ferocious monsters like a fierce lion would use the same tricks, more cunning and deadly!
The city wall was originally much narrower than the flat ground, although there were many soldiers gathered around the wolves, there were only a few who could really attack.With the help of its thick fur, Chi Lang not only resisted the sharp knives coming from all around, but also killed and wounded the defenders rushing in front of him.

However, the giant wolf rushing up the city wall was not just to kill people.After biting a bloody path, they rushed to the mechanism where the rolling logs and rocks were placed and the arrow towers on both sides of the city wall, as if they had planned it long ago, and destroyed the only weapon that could stop the wolves from attacking the city with their minions!

In just a moment, the city defense, which was able to defend the two rounds of attacks, was already overwhelmed with the crisis in front of it.Losing the deterrence of powerful weapons, the main force of the wolves who lingered in the city also rushed forward again, repeating the old trick.

The evening mist is low, and the setting sun is like blood.More and more galloping wolves rushed to the top of the city, and some even rushed into Suiyao city, killing all directions.

Amidst the screams and screams, Jiang Yan still shouted loudly, trying to reorganize the defense of Saxue cavalry around him.However, relying on the volley of crossbows and crossbows that had long been without any organization at the top of the city, the giant wolves that were able to shoot and kill among the herds of beasts pouring in like a tide were really rare.

A galloping wolf that was half a head taller than its kind killed seven soldiers in a row, and then rushed straight towards the arrow tower where Tuya and Jiang Yan were.Along the way, many soldiers were knocked off the top of the city by him, and in turn were torn to pieces by the wolves guarding the city.

"Go into the building quickly and go to the higher place!"

Seeing this, Jiang Yan immediately pushed his wife into the gate of the watchtower with his left hand, raised Xiao Tianmo with his right hand to meet him, and split the wolf from the junction of the shoulder and neck all the way to the waist and abdomen with a single knife.However, the giant beast's body was too huge, and it still rushed forward for more than ten feet before falling to the ground.The huge wolf's head slammed into Jiang Yan's chest, sending him into the air and falling towards the roofs of the houses in the city!
"General Flame!"

Tuya buzzed in her head, and immediately wanted to rush down to save her husband.However, a black shadow flashed in front of him, it was another giant wolf rushing up to the city!

Seeing this, another Red Flame Army rushed forward with a knife, and pushed the princess away from the wolf's mouth, but he was bitten by the waist.Then the wolf's head swung left and right, and the man's armor was torn, his skin was ripped apart, and his stomach and intestines were leaking.Seeing this, Tuya immediately rolled down two lines of hot tears, but she didn't dare to act rashly any more, so she retreated towards the highest point of the watchtower surrounded by several other soldiers.

At the same time, General Yan who fell into the city smashed through several layers of roof tiles and floor slabs before rolling down into a shop full of shrines and incense candles.

The young man felt pain from all the bones in his body as if they were broken, he didn't know where the injury was and how severe it was, it took him a long time to barely support half of his body.It wasn't until this time that he realized that there was a woman's body lying in this seemingly empty incense shop.

The woman on the ground was wearing expensive brocade, but half of the gorgeous cloth was soaked by a pool of sticky blood.Her hair was loose, and her face could not be seen clearly.However, the golden-winged phoenix crown on her head was particularly eye-catching. It was the concubine Lan who had escaped from the city before.

Jiang Yan speculated that the other party probably thought that he and Tuya would lead an army into the palace, so he took advantage of the chaos to find this long-closed incense shop to hide, but he died here unexpectedly.

However, the cause of Concubine Lan's death was quite strange.Just as Jiang Yan was about to reach out to turn over the corpse, he suddenly saw something alive in the shadow beside him from the corner of his eye, and he raised his knife hastily - and then he saw two huge fangs biting Xiao Tianmo's blade fiercely superior!

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