Your Majesty said that my life is worthless, so why are you crying when I increase my troops?

Xia Mingyuan turned around and saw Li Baoan waving at him desperately.

He raised his head and looked towards the city wall, only to see Meng Tian's face solemn, and the archers around him were all pointing their arrows towards the sky.

"It's interesting."

Seeing this scene, Xia Mingyuan suddenly smiled, and with an idea, he put away the system panel and turned to look at Wang Gangyi.

"It's hard to resist your enthusiasm. In that case, let's withdraw our troops and enter the city."

Wang Gangyi did not delay at all and immediately passed the order on.

Soon, a cavalry of more than 3,000 people quickly entered the city.

The gates of Yangning Pass were quickly closed and the archers were on high alert.

Xia Mingyuan led his men into the city. The defenders of Yangning Pass were obviously on guard against them. Many of them glanced at his troops from time to time, and some even subconsciously clenched the hilts of their swords.

"Wang Gangyi, the army remains on standby, and the rest of you follow me."

Xia Mingyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, dismounted, and walked straight towards the city wall.

"stop!"

"You are not allowed to go forward without General Meng's permission."

Before he could get close, Meng Tian's personal soldiers drew their swords and looked alert.

Wang Ganger and Wang Gangyi's eyes fixed, and they also drew their swords with unfriendly looks.

After all, the two men were second-rank masters, and their imposing aura was already intimidating the moment their blades were revealed.

As if realizing that the two of them were difficult to deal with, the expressions of these personal guards became more serious, but they did not retreat a single step.

Xia Mingyuan waved his hand and asked Wang Gang and the other two to put away their weapons.

"With the enemy at hand, repelling them is our top priority."

"Let me climb the city wall!"

However, Meng Tian's personal soldiers did not retreat at all and remained on high alert.

"Boy, we, General Meng, are kind enough to let you into the city. You'd better stay put and don't cause any more trouble."

"These Qiang barbarians outside are no match for you young soldiers inside the pass!"

The captain of the personal guard, Qu Yan, snorted coldly and said with a bad look.

Xia Mingyuan frowned, but before he could speak, Meng Tian's voice came from the city wall.

"Guests are welcome, let them come up."

Hearing this, Qu Yan hesitated for a moment before moving aside.

Xia Mingyuan smiled and walked straight up the city wall.

At this moment, the Qiang barbarians outside the pass have already arrived at the city, and the vanguard troops have even formed a battle formation.

Meng Tian put one hand on the city wall with a serious expression. When Xia Mingyuan came up, he just looked back and then turned his attention to the barbarians under the city.

"What a damn bad luck! These barbarians are like cats that smell fish all day long. They want to cause trouble at the slightest noise."

"I didn't expect them to arrive so quickly today, and to gather tens of thousands of troops."

Meng Tian didn't look at Xia Mingyuan, as if he was talking to himself.

Xia Mingyuan didn't respond immediately. He just frowned and observed for a moment before asking, "Do you have any plan to repel the enemy?"

"Bullshit!"

Meng Tian spat and shook his head decisively.

"There are only 4,000 people at Yangning Pass, and only a few hundred archers. The enemy is coming in full force. If it were normal times, there would still be a chance to notify other passes for reinforcements."

"We are now surrounded and trapped here. We can only hold our ground. However, I have ordered people to light signal fires. If we can hold out for a day or two, we will surely receive reinforcements."

"These barbarians are just making small moves, they won't amount to anything."

Xia Mingyuan nodded slightly, secretly calculating in his mind.

There are hundreds of archers at Yangning Pass, and it is estimated that there are only three to five thousand arrows at most.

With such a configuration, we can only hold on and wait for help.

Although he had more than 3,000 cavalrymen under his command, he might not gain any benefit by charging out against an army of tens of thousands.

"Don't just stand there and watch. I didn't let you in just to watch the fun. I see you have horse archers in your ranks. Let them all go up to the city walls. One more person will be of some use after all."

"In the face of these Qiang barbarians, let's join forces."

"As for the rest, we'll talk about it after the war is over."

Xia Mingyuan was thinking when Meng Tian's voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Aren't you afraid that my people will suddenly turn against you?"

Xia Mingyuan raised his head and asked with a smile.

Meng Tian said with an ugly face: "I saw that you didn't run away before, so I thought you were a man. I didn't expect you to be so fussy."

"If you don't want to help, just go down and watch."

"Wait until these barbarians leave, then I'll settle the score with you."

"I am waiting for you."

Xia Mingyuan glanced at him and said calmly, "Ask your men to make more room. My men will be here soon."

After saying this, Xia Mingyuan walked down the city wall and opened the system panel.

【Ordinary soldier; 4300】

[Level 3 Elite Cavalry; 3300]

Xia Mingyuan did not hesitate at all. He consumed four thousand ordinary soldiers and summoned one thousand level three elite archers.

The strength of the third-level archers is not weak. Although not all of them can hit the target accurately, they are still the best archers in the military camp across Da Xia.

The hard bows in their hands not only have a longer range than Meng Tian's men, but most importantly, each of them brings twenty bows and arrows with them.

"boom!"

With a muffled sound, the barbarians outside Yangning Pass began to attack the city.

"Archers, one volley."

"Trebuckets ready to load."

Meng Tian gave the first order in a low voice.

In an instant, the battlefield was filled with the sound of killing.

As soon as the war started, the defenders of Yangning Pass quickly rushed around and no one paid attention to Xia Mingyuan's team anymore.

Seeing this, Xia Mingyuan walked into his cavalry team, asked the cavalry to gather and move to disrupt the sight, and summoned out a thousand people.

"One thousand of you, follow me."

Xia Mingyuan gave an order and led his army to rush up the city wall.

Meng Tian looked at the thousands of people rushing towards him and was startled. Then he shouted angrily, "What are you doing?"

"Send the archers, not the ordinary soldiers."

"Come quickly, make them get out of here."

However, the next moment, his voice stopped abruptly and he stood there in a daze.

Xia Mingyuan was followed by a thousand soldiers, each holding a bow and carrying a bulging quiver, as they rushed up to the city wall.

"Fire arrows!"

As soon as Xia Mingyuan's army found a favorable position, they received orders.

As soon as he finished speaking, a thousand elite archers drew their bows and arrows, and a rain of arrows poured out.

The Qiang barbarians who were attacking the city had already adapted to the intensity of the attacks from the archers on the city wall, but the sudden shooting caught them off guard.

In an instant, large groups of barbarian cavalry fell down like wheat being cut.

Xia Mingyuan's third-level archers were extremely accurate. With every round of volleys, at least four to five hundred people died on the spot.

In the blink of an eye, under Xia Mingyuan's command, these archers had already shot most of their arrows.

These Qiang barbarians had never seen such a scene before.

In just a short moment, the army of 10,000 people lost three to four thousand people, and more than half of them lost their combat capability!

The entire area outside Yangning Pass was littered with corpses and blood flowed like a river.