Jiangling Campaign (3)

  Time passed minute by minute, second by second. On the city wall of Jiangling City, Ma Da's face was solemn and his eyes were slightly closed. His hands were resting on the battlements as he gazed intently at the battle unfolding within the city walls of Jiangling. Behind him stood a thousand soldiers in strict formation, waiting for orders.

  Ma Da's gaze swept across the two battlefields of Sun Da and Sun Si, and in an instant, a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and the furrowed brow also seemed to relax slightly.

  Outside the Jiangling military camp, Sun Si's face was ferocious, and he wiped the warm blood on his face with his hand. His scarlet tongue licked the bloody battle knife excitedly several times. Then, Sun Si led the army into the camp in big strides, and gave a cold smile to the dozen or so people who were still resisting inside the camp. His yellow teeth gleamed piercingly in the cold light.

  "What the...! You dare to resist?! You'd better resist for your father's sake!" Sun Si's anger surged up, his face cold as he bellowed at Tie Dan, the temporary highest commander in the camp.

  At this time, Tie Dan's body was already covered in scars, with fresh blood flowing down the cold armor and dripping onto the ground. He ignored Sun Si's sarcastic remarks, his eyes gleaming brightly as he watched Sun Si's furious shouting. A hint of mockery appeared at the corner of Tie Dan's mouth, and a flash of pity flickered deep within his eyes. With a cold tone, Tie Dan said, "Hmph, if you have the guts, come up here and kill me. Otherwise, I..."

  Sun Si heard this and suddenly became furious, but remembering Tie Dan's previous crazy behavior, Sun Si's heart suddenly chilled, and he didn't dare to easily go forward and fight him one-on-one. Tie Dan's smile at the corner of his mouth grew thicker, and his eyes looked down on Sun Si: "Coward, no guts."

  Without paying attention to Sun Si's gloomy and angry face, Tie Dan glanced around and saw that the military camp had been heavily surrounded by the enemy, with corpses all over the ground, including their own men and those of the enemy.

  A flash of relief and reluctance suddenly swept across Tiedan's eyes, perhaps dying in battle was the best destination? However, before death, he still had to pull a few people down with him.

  Tie Dan's heart was filled with thoughts, and he couldn't help but let out a silent laugh. He immediately narrowed his eyes, and his gaze swept across Sun Si like a sharp blade. His tone was full of disdain as he said, "Sun Si, dare you fight me?"

  "A fight with you?" Sun Si originally wanted to respond, but he thought that Tie Dan would soon be a dead man, so why should he take the risk himself? If he wasn't careful, he might lose something precious. Thinking of this, a cold smile appeared on Sun Si's face, and he said in a cold voice: "Huh, good calculation, thinking of pulling me down with you before you die? I'm not that stupid..."

  Tie Dan listened to Sun Si's words, and a hint of regret flashed in his eyes. He then raised his head, looked up at the sky, and let out a long, cold laugh: "I never thought that a general who commands an army would be such a coward! Bah, dying at the hands of someone as incompetent as you makes me feel truly ashamed."

  "Not bad, General Iron Egg is right..."

  "What the grandma, this eggless bastard, how did he become a general?"

  …………

  A barrage of jeers and coarse, disdainful words rained down on Sun Si, his face suddenly darkening, his complexion turning deathly pale. His eyes were shrouded in a thick haze, their gaze venomous as a snake lurking in the shadows, flashing with an eerie, bloodthirsty glow.

  "Heh heh, today I'll be a good person for once, just go ahead and say whatever you want to say..."

  Sun Si's face was gloomy, his mouth sneering coldly as he slowly retreated into the army formation. Standing in the midst of the army, Sun Si suddenly raised his hand and said in a chilly voice: "Have you had enough? General Ben will fulfill your wish for loyalty, let you all go down to hell together."

  "Brothers, shoot them dead for me."

  As soon as the words fell, Sun Si's subordinates were filled with a sense of resentment and anger. With a single order from Sun Si, they immediately drew their bows to the full moon, and the arrow clusters flashed with cold light, emitting icy killing intent. The next moment, arrows rained down like flowers scattered by the heavenly maiden, magnificent and spectacular.

  Iron Egg and the remaining dozen or so people on the front line all saw their pupils shrink suddenly, and then the arrow pierced through without emotion. Iron Egg only heard the mournful cries and painful moans coming from his ears.

  "Hmph..."

  A moment later.

  Iron Egg's fresh blood flowed non-stop... The figure clad in armor was barely visible under the bleak light... Iron Egg glanced down slightly, and with a rough sweep, he saw that his body had been pierced by no less than a hundred arrows... Yet, Iron Egg still stood upright, propping himself up with his knife, his eyes wide open, the residual shadows and light in his pupils rapidly disappearing... His lingering gaze held a hint of reluctance and longing.

  Mother, Xiaolan, Huer, I'm sorry...

  At four o'clock, the sun slowly rises, and the newly born sunlight shines on the head of Jiangling City... as if it has covered Jiangling City with a layer of golden gauze.

  On the main road, Han Xi's eyes were bloodshot red as he held his spear and killed the bandits one by one. However, he saw Sun Da being extremely brave, like entering a territory without people, and slaughtering his own soldiers' lives. A surge of nameless anger rose up in Han Xi's heart.

  However, after nearly half a time, Han Hui suddenly woke up and saw the Jiangling army in disarray, fighting individually. Han Hui suddenly came to his senses, spitting out commands one after another. A moment later, the Jiangling army, which had been fighting blindly with only a burst of blood energy, suddenly formed an array under Han Hui's command.

