The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1090: see you soon
Chapter 1090: Bring Your Head
Bai Qingyan tightened her grip, her eyes calm and fearless. She clenched the bow in her hand, drew out a feather arrow, closed her eyes and searched for the bone whistle that controlled the elephant in the darkness, but the sound was too noisy…
The soldiers around her were roaring with boiling fighting spirit, the three teams of archers and crossbows were taking turns in an orderly manner, the overwhelming rain of arrows was whistling without stopping, and the heavy snow affected the vision, so Bai Qingyan could not grasp the position accurately.
The soldiers of Xiliang found that they could not get close, so they hid behind the giant elephant and followed the giant elephant, which was fully armored and not afraid of arrows and crossbows, forward.
But before the giant elephants and the Xiliang army approached, a flame suddenly shot up into the sky on the east side. The one riding a steed and leading the way… was actually the masked regent Prince Ninth of Dayan. Behind him… there was like a sea of fire, with torches lit up to an endless extent, running around in the snow and storm.
“Soldiers of Dayan!” Xie Xun drew his sword and shouted, “It is said that the elephant army of Tianfeng Kingdom is invincible. Today… is our first time to fight against this elephant army. We must test our skills and let Tianfeng Kingdom know that our sharp warriors of Dayan Kingdom are the nemesis of this elephant army. Let the barbarian army on the other side of the snow mountain roll back to their Tianfeng Kingdom! Kill!”
After Xie Xun shouted loudly, he took the lead and rushed out.
“kill–”
The soldiers of Dayan rushed forward and rushed towards the giant elephant in the distance.
Murong Li, who was disguised as an ordinary cavalryman, also wanted to rush out, but was held down by Murong Yan, who was wearing a mask.
“Uncle Nine!” Murong Li’s blood was boiling with excitement at Xie Xun’s words, and he wanted to compete with the elephant army of Tianfeng Kingdom.
“Yue Shi!” Murong Yan said coldly.
Yue Shi immediately stepped forward with the reins in hand: “Master!”
“Keep an eye on your Majesty! Don’t let your Majesty rush forward!”
“Yes!” Yue Shi obeyed the order and took the reins of Murong Li’s horse from Murong Yan, “Master, don’t worry!”
“Uncle Jiu!” Murong Li adjusted the helmet on his head, “Uncle Jiu, didn’t you agree to let me see what a battlefield is?”
“Let me show you, I didn’t ask you to charge into battle! Don’t forget… you are the emperor of Yan!” Xiao Rongyan said, and then looked at Yue Shi, “If your majesty is injured by even a hair… bring your head to me!”
Yue Shi tightly grasped Murong Li’s reins and solemnly replied, “I obey your orders!”
Murong Yan looked at Murong Li deeply, then kicked his horse and galloped away in the wind and snow.
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“General!” The soldier who was placing the red clay stove under the city wall suddenly saw the soldier moving close to the city wall and shouted to Shen Kunyang, “General!”
Shen Kunyang lay on the city wall and looked down. He saw that the Rongdi cavalry had already arrived under the city wall with Bai Qingyu under the cover of darkness… and rain of arrows, facing the Tianfeng Kingdom and Xiliang head-on.
Bai Qingyu, dressed in silver armor, held a red-tasseled spear in one hand and the reins in the other as he walked forward. A few feet in front of him was where the rain of arrows fell one after another, like dense weeds stuck in the soil. The charred arrows that had not been extinguished by the accumulated and falling snow only had flames swaying in their dying breath…
The Emperor of the Great Zhou, his elder sister is within this city wall. Even if Bai Qingyu dies, he will never let the people of Xiliang and Tianfeng Kingdom get even a little bit closer to the wall of Pingyang City.
Murong Yan was quite thoughtful and had already arrived with a large army. Bai Qingyu was not afraid that the people from Tianfeng Kingdom and Xiliang would escape from the east, so he could face the Tianfeng Kingdom’s elephant army head-on without any worries.
