Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

They did not head south directly to rescue Yan'an, perhaps fearing being besieged and having their reinforcements cut off. Therefore, they waited for more military units to be dispatched from within Yanmeng Kingdom to jointly support Yan'an.

Xi Heng guessed that there were fifty to sixty thousand enemy troops stationed in Yan'an.

Generally speaking, this number, combined with the thick and tall city walls, would be more than enough to hold off the Zhao army for several months.

Yan Mengren probably thought the same way, so he wasn't in a hurry to support Yan An, but instead focused on building up his strength to increase their chances of winning.

"If the enemy reinforcements gather another 30,000 to 40,000 men and launch a surprise attack on our army together with the city's defenders, we will suffer a crushing defeat... Moreover, it is now approaching winter and the weather is getting cold."

With winter approaching, this wasn't a major problem for the Northern Frontier Army.

However, most of the troops that now form the besieging army of the Great Zhao are military units within the territory.

For example, the Beijing army and the officials and soldiers who came to support them from all directions had no experience in keeping warm outdoors and fighting in winter.

Yan Mengjun, being born and raised in the north, was less affected by the cold winter, and the enemy would have a greater advantage in fighting on sunny days.

"At present, it is neither advisable to engage in a prolonged war of attrition with the enemy, nor is it feasible to launch an immediate offensive," Xi Heng concluded.

"Then how should we defeat the enemy..." Zhao Wanli asked, "Should we use fire or poison? But Yan'an is too spacious, and many of our people still live in the city, so we can't do that."

"How about peace talks?" Governor He asked.

"Impossible." Xi Heng had never considered the option of negotiation and refused outright.

He Jiedu did not say anything more about this, but said: "Yan Meng lacks experience in defending cities and does not know much about the terrain of Yan'an. He may make some obvious mistakes... He may send elite troops to infiltrate the city through the water envoy and cause internal strife in the city during the siege."

"You can give it a try."

Then, she silently stared at the map for a long time.

After a few minutes, he opened his mouth and said, "I have a secret method that may be able to destroy two or three hundred meters of the city wall and annihilate a large number of the defending troops. In this way, the siege can be turned into a melee within the city, and we may be able to defeat the enemy."

"Secret method?"

"A sea of ​​blood."

Xi Heng wondered if sixty spirit stones could successfully activate the Blood Sea Overturning Heaven technique, and if so, what the effects would be.

But when faced with such an important battle, it's always worth a try.

……

the next morning.

Xi Heng ordered the logistics army to prepare a hearty meal of meat and vegetables for the soldiers. Seasonings and meat were generously stuffed into a large iron pot, and the beef and mutton soup bubbled up with a thick white color, spreading an endless aroma in all directions.

The soldiers swallowed chunks of meat and broth with flatbread; for most of them, it was the first time they had ever tasted beef, and the deliciousness was unforgettable.

After the meal, the army's morale soared as if they had used some kind of power-up, becoming valiant and spirited.

When General Yan Meng saw the Zhao army slaughtering sheep and cattle, he knew that the Zhao army did not kill cattle without reason, so he was naturally more cautious and sent a large number of guards to the front of the city wall to form a defensive formation.

Xi Heng did not let them waste their efforts. After the soldiers had eaten their fill and rested for a while, they pushed the catapult forward.

As the catapult fired the first stone, she had already arrived at the front lines.

She wore a dark red general's armor with gold trim. The reflective armor was not dazzling in the slightly gloomy sunlight; instead, it always seemed dull.

The skin on his neck, chin, and forehead, which were not covered by the general's armor, was now covered with strange scarlet blood patterns, making him look like a demon or a demon, unlike a mortal.

The stones landed on the city wall with a thunderous roar.

However, the inner city walls of Yan'an were too wide and tall, making it difficult for the catapults to hit them. The effect of the catapults hitting the walls was also poor, with only the sound being noticeable.

The enemy forces above remained unmoved.

Dozens of throwing machines sounded their horns at the same time, raising their arms high and hurling stones, but this only disturbed people's hearing and did not create any real effect.

The messenger kept waving his flag, and the stone projectiles were continuously loaded and thrown far away.

A quarter of an hour later, the vanguard of the Great Zhao Capital Army, which had been at the forefront, was replaced by the vanguard of the Northern Frontier Army, and the sound of stones being smashed continued like the tolling of a bell.

During this period, Xi Heng was constantly adjusting his army's formation in preparation for the later charge to breach the city.

