The Xiliang army, already forced into a situation where they knew not where to turn, were without the formidable reputation of Yun Poxing... Experienced and seasoned generals had already caused them to fall apart.
At this moment, the Xiliang army, upon hearing the retreat order, followed General Zhai’s direction... They fought towards the weakly defended area of the Zhou army, only to encounter Wang Qiulu’s forces.
Wang Qiulu had not forgotten Bai Qingyan’s words; once they came, there was no escape. He charged at the forefront, with a determination to take Li Tianfu’s head, feeling that only then could he justify the trust the Emperor had placed in him!
Xie Xun was struck on the horse’s hoof by the desperate resistance of the Xiliang army, causing him to fall from horseback. As he pierced a Xiliang soldier’s chest with his sword, he kicked away a Tianfeng soldier who had rushed at him with a knife.
Before he could withdraw the sword from the Xiliang soldier’s chest, he sensed a flash of cold light rushing towards him. Just as he was about to dodge, he felt the gust of wind whistle past his ear. A muffled sound of a blade piercing flesh came from behind. Upon turning, he saw a silver spear straightly embedded into the Xiliang soldier’s chest, the one who had been about to ambush him, with a look of shocked disbelief still adorning his lifeless face.
A frenzied horse came galloping, neighing and leaping past Xie Xun with a thundering momentum.
On the horse, a man wearing a half-face silver mask, with an upright and clear demeanor, rode. His red cloak billowed like an eagle spreading its wings, gripping the reins with one hand and leaning down to seize the silver spear with a crimson tassel.
The silver spear was withdrawn from the Xiliang soldier’s chest, spraying blood mist...
The steed landed, and the Xiliang soldier fell in response.
From atop his horse, the silver-armored man turned the horse’s head, holding the reins with one hand. His silver armor was stained with blood, and in the light of the fire, he appeared like a formidable hellish presence.
As their eyes met, Xie Xun experienced a sense of familiarity. The intense and fiery look in the silver-armored general’s eyes was daunting, but before he could discern who this Zhou commander might be, he felt a cold shimmer approaching. Reacting instinctively, he swung his sword, the sound of blade colliding with metal piercing the air.
Xie Xun kicked away a Xiliang soldier who swung a knife at him, and soon after, that Xiliang soldier succumbed to the blades of the Yan army.
Bai Jinzhi, having had her dislocated arm reset by Doctor Hong, climbed the tower and shouted loudly, instructing the archers to aim carefully before shooting... Avoid shooting their own people.
She stood atop the city wall, aiming downward with a bow and arrow, yet her sight... fell only upon Zhou soldiers and Yan troops. Frustrated, she lowered her bow, regretting that if not for her dislocated arm, she could have joined her fifth brother in clearing the Xiliang soldiers and Tianfeng army without leaving a trace.
From a distance, the sounds of fighting were everywhere, the clashing of metal echoes throughout, with fires springing all around, illuminating the snow-covered earth which had turned crimson with spilled blood, melting the snow and then freezing it into ice in the biting wind, creating an expanse as red as a sea of blood.
Outnumbered, the battle of Pingyang City ended even before reaching midnight.
The Yan Kingdom’s Ninth Prince Murong Yan entered the city with Murong Li and several main commanders from the Yan Kingdom, while the Zhou soldiers cleared the battlefield outside.
Of the more than six thousand Xiliang soldiers, nearly all were annihilated, with less than fifty escaping.
As for Tianfeng Kingdom’s thirty giant elephants, twelve fled, six were injured and unable to fight in the short term, eight were killed, and four were captured alive.
Bai Qingyan also used a hot towel to wipe her frozen red face and hands, and instructed Wei Zhong to bring some bowls of hot soup brewed for the soldiers to them.
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