My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 160 The Nightmare
Zang Tu led a group of generals and soldiers to the South Gate. His heart suddenly sank as the most worrying scene happened.

Thousands of Chu troops, led by a Chu general with a strong physique and a resolute face, were seen with great momentum and unstoppable. They killed many Yan defenders and made blood flow like a river. They had already rushed through the city gate, passed through the doorway, and were about to rush into the main street of the city.

After driving the horse for a long time, Zang Tu was exhausted, panting and sweating profusely. A trace of anxiety appeared on his fat, round face.

The city gate is built with a curved, cramped and narrow structure in order to prevent enemy cavalry from rushing in, colliding and trampling on the enemy. This means that no matter how many troops the enemy has, they will be unable to use them and can only watch helplessly, attacking and taking the enemy step by step.

However, if the Chu army rushed forward another hundred steps or so and rushed into the wide avenue in the city, they could mobilize the Chu cavalry in the rear who were anxiously crying out and couldn't wait to come up.

Once the Chu cavalry deploys on the broad road and starts galloping and clashing with each other, no matter how many Yan troops there are, they will not be able to stop them and will only be trampled and slaughtered. By then, everything will be truly irreversible.

Zang Tu stared with bloodshot eyes, looking crazy, and shouted to Li Ben, the lieutenant beside him: "My dear, quickly lead your soldiers to stop the Great Chu Army and drive them all out of the city! This is a critical moment. The safety of the entire capital, or even the survival of the entire Great Yan, depends on you, my dear, please don't let me down!"

Lieutenant Li Ben was as strong as an ox. He looked strong and powerful, and his temper was also as stubborn and tough as an ox. Hearing this, he glared with his bull eyes and patted his chest, "Duang, Duang" loudly: "Don't worry, my king. Others are afraid of the Chu army, but I am not afraid. I will let these Chu thieves see the bloody nature of the men of Yan!"

Zang Tu was delighted: "Great! I will give you the 4,000-man "Clearing Army" to command, and then I will personally supervise the battle here, and see with my own eyes your mighty power, turn the tide, and kill the Great Chu Army without a single piece of armor left!"

Li Ben readily agreed and led 4,000 strong palace guards, brandishing their weapons and charging towards the powerful Chu army.

The Yan defenders were already in a state of low morale after being attacked by the fierce and brutal Chu army. Li Ben led 4,000 "cleansing troops" to join the battle, which was like timely rain and quickly helped to stabilize the situation.

These four thousand "Purification Army" were a strong army that Zang Tu painstakingly created to protect himself and the safety of his kingdom. Now that they have made their debut, they are indeed extraordinary.

They were all wearing heavy armor, and the weapons in their hands were not the common swords, spears or halberds, but - big iron hammers!

Led by Li Ben, they exhaled and swung their huge iron hammers, smashing, chopping, and sweeping them out continuously, with great force and heavy momentum. Their steps were heavy and steady, and they pushed forward with one step at a time like steel beasts.

The Chu army on the opposite side had never fought against such an iron-pot army before. For a moment, it was like a mouse biting a turtle, and they felt it was difficult to bite it. But once they were hit by the big iron spike, their bones and muscles were broken, and blood spurted out. It was a miserable sight.

The momentum of the Chu army's rapid advance was thus curbed.

Zang Tu, who was standing behind the battle formation, was overjoyed when he saw this. He turned around and said to the generals who were gathered around him with great confidence, "No matter how strong the Great Chu army is, they are still human beings. They will only be slaughtered by my 'Purging Army'. Everyone, cheer up! When the Great Chu army is defeated by the 'Purging Army' and escapes from the city, we will immediately chase them and kill them! This time, I will beat Xiang Chang thoroughly and make him feel terrified of my Great Yan and the capital of Ji County, and he will never dare to invade again!"

All the generals were now in high spirits. The heavy gloom they had felt when they watched Han Wangxin's army being slaughtered by the Great Chu Army on the city wall dissipated greatly. Some of them even became arrogant and kept expressing their opinions to Zang Tu, saying that they would wipe out the Great Chu Army and vent the king's anger.

Seeing that the rapid advance of the Chu soldiers was curbed, the commander Li Yi was furious and shouted loudly, boosting morale. At the same time, with the support of his own guards, he attacked these strong and powerful "iron cans" with solid defense with all his strength!
He wielded his spear, stabbing, knocking, thrusting, breaking, blocking and thrusting. Even though the Yan "Clearing Army" he encountered had heavy armor defenses, it was still useless and he strangled them one by one.

Generals Wang Zhou and Ji Bi also led their personal guards to rush to the front line and cooperated with Li Yi to snipe the "Clearing Army".

The two armies were in a stalemate for a while. The Chu army could not push the Yan army into the city, and the Yan army could not push the Chu army out of the city. The battle situation inside the South Gate was stalemate for a while.

