Xiao Rui was also embarrassed when he saw Duan Yuhai, and he couldn't come up with any countermeasures for a while. And he couldn't come up with any ideas, so he got up and said goodbye to Duan Yuhai, left the palace, and returned to his home.

Duan Yuhai immediately summoned the princes and ministers to the imperial study to discuss countermeasures. Everyone made some suggestions, but in the end, it was found that all the suggestions were inseparable from one condition, that is, the strength of the two armies in front of the battle. If the Holy Heaven Empire did not have a strong war capability on its side, then all the methods would be just on paper and would not work at all.

Although they didn't come up with any useful solutions, everyone firmly stated that they must fight to the end and never be slaves to the country!

The fighting spirit in the palace has not yet been transmitted, but the battle report from the front line has already reached the palace. The latest intelligence shows that the army of the Holy Sect advanced from the western front to the Central Plains, and captured another city, which is still more than 500 kilometers away from the Holy Heaven City. In between, there are three more cities.

If these three cities were also breached, then the Holy Heavenly City would be exposed to the enemy. But at this time, just like the news brought back by Xiao Rui, the Loki Empire in the east, the Yuntian Empire in the south, and the Mok Empire in the north have all ignited the flames of war. The Yuntian Empire and the Mok Empire are both attacking by the armies of the Faro Empire, but in the Loki Empire, it is the county lords of several counties who directly led the troops to rebel and began to besiege the imperial city of the Loki Empire, Loki City.

As a result, Duan Yuhai did not dare to transfer the garrisons of the other three parties to the western front. Because he was afraid that if those three empires were captured, the enemy would easily enter the Central Plains from those three directions. Therefore, now it can only be defended by the garrison of the Western Front, and the only army that can be mobilized is the hundreds of thousands of troops guarding outside the Holy Heaven City.

In order to slow down the attack of the Faro Empire's army, Duan Yuhai could only send 100,000 guards of the Holy Heavenly City, led by the Minister of Military Aircraft Wan Haibo, to assist Huaxin City on the western front, which is now the westernmost city of the Holy Heaven Empire.

Early the next morning, Wan Haibo came to the camp of the guards and carefully selected 100,000 strong warriors. After the inspection of the general platform, the handsome seal was worshipped, the military flag was commemorated, and the army marched to Huaxin City.

When Xiao Rui heard the news, he immediately said goodbye to his parents and Xia Keming, Luo Hong, and the two also rode fast horses and caught up with the army. Wan Haibo saw Xiao Rui coming, but he didn't show much joy.

Although he also knew that Xiao Rui's cultivation was not low, he also knew that he didn't know anything about leading troops to fight. And he also felt that if he couldn't win by leading an army of 100,000, just adding Xiao Rui and three more would also have no effect.

But Xiao Rui is the guest elder of the royal family after all, and Wan Haibo politely arranged Xiao Rui and the three of them into the team, ordering people to serve him, while he still collected intelligence and adjusted the march of the army according to the situation......

This is the first time that Xiao Rui and the three of them have followed a large army. The three of them rode on their horses, looking at the endless and endless procession in front and behind, and couldn't help but secretly marvel.

In general, a team of a few hundred people does not put much pressure on people. But if the team is thousands, it will have a certain visual impact. And now it is an army of 100,000, and in the eyes of Xiao Rui, who are very strangers to the army, it is very shocking.

At the front of the line were 30,000 horsemen, and the skilled warriors rode on tall horses. He had a silver helmet on his head, iron armor on his body, a shield in his left hand, a spear in his right hand, and a sword hanging from his waist. The hooves of the war horses rumbled on the earth.

Behind the cavalry were the infantry, all the soldiers were wearing helmets, soft armor, shields in their left hands, spears in their right hands, and sabers to be hung.

At the back of the line was a heavy load of grain and grass, also escorted by heavy soldiers. All the soldiers were high-spirited, and the murderous aura brought about by the life-and-death struggle permeated the air above the team, forming a huge coercion.

If ordinary people see such a scene, they will really be frightened and their legs tremble and their hearts will be shocked.

Although it was the first time for Xiao Rui and the three of them to see it, it was also the first time they felt this huge coercion, but after all, the cultivation of the three of them was not low, so they were not affected.

The army marched for ten days in a row and finally came to Huaxin City. After entering Huaxin City, Xiao Rui found that he was still worried that so many troops would become crowded after coming in, but he didn't expect that the residents of this city had already moved away, and only the original garrison and soldiers who had retreated from the city in front of him were left in the city. Although there are now 100,000 troops, Huaxin City is still easily accommodated.

Wan Haibo met with Li Xun, the city lord of Huaxin City, and read to Li Xun the imperial decree of Emperor Duan Yuhai and clarified the command. Then, Li Xun reported to Wan Haibo in detail the situation of the Huaxincheng garrison, the number of people, grain, grass, and war materials. Then he led Wan Haibo to the west tower to inspect the situation of defending the city.