  In an instant, the Jiangling army suddenly stabilized, and the slightly inferior Jiangling army gradually regained its momentum. Relying on the sharpness of their formation, the Jiangling army advanced step by step, forcing Sun Da's group to retreat gradually... However, Sun Da was not bad either. Although he was not a qualified general, he was a qualified vanguard warrior.

  Under Sun Da's leadership, the brutal and unbridled charge was like a sharp knife, its momentum unstoppable... Han Hui had no general under his command who could match him in battle, so he had to use tactics to fight Sun Da to a subtle draw.

  But then an unexpected appearance made Han Xi's heart shake and secretly cry out in alarm... Seeing Sun Si leading his troops to charge over like a raging storm, merging with Sun Dada's army to become one, suddenly putting immense pressure on Han Xi and the Jiangling army.

  Han Xi's eyes were gloomy, and he gave orders one after another. However, how could the exhausted Jiangling army withstand the fierce Sun Si and others who had broken through the camp? The two armies, which were originally evenly matched, gradually tilted the balance as time passed. Han Xi clearly understood that if things continued like this, his side would inevitably be swept away by Sun Da and Sun Si with thunderous momentum.

  As he watched the casualties of the Jiangling army surge rapidly, Han Hui's forehead also broke out in beads of cold sweat, his eyes fixed intently on the front, watching as the retreating troops fell back again and again, his heart filled with anxiety.

  "Isn't it true that this bandit army is going to break into Jiangling?!" Han Hui's heart roared with anger: "No...it can't be, if the bandits break in, Jiangling will truly become a city of terror."

  "What face will I, Han Xiandi, have to meet Lord Xuande and the people of Jiangling..."

  Han Xi's eyes were bloodshot, his gaze fiercely glaring at the rebel army. However, as he watched the large army gradually retreat, he felt a kind of powerless feeling of being unable to catch up. Han Xi secretly sighed and was about to call someone to inform Fu Xuan to quickly leave the city through the secret passage when an unexpected change suddenly occurred.

  "Kill... Kill..."

  "Kill all these thieves..."

  A shout of killing sound seemed to come from the city gate, Han Hui heard that he was slightly stunned, and immediately his expression suddenly became extremely joyful. He waved his arm and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, our reinforcements have arrived! Hold on for another half a moment and we can eliminate these thieves here..."

  The Jiangling army, which was originally being beaten back by Sun Da and Sun Si, suddenly heard Han Xi's words and the faint sound of killing shouts in their ears. Their expressions all changed drastically, their faces twisted with anger, and they retreated instead of advancing, a surge of bloodlust rising from the bottom of their hearts as they clashed with the enemy. The opposing Sun Da and Old Four also changed their expressions, Sun Da's face darkening, his eyes fixed on Sun Si, anxiously asking: "Old Four, how can there be shouts of killing?"

  "Big brother, I don't know either..." Sun Si's expression was also quite perplexed, and he said in a low, anxious tone: "There are still a thousand of our soldiers at the city gate with Ma Da, so it should be fine..."

  "Don't be careless." Sun Da, however, had a rash expression, hesitated for a moment, and then waved his hand and shouted: "Fourth brother, take 1,000 soldiers to the city gate to check the situation."

  "Yes!" Sun Si got the order and hastily gathered over a thousand people, then suddenly rushed towards the city gate.

  At the city gate. Gan Ning looked at the tightly closed city gate, with his warrior's intuition, there was a faint scent of war smoke wafting out from within the city, making him feel uneasy and anxious, his eyebrows furrowed in worry. Without hesitation, Gan Ning raised his large hand, and the nearly two thousand soldiers behind him suddenly charged forward like arrows shot from a bowstring.

  A cup of tea's work, Gan Ning led the way with the brocade sail camp's eight hundred brothers onto the city wall. Looking around, not a single enemy was seen. Suddenly, Gan Ning saw someone leading over a thousand people rushing to come, looking around as if searching for something. Only to see that general suddenly stop abruptly, and in an instant, seeing Gan Ning and others' unexpected guests appear, his expression changed greatly. Without thinking, his body agile like a hunting leopard, he rushed down the city wall.

  Gan Ning thought it must be the leader of the bandits, a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, he took over the three-stone hard bow from one of the Jin Fan brothers, suddenly strung several feathered arrows, the arrow cluster shone with endless chill and killing intent under the rising morning sun.

  "Hsss... Hsss... Hsss..."

  The arrow flew like a rainbow, swift and straight, piercing the air towards Sun Si's back. Just as Gan Ning drew his bow, Sun Si felt a sudden jolt of unease in his heart, and he quickened his pace. With only a few steps left to descend into the city, a whistling sound suddenly came from behind him.

  At the moment when there was no room for hesitation, Sun Si suddenly turned around and swiftly swung the war knife in his hand. After two "peng" sounds, two feather arrows fell to the ground. Sun Si's expression first showed joy, but then it became deeply shocked, with a thick layer of incredulity in his pupils as he stared at an arrow that had pierced through his body. The arrow had passed through Sun Si's heart, and its feathers were still quivering.

  An arrow cluster full of murderous intent is dripping with blood.

  "Your arrow... how can it be so... swift..."

  "This...?!" Gan Ning's face showed a hint of surprise, his eyes calmly glanced at Lao Si and said lightly: "I just learned this from someone else, used it for the first time today, didn't expect it to be so effective."

  Sun Si heard this and his mouth and throat moved slightly, but he didn't say a word. He let out a mournful smile, and his body fell to the ground without any strength, with fresh blood staining the floor red.