Chapter 304: The two armies clash; the defenders fight to the death

Xia Chuan's strategy of stalling for time did not last long.

Just as he had said, the moment he ordered the garrison to assemble in the building complex, it was equivalent to letting the people from Longshan come down.

Less than half an hour after the garrison assembled.

Bang...

"Xia dog, die!"

In the southwest corner, Meng Yi, who was patrolling the cave entrance, had just been startled by movement coming from inside a tunnel. Before he could even turn his head to look, a terrifying blade edge slashed down violently from behind him.

Whoosh...

"Someone has come down!"

Meng Yi shouted first to warn the others before drawing his blade to block.

Clang...

The great blade struck his back. The two blades collided violently, and the wild, immense force caused the webbing between Meng Yi's thumbs and forefingers to split, sending his body flying forward more than ten meters.

"The strength is more than double mine; I can't beat him!"

Meng Yi was among the first batch of people in Great Xia to break through to the Cold-Resisting Realm. With the Yang Origin Pills provided by Xia Hong during this period, although he had the cultivation of a mid-stage Cold-Resisting Realm, his base strength was only a little over three manes.

After taking this blow, he immediately realized that the strength of the person behind him was far above his own, and he absolutely could not win without reinforcements. Therefore, while his body was being sent flying by the opponent, he quickly turned and ran toward the direction of the main building complex.

"Xia dog, die."

"Die!"

Facts proved that his judgment was not wrong.

It wasn't just here in the southwest corner; from all directions of the main area came one after another of the Longshan Cold-Resisting Realm experts' curses. It was clear that the Longshan Cold-Resisting Realm experts had dispersed and come down through various unguarded cave entrances.

The entire main area was only three kilometers in radius. The momentum of the Cold-Resisting Realm battles was already astonishing. After the curses, the entire main area trembled incessantly, and the sounds of battle rose and fell from all over.

"You thought you'd be fine by cowering underground? Now I want to see where else you can shrink to!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling's low voice, filled with fury, resounded throughout the entire main area.

Bang... bang... bang...

Immediately after, one after another, sounds of falling came; it was clearly the soldiers of the Longyou Army entering the main area from the tunnels broken open by the Gnawing Rats.

"Fire arrows!"

Meng Yi had just rushed back to the building complex from the southwest corner when he heard a violent shout from Xia Chuan on the north side, followed immediately by the continuous sound of arrows being fired.

Swish, swish, swish, swish...

Meng Yi rushed to the north area, only to discover that at a place only two or three hundred meters from the building complex, hundreds of Longyou soldiers had already come down. Leading the team at the front were Li Ying Xuan Ling and seven or eight Cold-Resisting Realm experts. Xia Chuan was leading Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, and Zhu Yuan, quickly retreating toward the building complex.

The Great Xia garrison on the outer perimeter of the north side was firing arrows frantically at the Longyou soldiers.

But unlike the Cloud Dragon Army or the main Longyou army, these garrison troops were all firing arrows by having two or three people work together.

Meng Yi only glanced in the direction of the hundreds of Longyou soldiers, then immediately turned his head, full of urgency, and ordered his own army.

"Front army stop, rear army continue firing arrows, alternate and retreat, quickly!"

The base strength of the Earth-Digging Realm experts in the Great Xia Hive was all below thirty thousand jin, which is why they needed two or three people to work together to draw the bows. As a result, both accuracy and rate of fire were far inferior to the Longyou Army opposite them.

That's right, the Longyou soldiers were also starting to fire arrows under Li Ying Xuan Ling's command.

Pfft... pfft... pfft...

Meng Yi was standing on high ground, so he could see very clearly. Although there were only a few hundred Longyou soldiers who had come down in that batch, the casualties caused by their arrow fire were far greater than those of Great Xia.

"Grand Coordinator, there are less than two thousand garrison troops on the outer north side. It's impossible to hold them off. Only by concentrating everyone together will there be a chance of winning. Retreat first!"

"Zhu Yuan, you go lead the main army to retreat. Meng Yi, return to the main building to prepare!"

Xia Chuan had already retreated to the front of the main army and was using his weapon to continuously knock down the arrows fired by the Longyou soldiers along with Yuan Cheng and the other two. Hearing Meng Yi's words, he answered him without hesitation.

