0p0 Chapter 388: The sword's power surged, and the Yunzhou army's four gates collapsed!
Chapter 388: The sword's power surged, and the Yunzhou army's four gates collapsed!
"City... City Lord?!"
Covered in blood, Luo Mingzhe could hardly believe his eyes. He struggled to lift his aching and numb right arm and exclaimed in surprise.
"You step aside, I'll handle the rest!"
Baili Dongjun's gaze was resolute as he held his sword in front of the swarming, locust-like Jumping Army.
Luo Mingzhe was both surprised and delighted. The figure of Baili Dongjun in front of him seemed to revitalize his exhausted body.
"Hey!"
He tore a strip of cloth from his long robe and wrapped it around the horrible wound under his ribs, then raised his short sword again and smiled sternly:
"Thank you, Lord City Lord. None of the Luo family's sons are cowards. I, Luo Mingzhe, swear today that I will live and die with Xiaguan City!"
Upon hearing this, Baili Dongjun smiled approvingly: "Good! Senior Luo's nephews are indeed all valiant men. In that case, let's fight back the enemy together!"
The once arrogant and domineering Jumping Army had almost taken over the West Gate, but the appearance of Baili Dongjun instantly broke the balance.
Despite the fact that the centurion in front of them had been cleaved off the city wall by Baili Dongjun and his fate was unknown, the remaining soldiers of the Jumping Army had no intention of retreating.
Lu Ting'en had already issued a military order that anyone who captured Snow Moon City and took Baili Dongjun would be richly rewarded.
Secondly, these soldiers, who had always lived deep within the military camp, did not know much about the masters in the martial arts world and thought that Baili Dongjun was still the same young man from the Vajra Mortal Realm a year ago.
The dozens of vanguard soldiers who had surged into the west gate tower were unwilling to retreat. They exchanged glances, and the leading junior officer raised his saber and turned to the rest, saying:
"Brothers, don't panic! No matter how skilled those two are, they've only learned a few moves from our master's wife. Do you think we, a hundred or so men, can't take down this Ximen?!"
"The deputy general has ordered that whoever seizes the gate will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and promoted three ranks! Whoever captures Baili the brat alive will be sent to Tianqi in a cage, and at the very least, we'll get a marquisate! Anyone who wants to get rich, follow me!"
Upon hearing his words, the previously somewhat timid Jumping Army immediately perked up, howling as they drew their long swords and short daggers and surrounded the not-so-wide West Gate tower!
"kill!!"
As dawn broke, shouts of battle erupted from the west gate of Xiaguan City.
Baili Dongjun merely sneered at the siege of dozens of elite soldiers, showing no fear whatsoever in the face of these ordinary soldiers, having already entered the realm of carefree heaven.
Even if there were several times more people, they would be nothing but ants in the face of Jin Qianhua!
The advancing troops surrounded Baili Dongjun and Luo Mingzhe in a semi-circle, and dozens of swords and daggers gleamed coldly as they thrust towards Baili Dongjun...
"Sweep the hall with the tiger's tail!"
The heavy, ancient-looking blade was as easy to wield as an extension of Baili Dongjun's arm. He channeled his inner energy to create a beautiful flourish, and unleashed a Tiger Tail Sweep!
"Clang, clang, clang!"
The clang of metal against metal was deafening!
Before the attacking troops could react, their weapons had already become scrap metal.
Several unlucky guys with short daggers were swept by the blade, their hands instantly severed in half, and before they even felt the pain, blood gushed out from the cuts!
From Luo Mingzhe's perspective, Baili Dongjun appears to be completely surrounded by the Jumping Legion.
But after one move, the surging Jumping Army seemed to be surrounded by Baili Dongjun alone!
"Such a powerful sword technique! I never expected that the usually kind and gentle city lord would use such a domineering sword technique!"
Luo Mingzhe secretly admired them. The once arrogant Jumping Army was now filled with horror. Several guys with severed hands were clutching their wounds and howling in pain. In an instant, the offensive and defensive positions were reversed!
"Where are the people who were just about to capture me, Baili Dongjun, alive?"
Despite the glint of swords and the gleam of lead, Baili Dongjun stood calmly before the Tiaodang Army and asked indifferently.
After the first exchange, realizing the disparity in strength between them, the members of the Jumping Army lost all will to fight. They abandoned their broken swords and ran down from the city wall.
When Luo Baicheng and the other members of the City Lord's Pavilion who came to support the city saw the Jumping Army in defeat, they immediately climbed up the city wall and subdued the soldiers who were running slowly.
Just as that arrogant flag officer was about to turn and flee, a gust of wind swept past his neck and he was captured by Baili Dongjun with one hand!
"Why are you running? Didn't you just try to send me to Tianqi?!"
