One hour ago
On a cold night, atop the city wall of the east gate of White Cloud City, the group of Southern Barbarians soldiers who had been so arrogant and domineering a few days ago were now obediently doing what city guards were supposed to do.
They moved arrows and rolling stones, and boiled the secret golden elixir.
"I said, is it really necessary to be so cautious?"
On the city wall, a Southern Barbarians soldier drank meat soup and gnawed on a meat bone, looking disdainfully at the soldiers below the city gate who dared not even approach within a hundred feet.
There's a reason why the soldiers looked down on the Central Plains. Ever since they received the blessing of that Ghost and God Temple, all the soldiers felt a qualitative improvement in their strength. Especially after arriving in the Central Plains, this improvement was so rapid that they felt like they were dreaming.
Take this soldier eating meat bones, for example. Ten days ago, he was able to jump ten zhang high. Combined with the Southern Barbarians ' wall-climbing skills, the Central Plains ' defensive fortifications were completely useless to him. He still remembers the incredulous look in the archer's eyes when he jumped onto the city wall and chopped off the archer's head with one stroke. He also remembers how his compatriots easily cut down the resisting soldiers like grass.
He didn't believe for a second that his people were able to occupy the southeast because the Central Plains court withdrew its troops. In his view, the Central Plains court withdrew its troops because it knew how powerful they were. If those ignorant Flying Dragon Army dared to guard the Southern Barbarians Pass, he would definitely let those Flying Dragon Army, who had suppressed the Southern Wilderness for twenty years, know what terror was!
"How would I know?" His accomplice sneered. "The boss said we can't underestimate Jiangnan. The soldiers from Jiangnan defeated the imperial court back then."
"Our leader's strength is becoming increasingly unpredictable, but his courage is dwindling." The soldier said disdainfully, "Soldiers from Jiangnan? The Flying Dragon Army would rather run than see us now. You think our leader is afraid of those weaklings from Jiangnan?"
"Don't be too careless," a tall man nearby said as he sat down. "Our Second Prince, it's said, fell into the hands of that King of Qin of Jiangnan!"
"That must be a conspiracy!" the soldier gnawing on a bone scoffed. "The people of the Central Plains have always been cunning. How valiant is our Second Prince? Those skinny chickens from the Central Plains, even tied together, couldn't withstand a single finger of His Highness. They used some despicable means to assassinate our valiant prince, and today they will pay back a hundredfold, a thousandfold!"
The burly man frowned. He also believed that the valiant Second Prince should be invincible, but to say that there were no powerful people in the Central Plains was a bit of an exaggeration.
During the recent temple festival, our compatriots gained unprecedented power, but because of this, everyone seems to have become arrogant and seems to have forgotten that they were once suppressed in the Southern Wilderness and could not take a single step for twenty years.
Just as they were about to say something, a loud, deep horn sounded across the city walls, and all the soldiers immediately put down their food, stood up, and looked down.
boom!!
A violent explosion rang out on the city wall. The deafening roar and powerful shockwave caused the entire city wall to tremble, giving the impression that an earthquake had occurred.
All the Southern Barbarians soldiers were startled, only then realizing that those despicable Jiangnan soldiers opposite them had used some kind of weapon that could attack the city gate from a hundred feet away. The power of this weapon was far greater than that of a catapult!
"See? What did I tell you?" The Southern Barbarians soldier, who had been terrified and sprawled on the ground, jumped up and exclaimed, "These Central Plains scumbags love to resort to such despicable tricks!"
Everyone else stared in astonishment. Although the power was terrifying, there were no casualties on the entire city wall, simply because they were protected by spirits!
The vast city was enveloped by a transparent barrier, and colorful corals in mid-air looked incredibly beautiful, yet they could keep the enemy's terrifying firepower at bay!
"Hmph, thankfully we have the protection of the Ghost Mother. Do these scum from the Central Plains really think that such despicable methods will always work?"
After surviving the ordeal, a group of soldiers were covered in cold sweat, but the next moment they started shouting and cursing arrogantly, as if they wanted to vent their embarrassment from the fright they had just suffered.
But this arrogance didn't last long.
From within the enemy army, a scholar in white robes appeared, radiating an incomparably dazzling azure light. With a single finger, he shattered the barrier!
The moment the barrier shattered, a hundred feet away, the group of armored soldiers swarmed over like a torrent of steel, their momentum overwhelming. The Southern Barbarians soldiers, who had been boasting just moments before, instinctively took a few steps back in fear, a sense of tension rising in their hearts.
"What are you standing there for?" the burly man on the city wall roared immediately. "Prepare the bows and arrows, the rolling stones! Have you put the poisonous insects in yet?"
