Bloodbath at Green Mountain City: Great Zhou Army Routed Xiao Xuance Furious

The east wind blew fiercely, making the blood-red cloak flap loudly in the wind!

Huang Hansheng, with one man and one arrow, shot and killed two traitors of Great Qin, intimidating the two hundred thousand strong Great Zhou army!

"The old general is mighty!"

Twenty thousand Great Qin defenders raised their weapons and shouted at the top of their lungs.

This arrow from Huang Hansheng killed all their misgivings!

An arrow that could shoot through a willow leaf from a hundred paces away killed two major deputy generals!

Now the Great Qin soldiers had no misgivings, only the bloodlust to fight the enemy to the death!

Below the city.

In front of the two hundred thousand Great Zhou army.

Wang Xuerou's face was freezing cold as she stared fixedly at the old figure on the city wall.

"The Qilin draws the bow to shoot the full moon, the old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop a thousand miles!"

"You are... Huang Hansheng!"

Many questions arose in her mind.

Hadn't this old general, whose prestige shook the north, already retreated to the mountains and forests?

Why did he appear in this small Qingshan City again?

"Hahaha! It is exactly this old man!"

Huang Hansheng raised the Qilin bow in his hand and pointed it at Wang Xuerou from afar!

"You rebel army dare to invade my Great Qin. Today, I, Huang Hansheng, will make sure that however many of you come, that many will die!"

His voice exploded like thunder.

A generation's old general, with an imposing manner like a rainbow!

He was the old general Huang Hansheng!

One of the thirty-six Heavenly Dipper Generals under the Great General of the King of Qin.

He used to be a battlefield veteran who could arm-wrestle with ruthless people like Lu Fengxian and Meng Tian, the four great battle generals.

If it weren't for his advanced age and returning to his hometown alone to live incognito as a city defense general, he might still be ranked among the four great battle generals.

Wang Xuerou gripped the horse reins tightly, her long and narrow eyes narrowing dangerously.

"Old General Huang, I have also heard a little about your prestige. When the Qilin bow is drawn, the arrow shoots people off their horses, and once took the head of an enemy general from among a hundred thousand strong army!"

"But today I have brought a two hundred thousand strong army, and it is easy to destroy your Qingshan City! Why don't you surrender? I will definitely treat the old general well, and when Great Qin is destroyed, being enfeoffed as a marquis will not be a problem!"

She spoke to recruit him, intending to make Huang Hansheng submit to Great Zhou, her words full of temptation.

Huang Hansheng laughed out loud.

"I, Huang Hansheng, am a person of Great Qin in life, and a ghost of Great Qin in death!"

"To be a surrendering thief, this old man cannot do it!"

Wang Xuerou's face turned completely cold.

"Do you know the consequences of rejecting me!"

"Qingshan City only has twenty thousand defenders, but behind me is a two hundred thousand strong army! Destroying your Qingshan City is easy!"

"Old General Huang, I advise you not to fail to appreciate favors!"

"Today you are not rejecting me, but your chance to live! When I break into the city, you, including your family and children, all nine clans, will all be executed!"

Seeing that Huang Hansheng didn't take the soft approach, she directly went for the hard one, trying peaceful means before resorting to force.

The threat was full of meaning, threatening to exterminate someone's nine clans at the slightest disagreement!

Huang Hansheng laughed heartily, his body shaking non-stop, his armor making clanging sounds!

"This old man is advanced in age, and my family has long since passed away! If you want to use this to threaten this old man, then you will have to go to the underworld to find them!"

His eyes were like torches, unexpectedly giving people a heroic feeling of facing death unflinchingly!

He drew his sword and stood, pointing the sword at the sky!

"This old man is already old and frail, and doesn't want to linger on with my last breath of life anymore!"

"Today, ending my remaining life in this great battle, isn't it a beautiful thing!"

"Hahaha!"

His laughter soared to the skies with heroism!

On the city wall, the twenty thousand Great Qin defenders felt their blood boiling, looking at Huang Hansheng with resolute gazes!

"Swear to follow Old General Huang to the death!"

"Wind! Great wind!"

"Protect my Great Qin, fight endlessly!"

"Until the blood runs dry, fight to the death without stopping!"

The neat roaring sound was deafening!

Even the two hundred thousand Great Zhou army below the city was intimidated by it!

Wang Xuerou's pupils shrank, the killing intent on her face undisguised.

"Huang Hansheng, since you insist on seeking death, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Attack for me! Today, I want to make Qingshan City flow with rivers of blood!"

She waved her long saber!

Rumble!

The neat and uniform footsteps advanced forward!

"Kill!"

The two hundred thousand Great Zhou iron army roared in unison, like a tide, rolling towards Qingshan City!

Huang Hansheng held the Qilin bow high, his beard and hair flying, a resolute look of facing death unflinchingly on his old face.

He loosened his fingers!

Whoosh!

This arrow, shooting through a willow leaf from a hundred paces away, shot through over a dozen people, pinning the last soldier to the ground before barely stopping!

"Release the arrows!"

"Kill!"

Huang Hansheng's aura erupted all over his body, and he shouted violently!

