Chapter 863
Encouraged by Lei Zhen, the soldiers of Feng Army fought back to the top of the city and started a fierce battle with Zhen Army.
At this time, everyone had risked their lives and rushed forward regardless of everything. As the saying goes, one person fighting desperately is defeated by ten people. The tens of thousands of soldiers of Feng Army fought desperately, and their momentum was also soul-stirring.
On the contrary, Zhen Army began to feel uncomfortable. They had already captured the city wall of Wancheng, which was equivalent to destroying the city defense of Feng Army. Victory was in sight, and people were complacent in their hearts. At this time, Feng Army suddenly launched a fierce counterattack, catching Zhen Army off guard.
Especially Lei Zhen, who took the lead, waving the Kaitian war halberd with a whirring wind, and the Zhen Army soldiers who blocked him fell into a pool of blood one after another. The Feng Army, led by Lei Zhen, followed the steps of the city wall and forced a bloody path, returned to the city wall, and started a close hand-to-hand combat with Zhen Army.
The Feng army, which had just collapsed at the first blow, had turned into a warrior like a tiger in the blink of an eye. The soldiers of the Zhen army could not understand what had happened. As the Feng army fought more and more bravely, the Zhen army that had climbed to the top of the city gradually found it difficult to resist and was forced to retreat again and again.
The Zhen army only retreated slightly, which was equivalent to a shot of cardiotonic for the Feng army. It turned out that the Zhen army was not invincible and could be defeated. The fighting spirit of the Feng army was completely aroused. People roared and rushed forward to kill. A large number of Zhen army soldiers fell under the blade of the Feng army, and some were forced to fall off the city wall and screamed under the city.
Xun Xiao saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly separated his own crowd and pushed to the front. As soon as he showed his head, he was hit by Lei Zhen. Xun Xiao was stunned at first, and then grinned and said, "I didn't throw you to death just now, I wonder where you can escape this time?!" As he spoke, he raised the axe of the sky in his hand high and pretended to chop it down.
Before he made a move, Lei Zhen attacked first, and immediately used his ultimate move, Ten Thousand Blades Meteor Slash. Extreme.
Since the other side was the enemy, Lei Zhen had no worries when releasing the skill, and used all his strength. I saw the light shining on the top of the city, and then a huge spiritual blade seven or eight feet high appeared. When it passed through the stone bricks on the ground, the stone bricks cracked one by one, and stone chips flew everywhere, accompanied by a creepy whistling sound.
Xun Xiao was frightened by the oncoming Ten Thousand Blades Meteor Slash. Extreme. In a hurry, he had no time to think carefully, and he subconsciously used the Spirit Chaos. Extreme to deal with it.
Two top-level spiritual martial arts skills collided on the city wall. With a muffled bang, the huge spiritual blade released by Lei Zhen shattered into countless small spiritual blades flying all over the sky, intersecting and colliding with the spiritual blades generated by Ling Luan Ji in the air. Some of them canceled each other out and dissipated into nothingness, but some of the spiritual blades passed through Ling Luan Ji and flew straight towards Xun Xiao.
Oops! Xun Xiao screamed in his heart, "Not good! His Ling Luan Ji didn't block the opponent's skills? ! Seeing the spiritual blades flying close to him, it was too late to block them. Xun Xiao had no choice but to go out horizontally. He dodged the spiritual blade, but he also fell off the city wall and fell outside the city.
Plop!
Xun Xiao's huge body fell to the ground, making a heavy muffled sound. The force of the fall almost broke his bones. He took two breaths, then struggled to stand up, looked up at Lei Zhen on the top of the city wall, roared, and looked for a ladder to go up and fight with the other party again.
However, as Xun Xiao fell off the city wall, the Zhen soldiers and Zhen generals behind him could no longer resist Lei Zhen and others. People were horrified and retreated step by step. At the same time, Wu Mei on the city gate tower also saw the Feng army fighting back to the top of the city. She was shocked, covered with spiritual armor, holding a sword, went down the city gate tower, and led the guards on the bottom to rush out together.
There was the Feng army in front and the Feng army behind. The Zhen army on this section of the city wall was completely confused. People pushed each other and countless people fell off the city. Xun Xiao under the city had just found a ladder and climbed halfway when he was hit by the Feng army who had reoccupied the top of the city with rolling logs and pounding stones.
He roared in anger and screamed. Before he could continue climbing, arrows rained down from the city wall, hitting his spiritual armor and making clanging sounds.
Xun Xiao, who had such a profound cultivation, could not withstand the strong shooting from a high position. The arrows hit his spiritual armor and forced him to retreat step by step.
Under the sharp counterattack of the Feng Army, the Zhen Army on this wall was completely unable to resist. A large number of soldiers were either killed in battle or thrown off the city wall. The Feng Army, led by Lei Zhen, rushed to the gate tower in one go and joined Wu Mei and others.
Lei Zhen had never seen Wu Mei wearing spiritual armor, nor did he recognize her. It was not until Wu Mei spoke that Lei Zhen realized that the general in red spiritual armor in front of him was his wife. He hurriedly intervened and saluted, panting and said, "I am sorry that I came to rescue you late and frightened your wife!"
Seeing Lei Zhen now, Wu Mei's eyes turned red and tears almost fell. Lei Zhen was covered in blood, and the original color of his spiritual armor was completely covered with blood. He was also covered with scars, and the spiritual armor in many places had been broken and fallen off, and he looked extremely embarrassed.
