Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

The sounds of battle mingled together, shaking the heavens and the earth.

However, the army did not actually charge; their steps lacked momentum, they simply advanced in formation.

Countless torches were lit, and a large number of soldiers suddenly appeared from behind the hillside. The flames lit up in patches, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Each person held two torches and shook them constantly, their shouts almost tearing their throats apart.

So much so that these 20,000 soldiers made the impression of an army of 100,000.

As the flames covered the entire hillside, the enemy army immediately halted their attack on the city and hastily set up a defensive posture outside the city.

At this moment, Xi Heng's elite troops had finished firing their rockets, and the fire on the large ship had begun to spread.

The fireball smashed through the bottom of the ship, causing a raging fire and creating a huge hole through which river water poured.

After destroying the ships and sweeping past hundreds of the fastest-arriving enemy troops, Xi Heng immediately led his elite forces to retreat.

Together with the elite troops, she repelled numerous attacking enemy forces. Halfway there, seeing that there was no danger, she used her light footwork to rush towards the city wall, where the enemy forces were most concentrated.

The first move he unleashed was the most powerful Blood Wave Sword Technique.

With a flick of his left hand towards the blade, a drop of blood, imbued with vital energy, floated onto the sword.

Multiple layers of rich, dark red were added to the blade, creating an illusion of flashing red light when swung.

The next instant, the area covered by the red light was completely covered by a streak of ink.

The ink marks gradually faded, leaving only large pieces of broken bone and rotten flesh.

Even the fearless Yan Meng soldiers around him couldn't help but feel flustered and bewildered upon seeing this.

As Xi Heng landed in the center of the enemy army and swung her sword to kill someone, some of the enemy immediately remembered what she had done on the northern frontier battlefield and retreated in panic.

Yan Mengjun's army was harassed internally, and there was a large number of enemy troops ahead. The generals began to hesitate about whether to retreat first.

Immediately afterwards, the gates of Dongping City suddenly opened wide, and the defending soldiers poured out and rushed to the side of the enemy army, engaging in fierce fighting.

The current situation is just like the siege of Kezhou City back then.

Coincidentally, the Yan Meng army that came to attack Dongping City today was the same force that attacked Kezhou City in the northern frontier.

Such a similar scene reminded both soldiers and generals of their past defeats.

Because of the threats from all sides, this feeling of humiliation did not turn into anger, but instead quickly turned into a desire to retreat.

If we hadn't withdrawn our troops back then, we probably would have suffered even greater losses.

Now it is only natural to withdraw the troops...

When Xi Heng launched a surprise attack on the enemy's position and killed many enemies, he encountered only a little resistance before realizing that the enemy had already retreated.

In fact, the 26,000 troops under her command were extremely weak. If they were to engage in a direct battle with Yan Meng's army, they would collapse in no time.

It would be better to have your soldiers make as much noise as possible, using sheer force to intimidate others.

Combined with her advance infiltration and attack on the enemy lines, along with the raging flames that engulf the ships behind her, this should be enough to scare the enemy away.

The scene before her was exactly as she had expected.

The flames lit by tens of thousands of soldiers in the distance, covering the mountains and fields, surged in like a mountain torrent or a tsunami.

At a glance, one cannot discern their numbers; one can only sense that an army charging down the mountain would be unstoppable.

The enemy troops, exhausted from their long siege, had no intention of stopping them and simply retreated.

Immediately afterwards, a huge fireball with a diameter of two meters suddenly appeared and crashed into Yan Meng's army formation.

The deafening explosion nearly shattered eardrums, immediately accelerating the retreat of Yan Meng's army.

"Withdraw troops—withdraw troops!"

Yan Meng's messenger shouted orders everywhere, and Xi Heng also stopped his rampage and used his light footwork to move away from the enemy's position.

Seeing the enemy army retreating rapidly northward into the night, she breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to herself.

"Although it was just a bluff, the overall effect was actually quite good..."

The enemy's formation was almost completely broken. If she had even two or three thousand elite cavalry under her command, Xi Heng would have immediately given chase.

Unfortunately not.

When Xi Heng returned to the army formation, he saw that the surrounding Beijing troops were cheering and their morale was greatly boosted after seeing that they had managed to drive back Yan Meng's army, which was said to be fearless of death.

Once Yan Meng's army disappeared from sight, the garrison commander of Dongping City came to express his gratitude.

"You've held out for so long, General, you've worked hard." Xi Heng returned the greeting simply and then ordered his troops to enter the city.

