Chapter 50: Sun Yu's Archery Skills

  Suddenly, the golden soldier heard a loud shout of "Kill!" around him.

  Upon hearing the sound, Jinbing took a heavy blow. He hastily abandoned his sword and shield, barely jumping out of the way in time. A muffled groan escaped him as he doubled over in pain, but before he could even react, the slippery gunner from earlier fired again. The long spear pierced through Jinbing's double-layered armor, deeply embedding itself into his abdomen.

  A huge amount of blood gushed out of Jin Bing's mouth, and he knelt down to the ground. Until his death, he was still puzzled in his heart. After killing that righteous army gunner, why didn't the rest of them escape in fear? This doesn't make sense!

  Along with him, the Jin soldier holding a long-handled tiger-toothed knife was also beyond understanding. He hacked to death a Ming army's long spearman, but as he died, the long spear of that righteous army's long spearman also pierced his body. At the same time, several other spears were also stuck in his body, throat, heart, and eyes, everywhere.

  ……

  On the city wall to the left of the South Gate, those Jin soldiers' corpses served as a stepping stone, and several Jin soldiers desperately used their shields to push away the abatis. The abatis in two sections of the Left Vanguard's position were finally all cleared away.

  Jin soldiers kept jumping down from three cloud ladders to the city head, and the battle became more intense. From time to time, there were miserable cries of casualties or deaths on both sides.

  On the city wall to the right of the South Gate, the rear guard soldiers led by Sun Yu defended. Compared with the left side of the city wall, the battle here was not as fierce as that side, and only two cloud ladders were set up by the Jin army.

  But the battle was equally fierce, under this city wall, beside the trenches, were the corpses of Jin soldiers lying horizontally and vertically, as well as those wounded soldiers who were crying out in pain.

  Sun Yu estimated that the enemy's casualties were over thirty, with more than a dozen soldiers killed. Their own side also suffered nearly twenty casualties, mostly among the crossbowmen and young auxiliary soldiers. As the Jin troops continued to climb up, the number of casualties among the long spearman was also increasing.

  Sun Yu ceaselessly directed the battle back and forth, but at this time he was standing on the right side of the city wall at the first horse face, looking out from the parapet loophole, and also through the corner of the hanging window, coldly observing those Jin soldiers who climbed up from the cloud ladder.

  The barbarian soldiers, archers under the city wall, were apparently exhausted, and the movements of the soldiers on the Ma Mian's side were too slow to react. The arrows shot out were also greatly skewed and weak. Now they no longer dare to stand outside the shield car with impunity, but often have to rely on the protection of the shield car to avoid being hit by the Ye family army's divine machine camp's repeating crossbow.

  Sun Yu observed that a barbarian soldier had been standing at the foot of the city wall for a long time, surrounded by several white armored soldiers. Under the protection of a shield cart, he occasionally peeked out to observe the city head. It can be seen that this person is the commander of the barbarian soldiers in this section of the city wall. If he can be killed, it will surely boost the morale of the army and make the enemy lose their courage.

  The Buddha said: "Life in the world is like being in a thorny forest, if the mind does not move, people will not act rashly, and if they do not act rashly, they will not be harmed..."

  Sun Yu stroked the center of his hand, loving the bow and arrow. As a Buddhist, he closed his eyes slightly, murmuring words in his mouth, hoping that the Buddha would manifest and bless him to kill the enemy.

  "When the mind is agitated, the body is disturbed, and one suffers physical pain and distress, thus experiencing all sorts of suffering in the world..."

  Suddenly, Sun Yu opened the curtain and drew a full bow, releasing an arrow with a loud "pa" sound, sending dust flying everywhere.

  One of the guards on the warehouse roof was hit by an arrow in an instant. He fell to the left and crashed to the ground, already dead, but his eyes were wide open, filled with an incredulous expression, having been shot dead by Sun Yu's single arrow from over twenty paces away.

  Sun Yu smiled and said, "It seems that big brother was right to let us learn archery from Su Zhong after all."

  He shot an arrow that killed Na Fendeshi, and immediately the Golden Army below the city was in a state of chaos. Several White Armor soldiers rushed to Na Fendeshi's body, shouting loudly, while others wailed and cried out in grief.

  Sun Yu quickly left the mouth of the horse face and soon reappeared on the right side of the city, continuing to observe the Jin army under the city.

  Through the loopholes of the city wall, he glanced at the bottom of the city with a glimpse of his eyes, and his hands were constantly moving, picking up an arrow.

  It quietly targeted a black-striped heavy armor beetle.

  "Namo Ratna Trayaya, Nama Arya Avalokiteshvaraya. Namo Aryapala, Vimala Jnana Sagaraya, Param Arya Jnana Sagara..."

  Suddenly, with a loud crash, the shield cart beside him was knocked to the ground again. He clutched at his neck, making "heh heh" sounds as blood spurted out continuously from the broken armor on his neck where an arrow had pierced through.

  Two officers were killed in a row, and the Jin army under the city was even more chaotic. Several white armored cavalrymen shouted non-stop, but only one short and sturdy white armored soldier cast a cold gaze towards Sun Yu, with a heavy arrow already placed on the large bow in his hand.

  ……

  Sun Yu shot and killed two golden armored generals under the city, and the soldiers defending the left side of the city wall were immediately boosted in morale. Ye Xuan was also very pleased when he heard about it.

  But when he heard that Su Zhong had shot and killed 5 enemy officers with just a few casual arrows, he couldn't help but laugh and shake his head. It seemed that although his second brother's archery skills had made great progress, they were still far from being comparable to a master like Su Zhong!

  ……

  At this time, on the left side of the city wall, the killing was getting more and more intense. The suspension bridges at many battlements were pushed down and torn apart. The wooden logs used to block the enemy's advance were scattered all over the place, and everywhere there were corpses and blood of both sides.

  In a short time, most of the Jin soldiers who had climbed up were killed. More than 30 corpses of Jin soldiers and some seriously wounded men lay scattered on the city wall. Only four or five of them remained to fight desperately, knowing they had no way to escape. They charged down from the city wall, shouting loudly, and fought fiercely like mad tigers.

  On the left side of the city wall, nearly twenty soldiers from Ye's army were killed or wounded, in addition to those who fell on the abatis earlier. Except for about ten Jin soldiers shot dead by the divine machinery camp's repeating crossbowmen, the rest were all long gunners and repeating crossbowmen who exchanged their lives with theirs.

  Especially the Left Horned Corps, the casualties were even more severe, but solving these few golden soldiers was only in front of them. Team after team of long gunners pressed forward, and many crossbowmen also loaded their bows and arrows, just surrounding them from a distance.

  At this time, under the left city wall of Lu Yunbao, Niu Lu Zhu Wei had long lost his usual arrogant expression. At this moment, as the commander-in-chief of the army, he was anxiously waiting, not to mention those seriously injured auxiliary soldiers. Under the city, among the more than 150 Jin soldiers, they had already lost more than 20 soldiers. After climbing up the cloud ladder, more than 30 soldiers jumped up from each cloud ladder, and the number of casualties and people who climbed the city wall accounted for one-third of the total number of soldiers on this side. However, there was no news of their victory or the collapse of the righteous army from above the city.