Chapter Fifty-One: Hand-to-Hand Combat

  At this time, the news of the defeat of the army on the right side of the city wall came again, and the loud shouts of the Jin army were heard far away. Niu Lu Zhu Wei was stunned, he and several military officers looked at each other, a bad feeling surged in their hearts.

  The battle for the city has reached its most critical moment, and with such heavy casualties, if he doesn't take down Luoyun Fortress, Jia La will definitely not let him off. He went all-in, ordering two squads of twenty cavalrymen each to climb up and fight, and also ordered a strong warrior to lead seventeen white-armored soldiers to climb up and provide support from behind.

  On the city wall, Ye Xuan closely watched the battle situation between the enemy and us inside the city wall. Just now, the soldiers of Lu Yunbao and the Golden Army had a fierce fight, he noticed that because both sides were mixed together in the battle, our own crossbowmen were afraid of hitting their own brothers on the city wall, they didn't dare to shoot arrows, but as soon as they shot, there would be Golden Army soldiers falling to the ground.

  We must play to the strengths of our crossbowmen and minimize our own casualties! He was watching intently, when suddenly a loud shout went up, and another large group of Jin soldiers jumped onto the city wall from various cloud ladders, this wave had at least several dozen people, and even among the Jin soldiers appeared powerful white armor soldiers.

  Ye Xuan saw clearly and made a decisive decision: "Release the city head, let the slave soldiers come up, first order the continuous crossbowmen to shoot and kill, then order the long spear soldiers to stab and kill!"

  The flag bearer beside him rushed to pass the order, and the long gun soldiers and crossbowmen who were fighting against the Jin army did not hesitate. They retreated one after another, and the left horn's first team and second team retreated to the front of the city tower. The third team and fourth team of the left horn retreated to the other end of the city wall and the city ladder. They lined up in a hurry in front of the city tower, with the long gun soldiers in the middle and the crossbowmen on both sides.

  Especially in the front row, there were two rows of more than ten crossbowmen standing, one row kneeling and one row standing. The cold crossbows were aimed at the Jin soldiers in front.

  Of course, Ye Xuan did this at risk. The most intense battle retreated, if it was another righteous army, or even the soldiers of the Xi Ning Army, they might have collapsed at this point. However, the Ye family's military discipline is strict and the training is rigorous, so such a situation will not occur.

  At this time, there were more than sixty Qing soldiers on the city wall. They saw the Ye family army suddenly retreat and there was not a single righteous army on the city wall to welcome them. They were all unexpectedly delighted. Had the righteous army retreated in defeat?

  But soon they realized that it was the righteous army on the city wall retreating to a distant place to regroup. They quickly gathered together, with dense rows of crossbows facing themselves.

  This siege made many Jin soldiers understand the power of Ye's family crossbow, for a time, there were several Jin soldiers who turned pale with regret, wishing they had charged forward earlier and given those volunteer army crossbowmen a chance to shoot.

  They gathered together, that white armor soldier had not participated in the previous city wall battle, and had only been watching from a distance all along. He was full of confidence, having traveled extensively throughout the Great Ming for many years without ever encountering an enemy hand. Moreover, this robust man stubbornly believed that the Ye family army's weapons would find it difficult to break through their double-layered heavy armor.

  "He shouted loudly: 'Brave warriors of the Zhongjin Kingdom, are you afraid of those Xining dog country's trash? Remember, as long as we charge forward, those Xining dogs will let us slaughter them at will!'"

  He loudly arranged the deployment, facing this side of the city tower. He personally led seventeen white armored soldiers to take the lead, and then one of the divided warehouses led twenty horse armored men to follow and fight. Another divided warehouse led the remaining soldiers to charge against the Yeh family army on another part of the city wall.

  The arrangements were made, and the golden soldiers on the city wall were all waving their weapons and shouting to boost morale. They had fought countless battles and did not believe that they would be defeated in this small and remote castle.

  The thirty-seven golden soldiers on this end of the city wall were only twenty or so steps away from Ye's army, they were under the cover of several heavy shields, led by Bai Jia and Fen De Bo Shi Ku, slowly closing in a few steps before suddenly letting out a loud roar, yelling as they charged towards Ye's army in front of the city wall.

  That white-armored soldier was the loudest, charging in the front, his red tassel square flag, wearing three layers of heavy armor on his body, waving a iron-made long-handled tiger-toothed knife in his hand, nearly six feet long, with a sharp blade and a cold light flashing.

  Closely following behind him were five or six heavily armored White Armor soldiers, the most elite warriors of each Jin army's "niu lu" unit. Some held shields and large knives, while others wielded long-handled large knives or axes, yelling as they charged forward.

  The eight crossbowmen in the front row on this side of the city wall fired at the same time, and several arrows from the Zhuge Crossbow hit the body of that white-armored soldier. Even if he wore three layers of heavy armor, at such a close distance, the power of the Ye family's Zhuge Crossbow easily broke through his armor, shooting out several huge blood holes on his body.

  That white-armored soldier fell backward, crashing to the ground. He lay there with his eyes wide open, filled with an expression of unbelief. He had fought many battles and traveled far and wide, especially since he hadn't even gotten a chance to use his martial skills yet... was this really how he would die?

  The same fate befell the four white-armored soldiers behind and beside him, all of whom were wearing double-layered heavy armor, with two still holding shields. Each was extremely brave, but these white-armored soldiers did not have a chance to show off their bravery before being knocked to the ground one by one by Ye's family army's repeating crossbows.

  The first row of crossbowmen had just stopped when their mournful cries were still echoing, and then another wave of arrows was fired.

  Through Jin Bing's eyes, one could see the hesitation and fear in the expressions of the Jin Bing soldiers who followed behind, and even the White Armor soldiers were no exception.

  The Ye family army's repeating crossbowmen's close-range firepower deeply intimidated them.

  "Kill!"

  A row of iron-clad long spear soldiers rushed through the gap in front of the crossbowmen, pointing their guns and shouting as they charged forward!

  "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" Three more White Armor soldiers were knocked to the ground.

  A few steps away, no matter how many layers of armor they wore, the crossbow's arrows could easily tear open their cotton and iron armor, killing or wounding them one by one.

  At the same time, a painful and mournful cry arose. The two white armored soldiers who were about to die flew over with their iron bones and short axes, also chopping open the iron armor on a long spear soldier's body and deeply inserting it into his chest. Another flying axe flew and chopped onto the forehead of a crossbow soldier, chopping open his iron helmet and deeply embedding itself inside.

  The bravery of these White Armor soldiers was not trivial, and their final counterattack caused no small amount of damage to the Ye family army on the city walls.

  At the same time as the sound of gunfire, a row of iron-armored long gunners charged forward.

  "Kill!"

  The long spears in their hands either pierced the bodies of the Jin soldiers who had already been severely wounded by the crossbowmen, or several long spears simultaneously pierced a single Jin soldier's body, easily breaking through their heavy armor, or piercing their eyes and throats.

  Those Jin soldiers, before they died, hugged the deeply inserted gun handles, and the great pain made them kneel down on the ground unwilling to live. When the long spear soldiers pulled out their long spears, the blood of those Jin soldiers poured out from the wounds along with their intestines.

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