The tall city wall was dented by the stones, and the stones and rubble from the wall mixed together on the ground.

These thousands of stone projectiles should be able to slightly weaken the city wall's load-bearing capacity...

After the city walls were breached, and street fighting began, these large catapults, which were quite cumbersome to move, became largely useless.

Xi Heng then took it out and used it for a while, not caring about its actual effectiveness.

After all the stones had been thrown around, she raised her hand slightly and ordered the army to retreat.

The messenger immediately raised his flag and led the other messengers in the military corridor to shout:

"Let's retreat a hundred paces together!"

The gray command flag waved left and right, first the soldiers in the rear retreated, and then slowly led the generals in the front to retreat as well.

Gradually, a large open space appeared in front of the Yan'an city gate.

All the generals retreated, but Xi Heng remained standing in place.

Once the order was given, the shouts from the rear gradually subsided, and a slightly low-pitched voice from the front of the city wall came from Yanmeng Kingdom, mocking:

“In the past, it was mostly our army that attacked cities, and we had no way to deal with such thick city walls. But now it’s the other way around.”

Xi Heng recognized the voice and squinted to look.

As the dust from the stone projectiles dissipated from the sword tip, the figure of the enemy general was revealed. This man was none other than Yan Yinmu, the first person Xi Heng encountered in the Northern Frontier who had mastered the Transformation Realm and was skilled with a knife.

Seeing that he was just a defeated opponent, she had no interest in saying more to him, and simply asked:

"I heard that your Great Khan Yan Qingshi of Yanmeng Kingdom is also in the city. Why doesn't he personally lead the troops to defend the city?"

"No matter who defends the city, you powerless people will ultimately be unable to breach it. Why must Your Majesty come in person?" the other party simply said.

"What is he supposedly looking for? Should I tell you where it is?" Xi Heng asked casually.

“As a member of the Great Zhao royal family, you may indeed know the location of that object… but since it’s not in Yan’an, it must be in your capital.” Yan Yinmu didn’t state this directly:

"Once your ragtag army is routed, we will come and take it."

"Oh?"

Xi Heng couldn't quite guess what the other party was looking for—was it a legacy from the previous dynasty, or a national treasure of the Great Zhao?

It doesn't matter, we can just find Yan Qingshi and ask him once we've stormed the city.

If they don't want to talk, kill them until they're on the verge of death and then ask them again.

Xi Heng stopped talking to the guards on the city wall, took a few steps back, and immediately began to mutter in a low voice:

"Blood is the ocean, I am the fire; I sweep across the world, cleansing all things; love and body are stained, life and soul are tainted—"

The fingers pinch lightly, and the movements are stable.

This was the third time she had used Blood Sea Overturning Heaven, and she was quite skilled at it, activating the spell even faster.

The vague and strange murmur was quickly finished. The sound seemed faint, but it clearly penetrated into the hearts of both the enemy defenders and the Zhao besieging army within a radius of hundreds of meters.

Even though Xi Heng had warned them yesterday, the friendly soldiers still couldn't stop feeling a strong chill.

The soldiers guarding the city at the front frowned, wondering what caused this eerie chill.

Moreover, upon hearing such strange noises, one can hallucinate by closing one's eyes that a thick pool of blood lies before one's eyes, surging in like a tidal wave.

A deep unease lingered in their hearts. Although Yan Meng's elite troops were not afraid of death, this unseen and intangible sense of dread seemed more terrifying than death itself.

It's as if a demon is about to descend upon the world, dragging everyone into hell from which there is no escape.

After easily reciting the incantation, the blood-red patterns on Xi Heng's body transformed into firefly-like points of light that drifted outwards and gradually expanded, eventually floating towards the city wall.

Yan Mengjun on the wall felt something was amiss when he saw the cluster of lights. Upon seeing this, the general immediately raised his hand and ordered his men to fire arrows.

The defenders' arrows pierced through the light spot but had no effect whatsoever. Instead, the red light expanded, turning their bodies red as well.

A sense of fear emanated from the bottom of their hearts. Everyone raised their heads, feeling as if something would suddenly appear above them and smash them into mincemeat. Thus, they all felt apprehensive and wanted to retreat.

At this moment, sixty complete Blood Spirit Stones floated neatly in front of Xi Heng, emitting a strong light.

Its crimson hue illuminated the surrounding area for hundreds of meters.

"Taking a single drop of blood from the sea of ​​blood, falling upon the world before it ends, in this fleeting life, I slaughtered all among mankind!"

