My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 618: Crazy Blade Splits the City
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The loud eagle cry passed through the city wall where the fighting was fierce. Below the clouds, a huge eagle flew across the bright morning sun.

His cold eyes reflected the winding city wall below, flames, black smoke, blood, screams, and the figures of countless people.

It was a brutal siege.

A cold arrow was thrown from the top of the city wall, flew downwards, and hit the raised shield with a bang. The Satsuma soldier holding the shield staggered and stepped on a corpse under his feet, continuing to protect his comrades beside him, biting the back of his knife and climbing up the ladder.

On the towering walls of Harabitos, dense crowds of Samians were shouting and climbing the walls, while others, with shrill screams, fell straight down from the top of the city, hit the corpses piled at the foot of the wall, and slid to the side.

Countless Satsuma people stepped over the corpses and rushed up the ladder.

Whoosh whoosh—

Arrows were shot from Satsuma bows under the city, flying onto the battlements, impaling people, shields, and battlements. The sound of fighting spread, and the Satsuma people who climbed up fought with the Sakpruit army for one section of the city wall after another, which was more than ten miles long.

Budares was also on the city wall, with a broken arrow stuck in his shoulder armor. He held a sword and shield in his hands and chopped down the Sakpruit soldiers who were stabbing at him with spears in front of him.

"For Satsuma, keep attacking!"

He and several Satsuma soldiers held the node they had just reached, constantly enduring attacks from the Sakpruit defenders in front, on the left and on the right.

Blood mixed with sweat ran down his rough cheeks. He gasped heavily, and scarlet blood seeped out from under the shoulder armor pierced by the arrow and slowly flowed out.

On the extended left and right sections of the wall, the Satsuma soldiers under Budares rushed up desperately, and then were pushed down the wall like dumplings by the well-prepared gunfire.

"Samoans, take back our capital!"

With a roar, he swung his sword and hit the iron shield that the Sakprut soldier was holding up. The heavy force caused his body to shake slightly, and the arrow wound on his shoulder opened wider, and the blood almost dyed his entire arm red.

The guards and soldiers around him hurried over to stop his bleeding and change his bandages. In the dazzling skylight, the sound of fighting was like boiling oil splashing in water, and densely packed figures were climbing the earth wall violently.

"Don't worry about me... push forward and let more soldiers come up!" Budares pushed away the soldiers beside him and dodged the two long spears that were stabbing at him. He chopped off the tip of a spear with his backhand. His whole body suddenly shook and a wave of air spread out under his feet.

Secret Technique: Bravery!
"The emperor of the Sakpruits is in the city. Take down the city wall and charge into the palace!"

His voice echoed throughout this section of the city wall. A dozen soldiers standing on the wall gritted their teeth and followed their brave commander to charge towards the forest of guns on the opposite side!
Arrows flew across the sky and whizzed towards the top of the city walls. The shields of the Sakprut soldiers were almost filled with arrows.

They blocked the Samoan attack, but were then nailed to the ground by the arrows flying from the sky.

The Judgement Knight Lancelot saw all of this. He slowly drew out the long sword from his waist and pointed it at the rain of arrows that were rising into the sky again and flying towards this side.

The voice is majestic and neutral.

"invalid!"

Secret technique: fair judgment!
On the top of the city wall, Budares rushed into the crowd with a Sakpruit soldier stabbed in the blade in his hand. The moment he turned around and drew his sword, the round shield in his left hand hit the face of another city defender who rushed from the side, causing his front teeth to pop out with a line of blood.

He raised his head.

The flying rain of arrows seemed to be blocked by something. The moment they landed on people, they became like wooden sticks, unable to penetrate people's bodies and armor.

"how is this possible?"

Budares showed horror and swung his sword, cutting two charging Sakpruit soldiers in half; they fell to the ground together with the other two city defenders who rushed from behind.

"Push the Samos off the wall!"

More Sakpruit soldiers shouted and continued to spread up.

The wind brought black smoke that filled the sky. Under the tall black flag with a white dragon flag, Su Chen sat quietly on a tiger-skin chair with his hands on his knees and his eyes closed, listening to the sound of fighting that was sweeping in like a tide.

"We've been fighting for too long. Let's go up to the siege tower. Zhongkang, you too." He opened his eyes, looked at the city wall where people kept falling, and whispered an order to the fat man beside him.

Xu Chu picked up the tiger-head sword with a humming sound, and got off his horse with excitement, which made Dian Wei on the other side envious.

Woohoo!

The horn of the central army sounded, and the flag carrying Han Xin's orders kept changing its signals, as if to instruct Emperor Adar's Satsuma soldiers to continue the attack.

