newbobooks Chapter 480 Instant Kill Sword Strike, Li Chengfeng Slays the Lieutenant General!
Chapter 480 Instant Kill Sword Strike, Li Chengfeng Slays the Lieutenant General!
North Gate of Qiandong City.
The night wind, carrying the scent of the Luan River and the smell of blood, brushed against Baili Chengfeng's face.
He stood behind the crenellations of the city wall, his armor gleaming coldly in the torchlight.
Below the city, the Northern Li Army's offensive came wave after wave, with ladders and grappling hooks constantly being attached to the city walls, only to be ruthlessly cut off and pushed down by the Pofeng Army's defenders.
A few daring and reckless Northern soldiers charged up the city wall, but before they could take another step, a dozen or so swords slashed them into mincemeat!
Shouts of battle, curses, the clashing of swords, and the dying screams mingled together—
Baili Chengfeng's gaze, however, bypassed the chaotic battlefield and landed on the lieutenant general who was directing the Northern Li army from behind their lines.
The man rode a black horse, wearing the standard iron armor of a Northern Li commander, waving a command flag incessantly, directing the siege troops to charge in turn.
Although his face was not clearly visible, his calm and experienced command demeanor was something that no ordinary lieutenant could possess.
"General!" the gatekeeper whispered, "Our army has repelled three waves of attacks from the Northern Li army. We've used up thirty percent of our arrows, and have less than half of our rolling logs and stones left. Should we send in the reserve battalion?"
"Not urgent!"
Baili Chengfeng's voice was calm, but his gaze remained fixed on the lieutenant.
"Order the ballistae to be replaced with armor-piercing arrows, and aimed at the hinges of the siege ladders! Archers, divide into three teams and fire in rotation, maintaining a continuous rain of arrows. Use the rolling logs sparingly; wait until they climb over the parapet before using them!"
The gatekeeper commanded and left.
Baili Chengfeng slowly exhaled. Defending a city is the most mentally taxing battle, especially when facing the elite troops under a famous general like Ye Xiaoying—even if it is only a detachment, it should not be underestimated.
But tonight, he felt something was off.
The Northern Li army's offensive, though fierce, lacked heavy siege equipment like battering rams and siege towers, making it more of a diversionary tactic than a direct assault. And the location of that lieutenant general…
Baili Chengfeng squinted and looked into the distance, using the torchlight in the night.
The lieutenant was always positioned at the edge of the ballista's range, yet just enough to allow the entire army to clearly see the command flag.
This distance was carefully calculated—ensuring personal safety without affecting command.
"It seems that not all the soldiers in the Northern Army are good-for-nothings; there are a few who are actually quite capable!" Baili Chengfeng chuckled to himself.
On the battlefield, a general who is overly cautious often has ulterior motives.
He suddenly remembered Wen Yanzhao's words: "Ye Xiaoying is good at surprise attacks and risky moves."
So the "stability" at the North Gate at this moment should be to cover up Ye Xiaoying's "danger" from other directions!
'Uncle and Zhao'er's analysis is probably correct; that scoundrel Ye Xiaoying must be heading towards the Ironthorn Ridge medicine man's headquarters...'
Just as Baili Chengfeng was pondering this, another fierce attack came from below the city.
Seven or eight siege ladders, now fully repaired, were simultaneously erected on the city wall. The fierce soldiers of the Northern Army, with steel swords in their mouths and round shields on their backs, fearlessly braved the rain of arrows and frantically climbed to the top of the city wall.
"Put down the logs!"
Bai Lichengfeng gave the order.
With a deafening roar, logs as thick as a person's embrace crashed down the slope of the city wall, accompanied by screams of agony.
However, several dozen Northern Li soldiers still managed to scale the city walls and engage in fierce fighting with the defending troops.
Baili Chengfeng remained unmoved, and the Beili soldiers who climbed up quickly became the victims of Pofeng's guards' blades. He was still staring at the lieutenant general.
Sure enough, seeing the chaotic battle on the city wall, the lieutenant general pointed his command flag forward, and another thousand-man squad rushed out from their main force and headed straight for the city gate—this was to take advantage of the chaos to strengthen the offensive.
