CULTIVATION: WHEN YOU TAKE THINGS TO THE EXTREME

Chapter 962: Chapter 593: Fierce Battle (Two in One)_3

The three had collaborated for a long time, coordinating intimately. The Roman Legion advanced first, followed by the Tianli Sect’s troops, carrying cloud ladders and other siege machinery towards the city wall, while the United States Federal Army held the rear, covering the advance with their superior firearms range.

A dozen giant trebuchets also exerted their force at this time and hurled massive boulders at the city wall, attacking the soldiers and defensive structures such as towers.

Atop the northern gate, upon seeing the enemy march forward boldly, Hua Mulan, without a second thought, bent her bow and issued a strike to the federation’s sharpshooters in the rear. Her five hundred heroic female guards, deployed in the “Shooting Sound Formation,” followed her move instantly.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”

The bow twanged like a thunderbolt startling the string, and a swooshing sound tore through the air as five hundred heroic female guards unleashed nearly thirty thousand arrows, covering the federation’s sharpshooters and the more than ten giant trebuchets.

“Bang, bang, bang!”

“Thud, thud, thud!”

“Clatter, clatter, clatter!”

Sounds of metal clanging, blades piercing flesh, and arrows splitting wood erupted all at once. The federation’s sharpshooters hadn’t even managed to retaliate before they were engulfed by a dark cloud of arrows, along with the giant trebuchets being destroyed.

“Damn it!”

Witnessing this scene, from a camp far away, Adams couldn’t help but curse loudly, his heart agonized.

However, Augustus and Zhao Wuji remained unfazed. The Roman Legion and the Tianli Sect’s troops maintained their discipline, and a reserve of sharpshooters along with additional giant trebuchets were rolled out into the main battlefield at the northern gate.

War, where is there no death!

One cannot capture a wolf without risking some danger; the enemy’s sharpest military skill had been used up, and now it was their turn to shine.

“Kill!!!”

The Roman Legion advanced, bearing the dense volley of arrows from Mulan’s personal guard. They set up one cloud ladder after another against the wall, and then the Tianli Sect’s strongmen, akin to martial world experts, leaped into action, wielding Nine Ring Broad Blades and soared up the ladders, reaching the top of the city walls of over thirty feet high in a blink.

However, what awaited them was the shield and spear formations of the Yellow Turban Army. Yellow Turban foot soldiers pushed forward with their shields, and spearmen attacked with long spears from behind. Although they were protected by Divine Skills and their physical attributes and strength skills were beyond that of first-order troops, they struggled to breach the shield and spear walls momentarily, resorting to fighting desperately, trading life for life…

“Boom!!!”

On the eastern city wall, a young general in white, wielding a pair of heavy hammers, his arms carrying the force of a thousand jun (a weight measure), smashed a Tianli Sect strongman into a pulp of flesh and bone.

Yue Yun

Hero Order: First Order (Epic)

Hero Level: Level 10.

Hero Attributes: 65 Physical Strength, 15 Intelligence, 20 Charm.

Hero Special Skill: Divine Power (Physical Growth +5)

Hero Special Skill: Fierce Hammer (When using dual hammers inflict +50% damage, +30% Physical Strength, 20% reduced stamina consumption)

Hero Special Skill: Heroic (When Yue Yun is present, Yue Family’s Beiwei Army and Song State troops’ morale significantly increases, Beiwei Army’s maximum attributes and combat skills increase by 50%, Song State troops by 25%)

Hero Description: Son of Yue Fei, a young hero, one of Great Song’s “Four Fierce Eight Hammers”!

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Yue Yun, holding a pair of silver hammers, led fifty Beiwei armored soldiers and a group of Great Song soldiers, holding the eastern gate with the resilience of one man against ten thousand, staunchly resisting the assaults of the Roman Legion and the Tianli strongmen.

However…

“What a gallant young general, let me face you!”

A man leaped onto the city wall, a middle-aged man donned in armor, fierce and extraordinary, wielding a Moon-shaped Blade, and immediately engaged Yue Yun in battle.

“It’s the enemy’s battle hero!”

From the rear, Zhang Yan, who had already retreated to the island, watched anxiously as Yue Yun was entangled with the adversary.

This was an epic hero she had managed to recruit with great difficulty; if he were to fall here…

“Kill, kill, kill!”

Her thoughts were abruptly interrupted by the sound of battle, with the battlefield on all sides filled with the deafening noise of war.

All troops were deployed, even the last reserve of two thousand Yellow Turban Army transferred from the Yellow Turban Camp turned into regular soldiers. Over eight thousand Yellow Turban soldiers, five hundred of Mulan’s personal guard, along with the reinforcements brought by Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng, nearly ten thousand men divided on all fronts, resisting the assaults from the three major enemy armies.

“Good thing, good thing, they brought mostly commander type heroes to create the effect of deploying soldiers under the city, with only a few combat generals, and the strongest of them blocked by Yue Yun.”

“Otherwise, with so many soldiers and a few fierce generals leading the charge, breaching the city would be a matter of minutes.”

