C98

After the Western barbarians combined their forces, they began to sweep through all the forces in the Central Region. Soon, all the families of the large sects were defeated. The ones that were defeated did not retreat and entered the Golden Crow City to resist once more.

The Golden Crow City was known as the largest city in history, it was more than enough to accommodate the over six hundred thousand people from the various sects and families.

Xu Xun and Zhang Yuan could see that the casualties of the western barbarians were still very high. Even the cities under the jurisdiction of the first-rate powers had been massacred.

Thus, after thinking about it again and again, the two decided to let all of the sects and families that had gathered here enter Golden Crow City. With Golden Crow City as the last line of defense, they decided.

This was no longer the scattered army that they had faced before, but instead, directly facing the nearly two million strong army of the Western barbarians. Outside of Golden Crow City, the Western barbarians were densely-packed with iron cavalry.

A white cloth was wrapped tightly around the wound on his chest. Zhang Yuan stood to the side with a white cloth wrapped around his forehead.

On the western side, there were three thousand vanguards, three hundred generals, and thirty generals. The three generals and the numerous Armoured Cavalry had all come forth to meet the enemy head on.

Xu Xun and Zhang Yuan naturally faced off against the opposing main generals. In theory, each of these main generals had the strength to fight against the five great sect masters one-on-one.

But if they were to fight head on, the Western barbarians' main generals would definitely not be a match for Xu Xun and his companion.

Against the three main generals, although Xu Xun and Zhang Yuan were injured, that was because they wanted to kill one of the main generals in the area to boost their morale.

Xu Xun and Zhang Yuan frowned as they looked at the western barbarians gathering outside the city. When they saw that the other side was about to make a move, Xu Xun yelled, "Light it up!"

As soon as Xu Xun's voice fell, half of the Western barbarians charged towards Golden Crow City. The people from the various sects and families on the city walls took out their torches and lit them up.

"Grab grass and water!" Xu Xun shouted once more. At this time, the Western barbarians were getting closer and closer.

At this moment, one of the ten people was holding a pot of oil while the other one was holding a lit torch. One of them was holding a bundle of grass while the other one was holding a huge crossbow.

He used oil to pour some on the grass, then picked up his bow and arrows.

Seeing that the western barbarians were only a hundred meters away from the city wall, Xu Xun shouted, "Crossbow cannons!"

As soon as Xu Xun finished his shout, the giant crossbows were released one after another. A huge wave of arrows rained down, and the Western barbarians were only about forty to fifty meters away from the city wall.

Xu Xun shouted again, "Archers, shoot!"

Although the bow and arrow could not pierce through the western barbarians' shield soldiers, there were still many openings behind the shield soldiers.

Even under the rain of arrows, they still could not stop the Western barbarians from approaching the Golden Crow City.

"Light the fire!" Seeing that the western barbarians had reached the city walls, Xu Xun shouted loudly.

The flame of the torch touched the oiled hay, and the fire grew bigger and bigger, until the disciple with the hay bundle was still holding it.

"Throw!"

Following Xu Xun's orders, the disciples holding the hay bundles threw the hay bundles down the city walls one by one.

As the hay bale fell, the fire grew in intensity. There were no less than a hundred thousand people on the city gate tower, and no less than ten thousand hay were left behind.

Upon seeing this, the western barbarians all turned around and fled. The rain of arrows rained down on them once more. Some of the western barbarians that had been unable to escape the sea of flames began to dance within it.

The western barbarians gritted their teeth in hatred. The people on top of the city gate tower weren't happy because they had defeated a group of enemies. The giant boulder in their hearts was still hanging in the air.

As expected, the western barbarians saw that the fire had lessened and began to charge again.

The same process took place again. The barbarians were forced to retreat once more.

About three months had passed, and the western barbarians had attacked the city more than thirty times. Inspector Xu and Zhang Yuan had attacked the western barbarians' army more than forty times, and the large and small forces had encountered hundreds of battles, slaying more than a hundred thousand of them.

The arrows stored within the Golden Crow City were almost all used up.

In the main hall of the Golden Crow Sect, almost all of the first-rate leaders of the West, South, and Central Plains were present. Xu Xun and Zhang Yuan were seated in the main seat.

"Everyone, report the casualties and consumption of personnel under your jurisdiction." At this moment, Zhang Yuan was still looking down on everyone. However, he looked a little more tired compared to before.

"Six thousand men from Huaian's side died after entering Golden Crow City, and thirty thousand were injured. Not many arrows remained, and the food was plentiful." The sect head of the Shocking Sea Sect stood up and cupped his fists as he spoke.

The head of the Shocking Sea Sect had fought valiantly and repeatedly caught the Western barbarians off guard, but he had also lost his left arm because of a single Western barbarian attack.

"Three thousand of Mu He's troops have died, and 40,000 of them have been injured. The arrows have been used up, and I have plenty of food to feed now." He was also wrapped in a white cloth, which showed that he was also injured.

After some reporting, the lowest death toll was one to two hundred. The highest was the Scourge Sect. They still had plenty of food and arrows, but almost all of them had been used up.

After hearing the reports of the leaders, both Xu Xun and Zhang Yuan frowned. The people in the main hall fell silent for a moment.

In this sort of critical juncture, the silence was like an invisible hand that held onto the hearts of everyone present.

Their budget was set for half a year, but only two months had passed, and they were still a long way from their predetermined goal.

Suddenly, Zhang Yuan stood up in shock, "I know what to do now?"

His action gave Inspector Xu, who was standing beside him, a fright. The others were also shocked. Zhang Yuan was, after all, the leader of one of the five forces, yet he had such a reaction. Who wouldn't be frightened?

However, the people present did not become absent-minded because of this. Instead, they looked at Zhang Yuan in anticipation, including Xu Xun.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Zhang Yuan regained his composure as a powerful leader should have and said slowly, "Now, tell someone to find hay and tie a hundred thousand scarecrows!"

A hundred thousand grass men was a huge project, and it required a lot of materials, but there was no need to be afraid. At the moment, there were over three hundred thousand people in Golden Crow City, and the rest were guarding the walls.

Following Zhang Yuan's order, the rest of them did not know what he was up to, but they did not ask any further and just followed his orders.

"Why are there so many scarecrows?" Seeing that everyone had retreated, Xu Xun looked at Zhang Yuan with a puzzled expression.

"I want to borrow some arrows from the Western barbarians." Zhang Yuan smiled.

"But we don't need that much. Right now, there isn't enough hay in the city to support this amount. If we want this much, we'll have to order people to find it from the back mountains. Leaving the city is also dangerous." Xu Xun frowned as he looked at Zhang Yuan.

"Brother Xu, do you not trust me?" Hearing Zhang Yuan's words, Xu Xun did not say anything else.

Xu Xun was very clear that Zhang Yuan had many schemes up his sleeves and was also the leader of a faction. His own words just now had truly made people unhappy.

Zhang noticed that Xu Xun stopped talking and started to laugh.