There were not many elephants this time, only thirty, which was a good opportunity for Bai Qingyu to give it a try. On his way to Pingyang City, he was thinking about whether the method he was going to use to deal with the elephants would be effective.
“It’s the Fifth Young Master!” Shen Kunyang’s scalp tightened, and he immediately understood Bai Qingyu’s intention. Fearing that the rain of arrows would hurt Bai Qingyu, he turned around and shouted loudly, “Archers, stop! Crossbowmen… speed up! Make way for the Fifth Young Master!”
The archers received the order and put away their bows, while the crossbowmen sped up the capstan.
Bai Qingyan took two steps forward upon hearing that, and indeed saw Bai Qingyu in the front. Without any hesitation, she calmly drew her bow and arrow, aiming at the dark place in the distance where the roar of giant elephants and soldiers could be heard. Her peripheral vision locked onto Bai Qingyu, ready to escort the Rongdi army and her brother: “Archers, get ready, aim for accuracy rather than speed, and escort our Great Zhou warriors!”
When the archers heard Bai Qingyan’s calm and high-pitched voice, they shouted in response and drew their bows… aiming at the distance. This time, they no longer attacked with indiscriminate rain of arrows, but aimed at the enemy and shot accurately.
Hearing her elder sister’s voice in the wind and snow, Bai Qingyu stared at the giant elephant with increasingly cold eyes.
“Soldiers!” Bai Qingyu pointed his spear forward, his eyes cold, “Kill!”
At Bai Qingyu’s command, the bravest and strongest cavalry of Rongdi lined up and rushed towards the Xiang army and Xiliang soldiers head-on.
Shen Kunyang ran quickly towards the east, leaning on the city wall with both hands and looking around. If the Fifth Young Master was here, then who was on the east side?
In the firelight, Shen Kunyang vaguely saw the black bird and green bird flags.
“Your Majesty! To the east is the Kingdom of Yan! The black bird and blue bird flags!” Shen Kunyang turned around and shouted to Bai Qingyan, “Your Majesty! It’s the Great Yan!”
Bai Qingyan did not expect that the Yan Kingdom would come. No wonder Ayu wanted to face the Xiang Army head-on. If her guess was correct, Ayu might want to take advantage of the fact that the Xiang Army was less numerous this time to practice the method he was going to use to deal with the Xiang Army.
Just as Bai Qingyan expected, the Rongdi cavalry ran away in a staggered manner, and two of them rushed forward holding a rope in their hands, as if they wanted to use the rope to trip up the elephant army.
But it was completely useless. The elephants of Tianfeng Kingdom were much larger and stronger than those of Daliang. The ropes used by the cavalry who were charging and trying to trip them could not be shaken at all by the giant elephants. As long as the giant elephants took a step, the Rongdi warriors holding the two ends of the ropes would be thrown out.
Crossbows that were thicker than the spears in the hands of the soldiers flew from the city wall and hit the elephant’s iron armor that was armed to the hooves. The impact only made the elephant shake slightly, but failed to injure the elephant. The fur exposed outside the armor that was hit by the rockets was also extinguished as the snow on the armor melted.
Whether it was Bai Qingyan’s smoke method or Bai Qingyu’s rope method, this was the first time that the Great Zhou Dynasty officially engaged in battle with the Elephant Army, and the first time that it tried to fight the Elephant Army in a way that had never been practiced before.
The two armies came into close combat, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
Behind the Tianfeng Kingdom and the Xiliang Kingdom were the elite troops led by Cheng Yuanzhi, who had already caught up with the Xiliang soldiers who were at the end and started a fight.
In front of them were the fierce Rongdi soldiers led by Bai Qingyu, fighting hard against the enemy. Bai Qingyu rushed to the front, fighting one against a hundred, but he went too deep into the enemy camp, and there were many dangers around him…
Bai Qingyan’s vision on the city wall was affected by the wind and snow, but with the help of the fire burning after the rain of arrows fell to the ground, he could barely see Bai Qingyu’s figure, and saw a cold light rushing towards him from behind Bai Qingyu.
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