A round of volley fired, and the military camp where the imperial army was stationed opposite was turned into a sea of flames.
Countless houses were destroyed and turned into ruins.
Only then did they feel the horror of combat readiness technology.
Sure enough, as rumored, competing for numbers and bravery is a joke in front of the Dongzhou troops.
Xun Jiayuan looked at this volley. Of the 150,000 imperial troops, perhaps 8,000 were killed. My heart aches.
With red eyes, he looked at the military camp opposite.
"Pass my command and start the war!"
"Start the war! Start the war! Start the war!"
Xun Jiayuan was beating violently, crying, and roaring in despair.
Lin Shangyuan, the general in charge of the imperial troops and son of Lin Ke, rode a war horse in front of the three armies, roaring: "Get ready for a fight to the death!"
"The three armies are preparing to cross the river and begin preparing for a close-range firefight."
"Dongzhou is good at firearms, let's use human lives to fill them. Kill, kill, kill, let's fight at close range."
"Far-reaching army, prepare crossbows. Fire volley along the river!"
“…”
The imperial court's 150,000 heavy troops took action.
Thousands of machine crossbows were also placed by the Bahe River, all attacking the city and aiming at the Dongzhou troops on the other side of the river.
While they have crossbows, unfortunately, they don't have explosive arrows.
"Quack, quack," the crossbows were cocked one after another.
"Fire the arrow!"
Lin Shangyuan drew his sword and roared hysterically.
'咻咻咻'
Thousands of crossbows exploded, and arrows like locusts flew towards the other side of the river.
And as early as when they were winding up, the Dongzhou Army had already started to defend. Following the words of their respective generals: "Go to the shield formation!"
'咻咻咻'
Dense arrows flew over from the other side of the river.
At this time, the Dongzhou camp was spread out across the city, with huge shields forming a shield array, with the upper corners slanted to protect everyone behind the shields.
'Bang bang bang'
Arrows kept flying and pierced the shields.
Even though it is an alloy shield, it is somewhat unbearable. When a siege chisel hits the shield, the alloy shield will be smashed into a hole several centimeters deep. The soldier holding the shield behind him was immediately knocked away by this blow.
Yang Yuan was furious: "Win the string!"
'Quack' Dongzhou's crossbow was cocked again.
"Fire the arrow!"
'咻咻咻'
The locust-like explosive arrows flew to the other side of the river again.
'Rumble...'
A sea of fire broke out again. Broken limbs began to appear.
Two volleys of fire caused heavy losses to the imperial court.
Lin Shangyuan was horrified and immediately knew that this pair of shots was basically a suicidal attack.
Riding on a war horse, he roared hysterically: "Get ready to cross the river. Get up close and fight to the death!"
"Kill!"
"Come on!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
“…”
Tens of thousands of troops were like ants, carrying small boats and rushing towards the river in a dense crowd. As soon as they entered the water, they rowed wildly towards the Dongzhou Army.
Yang Yuan looked at the other side and started to cross the river, and said with a crazy smile: "Keep bombing for me. No one is allowed to land."
"Death. Let me all die in the water!"
"Let your blood dye the Taotao Bahe River red!"
"Ha ha ha ha."
“…”
Orders were passed down one after another, and the Dongzhou Navy and 50,000 regular troops formed a formation and rushed towards the river crazily.
"Come on!"
"Ambush by the river. No one allowed to land!"
"Kill. Kill them all!"
"Ha ha ha ha."
“…”
The shouts of killing are endless.
All the imperial troops were driven crazy, rowing boats desperately towards the Dongzhou base camp.
The Dongzhou Navy, accustomed to water battles, marched quickly to their side of the river and stood in a long snake formation, making final preparations.
Everyone in the entire Bahe River went crazy.
Thousands of small boats rowed towards Dongzhou Camp from all directions at a fast speed.
"Fire the arrow!"
"kill!"
“…”
The imperial troops on the boat gave the order, and all the people sitting in the boat stood up and strung their bows. Once we reach the river, the distance shortens. Arrows can also come in handy.
"Fire the arrow!"
"Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh"
On the river, arrows from all corners were released towards the river bank, like locusts filling the sky.
The general of Dongzhou Navy waved his battle flag and shouted with red eyes: "Fire with hand crossbows!"
All the Dongzhou navymen on the shore took out their already cocked crossbows from their waists, half-kneeling, and aimed at the imperial troops on the river bank.
'put! '
'咻咻咻'
All the small and medium-sized hand crossbows were released, and the barbed arrows rushed towards the river crazily.
The battle began before the two armies came into contact.
Still a shot.
The arrows of the imperial army flew to the shore. 'Ding-ding-dang-dang' resounded.
Soldiers who were hit by arrows were constantly knocked away and then vomited blood. But every arrow fired at them was unable to penetrate their bodies.
Everyone wears lightweight alloy armor. The arrows shot by the recurve bow are not powerful enough to penetrate this kind of armor, but the weight and inertia of the arrows may cause internal injuries.
Only some extremely unlucky Dongzhou troops would be penetrated by arrows and die.
A salvo fired by the Imperial Army on the water caused dozens of casualties to the Dongzhou Navy.
However, the Dongzhou Navy fired a volley of hand crossbows at the water surface, causing the imperial army to kneel down one after another like cutting wheat...
'Puff puff puff' People kept getting hit by arrows and then fell into the rolling Ba River.
A minute later, the water of Bahe River was dyed red with blood. Dead bodies were everywhere.
kill!
