Chapter 75

"Great stuff!" Li Xian's eyes lit up at the sight of the war talismans. "I must get one to play with!"

However, the battle was too fierce. Twelve war talismans and nearly fifty powerful crossbows made from demon beast bones were firing at a section of the city wall. On the war talismans, over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators were attacking with spells and flying swords. Below, countless soldiers of Cai State and some ground crossbows were also shooting. It seemed they would not stop until this section of the Great Wall was destroyed.

The soldiers from Anyang were also defending and counterattacking. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and the area was like a meat grinder. The bodies below had already piled up to a height of one zhang, and several lakes of blood had formed around. Some of the lakes still had broken pieces of crossbows floating on them.

Li Xian felt a sense of unreality, as if his whole body was floating.

"Quick, get out of the way!" Xu Ren quickly pulled Li Xian, and a powerful crossbow bolt whizzed past Li Xian, carrying a whistling sound.

"Ah!" Li Xian was startled back to his senses.

"Little brother, you finally came! How is it?" Li Liang no longer called him "Xian brother." He looked disheveled, with the bright stainless steel outer layer of his armor now mottled and covered in knife marks. As Li Liang walked over, a strong smell of blood wafted from him, and blood dripped continuously.

"Big brother, we've won! So I came to support you. We annihilated four thousand elite soldiers of Cai State, and only one Golden Core general escaped.

"I have 144 musketeers here. Where should I deploy them?"

"Where else? There!" Li Liang pointed to the war talismans. The twelve war talismans were extremely fierce, and at that moment, another section of the city wall crumbled.

"Boom..." A light sound, and the array on that section of the city wall finally collapsed!

"Charge!" The morale of the Cai State soldiers soared.

"Hold it! Hold it!" Li Liang ran over, leaving Li Xian behind, and took the lead to block the breach.

Li Xian no longer hesitated. The 144 musketeers immediately aimed at the crossbows and people on the war talismans.

In the fierce battlefield, a burst of gunfire erupted, and one after another, the unprepared Foundation Establishment cultivators were shot down. The war talismans were too close to the city wall, making it almost unnecessary to aim.

The sudden change stunned the Cai State generals. In that moment of shock, seven war talismans were completely cleared of people. The uncontrolled war talismans rolled and crashed to the ground, each causing dozens of casualties.

Li Liang roared, "Charge back, our reinforcements have arrived!"

"Report to the officer, Wang Jian has returned!" From a distance, Wang Jian shouted, and five thousand elite soldiers marched in the sunlight, their armor gleaming brilliantly!

The five thousand soldiers arrived at the city wall, their shining armor particularly eye-catching. Over a hundred captives were also brought up.

Seeing the captives, Li Liang was overjoyed: "Hang the captives up!"

On the Cai State side, General Yan Zhengqing was full of confidence, about to break through the defense, when the long-lost sound of gunfire suddenly came from the front, and then seven war talismans instantly fell.

"Bad! How could so many new weapons suddenly appear!" Yan Zhengqing's face changed, and the worst outcome he dared not imagine surfaced in his mind.

The military advisor, Xiang Bowen, answered straightforwardly: "We failed!"

We failed, this operation failed, and Wang Qisheng's operation also failed!

In just a moment, a series of poles extended from the city wall, each hanging a terrified captive.

"General, retreat!" Xiang Bowen proposed the best course of action at the moment.

Yan Zhengqing looked at the completely reversed battlefield, seeing two more war talismans fall, several small generals and squad leaders collapse, and hearing the particularly dense gunfire. His veins bulged, but he had no choice but to order a retreat.

Seeing the front lines begin to retreat, Yan Zhengqing clenched his fists, "Send people to secretly investigate and find out about Xia State's new weapons. These weapons pose a certain threat to the Golden Core stage and are almost fatal to the Foundation Establishment stage!"

At that moment, Yan Zhengqing saw a Foundation Establishment expert's head explode. What he originally wanted to say, "a significant threat to the Foundation Establishment stage," turned into "almost fatal."

On the Anyang side, seeing the Cai State army retreat like a flood, the cheers erupted like a tsunami. It was almost, just almost, that the defense would be breached, but at the critical moment, the tide of victory suddenly turned.

Li Xian was also cheering, thinking, "Look, as soon as I came, all the troubles were solved..."

Li Liang was also smiling, leaning against the wall, panting, his whole body covered in a purplish-red color, even his teeth were blood-red.

Seeing that the two Li brothers still had the mood to catch their breath, Xu Ren became anxious: "Young masters, aren't you going to pursue the enemy? They are now suffering a great defeat, disoriented, soldiers losing their generals, and generals losing their soldiers. If you don't pursue them now, when will you? Do you want to wait for the enemy to catch their breath and reorganize?"

"Right!" Li Liang jumped up, "Open the city gates, pursue! A reward of one tael of silver for killing a Qi Condensation cultivator, and five taels for a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

"Ha..." The soldiers immediately became spirited, not even waiting for the city gates to open. Some small generals used spells to jump down from the city wall with their soldiers. For these small generals, money was not as important as military merit.

"Charge!" A chorus of battle cries erupted, and the Cai State army was collapsing like a landslide, with no chance to catch their breath.

The fleeing soldiers wished they had fewer legs, discarding their armor, weapons, and all heavy loads. Then, like a tidal wave, they crashed into the Cai State's rear camps, severely affecting the well-prepared troops of Yan Zhengqing.

Fortunately, Yan Zhengqing, being a general, gave an order, and the well-prepared troops opened gaps like floodgates, allowing the fleeing soldiers to rush through.

At this moment, several city gates of Anyang opened wide, and thousands of elite soldiers poured out.

From one of the gates, five three-wheeled motorcycles roared out. Many Anyang soldiers were curious about this new thing.

Leading the five three-wheeled motorcycles was Liu Leigang. Despite having only one hand left, he still sat in the first vehicle.

Each three-wheeled motorcycle had three people: one driver and two musketeers.

Driving for Liu Leigang was Wu Peng, a very clever new recruit with a spirit of adventure, who could maneuver the three-wheeled motorcycle skillfully. His partner, Yin Hairui, was also a new recruit with a talent for sniping.

"Today, we will experiment with the lightning warfare the young master talked about!" Liu Leigang's eyes were full of excitement. Using true essence and a bit of magic, he could handle the sniper rifle skillfully.

Yin Hairui chuckled, "Captain, I can't match your cultivation, but when it comes to guns, I'm better than you!"

"Heh, we'll see!"

The driver, Wu Peng, shouted loudly, "Attention, we're in range, prepare to turn left."

The five three-wheeled motorcycles quickly approached the Cai State troops, about fifty to sixty zhang away. The Cai State soldiers, all personal guards of Yan Zhengqing, were the soul of the army.

The personal guards were not many, only about three thousand, but they were like dragons, with a mountain-like aura.

"Fire!" Liu Leigang ordered, and the gunfire erupted.

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