The battle gradually became more intense, but the situation was not favorable for the defenders, and the light curtain barrier of the city defense formation was crumbling.

In theory, the number of troops attacking a city must be several times that of the troops defending the city, but there is a critical point in the damage value. If each of the 100,000 soldiers touches the city, the city defense formation will collapse, which is naturally far beyond the critical value.

Therefore, if this situation continued, Xia Nancheng would not be able to hold out for an hour. This was why King Wu of Qin adopted the more conservative second plan, in which he tried to minimize casualties.

"Prince, we can't hold Xianan City. Let's retreat! Our Imperial Guards can escort you back to the Imperial Capital."

After the rebellion of the Imperial Guards Commander-in-Chief Xu Lin, the Imperial Guards were commanded by Li Duwei.

Yue Xi shook her head and said, "The Imperial Guards and I might be able to escape back to the imperial capital, but what about the 50,000 city defense soldiers?"

The city defense soldiers are all minor Qi-cultivating cultivators with slow flying speed. If they abandon the city and flee, they will most likely be killed or captured. These 50,000 city defense soldiers are half of the military force of Lingyu City. If all of them are lost, how will she explain to the empress?

"If we don't retreat, we have no choice but to attack. However, the enemy's forces are several times larger than ours, so there's no chance of victory."

"Even if there is no chance of winning, we must take the initiative to attack, delay time, and consume the Qin army's manpower."

Yue Xi nodded, agreeing with the two commanders. He looked up and glanced around, then asked, "Commanders, who is willing to lead the troops into battle? Charge at the enemy's formation?"

Surrounding him were generals and officers of the Imperial Guard, all of whom lowered their heads, not daring to look at Prince Yuexi.

The city defense formation allows you to exit but not enter. Once you step out of the light curtain barrier, you can't come back and can only die in the Qin army camp.

Therefore, there was silence for a while. Everyone wanted to live, and the tasks that were 100% sure to lead to death were finally done by others.

"Your Majesty, the Royal Guards are willing to charge out of the city."

In addition to the Yulin Guards, Yuexi was also accompanied by five hundred personal guards, who were her private soldiers.

With tears in her eyes, she said, "Is this what all of your guards think?"

The five hundred guards knelt down in unison and said, "We raise an army for a thousand days, but deploy it for a single moment. We are willing to die for the king."

Yue Xi's eyes filled with tears as he said, "If I can return to Yue Xi County alive, I will definitely treat your family well and recruit 10,000 city defense soldiers to go out and kill more enemies."

The city defense soldiers had no choice. Whether or not to be cannon fodder depended purely on luck. The Royal Guard Battalion randomly selected 10,000 from the 50,000 city defense soldiers. At a command, they suddenly rushed out of the light curtain barrier and directly charged into the Qin army camp.

The Qin army was caught off guard and their formation was in chaos for a moment. The shouts of killing shook the sky, and then they fought one-on-one.

King Qin Wu smiled faintly and said, "Yuexi wants to defend Xia Nancheng!"

King Donglin said, "To resist stubbornly is to die. I really want to see Queen Yuexi captured alive by us."

Xu Lin said: "She wants to consume our troops."

King Wu of Qin said, "Unfortunately, the opposite happened. She will soon find that she is the one being consumed."

He waved his hand and said, "The elite troops will move out, penetrate, divide, and surround."

The messenger beside him waved flags to convey orders, and the situation on the battlefield changed rapidly.

The fighting on the battlefield reached a fever pitch. The Royal Guard Battalion led 10,000 city defense soldiers to attack the Qin army camp, causing the Qin army to fall into chaos. Initially, they did gain the upper hand and killed many Qin soldiers.

When attacking a camp of 100,000 troops with 10,000 soldiers, in addition to having the determination to die, it is more important to maintain the formation.

If the formation is in good shape, they can fight head-on and consume the enemy's energy, but the Qin army will not give them this opportunity.

A team of elite soldiers composed of high-level foundation-building warriors attacked the Zhao army formation from the side.

On the battlefield, especially in large-scale battlefields with thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers, the skill level of a single soldier is not the key factor affecting the battle situation. A Foundation Establishment master will also die if besieged by dozens of Qi Condensation cultivators. However, a group of elite soldiers composed of high-level Foundation Establishment masters will be very terrifying.

The elite troops of the Qin army rushed into the flank of the Zhao army like a bulldozer, overturning the city defense soldiers along the way, quickly infiltrating, and then splitting the Zhao army's formation into several pieces. Finally, 100,000 Qin troops rushed forward and surrounded them.

The Zhao army's advantage disappeared and quickly turned into a disadvantage, with one against two or even one against ten.

The only remaining advantage was the belief that they would die, and even if they died, they would take someone else with them. They fought with complete disregard for casualties. Some people were stabbed in the chest with a sword, but they still rushed towards the enemy step by step. Some people had their legs cut off, but they still crawled forward.

Some with advanced cultivation levels would even self-destruct, leaving no trace of their own bodies and knocking down all their enemies.

The brutality of the war was like hell, with corpses and broken limbs everywhere, and blood splattered until it gathered into a bright red stream.

The war in the world of immortal cultivation ended quickly, until the last small formation of the Zhao army was surrounded and annihilated. The 500-man guard battalion and 10,000 city defense soldiers were completely wiped out, which only bought Xia Nancheng an hour.

Yuexi stood on the top of the city wall and stared intently. The tears on her cheeks and in her eyes had long since dried up. At this moment, she could only clench her fists, her nails digging deep into her palms.

Li Dutong was also excited and said, "Prince, let me go out to support them!"

Yue Xi shook her head and said calmly, "No need. Their mission was accomplished. Although they were completely annihilated, they at least consumed 5,000 Qin troops."

Outside the city, the Qin army was cleaning up the battlefield. King Wu of Qin no longer looked as confident as before. He asked, "Have you calculated the number of casualties?"

"Report... our army has one thousand dead, five thousand seriously wounded, and fourteen thousand slightly wounded."

The Zhao army lost 10,500 soldiers and the Qin army lost 1,000 soldiers. It seemed that the Qin army had won a great victory with a ratio of ten to one. However, if the seriously injured and the slightly injured were counted, the number was very large.

Those with minor injuries are fine, as they are all smart young men and can still maintain some combat effectiveness. Those with serious injuries are directly counted as combat casualties, and people have to be arranged to take care of them.

With this calculation, the ratio is 10 to 6. Sure enough, Yuexi would say that the Royal Guard Battalion has completed its mission of depleting the enemy.

"Make some preparations and continue the siege," King Wu of Qin ordered expressionlessly. "Also, I don't want to see any more panic."

The Zhao army was able to cause such heavy casualties, which had a lot to do with the chaos it caused to the Qin army when it rushed out. If it weren't for the elite troops' tactical actions of penetrating and splitting the Zhao army's formation, the Qin army's casualties would probably have been far more tragic than those of the Zhao army.

Soon, the Qin army reorganized its formation, with the shield soldiers taking damage in the front and the damage dealers casting spells in the back, and the light curtain barrier began to shake again.

As mentioned before, if the 100,000 Qin troops are given a good output environment, each person can break the light curtain barrier with one round of attack. Therefore, a siege is a war for the output environment.

The sound of "boom" was heard continuously, which was the sound of the light curtain barrier being attacked.

There was a continuous "clang" sound, which was the sound of spells hitting the shield.