The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

Ren Tianye cursed inwardly, but his face remained cold and stern.

Okay, so you're going to launch a full-scale attack on the city?

Let's see if you people can even scratch Yunji City!

He commanded, "Sun Xiang!"

"Your subordinate is here!"

"Go to the military camp and transfer three thousand men."

"yes!"

Sun Xiang agreed and ordered the drums to be beaten. He then went there personally to make the necessary deployments.

Upon arriving at the military camp, the seven thousand soldiers of Yunji City had already rushed out of the camp, feeling confused and fearful as they listened to the earth-shaking noises coming from outside the city.

"Twenty thousand Imperial Guards are attacking the city. They are being deployed now in accordance with the General's order."

"City Defense Battalion!"

Countless people shouted in unison, "Here!"

"Your two thousand men are to immediately ascend the city walls!"

"yes!"

"Preparatory Camp!"

"exist!"

"I order you to allocate one thousand men to cooperate with the city defense battalion, and the rest to stand guard and be ready to go to the city at any time."

"yes!"

"The supply battalion!"

"exist!"

"Prepare all military equipment and supplies, and nothing should be missing."

"yes!"

Sun Xiang proceeded with the order one by one, and the crowd responded with high spirits. Finally, Sun Xiang shouted, "Everyone, follow me to the city and protect Yunji City!"

He was in front, and the others quickly followed behind.

The inner camp of Yunji City was connected to the city wall, and everyone had been alerted early on, so they rushed to the city wall at great speed.

However, their faces were full of anger.

"His Majesty just won't let us go. Even though it was Zhan Shubai who colluded with the barbarians, he still wants to slaughter us all."

"Damn it, let's fight the imperial court. If we fight, we might have a chance to survive. If we don't fight, we're really going to die here today."

"Fortunately, General Ren was willing to protect us, otherwise our heads would be rolling on the ground right now. Now that the imperial court dares to attack our Yunji City, even if I die, I will take someone down with me."

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These soldiers of Yunji City clearly mistook the imperial guards for people sent by Empress Xiao Mingzhao to annihilate them.

Already indignant, I'm now even angrier.

Their fighting spirit grew even stronger.

They quickly reached the top of the city wall and lined up in an orderly fashion according to their usual training positions.

Meanwhile, the 20,000 Imperial Guards were setting up a pontoon bridge.

They were clearly unprepared.

It could even be said that none of them anticipated this battle, which resulted in the lack of a ready-made pontoon bridge. They relied entirely on their large numbers to cut down trees and throw them into the moat.

The hope is to cut off the moat by laying down wooden planks.

After all, there are plenty of trees in the area, making it easy to obtain timber.

But they never expected that before Ren Tianye, there was a general who spared no effort to please the empress and had already widened and deepened the moat.

They dug up as many as three.

That makes their behavior seem utterly ridiculous.

All the driftwood was washed away, and after all that effort, nothing was found.

As a last resort, the pontoon bridge was rebuilt.

It took a lot of effort and hard work to build three pontoon bridges.

Twenty thousand imperial guards charged forward with shouts of battle cries, each armed with powerful bows and crossbows, unleashing volley after volley of arrows.

Because of the high walls of Yunji City, even the powerful bows used by the Imperial Guards rarely hit the walls and posed little threat.

As for the shots that landed on the wall, those were quite comical.

When the arrows struck the bluish-green wall, the immense impact not only failed to damage the wall in the slightest, but caused them to slide off one after another.

If this had already discouraged the Imperial Guards, what was even more disheartening was the siege ladders they had brought.

It was originally brought along with the army in case of emergency.

It had already been through a storm in Shanhe City, and before it could even be fully repaired, it was pulled out to serve again. But this siege ladder...

Not high enough!

It's not high enough at all!

The ladders were placed on the city wall, but they couldn't even reach the battlements.

The battlefield was treacherous, and the Imperial Guards fought with their lives on the line. Many were frantically climbing ladders that weren't even properly set up. After barely dodging arrows, they reached the top of the ladders only to find...

We're still quite a distance from the city wall!

This made the Imperial Guards quite distressed. They came to attack the city, not to become a laughing stock!

In contrast, the soldiers of Yunji City presented a completely different scene.

Their high morale goes without saying.

The defensive equipment had been prepared quite thoroughly by Zhan Shubai long ago.

It also has a geographical advantage.

Facing these imperial guards is like a game of escalating destruction!

Basically, if you stand on high ground and shoot arrows down, you can hear the screams of the Imperial Guards one after another, making them easy targets for the Imperial Guards who have crossed the moat.

From the very beginning, the battlefield was one-sided.

This also greatly boosted the confidence of the soldiers in Yunji City.

You must understand that war is all about morale.

Even if a weaker army has the advantage in numbers, equipment, and terrain, it will still be extremely fearful of an elite army.

This could easily give elite troops the opportunity to win with fewer troops.

The current situation is too favorable for the soldiers of Yunji City. It has boosted their confidence and gradually dispelled their fear of the Imperial Guards on the battlefield.

"General, these Imperial Guards are nothing special!" Sun Xiang even had the mood to joke, and then advised, "General, why don't you leave them here to me?"

"Swords have no eyes, so you can go back to the general's mansion to take command."

Sun Xiang was also considering Ren Tianye's feelings.

After all, the Imperial Guards were so weak mainly because they were at a disadvantage in terms of equipment and terrain, but these 20,000 Imperial Guards were not bad; some of them could shoot arrows up.

During this half hour, the soldiers of Yunji City had the advantage of favorable timing, location, and popular support, yet many of them still suffered from stray arrows.

But Ren Tianye shook his head.

He naturally knew that as the commander-in-chief and the absolute core of these seven thousand people, his life was very precious. Under normal circumstances, he should return to the general's mansion to remotely command.

But this is not the normal situation.

This was the first time he and his brothers had fought side by side, so he couldn't retreat, not even a single step.

Prestige is built up at such crucial moments.

Ren Tianye understood perfectly and said, "This general is fine."

"This general is with his brothers!"

Ren Tianye shouted out each word clearly and loudly, his voice echoing throughout the city walls, which further boosted the morale of the soldiers of Yunji City, causing arrows to rain down like rain.

Those 20,000 imperial guards could only attack the city by rushing to the city walls; they couldn't spread out at all and could only use piecemeal tactics.

In less than an hour, hundreds had been killed or wounded, their morale was greatly reduced, and now they were bombarded with such a hail of arrows that they could no longer resist.

The sound of retreating soldiers had already rang out in the Imperial Guard camp.

The imperial guards retreated one after another.

This farce, which lasted for nearly an hour, came to an end after the Imperial Guards dumped hundreds of corpses.

The soldiers of Yunji City immediately shouted.

"We won! We won!"

"Hahaha, the Empress wants to kill us? Dream on!"

"The Great General is mighty! The Great General led us to victory against the Imperial Guards' charge."

"We survived!"

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Amidst the sea of ​​joy that erupted instantly, a scout stumbled up to Ren Tianye, his face filled with anxiety, and said, "General, another imperial guard has arrived, numbering as many as fifty thousand."

"They're rushing towards my Cloud Ridge City at breakneck speed!"

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