I am a soldier in the border army

Chapter 326: Battle of Youbei! Sacrifice! On the Four Generals! Guarding the Four Gates!

On the tall city walls, thick iron spears were driven into the walls.

It goes up one by one, extending all the way to the top of the city.

It's like a temporary climbing staircase.

But as far as the eye can see, this simple staircase that should have been spread all over the city wall is scattered and incomplete.

This does not even include those that were barely poured into the city walls and could not withstand being trampled on.

After all, without the support of mana and vitality, the strength of the physical body alone is ultimately limited.

The barbarian leader who was sighing at the wall knew that his people had done their best.

With a quick glance of his divine sense, he could find that after that round of iron spears were shot out, many tribesmen turned pale, and even their hair turned dry and gray in an instant.

This is the aftereffect of forcibly burning qi and blood.

If nothing unexpected happens, after this battle, even if these tribesmen can survive, their foundation will be severely damaged and their lifespan will be greatly reduced.

The cost is enormous.

But despite the huge price they paid, the results they achieved were so unsatisfactory.

It makes people feel frustrated.

Under the reflection of his divine thoughts, looking at those faces that turned gray and dark in an instant, the Barbarian Leader of Ten Thousand Cavalry sighed helplessly again in his heart.

Then a shameful thought suddenly occurred to me.

"Perhaps this is also a good idea..."

The stairs to the city were not completed, which meant that they did not have to bite the bullet and be the first group to climb the city wall and engage in a bloody and brutal battle with the Yong people to capture the city first.

In this way, many of the tribesmen behind him might be able to survive.

Even if it's just to live temporarily...

Thinking of this, the barbarian leader looked at the city wall that was getting closer and closer, and he no longer cared whether he felt ashamed or not.

One hundred and eighty steps!

The closer the distance, the greater the power of the Yong people's arrows.

The power of the Pogang Crossbow became more and more obvious.

Every bit and every millimeter, barbarian warriors were shot to death, and some were even nailed to the ground with their horses.

Some of them even had half of their bodies torn apart by the broken crossbow arrows.

In the acquired true qi realm, people died in batches.

The grand masters of the Xiantian and Tianmen realms were killed one by one.

The howlings, wails, and roars before death echoed throughout the city, which was less than a mile away.

The powerful people above the Yuanshen realm who were in the formation had thought about lending a helping hand.

But there was no choice, as there was really no way to save him.

Secondly, the crossbow was specifically designed to break the protective qi, so even if they were targeted and fired at intensively, they would be in danger of being shot to death.

So we can only accept our fate...

"Make way!"

The barbarian leader gritted his teeth and said this, then, ignoring the surging fighting spirit of his tribesmen, he turned his horse and rode around the city.

"Go around!"

The words fell.

The ten thousand cavalrymen who were the first to charge into the city drew an almost perfect arc under the city and then turned around and ran backwards.

As a result of them giving way, the ten thousand cavalrymen following behind were suddenly completely exposed in front of the formation.

Under the heavy and dense rain of arrows, the barbarian cavalry warriors were almost instinctively stunned.

But they did not harbor any resentment towards the former.

Because the scene on the city wall is very clear.

The stairs to the city wall were not built yet, so we couldn’t even climb up the city wall, let alone attack the city.

With a sigh in his heart, the leader of the ten thousand cavalrymen shouted decisively.

"Draw your bows, raise your spears!"

"shoot!"

The next moment, a powerful and thick iron spear tore through the air and whistled towards the city wall.

But the result is almost the same as the former.

In desperation, he had to make the same choice as the former.

"Make way! Go around!"

Then came the third and fourth ten thousand cavalrymen.

By the time the fifth ten thousand cavalrymen arrived, they were already within a few dozen steps of the city.

No one knows how many people died when they rushed here.

Over the past many years, they have been fighting with the Yong people, and they are not unaware of the horror of the Yong people's bows, crossbows, and arrows.

