Chapter 420 The more you drink, the thirstier you become; the more you drink, the more you die.

Author: Taiqing Yaodao

Chapter 420 The more you drink, the thirstier you become; the more you drink, the more you die.

The sharp long arrow shot directly into Li Xuan's eyes, but Li Xuan was not moved at all.

In an instant, his gaze went beyond the countless arrows and stared directly at Luo Yongjie below the city.

Looking at him was like looking at a dead person.

Four blades of light flashed in front of Li Xuan's eyes, and all the long arrows were cut off in an instant.

This time, nothing was missed.

When the sword light fell, Li Xuan's figure was nowhere to be seen.

He had already stepped further back, looking beyond the city wall, following the rain of arrows flying from the wall, towards Luo Yongjie.

Arrows fell like rain.

In an instant, countless long arrows with the aura of death all landed on the heads of the Tianyin Sect archers.

More than a dozen round shields suddenly wrapped up from behind, and instantly enveloped the heads of the archers.

Overlapping each other, like a semicircular ball, almost covering all the archers, while constantly rotating.

"Ding, ding, ding!" Almost all of the dozens of long arrows hit the buckler, but immediately after, many were bounced off.

A straight long arrow shot straight down from the gap in the round shield, directly from the shoulder blade of an archer, and penetrated into the heart of the archer.

The figure fell to the ground silently, and blood flowed directly from the mouth into the soil.

One big foot stepped on the face of the fallen figure, and quickly exited the range of the long arrow.

The long arrows in mid-air all disappeared without a trace in an instant.

But there were already corpses lying on the ground, and the pungent smell of blood filled everyone's noses, and no one could escape.

…

On top of the city wall, Yan Tao, who saw this scene, suddenly looked at Luo Yongjie coldly and whispered: "This person has been to the Western Regions."

Li Xuan glanced at Yan Tao in surprise. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and agreed: "Indeed, judging from his age, he should have participated in the second war against the Turks, which was the battle to destroy the Western Turks.

He returned to the Tianyin Sect and participated in the Tianyin Sect uprising that year."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan looked solemn: "Only those who have fought in the battlefields of the Western Regions can use this kind of round shield formation so skillfully."

The buckler formation looks simple, and is even recorded in every military book, but if you don't have enough battlefield experience and copy a cat, you will end up losing your life.

Luo Yongjie's round shield formation is so tight that only those who have been on the battlefield know how to do it, and only those who have been on the battlefield can train it.

Luo Yongjie could become the leader of the Muzhou Jiande Branch of the Tianyin Sect. He was an absolute confidant of the Tianyin Sect and must have participated in the uprising twenty years ago.

If he had participated in the Tianyin Sect uprising that year, he would definitely not be involved in the subsequent war against Goguryeo.

Therefore, his only chance to participate in the war was in the early years when he faced the Western Turks.

It's not easy to deal with this kind of veteran soldier fighting on the battlefield.

"I'm afraid there are many people like this in the Tianyin Sect. If all the soldiers are trained in this way, we will be in trouble!" Zhou Shen looked at the Tianyin Sect members who were gradually gathering in the distance and retreated to the dense forest two miles away.

, his brows wrinkled slightly.

"But there shouldn't be many. If there were, I'm afraid all of them would have died long ago." Li Xuan shook her head and said thoughtfully: "Those people below seem to be skilled in using the round shield formation, but in fact they did not participate in it.

How much actual combat is now just a response without much pressure, once pressure is put on it, it will collapse immediately."

Li Xuan placed her right hand on the Eight-sided Han Sword, but her expression was very determined.

He has long seen through the true background of these soldiers of the Tianyin Sect.

That is, they have a lot of training, but a serious lack of real combat experience.

If they were allowed to deal with the soldiers from various states and counties, they would certainly not be at a disadvantage, and could even have a big upper hand against some states and counties with lax military armaments. However, they would not be enough in front of Li Xuan's soldiers who were fighting against the government.

Just like Zhou Shen, many of him and his group of soldiers had participated in the battle to annihilate Goguryeo.

Being stained with blood or not being stained with blood, being on the battlefield and not being on the battlefield are completely different things.

"However, this kind of shield formation technique is very practical in such a narrow terrain... Lieutenant Yan, bring up a batch of round shields from Lanxi. Maybe we will have to fight them head-on at some point."