"General Lei, don't say that. If you hadn't led the army back in time, I would have killed myself in the city gate tower."
Lei Zhen sighed in his heart. If that was the case, he would have no face to see the king again! He took a breath for a while, looked up at the city wall on the other side of the city gate tower, grabbed the Kaitian war halberd, and said: "Madam, there are still enemy troops remaining on the city. I will go to repel the enemy!" After speaking, he looked back at the soldiers behind him and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy!"
"Kill——"
At this time, the Feng army's confidence was growing stronger and stronger, and their morale was getting higher and higher. People shouted in unison, followed Lei Zhen, and rushed to the other side of the city wall.
This battle lasted from morning to evening. During this period, the Zhen army had attacked the top of the city several times, but was successfully counterattacked by the Feng army several times. The battle between the two sides for the city wall was extremely fierce. At the end of the battle, the casualties of the two armies were too many to be counted. Inside, outside the city and on the city wall, the bodies were piled up like mountains.
Up to now, both the Feng army and the Zhen army have suffered heavy casualties, and the soldiers are exhausted. Even Li Cheng, who was so tough and tough, couldn't fight anymore. In addition, it was getting dark, so he reluctantly ordered the whole army to suspend the attack and retreat back to the camp.
The Zhen army didn't set up a camp outside Wancheng at all, because people firmly believed that it would take enough time to capture Wancheng in one day, and it would be a waste of effort to set up a camp. Unexpectedly, the defenders of Wancheng resisted so tenaciously that they didn't let their side enter the city.
The retreating Zhen army was so tired that they could hardly walk, but even so, they had to set up camp before they could rest.
The battle came to an end, and both sides were taking the time to rest and recuperate, while counting their own casualties.
On the first day of the battle, not counting the lightly injured, only the seriously injured and the dead soldiers, the Feng army had more than 23,000 people, and the Zhen army also had more than 20,000. After a battle, the combat personnel of the Feng army were reduced by half, and the Zhen army lost nearly one-third of its personnel. It is not difficult to see how fierce the battle was.
The casualty ratio of both sides was close to one-to-one, which was completely acceptable for the attacking party, but the Zhen army had been invincible since entering the Feng battle, and this was the first time it suffered a setback.
On the first day, the attack of the Zhen army was barely blocked, but Wu Mei, Zong Yuan, and Lei Zhen were not happy. They knew that in the battle tomorrow, with the remaining troops on their side, it would be difficult to resist the attack of the Zhen army.
After the Zhen army retreated, the Feng army began to clean up the battlefield, throwing the bodies of the Zhen army on the city wall directly outside the city, and collecting the bodies of their own soldiers inside the city.
At this time, the stone bricks on the city wall were no longer gray, but had turned dark brown, which was the color of coagulated blood.
Wu Mei inspected the city wall with a frown on her face. She was also wavering in her heart whether to continue the battle and whether to defend Wancheng. If there was a way out, Wu Mei would definitely choose to give up without hesitation, but the problem was that there was no way out at all. After retreating from Wancheng, the next step was Yancheng. Yancheng was much larger than Wancheng, and it was easier for the enemy to launch an attack. It was definitely not something that could be defended by 20,000 or 30,000 people.
Seeing Wu Mei's worried look, Lei Zhen felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, both admiration and heartache. He admired Wu Mei's firmness and calmness on the battlefield, but the burden of guarding the capital and resisting powerful enemies fell on her, a woman, which made people sigh.
Lei Zhen took off the coat from his back, handed it to Wu Mei, and whispered, "Madam, it's too cold at night, be careful not to catch a cold."
Wu Mei didn't take it. The weather was very cold, but her heart was burning with anxiety. She said faintly, "I just got the news that the Tongmen Army has divided 100,000 troops to return to the capital for rescue."
Lei Zhen's eyes lit up. This is a great thing!
Seeing his thoughts, Wu Mei smiled bitterly and continued, "However, the army will arrive in the capital in ten days."
Lei Zhen's originally excited mood instantly fell back to the bottom. Ten days? ! With the current strength and combat power of his side, how could they resist the enemy for ten days? After ten days, Wancheng will be gone, and maybe even the capital will be gone. What's the use of the Tongmen Army coming back?
He lowered his head and remained silent.
Wu Mei sighed softly and said, "General Lei, you have fought hard all day, go and rest early!"
Lei Zhen hurriedly shook his head and said, "Madam, I am not tired!" After a pause, he took two steps forward, approached Wu Mei, lowered his voice, and asked, "Madam, do we... still have to defend Wancheng?"
If we don't defend, what else can we do? Wu Mei looked outside the city and murmured, "When I left the capital, I said that I would live and die with Wancheng!"
Lei Zhen was stunned for a moment, and understood what Wu Mei meant. He straightened his face, cheered up, and saluted, saying, "I swear to follow Madam and fight against the strong enemy together!"
Wu Mei was happy. Discovering Lei Zhen, a talented general, was her greatest gain in Wancheng. She just didn't know if they could leave Wancheng alive.
Wu Mei accidentally found that Zong Yuan had never said a word beside her. She turned her head to look at him, only to see Zong Yuan looking up at the sky. She didn't know what he was looking at. Wu Mei also raised her head and looked up at the sky. The night sky was dark and not even a star could be seen. She asked in doubt, "Master Zong, what are you thinking about?"