However, although the rain of arrows from the Yong people in the past was terrifying, it had never been as terrifying as it is now.

The dense rain of arrows filled the sky, like heavy rain, seemingly endless.

But at this moment they had no time to think about these things.

The city wall is so close that it seems within reach.

Another round of iron spears poured into the city wall.

This time, perhaps because the distance to the city wall was too close, the effect was unexpectedly good.

Looking at the rows of stairs made of iron spears extending directly to the top of the city wall in front of him, the leader of the Barbarian Cavalry showed ecstasy on his face.

He pointed the scimitar in his hand at the city wall in front of him and shouted loudly.

"Climb the city!"

As soon as the words fell, the already fast warhorse exerted force again.

Almost in an instant, it appeared just a stone's throw away from the city wall.

next moment.

A group of barbarian warriors, led by him, jumped up from their horses.

Then, one figure after another abandoned their horses and climbed up the wall using the spear steps that were bought with the lives of countless fellow tribesmen.

"Khan's order! Attack! Attack! Attack!"

The fighting spirit surged and the roars were loud.

When a powerful barbarian from the sixth realm who was hiding in an army of hundreds of thousands in the distance saw this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"go!"

With a loud shout, several figures of the sixth realm powerful men stepped into the void and appeared in the void outside the Champion City in just a breath.

They did not come to take part in the siege or to seize the city walls.

It was to prevent the powerful men of the Six Realms of the Yong people from besieging and killing those powerful men of the same clan who had attacked the city wall. Of course, if there was an opportunity to besiege and kill the powerful men of the Six Realms of the Yong people, they would not let it go either.

Once such an opportunity arises, it means that the city is not far from being captured.

But in the instant they appeared on the city wall, their faces changed.

Because they move quickly, someone reacts faster than them!

When the leader of the Barbarian Cavalry, along with several Yuanshen Realm masters, stepped into the void and suddenly reached the top of the city wall, they did not expect to be greeted with a sarcastic snort.

"Shoot them!"

The tone was cold, like an extremely cold northern wind that passed by suddenly.

The next moment, a rain of arrows that had been ready to be fired came rushing towards them.

Puff, puff, puff—

The Yuanshen realm master who was once as powerful as a god or demon on the battlefield was now like a rag doll and was nailed to death in the void in an instant.

The image of the primordial spirit that had just been formed suddenly shattered, and blood spilled into the sky.

There is a sense of sadness in the misery.

Captain Wanqi, who possessed a powerful sixth realm cultivation, saw this scene with bloodshot eyes and roared in anger.

"Yong Gou——"

His divine consciousness was blocked at that moment, so he failed to discover the ambush that had been set up on the city wall in time.

By the time they discovered it, it was too late to save people.

But in reality, even if he could save her, he wouldn't dare to.

Because at this moment he himself was also firmly locked by a terrifying divine thought and arrow intent.

In the sight, Yong Gou was drawing his bow and arrow, with a sinister look on his face.

At first glance, he is a treacherous person with evil intentions!
Without giving him any chance to talk nonsense, he snapped the string of the carved bow in his hand, which was infused with the magical power of a sixth-level great being.

The next moment, a terrifying arrow filled with golden flames flashed away like a golden crow turning into a rainbow.

The barbarian leader of ten thousand cavalrymen subconsciously lowered his head to look at the huge gaping hole in his chest and murmured something.

"Good arrow!"

The timing, power and speed are all at the peak of their power!
Even if it wasn't a sneak attack, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to block this arrow.

So...his death was not unjust!

You should even feel gratified by the other party's seriousness.

Hearing the praise from his enemy, Qi Shuo slowly put down the carved bow and smiled modestly.

"Miscellaneous praise."

You see, the Yong people are so hypocritical.

A hint of helplessness flashed across the eyes of the barbarian leader of ten thousand cavalrymen, and he opened his mouth to say something.

However, the true fire of the sun that had erupted in his body drowned out his words and consciousness in the raging fire.