The five thousand garrison troops on the outer perimeter were divided into three groups, led by Meng Yi, Zhu Yuan, and Hong Tian respectively. The north side was led by Zhu Yuan, which is why Xia Chuan asked Zhu Yuan, who was beside him, to be responsible for leading the main army to retreat.

Meng Yi being able to rush over from the southwest side proved that the pressure on his side was not great, so Xia Chuan naturally handed the task of returning to the main building to prepare to him.

Zhu Yuan moved quickly, returning to the rear to command the main army to begin alternating retreats. With his intervention in the command, the retreat speed immediately became much faster.

Meng Yi did not drag his feet either, immediately turning and running toward the main building.

The underground main area of the Hive was a circular area with a diameter of three kilometers, so the building complex also radiated outward with the main building as the core, occupying ninety percent of the circular area, leaving only a gap of less than three hundred meters on the outer perimeter.

The Great Xia garrison on the north side had previously retreated from the outer perimeter. They had just been firing arrows with their backs to the building complex, so as soon as they turned around, they returned to the interior of the building complex.

Seeing the Great Xia north army retreat, not even daring to collect the dozens of corpses on the ground, Li Ying Xuan Ling directly raised her hand, signaling the army behind her to stop.

"All ordinary Earth-Digging Realm experts. What is Great Xia playing at?"

Meng Ying came up, clutching an iron arrow fired by the Xia army in his hand.

Hearing this, Li Ying Xuan Ling's brows also furrowed. She had been not far from the Xia army just now, and she had seen the way the opponent fired arrows, just as Meng Ying had.

"What's strange about this? The Great Xia garrison has over ten thousand people. First, use these ordinary Earth-Digging Realm experts to consume our combat strength, and when it's about enough, let the Cloud Dragon Army come out to deal with us. Isn't that the idea Xia Hong is playing at?"

As soon as Li Xuanping spoke, the several people around immediately showed agreement.

However, Meng Ying immediately shook his head and said:

"The north side is our main attack direction. The tunnel entrance is too small. We have only entered with more than six hundred people so far, but the Cloud Dragon Army has over a thousand. If Xia Hong were to lead the army himself and press up to block us, it shouldn't be difficult."

The crowd was not stupid and quickly grasped the meaning of Meng Ying's words.

If three thousand Longyou soldiers attacked at the same time, then Li Xuanping's guess would still be very reasonable. After all, Great Xia's advantage was having many people, so sending ordinary Earth-Digging Realm experts out to consume their troops and finally letting the Cloud Dragon Army take action would certainly increase the chances of winning by a lot.

The problem was that the Longyou Army was not attacking at the same time; they were all entering one after another from various tunnel entrances. The tunnel entrance on the north side, because it was the furthest from the building complex and larger than the other tunnel entrances, could accommodate two people entering at the same time, which is why Li Ying Xuan Ling had designated this as the main attack direction and brought a large number of soldiers in from here.

But even so, in the ten or so minutes that had just passed, they had only entered with more than six hundred soldiers. With so few people, even if Xia Hong were to lead the Cloud Dragon Army to press up now, there was a high probability he could block them.

Not to mention, at the beginning of the battle just now, they hadn't even entered with that many people.

If Xia Hong had brought the main army over at that time, it would have been even easier to block the tunnel entrance.

Therefore, Li Xuanping's so-called guess that Xia Hong was using ordinary Earth-Digging Realm experts to consume them clearly did not hold water.

"Enough, no matter what tricks Xia Hong is playing, Great Xia is bound to be defeated today. Let the soldiers accelerate their entry. You all disperse to notify the others, let all soldiers quickly assemble on the north side, and prepare to attack the city immediately!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling directly interrupted the crowd's guesses and ordered them to assemble.

Several Cold-Resisting Realm experts immediately dispersed to the surroundings of the building complex's outer perimeter to notify the soldiers who had come down from other tunnel entrances to come here and assemble.

Li Ying Xuan Ling turned her head to stare at the building complex, her brows furrowed low.

She also couldn't figure out why the Cloud Dragon Army didn't come over to block, but dispersing the main army to come down from multiple tunnel entrances at the same time was a conspiracy in the open. Even if Xia Hong brought people over to block, a large number of soldiers would still all come down from other tunnel entrances.