Twenty thousand soldiers drew their bows and nocked their arrows.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Countless arrows poured down from the city like a rainstorm, stirring up blood waves of death on the battlefield!

"Argh!"

Wave after wave of the Great Zhou army let out shrill screams, falling to the ground like cut wheat.

In an instant, there were countless dead and injured!

But the Great Zhou army was after all arrogant soldiers and fierce generals, still charging forward madly.

Wang Xuerou hid at the very back of the crowd, watching the scene before her with a cold sneer on her face.

Facing an old general like Huang Hansheng, she didn't dare to show her head.

She could only command the army to fight from the back.

But even so, she could still control the overall situation.

"Raise shields!"

An order was issued.

The sword and shield soldiers raised their shields, braving the rain of arrows to kill forward.

At this time, the sky full of arrows seemed to be countered, completely ineffective.

When the arrows fell, they were bounced off by the shields, or shallowly stuck into the shields.

Soon, the Great Zhou army approached the foot of the city and began to attack the city!

The shouts of killing shook the sky.

They set up scaling ladders, pushed siege engines, and launched a full-scale attack!

A tragic great battle broke out instantly!

"The first to scale the city will be enfeoffed as a centurion! Rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold!"

Another order from Wang Xuerou was passed out, completely arousing the madness of the Great Zhou army.

"Kill!"

They roared and attacked the city, unafraid of death.

Huang Hansheng had already stood on the city tower, his old body not diminished from back in the day.

He watched the densely packed enemies swarming up the city, his eyes like lightning, drawing his bow and nocking an arrow again.

Whoosh!

The arrow once again brought up a shower of blood, shooting and killing the very first Great Zhou soldier to scale the city!

His figure was agile, his archery fierce as he moved, like an old eagle hunting.

Arrow after arrow was shot out.

Every arrow hit its mark, incredibly accurate.

He was simply holding up the entire defense line by himself!

Under Huang Hansheng's encouragement, the Great Qin defenders also resisted desperately.

They fought bravely to kill the enemy, bathing in blood to fight.

Below the city wall, corpses were piled up together.

Blood gathered into a river!

The scene was incredibly tragic!

Wang Xuerou watched the battle from the rear, her pretty face cold.

She could tell that the Great Zhou army had suffered heavy losses, while the Great Qin defenders fought more bravely as they fought!

But so what?

Since ancient times, war has always been piled up with human lives.

She had a two hundred thousand strong army on her side!

Since Qingshan City couldn't be broken through for a while, then she would use human lives to fill it!

Until the Great Qin's army was so tired they couldn't kill anyone or lift their sabers!

She didn't believe that Huang Hansheng could still hold on!

"Continue! Attack!"

Wang Xuerou shouted orders, continuing to urge them on.

The Great Zhou army was unafraid of death, wave after wave charging towards the city one after another.

This great battle was fought from morning until late at night, and then continued until early morning.

Back and forth, it was attacked for a full three days!

In these three days, the Great Zhou army completely saw what was called stubborn resistance!

Wang Xuerou's eyes were bloodshot, her face covered in dirt, her hair messy, gnashing her teeth.

"Damn it! Does the Great Qin army not need to rest? How can they have such perseverance? It has been three days; a two-hundred-thousand-strong army has been attacking for three whole days!"

She was truly so angry she could spit blood.

Her initial arrogance had turned into despair!

This was a tough bone to chew, far too difficult to crack!

In order to conquer Qingshan City, the Great Zhou army had suffered heavy casualties!

Wang Xuerou hadn't calculated the exact number of fallen soldiers, but she knew it was absolutely shocking!

At least eighty thousand soldiers had died in battle!

"Once Qingshan City falls, I must slaughter all of these stubborn fools to the last man to relieve the hatred in my heart!" she cursed viciously.

At this moment, the Great Qin army was already exhausted beyond measure.

Atop the city walls, corpses were piled high, leaving not even a single place to step.

The city gates were even more battered; a gust of wind would bring a creaking sound, as if the gates would shatter at any moment.

Even so, the Great Zhou army continued to launch wave after wave of attacks!

They simply had too many men.

Attacking day and night.

The Great Qin army suffered disastrous losses!

Huang Hansheng's face was covered in blood and grime, his hair and beard matted together with dried blood.

His armor was torn to shreds, several arrows were still lodged in his chest, and his back was covered in bleeding sword wounds; the old general's former heroism and imposing manner were nowhere to be seen.

He panted heavily, his aged body swaying unsteadily, his arms trembling so much he could barely hold his bow.

His sunken eyes were completely bloodshot. He leaned on his sword, using it as a crutch to support his failing body, looking as if he might collapse at any second!

He looked back.

Of the twenty thousand soldiers, only three or four thousand remained.

After three days of bloody battles, the Great Qin soldiers had suffered devastating casualties!

And these remaining soldiers had all tied their swords to their arms.

They could no longer grip their weapons, so they could only numbly swing their arms, gritting their teeth to hold the defensive line!

"Come on! Keep coming!"

"Killing one makes it even! Killing two means I've earned one!"

With bloodshot eyes, they roared like madmen, charging to meet the frenzied, oncoming enemy!

