I am a soldier in the border army

Chapter 325: Imperial Guards! Cannibalism! Wall of Sighs!

Yulin.

The wings of the country are as prosperous as the forest.

During the Taichu period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, the descendants of those who died in the army were taken to be officials of the Yulin Army, and were taught the five weapons. They were called Yulin Orphans.

Therefore, Han Shao never thought that his methods were so clever or his actions were so unfathomable.

The only thing that has allowed him to get to where he is today is to regain the wisdom of his predecessors.

After hearing Han Shao's words, Zhou Xuan's pen tip trembled slightly.

The name of the army came out of his mouth.

The only explanation is that what the Marquis just said was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but he had already had a plan in mind.

Just like when a national chess player looks down at the overall situation, it seems like he just made a random move, but in fact, this move had been planned dozens of steps in advance.

Such cunning and wisdom were enough to make an ordinary person like him tremble with fear and awe even if he only got a glimpse of it.

"What? Is there a problem?"

Seeing Zhou Xuan holding the pen but not putting pen to paper, Han Shao frowned slightly.

Zhou Xuan was startled and suddenly came back to his senses.

"No, I just think this name is very good!"

"In the future, these orphans of the martyrs will inherit the will of their fathers and grandfathers, and will also receive personal instruction from the Marquis. When they are fully grown, they will surely be able to spread their wings like a forest!"

Having said that, he hurriedly wrote down the two words "Yu Lin" on the paper.

"Full-fledged, spreading wings like a forest? Is there any other way to explain it?"

Hearing Zhou Xuan's hasty interpretation of the word "Yulin", Han Shao had an amused expression.

He just thought that this guy had recognized the homonym of "Yu Lin" and was thinking about whether to take the opportunity to test him, but he didn't expect that this guy had some quick wit.

He could still wait for himself to speak and then change the subject.

Yulin is the imperial guards.

Since the Western Han Dynasty, the imperial guards in charge of guarding the Forbidden City in all dynasties have had this name.

It's just that some things are still too far away for now.

It's nothing more than a move made in advance to prepare for a rainy day.

As the thought flashed through his mind, the smile on Han Shao's lips gradually faded.

He turned his head again and looked outside the city with a distant gaze.

At this time, the tens of thousands of barbarian cavalry that had been chasing them earlier had already rode away in shame.

But while retreating, they also cleaned up the battlefield.

However, compared to the past when they would only take away clothes, armor and weapons, this time they even took the corpses back.

After a round of action, on the vast battlefield that was originally littered with corpses, except for the withered yellow grass that was trampled and chopped by horse hooves and swords, there was only a stench of blood.

"What do they want with the body?"

The grassland is barren and the products are not abundant.

After a war, it was customary to take away clothes, armor and weapons, but this time even the corpses were not spared. Qi Shuo was a little confused.

At this time, Zhao Mu beside him had already spoken in a deep voice.

"What else can be done?"

Hearing what Zhao Mu said, Qi Shuo seemed to have thought of something and his expression suddenly changed.

"It can't be..."

After saying this, not only he, but also Li Jing and Feng Can, who had just come back from the battlefield, had a gloomy expression on their faces.

Because they all remembered the scene they saw at the foot of Langju City.

People eat people!
Horses eat people too!

Those five hundred powerful barbarian riders wearing scale armor were no longer human!
"Are they going to completely cut themselves off from the human race?"

People don’t eat people.

This is an iron rule that has been passed down from ancient times.

But now this iron rule has been broken.

When I think about the hundreds of thousands of barbarian cavalry on the opposite side, I wonder how many cannibal monsters like the five hundred barbarian cavalry are hiding.

Even though Li Jing had long been accustomed to all kinds of cruel scenes on the battlefield, he still couldn't help feeling disgusted and angry.

At this moment, he was just thankful that they had brought back the bodies of their fallen comrades in arms, otherwise...

Feng Can was also angry.

The swords drawn on the battlefield are only because of different positions and each serves his own master.

But this did not prevent him from feeling a certain degree of recognition for the bravery of the old cavalryman.