Li Ben swept his iron club one after another, with great force, smashing the soldiers of the Great Chu in front of him one after another, with an astonishing momentum. The soldiers of the Great Chu who were blocking him in front of him flew into the air one after another like flying men in the air, and then fell heavily several meters away, blood splattered like silk, and they were seriously injured.

Although Li Ben was so ferocious, the soldiers of Da Chu were not afraid at all. Instead, their eyes turned red and they stared at him like hungry beasts, and pounced on him one after another.

Commander Li Yi swept back and forth like an angry tiger, looking up and staring at him. Seeing him wantonly slaughtering his own soldiers, he rushed straight at him with anger: "That Yan general, don't run away, let me measure your weight!"

Wang Zhou and Ji Bi, who were not far away, also shouted to Li Ben at this time: "Li Ben, how can you be called a fierce general if you specialize in killing ordinary soldiers of the Great Chu? Come, come, let's have a good time together!"

Although Li Ben was very successful in attacking the ordinary soldiers of the Great Chu, the soldiers of the Great Chu were fearless and almost rushed to die, just to cut a blow on his armor.

Faced with such perverted soldiers, even a perverted and fierce general like him couldn't help but feel nervous and even exclaimed "weird".

Now, seeing Li Yi, Wang Zhou and Ji Bi rushing towards him at the same time, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He looked like a strong bull, but that didn't mean he was really a bull, nor did he mean he was stubborn. After weighing it all, he realized that he couldn't stand up to any of these three, so he kept silent, pretended to be deaf, and specifically picked out the soldiers of Da Chu to kill, turning a deaf ear to the provocation of the three generals.

Just as he smashed down with another iron hammer, knocking the two Chu soldiers into a pile from standing upright, with a cold and arrogant smile on his face, he inadvertently saw a flash of cold light in front of him, and a knife light slashed up from the bottom at a strange angle, slashing at him diagonally.

The strong wind brought by this sword was extremely sharp. If it really hit him, Li Ben, the mainstay of the Great Yan State, would be cut in two like a pig or a sheep.

The hairs on Li Ben's back stood on end, and he instantly realized that this man was no ordinary soldier of the Great Chu. He quickly dodged and at the same time, he hastily smashed down with a large iron hammer to block it.

"Clang!"

There was a loud sound of metal clashing, sparks flew everywhere, and Li Ben and the Great Chu soldier retreated several steps at the same time.

Li Ben felt his arms going numb and his fingers aching, and he could barely hold the iron hammer. He was startled, looked up, and immediately gasped.

This soldier from the Great Chu was wearing the same armor as ordinary soldiers, but his body was frighteningly strong, especially his arms, which were almost as strong as a weak woman's waist. The weapon in his hand was also extremely strange. It was neither a spear nor a dagger, but a large guillotine used in the military camp to chop hay for war horses!

"You are having fun killing my soldiers!" The soldier from the Great Chu glared at Li Ben with his big copper bell eyes and took him out tightly. While cursing, he swung the big guillotine to chop him off on the head. One chop was followed by another, and each chop was closely connected, as if he was going to chop Li Ben into minced meat!

Li Ben gritted his teeth and swung the iron mace to block four blows, but his face flushed, his breathing became heavy, his whole body became weak, and his arms felt numb and painful. He suddenly felt the iron mace in his hand was heavier than ever before, and he could hardly lift it. Li Ben was terrified, but he saw that the Chu soldier was even more vigorous. He did not dare to delay any longer, so he found a gap, made a feint, and fled backwards, while ordering the guards beside him to wield the iron mace to hit him.

Huang Zhong was the first to reach the enemy and killed a general in the previous battle. After the battle, he was promoted and rewarded. The rewards were generous. Having tasted the sweetness, he now deliberately mixed in with the soldiers and quietly approached the slave, intending to kill him with a surprise attack and continue to be glorious.

He didn't know that this guy would flee after being defeated, showing no shame, which made his plan go awry. He was furious. When he tried to catch up with it, he was stopped by seven or eight soldiers from Dayan. He was so upset that he could not catch up with it and the featherless duck was about to fly away.

At this moment, a series of bowstrings exploded behind him, and arrows shot towards him one after another, steadily, quickly, accurately and fiercely, and pierced straight into the only defensive loophole of the seven or eight intercepting Dayan "Cleansing Army" - the faces!
The eyes of seven or eight soldiers from Dayan widened and became dull for a moment, and they fell straight down.

As seven or eight soldiers who were blocking the way were shot and killed one after another, the wolves were exposed when the sorghum was cut down, and the Li Ben who was fleeing in panic was revealed again.

