The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1089: will not break
Chapter 1089 Will Not Break
When the Xiliang soldiers heard Li Tianfu’s shout, they were like chickens with their blood pumped up. They shouted and fought bravely, vowing to avenge their loved ones and capture the Emperor of Zhou alive!
“kill!”
“kill–”
Looking from Pingyang City into the distance…
In the vast snow, thirty giant elephants slowly turned around. The giant elephant carrying the generals of Tianfeng Kingdom and the giant elephant on which Li Tianfu sat gradually stopped moving because one of their eyes was shot… and the snow under their feet was slippery, so their movements were slow and unstable.
When the Xiliang soldiers saw the giant elephant turn around, they were encouraged by Li Tianfu and rushed out from both sides of the giant elephant with roars, holding swords and spears and attacking in the direction of Pingyang City, as if they were no longer afraid of death because they were blessed by the gods.
The general of Tianfeng State bit the bone whistle at his lips, and stared at the bright lights on the Pingyang city wall through the heavy snow. He held the armrests of the chair tightly and blew out a very high-pitched tone with the bone whistle.
The elephant trainers sitting at the neck of the giant elephant heard the bone whistle and looked in the direction of their commander. The high-pitched bone whistle sounded again. The elephant trainers grabbed the escape ropes one after another, clenched their hands into fists… and roared and smashed the huge collar buckle that was tightly wrapped around the neck of the giant elephant.
The collar’s secret buckle was opened, and the heavy collar that bound the giant elephant fell to the ground amid the elephant’s roar, making the ground tremble. The giant elephant also began to run wildly, rushing towards Pingyang City.
The giant elephant ran faster and faster, almost throwing Li Tianfu off. The elephant trainer who was controlling the elephant that Li Tianfu was riding on, because of the language barrier, did not say much and directly carried Li Tianfu on his shoulders. He pulled the rope and slid down from the giant elephant which was moving faster and faster. Li Tianfu’s ears were filled with the sound of wind. She looked at the ground… could only see afterimages, and the wind and snow hitting her face hurt!
Li Tianfu’s mind was tense. She watched them getting closer and closer to the ground with wide eyes. She thought that the elephant trainer from Tianfeng Kingdom was going to take her to jump. She shouted loudly, “Too fast! If you jump, you will fall to your death!”
The elephant trainer didn’t understand what Li Tianfu was saying. He just held the rope with one hand and stepped on the grooves of the giant elephant’s armor with both feet to stabilize his body. Seeing that the cavalry had caught up with him, he threw Li Tianfu down…
Li Tianfu opened her eyes wide, with only wind and snow in front of her. She screamed and thought she was going to die here. She thought the Tianfeng Kingdom had gone crazy and wanted to kill her too. Unexpectedly, the Tianfeng Kingdom cavalry caught Li Tianfu steadily. Li Tianfu’s heart almost jumped out of her throat.
Li Tianfu glanced at the cavalry that caught her, and looked to the side, and saw that the elephant general of Tianfeng Kingdom was also caught by the cavalry. He quickly reined in his horse, and saw the giant elephant attacking in the direction of Pingyang City. Li Tianfu, whose heartbeat had not yet calmed down after surviving the disaster, could not help but reveal an extremely crazy smile. This time, with the giant elephant leading the way, Bai Qingyan would definitely die!
On the wall of Pingyang City, Shen Kunyang saw the giant elephant turning around and rushing towards Pingyang City. He tightly grasped the sword at his waist, walked towards the crossbow with steady steps, and shouted loudly: “Crossbows ready! Archers ready!”
The crossbowman turned the capstan, and three thick crossbow arrows were placed in place.
“put!”
At Shen Kunyang’s command, huge crossbow arrows mixed in the rain of arrows shot straight into the dark sky, but in a moment they rushed rapidly from the sky towards the direction of the Xiliang Army and the Tianfeng Army. The sharp arrows were like rain, more than ten or twenty times faster than the falling snow, making it impossible to avoid them. Screams mixed with the whistling sound of arrow rain resounded through the snowy night.