So when the several Sixth Realm mighty ones on the opposite side arrived here, the first thing they saw was their own Sixth Realm mighty leader, the Captain of Ten Thousand Cavalry, falling down like the setting sun, dragging flames along with him.

Qi Shuo smiled at the powerful barbarian figures and raised the carved bow in his hand that was made by a great sage of the Mohist school.

It seems like a threat, but also like a provocation and an invitation to fight.

The several sixth-level masters looked at each other, and finally retreated silently.

not the right time yet.

Not enough people have died.

When the time comes, not only this Yong dog, but all the Yong people in this city will become sacrifices for the glory of their Wuhuan tribe.

And now...all they need is a little patience.

Seeing the barbarian tribes turn around and return to the formation without hesitation, even Han Shao, who was standing next to Qi Shuo, was surprised. However, he only lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before he understood.

Sacrifice!

The nearly one million lives that took part in this war on both sides were actually sacrifices.

And the Champion City before your feet is the huge altar where these sacrifices are placed and offered!

Realizing this, Han Shao suddenly laughed.

"So... did you all think alike?"

Or maybe the goals of both parties are actually the same.

The only difference is that Shi Bi's side is more ruthless and more cruel.

Before choosing the final sacrifice of the Yong people, they chose to place their own people on the altar first!
That's why they started siege mode without any rest.

If they were just dead, it wouldn't really matter how they died.

In fact, the simpler and more direct the better.

You see, the truth is sometimes so cruel and hard to accept.

What is even more frustrating is that many people who are in the midst of this cruel truth have no awareness of being sacrifices, and still climb up the city walls with their passion and surging will to fight.

Then they were quickly slaughtered by the Zhenliao heavy armored troops who had been ready for battle.

The previous batch, kill another batch.

One group dies, and the next group comes.

At this moment, human life is like the weeds in the field. After one crop is cut, another grows.

Blood flowed along the championship wall.

It didn't take long before dense, winding lines of blood-red ivy formed on the wall.

Then, guided by a strange force, they gathered and accumulated somewhere along the veins of the earth.

This method seems different from Han Shao's "system" to condense the void blood cloud.

One gathers in the sky, the other converges on the earth.

But the actual effect is the same.

They are all the good fortune that takes away from humanity!

Han Shao gradually withdrew his spiritual thoughts and actually had some guesses in his mind.

But in the absence of concrete evidence, we can only keep this guess in mind for the time being and leave it for later.

But in this case, Han Shao couldn't help but feel a little bored when he looked at the war that had already begun.

Han Shao chuckled as he looked at Qi Shuo, who seemed relaxed but was actually on high alert.

"That arrow was good."

"It has quite a bit of my style."

He traveled all the way north from the grassland to become famous with a single arrow shot under the city of Dingbei.

When it comes to stabbing people in the back, Han considers himself an expert.

But he didn't expect that Qi Shuo had quietly comprehended his essence to such an extent.

This child is truly teachable!
Different from the praise from the barbarian leader before his death, this praise from the marquis himself really made Qi Shuo feel excited.

"It's all thanks to the Marquis's good teaching!"

Well, that’s not wrong.

He, Li Jing and four others were all brought up by Han Shao himself.

It just goes like the old saying goes, one kind of rice feeds a hundred kinds of people.

Even though the four of them came from the same school, their different personalities meant that they grew up to be very different people.

Li Jing has the character "stable". He is good at making plans whether he is in the army or outside the army.

It was perhaps because of his low status in the past, or perhaps because Han Shao's brilliance was too bright, that he lost some of his decisiveness.

a fly in the ointment.

Feng Shen's name means "fierce". He is brave and invincible on the battlefield.

But on the battlefield, he is arrogant and acts without restraint.

If you don't make a few mistakes in the future, you will never learn the word "well-behaved".

Zhao Mu can barely be considered to be both "steady" and "fierce". He has ideas but is still brave.

