C57 (2/2)

The bolt had shot at the latch full of holes. In addition to the scorching fire, no matter how good the material was, it was already broken beyond repair. With the full power of the Xiu'er, the bolt was smashed into pieces, bringing balls of flames with it as it rushed towards the incoming soldiers with spears.

The soldiers could not dodge in time and were knocked down one by one, and those with handheld crossbow behind them did not dare to fire. Taking this chance, the Xiu'er stepped forward, crossed the other two bolts, and supported between the two big doors. This way, the gap between the gates was more than ten feet wide, enough for two cavalrymen to fit inside!

However, this situation did not last long. The slowed soldiers closed in once again, and this time they followed Zhang Cheng's orders and approached the door from both sides, hiding behind the door and pushing forcefully towards the center. The soldiers with bolt s were the ones to shoot in the middle. Although the fire wall blocked their line of sight and the soldiers were afraid of hurting their comrades, the wave after wave of bolt still brought great danger to the Xiu'er. Especially after the two bolts were shot off by the bolt, she had no choice but to use her body to support the door that was slowly closing tight.

After being pierced through the shoulder by a bolt, the Xiu'er looked at the crack in the door that was only a foot away and thought in despair, could it be that I am really going to be nailed to death by the bolt here? Chen Chu! Qu Feizhi! Where are you?

Resisting the pain with all her might, she released a roar, forcefully resisting the force of more than a dozen people. She pushed the two doors open once again to the width of a person. No matter what, he had to hold on until the next bolt pierced his body!

At this moment, a familiar voice sounded out from behind her, ”Lower your head!”

The Xiu'er subconsciously lowered her head. The moment she did that, a knight rode his horse and flew past her head. Under the light of the fire, the rider was like a heavenly soldier that came down to earth.

Without waiting for the horses to fall to the ground, the rider shot the handheld crossbow s in his hands, knocking over a few soldiers in front of him. He took out his long blade with his right hand and rushed into the crowd.

Behind this rider, there were continuous riders galloping in. The handheld crossbow in their hands did not stop, their long blades were twisted, and their heads were rolling around as they screamed incessantly beside them. The city guards who were originally close to success were instantly destroyed, and before they could dodge in time, a bolt had pierced through their chests and they died on the spot.

Only ten knights charged in, but these ten instantly turned the tables around.

It was only until now that the first knight who had rushed in finally dismounted, and hurriedly carried the exhausted Xiu'er to the side, while shaking her, and anxiously shouting ”Lord Xiu! Lord Xiu! Wake up! Don't scare me! ”

”If you keep shaking, I'll be dead!” Xiu'er opened her eyes and saw that familiar face. She smiled faintly: ”Xiao Qu, it's so good to see you.”

”This lowly general is guilty! ”It's too late for that!” Qu Feizhi looked at the bloodstains on Xiu'er's body and felt like he was about to cry.

Xiu'er held onto Qu Feizhi's shoulder and struggled to stand up, sweeping his eyes across the other Knights, and asked: ”Where are the others?”

Qu Feizhi immediately straightened his body and said, ”I'll be right behind you, I'll be there shortly.” While they were talking, the sounds of horse hooves and the screams of the refugees outside the city could be heard. The city gate was opened by the combined efforts of the knights, and a large group of cavalry soldiers rushed in. They did not stop for a moment, but directly split into three groups and rushed into the city. One group went up the city walls to clear out the guards, one group went straight for Castellan Mansion, and the group with the largest number of people went straight for the granary.

The soldiers on top of the city wall had long heard the racket in the passageway. Although they did not dare to leave their duties, they were prepared. Initially, they had only thought that the refugees had intruded the city gates. Who would have thought that the ones waiting for them would be the Fire Phoenix Knight who had leaped her horse and galloped up the city walls!

The guards were in a mess, who would have thought that the enemy they were defending would suddenly appear on top of the city walls, who would have thought that the Fire Phoenix Knight would actually dare to charge together on a city wall that could fit five or six horses at once? The heavy infantry outside the Phoenix City Pass could only fight evenly with the Fire Phoenix Knight, not to mention these city guards who were practically defenseless. Cries of agony rose up from the walls of the Tiger Running City. Some had their chests pierced by the spear, some had their heads chopped off by the blade, and some jumped down the thirty meter high wall with despair in order to gain a chance of survival.

When the sky began to brighten, Xiu'er who had his wounds bandaged climbed up the city wall with Qu Feizhi's support, and looked down at the Tiger Running City from above. Although the city wall guards had been cleared, the situation in the city was not optimistic. Du Mingfa who was so scared, had long been prepared. He hid a few personal guards inside the Castellan Mansion, and even after a fierce night of fighting, the Fire Phoenix Knight still wasn't able to take down the Castellan Mansion. Du Mingfa did not die, and the citizens of the Tiger Running City had already made up their minds to resist. They started to attack the Fire Phoenix Knight s unceasingly, while the fifty odd Knights under Qu Feizhi's command were trapped in a corner of the Castellan Mansion, unable to leave. Although the Fire Phoenix Knight had taken over the defense in time, the surrounding guards and citizens had started to attack them as well. Chen Chu led his over a hundred cavalrymen and ran.

The only thing that was calm was the city gate. At this time, none of the Tiger Running City citizens wanted to escape out of the city, because they all wanted to at this moment, right within the Tiger Running City, to eliminate this chaotic army of fire phoenixes!

”Lord Xiu!” Taking advantage of the chaos, Fat Cui escaped from his confinement and rushed up the city wall, kneeling down on one knee in front of Xiu'er, ”General, please bring your first battalion out to fight!”

When Qu Feizhi heard this, he sucked in a breath of cold air. They guarded Xu Keding's troops that were coming down, and at the same time, they were the only reserves army, which had a certain degree of deterrence effect. Once the first battalion entered the city, one would have to face the double pressure of falling armies, rebellion, and the city itself. This was the result of an entire army being annihilated if one was not careful. It could even be said that when the battalion lifted the butcher's blade towards the common people, no one dared to guarantee how these soldiers would react.

Xiu'er didn't speak, no one made a sound, and the sounds of battle faintly echoed from the direction of the Castellan Mansion and the grain depot. The Xiu'er raised her head and said in a low voice, ”Yes. Everyone enter the city to provide reinforcements.” If we win this battle, we can plunder the first battalion for three days! ”

”Yes General!”