"Puff puff. Immediately, the vanguard cavalry suffered numerous casualties, and even some of them rushed into the river, and the soldiers who tried to avoid the arrows could not escape the mortal end. After all, the other party was shooting a large metal arrow made of pure iron, and it would not be blocked by the river like those ordinary arrows with wooden poles.

In an instant, none of the 3,000 vanguard cavalry survived, all of them were shot on this seemingly ordinary river, and even the war horses under their seats were pierced by countless flying iron arrows, and died tragically beside their masters.

When Li Ling led the army to arrive, he finally saw such a tragic scene.

Countless corpses, both human and horse, floated on the river, and even the originally clear water was dyed bright red by the hot blood. At this point, the 3,000 cavalry of the Li Ling Pioneer Battalion of Yingzhou State were all wiped out.

"Untouchables! Untouchables! Miscellaneous! Will do this kind of stealing of chickens and dogs! Damn, bow and arrow battalion, if you attack the other side, you will inevitably slaughter all these mongrels who can only sneak attack!" Li Ling roared angrily, in his opinion, it was not his loyal soldiers who died on the river, but his proud glory, the glory of an iron-blooded general.

"Whoosh" ten thousand arrows fired in unison, overwhelmingly shooting at the reeds on the opposite bank, but these arrows were like stones sinking into the sea, and did not stir up a single ripple.

After three successive waves, the soldiers of the scout camp rushed through the water, but at this time, there was not even half a figure in the reeds.

"Report, General, the enemy has retreated. ”

"Run away,, tell me how far the army is from the nearest city?"

"Back to General Li, there are still about seventy miles from Pingyuan City, the closest to our army. ”

"Seventy miles, all right! The whole army obeyed the order, crossed the river, rested in place for a quarter of an hour, and then followed me into Pingyuan City and killed these dog mongrels. Li Linggao shouted, and the horse rushed towards the river.

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Three hours later, Li Ling's army, which had been limited by a trap along the way, finally saw the Pingyuan City lying on the ground like a black-armored monster from a distance.

"Soldiers, the enemy city is close at hand, and those who attack the city first will be rewarded with a hundred taels and sealed ten thousand households. Listen to my orders and kill!" Li Ling gave an order, and the 250,000 army swept towards Pingyuan City, which was not far ahead, like a storm.

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"Where's the thunder arrow, shoot me!" Li Ling yelled. The same strong city, the same stubborn resistance, the same fruitless siege troops, and the same angry general Li Ling. Once again, such a familiar scene was staged.

"General, I ran out of thunder arrows last time. The commander of the archery battalion knelt down on one knee and said.

"Running out!?Who made you use it so fast!"

"General... Last time I attacked Yanxing City, my archery battalion was according to your orders... The Commander said with some grievances.

". Then continue to attack, whoever attacks the city first will also have a reward of one hundred taels and seal the marquis of ten thousand households!" Li Ling, who had no choice, had no choice but to repeat his old tricks, and continued to lure the soldiers of Yingzhou with benefits, making these worthless sacrifices for him.

The fierce battle lasted for a day and a night, and the corpses on the top of the city were spread all over the ground, including the defenders of the Silver Moon and the soldiers of Yingzhou, and the smell of blood filled the air, choking people did not dare to breathe. However, Rao is like this, Ping Yuancheng is still firmly in the hands of the Silver Moon Empire and has never changed hands.

In the military tent, Li Ling sat on the general's chair, opposite the four commanders of each army, listening to them report the casualties of their headquarters.

"The 8th Battalion of infantry suffered 73,000 serious wounded and 35,000 killed. ”

"The heavy cavalry battalion suffered two thousand wounded and eight hundred killed. Lost 1,900 horses. ”

"The bow battalion suffered seven hundred and fifty wounded and three hundred killed. ”

"The baggage battalion lost 500 ladders, 30 arrow towers, 12 chariots, and 175,000 bows and arrows. ”

"Fifty-five people were seriously wounded in the scout battalion, and eighty-three were lost in battle. ”

Listening to the reports of the battalion commanders below, Li Ling's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and a feeling of suffocation made his face red.

"Are you saying that in just one day, our army has lost nearly half of its combat strength?"

"Back to General Li, this is not counting those who have fallen ill, those who have fled, and those who have defected to the enemy, in total, the available strength of our army is only about 80,000 people, and... ”

"And what?

"And almost all of these 80,000 people are recruits recruited within the Silvermoon Empire... ”

"Are you saying that all of my old Yingzhou troops are not dead or injured?"

"The general is clear. ”

After hearing this, Li Ling collapsed on the general's chair with his buttocks, and his hands trembled unconsciously.

However, the bad news to make matters worse came one after another.

"Newspaper. The 3,000 new troops of the infantry battalion rebelled, and all the soldiers patrolling the battalion were killed. ”

"Newspaper. The 30,000 new troops of the bow battalion defected en masse, and now they have left the camp of our army and gone straight to Pingyuan City. ”

"Report, a fire broke out in the grain and grass depot in the rear camp of our army. ”

One bad news after another followed, and it was like a thunderbolt in Li Ling's ears.

"Report, our army has found a large group of men and horses in the southeast, and it is now less than thirty miles away from the station. ”

"Report, the defenders of Pingyuan City all went out of the city and went straight to our army to kill. ”

"Report, our army found the cavalry of the Silver Moon Empire due west, and the number is unknown. ”

Li Ling listened expressionlessly to the bad news from the scouts one by one, but at this moment, his heart was like ashes.

"General, give the order to break out. ”

"General, whether it's a war or a surrender, you can get an idea. ”

"Descend?" Li Ling woke up suddenly. "You can't surrender, you can't surrender! Hurry! All battalions will reorganize their horses and go out with me. ”

A moment later, Li Ling's army, which had only more than 50,000 people left, left behind a handful of wounded soldiers and rushed out in the southwest direction.

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After a night of fierce fighting, Li Ling finally escaped from the encirclement, but there were only about 13,000 soldiers left under his command, and almost all of them were wounded. Xi Yalin, the commander of the heavy cavalry battalion, and Yan Ze, the commander of the bow and arrow battalion, were killed in battle, and Guo Luan, the commander of the baggage battalion, in order to cover the smooth escape of the large army, guarded the valley alone with one man and one horse.

And the two commanders who died in battle, although their martial arts cultivation level was much higher than that of the Silver Moon Chaser, those madmen did not hesitate to sacrifice their lives to kill Xi Yalin and Yan Ze, the two half-step great martial arts powerhouses, in the vast wilderness.

And the reason why Yinyue's chasing soldiers were so frustrated was that the evil consequences of Li Ling's massacre of the city also made Li Ling, the high-spirited right general who once commanded an army of 300,000, dig his own grave and kill himself.