"The one with five little braids on his head, sitting to the back of the west side, is the commander-in-chief, and the one waving the small flag is his deputy," Da Ni'er said next to Huo Xiaolong.
The little dumpling squinted at the commander standing at the very back of the Xiongnu army, aimed, calmly drew his bow, and released it.
"Didn't hit?" Huo Xiaolong asked his girlfriend next to him, somewhat incredulously.
"It's not that the arrow missed, it's that the people in front blocked it. The grassland people have really learned from these two heavy crossbows that as soon as the arrow is fired, there will definitely be a wall of people in front of the commander."
"..."
"General! Someone on the other side has recognized you!"
Huo Xiaolong shot a hole in the human wall, and someone immediately came to fill the gap. The messenger reported the direction of the heavy crossbow attack to the commander.
"Over the years, the Great Yan still has people who can draw heavy crossbows, while we can't even make heavy crossbows, and the other side even has spies!"
The man standing with the soldier waved his flag and shouted.
"Pass on my order! Fire the arrows!"
On the city wall, Da Nier kept a close eye on the flag in the commander's hand. She said to Huo Xiaolong...
"They're about to unleash a hail of arrows!"
The little dumpling ignored the heavy crossbow in front of her, picked up the trumpet that Lu Wangji had made for his sister Mantuo when he was coaxing her from the bundle on the ground behind her, and shouted loudly!
"Raise your shields, the arrows are coming!"
Arrows rained down like locusts. On the city wall, countless iron arrows pierced the azure sky, their whistling sound sweeping in like a violent storm. The soldiers on the city wall held up their iron shields, their bodies taut, tightly protecting everyone behind them.
With the sound of arrows piercing the air, a dense rain of arrows fell on the iron shields, making clanging sounds, and some parts of the city wall were even riddled with holes.
"They can read our command flags!"
"This is a military secret! There's a traitor among us!"
"General, attacking the city is the priority right now. We can catch the traitor after we've breached the city walls!"
The commander nodded; if the arrow rain failed, they could only continue their fierce attack.
"Master! Set up the ladders to the clouds!"
After everyone had dodged the rain of arrows, Zhang Mama also withdrew from the heavy crossbow. The Xiongnu suddenly added siege ladders, and the next wave was bound to be a fierce attack. The task of finding the enemy commander fell on Huo Xiaolong alone.
Normally, none of the thirteen or fourteen-year-old maids, except for Ping'er, had ever killed anyone. But today, for some reason, they didn't even have the heart to tremble. The white knife went in and the red knife came out, as if they were numb killing machines.
The grooves on the three-pointed, double-edged sword in Chunying's hand were already covered in deep red. The girl's movements were wide and powerful; she turned and bent over, fighting against multiple opponents single-handedly. The enemy forces at Liuxu and Miao Cuifang's location were the fewest. The Xiongnu knew that as long as one climbed the cloud ladder, these two could easily send one crashing down with a wave of their hands.
Zhiyin stood beside her sister, carrying a heavy sword. Her usually delicate hands, which were used to playing the zither and composing music, were covered in scars, with the tiger's mouth torn open. But the girl's grip on the sword remained steady.
"Zhiyin, go to the back and bandage it with the medicinal medicine, and wrap more gauze around the tiger's mouth."
She glanced back at her sister and nodded.
"girl!"
A gash was torn open beside Manto, and a group of Huns surrounded You Sheng and her. The scimitars flashed, and the woman, without uttering many words, shielded You Sheng behind her and fought alongside the others.
Manto knew that the people of Fengyue Tower wouldn't just stand by and watch her and Yousheng die on this city wall. Although it was a desperate fighting style, they would protect Yousheng for as long as possible.
The woman with the face of a demon touched the ground with her toes, somersaulted into the air, spun the twin swords in her hands, and in an instant, two heads fell to the ground.
"girl!"
One by one, the soldiers guarding the city behind Manto fell to the ground, and three or four Huns brandished their swords and rushed straight for the woman's back.
The young girl Yousheng severed the arms of two people, but she couldn't stop the remaining ones. She used all her strength to push Manto away.
--puff
The curved blade pierced the girl's frail body. Manto had just broken free from the entanglement of the Huns in front of her when she turned around and saw Yousheng with her body pierced through.
Blood flowed down her nose and the corners of her mouth. Perhaps it was from the pain, but she lay on the city wall, her breathing rapid and shallow.
"Yousheng!!"
The woman's screams were heart-wrenching and her hoarse voice shattered the fighting on the city walls.
"Yousheng!"
"Yousheng!"
Huo Xiaolong also lowered his crossbow bolt. As long as she wasn't there, the people from Fengyue Tower wouldn't need to go to great lengths to guard her.
Everyone immediately went to help Manto out of the predicament, leaving several martial arts masters to continue guarding the heavy crossbow.
"Sister Yousheng!"
Manto immediately fed the little girl ginseng pills, and her breathing became slightly more stable, but blood continued to flow from the corners of her mouth and nose, and the wounds were still bright red, stinging the eyes.
Looking at You Sheng lying on the ground, barely breathing, Huo Xiaolong's tears flowed like a broken string of pearls, and she herself didn't even realize she was crying.
"I need to draw my sword and then take it down to Grandpa Gu."
Mando nodded, gripped the hilt of the knife on Yousheng's body, and was just about to exert force.
"Sister Mando, let me do it."
In comparison, Huo Xiaolong has a little more knowledge of first aid, is stronger, and knows how to use his strength skillfully, which can minimize the damage to the body caused by drawing a knife.
With another 'plop', the moment the sword was drawn, blood gushed out of the wound like a fountain. The little girl on the ground trembled, and Huo Xiaolong quickly poured some spiritual spring water to stop the bleeding.
“Sister Yousheng, you’ve got this much, there are… there are two more.”
Yousheng felt like he might be going to meet the King of Hell, but...
But she refused to accept it!
Why! Why should the good days we've just started to enjoy be taken away? The little girl nodded with all her might, holding Manto's hand and looking at the girl who had been so numb every day at Fanghua Tower.
“Girl, I…” You Sheng spoke haltingly, trembling from the pain of the knife wounds on her body.
"I...I won't...I won't die."
"I haven't lived enough yet."
Mando felt another surge of strength in the hand being held; Huo Xiaolong had drawn his sword again. The woman wiped the cold sweat from the little girl's face and said to her...
"Yes! Neither of us will die, you have to...you have to live, ah."
You must live on and continue living the life we have worked so hard for.
--bite
All the knives on You Sheng's body had been removed. The group found a stretcher and took You Sheng to Doctor Gu.
When Huo Xiaolong arrived at You Sheng's side, he immediately fed the little maid two pills. She had already thought of three pills; as long as the city didn't fall, You Sheng wouldn't die.
The most important thing right now is to defend the city.
You Sheng was just the first sister to fall. If the city fell, all the sisters in Fengyue Tower, as well as her mother and her mother, would die together.
so……
The enemy commander must die!
Huo Xiaolong returned to the heavy crossbow, filled with resentment, and drew her bow, scattering the human wall countless times.
"Ni'er, just how many human walls do they have?!"
"Did you see that square squad next to him?"
Huo Xiaolong looked in the direction Da Nier was pointing and nodded in reply.
"I saw it."
"All of them."
Having been given a second chance at life, she gained a clear understanding of the loss of her country and the extinction of her race for the first time. Whether attacking or defending, they fought desperately, risking their lives for their homeland.
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