Li Xuan suddenly changed his tone, and everyone present was shocked.

"I will obey your order!" Yan Tao immediately agreed with his hand.

Li Xuan looked up at the sky and said calmly: "Wait, they will attack again soon... Feng Canjun, remember to bring the water up in time, the weather is very hot."

The weather was quite hot, and even the people from the Tianyin Sect had retreated two miles away.

Li Xuan looked at everything on the opposite side, and now it was up to Luo Yongjie to see when he would launch an attack.

Because all the trees within these two miles have been cut down by Li Xuan, and even all water sources within ten miles have been destroyed by Li Xuan's men.

Luo Yongjie could either lead his men to retreat, or he could only bite the bullet and attack.

Carrying water from the rear, thousands of people, will only be a drop in the bucket.

"Here!" Everyone present agreed with their hands at the same time. They had vaguely seen the outcome of Luo Yongjie and others.

…

Luo Yongjie took out the water bag, took a sip, and then drank up all the remaining water in the bag.

"Luoshan." Luo Yongjie glanced sideways, and his adopted son Luoshan immediately handed over the water bag in his hand. Luo Yongjie took another big sip and asked: "How are you, everyone?"

How much water is left!”

"There's not much left." Luoshan simply said a few words, and then said with a worried face: "Father, why don't we take people to retreat first? Meiling Pass is heavily guarded. If we attack by force, brothers

The casualties are serious."

"You don't understand. There is a saying in the art of war. If you can't take Meiling Pass today, we will have no chance in the future. Don't forget that we set off this time without any siege equipment.

There are not even a few craftsmen." At this point, Luo Yongjie gritted his teeth and said, "This method of strengthening walls and clearing fields has actually been used on me."

The cottages where we rested on the road, the surrounding water sources, and the nearby villages were all cleaned up.

Isn't this a way to clear the wilderness with a strong wall?

At this time, Luo Yongjie had already felt Li Xuan's difficulty.

He originally thought that the other party was just a fledgling kid who won the Meiling Pass with some conspiracy and trickery, but he didn't expect that he would be so difficult to deal with.

He used these methods that only shameless bastards on the battlefield could use without any scruples.

"Luoshan, you personally take people back to the camp and transport the collected water bags. I want to see who can outlast whom." Although Luo Yongjie is not the kind of famous general, but with several years of battlefield experience,

He also has his own set of things, and it is not easy to get rid of him easily.

Although the camp behind is several miles away, it happens to be right next to the water source, so it is not difficult to transport the water here.

…

With a "pop" sound, a water bag was thrown to the ground.

Luo Yongjie waved his hands vigorously and cursed: "What's going on? I've drank so much water, why is it getting hotter and hotter?"

Luoshan's face on the side was also a little ugly. It was not just Luo Yongjie who felt very thirsty.

Almost all the soldiers here are like this.

Obviously everyone had drank a lot of water, but it seemed as if they hadn't drank much. After a while, they became more and more thirsty.

"Maybe it's because the weather is too hot." Luoshan explained forcefully.

Luo Yongjie immediately waved his hand and said: "Hurry up and send water up from behind. In addition, hurry up and build more shields."

Without sufficiently skilled craftsmen, it would be impossible to build a trebuchet.

Even if it is forcibly built, the range and power are not much higher.

But it's easy to make a shield out of wood. Even if it's not that strong, it's not difficult to attack a city.

"There is also a battering ram!" Luo Yongjie gritted his teeth and said, "You can kill him just as well by breaking down the city gate with a battering ram."

For some reason, Luo Yongjie became increasingly angry and hated Li Xuan more and more deeply.

Turning his head, Luo Yongjie saw Luo Chuan's body on the mountain road at a glance.

Unexpectedly, until now, he has not snatched Luo Chuan's body back.

In an instant, the hatred in Luo Yongjie's heart became even greater.

…

The sun is gradually heading west.

On the city wall, Li Xuan looked calmly at the dense forest in the distance, where there was a faint sound of restlessness.

Compared to Shen Su on top of the city wall, the opposite side looks like a vegetable market.

"They can't keep their temper!" Li Xuan couldn't help but said, with a trace of disdain on her lips.
To be continued...