Chapter Twenty-Three: The Promise of the Dead

Although it is not clear why Li Xuan did not fight back, as Li Xuan's subordinate generals, the four generals of Fenglin Volcano still faithfully carried out Li Xuan's every order, without a trace of hesitation.

Li Xuan did not explain the doubts of his subordinates, and kept waving the ring-headed knife in his hand, pushing away all the arrows that were shooting at him, and at the same time trying to control the pace of the troops' advance, in a war of tens of thousands of people, it was difficult for the advance speed of only 200 people to attract the attention of others.

As the besieging troops approached, despite the shields, there were still many unlucky Han soldiers screaming and being pierced by sharp arrows, struggling to let out a death wail.

Li Xuan indifferently led his troops past a soldier who fell to the ground and wailed, without the slightest idea of stopping to help, the main theme of war is never inseparable from death, after several months of military career, his heart has already become cold and hard.

War is always the most cold-blooded game in the world, and you never need to be soft-hearted, which will only make you die faster.

Arrows rained down on the city, and every moment there were soldiers who fell to the ground with arrows, facing the threat of death, but no one chose to retreat, and the Han army still stepped on firm steps to protect the siege ladder and methodically leaned towards the city wall.

"Kill~"

The first to rush to the city was the vengeful Zong Sheng, who pulled away a Han soldier who was about to climb up the ladder, jumped on the siege ladder with a fierce body, bit his steel teeth, held the copper long knife in his mouth, and at the same time used his hands and feet together, and quickly climbed upward.

Zong Sheng's appearance was too prominent, and soon attracted the attention of the Yellow Turban archers defending the city, and the dense arrows converged towards Zong Sheng like raindrops, but Zong Sheng was as flexible as an ape, and his body was constantly circling and spinning on the siege ladder, and most of the arrows shot at him missed, and many arrows were inserted on the siege ladder, which invisibly provided him with a layer of shelter.

Although it was a little reckless, Zong Sheng's actions led the soldiers of the Han army, a famous Han army was hit by an arrow, and fell from the siege ladder like a dumpling, but more soldiers rushed up the siege ladder desperately.

"It's now, the archer releases the arrow, three shots in a row!" Looking at the Yellow Turban Army at the head of the city that was in partial chaos because of Zong Sheng's behavior, a gleam flashed in Li Xuan's eyes, and he immediately waved his hand and ordered his archers to release their arrows.

"Shoot!" Li Feng, as a subordinate general under Li Xuan with bow and arrow expertise, was fully responsible for commanding Li Xuan's twenty archers, and with the bonus of his talent, sixty sharp arrows were shot towards the city head quickly, and suddenly, the arrows shot at Zong Sheng were evacuated a lot.

Although I don't know what the result is, there are constantly prompts in my mind that the system has obtained meritorious deeds, obviously the effect of this blow is beyond imagination, but there are too few archers in Li Xuan's hands, in this kind of battle of tens of thousands of people, it is like a stone thrown into the vast sea, and even the ripples can't splash.

"Sword and shield men form a formation, protect the archers, Li Feng, listen to my command, shoot!" With one blow, Li Xuan instantly grasped the rhythm and did not continue to advance, but let all the sword and shield men form a formation, and single-mindedly command the archers to continuously snipe the archers at the head of the city.

If you just slow down, you won't be able to detect it on the vast battlefield, but at this moment, the troops led by Li Xuan suddenly broke up in the crowded crowd, and it would be difficult for the attacking and defensive sides to find out even if they didn't think about it.

Of course, in the face of the dense shield wall, the archers defending the city will subconsciously look away from it, after all, no matter how low the AI of these soldiers is, they will also have some basic judgments and aim at other siege troops.

"Who's that!? Where are the law enforcement guards? Don't take down the general who is standing still in battle! Beside Lu Zhi, a military general with a stern face looked at the direction of Li Xuan's troops, and a flash of anger flashed in his eyes, and he shouted.

"Slow!" Lu Zhi suddenly waved his hand, looked in the direction of Li Xuan, a smile flashed in his eyes, and turned his head to the puzzled lieutenant general: "Go and ask, who is that?" ”

Lu Zhi was known for his literary talent in the Han Dynasty, but unlike other great Confucian scholars, he also had a lot of research on the art of war.

"Whoa." Although the adjutant general had doubts, he still carried out the order without hesitation.

