The Emperor is Above

Chapter 564 Reinforcements are coming
"Boom boom boom——"

The entire border town fortress was shrouded in violent explosions.

The huge crossbow creaked, and the heavy catapult was thrown out hundreds of feet.

The Xianyu army also fought back vigorously. Whether it was the eagle feather arrows shot by the eagle archers or the stone bullets thrown by the giant warriors, they were constantly taking away a large number of lives.

The city and its surroundings had completely turned into a meat grinder. Both the Xianyu soldiers and the Xing State soldiers were fighting desperately, and the blood almost soaked the entire city wall.

"Old Huo, we don't have many crystal bombs left!"

Yang Lezi Shangqing shouted solemnly, "We won't be able to hold on for long if we continue like this."

"Just use as much as you have! I can't care about so much!"

Shangqing Huo Yun also shook his head helplessly and said loudly, "If we can't repel this wave of Xianyu's army's attack, the entire border fortress will be destroyed.

Look at the Blood Cavalry, Iron Cavalry, Fire Cavalry and Flying Bear Army under the command of King Xian Yu in the back. They are all waiting for us. If we choose to retreat, we will be caught up immediately."

“This is only the sixth day!”

Yang Lezi said bitterly, "I am really going to be trapped and killed here by Longcheng Yi Yaqing. I wonder if his reinforcements can arrive earlier."

"what--"

At this time, the vulture knights who were circling in the sky swooped down without hesitation. They concentrated their attack on the west side of the fortress, attempting to occupy a section of the city wall here.

Upon seeing this, Shangqing Huo Yun personally led his private army to attack, and at a huge cost, he repelled these vulture knights and resumed the defense.

However, the fortress wall was more than a mile long, and it was impossible for Huo Yun, Yang Lezi and their private army to guard it alone. There were more and more Xianyu soldiers on the wall.

"Old Sheep, it seems that we will never be able to wait for the reinforcements from Longcheng Yi Yaqing!" Huo Yun calmed down at the critical moment, "Today, you and I will die together in battle!"

"Hey, but I really don't want to die!"

Yang Lezi smiled bitterly and said, "I finally became a high-ranking minister of a country, but I died in battle before I even had the chance to go through the formal ceremony of enthronement. What a pity.

This time I was betrayed by my own son. If Yang Hu, that bastard, hadn't promised that Longcheng Yi Yaqing could do it, why would I come to the border town to join in the fun?"

Just when the two were about to fall into despair, they suddenly heard a retainer beside them shouting, "My lord, look to the southeast, why is there a red cloud floating?"

"Hongyun?"

Yang Lezi was stunned at first, then his round face was full of surprise. He looked in the direction indicated and was immediately overjoyed.

"Ahahaha, reinforcements! Those are our reinforcements. They must be the Yunling Dragon Bird sent by Yi Yaqing from Longcheng. We are saved!"

"Reinforcements?"

Shangqing Huo Yun was surprised and asked, "Is it this fat bird as big as a fist?"

"Old Huo, you don't understand. The Yunling Dragon Bird should not be underestimated!"

Yang Lezi Shangqing regained his composure at this moment, and introduced with interest, "These dragon birds are all fifth-grade fierce birds, comparable to the strength of iron-winged vultures.

Don’t be fooled by their small size, but there are tens of thousands of them. Once they come in overwhelming numbers, King Xianyu’s army will be nothing.”

Following Yang Lezi's introduction, the red cloud of the dragon bird in the sky also shocked everyone. What shocked the Xianyu army in particular was that the powerful iron-winged vulture actually escaped!

The Iron-Winged Vultures fled desperately without following orders, which not only made the Vulture Knights extremely panicked, but also confused the Archers who were acting with them.

Tens of thousands of dragon birds appeared out of nowhere, and no matter how big they were, they still couldn't defeat them. Even the eight hundred giant warriors, who were regarded as the biggest threat by Huo Yun and Yang Lezi, gathered their formations very solemnly at this moment, leaning against the cliffs to guard against the attacks of the dragon birds.

As for the Xianyu soldiers who had already attacked the border town fortress, they were not so lucky. They were fiercely knocked out of the city wall by fist-sized birds.

The soldiers of the Xing State managed to escape with their lives. While they were secretly thankful, they were also extremely surprised to see the many dragon birds attacking the Xianyu army.

"Report——"

A lieutenant came running over with a look of surprise on his face, "My Lords, a 6,000-strong army of barbarians has appeared in the Yunling Mountains east of the Border City Fortress.

They said that Longcheng Yi Yaqing entrusted the Yunling Mountain Master to send them to the nearby area to coordinate and contain them, and asked us not to worry about their intentions. "

"call--"

Yang Lezi and Huo Yun breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time.

Then Yang Lezi spoke first, "It's safe now! Fortunately, Longcheng Yi Yaqing is well prepared."

Shangqing Huo Yun subconsciously glanced at the fortress on the high ground. At this moment, all the vulture knights and eagle shooters of Xianyu were expelled. It seemed that his side could regain the lost territory.

The luck for the Xing State, of course, was the defeat of the Xianyu people.

"Ahhh, I'm so mad!"

King Xianyu was extremely angry, his face looked so gloomy that water could almost be squeezed out of it. He did not expect that the results of the battle he had worked so hard for for many days would be completely lost in an instant.

His eyes, which could almost spit fire, looked around and sneered, "Humph, since Shi Ling and Qing Hua are helping the Xing people, don't blame me for being merciless.

Order the entire army to retreat thirty miles and prepare torches to set fire to the mountain. I wonder if Shi Ling and Qing Hua will regret it after Yunling Mountain is burned down. "

In previous years, when the Xianyu people invaded, small groups of troops would occasionally go deep into the mountains and forests, bypass the border town fortresses and enter the territory of the Xing State to plunder, but these mountain roads were not suitable for large troops.

However, this time King Xianyu's journey south was related to the life and death of the entire Xianyu tribe. He decided to rely on his strong human resources to burn the mountain and then dig a road.

Then, tens of thousands of troops were sent to bypass the mountains and attack from the back of the border fortress. In this way, even the strange beasts and ferocious birds in Yunling would be forced to escape from the fire.

It was impossible for hundreds of thousands of people to set fire, so King Xianyu selected 20,000 people to set fire on both sides of the border town fortress.

The forests in the autumn are all withered and yellow. Fallen leaves, dead branches, vines, orchids, and dry grass are all the best combustible materials and are immediately ignited by torches.

With the arrival of autumn, the wind direction is mostly northwest and northeast, so the fierce fire burns towards the south, and it seems that it will engulf the entire mountain range in an instant.

"Hahaha--"

King Xian Yu laughed loudly, "It is said that fire and water are merciless. Anyway, this world is going to experience another sea of ​​blood and corpses, so let's start with this fire."

However, King Xianyu's smile soon froze, and the fiercely burning forest fire was mysteriously extinguished soon, which obviously did not match his understanding.

"Ah, there are so many monsters in the forest!"

As someone behind him screamed, King Xianyu couldn't help but widen his eyes.

The towering trees in the forest, which were several meters in diameter, turned into living tree spirits.

After they struggled to put out the wildfires around them, they pulled their huge roots out of the soil with angry power and attacked the Xianyu army.

Even the soldiers of the State of Xing in the border town fortress were stunned by this scene. When did the mountains and forests around the fortress turn into tree spirits? This was too scary.

(End of this chapter)