Upon hearing this, the wizard standing beside the golden juice quickly picked up a leather belt and poured black, centipede-like worms from the belt into the excrement.
hiss!!
The gu worms' shrill cries instantly made people's eardrums ache, and some soldiers immediately revealed cruel smiles.
The unique Gu worm golden juice of the Southern Barbarians, once poured on the skin, will cause the Gu worms to burrow into the soldier's flesh with fecal poison. The Gu poison combined with the toxins of the fecal juice will quickly infect the body. Even if the soldier does not die immediately, he will die within a day with his whole body ulcerated and screaming.
This thing is a form of torture in the Southern Barbarians, but here it's also an excellent tool for defending the city.
Seeing such a tragic death would intimidate the enemy and diminish their courage to climb the city walls.
Knock knock knock!
The armored torrent approached again, their orderly steps clearly indicating they were well-trained elites. The city's commander, seeing the soldiers' impeccable discipline, couldn't help but feel a flicker of envy in his eyes.
Soldiers from the Central Plains are true soldiers, while those from the Southern Wilderness are merely thugs. Although the soldiers of the Southern Wilderness now possess some divine blessings and their individual strength far surpasses what it used to be, their core nature remains unchanged. Compared to their formation and level of coordination, he felt as if he and his men were still just a rabble.
"Fire!" The general guarding the city roared as soon as the soldiers were ten zhang away.
The impatient Southern Barbarians soldiers grinned and drew their bows, the arrowheads gleaming with a ghostly blue light, clearly coated with deadly poison.
Buzz!
The next second, arrows rained down like a storm, their powerful force carrying the wind, even whistling through the air.
Seeing that the soldiers continued marching without stopping, many of the Southern Barbarians soldiers wore mocking expressions.
Do you really think they're still the same as before?
Now, they are all wielding powerful bows with a hundred-stone capacity, and the arrows are blessed by gods and spirits. Even the giant statues of the Southern Barbarians can have their heads blown off by a single arrow. They still vividly remember the scene when they captured the Southeast Pass, and the Central Plains cavalry were pierced by an arrow, both men and horses killed, and the entire army was terrified.
These reckless soldiers from Jiangnan dared to face their arrows directly without the cover of shield bearers; they were truly courting death!
Soon they will be just like those Central Plains soldiers before, terrified and running away in panic. Of course, even if they raise their shields, it won't help. They have tried many times. With such dense fire, no matter how well-organized the shield-bearing formation is, it will collapse instantly. The hands holding the shields will be unable to withstand the force and their bones and flesh will be shattered.
These reckless fools, they'll be here soon, huh?
The imagined scene did not appear.
Arrows rained down on the torrent of soldiers in Jiangnan, but they simply disappeared into the water like rain, and nothing happened afterward.
There were neither gruesome scenes of flesh and blood bursting apart, nor heart-wrenching cries of agony.
The thumping footsteps continued below, and the rain of arrows fell like raindrops, unable to even slow their progress.
"This"
All the Southern Barbarians soldiers were stunned for a moment. Since gaining the power, their arrows had been invincible. The strongest elephant cavalry in the Southern Wilderness could not even withstand a single arrow.
What's the situation with these soldiers?
Even something made of steel should at least make a couple of noises, right?
They had never seen war like this since they were born.
Thump thump thump!
The soldiers below maintained their formation, their steps precise and orderly, approaching step by step. In that instant, all the Southern Barbarians soldiers felt a sense of suffocation, and that familiar feeling of fear surged into their hearts once again.
It was as if their previous rampage was all a dream, and these cold, armored figures before them would shatter that dream with their own hands.
"My lord, please make a move!!" The general on the city wall knelt on the ground and roared to the sky without hesitation.
Without the slightest hesitation, he could almost instantly determine that there was no chance of winning!
Not even a tiny bit. In their eyes, we're probably no better than pigs or dogs.
"My lord!"
Meanwhile, on the other side, Tian Heng, who was originally in charge of commanding the army, was also extremely shocked!
Chen Qing personally took action, and the Divine Wind Grand Formation was incredibly impressive. In particular, the way he broke through the barrier with a single finger really startled him. But what shocked him even more was the actions of the soldiers behind him!
Chen Qing's words seemed to give the soldiers immense morale. In that instant, all the soldiers were inspired and, seemingly beyond their control, followed Chen Qing and surged onto the city wall.
At this moment, Tian Heng understood why Chen Qing never guarded against him.
The elite troops I've trained for so long actually listened to Chen Qing at this crucial moment?
What kind of ability is this?
I was a little delayed today, so only two updates today, haha. I'll add more tomorrow!