A'dal, who was originally feeling pained, turned back with some dissatisfaction, and the displeasure in his eyes disappeared in an instant. He opened his mouth slightly, revealing a shocked expression.

In the field of vision, behind the endless military formation, a six-meter-high behemoth was pushed by hundreds of craftsmen. Amid the sound of passionate war drums, it passed through the layers of military formations and slowly moved towards the city wall.

"Father in heaven...what is that?!"

On the city wall where the fighting was ongoing, the Sakpruit soldiers who were defeating the Samians also saw the huge siege tower coming towards them.

The huge four wheels creaked as they rolled over the uneven ground. Hundreds of people pulled the ropes or pushed the wooden fences near the wheels, shouting in unison and pushing forward with all their might.

The Mongolian light cavalry who were shooting arrows under the city withdrew under Subutai's order and guarded on both sides of the siege tower. At the same time, Xu Chu came to the Western Liang army and asked Guo Si for a battalion of Western Liang soldiers.

Then he ran towards the siege tower.

The attack and defense were still going on inside and outside the city. The moment the huge siege tower approached, Lancelot was unable to make a fair judgment. After all, that thing was not used to attack the city directly, but as a vehicle.

He clenched the sword in his hand, wanting to join the fight and assist in the defense. The next moment, a huge bridge board was dropped from the body of the behemoth with a whistling sound, and it landed on the city wall with a bang, revealing the flesh-like body behind it, as well as a large number of Seris soldiers.

Xu Chu lowered his tiger-head knife, and the moment he looked towards the city wall, his fat body dragged with a "whoosh" sound, stepped on the wooden planks, and rushed towards the top of the city like a cannonball.

"what!"

A Sakpruit centurion roared and rushed forward, slashing with the blade, and was met with a huge tiger-head knife.

The blades on both sides touched each other with a bang——

Xu Chu simply crushed him, splitting the blade in his opponent's hand into two pieces. The centurion spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body flew backwards.

"Xiliang soldiers, follow me!"

The tiger-head broadsword was swung from his hand, and two Sakpruit soldiers who were trying to launch a sneak attack nearby were swept away.

The bridge plank behind him was shaking wildly, and one by one the Xiliang soldiers rushed up to the top of the city wall along the bridge plank. The extremely brave Xiliang soldiers, full of anger, brandished their swords and rushed into the dense crowd.

It was like a drop of ink poured into clear water, spreading rapidly around in an instant.

Thousands of knife lights extended in all directions, blood and flesh splattered wildly on the front line, and people were turned into rotten meat at this moment.

At this moment of confrontation, the battle escalated to its most brutal level. The Xiliang soldiers who were advancing madly on the city wall were like a tide, attacking the wall of this huge city frantically.

The five legions left in the city by Sakprut have also experienced various battles of varying sizes. Although 40,000 people are few in number, many of them are experienced veterans.

Faced with such a fierce attack, the will of the entire army showed no signs of collapse. They fought tenaciously against the fierce Xiliang army, fighting for every position on the city wall where there were ladders.

Outside the extended city wall, Samoan and Seres soldiers were still surging up, like crazy ants, screaming and climbing the ladders. At this time, personal bravery was of no significance in the face of such a tidal wave of attack. Lancelot's secret technique was aimed at the arrows flying in from outside the city. The mounted Seres cavalry put great pressure on the archers on the city. The archery skills of these Seres cavalry were extremely superb. As long as the archers guarding the city showed their heads, several feather arrows would fly over accurately.

He had to focus his main energy on protecting these archers. The value of an archer was more valuable than that of an ordinary soldier.

After all, not everyone can shoot a bow and arrow easily.

Lancelot watched as several soldiers in the distance carried large stones and pushed them down the parapet. An entire row of Satsuma soldiers on the ladders fell down with screams.

"Almost there." He came to the city wall to supervise, but in fact he had another purpose, which was to observe the extent of Seris's attack. Right now, the other side had sent out a powerful legion, which meant that they had already focused on attacking the city.

"Go, go back!"

On the city wall where fighting was taking place, there was a sound coming from the side in the distance. Lancelot took two steps back, flicked his cloak, and strode down the city wall.

The cavalry who delivered the message galloped away first, and soon after, a cavalry of several thousand men appeared, wearing iron helmets and iron armor, and even their horses were covered with protective gear.

Each knight held a thick lance, and their armor on the chest was hung with a long white cloth with a red cross on it.

Through the gaps in their full-face iron helmets, these knights with a metallic aura all looked at the general riding towards them on horseback.