"Yan'an has fallen. Dongping, as the only remaining fortified city north of the capital, will be defended to the death by this humble general," the other party flattered.

How many warriors are left in Dongping City?

"..." The other party was silent for a moment before saying, "Since hearing that Yan Meng went south, Dongping has gathered nearly 10,000 troops to defend it. Now, after holding out for more than 20 days, only 3,000 remain."

"The soldiers who sacrificed their lives to defend their country are heroes. The capital will be sending a large amount of money and provisions soon; we must ensure post-war compensation." Xi Heng finished speaking and added:

"Furthermore, to prevent the spread of plague, dispose of the corpses around the city as soon as possible."

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Three days later, flames roared atop the massive piles of corpses.

The enemy corpses outside the city wall shrank into dry tinder, which turned into spiritual energy and filled fifteen spirit stones.

In the previous battle, Xi Heng used five spirit stones to burn ships in order to expand his influence, but this time the gains were still not significant.

"Now that I have sixty spirit stones, perhaps I can try using a small-scale Blood Sea Overturning?" she thought.

If the number of spirit stones does not meet the standard, the power of the spell will inevitably be weakened, and the duration should not be too long.

However, as long as it doesn't fail to be used, it should be able to play a certain role in the battle.

Today, Dongping City has become a major military stronghold on the northern frontier of the Great Zhao.

Throughout the entire interior of the Great Zhao, officials and military units led by their subjects from all directions are gathering here.

Moreover, the "Proclamation Against Yan" previously announced to the people attracted many righteous people from the martial arts world, who were temporarily appointed as generals of the Great Zhao.

Among the newcomers were two martial arts masters at the Transformation Realm, both renowned heroes of the Great Zhao Kingdom, one wielding a saber and the other a sword, who came together as companions.

As for the mastery of ordinary internal and external strength, there are hundreds or even thousands of such masters.

Xi Heng understood the spirit of these martial artists, so he did not force them to form a formation, but allowed them to move freely at the edge of the battlefield in the subsequent battle.

As the days went by, many officers and soldiers from the central and northern regions of the Great Zhao arrived in formation.

Although each reinforcement force consisted of only a few thousand soldiers, the number of batches was sufficient, gradually increasing the garrison in Dongping City to as many as 70,000.

During this period, Xi Heng also received news of the Ever Victorious Army in the Northern Frontier.

Their long absence from Yan'an, Dongping and other places was due to the fact that Yan Meng's army had divided its forces to block them at a mountain gorge. Now they are finally about to break through the enemy's defenses. If all goes well, they can reach Yan'an in seven days and retake the city.

He Jiedushi, with his supposedly 100,000-strong Northern Ever Victorious Army and a variety of siege weapons, asked her to lead her troops to besiege Yan'an.

He added: "Yan Qingshi, the Great Khan of Yanmeng Kingdom, is currently in Yan'an City."

As the supreme leader of Yanmeng, this person personally led troops on a distant expedition, gathering a powerful force to take Yan'an as quickly as possible. It is said that he was looking for something there, but it is unknown whether he found it.

What the Zhao army knew was that as long as they besieged and captured Yan'an, and either took the king of Yanmeng prisoner or killed him, they could end the entire war.

The upcoming Battle of Yan'an will likely be the decisive battle between the two nations.

Xi Heng then led his entire army away from Dongping and northward to cooperate with the Northern Frontier Army in besieging Yan'an.

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Chapter 121, Invincible

Ten days later.

As the autumn breeze blew, withered yellow leaves, seemingly from nowhere, were carried into the sky and drifted past Yan'an City, where a large number of soldiers had now gathered.

A gentle breeze stirred the clouds in the sky, causing them to tumble and a chill to spread.

Today, according to the Great Zhao calendar, it has already entered the eleventh month, and winter will truly arrive soon.

This place is in the north, and the dry, cold wind blows from time to time, making the large number of soldiers who came from the interior of the Great Zhao somewhat uncomfortable.

Three days ago, after Xi Heng led his troops to this place, the Ever Victorious Army of the Northern Frontier also attacked. They then formed ranks to overwhelm the large number of troops under Yan Meng's army and launched an attack on the port outside the city wall of Yan'an.

The soldiers from all directions charged forward with a desperate momentum. Even though Yan Meng's garrison resisted fiercely, they were eventually breached in a short time. A large number of ships docked in the port were also burned and destroyed by the burning troops led by Xi Heng.

At the same time, the Ever Victorious Army divided its forces and desperately blocked a large number of cavalrymen from Yan'an City who wanted to come out of the city to provide support.