Xi Heng's voice resounded loudly in the ears of all the soldiers present, and his hands clasped together sharply, making a crisp sound.

The next instant, an intense threat erupted, with eerie, muffled tremors and the roar of water suddenly appearing.

Clusters of dark red light were emitted by the red beams, obscuring the sunlight.

Immediately, a black tide hundreds of meters wide formed a tsunami, crashing against the city walls like a tiger pouncing on its prey.

The black whistle struck like a meteorite, crushing the towering city wall.

The stone blocks on the wall shattered one after another with a continuous cracking sound, collapsing towards the city behind them.

Large chunks of rock fell like rain, smashing houses and shattering streets.

A sea of ​​blood then poured down, assaulting every terrified body that fell to the ground.

Apart from Xi Heng, probably no one could have imagined that the wide and towering wall would collapse in an instant.

Within the area covered by the sea of ​​blood, the city wall, several meters wide, was torn to shreds by the immense force, as if it were made of paper.

Cities built by mortals are utterly vulnerable in the face of divine magic.

"Sixty thousand units of spiritual energy, sixty thousand lives, could indeed cause a sea of ​​blood to fall." Xi Heng thought to himself as he watched the sea of ​​blood crash down in the distance and continue to surge into the city.

"It's just that the range is smaller than that of 100,000 spiritual energies, and it's also more difficult to control..."

She tried to move the sea of ​​blood, but found it difficult.

Let alone gathering the sea of ​​blood into several dragon head shapes like before, even if you want to slightly deviate the direction of the sea of ​​blood, you have to do your best.

"Control has almost completely disappeared, and most of the enemy soldiers caught in the sea of ​​blood are crushed to death, with only a few being swallowed up and having their flesh and blood drained..."

However, destroying the city walls was enough to achieve her goal.

The sea of ​​blood will continue to surge forward for a long time, and should be able to crush many enemy soldiers in the city.

Since it was difficult to control, she stopped trying. She simply waved the dried-up spirit stone back into her inventory, drew her sword from her waist, and used her light footwork to rush towards the huge gap that had appeared in the city wall.

"The entire army marches into Yan'an!" the general in the rear shouted after a moment of stunned silence.

The messenger replaced the gray triangular flag with a red one, repeating the order aloud while waving the flag.

The war drums sounded, their thunderous booms resonating deep within our hearts.

The well-prepared square formation charged forward together. Although the formation became slightly disordered along the way due to the individual speeds of the soldiers, there was no need to worry about the formation once they entered the narrow city.

In street fighting, there will no longer be situations where large formations are broken up and military headquarters are routed.

All that exists is endless chaos and fighting.

Xi Heng was the first to rush into Yan'an's inner city. He saw a troop of enemy cavalry that had not been swept away by the black tide and falling rocks on the side of the collapsed city wall. Most of them were stunned by this terrifying sight.

He grabbed two longswords and charged straight at them—

A flash of blood, and a head flew off.

The cavalry didn't even dare to fight back. After being stunned, they could only flee in different directions, while Xi Heng pursued the survivors closely, launching surprise attacks and killing them one after another.

The city was teeming with enemy troops who hadn't grasped the situation, and there were people everywhere to kill.

Xi Heng's lips curled slightly as he spun the blade that connected his body to his, leaving streaks of blood in his wake.

Outside the city, the endless Zhao army was also rushing into the city.

The vanguard was composed of elite soldiers from the Ever Victorious Army, flanked by numerous Zhao warriors who moved swiftly using their light-footed skills, without forming ranks.

Warriors either flew to the city walls to launch a surprise attack on the remaining defenders, or rushed directly into the city to kill the enemy ahead of the vanguard.

Amidst the countless collapsed and broken stones, a figure gradually emerged from the ruins, looking around blankly.

This man was one of the Transformation Realm Generals of Yanmeng Kingdom. Just now, he was standing on the city wall, preparing to deal with the enemy's attack.

The next moment, a massive black mass rushed in, slamming him straight to the ground where he was crushed by countless pebbles.

He was relatively unharmed due to his internal energy protection, but when he came to his senses, he saw that the entire city wall had collapsed, and the guards who had been with him were buried under piles of stones. Countless enemy soldiers were rushing towards him.

The man remained motionless for a long time, and his face gradually revealed a somewhat ferocious expression.

He coughed up a mouthful of blood, drew his long sword from his waist, and was about to fight when...

A woman's voice suddenly rang out beside him.