——
'Bang, bang, bang'
Sitting by the river, Li Zhen's heart started beating wildly. A hot feeling gradually came out of his chest.
He suddenly stood up and looked around in all directions, only to see the shouts of killing all over the world, but he did not see that person.
"You're here? Where are you?"
“…”
'Buzz-'
'Didi didi'
Li Zhen was suddenly startled, and in his ears, all the shouts of killing that filled the surrounding mountains and plains disappeared. Instead, it became a kind of urban noise. He heard the roar of the engine and the honking of the car's horn.
Shaking his head hard, Li Zhen looked forward. In the distance, in the direction of the imperial army, the outline of a huge city appeared, like a mirage, flickering in and out.
The river at your feet is where the Ba Bridge was blown up by the imperial court. Concrete floors appeared…
At a glance, it extended to the other side of the river. This is a bridge!
A large arch bridge more than ten meters wide is brightly lit, with revolving lanterns and neon lights flashing.
On the bridge, cars kept passing by.
In the distance, there are the neon lights of the entire city.
The blooming flowers from ten thousand years ago!
The bridge appeared at Li Zhen's feet and was invisible to everyone. Li Zhen was shocked in his heart and tried to take a step forward, but actually stepped on it firmly...
Behind him, the soldiers in the arsenal screamed, their hair standing on end as they screamed.
Under the starry sky, Li Zhen, who was sitting by the river, suddenly took a step toward the void. The cliff below seemed to disappear, and Li Zhen actually stepped on the void.
"Dean Li!"
"Master Li!"
"What's going on here?"
"What happened?"
“…”
Taking a step forward, I seemed to hear an eternal voice from ten thousand years ago. Sounds from ten thousand years ago.
Keep moving forward. Guided and called by his own soul, he seemed to hear his own familiar breath ahead.
"Li Zhen. Li Zhen. Where are you?"
“…”
A soft call came from my ears. Just ahead!
Li Zhen shouted: "Here, I'm here." Then, he started running forward crazily. But apart from the speeding cars, there were no pedestrians on this bridge.
After running forward for a while, he suddenly felt a heart palpitation, and his soul seemed to feel that he had hit something. But just now it was just air, nothing, empty. What can it hit
Li Zhen stood still.
——
Ten thousand years ago.
Zhang Zhi stopped. At that moment, she felt that her soul seemed to have hit something. It seemed like he was meeting one of them, but he didn't see anything.
Suddenly, the noise of the city in Zhang Zhi's ears disappeared.
"Kill!"
"Come on!"
"Hahaha, kill them all."
"Kill."
“…”
The cry of killing reached Zhang Zhi's ears, his beautiful eyes turned, and the neon-filled city disappeared. Baqiao also disappeared. On the other side is a backward place like a wilderness. Military camps are stationed and sergeants are walking around in a hurry.
There was nothingness beneath my feet. It's the Bahe River dyed red with blood, and it's a place full of corpses. It's a battlefield where arrows keep flying and people keep falling.
"ah!"
She was petrified.
"You... can you hear me?"
Li Zhen's voice suddenly came to Zhang Zhi's ears. It sounded right behind him. Zhang Zhi suddenly turned around, there was nothing behind him, it was still the battlefield and nothingness.
"can hear!"
"I can hear you too."
Ten thousand years later, Li Zhen looked back and found nothing behind him. It is the outline of the city and the empty bridge deck at midnight.
The two of them took another step forward at the same time. At that moment, Li Zhen smelled a familiar scent.
At that moment, Zhang Zhi also smelled a familiar scent.
The two of them reached out their hands at the same time, closing their eyes and feeling quietly under the same starry sky spanning ten thousand years. Quietly feel the touch deep in your soul. It seems to be felt.
At the same time, I looked up and saw a waning moon hanging high in the sky, dotted with stars.
Under the same starry sky, time separated by 10,000 years intersects.
They felt anxious in their souls under the same starry sky. Their eyes fell on the same place, but they couldn't see each other...
But still, they hugged each other invisible to both parties.
There were corpses everywhere under one person's feet. The city is bustling under one person's feet.
In the embrace of the soul, memories of the past flooded into my mind.
The dream that seemed like a lifetime ago appeared again in each other's memories. All the memories and stories flooded into my heart and I remembered them all.
In the end, I didn’t miss it.
Ten thousand years apart, Li Zhen hugged her and sobbed: "We meet again. Zhang Zhi."
Zhang Zhi sniffed: "I miss you."
"Me too."
“…”
The wind picked up, the dark clouds were slowly blown away, and the waning moon gradually revealed its true appearance.
At that moment, Li Zhen finally saw the person he had longed for. His face was haggard and he was dressed in black. Her hair was messy in the strong wind, in her arms.
Zhang Zhi also saw the person he longed for but couldn't remember. His face was haggard, and he was still extremely thin and frail.
The two looked at each other, then smiled at each other.
Ten thousand years later, the chaotic battlefield was littered with corpses, but at this moment, everyone raised their heads and stopped the war. He stared blankly at the two people standing on the void hugging each other.
All the soldiers lowered their weapons silently, standing on the boat, on the shore, or on the mountains and plains. Looking at the two hugging people, the shouts of killing stopped and the explosions stopped. The sounds of death also stopped.
The wind blows slowly, and the moon becomes rounder and brighter.
…
So what if it spans ten thousand years
They can still meet under the same starry sky.
Even if our eyes fall on the same place, what if we can't see each other
Deep in my soul, I can feel your presence...
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