The garrison at Yanmeng Port fought and retreated, eventually carving out a path and withdrawing into Yan'an City.

In the Battle of Yan'an, the early surprise attack and destruction of the enemy's port defenses were crucial, and the Zhao army fought desperately to hold them off.

As a result, the Ever Victorious Army suffered numerous wounded and dead, with at least one-third of its most elite vanguard troops losing their fighting strength, which had a significant impact on the overall combat power of the Great Zhao Army.

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But in any case, the action must continue.

Now that we have captured the outer perimeter of the city, the next step is naturally to besiege and attack it.

Xi Heng, together with Zhao Wanli and He Yuanze, two generals from the Changsheng Army, planned the siege formation, arranged the troops, and used tens of thousands of troops to firmly trap the entire Yan'an City.

On the third day of the siege, a large number of siege weapons have been placed in front of the city walls, and many officers and soldiers have formed ranks. Chess players and messengers stand between the military formations and passageways. All that is needed is for the three generals of the Great Zhao to give an order and beat the war drums to launch a general attack.

The walls of Yan'an City were already filled with a large number of Yan Meng's troops, who gripped their longbows tightly, their swords and spears gleaming coldly, and their military flags fluttering in the cold wind.

The atmosphere was deep and solemn. Although both sides had hundreds of thousands of troops, there was complete silence in front of the city walls.

The army outside the city was poised for a full-scale attack at any moment, and the enemy had no choice but to remain vigilant and cautious.

The two armies remained locked in a stalemate.

Time marches on, and the sun's rays revolve.

As the sun set, the sky was stained crimson.

The red light shone down on each soldier, casting ever-lengthening shadows.

As night fell, Xi Heng returned to his command tent, holding the updated map brought by the reconnaissance team that day, and spread it out on the table.

Next, place the two colored military pieces representing the soldiers of the two armies on the map, inside and outside the city.

The girl rested her hands on the table, gazing at the map in deep thought.

Suddenly, the thick curtains of the large tent were rolled open, letting in a cold wind.

Next, two middle-aged generals entered.

"Your Highness," General Zhao addressed Governor He respectfully, and also approached the table.

Xi Heng nodded and said directly to the map, "I led troops to rescue Dongping before and repelled 20,000 enemy troops. This unit should also be in this city... There are probably 50,000 to 60,000 enemy troops stationed in Yan'an now."

"The Zhao army numbers 130,000 against Yan Meng's 60,000-strong garrison." She asked, "Do the two generals believe our army has a chance of victory?"

He did not receive an immediate reply after speaking.

This moment of hesitation indicates that neither of the two Zhao generals had much confidence in the situation where they were outnumbered.

They knew that most of the officers and soldiers who came to support them from the mainland were just there to make up the numbers, and if it really came down to a decisive battle, they would still have to rely on the Northern Frontier Military Headquarters.

Furthermore, Yan'an City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, giving the attacking side a natural disadvantage. The casualty ratio between the attacking and defending sides is generally around three to one.

Furthermore... Yan'an City is now surrounded on all sides, leaving no way for the enemy to retreat.

If this is a desperate, cornered struggle, the casualties on the attacking side will likely be even higher.

General Zhao Wanli's previous decision was to surround the city from three sides and leave one side open, in order to slightly reduce the pressure of the siege, but Xi Heng stopped him.

In her view, since the enemy army had already penetrated deep into the heart of the territory, it should be completely annihilated.

“If we launch a full-scale offensive in the near future, the chances of success are slim,” Governor He said bluntly. “We should prepare for a protracted war, harassing the enemy constantly and gradually wearing them down.”

“But Yan’an City is too big. There are many granaries there that are enough for Yan Meng’s army to get through the winter, but the surviving people there will have no food or clothing, which will surely create a hellish scene,” Xi Heng said calmly.

Too many civilians in Yan'an City were unable to evacuate before the war, and every day that Yan Mengren occupied the city, more and more people would be killed.

"Although we have the entire Great Zhao as our backup and supply of provisions, it would be too costly for our army to be stationed here and fight Yan Mengguo for an entire winter."

"Now the Great Zhao is surrounded by enemies on all sides. It's such a waste to waste hundreds of thousands of troops here."

“In addition, we also need to consider enemy reinforcements.” She pointed to the north of the map.

Although the Ever Victorious Army broke through the enemy's defenses, it did not defeat or annihilate the enemy. Today, a large number of Yan Meng's troops still remain in the northern border region.