Even after the human race defeated the giant demon race, Tianyuan Pass was not demolished.
However, after the human race split apart, Tianyuan Pass was constantly under repair.
Today, Tianwu and Qiangliang lead a large army to garrison in Guanzhong, intending to use this strategic pass to resist the Yanhuang army.
Chisongzi led his army to a spacious location several miles away to set up camp, and then led a group of generals to the outside of the pass.
Upon seeing the scenic beauty of the place, he couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly.
Given the strategic location and treacherous terrain of this pass, the chances of conquering it with sheer numbers are extremely slim.
After all, given the terrain here, no matter how large your army is, it's useless if you can't deploy it effectively.
Tianwu and Qiangliang also learned of the arrival of the Yanhuang army at this time. They were standing on the city wall looking out and saw Chisongzi and his group.
Beside the two were several demon saints, including Bai Ze.
They were all sent by Di Jun specifically to help Tian Wu and Qiang Liang.
After discovering Chisongzi and his group, they did not send troops to cause trouble for Chisongzi.
Don't underestimate Chishongzi just because he brought few people. With his strength, even if everyone joined forces, they might not be able to stop him from escaping...
Chisongzi walked around outside the city, shook his head with an unhappy expression, and then led his men back.
Back at the central army camp, he sat in his tent and began to ponder.
Tianyuan Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It would be extremely difficult to force a breakthrough, and even if lives were sacrificed, it might not have any good results.
Therefore, he temporarily abandoned his idea of launching a full-scale attack.
Then, he summoned many generals and ordered them to send out scouts to investigate the environment of the mountains on both sides and see if they could find a mountain path that would allow the army to bypass Tianyuan Pass and reach the rear.
He knew, of course, that doing so was probably wishful thinking, but what if it worked? After all, how would he know it wasn't possible if he didn't try...
After receiving their orders, the generals each dispatched their strongest scouts to begin exploring the mountains.
Several days later, all the scouts returned one after another, bringing back one bad news after another.
After gathering all the information, Chishongzi wasn't too disappointed.
At first, he was just trying it out and didn't really expect to succeed.
After all, the other party must have taken this into account when they chose to build such a formidable fortress here.
If there were another mountain path to bypass them, the enemy would probably be prepared. Even if they didn't build a city or pass, they would station some troops there to prevent them from taking the detour...
He recalled that the pass was flanked by towering mountains that almost cut off the north and south, so it would probably be difficult to take a longer route.
Otherwise, if he takes a longer route, and the enemy launches a large-scale attack from within the pass, heading straight for the rear of the Yanhuang tribe, it would be a huge problem for the entire Yanhuang tribe...
It seems that for now, we have no choice but to launch a full-scale attack.
The next day, early in the morning, he beat the drum to gather his generals, and then conveyed the military order, appointing Long Yin as the vanguard.
Long Yin immediately accepted the order and led five thousand soldiers to attempt to attack Tianyuan Pass.
Meanwhile, Chishongzi himself led tens of thousands of troops to provide support from the rear.
As for why there were so few people attacking Tianyuan Pass, it's simply because if we sent too many, we wouldn't be able to deploy them all at the pass!
Anyway, this was just a test, and he didn't expect to be able to break through this pass with such a small force.
Upon receiving the military order, Long Yin led his troops out of the camp and marched in a grand procession toward Tianyuan Pass.
On the city walls, the allied soldiers were already in high alert.
Long Yin led his troops to the city gate. Looking at the high city walls and the tightly closed gate, he gritted his teeth and ordered, "Attack!"
At a command, the soldiers charged out and began their attack on the city gates and even the city walls.
Some soldiers were carrying huge logs, trying to ram the door, while others were raising ladders.
"Release the arrows!"
At the command of the general on the city wall, rows of archers immediately stepped out from behind the battlements and fired a rain of arrows downwards.
After just a few volleys of arrows, even though the Yanhuang soldiers below had all raised their shields, hundreds and thousands of soldiers were still hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
However, military orders are absolute, and the soldiers continued to charge towards the city gate, shouting as they went.
By the time they finally arrived at the city walls, Long Yin's army had already suffered more than half its losses.
The rest set up ladders and used them to leap up and down the city wall.
Even the weakest among them were minor witches, barely qualifying as cultivators. With decent cultivation levels to rely on, they naturally didn't need to bother climbing the cloud ladder.
As for using a ladder to climb upwards, it's merely a means of gaining leverage...
Just as more than a hundred siege ladders were erected on the city wall, hundreds of soldiers began to leap towards it.
Before they could even reach the top of the city wall, a seven-colored light shone on the wall, indicating that the formation had been activated.
Before they even reached the top of the city wall, an invisible force of repulsion surged forth, sending them flying.
Before they could even land, a hail of arrows rained down, and countless people were struck again, falling from mid-air...
In just a few charges, Long Yin's troops suffered heavy losses, losing more than half of their strength.
Long Yin frowned, considering whether he should temporarily halt his troops.
Just then, Chang Xian led an army of over ten thousand men to arrive from the rear.
"Fellow Daoist! I have been ordered to come and lend you a helping hand!"
After the two met, Chang first conveyed the military order, and then ordered the remaining troops at the front to retreat temporarily.
After the army returned to its main camp, he took out a yellowish-brown banner from his sleeve.
He pointed the flag down towards the city wall, and the ground below the city wall began to rise rapidly.
It turned out that the treasure in his hand was an earth-elemental treasure. Once it was brought out, it could gather earth-elemental energy and change the terrain.
This was borrowed by Chishongzi from an elder who accompanied the army, hoping to change the terrain below the city wall, raise the ground to be level with the top of the wall, and form a slope so that the army could easily rush up the city wall...
"Hmph! You think you can cast spells?"
On the city wall, an elder of the allied forces sneered and immediately released a ball of lightning, which exploded directly below the city.
The earth elemental energy gathered below the city wall immediately dissipated, and the ground that had been raised high returned to its original state.
Seeing that his magic had been broken, Chang Xian sighed and put the precious flag back into his sleeve.
Immediately afterwards, an elder stepped forward from behind him.
"Generals, let this old man lend you a hand."
As he spoke, the elder performed a ritual and summoned a vast river, whose waters transformed into towering waves that surged toward Tianyuan Pass.
It seems he is preparing to use magic to flood this place.
"How could we let you succeed!"
At this moment, a demon saint resembling an ape stepped out from the city wall. He leaped over the wall, somersaulted into the air, and opened his blood-red maw to face the surging river...
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