C288 (1/2)

”Who are your city generals?” Li Ping did not reply, but indifferently looked ahead. His servant immediately jumped down from his horse, and with a bag in his hand, he gave each of the soldiers a reward, which made them beaming with joy.

”Young master, our general is Cui Shun, do you want us to call him?” The soldiers got the money and became more respectful. Although the Gaoguanli abolished the clan leader system, in the hearts of ordinary Gaoguanli, they were still rather respectful towards the noble tribe leaders.

”No need, our young master still has some matters to attend to in the city. Let's talk about it when he comes back.” Li Ping's servant waved his hand and led Li Ping's horse forward. The soldiers immediately dodged to the side, Li Ping and the two others swaggered into the Wei Na Yan Cheng.

After knowing that Li Ping had entered the Wei Na Yan Cheng, Gao An immediately ordered the soldiers to start a fire and cook for him. The hundred thousand East River soldiers ate their fill up, and Gao An left half of his men to forge siege equipment in the camp.

As the east, west and north sides were dangerous cliffs, which couldn't be defended by humans, the Gaoguellian placed their emphasis on defense at the south gate. Its moat was wide and deep, and there was a trench wall built along the inside of the moat to force the outside into a trench.

If he wanted to attack the city, he would have to fill up the moat first. There were many ways to fill up the moat, no matter if it was to carry the soil or move the rocks, they would have to face the Arrows on the wall. In order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, Yang Lin gathered the food in the gunny sack and gave it to Gao An to fill the river.

Gao An ordered over a hundred cavalrymen to run to the side of the city walls and to take the lead to call for the Janissary Guard s in the city to fight. Those cavalrymen were all people of the East River. They ran to the edge of the city wall to shout at the garrison, but they simply had to surrender quickly or else they would not be forgiven.

The defending troops on the city wall immediately realized that they were the people of the East River of Gaoguanli, and grumpily started cursing. As they sent men to report to their generals, they shot arrows down into the city. In a short moment, arrows rained down like rain, causing the cavalrymen to retreat one after another. From then on, they knew the range of the city guards' bows and arrows, and their mission was accomplished.

Gao An immediately ordered over ten thousand archer to advance forward and line up along the wall's range. He first let the hundred over archer test their firing range, and then he realised, their arrows were still lacking when compared to the Gaoguanli's arrows. They had to run more than thirty steps forward to be able to shoot the arrows onto the city walls.

”All archer get ready, and run thirty steps forward to shoot your arrows!”

Following the command given by the general, the archer s of the East River Region immediately lined up in a row. The soldiers strung their Arrows onto their bowstrings and suddenly ran forward dozens of steps.

swish swish swish … *

Over ten thousand Arrows soared into the sky, cutting through the icy cold sky. They interweaved in the air and formed a dense net made of arrows, just like a cloud floating towards the walls of the Wei Na Yan Cheng, covering the light in the sky.

”Ding ding ding …”

”Clank, clank, clank …”

”Puff puff puff …”

All kinds of sounds came out, converging into a Arrows symphony. Some of the Arrows struck against the armor, some hit the walls, and some even stabbed into the human body. In an instant, the city wall was shining with blood-red light, and waves of wails spread out endlessly in the wilderness.

The Janissary Guard on the city wall was truly worthy of being called the elite of the Gaoguellian, standing on top of the city wall and shooting towards the Dongjiang army of archer below the city wall. Whether it was on or under the city, soldiers were constantly being shot down. And the archer below the city wall only had the advantage of being nimble, allowing them to advance and retreat freely.

As the Janissary Guard was well-prepared, the Arrows s below the city could not penetrate their armor, and only the Arrows that hit the face could shoot them down. As a result, the casualties below the city were even higher than in the city itself.

”Hahaha …”

The Gauzeli soldier s laughed sinisterly as they shot at the archer unscrupulously. These young elites were all prepared by themselves, including arrows and horses. They didn't have any armor. And Yang Lin did not have any extra armor to equip them with, so he could only expose his flesh and blood to the Arrows s.

After knowing that the Han army had started to attack the city walls, Second Prince, who was in charge of managing the Janissary Guard, sent people to report to the King Koguryo as he donned his armor and ran towards the South of the City's door. When he climbed up onto the city walls, the Arrows beneath the city walls flew towards the city walls like rain.

”His Royal Highness is the commander of the Dong Jiang Province, Gao An, leading troops to attack the city wall.” Just as Gao Yuanzheng arrived on top of the city walls, the city guards' officers ran over to report to him. That Gao An has already pledged his allegiance to the Han army, and was just thinking of conquering the city walls to gain merits. ”

”Damned anti-thief!” A few days ago, he received a report saying that the Linjiang Pass was lost. Gao An had never surrendered, he did not expect Gao An to lead troops to attack the Imperial City, Gao Yuanzheng could not help but scold, he waved his hand fiercely: ”All of you stop.”