"Boom, boom, boom..."
The defenders of the Kyoto Imperial Capital refused to be outdone. Their countless archers and crossbowmen could not shoot that far, but their siege engines could!
The engines roared. Countless boulders, giant bolts, and pillars of spell-light poured down from the hundred-zhang-high walls, blotting out the air and shaking the void. Their ferocity more than matched that of the Great Huan Faction.
After a prolonged exchange, countless horrifying holes scarred the majestic walls, whose stones bore the marks of time and the weight of history. Fallen rubble piled several meters high at their base. Meanwhile, countless bloody gaps had been blasted through the vast, tightly arrayed Great Huan formations stretching beyond sight. Countless soldiers died on the spot beneath the defenders' boulders, giant bolts, and light pillars.
These were the respective advantages and disadvantages of attackers and defenders, and the main reason the Great Chu forces were puzzled that the Great Huan Faction had deployed only ordinary troops. Such troops alone could never take the Kyoto Imperial Capital. At most, they could inflict damage and wait for the elite legions to deliver the killing blow! But was it worth sacrificing countless soldiers?
"Clop, clop, clop..."
After the two sides had exchanged fire for the time it took to eat a meal, pounding iron hooves shook the earth. Five torrents-one large and four small-surged from each of the Kyoto Imperial Capital's eastern, western, and southern gates, charging straight toward the Great Huan Faction waiting in battle formation ten li away.
Each torrent from the east, west, and south had menacing, steel-clad heavy cavalry at its vanguard, followed by mounted archers and light cavalry. They charged at tremendous speed, their momentum soaring like a rainbow, pressing forward without hesitation.
"Flap, flap..."
Dense wingbeats rose like countless flies buzzing around