Thief Emperor

Chapter 739: Gods descend to the mortal world!

When defending Xin'an at the beginning, Yu Ye boasted that he could hold out for a month without any problem. However, with the reinforcement of the Shuofang Army, in just half a month, only about half of the nearly 9,000 troops under Yu Ye's command were left.

In this half, almost everyone was injured.

If it were a regular army, they would most likely have collapsed by this time and would have either surrendered or broken out of the city.

However, the cohesion of the Jiangdong Army is stronger than any other army of this era, so until now, they are still struggling in Xin'an County.

At this time, outside Xin'an City, there were newly arrived reinforcements from the Shuofang Army. They were in full formation and in perfect condition.

There are enemies on all sides, and it is another saturation attack.

Yu Ye didn’t know if he could withstand this round of attack, but he had no other thoughts in his mind.

When the Shuofang army rushed to the outskirts of Xin'an County, he personally lit the last barrel of gunpowder and threw it into the pile of people under the city.

There was no way. The thunder bombs had been used up long ago, and the Shuofang Army had no time to give them a rest and let them use the gunpowder to make some equipment. It seemed that the gunpowder could only be used in such a crude way.

The gunpowder barrel exploded, successfully forcing the Shuofang army to retreat temporarily. However, these Shuofang soldiers were already accustomed to the baptism of gunpowder. After the gunpowder barrel exploded, they hesitated for a moment before rushing forward again.

Yu Ye drew out his two-handed sword and held it in his hands.

The battle of Xin'an County was so intense that most of the supplies for defending the city had been consumed. Now all that was left were some stones that were moved to the city wall last night and a small amount of boiling oil.

The bows and arrows had long been used up.

Yu Ye did not expect that he could withstand the rolling oil and falling rocks for too long. He was ready for close combat.

In fact, he had been on the city wall, fighting hand-to-hand with the Shuofang army for several days.

His personality is similar to Li Yun's at the beginning, but his fighting ability is much inferior to Li Yun. He now has many injuries of varying sizes on his body.

When the sun rose high in the sky, the Shuofang Army finally climbed up the city wall with ladders. Yu Ye seized the opportunity and chopped a Shuofang soldier to the ground with a knife. Then he shouted loudly: "Three or five people in a team, cooperate with each other, occupy the city wall, occupy the city wall!"

"You are injured and cannot fight. Retreat from the city wall immediately and let the people behind you take over. Don't block the passage!"

After some shouting, a Shuofang soldier next to Yu Ye climbed onto the city wall. Fortunately, he had his own guards with him. After a stern warning, Yu Ye narrowly avoided the fatal knife attack, but a long cut was still made on his back, and blood immediately soaked his clothes.

He exhaled and shouted, without looking back, he slashed behind him with a knife, then rolled to the side.

The Jiangdong army soldiers nearby immediately rushed forward and filled the gap. Yu Ye stood up, cursed a few words, sat on the city wall and leaned against it to rest.

"If only I had the ability to rise to a higher position."

Yu Ye was breathing heavily and muttering to himself.

Upon hearing this, the guard at the side checked his injuries and asked, "Du Shuai, what skills do you have to take the top position?"

"Higher..."

Yu Ye grinned: "It takes a lot of skill for the superior to be in power. These Shuofang soldiers are no different from chicken cubs in front of the superior!"

After saying this, he took several breaths and asked, "Am I going to die?"

The guard lifted his shirt and shook his head, saying, "General, the wound is not deep, just a minor injury, but you can't fight anymore. I will help you down from the tower."

Yu Ye shook his head and was about to speak when he heard someone exclaim, "The Shuofang Army is coming again!"

He supported himself with his hands and stood up, leaning on the city wall. He saw that the Shuofang Army, which had just repelled a round of attacks, had organized a new round of attacks. The densely packed army was pouring towards Xin'an County.

Yu Ye just felt his scalp tingling.

"These people are crazy, really crazy..."

During this period, he did not know how many people of the Shuofang Army died in Xin'an County, but the number was definitely over ten thousand.

Casualties of this magnitude would be enough to determine the direction of the war even at the national war level, but these Shuofang troops were like madmen, continuing to charge towards Xin'an County.

Yu Ye looked around and said in a hoarse voice: "Those who are injured should retreat, and let's replace them!"