"Is it that they've seen it, knowing that they can't stop us from coming down no matter what, so they're assembling all the garrison troops, preparing for a final desperate resistance?"

Li Ying Xuan Ling pondered for a moment, turned her head to look around the battlefield, and saw that there were only three corpses of Longyou soldiers lying on the ground, and only a dozen or so wounded, and a cold smile immediately hooked onto the corner of her mouth.

In the bow and arrow exchange between the two sides just now, they shot and killed sixty or seventy Great Xia people and wounded hundreds, while their own side only had three dead and a dozen wounded. This was the absolute suppression effect formed when the Longyou Army clashed head-on with ordinary Earth-Digging Realm experts.

"Even with ten thousand people, you only have less than a thousand Cloud Dragon Army soldiers. The remaining nine thousand are just clay chickens and pottery dogs in front of my Longyou Army. No matter how many underhanded tricks, no matter how many schemes, you ultimately cannot make up for this huge gap in strength. If you are unwilling to withdraw from Longyou, then leave your lives here for me!"

The repeated clashes with Xia Hong had basically ended in miserable defeat. Proud as Li Ying Xuan Ling was, she naturally could not accept it in her heart. Now that she could finally see the hope of a great victory, her morale was inevitably boosted a lot.

The main area was only three kilometers in radius. The Longyou soldiers who came down from the surrounding tunnel entrances quickly assembled on the north side under the leadership of a group of Cold-Resisting Realm experts.

Li Ying Xuan Ling looked around at the Cold-Resisting Realm experts in front, counted fifty-one people, confirmed that not one was missing, and the expression on her face immediately relaxed a lot.

Xia Hong's strength was too strong, and Great Xia also had many Cold-Resisting Realm experts. By dispersing the main army into multiple batches to come down from multiple tunnel entrances at the same time, what she was most worried about was that someone would run into Xia Hong or Great Xia's main force, causing casualties among the Cold-Resisting Realm experts.

Fortunately, not one did, and the main army seemed to have come down smoothly as well.

"How are the soldiers' casualties?"

"It was already counted when we came. Twelve dead, twenty-one wounded. Great Xia didn't seem to organize any decent resistance. There were thirteen batches of people in total, and not a single batch ran into Xia Hong. Four batches encountered Great Xia garrison troops, all of whom were ordinary Earth-Digging Realm experts, who retreated into the building complex after guarding for a while. The Cloud Dragon Army's main force never appeared."

The one speaking was Cheng Guang. He not only carefully counted the number of soldiers but also summarized the encounters of the thirteen batches of soldiers after they came down.

"And the enemy kills?"

Cheng Guang's expression lifted, and he hurriedly replied: "There was no careful count, but after a rough summary, the number killed is at least over three hundred, and there are even more wounded."

Hearing this, the group of Longshan Cold-Resisting Realm experts immediately felt full of excitement.

To break into the main area with such small casualties, this was the strength of the Longyou Army!

"Big brother, second brother, third brother, reorganize the main army and advance. Xuanping, Xuanqiu, Meng Ying, Cheng Guang, Jiang Ping, Sun Yan, Song Kang, you follow me into the building complex first to scout the situation and see what tricks Great Xia is playing."

"Subordinates obey!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling gave an order, pointed out seven Cold-Resisting Realm experts with relatively strong strength, and walked directly toward the building complex. The remaining Cold-Resisting Realm experts, under the leadership of Li Ying Xuan Yan and the other two, quickly reorganized the army, preparing to attack the building area.

The outer perimeter of the main area was only so big. Li Ying Xuan Ling and the other eight only walked forward for a hundred meters or so before entering the building complex area. After releasing their perception all the way and not detecting the aura of a single Great Xia garrison soldier, they drove straight in and walked toward the main building.

"So many buildings have been dismantled?"

"What was dismantled were all iron parts. They should have laid out barriers in the inner perimeter. Great Xia is planning to huddle together for a desperate defense."

Entering the building area, the crowd immediately discovered that ninety percent of the buildings on both sides had almost all been dismantled, but what was dismantled were basically some beams and pillars, including the reinforced parts at the eaves.

"Look ahead, over at the main building, an iron wall has already been erected."

Meng Ying had just spoken to guess Great Xia's intention when Li Ying Xuan Ling, who was at the very front, pointed toward the direction of the main building, signaling the crowd to look over there.