Holy Light Knight——Percival!
Sitting on a warhorse covered in bright silver armor, Percival, wearing bright silver-covered armor, put one hand on his chest and performed a distinguished knight's salute to the knights in front of him.

"The Light is with you, my knights!"

"Holy Light will accompany us forward!"

Three thousand armored cavalrymen also saluted Percival on horseback, then turned their horses to both sides. Percival rode his horse to the front and was the first to walk through the deserted street.

The Western Gate of Halabytos.

Watching the slowly opening city gate, Percival looked up at the city wall, where the emperor was standing, looking down at him.

"May the holy light be with you, Knight Percival!"

After a moment, the city gate was completely opened!

……

On the city wall, Budares saw General Ceres leading his troops to attack from the siege tower, and the pressure in his heart and on his shoulders was immediately relieved a lot.

He wanted to shout something, but swallowed the words back when he remembered that ordinary Seris people could not understand him.

The fat Xu Chu over there didn't even look at Budares. He took the remaining 1,200 or so soldiers from Xiliang given to him by Guo Si and advanced towards the place on the city wall where there were the most Sakpruit soldiers.

The Sakpruit soldiers over there also formed a formation under the command of centurions at each level, and on the crowded city wall, the two sides collided with each other.

"Death-seeking-"

Seeing that the opponent not only did not retreat but even dared to fight back, Xu Chu took a fierce step forward, and his fat body directly knocked the nearest Sakprut soldier away.

Raise your arms and swing them!

The tiger-head knife roared with the sound of wind as it cut off several spears that were stabbing at it. He took another step forward, and the moment he closed the distance, he swung the heavy blade again, directly cutting off the shoulder and neck of a Sakpruit soldier on the opposite side.

Half of the body fell down, and the broken arm holding the broken spear flew into the sky.

Xu Chu grabbed the neck of a Sakprut soldier on the side and shouted angrily: "Don't block the way!"

The next second, Xu Chu took a step forward, raised his left hand, and threw the Sakpruit soldier in his hand away with a bang.

"Hahaha--"

"Not enough! Not enough! Who else will come to fight me?"

Xu Chu became murderous. He grabbed the armor with one hand and pulled it off. With the other hand, he swung his sword to block the spear tip that was attacking him. He pressed the blade down and cut off the spear. The moment the blade hit the ground, a visible sword energy burst out, cracking the wall bricks and extending forward.

"what?!"

The Sakpruit soldiers who were touched along the way had not yet reacted and were torn into pieces in an instant, with all kinds of limbs and flesh flying everywhere.

The crack spread five feet, and then a rumbling sound was heard from this section of the city wall. The next moment, the crowded Sakpruit army tilted and the city wall under their feet groaned as it broke.

The inward side, about three meters long, quickly tilted toward the city, and then broke completely with a bang, revealing the weathered mud and sand beneath the bricks and stones.

At that moment, more than 200 Sakpruit soldiers who were near the parapet on the other side danced with joy as the collapsed wall crashed into the city, falling heavily at the foot of the wall, raising thick smoke and dust.

……

After noon, the sky tilted slightly.

The sound of boiling fighting continued to come from over there, in the Great Xia army formation facing the south gate of Harabitos. Su Chen was startled by the sound of the collapsing city wall and stood up from the tiger-skin chair.

When he heard that the collapse was caused by a wall inside the city, he sat back down with some disappointment.

"It's still early. Go ask Marquis Huaiyin what to do next. Can we capture Harabitos during the day?"

The messenger ran away, but after a short while, he suddenly ran back.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Huaiyin is mobilizing the Qingzhou Army. A group of barbarian cavalry was spotted in the west, and they are rushing towards you at full speed."

Su Chen frowned.

He stood up quickly, waved his cloak, walked to the carriage, stood still, looked to the west, but could not see anything for the time being.

However, the Qingzhou army on standby on the left wing in front had already turned around and left.

"put all one's eggs in one basket?"

"Or do you have other plans?"

Su Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, constantly thinking about Sakpruit's move in his mind, and guessing the other party's intention of sending such a cavalry.

Just as he was thinking about this, on the vast plain to the west, accompanied by the sound of war trumpets, dense cavalry advanced like a tide and launched an offensive towards the Ceres army coming from the east.

With the sun shining brightly in the sky, Percival raised a silver sword in the charging cavalry formation. The sword emitted a dazzling white light in the scorching sun, illuminating the advancing cavalry behind him.

“Holy Light—”

Percival's voice echoed through the air.

"Stay with me!"

(End of this chapter)