The soldiers on the city wall quickly completed a round of rotation. Yu Ye sat down with a plop. Perhaps due to excessive blood loss, he felt his eyes becoming increasingly heavy.

He pulled himself together and tried to stand up.

The Shuofang Army was only twenty feet away from Xin'an County.

Captain Yu clenched his fists and gasped. He quickly grasped his sword and said in a hoarse voice: "Prepare to meet the enemy!"

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The sun rose high, and it was noon. Captain Yu had no strength left, and he collapsed on the tower, but he still refused to come down, and he was still on the tower, presiding over the defense.

The midday sun fell on him.

Made him a little drowsy.

The sound of fighting in his ears forced him to wake up again. In this situation, if he had not been protected by a dozen guards, he would have died hundreds of times.

After an unknown amount of time, when Yu Ye was on the verge of coma, bursts of trumpet sounds were heard outside the city.

All the Shuofang troops stopped attacking almost at the same time.

Everyone knew that Xin'an was a meat grinder, and no one was willing to fight here. After hearing the announcement of the withdrawal of troops, the Shuofang troops on the city wall had no way to retreat, and the Shuofang troops still outside the city turned around and left without hesitation.

A moment later, the last Shuofang soldier on the city wall fell. After a moment of silence, there was a sea of ​​cheers on the city wall.

Yu Ye stood up shakily. He looked outside the city in confusion and frowned slightly.

"Bring me some water!"

Soon, he tilted his head back and drank the entire water bag's worth of water into his stomach.

Many people on the city wall were looking up to drink water, their bodies covered in blood.

"What on earth happened..."

Captain Yu frowned.

Only half an hour later, someone from the Nine Departments hurried up to him and whispered something in his ear. After hearing it, Yu Ye's eyes lit up immediately. He laughed several times, then looked around and shouted, "Reinforcements are here, reinforcements are here!"

"Those who can still move, follow me out of the city and kill a few more Shuofang thieves to avenge our grievances!"

He greeted a few times and then shouted, "Where's Tang boy, where's Tang boy!"

The young captain named Tang also had a lot of wounds on his body, but he quickly came to Yu Ye and lowered his head: "Du Shuai, you are looking for me..."

"Looking for you!"

Yu Ye patted his shoulder and grinned: "You have seen the power of the upper class, right? This time you are in for a treat. Follow me out of the city, I will show you!"

Soon, Yu Ye led more than a thousand people out of the city to call for reinforcements.

Soon after they left the city, they saw the Li flag fluttering.

Captain Yu was even more excited: "The royal flag of the throne! The throne is nearby, brothers!"

"Charge with me and respond to the upper position!"

At this moment, Yu Ye's wounds were not even bandaged, but he was in surprisingly good spirits. Not long after, he led his troops to join the battlefield, and he even killed a Shuofang soldier with a knife.

After the battle, Yu Ye looked up and around, and suddenly became excited again. He patted Captain Tang's shoulder and shouted, "Boy, look there, look there!"

Captain Tang hurriedly looked in the direction Yu Ye was looking.

Not far in this direction, I saw a very strong man wearing black armor and a black mask on his face, holding a big spear, charging into the chaotic army.

His spear was like a black dragon, and with one sweep, several people were swept away immediately.

The rifles fired continuously, and several more people fell to the ground.

Yu Ye's eyes were filled with excitement. "This move is called nodding! I wanted to learn it from my superior before, but I didn't learn it in the end, so I had to use a knife!"

Captain Tang was stunned and stood there without moving.

I saw this god-like man walking all the way with the spear in his hand. The spear shot out like a crossbow, directly pinning an armored Shuofang soldier to the ground.

The man leaned over and knocked another Shuofang soldier away, then stepped forward and raised his spear. He seemed to have seen Yu Ye, holding the spear with one hand, and gave a look to the guards nearby. The guards next to him immediately stepped forward and protected him in the middle.

The man strode forward and soon came next to Yu Ye. He took off his armor and revealed his face.

"Boy, are you okay?"

Yu Ye looked at Li Yun in front of him with a smile on his face, a smile that was extremely bright.

As he relaxed, he suddenly felt a black screen before his eyes, fell on his back, and fainted immediately.

(End of this chapter)