Over the three days, they were physically and mentally exhausted.

But the Great Zhou army wasn't having an easy time either.

They had seen stubborn armies before, but they had never seen this kind of desperate, all-or-nothing stance!

They were scared!

Terrified!

Although Wang Xuerou constantly urged them on, they gradually lost the courage to charge forward!

Wang Xuerou hated it to the core.

Seeing that they were about to breach the defense line, their morale actually plummeted at the final moment!

"Trash! A bunch of trash!"

She cursed furiously, drawing her sword and slashing at a few deserters.

"You are not allowed to retreat! Push forward! Whoever dares to take a step back, I will kill them!"

But even with people being executed, the Great Zhou soldiers remained motionless, looking at each other in dismay, their eyes filled with fear!

To them, the Great Qin army was a horde of demons!

Twenty thousand men had forcibly withstood their relentless, sleepless attacks for three days and three nights!

They were already exhausted, their morale broken.

Wang Xuerou understood this too, but she was unwilling to accept it.

"Are we just going to give up like this?"

A two-hundred-thousand-strong army attacking a small city defended by twenty thousand men for three days and three nights without rest, and they still hadn't taken it.

To her, this was a humiliation!

But what else could she do?

The troops' morale was lost. If she ordered another attack, not only would no one listen to her, but the army might even mutiny and flee.

"Damn it! Huang Hansheng, I will remember you!"

Wang Xuerou said resentfully, murderous intent flashing in her eyes.

"All forces, retreat!"

She finally gritted her teeth and gave up.

The Great Zhou army felt as if they had received a grand pardon and retreated miserably.

Wang Xuerou cast an unwilling glance at the top of the city wall, then turned and left.

All the strength left Huang Hansheng's body as he collapsed onto the ground, panting heavily. He let the blood flow, his face full of exhaustion, yet carrying the relief of surviving a calamity.

"We survived!"

He began to laugh, a smile full of bitterness and vicissitudes, blood and sweat mingling in his white hair.

The soldiers also slumped to the ground, laughing excitedly.

The short span of three days felt as long as an entire lifetime to them!

In this moment, the laughter they let out was more inspiring than any victory.

Qingshan City had been held!

"Hahaha! We finally held it!"

"A two-hundred-thousand-strong army attacked the city, and we held it with only twenty thousand! In the future, I can proudly tell my son: your old man is a hero!"

"Ergou! Sansha! Did you see that? We held Qingshan City and drove away the Great Zhou army! We won!"

...

Soldier after soldier wiped away their tears and laughed out loud.

Huang Hansheng glanced at him, his eyes inevitably stinging with emotion, and grinned. "Good men!"

He lay in the pile of corpses, gasping for air, his chest heaving violently.

Right now, he only wanted to sleep, to sleep an incredibly long sleep.

Just as everyone was rejoicing.

A sudden scream rang out.

"What's going on? Why is the Great Zhou army back?"

A soldier clung to the top of the wall, gazing at the returning Great Zhou army in the distance, looking at the flags fluttering in the sky, his face full of astonishment.

Hearing this, the soldiers immediately forced their bodies up, standing unsteadily with extremely vigilant expressions.

"No... it's not just the banners of the Great Zhou army..."

"There's also our Great Qin army! Our reinforcements are here!"

Everyone climbed up to the top of the wall and gazed out into the distance.

On the horizon.

Banners fluttered.

A magnificent and spectacular army was rushing toward them.

Everyone's faces were filled with joy.

The reinforcements... had finally arrived!

When the army arrived at the base of the city gates.

The leader was none other than Xiao Xuance.

His face was gloomy, and a murderous aura permeated the depths of his eyes.

"Who is the defending general of Qingshan City? Get out here!"

Hearing this, Huang Hansheng forced himself to stand.

"I am the defending general of Qingshan City, Huang Hansheng. Who are you?!"

Xiao Xuance snorted coldly. "I am the Grand General of the Southern Frontier!"

His gaze was as sharp as a sword, staring fixedly at Huang Hansheng.

"Didn't I order you to surrender? Why did you disobey my command?!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Huang Hansheng and the soldiers who had fought bloody battles on the battlefield all stood frozen in place.

What was going on?

Werent these people the reinforcements of Great Qin?

Why were they blaming them instead?

Surrender?

Why should they surrender?

Were they supposed to let the Great Zhou army burn, kill, and pillage in Qingshan City?

Seeing that no one spoke, Xiao Xuance grew furious, his eyes cold and angry.

"I have already gifted Qingshan City to Great Zhou! Yet you dared to resist, nearly causing Rou'er to get hurt. You simply deserve death!"

"Killing you ten thousand times wouldn't be enough!"

He cursed harshly.

Wang Xuerou's eyes instantly welled up with tears, looking aggrieved and pitiful.

"Brother Xuance, these people disobeyed your orders, killed two of your deputy generals, and defended for three whole days, causing my army to suffer heavy casualties..."

As she spoke, her eyes turned red, looking incredibly pitiful.

Xiao Xuance became even more furious.

"Huang Hansheng, immediately order everyone to lay down their weapons, open the city gates, and kneel in surrender!"