Chapter 86. Spring and Autumn, Warring States Period (25) The Fiery Female General (I) Part 2

     At the same time, Chuyang City also received the message.

     Even though the equipment from Chuyang City gave the officials a little bit more sense of security, they were still very panicked when they heard about the 300,000 Chu army at this moment

     “Recuperating outside Chuyang City? Aren’t you afraid that we will cause trouble?” Wang Xue raised her eyebrows.

     Zhang San glanced at the military general whose face was full of bravado, and replied to Wang Xue: “Even without 300,000 troops, 30 Gong guards would be enough to handle them. A night raid requires the right timing, location, and conditions.”

     Wang Xue physically forced him to be quiet.

     Meng Sheng actually didn’t think that 20 miles was far, but it was too resource-consuming. A crossbow cart with a range of 20 miles was equivalent to 50 intermediate attribute weapons, or 50 ordinary crossbow carts.

     After discussing, they had almost prepared everything they should prepare, which might be the reason why Zhao Lie set up camp here.

     After listening to a bunch of suggestions, Ye Mo finally spoke:”Anyway, since everyone is awake tonight, why don’t we fight a battle tonight? Our troops will be in better spirits, and we can avoid them resting while our army suffers through the night.”

     “But…”

     Ye Mo: “This is actually very simple.”

     Meng Sheng, the general, the alchemist, the sorcerer, and the civil officials who heard the plan were in disbelief. Except for Wang Xue, there were probably only a hundred guards who unconditionally believed that their young lady was omnipotent.

     In order to boost her teammate’s confidence, Ye Mo used her high-level wind bow (strength +5, agility +5, constitution +3).

     “!!!”

     “!!!”

     “Young lady is so brave!!!”

     The officials seemed to be seeing the young lady for the first time. Who in the world can compete with her archery skills?

…

     In the azure night sky, a crescent moon hung above it, and there were more than a dozen stars standing guard around. The spring night was lively, with the sound of birds and insects chirping in the forest.

     “Ah!”

     “Ah!”

     “Enemy attack–“

     Three sudden cries of pain broke the silence of the Zhaolie military camp. It turned out that three soldiers on duty were shot by three iron arrows. Two died on the spot and one was dying.

     It was natural that they could not rest well when camping in the enemy’s territory. Even sleeping positions were arranged according to the formation. Once there was any disturbance, the soldiers could immediately fight on the spot.

     That was the case. In just a few minutes, 29 soldiers on duty in the Zhaolie military camp had died and 7 were seriously injured. The scene was a bit chaotic for a while. It was not until the elite shield warriors, swordsmen and other young generals came on the field that the arrows shot in every three seconds were no longer sure to hit.

     Bang!

     Although the sword cut off the arrow, the swordsman also retreated a step and a half. It was a very terrifying force.

     There was no doubt that the arrow came from Chuyang City.

     Zhao Lie initially thought that the crossbow cart of Mo Men had improved again. When he looked at the city wall, he immediately saw a crimson figure, which was dazzling enough under the bright moonlight.

     A woman!

     Zhao Lie widened his eyes in disbelief. It was actually a woman who shot and killed nearly 30 people of his Chu army 20 miles away with only a bow without wasting a single soldier!

     The military advisor suggested: “General, there may be a fraud in Chuyang City. This woman in red may have deceived us. Should we avoid it for the time being and attack again tomorrow?”

     “No.” Zhao Lie had never made such a decisive decision. “If we give in for a woman, our Chu army will be a real joke if this matter is spread out. How can we retreat?”

     The military advisor said again: “Shang had Fu Hao, Zhou had Queen Mother, and women can also be fierce generals of a country.”

     Zhao Lie disagreed. If Chuyang City was really so powerful, why didn’t Lord Yangcheng flee to the city?

     This statement was also very reasonable.

……

     The Zhao army moved forward, and the red-dressed woman never stopped shooting arrows, but she did not increase the number of arrows, still three. After the elite soldiers became familiar with them, they could open them according to the route of the arrows.

     Until they entered a distance of 10 miles, as expected, the crossbow carts were mounted on the wall, and rows of arrows flew out. The shield team of the Zhao army immediately resisted, and the crossbowmen of the Zhao army also began to shoot at the soldiers on the Chuyang City.

     It’s just that the arrows of the Chuyang City seemed to be much sharper than their arrows, and shooting from top to bottom was different from shooting from bottom to top. A small number of their soldiers were injured, and a very small number died, but every soldier on the wall of Chuyang City was unscathed.

     Not only because they were fully equipped, the red-dressed woman on the wall had stopped shooting arrows and took out a bright red flag, which could always block fatal attacks for the people on the wall.

     The problem is that this red-dressed woman waving a red flag will not block the arrows of their own soldiers.

     Zhao Lie’s face was very ugly: “Forward!”

     The army went forward less than 1 mile, “Ah”, Zhao Lie soldiers suddenly suffered more casualties. It turned out that the opponent’s crossbow carts were no longer shooting arrows, but a strange weapon.

     This weapon has a sharp axe on one side and a sharp rake nail on the other side. After the crossbow cart is thrown, it rotates vertically. No matter which side hits ordinary soldiers, they will be seriously injured or even killed.

      *Note: This is the Egyptian flying axe thousands of years ago. This weapon has made great contributions to Egypt’s conquest.*

     The crossbow cart of Chuyang City shot three times in total, and each time it could take the life of Zhao Lie soldiers.