Xiao Rui and the three of them also followed to the city wall. Standing on the city wall and looking into the distance, I saw that ten miles away on the opposite side, there were dense barracks everywhere, and the barracks could not be seen at a glance, and the military flag of the Faro Empire was floating in the sky above the barracks. Li Xun reported to Wan Haibo that the enemy's army had just arrived yesterday. It seems that they have not had a short time to rest in the last city, and they should be very well prepared.

Seeing this, Xiao Rui's mood became even more depressed. It was his first time in a war and the first time he had seen such a large army. In the enemy barracks on the opposite side, there was also a faint murderous aura, and even birds did not dare to pass over the barracks. Thinking of those warriors in the enemy army, Xiao Rui was really worried about whether Huaxin City could hold it.

After carefully inspecting the various city defense measures, Wan Haibo went to discuss the war with Li Xun and other generals. And Xiao Rui and the three of them were taken to their respective resting places to rest under Li Xun's arrangement.

The next day, just after breakfast, I heard the defenders of the city walls come back and report that the enemy had gathered an army and was coming to attack the city.

Without waiting for Wan Haibo and other generals in the army, Xiao Rui and the three of them directly spread their bodies and quickly came to the city wall. After climbing the city wall, the first thing I felt was a strong murderous aura.

It wasn't the murderous aura of one person and two people, the murderous aura of hundreds of thousands of people at that time! It seemed that even the air seemed to freeze, and the sky above the entire city was enveloped in this murderous aura.

When I came to the city wall, I stood on the edge of the battlement and looked down, only to see that there was already a black pressure under the city wall!

The western wall of Huaxin City is more than three miles long, but on the opposite side of this entire wall is already full of troops, and at the rear of the army is the barracks that cannot be seen at a glance.

At this time, what Xiao Rui saw was the army of black oppression, he didn't know how many people there were, he only knew that there were a lot of people, very many, and it seemed that there were more than the defenders in the city. And it's almost still coming from the barracks to the foreign exchange, as if it was a constant stream.

Soon, Wan Haibo and others also came to the city, looking at the other party's people, Wan Haibo and the others did not express panic, they seemed to be used to this formation, and just ordered people to prepare to defend the city.

After a while, the opposing army seemed to be completely assembled. In the middle of the procession, there was a large flag, and the general on the horse under the banner waved his hand forward, and a rumbling drum was heard from the opposing army.

Then, Xiao Rui saw that in the black-pressed team, starting from the first row, it moved forward quickly, followed by the second row, and then the third row,...... The originally dense queue became a little looser. But it was very soon that the open space under the city was filled.

Among the soldiers who ran forward, dozens of people rushed to the front carrying a ladder, one every few meters. Beside them were soldiers with shields to cover them, and behind them were soldiers with shields and steel knives ready to attack the city.

Behind them, there was a tall tower with soldiers with huge crossbow arrows firing at the walls. There are also stone throwers, which constantly throw huge stones at the head of the city to reduce the pressure on the besieging soldiers.

Just when the soldiers of the Faro Empire attacked the city, Wan Haibo ordered the arrows to be released. The defenders of the city immediately threw arrows down the city like water. Others threw logs and stones, sprinkled oil and torches at the city.

The besieging soldiers had just set up the ladder and climbed up when they were met with a head-on attack. Those who have been shot by arrows, those who have been hit by rolling logs and rocks, those who have been burned by the splashing of oil, and those who have tumbled down ladders.

The whole city became a Shura area, and there was a constant popping sound of arrows ingesting into the flesh, the click of breaking bones at noon, the swishing sound of burning skin, but more of a miserable cry.

And the city is not very good, the huge stones thrown by the enemy are the biggest threat, and soldiers are constantly being hit by stones. Moreover, those huge stones are also a kind of damage to the city wall, and the power can even smash a big hole in the city wall.

The crossbow arrows on those towers are also very powerful, and these crossbow arrows are double crossbows. It takes two people to pull the crossbow string at the same time to complete the shot. However, the crossbow arrows that shoot out can shoot people through directly, even if a single soldier holds a shield, it will not work, so it is also very troublesome for the soldiers defending the city. Therefore, the city was also constantly splashed with flesh and blood, and screamed again and again.

Xiao Rui and the three of them were not idle, and like those soldiers, they kept throwing logs and stones to the city. Due to the strength of the three of them and their high cultivation, the rolling wood and stones thrown out are very powerful, and they can knock down one piece every time. The soldiers next to him were all jubilant and morale-boosting.

And Xiao Rui was also able to dedicate part of his mind to fend off the boulders thrown and the crossbow arrows that were fired. Therefore, the soldiers here did not have to worry about being injured at all, so they worked harder to defend the city and not let the enemy advance a single step.

More and more soldiers are dying in the siege, but they are like ants, no matter what happens in front of them, those behind are still the ones who follow one after the other.

The dead bodies were piled up under the walls, and the corpses were all over the place, and the blood on the ground began to flow everywhere, literally in rivers. At this time, whether it was the siege of the city or the defense of the city, they had already killed their red eyes, and the only thought in their minds was: Kill! Kill!

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