The Prodigal Son

Dongyuan.

"Knock knock..."

The urgent sound of war drums echoed continuously inside and outside Dongyuan City.

A fierce siege is underway.

"Charge! Charge forward!"

"Whoever enters the city first will be ennobled!"

"Hold on! Hold on for me!"

"Suppress these bandits! Kill them!"

At this moment, Dongyuan has become a human meat grinder.

Both the attacking and defending armies were bloodthirsty, each fighting desperately against the enemy.

Despite being injured, Zhou Jishan was also engaged in a fierce battle with a ninth-realm expert.

The wound on his shoulder had already reopened, and blood soaked through his armor, dripping down his arm and leaving bloody marks on the city wall.

The ninth-realm experts who were locked in combat with him were also suffering.

"Clang clang..."

Each clash of their weapons caused their blood and qi to surge.

Zhou Jishan has gone mad, fighting a life-or-death game.

"Ah, I'll fight you to the death!"

Right under Zhou Jishan's nose, a heavily wounded city defender roared with bloodshot eyes, using his remaining strength to lunge at an enemy soldier who had just climbed onto the city wall, holding him tightly before leaping off the wall.

Below the city walls, there were piles of corpses everywhere, many of which emitted a burnt smell from the burning oil.

On the city walls, corpses lay strewn everywhere, and many soldiers were wounded as they went into battle.

With a ruthless determination to trade his life for his own, Zhou Jishan withstood dozens of heavy blows from his opponent. His chest was shaken so badly that his blood surged, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood, but he swallowed it back.

Taking advantage of the moment when the opponent hesitated to fight back and hastily dodged, Zhou Jishan swept his sword horizontally, leaving a wound on the opponent's waist, and finally successfully forced him back.

"Huff huff..."

Zhou Jishan struggled to steady himself, panting heavily as he looked up at the scene of corpses strewn across the field.

"madman!"

"That scoundrel Liang Jingzhe is a complete madman!"

Zhou Jishan spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and cursed through gritted teeth.

It's the third day!

For the past three days, the enemy has only one tactic—to attack day and night in shifts!

Within three days, they repelled dozens of attacks by Liang Jingzhe's troops!

Even so, Liang Jingzhe still ordered his army to attack day and night.

Under Liang Jingzhe's almost frenzied attacks, the defending army in Dongyuan City was on the verge of collapse.

Of their initial 20,000-plus men, more than 80% had been killed or wounded.

Those who survived were all exhausted and almost all of them were injured.

There were no soldiers left to send in Dongyuan City. Young men who had not even received basic training, as well as teenagers as fifteen or sixteen and old men in their forties or fifties, were forcibly dragged to the city walls and fought desperately with the enemy with crude weapons.

Just yesterday, Yu Jing was shot by a ninth-realm expert hidden among the enemy troops while supervising the battle from the city wall, which almost led to the fall of Dongyuan City.

Fortunately, he and several other experts managed to stabilize the battle line in time, barely managing to save Dongyuan City.

Just as Zhou Jishan was panting heavily, a figure suddenly appeared on the city wall.

That is……

Yu Jing!

Zhou Jishan's expression changed drastically. Dragging his exhausted body, he rushed to Yu Jing, "Your Highness, go back and recover! This is not a place for you!"

Although yesterday's arrow didn't kill Yu Jing, it severely injured him.

At this critical moment, Yu Jing absolutely cannot afford to get into any more trouble!

If something happens to him, their morale will definitely collapse immediately.

"I had to come!"

Yu Jing, enduring the excruciating pain in his shoulder, growled in a pale voice, "Tell everyone, I will live and die with them! If the city falls, I will not live on!"

He knew that Dongyuan was already in dire straits.

He had to stand on the city wall to boost morale.

"Your Highness, now is not the time to act impulsively!"

Zhou Jishan stamped his feet in anxiety and grabbed Yu Jing, saying, "It's too dangerous on the city wall, Your Highness! Please leave immediately!"

"I won't leave!"

Yu Jing shook off Zhou Jishan's hand. "We've suffered heavy losses, and the enemy has suffered heavy losses too! Now it's a matter of who can hold out the longest! As long as we hold out until Qin Yu leads his troops to attack, we'll win!"

It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned Qin Yu. The moment Qin Yu was mentioned, Zhou Jishan was instantly filled with rage, and the anger that had been building up for days burst forth.

"Your Highness! Don't count on Qin Yu! He's not coming! He's not coming to save us at all!"

Zhou Jishan's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared with grief and indignation.

The enemy forces in Luan have long since withdrawn!

The shortest route back to Dongyuan has been opened to Qin Yu!

Qin Yu was leading a cavalry force!

If he wanted to come back to help, he should have done so long ago!

"Shut up!"

Yu Jing glared at Zhou Jishan, his eyes bloodshot, and growled, "I believe Qin Yu will come! You must believe it too!"

He knew that Qin Yu most likely wouldn't come!

But he had to believe that Qin Yu would come!

Only in this way could he have the conviction to continue fighting!

This also gives confidence to all the soldiers defending the city!

Zhou Jishan was about to speak again when he suddenly heard a series of rapid clanging sounds.

Upon hearing this voice, Zhou Jishan was slightly taken aback.

This is……

The sound of retreating troops?

Coming to his senses, Zhou Jishan no longer cared about Yu Jing and rushed to the front of the city wall with a face full of surprise, clinging to the battlements to look outside the city.

Under Zhou Jishan's watchful eye, the enemy troops, who had been launching a fierce attack, retreated like a receding tide.

Zhou Jishan stared blankly at the scene before him, almost unable to believe his eyes.

You cancelled it?

The enemy was about to capture Dongyuan, but suddenly they retreated?

Not only Zhou Jishan, but also the blood-soaked guards on the city wall were bewildered by this sudden scene.

They even forgot to cheer, just staring blankly at the rapidly retreating enemy, wondering if they were dreaming.

Only after the enemy troops had retreated quite a distance did Zhou Jishan suddenly turn around, his face full of excitement, and shout, "Your Highness, the enemy has retreated!"

"They...they withdrew?"

Yu Jing couldn't believe that happiness had come so suddenly.

He knew that their chances of holding Dongyuan were slim to none, and he was mentally prepared to die on the city walls!

As a result, the enemy actually retreated at this time?

Overwhelmed with emotion, Yu Jing dragged his injured body to the wall and looked down at the retreating enemy troops. Tears of excitement involuntarily streamed down his face.

"Qin Yu! It must be Qin Yu who has come to our aid!"

Yu Jing clenched her fists tightly and roared excitedly, "I knew it! Qin Yu would definitely come back! Yes, it's Qin Yu! We still have reinforcements!"

Yu Jing was thrilled, and hope rekindled in her eyes.

Regardless of whether Qin Yu has returned or not, he has to say this!

As long as the garrison in the city knows that they have reinforcements and that Qin Yu is causing trouble for the enemy behind enemy lines, their morale will not collapse!

Dongyuan can definitely hold on!