Li Xuan's small array only stirred up a small ripple on the battlefield, which slightly attracted Lu Zhi's attention, but it was only a little, as the commander of this hundreds of thousands of troops, what Lu Zhi had to do was to coordinate the overall situation and grasp the rhythm of the battlefield, rather than paying attention to a certain local battle situation, and the strange movements of a two-hundred-man army could also attract some of his attention slightly.

This battle is a test of Lu Zhi's Guangzong City, due to lack of preparation, Lu Zhi never thought of using the siege method to break through Guangzong City, so he does not know much about the defense of Guangzong City, and now the time is pressing, he can only use this way to explore the reality of Guangzong City.

But the result is not optimistic, as the base camp of Zhang Jiao, the defense of Guangzong City can be said to be leaky, although the yellow turban talent withered, but it is not that all of them are martial artists with muscles in the brain, it is not difficult to see the strength of the defense of Guangzong City from this layout alone, between the Diao Dou Arrow Tower, there is no trace of dead ends, archers can shoot arrows to any place within the range, plus rolling wood, stone and even rolling oil and other city defense weapons, the difficulty of attacking the city is greater.

"Roar~"

On the siege ladder, Zong Sheng let out an unwilling roar, three clusters of arrows had been inserted upside down on his shoulders, which had already affected his actions, and what made him even more heartbroken was that the team that had just been replenished had been exhausted in the merciless rain of death arrows in the charge just now.

With a strong unwillingness, Zong Sheng retreated from the siege ladder, glanced at the dense archers at the head of the city hatefully, turned his body over, dodged a rain of arrows, and his body slipped down the siege ladder, and slowly withdrew under the protection of several remaining sword and shield men.

"Humph! Want to go!? At the head of the city, a Yellow Turban military general looked at Zong Sheng's wolf bèi retreating figure, a sinister sneer flashed in the corner of his eyes, and silently mobilized dozens of archers to his side, and at the moment when Zong Sheng turned around and retreated, the palm that stayed in the air slashed into the air.

"Huh~"

Dozens of sharp arrows swept through the air, quickly intertwined into a small dense rain of arrows in the air, and then fell fiercely with a scream of death, and through the height of the city wall, the sharp arrows struck the shields of several unprepared sword and shield bearers intensively, making a series of crisp metal crashing sounds.

The huge strength made a sword and shield hand a little unable to hold it, and the arm holding the shield tilted, suddenly revealing a broad chest, which was ruthlessly pierced by the arrows that followed, and the originally tight shield array was suddenly broken, exposing Zong Sheng, who was protected behind the shield array, to the enemy's sharp arrows.

"Huh~"

A special arrow the thickness of a thumb shattered the air with a killing machine that seemed to be about to tear a qiē to pieces, and shot mercilessly at Zong Sheng, who was exposed to the empty door.

"Puff~"

The big blood flower at the mouth of the bowl bloomed, Zong Sheng looked at the cluster of arrows in his chest in disbelief, blood continued to spurt out along the shaft of the arrow like a spring, and looked back in the direction of the city with difficulty, but vaguely, he saw a familiar face sneering silently at him.

"Shoot the arrows!" A familiar shout sounded from behind Zong Sheng, dozens of sharp arrows instantly shot up the city, and the screams that sounded at the city head could be faintly heard, and at the same time, a team of sword and shield hands quickly came to Zong Sheng's body, and one shield blocked Zong Sheng's body, surrounding him impenetrable.

"General." Li Xuan looked at Zong Sheng, who was dying, but there was a complete hatred in his eyes, a complicated gaze flashed in his eyes, although he knew that this person was a little reckless, but he was extremely sincere in treating people, a month of getting along, coupled with a lifelong friendship, if there was no emotion at all, it would be a lie, and now looking at this iron-like character, an inexplicable depression lingered in his chest, making Li Xuan have an urge to vent.

"Yu Poison!" Zong Sheng's gaze stared at the direction of the city's head, although his vision had been blocked by the shield, but his gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the shield, and after a long time, he looked at Li Xuan, with a bitter hatred, and said to Li Xuan in a hoarse voice: "Help me...... Kill him......"

"Ding Ding Ding Ding~"

The crisp sound of metal echoing spread to the entire battlefield, which was the sound of gold on behalf of the withdrawal of troops, and also announced the temporary end of this tentative war between the two sides.

Li Xuan stood up silently, looked at Zong Sheng's lifeless corpse, nodded slowly, and said in a low but firm voice: "I promise you." ”

Although the other party was dead, Li Xuan did not hesitate to make a promise, this is a promise to the deceased, and it is also a break to the friendship between the two.