Chapter 49: The Battle for the City Walls

  Then two golden armored cavalrymen appeared on the city wall, both holding round shields, one with a cloud ladder knife and the other with a long-bladed large knife. They had already heard the loud roar of Zhu Da, they hesitated for a moment, scanned their eyes, and saw the movement inside the city wall.

  The two faces showed a look of surprise, and the man holding the long-bladed knife suddenly jumped onto the body of the dead Golden Soldier Zentaro. With his left hand holding a shield, he pushed hard, trying to push away several horses in front of him.

  "Team B's commander shouted hastily, 'Long spearman, retreat!'"

  Several soldiers from Lieutenant Wu's squad quickly withdrew their guns from Zhandao's body and retreated.

  Yi Xiao's team shouted loudly, and the long spear in his hand quickly thrust towards the golden armor holding a large blade. The golden armor was about to push away the last barrier in front of him when suddenly, the long spear had already pierced through with extreme ferocity. He hastily used his round shield to block it, producing a loud crash as the spear was deflected.

  This spear's power was immense, and the horse armor hadn't even had time to catch its breath when unexpectedly another heavy thrust came from the spearhead. The spearhead practiced this charging thrust every day, its momentum unspeakably fierce and precise, and with the horse armor still stuck in the defensive barrier, how could it possibly withstand this spear?

  A loud cry, and the cuirassier was pinned through the throat by the long point of the bayonet, which came out at the back of his neck.

  He drew his sword and cut down the soldier in the breastplate, who spat out a mouthful of blood from his throat. His body swayed back and forth for a moment before toppling over onto the defensive wall and dying.

  Another cuirassier, holding a round shield and a cloud ladder knife in his right hand, was rushing down the wall several steps from a place without a horse barrier. In front of him were the long spear soldiers and the repeating crossbowmen of the left sentinel team's third squad. He raised the round shield and big knife in his hand, revealing a ferocious smile on his face, though it was one against eleven, there was no fear on his face.

  He let out a loud roar, dancing with his large knife and round shield as he charged forward. However, with a few swift sounds, the entire row of crossbow bolts from Team Leader Bing's squad hit him squarely on the body.

  This heavily armored knight wore double-layered heavy armor and held a round shield, but at such close range, the five crossbows fired together, not to mention his shield in hand, even the heavy armor on his body was completely pierced, several huge blood holes were shot out of his body.

  The huge impact of several consecutive crossbow shots sent the armored warrior flying backward, his corpse crashing into the city wall, and then another arrow, again falling forward to the ground.

  His head was tilted, his mouth and eyes wide open, with a large amount of blood clots gushing out of his mouth, he was already dead beyond death.

  "Who told you guys to fire all the crossbows?"

  In the previous agreement, when there was only one enemy in front, it was generally a single shot from a crossbow, at most two shots. The remaining crossbows were used to attack more enemies and support the long gunners in the squad. However, just now, the musketeers of Squad C got nervous and fired all their crossbows, leaving only the long gunners to fight the enemy in close combat.

  After listening to Jia Chang's scolding, several fire gunners in the Zong Xiao team all showed a shameful expression on their faces. Under Wu Chang's command, they quickly retreated from this area to load bows and arrows. This place is no longer safe, and the bows and arrows in their hands are not as effective as burning firewood.

  ……

  In this short period, seven or eight more Jin soldiers jumped down from the two cloud ladders on this side, and several more Jin soldiers also jumped down from the cloud ladder on the left side of the city wall at the first horse face. However, it was the left picket's Bing and Ding teams that were in charge of defense over there.

  At this time, more than a dozen Jinbing warriors had already jumped down from the city wall, and behind them, more Jinbing warriors were climbing down from the cloud ladder.

  These golden armored warriors, all wearing double-layered heavy armor, except for a few who held round shields and large knives, most of them were without shields. Each person either carried a heavy iron long-handled chopping knife, or a heavy long-handled tiger-toothed knife, or a tiger spear and an eight-banner long spear, constantly jumping down from the city wall.

  However, these Jin soldiers who jumped down from the cloud ladder were all injured and cried out in agony when they landed on the abatis, or were blocked by the abatis and hindered by their heavy armor.

  "Take this opportunity, Su Zhong shouted loudly: 'Second Squad, Third Squad, shoot in unison!'"

  Two squads of crossbowmen aimed at the two cloud ladders, and upon hearing the order, they shot arrows at four or five Jin soldiers who had fallen onto the abatis in two places. The several Jin soldiers in front of the two abatis were heavily armored and could not move easily to begin with; adding that they were trapped inside the abatis made it extremely difficult for them to advance. They had no power to resist, and could only be killed while shouting and struggling.

  At the moment of death, these golden soldiers waved their shields and hoped that their armor would protect them, but they were all disappointed. The power of the Ye family army's divine machine crossbow was such that no matter how thick their shields and armor were, not a single exception could be seen being shot dead.

  Within the two places where the horses were refused, the bodies of the Jin soldiers with bloody holes all over them were scattered all over the place, with blood flowing everywhere, and the scene was extremely gruesome. Some of the Jin soldiers who had not died yet were still crying out in agony.

  The next few golden soldiers, risking the danger of falling off the city wall, ran down from the battlements in surprise. Among them, two rushed towards Team B. One held a round shield and a large knife, while the other had no shield, holding a heavy long-handled tiger-toothed knife.

  "Kill!"

  The captain of Team B shouted an order, and the five long-gun soldiers of Team B charged forward. They split into two waves, each attacking one of the two men. Two attacked the golden shield soldier, while three attacked the golden tiger-toothed knife soldier. The captain watched with a fierce gaze.

  Five long spears thrust towards the two men, their spear momentum was neat and sharp, all aimed at the vital parts of the throat and heart.

  The soldiers of the Ye family army have undergone rigorous training, with guns and knives in unison, their tacit understanding of combat techniques has been deeply ingrained. They usually practice only one move every day, without knowing how many times they repeat it, a single spear thrust, either you die or I perish!

  They charged and stabbed, with a ferocious momentum that left the two Golden Soldiers' eyes wide with surprise. The combat strength of these volunteer army's long spear soldiers was more ferocious than many of the volunteer armies or even the personal bodyguards of Xining officials they had seen before! A thought flashed through their minds like lightning: where did this small thousand-household city's volunteer army come from?

  The shield-bearing golden soldier's left hand swiftly parried with his shield, producing a sound like the defeat of leather. A long spear pierced through the shield in his hand, while another spear slipped away.

  He swiftly pushed forward, borrowing momentum to deceive the long spearman in front of him, and with one knife, he deeply chopped at his shoulder neck area. The iron armor shattered, and the long spearman let out a loud, mournful cry.

  The shield-bearing golden soldier revealed a cruel smile on his face, he exerted force to pull out his sword, but unexpectedly the long spear-wielding soldier pressed down on his sword with force, not letting him pull it out, and glared at him fiercely with both eyes.

  The shield-bearing soldier felt a chill run down his spine as he gazed up at the city walls of Luoyun Fortress, where such ferocious and courageous warriors were stationed. This was far removed from his impression of the Righteous Army. Where had these people come from?