“By the way, where is Yang? What’s keeping that lad, if he doesn’t arrive soon, we can’t hold any longer!”

Zhang Yan stood anxiously by as Feng Cheng, keeping an eye on the battlefield, was utterly tense.

Unlike Zhang Yan, who only managed to recruit one Rare Hero and dozens of Civilization Units, felt like a tiny boat in this tier of battle, with the possibility of overturning at any moment.

But there was nothing he could do, the retreat was cut off, and fighting to the death was the only option.

“Kill!!!”

On the north gate wall, Hua Mulan pulled back the intricately made Iron-Backed Bow given to her by Xu Yang, loaded it with a General Arrow, and shot down a Tianli Sect Strongman who had broken through the Yellow Turban Army Formation. Her trusted aides also continuously shot the emerging Roman Centurions and Tianli Sect Strongmen.

However, this couldn’t change the overall worsening situation. The Yellow Turban Army, also being Civilization Units, were too weak, and they didn’t have a numerical advantage. As the enemy soldiers continued to climb onto the city wall, a retreat was inevitable.

“Retreat, retreat to the island!”

Seeing the outer wall about to fall, Hua Mulan decided not to hold the position anymore, leading her trusted aides and the remaining Yellow Turban troops towards the dock.

“Boom!!!”

On the east gate wall, Yue Yun forcefully struck with both hammers, blasting away a middle-aged general wielding a Moon-shaped Blade from the wall, and then he too led the remaining soldiers down from the city wall, retreating while fighting towards the wharf.

By this time, the dock was already filled with boats. Though they were only ordinary fishing boats, they were capable of carrying people. Hua Mulan, with her remaining trusted aides, guarded the retreating Yue Yun while directing her troops to embark.

At this moment, the setting sun was as red as blood, spreading its glow across the land. The blood-soaked battle quietly turned to evening.

In just one day, the enemy had captured the walls.

The cost was nearly ten thousand casualties, with a third of the thirty thousand-strong army directly lost.

It was only because the Lord was waging war, and his Taoist Soldiers were fearlessly brave. In regular warfare, such casualties would not just lead to a complete collapse but also a severe drop in morale.

The attackers lost nearly ten thousand men; the defenders suffered as well, with only about three thousand out of ten thousand surviving under Hua Mulan and Yue Yun’s command, retreating to the front of the wharf.

The setting sun dyed the earth blood-red as three thousand exhausted soldiers boarded fishing boats, during the last effort to protect by Hua Mulan and Yue Yun, who also prepared to board and depart.

Unexpectedly…

“Rumble rumble!”

The sealed city gate was fiercely smashed open by an iron ram, and a troop of cavalry filed in—The Federation Army’s “Firearms Cavalry,” lightly equipped and launched a rapid attack, targeting those boarding.

“Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang!”

A burst of gunfire sounded, instantaneously staining the dock red as many Yellow Turban Foot Soldiers and Mulan’s personal guard fell to the bullets, tumbling into the water.

“Nowhere to run!”

A furious shout was heard, and among the Firearms Cavalry, a general who had been previously struck down by Yue Yun charged out. He was riding a black horse, rushing out from among the Firearms Cavalry, his eyes fixed on Yue Yun and Hua Mulan, protected by the trusted aides. The general charged lightning-fast towards the dock.

“General, get on the boat, quick!”

Seeing this, the remaining Heroic Female Guards, protecting Hua Mulan, moved to retreat to the boat, while Yue Yun gritted his teeth and stepped forward with his hammer raised.

“Boom!!!”

With a loud crash, the two generals clashed again, fighting bitterly amidst each other. The reloading Firearms Cavalry made way, and a group of Tianli Sect Strongmen hastily joined the battlefield, executing the final extermination against the remaining enemy forces.

Blood sprayed across the wharf in this brutal struggle, and it was difficult to describe the carnage as countless soldiers fell, staining both the water and the land crimson.

At that moment…

“Hui!!!”

A long neigh, rising like a dragon, pierced through the sky.

Everyone’s eyes focused, turning toward the sound, and under the setting sun, amidst the Lake Heart Island, a trail of blazing light burst forth, leaping into the air and daringly crossing the wharf.

This “wharf,” formed by the sea, though tens of miles wide, was irregularly shaped. The Lake Heart Island was only about two or three miles away from the outer city’s dock.

Now, this streak of blazing red, boldly leaping across, fell like a falling star into the dock.

“Boom!!!”

A thunderous noise shook heaven and earth as the fiery meteor crashed into the battlefield amid the approaching Roman Legion, exploding into a terrifying shockwave. The blast hurled people like waves, scattering them everywhere, amid blood and dust.

In the dust, a figure gradually appeared, like a Ghost God entering the world, tall as mountains, grand as rivers, riding the hurricane-fast Red Rabbit, wielding a Sky Halberd with a twelve-foot iron shaft, emitting a chilling shine that dismayed thousands and startled tens of thousands.

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