Huang Zhong looked back and saw Xiang Chang riding a big black horse behind him. He had a stern expression and slowly put away the bow in his hand.

Huang Zhong was overjoyed to have the commander Xiang Chang personally come to his aid. Seeing that he was already some distance away from Li Ben and could not catch up with him, he repeated his old trick, slightly tilted his body, spun a few times on the spot, and then let go, throwing the big guillotine in his hand out.

The big guillotine turned into a dark light, and with the sound of "wuwuwu" accompanied by the sharp and piercing ghost cries, it "ate" up more than twenty meters of distance in an instant, and almost in the next moment, it had already flown behind the slave.

Li Ben heard a strange whistling sound behind him, and a deep chill rose in his heart. He wanted to dodge, but it was too late, and he was cut off by the black light...

At this time, Xiang Chang also transferred a thousand javelin throwers from the rear, rushed to the front line of the battle with Dayan's "Di Dang Army", and threw the javelin fiercely. Although they could not break through Dayan's "Di Dang Army"'s defense, they knocked them over one after another and made them fall to the ground.

The armor was too thick and strong. Its only disadvantage was that when it fell to the ground, it would be like a turtle and unable to struggle on its own.

The soldiers of the Great Chu then rushed forward, stabbed their faces with spears, and killed them one by one with precision.

Having successfully found their weakness, Dayan's "Clearing Army" could no longer cause any damage to the Chu army and was completely hunted.

The current Chu army is flexible and maneuverable when facing the enemy. It can always find the enemy's weaknesses and defects in the shortest time, and then carry out targeted hunting, achieving the greatest results in the shortest time with the least casualties.

King Zang Tu of Yan, who was watching the battle from the rear, saw that Li Ben, whom he had high hopes for, was killed on the spot. The 4,000 Tiezhui troops he led personally to attack failed to push the Great Chu Army back out of the city. Instead, they began to be surrounded by the Great Chu Army, and large numbers of them "disappeared" from the battlefield one after another. He felt cold, as if trapped in an ice cave, and his fat body trembled uncontrollably.

"Father!" Zang Yan rode his horse closer and shouted at him.

Zang Yan had already seen the current situation. Defeat was inevitable and it was difficult to save Ji County.

Zang Tu looked at his son's pleading eyes and understood what he meant. It was still time for him to escape, but as soon as he moved his body, he felt a piercing pain in his crotch.

He had just galloped such a short distance on horseback that his thighs and buttocks, which had become extremely tender due to not riding a horse for a long time, were now rubbed and bleeding.

He was so frail and fat, how far could he run if he rode away? He was afraid that he would die before the Chu army caught up with him.

Zang Tu turned his head and continued to watch the battlefield situation, and ordered coldly: "Gao Mao, take the eldest son Zang Yan and rush to the north gate. Make sure that the Great Chu Army does not take the north gate away again."

Gao Mao was overjoyed. It was obvious that Zang Tu's words meant for him to protect Zang Yan and escape from the north gate.

Zang Yan never thought that his father would make such a decision to let him escape. He opened his mouth to say something else, but Gao Mao, who was impatient, led the generals and guards to run towards the north gate.

As the four thousand Iron Chui troops were completely annihilated, Zang Tu knew that the situation was hopeless, but he still struggled desperately. At this time, he recruited troops from other places in the city and continuously sent them to the battlefield, hoping to drive the Great Chu out of the city with just numbers.

The generals named by Zang Tu also realized that the situation was not good, but they had nowhere to escape. They howled, "Charge, we swear to live and die with the city!" and led their soldiers into the battlefield.

However, the 4,000 Iron Spine Army, which had amazing combat power, were vulnerable to a single blow, so how could these ordinary troops withstand it? Under the continuous charge of the Great Chu Army, they were almost forced to retreat, step by step, and gradually moved away from the city gate.

Even though Zang Tu's guards were supervising the battle in the rear and killing people in anger, they were unable to stop the trend of retreat.

As the Yan army that was blocking the gate was completely driven out of the city, the long-awaited cavalry of the Chu army began to appear and poured into the city continuously.

The Yan army was pushed onto the wide streets in the city. The Chu infantry retreated to both sides, and the cavalry pushed to the front and began to charge in formation.

The nightmare of the Yan defenders began.

The cavalry charging on the broad ground was simply unstoppable, crushing everything they encountered! The densely packed Yan defenders on the streets had no power to resist at all under the trampling and collision of the Chu cavalry, and suffered countless casualties.

The wide streets were quickly soaked with pungent, irritating blood.

At this point, the Yan Kingdom was truly doomed, and no matter how many troops it had, they were completely useless.

Faced with the fierce conflict between the Chu cavalry, the Yan defenders collapsed in the shortest possible time. They howled and scattered, turning their heads to escape in all directions and running around the city.

(End of this chapter)