The crowd looked up, their expressions slightly stunned.

Three or four hundred meters ahead, there was actually a barrier of debris piled up with countless iron objects, seven or eight meters high.

Li Ying Xuan Ling took the crowd and jumped to the top floor of a building nearby. After looking into the distance, she discovered that the barrier of debris had surrounded the entire main building, directly enclosing a circular space with a radius of five hundred meters inside.

"Trying to block us with this? Are they crazy?"

Cheng Guang spoke with a strange look in his eyes, and the crowd immediately sneered.

The outer barrier of the Hive main area could block them, firstly because the iron wall was all in the soil layer, making it very difficult to exert force to punch through; secondly, it was the thickness. An iron wall of over ten meters, without heavy machinery, even Li Ying Xuan Ling, the strongest among them, could not punch through in a short time.

But this barrier in front of them, what does it count as?

Beams, plates, pillars, pipes... this was just a pile of iron materials used for building houses, pieced together. Calling it a barrier was already giving it too much credit.

There was no need for them, these Cold-Resisting Realm experts, to take action at all. This pile of scrap metal couldn't even block a small group of Longyou Army soldiers.

"The Xia army has already been seen. Meng Ying, notify the main army to advance quickly!"

As soon as Li Ying Xuan Ling gave the order, Meng Ying quickly turned to notify the main army in the rear.

Any Earth-Digging Realm expert in the Frozen Abyss, as long as it wasn't a special situation, must have stayed in a hunting team and fought against cold beasts in the wilderness, so whether it was individual or small-scale combat capability, they were extremely fierce.

Ordinary Earth-Digging Realm experts were already like this, so it went without saying for the Longyou Army soldiers whose lowest cultivation was at the limit of the Earth-Digging Realm.

Although Great Xia had many troops, their average cultivation and equipment were too poor. Giving up small-scale street fighting with the Longyou Army in the building complex was undoubtedly very wise.

But precisely because of this wisdom, the Longyou Army also didn't have to worry at all about ambushes appearing in the building complex.

Li Ying Xuan Ling and the six people beside her could already see the thousands of Xia troops huddled under the main building behind the barrier.

After Meng Ying left, she continued to take the six people and lean forward, continuing to scout more situations of the Great Xia garrison.

"Five thousand, no, more. The total should be around six thousand."

"There should still be a portion inside the main building. It's too far away to perceive their strength."

"The two thousand or so people in the front row, their armor and weapons are all hundred-forged grade, but the colors are very mixed. The pale gold ones are Great Xia's own, the black ones are our Longshan's, the red ones are the ones they captured from the Blood Guard Army, and there's also the batch that was prepared to be sent to Bai Yuan last time. This batch of people should be the Cloud Dragon Army and Great Xia's main force, right?"

"No, no. Great Xia wiped out the two Longyou armies. Counting the 800 new sets, the hundred-forged grade weapons and armor they captured are at least around 2500 sets. Plus the 1000 Cloud Dragon Army soldiers, they have at least 3500 people who can wear hundred-forged grade weapons and armor. This is only two thousand or so people. The Cloud Dragon Army hasn't come out yet?"

"They haven't come out. Are they inside the main building?"

"Human figures can be seen in the main building. There is a main army there."

"Continue to lean forward. As long as we can perceive their strength, it's fine."

Li Ying Xuan Ling directly drank and interrupted the crowd's guesses, took the lead to lean toward the front, and walked until she was only ten or so meters away from the barrier, just right at a distance of about two hundred meters from the Great Xia garrison inside.

"No, these are all ordinary Earth-Digging Realm experts. The Cloud Dragon Army hasn't come out yet."

Perceiving the general cultivation of the front-row garrison troops, Li Ying Xuan Ling's brows furrowed. There was no need to look at those in the back row wearing ten-forged grade armor. In other words, the Cloud Dragon Army was still hiding inside the main building.

"This Xia Hong, he really knows how to keep his cool!"

"Not just Xia Hong, these Great Xia Cold-Resisting Realm experts also know how to keep their cool. The front row is just relying on soldiers to hold it up. It seems none of them are here."

Tap, tap, tap...

Li Ying Xuan Ling led the crowd to scout for less than a hundred breaths when the three thousand Longyou soldiers, reorganized and ready, marched over from the rear in a dense crowd.