Baili Dongjun was incredibly fast. He put away his finery and picked up the junior officer like a chick, asking him a question.
The junior officer dared not utter a sound, but simply closed his eyes and begged for mercy like a sieve:
"Baili...Young Master Baili...Young hero, spare my life! I have an elderly mother and a young child in Yunzhou City. Please, have mercy on me and let me live..."
Baili Dongjun casually tossed it aside, and the little flag officer, who was almost paralyzed with fear, immediately collapsed to the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
"I did not intend to start a bloodbath, but why is your Yunzhou army pressing us so hard? Snow Moon City has been peaceful for hundreds of years. If I hadn't arrived in time, the Luo brothers would have died here!"
"Speak! How many troops have you brought? Where is your main camp outside the city?!"
Baili Dongjun's voice rarely revealed a hint of murderous intent. The junior officer of the Jumping Army knelt on the ground, kowtowing as he clearly explained the location of the deputy general of the Yunzhou border army and the main camp.
Luo Mingzhe, carrying a short sword, stood behind Baili Dongjun. He was also startled to hear that nearly 10,000 troops from the Yunzhou border were attacking Xueyue City.
"Lord City Lord, although you saved Ximen, what about the other three gates..."
After a moment's thought, Baili Dongjun instructed, "Don't worry, you brothers tie this guy up and continue guarding the west gate. I'll go and reinforce the other gates!"
Upon hearing this, the brothers Luo Mingzhe and Luo Baicheng immediately tied the junior officer's arms behind his back, then clasped their hands in a fist and replied, "Yes, sir!"
Seeing that the Jumping Army besieging the West Gate was either escaping or being captured, Baili Dongjun used his Wind-Riding Cloud-Stepping technique to fly towards the weakly defended South Gate.
……
The situation at the other three city gates of Xiaguan City—east, south, and north—was roughly the same. Although the Jumping Army managed to sneak onto the city walls before dawn, they were completely defeated by Sikong Changfeng, Yin Luoxia, and the Tongtian Pavilion members who came to their aid.
The East Gate was especially lively, with Sikong Changfeng wielding his Dragon Gall Spear, single-handedly taking on a thousand men, which made him quite the star.
Including the centurion who led the team, apart from those who died under Sikong Changfeng's spear, a total of more than a hundred soldiers of the Jumping Army were captured.
Sikong Changfeng was not as kind as Baili Dongjun. With a wave of his hand, he stripped the prisoners of their armor and hung them outside the East Gate tower, making them look like naked chickens for sale in the market.
The left and right Yunzhou border guards, following behind the Tiaodang Army, were advancing towards their respective city gates in an orderly manner. However, to the surprise of the commander leading the team, the soldiers coming towards them were actually the defeated soldiers of the Tiaodang Army!
The commander of the Left Guard, who was attacking the west gate, dismounted and grabbed a fleeing soldier, shouting angrily:
"Have you deserted your posts and forgotten the military law established by the Commander-in-Chief?! Didn't your Jumping Army say before you set out that you could capture the West Gate in a quarter of an hour at most? Why are you now abandoning your armor and fleeing back?!"
The leaping soldier, whose path he had blocked, had half his hand severed, and blood was still seeping from the wound wrapped in tattered cloth. He pleaded:
"Hall Commander, spare our lives! We were about to take the West Gate tower when Baili Dongjun suddenly appeared and annihilated our brothers with a single strike..."
"He's no ordinary fighter. With just one strike, dozens of our brothers were defeated. Please forgive me, sir, we fought tooth and nail to escape!"
"He must be from the Free and Unfettered Heaven Realm, otherwise how could he be so powerful..."
As he knelt on the ground, muttering to himself, Zuo Weiwei Qianhu felt a pang of fear upon hearing his words.
But military law is merciless. If you are ordered to die, you will die on the way to the front. If he, the commander of a thousand troops, is afraid to fight, how can he have the face to lead the nearly a thousand soldiers behind him?
"Crack!"
"Military law is merciless; those who cower in battle will be executed!"
With a swift stroke of his sword, Zuo Weiwei, the fleeing soldier kneeling on the ground, was decapitated, his head flying high into the air and rolling to the side amidst hot blood.
"The Jumping Army always boasts a lot! But when faced with real strength, they only know how to run away. They don't care about mortal or celestial realms; in front of the Yunzhou army, they are all lambs to the slaughter!"
"Brothers of the Left Guard, follow me and kill!"
The commander of the Left Guard mounted his horse, his blood-stained blade pointing straight at the west gate of Xiaguan City!
With shouts of battle echoing through the heavens, over a thousand soldiers of the Left Guard charged straight toward the West Gate, half a mile away!
……