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Although Inspector Xu did not understand Zhang Yuan's words, he still chose to trust Zhang Yuan.

After nightfall, there was a group of people in Golden Crow City that was divided into five hundred batches. Each batch had around thirty people. They took advantage of the darkness of night to enter the mountain range behind Golden Crow City.

There were no Western barbarians in the rear mountains of the Golden Crow City. After all, the Western barbarians mainly focused on the Steel Cavalry, and they needed to fight against the people from the clans of the Golden Crow City.

It was not like the Western barbarians had not tried to take over the back mountains as well, giving the city of Golden Crow to Tang Yuan. In the end, the Western barbarians were being hunted down in the back mountains.

However, the mountain range was extremely suitable for the Southern Clans to fight against bandits. The Southern Clans and the bandits lurked within the mountain range and would meet wherever they went. If they met, they would fight, and the battle would attract the Western barbarians.

Therefore, they left the city in batches, trying not to disturb the guards.

The efficiency of the sect and aristocratic families was quite high. Aside from those who hadn't come back since the day they left, the latest day was the evening of the second day.

The area around the mountain was densely packed with people, all of whom were quick with grass. Three hundred thousand people started work at the same time, and in less than an hour, more than a hundred thousand grass men were sprouted, and a lot of extra grass was twisted with hemp rope.

Zhang Yuan looked at the neat and densely packed scarecrows and was quite pleased. He could even see some excitement in his eyes.

When Zhang Yuan finished his inspection, the sky was already red. Zhang Yuan ordered the city guards to move the grass puppets into the city and put on their own robes.

When the sky turned hazy, Zhang Yuan and Xu Xun arrived at the top of the city gate tower.

"Send the order down, put down the grass doll ropes." Zhang Yuan said to the few people beside him who were in charge of giving orders.

"Yes!" The few of them cupped their fists together and shouted together. Then, they took off the triangular flag at their waists and ran through the tower.

Before long, someone shouted, "Fire!"

As soon as the people on top of the city gate tower heard the commotion, the western barbarians immediately looked over. They happened to see many people coming down from the tower and thought that it must be a surprise attack, but they didn't expect that Golden Crow City would move so many people this time.

This change to a small-scale yet elusive style in the Golden Crow City, however, one could not possibly go up and ask others why they were not.

"Enemy attack!" "Enemy attack!" One of the western barbarians shouted loudly, reminding the troops behind him.

The western barbarians had been greatly enraged by the surprise attack of the Golden Crow City these past few years. This time, the first thing they discovered was that they were bound to kill it!

As the voice of the general faded, the western barbarians began to mobilize.

"Retreat!" Seeing the western barbarians move quickly, Zhang Yuan let out a loud shout.

At this point, the straw trimmer dragged the grass trimmer up slowly.

"Don't let them get away!" One general after another from the western barbarians asked for advice.

And then tens of thousands of them broke out of the camp, and then tens of thousands more, and no less than four hundred thousand before and after them. They took down their bows and arrows one after another, and when they had enough time to shoot, they began to shoot again.

The arrows rained down one after another. The Western Arrows were very good. Even though the night was hazy, fifty to sixty percent of the arrows still hit the scarecrows.

Every single scarecrow hanging from the tower had at least twenty arrows. If it was a human, they would probably be dead. At this moment, a burst of laughter came from the city gate tower. It was Zhang Yuan's order to laugh to his heart's content.

The western barbarian army couldn't understand. This raid on Golden Crow City should have been filled with casualties. Why were they laughing so happily?

For a time, everyone was extremely excited. They had so easily created four or five million arrows, and that was more than half of what Golden Crow City had in store.

Zhang Yuan smiled at the few people in charge of sending orders and said, "Pass down the order. There's no hurry to retrieve the arrows. The scarecrows are placed on top of the city walls for the western barbarians to view."

"Yes!" The messenger cupped his fists and said in unison, before passing Zhang Yuan's order to every corner of the tower.

That night, a rumor spread among the western barbarians, "The people of the Central Plains can't hold on any longer. They've already gone mad, laughing loudly when they saw their comrades killed."

Almost everyone in the Western barbarian camp that night firmly believed this rumor.

The next day, when the sun lazily climbed up the mountain, someone from the western barbarian army cursed out, "Which bastard lied to me last night?"

"It wasn't me. I was also told by someone else."

When the western barbarians saw that the city wall was filled with archery grass people, they were all in a commotion. They all gnashed their teeth as they thought that the time for the Golden Crow City to enter had come, but who would have thought that their men would even give them such a huge gift?

The Golden Crow City would probably take some time to capture, and a general of the western barbarians angrily shouted, "Summon that general who had shot the arrow last night and chop him up!"

The people from the sects and families on top of the Golden Crow City's tower, upon seeing this reaction of the western barbarian army, immediately laughed repeatedly, causing almost everyone in the western barbarian army to fly into a rage.

Zhang Yuan, Xu Xun, and the rest who were standing on the city gate tower could not help but laugh. Borrowing arrows from scarecrows was as satisfying as a successful small-scale raid.

On the western side, several generals stood in front of the western barbarians. The western barbarians set up a formation and planned to attack the city again. Only by taking Golden Crow City would they be able to vent the anger in their hearts.

The battle drums rumbled as the few generals charged forward.

Zhang Yuan shouted, "This time, we will use one of them to get one from the scarecrows."

Zhang Yuan's shout contained his skill, so it could be heard by everyone on the city gate tower.

"Yes!" The hundred thousand or so people gathered on top of the city gate tower spoke in unison. Their auras were not any weaker than the six hundred thousand or seventy thousand soldiers that were charging towards Golden Crow City from the west.

When the Western barbarians had attacked the city, they had suffered from a bellyful of frustration. How could they not be angry when their arrows were aimed at their own people?

Seeing that the city had fallen, the Western barbarian commander had no choice but to order his men to retreat. This retreat was followed by a rain of arrows.

At this moment, the western barbarian army wished that they could drag out the people of Golden Crow City, drink their blood, and eat their flesh.

On the other hand, those from sects and aristocratic families were in awe of Zhang Yuan. This was not only borrowing arrows, but also telling others that they had borrowed the arrows and would return them slowly.

He just borrowed the time to pick up the phone while he was at it in real life.

In the western barbarian camp, Jilu, who was wearing black armor, gritted his teeth and said, "Bullying me too! If that Zhang Yuan and Xu Xun ever fall into my hands, he will be tortured for forty-nine days! "

Inside the main hall of the Golden Crow Sect, Zhang Yuan and Xu Xun sat in the main seat. Almost all the Patriarchs of the other sects were present.

"This time, I didn't call everyone here to celebrate for me." Zhang Yuan said solemnly.

"Milord, feel free to instruct me!" The rest of the Great Clans' Patriarchs all nodded in agreement.

"Tonight, the Sect Leaders have instructed their own people to bring their weapons and gather at the Golden Martial Gate where the Western barbarians are attacking. Once the city gates open, they will charge towards the Western barbarians to kill them." Zhang Yuan said as he looked at the crowd with a frown.