     Just when Zhao Lie was furious, his two personal captains discovered at the same time that two iron arrows were shot at the general and the military advisor in the chaos. It must be the woman in red who took advantage of the chaos to make trouble.

     They hurriedly flew to resist, but the speed of the arrows exceeded their reaction. One was shot in the heart and died without even shouting the word “general”, and the other was shot in the liver area and was about to die.

     They were fooled twice again.

     First, the red-dressed woman took advantage of the chaos of the flying axes to shoot arrows. Second, when the red-dressed woman was shooting arrows at the attacking army, she deliberately concealed her strength to paralyze their minds and make them misjudge the distance and the power of the arrows.

      “How can this be!”

     Zhao Lie was so angry that he wanted to drink her blood, eat her flesh, and cut her into pieces.

…

     At the same time, Ye Mo, who was standing on the city wall, heard four consecutive system prompts:

   【Open side quest 6; kill the enemy captain (1/2)】

   【Side quest 5: Kill enemy soldier (41/100)】.

   【Complete side quest 6; kill the enemy captain (2/2), free point attribute +2】.

   【Side quest 5: Kill enemy soldier (42/100)】.

     Reserve members can open side quests by killing 5/10/50/100/500/1000 soldiers. Survivors can unlock side quests by killing 100/500/1000/5000/10000 soldiers.

     Killing officials such as Gongcheng, Shishi, Zuoshushang, Youshushang, Zuo geng, You gengwei, military advisors, and generals will be calculated separately. The number of tasks assigned will vary depending on the rank of the official killed. Rewards include +1 to all attributes for killing higher-ranking officials, and +2 free points for killing lower-ranking officials.

     Ye Mo also found that saving soldiers, including her own people, under fatal attacks will also unlock side quests, and saving soldiers can be repeated many times, the number is about the same as killing soldiers, which should be a side quest derived from saving civilians.

     On the battlefield, her side quests actually mainly come from saving, and the red flag is waved faster like lightning.

     And Wang Xue led the military band to percussion instruments, drums, bells, pans, cymbals, cymbals, and bells. The passionate military music made Ye Mo full of blood, not to mention the soldiers who were more and more addicted to shooting.

   【Congratulations to the survivor Wang Xueqing for successfully using military music to help kill soldiers (500/500) in the “Spring and Autumn, Warring States Period” copy, completing side quest 4, and free point attribute +2. 】

     The 10 crossbowmen in the reserve were a little hesitant at first, but they were very excited after getting started. They robbed the crossbow carts with the local soldiers and didn’t want to rest at all, which made the soldiers on the city wall passionate.

     The officials were dumbfounded: “…”

     The young lady of Chuyang City always surprises them and makes them fall into shocking dreams again and again.

     Fortunately, it was a beautiful dream.

     The young lady might really be able to protect the people of Chuyang City as she said.

     Meng Sheng and Xu Ruo also climbed up the city wall to watch for a while. They were also surprised, but they were more relieved. Mi Wenjing was better than they expected. Then, the two returned to Momen and sent two Momen disciples to the Chuyang City Military Factory to avoid insufficient weapons.

     Especially arrows and flying axes. 

……

     Nearly two thousand of Zhao Lie’s soldiers had been killed, including two captains of high ranks, while the other side had not lost a single soldier.

     At the beginning, the military advisor did not approve of this siege, but once it started, he would not say discouraging words. After all, compared with the 300,000-man army, 2,000 was just a small number. He did not think he would lose, but the price of victory in the end was different.

     Zhao Lie also thought the same and commanded: “All-out attack!”

     “Yes!”

     This all-out attack means that 100,000 assault soldiers will start to set off, including infantry, knights, swordsmen, swordsmen, chariots, etc., in the form of a complete formation to reduce casualties.

     The flying axes and arrows were launched in coordination, but because of the tacit coordination of the formation, after a few miles, the casualties of Zhao’s army were reduced, and some of the elites were less than 1 mile away from the city wall.

     Right when Zhao Lie regained his composure, the warhorses in the elite squad’s ranks started acting up one after another, their distressed neighs and whinnies filling the air.

     It turned out that some crossbows began to shoot sharp stones and small iron nails. These small things were not easily blocked by the formation, but for the chariots and horses, especially the war horses without horseshoes, it was simply a disaster.

     Zhao Lie: “Retreat temporarily!”

     It was too late. It was the same whether to retreat or not. The horses made the whole formation messy.

     Ye Mo: “Flying Axe!”

     Taking advantage of the enemy’s confusion, all ordinary arrows were replaced by Egyptian flying axes, and they were twice as dense as before, hitting the soldiers densely, and harvested tens of thousands of heads again.

     Really tens of thousands of soldiers, because no one has ever used horses to make trouble in the current battle, and all the deployment of troops is inseparable from horses, which means that Ye Mo broke all the formation plans of the Chu army.

     However, Ye Mo’s six arrows were blocked by two guards who were prepared. It was a pity that they did not hit the commander and the military advisor, mainly because they remained stationary to provide support.

     Facing the city wall in front him, Zhao Lie had not yet shouted out whether to advance or retreat.

     But he saw——

     The gate of Chuyang City opened.

     At the same time the city gate opened, the woman in red leaped down from the towering city wall.