But when it comes to "stability", he is not as stable as Li Jing.

In terms of bravery, he was a little inferior to Feng Can.

Add to that his own character flaws, and the overall picture makes him seem a bit mediocre.

Of course, this mediocrity is only relative. Just because of his almost blind loyalty to Han Shao, he can never be completely marginalized in Han Shao's heart.

As for Qi Shuo...

If Han Shao's guess was correct, this guy should be labeled as "traitor".

A sweet mouth, a sharp knife hidden in a smile.

This is the kind of person I'm talking about.

The reason why Han Shao rarely gave him the opportunity to show his face.

Firstly, compared with Li Jing and others, Qi Shuo was indeed a little inferior in commanding the army.

Secondly, the main reason is that the time has not come to really use him.

When it really became popular in the future, the six ministries and offices would have grown to a certain scale.

Han Shao's final plan for him was to throw this guy into the Ministry of War and let him fight against those old-time civil servants.

As his thoughts turned to him, Han Shao looked at Qi Shuo, who looked very humble, and laughed.

"Alright, stop being so good in front of me."

"How could this duke not know what kind of virtue you have?"

Such laughter and scolding seemed somewhat inappropriate on such a bloody and cruel battlefield.

But Qi Shuo still felt warm in his heart when he heard it.

"My Lord still has me, Old Qi, in his heart..."

As soon as this thought came to my mind, all the grievances and frustrations that had accumulated for a long time suddenly disappeared.

"Master Hou..."

Seeing him hesitating to speak, Han Shao gave him a look full of encouragement and expectation.

“Some things just don’t need to be said.”

"I have already made arrangements for you."

No heavy hammer is needed to play the drum.

That’s enough for now.

It is important for those in a higher position to be open with their heart when the time is right.

Making random promises is the biggest taboo among all taboos.

Han Shao has always been able to strike a good balance between these two.

Qi Shuo was definitely not a stubborn person like Feng Can. When Han Shao said this, he immediately understood what he meant.

"Thank you for your trust, my Lord!"

Han Shao laughed and shook his head, saying nothing more.

He just looked back at the barbarian soldiers who were still pouring onto the city walls, and said, standing with his hands behind his back.

"I'll leave this to you."

He had made arrangements long before the barbarians launched a massive attack on the city.

There are four generals under his seat, each guarding one gate.

Feng Can guarded the south gate, Li Jing guarded the west gate, and Zhao Mu guarded the east gate.

What no one expected was that Han Shao actually handed over the most stressful and difficult to defend North Gate to the most inconspicuous Qi Shuo.

But they didn't think too much about it.

Because they all felt that Han Shao's action seemed to be letting Qi Shuo guard the north gate.

But in fact, he should be the one guarding the north side personally.

Even Qi Shuo himself felt so.

However, what Qi Shuo did not expect was that the Marquis only stood on the city wall for a while and then just gave up!

"This this……"

A flash of unexpected panic appeared in Qi Shuo's eyes.

Han Shao asked with a smile.

"What? Are you scared?"

Qi Shuo took a deep breath and smiled bitterly.

"I am just afraid of disrupting the Marquis's plan..."

But his words were stopped by Han Shao's big hand on his shoulder.

"I believe in you, so why don't you believe in yourself?"

Now that this has been said, what else is there to say?

Qi Shuo knelt on one knee and clasped his hands together.

"In that case, Lord Hou, rest assured!"

"As long as I am alive, the North Gate will not be breached!"

Han Shao stepped forward, helped him up, and patted his armor gently.

"now it's right."

"My beloved general must have such a courageous spirit as to swallow up a tiger!"

"What's a mere wild dog? One day, I will lead you..."

Han Shao paused when he reached this point.

It's like deliberately keeping people in suspense.

But in the end, he still didn't finish the second half of the sentence.

His figure suddenly became ethereal and he disappeared directly on the top of the city wall.

……

(End of this chapter)