The Emperor is Above

Chapter 561 Are you worthy enough? Pah!

One night flies by.

King Xianyu couldn't wait to run over and ask again.

Yang Lezi adopted a humble attitude, hoping to reach an agreement within a few more hours.

He then used this excuse to delay the matter again and again until noon, finally causing the young King Xianyu to be unable to contain his anger.

He ran to the other side of the natural moat and shouted in a threatening voice: "Your Majesty is merciful and cares about your lives, but you keep shirking your responsibility.

I give you one hour to open the city gates and surrender. If you don't respond to me immediately, I will kill you all after the city is broken."

"Whoosh-"

Before King Xianyu could finish his words, a rune arrow shot out from the Xing army formation on the other side of the rift with lightning speed, instantly piercing through the unprepared King Xianyu.

"boom--"

After the rune arrow hit the target, it exploded with a loud bang. The little King Xianyu, who was at the third-grade combat master level, was unable to even utter a scream before he was completely turned into a pile of flesh and blood.

Shangqing Huo Yun, holding a bow and arrow with a sneer on his face, shouted to the shocked Xianyu people on the other side: "The Xianyu people actually have the nerve to talk about benevolence and righteousness?

Who was it that conquered the State of Xing twice? Who invaded and plundered the people every year, causing every household in the territory of Xing to hang flags and mourn?

Who was it that colluded with the rebels and carried out the mass killing after conquering the capital, killing millions of people inside and outside the capital of Xing within three days?
"Hundreds of years of blood and corpses are a vengeance that can be avenged even if it takes a hundred generations. Do you think you are worthy of us opening the gates and surrendering? Pah!"

Shangqing Huo Yun suddenly shot and killed the young king Xianyu, and cursed him so vigorously that tens of thousands of Xing State soldiers felt extremely refreshed.

The Xianyu people were enraged and several archers launched a sudden attack from five hundred feet away and shot at them. Although Shangqing Huo Yun was able to dodge, several Sima and captains of the Xing State lost their lives.

Afterwards, the soldiers of the Xing State on the south side of the trench also fought back with rune arrows. Although they could do nothing to the Archer, they also shot and killed many ordinary Xianyu soldiers.

Seeing that the soldiers of Xing and Xianyu were shooting at each other across a two-hundred-zhang trench, but it did not make any progress in the battle, King Xianyu, who had been in the mobile palace, finally came out.

He was tall and strong, his skin had a bronze luster due to years of wind and frost, and he was wearing tight-fitting animal skin clothes, which made him look extremely strong.

Her body was adorned with all kinds of ornaments, and on her forehead was a headband made of colorful gems, with an emerald the size of a pigeon egg in the center.

On the arms and legs are gold and silver hoops, engraved with densely packed mysterious words and patterns using the gold and silver inlay technique.

He glanced at the tall border fortress with a cold expression, no longer having any intention of surrendering. With a slight wave of his hand, several Xianyu generals rode their horses and ran back.

Immediately afterwards, more than 10,000 elite cavalrymen dismounted and, led by their respective generals, armed with huge shields and halberds, or bows and long arrows, rushed towards the natural passage in the middle of the rift.

"what--"

The hoarse and ugly iron-winged vultures carried the vulture knights and the eagle archers into the sky. The only remaining eagle guards in the fortress were no match for them.

The Vulture Knights did not attack the Xing soldiers below the rift, perhaps because they thought these people would be defeated soon.

Relying on their powerful strength, hundreds of vulture knights quickly approached the border fortress, and the archers riding the vultures took the opportunity to shoot and kill the Xing soldiers on the city walls.

The strength of these archers is at least at the fifth-grade warrior level. They use huge rune arrows, and their feathers are made from eagle feathers from the wilderness.