"Everyone, draw bows!"

"Draw bows!"

The moment the Longyou Army entered the field of vision of the Great Xia garrison, Meng Yi's voice in the inner perimeter and Li Ying Xuan Yan's command voice outside were almost synchronized.

Zzz... zzz...

The six thousand or so Great Xia garrison troops in the inner perimeter and the three thousand Longyou Army soldiers in the outer perimeter simultaneously pulled the strong bows in their hands to a full moon state. The zzz sound emitted by thousands of bowstrings tightening simultaneously immediately resounded throughout the inside and outside of the main area.

The atmosphere suddenly became murderous. The soldiers in the front row of both sides seemed to be able to look at each other across the barrier, seeing the murderous look in the other's eyes.

"Why hasn't Xia Hong come out yet..."

The two armies were less than three hundred meters apart, almost entering each other's range.

But on Great Xia's side, not only had Xia Hong, the leader, not come out, but even the Cold-Resisting Realm experts were only a few people on the outer perimeter.

Li Ying Xuan Ling's heart skipped a beat, and she finally vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

But the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. No matter how wrong it felt, she had to lead the Longyou Army to attack at this moment.

"Fire arrows!"

As soon as Li Ying Xuan Ling gave the order, the three thousand Longyou soldiers' tightened bowstrings were released instantly.

Swish, swish, swish...

Swish, swish, swish...

"Fire arrows!"

Meng Yi under the main building shouted synchronously with Li Ying Xuan Ling.

Therefore, the six thousand or so Great Xia garrison troops who were working together to draw bows also released their bowstrings almost synchronously with the Longyou Army.

The two waves of arrow rain shot at each other across the air. The violent force of the thirty-stone strong bows caused a gale to rise throughout the main area. But anyone who observed with heart could see that the number of iron arrows fired by Great Xia was clearly not as good as the Longyou Army.

Pfft... pfft...

The range of iron bows was generally only within two hundred meters, but this referred to the precision range, not that they could only shoot two hundred meters.

A thirty-stone strong bow could shoot nearly four hundred meters at its furthest, but after exceeding the two-hundred-meter range, not only would the hit rate weaken, but the force would also be greatly reduced.

Therefore, when hunting or in small-scale battles, archers would control the distance within two hundred meters, and even to ensure the hit rate, they would pull even closer.

But at this moment, it clearly did not fit this situation.

When two armies are arrayed against each other, whoever pulls the distance closer first is at a disadvantage.

That is why Li Ying Xuan Ling let the soldiers fire arrows at a distance of three hundred meters.

Moreover, she saw that the Great Xia soldiers needed to work together to draw the bows. As a result, the rate of fire and accuracy were even inferior to the Longyou soldiers.

Although three hundred meters could reduce the force of the iron arrows, the soldiers in the front row certainly couldn't dodge them. In order not to delay the rear soldiers from firing arrows, as long as the people in the front row were injured, they would immediately retreat to the rear, and people would be supplemented to move forward to continue firing arrows.

The situation was exactly as Li Ying Xuan Ling had expected. The Xia army's rate of fire and accuracy were far inferior to the Longyou soldiers. After the continuous arrow array competition, the Xia army's casualties were far greater than their own, and there were signs of slowly retreating.

"Great Xia was prepared long ago. Their number of iron arrows is more than ours. Let the main army continue to press forward. Before the arrows are fired out, we must stick to the barrier position."

"Good!"

After Li Ying Xuan Ling gave the order to Li Ying Xuan Yan, she directly drew her long sword, turned her head, and said sternly to the seven Cold-Resisting Realm experts beside her: "Prepare to charge the formation with me!"

"Subordinates obey!"

Li Xuanping, Li Xuanqiu, Meng Ying, Cheng Guang, Jiang Ping, Sun Yan, and Song Kang, the seven of them, answered in a low voice at the same time, quickly drew their respective weapons, and looked at the Xia army.

Li Ying Xuan Yan, Li Xuantian, and Li Xuandu still had to lead the army. These seven were the strongest among the Longshan Cold-Resisting Realm experts, with a strength of at least nine manes. It was no problem to withstand the arrow array for ten or so breaths. As long as they could break the Great Xia's arrow array and let the Longyou Army in the rear lean up, this great battle would have no suspense.

