"Hasn't it arrived yet?" He, who was always known for his calmness, felt a little anxious at this moment. Opportunities on the battlefield were fleeting, and the results would be very different if they were a few minutes earlier or later. The opportunity lay in these most critical few minutes.
"We can't wait any longer." Looking at the iron chain that was gradually breaking on the river, he raised his hand, ready to swing it down, letting the last and largest group of troops come forward. Originally, this group needed to cooperate in cover.
The battlefield on the river was like a raging fire, with scattered broken wood boards, floating corpses, swimming figures, burning flames and black smoke everywhere. Just as the defenders on the south bank gradually breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that they could greatly damage the morale of the Northern Palace Army this time, a sound of earth shaking came from the northwest.
"Enemy attack!"
A long horn was blown urgently, and the sobbing sound spread across the sky, attracting the attention of people on both sides of the battlefield.
On the upper reaches of the south bank, teams of cavalrymen were seen galloping down from the upper reaches. Through the dust and smoke, the flags of the cavalrymen heading north gradually became clear. They were the cavalrymen of the Northern Palace Army, the ones that had previously marched westward.
After overthrowing the new king, they rested in Luojing for a few days, then left the prosperous and ruined capital, heading south along the river, galloping all the way, so that the Huainan King's garrison on the south bank was caught off guard.
"How could it be so sudden?" The defender in Ziye City couldn't understand why he had not received any notification after traveling for such a long time. Could it be that the defenders along the way did not exist?
In fact, it did exist, but this time the Northern Army divided the cavalry into several groups, which took turns attacking and galloping. Every time they arrived at a place, they sent some cavalry to contain the enemy, and then continued to march south without stopping, so that they could get ahead of the enemy before they knew about it.
Speed is of the essence in war, but it also comes at a price. The fatigue from the long journey caused the combat effectiveness of the originally elite Northern Army cavalry to decline. Without the cooperation of friendly forces, their cavalry of tens of thousands would probably be immediately overwhelmed by the defenders and would not have the extra energy to escape.
This was the timing on the battlefield. When this cavalry appeared, Zhuo Muye decisively ordered the last batch of attacking legions to move forward. This was also the largest and most elite group of soldiers. They roared and rushed towards the floating bridge on the iron chains, advancing quickly under the artillery fire. At the same time, all the remaining wooden boats on the river bank set off to cover the soldiers crossing the river.
The Yellow Sea Fleet on the river kept firing, and the pontoon bridge was blown away from time to time, and then filled with wooden boats from the rear. As time passed, the small boats of the Northern Army also surrounded them. The soldiers on the boats swung their grappling hooks and climbed towards the tall ship in front of them. The two sides began to fight on the deck.
Under the interference of close combat, the fire from these warships finally became smaller, and they began to adjust their speed, get rid of the small boats behind them, and return to the south bank.
On the south bank, the defenders urgently adjusted the direction of their response to the enemy and blocked the charging cavalry. The two sides crossed on the shore, and one by one the defenders' soldiers were pierced by long spears and flew away, and many of the galloping cavalry also died in the dense forest of muskets and spears.
During this time, a large number of Northern Army soldiers finally crossed the river bank and began to fight with the defenders on the shore. At this time, the front line became corrupted, with chaotic fighting everywhere, and it all depended on the bravery of the soldiers themselves.
The battle between the two sides continued from early morning until nearly dusk. Finally, with a loud collapse, the gate of Ziye City was broken open, and the Northern Army in silver armor and white clothes swarmed in, overwhelming the army of King Huainan in red and black armor in the city.
With the change of ownership of Ziye City, the Northern Army finally crossed this natural barrier and began to border the many states and counties of King Huainan.
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Just when King Huainan was worried about the Northern Palace Army and Youxin Kingdom, an uninvited guest came to the remote Heishui Island.
"This is the headquarters of the Red Immortal Sect. It looks somewhat familiar."
A woman in a black gauze dress was walking on a path in the field. She looked around with a graceful figure, and her seductive figure was revealed through the hazy gauze dress, which made some farmers on the roadside stunned and unable to take their eyes off her.
"Oh my, it seems like someone has bad intentions, this can't be okay~" She blinked and a sweet smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, which made the passers-by who were already intoxicated by her appearance feel a pang in their hearts, as if they couldn't breathe, and fainted on the side of the road.
"It's quiet now." She chuckled and took light steps forward, but her bare feet were always a little distance from the ground to avoid dust and mud.
This beautiful and charming woman showed no signs of concealment along the way, causing many passers-by to fall in love with her and faint, all the way to the main gate of the Chixian Sect.
"Who are you?" The two true disciples stationed at the main gate asked the other fellow disciples to step back and make way, and then they stepped forward carefully. Perhaps because they were both women, although they were full of surprise, they still managed to stay sober and asked their fellow disciples to quickly inform the elders of the sect.
"As for me, let me think which name I should use now. Oh, let's call her 'Yi Miaoxin'." She tilted her head in thought, and the mere sight of her fingers gently twisting her hair was enough to make people's hearts flutter.
Seeing that the two true disciples were unable to resist at all, bursts of clear sounds of wind chimes were heard in the Red Immortal Sect, and the metal copper pieces hanging under the eaves collided with each other and penetrated far into the mountains.
Soon, many disciples of the Red Immortal Sect arrived, and just as the number of people increased, several masked elders wearing hoods appeared. They asked all the disciples in the sect to disperse, and then carefully went to greet the woman.
There are many elders at the seventh and eighth levels among these elders. They are the hidden and accumulated power of the Red Immortal Sect. But now they are facing a great enemy and are extremely nervous.
"Excuse me, Senior Yi Miaoxin, are you coming to the sect today to request something?" Although the Red Immortal Sect is located in a remote area, it was once glorious and has a deep understanding of the forces in the world. The person in front of him is definitely not an ordinary transcendent, and is very likely the legendary "goddess" or "witch". It is no ordinary thing for such a person to come to the Red Immortal Sect.
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