It did not prevent him from admiring the bravery of the barbarians who fought to the death even though they knew they were defeated.

But now, those bastards even spared the corpses of their own kind!

"brute!"

Feng Can cursed.

However, compared with the anger of Li Jing and others, Han Shao's expression at this moment was exceptionally calm.

This doesn't mean that he approves of what the barbarians on the opposite side did.

On the contrary, he was just as angry.

But he knew that such anger was meaningless.

The moral bottom line on the battlefield is the cheapest thing in the world.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just look at that world that claims to be “civilized”, aren’t there enough cases of beasts eating humans?

In this world, the strong always prey on the weak.

The establishment of so-called rules and iron laws cannot be achieved simply through anger and accusations.

Only when some wild beasts face greater power and violence can they truly understand human language and learn how to try to be a real human being.

Otherwise, they will only drag the entire world into an endless abyss of blood and cruelty.

There is no end.

Han Shao slowly exhaled and put these messy thoughts aside.

In fact, at this moment he was more worried about the situation in Langju City.

According to the intelligence received from the grasslands in the past one or two months, the entire Wuhuan tribe was almost mobilized in full force when they headed south this time.

So it is impossible that there are only these few people in front of us.

As for the rest, there is no doubt that they all went to Langju City.

Although that detachment might not be as strong as the main force brought by Shi Bi himself, it was expected that it would not be weak at all.

If Gongsun Du was careless for a moment and something went wrong, Langju City would be destroyed in a short period of time.

By then, Champion City, which forms a cornerstone with it, will truly become an isolated city.

So at this moment, Han Shao only hoped that his cheap father-in-law could be more steady and more cautious, and never underestimate the enemy and act rashly like he did last year, so that once things change, the whole situation will be out of control.

Consumption!
As long as we can stop the barbarian cavalry's attack, we can slowly consume them.

Once the opponent has completely lost his edge and his strength has decreased, the outcome of the battle can be decided in one battle!

"So...are you willing to continue wasting time with me?"

Han Shao stood on the top of the city wall with his hands behind his back, gazing dimly at the huge and luxurious royal carriage in the distance.

The other side seemed to have heard Han Shao's thoughts and responded quickly.

"Khan's order!"

"Ten days! Break the champion in ten days!"

"Attack! Attack! Attack!"

A royal order mixed with anger, with the luxurious royal chariot as the core, advanced towards the vanguard army layer by layer.

After a moment of silence as the cold wind howled, the army outside the city moved again.

But this time, it was no longer the previous attempt of thousands of cavalry charging the city.

When the desolate ancient horn echoes melodiously between heaven and earth.

After receiving the king's order, a group of five thousand cavalrymen began to approach the direction of Champion City with the pedal of their horses.

And this was not just in the direction of the North City where Han Shao was at the moment, but in the four directions of east, west, south and north.

"Report! My Lord! Barbarian cavalry is attacking from the east city!"

"Report! Barbarian cavalry is attacking from the west city!"

"Report! Nancheng..."

Three urgent reports were delivered to Han Shao in a flash.

Before Han Shao could respond, Li Jing and others standing behind him showed some disbelief in their eyes.

"Isn't this mad dog really crazy?"

Sending those ten thousand cavalrymen to charge the city was just a test, which is understandable.

But now, these hundreds of thousands of troops have traveled thousands of miles, and the soldiers are old and tired.

They launched a massive attack on the city without any rest.

Not to mention that these experienced generals could not understand it, even the soldiers on the city wall who witnessed this scene with their own eyes could not understand it and subconsciously showed a bit of panic.

It’s not that they are afraid of the barbarians under the city, it’s just people’s instinctive reaction when encountering unexpected situations.

But Han Shao said calmly.

"Shou."

Let him attack as he pleases, the breeze blows across the hills.

Let him be as arrogant as he wants, the bright moon shines on the river. Even if you have thousands of troops, I will only defend this city.

As the saying goes, a general is the courage of his soldiers.

Seeing Han Shao's calm and almost indifferent attitude, the little panic in the hearts of the soldiers on the city disappeared instantly.