Li Ying Xuan Ling took the seven people and continued to lean forward, her eyes always fixed on the arrow quivers of the Longyou Army soldiers on the flank. When she discovered that there were less than three or four iron arrows left in the quivers, she immediately let out a sharp shout: "Charge the formation!"

Shoo...

The eight Cold-Resisting Realm experts were almost charging forward while withstanding the Great Xia arrow array. The weapons of the eight people danced into afterimages in front of them. While knocking down countless iron arrows, they directly broke through the barrier built of scrap metal, and in an instant, they were less than a hundred meters away from the Xia army.

"Longyou Army, abandon bows, follow the leader to charge and kill!"

Li Ying Xuan Yan's voice also suddenly exploded from the rear row at this time.

As soon as the order sounded, regardless of whether their arrows were fired or not, all three thousand Longyou soldiers abandoned their iron bows and arrow quivers at the first moment, took down the long spears behind them, held them horizontally in front, and rushed violently toward the direction of the main building.

"Longyou Army, invincible!"

"Longyou Army, invincible!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The main army composed of three thousand Earth-Digging Realm limit experts roared and rushed forward at the same time. There was no need to think about the so-called sense of oppression; just from the trembling of the entire Hive main area, one could see the leopard through the tube.

The soldiers' roars caused the earth to tremble incessantly. The buildings in the building area, which had already been dismantled into a mess, didn't know if it was because of the shaking or the airflow caused by the main army's rush, but they actually started to collapse one after another.

Boom, boom, boom...

The soldiers on Great Xia's side were actually stunned by the momentum of the Longyou Army.

The number of iron arrows they prepared was indeed far greater than the Longyou Army, so when the opponent finished shooting and rushed over, they were still continuing to fire arrows.

But the momentum of the Longyou Army was too terrifying. For a time, some of them were actually shocked, and the rhythm of firing arrows was abruptly disrupted.

"Don't be afraid, hold on, continue firing arrows!"

Meng Yi saw the situation of his own side from the change in the number of arrow rains at a glance, immediately roared angrily, signaling everyone not to panic and to continue firing arrows.

He didn't just shout to remind the main army; he didn't stay idle either. The three-mane strong bow in his hand was almost pulled out of sparks, and iron arrows galloped frantically toward Li Ying Xuan Ling and the other eight who were rushing toward this side in the front row.

Of course, it wasn't just him; there were also Zhu Yuan and Hong Tian.

The three people leading the army this time were all equipped with a three-mane strong bow. The three of them were constantly pulling the bowstrings at this moment, trying to prevent Li Ying Xuan Ling and the other eight from approaching the military formation.

Clang...

It was a pity that the strength of the eight people was really too strong.

Especially Li Ying Xuan Ling. Let alone the arrow rain fired by the Great Xia garrison, she didn't even fear the arrows fired by Meng Yi and the three. Holding a silver long sword, she danced continuously, and while knocking down countless arrows, she was only ten or so meters away from the Xia army.

"Xia Hong, still not coming out!"

Having rushed to this position, and still not seeing Xia Hong, Li Ying Xuan Ling's mind was blank at this moment. She had already realized something, her expression gradually became angry, and looking at the Xia army in front of her, the murderous intent in her eyes also rose to the extreme.

Shoo...

Under the blessing of twenty-one manes of violent strength, the sharpness drawn by the silver long sword had almost condensed into substance, and it suddenly slashed toward the Xia army in the front row.

Swish, swish, swish...

From the moment Li Ying Xuan Ling rushed over with the seven people, the target of the front-row Xia army's arrow fire changed from the Longyou Army to them. The problem was that the strength of the eight people was too strong. The arrow rain fired by these few people in the front row, even if it hit, could not cause much damage. As for Li Ying Xuan Ling, who had the strongest strength, it was impossible to hit her at all, because no matter how many arrow rains were fired, they would all be knocked down by her long sword.

When Li Ying Xuan Ling rushed over, the front-row Xia army had already put down their long bows and drawn their weapons. Facing such a terrifying sword, not a single one of them retreated, but all chose to act like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, trying to block it.

Seeing the behavior of these Xia soldiers, Li Ying Xuan Ling was not only surprised, but a touch of appreciation even rose in her eyes.

