Deposed? I couldn't be happier! I wouldn't even be a dog to the crown prince.

arrogant.

Extremely unreasonable arrogance.

Goguryeo's heavily armored infantry blocked the breach in the city wall, looking at the white-robed man who was running alone through the mud without even riding a horse as if he were a fool.

"Fire arrows! Shoot this reckless madman to death!"

The Goguryeo commander, standing atop the dilapidated city wall, drew his sword and angrily pointed down, roaring.

"Whoosh whoosh-"

A dense rain of arrows poured down from the city walls like locusts.

But Xue Rengui didn't even blink.

He suddenly stopped when he was about a hundred paces from the gap.

He ripped off the enormous Heaven-Shaking Bow from his back, made of century-old wood and top-grade dragon tendons.

This bow was specially made for him by Mo Ju after he broke three ordinary strong bows during test firing at the Eastern Palace Arsenal. An ordinary person, let alone draw it, might not even be able to budge it an inch, let alone two strong men working together.

Xue Rengui's fingers expertly swiped inside the quiver.

The movement was so fast that only a blur could be seen.

Without any pause or aiming, the bowstring was instantly drawn into a full moon!

"Buzz!"

The sound of the bowstring ripping through the air even drowned out the roar of the waves.

The first armor-piercing arrow, weighing half a pound, carried a violent kinetic energy capable of tearing everything apart, and instantly covered a distance of a hundred paces.

"Bang!"

A deafening, guttural thud.

The arrow pierced the massive, hundred-refined steel shield held by the Goguryeo general at the very front of the breach with extreme precision and audacity!

Moreover, the arrows' residual force remained undiminished.

With an extremely terrifying rotating and strangling force, it pierced directly through the general's breastplate, spraying a blinding rain of blood, and pinned him to the collapsed city wall bricks behind him like a rag doll.

The fierce general didn't even let out a scream before his head lolled to the side and he died.

The heavily armored infantry formation at the breach experienced a brief moment of commotion and deathly silence.

That was an extreme fear of things beyond our comprehension.

however.

Xue Rengui's performance was not over yet.

The second arrow was smoothly nocked onto the bowstring.

This time, his gaze went beyond the breach and locked onto the Goguryeo commander standing on the ruined city wall, frantically brandishing his sword and trying to regain his footing.

"Noisy."

Xue Rengui snorted coldly and loosened his grip.

"call out--!"

This arrow was faster than the first one, and in the sunlight, it was only a deadly flash of silver.

The Goguryeo commander was still shouting "Hold on!" when the arrow pierced his throat with perfect accuracy.

The commander's voice abruptly stopped.

He clutched his bleeding neck with both hands, his eyes bulging with utter despair, and then fell heavily from the city wall, crashing down in front of the heavily armored infantry with a thud.

"The commander-in-chief is dead! The general is dead!"

fear.

An extreme fear that cannot be described in words.

Like a plague, it spread wildly among the Goguryeo soldiers who thought they were extremely safe hiding behind their shields.

But what truly broke their psychological defenses was...

This was Xue Rengui's third arrow.

"This tattered flag is really an eyesore."

Xue Rengui muttered something in utter disdain and drew the Heaven-Shaking Bow again.

"collapse!"

The third heavy arrow shot through the air!

It didn't shoot at anyone, but rather shot with extreme dominance and unstoppable force at the huge banner hanging at the highest point of the city gate, which symbolized the last dignity and morale of the Goguryeo defenders!

"Snap!"

That extremely thick flagpole, so thick that it would take two strong men to encircle it.

The arrow struck with terrifying kinetic energy, producing a crisp, desperate cracking sound.

The huge banner swayed weakly twice in the strong wind.

then.

Carrying all the courage and hope of the Goguryeo defenders, it collapsed with a deafening roar amidst the sea of ​​fire and ruins.

Dead silence.

The breach in the entire city of Beisha was shrouded in an extremely eerie silence.

Three arrows.

Only three arrows!

A young general in white robes, without even mobilizing the main army, shattered their psychological defenses—which they had built up at great cost—in just a few breaths with extreme efficiency and cruelty.

"May the Great Tang Dynasty prosper!"

Xue Rengui casually slung the Zhentian Bow back onto his horse.

He roughly lifted the halberd, which weighed 120 jin (approximately 60 kg).

He looked up and let out an extremely violent roar, like that of an ancient ferocious beast!

"Get the hell out of my way!"

Xue Rengui strode through the mud.

The white battle robes stood out starkly against the smoke and fire.

He was like a human-shaped road roller charging at full speed without brakes.

They charged headlong into the heavily armored infantry formation, which had completely lost its will to fight, with extreme ferocity and utter irrationality.

"Bang bang bang!"

The 120-pound halberd, wielded by Xue Rengui with terrifying strength, was nothing short of a cold-blooded scythe of death.

Those extremely heavy shields were smashed as easily as paper toys in front of the halberd.

The Goguryeo soldiers, shields and all, were violently thrown into the air, their severed limbs and broken arms accompanied by agonizing screams, creating a bloody rain of death at the breach.

"kill!"

"Follow General Xue! Charge into the city!"

On the treasure ship at the rear, the Snow Dragon Riders and naval warriors, who had been holding back their desire for an extended period, turned red with envy upon seeing this scene.

They unleashed extremely deafening battle cries.

Like a flood bursting its banks, it surged wildly down from the lowered landing craft and gangplanks.

They stepped on the bloody path that Xue Rengui had smashed out with his halberd.

They stormed into Bisha City with overwhelming force!

Li Chengqian stood on the forecourt of the flagship.

Looking at that white figure at the gap, like a demon descending to earth, reaping lives with extreme ruthlessness.

He yawned lazily and picked up a grape from the plate that Wu Meiniang was holding, looking extremely satisfied.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this meat was worth it."

"As expected of the 'professional demolition team' that Gu Hua hired at great expense."

Li Chengqian turned his head and looked at Zheng He and a group of naval commanders who were stunned by Xue Rengui's inhuman martial prowess.

A cunning smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Pass down the order."

"Beisha City has fallen. Let the soldiers go in and thoroughly 'clean up' the battlefield."

"Also, send those red-coated cannons up there for me."

"I've heard that the walls of Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, are even thicker than these?"

Li Chengqian spat the grape skins onto the extremely expensive Persian carpet with extreme slowness, yet with extreme arrogance.

"That's perfect."

"I'd like to see."

"Is Yeon Gaesomun's head as hard as the cannonball of these red-coated cannons?"