"It's now!"
A glint flashed in Baili Chengfeng's eyes, and he suddenly leaped up, swooping down from the city wall like a night owl!
His blood-red cloak fluttered in the night wind as he stood in mid-air, his longsword already drawn from its sheath!
The sword was long and sharp, gleaming with a cold light like autumn water in the firelight. Baili Chengfeng's sudden leap caught everyone off guard.
The defenders on the city wall exclaimed in surprise, and the Northern Li army below the city wall was also stunned for a moment!
But this is exactly the moment that Baili Chengfeng wanted!
He lightly touched the horizontal bar of the ladder with his toes, and with a few leaps, he had covered dozens of feet in the blink of an eye, heading straight for the lieutenant.
fast!
It was as fast as a black lightning bolt tearing through the night!
The lieutenant was clearly stunned. He never expected that the defender of Qiandong City would leap down the city wall alone and head straight for the central army!
But a general capable of commanding over ten thousand elite troops was no ordinary man. His astonishment lasted only a moment before he shouted, "Stop him!"
His personal guards rode up to meet him, their long spears forming a forest, blocking his path.
Baili Chengfeng neither dodged nor yielded, his figure instantly transforming into dozens of afterimages!
"It's too late!"
There was no dazzling sword light, no whistling sword energy.
Only a faint, almost invisible trace flashed by in the night.
Then--
The gun broke, and the man died.
More than twenty guards, men and horses alike, fell silently!
A thin red line, as fine as a hair, appeared at each throat. Only then did fresh blood gush out, and the helmeted heads slid off the necks one by one in resentment and fear!
"Bah!"
Blood spurted four or five feet high, soaking the body and face of the lieutenant behind him!
Knowing that the newcomers were hostile, the lieutenant wiped the blood from his face and drew his sword, ready to fight.
But after Baili Chengfeng had killed the guards protecting him, he was already less than ten feet away from the deputy general, his feet treading on the mane of his warhorse!
The lieutenant gritted his teeth, spurred his horse forward, raised his sword high, and used the momentum to slash down!
This strike was so powerful and heavy that it could cleave through even iron armor!
A barely perceptible sneer appeared on Baili Chengfeng's lips as he unleashed another Instant Kill Sword!
The tip of the sword traced a strange arc from bottom to top!
"Keng!"
"laugh!"
First came the sound of metal being cut, then the sound of leather and flesh tearing!
The general froze, and the tip of his sword was severed cleanly and fell to the ground with a clatter!
Startled, the lieutenant felt a chill run from his armpit to his shoulder blade, his eyes filled with disbelief—
"So fast... is that... sword!"
He had half his body on the horse, and half of his body fell off, whereupon he died!
Baili Chengfeng had already flashed behind the lieutenant general, and the surging personal guards surrounded him, but everything was like an ant in front of Baili Chengfeng, the Instant Killer!
The longsword drew an arc around itself, and the surging Northern Li soldiers, before they could even feel the pain, had already lost their life force and become corpses!
From leaping off the city wall to slaying the general, it took no more than ten breaths.
There was dead silence inside and outside the city.
The Northern Li army stared blankly at their commander's corpse, and their offensive stalled.
Baili Chengfeng stood before the army, sword in hand, his black armor stained with blood, his gaze as cold as ice!
He slowly raised the Instant Kill Sword, its tip pointing towards the main camp of the Northern Li Army. He said nothing, yet the sword, unstained by blood, sent shivers down the spines of the Northern Li Army!
The sheer power emanating from that carnage sent chills down the spines of even the most valiant Northern soldiers.
"Withdraw...withdraw the troops!"
Someone shouted, and the Northern Army retreated like a tide.
Baili Chengfeng then turned around and leaped back onto the city wall.
"Clean up the battlefield and repair the city walls! Send scouts and sentries twenty miles out of the city to investigate enemy movements!"
He sheathed his sword, his voice remaining calm, as if the earth-shattering blow he had just delivered was nothing out of the ordinary.
The lieutenant looked at him with awe and clasped his hands in acceptance of the order.
Baili Chengfeng looked south, towards the direction of Tieji Ridge.
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