Of course, none of this affected her sword strike.

"Seeking death!"

Clang!

At the critical moment, a three-meter-tall behemoth suddenly flew out from behind the Xia army, and a great sword suddenly blocked in front, catching Li Ying Xuan Ling's sword.

Crack...

Catching it was only for an instant.

The three-meter-tall blade puppet's right arm's great blade was actually directly slashed off.

"Blade puppet, Xia Chuan!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling looked at the golden puppet that appeared abruptly in front of her, and there was no look of surprise on her face at all. The new army soldiers who had escaped back from the Battle of Changbai Ditch had already told her about this blade puppet of Xia Chuan.

Xia Chuan stood behind the blade puppet, his expression incomparably heavy. With one sword strike, the blade puppet's right arm's great blade was slashed off. Li Ying Xuan Ling's strength far exceeded his imagination.

But he still didn't hesitate. His hands flew with silk threads, controlling the blade puppet to continue rushing toward Li Ying Xuan Ling, while quickly opening his mouth to order:

"Yuan Cheng, lead people to block them. Zhao Long, Zhao Hu, Zhao Bao, you keep a close eye, don't let the Longyou Army in the rear row continue to press forward!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling's expression froze. While raising her sword to block the blade puppet, she sensed a long spear stabbing from the rear again, and immediately turned to block.

Chen Yingyuan had arrived!

Not just Chen Yingyuan, Yuan Cheng, Qiu Peng, Yue Feng, Lin Kai... more than twenty Cold-Resisting Realm experts of Great Xia all rushed out from the main building.

Seeing this, Longshan did not give way at all. More than fifty Cold-Resisting Realm experts quickly rushed up from the rear row, bypassing the Longyou Army, and directly began to impact Great Xia's front army.

Boom...

Under the suppression of the huge number of Cold-Resisting Realm experts, Great Xia immediately began to retreat steadily.

It wasn't just a simple retreat. The lives of the garrison troops in the front row were almost being continuously harvested by these Cold-Resisting Realm experts of Longshan. The arrow array just now had at most taken away the lives of a few hundred people, but as soon as these fifty-plus Cold-Resisting Realm experts rushed up, the casualties instantly rose in multiples.

Watching the soldiers continuously fall, Xia Chuan, who was struggling bitterly in Li Ying Xuan Ling's hands, finally couldn't hold back anymore, looked up at the main building, and shouted angrily:

"Zhao Long, what are you still waiting for, quickly!"

Click, click, click, click...

Above the main building, pieces of wooden boards were pushed open, and countless strong bows were immediately revealed inside, with cold, dark arrows aiming at the Longyou soldiers in the rear below.

"Fire arrows!"

As soon as Zhao Long gave the order, a large wave of arrow rain immediately shot down from above the main building, looking down at the Longyou Army in the rear row.

Li Ying Xuan Ling and the fifty-two Cold-Resisting Realm experts were indeed very strong, and leading the Longyou Army in the front row, they had indeed made contact with the Xia army.

But precisely because they were too strong and charged too fast, it instead caused them to become disconnected from the large number of Longyou Army soldiers in the rear row.

The three thousand or so people Zhao Long led had been hiding above the main building for a long time. At this moment, shooting from a high position, the lethality caused by the arrow rain immediately manifested.

The Longyou Army in the front row had already made contact with the garrison troops, so naturally, it was impossible to use bows and arrows to deal with them anymore, but the rear row had no problem at all.

Pfft... pfft... pfft...

The Longyou Army in the rear row finally began to fall in batches.

Although the number was not too many, it could be considered the best result Great Xia had achieved since the start of the war.

"Continue to hold on, hold on even with your lives. The soldiers in the rear row of the Longyou Army can't come over. As long as we exhaust this batch in front, we will have a chance!"

Xia Chuan's roar gave the Great Xia soldiers who were retreating steadily another shot in the arm. Everyone actually didn't fear death and rushed back for a wave.

"Hahahaha, I can fight three, it's worth it even if I die."

Yuan Cheng was clearly being besieged by three Cold-Resisting Realm experts, in dangerous situations, yet he joked that he could fight three.

Hearing his joke, the morale of the Xia army soldiers immediately rose again.

"Brothers, don't retreat, Longshan is bound to be defeated!"

"Kill!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 305 =====