Transmigration begins with archery training

Chen Sanshi turned his bow and arrows around, aiming them at the charging chariot, making it impossible for one man to break through the defenses.

After several dozen rounds, Xiang Tingchun, at the cost of minor injuries, successfully severed the head of the Lianzang barbarian general.

He then joined Chen Sanshi in guarding this place, and the two of them killed countless enemies.

This round of siege.

The battle raged from morning until afternoon, when the barbarians, realizing they couldn't take the city, finally had to call a retreat.

Both sides suffered heavy losses.

After a quick inventory check.

The barbarians lost at least two thousand soldiers, including one necromancer.

More than 600 people died in Poyang, 500 of whom were civilians who came to help.

The common people were truly weak, yet they had no choice but to fight desperately forward.

Because they understood the principle that a city's fall would lead to the death of its inhabitants.

"Oh my god..."

Lying amidst the pile of corpses, Laizitou said, "We usually suffer, but now that we're fighting, we're being used as scapegoats. In my next life, I, Laizitou, would rather be a dog belonging to a master than be a poor man again..."

at night.

Chen San left the blood-stained city wall and found a secluded and quiet place nearby. He then swallowed the last Xuan Yuan Body Tempering Pill, preparing to break through to the next level.

The four stages of bone training are: tendons, bones, skin, and marrow.

Once the bone training is complete, it is called marrow training.

Marrow is the core of blood in the human body; all blood originates from the marrow.

Only by refining the blood into the marrow, and then using the marrow to create new blood, can one completely transform the blood in the human body, and then proceed to refine the internal organs.

The pills sent by the emperor were not specifically for marrow refining, but were applicable to the entire bone refining stage. Moreover, their medicinal power was vast and boundless, yet they did not harm the body. Their speed of cultivation improvement was second only to spiritual herbs, truly deserving of being a first-class treasure!

As he wielded the spear, the Dragon-Elephant Blood within Chen Sanshi's body, which had initially surged and burned intensely, gradually calmed down, its temperature decreasing until it became indistinguishable from that of an ordinary person.

The essence of it, however, penetrates the bones and tendons, periosteum, layer by layer, and finally seeps into the bone marrow, much like flammable material touched by a raging fire.

"hiss!"

A terrifyingly scorching temperature ignited from his very bones. Chen Sanshi was in so much pain that his veins bulged all over his body, and he almost dropped his spear several times. His pupils were bloodshot, and his teeth were clenched so tightly they were almost broken, as he pushed the spear forward with extreme slowness.

The essence of Qi and blood is completely absorbed.

At this point, his qi and blood had become completely like those of an ordinary person, and practicing the martial arts was an extremely painful experience.

In the latter half of the training, Chen Sanshi's vision went black, and he no longer knew where he was or what time it was. He relied entirely on muscle memory to get to the training session. He didn't know how much time had passed when the pain in his bone marrow finally stopped. The old blood in his body was quickly fused and covered by the new blood, eventually spreading throughout his entire body.

[Technique: Undying Golden Serpent Spear - Upper Level (Mastery)]

【Progress: 0/0】

[Effects: Blood of the Dragon and Elephant, Tendons and Muscles of the Nine Dragons, Body of Vajra]

[A body of steel: skin of copper and bones of iron, impervious to swords and spears, and unaffected by water and fire.]

Copper skin and iron bones!

Even Chen Sanshi was momentarily exhausted, collapsing to the ground with his gun. However, with the circulation of the new Dragon Elephant Blood, he recovered to his peak condition after a few breaths, and even the fatigue from the battlefield battle was swept away.

He mobilized his qi and blood, and every inch of his skin, from head to toe, became terrifyingly hard!

He took out the Zhenyue Sword and gently slashed it, which produced a piercing metallic scraping sound!

In fact, this situation does not affect physical activity at all, which is simply incredible.

He was confident that even if he stood here and let the Blood Refinement Master slash and hack wildly, he wouldn't even break his skin in a short time.

As long as he has enough blood and energy, he is a terrifying killing machine on the battlefield!

After two consecutive days of fierce offensive and defensive battles.

With the concerted efforts of all the soldiers and civilians in the city, they actually managed to hold the city.

On the contrary, the barbarians lost another two thousand soldiers and their chief general, Lian Zang, was killed.

In addition, having lost countless siege weapons, they had no choice but to cease their attacks and dared not invade for several days.

Looking at the overall situation of the battle.

The barbarian tribe currently has 6,000 soldiers left, while Poyang has 600 soldiers and 3,000 civilians willing to risk their lives.

These people are all ordinary citizens.

If two armies were to clash on the battlefield, they would definitely be nothing more than cannon fodder.

In offensive and defensive battles, all they need to do is handle logistics and build city walls. Even if they act as human shields, as long as they can slow down the barbarians' speed of scaling the walls and give the soldiers time to react, that's enough.

The barbarians dared not attack again for the time being.

Of the remaining six thousand men, half were cavalry.

As long as the city walls remain intact, the cavalry will be useless.

If nothing else goes wrong, the siege of Poyang can be easily lifted once Wang Zhi returns.

Chen Sanshi found it hard to believe.

The greatest credit for this was actually given to the ordinary people.

"Open the warehouse to stock up on food!"

The army has ample food supplies.

After witnessing the role of laborers, Xiang Tingchun grew to enjoy the feeling of exchanging the most worthless lives for the greatest gains, and began to continue forcibly conscripting them, dragging all the able-bodied men in the city onto the city walls.

In high spirits, he gathered the surviving officers of the rank of 100 or above on the wall and personally poured wine for each of them: "Brothers, you have all done a great service in relieving the siege of Poyang. Once the war is over, you will surely receive generous rewards, not to mention promotions and honors!"

"Haha, that's right!"

Ji Guangxian, dressed in a red official robe, said, "If His Highness the Crown Prince were to hear that there is such a group of brave warriors in this small border county of Dasheng, he would surely look upon them with favor! This great merit naturally belongs to the commander of a thousand. Congratulations!"

"Hahaha, Prefect Ji is a civil official, yet he shares life and death with the city. Isn't that a great achievement?"

Xiang Tingchun poured him a full glass of wine as well.

Clearly, this battle has eliminated the rift between the two.

On the city wall.

While the officials were laughing and drinking, congratulating each other on their promotions, some of the ragged commoners were carrying corpses back and forth and repairing the city walls, while others sat on the ground with numb expressions, eating the white rice they had finally managed to get.

The battle isn't even over yet, and they're already opening champagne halfway through?!

Chen Sanshi was not in the mood to participate in this kind of celebration banquet.

After casually drinking a bowl of wine, he turned around and went to help move the body.

……

That night.

Since the start of the war, Xiang Tingchun has rarely had time to go home and see his wife.

He removed his heavy armor and held his young son in his arms: "You don't need to be afraid anymore, the war will be over soon."

"Really?"

Madam Liu said anxiously, "Why is my heart pounding so hard? Will those barbarians send more people over?"

"Do you think the barbarians' men and horses are all made of mud?"

Xiang Tingchun sneered: "Ten thousand troops is already extremely strange. It is absolutely impossible to add more troops in the short term. Even if we forcibly send two thousand more, it will be useless unless we abandon the main battlefield in Liangzhou. In that case, we will be immediately attacked, which is tantamount to courting death."

"How could I, a mere woman, understand these things?"

Liu patted her chest: "It's good that the master said everything is alright."