“General Bai, you go first! It’s not safe to attack the city here!” Shen Kunyang was worried about Bai Qingyan’s health.
But Bai Qingyan, who was standing under the swaying lantern, said with a sullen expression, “Don’t worry, Uncle Shen. With Ayu and General Cheng here… the city gate will not be breached!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Qingyan turned and looked at Shen Kunyang solemnly: “Uncle Shen, have someone order the snow to be piled up inside the city gate, and smooth it out… to prevent the elephant army from really entering the city!”
Bai Qingyan watched the battle from the upstairs for a long time and found that although these elephant soldiers came with steady steps, after they became chaotic, the snow was trampled flat and compacted, and the elephants’ feet began to slip. As long as these giant beasts fell, would there be any worry that they could not be defeated?
After Bai Qingyan said this, Shen Kunyang understood what he meant. His eyes lit up and he turned around and gave the order.
“Your Majesty!” A sweaty general ran to Bai Qingyan and knelt on one knee. “I have followed your majesty’s orders and asked the soldiers to send the people to the north gate. The soldiers who went to the city shops to buy dried peppers and Sichuan peppercorns have also returned! However, when Master Bai Wu led his troops out of the city, he emptied the spice shops near the east gate, so it took some time for my subordinates to collect these dried peppers and Sichuan peppercorns… Now they have all been brought to the foot of the city wall!”
Upon hearing this, Bai Qingyan looked up at the lantern swaying in the wind above his head. The wind was blowing towards the southwest, so the effect might not be the best, but it was better than being helpless.
“Have someone light all the peppers and peppercorns and hang them outside the city wall on the east side of the South Gate. The more smoke, the better!” Bai Qing instructed calmly, “Wear a face mask to avoid choking!”
“yes!”
“Spray water on the peppers and peppercorns, and burn them together with dry firewood to create more smoke!” Shen Kunyang grabbed the young general who was about to run after receiving the order and gave him instructions.
“Don’t worry, General Shen. I understand!” The young general responded and ran downstairs.
The young general spoke quickly and loudly, and ordered his men to tie up the iron pot with iron chains, spray the peppercorns with water and put them in the pot to burn with the firewood.
The soldiers at the south gate of Pingyang City were in order despite the chaos. Their movements were very efficient. Some were carrying pots, some were pouring oil, and some were lighting fires!
They poured kerosene on the firewood in the pot, lit it, sprinkled it with wet peppercorns and chili peppers, and ran up to the city wall with them, not caring about the fact that they were choking and coughing!
“Don’t scatter the peppercorns now! Sprinkle them after we get on the city wall! Quick! Quick! Quick! Quick! Quick! Quick!” The young general stood at the entrance of the stairs and shouted at the top of his lungs. Suddenly, he was choked by the burning peppercorns. The flickering torches made his face turn red from coughing. He covered his mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief and held back his cough. The veins on his forehead bulged from the choking. He raised his hand to signal the soldiers to speed up, then moved the handkerchief away and shouted loudly, “Cover your mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief! Quick!”
Some soldiers who did not have pots simply tied up the red clay stove used for heating with ropes, grabbed the wet peppers and chili peppers, and rushed to the top of the city wall.
The young and brave soldiers covered their mouths and noses with wet cloth strips, rushed to the east side of the South City Gate, sprinkled peppercorns into the red fire in the pot or red clay stove, lowered the red clay stove filled with wet peppercorns along the city wall and hung it in the air. They tied the rope or cord at the other end to the spears, stuck the spears with the parapet, and freed their hands and feet to tie wet towels on the archers to cover their mouths and noses.
The giant elephant was moving extremely fast. Even though Bai Qingyan was standing on the city wall, he could feel the vibration under his feet… and the loud noise like rolling landmines was getting closer.
First update. By the way, Baldhead author Jun owes everyone an update. I’ll keep it in mind… Because the outline has not been sorted out, I’ve been stuck in the past two days and can only strive for 6,000, but I will never owe updates. I also owe you an extra update to thank the leader Feng Qing! Don’t worry, little ancestors…