Chapter 482

In the distance, before the Western Qiang camp gate.

When Beigong Boyu and the others saw the Dongmen of Yunwu City open, they thought the gate had been breached.

But just as they were about to cheer, they saw a crimson warhorse carrying a great general charge out.

"It's Duan Yu!"

"He actually dares to come out!"

Beigong Boyu's gaze sharpened.

"Cavalry, all cavalry, charge the Dongmen! Do not let the gate close; even if it does, we must keep Duan Yu outside!"

"Beat the drums, beat the drums, charge the Dongmen of Yunwu!"

"Order the Old King of the Shaodang Qiang and the Old King of the County Magistrate Qiang to charge the Dongmen of Yunwu with all their might," Beigong Boyu commanded loudly.

As the war drums sounded, squads of cavalry already assembled at the camp gate quickly charged toward the battlefield.

West of the city.

Tie Shitou gritted his teeth, swinging his straight blade with all his might to cut down a Qiang soldier in front of him.

"Damn it, keep them down, keep them down!"

"Tie Niu, what the hell are you doing? Playing dead because of a small wound? Get up, get up!"

"Don't embarrass me."

Tie Shitou roared as he swung his blade.

This was the hardest battle he had fought since following Duan Yu.

They had been fighting from dawn until noon.

Of the four hundred men he brought, at least a hundred had already died in battle.

Among them were his fellow villagers and brothers from the Personal Guard.

But the enemy seemed endless.

Kill one, and a whole group appeared.

In a brief moment of respite, Tie Shitou looked toward Wang Yi not far away.

Wang Yi was also fighting in a bloody battle.

The purple cloak behind her had been slashed in two by a sharp blade.

Bright red blood dripped from her leather armor onto the ground.

It seemed she could only barely support her body by leaning against the battlements.

"Xiao Qi, take some men to protect Battalion Commander Wang!" Tie Shitou pointed toward Wang Yi's direction. "We're a bunch of men; we can't let a woman die before us. If anyone is to die, I'll die first."

However, just as Tie Shitou had prepared himself for death.

The attacking Qiang soldiers suddenly seemed to stop, as if a river had been dammed.

Feeling that there were suddenly no Qiang soldiers climbing up from the city wall, Tie Shitou took a moment to look toward the foot of the wall.

He saw all the Qiang soldiers running toward the east.

Huh?

Tie Shitou stood there, stunned.

Did they retreat?

That's not right; he hadn't heard their retreat horn.

With no time to think, Tie Shitou swung his blade at a Qiang soldier in front of him and then led his men to charge toward Wang Yi's direction.

Without the support of subsequent soldiers, Tie Shitou quickly drove the Qiang soldiers off the west wall.

"Are you alright?"

Tie Shitou looked at Wang Yi, who was leaning on a short spear with a pale face.

Wang Yi pursed her lips and shook her head.

Then she looked toward the Dongmen. "Go... go support the Dongmen. It seems the Dongmen has been breached."

"What?" Tie Shitou was shocked and turned his head abruptly.

"They turned around and went to the Dongmen; it's very likely the Dongmen has been breached. Go support them quickly!" Wang Yi repeated.

Tie Shitou was alarmed.

"Oh no, Brother Duan is in danger!"

"Brothers, follow me and kill our way back, kill our way back!"

Ignoring his bleeding arm, Tie Shitou, already near exhaustion, sped up and ran toward the Dongmen.

Wang Yi bit her lip, leaning on her short spear with one hand, and also walked toward the Dongmen.

"Battalion Commander Wang, you should go down the wall first; we'll handle it here."

A middle-aged platoon leader said to Wang Yi.

Wang Yi shook her head and said, "I'm fine. You all take time to rest and count the arrows."

Saying this, she walked firmly toward the Dongmen.

The same scene was happening at the North Gate.

After repelling the last wave of the Qiang attack, Wang Hunu also headed to support the Dongmen.

Outside the Dongmen of Yunwu City.

The Qiang soldiers, shocked by Duan Yu's fierce fighting style, no longer dared to approach.

But there were still those who hadn't seen Duan Yu's terrifying display.

The Huangzhong Righteous Cavalry under Beigong Boyu split into two groups and charged toward Duan Yu's position.

Duan Yu did not mount his horse but gently patted the Red Dragon Cloud-Treader.

Seemingly understanding Duan Yu's intent, the Red Dragon Cloud-Treader turned and ran into the tunnel of the Dongmen.

As for Duan Yu, he retreated step by step to the front of the gate tunnel.

Behind him was the open gate.

And in front of him were the charging Huangzhong Righteous Cavalry.

The narrow gate tunnel could only accommodate three warhorses abreast.

With no need to worry about his back or sides, Duan Yu only needed to hold the front to guard the city alone!

Taking a deep breath, Duan Yu gripped the Heaven-Dragon City-Breaking Halberd tightly.

On the Dongmen wall, soldiers set up bows and arrows to provide cover for Duan Yu below.

When Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu arrived from the west and north walls.

Seeing the layers of corpses piled up in front of Duan Yu outside the gate.

Seeing Duan Yu standing alone under the gate with his halberd, they finally realized why the Qiang tribes had scaled back their offensives on the west and north sides.

It wasn't because they couldn't attack anymore.

It was because Duan Yu had opened the Dongmen, attracting all the attention of the Qiang tribes.

This caused the Qiang forces on the west and north sides to move their troops to the Dongmen.

"My Lord!"

"My Lord."

Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu stood on the wall, clenching their fists tightly.

"It's all because we were useless." Tie Shitou punched the city wall in frustration.

"Men, those who aren't afraid of death, come down the wall with me and fight to the death with the Lord!"

Wang Hunu raised his war blade high.

One call, a hundred responses!

On the other side, Wang Yi, leaning on her short spear against the battlements, looked at Duan Yu guarding the gate alone with eyes full of astonishment and reverence.

By then, the Huangzhong Righteous Cavalry had reached the foot of the wall.

The drums on the wall thundered.

Soldiers pulled their bowstrings to snipe the Huangzhong Righteous Cavalry on their horses.

And below the wall, Duan Yu, guarding the gate alone with his Heaven-Dragon City-Breaking Halberd, looked like a god descended to earth, his powerful aura suffocating. ===== CHAPTER 484 =====