Chapter 1089: Chapter 1083: Kill
However, the elephant’s trunk was protected by chain mail, making it nearly impossible for fire arrows, which seed like re sticks to the elephants, to penetrate.
On the city walls, the first group of bown launched fire arrows, crouching down to dip arrows in oil and draw their bows as the second group stood up in succession. The arrow rain was like a giant net, rushing out in thousands, seemingly igniting the sky above Pingyang City with flas. Fire light flickered one after another in the snowy night sky, resembling daylight…
Before those massive figures could stand firm, the incoming fire arrow rain arrived with a whistling sound. Even though the elephants were clad in armor, countless fire arrows ca whistling down, crashing into the armor and falling, yet the arrows were coated with oil. As soon as the oil touched the animal hide worn by the elephants from the Tianfeng Kingdom, it imdiately caught fire.
The giant elephants shook their heads chaotically, almost throwing off the Tianfeng Kingdom generals. The generals urgently grabbed the bone whistles hanging from their chests, blowing continuously, and those chaotic elephants seed to be under a spell, gradually ceasing their rampage, as if the injuries on their bodies no longer existed, the burning fur no longer felt on their skin, they turned and retreated…
The elephant tars sitting on the backs of the elephants hurriedly used clothes to put out the fires as the elephants continued to move.
Li Tianfu, terrified and pale from the chaotic rampage of the giant elephants, tightly clutched the armrests of her seat, watching as the canopy was pierced by the fiery arrows, an arrow narrowly missing her head and embedding into the wood supporting the canopy’s corners…
Luckily, the canopy was covered with accumulated snow, preventing the fire from igniting, and the arrow feathers pierced through the snow on the canopy, extinguishing the fla with oil, yet the arrow rain continued, who knew when it might take her life.
After turning, the giant elephants ran very fast, stepping on soldiers underfoot as they ran, almost throwing off Li Tianfu again.
The soldiers who were commanded to retreat were sprinting wildly in the snow, those who slipped were trampled by their comrades, and the unlucky ones were crushed into pulp by the elephants.
Li Tianfu tightly held onto the wooden posts of the canopy, looking back at the city walls where the fire arrows were continuously being launched. She witnessed with her own eyes the fire arrows crashing into the armor-clad elephants, unable to penetrate the iron armor and falling down, yet the bluish flas on the oil burned on the armor, extinguished by the vast snowflakes due to the lack of combustible material.
She gritted her teeth tightly, her ears only filled with the sound of howling wind and snow, her face and hands were red from the cold, she turned and shouted loudly: “We’ve already retreated out of their arrow’s range! Why haven’t you stopped?! Bai Qingyan is standing on Pingyang City’s tower, it’s such a good opportunity! Use the elephants to ram Pingyang City’s gate, as long as we enter, we’ll surely capture Bai Qingyan alive! Retreating now is cowardice and failure! Capturing Bai Qingyan is a significant achievent! Only then can your Tianfeng Kingdom find a foothold!”
The commander of the Tianfeng Kingdom elephants could comprehend Li Tianfu’s aning, but he also understood that Li Tianfu was a vengeful lunatic!
God had already given him a warning, he should have retreated at that ti, not giving in to greed! This ti, the Emperor of Zhou had personally led troops, despite not knowing how many troops Zhou brought, but considering today’s Four-Nation Alliance viewing from afar, the overwhelming crowd was definitely not a few!
The Tianfeng Kingdom ca to help Xiliang retrieve Li Zhijie, and since it’s winter, they were unprepared for war, suddenly initiating war was too rash, thirty elephants might not suffice.
“Kill—”
“Kill—”
Just as the Tianfeng Kingdom General decided to ride the elephants back with his soldiers, ignoring Li Tianfu, firelight suddenly roared in the east amidst the heavy snow, killing cries shook the sky.
From afar, Cheng Yuanzhi, rushing with cavalry to block the Tianfeng Kingdom’s path, heard this and turned back towards Pingyang City, only to see continuous fire arrow rain like countless teors flying continuously, accompanied by the echoing cries of elephants piercing the black night, he loudly commanded: “Release fireworks!”
Beside Cheng Yuanzhi, Sima Ping, blinded by the wind and snow, responded and took out signal fireworks from his chest, shooting them straight into the sky…
“Whoosh—Boom—”
Red fireworks ascended into the sky.
Fifteen thousand Bai family soldiers received orders, pulling back their horses, turned them around in the night.
Rong’s strongest sweat-blooded horses ran until they were sweating profusely, amidst the heavy snow, steam enveloped their bodies, exhaling heavy white breath.
Cheng Yuanzhi rode to the front of the troops, loudly shouted: “Ignite!”
Bai family soldiers on horseback took out fire starters, igniting the torches they carried.
The Tianfeng Kingdom commander, leading the elephants and soldiers back, suddenly saw fire torches like fire dragons far away, endless at both ends, widened his eyes and shouted loudly: “Stop!”
Thirty giant elephants slowly ca to a halt.
Li Tianfu’s eyes glead, excitent spilled over: “See! Bai Qingyan, with her intelligence and wit, has long seen through your Tianfeng Kingdom’s intentions! Soone capable of overthrowing the Jin Dynasty and ascending as emperor, could she be a soft-hearted fool?! She definitely won’t give your Tianfeng Kingdom a chance! Today’s good opportunity, if you don’t capture Bai Qingyan, your Tianfeng Kingdom will gain no benefit from the Zhou and Yan alliance!”
The Tianfeng Kingdom commander gritted his teeth.
“Right now, we’re not far from the city walls, Bai Qingyan must have her troops fully erge to intercept us! As long as we let the elephants charge the city gates, we can capture Bai Qingyan alive, we then have a glimr of hope!”
Seeing the Tianfeng Kingdom commander still hesitating, Li Tianfu understood the commander was worried about Sal Khan’s instructions before coming, just helping Li Tianfu to get the person, not to engage in battle, and urgently appealed: “Bai Qingyan struck first! You were forced to engage in battle, your emperor won’t bla you! Today I brought six thousand soldiers, you have only thirty elephants and less than a hundred soldiers, what are you afraid of?! We Xiliang people are fighting and risking our lives to capture the Emperor of Zhou Bai Qingyan alive for your Tianfeng Kingdom!”
The Tianfeng Kingdom commander raised his eyes, clenched his teeth and blew the bone whistle again. The Tianfeng Kingdom soldiers controlling the elephants heard the sound, and all turned the elephants around.
Li Tianfu, sitting on the elephant’s back, perceived the elephants turning around, her eyes showed a frenzied joy, she shouted: “Turn around! Full-scale city attack!”
“The God-protected brave n of Xiliang!” Li Tianfu suddenly stood from the elephant, her eyes surging with madness, hysterically shouting among the wind and snow, “Today the Emperor’s troops have fully erged, wanting to slaughter us outside the city! The city is empty of soldiers, this is God protecting our brave Xiliang n! Let our Xiliang warriors enter the city to capture the Emperor of Zhou Bai Qingyan alive, avenging our dead fathers and brothers! God above! Let the elephants storm the city gate for us! Capture the Emperor of Zhou alive! Kill!”
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