Then, no one knew who was the first to draw his sword from its sheath with a clang and roar to the sky.

"Fight to the death!"

As soon as the voice was spoken, a chorus of responses soon followed.

"Fight to the death!"

Ten miles, eight miles, five miles...

The five thousand barbarian cavalrymen who were rushing in like a tide under the city were galloping faster and faster.

It seemed as if it was going to completely submerge this northernmost border city of Dayong.

But when they actually got close to the city, the five thousand cavalrymen did not rush forward mindlessly.

Instead, he first sent out ten thousand cavalrymen and suddenly sped up their horses.

Then came the second, the third...

At this moment, looking down from the bottom of the city wall, the five cavalrymen who had just seemed to be one, suddenly separated from each other.

Not only did it leave enough space for the front charge to maneuver, but it also left the defenders on the city no time to breathe between the connection between the front and the rear.

Once the slightest flaw appears on the city wall, they can take advantage of the situation to tear open a gap and attack the city.

Then break the city!

"It is indeed somewhat extraordinary."

Han Shao sighed with a hint of admiration.

There is a reason why the Wuhuan tribe became the new overlord of this vast Youbei grassland.

With this set of tactics that they had obviously mastered long ago, the Yong people had no choice but to rely on the city walls. However, for ordinary tribes on the grassland, facing such endless waves of attacks, they would be completely defeated and destroyed in a blink of an eye.

In the moment when he was speaking, the ten thousand cavalrymen who had first rushed out from under the city had already reached a distance of two miles.

But this time, the city was not as quiet as before.

With a loud shout.

"wind!"

The next moment, a terrifying rain of arrows fell.

The headwind from the north naturally has a great impact on the arrows.

However, the height of Champion City has invisibly offset some of the disadvantages.

The arrow was like a locust, making a strange sound as it tore through the air.

The barbarian cavalry, who were accustomed to riding and shooting, were naturally familiar with such sounds. In an instant, some of them drew their swords and started killing, while others crouched and hid under their horses to avoid it.

But soon the barbarians roared in shock.

"Be careful of the broken crossbow!"

The people of Yong were good at making tools.

From the moment this Broken Crossbow appeared, it was destined to be a killing weapon on the battlefield.

Especially for the Xiantian Master and Tianmen Grand Master who are the backbone of the army, their body-protecting Qi is enough to ignore ordinary swords and arrows, but it is like paper in front of the crossbow arrows.

If you touch it, you will be hurt; if you get close to it, you will die!

But over the years, they have long been accustomed to the existence of such battlefield killing weapons, and should not be shouting like this.

However, unlike previous battles with the Yong people, this time the number of the Pogang crossbow arrows mixed in with the ordinary rain of arrows was so large that it frightened them.

Hundreds, thousands?
They couldn't tell the difference for a moment.

All we know is that in the last round of rain of arrows, two Tianmen Realm Grand Masters and several Xiantian Grand Masters were killed on the spot in an instant!

But they couldn't care about these things at this moment.

Once the cavalry really launches a charge, it will be like the string of a bow, advancing without retreat!

"Attack! Attack! Attack!"

"For the Khan, Ulla!"

The warhorse under him galloped with its hooves raised, and its roar resounded through heaven and earth.

Fierce and brutal cavalry, driven by a strong fighting spirit, roared down along the north wind.

South! South!
Just as the Khan told them, they were following in their ancestors' footsteps and returning to their homeland!

Even if they die in battle, their souls can rest in peace in this ancestral land that originally belonged to them!
So...all the sacrifices are worth it!
It is also a must!
Five hundred steps!
The barbarian leader, who was leading the way, roared angrily and slashed with his scimitar at the city gate in front of him with the word "Champion" written on it.

The sky sword is like a waterfall!
It was as if it could cut open the sky and the earth before its eyes.

But after one slash of the sword, complex golden runes appeared in the void at the city gate in front.

Then, at a speed almost visible to the naked eye, he blocked and dissipated the Heavenly Sword that condensed the powerful magic power of a Sixth Realm Great Being.

This is the most helpless thing in the world.

Even if his sword could tear the void and shatter the earth.

