Chapter 2841: Ready for War

At this time, another group of people from the Earthly Immortals Association came charging onto the road ahead.

Ying Shao was panting, his lips were white with exhaustion, and he almost had to lean on the knife in his hand to stay up, but when he saw these people coming to kill him, he still struggled to stand up.

Both hands clenched the knife.

"Follow me and kill!"

Some of the people around even had to lean against the city wall to avoid falling down. At this time, they had no fighting power left.

However, the door behind me was still being banged.

Perhaps the army of the Neng Kingdom outside also discovered that the people of the Earth Immortal Society inside were stopped, so they also began to bang on the city gate frantically. The gate was shaking violently, and the wooden nails in several places were loosened, peeling off and flying far away.

At this moment, they had just attacked the Earth Immortal Society from both sides, but now, the situation seemed to have reversed.

Although all the people were still standing, as they saw the people from the Earth Immortal Society rushing up, despair was already in their eyes.

At this moment, a group of people suddenly rushed out.

They were riding horses. When those members of the Bottom Line Society rushed to the city gate and were almost a few steps away, the horses in the front directly knocked the people in the front away.

The man landed on the ground and just let out a scream when the horse stood up, raised its hoof and swung it twice in the air, then fell heavily and stepped on his chest.

There was a dull sound of bones breaking.

The man screamed as if he was crushed by horse hooves. His chest was completely sunken and blood splattered everywhere. There was no sound anymore.

When the people following him saw this, they were terrified.

The man riding on the horse was none other than Liang Qiu, who had just suppressed the rebellion of the Earth Immortal Society in the palace. He and Fan Yingyi led two groups of people to support the northeast and northwest corner towers where the fighting was most severe. When they rushed here, they saw these people from the Earth Immortal Society. Liang Qiu crushed one of them without saying a word.

He sat on horseback, holding a long sword upside down in his hand.

The blade was still stained with blood from the fight in the palace, dripping down drop by drop.

In this scene, he looked like a cold-blooded evil spirit.

The people from the Earthly Immortal Society were so frightened that they stopped and trembled, stepping back involuntarily.

Soon after, Liang Qiu's men also arrived on horseback. Liang Qiu said coldly, "Catch them all in one fell swoop!"

"yes!"

These people had originally shot and killed hundreds of rioters in the palace with arrows, but there was no fighting at all. Only the smell of blood aroused the murderous nature of these Jinyiwei. At this moment, they completely let go of their hands and feet, galloping on their horses and crushing those who turned to run to the ground.

Screams, accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves and the flashing of swords, rang out in the city.

Seeing this scene, Ying Shao let out a long sigh.

However, he did not fall down. Instead, he looked up at the city wall. Luo Qitong led the soldiers on the city wall to resist the enemy while also paying attention to look down, fearing that Ying Shao and the others could not hold on all at once. If the city gate was opened, they would be completely finished.

This time, he seemed to hear the sound of horse hooves below, and hurriedly looked out, and saw the reinforcements of the Jinyiwei.

A happy smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Ying Shao met his gaze and shouted, "Don't worry, General!"

Luo Qitong nodded, then turned around, his confidence surging as he shouted to the surrounding soldiers, "The Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei have already sent reinforcements from the Imperial Guards and the Embroidered Uniform Guards. Don't worry, just beat these bastards down!"

When they heard him say this, the people around him became excited.

The soldiers were already in a state of panic due to being attacked from both inside and outside, and the sounds of unrest coming from the distant palace made them even more panicked.

Many people despaired and thought they were doomed to fail.

However, they did not expect that the turmoil in the palace had been quelled. If the rebellion had not been quelled, how could the Queen and the King of Wei send more people to reinforce them?

Thinking of this, everyone became full of confidence and started shouting.

"Show these sons of bitches how powerful we are!"

In an instant, arrows as dense as raindrops streaked across the sky, like countless lightning bolts flying towards the soldiers under the city wall. Then they heard a scream and immediately fell to the ground.

Seeing the morale rising, Luo Qitong frowned.

Should we open the city gate at this time?

You know, sometimes, morale is even more important than tactics and numbers. While morale is high now and there are fresh troops from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, if you open the city gates and rush out, you can kill as many of the enemy's manpower as possible and end the battle in one fell swoop.

But - will the other side have an ambush?

However, it is impossible to fortify the city walls and clear the fields, at least within a few miles.

But he didn't know the battle situation at the surrounding city gates. If any of the city gates was breached, it would be a big trouble.

Just when Luo Qitong was a little worried, suddenly, a gong sound came from a distance.

When the army of the Neng State heard this sound, they immediately stopped attacking, turned around and retreated.

Did they call it a day?

Luo Qitong was a little surprised, but the sound of the gong was indeed real. These soldiers of the Dian Kingdom retreated quickly, and the wounded soldiers limped along with them. After a while, nearly a hundred corpses and a pool of blood were left behind, dispersing like the receding tide.

The surrounding soldiers had held out for several hours. When they saw the other side retreating, they all cheered.

"Oh! We won!"

"We stopped the Dan people!"

"General, we won!"

Compared to their ecstasy, Luo Qitong was very calm. He held the parapet with one hand and watched the stragglers slowly gather together, like countless trickles merging into a big river, and flow down towards the distant mountains.

Wang Guangming stepped forward and whispered, "General, do you want to pursue the victory?"

“…”

Luo Qitong was silent for a moment and shook his head.

Wang Guangming was a little surprised. In this situation, the city gate should have been opened just after the battle. Now that the enemy had retreated, it was reasonable to pursue them.

But Luo Qitong said calmly: "Although they retreated, it was not a random retreat, but a very methodical one."

“…”

"Retreating like this will make it less likely for us to be pursued."

“…”

"Plus, they're not just attacking us. The Dan army should be retreating to other city gates. They'll all be gathering together soon. If we're the only one to open the city gates and pursue them, what if they turn around—what should we do?"

When I heard this, I thought about this possibility.

Wang Guangming couldn't help but shiver.

He immediately said, "General, you are wise."

Luo Qitong said, "This general is going back to the palace to report. You must immediately take your men to clean up the battlefield, let everyone rest, and be ready for battle at any time."

"Preparing for war?"

Wang Guangming was stunned: "General, what you mean is——"