Chapter 1431
Siege, Assassination [5]
Chapter 1431 Siege, Assassination [5]
With a whoosh, the slave soldiers hurriedly cut the long rope connecting the carriage and the poison sacs, and with a whoosh, they used large leather fans to fan the air violently, causing the poison sacs to rise quickly and fly towards the capital city.
With a whoosh, a strong autumn gust of wind blew from Dongfu Town, sending the already inflated poison sacs hurtling towards the capital city like arrows.
"Hahaha, divine assistance! Our Eastern Desert is indeed blessed by the gods! The poisoning will surely succeed, and the Eastern Desert will surely win!" Alita shouted excitedly. The rest of the enemy troops, including the slave soldiers, who heard this also shouted, their eyes bloodshot with excitement.
"What a load of rubbish! A bunch of idiots, seriously ill!" Commander Gan ordered, "Fire arrows! Shoot the poison vesicles! Leave the poison inside the enemy's formation!"
"What divine help? Even if God himself came today, he wouldn't be able to get the plague through our lines!"
While the commander of the Great Gan tribe was rambling on, more than fifty soldiers of the suicide squad had already drawn their bows and aimed their arrows at the poison sacs.
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh!
The arrows never missed their mark, each shot piercing a poison sac. The inflated sacs burst open with a series of pops, and the plague venom sacs at the bottom of the sacs fell to the ground.
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh!
Without pausing, the fifty-odd Wei soldiers fired again, with only one objective: to shoot down the hundreds of airborne poison sacs into the enemy's ranks!
"Release the divine arrows, slaughter these lowly Wei bastards, and protect the divinely bestowed fire poison!" Alita roared. He himself was not idle either, hiding behind the poison source carriage and using a repeating crossbow to fire a volley of bolts. The battle-hardened Wei soldiers dodged them, and the bolts stuck in the ground, failing to harm a single person.
Alita was furious and roared, "God-given ballistae, bring them out quickly, or we'll all be killed by the falling plague sacs!"
"Fire arrows! Shoot down the poison bubbles and stop the enemy from poisoning us!" Commander Da Gan shouted, his hands moving swiftly as he drew his bow, aimed, and fired rapidly.
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh!
Whoosh-!
flutter--!
Ding--!
The enemy's divinely bestowed crossbows also attacked the Wei army. The large crossbow bolts, resembling small iron pillars, were propelled by the catapult of the crossbow cart, carrying tremendous force to pierce the bodies of Wei soldiers, sending them flying several meters away. Both the men and the crossbow bolts were pinned to the ground.
Whoosh!
Before the Wei soldier from the suicide squad had even died, he fired another arrow, shooting down a poison sac in mid-air. When he tried to fire a second arrow, he simply couldn't muster the strength.
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh!
Commander Da Gan and his men dared not look at him, and seized the time to shoot down the poison sacs that were still in the air.
Whoosh! Ding!
The enemy's divinely bestowed crossbow bolts, like long spears, swiftly and fiercely struck the Wei army, killing several more Wei soldiers in the blink of an eye.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The enemy also unleashed a hail of arrows.
Commander Gan and his men hurriedly took cover, shooting down the poison sacs whenever they had the chance. Meanwhile, the Wei soldiers, who spoke eloquently, kept shouting, "This place is already contaminated with plague! Those who don't want to get sick should retreat quickly. Lingering in battle carries a high risk of infection. Don't let the Great Wei be destroyed while you die, not enjoying any blessings, but instead benefiting those lazybones behind you. Think of yourselves! You are heroes protected by the gods; you shouldn't end up dying from the plague!"
Wow, that's impressive! He rattled off such a long string of words in one breath. Even though no one understood it all, we still thought it was amazing.
We learned the enemy's language together, so why is the Taisho Army so much better than them?!
"Fire arrows! Fire arrows! Shoot down that bastard Liang Wei and avenge the Twelfth Prince!" Alita shouted, but the terror of the poisonous flames was too deeply ingrained in people's minds.
