Chapter 107: Divine Troops Descend From the Sky, Turning the Tide

The answer of Yanqi defender Tan Li had long been expected by Huihe Huairen Khan Guli Peiluo. This seemingly unnecessary "persuasion to surrender" was just to show his benevolence.

When the Huihe warrior Azar rode back to the Western Regions coalition camp, he repeated the answer of the Yanqi soldiers and civilians in front of Guli Peiluo and other generals from the Western Regions.

Guli Peiluo, riding on the back of a Ferghana horse, sneered and said to the Western Regions generals around him: "Everyone, did you hear it?"

"Tan Li, the lieutenant general of the Anxi Border Army in Yanqi City, is determined to go against my Western Regions coalition. This Khan gave them a chance, but they didn't cherish it!"

Guli Peiluo sighed and continued: "Well, in this case, you don't have to worry anymore!"

"This Khan allows you to not put down your swords for three days after breaking the city. The women, treasures, and money in Yanqi City, whoever grabs them first will own them!"

"Pass the order down and start the siege!"

"Attack the city!"

With Azar, the first military general of the Huihe, and a group of Western Regions coalition generals, loudly spread Guli Peiluo's order to attack the city until all the Western Regions coalition soldiers heard it clearly.

The attack and defense of Yanqi City, which lasted for more than two months, finally entered the final decisive battle on the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Daxin Lingwu.

From the beginning, the battle entered a fierce and intense state.

The more than 50,000 Western Region barbarians outside Yanqi City first smashed the remaining long-range siege equipment in the army formation at the top of Yanqi City.

In an instant, countless fireballs poured with fierce oil, giant arrows as thick as halberds, stones as big as adults, etc., jumped on the broken Yanqi city wall in various ways.

This ancient city that has stood on the Gobi Desert in the Western Region for hundreds of years, under the barbaric and crazy attack of the Western Region barbarians, is like an old man in his twilight years, crumbling in the wind raging in the yellow sand.

On the tower, the chief general of the garrison, Tan Li, had tears in his eyes, and a sense of sadness surged in his heart.

The Western Region barbarians outside the city, under the cover of long-range weapons, swarmed towards the Yanqi city wall like locusts passing through, and climbed up with the help of siege ladders.

Boom!

Boom!

There was a deafening roar in my ears. It was the sound of the Western Region barbarians using battering rams to desperately hit the gate of Yanqi City.

"General Tan——"

"We are here!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from the city wall.

Looking for the sound, it was the people in the city wearing coarse linen clothes, carrying beams, hoes, and even large spoons and kitchen knives for cooking, rushing to the Yanqi city wall.

The leading people shouted: "General Tan, the people of our Yanqi city have already stripped all the beams and door panels of their houses to help General Tan and the Anxi border army defend the city together!"

"Fellow villagers, fight the damn Western Region barbarians!"

"Fight!"

For a while, the roars of the people in the city echoed everywhere on the Yanqi city wall.

These people who dared to climb the top of the city at this time and share life and death with the border soldiers defending the city were cowards who were only willing to die standing, rather than live on their knees.

Although, they were not as calm and composed as the well-trained frontier soldiers who could deal with enemies several times their number.

However, with the addition of this new force, it was like a shot of adrenaline injected into the frontier soldiers defending the city, inspiring their unyielding fighting spirit.

They threw beams and logs, door panels, and even hoes and farm tools at the Western Region Barbarians under the city with anger and hatred.

The Western Region Barbarians who were attacking the city were dizzy and suffered casualties.

Hahaha!

Tan Li, standing on the top of the city, let out his last wild laugh.

First, he loudly promised to the Yanqi people who came to the city to help: "Fellow villagers, I, Tan Li, thank you on behalf of the Anxi Border Army!"

"After this battle, if I, Tan Li, still have this life, I will personally build houses for you!"

Then, he shouted to the Anxi Border Army soldiers who were guarding the city: "Brothers of the Anxi Border Army, follow this general, kill one to get back your money, kill two to make a profit!"

"This group of barbaric Huihe people want to kill us and then massacre the city, so we must also let them see the tough bones of the Anxi Border Army in Yanqi City!"

"If you want to break the city, break the dog's teeth first!"

"Kill!"

The Anxi Border Army guarding the city became more and more courageous, and the Huihe soldiers who climbed the city retreated step by step.

Perhaps until now, these Western Region barbarian soldiers who attacked the city realized that their idea of ​​crossing Yanqi City with iron cavalry and curved swords and slaughtering Han people was too naive.

The resilience of the Han soldiers and civilians in Yanqi City was far beyond their imagination.

Even if they could eventually break the city, they would have to pay a painful price.

"Azar!"

"I am here!"

At this time, Guli Peiluo, the Huihe Khan Huairen, who had been commanding the front line, saw that Yanqi City, which could be captured with just one round of charge, actually resisted the strong attack of the Huihe army and defeated the vanguard of the siege.

Guli Peiluo immediately ordered: "This Khan orders you to lead the Huihe Guards in person. After an hour, this Khan wants to see the flag of the Huihe Khanate flying on the top of Yanqi City!"

"If you can't do it, you will come to see me with your head!"

"I have received the order!"

Azar immediately took over the command of the 8,000 Huihe Guards, and charged towards the top of Yanqi City against the retreating Huihe army.

The greedy and fierce eyes on Guli Peiluo's sunken cheeks never left Azar and the eight thousand guards.

It was not until the guards wearing Uighur armor climbed up the walls of Yanqi through siege ladders and fought with the Anxi frontier troops defending the city, and continued to erode the formation of the Anxi frontier troops that a sinister smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.

Bang, bang, bang!

Bang, bang, bang!

Suddenly, Guli Peiluo seemed to hear the faint sound of rolling horse hooves in his ears.

He looked up and looked around, but found that there was only endless yellow sand on the vast Gobi Desert, blowing in the direction of the wind, but there was not even a shadow of a horse.

Maybe I was hallucinating!

Similarly, on the top of Yanqi City, waving the short knife in his hand, after a fierce fight, Tan Li finally killed two Huihe guards who climbed up the city wall. He seemed to hear the dull and powerful sound of horse hooves.

Looking up, he could only see the yellow sand blowing in the wind on the desolate Gobi Desert, without even a shadow of a horse.

Tan Li couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking that at this time, he still had illusions about the arrival of reinforcements, which seemed a bit naive and ridiculous.

At this moment, the narrow Yanqi City Wall was crowded with Huihe guards who climbed up the city wall.

The Anxi Border Army and Yanqi people who fought hard were ultimately unable to resist the full-scale siege of the Western Regions Barbarian Army, and continued to fall under the enemy's scimitars and fell in a pool of blood.

Tan Li retreated step by step to the city gate tower, and finally took out the fire starter he carried with him.

Behind him, dozens of wooden barrels filled with kerosene were stacked.

Tan Li stood alone on the city gate tower, and the scene in front of him was the enemy army that was like a swarm of locusts, and the Yanqi soldiers and civilians who kept falling in a pool of blood.

He half-closed his eyes, blew against the wind, ignited the fire in his hand, and walked firmly towards the wooden barrels filled with kerosene.

clatter!

clatter!

At this moment, the faint sound of horse hooves seemed to sound in the distance again.

Tan Li subconsciously stopped, but with a bitter smile on his face, he chose not to look back.

Until, a shocking howl that soared into the sky sounded in his ears:

"The Dragon City army is here, the Western Region barbarian army, why don't you get off your horses and die!"