But he just couldn't break through this city!
At this moment, he finally understood the despair and anger of the old Wanqi.

"It's just a formation, I, the 10,000 cavalry, will break it!"

The leader of the barbarian cavalry roared to the sky, and in an instant, the scimitar in his hand cut out terrifying marks in the air.

It's a pity that all this is in vain.

As his war horses galloped, the leader of the Ten Thousand Barbarian Cavalry stared blankly at the huge walls of the high city in front of him.

"Why? Why can't I cut it open?"

He didn't understand why simply writing those 'ghostly symbols' could make him practice so hard for a lifetime, and make the world's strongest people who had just stepped into the sixth realm sigh in despair?
Is this a skill beyond martial arts?

But why don’t they have it on their grasslands?
Yes!

On the grassland, just to survive requires all the effort.

How can I have the energy to think about things other than martial arts?

In order to get a bite of food, to avoid the horrific white disaster in winter, and even to face the ferocious and wolf-like tribes around them...

Disaster! too difficult!
So Khan was right.

Only go south!

Take over that warm and fertile ancestral land!

Only their Wuhuan tribe and even the entire grassland tribe have a future and hope!
Only their descendants can be like the Yong people, walking around the world in gorgeous clothes!
So they have to win!
Even if the price is the death of their entire generation!

At this moment, Captain Wanqi, who was already running out of power after slashing so many times with his sword, had a flushed face.

"Raise your bow! Shoot!"

Just before the attack, someone from the king's tent sent them a message telling them that this formation could only block magic power but not actual weapons.

As long as you don't infuse too much magic power, the protection of the formation will not be triggered.

The next moment, a rain of arrows shot out from the already somewhat scattered barbarian cavalry formation.

Target!

Champion City!

'it works! ’

Sure enough, this fairly orderly and dense rain of arrows was not blocked or consumed by the formation like the three iron spears of Lao Wanqi before.

Instead, they successfully shot up to the city wall.

Although due to the lack of powerful magic power and the angle from bottom to top, such arrows appear somewhat soft and weak.

However, no matter how weak an arrow is, it can still kill someone as long as it hits a vital point without armor!
Hearing the faint cries and groans coming from the city, countless barbarians rejoiced.

Not to mention the Yong people who are extremely weak in the eyes of many people, even if they are real gods.

As long as He bleeds, it proves... that killing God is not impossible!
"Keep going! Shoot!"

Four hundred steps!
In just a distance of one hundred steps, countless barbarians endured the rain of death arrows that kept falling on their heads, falling on the road of charge while looking up and shooting.

Three hundred steps!
In the process of this bow and arrow shooting, both sides are exchanging lives!

The only difference is that one life can be exchanged for several lives of the other party!
Or maybe a few lives of your own can be exchanged for one life of the other side!

In short, both parties make money from the 'exchange rate difference'!
Two hundred and fifty steps!
The fellow tribesmen around him fell one by one, some were dragged by the war horses, and some fell off the horses and were trampled into meat paste by the hooves of the horses rushing from behind!

But they are still charging and still raising their bows!

Two hundred steps!
Suddenly, the leader of the Wanqi group who was leading the way shouted.

"Draw your bow! Raise your spear!"

"shoot!"

As soon as the words fell, the barbarian cavalrymen who were riding their horses straight towards the city suddenly raised the iron spears hanging on the sides of their horses, then leaned back and, relying on their strong bodies that were cleansed by the vital energy of heaven and earth and tempered by the bitter cold of the grassland, threw the iron spears in their hands towards the city wall.

hum-

Thousands of iron spears, already less than ten thousand in number, tore through the air and whistled as they were nailed onto the city walls.

As long as they could successfully nail these iron spears onto the city wall, they would have a foothold to climb the city.

There is hope of breaking the city.

Bang, bang, bang—

The dense sounds of collisions, even though covered by the sound of horse hooves, still resounded through the sky.

But the leader of the ten thousand cavalry looked at the high wall in front of him and suddenly let out a sigh.

"People are going to die today. A lot of people are going to die!"

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(End of this chapter)