The royal assassins, believing themselves to be of superior status and unwilling to die, immediately turned and rushed towards the twelfth prince's corpse, shouting: "Escort the twelfth prince's body back to the Red Feather Royal Court camp to protect the dignity of the Eastern Desert royal family! Retreat quickly! Slave soldiers and vanguard troops of all divisions, stay behind and slaughter the Wei soldiers to avenge the twelfth prince!"
A hundred royal assassins moved swiftly, rushing towards the twelfth prince's corpse and scrambling to carry it like a treasure... Fearing the vehicles would be contaminated by the plague, they didn't even dare to ride in them, carrying the corpses as they ran to the back!
Alita: "..."
You bastard!
But he wasn't much better off. He also felt that his status was more valuable than that of the other people from the Eastern Desert. After telling the slave soldiers and the vanguard of the death squad to kill the Wei army to avenge them, he captured a warhorse and ran back.
However... whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Fifty meters away, the Divine Envoy's supervisory team, leading a vanguard of assassins, fired arrows at Alita and his men: "Go back and continue poisoning them. After you finish poisoning them, set up camp here and stay for five days before returning to the main camp!"
This?
The royal assassins realized that from the moment the twelfth prince accepted the divine decree to poison him, they had been expendable pawns.
Only those who do not contract the disease can continue to live; once they do, the twelfth prince and the others will be sent to meet the gods.
but……
"We are royal family assassins, and our ancestors were also royalty. We are escorting the twelfth prince's body back to the royal camp to uphold the dignity of the royal family!"
Haha, even the members of the Divine Messenger Supervision Team couldn't help but laugh.
Finally, the squad leader of the divine messenger's command team said: "Go back and serve the Eastern Desert loyally, die for honor; those who rush the checkpoint, shoot them immediately, traitors will be executed!"
These are the two paths you've chosen.
Alita had caught up and, upon hearing this, felt a pang of pain in his heart: it turned out that at times, they were no different from slave soldiers and slaves from the East!
But Alita cleverly said, "I, Alita, the Prince's bodyguard, swear to carry out the divine will to the death and be loyal to the gods! Royal warriors, put down the twelfth prince's body and come back with me to kill the bastard Liang Wei and avenge the twelfth prince!"
What can you do?
The royal guards had no choice but to put down the corpses, pick up their weapons again, and follow Alita back to the poisoned battlefield by the moat to continue killing Wei soldiers.
This journey will be a true life-or-death battle!
"The second batch of elite vanguard soldiers, along with slave soldiers and the source of poison, will assist Alita and his men in poisoning and killing the grain fodder!" The squad leader of the divine envoy's supervisory team gave this order to the vanguard soldiers who had been waiting behind them.
"Yes!" General Aruda accepted the order, spurred his horse, and led a thousand elite warriors toward the location of Commander Da Gan and his men.
On the city wall, the sentry tower soldiers quickly reported this military intelligence to General Chu: "General, a group of enemy cavalry is rapidly approaching the enemy formation by the moat, and they are probably going to kill our soldiers who are launching a surprise attack!"
You can't see their faces clearly, so you don't know who the Wei army is carrying out the surprise attack. But you can see their approximate numbers. The Wei army carrying out the surprise attack is just a small group, no bigger than a finger. Compared to the enemy army, which is only the size of a palm, you can tell that the enemy outnumbers you.
"Issue four commanders, Zhen, Ling, and Feng, to lead five thousand cavalrymen, armed with sharp weapons, to provide support!" General Chu acted decisively and quickly issued the support order.
They didn't know if they could save anyone, but the raiding squad had gone to such lengths, so they had to lend a hand.
"I hereby order Commander Gao, Commander Dai, and Commander Bai to send the longest-range catapults out of the city to launch long-range attacks and deliver powerful weapons to assist our army in carrying out its military duties!"
"Prepare the powerful crossbows! Once those kite-like spheres drift into range, fire arrows to shoot them down immediately!"
"Notify the entire city to lower the sluice gates and block the flow of water from the moat into all the waterways within the city. People within the city are strictly prohibited from approaching the flowing water and may only drink well water from within the city!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
The messengers responded and rushed off to various locations to relay General Chu's orders.