Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 353: 186, Siege is not easy

An endless stream of bronze-colored longswords, like ferocious beasts unleashed from their cages, constantly flew out from within the city. No one could see exactly how many there were, only witnessing them relentlessly soaring out from the city without knowing the source, nor how many more swords would continue to fly out.

One hundred... two hundred... three hundred... one thousand... two thousand... ten thousand...

The ceaseless longswords still surged outwards, but after circling in the air for two rounds, as if commanded by some signal, they suddenly all stopped in place, motionless.

Only three breaths later, these longswords abruptly turned around, their blades unanimously pointing at the bloodied Yongzhou soldiers still fighting valiantly atop the western gate.

Whoosh...

The first longsword suddenly slashed across the sky, drawing a coppery streak of light, heading straight for the closest black-armored soldier, piercing through him in an instant!

Whoosh...... Whoosh... Whoosh...

As if someone had given a signal, the remaining longswords all became frenzied, following the lead like meteors streaking towards the city walls. Tens of thousands of speeding longswords attacked as one, creating such an immense spectacle that the pupils of the Yongzhou soldiers on the walls shook violently, with the more faint-hearted beginning to tremble, and even a few started to fall back...

"Charge inward, mix with them!"

Suddenly, a voice rose above the heads of the Yongzhou soldiers.

These soldiers weren't fools. Hearing these words, the more alert ones immediately understood that by mixing with the defending soldiers, the longswords' strikes would no longer be as fluid. Instantly, like chickens injected with adrenaline, they became even more manic as they surged towards the inner city walls.

"Kill your way in, entangle with them, and the longswords will be useless!"

"The Commander is right, kill your way in!"

"Charge, brothers..."

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The onslaught of the Yongzhou soldiers flooded over the city wall once again, and as more soldiers continuously reinforced from the rear, the pressure on the defending Xuzhou soldiers increased dramatically. The clashing of steel filled the air as swords, spears, and halberds met.

Ordinary soldiers from the Body Opening Realm primarily relied on the brute force of their blood for basic melee attacks, while the few Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm on both sides used their unique skills to duel. Their already formidable Gang Qi became even more impressive as they fought for their lives, creating vacuums of about ten meters in radius around them where other soldiers dared not approach.

And as soon as the outcome of these clashes was decided—if the defenders prevailed, then Xuzhou soldiers would immediately seize the area, and conversely, if the attackers triumphed, the assaulting Yongzhou soldiers would swarm forward.

The Brass Sword Formation had incited the Yongzhou soldiers to fight more fiercely than before, and for a moment, they achieved significant success. On the merely fifty to sixty meters wide city wall, they had taken up to seventy percent of it. The few Xuzhou defenders were quickly overwhelmed by the countless Yongzhou soldiers and soon, the two sides became entangled in combat.

The entanglement made the battle even more brutal. Swords sliced through necks, long halberds pierced through chests. At that moment, neither armor nor the shields that many soldiers held could ensure their safety.

However, although the battle on the walls seemed chaotic, neither side was merely a ragtag mob. Behind the attackers and defenders were reserve soldiers, wielding Five Stone Crossbows, aiming at the brave warriors in the enemy camp, releasing cold arrows from time to time. Some alert soldiers were able to dodge these deadly strikes narrowly, while many others were immediately slain by these powerful projectiles.

There were also some who were obviously experts in stealthy attacks from the army, their weapons generally longer, who specialized in scouting out tangled areas on the battlefield to launch surprise attacks from the flanks, achieving considerable success.

Cold blades and arrows came from all directions, and with no side having complete control over the wall, the number of casualties multiplied in an instant. The ground of the city wall was soon littered with corpses and rivers of blood, the severity of the carnage was evident.

After all, it was a battle between armies, not just martial artists dueling. On the battlefield, fighting to kill the enemy and to survive, all kinds of underhanded tactics were used, and with both sides already seeing red, they were employed even more frequently.

Unfortunately, compared to the tidal wave of black-armored Yongzhou soldiers, the numbers of the Xuzhou defenders were simply too few. Initially holding less than thirty percent of the wall, they soon retained only twenty percent, and as the Yongzhou offensive intensified, they continued to retreat. Many soldiers even fell from the wall, and it appeared that the city would be breached...

The Yongzhou soldiers' tactic seemed genuinely effective. After clashing with the Xuzhou soldiers, the onslaught of bronze-colored longswords began to change, targeting only those in the rear who hadn't caught up yet, while those in the front who were entangled with the Xuzhou soldiers were left unattacked.

Such a sight undoubtedly further spurred on the Yongzhou soldiers in the rear—for as long as they could reach the front and entangle with the Xuzhou soldiers, the longswords could no longer attack them, which reignited their onslaught...

Almost everyone was convinced that if they could reach the Xuzhou soldiers, the bronze-colored longswords would cease their attacks. This belief spread swiftly among every Yongzhou soldier on the wall, resulting in the complete overrun of the territory once held by Xuzhou. Soon enough, the city wall was breached by the Yongzhou soldiers, leaving only the last portion of about four to five thousand Xuzhou soldiers, who continued to fight in a muddled fray.