Duke Li donned his armor and ordered his subordinates to bring out the war drum. The Old Duke personally began drumming. The morale of the defending troops soared; although they did not launch a reckless attack, arrows rained down in a frenzy. Within the entire city, tens of thousands of soldiers applied all their strength to guard at the walls, disturbing the enemy forces. Li Guanyi observed the front and shouted: "The enemy forces are in chaos." Li Zhaowen’s spear swung down heavily, his brows raised: "Truly an embroidered pillow!" They charged and fought fiercely for a while, taking down the enemy’s battle flags one by one. With the Duke’s assistance, the enemy was held back, and this elite Xuanjia Army, composed of several hundred centurions and higher, slithered like a venomous snake between the gaps of the enemy. The fierce counterattack at Yemen Pass. And this Xuanjia Army’s raid. Together, these three became a sword slashing deeply into the enemy’s morale and spirit. The army of a hundred thousand was extremely terrifying, but lacking a matchless commander, they were unable to coordinate. When attacked, they fell into instant disarray, unsure of how many troops they were facing, only knowing they were under assault. Without a peerless general, a hundred thousand troops become a burden. To command ten thousand with weak leadership and attempt to drive a million-strong army; in favorable battles, this might suffice, but in situations , chaos ensues immediately. Li Shude drummed, watching the battlefield below, his eyes filled with brilliance. "So valiant and fierce!" Xiahou Duan shook his head, indicating he did not know, with a look of astonishment on his face: "This person just charged into the formation with incredible courage, killing thirty-seven officers above the rank of colonel, eight deputy generals, and one chiliarch, seeming not to need rest or blood recovery." "Those killed are critical figures leading the battle formation. Without a top general, Da Wan’s headquarters was unable to regroup quickly by facing such decapitation tactics, but if the time drags on, he will surely perish." Li Shude said: "What fierce bravery!" "We old men must pave the way for the young!" Xiahou Duan said: "Yes!" The two picked up their war bows, and under their command, the archers on Yemen Pass took up their arrows but held their tension, forming a battle formation. The Old Duke stared intently at the situation, preparing to cover these troops with a rain of arrows at the most critical moment as they returned to the city. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NoveI~Fire.net He grew tense, fearful. Li Shude was a figure of great repute, who in his youth quelled rebellions with his friends, so impoverished they had to reuse arrows pulled from the fallen foes. Yet, with seventy-two arrows, they stabilized a region, carefree and bold. Even his wife, a daughter of an Upper Pillar Country, once said upon hearing of turmoil in the realm: "I regret not being a man to save my uncle’s plight!" Li Zhaowen inherited this nature from her. Knowing this daughter’s bold spirit was extraordinary, her father once said: "Such is her talent and beauty; she must not be rashly given in marriage, but rather seek a worthy husband." Thus, he painted two peacocks on the gate screen, allowing any suitor to shoot two arrows at them in silence. Whoever hit them would be granted the match. Several dozen young men failed to hit the mark, but the youthful ranger Li Shude passed by on horseback and casually shot both peacock eyes with his arrows. His archery was so excellent, his character so carefree. Yet now, his hand trembled slightly. It wasn’t his valor or skill that waned; it was merely because the person charging to death below was his own daughter. Li Guanyi and his men charged, penetrating Da Wan. Only two hundred or so Xuanjia soldiers remained around them as they charged. Though all were officer-level warriors, the losses were significant. Up ahead was Yemen Pass. The strategic aim was achieved; now speed was needed in charging through the battlefield to return to the city and communicate external strategies. The layered defenses were daunting, and within Yemen City, the arrows and crossbows holding them back were gradually weakening. The enemy’s military formation was closing once again, Western Region warlords and soldiers encircling them tightly. Attacking from both left and right. Li Guanyi swept his spear, piercing a cavalry general wielding a saber about to attack Li Zhaowen. Li Zhaowen’s horse spear struck down, killing the one who tried to smash Li Guanyi’s shoulder with a wolf fang club. Li Guan exclaimed: "If we don’t leave now, we’ll all be swallowed up." Li Zhaowen replied: "Even the ancient warriors were no more than this when charging the formation." "A hundred years from now, your name and mine shall be inscribed side by side in the annals of history for future generations to read." Li Zhaowen said freely: "Thinking so, even death holds no fear." Li Guan said: "I do not wish to die." Li Zhaowen smiled without speaking. Li Guanyi could not use the Qilin, the White Tiger, or the Red Dragon. What he used was the fastest, the Green Bird full of boundless vitality, resonating with the Immortal Body. Li Zhaowen’s horse spear and Li Guanyi’s spear tips clashed together, the two men murmuring and letting out a long howl, with a cyan blue glow igniting from the spear’s tip and gold-red flames rising from the horse spear. They exerted their strength accordingly. As the horse spear and spear’s sharp points met, they set off an explosion of steel’s screeching whistle, Inner Qi surged as if igniting flames. At the moment of swinging the spear, the Dharma Form suddenly unfolded. On this murky battlefield of chaotic times, two streams of aura surged powerfully upward, a dozen armored fearless cavalrymen of the Western Regions were all sent flying several meters, falling to the ground, trampled to death by the warhorses. The clear and loud screech momentarily suppressed the surrounding battle cries. A green bird and a gold-red phoenix. Appeared at the same time on the dim battlefield. The auras converged, soared to the sky. Li Guanyi and Li Zhaowen charged into the formation together! Immediately leading the remaining Xuanjia Army, they forcefully penetrated the Da Wan tribe.