Not only was the range of the arrows over 500 feet, but the accuracy was also very high, and almost every arrow could kill a brave Xing soldier. In a hidden place on the tower, Yang Lezi Shangqing personally led hundreds of sixth- and seventh-rank soldiers and solemnly instructed:

"You can only shoot together after hearing my order. These rune-blasting arrows were carved by Longcheng Yi Yaqing himself. They are much more powerful than ordinary rune arrows and will definitely teach the Vulture Knight a lesson."

These upper and lower armored soldiers were all middle and low-level officers from the three divisions of soldiers brought by Shangqing Huo Yun from the capital. They were furious when they saw their subordinates being killed one after another.

However, after hearing the advice from Lord Yang Lezi, they all suppressed their anger. Since the Eagle Guards were unable to protect the safety of the sky, they could only use their flesh and blood to fight for the only chance.

The defenders on the walls of the border fortress did not flee in panic, nor did they wait to die on the spot. Instead, they used crossbows and bows and arrows to attack the Iron-Winged Vultures.

However, using bulky crossbow carts to attack large targets such as distant troops, large engineering equipment, etc. is fine, but it is impossible to attack the target against the agile iron-winged vulture.

As for the crossbows and rune arrows shot by the soldiers defending the city, the Iron-winged Vulture, which was as powerful as the fifth rank, didn't care about these weak attacks at all.

Perhaps not satisfied enough after shooting and killing a large number of Xing State soldiers, the Iron-Winged Vultures, under the command of the Vulture Knights, were getting closer and closer to the city wall, and the distance between the two sides was less than a hundred feet.

"Shoot! Shoot for me!"

Yang Lezi Shangqing personally shot a rune explosive arrow. These were the weapons made by Qing Yi this year, and now they have been given to the border town defenders.

Hundreds of sixth- and seventh-rank armored soldiers fired at the same time, and the distance was only a few dozen feet. Even if the Iron-winged Vulture realized something was wrong, it would not have time to dodge.

"Boom boom boom——"

The explosions were so loud that it was almost impossible to tell which came first.

The Vulture Knights and Condor Archers, who had been attacking recklessly and arrogantly, suffered heavy casualties in the blink of an eye.

"what--"

Iron-winged vultures with a wingspan of nearly ten feet fell from mid-air with screams. Their huge bodies continued to flap even after landing, splattering large amounts of hot blood everywhere.

The Vulture Knight and the Condor Shooter were both powerful warriors of the fifth rank. Falling from an altitude of less than a hundred feet, they only suffered injuries such as broken bones. If they were treated with spiritual medicine immediately, they would recover quickly after resting for two days.

However, the place where they fell was a two-mile area between the natural rift and the city wall, with Xing State soldiers full of hatred on both sides.

Especially the soldiers who had followed Lord Yang Lezi to set up an ambush just now, they attacked frantically and recklessly at this moment, except for a dozen vulture knights and eagle archers who managed to escape.

The remaining sixty or seventy eagle archers and vulture knights, along with their iron-winged vultures, were all surrounded and killed at once, which made King Xianyu furious but helpless.

The Condor Archers and Vulture Knights were both personal guards directly under King Xianyu. One eighth of them were wiped out in just one battle, which made King Xianyu feel distressed.

"Hahaha, King Xianyu must be heartbroken right now!"

Shangqing Huo Yun was in charge of commanding the frontline defense position of the rift valley. He laughed loudly and continuously, "What are you talking about Prince Xianyu's personal guards? Didn't we kill so many of them in a short time?"

The initial battle also caused heavy casualties among the soldiers of the State of Xing. However, this ambush boosted the morale of the soldiers of the State of Xing, and they were confident that they could defend for ten days.

Seeing the confidence of the soldiers, Lord Huo Yun laughed again and said, "Hurry up and check your shields and shelters. The Xianyu people must be angry and embarrassed."

However, when he saw the second wave of attacking troops sent by King Xianyu, Shangqing Huo Yun's expression quickly became solemn. He did not expect that King Xianyu would send out hundreds of giant warriors in the second wave.

(End of this chapter)